# The Points Don't Matter....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-points-dont-matter/96356>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 1, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-points-dont-matter/96356 "2001-12-01T20:50:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-points-dont-matter/96356/1 "2001-12-01T20:50:10Z")

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If any of you watch Whose Line Is It Anyway? you’ll know that at the beginning of each segment, Drew Carey says, “Where everything’s made up and the points don’t matter, just like…”  
The last one I heard was, “…just like DNA evidence to the Simpson jury.”  
I know that Dopers can come up with much better ones, so have at it.

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**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-points-dont-matter/96356/2 "2001-12-01T21:39:45Z")

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“… this meaningless existence.”

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**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-points-dont-matter/96356/3 "2001-12-01T21:48:31Z")

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“… the popular vote in the previous presidential election.”

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**Author:** ![The\_Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@The\_Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tim)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-points-dont-matter/96356/4 "2001-12-01T22:02:22Z")

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“…your permanent record.”

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**Author:** ![moronmountain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@moronmountain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moronmountain)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-points-dont-matter/96356/5 "2001-12-01T22:39:28Z")

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Actually…Bush won the recount that ended just about a week ago.

…points on your driver’s license.

…a turn signal on old timer’s car.

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**Author:** ![Frank\_O.Pinion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/839c29/32.png) [@Frank\_O.Pinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_O.Pinion)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-points-dont-matter/96356/6 "2001-12-02T00:02:17Z")

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The points don’t matter, just like Chris Kattan’s wife.

The points don’t matter, just like that guy that was in the Beatles before Ringo.

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**Author:** ![ozonebaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ozonebaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozonebaby)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-points-dont-matter/96356/7 "2001-12-02T00:18:20Z")

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. . .just like Drew Carey on “Who’s Line is it Anyway?”