# Strange "hobbies" of well known people.

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**Created:** [January 1, 2008, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879 "2008-01-01T12:06:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/101 "2008-01-04T17:32:43Z")

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[QUOTE=BarnOwl]  
Would you elaborate on this please? (Even though I might end up almost wishing you hadn’t.)  
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Bill Frist at one point obtained a cat and dissected it to further his understanding of anatomy, apparently outside the shelter of a classroom or school. In other words, true independent study. Apparently, this squicks people out, but given that he eventually became a transplant surgeon I think it was mostly a manifestation of early fascination with anatomy. Anyhow, do people think surgeons learn their techniques out of a book?

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**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/102 "2008-01-04T17:56:16Z")

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[QUOTE=TroubleAgain]  
Huh. And here I thought it was just a “character” thing he did on _Bones_.  
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No, David’s been doing that for years. I imagine he wears those socks on _Bones_ because he never could on _Angel_–though the thought of Angel wearing goofy socks makes my day.

He’s also afraid of chickens, though that’s not a hobby. That’s just weird.

James Marsters plays guitar (solo now, though he once had a band). If you ever heard the man live, you’d think it was pretty damned strange.

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/103 "2008-01-04T23:26:33Z")

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> [@BarnOwl](#):
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> Nixon was also a damn good poker player.

Why does that not surprise me?

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**Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/104 "2008-01-04T23:31:27Z")

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During WWII he was quite the poker hustler.

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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/105 "2008-01-05T01:48:37Z")

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[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi]  
During WWII he was quite the poker hustler.  
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No question about it. He brought a nice little chunk of money from military poker games into civilian life.

I hated his ass, but nowhere near as much as I do the current occupant.

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