# Things it's better to do right the first time **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 3, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-its-better-to-do-right-the-first-time/315455 "2005-08-03T18:45:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-its-better-to-do-right-the-first-time/315455/21 "2005-08-03T21:16:47Z")
furbish alator ckon alm em ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-its-better-to-do-right-the-first-time/315455/22 "2005-08-03T21:18:00Z")
furbish alator ckon alm am ---
**Author:** ![Sensibility](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Sensibility](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sensibility)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-its-better-to-do-right-the-first-time/315455/23 "2005-08-03T21:24:51Z")
alise release define grow play ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-its-better-to-do-right-the-first-time/315455/24 "2005-08-03T21:45:15Z")
morse ---
**Author:** ![6\_6\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e0b2c6/32.png) [@6\_6\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6_6_6)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-its-better-to-do-right-the-first-time/315455/25 "2005-08-03T22:13:54Z")
gister spond d :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-its-better-to-do-right-the-first-time/315455/26 "2015-04-01T16:37:04Z")
In honor of a 10-year-old (almost) zombie, I thought I’d expand on the basic idea and ask: 1. Is a hammer someone who hams? 2. What does a letter let? 3. Is a danger somebody who danges? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-its-better-to-do-right-the-first-time/315455/27 "2015-04-01T16:41:30Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > In honor of a 10-year-old (almost) zombie, I thought I’d expand on the basic idea and ask: > > 1. Is a danger somebody who danges? No, it’s someone who dangs. Dang me, dang me. . . ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-its-better-to-do-right-the-first-time/315455/28 "2015-04-01T16:50:05Z")
oughta get a rope ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-its-better-to-do-right-the-first-time/315455/29 "2015-04-01T16:51:25Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > No, it’s someone who dangs. Dang me, dang me. . . Home, home on the rang? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-its-better-to-do-right-the-first-time/315455/30 "2015-04-01T18:17:52Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Home, home on the rang? As in a ranger? In Texas, that’s someone who works at the church: “Ah’m thuh gah who rangs the bale. Ah’m uh bale ranger.” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-its-better-to-do-right-the-first-time/315455/31 "2015-04-01T18:28:11Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > As in a ranger? In Texas, that’s someone who works at the church: “Ah’m thuh gah who rangs the bale. Ah’m uh bale ranger.” Good one. Next time you are annoyed with somebody, fing them! ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-its-better-to-do-right-the-first-time/315455/32 "2015-04-01T18:36:16Z")
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