# Whitney does smack **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 10, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165 "2003-12-10T17:04:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/1 "2003-12-10T17:04:34Z")
[I mean, gets smacked](http://www.salon.com/mwt/wire/2003/12/10/whitney/index.html). > [@](#): > > Police considered Tuesday whether to pursue charges against singer Bobby Brown, after officers responded to a domestic abuse call by his wife Whitney Houston at their home in this Atlanta suburb. > > Officers arrived at the couple’s home Sunday evening and found Houston with a cut upper lip and a bruised cheek, Fulton County Police spokesman Kurtis Young said. > > Houston told officers that Brown hit her in the face during an argument. I can’t say as I’m surprised by this; I’m just surprised at how long it took. Their poor kids… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/2 "2003-12-10T17:45:21Z")
You’d think they’re number would be in her speed dial list by now. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/3 "2003-12-10T17:45:21Z")
You’d think their number would be in her speed dial list by now. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/4 "2003-12-10T20:55:43Z")
You’d think there number would be in her speed dial list by now. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/5 "2003-12-10T21:11:08Z")
Yew’d think there number would be in her speed dial list by now. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/6 "2003-12-10T21:52:58Z")
You’d think they could do something about this echo in here. ---
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/7 "2003-12-10T22:13:12Z")
Quack quack ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/8 "2003-12-10T22:34:14Z")
So, does a hamster quack in the woods? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/9 "2003-12-10T23:22:54Z")
So, does a hamster whack in your goods? ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/10 "2003-12-10T23:32:05Z")
I thought that’s what gerbils were for. ---
**Author:** ![Macrophage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@Macrophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macrophage)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/11 "2003-12-10T23:35:06Z")
I thought that’s what gerbils are for. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/12 "2003-12-10T23:36:42Z")
Not that I would know anything about that… [whistling innocently] What? You lost your pet gerbil? Anus sad when that type of thing happens? Maybe a car ran into him and rectum. ---
**Author:** ![Mastema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mastema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mastema)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/13 "2003-12-10T23:46:34Z")
Where was Kevin Costner when all this happened? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/14 "2003-12-11T03:16:06Z")
We’re a little giddy today, are we? ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/15 "2003-12-11T04:37:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by featherlou \* > \*\*We’re a little giddy today, are we? \*\* We always get this way before [Armageddon](http://www.funny.co.uk/jokes/art_52-298-The-Flaming-Gerbil-Legend.html) ---
**Author:** ![Macrophage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@Macrophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macrophage)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/16 "2003-12-11T04:50:30Z")
Richard Gere called. He wants his gerbil back. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/17 "2003-12-11T05:01:45Z")
Anybody know if he was wearing a “wife beater” when he was arrested? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/18 "2003-12-11T05:02:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mastema \* > \*\*Where was Kevin Costner when all this happened? \*\* Best…Post…EVER ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/19 "2003-12-11T05:02:04Z")
I thought that’s what gerbils were four. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165/20 "2003-12-11T06:01:11Z")
_Four_ gerbils? I could see two or three on a more adventurous day, but _four_? There’s gotta be like, a Bible verse or something about that! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-does-smack/218165.md?page=2)