# First thing that comes to mind hearing "Three men in a tub" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 7, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031 "2012-02-07T00:07:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/1 "2012-02-07T00:07:33Z")
No context, just the line above. What’s the first thing you thought of? ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/2 "2012-02-07T00:08:44Z")
Rub-a-dub-dub. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/3 "2012-02-07T00:09:52Z")
Lemonparty. ETA: you didn’t say it had to be the most _accurate_ thing. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/4 "2012-02-07T00:23:32Z")
Other: Three Men In A Boat (Jerome K Jerome) - one of my favourite books. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/5 "2012-02-07T00:31:59Z")
Nursery rhyme. Not that there’s anything wrong with gay porn. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/6 "2012-02-07T00:32:59Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Other: Three Men In A Boat (Jerome K Jerome) - one of my favourite books. That was my first thought as well. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/7 "2012-02-07T00:34:57Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Rub-a-dub-dub. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![Shmendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/8 "2012-02-07T00:38:56Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Other: Three Men In A Boat (Jerome K Jerome) - one of my favourite books. “It always does seem to me that I am doing more work than I should do. It is not that I object to the work, mind you; I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/9 "2012-02-07T01:01:08Z")
Santorum ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/10 "2012-02-07T01:06:14Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Other: Three Men In A Boat (Jerome K Jerome) - one of my favourite books. It didn’t pop into my mind at all…but, yes, a truly delightful book! (To say nothing of the dog!) ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/11 "2012-02-07T01:29:01Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Rub-a-dub-dub. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/12 "2012-02-07T01:37:17Z")
Gay porn, but I have to admit I’m biased towards wanting to hear it that way. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/13 "2012-02-07T01:38:22Z")
gay Nursery rhyme ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/14 "2012-02-07T01:38:24Z")
I also thought “Rub-a-dub-dub”. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/15 "2012-02-07T01:40:42Z")
Me, too. Rub a dub dub ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/16 "2012-02-07T03:56:25Z")
Gay porn. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/17 "2012-02-07T04:10:08Z")
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker. You know, there may even be some kind of double entendre implied with this little rhyme. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/18 "2012-02-07T04:22:25Z")
Soup! ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/19 "2012-02-07T04:44:46Z")
This story: [Arkansas weatherman Brett Cummins found in hot tub with naked dead man wearing ‘dog collar’](http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-09-07/news/30147109_1_hot-tub-dog-collar-john-barbour) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031/20 "2012-02-07T05:07:25Z")
I think of three hefty guys guys sitting in a tub like children, all crossed legged and not taking up that much space. It’s not porn, since I can’t see anything other than the fact they are sitting there. The nursery rhyme came after that. Gay porn only after you mentioned it. My first thought with unfamiliar phrases is very often quite literal. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-hearing-three-men-in-a-tub/612031.md?page=2)