# Just for Your Information **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 19, 2001, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009 "2001-08-19T14:48:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/1 "2001-08-19T14:48:21Z")
Mr. Jarbaby’s sister is here visiting for the weekend, after her first year of college. She’s a woman of the world now, and I thought it would be best to distribute this list for your reference: Here’s what _SHE_ knows: Everything about psychology and the human mind Everything about art Who is ugly, who is attractive What we all should be eating What we all should be wearing What we all should be listening to Where I should live How I should market my novel How Mr. Jarbaby should forward his acting career What we should feed our dog When I should have a baby Where the best city in the world is How I should decorate my house How her mom should decorate her house How I should wear my hair How I should drive How I should vote The one true faith Here’s what _everyone else in the world_ knows: nothing. Just thought you’d want to know. jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/2 "2001-08-19T14:55:01Z")
What? _You’re_ married to my ex co-worker’s brother? Honestly, I commiserate. But keep in mind, one day, she’ll realize she’s been wrong all along, and then she’ll feel like an idiot. Well, we can hope, can’t we? ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/3 "2001-08-19T14:55:15Z")
My car’s making a funny noise, wanna send her over and get that straightened out for me? Thanks in Advance! B. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/4 "2001-08-19T14:55:44Z")
Yup. That pretty much sums up what one-year’s worth of a college education will do for you. ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/5 "2001-08-19T14:57:43Z")
Send her right over to the middle east; there are some Israelis and Palestinians who need some assistance. How silly of me to think she’d be interested in anything as inconsequential as my car. When she’s done there I hear they’re having some difficulties in Northern Ireland she might be able to work out in her spare time. Should be no big deal for someone like that. b. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/6 "2001-08-19T15:02:34Z")
She doesn’t know shit about coal. Send her my way, I’ll give her a bare-bottomed spanking. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/7 "2001-08-19T15:18:16Z")
Damn. After THREE years of college I don’t know all of that. I must be wasting my time. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/8 "2001-08-19T15:34:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anthracite \* > \*\*She doesn’t know shit about coal. Send her my way, I’ll give her a bare-bottomed spanking. \*\* I don’t know shit 'bout coal, either. Does that mean I get a spanking, too? 😃 She doesn’t know shit about cooking. After **Anthracite** is done with her, I’ll slap her around with a spatula. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/9 "2001-08-19T15:43:12Z")
Sometimes attributed (I think falsely) to Mark Twain: > [@](#): > > When I was eighteen, my father was the most ignorant man alive. I was amazed at how much he had learned when I turned 25. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/10 "2001-08-19T16:10:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*Mr. Jarbaby’s sister is here… > > Here’s what _SHE_ knows: > > Everything…\*\* I wonder if she knows how to get this thing off my finger, I got it from my nose and I’m having a hell of a time getting rid of it. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/11 "2001-08-19T16:21:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*Mr. Jarbaby’s sister is here visiting for the weekend, after her first year of college. She’s a woman of the world now, and I thought it would be best to distribute this list for your reference: \*\* When I was 16 I came to the realization that my parents weren’t stupid and I didn’t know everything. Of course today I usually assume that I’m right about something until someone presents me with evidence to the contrary. But I can recognize when I’m wrong. She’ll probably outgrow it in a few years when she makes her way in the real world. Marc ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/12 "2001-08-19T16:30:56Z")
I notice that the list of What She Knows is lacking the phrase: How To Get Along With Your Fellow Human Being. ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/13 "2001-08-19T16:50:28Z")
**imthjckaz** said: > [@](#): > > I wonder if she knows how to get this thing off my finger, I got it from my nose and I’m having a hell of a time getting rid of it. Well, Duh! Wipe it on your pants like everybody else! ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/14 "2001-08-19T17:01:13Z")
Still waiting for you to come up with some _normal_ women to hang out with I see…sigh… ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/15 "2001-08-19T19:06:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > The one true faith Out of curiosity, what _is_ the one true faith? If it turns out that in the afterlife I get to kill Vikings all day and then booze and make merry all night, it’d go a long way toward alleviating this whole post-industrial ennui thing I’ve got going. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/16 "2001-08-19T19:21:33Z")
Is she single? I want to meet her, right after **Anthracite** is finished with her. Finally, someone not named Cecil who understands me. ---
**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/17 "2001-08-19T19:49:26Z")
**jarbabyj** , you are so lucky! I have known people in the past who have had the ultimate knowledge of certain subjects (like the one friend who knew everything about theatre and the one who knew everything about politics). But I have never known someone with such a vast knowledge of everything! Hubby and I need some financial counseling so that we can manage to buy a house before we retire. Could you send her over here to show us what we need to do? I am sure that if anyone can guide us, she can 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/18 "2001-08-19T20:03:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lux Fiat \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > > The one true faith > > Out of curiosity, what _is_ the one true faith? If it turns out that in the afterlife I get to kill Vikings all day and then booze and make merry all night, it’d go a long way toward alleviating this whole post-industrial ennui thing I’ve got going. \*\* As was revealed in South Park episode 411 – “The Mormons were the correct answer.” ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/19 "2001-08-19T20:06:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JavaMaven1 \* > \*\*I don’t know shit 'bout coal, either. Does that mean I get a spanking, too? 😃 \*\* Well…either that or you get tied up with silk scarves and…oh wait, I hear **Fierra** calling me… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009/20 "2001-08-19T20:20:17Z")
BITCHEN! JarbabyJ…PLEASE…ask her the burning question of my life: what’st the deal with infinity and the origin of the universe? That has plagued me forever…I eagerly anticipate her enlightenment! stoid [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-your-information/77009.md?page=2)