# My new Favorite Thing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 7, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-thing/334558 "2005-12-07T20:39:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Seren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Seren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-thing/334558/1 "2005-12-07T20:39:57Z")
Pregnancy tests that turn up the way you want/hope. (Negative for me. Not that I had any major reason to worry, but ya know…there’s always that chance…) ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-thing/334558/2 "2005-12-07T20:45:02Z")
> [@Seren](#): > > Pregnancy tests that turn up the way you want/hope. > > (Negative for me. Not that I had any major reason to worry, but ya know…there’s always that chance…) Non-congrats! (I’ve taken one or two in my time … waiting takes _forever_, doesn’t it?) ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-thing/334558/3 "2005-12-07T20:49:48Z")
Been there, done that. And boy, does that negative feel GOOOOOOOD! Almost better than what caused the need for the pregnancy test in the first place! 😛 ---
**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:** [December 7, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-thing/334558/4 "2005-12-07T23:44:45Z")
That OP was simple for everyone to understand, right? Not worded in any sort of confusing manner, was it? So why the hell did it take me 10 minutes to make sense of it?? I read it, and reread it, and reread it several more times. Each time, all I could think was that there was a new sort of pregnancy test that you could manipulate to give the result you want. I don’t know what good that would do, apart from making you feel good or playing vicious practical jokes, but that’s all I could gleen from the OP for quite some time. Duh on me. Must be lack of sleep from that positive pregnancy test 10 months ago. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-thing/334558/5 "2005-12-07T23:47:03Z")
Incidentally, I found a few unused tests we had left over while my wife was around eight months along. Figured, what the hell – it’s official: I’m not pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![Seren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Seren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-thing/334558/6 "2005-12-08T00:53:48Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > That OP was simple for everyone to understand, right? Not worded in any sort of confusing manner, was it? > > So why the hell did it take me 10 minutes to make sense of it?? I read it, and reread it, and reread it several more times. Each time, all I could think was that there was a new sort of pregnancy test that you could manipulate to give the result you want. I don’t know what good that would do, apart from making you feel good or playing vicious practical jokes, but that’s all I could gleen from the OP for quite some time. > > Duh on me. > Must be lack of sleep from that positive pregnancy test 10 months ago. I need to start marketing those. Man, the fun I could have. And congrats on your new kid. I saw the pics, very cute. Also, congrats on not being pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-thing/334558/7 "2005-12-08T01:11:12Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Incidentally, I found a few unused tests we had left over while my wife was around eight months along. Figured, what the hell – it’s official: I’m not pregnant. All right, an addition to your sig: Smart. Hip. Dipstick. Does not have sex with sheep. Not pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-thing/334558/8 "2005-12-08T18:00:42Z")
> [@](#): > > All right, an addition to your sig: Smart. Hip. Dipstick. Does not have sex with sheep. Not pregnant. _Officially_ not pregnant.