# If You Do It Three Times, Is It a Tradition? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284 "2003-09-08T13:03:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/101 "2003-09-11T23:27:24Z")
I need to confess - I don’t know how to play canasta. I don’t even know what it is - a card game? A board game? A variation of Nekkid Twister? No probably not that. I think I remember June Cleaver talking about playing canasta. I can’t see June all oiled up with her left foot on red and her right hand on yellow. And so we’re back to nekkid. Shame on me. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/102 "2003-09-11T23:42:51Z")
Just what I need, a picture of June Cleaver naked, playing Twister. She would still be wearing pearls though, right? June Cleaver without pearls is just so wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/103 "2003-09-11T23:43:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\* I can’t see June all oiled up with her left foot on red and her right hand on yellow. \*\* But now **I** can! Hmm… Wait a minute! You’re supposed to use _oil_??!? -Bumb (slippery) ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/104 "2003-09-11T23:54:25Z")
Right. The nonsense stops now. I’m here (eventually, because I finally had time to look for the MMP thread), I’m angry, and I’m loaded for bear. Because bears are _tough_, like you guys, so I’m loaded. We’re reduced to talking about _cats_ again? Holy hot damn, people, this is a **Rue** thread. We have to drive the “dog” subject into the ground before we start talking about cats, because **Rue** is all about the dogs. Plus, I hate cats, especially the one that’s lobbying against the SDMB for my attention right now. I’ve explained to this useless waste of resources, multiple times, that I’m with the human female that feeds and provides shelter to it, and not the parasitic _thing_ that insists on licking me while I’m trying to read. I HATE CATS! My problem right now is that I am most definitely not allowed to take the Ruger .22 out of the cabinet in order to dispose of one particular specimen. I need a dog. Why are you people looking at me like that? I told you I was angry. Deal with it. Screw this. I’m gonna go find **welby** ’s thread and tell him about how the oral surgeon had to crack my lower jaw to get all the wisdom-teeth-nastiness out. There was wire involved in the process. See, I’m angry. Come to think of it, screw **welby**. Why should I bump his thread, when he’s never done anything for me? Okay, maybe I’m “grumpy” more than “angry.” ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/105 "2003-09-12T00:08:42Z")
I don’t know how to play canasta, but I do play a mean game of hearts, and I do mean mean cause I like to get ALL the hearts and queen of shovels and actually have the skills to do so. Plus I play pinochle and have beaten many the man during my military days. Yes it is official I am a serial killer. I notice a small elf in the trap this morn and he was mentioning something about “lucky charms”. There was a long eared rabbit and a dracula huddled around him. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/106 "2003-09-12T00:16:01Z")
Ya know, **Ex** , there are many decaffeinated brands that taste just as good as regular coffee! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/107 "2003-09-12T00:35:30Z")
Sounds like my darlin’ **Ex** needs a hug. On second thought, we have this big thread filled with naked, and/or nekid, Dopers, and he fixates on the few posts about cats. He’s just looking for an excuse to get hugs and “oh you poor baby” comments. I bet he’s not grumpy at all! I bet he’s sitting there cuddling that supposedly “useless waste of resources” cat right now, getting purrs for his efforts! I do believe that **Ex** is trying to take advantage of our well known tendency to try to make people feel better! Well, fie on you, **Exgineer**. You can just stay grumpy, if in fact you are. No sympathy for you here, no siree. Kallessa (taking a harsh line) ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/108 "2003-09-12T00:37:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by deb2world \* > \*\*Yes it is official I am a serial killer. I notice a small elf in the trap this morn and he was mentioning something about “lucky charms”. There was a long eared rabbit and a dracula huddled around him. 😃 \*\* Seems to me you’re a _cereal_ killer. If you kill lots of cereals, I suppose you’d be a serial cereal killer. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/109 "2003-09-12T00:40:45Z")
Yeah, well, okay. I went a little over the top. But seriously, you don’t know how to play Canasta? I thought better of you. How about Contract Bridge, or even Whist? I couldn’t possibly expect you to play the Game Of Kings (Cribbage), but something above the level of Pinnochle would be nice. At least you’ve _heard_ of Euchre. Honestly, I don’t know how I’m going to sharp you people out of any money if you don’t know how to play basic card games. What are you going to stick me with? Stud poker? Screw this, I’m going to go mess with **welby** some more. ---
