# When I grow up, I wanna be . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2000, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575 "2000-10-04T03:23:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/1 "2000-10-04T03:23:42Z")
That guy on the beer commercials who you never really _see_ drink the beer, but you know is getting away with it on national TV. Mmmmmm, beeeeer . . . Tripler What do _you_ want to be? ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/2 "2000-10-04T03:59:38Z")
Second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies. Nevermind that Marlon Anderson might actually work out. Nevermind that I’m lefthanded, and that there’s **never** been a lefthanded second baseman in the major leagues. I’ve wanted this since I was a kid playing little league and the Phillies won the World Series. Okay, I’m dreaming. If I can’t be that, I’ll settle for being a succesful novelist, screenwriter, and musician. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/3 "2000-10-04T04:02:28Z")
I wanna be sedated. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/4 "2000-10-04T04:12:08Z")
I want to be Jeri Ryan’s costume. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/5 "2000-10-04T04:21:31Z")
I want to be a sex machine. I want to be a big rock and roll star. I want to have fun. I want to be able to wear Monster104 as a coat. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/6 "2000-10-04T04:24:10Z")
Uh…That’s good, I hope? ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/7 "2000-10-04T05:06:35Z")
I wanna be The Bear in the Big Blue House, he’s cute and cuddly and kids love him… Damn! I AM a grownup already. Geez… it’s not so bad. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/8 "2000-10-04T05:08:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Monster104 \* > \*\*Uh…That’s good, I hope? \*\* OH yeah. I just think the only problem would be a constant poke in the back every few minutes from a piece of Monster104 -the coat- that I would not remove. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/9 "2000-10-04T06:04:44Z")
Hm, I’d volunteer to be her shirt, except that means I’d be the one getting poked by the coat… Then again, there’s always cold weather, and not all poking is bad… ::ducks and runs very, very fast:: ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/10 "2000-10-04T06:06:33Z")
Dammit, I forgot to post my clean answer! I wanna be very rich, back home in Hawaii, living in that Kahala beach front mansion that my (very special) friend and I already picked out. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/11 "2000-10-04T07:17:42Z")
When I grow up, I want to have my own special wedding cake business, and live in a waterfront property in Naples (Long Beach area). I’ll have a boat docked in my front yard, and a golden retriever that likes to chase the seagulls off my porch. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/12 "2000-10-04T07:47:00Z")
When I grow up I wanna be… A LUMBERJACK!!! Leaping from tree to tree on the mighty rivers of British Columbia…uh, oh sorry. Someone had to do it. And now for something completely different. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/13 "2000-10-04T09:17:51Z")
I wanna be a Spanish Inquisitor. But you expected that, right? (We’re such geeks. You could start a thread here about ingrown toenails on pygmee women and have it hijacked to a Python Sketch in under ten posts :D) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/14 "2000-10-04T10:43:31Z")
Who said I ever wanted to grow up? ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/15 "2000-10-04T11:02:30Z")
so you want to Peter Pan? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/16 "2000-10-04T11:27:53Z")
I wanna be a Major Leaugue Umpire! And when Carl Everett bumps me 'cause I called him out, I am gonna beat him dooowwwnnnnn! ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/17 "2000-10-04T12:59:34Z")
I want to be the “San Diego Chicken”. There simply is no cooler job anywhere. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/18 "2000-10-04T13:19:01Z")
I like to think I did grow up, and I’m pretty happy with being a professional nerd. When I grow up, I wanna start growing back down. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/19 "2000-10-04T13:30:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xizor \* > \*\*I want to be Jeri Ryan’s costume. \*\* That’s the stuff…I’ll be her costume too, when Roxanne (whatsherface Chief Engineer) and Jeri are in a crowded, malfunctioning turbo lift where the might be a lot of jostling and accidental touching. ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575/20 "2000-10-04T13:38:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > **I wanna be a Spanish Inquisitor. But you expected that, right? > (** No, I didn’t…Yes you did.No, I didn’t…Yes you did. No, I didn’t…Yes you did.No, I didn’t…Yes you did. No, I didn’t…Yes you did.No, I didn’t…Yes you did. No, I didn’t…Yes you did.No, I didn’t…Yes you did. No, I didn’t…Yes you did.No, I didn’t…Yes you did. No, I didn’t…Yes you did.No, I didn’t…Yes you did. That wasn’t an arguement!! Yes it was. Ne!! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-grow-up-i-wanna-be/35575.md?page=2)