# Hand the next poster a straight line **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 21, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802 "2007-06-21T02:42:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/1 "2007-06-21T02:42:01Z")
I just got this report from my boss, and I can’t figure it out. Can you make anything of it? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/2 "2007-06-21T02:44:47Z")
I’m sorry, I’m going to have to see you in my office after you’re done deciphering that report. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/3 "2007-06-21T02:45:49Z")
Additionally… * * * ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/4 "2007-06-21T03:05:16Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] * * * [/QUOTE] A straight line? That looks like an underscore. Like my last time trying to meet some ladies at a bar. Thought I was going to score a base hit with a ten. Missed. But I did manage to plant a kiss on the cheek of a five. Well, she was kind of ugly… ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/5 "2007-06-21T04:10:33Z")
Oh! I get it. It’s a game he’s suggesting for the SDMB. One person posts a straight line which the next poster will riff off of. The old Abbot & Costello routine. Or maybe he’s asking you to come up with a pickup line a straight man could use on another straight man. That’s a tough one. Or maybe he just wants you to give someone a ruler. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/6 "2007-06-21T04:21:36Z")
[QUOTE=phouka] I just got this report from my boss, and I can’t figure it out. Can you make anything of it? [/QUOTE] Origami I can make a bird, a puppy dog, a dinosaur! My face hurts \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/7 "2007-06-21T04:25:56Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] Origami I can make a bird, a puppy dog, a dinosaur! [/QUOTE] _ **THANK YOU!** _ > [@Mindfield](#): > > Oh! I get it. It’s a game he’s suggesting for the SDMB. One person posts a straight line which the next poster will riff off of. The old Abbot & Costello routine. Thank _you_. But…uh…I am a she. Thought I do like the he. [straight line] So, look, people! I didn’t come here to be insulted! [/straight line] And _you say…_ ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/8 "2007-06-21T04:32:07Z")
Well, I know what you WANT to hear…so I can’t give you that satisfaction, can I? You messed it up, but… Oh, I’m sorry. This is abuse. ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/9 "2007-06-21T05:26:01Z")
Mhm. Figures. The thread made _just for me_, and I can’t come up with a line to put in it. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/10 "2007-06-21T05:53:19Z")
[QUOTE=straight man] Mhm. Figures. The thread made _just for me_, and I can’t come up with a line to put in it. [/QUOTE] Have you tried viagra? Frankly, I’m not sure it’s supposed to be this hard. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/11 "2007-06-21T06:03:49Z")
[QUOTE=Mtgman] [QUOTE=straight man] Mhm. Figures. The thread made just for me, and I can’t come up with a line to put in it. [/QUOTE] Have you tried viagra? Frankly, I’m not sure it’s supposed to be this hard. Enjoy, Steven [/QUOTE] So you’ve taken your own advice too far is what you’re saying. This is fun! ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/12 "2007-06-21T14:00:37Z")
[QUOTE=straight man] This is fun! [/QUOTE] So where is my eye? :smack: Now it’s **Hunt the eyeball** Si ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/13 "2007-06-21T14:10:20Z")
[QUOTE=si\_blakely] So where is my eye? :smack: Now it’s **Hunt the eyeball** Si [/QUOTE] It’s always in the last place you look. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2007, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/14 "2007-06-21T14:14:54Z")
[QUOTE=si\_blakely] So where is my eye? :smack: Now it’s **Hunt the eyeball** Si [/QUOTE] We used to play that as kids. Bunch of crosseyed little motherfuckers… It hurts when I do this: ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/15 "2007-06-21T14:28:06Z")
Then keep doin’ it cause it’s fun to watch you in pain! I don’t think this is my stop driver. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/16 "2007-06-21T15:35:05Z")
Then I’ll just slow down and you can jump off. Waiter, what’s this fly doing in my soup? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/17 "2007-06-21T15:40:38Z")
I’m sorry, did you not order the Trouser Surprise? Wait, you’ll need a bigger bib. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/18 "2007-06-21T16:13:01Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] My face hurts \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ [/QUOTE] It hurts me more than it hurts you! You should get it looked at. No, wait, I take that back- it would be cruel to make a doctor look at your face. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/19 "2007-06-21T16:18:08Z")
I want a second opinion! OK, _you’re_ ugly as well! Are you getting any on the side? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802/20 "2007-06-21T16:19:04Z")
Ouch, **Marley** , that hurt! Oh, wait, no. It didn’t. I have to finish my laundry at home… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-the-next-poster-a-straight-line/408802.md?page=2)