# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/41 "2017-05-18T00:55:00Z")
What kind of toys do the children of a psychiatrist play with? Mental blocks ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/42 "2017-05-18T15:21:26Z")
The deep-sea diver came out of the water, bomb in hand. That’s all I got so far. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/43 "2017-05-26T18:38:03Z")
We set about to hold a yard sale, but when it became clear that the weather was scuttling our efforts, we took to the Port and were soon three sheets to the wind. Then a mate declared that he did not approve of the cut of my jib, I offered a stern answer, which incited him to spar. But he could not reach before I decked him and delivered a fair beating. The mainstay of the afternoon thwarted, we hauled in the yards and waited for better tidings to come. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/44 "2017-05-26T19:04:36Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I was watching origami live from Florida, but there was too much humidity and it became the world curling championship. > > Why, yes, I am a dad… Florida humidity is no joke! …Except maybe in this one instance. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/45 "2017-05-26T19:09:31Z")
[Here is one from Asimov](https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/16760a/another_isaac_asimovs_death_of_a_foy/). ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/46 "2017-05-26T23:06:10Z")
Origami championship? I haven’t see one of those in a dog’s ear. ---
**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 27, 2017, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/47 "2017-05-27T11:00:52Z")
Unlucky poker players make good origami contestants. All that practice folding. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/48 "2017-05-28T22:11:06Z")
When I declared which origami contestant I was going to put my money on, the surgeon looked at me skeptically and said … ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/49 "2017-05-28T22:31:52Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > What’s brown and rhymes with snoop? > > Dr. Dre. Why does Snoop Dogg carry an umbrella? For drizzle ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/50 "2017-05-28T23:21:30Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > When I declared which origami contestant I was going to put my money on, the surgeon looked at me skeptically and said … this is badI mean, really badreally, really badyou have been duly warned . . .… suture self ---
**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 29, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/51 "2017-05-29T01:34:20Z")
An Australian man shows up at a costume party with a naked woman on his back. The party’s host greets him and says, “Hallo mate, what’re you supposed to be?” “I’m a tortoise,” the man says. “Crikey!” the host says. “What a load of shite! If you’re a tortoise, why do you have a naked woman on your back?” “Oh, her,” the Australian man says. “That’s just Michelle!” ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/52 "2017-05-29T08:39:51Z")
This chorizo waste of time. I never sausage awful puns in my life. To be frank, you guys are the wurst. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434/53 "2017-05-30T14:23:45Z")
The previous poster is such a brat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-watch-the-world-origami-championship-on-tv/786434.md?page=2)