# I Finally Saw Casablanca: Things People Are Incredulous Of **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664 "2010-01-04T19:34:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/81 "2010-01-06T16:46:50Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > umm, i refuse to admit 43 is old. Especially since I am turning 40 this year. Well I don’t feel (or look, hopefully) particularly old but apparently in matters of matrimony I’m past my expiration date, in some peoples’ opinion. Besides, honey, 40 is the new 25 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/82 "2010-01-06T16:50:33Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Well I don’t feel (or look, hopefully) particularly old but apparently in matters of matrimony I’m past my expiration date, in some peoples’ opinion. > > Besides, honey, 40 is the new 25 🙂 i don’t want to be 25 again - that’s when I married my ex-husband! But 40 is the new fabulous as far as i’m concerned. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/83 "2010-01-06T16:52:59Z")
Didn’t you get the memo? Fabulous is the new mediocre. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/84 "2010-01-06T17:36:34Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I have never been married. I suppose I can see why that’d be looked upon strangely now that I’m old (43) but that fact has been raising eyebrows since I was at least 30. Me neither, and I’m 64. Only because we’re not allowed to in this state. Here’s something that just occurred to me: I have never eaten Spam or a Twinkie. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/85 "2010-01-06T17:52:55Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Here’s something that just occurred to me: I have never eaten Spam or a Twinkie. I need to get my eyes checked. I thought for a minute you said “Spam on a Twinkie” and I thought “Christ, who’d _want to_?” ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/86 "2010-01-06T18:00:25Z")
I never watch the Rose Parade or any games. I have never seen **Fame** or **Flashdance**. I’ve never seen a single episode of **Cheers**. I do not have cable. I do not (yet) have an iPod or anything similar. ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/87 "2010-01-06T18:09:23Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > I have never drunk a cup of coffee or tea. > I have never read a Dr. Seuss book or seen _Sesame Street_. Wow. That’s just … wow. No Dr. Seuss? :eek: ---
**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:** [January 6, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/88 "2010-01-06T18:11:10Z")
I’ve never read a Dr. Seuss book either. Not so popular in England. ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/89 "2010-01-06T23:31:17Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Despite having lived in California for 12 years, and now in Las Vegas, I have never been to a Mexican restaurant. > > (I got violently ill eating Mexican food when I was a kid, and there is now a particular odor of one ingredient that makes me sick to smell it - so I can’t go to a Mexican restaurant and even eat chips and salsa due to that one ingredient - whatever it is.) It is cilantro. To some people it tastes good, to others, well, I believe the site is [ihatecilantro.com](http://ihatecilantro.com) It is hard to avoid in Mexican food. I didn’t have a poptart until I was 26. Most junk food items I did not eat until I was an adult, no Fruity Pebbles, twinkies, spam, etc. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/90 "2010-01-07T00:34:58Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > Until quite recently I’d never seen any of the Godfather movies. I still haven’t. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/91 "2010-01-07T01:11:02Z")
Hmmm… I’ve never seen The Simpsons–I have no desire to do so. I don’t have strong feelings about the show, but it just doesn’t interest me. I’ve never seen any of the Batman movies. I liked the campy nonsense of the TV show–I truly don’t want to see Batman all serious and noble etc. I’ve never tried cocaine, quaaludes, speed or Ecstasy. I have no plans to do so. I’ve never ridden the El here in Chicago. I’ve taken the CTA buses and Metra, the commuter trains and cabs, but never the El. No reason, just not going my way, I guess. I have never seen Apocalypse Now or Fight Club or Crash(?) or [insert current violent “must see film” here]. No thanks. Until about 10 years ago, I’d never been to the zoo. It was depressing to go as an adult, without any of the childhood nostalgia. I felt sorry for the animals, especially the big cats and larger mammals. Zoos are sad. A salient feature of Dr Seuss is how he plays with language, rhyme and meter. I would have thought that Brits would have eaten him up and loved all his stuff. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/92 "2010-01-07T02:33:52Z")
I’ve never had eggnog. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/93 "2010-01-07T14:09:29Z")
> [@Rack-a-Bones](#): > > Wow. That’s just … wow. No Dr. Seuss? :eek: Nope. I started reading at 2, and my parents were unprepared. They took me to the library and let me at it. Dr. Seuss never came up. I read _Alice in Wonderland_, _Winnie the Pooh_, and many other classics, though. ---
**Author:** ![Aithele](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Aithele](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aithele)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/94 "2010-01-07T15:41:01Z")
I’ve never had a speeding ticket, or any other kind of moving violation. I’ve never even been pulled over. I’ve never seen \*Casablanca \*and don’t want to. I’ve never had a hangover, even though I have been drunk. I’ve never gone to an ER or been admitted into a hospital for any reason. I’ve never had any x-rays except dental ones. I’ve never been married and have never had any children. That one, never having a hangover and never having been in an ER (as a patient) seems to surprise people the most. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/95 "2010-01-07T17:17:25Z")
I’ve never seen any of The Godfather. I personally am acquainted with some people who suffered harm at the hands of the Mafia. ( I refuse on principle to watch any glorification of these monsters. I don’t find them cute or colorful or worthy of any hero-worship, no matter how tasty the pasta they whip up onscreen looks.) I’ve never seen Pretty Woman. I refuse, I think the whole premise is grotesque, no matter how wide Horsey McNeigh-Neigh opens her maw to laugh… I’ve never seen any movie with Rom Com Queen Meg Ryan, thanks in part (and only in part) to that revolting restaurant scene clip you see all the time. Appalling. Like watching someone take a dump on the floor. I thought, what a classless fake douche, and so Meg Ryan’s oeuvre has never been part of my movie viewing experience. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/96 "2010-01-07T22:54:08Z")
Never kissed anyone. But I have had sex. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/97 "2010-01-07T23:14:54Z")
I live in Chicago and it amazes me to meet people who have lived here most or all of their lives that have not seen “The Blues Brothers”. Pretty sure it is against the law to live in Chicago for more than a month without seeing it. It should be the movie played on every flight to Chicago. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/98 "2010-01-07T23:37:16Z")
> [@Stauderhorse](#): > > Never kissed anyone. > > But I have had sex. Ok - you’ve made me incredulous. Was it consensual? ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/99 "2010-01-07T23:44:29Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > Ok - you’ve made me incredulous. Was it consensual? Yup. It was my first (and only, thus far) time, and the whole thing was a little frantic and rushed. I was completely terrified, so I pretty much sat there trying not to hyperventilate, and let him take the lead. It was enjoyable, and there was a little foreplay, just…no kissing. I really would have liked to, but I was a little dazed throughout. Since then (and that was ~8 months ago), I haven’t found anyone else I’d like to kiss, or anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664/100 "2010-01-08T14:31:14Z")
Never seen any of the Matrix movies. 40 years old and never married. Never been skiing. Never been to Catalina Island, even though I’ve lived in SoCal for 27 years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-casablanca-things-people-are-incredulous-of/523664.md?page=6)