# I'm not likely to kill anybody else, so I'm back in Gen Pop **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 27, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521 "2020-05-27T02:04:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/1 "2020-05-27T02:04:17Z")
Most everything is exactly where I left it. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/2 "2020-05-27T02:13:41Z")
Yippee! ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/3 "2020-05-27T02:17:20Z")
“Gen pop” sounds like the name of an international boy band, but I’m so glad you’re back in the land of the living! ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/4 "2020-05-27T02:20:26Z")
That’s prison lingo, innit? Are you likely to shiv a guard or something? (welcome back ;)) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/5 "2020-05-27T02:30:55Z")
LESS likely. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/6 "2020-05-27T02:48:09Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > That’s prison lingo, innit? > > Are you likely to shiv a guard or something? I don’t know about Australia but here in America, one does not shiv. One shanks. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/7 "2020-05-27T02:57:41Z")
Welcome back! Some of us were really worried about you for a while there. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/8 "2020-05-27T03:06:17Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I don’t know about Australia but here in America, one does not shiv. One shanks. I shall remember that if I ever find myself in the Big House in the USA… ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/9 "2020-05-27T03:10:55Z")
Yay! ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/10 "2020-05-27T03:25:30Z")
Welcome back, **dropzone**! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/11 "2020-05-27T03:29:00Z")
Glad you didn’t die! Welcome back and if you’re up to telling us first-hand what it was like having it, I’d be interested in hearing about your experience. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/12 "2020-05-27T05:22:21Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > I shall remember that if I ever find myself in the Big House in the USA… Yes, you don’t want to look like it’s your first knife fight. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/13 "2020-05-27T05:33:26Z")
Knew there was no joint that could hold you, Boss. Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/14 "2020-05-27T07:54:44Z")
Yeah, Mikey tell us about Covid. All the gory deets! took 14 posts before I called you Mikey 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/15 "2020-05-27T08:01:56Z")
Glad you’re back and better! Yes, please give us deets. I’m high-risk, so I’d like to know, no matter how ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/16 "2020-05-27T08:13:10Z")
double post ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/17 "2020-05-27T08:14:21Z")
Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/18 "2020-05-27T08:44:32Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I don’t know about Australia but here in America, one does not shiv. One shanks. Interesting. I would use either term. Canadian bilingualism. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/19 "2020-05-27T09:52:29Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Interesting. I would use either term. Canadian bilingualism. 😛 **NP** , you know that I have experience as a lawyer in Canadian jails. One _shanks_ with a _shiv_. No bilingualism about it; one is a verb, the other is a noun. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-likely-to-kill-anybody-else-so-im-back-in-gen-pop/854521/20 "2020-05-27T11:03:34Z")
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