# Three things you like, one thing you don't

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 14, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682 "2007-10-14T16:31:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/21 "2007-10-15T00:50:56Z")

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[QUOTE=OtakuLoki]  
**blondebear** , I’m hoping it’s The Bangles. People who like sushi shouldn’t like The Bangles.  
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_“Walking Down Your Street”_ is one of my all-time favorite pop tunes.

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/22 "2007-10-15T01:32:48Z")

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Barbecue  
Guns  
Old cars  
Airplanes

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/23 "2007-10-15T01:41:28Z")

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**Fetus** and **Oregon** both named jazz. I’m guessing neither of you like it, because as a jazz musician, I’ve found that’s statistically a very safe bet. :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/24 "2007-10-15T01:41:41Z")

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[QUOTE=Queen Tonya]

**Fetchund** I’m going to guess magpies. The geese are irritating, but maybe magpies are worse?  
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Nope…

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/25 "2007-10-15T01:55:33Z")

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[QUOTE=Beware of Doug]  
**Fetus** and **Oregon** both named jazz. I’m guessing neither of you like it, because as a jazz musician, I’ve found that’s statistically a very safe bet. :dubious:  
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Actually, I love jazz. Care to try again?

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/26 "2007-10-15T01:57:31Z")

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Lemme see…sushi and whiskey work…whiskey and cigars work…sushi and cigars _don’t_ work…  
I’m gonna say cigars, because of the 3 things left, that’s the one that doesn’t seem to go with jazz.

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**Author:** ![Abraca\_Deborah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@Abraca\_Deborah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abraca_Deborah)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/27 "2007-10-15T01:58:48Z")

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1. Cigars
2. Waffles
3. Flannel Sheets
4. Sushi

Bet you will never guess… 🙂

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/28 "2007-10-15T01:59:55Z")

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[QUOTE=Fetchund]  
Nope…  
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I’ll say Canadian Geese because of the godawful mess they make.

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/29 "2007-10-15T02:17:43Z")

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> [@Beware of Doug](#):
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> Lemme see…sushi and whiskey work…whiskey and cigars work…sushi and cigars don’t work…  
> I’m gonna say cigars, because of the 3 things left, that’s the one that doesn’t seem to go with jazz.

The only reason I don’t smoke cigars all the time is that I had a Cuban recently and it ruined them for me. So, wrong again.

As for sushi, look at my location tag!

I don’t really _hate_ whiskey, so much as whiskey hates _me_, and as a result I don’t even give it the time of day. You definitely made the percentage play both times, though. I’m just an unusual kind of cat.

**Abraca Deborah** , I’m going to do the same thing and guess that you don’t like cigars.

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/30 "2007-10-15T02:22:48Z")

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**Abraca Deborah** –I’m guessing flannel sheets. Gets too hot!

My list:

Sushi  
Men wearing eyeliner  
Disco music  
Mafia films

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/31 "2007-10-15T02:23:49Z")

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Sushi and cigars…hmmm…sushi and cigars.

Hell, I guess you can like 2 things without having to combine them. I like smoked almonds, but I wouldn’t toss 'em in a martini.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/32 "2007-10-15T02:24:41Z")

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What is with everyone putting sushi on their list? Is it universally either loved or loathed? Not criticizing, just observing.

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**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:** [October 15, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/33 "2007-10-15T02:29:05Z")

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**capybara** , I’m going to guess the squid, if only because I have never heard of it prepared that way (of course there’s a lot I don’t know about squid preparation).

Me:  
Pecan pie  
Apple pie  
Banana cream pie  
Lemon meringue pie

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**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/34 "2007-10-15T02:59:33Z")

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Gotta be the lemon, the other three are divine and meringue is just odd. Like eating sugary styrofoam.

No guesses for me? ☹

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/35 "2007-10-15T03:05:12Z")

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Bacon salt must be right out. Roasted broccoli, maybe?

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**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/36 "2007-10-15T03:11:24Z")

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Nirvana  
Stone Temple Pilots  
Pearl Jam  
Smashing Pumpkins

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/37 "2007-10-15T03:18:17Z")

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[QUOTE=Sarahfeena]  
Nirvana  
Stone Temple Pilots  
Pearl Jam  
Smashing Pumpkins  
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I’m picking Smashing Pumpkins because you’re a local and Billy Corrigan is a pretentious twit.

Olivesmarch was right about the Cuervo upthread too. I’m just not a tequila guy.  
Four more?

Waldorf Salad  
Canadian Geese  
Converse All Stars  
Bean Bag Chairs

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/38 "2007-10-15T03:22:40Z")

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[QUOTE=Queen Tonya]  
No guesses for me? ☹  
[/QUOTE]  
In my earlier post, I meant to guess that you don’t like roasted broccoli. Even though it IS delicious, 'specially when skewered between some nice chunks of tandoori chicken. Yum.

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/39 "2007-10-15T03:24:54Z")

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[QUOTE=Cluricaun]  
Four more?

Waldorf Salad  
Canadian Geese  
Converse All Stars  
Bean Bag Chairs  
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Canadian geese, I’m guessing, because they poop a lot.

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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-you-like-one-thing-you-dont/422682/40 "2007-10-15T03:29:30Z")

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I’ll take _Smashing Pumpkins_ for $200.

Suits  
Golf  
BMWs  
Cigars

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