# Five Important Facts About Curious George **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 17, 2001, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880 "2001-10-17T02:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/1 "2001-10-17T02:03:15Z")
1. **curious george is an idiot** Okay, so one time I had this really weird dream in which I was eating a giant pillow. When I woke up my marshmallow was gone. 2. **curious george enjoys performing unnatural acts on goats** My cat smells like cat food. 3. **curious george can’t count** Double Wide, Uncle Kracker¹s solo debut on KR¹s boutique label Top Dog, is proof enough that his steelo is absolutely crucial to the Kid Rock Experience. The Bob Seger-Steve Miller-Marshall Tucker Band rock-ing, Rare Earth yin to the Kid¹s Stooges-on-Run-D.M.C. yang, Kracker Baby gots the right to make his own noise. Think of Double Wide as a kinda-sorta flipside dub remix – same thing but different (or as they say in jazz, “the alternate takes”). 4. **curious george has absolutely idea of what it means to support a claim with a relevant argument** Mmmm, ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/2 "2001-10-17T02:06:16Z")
Umm, where’s #3? ---
**Author:** ![Chickenhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Chickenhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenhead)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/3 "2001-10-17T02:13:22Z")
1. **curious george repudiates jesus as a party trick** have you ever tried that harris teeter cream cheese with raspberries in it it no well you should it’s good. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/4 "2001-10-17T02:43:57Z")
I don’t really have anything to add, but if there’s going to be a pile-on on curious george, I want to stand and be counted as part of it. We rarely see a more deserving specimen. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/5 "2001-10-17T02:54:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by red\_dragon60 \* > \*\*Umm, where’s #3? \*\* **curious george makes excessive use of self-refrences** But where are we going to find rubber pants at this time of night? ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/6 "2001-10-17T03:00:59Z")
And damn that man in the yellow hat! He makes baby Jesus cry. ---
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/7 "2001-10-17T03:09:41Z")
1. **curious george is scared of the Pit because mean people are there** He might poopie his pants. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/8 "2001-10-17T03:36:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by red\_dragon60 \* > Umm, where’s #3? > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by The Ryan_ > 2. **curious george can’t count** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/9 "2001-10-17T04:29:16Z")
**curious george** committed a war crime, by not taking any action to stop the treacherous acts of slavery by Sudanese warlords and Ivory Coast cocoa growers. By his inaction, it can only be assumed that he supports slavery and slave trading. ---
**Author:** ![Gaspode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gaspode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaspode)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/10 "2001-10-17T04:52:43Z")
Can we get a link here? ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/11 "2001-10-17T05:00:40Z")
Like Smeghead, I would just like to add my vote that c.g. is particularly useless. ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_of\_Crap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@Tired\_of\_Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_of_Crap)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/12 "2001-10-17T05:19:56Z")
I dont know if the five facts I know about Curious George are important. But lets just say they appear to be wrapped around his Penis… ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/13 "2001-10-17T07:42:22Z")
Umm… Curious George is a wienie-face? Hey, you guys already got all the good ones! ---
**Author:** ![Wump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@Wump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wump)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/14 "2001-10-17T07:48:56Z")
Curious George is ruining the name of my all time favorite childrens book character. I still read those books. Such an amazing character does not need to be associated with this…this tripe. ---
**Author:** ![aegypt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@aegypt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aegypt)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/15 "2001-10-17T08:06:58Z")
As Socrates said when defending himself from the charge of corrupting the morals of Athens: > [@](#): > > For if you kill me, you will not easily find another man who, to put it somewhat comically, attaches himself to the city-state as if it were a great, thoroughbred horse that needs to be goaded on by some gadfly; for the horse is rather indolent owing to its massive size. The god, I think, has sicked me on the city-state for just that purpose. And I settle on you and I don’t stop goading you and exhorting you and reproaching each and every one of you all day long. No other person like me will be on hand for you, gentlemen, and if you take my advice, you will acquit me. Or , you might be irritated with me, the way napping people are when they’re roused, and you might, following Anytus’s advice, slap me, and kill me quite easily, and then go on forever napping out the rest of your lives (unless the god pities you and sends you someone else). I for one find it refreshing with somebody, like **c.g.** , who has unpopular views and is willing to argue for them. He is truly the Socratean gadfly to the lazy thoroughbred of mainstream opinion. (Go ahead, flame me.) ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_of\_Crap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@Tired\_of\_Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_of_Crap)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/16 "2001-10-17T08:17:18Z")
“lazy thoroughbred of mainstream opinion?” Yes, I know it was a term dubbed by Socrates. But in all seriousness, I think what CJ offered was a bit much, even if how I viewed it was mainstream opinion. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/17 "2001-10-17T08:22:04Z")
You’re comparing Curious George to Socrates? Socrates told people what they needed to hear. Curious George tells people… well… bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![aegypt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@aegypt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aegypt)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/18 "2001-10-17T09:06:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*You’re comparing Curious George to Socrates? > > Socrates told people what they needed to hear. Curious George tells people… well… bullshit. \*\* That’s what they said about Socrates too! Seriously, **Curious George** may not be Socrates, but somebody many people disagree with (and who stops short of being a troll) just adds spice to a debate. At the very least, we have George to thank for a lot of witty, debunking remarks posted in response to his posts in this forum and others. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/19 "2001-10-17T10:15:03Z")
> [@](#): > > That’s what they said about Socrates too! Actually, no, it isn’t. They got annoyed with him because he constantly posed a deluge of questions to people. Questions that made people think. Questions that made the supposedly “wise” people seem like fools when they couldn’t answer them. Curious George doesn’t pose questions all that much. And when he does, they’re easily answered. He’s not wise, or “deep”… he’s just annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880/20 "2001-10-17T16:06:28Z")
How about a goddamned link or two? Jeez, what am I expected to use the search feature? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-important-facts-about-curious-george/87880.md?page=2)