# Have You Ever...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 1, 2018, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941 "2018-02-01T08:37:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/202 "2018-03-22T06:20:48Z")
No. But I can’t believe that I actually did it once in Mom’s car in view of a house! 20 feet away. Looked safe, then I was astonished that I took that chance. Have you ever went to a pro wrestling event? Who? (oh, was that asked before?) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/203 "2018-03-23T01:02:39Z")
Not a chance. I haven’t even ever watched one on TV. Have you ever eaten food you don’t like just to be polite? ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/204 "2018-03-23T01:08:39Z")
Yes. I was visiting Mrs Iggy’s aunt who worked on an onion farm. She made what looked like cole slaw, just substitute onion for cabbage. I ate it in small bites and smiled a lot, but feigned that I was full to avoid a second serving. Have you ever intentionally gone to work wearing mismatched socks? ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/205 "2018-03-23T01:38:27Z")
Yes, when I was in a hurry and couldn’t find a matched pair of clean socks. Not too badly mismatched, one navy and one black. Have you ever broken a window? (I accidentally broke a small one in an old door in our house, replacing it is going to be a pain :mad: ) (unintentional pun) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/206 "2018-03-23T01:40:38Z")
sorry double post ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/207 "2018-03-23T02:03:23Z")
Yes, and on purpose too. I was once renting the second floor of a house, with a separate entrance. I came home drunk one night and dropped the key at the top of the stairs. There was no way I was finding it, so I took off a shoe and broke the window to get in. Have you ever been to a Formula One race? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/208 "2018-03-23T19:38:32Z")
No, I don’t think I’ve ever been to a car race of any kind, although I’ve seen 'em on TV. Have you ever seen _Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby_? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/209 "2018-03-23T20:37:13Z")
Yes-It was slightly amusing. Have you ever personally watched someone die violently? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/210 "2018-03-24T01:10:01Z")
Yes, my father in the convulsive throes of a heart attack. Have you ever invented a fictional language? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/211 "2018-03-24T01:26:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Yes, my father in the convulsive throes of a heart attack. > > Have you ever invented a fictional language? Yes. Yes I have, with a friend in my youth. It’s difficult to explain, but we would transpose letters between words and substitute other synonyms. I can’t explain further. Have you ever parachuted? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/212 "2018-03-24T03:58:24Z")
No, but a close friend of mine was an drop instructor in the Israeli Army. Told me one of his buddies lost a finger in an auto-pull rip inflate of the rigging or some such. Have you ever lost function of a limb? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/213 "2018-03-24T04:20:01Z")
Yes, I’ve had broken hand and wrist and a broken ankle…so a temporary loss. Have you ever embarrassed your SO so bad that they were furious with you. (And they were correct)? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/214 "2018-03-24T08:16:06Z")
Not by my reckoning, but by my ex-wife’s, yes. I had no clue as to what I was supposed to do, but whatever I did, it was still wrong. Have you ever hand-raised a kitten or puppy? ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/215 "2018-03-25T06:29:05Z")
Yes, the cat we’ve had for over a year came to us from a shelter at 2 1/2 weeks old. We bottle-fed him several days and then switched to spoon-feeding. (You would think he’d be grateful! But no, he’s decided that play-fighting with my hands and feet is the best fun and I have too many scratches) Have you ever flown a kite? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/216 "2018-03-25T06:57:18Z")
All the time when I grew up. have you ever milked a goat? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/217 "2018-03-25T06:57:54Z")
I have. My son was enamoured of kites as a young boy. We finally got good enough that we consistently got one aloft. Took awhile. Have you ever grown a fruit tree from seed or seedling that got old enough to produce? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/218 "2018-03-25T13:47:27Z")
Growing up my family had a peach tree we planted. It died the year after it gave its first fruit. The grape arbor never produced. Have you ever sang (as a soloist or duetist) at a wedding? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/219 "2018-03-25T18:32:55Z")
No, but I’ve enjoyed hearing many others do so. Unanswered from before: Have you ever milked a goat? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/220 "2018-03-25T19:33:32Z")
No, but I’ve seen a stallion mating, and the memory will never fade. Have you ever come really (really) close to a wild animal? ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/221 "2018-03-26T01:47:26Z")
Yes all the time. Unless it has to be a rampant grizzly bear or a man-eating tiger. I confront about a dozen or two possums/armadillos/raccoons in my own backyard every year. I catch at least six or eight sharks each year (most 3’-5’ but up to 10’), and routinely have to slap the water very hard with my paddle to shoo alligators away from my kayak. Have you ever gutted a chicken? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941.md?page=12)