# Have You Ever...?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941>\
**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\
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**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:** [May 17, 2018, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/302 "2018-05-17T11:20:01Z")

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Yes, many, many times.

Have you ever played “Call of Cthulhu”?

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**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:** [May 30, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/303 "2018-05-30T22:57:27Z")

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No, don’t care to try it either.

Have you ever resurrected a dying thread?

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**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:** [May 31, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/304 "2018-05-31T00:41:08Z")

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Yes, I think maybe I opened a zombie or 2, accidently. I know I posted in some. I look at the dates now.  
Have you ever gone out in public with no underwear under your clothing, you know, commando?

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/305 "2018-05-31T13:43:45Z")

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No. Absolutely not. Never.

Have you ever been issued a warning by a SDMB Moderator?

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**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:** [May 31, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/306 "2018-05-31T14:38:45Z")

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Yes, twice over the years, I think, but not for anything big.

HYE considered being an SDMB mod?

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/307 "2018-06-03T18:32:08Z")

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No, not really. Too much work.

Have you ever been evicted or thrown out?

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**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:** [June 5, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/308 "2018-06-05T23:16:25Z")

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My buddies and I were thrown out of a bar in our younger, wilder days; but I’ve never been evicted from a rental unit.  
Have you ever participated in community theatre?

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**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:** [June 6, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/309 "2018-06-06T01:57:53Z")

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Yes, I was with one group of Players for about 7 years, and acted, directed, assistant directed, was stage manager, house manager, ran lights and ran sound at one point or another.  
Have you ever found yourself in possession of counterfeit currency?

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**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:** [June 6, 2018, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/310 "2018-06-06T03:44:19Z")

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No, but I do have some real confederate money. And some $2. bills. They both look fake.  
HYE handled a live snake?

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**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:** [June 6, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/311 "2018-06-06T03:56:53Z")

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Many times. Harmless garter snakes were common in the area where I grew up, and it was fun to try to catch them. They can move surprisingly quickly, but I could usually catch one, before letting it go, unharmed.  
Have you ever handled a toad or a frog?

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**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:** [June 6, 2018, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/312 "2018-06-06T04:19:16Z")

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Heck yeah. I live in the south, we eat frogs legs. I have been frog gigging.  
(Secretly, I would never eat frog, and frog gigging isn’t fun)

Which begs the question, HYE eaten frog?

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**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:** [June 6, 2018, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/313 "2018-06-06T04:51:22Z")

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Yes, I’ve had frog’s legs once, at the home of a family whose kids called it “jumping chicken”. They didn’t strike me as special-tasting enough to overcome the ick factor.

Have you ever climbed in or out of your house through a window, and why?

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/314 "2018-06-06T13:13:53Z")

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Not technically a window, but I did once climb up to a second story balcony to open a sliding door because a friend had locker herself out of her apartment.

Have you ever invoked the ‘five second rule’ in a formal or semi-formal setting?

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**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:** [June 6, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/315 "2018-06-06T14:54:01Z")

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No. Food that lands on the floor is eaten by the dog or goes in the trash.

HYE seen a particularly ugly newborn baby?

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/316 "2018-06-06T14:56:48Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> HYE seen a particularly ugly newborn baby?

YES!! Friends of mine, two of the nicest people I’ve ever met, are both rather plain/unattractive looking. They had a little girl who inherited the worst of mom and dad’s features. Baby was ugly.  
HYE fell asleep on mass transit, missing your stop as a result?

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**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:** [June 6, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/317 "2018-06-06T22:25:19Z")

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No, I’m much too nervous a person.  
Have You Ever gone birdwatching?

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**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:** [June 7, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/318 "2018-06-07T03:20:53Z")

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No but that may be something I’d enjoy with knowledgeable others.

Have you ever regretted killing a living creature?

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/319 "2018-06-07T12:11:16Z")

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Yes, I once ran over a squirrel and felt bad about it

Have you ever watched a movie in a theater starring Steve Martin.

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**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:** [June 7, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/320 "2018-06-07T13:34:06Z")

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Yes, several. The best was _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_, which I saw with two college buddies. This is still my favorite scene: [Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) - Dinner With Ruprecht Scene (6/12) | Movieclips - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKDX-qJaJ08)

HYE met anyone named Ruprecht?

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**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:** [June 7, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/321 "2018-06-07T18:00:18Z")

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No, but I’ve met an Albrecht and was friends with Hans Ulrich and Bruno. I also met a Poloberg, who said that his mother must have been delirious from the anesthesia when she chose his name.

Have you ever walked out of a performance?

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