# I rarely like \_\_\_\_\_ but I do like \_\_\_\_\_: Exceptions to the rule **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557 "2009-07-19T21:32:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557/21 "2009-07-20T20:31:12Z")
I rarely like Rage Rock (i.e. sounds like nu-metal without the progressiveness or melody,) but I like band _The Black Maria_ and the album _Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge_ by MCR (The Black Parade is not rage rock.) ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557/22 "2009-07-20T20:38:15Z")
> [@Tanbarkie](#): > > …I rarely like Will Ferrell, but I do like “Stranger Than Fiction.” … I’m with you on that one. I rarely like gory movies, but I do like _Silence of the Lambs_. I rarely like red meat, but I do like hamburger. I rarely like small rodents (mice, rats, etc.), but I do like my hamster. (For some reason she’s cute and all other rodents are gross or creepy.) I rarely like tequila, but I do like margaritas. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557/23 "2009-07-20T21:39:59Z")
I rarely like bananas, but I do like banana bread or muffins. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557/24 "2009-07-20T22:06:07Z")
I rarely like westerns, but I do like the 3:10 to Yuma remake with Christian Bale and Russell Crowe. I rarely like anime, but I do like Neon Genesis Evangelion. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557/25 "2009-07-20T22:07:20Z")
> [@Tanbarkie](#): > > I rarely like Will Ferrell, but I do like “Stranger Than Fiction.” > > I rarely like Adam Sandler, but I do like “Punchdrunk Love.” I rarely like Will Ferrell but I do like _Talladega Nights_. ## I rarely like Adam Sandler, but I do like _Spanglish_. I rarely like graphic novels but I do like Neil Gaiman’s _Sandman_ series (and a far lesser known one about the Trojan War by Eric Shanower). ---
**Author:** ![\_xiao\_wenti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b782af/32.png) [@\_xiao\_wenti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_xiao_wenti)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557/26 "2009-07-20T23:46:31Z")
raw tomatoes… ceviche bananas… plantains ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557/27 "2009-07-21T00:00:20Z")
I was going to say that I rarely like country, but then my exceptions list kept growing and growing. Dolly Pardon Kenny Rogers Loretta Lynn Sugarland Bonnie Raitt I think I actully do like country. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557/28 "2009-07-21T01:40:49Z")
I’m going to cheat… I rarely like musical theatre, but I loved _Topsy Turvy_. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557/29 "2009-07-21T01:53:10Z")
I despise the Toronto Maple Leafs, but I was a big Mats Sundin fan. I rarely like boy band music, but I do like “The Hardest Thing” by 98 Degrees. Also “Back for Good” by Take That ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557/30 "2009-07-21T02:11:57Z")
I rarely like coconut, but I love macaroons (not any other coconut baked good, just macaroons). My fiancee rarely likes contemporary rock or rap, but he loves Kid Rock’s _Cowboy._ ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557/31 "2009-07-21T02:35:06Z")
I rarely like Cindy Lauper, but I like “All through the Night.” I rarely like cauliflower, but I like it in Indian curry dishes. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557/32 "2009-07-21T02:55:54Z")
I hate raw onions with a passion but I like the flavor they add when cooked in dishes. I sometimes even get a burger with no onions and a side of onion rings, go figure. To me, raw onion flavor lingers too long and overpowers all the other flavors. Cooking calms it way down. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557/33 "2009-07-21T03:04:54Z")
> [@\_xiao\_wenti](#): > > **raw tomatoes… ceviche** > bananas… plantains (bolding mine) Please tell me you’re talking about Mexican ceviche ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557/34 "2009-07-21T12:17:54Z")
I rarely like westerns, but I do like Gary Cooper. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557/35 "2009-07-24T02:32:40Z")
I rarely like biographies, but Peter Brazaitis’s _You Belong In A Zoo_ is one of my favorites. Brazaitis describes his life as a zookeeper in a reptile house, and there’s never a dull moment. In addition to cleaning up the cages and dealing with the public, he discovers a method of sexing crocodiles (short version: stick your finger where the sun don’t shine), captures a missing king cobra, risks his life in a jungle trying to collect giant frogs, makes enemies in the fur and leather trade… never a dull moment. Really. Just read it. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557/36 "2009-07-25T14:42:39Z")
I rarely like Rap but think that Grand Master Flash is a genius. I rarely like Country music but really enjoy Glen Campbell(Dont tell anyone ) I rarely like Lee Marvin movies but think that Point Blank is one of the best films ever. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557/37 "2009-07-25T14:52:04Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I rarely like opera, but I do like Wagner. Me too. I rarely like Nightwish, but I do like their song _The Islander_. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557/38 "2009-07-25T19:38:08Z")
Along with many others, I rarely like rap, either, but my exception is “White and Nerdy” (which I would have expected someone else to mention by now). ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557/39 "2009-07-25T20:50:33Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Along with many others, I rarely like rap, either, but my exception is “White and Nerdy” (which I would have expected someone else to mention by now). I’m not sure that counts, seeing as how the song is a parody of “Riding Dirty”. You might as well list “All About The Pentiums” or “Amish Paradise”. Those songs are all about the funny lyrics, not the beat or the lyrical prowess. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-like-_____-but-i-do-like-_____-exceptions-to-the-rule/503557.md?page=1)