# Answering the door while naked **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 20, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735 "2014-12-20T13:55:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/1 "2014-12-20T13:55:29Z")
O.K., this is not some question I’ve been dying to ask for a long time, it’s just that everytime I skim the Thread titles and see [Answering the door while armed](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=743846), my brain keeps wanting the last word to be “naked” instead of armed. So, I’m posting this Thread to resolve the issue. Have you ever answered the door naked? When I think of answering the door naked, my first thought is the classic “Pizza Dare” scenario. If you do a search for “Pizza Dare” with safe search turned off, you’ll see that many people have made videos of themselves answering the door naked for an expected delivery person (often a pizza delivery, hence the term “Pizza Dare”). Often this is done with a staged “towel drop”: answer the door wrapped in a towel as if having just gotten out of the shower, then allow the towel to “accidentally” drop while digging through a purse to get money to pay for the pizza. Still there are many other scenarios for answering the door while naked, so I will include a poll. I have never done “Pizza Dare” type naked door answering, but I have answered the door naked for girlfriends a few times in those early stages of the relationship when you tend to start right away with sex when one arrives at the other’s home. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/2 "2014-12-20T14:03:40Z")
I think there should have been an “I have not answered the door naked” choice in the poll. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/3 "2014-12-20T14:12:25Z")
> [@rsat3acr](#): > > I think there should have been an “I have not answered the door naked” choice in the poll. I was thinking the poll would be more interesting as a “For those of you who _have_ answered the door naked, what were the circumstances?”. I suppose I could have made that the actual question. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/4 "2014-12-20T14:15:10Z")
If you’re a woman and you would like to count “answering the door topless” as equivalent to “answering the door naked” for the purpose of the poll, feel free to do so. I thought 10 poll options was sufficient. We can be as specific or vague as we want to be in the actual posts to the Thread. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/5 "2014-12-20T16:22:58Z")
Three poll responses so far, but none of them has seen fit to comment. Probably don’t want to trigger the “Pics or it didn’t happen!” response (followed by the “How _you_ doin’?” response). ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/6 "2014-12-20T16:35:20Z")
Fit young women are welcome to answer the door naked for me. Everyone else keep your clothes on. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/7 "2014-12-20T18:32:49Z")
Oddly, no naked door answering. I’m guessing a male-female split, but we’ll never know… ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/8 "2014-12-20T18:33:47Z")
Male, I’ve gone to the door in a towel because someone knocked while I was showering. That was years ago. I have a robe handy these days that can be quickly thrown on. I guess the obvious question of legality is a concern. Flashing a stranger at the front door might get someone in trouble. I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/9 "2014-12-20T20:59:47Z")
I would have checked “Other”, if that had been an option. Maybe that’s why there are so few poll responses. I’ve never answered the door naked, and never would, for a plethora of reasons, all of which seem perfectly sound to me. Feel free to guess what they are. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/10 "2014-12-20T21:12:00Z")
Male : never answered the door naked. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/11 "2014-12-20T23:08:09Z")
I live in a large apartment building and typically have to come out to the lobby to let guests in. I haven’t tried that naked yet. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/12 "2014-12-20T23:24:14Z")
I’m also thinking there should be a "I have answered the door naked as a prank to shock a **solicitor** (as in JW, door to door sales, or someone knocking for a politician.) They deserve the shock for interrupting me. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/13 "2014-12-20T23:47:04Z")
> [@rsat3acr](#): > > I think there should have been an “I have not answered the door naked” choice in the poll. there’s always a first time. ding dong ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/14 "2014-12-21T00:27:38Z")
I have not answered the door naked, even as a prank. I’m the one who would have to clean the vomit off the steps. No thanks. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/15 "2014-12-21T00:41:47Z")
No, I don’t want to be prosecuted for unattractive exposure. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/16 "2014-12-21T01:04:24Z")
I don’t even like being naked in appropriate, private, and even solo situations. I do not believe this poll is intended for me. I shall leave. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/17 "2014-12-21T08:29:16Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > I’m also thinking there should be a "I have answered the door naked as a prank to shock a **solicitor** Actually, the way I originally worded the “Pizza Dare” option, your scenario would go under that poll choice. There’s a limit to the number of characters you can type into each poll option. As I ended up having to edit them down, they became less detailed. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/18 "2014-12-21T09:56:40Z")
> [@rsat3acr](#): > > I think there should have been an “I have not answered the door naked” choice in the poll. It wouldn’t have been a real “poll” option then. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/19 "2014-12-21T10:09:17Z")
Not as a ‘surprise’ for a lover, but I’ve done it because a fuck buddy asked me to. Also I’ve done it just because I happened to be naked at the time the knock happened. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735/20 "2014-12-21T10:11:58Z")
I’ve answered the phone while naked. That’s as far as I’m willing to go. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735.md?page=2)