# You Can Dance If You Want To... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 10, 2001, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686 "2001-11-10T22:10:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/1 "2001-11-10T22:10:55Z")
You can leave your friends behind. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/2 "2001-11-10T22:11:38Z")
'Cause your friends don’t dance, and if they don’t dance, well, they’re no friends of mine. ---
**Author:** ![rpinrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@rpinrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rpinrd)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/3 "2001-11-10T22:12:47Z")
Damn my head is cold. ---
**Author:** ![SweetLilKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@SweetLilKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetLilKitty)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/4 "2001-11-10T22:27:39Z")
Safety Dance! Woo Hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/5 "2001-11-10T22:29:17Z")
I’ve had that song in my head all week. Now you do too. MWA-ha-ha-ha-haaaa!!! Our house… In the middle of our street! ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/6 "2001-11-10T22:33:10Z")
Does that song really go “You can dance, you can dance, everybody take off your pants?” ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/7 "2001-11-10T22:37:18Z")
You can dance, you can dance, everybody LOOK AT YOUR HANDS. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/8 "2001-11-10T22:39:22Z")
…and you can act real rude and totally removed, and I can act like an imbecile… ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/9 "2001-11-10T22:43:42Z")
s s s s a a a a f f f f e e e e t t t t y y y y safe safe safe safe dance dance dance dance ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/10 "2001-11-10T22:44:32Z")
I’ll never hear “Look at your hands.” “Take off your pants” makes a lot more sense. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/11 "2001-11-10T23:12:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Green Bean \* > \*\*s s s s a a a a f f f f e e e e t t t t y y y y safe safe safe safe dance dance dance dance \*\* Heyyy…this reminds me of something! The guy that does that spoken intro sound exactly like the Napoleon person who sang “They’re Coming to Take Me Away”. Is it him? Anybody know? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/12 "2001-11-10T23:52:14Z")
His name is Ivan. He is pretending to be big Canadian Rock Star, you know? ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/13 "2001-11-11T01:13:09Z")
Jester hat, jester hat… Where the hell is my jester hat!? Okay, note spangled t-shirt. Map of the Big Country. Magic comic book that leads into that charcoal-sketch dimention. Fun-fur covered guitar… Jesus, where the hell is my jester hat? ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/14 "2001-11-11T01:20:07Z")
((rummage, rummage)) Shirtless blue-denim overalls. Grey sweatshirt with neck cut low… Say, who’s eye-patch is this? ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/15 "2001-11-11T10:54:08Z")
Is it here, or yesterday, or wasn’t it the fourteenth of November? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/16 "2001-11-11T18:46:15Z")
_sigh_ Nobody knows the rest of the words, do they? … **Ginger** trudges back into the world of obscure Canadian music from the 80s… ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/17 "2001-11-11T18:49:50Z")
everybody take off your pants! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/18 "2001-11-11T18:51:36Z")
Why are we supposed to look at our hands? ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/19 "2001-11-11T19:40:11Z")
hah hah! i have a copy! give me 15 minutes to find it, and then i will 0wnz j00! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686/20 "2001-11-11T19:45:57Z")
0wnz j00? That sounds dirty. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to/92686.md?page=2)