# Do you know your arse from your elbow?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 2, 2002, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967 "2002-12-02T16:00:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 19\
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**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967/1 "2002-12-02T16:00:27Z")

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Because apparently I [don’t](http://www.assotron.com/arse-or-elbow/).

Only got eight right.  
(CYA notice: there are some close up pics of ass-crackage…pretty tame…but you’ve been duly notified)

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967/2 "2002-12-02T16:05:48Z")

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I got 12/14. Wonderful to know that I can tell the difference. 😛

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967/3 "2002-12-02T16:06:03Z")

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I don’t either having scored 10 out of 14 butt…

I bet Koy Detmer does.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967/4 "2002-12-02T16:11:55Z")

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I don’t either having scored 10 out of 14 butt…

I bet Koy Detmer does.

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967/5 "2002-12-02T18:44:53Z")

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Hah! That’ll teach you to present this quiz to a certified arse man. 😉

14 out of 14.

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**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:** [December 2, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967/6 "2002-12-02T19:17:35Z")

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11/14

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**Author:** ![kebbyrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@kebbyrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kebbyrd)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967/7 "2002-12-02T19:24:00Z")

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15/14

I got extra credit by knowing that Coldie is an…

elbow!

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**Author:** ![Second\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Second\_Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Guest)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967/8 "2002-12-02T19:33:05Z")

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They all looked more or less alike to me, so I didn’t bother with the quiz. Just wondering, though, if it’s graded on a curve.

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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967/9 "2002-12-02T19:43:47Z")

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10 out of 14 here.

Anybody else into elbow sex?

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**Author:** ![agentfroot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@agentfroot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agentfroot)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967/10 "2002-12-02T19:44:04Z")

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I got 12! I suppose taking figure drawing helps build knowledge of anatomy…

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967/11 "2002-12-02T19:55:13Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Anybody else into elbow sex?

Nope, nor incest, either.

Scored 8/14. Was told I might be smarter if I wore a tie. But I’m just not into that whole Avril Lavigne look; I’ll leave that to the teeny boppers.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967/12 "2002-12-02T19:59:21Z")

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I don’t think I’d want to get tendonitis in either place.

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**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967/13 "2002-12-02T19:59:58Z")

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I got 11/14. Told me to imagine a peach.

No thanks, I think I’ll keep peaches on my list of fruits I enjoy eating, thankyouverymuch.

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**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967/14 "2002-12-02T21:51:13Z")

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12/14. It told me I must be a machine. My question is “What kind of machine?” 😃

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**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967/15 "2002-12-02T22:00:53Z")

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And I thought I was a breast man…

14/14

🙂

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967/16 "2002-12-02T22:18:36Z")

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12 for me… and the two I missed were out and out guesses…

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967/17 "2002-12-03T00:27:53Z")

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8 – but I’m truly okay with that.

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**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967/18 "2002-12-03T00:40:08Z")

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1. Not bad, really.

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-arse-from-your-elbow/139967/19 "2002-12-03T00:43:37Z")

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Hubby aced it. He always points out great asses to me - tho it’s usually in reference to a car or a boat… 😕
