# When I say "Dave" who's the first person you think of? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602 "2013-10-18T20:15:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/21 "2013-10-18T20:46:19Z")
Famous Dave’s Barbecue Dave. Then Letterman. Then “These are the Dave’s I Know.” ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/22 "2013-10-18T20:48:45Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > “Dave’s not here.” This is literally what my brain gave me first. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/23 "2013-10-18T20:53:50Z")
Dave Foley as well, with a nod to the _Kids in the Hall_ sketch linked above. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/24 "2013-10-18T20:57:04Z")
Dave Thomas, both of them. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/25 "2013-10-18T20:58:33Z")
Weird, for me it was almost all personal. In order of what I thought of… 1. Dave my son 2. Dave a Windows programmer that recently worked here 3. Dave the movie starring Kevin Kline 4. Dave Ramsey. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/26 "2013-10-18T21:02:00Z")
6 guys named Dave who all worked in my office years ago. I took a picture of them all together at the company Christmas party (back when we had company Christmas parties) and posted it to the intranet site with the caption “Dave”. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/27 "2013-10-18T21:02:02Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Dave Thomas, both of them. I thought of both of them after I had posted my list above. I assume you meant the Great White North and the Wendy’s guy? I wonder if anybody will say “Sam and Dave”… I also wonder who will be the oldest, or longest dead, Dave to be mentioned. We could also have a list of Davids who were rarely called Dave. Somebody ought to start a similar thread for another common name like Bob or Jim or Kevin. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/28 "2013-10-18T21:09:00Z")
Letterman. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/29 "2013-10-18T21:14:52Z")
The Minion from Despicable me, I have two children. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/30 "2013-10-18T21:16:46Z")
Dave Bowman. (i.e., “I’m sorry, Dave, I can’t do that…”) ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/31 "2013-10-18T21:19:13Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > “Sorry Dave, I can’t do that.” This. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/32 "2013-10-18T21:23:09Z")
Wendy’s Dave Thomas ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/33 "2013-10-18T21:24:49Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > “Dave’s not here.” Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/34 "2013-10-18T21:40:21Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > “Dave’s not here.” This. Followed by “I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that”. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/35 "2013-10-18T21:42:22Z")
David Lo Pan ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/36 "2013-10-18T21:43:03Z")
First thought… > [@UncleRojelio](#): > > “Sorry Dave, I can’t do that.” …followed instaneously by this: > [@cochrane](#): > > “Dave’s not here.” ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/37 "2013-10-18T21:44:49Z")
> [@Rollo\_Tomasi](#): > > The Kevin Kline movie. Ditto ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/38 "2013-10-18T21:46:15Z")
My human uncle on my maternal side. ---
**Author:** ![Longshanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/39 "2013-10-18T21:55:45Z")
Dave Davies of the Kinks. ---
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