# So ... But ...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [July 16, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656 "2013-07-16T11:49:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/381 "2020-01-17T15:13:26Z")

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So feeling properly soothed, we once again contemplated the topic of defecation following corn consumption.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/382 "2020-01-17T18:47:02Z")

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But…we had no Charmin.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/383 "2020-01-17T20:57:59Z")

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So we went to steal some from the big bear we had seen.

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/384 "2020-01-17T22:18:30Z")

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But he didn’t feel like sharing…

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**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/385 "2020-01-17T22:23:21Z")

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So we used the last remaining corndog for a purpose indescribable.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/386 "2020-01-17T22:47:42Z")

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But the bear growled, “What a waste of a perfectly good corndog!”

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/387 "2020-01-17T23:50:40Z")

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So we told the bear what he could do with the corndog.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/388 "2020-01-18T01:33:52Z")

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But…the bear raised his mustard covered paw and swore allegiance to the human race.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/389 "2020-01-18T14:57:22Z")

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So, we dubbed him our Yogi Bear

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/390 "2020-01-18T16:19:12Z")

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But this one was not even as smart as the average bear.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/391 "2020-01-19T21:15:46Z")

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So…Hey Boo-boo, not the honey one!

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/392 "2020-01-24T20:30:45Z")

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But Ranger Smith was lurking nearby and overheard the exchange

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/393 "2020-01-24T23:24:40Z")

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So…Yogi grabbed the pick-a-nick basket and ran.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/394 "2020-01-25T05:23:26Z")

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But he dropped the pick-a-nick basket and tripped over it, flat on his face.

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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/395 "2020-01-25T06:20:20Z")

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So Ranger Smith sat down on Yogi Bear and started picking through the basket and stuffing his face.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/396 "2020-01-25T10:54:23Z")

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But when he opened a jar of honey, it attracted thousands of bees, which stung him all over his body.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/397 "2020-01-25T15:39:08Z")

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So Ranger Smith hid under Yogi Bear

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/398 "2020-01-26T05:19:32Z")

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But…Boo Boo saw him and sang out “Na na na na boo boo!”

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/399 "2020-02-03T18:40:30Z")

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So poor Ranger Smith died a most awful and grisly death stung thousands of times by a swarm of angry bees

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/400 "2020-02-03T18:55:44Z")

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But as he was dying, his last words were “Thank God it’s not an awful and grizzly bear death”

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