# Making some changes...

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-some-changes/575017
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 17, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-some-changes/575017 "2011-03-17T14:01:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-some-changes/575017/1 "2011-03-17T14:01:11Z")

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I have decided to lay down the boogie in favor of playing that funky music until such time as I shuffle off this mortal coil.

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### Author: ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-some-changes/575017/2 "2011-03-17T14:03:59Z")

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OK, but are only whiteboys allowed to play that funky music? Seems kinda unfair to leave everyone else out.

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### Author: ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-some-changes/575017/3 "2011-03-17T14:28:14Z")

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At first it isn’t easy, changin’ rock 'n roll and minds…

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### Author: ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-some-changes/575017/4 "2011-03-17T14:34:58Z")

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Whew. I was afraid from the thread title that you’d decided to start making sense.

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### Author: ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-some-changes/575017/5 "2011-03-17T14:52:49Z")

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> [@Smeghead](#):
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> Whew. I was afraid from the thread title that you’d decided to start making sense.

But . . . but . . . as we get older we stop making sense.

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### Author: ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-some-changes/575017/6 "2011-03-18T00:03:42Z")

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All right, dude - give up the funk! Gotta have the funk.