# Explain this girl genius joke to me

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-girl-genius-joke-to-me/634681>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 14, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-girl-genius-joke-to-me/634681 "2012-09-14T11:26:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-girl-genius-joke-to-me/634681/1 "2012-09-14T11:26:59Z")

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[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050523](http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050523)

What’s up with the tea cozy?

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**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-girl-genius-joke-to-me/634681/2 "2012-09-14T12:08:35Z")

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I think it’s just meant to imply there was some extreme fetishism going on in the conversation.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-girl-genius-joke-to-me/634681/3 "2012-09-16T00:49:25Z")

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The whole point is that it doesn’t make sense.

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**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-girl-genius-joke-to-me/634681/4 "2012-09-16T03:28:54Z")

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Agatha just got the details on a [noodle incident](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoodleIncident).

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-girl-genius-joke-to-me/634681/5 "2012-09-17T00:09:21Z")

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The tea cozy incident is, in fact, listed in that article.