# Huzzah! I joined the crowd!  Where's the cliff we're jumping off?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huzzah-i-joined-the-crowd-wheres-the-cliff-were-jumping-off/425889>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 10, 2007, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huzzah-i-joined-the-crowd-wheres-the-cliff-were-jumping-off/425889 "2007-11-10T07:57:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huzzah-i-joined-the-crowd-wheres-the-cliff-were-jumping-off/425889/21 "2007-11-10T22:38:24Z")

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Welcome aboard!

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**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huzzah-i-joined-the-crowd-wheres-the-cliff-were-jumping-off/425889/22 "2007-11-11T00:43:24Z")

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Don’t sit anywhere you see leather straps on the armrests.

Good luck.

If you yell, they tighten the straps.

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**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huzzah-i-joined-the-crowd-wheres-the-cliff-were-jumping-off/425889/23 "2007-11-11T14:26:03Z")

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[QUOTE=Exigency]  
Well, I stumbled upon the Straight Dope back then when I was writing a research paper for school (a paper in _favor_ of animal medical experimentation; ya, I didn’t have too many friends in that class after that) …  
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Welcome **Exigency**!

I don’t like animal medical experimentation – most species of animals don’t have the fine-motor capability to make good use of precision medical tools, so they usually screw up the experiment results beyond the point of usability.

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**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huzzah-i-joined-the-crowd-wheres-the-cliff-were-jumping-off/425889/24 "2007-11-11T15:57:21Z")

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[QUOTE=Ignatz]  
Welcome abroad. Are you any kin to Exogenous?

Rule number 1: It’s its.  
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Why yes, I’d Love an It’s It. Cappuccino if you’ve got it, but vanilla will be fine.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huzzah-i-joined-the-crowd-wheres-the-cliff-were-jumping-off/425889/25 "2007-11-11T17:25:36Z")

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Whut? No pie?

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