# Hey Nancy, Quit Your Honking

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nancy-quit-your-honking/508817>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 4, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nancy-quit-your-honking/508817 "2009-09-04T02:14:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nancy-quit-your-honking/508817/1 "2009-09-04T02:14:43Z")

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Anyone know of a movie in which some character says “Hey Nancy, quit your honking!”?

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nancy-quit-your-honking/508817/2 "2009-09-04T02:19:19Z")

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Nancy Drew? Sid and Nancy?

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nancy-quit-your-honking/508817/3 "2009-09-04T02:35:22Z")

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I’ll bite.

Why do you need to know this?

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**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nancy-quit-your-honking/508817/4 "2009-09-04T02:35:58Z")

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[Over the Hedge](http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:A2hIrgwfwtQJ:www.cleanflicks.com/movie/1831/+%22stop+your+honking%22+movie&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us).

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nancy-quit-your-honking/508817/5 "2009-09-04T03:10:11Z")

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> [@x-ray\_vision](#):
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> [Over the Hedge](http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:A2hIrgwfwtQJ:www.cleanflicks.com/movie/1831/+%22stop+your+honking%22+movie&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us).

A housemate works for a service that texts answers to questions people text to them. That was the question.

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nancy-quit-your-honking/508817/6 "2009-09-04T03:11:11Z")

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> [@x-ray\_vision](#):
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> [Over the Hedge](http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:A2hIrgwfwtQJ:www.cleanflicks.com/movie/1831/+%22stop+your+honking%22+movie&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us).

Thanks. 😉

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**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nancy-quit-your-honking/508817/7 "2009-09-04T03:16:56Z")

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> [@Frylock](#):
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> A housemate works for a service that texts answers to questions people text to them. That was the question.

I was thinking about doing that a few months ago with a service called KGB. I took their test and passed it, but it seemed like it would be pretty time consuming.

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nancy-quit-your-honking/508817/8 "2009-09-04T03:26:02Z")

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> [@x-ray\_vision](#):
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> I was thinking about doing that a few months ago with a service called KGB. I took their test and passed it, but it seemed like it would be pretty time consuming.

It’s not time consuming–he only has to work a minimum of 8 hours a month–but it’s not even close to anything approaching minimum wage. He averages about four dollars an hour.

But hey, if you’re not doing anything better…