# What's YOUR "Dirty little Secret"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 21, 2002, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331 "2002-03-21T13:03:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/1 "2002-03-21T13:03:35Z")
All of us have something in us that we cover up and conceal from our friends…but now, in the interest of catharsis, I’m going to reveal mine… I hate sports! yep, thats right. I find sports boring, and even though I attend baseball, basketball, and hockey games (because I am forced to in the cultural milieu I inhabit), I am totally bored out of my skull! Also, I can’t stand the fans often boorish behaviour (fueled by lots of adult beverages). My friends have always suspected something is amiss with me…I once was offered free SUPERBOWL tickets and TURNED THEM DOWN! -I wasn’t about to spend $3000.00 to fly to a distant city and spend a few hours getting drunk before the game, then passing out afterwards. So…now that I’ve bared my soul…what’s YOUR “dirty little secret”? Come clean, you are among friends!😉 ---
**Author:** ![AnnaLucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@AnnaLucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnaLucretia)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/2 "2002-03-21T13:32:42Z")
I HATE to give my son a bath. Even now that he’s 4 and can do most of it himself, I will put it off until he’s a very gross little monkey. Which isn’t to say that he doesn’t get cleaned, we do lots of “spot cleaning” - but there’s just something about all that splashing, the kneeling on the bathroom floor… I’m a bad mom, I know. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Beastal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Beastal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastal)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/3 "2002-03-21T13:49:57Z")
I am actually ex-President Ronald Reagan. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/4 "2002-03-21T14:45:33Z")
I was going to share that **Rue DeDay** and I were each other in a previous life, but I don’t think that’s necessarily a dirty secret… OK, it was stupid, but sadly, I don’t have any dirty secrets to share and I did so want to contribute to this thread. I’m so boring… \ ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/5 "2002-03-21T15:21:08Z")
That I get a strange comfort from the smell of a skunk. :o ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/6 "2002-03-21T15:26:04Z")
If I told you, it wouldn’t be secret, now would it? But it _would_ still be dirty. Let’s just say it involves a llama, a Turkish midget and a half a dozen grapefruits. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/7 "2002-03-21T18:10:28Z")
I look great in a dress. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/8 "2002-03-21T19:15:48Z")
I have seen **lieu** in his dress. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/9 "2002-03-21T19:29:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AnnaLucretia \* > \*\*I HATE to give my son a bath. Even now that he’s 4 and can do most of it himself, I will put it off until he’s a very gross little monkey. > > \*\* Preach it, sister. The only way I can stand it is to very quickly do the washing that needs to be done. Then I back way far out of the way of the splashing, put a pillow against the wall and another against my ample rump, and read. Sometimes also sip a glass of wine. He splashes and plays and does his own thing while I tune him out. I am there to make sure he doesn’t drown or splash too water much out of the tub, but it feels like personal time. Then when my butt gets too sore, I make him get out. Actually, I don’t even clean him that much; I figure the splashing around will do most of it. I just wash his hair and let the play do the rest, unless he’s really filthy somewhere. That’s not really my dirty little secret, though. I’ll have to think on that. ---
**Author:** ![Neptune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@Neptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptune)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/10 "2002-03-21T19:39:45Z")
I used to … well, um … never mind. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/11 "2002-03-21T19:44:31Z")
But I will watch random crap TV when the wife is not around. Just last night- Powerpuff girls (sigh) what is wrong with me? _-me_ ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/12 "2002-03-21T19:58:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by auntie em \* > \*\*That I get a strange comfort from the smell of a skunk. :o \*\* You must be like me, **em**. Some people do not experience the smell of skunk in the same was as most other people…it’s sort of like color blindness for your nose. I’ve never been bothered by the smell of skunk, in fact, I find it rather pleasant and lemony. ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/13 "2002-03-21T20:15:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lamia \* > \*\*I’ve never been bothered by the smell of skunk, in fact, I find it rather pleasant and lemony. \*\* Hahahahahahahahahahahaha! LEMONY??? I’m envisioning a new cleaning product as we speak… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/14 "2002-03-21T20:21:18Z")
I once rode a Honda…which isn’t really a dirty secret. It’s more like getting a BJ from a 74 year old woman. It feels good, until someone sees you doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/15 "2002-03-21T20:26:50Z")
I am addicted to the Food Channel…sigh I feel so much better after admitting that… ---
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/16 "2002-03-21T20:28:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Beastal \* > \*\*I am actually ex-President Ronald Reagan. \*\* Really? If so, how do you know? ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/17 "2002-03-21T21:20:19Z")
I take the flowers from the dinning room into the bathroom and eat them. ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/18 "2002-03-21T21:26:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kwyjibo \* > \*\*I take the flowers from the dinning room into the bathroom and eat them. \*\* [Hijack] I used to work in a restaurant where one of our “regulars” would come in, order coffee and toast with extra butter, take a few bites of the (dry) toast and a few sips of the coffee, then take all of the extra butter into the restroom with him. Upon coming back out, he’d leave a $20 bill on his table and walk away. I loved him. 😃 [/Hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Jonno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jonno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonno)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/19 "2002-03-21T21:30:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by auntie em \* > \*\*That I get a strange comfort from the smell of a skunk. :o \*\* I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who doesn’t mind the smell of eau de skunk. As for my own contribution to this tawdry little affair, I’ve always had this _thing_ for Daisy Duck. Don’t ask me why. ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331/20 "2002-03-21T21:53:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neptune \* > \*\*I used to … well, um … never mind. \*\* You mean you used to play hopscotch with your teddy bear too? Wow! I thought I was the only one! I’m finally at peace with the world. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dirty-little-secret/99331.md?page=2)