# Did I really just hear that?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-really-just-hear-that/529557>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 18, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-really-just-hear-that/529557 "2010-02-18T23:26:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-really-just-hear-that/529557/61 "2010-02-22T20:18:38Z")

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Got it- I’d need to know you and personally stand next to you to know you’re being sanctimonious.

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-really-just-hear-that/529557/62 "2010-02-22T20:22:37Z")

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> [@CherryBomb](#):
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> I’m not trying to backpedal out of anything. You and **smoke** can make whatever character judgments about me that you like. I do appreciate the attempt at determining that I was being sanctimonious, seeing as how you know me so well and were right there with me when it happened. :rolleyes:
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> I stand by my statements that I don’t think they actually knew what a seal actually looked like, and the male in the pair made a ridiculous statement that indicated lack of knowledge (be it of taxidermy or biology).

But why is it so ridiculous to not know about taxidermy? I don’t really see why it’s so odd to see a bizarre looking animal and think, “Oh, maybe it was stuffed badly.” I’d wager that most people don’t know anything about taxidermy. It’s a fairly obscure topic.

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**Author:** ![CherryBomb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@CherryBomb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CherryBomb)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-really-just-hear-that/529557/63 "2010-02-22T23:01:26Z")

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I don’t know if he knows anything of taxidermy or not, but a seal is not a mysterious animal that’s rarely seen or lightly documented. It was not stuffed badly or displayed improperly or off in any way. I would not consider a seal to be a bizarre looking animal though.

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-really-just-hear-that/529557/64 "2010-02-23T01:30:39Z")

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> [@CherryBomb](#):
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> … seeing as how you know me so well and were right there with me when it happened. :rolleyes:

You know, you make a good point. I wasn’t there, and we’re only viewing this through the lens of your experience. How do we know that _your_ perception wasn’t the one that was flawed and in fact the seals were incorrectly stuffed, which the other couple picked up on but you did not? I think we are going to need to see photos of the exhibit to make the determination for ourselves.

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