# "Pieces" of You Others Can See **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 16, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pieces-of-you-others-can-see/274998 "2004-11-16T03:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pieces-of-you-others-can-see/274998/101 "2004-11-19T00:01:58Z")
One I forgot to mention: If you were in West Linn two years ago and saw posters for the high school jazz concert, those were mine. šŸ™‚ (And I just found out which of my Zazzle posters someone bought! It was the fractal one. Incidentally, I wrote the computer program that generated the image, which means somebody, somewhere, has the output of my code hanging on their wall! Iā€™m strangely proud of this.) ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pieces-of-you-others-can-see/274998/102 "2004-11-19T16:31:51Z")
If you are under the age of 12 in my town, there is a very small chance (itā€™s a very big city) I might have seen you when you were a still a sperm and/or an egg. I could have seen your eggy self on ultrasound in the office while it was still on your momā€™s ovary. I also might have washed your spermy half and made sure it was clean and well placed so that it and the egg had a good chance of meeting. Later on, I could have been one of the first people 3 or 4 to see your heartbeat. Iā€™m not in the fertiltiy clinic anymore, but in a hopsital based problem pregnancy unit. Iā€™m fortunate to get to see the results of my work frequently, but I donā€™t think an average person would recognise my small role in this great adventure. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pieces-of-you-others-can-see/274998/103 "2004-11-19T16:55:29Z")
Wow, **Ca3799** , how do I follow up that great work with my story? If you own or have worked on a Kubota tractor somewhere in the US or Canada, and have needed to fix it sometime since June, 2003, then you may have handled parts I helped take care of. ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pieces-of-you-others-can-see/274998/104 "2004-11-20T00:24:57Z")
If youā€¦ [ul] [li]use a certain hospital in this area[/li][li]are in the North Carolina prison system[/li][li]had an FCE in Florida or South Carolina[/li][li]use another hospital a few miles away from this area[/li][li]or applied for Social Security benefits [disability] in South Carolina[/li][/ul] ā€¦then chances are good I typed up your medical report and made it all pretty for the doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pieces-of-you-others-can-see/274998/105 "2004-11-20T01:04:15Z")
I machine the steering column yokes that go on all Econoline series and BMW M Class autos. For every one that goes into production, 25 sit in some ā€œRaidersā€-like warehouse, waitingā€¦ If there is a recall, those yokes were produced by my assistant! Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pieces-of-you-others-can-see/274998/106 "2004-11-20T01:19:58Z")
If youā€™ve read ā€œReturn of the Straight Dopeā€, youā€™ve seen one of my questions. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pieces-of-you-others-can-see/274998/107 "2004-11-20T02:06:40Z")
Iā€™m a postal worker. The chances of my having processed a piece of mail _you_ have sent or received may not be that huge, but Iā€™ve sent stuff all over the world. Every country. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pieces-of-you-others-can-see/274998/108 "2004-11-20T02:10:14Z")
Is it just me, or does anybody else want to break out into: _And these are the people in your neighborhood, In your neighborhood, In your neigh - bor - ho-od_ ?? No? Okay. Must just be me. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pieces-of-you-others-can-see/274998/109 "2004-11-20T02:25:21Z")
If you use oil and/or natural gas, I may have found it. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pieces-of-you-others-can-see/274998/110 "2004-11-20T04:16:17Z")
> [@TheLoadedDog](#): > > Is it just me, or does anybody else want to break out into: > > _And these are the people in your neighborhood, > In your neighborhood, > In your neigh - bor - ho-od_ > ?? > > No? Okay. Must just be me. šŸ˜ƒ Nope, but thank you _very much_ for getting that stuck in my head!! :mad: šŸ˜› [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pieces-of-you-others-can-see/274998.md?page=5)