# Would you hit a pinata likeness of yourself? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 7, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hit-a-pinata-likeness-of-yourself/307257 "2005-06-07T04:05:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hit-a-pinata-likeness-of-yourself/307257/41 "2005-06-08T17:16:30Z")
I would hit Pinata-Madd Maxx. Especially if it was filled with Starburst and there was a Lionel Ritchie song in the background. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hit-a-pinata-likeness-of-yourself/307257/42 "2005-06-08T18:58:29Z")
> [@Bambi](#): > > This turns certain keys on your keyboard into modifiers. Left-Alt turns into AltGr, which lets you access certain characters easily (like ¿¡, ñ, ¶, ¬, «», and many others) and turns your quote, caret, and tilde keys into combining keys. Hit " and A separately, and it combines into Ä. ’ and A turn into Á, ` + A = À, ’ + C = ç. This is by far the easiest way for a US keyboard to access the extended Latin alphabet. All special letters used by Romance languages can be typed with the combining method, and using the AltGr key will get you the rest of the stuff you need to type in Swedish, Norwegian, or Icelandic. Is it just me or is this in fact utterly incomprehensible? ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hit-a-pinata-likeness-of-yourself/307257/43 "2005-06-08T22:36:29Z")
Don’t they call it an 😕 effigy? ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hit-a-pinata-likeness-of-yourself/307257/44 "2005-06-08T23:19:35Z")
> [@Madd Maxx](#): > > I would hit Pinata-Madd Maxx. Especially if it was filled with Starburst and there was a Lionel Ritchie song in the background. Dare I ask what Lionel Ritchie has to do with this? **Uvula Donor** , I was amused. I’d have no problem with this. And I wouldn’t have a problem hitting anyone ELSE’S likeness, so it’s odd to me that if the coworker in question doesn’t care…someone else would. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hit-a-pinata-likeness-of-yourself/307257/45 "2005-06-09T05:07:07Z")
> [@scout1222](#): > > Dare I ask what Lionel Ritchie has to do with this? Recent, and funny, commercial for Starburst. Think of the unveiling of the bust in the video for “Hello.” Then turn the artist into a high school male, the subject into a high school female. Turn the clay into Starbursts. And turn the “creepy” meter way up. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hit-a-pinata-likeness-of-yourself/307257/46 "2005-06-09T07:18:40Z")
Would I hit a pinata **Ace**? Who wouldn’t? I hate that smarmy bastard! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hit-a-pinata-likeness-of-yourself/307257/47 "2005-06-09T07:34:25Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Recent, and funny, commercial for Starburst. > > Think of the unveiling of the bust in the video for “Hello.” Then turn the artist into a high school male, the subject into a high school female. Turn the clay into Starbursts. And turn the “creepy” meter way up. That made me shudder. _God_ what a creepy commercial. Anyway, I’d love to hit a piñata of me. I’d love to watch people hit a piñata of me. Especially if it was filled with candy. Penguin Mints would be nice. ---
**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 9, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hit-a-pinata-likeness-of-yourself/307257/48 "2005-06-09T12:59:21Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > I’m pretty sure that Life already has a great big piñata in my likeness, and that it’s getting smacked around with great abandon. I know what you mean. ☹ But I’d still beat the ever-lovin’ candy out of a piñata me. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hit-a-pinata-likeness-of-yourself/307257/49 "2005-06-09T13:38:43Z")
> [@etmiller](#): > > Is it just me or is this in fact utterly incomprehensible? Why? I could find a link somewhere that probably would explain it more clearly, but keyboards with combining diacritics aren’t _that_ uncommon. If you have the US-Int layout selected, you hit " and then you hit A and the computer generates an Ä. It’s not that crazy. Â Ä Á À Ã are from ^ " ’ ` ~ plus A. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hit-a-pinata-likeness-of-yourself/307257/50 "2005-06-09T13:47:14Z")
I would. I probably deserve it. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hit-a-pinata-likeness-of-yourself/307257/51 "2005-06-10T01:05:05Z")
> [@Ace309](#): > > Would I hit a pinata **Ace**? > > Who wouldn’t? I hate that smarmy bastard! But wait a minute… You have a twin brother. Isn’t that, like, cheating in this kind of situation? ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hit-a-pinata-likeness-of-yourself/307257/52 "2005-06-10T07:07:03Z")
I know I would. (But then, I have the feeling I have self-loathing issues that I need to work out.) I’d watch my co-workers carefully, though, to see if any of them are enjoying the hitting just a little too much… ---
**Author:** ![robotic\_panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed8c4c/32.png) [@robotic\_panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robotic_panda)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hit-a-pinata-likeness-of-yourself/307257/53 "2005-06-10T09:48:36Z")
> [@raz](#): > > Hell yeah I would. There better be some kick-ass candy inside though. Hell, I’d hit my real head with a baseball bat if candy would come out. 😃 Really though, a pinata me? I’d whack the living daylights out of it. Its just an effigy! C’mon. ---
**Author:** ![Daboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@Daboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daboman)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hit-a-pinata-likeness-of-yourself/307257/54 "2005-06-11T14:14:36Z")
It would depend what was inside of it. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hit-a-pinata-likeness-of-yourself/307257/55 "2005-06-11T14:27:58Z")
I’d smash the crud out of it with disturbing ferocity. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hit-a-pinata-likeness-of-yourself/307257.md?page=2)