# Finish This Sentence: Right now I'm \_\_\_\_\_, but I'd rather be \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 3, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174 "2010-05-03T17:20:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cdsilv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cdsilv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cdsilv)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/21 "2010-05-03T19:52:10Z")
Right now I’m at work in Houston, but I’d rather be enjoying one of the last ‘good’ days at Pensacola Beach. I’m afraid that stretch of shore (from Gulf Shores to the southern tip of east Florida) will never be the same again. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/22 "2010-05-03T19:57:59Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Right now I’m hung-over, but I’d rather be fucking (your mom). You obviously haven’t met my mom. Ever seen _Carrie_? Her mom would be scared of my mom . . . . ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/23 "2010-05-03T20:11:32Z")
Right now I’m pretending to work, but I’d rather be actually working, so shit would get done and I wouldn’t feel bad about it later. Alas, there is no solution to this problem. _fingers in ears_ la la la la la la la la… ---
**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:** [May 3, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/24 "2010-05-03T20:28:51Z")
Right now I’m: struggling to write 24pp of term papers that have been overdue for a year But I’d rather be: almost anyplace else ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/25 "2010-05-03T21:04:13Z")
working/(knitting|sleeping|eating something tastier than baby carrots) ---
**Author:** ![Baby\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@Baby\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baby_Driver)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/26 "2010-05-03T21:52:22Z")
Right now I’m in the library, wearing itchy underwear, working on an overdue short story, but I’d rather be eating watermelon in Mexico ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/27 "2010-05-03T22:01:53Z")
Right now, I’m in the library, recovering from teaching a four hour lab section, preparing to go home to the wife and baby. I’d rather be on vacation. Or asleep. Or preferably both. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/28 "2010-05-04T00:28:29Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > Right now I’m at work, dreaming of stabbing my coworkers with a big ass fork; but I’d rather be home in my garden, or even washing dishes. [A big ass-fork? That I gotta see …](http://xkcd.com/37/) ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/29 "2010-05-04T00:29:47Z")
> [@campp](#): > > Right now I’m employed, but I’d rather be unemployed. > [@Kyla](#): > > Right now I’m applying to jobs, but I’d rather be employed. Interesting … ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/30 "2010-05-04T00:33:12Z")
Right now, I’m reading the Dope, but I’d rather be sleeping! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/31 "2010-05-04T09:24:32Z")
Right now I’m getting ready to go work the polls, but I’d rather be asleep. Or undergoing surgery. Something fun like that. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/32 "2010-05-04T17:11:30Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > Finish This Sentence: > > **Right now I’m \_\_\_\_\_, but I’d rather be \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.** Right now I’m unemployed, but I’d rather be employed. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/33 "2010-05-04T19:54:14Z")
Right now I’m at work, but I’d rather be super fucking duper rich and riding on my jet-ski in my pool. (Seeing as I am super fucking duper rich my pool is so super fucking huge that I can ride around in it on a jet-ski.) ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/34 "2010-05-05T01:28:50Z")
working/retired ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/35 "2010-05-05T02:27:51Z")
Right now I’m nursing a sore throat, but I’d rather be …not. ---
**Author:** ![Armchair\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Armchair\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Armchair_Economist)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/36 "2010-05-05T03:02:19Z")
Right now I’m writing a university senior research presentation on 19th century German philosophy, but I’d rather be drinking in celebration of finishing undergrad. ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/37 "2010-05-05T04:29:56Z")
Right now I’m wondering how I’m going to be able to get a halfway decent job in academia without pubs before I graduate, but I’d rather be dead. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/38 "2010-05-05T04:49:07Z")
**Right now I’m in Germany, but I’d rather be in Tampa.** ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/39 "2010-05-05T06:44:00Z")
Right now, I’m starting a final paper, due tomorrow, but I’d rather be in bed. ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174/40 "2010-05-05T08:10:33Z")
right now, I’m awake because I’m overloaded with work and school anxiety and because my grandmother died tonight- the second death in my family in a week. But I’d rather be sleeping peacefully with the knowledge that all I have to do tomorrow or for the next week is watch Glee, ride my bike, and hang out with my friends. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-right-now-im-_____-but-id-rather-be-________/538174.md?page=3)