# A man with a gun demands you entertain him - what do you do? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 17, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387 "2010-10-17T00:05:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/1 "2010-10-17T00:05:22Z")
You’re allowed one prop. No sex or violence. You have no chance of disarming him. If you are not entertaining, you die. What’s your act? ---
**Author:** ![Blut\_Aus\_Nord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Blut\_Aus\_Nord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blut_Aus_Nord)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/2 "2010-10-17T00:07:23Z")
Does a stereo/iPod count as a prop? Just dancing like a fool I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/3 "2010-10-17T00:09:32Z")
Her eyes they shone like a diamond You’d think she was queen of the land With her hair pulled over her shoulder Tied up with a black velvet band ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/4 "2010-10-17T00:09:52Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > What’s your act? First I will need the audience to close their eyes for 10 seconds for this trick to work. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/5 "2010-10-17T00:10:04Z")
Then, and _only_ then, do I resume my old profession as a ventriloquist. ---
**Author:** ![figure9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/6 "2010-10-17T00:12:45Z")
“Is this mike on? C’mon I’m dying here!” ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/7 "2010-10-17T00:13:48Z")
H.M.S. Pinafore ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/8 "2010-10-17T00:23:16Z")
Oh, shit. I need this kind of stress like I need a hole in my head. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/9 "2010-10-17T00:25:45Z")
Gun swallowing. Wait, I had a gun right here, can I borrow yours? ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/10 "2010-10-17T01:00:37Z")
My own gun. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/11 "2010-10-17T01:02:50Z")
I suppose any act called “The Aristocrats” would be in violation of the rules. 🙂 SSG (P) Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/12 "2010-10-17T01:06:41Z")
I act out the Gospels to him. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/13 "2010-10-17T01:32:32Z")
We could do _'Night, Mother_ if he’ll play Jessie. ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/14 "2010-10-17T01:33:04Z")
Can my one prop be a bullet proof coat like [this](http://www.slashgear.com/the-bullet-proof-coat-094234/)? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/15 "2010-10-17T02:00:04Z")
The Aristocrats! ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/16 "2010-10-17T02:04:52Z")
Does cooking for him count? Otherwise, I’m fucked. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/17 "2010-10-17T02:07:01Z")
No sex _or_ violence? Might as well shoot me now. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/18 "2010-10-17T02:11:33Z")
Jokes. I’ve got tons of 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/19 "2010-10-17T02:31:16Z")
I can’t sing or dance, so I guess I’d start telling dirty jokes! ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387/20 "2010-10-17T03:04:40Z")
My Ethel Merman impression kills. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-with-a-gun-demands-you-entertain-him-what-do-you-do/557387.md?page=2)