# I am not gellin **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 2, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354 "2004-06-02T23:58:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/1 "2004-06-02T23:58:28Z")
This is to announce that, despite Madison Avenue’s best efforts, I have not yet begun to gel. Further updates as the situation warrants. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/2 "2004-06-03T00:13:25Z")
God I hate that commercial. I want a set of those insoles, but I hate that commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/3 "2004-06-03T00:29:46Z")
Don’t bother. I bought a pair a couple years ago, and they were just awful. I felt like I was standing on squished-up Gummi Bears. Gellin’? I’d rather be smellin’! ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/4 "2004-06-03T00:30:20Z")
I, for my part, am not only not gellin, I’m not switching the Geico. Madison Avenue may be losing their touch. ---
**Author:** ![Necro\_Romancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@Necro\_Romancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necro_Romancer)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/5 "2004-06-03T00:31:49Z")
Oh I’m gelin…but then again _I am_ a convicted murderer. YMMV ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/6 "2004-06-03T01:23:22Z")
A’ight…drop a bass beat on me… _ **DOOOO…doooo…D-DOOO dooo dooo…DOOOO…doooo…D-DOOO dooo dooo…** _ Yeah yeah… _Ya say y’not gellin’? Well hear my yellin’ (and forgive my spellin’) Forget rhymes like “felon” ‘Cause they be smellin’ Like when ya hear a death knell in Troy for Helen. Now my idea’s excellin’: If you’re gonna be shellin’ Out cash to stop swellin’ Then in their dwellin’ They need the right people sellin’ Like Ferdinand Magellan, Ian McKellan, Doug Lewellen, and Degeneres (Ellen)._ Word. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/7 "2004-06-03T01:24:39Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > A’ight…drop a bass beat on me… > > _ **DOOOO…doooo…D-DOOO dooo dooo…DOOOO…doooo…D-DOOO dooo dooo…** _ …and you’re going to hell in a hand basket. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/8 "2004-06-03T02:16:42Z")
I liked the commercial I just didn’t like the insoles…they made my back hurt. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/9 "2004-06-03T02:47:39Z")
**Hal Briston** ’s post makes me want to see the _Aqua Teen Hunger Force_ discuss gellin’. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/10 "2004-06-03T03:42:22Z")
I’m not lovin’ it, either. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/11 "2004-06-03T03:45:21Z")
The first commercial really got to me. I mean, would you really go to a party where people every single person was talking about…their insoles? ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/12 "2004-06-03T04:31:51Z")
After I put them in my shoes, my feet no longer fit. It was like trying to wear flip flops inside my shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/13 "2004-06-03T04:41:54Z")
_I’m so gellin’ my feet are swellin’._ Actually, they kept scrunching up in the toes of my shoes. Not comfy! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/14 "2004-06-03T05:04:48Z")
You know, I didn’t understand what possible purpose this thread could serve until I realized how rarely I obey my thirst these days… ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/15 "2004-06-03T05:15:26Z")
You know… it’s a shame all you folks with swollen feet don’t have that insurance… ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/16 "2004-06-03T05:37:01Z")
In a related matter, I have not been persuaded to drink Sierra Mist after seeing their commercials, wherein satisfied drinkers open their mouths super-wide while the camera zooms in on their tonsils. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/17 "2004-06-03T06:51:55Z")
I gel sometimes I have a pair of completely impractical shoes - that are awful for me, and my feet, and my back that look really, really good. So, they have gels in them - so I can dance in them…kind of - while the gels make them comfortable on the soles, they’re so thick that the shoes which mostly fit are just a slight bit too small. But it hurts in a less painful way with the insoles. OTOH, no, I can’t hear you now, nor do I have any desire to hear you ever again. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/18 "2004-06-03T06:58:40Z")
It’s not just that I’m not gellin’. I actually did buy some insoles, _but I bought a different brand!_ Take _that_, Dr Scholl, if that’s really your name! ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/19 "2004-06-03T07:01:52Z")
> [@if6was9](#): > > You know… it’s a shame all you folks with swollen feet don’t have that insurance… AFLAC! But the real question is: did it echo? I don’t do the dew. ---
**Author:** ![SSgtBaloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354/20 "2004-06-03T07:33:13Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > Dr Scholl, if that’s really your name! Psht! I’ll bet he’s really a PhD. 😉 –SSgtBaloo [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-gellin/248354.md?page=2)