# Does anybody own "Halvsie"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-own-halvsie/282998>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 4, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-own-halvsie/282998 "2005-01-04T06:00:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-own-halvsie/282998/21 "2005-01-11T00:23:23Z")

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What the FUCK is a Halvsie?

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-own-halvsie/282998/22 "2005-01-11T00:29:54Z")

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I don’t know, either.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-own-halvsie/282998/23 "2005-01-11T00:31:42Z")

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Yes.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-own-halvsie/282998/24 "2005-01-11T00:56:50Z")

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If I knew, maybe I could help.

But I don’t know either.

Is this it now? am I getting old?

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-own-halvsie/282998/25 "2005-01-11T01:19:28Z")

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I ate some Halibut last week. Does that count?

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-own-halvsie/282998/26 "2005-01-11T01:27:52Z")

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> [@Caricci](#):
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> Ya know, really, you still haven’t said what “Halvsie” it is! Maybe I should put this in that other thread, I don’t know, but is it the Halvsie in the link or is it the two legged dog??? This is killing me now!

Yes, it’s the [two-legged dog](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=51807).

I thought it was enough of an SDMB in-joke that I could mention it, just once, for twenty minutes, in 1960, and be understood, not gunned down with 1920s-style death rays. I humbly apologize.

Gotcha ya!

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**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-own-halvsie/282998/27 "2005-01-11T02:08:22Z")

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I was gonna offer you half of my Wholesie but now I don’t know…

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**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-own-halvsie/282998/28 "2005-09-10T13:40:52Z")

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I dunno.

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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-own-halvsie/282998/29 "2005-09-10T14:18:52Z")

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I don’t know more than Diane.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-own-halvsie/282998/30 "2005-09-10T15:50:18Z")

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This thread was long dead. We don’t have an “official rule” about not resurrecting old threads, but we do suggest that such resurrection of old threads only happen if you have something reasonable/valuable to contribute. Bringing up an antique thread just to say “I don’t know” is pretty much viewed as rude and inconsiderate.

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