# What are some common activities that you have never engaged in? (and let's select a thread winner) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338 "2017-03-30T11:04:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/201 "2017-04-07T07:51:42Z")
> [@skdo23](#): > > This isn’t _Jeopardy._🙂 Nor Carnac The Magnificent. Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/202 "2017-04-07T17:06:13Z")
> [@Gus\_Gusterson](#): > > Do you mean in person or you’ve never even seen an image of corn on the cob? Because it’s easy enough to rectify the situation if it’s the latter. I’ve seen it on TV. I’ve probably also seen it in pictures on tins. Just not tins I would buy or open. > [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > Got ya. You like biscuits and all things gluteny, but never had a muffin…or pizza? I’m sure others besides me would be interested in knowing why that’s the case. If it’s too personal, I understand. Nothing’s too personal on the internet. Cooked cheese, man. No. It’s not natural. Like hot drinks. Liquids should be cold, cheese should be solid. It’s also nice if foods are kept discreet. Pizzas have bread, tomato, cheese and various other foods all mixed together. And can you tell me why muffins exist? I mean we have bread, and we have cake. I don’t see the need for an intermediary substance. That’s American-type muffins, but I’ve also never had oven-bottom muffins, barm cakes or any similar material. > [@](#): > > I looked at your profile. I live in a connecting town. I’d be happy to take you for your first pizza. 🙂 One thing I have done is go to another place called Newark. Statistically you’re probably thinking of the one in New Jersey, which is not the right one, or the other one I’ve been to. ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/203 "2017-04-07T17:14:48Z")
> [@blindboyard](#): > > I’ve seen it on TV. I’ve probably also seen it in pictures on tins. Just not tins I would buy or open. Perhaps you don’t know what corn on the cob is. It doesn’t come in tins. That’s corn off the cob. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/204 "2017-04-07T17:18:50Z")
> [@blindboyard](#): > > I’ve seen it on TV. I’ve probably also seen it in pictures on tins. Just not tins I would buy or open. Despite recent threads on food in cans, I daresay you’re extremely unlikely to find corn, on a cob, in a can, despite what the picture on the label my suggest. > [@](#): > > Cooked cheese, man. No. It’s not natural. Like hot drinks. Liquids should be cold, cheese should be solid. It’s also nice if foods are kept discreet. Pizzas have bread, tomato, cheese and various other foods all mixed together. Interesting. I don’t care much for most cheeses, and raw tomatoes don’t do a thing for me, but whatever alchemy comes together to make pizza just totally works. I wouldn’t expect to change your mind, but I think you’re missing out. > [@](#): > > And can you tell me why muffins exist? I mean we have bread, and we have cake. I don’t see the need for an intermediary substance. Think of it this way, it’s cake that you’re allowed to eat for breakfast, with your hands. That’s a bit facetious, of course. It’s sufficiently different from cake, and from bread, to be its own thing. It’s not as chewy as bread. It’s not as sweet as cake, although blueberry muffins do have a pleasant fruitiness. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/205 "2017-04-07T17:19:22Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I’ve never had a bucket list. You were lucky. At least you _had_ a bucket. We had to use our cupped hands. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/206 "2017-04-07T17:37:45Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > I’m more interested in the tax thing. Presumably not due to avoidance, or else it wouldn’t be posted on a public forum! Okay, well, I asked the person in charge of my money and finances why I never had to file taxes and she says it’s because I never made enough, apparently. I guess one needs to actually make enough money to file taxes every year. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/207 "2017-04-07T17:50:45Z")
$10,300 is the cutoff if you’re single and not a dependent. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/208 "2017-04-07T18:11:10Z")
10,300 a month? A year? Not that it matters, I don’t know how much I make, I don’t control my own finances. And I don’t know what a dependent is. I know virtually nothing about this area (much like anything about cars, anything about sports, and anything about politics). I just assume if I had been doing something wrong all this time, someone would have probably told me. : p ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/209 "2017-04-08T22:51:05Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > You were lucky. At least you _had_ a bucket. We had to use our cupped hands. You had hands?! We had to use our feet. And we were the lucky ones. Some people had to use their wrists, holding items one at a time. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/210 "2017-04-08T22:57:26Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > Nobody has yet posted it, but I am sure I’m not the only one: > > I have never had a cavity. > > I have also never eaten a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. > > Coincidence? Male, 47. I’ve never had a cavity, but I have thousands of pbjs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338.md?page=10)