# In the woods **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 24, 1999, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-woods/11463 "1999-11-24T12:33:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![galen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@galen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-woods/11463/1 "1999-11-24T12:33:00Z")
Since I got such an excellent education on objects falling at the speed of light, I thought I’d see if any of you geniuses out there could answer this age-old riddle: If a man says something in the woods; and there’s no woman around to hear it, is he still wrong? Give it a crack Mr. John. ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-woods/11463/2 "1999-11-24T12:43:00Z")
I’m on a conifer’s call, be right with you. ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-woods/11463/3 "1999-11-24T12:53:00Z")
He’s wrong because his Ash isn’t home. He’s wrong because he Pines for his shingle days. He’s wrong because he boughs to his mother. And he Butternut think otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-woods/11463/4 "1999-11-24T12:54:00Z")
Oh yeah, kinda sounds MPSIMS-ish to me. Yes it’s a poor imitation to mr john, but you get what you pay for. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-woods/11463/5 "1999-11-24T16:18:00Z")
**galen** asks: > [@](#): > > \*s he still wrong? ## Yes, you are still wrong. Virtually yours, DrMatrix ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-woods/11463/6 "1999-11-24T17:39:00Z")
Geez, kid, you got the question all wrong. You should have asked, “if a man falls in the woods, does that make him executive timber?” ---
**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-woods/11463/7 "1999-11-24T17:45:00Z")
## Please don’t clutter GQ with insipid “questions” designed to generate idle chatter. That’s what MPSIMS is for. Nickrz GQ Mod ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-woods/11463/8 "1999-11-24T17:45:00Z")
Along with the gry question, nothing makes me scream more to read it. ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-woods/11463/9 "1999-11-24T20:15:00Z")
If a tree falls in the forest, and it hits someone asking a stupid question, do we have a parade or a party? * * * “That’s entertainment!” —Vlad the Impaler ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-woods/11463/10 "1999-11-24T20:18:00Z")
my vote is for Party… unless it is a nude parade and then I think I could be swayed =) * * * “Only when he no longer knows what he is doing, does the painter do good things.” --Edgar Degas ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-woods/11463/11 "1999-11-24T20:21:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I think I could be swayed Yes, I’ll bet you could… * * * “That’s entertainment!” —Vlad the Impaler ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-woods/11463/12 "1999-11-24T20:23:00Z")
Does that bet include chocolate? * * * “Only when he no longer knows what he is doing, does the painter do good things.” --Edgar Degas