# Hijack this thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809 "2005-12-22T16:21:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/141 "2006-01-03T02:03:11Z")
How is the peach crop this year? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/142 "2006-01-03T12:09:56Z")
> [@Governor Quinn](#): > > How is the peach crop this year? When I was growing up before it was common in Alabama to compare peach production in Georgia and Alabama. Sure, Georgia is known as the Peach State and even has streets named after peaches and football bowl games and that sort of thing. But Chilton County Alabama grows some mighty fine peaches, too. Not too long ago we stopped at a fruit stand not far from Clanton and got some peaches that made those things you get at the grocery seem like so much cardboard. Mouth-watering and oh so fine. I want me some peaches and vanilla ice cream with a dash of Tabasco sauce on top. That and some beer! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/143 "2006-01-03T13:01:23Z")
_click of cocking gun_ Okay, take this thread to Cuba. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/144 "2006-01-03T13:54:35Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > _click of cocking gun_ > > Okay, take this thread to Cuba. Cuba Gooding’s career has been all over the map. _Boyz in the Hood_ was some good acting, but he has really been in some doggies since then. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/145 "2006-01-03T16:19:15Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Cuba Gooding’s career has been all over the map. _Boyz in the Hood_ was some good acting, but he has really been in some doggies since then. I can’t remember the cast of “Vetrinarian Hospital.” It was: The continuing story of a quack whose gone to the dogs. Can somebody help me out? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/146 "2006-01-03T23:52:19Z")
> [@Sgt Schwartz](#): > > IThe continuing story of a quack Well, not only does a duck’s quack echo, but that question continues to be asked with regularity on this board. Whaddya wanna bet some **Guest** in this just-commenced year will devote his first post to making just that inquiry? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/147 "2006-01-04T00:29:44Z")
“Inquiring Minds Want to Know” used to be the slogan for _The National Enquirer_. It always annoyed me that the _E_nquirer used the word _I_nquiring, and I firmly believe that this decision has led to an increase in the number of people who misspell “inquire” as “enquire.” I guess two pages weren’t [enough](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=294444) after all… ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/148 "2006-01-04T00:35:24Z")
Well, not to hijack this thread, but I want to point something out. People worry too much about spelling these days. If I want to spell Inquire as Enquire, it’s my right as an American, damn it! I always turn off spell check on everything I do and when people say “you spelled that wrong,” I just say, “No, I spelled it difarentily!” ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/149 "2006-01-04T02:20:42Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > Well, not to hijack this thread, but I want to point something out. People worry too much about spelling these days. > > If I want to spell Inquire as Enquire, it’s my right as an American, damn it! > > I always turn off spell check on everything I do and when people say “you spelled that wrong,” I just say, “No, I spelled it difarentily!” If Harry Potter used SpellCheck, would he end up being a Squib? ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/150 "2006-01-04T03:47:05Z")
I’m going to go see the latest Harry Potter movie tomorrow afternoon, which illustrates one positive and one negative about being unemployed. I’m not going to work tomorrow afternoon, so I can go to the movies. OTOH, I have to conserve money, so the matinees are the only ones I can afford. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/151 "2006-01-04T04:57:09Z")
That reminds me. The other day, my friend tired to jumpstart their car and attached the negative to the positvie and vice versa. The cables went up in flames, but the cars weren’t hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/152 "2006-01-04T05:02:47Z")
I always liked Col. Potter better than Col. Henry Blake. Blake didn’t seem very convincing or military for someone of that rank. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/153 "2006-01-04T05:47:50Z")
Well, [this poem by Blake](http://www.everypoet.com/archive/poetry/william_blake/william_blake_songs_of_experience_a_divine_image.htm) could very well be his take on the “war is Hell” theme. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/154 "2006-01-04T19:30:03Z")
If “War is hell”, and “Hell is for Children,” was Pat Benatar singing about the Children’s Crusade? Or was that Sting on **The Dream of the Blue Turtles**? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/155 "2006-01-04T21:31:44Z")
I’ve never seen _The Sting_. Is it a good flick? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/156 "2006-01-04T21:56:07Z")
I’ve always kinda liked Sting, especially back in the old Police days. But his last few albums just don’t do it for me. Noewaamean? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/157 "2006-01-05T00:05:47Z")
Where have all the old policemen gone? ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/158 "2006-01-05T00:58:41Z")
> [@Governor Quinn](#): > > Where have all the old policemen gone? Sounds like a parody of a Pete Seeger song. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/159 "2006-01-05T02:00:07Z")
> [@Kilvert's Pagan](#): > > Sounds like a parody of a Pete Seeger song. For parody, you just can’t beat _Airplane!_ ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/160 "2006-01-05T02:07:46Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > I’ve always kinda liked Sting, especially back in the old Police days. But his last few albums just don’t do it for me. > > Noewaamean? I like his new stuff, too. He contributed to the soundtrack of _The Thomas Crown Affair_ - the new one, I mean, not the old/classic one. Don’t you think Pierce Brosnan is just _dreamy_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809.md?page=9)