# To capture a unicorn, the virgin must (possibly TMI) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 3, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-capture-a-unicorn-the-virgin-must-possibly-tmi/451578 "2008-06-03T03:12:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-capture-a-unicorn-the-virgin-must-possibly-tmi/451578/41 "2008-06-04T18:20:47Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] They just appear in sunny glades. Like Starbuckses. They aren’t born, you just turn around one day and _poof_ there’s another one! [/QUOTE] Unicorns are poofters? ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-capture-a-unicorn-the-virgin-must-possibly-tmi/451578/42 "2008-06-04T21:38:29Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Unicorns are poofters? [/QUOTE] No, that’s only if they \*go out \* with a _poof_. Oh, and \*\*Colophon, bbs2k \*\* used something closer to the kiwi slang, I didn’t get yours. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-capture-a-unicorn-the-virgin-must-possibly-tmi/451578/43 "2008-06-05T14:16:58Z")
[QUOTE=shamrock227] [hijack] Unicorns don’t have wings. Pegasus has wings. Don’t dare give your unicorn wings or I will have to hunt you down and beat you. Now back to your regularly scheduled thread… [/hijack] [/QUOTE] The unicorn in the story is not winged. The little girl does remark on the fact that unicorns are often DRAWN with wings, specifically noting that people who do so have confused them with Pegasus. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-capture-a-unicorn-the-virgin-must-possibly-tmi/451578/44 "2008-06-05T21:58:56Z")
Where the heck is an “HT” domain from? Haiti? Does Haiti have any internet access at all? I can’t picture it, though I suppose there must be a ruling class with all the common western luxuries. ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-capture-a-unicorn-the-virgin-must-possibly-tmi/451578/45 "2008-06-06T01:13:54Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] The unicorn in the story is not winged. The little girl does remark on the fact that unicorns are often DRAWN with wings, specifically noting that people who do so have confused them with Pegasus. [/QUOTE] OK. You’re safe. For now. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-capture-a-unicorn-the-virgin-must-possibly-tmi/451578/46 "2008-06-06T02:15:38Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Maybe something like this was going on: NSFW: [http://www.worlddreambank.org/U/UNICORGY.HT](http://www.worlddreambank.org/U/UNICORGY.HT) M [/QUOTE] My _eyes_ **were** virgin. But the unicorgy took that away. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-capture-a-unicorn-the-virgin-must-possibly-tmi/451578/47 "2008-06-06T12:34:34Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] Where the heck is an “HT” domain from? Haiti? Does Haiti have any internet access at all? I can’t picture it, though I suppose there must be a ruling class with all the common western luxuries. [/QUOTE] **Autolycus** broke the link by separating the HT from the M. It definitely is NSFW. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-capture-a-unicorn-the-virgin-must-possibly-tmi/451578/48 "2008-06-06T14:26:25Z")
Fricking typo fairies. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-capture-a-unicorn-the-virgin-must-possibly-tmi/451578/49 "2008-06-06T14:28:00Z")
[QUOTE=shamrock227] OK. You’re safe. For now. 😉 [/QUOTE] Do I get extra points if she also mocks persons who think unicorns are winged? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-capture-a-unicorn-the-virgin-must-possibly-tmi/451578.md?page=2)