# Horrifying Fact of the Day...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrifying-fact-of-the-day/636256>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 29, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrifying-fact-of-the-day/636256 "2012-09-29T21:54:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrifying-fact-of-the-day/636256/1 "2012-09-29T21:54:14Z")

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Straight from [George Will](http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-will-debate-questions-for-the-presidential-candidates/2012/09/28/231ff27e-08fb-11e2-afff-d6c7f20a83bf_story.html)…

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> …the average age of the Supreme Court justices (66) is less than that of the Rolling Stones (68)…

If that ain’t a horrifying fact it’ll do until one comes along.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrifying-fact-of-the-day/636256/2 "2012-09-29T22:26:28Z")

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But can they sing?

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrifying-fact-of-the-day/636256/3 "2012-09-29T22:35:20Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> But can they sing?

Only if you start them up. But if you do, then they’ll never stop.

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrifying-fact-of-the-day/636256/4 "2012-09-29T22:38:05Z")

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Those Whippersnapper Supreme Court Justices. Get off’n the Rolling Stones’ lawn!

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrifying-fact-of-the-day/636256/5 "2012-09-30T00:18:19Z")

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Hey, hey, you you, get offa my…lawn???

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**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrifying-fact-of-the-day/636256/6 "2012-09-30T00:46:12Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> But can they sing?

The Rolling Stones? No.

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrifying-fact-of-the-day/636256/7 "2012-09-30T02:59:49Z")

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But is the average age of the Supremes greater or less than the average age of The Supremes?

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**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrifying-fact-of-the-day/636256/8 "2012-09-30T06:07:56Z")

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I was going to make an age-Rolling Stones joke, but they are ROCKING Saturday Night Live right now. Right the hell on!

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**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrifying-fact-of-the-day/636256/9 "2012-09-30T16:48:01Z")

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> [@Spiderman](#):
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> Hey, hey, you you, get offa my…lawn???

Get off my Law.

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**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrifying-fact-of-the-day/636256/10 "2012-09-30T17:47:10Z")

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But can they Judge?

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrifying-fact-of-the-day/636256/11 "2012-09-30T18:37:52Z")

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> …the average age of the Supreme Court justices (66) is less than that of the Rolling Stones (68)…

Yeah, but the Rolling Stones still has more of its original members.

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrifying-fact-of-the-day/636256/12 "2012-09-30T18:41:37Z")

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they both want to make it legal.
