# The secret is out, but I am not telling
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [October 19, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801 "2023-10-19T18:20:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/1 "2023-10-19T18:20:58Z")
Its fun that way.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/2 "2023-10-19T18:23:06Z")
That’s not the right secret. Prove me wrong.
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### Author:  [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/3 "2023-10-19T18:25:13Z")
Strong enough for a man, but made for a woman?
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### Author:  [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/4 "2023-10-19T18:25:21Z")
Baloney! You’re just trying to arouse my curiosity. 🙄
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/5 "2023-10-19T18:25:23Z")
I knew what it was all along.
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### Author:  [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/6 "2023-10-19T18:30:33Z")
If you’re not telling, then how is the secret out? Sounds in to me.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/7 "2023-10-19T18:30:43Z")
> [@Jasmine](#):
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> Baloney! You’re just trying to arouse my curiosity. 🙄 -
You said the Word Of The Day. You win the Daily Double!
[ ](https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/two-drinks-at-the-bar3.jpg)
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/8 "2023-10-19T18:46:48Z")
Animal, vegetable, or mineral?
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### Author:  [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/9 "2023-10-19T18:51:15Z")
If the secret is out. It is no longer a secret. It’ll spread like wildfire.
“Don’t tell anyone, BUT”
I’m actually very good at keeping ‘secrets’ because I just forget them.
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/10 "2023-10-19T18:51:48Z")
Hey! This is my gig! ☺
(Don’t piss Tommy off)
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### Author:  [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/11 "2023-10-19T18:52:25Z")
There is no secret. The answer is 42, as we all know.
The atomic number of molybdenum, of course. Buy some now before it gets more expensive.
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### Author:  [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/12 "2023-10-19T18:52:32Z")
Animal, plant, fungus, protist, archaea or bacteria?
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### Author:  [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/13 "2023-10-19T19:16:24Z")
Thanks! I can put away a half dozen of those during Happy Hour tomorrow after work! 😈
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/14 "2023-10-19T19:17:39Z")
> [@xtenkfarpl](#):
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> There is no secret. The answer is 42, as we all know.
> The atomic number of molybdenum, of course. Buy some now before it gets more expensive. -
I bought some of that. Kept slipping through my fingers.
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### Author:  [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/15 "2023-10-19T19:24:31Z")
ISTM this is more of a thread game than an MPSIMS.
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/16 "2023-10-19T19:29:34Z")
Eating the Cheerios again?
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/17 "2023-10-19T19:49:10Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Eating the Cheerios again? -
Alpha-Bits. That way, I can eat my words.
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### Author:  [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/18 "2023-10-19T20:08:43Z")
Only the OP’s hairdresser knows for sure.
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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/19 "2023-10-19T20:13:45Z")
You’ve been soaking in it!
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### Author:  [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801/20 "2023-10-19T20:14:40Z")
**Moderating**
> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> ISTM this is more of a thread game than an MPSIMS.
That’s exactly what I was thinking.
Moved to Thread Games (from MPSIMS).
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