# Embarrassing Things You Can't Admit IRL
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [October 12, 1999, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953 "1999-10-12T15:45:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)
#### Post date: [October 12, 1999, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/1 "1999-10-12T15:45:00Z")
What are a few of the things you can admit here anonymously but wouldn’t dare tell anyone in real life?
A few of mine:
1. I like the stupid movies from the Saturday Night Live people (Night at the Roxbury, Tommy Boy, It’s Pat, Superstar, Water Boy).
2. I laugh at Adam Sandler, Pee Wee Herman, and :::gulp::: Pauly Shore.
3. When I am alone, I fart and giggle my ass off. ::😊::
4. I always look into the toilet before I flush it. I am not sure what I am looking for, but I do it.
5. Fish freak me out, BAD.
6. I like stale, hard gum.
7. I secretly like songs by N SYNC, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, and Brandy (if she is the one who sings “The Boy is Mine”. I love that song.)
I also own (no one knows) CDs by The Righteous Brothers, Don McLean, TAFKAP, and Mark Chestnut, George Strait, Patty Loveless, Teri Clarke, Martina McBride, and :::double gulp::: Shania, and many other country CDs.
Most people think I am strickly the Smashing Pumpkin/Creed/Limp Bizkit/KMFDM/Nirvana/Pearl Jam/Alice in Chains/Stone Temple Pilots
Wait - I guess that in itself is pretty embarrassing. ☹
1. I used to have another screen name and used it to gather internet porno. :::EFG:::
## There is a lot more, but that it all for now.
\>^,^\<
KITTEN
If ignorance is bliss, you must be orgasmic.
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### Author:  [@Stevie\_Rave\_On](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stevie_Rave_On)
#### Post date: [October 12, 1999, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/2 "1999-10-12T15:54:00Z")
I can’t admit to anyone that I spend all my time at work reading this message board.
(I would also be scared if someone I knew was to read this MB they would instantly recognize my screenname, and then I wouldn’t be able to post anonymously anymore).
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Ty Webb: I like you Betty.
Danny Noonan: That’s Danny, sir.
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 12, 1999, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/3 "1999-10-12T15:59:00Z")
If the Righteous Brothers are something to be embarassed about, I have a lot of blushing to catch up on.
Embarrassing likes for me:
_Sugar Sugar_ by the Archies
Several songs by the Monkees
Wait, I’m just not ready to get into this right now…
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### Author:  [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)
#### Post date: [October 12, 1999, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/4 "1999-10-12T16:04:00Z")
Diane, I’d post to this thread, but I can’t be seen talking to you anymore.
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Modest? You bet I’m modest! I am the queen of modesty!
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### Author:  [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)
#### Post date: [October 13, 1999, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/5 "1999-10-13T05:04:00Z")
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> Diane, I’d post to this thread, but I can’t be seen talking to you anymore.
Was it the fart confession or the one about Shania?
## Oh yeah, and I LIKE the Celine Dion song from Titanic!
\>^,^\<
KITTEN
If ignorance is bliss, you must be orgasmic.
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### Author:  [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)
#### Post date: [October 13, 1999, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/6 "1999-10-13T05:46:00Z")
I love the Monkees. I even watch the TV show whenever I know it’s on.
I like Leif Garrett, too.
I shouldn’t admit this here, but I’m going to anyway. Call it a cry for help. After countless attempts in the years since I read the first SD book, I’m still having trouble understanding what’s up with Schroedinger’s cat.
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### Author:  [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)
#### Post date: [October 12, 1999, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/7 "1999-10-12T18:55:00Z")
There seems to be a musical theme here…
I like The Carpenters. What a voice Karen had.
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### Author:  [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)
#### Post date: [October 12, 1999, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/8 "1999-10-12T19:04:00Z")
I like the clothes on the Lawrence Welk show. Sad, but true.
I feel so dirty.
Also, I spent several hours on the Small Wonder site last week in a masochistic awe. (For those that don’t know, check the Small Wonder thread or my sig-link, and beware.)
I feel dirty now.
HUGS
SqrlCub
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Move over Satan. 😉 Now there’s something meatier. [http://smallwonder.simplenet.com/COC.html](http://smallwonder.simplenet.com/COC.html)
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### Author:  [@Scarred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarred)
#### Post date: [October 12, 1999, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/9 "1999-10-12T19:52:00Z")
I, too, check the bowl before sitting down. But I know what I’m looking for. Spiders. Big hairy, ugly, spiders that are planning to crawl up my butt. I think this started after seeing “Arachnophobia”.
Another thing I do is hide candy from the family. No one ever checks my underwear drawer…
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### Author:  [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)
#### Post date: [October 12, 1999, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/10 "1999-10-12T20:10:00Z")
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> I, too, check the bowl before sitting down. But I know what I’m looking for.
## Uhhh, I check the bowl AFTER I am finished using the toilet. 😕
\>^,^\<
KITTEN
If ignorance is bliss, you must be orgasmic.
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### Author:  [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)
#### Post date: [October 13, 1999, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/11 "1999-10-13T03:16:00Z")
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> Mark Chestnut, George Strait, Patty Loveless, Teri Clarke, Martina McBride, and :::double gulp::: Shania, and many other country CDs
What’s wrong with that? Do you have Mindy McCready? I think you’d like her.
