# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/41 "2005-12-23T22:26:55Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > A cup of tea, made with the first pitcher of water with a new Brita filter, is a very, very good thing. Aren’t you supposed to throw out the first pitcher of water? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/42 "2005-12-23T22:29:13Z")
> [@iamthewalrus(:3=](#): > > Aren’t you supposed to throw out the first pitcher of water? Well, you know what I mean! The first _clear_ pitcher of water! Geez! Like I would want to drink carbon dust. ---
**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, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/43 "2005-12-23T22:39:16Z")
> [@Nature's Call](#): > > 1. **Bippy the Beardless** is missing the point of this thread 😃 Just call me Scrooge 🙂 When in doubt, breathe. Not if you think you just heard a fart. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/44 "2005-12-23T22:46:24Z")
Pain hurts. ---
**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, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/45 "2005-12-23T22:51:03Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > Pain hurts. Not if you’re a masochist. ---
**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, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/46 "2005-12-23T23:13:55Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Not if you’re a masochist. But then it hurts, sooooo gooooood 😉 ---
**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, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/47 "2005-12-23T23:48:38Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > Just call me Scrooge 🙂 > > When in doubt, breathe. > > Not if you think you just heard a fart. Would you be in doubt? ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/48 "2005-12-24T01:09:02Z")
Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/49 "2005-12-24T01:17:36Z")
The deepest part of the ocean, the Marianas Trench, was visited just once. For 20 minutes. In 1960. By Duran Duran. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/50 "2005-12-24T02:39:47Z")
Some kids deserve several lumps of coal for xmas instead of an iPod Video. Some other kids deserve an iPod Video and get nothing. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/51 "2005-12-24T02:43:13Z")
No matter how miserable you _think_ you are, there’s always someone who has it worse. ---
**Author:** ![Glassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Glassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glassy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/52 "2005-12-24T03:11:41Z")
When the dog snacks on the contents of the kitty litter box, and then vomits on the carpet? I don’t like it when that happens. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/53 "2005-12-24T03:39:01Z")
> [@amaranta](#): > > Pie is delicious. > > Hawaiian vacations are great. 🙂 (I leave tomorrow for the sunshine! Yay!) mmm, pie. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/54 "2005-12-24T03:41:20Z")
> [@brightpenny](#): > > No matter how miserable you _think_ you are, there’s always someone who has it worse. unless you’re the one who has it worse ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/55 "2005-12-24T03:51:16Z")
Ice is slippery. In the end, the Cubs will lose. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/56 "2005-12-24T20:48:11Z")
> [@Dob](#): > > Agreed!! Amazing how much a little freakin pinkie toe can hurt when broken! I hate it! I have three broken toes right now and they’re all next to each other. It sucks. > [@](#): > > In the end, the Cubs will lose. 🙂 Hear, hear! ---
**Author:** ![jupiter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@jupiter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jupiter)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977/57 "2005-12-24T21:13:11Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > 1. The sky is blue. I disagree. It’s gray sometimes… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-we-can-all-agree-on/336977.md?page=2)