# Turn around **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 29, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357 "2012-02-29T16:38:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/21 "2012-03-01T22:04:22Z")
This is **Inigo Montoya** ’s [annual](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597612) They Might Be Giants thread. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/22 "2012-03-01T22:06:58Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Yeah, I think I missed it, too, but what the hell, might as well run with it and have some fun. Does anybody care to explain what we’re really doing here? Sure, but you should really build a birdhouse in your soul first. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/23 "2012-03-01T22:22:50Z")
heh…forgot about that one. It’s just such delicious nonsense I can’t resist it. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/24 "2012-03-01T22:30:53Z")
I’ve never been more confused. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/25 "2012-03-01T22:34:49Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > This is **Inigo Montoya** ’s [annual](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597612) They Might Be Giants thread. Oh. I feel like I’m in the middle. Like Malcom. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/26 "2012-03-01T22:40:05Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I’ve never been more confused. That’s because you missed [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320480) a few years back. Really the only confusing thing here is if you’re trying to decide when I’m being serious. I mean, I usually _am_ being serious in that threads like this one are about more than just sharing an earworm. But my principle motive also eludes me for quite some time. Still not sure what this one’s about, but I’m almost there. Well-played **cochrane**. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/27 "2012-03-02T00:10:29Z")
Now it’s Turkish delight on a moonlit night! ---
**Author:** ![SubaRhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@SubaRhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SubaRhubarb)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/28 "2012-03-02T00:26:31Z")
If you have a date in Constantinople, she will be waiting somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/29 "2012-03-02T01:49:29Z")
Good Morning, how are you? This is an interesting thread. I’m interested in things. But I’m not a real doctor ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/30 "2012-03-02T01:57:54Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > I’m not a real doctor but you are a real monkey? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/31 "2012-03-02T03:18:51Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > That’s because you missed [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320480) a few years back. Really the only confusing thing here is if you’re trying to decide when I’m being serious. I mean, I usually _am_ being serious in that threads like this one are about more than just sharing an earworm. But my principle motive also eludes me for quite some time. Still not sure what this one’s about, but I’m almost there. > Well-played **cochrane**. Thank you. That clears it up nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/32 "2012-03-02T03:20:50Z")
A similar thing happened to me, but it was a long cool woman in a black dress. Just a 5’9 beautiful tall. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/33 "2012-03-02T04:05:23Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > but you are a real monkey? No, but I am a real worm. I am an actual worm. I live like a worm. I like to play the drums. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/34 "2012-03-02T05:00:30Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > Turn around, bright eyes. Spin around, ninjas. ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/35 "2012-03-02T10:19:53Z")
Where your eyes don’t go, a filthy scarecrow waves its broomstick arms and does a parody of each unconcious thing you do. When you turn around to look it’s gone behind you, on its face it’s wearing your confused expression. Or so I’m told. In other news–did I ever tell you guys about the girl I never met at the '64 World’s Fair? ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/36 "2012-03-02T10:49:44Z")
Cause I’m kind of like Han Solo–always stroking my own wookie, I’m the root of all that’s evil, yeah, but you can call me cookie, ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/37 "2012-03-02T12:05:38Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Spin around, ninjas. I can’t get around how you get around. ---
**Author:** ![SubaRhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@SubaRhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SubaRhubarb)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/38 "2012-03-02T14:43:21Z")
> [@Rich\_Mann](#): > > In other news–did I ever tell you guys about the girl I never met at the '64 World’s Fair? Was that you at the Dupont Pavilion? I left the bench warm. ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/39 "2012-03-03T04:29:49Z")
> [@SubaRhubarb](#): > > Was that you at the Dupont Pavilion? I left the bench warm. Yeah, that was me–a little too late, as usual. All those years, and we still haven’t walked in the glow of each other’s majestic presence. What do you think I would say if there was a me for you? ---
**Author:** ![pete66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8c91f0/32.png) [@pete66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pete66)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/40 "2012-03-03T23:03:18Z")
There’s a pounding at the door Well It’s a mighty zombie talking of some love and posterity He says “The good old days never say good-bye. You need some lo-lo-loving arms” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357.md?page=1)