# Do You Covet Your Neighbour’s Ox? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 1, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106 "2022-11-01T01:32:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/1 "2022-11-01T01:32:20Z")
Because you shouldn’t. Stop that. Even though my ox is looking kind of scraggly. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/2 "2022-11-01T01:33:41Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Even though my ox is looking kind of scraggly. Perhaps you have a pox upon your ox. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/3 "2022-11-01T01:36:43Z")
I always wanted to be a coveted ox. But , alas no neighbors and I’m human. Dang it! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/4 "2022-11-01T01:41:39Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > coveted ox Band name! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/5 "2022-11-01T01:43:11Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Band name! Sorry, I already called dibs on it for my John Entwistle tribute band. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/6 "2022-11-01T01:43:53Z")
Would the current equivalent be your neighbour’s truck? SUV? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/7 "2022-11-01T02:21:01Z")
If it is a cow and not an ox, is that OK? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/8 "2022-11-01T02:30:49Z")
I COVID my neighbor’s pox. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/9 "2022-11-01T03:03:49Z")
Do you covet your neighbor’s ass? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/10 "2022-11-01T03:18:03Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Would the current equivalent be your neighbour’s truck? SUV? Yeah, i think so. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/11 "2022-11-01T03:32:24Z")
Absolutely. It’s one sweet ass. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/12 "2022-11-01T03:34:58Z")
So is it o.k. to covet my neighbor’s sox? She has several pairs that make it look like she has extensive tattoo work done, and I really would like to get a few pairs. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/13 "2022-11-01T04:06:00Z")
My neighbor gets a good number of acorns so I covet his oaks. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/14 "2022-11-01T04:09:32Z")
Yes, my neighbor has a great collection of protest music albums, and I do in fact covet his Ochs. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/15 "2022-11-01T07:16:14Z")
My neighbor took an ax to his ox. Now it’s an ex-ox. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/16 "2022-11-01T08:07:30Z")
But it’s still excellent. His ex ox rocks. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/17 "2022-11-01T08:11:16Z")
My neighbor had an oxymoron I coveted once. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/18 "2022-11-01T10:37:01Z")
It was raining when the shipment of timepieces arrived, so I covered my neighbor’s clocks ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/19 "2022-11-01T12:12:22Z")
I covet my neighbor’s ox because it’s out standing in its field. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106/20 "2022-11-01T12:35:55Z")
I went on [rhymezone.com](http://rhymezone.com) to find some sort of mildly amusing pun, and found a nine-syllable rhyming word but have no idea how to work in coveting their [strategic arms limitation talks](https://www.rhymezone.com/r/d=strategic_arms_limitation_talks) . [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-covet-your-neighbour-s-ox/974106.md?page=2)