# if............ **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 28, 2000, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/27161 "2000-07-28T05:35:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![D.Lerious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@D.Lerious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.Lerious)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/27161/1 "2000-07-28T05:35:18Z")
you could turn into a certain type of animal, for a while, which type would you choose? ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/27161/2 "2000-07-28T05:45:14Z")
An eagle. I’d like to fly high and fast. ---
**Author:** ![Baglady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/27161/3 "2000-07-28T05:46:54Z")
A humpback whale. I could find out what they’re singing; I could swim through water gracefully and travel thousands of miles… and nobody would bother me about my weight! ---
**Author:** ![annalamerino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@annalamerino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annalamerino)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/27161/4 "2000-07-28T06:12:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whitetho \* > **Wombatino might in fact be a step in the right direction.** I could do worse than a womat. I think I’ll keep it. ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/27161/5 "2000-07-28T06:13:12Z")
A dolpin. I have always wanted to swim with them. ---
**Author:** ![annalamerino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@annalamerino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annalamerino)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/27161/6 "2000-07-28T06:15:54Z")
That “womat” should be a wombat. They’re very cute, you know, but shy in sunlight. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/27161/7 "2000-07-28T09:01:17Z")
A fly. Now - where’s the women’s locker room? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/27161/8 "2000-07-28T10:07:09Z")
Probably my golden retriever–just so my only goal in life is spend _more_ time relaxing on the back porch. ---
**Author:** ![Tally-Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@Tally-Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tally-Ho)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/27161/9 "2000-07-28T12:05:55Z")
A cat, so I can be spoiled like my two kitty boys are. ---
**Author:** ![lunapark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@lunapark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lunapark)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/27161/10 "2000-07-28T12:55:17Z")
Definitely a dolphin. They’re as intelligent as us and i would love to swim around the ocean. Oh, and they’re the only other mammal/animal that has sex for pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/27161/11 "2000-07-28T22:55:46Z")
A cat. But only one of my cats. Better yet, a seagull. “When Dreyfus was on Devil’s Island, he would look out between the bars of his cell, and see the most glorious bird. When he was released, he found out, they were only seagulls. To me they we always be…glorious birds.” ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/27161/12 "2000-07-28T22:59:06Z")
I’d be a sea gull definitely ::thinking of the book Jonathan Livington Seagull:: What book is that quote from, bet? Or a cat, living in the lap of luxary and spoiled by my masters. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/27161/13 "2000-07-28T23:47:12Z")
(confused by subject line) I’d be the bishop of East Anglia! panama jack If … dog … rabbit … ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/27161/14 "2000-07-29T14:08:18Z")
Welfy- not a book. Harold and Maude. Sounds even cooler when Ruth Gordon says it. (Don’t you just love her? Can I change my answer to “Ruth Gordon”?) ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/27161/15 "2000-07-29T14:45:20Z")
I’d want to be a chinese dragon. [hey, you never said it had to be a real animal] ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/27161/16 "2000-07-29T19:52:47Z")
I’d be an albatross so I could glide for miles. I can just imagine myself dropping down to eat some fish on the fly. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if/27161/17 "2000-07-30T14:09:04Z")
A cat. They look comfortable and content virtually everywhere.