# I am I said **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-i-said/843895 "2019-11-23T23:22:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-i-said/843895/1 "2019-11-23T23:22:26Z")
Yes, the Neil Diamond song. I want to find that emotionally unavailable chair and punch it in the taint. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-i-said/843895/2 "2019-11-24T01:14:14Z")
It’s not the chair’s fault. You have to speak up if you expect the chair to hear you. They’re usually a little hard of hearing. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-i-said/843895/3 "2019-11-24T02:12:41Z")
When you want to cause physical harm to an inanimate object that refuses to acknowledge your very existence, then maybe you need to re-evaluate your very existence. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-i-said/843895/4 "2019-11-24T02:26:35Z")
:crickets: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-i-said/843895/5 "2019-11-24T02:42:03Z")
I don’t think we should have to stand for this. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-i-said/843895/6 "2019-11-24T03:00:35Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I don’t think we should have to stand for this. Here, grab a chair. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-i-said/843895/7 "2019-11-24T03:03:09Z")
What if the chair doesn’t want to be grabbed? ETA: Maybe I should have couched that in different terms. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-i-said/843895/8 "2019-11-24T03:22:16Z")
Is…is that _Clint Eastwood_ talking to the chair? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-i-said/843895/9 "2019-11-24T05:26:00Z")
While we’re on the subject, consider the line\* “I’m not a man who likes to swear/But I never cared/For the sound of being alone”\*. Okay, I’m guessing the sound of being alone is silence so this guy talks to himself. But what does swearing have to do with it? If you don’t like to swear just say something else. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-i-said/843895/10 "2019-11-24T14:14:37Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Okay, I’m guessing the sound of being alone is silence so this guy talks to himself. Neil always was mostly a Solitary Man. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-i-said/843895/11 "2019-11-24T16:57:03Z")
Some chairs just aren’t musical. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-i-said/843895/12 "2019-11-24T17:41:07Z")
I’m reclining to comment. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-i-said/843895/13 "2019-11-24T17:47:58Z")
Sofa, so good. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-i-said/843895/14 "2019-11-24T18:13:01Z")
Scene from the movie that will be made from this song: Neil: I am. Chair: Are you talking to me? Well, I’m the only one here. Who do you think you’re talking to? You talking to me? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-i-said/843895/15 "2019-11-24T18:20:17Z")
Wood you like me to pad this thread? Or rock it? Or cushion it? I live alone, and I talk to myself a lot at home. But I do not expect the furniture to respond. Or even listen. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-i-said/843895/16 "2019-11-24T18:34:07Z")
I think it’s clear that Neil Diamond had a problem with that particular rhyme and thinking of words that fit. He could have reversed the two lines: _“I am”… I said To no one there And no one heard at all So I started to swear_ _And I’m not a man who talks to a chair But I never cared For the sound of being alone_ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-i-said/843895/17 "2019-11-24T22:58:04Z")
Was Scumpup banned for cruelty to domestic furniture?