# "Think of a woman named Pat, but without the 'P'" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 26, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779 "2007-04-26T20:40:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/1 "2007-04-26T20:40:38Z")
“then draw her. That’s a ‘3’”. That was my response to a middle-school girl (my peer at the time) trying out an extremely rudimentary strategy of “playing dumb” to look cute (“how do you draw a ‘3’ again? Tee-hee!”). Of course, what I told her was complete nonsense. “So…a woman named At?” “No. A woman named Pat. You have to think of Pat first, _then_ take away the ‘P’ and see how she looks. She’d look like a ‘3’”. That kept her up all night. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/2 "2007-04-26T21:22:41Z")
As it will me. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/3 "2007-04-26T21:31:15Z")
Whatsamatter with that, **McNew**? All it means is that blue ice cream has no bones! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/4 "2007-04-26T21:38:13Z")
[QUOTE=pizzabrat] Of course, what I told her was complete nonsense. [/QUOTE] 😕 Sound reasonable to me. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/5 "2007-04-26T23:28:40Z")
I don’t get it either. Come back and explain… ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/6 "2007-04-26T23:55:13Z")
[QUOTE=Hazle Weatherfield] I don’t get it either. Come back and explain… [/QUOTE] There’s nothing to explain. It just superficially sounds like a genuine puzzler but it’s not. It’s completely meaningless and I made it up on the spot. I just thought it was funny that she took it seriously enough to actually think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/7 "2007-04-26T23:55:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Of course, what I told her was complete nonsense. I believe you. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/8 "2007-04-27T00:08:49Z")
I once saw my Aunt Pat take a pee. She was very drunk at the time. ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/9 "2007-04-27T01:12:29Z")
I once peed on my Aunt Pat. [sub]Hey, I was eight months old, cut me some slack[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/10 "2007-04-27T01:15:07Z")
My Aunt Pee once stepped in a cow pat. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/11 "2007-04-27T02:20:16Z")
So, this girl who’s about your age was doing whatever it took for you to think she’s cute…and you blew her off? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/12 "2007-04-27T03:31:30Z")
[QUOTE=RandMcnally] So, this girl who’s about your age was doing whatever it took for you to think she’s cute…and you blew her off? [/QUOTE] Not exactly. Apparantly he started talking to her about urine. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/13 "2007-04-27T05:36:13Z")
You saved this story for how many years, now? ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/14 "2007-04-27T13:54:01Z")
The OP has been detained on suspicion of PWI (Posting While Intoxicated). ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/15 "2007-04-27T13:59:28Z")
'tifino ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/16 "2007-04-27T15:17:17Z")
[QUOTE=RandMcnally] So, this girl who’s about your age was doing whatever it took for you to think she’s cute…and you blew her off? [/QUOTE] Heh, I think I was just a guinea pig. [QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip] You saved this story for how many years, now? [/QUOTE] Oh, about a decade. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/17 "2007-04-27T15:21:04Z")
[QUOTE=Faruiza] Whatsamatter with that, **McNew**? All it means is that blue ice cream has no bones! :dubious: [/QUOTE] No soap: radio! ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/18 "2007-04-27T15:44:28Z")
If you were driving your canoe down the street and all but 6 wheels fell off, how many [pancakes](http://home.alltel.net/petronski/bunny2.jpg) would it take to shingle a house? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/19 "2007-04-27T15:48:52Z")
[QUOTE=brewha] If you were driving your canoe down the street and all but 6 wheels fell off, how many [pancakes](http://home.alltel.net/petronski/bunny2.jpg) would it take to shingle a house? [/QUOTE] Bonnie Tyler ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779/20 "2007-04-27T15:58:02Z")
It makes perfect sense to me. All you have to do is take the P out of PAT like you said. You are left with “AT”. Now, what company does that refer to? Most people would say AT&T. What stock price is AT&T currently trading “AT”? [$38.76](http://moneycentral.msn.com/detail/stock_quote?Symbol=T). Notice the first digit. That is how you draw a three. Am I the only one that reads the stock section in the paper these day? I weep for our youth. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-woman-named-pat-but-without-the-p/401779.md?page=2)