# What one thing do you have that's better than everyone else's? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 9, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811 "2008-09-09T18:16:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811/81 "2008-09-12T00:46:56Z")
I have an honest to god Union Infantry officers sword from the US Civil War. It’s not only my coolest, but the coolest among my friends who also collect swords. My kids have grown up being able to hold and examine this piece of history whenever they asked. Picking it up is like touching history. I do not know its provenance, but imagining is a fun mental exercise. I also have a very plain, rusted sword given to me by my father in law. He found it in his hundred year old Cape Cod barn. Again, provenance unknown. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811/82 "2008-09-12T02:22:33Z")
My job. I teach psychology, a field which I adore beyond reason, to community college students, which fulfills my socialist need to bring educational opportunities to the masses. I tell my students “I get to talk about psychology, and you? Have to listen!” I decide which courses I teach each semester. I set my schedule each semester. I decide which department chair duties I want to do, and which I want to farm out to others in the department (for which I compensate them out of my pool of chair compensation). It’s heaven. Something I need to remind myself of when things get difficult. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811/83 "2008-09-12T03:38:49Z")
> [@Tabby\_Cat](#): > > My milkshake. > > Damn right. Pft. My milkshake is better than yours. That’s right. I also make the best cheesy potato soup and the best buttermilk biscuits. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811/84 "2008-09-12T03:54:12Z")
I can’t choose just one thing! Here is my list of things that are better than everyone else’s! 1. [Oliver](http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq111/lesschatmorehat/ollie2.jpg) sniffs my hair before bed very loudly and then gives me kitty kisses on my forehead. 2. [Joey](http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq111/lesschatmorehat/DSC00003.jpg) crams his 16 lb self into shoe boxes (and on one occasion, an empty Cheerios box) which is possibly one of the cutest things a kitty can do. 3. My boyfriend is sexy, attentive, funny, exciting, kind, and wonderful. He makes me really, really happy. 4. I can have orgasms just by thinking really sexy thoughts. It doesn’t happen often, maybe once or twice a year, but if my thoughts wander over to my last good romp in the hay and I don’t reign them back in I can orgasm without being touched by myself or someone else. It is a handy thing to be able to do, really. ---
**Author:** ![A\_shameful\_cracka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@A\_shameful\_cracka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_shameful_cracka)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811/85 "2008-09-12T04:07:15Z")
I have the best vindaloo recipe I’ve ever eaten, and I’ve eaten at a lot of nice Indian restaurants. It’s really a collaboration between my wife and myself, I came up with the tarka and pre-browning of the meat in it, and my wife has fine-tuned the tomato/meat/potato ratio and came up with the awesome technique of cooking it in a pressure cooker. It’s one of the best foods ever. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811/86 "2008-09-12T05:09:30Z")
My Roadkill chili recipe ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811/87 "2008-09-12T05:42:46Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > My dad! > > My dad is like a character from a movie - he has movie star looks (he gets mistaken for Al Pacino,) he’s rich, he has extremely good taste, he is amazing at playing the piano, he dresses incredibly well, and he’s single, and he’s slept with like 600 women. He travels all over the world, for his job, and he always brings me back awesome stuff. He literally has mistresses in several different countries in Eastern Europe. > > My friends are always like, “your dad is the best dad ever.” The female friends are always saying they want to fuck him. It’s been an odd experience growing up with this guy as my dad who I basically assumed is just the normal template for a dad for most of my life, and it was only when I got older that I started to realize how radically unusual this situation is. > > My dad is badass! I know this will not be well received, but that sounds almost all horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811/88 "2008-09-12T17:03:30Z")
> [@Cardinal](#): > > I know this will not be well received, but that sounds almost all horrible. I was thinking the same thing, “Your dad kinda sounds like a dick.” ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811/89 "2008-09-12T21:05:17Z")
