# Eve Faw Down An' Go Boom **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453 "2004-10-27T15:35:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![merrily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@merrily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrily)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/61 "2004-10-28T21:13:38Z")
(Merrily sings) "There are posts on actor’s deaths, but not from Eve; There are witty epithets, but not from Eve. “Watch where you’re stepping” – Ha! The sidewalk gotcha-ya! And now we all…miss…Eve." ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/62 "2004-10-28T22:29:02Z")
I’m sure that even in the act of fawing down an’ going boom, you did it with class and style and . . . panache. Be back soon. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/63 "2004-10-29T01:15:23Z")
As you can see, even a broken and bruised body cannot keep me from my duty to goof off and crack wise . . . Oh, and ouch ouch ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/64 "2004-10-29T01:18:31Z")
I’m not buying this sidewalk theory. I think Eve got hurt trying to destroy the inflatable Scooby Doo. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/65 "2004-10-29T01:42:35Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > As you can see, even a broken and bruised body cannot keep me from my duty to goof off and crack wise . . . Hmm, **Eve** is rushed to the emergency room. Dr-What did you land on when you fell? Eve-The sidewalk. Dr- I mean what part of your body did you land on? Eve- The part with all the injuries. Dr-And that would be? Eve- If you can’t figure it out, I want a different doctor. Dr- Hmm, your wrist seems to be fractured. Eve- Will I be able to play the piano? Dr- Yes, when the cast comes off you’ll be able to play the piano. Eve- That’s funny, I could never play the piano before. Dr- Hmm. Let me see. Your shin is sprained. Your hip- Eve- I’m hip? I was worried I was out of style. Dr- I’ll need to send you up to radiology. Eve- Not him! He can’t be any good. He can never hold down a job. Whatever hospital I go to, they have Diologi working there. Why do they keep hiring this guy? Dr- No. I mean that I need to get you x-rayed. Eve- I need to be ex-rayed? When was I rayed? Dr-Do you have any allergies? Eve- Nothing a little laudanum won’t fix. Dr- Laudanum? Eve- Why yes, I’d love some. Dr- I don’t have any laudanum. Eve- Then you shouldn’t have offered me any. Dr- Do you think you’re some kind of comedian? Eve- Well, look around. The audience is in stitches. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/66 "2004-10-29T02:25:45Z")
Love you, **Eve**! _runs in, plants big smooch on **Eve** , runs out again_ ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/67 "2004-10-29T13:11:43Z")
**DocCathode** , have you always been evil, or did you just turn out that way? 😃 That was bloody hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/68 "2004-10-29T13:15:40Z")
“Doctor, it hurts when I do that!” “Then don’t do that!” > [@](#): > > I’m not buying this sidewalk theory. I think Eve got hurt trying to destroy the inflatable Scooby Doo. And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for that meddling sidewalk . . . ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/69 "2004-10-29T13:57:40Z")
> [@Cajun Man](#): > > I received an e-mail from **Eve** (in the unintentional style of e. e. cummings) asking me to convey the following to the SDMB membership: > > There’s prob’ly nothing broken, just bruises and lacerations. She’ll be on temporary hiatus from posting, but she will be reading. Get well soon, doll! Are you bandaged? Braced? Bleeding? Bruised? Banged up? Bound? Or is it just a simple twist? Hope it doesn’t hurt too much! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/70 "2004-10-29T14:01:33Z")
My right wrist is in a brace and the hand is bandaged up, and it _does_ hurt when I type (though you can see that’s not slowing me down). My left arm, shoulder and knee are all banged up and achy. All this falling down and I _never_ break my goddam nose. Hardly seems possible, it sticks out so far. At least I might get a free nose job out of a good fall . . . I called my sister, who hasn’t broken anything in three years, and said, “Tag! You’re it!” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/71 "2004-10-29T14:08:30Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > All this falling down and I _never_ break my goddam nose. Hardly seems possible, it sticks out so far. At least I might get a free nose job out of a good fall . . . Yez, bud den you woud soud like dis. Incidentally I admire your bold return to not only posting, but the shift key. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/72 "2004-10-29T15:23:41Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Incidentally I admire your bold return to not only posting, but the shift key. The shift key is the real bugger, because extending my right thumb _hurts_. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/73 "2004-10-29T16:45:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Are you bandaged? Braced? Bleeding? Bruised? Banged up? Bound? Bewitched? Bothered? Bewildered? ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/74 "2004-10-29T16:51:41Z")
I’m glad to see you’re still posting. Get well soon! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/75 "2004-10-29T19:14:02Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > My right wrist is in a brace and the hand is bandaged up, and it _does_ hurt when I type (though you can see that’s not slowing me down). My left arm, shoulder and knee are all banged up and achy. > > All this falling down and I _never_ break my goddam nose. Hardly seems possible, it sticks out so far. At least I might get a free nose job out of a good fall . . . > > I called my sister, who hasn’t broken anything in three years, and said, “Tag! You’re it!” I’ve had the ol’ schnoz busted three times: once with a frisbee right in the kisser, once when I was bent over my son and he stood up and head-butted me in the face, and once on the end of a slide at the beach. JAYZUZ but it hurts. You don’t want to do it without the benefit of drugs. Good drugs. Just warning you. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/76 "2004-10-29T19:17:43Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > The shift key is the real bugger, because extending my right thumb _hurts_. Isn’t there a shift key on the left side of your computer? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/77 "2004-11-13T17:05:04Z")
I’m bumping this both because I neglected to thank **plnnr** and **Polycarp** for their musical tributes; and because, on the way home from the Shop Rite this morning, I saw a _banana peel_ right in the middle of the sidewalk, _just waiting for me!_ I am obviously being stalked by the ghost of Mack Sennett. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/78 "2004-11-14T10:44:43Z")
Um **Eve**? Are you aware of Windows **[sticky keys](http://www.tunexp.com/tips/customize_your_computer/turn_on_the_sticky_keys_feature/)** feature? Designed for people using the keyboard one-handed, when this is active you can, for example, tap shift, alt, or whatever, _and it will remain active until the next key is pressed_. That link for is activating it under Windows XP or 2000. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/79 "2004-11-14T14:03:41Z")
OK, NOW I will arm wrestle you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JayElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@JayElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayElle)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453/80 "2004-11-14T18:00:21Z")
> [@TPWombat](#): > > Um **Eve**? > > Are you aware of Windows **[sticky keys](http://www.tunexp.com/tips/customize_your_computer/turn_on_the_sticky_keys_feature/)** feature? > > Designed for people using the keyboard one-handed, when this is active you can, for example, tap shift, alt, or whatever, _and it will remain active until the next key is pressed_. > > That link for is activating it under Windows XP or 2000. OK, I followed the directions and the dialog box popped up. Is there any other way to activate it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-faw-down-an-go-boom/271453.md?page=5)