# "Hands Up, This Thread is Going To Cuba!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 1999, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483 "1999-10-14T18:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DW3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@DW3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DW3)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/21 "1999-10-14T18:41:00Z")
Let me try this. If it works it was not the use of two computer but two windows of the same browser. ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/22 "1999-10-14T18:43:00Z")
I thought we were all just havana good time. “Yankee” was a derisive term used by the Dutch in the New World to refer to Englishmen, meaning “John Cheese.” John Cheese is also the real name of John Cleese. Coincidence? And what was Cleese doing at Gettysburg, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/23 "1999-10-14T18:53:00Z")
I always thought “yellow” meant you were so afraid you pee’d yourself. That reminds me, did you take that purity test? * * * \>^,^\< KITTEN If ignorance is bliss, you must be orgasmic. ---
**Author:** ![AuraSeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AuraSeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuraSeer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/24 "1999-10-14T18:56:00Z")
I think a big ego is a good thing. If it’s not, then I’m in trouble, because mine is getting out of control. To see why, read [this MPSIMS thread](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/001738.html), and look for the comments about [my picture](http://www.fathom.org/teemingmillions/profiles/auraseer.html). Click the image to see the full photo. Don’t you hate this blatant self-promotion stuff? =B^D * * * I don’t have an attitude problem. If you don’t like my attitude, it’s _your_ problem. ---
**Author:** ![StrTrkr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/25 "1999-10-14T19:03:00Z")
Flora, everybody knows it is not the size of your ego but how you use it. Jeffery ---
**Author:** ![StrTrkr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/26 "1999-10-14T19:05:00Z")
Aura, in your picture you look amazingly like my brother-in-law. His name is Brian as well. Are you sure you are not him? BTW, do any of the posters look like your relatives or friends? Jeffery ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/27 "1999-10-14T19:16:00Z")
Satan resembles my grandfather’s coachman. * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/28 "1999-10-14T19:17:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Where’s the sky marshalls when ya need 'em? They were deleted. BTW, don’t you admire how Heinlein handles the concept of Schrodinger’s Cat in that novel? ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/29 "1999-10-14T19:22:00Z")
Sure, table-top fusion sounds good, but suppose you don’t have a table. That leaves a lot of homeless people out of the loop, not to mention the Japanese, who as… What are we talking about here, anyway? I came in late. * * * If you’re hot, that’s good. If you’re cool, that’s good. I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/30 "1999-10-14T19:46:00Z")
And, of course, you can always hijack the blamed thing back to the OP if you’re serious about it. I doubt that much of the hijacking is malicious and deliberate. Threads used to branch and veer all over back on the AOL/SDMB. (I am not claiming that it was not frustrating, at times, but it certainly provided some interesting experiences to open up a thread named **Please name the first prime minister of Poictesme** and find a heated discussion of sexual positions as practiced in Waldavia and Columbus. * * * Tom~ ---
**Author:** ![AuraSeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AuraSeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuraSeer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/31 "1999-10-14T20:07:00Z")
StrTkr, my brother’s wife’s brother has the same name as you. This is getting weird. Do you have a sister named Joan who now lives in New York? If so, then we’ve met IRL. * * * Laugh hard; it’s a long way to the bank. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/32 "1999-10-14T20:08:00Z")
Oh, Tom, I was in Poictesme last year–met the dreamiest guy, with the sexiest Poictesmic accent. Don’t you just love the way they roll their r’s? ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/33 "1999-10-14T20:12:00Z")
Flora, rolled “r’s” are SO sexy. Especially after breakfast. Honey Bunches of Oats is my current favorite cereal. Though I usually eat it at night. Isn’t that strange? ---
**Author:** ![Imthecowgodmoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Imthecowgodmoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imthecowgodmoo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/34 "1999-10-14T20:16:00Z")
## I don’t mean to side track the OP, but don’t you think peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are more American than hot dogs and apple pie? “I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.”-- Calvin and Hobbes (\_\_) `\/-------\ `| |-----| | …c.c…c.c… ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/35 "1999-10-14T20:16:00Z")
I knew a girl once who called her boyfriend “Honey Bunches of Oats” although he usually ate _her_ at night. I’ve just been wondering what the Prime Minister of Poictesme was doing having sex in Columbus. Even if she did roll her R’s. ---
**Author:** ![StrTrkr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/36 "1999-10-14T20:22:00Z")
No, Aura, I have no family in New York and my sister is not named Joan. You do not happen to have a lot of tatoos do you? Jeffery ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/37 "1999-10-14T20:23:00Z")
My head hurts. * * * “The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.” - _Humphrey Bogart_ ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/38 "1999-10-14T20:29:00Z")
Does anyone know where I can find a picture of AuraSeer? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/39 "1999-10-14T21:19:00Z")
Why is it that you drive in a parkway and park… ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483/40 "1999-10-14T21:20:00Z")
I’ve got it…the third word is Hungary, if you omit the “A”!!! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-this-thread-is-going-to-cuba/9483.md?page=3)