# Shut dat boy up!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-dat-boy-up/28954>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 11, 2000, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-dat-boy-up/28954 "2000-08-11T13:16:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-dat-boy-up/28954/1 "2000-08-11T13:16:31Z")

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Things you can say to shut someone up as they stare at you confused…

My shoes aren’t wearing my socks right…

Hmmm, I seem to have left my pockets in my other pants…

Funny people always look at me…

Ouch! My heart keeps beating! I hate it when that happens…

Have you seen my mind? I left it around here somewhere…

Look! Dirt! We don’t get much of that 'round here…

I’m trying not to suffocate my eye. You have no idea how hard it is to go without blinking…

Anyone else?

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**Author:** ![Tisme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Tisme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tisme)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-dat-boy-up/28954/2 "2000-08-11T13:20:46Z")

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how about-

I’m not ignoring you, you’re just insignificant.

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**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-dat-boy-up/28954/3 "2000-08-11T15:51:58Z")

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try reciting the lyrics for “detatchable penis”.  
You’ll never be bothered again.

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**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-dat-boy-up/28954/4 "2000-08-11T15:57:19Z")

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How about my sig? 😃

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**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-dat-boy-up/28954/5 "2000-08-11T16:02:12Z")

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I’m sorry I didn’t realize it, your is the first HUMAN voice I’ve heard in a long, long, time

_while talking to shoulder_  
no I didn’t tell 'em. no I didn’t, that’s a lie, you heard what I said. no please no arrggh

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-dat-boy-up/28954/6 "2000-08-12T00:23:01Z")

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Huh. Look at that. I’ve lost a buttonhole.

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**Author:** ![Oicu812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f475e1/32.png) [@Oicu812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oicu812)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-dat-boy-up/28954/7 "2000-08-12T00:25:56Z")

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_On second thought, that might get you hurt…_

O

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**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-dat-boy-up/28954/8 "2000-08-12T00:28:22Z")

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Has anyone seen my sex drive, I left it around here somewhere?? hmm?

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**Author:** ![tbea925](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@tbea925](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tbea925)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-dat-boy-up/28954/9 "2000-08-12T02:04:08Z")

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I beg your pardon…it’s just that the voices in my head are a lot more interesting than what you’re saying.
