# Straight Dope **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 4, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661 "2015-11-04T23:36:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/21 "2015-11-05T15:59:41Z")
Was there stuff between the 60s and the 80s? A lot of us never even noticed. Gotta go, I’m going to type out a response to a comment in a Straight Dope book, mail it to the publisher, and then wait til the next edition is printed… and then see if anyone responds to my comment in the edition after that. (How am I going to wait two years to see if someone got my “Hi, Opel” joke?) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/22 "2015-11-05T15:59:53Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > The M.C. Hammer Slide was a step in the right directions. > [@simster](#): > > It’s just a jump to the left… Ooooh…ahhh…fashion! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/23 "2015-11-05T16:15:13Z")
> [@digs](#): > > (How am I going to wait two years to see if someone got my “Hi, Opel” joke?) Hi,[Opel](http://www.theclassiccarshow.com/upload/CarImages/658.jpg)?:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/24 "2015-11-05T17:03:06Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Was there stuff between the 60s and the 80s? A lot of us never even noticed. From Austin Powers II (before jumping to the time machine): > [@](#): > > **Felicity Shagwell** : I want to see what happens in the 70s and 80s. > > **Austin** : The 70s and the 80s? You’re not missing anything, believe me. I’ve looked into it. There’s a gas shortage and A Flock of Seagulls. That’s about it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/25 "2015-11-05T17:15:00Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Small comfort probably, but we haven’t invented anything new lately. Same old left-right left-right shit. Can it be done right-left right-left, or will that result in walking backward? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/26 "2015-11-05T17:17:35Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Can it be done right-left right-left, or will that result in walking backward? Only if you’re a right wing conservative. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/27 "2015-11-05T17:53:31Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Can it be done right-left right-left, or will that result in walking backward? No, but if you enter the code as right, left, right, left, up, down, up, down, A, B. You get 30 godwins against right wingers in the message board. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/28 "2015-11-05T19:29:10Z")
I know some people who walk left - together - right - together, but I think it’s because they’re kind of old. Or in a wedding. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/29 "2015-11-05T19:48:45Z")
We can talk the talk, but can we walk the walk? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/30 "2015-11-05T20:06:05Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > No, but if you enter the code as right, left, right, left, up, down, up, down, A, B. You get 30 godwins against right wingers in the message board. > > 🙂 woo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/31 "2015-11-05T20:41:28Z")
> [@Abe\_Babe](#): > > It’s called skipping. > > You can expect the cease and desist letter from little girls at any moment. But Skipping is [magnificent!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_1ULTlaZ4I) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/32 "2015-11-05T20:59:39Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > This online thing sucks ass. Well, that’s mainly because we’ve been deprived of YOUR witty and valuable contributions for all these years. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/33 "2015-11-05T21:13:28Z")
You know what I miss? Binaca. That stuff used to be everywhere! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/34 "2015-11-05T22:22:54Z")
The OP joined 15 years after the 80’s ended. It took an additional 11 years to decide he likes books better. I don’t think I’ll be around by the time he formulates and posts his opinions on Bill Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/35 "2015-11-05T22:42:55Z")
Right forepaw/left hindpaw, left forepaw/right hindpaw, right forepaw/left hindpaw … Unless you’re a weasel: right forepaw/left forepaw, right hindpaw/left hindpaw, right forepaw/left forepaw … Or a giraffe: right forepaw/right hindpaw, left forepaw/left hindpaw, right forepaw/right hindpaw … And my favorite, a horse at gallop: right forehoof, left hindhoof, left forehoof, right hindhoof … fly … right forehoof, left hindhoof, left forehoof, right hindhoof … fly … right forehoof, left hindhoof, left forehoof, right hindhoof … fly … ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/36 "2015-11-06T04:56:51Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > And my favorite, a horse at gallop: right forehoof, left hindhoof, left forehoof, right hindhoof … fly … right forehoof, left hindhoof, left forehoof, right hindhoof … fly … right forehoof, left hindhoof, left forehoof, right hindhoof … fly … So, DO horses ever leave the ground like this? [![](https://shannondonnelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/alken_racing1.jpg) ](https://shannondonnelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/alken_racing1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/37 "2015-11-06T05:15:32Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > You know what I miss? Binaca. That stuff used to be everywhere! Cream Rinse. Whatever happened to that stuff? Oh and Brioski. Went looking for that on Amazon the other day. They don’t make it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/38 "2015-11-06T05:27:23Z")
Chocodiles. Only sold on the West Coast, to ensure freshness?! Um, it’s a Chocodile. “There has been debate over whether a Chocodile is a chocolate-covered Twinkie or a facsimile.” 🙂 > **[Chocodile Twinkie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocodile_Twinkie)** > > Chocodile Twinkies /ˈtʃɒkoʊdaɪl/ are a confection created by the Hostess Brands company. The confection was known only as Chocodiles prior to 2014. The package describes the snack cake as a "chocolate coated sponge cake with creamy filling." The Chocodile is Twinkie-shaped and sold in packages of two. > The Chocodiles mascot was formerly Chauncey Chocodile, but Hostess has removed him from packaging and their website in recent years. Since the late 1990s, Chocodiles have no longer been sold on the... ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/39 "2015-11-06T05:30:17Z")
No internet? How would we complain about mundane shit to strangers? The mail? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661/40 "2015-11-06T15:00:44Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > No internet? > > How would we complain about mundane shit to strangers? The mail? Semaphores. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope/736661.md?page=3)