# There are no straight lines in nature

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 20, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-straight-lines-in-nature/473587 "2008-11-20T02:20:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Debon\_Err](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Debon\_Err](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debon_Err)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-straight-lines-in-nature/473587/21 "2008-11-22T05:51:30Z")

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Define straight line.

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**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-straight-lines-in-nature/473587/22 "2008-11-22T06:12:33Z")

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I know for a fact that there are straight lines in nature. Just the other day a fox came up to me and said “Buddy, can you help me out, I haven’t had a bite in three days”.

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**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-straight-lines-in-nature/473587/23 "2008-11-22T07:38:06Z")

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Did you bite him?

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**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-straight-lines-in-nature/473587/24 "2008-11-22T09:34:11Z")

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> [@MEBuckner](#):
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> Crystals have straight edges.

I have a rather large bar of cultured (man made) quartz on my desk. It has several windows and the lines that border those windows are straight; if they weren’t I believe the cultured quartz industry would fold in a matter of days.

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**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-straight-lines-in-nature/473587/25 "2008-11-22T13:29:55Z")

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Art teachers always say, “There are no straight lines in nature,” because they are instructing whiny students who always complain about their inability to draw a straight line, and the teachers are not getting paid enough to come up with a new reply every time.

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