# But, if you really hold me tight. . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476 "2012-12-19T01:49:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/1 "2012-12-19T01:49:51Z")
. . . all the way home I’ll be warm. Bullshit. I call shenanigans. Even if the “holding tight” involves premature ejaculation, halfway home that’ll be frozen solid.:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/2 "2012-12-19T02:11:09Z")
For Christ’s sake, will people please give SOME explanation of what they’re on about in the OP? Please? ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/3 "2012-12-19T02:17:57Z")
The fire’s slowly dying… I’ll stick the fan heater on. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/4 "2012-12-19T02:19:49Z")
Am I the only one who thought “We’ll be holding on forever”? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/5 "2012-12-19T02:21:48Z")
> [@hrhomer](#): > > For Christ’s sake, will people please give SOME explanation of what they’re on about in the OP? Please? HoHoHo. Happy holidays. Nog. But I was having trouble understanding how a lil eroticism prior to departing into the cold could possibly have any lasting effect. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/6 "2012-12-19T02:22:51Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Am I the only one who thought “We’ll be holding on forever”? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/7 "2012-12-19T02:33:49Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Yes. No. Maybe so. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/8 "2012-12-19T02:39:37Z")
Oh, one of those “Dopers are so clever” threads. Carry on with the circle jerk. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/9 "2012-12-19T02:42:11Z")
> [@hrhomer](#): > > Oh, one of those “Dopers are so clever” threads. Carry on with the circle jerk. For Christ’s sake, will people please give SOME explanation of what they’re on about in the post? Please? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/10 "2012-12-19T02:43:53Z")
I always heard that song as a knockoff of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” dutifully neutered for the “Winter Wonderland” audience. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/11 "2012-12-19T02:48:12Z")
“But if you twee-ly told me trite / I’ll allay some of the porn …” ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/12 "2012-12-19T02:51:20Z")
Oh bollocks. It’s raining. That’s ruined it for me. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/13 "2012-12-19T04:18:25Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > For Christ’s sake, will people please give SOME explanation of what they’re on about in the post? Please? **hrhomer** ’s post made perfect sense. The OP makes no fucking sense, to me at least, not being familiar with the song/commercial/whatever-the-hell the quote is from. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/14 "2012-12-19T04:28:24Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > HoHoHo. Happy holidays. Nog. > > But I was having trouble understanding how a lil eroticism prior to departing into the cold could possibly have any lasting effect. The lingering afterglow of being loved. Have you no romance in your heart, my friend? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/15 "2012-12-19T04:34:33Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > **hrhomer** ’s post made perfect sense. The OP makes no fucking sense, to me at least, not being familiar with the song/commercial/whatever-the-hell the quote is from. You always take his side.☹ Let It Snow. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/16 "2012-12-19T04:35:43Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > The lingering afterglow of being loved. Have you no romance in your heart, my friend? Sure, but I’m too practical to believe that the afterglow actually generates meaningful heat. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/17 "2012-12-19T04:36:29Z")
“My maiden aunt’s mind is vicious.” Do we really have to hear about her whole family and their psychiatric problems? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/18 "2012-12-19T04:37:29Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Let It Snow. Walkin’ 'Round in Women’s Underwear. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/19 "2012-12-19T04:44:07Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > You always take his side.☹ > > Let It Snow. Ah. Obviously I’m familiar with the song, but wouldn’t have recognized that as a lyric in a million years. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476/20 "2012-12-19T04:48:26Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > “My maiden aunt’s mind is vicious.” > > Do we really have to hear about her whole family and their psychiatric problems? I love that song, even though it has the lingering scent of date rape. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476.md?page=2)