# Is it still a whoosh if it's true?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-still-a-whoosh-if-its-true/246695>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 23, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-still-a-whoosh-if-its-true/246695 "2004-05-23T21:39:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-still-a-whoosh-if-its-true/246695/21 "2004-05-25T07:15:27Z")

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> [@Squink](#):
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> That’s more of a “Giant Sucking Sound” than a whoosh.

Nitpicker. :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-still-a-whoosh-if-its-true/246695/22 "2004-05-26T10:11:12Z")

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> [@Merijeek](#):
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> Well, here I am checking the news at the end of a weekend away from the internet.
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> Lo and behold, I find this: [Cameras banned on US bases in Iraq](http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9643950%255E401,00.html)
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> A couple weeks ago I was whooshed (sadly, the search function won’t turn up the correct thread for me) about cameras being banned from US military bases.
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> Well, looks like that’s now happening.
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> So…it was a whoosh then, but now it’s actually true. Is it stil a whoosh?
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> -Joe, not at all embarassed for falling for it weeks ago

I believe it still counts as a whoosh if the person who told you the first version, the one you belived first, was trying to decieve you. Or if they didn’t have all the facts, or made it up entirely. That it ended up coinciding with the truth is the same principle as a stopped clock being right twice a day.

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-still-a-whoosh-if-its-true/246695/23 "2004-05-26T10:12:25Z")

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P.S. Sorry.

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