# Is there something we can all agree on? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 26, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911 "2006-03-26T01:39:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/41 "2006-03-26T23:10:53Z")
I’d ask the Owl what its favorite color was. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/42 "2006-03-27T00:00:51Z")
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**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/43 "2006-03-27T00:56:59Z")
> [@Malodorous](#): > > Again, I imagine that the folks at Disney would hold, even before the Owl God, that MM is the better cartoon character. > > I’ve also heard people (usually of the elder generation) express a dislike for the rabbit and a preference for the mouse because they feel Loony Toons, with its emphesis on the anvil smashing and TNT explosioning of its villians to be too sadistic. Blah, rereading the OP, I think “we” means the posters to the SD message board, not “all humans” like I was interpreting it. So my examples of Soviet peasants and Michael Eisner, etc. are irrelavant. So what have we got that everyone agrees with so far: Bugs Bunny \> Mickey Mouse “I’m not perfect” Anyone disagree with these, or have more? ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/44 "2006-03-27T05:23:40Z")
“_Owls are extremely wise_.” Even if it isn’t true, you have to figure that the Owl God probably isn’t going to challenge its veracity or significance too rigorously. Play to your audience. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/45 "2006-03-27T05:41:15Z")
Death is inevitable. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/46 "2006-03-27T05:50:13Z")
Something about Colin Quinn. Something about unfunny. hh ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/47 "2006-03-27T10:36:41Z")
1. That, man on man, Chuck Norris would beat the crap out of Christopher Walken in a bar fight. 2. That Cecil Adams is wise, perfect and knows all mm ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/48 "2006-03-27T11:10:01Z")
> [@Revenant Threshold](#): > > Let’s say I die tomorrow, and find myself facing **Orlya, Owl God of Questioning**. Before I’m allowed to pass on to the afterlife, it asks me to answer one question - what one piece of knowledge have I gained from my time on Earth? > > Obviously I’d like to have the best chance of being allowed to continue on as possible, and i’d like to make His Scepticness impressed with my answer, too. So I need a principle, a fact, some knowledge that is not only the most likely to be true but also has importance, gravity. > > What one principle can we all agree on? 1. Gravity 2. Gods don’t exist (“Oh, that’s true” says Orlya, and disappears.) ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/49 "2006-03-27T11:23:54Z")
> [@mamboman](#): > > 1. That, man on man, Chuck Norris would beat the crap out of Christopher Walken in a bar fight. Nope. Christopher Walken would talk his way out of it. He’s teh greatest speaker ever. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/50 "2006-03-27T11:33:20Z")
Though sometimes born from the same split seed, no two of us are entirely alike. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/51 "2006-03-27T12:45:00Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > Death is inevitable. Except for those who are alive at the time of the second coming of Christ. ---
**Author:** ![SentientMeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/52 "2006-03-27T13:37:16Z")
That there is nothing we all agree on except this. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/53 "2006-03-27T23:52:59Z")
How about: Jack Chick is funny Snakes on a Plane sounds cool There are no WMDs ---
**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:** [March 29, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/54 "2006-03-29T21:33:30Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Except for those who are alive at the time of the second coming of Christ. OK: Physical death is inevitable if no messiah comes. ---
**Author:** ![bluetrust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@bluetrust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluetrust)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/55 "2006-03-29T21:50:50Z")
> [@Malodorous](#): > > Bugs Bunny \> Mickey Mouse I like the mouse better by far than Bugs Bunny. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/56 "2006-03-29T21:52:59Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > OK: Physical death is inevitable if no messiah comes. Pheh. First prove that medical science will eventually cease to advance. There exists something. ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/57 "2006-03-29T23:13:58Z")
That the one race that we all have won is the one of the sperm cell to the egg. After that, the whole process of living remains about as messy, and wasteful. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/58 "2006-03-30T00:29:10Z")
Any male, if preented with a real bowling pin, will pick it up by the neck, and then comment, “This would make a great club/weapon.” Really. Every time. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/59 "2006-03-30T03:22:12Z")
That [Canadian Baseball](http://www.hsus.org/web-files/protect_seals/2005_hunt/184x265_2005_HSUS_seals_clubbing.jpg) must be stopped! You know the worst part? They have _nine outs_ per inning! Yeah, I’m going to hell. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911/60 "2006-03-30T07:36:23Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Any male, if preented with a real bowling pin, will pick it up by the neck, and then comment, “This would make a great club/weapon.” > > Really. Every time. Every male has put his ding-a-ling between his legs so he can see what he’d look like as a woman. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-we-can-all-agree-on/349911.md?page=4)