# XKCD: The Cootie Reindeer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-the-cootie-reindeer/775475 "2016-12-23T20:25:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-the-cootie-reindeer/775475/1 "2016-12-23T20:25:05Z")
Anyone else look at [this](http://xkcd.com/1776/) (12/23/2016 comic) and immediately think of [Cootie](http://cdnpix.com/show/imgs/b92180a60785acda76c17ec7d47ff556.jpg), the [old game](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/75/66/a7/7566a70c2bfba6d043a864689cb15539.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-the-cootie-reindeer/775475/2 "2016-12-23T20:56:43Z")
No. But now I am! ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-the-cootie-reindeer/775475/3 "2016-12-23T21:15:45Z")
I always liked the designs of the cooties, to the point I considered adorning my desk with a few, but I could never justify buying a whole set for just that purpose. There was also a more obscure board game with delightful cartoon spider pieces I really wish I hoarded before my mom inevitably tossed it out. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-the-cootie-reindeer/775475/4 "2016-12-23T21:23:46Z")
No, I thought of Odin’s horse, Sleipnir. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-the-cootie-reindeer/775475/5 "2016-12-23T21:27:09Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > I always liked the designs of the cooties, to the point I considered adorning my desk with a few, but I could never justify buying a whole set for just that purpose. There was also a more obscure board game with delightful cartoon spider pieces I really wish I hoarded before my mom inevitably tossed it out. _sigh_ In case anyone is curious as to what I’m babbling about I found a review of said game. [http://x-entertainment.com/updates/2009/10/14/milton-bradleys-spider-wars-from-1988/](http://x-entertainment.com/updates/2009/10/14/milton-bradleys-spider-wars-from-1988/) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-the-cootie-reindeer/775475/6 "2016-12-23T22:04:58Z")
Oh, yeah, I remember that game! The pieces were cool, but the gameplay was kind of pointless, since you could always just use your turn to negate your opponent’s previous turn. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-the-cootie-reindeer/775475/7 "2016-12-23T22:36:56Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > I always liked the designs of the cooties, to the point I considered adorning my desk with a few, but I could never justify buying a whole set for just that purpose. . . . Grin! I did exactly that. However, I waited too long, and ended up with [the re-designed cooties](https://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/6168521/il_fullxfull.320017051.jpg), which are cuter – IMO quite a bit too darn cute – and not quite as iconic. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-the-cootie-reindeer/775475/8 "2016-12-23T22:58:41Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Grin! I did exactly that. > > However, I waited too long, and ended up with [the re-designed cooties](https://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/6168521/il_fullxfull.320017051.jpg), which are cuter – IMO quite a bit too darn cute – and not quite as iconic. Sorry, but you need to go find some originals. The new ones are too cute, and are made that way through an anatomical mistake. They have a smile… _above_ their proboscis. Which is defined as a nose. Funny, every kid my age learned that word long before we normally would have, thanks to Cootie. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-the-cootie-reindeer/775475/9 "2016-12-24T02:20:56Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Oh, yeah, I remember that game! The pieces were cool, but the gameplay was kind of pointless, since you could always just use your turn to negate your opponent’s previous turn. Let’s see. Four/five year olds play this game. You were that much of a curmudgeon then? I kid, I kid. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-the-cootie-reindeer/775475/10 "2016-12-24T03:16:58Z")
That’s xkcd [sub]it’s important![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-the-cootie-reindeer/775475/11 "2016-12-24T03:36:08Z")
Dangit, I didn’t even see the typo in the title, until I saw a report pointing it out, and now I can’t un-see it. Oh, wait… **[Moderating]** Yeah, actually I can un-see it. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-the-cootie-reindeer/775475/12 "2016-12-24T21:00:43Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > That’s xkcd > > [sub]it’s important![/sub] Obligatory XKCD [link](https://xkcd.com/386/).