# Favorite Thing **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 30, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing/221701 "2003-12-30T04:18:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BraveNewSquirle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@BraveNewSquirle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraveNewSquirle)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing/221701/1 "2003-12-30T04:18:35Z")
I was wondering what everybody’s favorite thing was. Not in any specific catagory, but in general. For instance, I don’t think that it gets any better than a drunk kangaroo operating a wheat thresher. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing/221701/2 "2003-12-30T05:15:40Z")
Girls in white dresses and blue satin sashes, Snow-flakes that stay on my nose and eye-lashes, Silver white winters that melt into spring, ---
**Author:** ![\_ceQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b9bd4f/32.png) [@\_ceQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_ceQueen)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing/221701/3 "2003-12-30T06:20:14Z")
[cheese alert] My SO. [/cheese alert] ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing/221701/4 "2003-12-30T07:09:38Z")
“A cold beer on a hot christmas morning.” Oh, and the Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing/221701/5 "2003-12-30T07:32:22Z")
It’d have to be a toss-up between LJS Chicken Planks and pepperoni pizza rolls. I never claimed to have any class. Oh, yeah, and kittens and bunnies. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing/221701/6 "2003-12-30T07:53:33Z")
My lasagna Discworld books Niagra Falls ---
**Author:** ![Snake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Snake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing/221701/7 "2003-12-30T08:09:38Z")
my g/f’s perfume on the pillow blondes in cut offs and bikini tops Jackson V’s Hey, !ceQueen, great sig ! hahahaha ---
**Author:** ![WillSantini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing/221701/8 "2003-12-30T08:20:47Z")
a sexy woman playing the piano ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing/221701/9 "2003-12-30T13:40:35Z")
Cuddling up on the couch with misskid3, she is still small enough to fit just right. Cuddling up with the other misskids is fun, too, but she is at _that_ age, she is no longer a baby, but not yet a big kid. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing/221701/10 "2003-12-30T14:11:17Z")
Long talks in front of the fire with endless favorite music on the CD player (and wine…plenty of wine). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing/221701/11 "2003-12-30T14:23:00Z")
Overall my favorite Thing would be the ones made by Bob Bottin. James Arness comes in second, just edging out Ben Grimm. ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing/221701/12 "2003-12-30T14:48:48Z")
The word **preposterous**. It automatically makes the speaker sound pompous, and whatever is referred to sound beyond outrageous. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_scratch\_fever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@Cat\_scratch\_fever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_scratch_fever)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing/221701/13 "2003-12-30T16:27:19Z")
a monkey holding a hot dog ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing/221701/14 "2003-12-30T16:57:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by !ceQueen \* > \*\*[cheese alert] > My SO. > [/cheese alert] \*\* Well, nuts. You stole my cheese. 🙂 But yeah, I can’t think of anything that tops my wife. Rounding out my top five, in no particular order, would be: Free time The New York Giants (even this pathetic season) MST3K Anticipating tomorrow ---
**Author:** ![Breezy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Breezy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breezy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing/221701/15 "2003-12-30T17:13:13Z")
Time alone in my house! I love my SO more than anything else, but lately a little time alone with my house would make me very, very happy! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing/221701/16 "2003-12-31T01:20:45Z")
This [Thing](http://www.frontiernet.net/~dooda/thngafta.jpg) is pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing/221701/17 "2003-12-31T22:13:47Z")
It’s not THE favorite thing but what popped in my head was chocolate covered orange peel. mmmmmmmmmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![jacksen9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jacksen9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacksen9)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-thing/221701/18 "2003-12-31T22:55:22Z")
The beach early in the morning when you know you can relax, read, talk to a good friend, and work on your tan. Dogs. Mine especially. The end of the day when you know you have done good work. Working with people you love and respect. West Wing Laughter and the sdmb