# \_\_\_\_\_, ALWAYS a bad idea **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 27, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056 "2011-06-27T19:49:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/1 "2011-06-27T19:49:31Z")
Some folks just don’t seem to have gotten the message, so we should have a definitive list. I will start: Bow ties, _ALWAYS_ a bad idea. No one can wear a bow tie and be taken seriously. Unless you are wearing a Tux and you are Tony Bennett or James Bond. If you are wearing a bow tie, brown jacket and plaid dress shirt, we need to order you out of the gene pool. Crocs, _ALWAYS_ a bad idea. Good Lord, what were you thinking?? I know, they may be comfortable, bit they are HIDEOUS. Neck Tattoos, _ALWAYS_ a bad idea. This pretty much insures you will never have a real job outside of…being a rock star or a tattoo artist. Belt below the buttocks, _ALWAYS_ a bad idea. I know this is fashionable among the hip, slick and slow-witted but you look like an idiot. Unless we are changing in the gym at the same time, I should never know what kind or color of underwear you have on. If you we going commando, you would arrested on sight. Have I covered it all? ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/2 "2011-06-27T19:53:54Z")
Long finger nails on a dude, ALWAYS a bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/3 "2011-06-27T19:58:51Z")
I think old men look cute in bow ties. Sticking your dick in the crazy. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/4 "2011-06-27T19:59:59Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > Bow ties, _ALWAYS_ a bad idea. No one can wear a bow tie and be taken seriously. Nonsense. [Bow ties are cool](http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh1rd2xRoY1qa6j6co1_500.gif). ~[[{:-)-8 (That’s the Eleventh Doctor wearing _a bow tie and a fez_, in case you were wondering.) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/5 "2011-06-27T20:11:11Z")
> [@Surly\_Chick](#): > > Sticking your dick in the crazy. _Now_ you tell me. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/6 "2011-06-27T20:13:14Z")
> [@Surly\_Chick](#): > > Sticking your dick in the crazy. The OP’s list is full of exceptions, but this one has none! ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/7 "2011-06-27T20:20:44Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > Long finger nails on a dude, ALWAYS a bad idea. Guitar players? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/8 "2011-06-27T20:27:11Z")
Lending money to friends and family. Heck, lending anything to anyone, if you care about getting it back. In the same vein, renting a house to friends/family. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/9 "2011-06-27T20:29:20Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Guitar players? Man, that hurts just to think about it! Maybe my nails are more fragile, but still… ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/10 "2011-06-27T20:31:18Z")
Pay Day Loans. Socks with sandals. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/11 "2011-06-27T20:33:31Z")
Letting someone stay with you, “just until they get back on their feet”… Giving your full trust to an active addict or alcoholic… Having unprotected sex, just this one time, because, surely, nothing bad will happen… Working with someone that you also live with/are married to… ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/12 "2011-06-27T20:34:39Z")
Using a lob wedge from 50+ yards out when you’re a 20+ handicapper. Also attempting to hit a shot through a three-yard-wide gap in the trees after you’ve missed a 30-yard-wide fairway. Trust me on these. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/13 "2011-06-27T21:10:03Z")
Having parts left over at the end of a home repair. Using anything lighter than kerosene to start a barbecue. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/14 "2011-06-27T21:12:06Z")
Crocs are a good idea when you’ve got to work in the garden and need something you can slip on or off at the front door without too much hassle. Crocs in public - then we might have a contender for the list. Googling your surgery before you have it done is ALWAYS a bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/15 "2011-06-27T21:12:21Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > Have I covered it all? Given the rest of your list, I was wondering where Mullet was. ETA: > [@kunilou](#): > > Having parts left over at the end of a home repair. meh ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/16 "2011-06-27T21:15:17Z")
Stirrup pants, ALWAYS a bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/17 "2011-06-27T21:22:53Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > In the same vein, renting a house to friends/family. A co-worker of mine has just begun doing this, against all my advice not to. ☹ She is now a landlady to her sister and her dumbass husband who got them kicked out of their old house because he stopped making mortgage payments on it after 10 years or so. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/18 "2011-06-27T21:26:19Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#): > > Googling your surgery before you have it done is ALWAYS a bad idea. On a related note, looking at the pictures in dermatology books… always regretted. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Violaceous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Miss\_Violaceous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Violaceous)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/19 "2011-06-27T22:33:19Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > On a related note, looking at the pictures in dermatology books… always regretted. > **[Never Do This](https://xkcd.com/860/)** ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/20 "2011-06-27T22:39:03Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Having parts left over at the end of a home repair. Also applies to home surgery. I disagree with bow ties as an example. Bill Nye wears a bow tie. Always a bad idea: [GOTO](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Goto) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056.md?page=2)