# 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:** 36
**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:** [December 1, 2018, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/703 "2018-12-01T08:34:22Z")
Yes, if paying a caricaturist at the local fair counts. Have you ever adopted a stray animal?? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/704 "2018-12-01T11:59:41Z")
Heh. Many times. Have you ever broken the law and gotten away with it? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/705 "2018-12-01T17:21:36Z")
Yes. Who hasn’t jaywalked, spit in public, or crossed the street on a red light? Major laws, no. HYE not celebrated a holiday in December? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/706 "2018-12-01T17:25:22Z")
There was a Christmas back when I was a kid where my father put me on restriction and literally banned me from celebrating Christmas at all. HYE dressed up as either Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/707 "2018-12-01T17:30:02Z")
Yes, and it’s one of my favorite stories: I went to a costume party dressed as Santa and wearing a flesh colored body stocking underneath the jacket. Every once in a while I would “flash” someone. I won first prize for my “flashing Santa.” HYE read “A Visit from St. Nicholas” to a child? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/708 "2018-12-02T03:47:58Z")
Yes, I read it to my kids when they were little Have you had a picture taken with Santa when you were an adult? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/709 "2018-12-02T04:09:56Z")
Yes, the lil’wrekker wouldn’t sit on Santa’s knee without me holding her hand. So there I am looking a bit overwhelmed and stressed out. And her smiling like a goof. HYE found a hidden gift you forgot, oh, say about February? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/710 "2018-12-03T07:51:42Z")
Well, in September. I hid it too well, and forgot about it/lost it. I bought another gift for the recipient, and found the original gift months later. Have you ever won a sports bet? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2018, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/711 "2018-12-03T08:22:07Z")
Yes, I have. A small bet on the outcome of a baseball game. It was all in fun. Still, I was right. Have you ever lost a wad on a bet? ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/712 "2018-12-03T14:09:14Z")
Lost a hundred bucks on a single spin of a roulette wheel once. HYE won a bet but then had the other person fail to pay up (welch) on the wager? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/713 "2018-12-03T19:59:01Z")
No, but then I haven’t made that many wagers. HYE attended a church service where you were not a member of that church? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/714 "2018-12-03T20:15:15Z")
Sure. I’ve been a guest at Roman Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran and Moravian services. They were mostly interesting. (I’m Presbyterian.) Have You Ever gone Christmas Caroling door-to-door? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/715 "2018-12-03T20:21:51Z")
Yes. My kids were involved in 4-H and they did it every year. Being the helicopter mom I was, I attended. I was also a 4-H leader, for an excuse! HYE visited nursing homes even if you had no one in your family living there? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/716 "2018-12-03T22:00:49Z")
I worked as an orderly for a couple of years, and would visit friends who lived there. HYE discovered a dear friend was dead long after the fact? ---
**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:** [December 4, 2018, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/717 "2018-12-04T09:08:48Z")
Yes. My buddy Craig. Craig was part of my circle of friends during my undergrad. And he was a dear friend–somebody you could trust, but also somebody you could joke with, somebody you could laugh with and commiserate with. Excellent at spotting pretty girls from our usual table in the college cafeteria. Great guy, and he and the rest of us could also hit the bars for beer. Did I mention that he was great at spotting pretty girls? Graduation occurred, and we all went our separate ways. No Facebook (or indeed, internet) in those days, so keeping in touch was difficult. So you can imagine our surprise six or seven years later, when we learned through various channels, that Craig had contracted AIDS through homosexual sex, and had subsequently died a few years before. It took some doing, but Craig’s death brought us all back in touch. If there was a silver lining, it was that Craig’s death brought our old circle of friends back together. It wasn’t so easy back then, but we made the effort; and today, we are all in touch on Facebook. And we all still miss Craig. Something happier: have you ever won a prize playing a carnival game? ---
**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:** [December 4, 2018, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/718 "2018-12-04T13:07:08Z")
You know I don’t think I ever have. At least not that I can recall. HYE driven a car made before 1950? ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/719 "2018-12-11T15:58:18Z")
No. I haven’t driven many cars at all. Have you ever hung out laundry on a line to dry? ---
**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:** [December 11, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/720 "2018-12-11T16:53:08Z")
Yep, during my childhood in Spirit Lake, Idaho. HYE jumped off a tire swing into a lake or river? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/721 "2018-12-11T22:06:16Z")
I’ve been on a tire swing, but not into water. HYE skated on traditional roller skates (not inline)? ---
**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:** [December 11, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/722 "2018-12-11T22:26:32Z")
Yes, I have fallen down many times! I was never good at them. Have You Ever made a gingerbread house? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941.md?page=37)