# What's something that commonly happens to people, that you have never done? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 28, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-something-that-commonly-happens-to-people-that-you-have-never-done/1024374 "2025-10-28T22:55:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-something-that-commonly-happens-to-people-that-you-have-never-done/1024374/182 "2025-11-05T20:49:47Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > The only time I ran out of gas was in a boat. My family had a waterskiing boat and on a camping trip I took a couple of friend out for a ride when it was late evening. We ran out of gas and the girl thought that I was joking. Night fell and we were out in the middle of a lake without any way of getting back. > > And of course, this was well before cell phones. Dear Penthouse Forum? ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-something-that-commonly-happens-to-people-that-you-have-never-done/1024374/183 "2025-11-05T22:35:59Z")
> [@Orville\_mogul](#): > > Dear Penthouse Forum? We were laughing about that because it should have led to something. Three teenagers in a boat stranded in a huge lake at night. Unfortunately, it was a church outing and the girl and I were far too conservative to even try anything. And, I had absolutely no experience and was completely clueless about girls. The girl was convinced that we were trying to scare her and really hadn’t run out. In that type of boat, the gas tanks were in the back and they don’t have gauges so you have to lift a tank to see how full it was. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-something-that-commonly-happens-to-people-that-you-have-never-done/1024374.md?page=9)