# Things you feel smug about. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 10, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669 "2002-12-10T01:42:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/21 "2002-12-10T15:51:47Z")
I’ve managed to do a hefty amount of traveling on an income that has never exceeded $20,000 a year, and often been much less. Also, I’m getting paid NOT to work right now, and it feels pretty damn good. (Well, technically I’m getting paid to concentrate on my dissertation, but close enough.) I’m sort of confused about the bus thing, **Guybud5** – are you saying you have taken buses without paying, or that you don’t ride buses at all? And why is either of those anything to feel smug about? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/22 "2002-12-10T16:12:08Z")
Being a 44-going-on-45-yo-male and not having a gut. Could stand being more defined in that part of my body though. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/23 "2002-12-10T16:16:25Z")
I have never seen _Titanic_. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/24 "2002-12-10T16:18:56Z")
In 46 years, I have NEVER had a cavity. I’d be smugger if my teeth were straighter, but I guess you can’t have it all. ---
**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/25 "2002-12-10T16:25:12Z")
My ability to remain calm in the face of dire calamities. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/26 "2002-12-10T16:30:58Z")
When people complain about snow. We know snow. Two SUV’s (don’t go there) a four wheel drive truck chained up on all four wheels w/plow, and a four wheel drive tractor/loader. There will be snow in our yard till June. And moose. Don’t forget the moose. She came by Saturday night and started licking the salt off my car. I got a moose wash. Called Division of Wildlife because we thougth she might be injured. They came out and told us to keep an eye on her. No problem. Kinda hard to miss a 1500 lb. animal making out with your car.😃 Yep, I’m smug about snow. Good thread by the way. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/27 "2002-12-10T16:32:37Z")
My six year old son who has been playing chess for less than two months forked me in a game this past weekend, made me sacrifice a bishop, and had me on the run for ten moves! I suppose I could say I wasn’t paying attention, or I’m not that great a player, but truth be told, he impressed the hell out of me. I still won of course 🙂 (his offense is decent but defense? pshaw)- I figure in a year he’ll be beating me regularly as every time I turn around he is playing the computer shareware program I downloaded for him. ---
**Author:** ![lovelyluka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@lovelyluka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lovelyluka)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/28 "2002-12-10T16:38:04Z")
Oooh, I never had a cavity either. But I’m just 19. I am smug because I continued to take piano lessons long after they were cool. All my friends quit when they were about twelve and made fun of me for sticking with it. Now I can play complete sonatas, AND I make money from it…from my piano students, church services, and random weddings and accompaniments, I make about three hundred a month _just from playing the piano_. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/29 "2002-12-10T17:09:28Z")
Hey MikeG, what program is it? ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/30 "2002-12-10T17:18:47Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by XJETGIRLX_ > > I figure this deserves a cite as well! > What say ye? When I go home for Christmas in ten days, I’ll get my brother to take a picture of me with his digital camera. I’m not all that technically savvy so I may need some help getting everyone to see it. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/31 "2002-12-10T17:28:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silentgoldfish \* > \*\*I have never seen any full episodes of any reality show. > > I apparantlly have a very cute butt. \*\* Gotcha beat there…I’ve never seen one, period. > [@](#): > > That I can do a number of crafty things most girls in my age group seem to think of as so last century (crochet, sewing, cross-stitch). I love to sit and do them while watching TV or feel pride in framing a new work of art or snuggling under my afghan. So basically I’m smug that I can do useful and pretty crafty things that most girls seem to give up after getting out of home ec. Me, too me too! I knit. When Ivylad was having back surgery, I was knitting in the waiting room, and so many (older) women came up to ask me what I was knitting and to chat about it. ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/32 "2002-12-10T17:44:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by enipla \* > \*\*…snip…Yep, I’m smug about snow… snip… \*\* [whiney voice] I want snow!! [/whiney voice] I miss my moose too. Lived in BF Wyoming for several years and frequently had moose in the front yard. Wolves, coyotes, elk and all sorts of other critters as well, but the moose were so adorable 🙂 On topic… What am I proud of (sorry, not _smug_ about it)? The ability to pick up languages easily. I love love love languages!! ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/33 "2002-12-10T17:49:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LunaSea \* > \*\* My rice does get boiled in a bag. > \*\* does NOT. One thing I’ll never be smug about - my ability to proofread. ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/34 "2002-12-10T17:59:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silentgoldfish \* > \*\*I have never seen any full episodes of any reality show. > > \*\* Me neither. Either. Whatever. Unfortunately, I have to say I have ingested illegal drugs, I have a television, I have ridden a bus… However, I knew about the internet before it was cool. At the age of seven, I had it. None of my friends had ever _heard_ of it. Raven ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/35 "2002-12-10T18:47:51Z")
I know a ton of information about George Orwell. So much so that when I was in Scholar Bowl a few years ago, they had a Lightning Round (where the announcer asks a team their own questions) all about Orwell. My teammates put their buzzers down and just looked at me. That’s right–you best move aside! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/36 "2002-12-10T19:13:04Z")
Ah yes! Some other crafty ladies! I am not alone! I am also smug about being able to sew my own clothes. I do a little crochet, but mostly just sort of “blanket” thingies. Also, I make my own pottery. I have a potter’s wheel and kiln and everything. A lot of the pottery I use in the kitchen is made by me. I am proud (OK, smug) that I’ve spent at least some of my life learning new hobbies and skills, instead of doing nothing other than just vegetating in front of the TV. (And as an aside, it’s amazing how many other things you can do while simultaniously watching TV! I used to have a little B&W TV set up in the pottery room!) ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/37 "2002-12-10T19:17:28Z")
(slightly off topic:) **yosemitebabe** , how much does a good kiln cost? Just curious. I always did want to work with pottery or ceramics! (resume regularly scheduled topic) ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/38 "2002-12-10T19:22:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by essvee \* > \*\*Hey MikeG, what program is it? \*\* [Bringer](http://www.reubold.onlinehome.de/) is the name of the program, I like the interface and the autoplay helps Andrew see what the comuter would do, he will often make a move, undo it and see what the computer would do. The only downside is that the help file is in German. If you want to castle, you click the king and drag him to the space next to the rook and the computer will do the rest. I think you can also input using text but I haven’t tried it. ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/39 "2002-12-10T19:31:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by XJETGIRLX \* > \*\*Absolutement! > > [Ici, s’il vous plait](http://members.aol.com/XJETGIRLX/profile.htm) \*\* I think I’ve seen you around. If so…guys, she’s even cuter IRL! anyway, about the OP. Find me a pinball game. **any** pinball game, and I’ll master it in an obscenely short time. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669/40 "2002-12-10T19:34:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cuauhtemoc \* > \*\*I have never seen _Titanic_. \*\* Damn. See what I get for working this morning? So, **besides** never having seen _Titanic_, I am smug about my nicely shaped cranium which I keep freshly shaved so as to show it off. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-feel-smug-about/141669.md?page=3)