# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/81 "2008-10-24T12:04:14Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Clean your gnu using a mild, biodegradable detergent and a brush with stiff bristles. Do NOT clean your gnu at the local waterhole unless it has been cleared of large reptiles. Wins the thread! I nearly spat water all over my laptop. > [@Mr. Excellent](#): > > Well, Stallman can be a bit irritating, but I don’t think he’s _dangerous_, as such - so sure, it’s safe. Actually, RMS can be a right bastard when he doesn’t think it’s time for a bath. > [@cmyk](#): > > So, um. How do you holster a gnu? Very carefully. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/82 "2008-10-25T05:17:48Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > I dont know what a gnu is, but i know it is not Unix. Why, did it breed right in front of you? That would definitely mean it weren’t a Unix. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![laughingboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@laughingboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laughingboy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/83 "2008-10-25T13:34:06Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Clean your gnu using a mild, biodegradable detergent and a brush with stiff bristles. Do NOT clean your gnu at the local waterhole unless it has been cleared of large reptiles. If I could clear my gnu of large reptiles, I wouldn’t need to clean it! ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/84 "2008-10-25T15:25:11Z")
Meet the gnu boss, same as the old boss. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/85 "2008-10-26T02:13:37Z")
Well played, Hal. Well played. ---
**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 28, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/86 "2008-10-28T14:02:49Z")
Isn’t that just like a Doper? Brings a knife to a gnu fight. ---
**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 28, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/87 "2008-10-28T14:16:16Z")
I see someone has breathed gnu life into this thread I thought was dead. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/88 "2008-10-29T03:42:52Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I see someone has breathed gnu life into this thread I thought was dead. It’s been re-gnued. ---
**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 29, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/89 "2008-10-29T03:48:09Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > It’s been re-gnued. Yes, I gnu that. It was obvious. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/90 "2008-10-29T03:50:41Z")
Have you heard the gnus? There’s good rockin’ tonight! ---
**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 29, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/91 "2008-10-29T03:53:37Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Have you heard the gnus? There’s good rockin’ tonight! That’s old gnus. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/92 "2008-10-29T04:10:42Z")
But there’s no gnus like good gnus. ---
**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 29, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/93 "2008-10-29T22:26:13Z")
no gnus is good gnus ---
**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 30, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/94 "2008-10-30T03:26:53Z")
Roasted gnu is pretty good, too. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/95 "2008-10-30T03:58:22Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Have you heard the gnus? There’s good rockin’ tonight! > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > That’s old gnus. Ok, fine. 😃 Have you heard the gnus? The dogs are dead! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/96 "2008-10-30T04:13:14Z")
“I heard the gnus today oh boy” – The Beatles “Bad gnus on the doorstep, I couldn’t take one more step” And “I asked her for some happy gnus” – Don McLean ---
**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 31, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/97 "2008-10-31T17:59:28Z")
I hereby declare myself an agnustic, I dont know if there is a gnu or not. ---
**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 31, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/98 "2008-10-31T20:25:23Z")
There is no gnu but Allgnu! ---
**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 31, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/99 "2008-10-31T20:31:32Z")
I understand a certain newspaper will only print photos of certain animals if the reproductive organs are not shown. Their motto is "All the gnus that is fit to print.: ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621/100 "2008-10-31T20:38:38Z")
I have a recurring dream, were I’m walking in the grasslands of Africa, my feet on the same trails that have been pounded into the earth by some massive migrating herd. Suddenly, I feel the ground shake, and hear the thunder of hooves. I see a blur of motion come over the hill, and the next thing I know, I’m gnu’d. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe/468621.md?page=6)