# Ask the Middle Class White Guy **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 12, 2006, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069 "2006-02-12T02:16:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/21 "2006-02-12T21:43:38Z")
What church would the Middle Class White Guy go to? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/22 "2006-02-14T17:33:50Z")
Ease up, **What Exit?**. He said Jersey, not New Jersey. Jersey is an island off Britain, or thereabouts. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/23 "2006-02-14T17:39:47Z")
Dear Middle Class White Guy: Would you give up your seat on the train/bus for a lady? Does she have to be elderly/disabled/pregnant to get your seat, or do you offer it to any woman who’s standing? Have you ever been passed over for a promotion by a woman or minority, and did you feel that you were more qualified than them? Do these jeans make my butt look too big? ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/24 "2006-02-14T17:49:56Z")
How’s your game? Domestic or Imported? Are you me? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/25 "2006-02-14T17:52:30Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > To Middle Class White Guy, > > Why the crack on Jersey? You want, I should send a few of the Boys to help you with your geography? 😉 > > Is Middle Class White Guy a euphemism for WASP? > > How do you feel about Classic Rock as a suitable music for the Northern Middle Class? > > Jim C’mon **What Exit** … it’s _New Joisey_. The only reason for Jersey statehood is to be the whipping boy for the other 49 states. It’s the place where every other American can look to and say, “At least I not from / don’t live in New Jersey.” New Jersey is an integral part of the Union, just not one any right-minded person wants to be knowingly associated with (except for attending **NY** Giants games). 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/26 "2006-02-14T17:59:55Z")
> [@YaWanna](#): > > Dear Middle Class White Guy: > > Would you give up your seat on the train/bus for a lady? Does she have to be elderly/disabled/pregnant to get your seat, or do you offer it to any woman who’s standing? > > Have you ever been passed over for a promotion by a woman or minority, and did you feel that you were more qualified than them? > > Do these jeans make my butt look too big? All yesses. ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/27 "2006-02-14T18:03:47Z")
> [@Winston Smith](#): > > How’s your game? > Domestic or Imported? > Are you me? I can usually get out of playing by referring to some phantom knee injury from a mythic past. Either, mostly domestic though. No, I’m not so scared of rats. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/28 "2006-02-14T18:22:08Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > C’mon **What Exit** … it’s _New Joisey_. The only reason for Jersey statehood is to be the whipping boy for the other 49 states. It’s the place where every other American can look to and say, “At least I not from / don’t live in New Jersey.” New Jersey is an integral part of the Union, just not one any right-minded person wants to be knowingly associated with (except for attending **NY** Giants games). 🆒 It’s never New Joisey, Joisey doesn’t need the New. 🙂 It is nice to know we have a purpose at least. Jim ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/29 "2006-02-14T18:31:28Z")
> [@Walter Windchill](#): > > All yesses. HAH! Gotcha! I’m not wearing jeans! And I have a nice ass - or so I hear every day from Mr. Wanna. ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/30 "2006-02-14T18:33:36Z")
> [@YaWanna](#): > > HAH! Gotcha. Oh, I thought you meant MY jeans. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/31 "2006-02-14T19:04:38Z")
Did you attend?: (a) a state college or university (b) a private college or university © none of the above. Dou you do the yardword yourself (or have your children do it) or to you contract it out? What’s the most recent sporting event you attended personally? Did you vote for the most recent school levy? Why or why not? ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/32 "2006-02-14T19:13:01Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > Did you attend?: (a) a state college or university (b) a private college or university (c) none of the above. > > Dou you do the yardword yourself (or have your children do it) or to you contract it out? > > What’s the most recent sporting event you attended personally? > > Did you vote for the most recent school levy? Why or why not? (b), self, the Sounds (minor league baseball), I always vote for the schools, the children are the future. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/33 "2006-02-14T19:34:06Z")
> [@YaWanna](#): > > Would you give up your seat on the train/bus for a lady? Wait a minute, now. What’s a middle-class white guy doing on public transportation? ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/34 "2006-02-14T19:39:02Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > Wait a minute, now. What’s a middle-class white guy doing on public transportation? (A) supporting a cleaner environment (B) avoiding the horrendous traffic on I-5 (especially the ties-ups at Sylvan and the Vista Ridge tunnel) (C) saving a shit-load of money on gas (D) listening to his I-Pod (E) playing with his notebook computer/Blackberry/PDA. You asked. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/35 "2006-02-14T19:39:25Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > Wait a minute, now. What’s a middle-class white guy doing on public transportation? Good question. I thought about answering, honestly, “I never take buses anywhere,” but then remember the occasional shuttle bus from the airport to the hotel, or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/36 "2006-02-14T20:04:52Z")
When you “high five” your buddies on the golf course, do you do so with unabashed satisfaction, or with ironic introspection? ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/37 "2006-02-14T20:10:26Z")
> [@Walter Windchill](#): > > Good question. I thought about answering, honestly, “I never take buses anywhere,” but then remember the occasional shuttle bus from the airport to the hotel, or whatever. I had actually just thought: “Maybe on the courtesy shuttle from the auto dealership. Once, you know, every 2000 miles.” ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/38 "2006-02-14T20:19:46Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > When you “high five” your buddies on the golf course, do you do so with unabashed satisfaction, or with ironic introspection? My buddies usually stay as far away from me as possible on the golf course. I’m a bad golfer and a poor loser. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/39 "2006-02-15T04:31:06Z")
Animal House or The Wedding Crashers? ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069/40 "2006-02-15T04:35:18Z")
Let’s see how well you can discuss the SEC. 1. When’s Florida going to fold? 2. When’s Georgia gonna be good again? 3. What the hell’s wrong with Kentucky this year? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-middle-class-white-guy/344069.md?page=3)