# Home is . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 15, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-is/430110 "2007-12-15T16:59:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bea\_Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Bea\_Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bea_Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-is/430110/1 "2007-12-15T16:59:10Z")
Home is where the heart is. Where I hang my hat is home. Where I hang my head is home. Home is where, when you have to go there, they have to let you in. [What are some others?] ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-is/430110/2 "2007-12-15T17:09:20Z")
I heard this last night: Home is where you keep your stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-is/430110/3 "2007-12-15T18:05:56Z")
_Home Hard to know what it is if you’ve never had one Home I can’t say where it is but I know I’m going Home That’s where the hurt is_ ---
**Author:** ![coffinjumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-is/430110/4 "2007-12-15T18:21:19Z")
You can never go home again. Home is where one starts from Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to. Where thou art - that - is Home. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-is/430110/5 "2007-12-15T18:34:02Z")
Home is made for comin’ from For dreams of goin’ to Which with any luck will never come true -From “Born Under a Wanderin’ Star” ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-is/430110/6 "2007-12-15T19:47:44Z")
I wish I was homeward bound, Home, where my thoughts escaping, Home, where my music’s playing, Home, where my love lies waiting silently for me. -From Paul Simon’s _Homeward Bound_- ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-is/430110/7 "2007-12-15T23:47:03Z")
That’s where the dog lives. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-is/430110/8 "2007-12-16T00:18:11Z")
Home can be the Pennsylvania Turnpike, Or Indiana’s early morning dew, High up in the hills of California, Home is just another word for you . . . ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-is/430110/9 "2007-12-16T00:54:46Z")
I wish I’d never come back home It don’t feel right since I’ve been grown I can’t find any of my old friends hangin’ ‘round Won’t nothin’ bring you down like your hometown Home is where the heart is Ain’t that what they always say My heart lies in broken pieces Scattered along the way Hometow Blues Steve Earle Train a comin’ ---
**Author:** ![giant\_freakin\_marine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc348/32.png) [@giant\_freakin\_marine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/giant_freakin_marine)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-is/430110/10 "2007-12-16T02:46:41Z")
the house is where you live right now. home is where you want to end up in life. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-is/430110/11 "2007-12-16T03:02:21Z")
Home, home again. I like to be here when I can. When I come home cold and tired It’s good to warm my bones beside the fire. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-is/430110/12 "2007-12-16T04:06:36Z")
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig, Home again, home again, dancing a jig; To market, to market, to buy a fat hog; Home again, home again, jiggety-jog; To market, to market, to buy a plum bun, Home again, home again, market is done. ---
**Author:** ![jacquilynne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-is/430110/13 "2007-12-16T04:21:47Z")
For me, home is wherever I’m not. When I’m here, in Toronto, I’ll say ‘I’m going home for the holidays’ and mean ‘back to British Columbia, where I was raised and my family lives’. When I’m there, I’ll say, ‘I’m going home on Tuesday’ and mean ‘On Tuesday, I’m returning to Toronto, where I live.’ ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-is/430110/14 "2007-12-16T04:56:05Z")
Home is the nicest place I go.