# I wanted to watch the world origami championship on TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 12, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434 "2017-05-12T08:24:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/21 "2017-05-13T23:50:50Z")
I thought someone had hijacked the OP’s username and was posting spam about some legit sporting event. But an origami championship sounds very cool. Or at least it sounds good on paper. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/22 "2017-05-13T23:53:23Z")
I was really enjoying that new series on philately and stamp collecting but it was cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/23 "2017-05-14T00:17:38Z")
A truckload of lettuce was stolen in Hamilton, Ontario a few weeks ago. The police cautioned the public (via Twitter) to romaine calm. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/24 "2017-05-14T00:28:33Z")
The other day I was watching _The Revenant,_ that movie based on the life of frontiersman [Hugh Glass.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Glass) Towards the beginning, there was a scene so grizzly that I could hardly bear to watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Archeonomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Archeonomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archeonomist)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/25 "2017-05-14T00:28:46Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > I heard the tournament organizers ran into financial trouble and the event folded. Yeah. Looked good on paper though. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/26 "2017-05-14T00:31:07Z")
Lettuce pray for a speedy conclusion to the investigation into who the culprits were. They should get a firm dressing down once arrested, and the cops will pepper them with questions about the way things unfolded. How long will that all take? Beets me. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/27 "2017-05-14T00:37:18Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Lettuce pray for a speedy conclusion to the investigation into who the culprits were. They should get a firm dressing down once arrested, and the cops will pepper them with questions about the way things unfolded. How long will that all take? Beets me. Latest news: The thief has been identified as a woman. It’s only a matter of time before the police caesar. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/28 "2017-05-14T06:51:43Z")
Confucius say: Glassblower who inhales shall have a pane in stomach. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/29 "2017-05-14T17:55:21Z")
Honey? I drank some food coloring. So? I dyed a little inside. ---
**Author:** ![Drummond\_Bays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@Drummond\_Bays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drummond_Bays)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/30 "2017-05-15T00:22:59Z")
What did the ocean say to the mountain? Nothing, it just waved. Why is the ocean so salty? The mountain never waved back! …I’ll see myself out now. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/31 "2017-05-15T00:35:30Z")
> [@Drummond\_Bays](#): > > What did the ocean say to the mountain? > > Nothing, it just waved. > > Why is the ocean so salty? > > The mountain never waved back! > …I’ll see myself out now. The reason for that is that many eons ago, both the mountains and the ocean were wooing the same Goddess of Sand and it ruined their friendship. They let a beach come between them. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/32 "2017-05-15T01:39:43Z")
> [@Drummond\_Bays](#): > > What did the ocean say to the mountain? > > Nothing, it just waved. > > Why is the ocean so salty? > > The mountain never waved back! > …I’ll see myself out now. … I’ll sea myself out now. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/33 "2017-05-15T02:32:16Z")
I was lying on the beach one day when a very old and unattractive woman rose up out of the surf and came ashore. She was covered in seaweed that was so thick that it resembled lettuce. “I am the friendly Witch of the Sand,” she said, “I am only going to sunbathe.” The sun was terribly hot. She baked on the sand until her skin turned as red as a ripe tomato! I know it was rude, but I couldn’t help myself. I just had to stare. It was the first time in my life I had ever seen a bakin’ lettuce and tomato Sand Witch! ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/34 "2017-05-15T02:58:14Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Count me as one of those whose was really kind of excited to learn about an origami championship. _sad_ Gosh, I hope you aren’t bent out of shape about it. Origami championships are a tough business, everything is done on paper thin margins. Last year’s winner was disqualified for cheating – using prefolded paper. This year, he promised to turn over a new leaf. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/35 "2017-05-15T02:59:01Z")
They say you can never starve at the beach… ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/36 "2017-05-15T03:23:00Z")
On her first day as a loan officer Ms. Patricia Black got a strange customer. A frog hopped into her office wanting to borrow money for a new home. When she asked if he had anything for collateral or if anybody could co-sign for him the frog put a Mick Jagger bobble-head on the desk and also claimed Mick was his father. Thinking this was crazy she excused herself and went and told the bank manager the story showing him the figurine. He replied “It’s a knick-knack Patty Black give the frog a loan, his old man’s a Rolling Stone.” ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/37 "2017-05-17T03:04:49Z")
What’s orange and sounds like a parrot? A carrot. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/38 "2017-05-17T03:08:51Z")
What’s brown and rhymes with snoop? Dr. Dre. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/39 "2017-05-17T03:09:07Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > What’s orange and sounds like a parrot? > > A carrot. What’s brown, sticky and smells bad? A smelly stick. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/40 "2017-05-17T12:03:36Z")
Evelyn got thrown out of the tournament due to a technical disqualification, her coach Jimmy had to explain to her: “There’s no tearing in origami!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434.md?page=3)