I don’t have anything that I’m ashamed to admit IRL. I admit that I like Hudson Hawk IRL, too.
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“The secret of life is, there ain’t no secret, and you don’t get your money back.”
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### Author:  [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)
#### Post date: [October 13, 1999, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/12 "1999-10-13T05:36:00Z")
I came to the conclusion a long time ago that I had no shame. Works so far…
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Yer pal,
Satan
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### Author:  [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)
#### Post date: [October 13, 1999, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/13 "1999-10-13T07:11:00Z")
Me-Tooing:
I like Leif Garrett, too. _Yum! Double Yum!_
I like The Carpenters. What a voice Karen had. _I love Karen Carpenter. People in high school thought I was weird, but they would have thought that anyway._
I like the stupid movies from the Saturday Night Live people (Night at the Roxbury, Tommy Boy, It’s Pat, Superstar, Water Boy). _But of course, this has nothing to do with the fact that I love SNL and locker-room humour_
I laugh at Adam Sandler, Pee Wee Herman, and :::gulp::: Pauly Shore. _see above_
I always look into the toilet before I flush it. I am not sure what I am looking for, but I do it. _Additionally, I check the TP, and won’t get up till I’m sure my ass is **pristine** _
I secretly like songs by … Britney Spears, and Brandy (if she is the one who sings “The Boy is Mine”. I love that song.) _Those silly boy bands could drown for all I care. But I’ve been known to crank up Britney and Brandy. Also, I love TLC and the Spice Girls._
Thing is (well, other than the bathroom part) I don’t care who knows. I just thought I’d let you know that you’re not the only one…
My stuff:
–I am an automotive nose-picker. For some reason, my nose instantly becomes dry and clogged as soon as I get in my car. At least I keep napkins handy…
–If I can’t find a nail clipper and I just can’t take it any more, I **will** commence biting my toenails.
Geez, I guess other than that, there isn’t much I wouldn’t admit to…
Either I’m boring, or I’m shameless.
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“ChrisCTP-…the sweetheart of the SDMB…” --Diane
Chris’ Homepage: [Domestic Bliss](http://www2.crosswinds.net/~domesticbliss/)
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### Author:  [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)
#### Post date: [October 13, 1999, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/14 "1999-10-13T13:21:00Z")
I keep thinking, and I just can’t come up with anything I can’t admit IRL. If people think less of me because of my tastes, screw 'em.
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### Author:  [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)
#### Post date: [October 13, 1999, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/15 "1999-10-13T18:39:00Z")
I think that probably the most embarassing thing that I can’t admit in real life is the fact that I post to Web message boards under the name “neuro-trash grrrl”.
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Modest? You bet I’m modest! I am the queen of modesty!
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### Author:  [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)
#### Post date: [October 15, 1999, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/16 "1999-10-15T05:50:00Z")
who cares what other people think… its not my place to judge or be judged…
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### Author:  [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)
#### Post date: [October 15, 1999, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/17 "1999-10-15T00:56:00Z")
## Here’s one for me: I sucked my thumb until I was about 16. Yikes! I would never, ever tell anyone I knew that. Also, I had to take my drivers test 3 times. I have a real thing for cops and firemen.
Some mornings it just doesn’t seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps.
[http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html)
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### Author:  [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)
#### Post date: [October 15, 1999, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/18 "1999-10-15T04:38:00Z")
the uh, knuckles on my big toes are hairy and the new sandals I bought were rubbing on the hairs and pulling them out. (Sigh) I actually shaved my toes ☹
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### Author:  [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)
#### Post date: [October 15, 1999, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/19 "1999-10-15T09:42:00Z")
I shave my toes too.
I generally check the toilet also, mainly to make sure there isnt’ a skid mark on the bowl that I’ll have to scrub off.
I pick my nose. I’m sorry, but there isn’t any other way to get the crusty ones out!! Blowing doesn’t help, and putting tissue over my finger doesn’t either. I use a kleenex to wipe em on and I wash my hands after a particularly productive dig… (and I wash my hands freqently anyway).
I sniff the crotch/underarms of clothes and wear them again if they don’t make me choke.
I fart as loud as I can when I’m alone, then say, OUT LOUD, “Sparky!!” or "Kaia!!!’ or the name of whichever of my animals is around that the time.
I love to pop zits. I pop them in the visor mirror in the car if I’m not driving. I’ll pop anyone else’s zits who will let me. Got a back full of zits? I’m your woman.
Mind you, this is stuff that I WOULD admit freely, to anyone… just like I’m doing here… but it is still embarrassing stuff.
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**\>^,^\<**
“Cluemobile? You’ve got a pickup…”
OpalCat’s site: [http://opalcat.com](http://opalcat.com)
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### Author:  [@wireless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wireless)
#### Post date: [October 15, 1999, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-things-you-cant-admit-irl/9953/20 "1999-10-15T21:29:00Z")
Here it is, my big confession ::gulp::
I pee in the shower sometimes. Not in public showers, like at the gym, but at home, when I’m by myself.
It wasn’t always thus. I remember in college there was this joke (?) - Q: How do you tell if someone’s a WASP? A: They get out of the shower to pee. For the longest time I JUST DIDN’T GET IT, being, like, “Doesn’t everyone?” I’m happy to say I’ve loosened up a bit since then. (But still scored 58% on the Purity Test. ::sigh:: Guess I’ve still got some work to do.)
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