**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/110 "2003-09-12T02:34:48Z")
My Current Favorite Games are Uno Attack!TM, Mille Bournes, and Rummikub. I have all three of them right here, does anyone want to play with me? Don’t worry, the kitties are shut into the spare room, which is the only kitten-proof room we have right now. Let’s have game night! -stargazer (gamely) ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/111 "2003-09-12T05:48:32Z")
Do it three times, you’re playing with it… Ohhh wait, I got confused. No clue… ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/112 "2003-09-12T10:19:17Z")
We love Mille Bournes… we call it the swearing game. Actually we also call phase 10 the swearing game too. I like to play hearts but we seldom have enough people. I’m not that good though so I would lose to Deb2world every time. Oh and SanguineSpider… I always thought more than 3 times was playing with it? Tanookie (not feeling very bolding this morning) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/113 "2003-09-12T10:38:48Z")
I don’t like card games at all. Not even that accursed, addicting FreeCell game. I like Scrabble and Master Mind and Trivia Pursuit. I hate Monopoly and any strategy games. My husband had a game called “Lie, Cheat, and Steal” - in order to be able to play successfully, you had to be able to lie successfully. I’m a terrible liar - can’t do it with a straight face. So I hate that game too. No, I’m really not into games much. Either I’m too competitive and afraid to lose or not at all competitive and I feel bad if I beat someone. It’s an ugly internal conflict. So I generally avoid games. And anything that requires physical effort is just an invitation to getting hurt, so I’m not much into sports either, including oily, Nekkid Twister. And, yes, I’m sure June wears her pearls all the time. She’s funny that way. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/114 "2003-09-12T11:44:52Z")
I think that this group would be perfect for a Euchre tournament. Although we’d have to watch **welby** and **Ex**. They’d probably cheat a lot. Sometimes I do play Hearts on the computer, but there’s always one idiot computer player and one that doesn’t lose at all, so it can be difficult to win sometimes. A naked Euchre tournament, that’s the ticket… ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/115 "2003-09-12T12:01:32Z")
The Red Squirrel is right next to the Borders **Shibb**. Just so you know. June Cleaver would never get oiled up to play Nekkid Twister. June might play Nekkid Twister and June might get nekkid and oil up once in a while (Ward, don’t you think you were a little hard on thr Beaver last night?) but nekkid, oiled and Twistin’? No. It’s a Safety Hazard and June is much smarter than that. And you should see some of the things she does with those pearls. Yowza! Huh? Oh. Maybe we could put together GameDope **Shibb**. And by “we” I of course mean “you”. It’d go better that way. Trust me. I’ll even bring the Chinese Checkers over. How’s that sound? Chinese Checkers, Eucher and… something else. Think about it. -Rue. (game) ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/116 "2003-09-12T12:19:58Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally Posted by Exgineer:_ > I’m angry, and I’m loaded for bear. Because bears are tough, like you guys, so I’m loaded. :eek: It’s rabbit season! It’s duck season! It’s rabbit season! It’s duck season! It definitely ain’t bear season! :eek: Excuse me while I go hide. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/117 "2003-09-12T12:23:49Z")
Maybe **Ex** misspelled it - perhaps he meant _bare_ season, in keeping with the declining tone of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/118 "2003-09-12T16:34:14Z")
**FCM** , you don’t like to play games? At all? Well, there’s _another_ perfectly good fantasy ruined! ☹ [sub]sheesh![/sub] and BTW, waddaya mean _declining_? ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/119 "2003-09-12T16:35:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rue DeDay \* > \*\* (Ward, don’t you think you were a little hard on thr Beaver last night?) > > -Rue. (game) \*\* Man, I was going to say this way before **Rue** did, but at the last minute, I decided I had some class. Plus, it’s a really old joke, so I figured everyone was thinking it anyway. Is it time for some more powdered sugar donuts? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284/120 "2003-09-12T17:02:10Z")
I came out of hiding cause I was invited to eat bbq. We bears just can’t resist bbq. I see **Ex** hasn’t been back so maybe I am safe for now? And just to keep with the nekkid theme, I like to see bare bear. Ya know if **Ex** really meant he was loaded for bare, then he’s hunting for nekkid. Maybe I better keep my clothes on **and** hide. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-do-it-three-times-is-it-a-tradition/200284.md?page=7)