# We have Warped our daughter **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-warped-our-daughter/207417 "2003-10-14T17:21:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-warped-our-daughter/207417/21 "2003-10-15T20:21:10Z")
My son had a D&D character before he was born. I’m afraid it HAS warped him. He’s 20 now, so I don’t think there’s really any hope. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-warped-our-daughter/207417/22 "2003-10-15T20:36:20Z")
> [@](#): > > I do hope you showed her the most-excellent Pirates of Penzance that features Kevin Kline’s chest. I didn’t see the Smith/Ronstadt/Kline version of _Pirates_ until just a few years ago. If I’d grown up with it (like my wife did), I probably would have loved it. Getting to know it now, I found the synthesizer score and the Broadway style voices extremely grating. Kevin Kline was, of course, exceptional, but I’ve never been able to get past the other stuff. Okay, call me a purist or a snob, but I can’t hear it without cringing. On the other hand, the _Opera World_ video I have of _Pirates_ is quite good musically. All except for their Pirate King, who was dreadful. Trying to be Kevin Kline and failing miserably. He came off as entirely too swishy. Since I don’t have the Kevin Kline version, I play my D’Oyly Carte CDs in the car so that Katy will be raised knowing how The Pirate King is _supposed_ to sound. Donald Adams rules! > [@](#): > > Hey, Kizarvexius, my 3-yo daughter is into The pirates of Penzance too. She keeps asking me to sing the Pirate King song, and then wants the one about the cats (With cat-like tread…). **Genie:** One of the reasons why my daughter latched on to _Pirates_ so tightly is that I’ve been singing her the Pirate King’s song since she was in utero. My wife and I were performing in a production of _Pirates_ when Katy was conceived. Well, not at the _exact moment_, but you know what I mean. And I was cast as the Pirate King. I’ve never enjoyed any role more than that one. I haven’t gotten my daughter into Dragonlance or Lovecraft (though I am a _Forgotten Realms_ fan), but we are complete Potter-heads. I’ve been reading _Sorcerer’s Stone_ to her as at bedtime. ---
**Author:** ![Janie\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/13edae/32.png) [@Janie\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janie_Jones)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-warped-our-daughter/207417/23 "2003-10-15T20:36:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by j.c. \* > \*\*I have no idea you could get a stuffed Cthulhu. > > Thank goodness for the link - I’m glad ithe toy does not look like the female part the original is modeled after. \*\* But it **does**. (Or maybe it’s just that I’m hanging out (heh, heh) with the wrong crowd.) ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-warped-our-daughter/207417/24 "2003-10-16T01:26:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kizarvexius \* > **I didn’t see the Smith/Ronstadt/Kline version of _Pirates_ until just a few years ago. If I’d grown up with it (like my wife did), I probably would have loved it. Getting to know it now, I found the synthesizer score and the Broadway style voices extremely grating. Kevin Kline was, of course, exceptional, but I’ve never been able to get past the other stuff. Okay, call me a purist or a snob, but I can’t hear it without cringing.** Oh, the quality on it is crap–we have the DVD, which means it’s super digital crap–but it’s worth it just for Kevin Kline’s chest and almost-overacting. But then it was the first one I saw, so maybe that’s why I love it. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-warped-our-daughter/207417/25 "2003-10-16T01:45:12Z")
How DO you pronounce cthulhu? ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-warped-our-daughter/207417/26 "2003-10-16T06:09:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ruby \* > \*\*How DO you pronounce cthulhu? \*\* Preferable with your mouth full of noodles. And very, very quietly. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-warped-our-daughter/207417/27 "2003-10-16T06:25:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kizarvexius \* (bolding mine) > One of the reasons why my daughter latched on to _Pirates_ so tightly is that I’ve been singing her the Pirate King’s song since she was in utero. **My wife and I were performing in a production of _Pirates_ when Katy was conceived.** Well, not at the _exact moment_, but you know what I mean. And I was cast as the Pirate King. **I’ve never enjoyed any role more than that one.** I have been thinking about starting a double entendre thread for some time. If I do, yours will be the first entry (‘entry’ - 😃 ) A man walks into a bar and asks for a double entendre. So the barmaid gives him one. (Thank you, I’m here all week) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-warped-our-daughter/207417.md?page=1)