# Topics we can all agree on! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977 "2005-12-23T15:56:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/21 "2005-12-23T18:53:04Z")
Too much pain will make someone grumpy. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/22 "2005-12-23T19:17:01Z")
> [@Nic2004](#): > > The smell of fresh bread baking. Not if you are hungry and cannot afford the bread. > [@Nic2004](#): > > Children laughing. Not if you are a child and they are laughing at you ☹ Malls in December are fine in non-christian countries. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/23 "2005-12-23T19:21:56Z")
1. **Bippy the Beardless** is missing the point of this thread 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/24 "2005-12-23T19:22:25Z")
Somebody will always disagree with anything we say. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/25 "2005-12-23T19:24:16Z")
> [@Nature's Call](#): > > The only constant is change. That and the speed of light in a vacuum. > [@](#): > > x + y = y + x For suitable definitions of +. I suppose that one thing we can all agree on is that there’s very little we can actually all agree on. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/26 "2005-12-23T19:24:40Z")
> [@Dob](#): > > 1. Baby killers are bad Hey, those babies had it coming… viciously attacking Hat McCoy like that. He did it in self-defense. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/27 "2005-12-23T19:32:48Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > Somebody will always disagree with anything we say. Wrong! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/28 "2005-12-23T19:40:22Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Wrong! Thank You. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/29 "2005-12-23T19:55:12Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > Somebody will always disagree with anything we say. no, they won’t. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/30 "2005-12-23T20:00:20Z")
Orgasms are very very nice. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/31 "2005-12-23T20:01:45Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > Not if you are hungry and cannot afford the bread. > > Not if you are a child and they are laughing at you ☹ > > Malls in December are fine in non-christian countries. **Bippy** is an old grumpy grump and needs to be tickled. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/32 "2005-12-23T20:10:36Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > **Bippy** is an old grumpy grump and needs to be tickled. 😉 I completely agree. You know for the sake of being agreeable. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/33 "2005-12-23T20:15:41Z")
We are all going to die. [sub]Happy Holidays![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/34 "2005-12-23T20:27:02Z")
> [@Large Marge](#): > > We are all going to die. > > [sub]Happy Holidays![/sub] not me. I’m going to supernova sometime after the year 2040 ---
**Author:** ![SlowMindThinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@SlowMindThinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlowMindThinking)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/35 "2005-12-23T20:36:29Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > That and the speed of light in a vacuum. > > For suitable definitions of +. > > I suppose that one thing we can all agree on is that there’s very little we can actually all agree on. Since you stole my thunder on “+”, I’ll take yours on the speed of light. It is periodically postulated that the speed of light is a function of time or space, so I’ll try some: 1. When in doubt, breathe. 2. There are worst ways to spend time than at The Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/36 "2005-12-23T20:36:31Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Well, I take exception to that. > > I live in Seattle. _peeks out the window_ Aw, cripes. You’re right. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/37 "2005-12-23T20:37:18Z")
Headaches SUCK . I have had a bad one pretty steady for going on 3 days now, so I know what I am talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/38 "2005-12-23T21:45:47Z")
As my father used to tell me, “Hon, wherever you go in life, there will always be someone who doesn’t like you.” “Because you’re annoying.” ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/39 "2005-12-23T21:51:18Z")
Wherever you go, there you are. ---
**Author:** ![Amaranta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/40 "2005-12-23T22:24:23Z")
Pie is delicious. Hawaiian vacations are great. 🙂 (I leave tomorrow for the sunshine! Yay!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977.md?page=3)