# What do you do while you're watching tv? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 18, 2002, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-while-youre-watching-tv/137351 "2002-11-18T18:50:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-while-youre-watching-tv/137351/21 "2002-11-19T06:16:55Z")
Drink. (I don’t watch much TV.) ---
**Author:** ![ShadowWarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@ShadowWarrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowWarrior)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-while-youre-watching-tv/137351/22 "2002-11-19T16:08:41Z")
Generally read. Sometimes discuss the program with MrsWarrior (although this often annoys her). Exceptions are shows with complicated plots - West Wing I can’t read through (hey it’s complicated for someone who knows nothing about american politics) ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-while-youre-watching-tv/137351/23 "2002-11-19T16:48:46Z")
Mastrubate. ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-while-youre-watching-tv/137351/24 "2002-11-19T16:57:29Z")
The only TV I really get to watch, is early in the AM during my morning workout. 'Cept for when that “Girls Gone Wild” infomercial comes on, then what Michael Ellis said… ---
**Author:** ![wei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@wei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wei)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-while-youre-watching-tv/137351/25 "2002-11-19T23:29:29Z")
Wonder why I haven’t killed myself by watching the trash on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-while-youre-watching-tv/137351/26 "2002-11-20T11:58:04Z")
Depending on the show, I play computer games while half-watching… or play guitar while giving the TV most of my attention! Hmm… The Bachelor just came on. Computer games or guitar? Hmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Mort\_Furd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mort\_Furd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mort_Furd)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-while-youre-watching-tv/137351/27 "2002-11-20T12:03:46Z")
I read. TV is usually too boring to just sit and watch. It takes forever for anything to happen. When something does happen that is interesting, then I can look up from my book. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-while-youre-watching-tv/137351/28 "2002-11-20T13:36:42Z")
Fix supper, eat, read, clean house, surf the web, play Civ III, work on various projects, and occasionally narrate the visual highlights of the show for my wife. Not all at the same time, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-while-youre-watching-tv/137351/29 "2002-11-20T18:24:09Z")
Clean out Jessica’s toenails. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-while-youre-watching-tv/137351/30 "2002-11-20T18:54:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by autz \* > \*\*I’m trying to finish this Christmas tree skirt before Christmas, so mostly I cross stitch! \*\* Substitute “throw” for “Christmas tree skirt” and “quilt” for “cross stitch” and there I am. I have to have background noise, and I like the “company” when I eat (yes, I do know the difference between reality and TV --for now, anyway 😉 ), but I rarely just watch. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-while-youre-watching-tv/137351/31 "2002-11-20T18:59:57Z")
Knit, read, eat, use the computer, sometimes all 4 at once. I very rarely just watch tv… If it’s a really good show - one I really want to watch, it’ll probably be just knitting (but non-complex knitting). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-while-youre-watching-tv/137351.md?page=1)