# What Would Scooby Do? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-scooby-do/222183 "2004-01-01T23:33:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-scooby-do/222183/1 "2004-01-01T23:33:08Z")
What would Scooby Do? Can you tell what Nancy Drew? What river did Harrison Ford? Which boon did Hugh Grant? Whose clothes did Elizabeth Taylor? Any more questions, folks? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-scooby-do/222183/2 "2004-01-02T00:35:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EddyTeddyFreddy \* > \*\*What would Scooby Do? > > \*\* He’d cr#p on the rug. Next question? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-scooby-do/222183/3 "2004-01-02T00:44:54Z")
Dammit, **Bosda** , you’re supposed to come up with some other famous person’s name and make a question out of it. Like, oh, say: How many games did Keenan Wynn? Crikey, do I have to spell _ **everything** _ out for some people? :smack: :rolleyes: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-scooby-do/222183/4 "2004-01-02T00:50:30Z")
_Boon?_ Um, if that’s the same slang term I’m thinking of, that’s REALLY not nice, in fact, quite offensive. I’m not at all part of the Offenderati, I’m just letting you know… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-scooby-do/222183/5 "2004-01-02T00:57:40Z")
That’s an offensive slang term? I never heard of that. My dictionary defines “boon” as a great benefit, or a gift or favor. Which is the sense I used. What sense did you think I meant? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-scooby-do/222183/6 "2004-01-02T01:05:22Z")
Was Marvin Gaye? With whom did James Bond? When the shot was fired, did Daffy Duck? Who did Lucille Ball? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-scooby-do/222183/7 "2004-01-02T01:23:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EddyTeddyFreddy \* > \*\*Dammit, **Bosda** , you’re supposed to come up with some other famous person’s name and make a question out of it. Like, oh, say: > > How many games did Keenan Wynn? > > Crikey, do I have to spell _ **everything** _ out for some people? :smack: :rolleyes: 😛 \*\* Sooooo…what you’re saying is…if Scooby cr#ps on the rug, Keenan’s gonna clean it up? Well! _That’s_ a relief! I thought _you_ would get stuck with the job of cleaning up the rug. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-scooby-do/222183/8 "2004-01-02T01:28:02Z")
Short for baboon, in reference to black folks. I didn’t think you were doing it on purpose or anything, I was just giving a heads up in case the Offenderati showed up… I was thinking it was in reference to the (black) hooker he got caught with. Silly me.:o ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-scooby-do/222183/9 "2004-01-02T01:33:27Z")
Yikes! I didn’t mean to sound like (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) “It’s ok by me, just watch out for them other folks”. I meant like “I know you didn’t mean to be offensive, just wanted to let you know”. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-scooby-do/222183/10 "2004-01-02T01:52:01Z")
Whew! Thanks for letting me know, **An Arky**. I just got back from an errand, and the whole way there and back I kept puzzling about this. “Does he mean ‘coon’? That’s for darn sure an awful racist slang term. ‘Poontang’? But…” And so on. You’ve saved me a Googling session. 😃 We now return you to our regularly scheduled game: Good ones, **Mr. Blue Sky**! Would bumping into Nelson Rockefeller? What books did Orville and Wilbur Wright? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-scooby-do/222183/11 "2004-01-03T01:12:42Z")
Which ox did Al Gore? How many flights did Tom DeLay? Why was Henry Kissinger? ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-scooby-do/222183/12 "2004-01-03T02:29:46Z")
What meal would Sam Cooke? On what street does Tom Cruise? What about Penelope? Does Ronald have a 1920s style Reagan? Would it be crazy to ask Saddam Hussein?