# Hey, you! Come here, and I'll give you your opinion.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-come-here-and-ill-give-you-your-opinion/534604>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 1, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-come-here-and-ill-give-you-your-opinion/534604 "2010-04-01T17:48:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-come-here-and-ill-give-you-your-opinion/534604/81 "2010-04-07T03:57:55Z")

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> [@Oy](#):
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> **Cat Whisperer** , my opinion is that your opinion of the movie _Bull Durham_ is good. Since my opinion is also that _Bull Durham_ is good, you have now given me two opinions, and I don’t need any more from you. But thank you.

You also like “Field of Dreams” just because it makes you feel good. There’s the three-fer.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-come-here-and-ill-give-you-your-opinion/534604/82 "2010-04-07T04:00:42Z")

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> [@ToeJam](#):
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> Can I have a second opinion after you give me my first opinion?

Magic Eight Ball says - It is Decidedly So.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-come-here-and-ill-give-you-your-opinion/534604/83 "2010-04-07T04:02:50Z")

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> [@penultima\_thule](#):
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> I think my life is vacant and baren because I lack a personal credo. My search has brought me to this door in hope and wonder. Can you help?

Yes. Your personal credo is, “Stick it to the man before the man sticks it to you.”

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-come-here-and-ill-give-you-your-opinion/534604/84 "2010-04-07T04:04:10Z")

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> [@AClockworkMelon](#):
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> Make that two, please.

“Waste is a terrible thing to mind.”

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-come-here-and-ill-give-you-your-opinion/534604/85 "2010-04-07T04:05:11Z")

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> [@MacSpon](#):
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> Should I ask her now, or wait for our anniversary?

Now! Now now now!

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-come-here-and-ill-give-you-your-opinion/534604/86 "2010-04-07T04:06:49Z")

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> [@PlainJain](#):
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> Hmmmm… expound on this butter on the buns aspect.  
> 😉

You know what I mean. {wink wink}

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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:** [April 7, 2010, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-come-here-and-ill-give-you-your-opinion/534604/87 "2010-04-07T06:52:49Z")

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> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#):
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> … now you’ll just get whatever’s leftover. 🙂

I think the posters deserve more than cold broccoli and green beans, lumpy mashed potatoes, and two-day-old ham. 🙂

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-come-here-and-ill-give-you-your-opinion/534604/88 "2010-04-07T08:17:57Z")

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Toilet paper:  
Rolls out from the top outwards, or from the top downwards along the wall?

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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-come-here-and-ill-give-you-your-opinion/534604/89 "2010-04-07T12:49:51Z")

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> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#):
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> Yes. Your personal credo is, “Stick it to the man before the man sticks it to you.”

Verily, oh great sage of truth and enlightenment, I could only have dreamt for so much.

May I ask but for the favour of a small qualification; should I feel constrained to applying this equally to “woman” as to “man”?

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**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-come-here-and-ill-give-you-your-opinion/534604/90 "2010-04-07T13:18:54Z")

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> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#):
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> You also like “Field of Dreams” just because it makes you feel good. There’s the three-fer.

Thank you. In reciprocation, I will offer you the opinion that “For the Love of the Game” is not all that good.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-come-here-and-ill-give-you-your-opinion/534604/91 "2010-04-07T13:23:10Z")

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> [@Spoons](#):
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> I’m thinking there’s a “Desiderata” in here. Shall we try?

Dear Og. That’s brilliant.

\<wayne’s world\>  
:: we’re not worthy ::  
:: we’re not worthy ::  
\</wayne’s world\>

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-come-here-and-ill-give-you-your-opinion/534604/92 "2010-04-07T18:28:31Z")

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> [@Spoons](#):
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> I think the posters deserve more than cold broccoli and green beans, lumpy mashed potatoes, and two-day-old ham. 🙂

Fine - here’s a nice turkey casserole. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-come-here-and-ill-give-you-your-opinion/534604/93 "2010-04-07T18:37:15Z")

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> [@DMark](#):
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> Toilet paper:  
> Rolls out from the top outwards, or from the top downwards along the wall?

Hah! A trick question! I know there’s no right answer to that - the best you can do is, the person changing the roll chooses.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-come-here-and-ill-give-you-your-opinion/534604/94 "2010-04-07T18:38:32Z")

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> [@penultima\_thule](#):
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> Verily, oh great sage of truth and enlightenment, I could only have dreamt for so much.
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> May I ask but for the favour of a small qualification; should I feel constrained to applying this equally to “woman” as to “man”?

No, not at all; sometimes The Man is a Woman.

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