# How would you respond to someone asking this question **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 9, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348 "2021-09-09T03:47:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dope1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@dope1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dope1)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/41 "2021-09-12T11:43:08Z")
Well I think because I had worked out a little and didn’t had a bath or shower after but I did had a fresh set of clothes and had sprayed some anti body odour spray. ---
**Author:** ![dope1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@dope1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dope1)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/42 "2021-09-12T11:52:10Z")
Any special tricks you’ve learnt to hide your sweatiness? I usually wear dark coloured clothes some form of flannel shirt designs which sometimes also work. But as pkbites pointed out later on in the thread I may have some underlying medical condition that causes profuse sweating. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/43 "2021-09-12T13:33:13Z")
I wouldn’t answer. I would just cruise on by and mutter “asshole” under my breath while shaking my head. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/44 "2021-09-12T13:38:52Z")
> [@dope1](#): > > How would you respond to someone asking why are you sweating like that? Building inspection. Had to move the bodies. ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/45 "2021-09-12T14:09:03Z")
> [@dope1](#): > > Any special tricks you’ve learnt to hide your sweatiness? I wish I did because, as you obviously know, it is a significant pain in the ass. If time and logistics permit I generally like to do things by bike or walking so it is a fairly consistent issue to the extent that if I hope to work (pre-Covid) on my road bike and use the shower when I get in, sometimes the shower “doesn’t take” and I basically hide out with a bunch of paper towel for maybe five or ten minutes until things calm down. Often, in the non-winter months I might have a hand towel in my pannier or knapsack. I also, as much as possible, am trying not to care as I believe that it isn’t as noticeable as I think and my co-workers know my commuting methods as well. Layers help - sometimes I’ve arrived at work, after walking in, carrying a jacket and fleece top while wearing a short sleeved golf shirt, gloves and a watch cap. Sometimes I will bring a change of shirts depending on the circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/46 "2021-09-12T14:14:23Z")
> [@dope1](#): > > How would you respond to someone asking why are you sweating like that? “Your mom” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/47 "2021-09-12T21:24:33Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > “Your mom” One of my go-to lines, but the last time I used it the recipient started to weep, totally out of the blue. I knew him well enough to toss the line, but not well enough to know his mom had just died a week earlier. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/48 "2021-09-12T23:57:13Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I knew him well enough to toss the line, but not well enough to know his mom had just died a week earlier. When I was teaching a class I made a reference to someone’s mother and got a similar reaction for a similar reason. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/49 "2021-09-13T14:27:10Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > One of my go-to lines, but the last time I used it the recipient started to weep, totally out of the blue. I knew him well enough to toss the line, but not well enough to know his mom had just died a week earlier. Someone whose mom just died should have better things to do than comment on my bodily secretions, I would think. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/50 "2021-09-13T14:37:41Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Someone whose mom just died 😆 So, my mom died 7 or 8 years ago. Shortly after, I had a problem with a vendor at work. I’d made a sizable purchase of a custom product and was promised delivery by a specific date, which was missed, as was the next promised date. Eventually I was pissed off to the point I wanted to just cancel the order. When I did that, tho owner of the company called me and apologized, explaining that his mother had died a month prior and he was having a rough time dealing with the loss. Having just lost my mother I was understanding and apologized for adding to his grief. I eventually got my order and felt bad for being an asshole about the delay. A year or so later I ran into the guy at an event, where he introduced me to . . . his mother. Actually, she introduced herself since he was ignoring her standing there. He was embarrassed, I was angry. I haven’t had anything to do with the guy since then. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/51 "2021-09-13T14:43:15Z")
Since this is a not-so-veiled insult, I would probably reply something like “Superior genetics to you” or “Why are you so ugly?” Oops…just read “Your Mom”. Vastly superior answer! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/52 "2021-09-13T14:45:44Z")
> [@Briny\_Deep](#): > > … I might say “That’s kind of a personal question, don’t you think?” I’d say this. Or say “Too personal, Jason.” If this is indeed a person with limited social skills\*, that could be a teachable moment for them. \*assuming they can be taught… and their name is Jason. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/53 "2021-09-13T14:46:22Z")
When I was teaching, I could work up an underarm sweat. The obvious answer, given by my brother in law was “Wear 2 undershirts”. Worked like a charm. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/54 "2021-09-13T15:03:48Z")
Of course, nowadays someone _could_ have 2 moms 🙂 I should mention that right now, I’m “someone whose mom just died”, as in it’s just a month now. So I think I have a little leeway with going to the “Your Mom” well. I wonder when that’ll run out? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/55 "2021-09-15T22:58:54Z")
I make no effort to hide sweatiness. The fear of sweating, from generations of antiperspirant advertising, is the unnatural thing, not the sweating itself. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/56 "2021-09-16T14:00:08Z")
> [@dope1](#): > > I can think of one kind of offensive reply “because I’ve been fucking your wife and sister from morning” Mod note: Don’t be such a jerk. Misogynistic response. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/57 "2021-09-16T16:34:01Z")
“I’m trying to land a plane and I haven’t flown since the war” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/58 "2021-09-16T19:24:00Z")
I don’t think I’ll ever get over Macho Grande. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/59 "2021-09-16T20:02:29Z")
Nobody gets over Macho Grande. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/60 "2021-09-16T23:31:25Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Oh, that’s urine. You and I share a the same warped sense of humor. My response would be to drop my head in mock shame and then say, “Oh. I don’t usually talk about it, but I have a rare medical condition that causes my sweat glands to excrete urine. Hug?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348.md?page=4)