# It really grinds my gears when people qualify a Family Feud answer with "well, not me personally" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-grinds-my-gears-when-people-qualify-a-family-feud-answer-with-well-not-me-personally/577368 "2011-04-06T05:44:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-grinds-my-gears-when-people-qualify-a-family-feud-answer-with-well-not-me-personally/577368/1 "2011-04-06T05:44:30Z")
Name something you routinely fall asleep while doing “well, I don’t do this, but at church” oh no I can’t let anyone judge me for what I guess the survey answer to be ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-grinds-my-gears-when-people-qualify-a-family-feud-answer-with-well-not-me-personally/577368/2 "2011-04-06T05:54:13Z")
I agree completely. I hate it when someone invokes a third-party just to deflect attention from themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-grinds-my-gears-when-people-qualify-a-family-feud-answer-with-well-not-me-personally/577368/3 "2011-04-06T05:57:07Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > I agree completely. I hate it when someone invokes a third-party just to deflect attention from themselves. My friend agrees completely. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Clark\_Cello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Clark\_Cello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_Cello)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-grinds-my-gears-when-people-qualify-a-family-feud-answer-with-well-not-me-personally/577368/4 "2011-04-06T15:07:19Z")
I don’t mind it, but I can see how it would be aggravating. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-grinds-my-gears-when-people-qualify-a-family-feud-answer-with-well-not-me-personally/577368/5 "2011-04-06T16:17:49Z")
Yeah, me too. Well, not me personally, because if it did, I might just stop watching the show. Which I did. So maybe it was me personally. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-grinds-my-gears-when-people-qualify-a-family-feud-answer-with-well-not-me-personally/577368/6 "2011-04-06T17:26:54Z")
What I hate is that it’s almost always presented like it’s a joke, and a great one at that. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-grinds-my-gears-when-people-qualify-a-family-feud-answer-with-well-not-me-personally/577368/7 "2011-04-06T18:32:05Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > What I hate is that it’s almost always presented like it’s a joke, and a great one at that. Yeah, my friend said the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-grinds-my-gears-when-people-qualify-a-family-feud-answer-with-well-not-me-personally/577368/8 "2011-04-06T18:46:42Z")
I can’t watch FF without thinking of the classic SNL skit. Host: “Name something you might find in your closet.” Victoria Jackson: “Daddy.” ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-grinds-my-gears-when-people-qualify-a-family-feud-answer-with-well-not-me-personally/577368/9 "2011-04-06T18:47:59Z")
I don’t get it