# You're So Vain **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-so-vain/339830 "2006-01-13T15:49:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-so-vain/339830/41 "2006-01-15T03:30:33Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Sorry to join this thread so late, I was spending some time with the wife of a close friend… 😉 until I saw the lyrics i print - I thought it was “…wife of a postman…” ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2006, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-so-vain/339830/42 "2006-01-15T03:32:20Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > “…wife of a postman…” Hoo-boy! I hope whoever the song was about was wearing kevelar. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-so-vain/339830/43 "2006-01-15T04:06:55Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > until I saw the lyrics i print - I thought it was “…wife of a postman…” LMFAO!! Another helping of Mondegreen for **anyrose**! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-so-vain/339830/44 "2006-01-15T14:27:52Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > until I saw the lyrics i print - I thought it was “…wife of a postman…” I usually sing it as “…somebody’s boyfriend…”, but then again it was the Faster Pussycat version of the song that popped the thread idea into my head. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-so-vain/339830/45 "2006-01-15T15:50:02Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > I usually sing it as “…somebody’s boyfriend…”, but then again it was the Faster Pussycat version of the song that popped the thread idea into my head. I never heard that version, how much of a change is it? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-so-vain/339830/46 "2006-01-15T16:16:20Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > I never heard that version, how much of a change is it? Ohh, about as much as you would expect for a late 80’s/early 90’s hair band cover version. Check your e-mail. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-so-vain/339830/47 "2006-01-15T19:09:19Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > I usually sing it as “…somebody’s boyfriend…”, but then again it was the Faster Pussycat version of the song that popped the thread idea into my head. Hmm. I don’t remember that song in a Russ Meyer film with big-breasted women driving sports cars around the desert. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-so-vain/339830/48 "2006-01-16T02:46:27Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > I bet you think this thread is about you, don’t you? Don’t you? Oh god, another one… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-so-vain/339830/49 "2006-01-16T03:00:21Z")
> [@brightpenny](#): > > Oh god, another one… > :smack: 😃😃😃😃😛 _please interpret the last one as a spit take_ That actually hurt. Who have a good sense of humor **brightpenny**. Jim ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-so-vain/339830/50 "2006-01-16T03:01:25Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > 😃😃😃😃😛 _please interpret the last one as a spit take_ > > That actually hurt. You have a good sense of humor **brightpenny**. > > Jim Who should read You [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-so-vain/339830.md?page=2)