# What does this sentence mean?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-sentence-mean/208452>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 20, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-sentence-mean/208452 "2003-10-20T02:45:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Goofus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@Goofus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goofus)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-sentence-mean/208452/1 "2003-10-20T02:45:12Z")

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No, What’s on second.

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Joe\_Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Random)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-sentence-mean/208452/2 "2003-10-20T02:48:18Z")

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[Who’s on first, What’s on second, I Don’t Know’s on third](http://www.baseball-almanac.com/humor4.shtml).

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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-sentence-mean/208452/3 "2003-10-20T02:54:50Z")

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It’s a line from an old Abbott & Costello comedy routine.

For the complete text, see [here](http://fisher.osu.edu/~tomassini_1/whotext.html)

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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-sentence-mean/208452/4 "2003-10-20T02:57:29Z")

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How the heck did that happen? I’ll try again.