# Things people in the US are absolutely sure of but are completely unproven. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 24, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353 "2002-04-24T15:05:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/1 "2002-04-24T15:05:50Z")
I agree! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/2 "2002-04-24T15:16:07Z")
I don’t ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/3 "2002-04-24T15:17:40Z")
I am absolutely sure that the OP got eaten by the server. –Green Bean, citizen and resident of the United States of America for almost 31 years now. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/4 "2002-04-24T15:19:45Z")
Yeah? Prove it. Er, wait. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/5 "2002-04-24T15:19:53Z")
Oh yeah? Prove it, Yankee! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/6 "2002-04-24T15:22:46Z")
I am absolutely sure that **lno** will burn in hell. ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/7 "2002-04-24T16:36:48Z")
Let’s help the OP along, shall we? > [@](#): > > Things people in the US are absolutely sure of but are completely unproven. 1. Cotton is the fabric of our lives. 2. Rasslin is **real!** 3. You deserve a break today. 4. The universal desire to “be a Pepper too.” 5. GWB is not only president of the USA; he’s also a member. ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/8 "2002-04-24T16:39:38Z")
Bounty IS the **quicker picker-upper** , DAMMIT! Anyone who doesn’t believe that is a Commie. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/9 "2002-04-24T16:41:40Z")
Footballs are not round dammit. They are oblong! ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/10 "2002-04-24T16:49:02Z")
Capitalism is the _only_ workable economic system. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/11 "2002-04-24T17:38:34Z")
Every other country is just jealous. ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/12 "2002-04-24T17:41:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cornflakes \* > \*\*Capitalism is the _only_ workable economic system. \*\* Socialism and communism work alright, they just don’t work as well…yet. ---
**Author:** ![CWN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@CWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CWN)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/13 "2002-04-24T17:49:32Z")
That the only way to see the U.S.A. is in a Chevrolet ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/14 "2002-04-24T18:11:04Z")
Certs is a breath mint! ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/15 "2002-04-24T18:13:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > I am absolutely sure that **lno** will burn in hell. But you’re not in the US. Phew, the thread title saves me! ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/16 "2002-04-24T18:20:31Z")
Pork. The other White Meat. ---
**Author:** ![Aristides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Aristides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aristides)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/17 "2002-04-24T18:26:08Z")
Beef, it’s whats for dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/18 "2002-04-24T18:31:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sidle \* > \*\*Bounty IS the **quicker picker-upper** , DAMMIT! > \*\* But this has been proven. Haven’t you seen the commercial? ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/19 "2002-04-24T18:35:49Z")
Baby. The other other white meat. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/20 "2002-04-24T19:19:15Z")
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