# Maturity Test **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292 "2009-07-17T01:46:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/1 "2009-07-17T01:46:22Z")
On our recent vacation, we were walking down the street when I spotted [this sign](http://sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=Misc&start=30&pic=Misc060.JPG&picindex=59) denoting the intersection at which we were crossing. I busted into 10th-grader style snickering, and had to snap a pic. If you don’t see why, then consider yourself more mature. ---
**Author:** ![GolfWidow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GolfWidow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GolfWidow)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/2 "2009-07-17T01:55:24Z")
Well, its official. I’m still 14. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/3 "2009-07-17T01:58:59Z")
Heh heh heh! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/4 "2009-07-17T02:04:34Z")
The thread title is a dead giveaway. I knew I would fail and I didn’t disappoint myself. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/5 "2009-07-17T02:27:47Z")
I guess I must be mature. What’s so funny about CASS and CANAL? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/6 "2009-07-17T02:30:09Z")
I don’t C it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/7 "2009-07-17T02:32:53Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > I guess I must be mature. What’s so funny about CASS and CANAL? I guess if you ignore the "C"s you can read ASS and ANAL, but it’s not very funny. Not because I’m mature, but because it’s a bit of a stretch - like laughing at the word “assassin” because it has two "ass"es in it. Big deal. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/8 "2009-07-17T02:38:08Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > I guess if you ignore the "C"s you can read ASS and ANAL, but it’s not very funny. Not because I’m mature, but because it’s a bit of a stretch - like laughing at the word “assassin” because it has two "ass"es in it. Big deal. You said ass. Twice!😃 ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/9 "2009-07-17T03:32:03Z")
I am maturing, because it took me a minute to see it, but good one **Hal**. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/10 "2009-07-17T03:43:29Z")
I’ll take **C ASS C ANAL** for $400, Alex![/Sean Connery] ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/11 "2009-07-17T04:30:41Z")
Anal Bum Cover and The Rapist, please. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/12 "2009-07-17T05:02:34Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > Anal Bum Cover and The Rapist, please. What about The Penis Mightier? One of my favorite hobbies used to be taking those weekly Service Changes signs they tape up in the subway stations, and moving them so they cover the “C” in “CANAL STREET.” OK, it’s still one of my favorite hobbies. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/13 "2009-07-17T07:05:27Z")
I probably wouldn’t have noticed anything on my own, but when I looked to see what you found funny, then I got the little snicker. Ten years on this board and I’m probably twenty years less mature than I was when I started. Thanks, guys. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/14 "2009-07-17T07:20:07Z")
It’s also funny if you only ignore one of the Cs. ASS CANAL. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/15 "2009-07-17T13:37:05Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > One of my favorite hobbies used to be taking those weekly Service Changes signs they tape up in the subway stations, and moving them so they cover the “C” in “CANAL STREET.” A restaurant near where I used to live – The Canal House – had to put up with a good bit of sign vandalism as well. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/16 "2009-07-17T13:52:37Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > It’s also funny if you only ignore one of the Cs. ASS CANAL. 😃 That’s how I read it. I only smiled a little, so I guess I’m on my way to being a grownup. I’m reminded of the quote from Arrested Development, "Swallows was a family-style restaurant by day and an anything-goes, pan-sexual bazaar by night. " ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/17 "2009-07-17T16:50:46Z")
> [@GolfWidow](#): > > Well, its official. I’m still 14. 😃 Oh, Gosh, me, too!🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/18 "2009-07-17T17:02:52Z")
I got a chuckle out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/19 "2009-07-17T20:24:13Z")
Hmm, a dark night, a cordless sawzall with a metal cutting blade. How long do you think it would be before anyone fixed the signs? Think it would be long enough to get updated on Google street view? Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292/20 "2009-07-17T21:09:13Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > A restaurant near where I used to live – The Canal House – had to put up with a good bit of sign vandalism as well. The last Black Angus steakhouse I saw had its lettering made of wood and attached to the side of the building. Except for the G, which was painted on, for some reason. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maturity-test/503292.md?page=2)