# Why??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/187596>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 11, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/187596 "2003-07-11T00:33:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/187596/1 "2003-07-11T00:33:38Z")

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Why, I ask?! (IYHO, of course)

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**Author:** ![Major\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Major\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Kong)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/187596/2 "2003-07-11T01:01:56Z")

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Because.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/187596/3 "2003-07-11T01:05:27Z")

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Just to puzzle you, pal!

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**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/187596/4 "2003-07-11T01:06:50Z")

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Dammit, **Major Kong** beat me to it.

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**Author:** ![Parallax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Parallax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parallax)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/187596/5 "2003-07-11T02:17:09Z")

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Why 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:** [July 11, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/187596/6 "2003-07-11T02:17:21Z")

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Well, at least now you know why _not_.  
Thread closed.