# Capybara!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybara/48357 "2001-01-04T04:41:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybara/48357/21 "2001-01-04T22:30:19Z")
Am I the only one who thinks immediately of Speak, the Tick’s “dog” when I see the word “capybara”? ---
**Author:** ![Upham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Upham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Upham)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybara/48357/22 "2001-01-04T23:05:11Z")
No Sir, indeed you are not. ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybara/48357/23 "2001-01-04T23:14:25Z")
Kaboom! ---
**Author:** ![ThreeLeggedBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ThreeLeggedBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThreeLeggedBob)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybara/48357/24 "2001-01-05T01:34:29Z")
The one and only time I ever saw a capybara was at the Tucson zoo. It was asleep. A giant, sleeping mouse. Not particularly cute, just a giant, sleeping mouse. Oldscratch, I still don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybara/48357/25 "2001-01-05T05:39:48Z")
Rodents Rodents everywhere, and not a drop to drink ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybara/48357/26 "2001-01-05T10:28:50Z")
another dead animal I can tell people to go felch when they piss me off… ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybara/48357/27 "2001-01-05T16:07:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Upham \* > \*\*No Sir, indeed you are not. \*\* Ma’am. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybara/48357/28 "2001-01-05T18:29:01Z")
…it’s not just for breakfast any more… ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybara/48357/29 "2001-01-05T18:36:38Z")
**Oldie** : “Hmmm, I think I’ll pick a random topic and start a thread about it. Maybe put some mumbo-jumbo in the OP and see if it flies.” :two days later: “Yep, 26 posts, confirms my suspicions! What a bunch of losers!” :tomorrow: “Next random topic: Care and cleaning of anal beads!” ---
**Author:** ![Kvallulf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Kvallulf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kvallulf)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybara/48357/30 "2001-01-05T20:46:22Z")
Are good eatin!!! MMM BBQ, Roasted, fried, or just raw!!! Nothing beats Capybara! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybara/48357/31 "2001-01-05T22:49:28Z")
I woke up one morning with fresh capybara tracks in the sand all around the tent. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybara/48357/32 "2001-01-05T22:52:55Z")
Gundy- That was the reason I looked at this thread. I thought we’d be discussing The Tick. SPOOOOOOOOOON ---
**Author:** ![AETBOND417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@AETBOND417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AETBOND417)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybara/48357/33 "2001-01-06T05:05:00Z")
My dog looks like a thin capybara. Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybara/48357/34 "2001-01-06T05:43:07Z")
Hahahaha… **Sue** , you _so_ have him pegged! ---
**Author:** ![beerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85e7bf/32.png) [@beerman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beerman)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybara/48357/35 "2001-01-07T09:00:17Z")
Gundy,Shay519 you stole my hijack the first thing i thought of was The Tick (Speak,and SPOOOOOOOOON!!!) Damn where is Arthur? or even the sewer urchin(oh yeah this is bad) ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybara/48357/36 "2001-01-07T09:57:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by oldscratch \* > \*\*Rodents Rodents everywhere, and not a drop to drink \*\* Speaking of drinking… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybara/48357.md?page=1)