# Bert or Ernie??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660 "2003-08-30T17:23:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/1 "2003-08-30T17:23:12Z")
I would have to say bert. i dont know why. which do you prefer. ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/2 "2003-08-30T18:03:56Z")
Bert’s a snotty guy, but Ernie is kinda annoying too… Why can’t I vote for Snuffalufagus? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/3 "2003-08-30T18:21:28Z")
Prefer for what, exactly? ---
**Author:** ![Laurasia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@Laurasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laurasia)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/4 "2003-08-30T18:51:36Z")
Ernie! Bert’s a big loser. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/5 "2003-08-30T20:17:59Z")
Ernie’s a fun-lovin’ guy. Bert’s an anal-retentive conehead. And he’s yellow. Gotta go with Ernie. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/6 "2003-08-30T20:18:36Z")
Bert, because he’s EVIL. ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/7 "2003-08-30T20:21:35Z")
Ernie would get on my nerves after a while. I could probably hang out with Bert a while and discuss bottlecaps or something. ---
**Author:** ![Quack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e99b99/32.png) [@Quack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quack)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/8 "2003-08-30T21:18:35Z")
Family Guy sketch: (Ernie and Bert are sleeping together) Ernie: I wish you wouldn’t swear so much, Bert! Bert: And I wish you wouldn’t eat cookies in the goddamn bed! Bert rules. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/9 "2003-08-30T22:13:02Z")
Ernie is more jovial. Bert needs some serious therapy. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/10 "2003-08-30T22:23:23Z")
Ernie all the way! ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/11 "2003-08-31T00:23:13Z")
Ernie Bert is a taliban sympathiser Declan ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/12 "2003-08-31T01:52:49Z")
I can relate to Bert, but I have always wished I was Ernie. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/13 "2003-08-31T02:23:20Z")
Bert. Only because I could probably have a decent conversation with him. ---
**Author:** ![Tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@Tortuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tortuga)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/14 "2003-08-31T03:15:40Z")
Bert, because he’s a curmudgeon with a thing for pigeons. If the question is: “who do you identify with more between these two choices?” Much like Bert though, I have chosen an Ernie for my life partner. [he’ll be glad to hear that :p] ---
**Author:** ![Single\_Serving\_Friend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Single\_Serving\_Friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Single_Serving_Friend)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/15 "2003-08-31T03:18:37Z")
Ernie. He’s puppet enough to take his baths with a rubber ducky. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/16 "2003-08-31T08:19:43Z")
Ernie, he had a rubber ducky. Bert could be funny too, but not as cool as Ernie. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/17 "2003-08-31T09:30:52Z")
I bet a lot of gals would love to do the pigeon with Bert. ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/18 "2003-08-31T10:31:21Z")
Even as a small child, Ernie annoyed the everloving hell out of me. Bert rules. ---
**Author:** ![Caprigenus\_Chevre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@Caprigenus\_Chevre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprigenus_Chevre)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/19 "2003-08-31T11:47:47Z")
Bert is to much like me personality wise. We’d kill each other within a week. Thus I guess it has to be Ernie by default. ---
**Author:** ![Zcrysis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zcrysis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zcrysis)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660/20 "2003-08-31T14:12:18Z")
If i cant go for Rubber Ducky, I’ll just have to take its owner Ernie it is. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-or-ernie/198660.md?page=2)