# Hot or not **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 13, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854 "2016-07-13T22:17:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/81 "2016-08-18T07:34:48Z")
Not, at least for someone like me, who doesn’t speak much Spanish. Geico commercials ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/82 "2016-08-18T12:35:21Z")
More clever and entertaining than the average ad clip-on ties ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/83 "2016-08-18T15:05:00Z")
Not. Dear Lord, NOT! Dickeys ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/84 "2016-08-18T16:56:55Z")
Not. Unless you’re Howard Wolowitz. Miracle Whip ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/85 "2016-08-18T20:12:46Z")
Hot, in the sense that it’s much better than mayonnaise. Yes, I’m a philistine. Shakespeare’s plays ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/86 "2016-08-19T06:58:22Z")
Hot, at least the ones I’ve seen/read. James Taylor ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/87 "2016-08-19T10:57:02Z")
Hot. His music, anyway. _In my mind I’m gone to Carolina…_ _The Shawshank Redemption_ (1994) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/88 "2016-08-19T11:28:38Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > _The Shawshank Redemption_ (1994) I put that because my wife doesn’t like the movie. No idea why. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/89 "2016-08-19T14:49:07Z")
Hot, but only mildly so. I’ve never understood the absolute adoration of that movie. Morgan Freeman ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/90 "2016-08-19T16:01:42Z")
Hot. Total stud, great speaking voice, good actor. Kelly Murphy (6’ 2" - Team USA Volleyball, Rio Olympics) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/91 "2016-08-19T18:00:35Z")
Not my cup of tea. Iced Espresso. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/92 "2016-08-19T18:01:56Z")
Hot Espresso is hot. Iced Espresso is not. Vicks ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/93 "2016-08-19T18:03:18Z")
Vicks Vap-O-Rub? Hot, on occasion. Vicks Formula 44? Not. Nasty stuff. California ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/94 "2016-08-19T18:07:13Z")
Sometimes excessively hot Art deco architecture ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/95 "2016-08-19T20:00:21Z")
Very hot. Love it. My all-time favorite example: [Chrysler Building - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Building) The Chrysler Building ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/96 "2016-08-19T22:08:32Z")
Very hot. I used to work diagonally across the street from it, on the 56th floor. Great views. Annie Oakley ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/97 "2016-08-19T22:18:58Z")
Hot! Chick’s n guns always are. But more so when she actually knows how to use it! Wankel rotary engines ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/98 "2016-08-20T00:15:19Z")
Lukewarm. Good engines but bad mileage. Diesel Locomotives ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/99 "2016-08-20T01:28:56Z")
Hot. Beat the hell out of the coal-burning ones. yellow galoshes ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854/100 "2016-08-20T03:57:50Z")
Hot, in the sense of “very cute on little kids.” Rainy days [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not/759854.md?page=6)