# \_\_\_\_\_, 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:** 2
**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:** [June 27, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/21 "2011-06-27T22:48:42Z")
Ripping Customer Service a new one is _always_ gonna come back to haunt ya. And crocs are OK, for house slippers, or shower shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/22 "2011-06-27T23:48:56Z")
Telling a cop to kiss your ass. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/23 "2011-06-28T00:24:56Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Working with someone that you also live with/are married to… My girlfriend (who I live with) and I worked together for 10 of our 12 years together (she recently got a better-paying job), and we never had any problems because of it. I’d add going on vacations with family (as an adult). ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/24 "2011-06-28T00:28:54Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > 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? I agree with the bolded. (The boldening was mine). We recently had people go apeshit when I said something similar about people with facial tattoos and piercings. So, watch people come in and bitch at you for this. Call you names. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/25 "2011-06-28T00:41:47Z")
Air guitar? Meh, when the mood strikes you, who cares, let it rip. Air sax? Always a bad idea. Air flute or air violin? Even worse. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/26 "2011-06-28T00:51:15Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > Always a bad idea: [GOTO](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Goto) Well, in object-oriented languages. In BASIC and its various flavors you really didn’t have much choice. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/27 "2011-06-28T00:52:49Z")
What about suspenders and a belt at the same time? ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/28 "2011-06-28T00:53:08Z")
> [@sevenwood](#): > > 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. Couldn’t we just generalize that to “playing golf”? Oh, snap! Another one: saying “Oh, snap!” unless you’re 16 and it’s 1995. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/29 "2011-06-28T01:12:37Z")
Googling ‘blue waffle’: ALWAYS a bad idea. . ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/30 "2011-06-28T01:31:09Z")
Wearing spandex if your BMI is over 24. Gaging your earlobes if you ever want to work anywhere that doesn’t require steel toed boots. Driving after overindulging in alcohol or other intoxicants. Drinking gin with beer. Attempting to sugar your boss’ gas tank when she suspends you for three days (this actually happened to me. The guy wound up fired and faced trespassing charges when security caught him trying to get the locked gas cap off.) ---
**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 28, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/31 "2011-06-28T01:35:36Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > What about suspenders and a belt at the same time? As long as there’s no bow tie involved, it’s just good safety. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/32 "2011-06-28T01:36:41Z")
Blackface. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/33 "2011-06-28T01:49:21Z")
Asking a woman if she’s pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/34 "2011-06-28T02:02:11Z")
> [@Surly\_Chick](#): > > Sticking your dick in the crazy. Also the converse: letting the crazy stick its dick in you is also always a bad idea. Texting while driving is always a bad idea. Getting drunk and deciding to call someone for a heartfelt conversation, always a bad idea. Screaming at your boss about not getting more hours? That’s always a bad idea too. (But surprisingly common. I’ve seen multiple people fired after that) ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/35 "2011-06-28T02:10:19Z")
Going [commando](http://thedailyfix.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/britney-new-280_10416412a.jpg) in a skirt. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/36 "2011-06-28T02:14:33Z")
> [@CitizenPained](#): > > Going [commando](http://thedailyfix.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/britney-new-280_10416412a.jpg) in a skirt. Depends on the [circumstances](http://graphics2.snopes.com/photos/risque/graphics/queen1.jpg), I suppose . . . ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/37 "2011-06-28T02:25:58Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > Asking a woman if she’s pregnant. Agreed - one should _never_ ask this question unless one already knows the (positive) answer. Simple one: Leaving your tools on a latter… even if you’re coming right back. No body wants to wear your wrench as a hat. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/38 "2011-06-28T02:38:28Z")
I attempted to multiquote to list how many of these I disagree with and/or have done, then realised I’d probably break the board… The problem with the “always a bad idea” idea is time - it’s only a bad idea after the fact, at the time it’s a great one! So, “always” is incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/39 "2011-06-28T03:16:32Z")
Alligator felching, ALWAYS a bad idea. But there is a website. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056/40 "2011-06-28T03:54:48Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > The problem with the “always a bad idea” idea is time - it’s only a bad idea after the fact, at the time it’s a great one! So, “always” is incorrect. With regard to putting your willy in the wacky, I agree with this and might even go a bit further. It’s all well and good to say “Never put your dick in the crazy!” but the short-term benefits can be high. Now that I am happily married and settled, I find that whenever my mind drifts back to previous sexual partners (specifically in the context of thinking about _sex_, anyway) it’s just those few who were absolutely batshit. Very strong correlation, there. Of course, if the contraception had failed and any one of those were now a permanent part of my life, I would probably be a Don’t Stick Your Dick In The Crazy Evangelist. (And you really _shouldn’t_ stick your dick in the crazy evangelist.) Anyway, I nominate the Soul Patch as always a bad idea. Young man, _never_ put anything on your chin which is likely to call to mind the manicured pubis of a woman of ill-repute - except (in some limited and qualified circumstances) the manicured pubis of a woman of ill-repute. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-always-a-bad-idea/587056.md?page=3)