# What's the very first thing that springs to mind when you think of the concept of 'Hope'? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 3, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-very-first-thing-that-springs-to-mind-when-you-think-of-the-concept-of-hope/611631 "2012-02-03T05:08:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-very-first-thing-that-springs-to-mind-when-you-think-of-the-concept-of-hope/611631/21 "2012-02-03T21:08:07Z")
Aragorn. Yes, it really was, I’m a geek, so? ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-very-first-thing-that-springs-to-mind-when-you-think-of-the-concept-of-hope/611631/22 "2012-02-03T22:08:14Z")
A forlorn desire which is destined to be unfulfilled. Hmm… think am a glass half empty sort of guy. (except when the motherfucker is full to the brim!) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-very-first-thing-that-springs-to-mind-when-you-think-of-the-concept-of-hope/611631/23 "2012-02-03T22:12:01Z")
Hope, Arkansas. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-very-first-thing-that-springs-to-mind-when-you-think-of-the-concept-of-hope/611631/24 "2012-02-03T22:13:49Z")
I grew up with a pretty little girl in elementary school with whom I was infatuated named Hope. The second and almost immediate successor thought was of the winged benison in the bottom of Pandora’s box. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-very-first-thing-that-springs-to-mind-when-you-think-of-the-concept-of-hope/611631/25 "2012-02-03T23:15:54Z")
[The SS Hope](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Hope). ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-very-first-thing-that-springs-to-mind-when-you-think-of-the-concept-of-hope/611631/26 "2012-02-04T00:11:57Z")
Lange. But _The Best of Everything_ is one of my favorite movies. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-very-first-thing-that-springs-to-mind-when-you-think-of-the-concept-of-hope/611631/27 "2012-02-04T00:23:48Z")
> [@manila](#): > > A forlorn desire which is destined to be unfulfilled. Hmm… think am a glass half empty sort of guy. (except when the motherfucker is full to the brim!) Well then it’ll most certainly just spill all over the place and be wasted! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-very-first-thing-that-springs-to-mind-when-you-think-of-the-concept-of-hope/611631/28 "2012-02-04T01:01:44Z")
The concept itself – something that I strive for. Then trying to come up with something more concrete: “It springs eternal” and “The thing with feathers.” ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-very-first-thing-that-springs-to-mind-when-you-think-of-the-concept-of-hope/611631/29 "2012-02-04T02:21:51Z")
Pandora’s Box ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-very-first-thing-that-springs-to-mind-when-you-think-of-the-concept-of-hope/611631/30 "2012-02-04T02:35:14Z")
Pain. Hope has caused more pain and suffering in history than any other 2 things combined. Broken hearts, crushed dreams, disappointed fans, despair, all have their start in someone hoping. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-very-first-thing-that-springs-to-mind-when-you-think-of-the-concept-of-hope/611631/31 "2012-02-04T02:58:35Z")
The opposite of despair. I don’t know if that makes me a pessimist who is more familiar with despair. But that is what I think of. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-very-first-thing-that-springs-to-mind-when-you-think-of-the-concept-of-hope/611631/32 "2012-02-04T04:06:54Z")
God ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-very-first-thing-that-springs-to-mind-when-you-think-of-the-concept-of-hope/611631/33 "2012-02-04T05:03:47Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Yes; “a woman’s name” was my first thought. Mine as well. Her name isn’t hope - but she’s the focus of rather a lot of my own hopes. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-very-first-thing-that-springs-to-mind-when-you-think-of-the-concept-of-hope/611631/34 "2012-02-04T15:52:35Z")
“Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul…” Emily Dickinson. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-very-first-thing-that-springs-to-mind-when-you-think-of-the-concept-of-hope/611631/35 "2012-02-04T17:52:58Z")
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