# What is the worst they could say?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-they-could-say/336619>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 21, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-they-could-say/336619 "2005-12-21T14:54:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-they-could-say/336619/21 "2005-12-22T13:25:44Z")

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For those of you keeping score at home, the correct answer was, “We do this all the time. We have a special closet for them.”

Of course the unspoken question was, “Is the closet for the kids or the car seats?”

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-they-could-say/336619/22 "2005-12-22T13:40:01Z")

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> [@Maus Magill](#):
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> A GI party is basically a house cleaning party. Top to bottom. Everyone works. No lolly-gagging. It was a term my father would use. In college, my Fraternity would hold regular Saturday morning GI parties - particularly before mixers and parents’ day.

Sounds like what my family would call a field day. Maybe with a little more yelling.

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**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-they-could-say/336619/23 "2005-12-22T13:40:11Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> I can think of some really dark answers to this that are orders of magnitude worse than anything posted so far, but I think posting them would be contrary to both board rules and common decency.

wimp.

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**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-they-could-say/336619/24 "2005-12-22T15:50:17Z")

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> [@Maus Magill](#):
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> For those of you keeping score at home, the correct answer was, “We do this all the time. We have a special closet for them.”
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> Of course the unspoken question was, “Is the closet for the kids or the car seats?”

Both. [Check this a\*\*hat out](http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=97215&ran=153337), down near the bottom when they talk about the closet.

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