# Who's Your Straight Dope Twin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 2, 2005, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498 "2005-06-02T04:16:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/201 "2005-06-03T13:10:04Z")
> [@dare\_devil007\_](#): > > Any takers on December 24, 1989??? Well my birthday is a week before yours… which puts me born 32 years and a week before you. December 17, 1957. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/202 "2005-06-03T13:24:27Z")
> [@dare\_devil007\_](#): > > Any takers on December 24, 1989??? Well, it was my fourteenth birthday … if I remember right, I got a cool leather jacket–_with fringe_. That’s right. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/203 "2005-06-03T14:08:16Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > We’re both a few days younger than Tom Cruise… the possibility of bagging Katie Holmes or Penelope Cruz is the only thing that keeps me going sometimes, I can tell you. Well, that’s just fine. You get to do Penny and Katie, and Tom wants to do you. Who does that leave for me? Maybe I’ll go all bloody this year and celebrate the Bastille 2 days post end of youth as I know it… Where’s that pity smiley? No July 12thers at all, eh? How about 1962’ers? Hello? ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/204 "2005-06-03T14:23:15Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > We should start a 1966 club. Like those pesky '99ers, except cooler. 🆒 It seems 1966 was a very fine year. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/205 "2005-06-03T14:44:47Z")
> [@C3](#): > > I’m August 10, 19 **7** 2! I got you by four days - 8/6/72. Leos unite! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/206 "2005-06-03T15:07:30Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > 5/31/67 (duh) > [@lieu](#): > > Happy Birthday Tuesday, sweetie. While you’re the youngest, Brooke Shield, myself and Clint Eastwood all share a fondness for the day too. Me too, though I got here 7 years before Scarlett. Are you my twin, lieu? ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/207 "2005-06-03T15:20:40Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > My dad turned 50 the day you were born. > > I arrived on August 30, 1959, as did [this guy.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_'Jacko'_Jackson) Oi! Not the same year, but I was born August 30, 1973. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/208 "2005-06-03T15:36:19Z")
Well, I’ll be. I’ve never met anyone else who’s had my birthday, and here’s three: **Zebra** , **FatBaldGuy** , and **Yeticus Rex** ’s brother. We’re not twins, but we are special. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/209 "2005-06-03T16:51:08Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > Me too, though I got here 7 years before Scarlett. Are you my twin, lieu? Woah. Almost. 5/31/59. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/210 "2005-06-03T18:14:21Z")
August 8, 1963 here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Electrical\_Storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/211 "2005-06-03T18:37:28Z")
November 21, 1971 here. I also share my birthday with Voltaire. 😃 11/21/1694. I always thought people in their thirties were - you know - _old._ :rolleyes: Mr. Silver1 is pushing forty. :eek: He’s _really_ old. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/212 "2005-06-03T19:11:35Z")
> [@NothingMan](#): > > Leos unite! Oh Yeah! 8/7/67 here. And for the 8/10 people, two of my friends growing up were 8/10/67. ---
**Author:** ![Agonist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@Agonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agonist)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/213 "2005-06-03T19:35:00Z")
> [@Typically Sunday](#): > > Anyone born on March 1, 1987? My sister was born 3/1/19 **7** 7. She and I sometimes call ourselves twins because our birthdays are only two days apart. I’m March 3, 1970. So far the closest to me is **Portia** , with 3/27/1970. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/214 "2005-06-03T20:30:33Z")
> [@sunfish](#): > > Where are all the summer babies around here? 😕 > > August 9, 1966. Oooo, so close. My husband, **Spiny Norman** , is August 10, 1966 (so he shares the day and month with **C3** and **GillianBoardman** , but not the year). I’m May 25, 1961. Until my late 20s, one of my best friends was a girl who was born 25 minutes after I was, in the same hospital. My mother had gone down the hall asking what other women had babies the same day she did, met her mom and struck up a friendship, so we grew up together after having started life in the same nursery. It was kindof cool. The very different paths our lives have taken us is proof positive that astrology is hogwarsh (as my mother would’ve pronounced it) – not that I actually _needed_ proof, but you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/215 "2005-06-03T21:01:00Z")
> [@IrreverentTone](#): > > I’m exactly five years and sixteen minutes older than you! **IT** , we can’t call twins but I’m pleased to have you as an older sibling. Can I borrow $5, sib? If you don’t gimme, I’m telling Mom… ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/216 "2005-06-03T21:43:43Z")
Nice to see now that not only have the August kids arrived in force, but we could pull off a straight: Aug 6 - **NothingMan** Aug 7 - **adam yax** Aug 8 - **Sunspace** Aug 9 - **sunfish** Aug 10 - **C3, GillianBoardman, Ice Wolf, Spiny Norman** Woo hoo! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/217 "2005-06-03T21:47:22Z")
> [@Portia](#): > > **IT** , we can’t call twins but I’m pleased to have you as an older sibling. > > Can I borrow $5, sib? If you don’t gimme, I’m telling Mom… Ooohhh! I always wanted a baby sister. And you already owe me three bucks from the time in the record store when you wanted the _New Mickey Mouse Club_ album and didn’t have enough money for it. Not to mention that I’m sure Mom would like to know who used the sewing scissors to cut out paperdolls, not that I’m mentioning any names, _ **Portia** _! You know that if you cry I’ll give in and get my wallet, don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/218 "2005-06-03T22:41:42Z")
> [@sunfish](#): > > Nice to see now that not only have the August kids arrived in force, but we could pull off a straight: > > Aug 6 - **NothingMan** > Aug 7 - **adam yax** > Aug 8 - **Sunspace** > Aug 9 - **sunfish** > Aug 10 - **C3, GillianBoardman, Ice Wolf, Spiny Norman** > > Woo hoo! 😃 Hey – I just thought of something – you and Spiny could _possibly_ be twins afterall, depending on what time zone and what time of day you were born. See, he was born in Denmark, where it was August 10, 1966 for 6 hours while it was still August 9th, 1966 EST! ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/219 "2005-06-03T23:26:15Z")
April 15, 1980 checking in. Anyone else whose parents got it on on Labour Day, 1979? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498/220 "2005-06-04T00:02:32Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > Hey – I just thought of something – you and Spiny could _possibly_ be twins afterall, depending on what time zone and what time of day you were born. See, he was born in Denmark, where it was August 10, 1966 for 6 hours while it was still August 9th, 1966 EST! So close, yet so far! I was born at 5:30 PM, so he and I are not twins after all. He’s got three other Doper siblings here, though, so he’s got plenty of company. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498.md?page=12)