# Do you skip? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 13, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-skip/218773 "2003-12-13T13:12:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-skip/218773/41 "2003-12-16T15:10:19Z")
I FIRED my first friend because she didn’t know how to skip! We made up, but she’s remembered this for 42 years. I FIRED her! What kind of sick control freak was I at the age of 5? ---
**Author:** ![1337GMaN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/82dd89/32.png) [@1337GMaN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1337GMaN)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-skip/218773/42 "2003-12-16T15:11:47Z")
More to the point… What sort of company where you running at the age of 5 to fire someone from? Or even understand the concept of it? ---
**Author:** ![Dinaroozie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Dinaroozie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinaroozie)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-skip/218773/43 "2003-12-16T15:17:59Z")
**Sqube:** You’re a college student? Who’d have thought that, eh? 🙂 (I was also a college-dweller until recently, and skipping is usually the least strange thing going on.) **sKipping girl:** We just need a few more people who are Australians, dopers, and skippers. Admittedly, that is probably a fairly small subset of humanity, but there must be a couple of others. ~ Isaac ---
**Author:** ![sKipping\_girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@sKipping\_girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sKipping_girl)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-skip/218773/44 "2003-12-16T15:25:32Z")
**Dinaroozie -** hehe you’re very right, I think we must be a bit of a minority 🙂 We’ll just have to go and convert lots of Aussie Dopers and show them the joys of skipping, hehe. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-skip/218773/45 "2003-12-16T16:02:49Z")
My wife likes skip. ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-skip/218773/46 "2003-12-16T16:06:59Z")
I skip! I haven’t skipped in a while, because the sidewalks around here have been pretty icy. But as soon as they clear up, I’ll skip again. That clicking your heels to the side thing is called a bell (dance move). I make bells all the time, too. I am also big on dancing jigs. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-skip/218773/47 "2003-12-16T17:22:32Z")
I skip when I’m drunk or have drunk too much Redbull. But thats about it. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-skip/218773/48 "2003-12-16T17:27:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AngelicGemma \* > \*\*I skip when I’m drunk or have drunk too much Redbull. But thats about it. \*\* Oh, and I’m female and 18. ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-skip/218773/49 "2003-12-16T18:02:51Z")
Wow, I haven’t skipped for a long time, maybe since 1995. Maybe I’ll go outside and skip today! When I lived in the mountains my neighbor, (a friend that I spent a year in Viet Nam with), and I hiked a lot. If we were in a hurry we would skip when going downhill. Once into a rhythim, it was faster and less tiring than jogging. It was really amazing just how fast we could go. Skipping wore out my boots a lot quicker though. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-skip/218773/50 "2003-12-16T18:15:47Z")
I skip. Skip skip skippity skip! Also, if I’m walking home, there’s no one around, and I’m listening to music, I dance. In fact, I’m sat at my desk now, there’s no one in the office, I’m listening to music, and dancing away. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![moodtobestewed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@moodtobestewed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moodtobestewed)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-skip/218773/51 "2003-12-16T22:00:31Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Dinaroozie \* > \*\* > Slight hijack: Does anyone else jump and click their heels to one side in that stupid feel-good-movie type way? Or is it just me?_\* I almost broke my neck trying. It’s a lot more difficult than it looks. For the proper effect of the cartoon depictions you really have to get some air. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-skip/218773/52 "2003-12-17T06:43:31Z")
I skipped just tonight. My daughter started skipping while walking from the car to the grocery store, then I joined in and my son followed suit. I also skipped breakfast, lunch, a meeting, 12 emails, and I think my heart skipped a beat too. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-skip/218773/53 "2003-12-17T13:26:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \* > \*\*… and I think my heart skipped a beat too. \*\* I told you to stop thinking about me. It’ll never work out; **Homebrew** already has a toaster planned for my future. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-skip/218773/54 "2003-12-22T21:52:53Z")
Lookit that couple over there… skipping hand-in-hand! In Public! Ridiculous. They’re going on 50! He’s going bald! She’s getting pudgy! Laffin’ like a couple two-year-olds! Yep, that’s us. \ ---
**Author:** ![badmana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@badmana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badmana)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-skip/218773/55 "2003-12-23T02:54:07Z")
hah! I just skipped to the washroom just because of this thread! Good thing I’m almost alone at work right now 😃 Skipping is harder than I remember…I’m out of breath! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-skip/218773.md?page=2)