# Favorite thing from 1972 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 6, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613 "2008-10-06T01:05:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/1 "2008-10-06T01:05:54Z")
Simple enough: your favorite song, album, movie, TV show, car, event, t-shirt, memory (if you were alive at the time…) Why is this a game, you ask? Because, I answer: You are limited _ONE_ ITEM PER POST. If you don’t like **anything** from 1972, maybe that would be a good thread for you to start elsewhere. I’ll kick it off with: **I Graduated from High School** ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/2 "2008-10-06T01:20:53Z")
Undoubtedly actress [Claire Forlani](http://www.babe-planet.net/babes/Claire_Forlani.jpg), born July 1, 1972. ---
**Author:** ![Saratoga\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Saratoga\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saratoga_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/3 "2008-10-06T01:37:11Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Simple enough: your favorite song, album, movie, TV show, car, event, t-shirt, memory (if you were alive at the time…) > > Why is this a game, you ask? > > Because, I answer: You are limited _ONE_ ITEM PER POST. > > If you don’t like **anything** from 1972, maybe that would be a good thread for you to start elsewhere. > > I’ll kick it off with: **I Graduated from High School** Hey, me too! And that’s my favorite from that year, cuz I sure was glad to get outta there! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/4 "2008-10-06T01:48:44Z")
**The Godfather** , released in March of 1972. Amazing movie. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/5 "2008-10-06T01:53:55Z")
Without a doubt, my sister, Alexandra, born Jan. 14th. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/6 "2008-10-06T01:58:27Z")
The girl I dated throughout 1972. She was a keeper. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/7 "2008-10-06T02:14:51Z")
Another class of '72 HS grad – but that’s not my answer, because I’d be disqualified for naming more than one thing. My favorite thing – Paul Simon’s first solo album. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/8 "2008-10-06T02:18:48Z")
Grafitti seen in an outhouse somewhere around North Bay, Ontario whilst hitch-hiking across Canada: Don’t change dicks in the middle of a screw Vote for Nixon in '72 ---
**Author:** ![Purgatory\_Creek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Purgatory\_Creek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purgatory_Creek)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/9 "2008-10-06T02:27:52Z")
That I can’t remember 1972. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/10 "2008-10-06T02:38:39Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > …because I’d be disqualified for naming more than one thing… My poorly-stated “rule” was intended to discourage multi-item lists that might “use up” potential choices. Some folks won’t see this thread right away, so I figured it might give them a chance. Feel free to add another favorite in a follow-up post. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/11 "2008-10-06T02:46:27Z")
Watergate. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/12 "2008-10-06T03:06:16Z")
Getting paid to sing. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/13 "2008-10-06T03:07:42Z")
I lost my virginity in 1972. Hi, Tracy! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/14 "2008-10-06T05:09:37Z")
One of my favorite albums of all time is from 1972: _Harvest_ by Neil Young. Classic. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/15 "2008-10-06T05:18:01Z")
The film Cabaret. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/16 "2008-10-06T06:15:04Z")
I think that might have been the year my parents married. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/17 "2008-10-06T07:25:03Z")
_Close To The Edge_ by Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petrobey_Mavromihalis)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/18 "2008-10-06T07:39:40Z")
Being born was kind of fun. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/19 "2008-10-06T08:03:26Z")
I turned 21. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613/20 "2008-10-06T13:50:10Z")
My favorite memory of 1972 is the Democratic National Convention. It was the last _real_ convention, ever, before the hand of God came down and turned conventions into unwatchable sanitized infomercials. It featured such novelties as a credentials challenge that both sides wanted to lose (for unfathomable parliamentary reasons), points of order, appeals, platform fights that went on until six in the morning, and an 80-candidate melee for vice president. Those were the days. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing-from-1972/466613.md?page=2)