# 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:** 55
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1084 "2019-05-23T20:01:33Z")
In-play: HYE won more than a few dollars in a lottery or raffle? Yes. While working at Blockbuster, we had a contest for who could sell the most Rewards cards on a certain day or weekend. The winner would get his first pick of several lottery tickets. I won the contest, picked a card, and won $100 from it. It bought Christmas presents. Have you ever been asked to leave someone’s house, or a public place? ---
**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:** [May 23, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1085 "2019-05-23T21:27:31Z")
Yes, back in college, I used to frequent a burger joint that was a popular student hangout. One night, after I ate, I was playing with what was on the table and started a small contained fire. I was told to leave and never come back. HYE had a pet that gave birth in an unusual place? ---
**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:** [May 30, 2019, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1086 "2019-05-30T05:48:41Z")
Yes, our cat had her 2nd litter on my brother’s bed. HYE been on a trip and found that you lost or forgot something important like your ticket, ID or passport? ---
**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:** [May 30, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1087 "2019-05-30T11:44:33Z")
I once went on a five day fishing trip without my fishing and driver’s licenses on me. Didn’t notice until I got there and changed clothes after a four hour drive. Fortunately I never saw a game warden. HYE gotten into trouble(ticketed/warned/fined/thrown off a jobsite) for not having the proper documentation, permit or license for what you were doing? ---
**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 30, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1088 "2019-05-30T14:06:47Z")
Oh, yes. I did construction for 26 years, and it happened several times, usually for a very trivia matter. HYE been in a tornado? ---
**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:** [May 30, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1089 "2019-05-30T23:11:38Z")
Not a tornado, but something similar known as a [microburst](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microburst). I was driving to a golf game at a course outside of town, and it was pretty obvious our game would be cancelled, as it was raining (it wasn’t when I left home) and the sky was quite dark and threatening. But if I could get to the course, I could meet my playing partners, and we could at least have a drink in the bar. Nope. With a few miles to go, the wind picked up, the rain went sideways, and it became impossible to see. I pulled over to wait it out. My truck weighs three tons, and at one point, I thought it would be blown over. When the storm passed, I continued to the golf course, to meet my playing partners. The course was unplayable, with downed trees and branches. We had all been caught in the microburst, and needed a drink after that. Have you ever driven in a blizzard? ---
**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:** [May 30, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1090 "2019-05-30T23:53:21Z")
Yes, or at least it was a very heavy snowfall. A truck carrying a house zoomed by me. Have you ever experienced an earthquake? ---
**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:** [May 31, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1091 "2019-05-31T02:57:11Z")
Yes, several times, a couple of moderate ones in Mexico and Japan and a huge one, magnitude 7.7 in the Philippines. I was 80 miles from the epicenter, but it was still really scary. Have you ever been in a fire? ---
**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 2, 2019, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1092 "2019-06-02T10:35:43Z")
Never been in one, _per se_, but have certainly been around enough brush burnings to know how dangerous fire can be, Have you ever driven wayyyy too much over the speed limit? ---
**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:** [June 2, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1093 "2019-06-02T13:43:30Z")
Yes, I had just gotten a new car (1976 VW Rabbit), and just to test it, drove over 100 on the Long Island Expressway. It was exhilarating and scary at the same time. HYE broken a bone, falling while ice skating? ---
**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 2, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1094 "2019-06-02T23:31:29Z")
Yes. In my younger days, I was a figure skater. Some years after I stopped skating, my girlfriend want to go skating on a date. So we did. I found out the hard way that if you don’t practice figure skating often, you won’t be able to do it years later. I ended up falling, breaking an elbow in the process. Have you ever broken a bone while participating in any sport? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1095 "2019-06-18T21:15:20Z")
This is coming dangerously close to falling off the first page, so I’ll answer: No, but I _did_ experience some moderate knee pain while playing basketball, and it was diagnosed as Osgood-Schlatter Disease. The doctor was funny, though annoying at the time: “If it hurts to jump, don’t jump; if you jump anyway and it hurts, don’t come bitching to me.” Eh, I was a terrible basketball player anyway, particularly by Indiana standards. Have you ever gone to a movie theater and not seen the movie you were intending to? (Either deliberately or due to happenstance?) ---
**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:** [June 18, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1096 "2019-06-18T21:27:49Z")
Yes-Night before getting shipped to San Antonio for basic training I went out to see _Mahogany_ and somehow ended up in the theater showing _Jaws_. Have you ever caught a foul ball or homer at a major league game? ---
**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 18, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1097 "2019-06-18T22:15:54Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Yes-Night before getting shipped to San Antonio for basic training I went out to see _Mahogany_ and somehow ended up in the theater showing _Jaws_. Not in play: Very appropriate in a way, since the repeated line in “Theme From Mahogany” is “Do You Know Where You’re Going To?” Carry on. ---
**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 19, 2019, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1098 "2019-06-19T04:52:07Z")
No, I have not ever caught a foul ball or homer at a major league game, although I’ve had some fall very near me. HYE been hit by a ball as a spectator at a baseball game? ---
**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:** [June 19, 2019, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1099 "2019-06-19T07:16:23Z")
Yes, I wasn’t paying attention, when a ball came and hit me right in the eye socket. I think I was about 8 or 9 at the time. HYE been the best student in any class? ---
**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 19, 2019, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1100 "2019-06-19T08:25:58Z")
Yes. I had done calligraphy for a number of years, and when I took night courses in graphic design at a community college, one of the courses was “Lettering.” It was pretty much Calligraphy 101. The other students had never done proper calligraphy before (broad-edged nib, dip pot of ink, etc.), so they were starting from scratch. I was quite experienced, and ended up getting the best mark in the class. Have you ever done any kind of artwork for pay? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_M.Washington](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_m.washington/32/152_2.png) [@Gary\_M.Washington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_M.Washington)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1101 "2019-06-19T08:30:08Z")
No, I haven’t, but my wife made Mario cross stitch several years ago and it has been purchased 🙂 Have you ever seen a famous star? ---
**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:** [June 19, 2019, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1102 "2019-06-19T10:06:16Z")
Many, many. I had known Ayn Rand and Keith Hering, and had met Alan Greenspan, Mickey Spillane, Barbra Streisand, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and many others. Have you ever eaten frog legs? ---
**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:** [June 19, 2019, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941/1103 "2019-06-19T11:10:24Z")
Yes, my grandmother used to fry them up whenever I(or one of my cousins) would gig enough frogs to make it worth her while. I also had them decades later cooked in a fancy frenchified way at a restaurant. Never could stand the taste, but I love just about anything else that swims. HYE eaten something often/regularly that you don’t care for, but said nothing out of politeness? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/807941.md?page=56)