# I moved your cheese. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 18, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762 "2003-12-18T14:59:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/21 "2003-12-18T22:25:42Z")
Not surprisingly, **Tomcat** , that was more coherent and insightful than the book you to which you refer (and I allude). God I despise it. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/22 "2003-12-18T22:27:45Z")
This is not the cheese you are looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/23 "2003-12-18T22:33:51Z")
Curse you, **Gadfly**. Curse you to heck. šŸ˜‰ If you put the cheese in the crisper, where did you hide the celery? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/24 "2003-12-18T22:34:36Z")
I put it in the box, next to the rock. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/25 "2003-12-18T22:42:56Z")
Wensleydale? Sorry, fresh out, oh wait thatā€™s my name, Mr. Wensleydale. ---
**Author:** ![DaisyFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@DaisyFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaisyFace)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/26 "2003-12-18T23:00:56Z")
But itā€™s beer that belongs in the crisper! At least in my college apartment it did! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/27 "2003-12-18T23:11:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*Anyone else read that as combustibles? \*\* I burning your cheese. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/28 "2003-12-19T00:11:26Z")
I do not like green cheese and ham. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/29 "2003-12-19T00:15:29Z")
Behold, the movement of cheese. BTW, thereā€™s an elephant in your fridge. Donā€™t open it! Youā€™ll scare him! Heā€™ll leave when heā€™s done with the butter. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/30 "2003-12-19T00:21:32Z")
I just cut the cheese. Sniff, sniff ā€œIs that fresh bread I smell?ā€ ---
**Author:** ![zephyrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/35a633/32.png) [@zephyrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zephyrine)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/31 "2003-12-19T00:22:39Z")
How did the elephant get in there? What did they do with the giraffe that was in there first? OMG, now thereā€™s a semi-defrosted giraffe wandering about the place! ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/32 "2003-12-19T00:30:24Z")
Bless me Cheesus, for I have sinned. ---
**Author:** ![Kempis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kempis/32/19248_2.png) [@Kempis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kempis)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/33 "2003-12-19T01:09:22Z")
You sure it was my cheese? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/34 "2003-12-19T01:43:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tomcat \* > \*\*Yeah, well, luckily there is a great book out there about just this very thing, in fact, it is such a great book that you should buy it because my friend told me to buy it because in the book it says to pass along the information about moving cheese to everyone my friend knew, which, I suppose was an indication that all of those people who would read the book would then tell their friends about it and not only move cheese, but also act as little salespeople, and so on and so on, just like in that shampoo commercial which is off topic, I guess, because we are trying to deal with the simple act of moving cheese from one place to another no matter where it ends up or what its movement, in reality, actually means to the average person, let alone you or I as we sit here contemplating the movement of said cheese within the confines of a web-based forum with others who are just as eager to explain how and why we are moving cheese and dealing with the fallout this has caused therefore ultimately finding new cheese, or, heck, old cheese that is still servicable in this modern world of multi-variety cheese aisles and snack packages that imply the use of cheese on the run, which, in effect is exactly what we are talking about - moving cheese from one place to another and finding out which one of us has done it, and why, exactly, we would choose to move the cheese instead of simply letting it be itself in its place and time as a symbol of change and growth, which is much more than its realistic existence as a coagulation of bacterial mold originally developed in cowā€™s stomachs (of which they have four) and in certain caves throughout Europe, especially in France, which is one reason for the Simpsonā€™s CESM statement that has completely taken the fun out of euphemisisms about cheese and French people in this politically correct world where once ones cheese has been eaten, it not only has been moved, it has been digested. > > -Tcat \*\* _ **humbly removes royal Run-On Sentence crown from head** _ You, sir, are a god. _ **places royal Run-On Sentence crown on TomCatā€™s head and genuflects** _ ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/35 "2003-12-19T01:55:35Z")
ā€œThe Cheese abidesā€ ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/36 "2003-12-19T02:21:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yawndave \* > \*\*Does it stand alone now? \*\* My cheese could stand a loan. ---
**Author:** ![BellaDellaItalia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BellaDellaItalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellaDellaItalia)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/37 "2003-12-19T02:35:22Z")
The giraffeā€™s only semi-defrosted? WHAT ARE YOU, CRAZY?? ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/38 "2003-12-19T03:17:51Z")
Awright Dumbo, funā€™s over. Get yer hide outta the fridge and into the dishwasher. Youā€™ve got butter all over your trunk. The giraffeā€™s got to get properly thawed or heā€™ll get cramps. Ainā€™t nothinā€™ worse than a bendy _Giraffa camelopardalis_ complaining of frostbite. Hey! Who horked all the sliced cheese? ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/39 "2003-12-19T06:17:41Z")
OK I have it focused. Say cheese everyone. _snap_ ---
**Author:** ![wendyrules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@wendyrules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendyrules)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-your-cheese/219762/40 "2003-12-19T06:22:32Z")
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