# Olsen twins countdown

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olsen-twins-countdown/153284>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 6, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olsen-twins-countdown/153284 "2003-02-06T19:34:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olsen-twins-countdown/153284/1 "2003-02-06T19:34:32Z")

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[Oh dear](http://www.brokennewz.com/reports/olsentwins.asp).

Nothing will make you feel older than looking at a recent picture of these two…and then discovering how old they are.

Where’s my cane?

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olsen-twins-countdown/153284/2 "2003-02-06T19:48:24Z")

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2…  
1…

oh. not what you were looking for. Sorry. 😃

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**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olsen-twins-countdown/153284/3 "2003-02-06T21:01:48Z")

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Shockingly, they’re already “fair game” in Oklahoma and quite a few other states.

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**Author:** ![lothos2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df788c/32.png) [@lothos2002](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lothos2002)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olsen-twins-countdown/153284/4 "2003-02-06T21:18:04Z")

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OMG, I feel ancient! Plus, whudda thunk they would turn out to be hotties (kinda)??

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**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olsen-twins-countdown/153284/5 "2003-02-06T21:33:09Z")

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[Kinda?](http://us.imdb.com/EGallery?source=granitz&group=1492&photo=MaryKateOl_Mazur_585380_400.jpg&path=pgallery&path_key=Olsen,+Mary-Kate)

More like [definitely](http://us.imdb.com/EGallery?source=granitz&group=1491&photo=MaryKateOl_Mazur_585928_400.jpg&path=pgallery&path_key=Olsen,+Mary-Kate), I’d say.

…mustn’t think about it… :smack:

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**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olsen-twins-countdown/153284/6 "2003-02-06T21:56:51Z")

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I’ve got their calander hanging on my wall. It’s a bit embarassing reading on the bottom right of every month: “Real Calanders for Real Girls.” But so be it, can’t wait till September…

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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olsen-twins-countdown/153284/7 "2003-02-06T22:07:00Z")

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I don’t see it.

Candace Cameron and Jodie Sweetin were both better looking than the Olsen twins.

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**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olsen-twins-countdown/153284/8 "2003-02-06T22:33:31Z")

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Jamie Kennedy had pictures of them on his wall during his MTV Cribs episode and he called them “mini-Cameron Diaz 1 and mini-Cameron Diaz 2.”

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**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olsen-twins-countdown/153284/9 "2003-02-06T22:38:23Z")

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The age of consent in the UK is sixteen. Just in case anyone was thinking of crating them up and shipping them over.

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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olsen-twins-countdown/153284/10 "2003-02-06T23:19:49Z")

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Ugh! Sorry, the _Hideous Troll Dolls®_ don’t do a thing for me. They represent everything wrong with the system of “celebrity” in this countrty. Give me a grown up woman any time.
