# Tell something that "everyone" knows **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 18, 2002, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-something-that-everyone-knows/124498 "2002-08-18T19:39:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jdeforrest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jdeforrest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jdeforrest)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-something-that-everyone-knows/124498/21 "2002-08-20T15:30:49Z")
Amerika’s pubic skool system is da best! ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-something-that-everyone-knows/124498/22 "2002-08-21T06:55:37Z")
[ul][li]The number 13 is unlucky[/li][li]There is always one in every crowd[/li][li]Girls are made of everything sweet[/li][li]Grant is buried in Grant’s tomb[/li][li]A penny saved is a penny earned[/li][li]Rhode Island is the smallest state[/li][li]The moon isn’t really made of cheese[/li][li]Elvis had sideburns[/li][li]Turkeys are dumb[/li][li]You can’t tell a book by it’s cover[/ul][/li] :eek: [sup]That’s all I know[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-something-that-everyone-knows/124498/23 "2002-08-21T08:07:20Z")
1. You must wait one hour after eating to go swimmng or you’ll get a cramp and drown. 2. If you cross your eyes they will get stuck that way. 3. Hi Opal! 4. “If you don’t put that stick down right now **you’ll poke your eye out!** ” 5. Cigarettes are a good way to relax and lose weight. ---
**Author:** ![jonpluc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonpluc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonpluc)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-something-that-everyone-knows/124498/24 "2002-08-21T14:21:16Z")
Fresh hot french fries have a half life of about 10 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-something-that-everyone-knows/124498/25 "2002-08-21T15:53:19Z")
If you look at adult magazines you’ll go blind. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-something-that-everyone-knows/124498/26 "2002-08-21T18:27:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sam Hell \* > \*\*I could have sworn that everyone knew that the WWF was fake, except wrestling fans. Hence the repeated phrase “You know it’s all fake, right?” \*\* The World Wrestling Federation is no more. It’s now the WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment. And all wrestling fans know that the matches are have pre-determined outcomes. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-something-that-everyone-knows/124498/27 "2002-08-21T20:38:07Z")
Well…I think that **some** fans don’t. Not that it takes away from the fun of watching, though. And I did know about the WWE change, I just didn’t feel like getting the “F” out, as it were 🙂 😃 [hijack] I’d love to have a little Hulk Hogan smiley, with the bandanna and the beard. Maybe a balloon with “Brother!” coming out of it? [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-something-that-everyone-knows/124498/28 "2002-08-21T20:45:58Z")
Well…I think that **some** fans don’t. Not that it takes away from the fun of watching, though. And I did know about the WWE change, I just didn’t feel like getting the “F” out, as it were 🙂 😃 And of course, everyone knows that they are only wrestling because they couldn’t get a “real” job. Everyone knows that other countries envy everything about the U.S. [hijack] I’d love to have a little Hulk Hogan smiley, with the bandanna and the beard. Maybe a balloon with “Brother!” coming out of it? [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-something-that-everyone-knows/124498/29 "2002-08-21T21:20:34Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by kniz \* > \*\* > [li]Grant is buried in Grant’s tomb[/li]_\* He’s not buried, he’s _entombed_. everybody knows that Schlitz will give you the…well, it thymes with Schlitz ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-something-that-everyone-knows/124498/30 "2002-08-21T21:32:02Z")
it _rhymes_ with Schlitz as well. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-something-that-everyone-knows/124498/31 "2002-08-21T21:35:09Z")
It is unlucky to be superstitious. – some poker player, whose name escapes me ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-something-that-everyone-knows/124498/32 "2002-08-22T00:01:36Z")
Everyone knows that the urban legend about gerbils is most commonly associated with [Richard Gere](http://www.snopes.com/sex/homosex/gerbil.htm). This has been a big issue in my office lately. The big boss[sup]TM[/sup] came to visit, and someone mentioned this legend, and he did not believe that the story even existed. There followed a period of various people in the office being asked, “The gerbil story…you know the one…which celebrity is it about?” Invariably, the answer was “Richard Gere”. Since even the big boss[sup]TM[/sup] is now convinced, it can be put into the “everyone knows” column. ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-something-that-everyone-knows/124498/33 "2002-08-22T02:43:05Z")
If you go swimming within 30 minutes of eating lunch, you will get a cramp and drown. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-something-that-everyone-knows/124498/34 "2002-08-22T03:45:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by IJGrieve \* > \*\*Coldplay are good, er, apparently \*\* And DMB’s music is for more than just covering up the noise produced when you kill goats. Librals are all godless heathens who want to give away our hard earned money, while consevatives are all bible beaters who would like to watch the homeless starve in the streets. Cadbury Creame Eggs each have 1,000 calories (I heard this countless times as a child before I finally looked at the box- 180 each) Every teen on earth is having sex right now, except those reading this thread.😃 Blonds have more fun. On a personal note, everyone knows that _I_ am 100% Irish. Even people I’ve explained to that this is not so still believe it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-something-that-everyone-knows/124498.md?page=1)