# Caught by the zip

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-by-the-zip/127614>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 9, 2002, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-by-the-zip/127614 "2002-09-09T05:32:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-by-the-zip/127614/1 "2002-09-09T05:32:40Z")

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From the leading Melbourne broadsheet newspaper:

[Many a slip twixt hand and zip](http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/09/08/1031115972843.html)

Not having the necessary appendages to experience this problem myself, I’m left to wonder - is this really a common problem?

Obviously common enough for them to research it…

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**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-by-the-zip/127614/2 "2002-09-09T06:00:26Z")

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I think I’ve caught Mr. Party Tool in Mr. Gnashing of Teeth Zipper two or three times, mainly when I was a youngster.  
So not common for me, but when it does happen, you know about it, ohhhhhhhh, the pain and the tear from my eye.

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**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-by-the-zip/127614/3 "2002-09-09T06:59:55Z")

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Haven’t done this since I was a little kid. Not going commando helps quite a bit, probably.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-by-the-zip/127614/4 "2002-09-09T12:11:19Z")

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“Franks and Beans!”

[sub]Hey, _someone_ had to make the _There’s Something About Mary_ reference.[/sub]

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**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-by-the-zip/127614/5 "2002-09-09T12:55:48Z")

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I’ve done this twice. Both times it was an immediate result of being caught pounding the penguin. You know the drill, parents get home early, etc etc… And FWIW, I do go Commando.