# I'm Not Fully Mature Because ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 19, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905 "2013-07-19T03:36:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skinnybones\_Lampshade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skinnybones_lampshade/32/2872_2.png) [@Skinnybones\_Lampshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skinnybones_Lampshade)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/1 "2013-07-19T03:36:03Z")
… even though I’m 58 years old, I seem to expect to clean the kitchen more quickly and easily if I put the water in the sink on full force when washing dishes, even though the likelihood of time-consuming cleanup from all the consequent splashing is great. ``` Would anyone else care to share their trivial evidence that they are not a fully mature adult? ``` ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/2 "2013-07-19T04:01:28Z")
Whenever anybody says, for example, “if we DO do this project in this manner”… I can’t not laugh because HE SAID DOO DOO. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/3 "2013-07-19T04:16:25Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Whenever anybody says, for example, “if we DO do this project in this manner”… > > I can’t not laugh because HE SAID DOO DOO. I can do a dead on Butthead impression, so instead of laughing I’ll say “Huh huh huh huh … you said DOO DOO”. Works great when someone is drinking something when I do it. ---
**Author:** ![Skinnybones\_Lampshade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skinnybones_lampshade/32/2872_2.png) [@Skinnybones\_Lampshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skinnybones_Lampshade)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/4 "2013-07-19T04:16:55Z")
Good one, Zsofia 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/5 "2013-07-19T12:48:50Z")
I am closing in on 40 years old, and farting is still funny. And similar to your water-force = cleaner kitchen theory, I assume I will do better at any video game if I just hold the controller a _little_ tighter. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/6 "2013-07-19T13:00:12Z")
My husband was ranting a little bit last night about all the frivolity on the internet. I was opposing him, as I am occasionally wont to do, and he said, “So you think it would be okay if the whole damn thing was nothing but cat pictures and fart jokes?” My kids were quick to assure him that I would. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/7 "2013-07-19T13:08:29Z")
I was sending some intercompany mail out to our Saskatchewan branches, but couldn’t find the envelope for Saskatoon. Checking with my coworker, she assured me there should have been something important to go, so I checked the other envelopes, and announced out loud, that I found it… in my Regina. Then we giggled like eight year olds. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/8 "2013-07-19T13:23:52Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > I am closing in on 40 years old, and farting is still funny. > > And similar to your water-force = cleaner kitchen theory, I assume I will do better at any video game if I just hold the controller a _little_ tighter. Dudes in video games go faster if you tilt the controller the way you want them to go. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/9 "2013-07-19T13:28:08Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Dudes in video games go faster if you tilt the controller the way you want them to go. I thought I had been cured of this until I played Mario Cart. That adds body leaning into the equation. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/10 "2013-07-19T15:00:34Z")
Just today, listening to NPR, when the announcer used the word “innuendo” in a story, I immediately replied, “in \*your \*end-o.” Likewise, whenever either of us uses the word “dip” (or it’s innocently somewhere on a sign, like a street sign or warning) either SpouseO or I immediately say, “_You’r_e a dip.” It’s like Pavlov - I can’t not say them when the appropriate trigger word comes up. I’m conditioned. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/11 "2013-07-19T15:20:55Z")
When we pass a road sign saying “Soft Shoulders”, we blush and say “Thank you!” I also snicker at “Uranus”. And \*your \*anus! ---
**Author:** ![stolatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@stolatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolatt)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/12 "2013-07-19T15:29:26Z")
On any home improvement show, they refer to the master bath as an en suite. So in my most fussy, regal voice I say, "EN SUITE, OOOOOHH! ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/13 "2013-07-19T15:33:18Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > Likewise, whenever either of us uses the word “dip” (or it’s innocently somewhere on a sign, like a street sign or warning) either SpouseO or I immediately say, “_You’r_e a dip.” Whenever anybody says something to Roomie or me that ends in “your face,” we always counter with “_ **Your** _ face!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Whitney\_Harper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@Whitney\_Harper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whitney_Harper)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/14 "2013-07-19T15:36:05Z")
My problem is sometimes I tend to buy unnecessary things when I use my credit card. I would think twice about buying something unnecessary paying with cash. Although, I always pay my credit card bills on time, I have a bunch of junk in my closet, which I have accumulated over the years, that I have rarely used. To be honest, I would have been better off if I had never gotten a credit card, although they are good for emergencies and establishing credit. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/15 "2013-07-19T15:48:00Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Dudes in video games go faster if you tilt the controller the way you want them to go. Mario also jumps higher if you jerk the controller up. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/16 "2013-07-19T16:19:19Z")
I still think that if I have checks, it means I have money. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/17 "2013-07-19T17:31:08Z")
The other day I clipped a clothespin to my cats tail for the hilarity of it all. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/18 "2013-07-19T17:33:43Z")
> [@brainstall](#): > > in my Regina. We used to drive a conference representative from Univ. of Regina nuts by pronouncing it as if it was pronounced like vagina. He insisted it wasn’t. Which one is it? ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/19 "2013-07-19T17:56:13Z")
I still use more shampoo, toothpaste, and toilet paper than I need… just cuz when I was little my daddy told me not to. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905/20 "2013-07-19T19:30:51Z")
I blame the dog. We don’t have a dog. We have cats. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-fully-mature-because/663905.md?page=2)