# Why?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/129909>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 27, 2002, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/129909 "2002-09-27T18:28:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/129909/1 "2002-09-27T18:28:17Z")

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…just wondering.

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**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/129909/2 "2002-09-27T18:31:18Z")

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Why not?

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**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/129909/3 "2002-09-27T18:35:14Z")

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I wes thinking more along the lines of “because”, but if you insist.

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**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/129909/4 "2002-09-27T18:37:05Z")

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I was thinking more along the lines of “because”, but if you insist.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/129909/5 "2002-09-27T18:44:15Z")

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It was there.

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**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/129909/6 "2002-09-27T18:44:45Z")

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Because we like you.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/129909/7 "2002-09-27T19:24:31Z")

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Would you rather us not?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/129909/8 "2002-09-27T19:26:29Z")

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Because this thread is nonsense, and because I can.

Lockdown.