# Angles are real and we walk between them **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 28, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434 "2012-12-28T22:42:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/1 "2012-12-28T22:42:42Z")
Well, they are. Like where the walls and floor and ceiling meet, or in the corners of doorframes. I’m walking between them all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/2 "2012-12-28T22:46:00Z")
acute. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/3 "2012-12-28T22:56:20Z")
i like the cut of your jib. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/4 "2012-12-28T22:57:24Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > Well, they are. Like where the walls and floor and ceiling meet, or in the corners of doorframes. I’m walking between them all the time. Beware the Hounds of Tindalos! They come out of the angles! ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/5 "2012-12-28T22:59:21Z")
Don’t be obtuse. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/6 "2012-12-28T23:03:26Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > acute. No, acute ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/7 "2012-12-28T23:05:39Z")
Way to go off on a tangent, people. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/8 "2012-12-28T23:06:55Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > Don’t be obtuse. No, obtuse is _safe_. The Hounds can’t get in through obtuse angles. _\_ ---
**Author:** ![gunnergoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e95f7d/32.png) [@gunnergoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gunnergoz)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/9 "2012-12-28T23:08:56Z")
Do I sense a degree of forced humor in this post? Need a laugh? Couldn’t get someone to co-sine that loan for you? Don’t go off on a tangent, come out and say what you mean, man! ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/10 "2012-12-28T23:09:15Z")
Keep an eye out for Brown Jenkin too. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/11 "2012-12-28T23:11:58Z")
> [@gunnergoz](#): > > Do I sense a degree of forced humor in this post? Need a laugh? Couldn’t get someone to co-sine that loan for you? Don’t go off on a tangent, come out and say what you mean, man! Don’t make me put you in the isoscelation tank. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/12 "2012-12-28T23:18:33Z")
I’ve always believed in angles. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/13 "2012-12-28T23:49:44Z")
It’s those godless bastards that live in dome homes that I pity. Nowhere to hang a picture even. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/14 "2012-12-28T23:57:24Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Beware the Hounds of Tindalos! They come out of the angles! Nah, the Rouge Angles of Satin are the ones you need to beware. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/15 "2012-12-29T00:04:15Z")
The kids are outside making snow angles right now. _sigh_ such graceful hypotenuse… ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/16 "2012-12-29T00:11:08Z")
What’s your angle? The angle of the dangle is proportional to the . . . . of the . . . . . ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/17 "2012-12-29T00:14:31Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > No, acute Go back and check again. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/18 "2012-12-29T00:27:40Z")
I always like to walk between complementary angles, because they say the nicest things. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/19 "2012-12-29T00:29:33Z")
You guys are positively dihedral. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/20 "2012-12-29T00:32:07Z")
> [@Hakuna\_Matata](#): > > I always like to walk between complementary angles, because they say the nicest things. That’s because they’re so congruent. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434.md?page=2)