# Shake 'em ups!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-em-ups/580781>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 5, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-em-ups/580781 "2011-05-05T01:10:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![contraband\_charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9bd4f/32.png) [@contraband\_charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/contraband_charlie)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-em-ups/580781/1 "2011-05-05T01:10:22Z")

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I call them “why did you buy me that’s?”

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**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-em-ups/580781/3 "2011-05-05T05:25:14Z")

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Greeting contraband and welcome to the Straight Dope! It’s the general practice to include a link to the original article so people know what you’re referring to. Here it is!

[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_243a.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_243a.html)

(Though actually, we had a thread on this a couple of weeks ago, maybe contraband’s comment could be tacked on to it, and this post released gently into the ether.)  
Other thread: [Shaking up old arguments - Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=307759)