> [@Argent Towers](#): > > My dad! > > My dad is like a character from a movie - he has movie star looks (he gets mistaken for Al Pacino,) he’s rich, he has extremely good taste, he is amazing at playing the piano, he dresses incredibly well, and he’s single, and he’s slept with like 600 women. He travels all over the world, for his job, and he always brings me back awesome stuff. He literally has mistresses in several different countries in Eastern Europe. > > My friends are always like, “your dad is the best dad ever.” The female friends are always saying they want to fuck him. It’s been an odd experience growing up with this guy as my dad who I basically assumed is just the normal template for a dad for most of my life, and it was only when I got older that I started to realize how radically unusual this situation is. > > My dad is badass! My Dad was married to my Mum for 60 years and never looked at another woman. He didn’t have looks or money, but he spent time with me every day as I grew up. I’m glad I had him. ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811/90 "2008-09-12T21:09:52Z")
I don’t think I’d enjoy having all my female friends want to fuck my dad. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811/91 "2008-09-13T03:48:54Z")
It’s pretty low to rip on someone’s dad just because his values are different than yours, especially when they’re talking about how much they love him - an exceedingly rare situation in this day. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811/92 "2008-09-13T10:32:42Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > My cheesesteaks. Best on the planet, be it inside or outside of Philadelphia, bar none. You spoiled me on good cheesesteaks, too. I’ve been looking for a decent once since the last you cooked at a dopefest. Do you have any idea how many HORRIBLE cheesesteaks there are in this world? Well, I’ll tell you: not nearly as many as there were before I tried to find just ONE MORE good one. I haven’t had a good cheesesteak in … five years? It’s been horrible. I actually applied for jobs in Pennsylvania just to take a job where I’d be bound to get a good (even decent, as opposed to flat-out bad) cheesesteak just once more in my life. > [@krisolov](#): > > I have an honest to god Union Infantry officers sword from the US Civil War. It’s not only my coolest, but the coolest among my friends who also collect swords. My kids have grown up being able to hold and examine this piece of history whenever they asked. Reminds me of my (well, the family’s) Hitler Youth sword and helmet. It’s back with my parents. Those two items, along with some other things my memory is fuzzy on, got left behind in my grandmother’s house after its Nazi occupation ended. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811/93 "2008-09-13T11:38:26Z")
My ski riser – only a 4 and a half inch connection with the ski, which greatly reduces the flat spot caused by release bindings on a shaped ski. I designed it, and no one else has anything that even comes close, so it is the one thing that I have that’s better than everyone else’s. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811/94 "2008-09-13T12:18:09Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > My 103 year old grandmother. I love her more than I do myself. She’s in a nursing home, but can still get around some, and her bottom teeth are her own! She’s still sharp mentally, following the news, and this November will vote in her 21st presidential election. How cool is _that_? If she’s black and can make her own biscuit, you know she’s destined to lead the good survivors once the Super-flu ravages humanity. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811/95 "2008-09-13T12:19:56Z")
> [@Cardinal](#): > > I know this will not be well received, but that sounds almost all horrible. Hey, it’s cool if his Dad is James Bond and his own MI5 ID # is 007.5. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811/96 "2008-09-13T14:39:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I can have orgasms just by thinking really sexy thoughts. It doesn’t happen often, maybe once or twice a year, but if my thoughts wander over to my last good romp in the hay and I don’t reign them back in I can orgasm without being touched by myself or someone else. It is a handy thing to be able to do, really. You win. I hate you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811/97 "2008-09-13T17:18:10Z")
I have one colorful, slightly sequinned (sp?) blouse that almost everyone envies out loud in public. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811/98 "2008-09-13T18:05:11Z")
My in-laws are fantastic. They’re like surrogate parents to me–amazingly generous, would give me the shirt off their back if it even seemed remotely possible that I might need it. They’re fun to talk to, patient and understanding, and all-around wonderful people. I am not at all surprised that my awesome husband has such awesome parents, but it’s definitely a major bonus. Nobody’s in-laws are as good as mine. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811/99 "2008-09-13T18:23:45Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > **Kim the Rhymer** is superior to all other Kims, Kyms, Kimberlys, Kimberlees, and so forth.. I beg to differ. **Really Not All That Kim** is a paragon among females assigned a Kim-like appelation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811.md?page=4)