# You People Behave!

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [May 12, 2001, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226 "2001-05-12T17:21:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2001, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/1 "2001-05-12T17:21:50Z")

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I’m taking the kids swimming at the Y for a few hours here. Try to keep the noise down to a minimum until I get back.

_“The next time I check in here, I want paradise on earth.”_

[Edited by Eutychus55 on 05-12-2001 at 12:24 PM]

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### Author: ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/2 "2001-05-12T17:23:21Z")

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But, Euty, it’s so much more fun when I _don’t_ behave 😃

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### Author: ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2001, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/3 "2001-05-12T17:41:36Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Eutychus55 \*  
> \*\*
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> _“The next time I check in here, I want paradise on earth.”_
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> \*\*

Okay, you got it. 😉

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### Author: ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/4 "2001-05-12T17:51:01Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Eutychus55 \*  
> _“The next time I check in here, I want paradise on earth.”_

How’d y’want it cooked? Crispy? Bloody?

Oop.

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### Author: ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2001, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/5 "2001-05-12T17:55:06Z")

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[whiney kid voice on] But I’m \*\*bein’ \*\* haved [whiney kid voice off]

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### Author: ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2001, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/6 "2001-05-12T17:56:41Z")

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MrVisible pokes his head in, looks around sneakily.

“Is he gone yet?”

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### Author: ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2001, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/7 "2001-05-12T18:06:52Z")

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Frankly, I can’t _help_ being perfectly angelic. That, alas, is my cross to bear…

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### Author: ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/8 "2001-05-12T18:37:24Z")

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Oh…I’ll be an perfect little angel, no wild behavior from me 🙂

Is he gone yet?

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### Author: ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2001, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/9 "2001-05-12T18:44:37Z")

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But Euty, we always behave. We just don’t always behave in a manner you find acceptable.

Robin

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### Author: ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2001, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/10 "2001-05-12T19:01:24Z")

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_pops up from behind desk, Shoots spitball at **Mr. Visible** because he’s so… **Visible** and all…_

_ducks back down behind desk_

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### Author: ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2001, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/11 "2001-05-12T19:07:07Z")

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:: snicker ::

Look at me! I’m running through the house with scissors!

Wheeeeee!

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### Author: ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2001, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/12 "2001-05-12T19:31:11Z")

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And I’m turning on every light in the house! And then I’m going to put my feet up on the furniture, and play with matches!!!

Where does Euty keep the Reeses Peanut Butter Cups?

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### Author: ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/13 "2001-05-12T19:36:31Z")

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:tracks mud everywhere, especially on the white carpet…adds grape juice stains for panache:

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### Author: ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/14 "2001-05-12T19:45:12Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Mauvaise \*  
> But, Euty, it’s so much more fun when I _don’t_ behave 😃

On behalf of the men of the straightdope, I concur wholeheartedly.

Twice, even.

::trips dire wolf for the hell of it::

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### Author: ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/15 "2001-05-12T19:52:09Z")

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I’m back.

What’s all this Cheez-Whiz doing all over the floor?

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### Author: ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2001, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/16 "2001-05-12T19:53:32Z")

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Oooh…I’m jumping on the sofa…and squeezing my grape juice box all over the place!  
Weeh!

_pulls fellow dopers up on to the sofa…_  
Hey, I’ll bet I can make the chair from here!

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### Author: ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2001, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/17 "2001-05-12T19:58:20Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Eutychus55 \*  
> \*\*I’m back.
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> What’s all this Cheez-Whiz doing all over the floor? \*\*

He did it! It was him! I saw it. I was sitting in my chair the whole time reading a book. _I_ was bein’ good. [sub]maybe he won’t notice when I sneak out tonight…[/sub]

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### 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: [May 12, 2001, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/18 "2001-05-12T19:58:26Z")

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Get out the crayons!!! That new wallpaper inspires my artistic side!!!

Then, we’ll throw Eutychus55’s false teeth at the fireplace to see if they bounce!

If we get his cane **and** his false teeth , we can play Indoor Baseball!

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### Author: ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/19 "2001-05-12T20:01:35Z")

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Oooh! Oooh! Oooh!

I’m gonna push all the buttons on the elevator and set off the fire alarms and put Saran Wrap on the toilets and superglue the phone handsets and replace the hair spray with purple spray paint and put Preparation H in the toothpaste tube and I won’t even tell you what I’m gonna do with this truckload of peppers…

Uh oh, he’s back.

_sulking off_

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### Author: ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-people-behave/65226/20 "2001-05-12T20:01:49Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by iampunha \*  
> ::trips dire wolf for the hell of it::

:: DW falls on the scissors and bleeds profusely::

Heh, and you thought Nocturne’s mess would be hard to clean up? 😛

Fortunately, I fell right in the Cheez-Whiz. It makes a great coagulant.

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