# 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\
**Page:** 15

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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 28, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/281 "2019-06-28T20:37:07Z")

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True and false.

I have rowed a boat, and you have not.

I haven’t paddled a canoe, 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 28, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/282 "2019-06-28T21:49:35Z")

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False and false.

I have dogs, cats and birds buried in my back yard and you do not.

I don’t have a sister and you do.

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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 28, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/283 "2019-06-28T22:43:23Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> False and false.
> 
> I have dogs, cats and birds buried in my back yard and you do not.
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> I don’t have a sister and you do.

True and true.

I have started a Straight Dope thread that had received more than 10,000 replies and you have not.

I have never had a crush on a teacher 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 29, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/284 "2019-06-29T02:49:31Z")

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True (looks like 7,593 replies is my personal best) and true (my fifth-grade math teacher, whose name I don’t now recall, but she was _hawt_).

I have posted more than 100 times in a SDMB thread, and you have not.

I do not have any coins in my pockets right now, 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 29, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/285 "2019-06-29T03:08:31Z")

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False and false.

I have planted a tree and you have not.

I have never chopped down a tree 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 29, 2019, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/286 "2019-06-29T11:37:39Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> I have planted a tree and you have not.
> 
> I have never chopped down a tree and you have.

False and true.

I have ridden a carousel this year and you have not.

I have never been stung by a bee in the first 5 decades of my life 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 29, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/287 "2019-06-29T17:28:15Z")

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True and true.

I have volunteered on a suicide hotline and you have not.

I have never worn a professional uniform 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:** [July 1, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/288 "2019-07-01T01:53:58Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> True and true.
> 
> I have volunteered on a suicide hotline and you have not.
> 
> I have never worn a professional uniform and you have.

True and true.  
I have to take prescription eye drops daily and you do not.

I have never ridden a horse and you have (guided pony rides do not count)

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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:** [July 1, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/289 "2019-07-01T03:28:16Z")

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True and true.

I have administered chemo to cats and you have not.

I have never slept in a tent, 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:** [July 1, 2019, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/290 "2019-07-01T04:07:27Z")

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True and true.

I was active in the Boy Scouts, and you were not.

I know no transgender person, and you do.

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/291 "2019-07-01T06:50:09Z")

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Partly true and true  
Partly true: Being female, I was never a Boy Scout, but when my son was one I did my share in some of the activities

I have been on TV more than once and you have not

I have never seen _Breaking Bad_ 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:** [July 1, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/292 "2019-07-01T09:55:22Z")

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> [@gkster](#):
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> Partly true and true  
> Partly true: Being female, I was never a Boy Scout, but when my son was one I did my share in some of the activities
> 
> I have been on TV more than once and you have not
> 
> I have never seen _Breaking Bad_ and you have

Not sure and true (I was in a commercial that aired repeatedly, not sure if that counts)  
I have had the same auto insurance carrier for more than 40 years and you have not.

I have never read a Harry Potter book and you have.  
mmm

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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:** [July 1, 2019, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/293 "2019-07-01T10:20:14Z")

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True and false.

My in-laws are Muslim and yours are not.

I haven’t been to a live rock concert in 49 years and you have.

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**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:** [July 1, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/294 "2019-07-01T13:33:15Z")

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True and true.

I’ve been outside in a hurricane and you haven’t.

I’ve never been to a segregated school 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:** [July 1, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/295 "2019-07-01T18:56:59Z")

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False and true.

I have climbed active volcanoes and you have not.

I no longer have an appendix and 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:** [July 1, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/296 "2019-07-01T19:54:54Z")

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True and true.

I have been electrocuted and you have not.

I have never had cable television 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:** [July 1, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/297 "2019-07-01T19:57:35Z")

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True and true.

I have been through the Suez Canal five times and you have not.

I have never set foot in Africa 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:** [July 2, 2019, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/298 "2019-07-02T00:47:14Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> True and true.
> 
> I have been through the Suez Canal five times and you have not.
> 
> I have never set foot in Africa and you have.

True and false.

I have made homemade pierogi and you have not.

I have never worked in a restaurant 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:** [July 2, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/299 "2019-07-02T01:53:18Z")

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False (if kreplach count) and true.

I have made blueprints and you have not.

I have never performed in a marching band 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:** [July 2, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-i-have-never/834837/300 "2019-07-02T04:23:23Z")

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False and false.

I have seen _Hamilton_ live and you have not.

I have never been to Guam and you have.

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