# "Do you like to party?" If someone asks you this question what are they really asking you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 26, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739 "2011-04-26T04:27:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/21 "2011-04-28T00:35:01Z")
I always just assumed they were looking for a fourth to play Pin the Tail on the Donkey. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/22 "2011-04-28T01:39:08Z")
I don’t know what it means, but I was riding my bike down the street the other day and I saw expectopatronum’s mom and asked her if it was two-thirty and she called the cops on me. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/23 "2011-04-28T01:45:10Z")
In the kinds of crowds I’ve hung with, the word “party” has always been virtually synonomous with getting high. If someone asked me the question in the OP, I’d assume they were asking me if I wanted to blaze up. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/24 "2011-04-28T01:57:24Z")
Usually “…do you do/want to do Drugs?” On the street it’s a hooker propositioning a potential John. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/25 "2011-04-28T02:01:28Z")
“Would you like to purchase or otherwise partake in some drugs I have access to, most likely cocaine? Also, I am unaware of any affiliation with law enforcement you may have.” ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/26 "2011-04-28T02:27:08Z")
Drugs in general, in my experience. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/27 "2011-04-28T10:40:19Z")
“Do you like to party?” means “Are you ok with drugs?” It doesn’t even have to mean “do you want to do drugs?”, it can just mean “If I light up a joint, will you be upset/uncomfortable/freak out?” “Do you \*want \*to party?” is generally about sex. ---
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/28 "2011-04-28T14:20:11Z")
When I was young, it meant “do you smoke pot?” No other drugs were implied with the question. ---
**Author:** ![KellyCriterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/29 "2011-04-28T14:28:04Z")
… wrong thread. Oops! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/30 "2011-04-28T16:46:21Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > I always just assumed they were looking for a fourth to play Pin the Tail on the Donkey. If you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/31 "2011-04-28T17:41:12Z")
In my crowd it’s always meant “do you want to drink award winning amounts of alcohol and make questionable life decisions?”. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/32 "2011-04-28T18:17:59Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > If you know what I mean. Say no more! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/33 "2011-04-28T19:36:59Z")
> [@Foxy40](#): > > When I was young, it meant “do you smoke pot?” No other drugs were implied with the question. That was the case when I was in college, 1983-1987. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/34 "2011-04-30T06:25:54Z")
Yeh, to me I always thought it implied, “Do you smoke pot?”. I’m sure it’s open to more interpretation depending on context. In 127 Hours, the two girls ask Aron Ralston this, he kinda laughs and said (paraphrasing), “Uh, yeh, I guess.” I took that to mean pot/drugs. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/35 "2011-04-30T06:31:45Z")
Not just drugs, but usually meth specifically… least around here. ---
**Author:** ![branbro4935](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@branbro4935](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/branbro4935)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/36 "2018-03-06T16:09:44Z")
There is a drug house a couple house from mine. And at the corner store I’ve been asked this three times by a couple different black guys. It’s always been awkward, I assumed they were asking if I wanted to buy some coke or heroin. My answer is always no, I don’t party. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/37 "2018-03-06T16:44:41Z")
I assume it means coke, meth or ecstasy. For weed I feel like people tend to ask “are you cool?” or “do you partake?” rather than “do you party?”. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/38 "2018-03-06T17:56:10Z")
“Do you like to party?” - Do you take recreational drugs? “Do you want to party?” - Let’s have sex stranger who will pay me for it. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/39 "2018-03-06T18:07:33Z")
Do you do drugs, with an undercurrent of “you’re not going to narc on us, are you, man?” ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739/40 "2018-03-06T18:10:12Z")
It’s been decades since I was asked that, and the person asking was a scantily-clad woman in high heels on a street corner. I don’t think she was looking for one more player for Musical Chairs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739.md?page=3)