# I Have, I Have Never

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [May 31, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837 "2019-05-31T17:43:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/241 "2019-06-21T18:52:19Z")

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True and false.

I have won multiple spelling contests and you have not.

I have never been tattooed and you have.

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**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:** [June 21, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/242 "2019-06-21T22:02:18Z")

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False and false.

I have sung and danced in concerts and you have not.

I have never had a pedicure and you have.

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/243 "2019-06-21T22:24:33Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> False and false.
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> I have sung and danced in concerts and you have not.
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> I have never had a pedicure and you have.

True and false.

I dream in color and you do not (or you do not know)

I have never had air conditioning in my home as a child and you have.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/244 "2019-06-22T04:34:53Z")

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False and true.

I have A/C in my current dwelling, and you do not.

I do not have a personal fan in my office or workplace, and you do.

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**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:** [June 22, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/245 "2019-06-22T05:26:56Z")

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False and false.

I have been a volunteer Crisis Intervention Counselor for a hotline, and you haven’t.

I haven’t used an alarm clock in 15 years and you have.

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/246 "2019-06-22T11:51:11Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> False and false.
> 
> I have been a volunteer Crisis Intervention Counselor for a hotline, and you haven’t.
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> I haven’t used an alarm clock in 15 years and you have.

True and true.  
I am currently reading a biography and you are not.

I have never had Nutella and you have.

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**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:** [June 22, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/247 "2019-06-22T19:18:42Z")

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True and true.

I have climbed to the crown of the Statue of Liberty and you have not.

I have never eaten Spaghetti-O’s and you have.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/248 "2019-06-22T21:01:25Z")

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True and false (I used to love Spaghetti-Os when I was a kid and, as it happens, Chef Boiardi has twice been the subject of Botticelli rounds here).

I love to play Botticelli, and you do not.

I have never played Quidditch, and you have.

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**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:** [June 23, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/249 "2019-06-23T01:15:40Z")

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True and false.

I got lost on the island of Martinique and you did not.

I have never ridden a bicycle with training wheels and you have.

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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/250 "2019-06-23T04:41:32Z")

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True and true.

I have a family member who is a psychic medium and you don’t.

I have never drank gin (to my knowledge) and you have.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/251 "2019-06-23T15:34:09Z")

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True and true (a mistake I will never make again :D)

I have played the computer game _M.U.L.E._ and you have not.

I have never ridden a mule and you have.

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**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:** [June 23, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/252 "2019-06-23T18:37:19Z")

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True and true (to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back).

I am the son of two professional artists and you are not.

I have never walked with crutches, but you have.

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**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:** [June 23, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/253 "2019-06-23T18:41:37Z")

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True and true. (I played Tiny Tim in a prodution of _A Christmas Carol_.)

I have jumped on and off a moving train and you have not.

I have never swam across a river, but you have.

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**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:** [June 23, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/254 "2019-06-23T18:46:06Z")

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False and false (and it’'s “swum”).

I have 21 first cousins and you don’t.

I have never been to Disneyland or Disney World, but you have.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/255 "2019-06-23T19:05:04Z")

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True (only nine) and true.

I have been to a picnic today, and you haven’t.

I have never driven a convertible, and you have.

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/256 "2019-06-24T01:18:23Z")

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> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#):
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> True (only nine) and true.
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> I have been to a picnic today, and you haven’t.
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> I have never driven a convertible, and you have.

True and true.  
I have caught a co-worker stealing money and you have not.

I have never climbed a tree in this millennium and you have.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/257 "2019-06-24T02:31:27Z")

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True and true.

I have won an office pool, and you have not.

I have not bought a lottery ticket in the past month, and you have.

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**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/258 "2019-06-24T02:36:16Z")

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True and false.

I have mowed grass that was over two feet tall with a walk-behind lawnmower, and you have not.

I have never lived in an apartment building, and you have.

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**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:** [June 24, 2019, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/259 "2019-06-24T11:46:14Z")

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True and true.

I remember when movies cost 25 cents and you don’t.

I have neither living parents nor children, but you do.

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/260 "2019-06-24T12:51:00Z")

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true and true.

I have cut my own live Christmas tree in the last decade and you have not.

I have not undergone major surgery (you know requiring one to be fully anaesthetized) during the last 50 years and you have.

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