# Things That Are Technically True But You Shouldn't Say Out Loud

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 28, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-technically-true-but-you-shouldnt-say-out-loud/961839 "2022-03-28T15:28:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-technically-true-but-you-shouldnt-say-out-loud/961839/201 "2022-04-22T12:47:25Z")

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> [@Dr\_Paprika](#):
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> It’s poor form to determine age by cutting in half and counting rings unless you are a tree; maybe even then.

The Counting Pine thinks so…

> The other notable feature of this remarkable plant is that it produces, at eye-height, numbers detailing its precise age. Its chain of reasoning is as follows; being dimly aware that humans can tell a tree’s age by counting its rings, it has reasoned _this must be why humans cut trees down_ .  
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> Unfortunately, within a year they were driven almost to extinction by the house number-plate industry.  
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> Terry Pratchett _Reaper Man_

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**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-technically-true-but-you-shouldnt-say-out-loud/961839/202 "2022-04-22T13:29:10Z")

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- “what chart?”
- “This one, on the wall”
- “What wall?”

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-technically-true-but-you-shouldnt-say-out-loud/961839/203 "2022-04-22T15:30:52Z")

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“This wall right here!” [Stomping across room toward wall]  
“Where did you go? How rude.”

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