# is it safe? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 19, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621 "2008-10-19T06:23:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/61 "2008-10-23T04:02:56Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > . Annie Get Your Gnu ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/62 "2008-10-23T10:30:04Z")
> [@samarm](#): > > I’m thinking of cleaning my gnu. Got any tips?? Surely you’ve tried Gnu Tips. Be careful thou, you are not suposed to insert them in your gnu, they are for the surface only! ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/63 "2008-10-23T14:23:51Z")
Gnus don’t kill people. People kill people. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/64 "2008-10-23T15:13:18Z")
> [@Simmerdown](#): > > Gnus don’t kill people. People kill people. But it’s a lot easier to kill someone if you have a gnu. Support strict gnu-control laws! ---
**Author:** ![Rapier42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90db22/32.png) [@Rapier42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rapier42)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/65 "2008-10-23T15:48:48Z")
I’m trying to sell mine, nobody likes the price though. I’ll make any of you a gnu deal if you want it… ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/66 "2008-10-23T16:08:15Z")
[John Lennon Voice]Happiness is a warm Gnu[/JLV] ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/67 "2008-10-23T17:24:03Z")
Franklin Roosevelt was a Gnu Dealer, I guess while he wasn’t being president. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/68 "2008-10-23T18:05:08Z")
I hired a man from Tijuana to do the cleaning. He took it to Gnu Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/69 "2008-10-23T18:14:17Z")
I got rid of my old gnu by slicing it up and laying it out with some bread, spreads and cheese. It was quite a decent Gnu Deli. ---
**Author:** ![Rapier42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90db22/32.png) [@Rapier42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rapier42)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/70 "2008-10-23T18:28:42Z")
I just gnu this thread was going to get silly. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/71 "2008-10-23T18:31:55Z")
> [@Rapier42](#): > > I just gnu this thread was going to get silly. :mad: I resemble that comment. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/72 "2008-10-23T19:30:06Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Yup, after a good scrubbing you have a little less gnu. > > Of course after a couple years, you have a well-worn gnu. Nobody likes old gnu. If you clean it right, it will be good as gnu. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/73 "2008-10-23T19:35:48Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > If you clean it right, it will be good as gnu. Very good! 😃 That was staring me in the face and I missed it. I need a gnu brain. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/74 "2008-10-23T21:13:11Z")
I dont know what a gnu is, but i know it is not Unix. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/75 "2008-10-23T21:41:46Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > I dont know what a gnu is, but i know it is not Unix. Is it gnunisex? ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/76 "2008-10-23T22:03:40Z")
> [@Silophant](#): > > Is it secret? :mad: That’s what I was gonna say… ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/77 "2008-10-24T03:38:54Z")
Which country is the only place in the world where it’s legal for wildebeest to own antelopes? Gnu’s Eland. ---
**Author:** ![laughingboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@laughingboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laughingboy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/78 "2008-10-24T04:02:42Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] I had a gnu lay down a tile floor in my kitchen. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Boyo Jim] I got rid of my old gnu by slicing it up and laying it out with some bread, spreads and cheese. [/QUOTE] Hey, hey, hey, calm down you two. Gnu Shimmer is a floor wax AND a dessert topping! ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/79 "2008-10-24T05:26:27Z")
I apologize for two of my three puns, which were simply portemagnus of another word and…I’ll stop doing it…later. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/80 "2008-10-24T11:43:41Z")
> [@laughingboy](#): > > Hey, hey, hey, calm down you two. Gnu Shimmer is a floor wax AND a dessert topping! We already gnu that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621.md?page=5)