# Why? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 27, 2000, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173 "2000-01-27T09:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/61 "2000-01-28T00:17:00Z")
Because the mommy demon and the daddy demon decided that they loved each other very much, so they got married, and when married demons love each other very much, they have this special way of hugging… * * * “The quickest way to a man’s heart is through his ribcage.” --anonymous redhead ---
**Author:** ![Nu\_Vo\_Da\_Da](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/97f17d/32.png) [@Nu\_Vo\_Da\_Da](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nu_Vo_Da_Da)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/62 "2000-01-28T00:34:00Z")
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**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/63 "2000-01-28T00:59:00Z")
Tsk. " 'Tisn’t ours to reason why; it’s only ours to do or die." Or something depressing along those lines. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/64 "2000-01-28T01:01:00Z")
\ Not “why”; rather: “with who”. :o Kellibelli, Ayesha–any volunteers? 😉 \ * * * With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince. With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D, and you still have the frog you started with. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/65 "2000-01-28T01:13:00Z")
As my swell Grandad said to my four year old self after the baby bird that we tried to save died: “I can’t tell you, honey, but it’s OK to cry.” ---
**Author:** ![Sylence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sylence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylence)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/66 "2000-01-28T02:19:00Z")
Because if you don’t, God will smite you and you’ll burn in hell. – Sylence * * * Another day, another attempt to cross Niagra Falls on a tightrope. . . ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/67 "2000-01-28T02:36:00Z")
Why?..M…C…A It’s fun to stay at the…(slap!) ## Oh, sorry about that. I don’t know what came over me. Now, what was the question again? Shadowfox “Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now.” - Procrastinator’s motto. [http://www.despair.com](http://www.despair.com) ---
**Author:** ![AuraSeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AuraSeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuraSeer)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/68 "2000-01-28T02:43:00Z")
All we are is dust in the wind, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Surgoshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Surgoshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surgoshan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/69 "2000-01-28T02:45:00Z")
APB: drink bud dry All police bulletin? * * * I sold my soul to Satan for a dollar. I got it in the mail. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2000, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/70 "2000-01-28T03:29:00Z")
Uhm, I forgot the question. Can you repeat that, please? * * * “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank ---
**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/71 "2000-01-28T03:34:00Z")
Because, I forgot how… * * * * * * Girlbysea (AKA: ChiefScott’s GBS) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/72 "2000-01-28T04:05:00Z")
Hypothesis: Because if I hadn’t, someone else would have. Test of Hypothesis: Because all the good ones already had a bite taken out of them. Dr. Watson “There’s nothing we read of in torture’s inventions Like a well-meaning dunce with the best of intentions.” –James Russell Lowell ---
**Author:** ![Who\_ME](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2bfe46/32.png) [@Who\_ME](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_ME)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/73 "2000-01-28T04:19:00Z")
I’ll wash your mouth out with soap! I’ll blow bubbles out my ass! I tried to be a good mother and a father for you. Then go fuck you’r self! * * * ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/74 "2000-01-28T14:27:00Z")
## Because we’re here. Roll The Bones. **Coldfire** * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Pixoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pixoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixoid)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/75 "2000-01-28T15:35:00Z")
To keep up with the Joneses, of course! 🙂 * * * Question authority–just not mine. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/76 "2000-01-28T16:22:00Z")
…do I keep thinking about Vinnie Barbarino every time I read the thread topics in this forum? * * * I crave an art that passionately transcends the mundane instead of being a device for self-deception.–Griffin, from The Griffin and Sabine trilogy. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/77 "2000-01-28T16:38:00Z")
? * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/78 "2000-01-28T16:54:00Z")
Oh what the hell. At least all five will be up top. ---
**Author:** ![okatym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/76d3ee/32.png) [@okatym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okatym)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/79 "2000-01-28T16:56:00Z")
Because I can. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173/80 "2000-01-28T17:06:00Z")
why baby, why baby why baby why do you make me cry baby cry baby cry Bosda, Me, pick me ! * * * Ayesha [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/13173.md?page=5)