# Any Tips for Sneaking Around and Being all Ninja-Covert-Like? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 9, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341 "2003-07-09T22:55:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/21 "2003-07-10T03:13:00Z")
[Ninja etiquette](http://www.entertheninja.com/ninja_school/ninja_etiquette.shtml) is pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/22 "2003-07-10T04:29:34Z")
Oh well that explains it. I thought maybe to catch your buddys sister in the buff. Silly me. ---
**Author:** ![netscape\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8c91f0/32.png) [@netscape\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netscape_6)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/23 "2003-07-10T06:26:25Z")
[http://www.realultimatepower.net/](http://www.realultimatepower.net/) to illuminate about the real ultimate power joke. ---
**Author:** ![Publius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@Publius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Publius)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/24 "2003-07-10T06:44:02Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by dutchboy208_ > **When walking along upstairs hallways, stay as close to walls as possible, thus reducing strain on flooring and reducing floor creakage.** > \*Originally posted by Achernar \* > \*\*The same with stairways. \*\* Also, if the stairway is narrow enough you hould be able to lean over and distribute some of your weight through the bannister or opposite wall, so that it isn’t all focused on one creaky stair. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/25 "2003-07-10T07:03:19Z")
I guess you kinda asked for this abuse by usung the phrase Ninja-Covert-Like. You did get some worthwhile feedback, stay close to walls to minimize floorboard squeaking, wear black, no cologne and try not to eat chili the night before. This does seem to be the only logical fallacy that I’ve ever seen Q.E.D. post though. I know he was joking, but I just pictured someone lubricating a door with WD-40…hissss. WD-40 has an aerosol propellant which isn’t very “Ninja-Covert-Like”. One should use 3 in 1 oil, coincidentally manufactured by the same company, but you’d have to consider noise from the can flexing. ---
**Author:** ![Tarantula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Tarantula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarantula)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/26 "2003-07-10T07:48:43Z")
Dudes, you’ve got it all wrong with the “3 in 1” and the WD-40. Real ninjas _always_ carry a stick of butter with them - creaky door ? Not a problem, just use some trusty butter… Now you’re a ninja… Sweeeet. PS - **Netscape6** - that Real Ultimate Power website is gas. I don’t know how you found it… ---
**Author:** ![netscape\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8c91f0/32.png) [@netscape\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netscape_6)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/27 "2003-07-10T09:32:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tarantula \* > \*\* > PS - **Netscape6** - that Real Ultimate Power website is gas. I don’t know how you found it… \*\* a friend told me about it, a friend who happened to be a ninja! lucky for me he has not uflipped out and killed me, yet, i have some ghost storys ready just in case though. ---
**Author:** ![netscape\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8c91f0/32.png) [@netscape\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netscape_6)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/28 "2003-07-10T09:38:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tarantula \* > \*\* > PS - **Netscape6** - that Real Ultimate Power website is gas. I don’t know how you found it… \*\* a friend told me about it, a friend who happened to be a ninja! lucky for me he has not flipped out and killed me, yet, i have some ghost storys ready just in case though. ---
**Author:** ![Tarantula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Tarantula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarantula)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/29 "2003-07-10T09:42:29Z")
Does your friend _always_ carry a stick of butter with him? Apparently that’s the acid test of whether he actually is a ninja or not… ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/30 "2003-07-10T09:52:32Z")
The easiest way is to slip her the latest fad “date-rape” drug. Then you won’t have to worry about the door creaking. ---
**Author:** ![Tarantula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Tarantula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarantula)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/31 "2003-07-10T10:23:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eleusis \* > \*\*The easiest way is to slip her the latest fad “date-rape” drug. > > Then you won’t have to worry about the door creaking. \*\* That is way, way, waaaay, uncool. It’s all about the butter… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/32 "2003-07-10T12:48:34Z")
Be sure to walk only on tiptoe, quietly saying “Sneak, sneak, sneak…” all the while. No one will notice you. Or, at least, they won’t take you seriously. I promise. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/33 "2003-07-10T14:06:45Z")
Ok what you do is you first have the set dresser oil the door. Later when other people open the door the foley artist will add the sound f/x of the creak for them but not when you open it. Shouldn’t Ninjas climb up the wall and enter through the window? ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/34 "2003-07-10T14:26:36Z")
Pah! All decent ninjas float inches above the ground and ooze through cracks in the wall, obviating the need for doors to be opened. Poseurs. ---
**Author:** ![nahtanoj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@nahtanoj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nahtanoj)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/35 "2003-07-10T14:39:13Z")
The real important thing is to speak in dub. The further the words are off from the mouth movement the better. Nahtanoj ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/36 "2003-07-10T16:27:30Z")
If you hear someone coming close your eyes and stand very still. You will then be invisible. ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/37 "2003-07-10T18:30:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hampshire \* > \*\*If you hear someone coming close your eyes and stand very still. You will then be invisible. \*\* Ahhh . . . the old Bugblatter Beast ploy. Very good. RR ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/38 "2003-07-10T19:00:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by don’t ask \* > \*\*[Ninja Training](http://www.ninja-training.com/) \*\* Grandmaster Robert Law, teaching the Geijin ryu What a :wally Every one knows [Ashida Kim](http://www.ashidakim.com) is the one true Ninjer authority 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/39 "2003-07-10T19:00:50Z")
if that doesn’t work bring along a towel the same colour as the wall you’re sneaking by. raise your hands up high and hold the towel in front of you while leaning against the wall - you should then be perfectly invisible to anyone in _front_ of you… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341/40 "2003-07-10T19:18:31Z")
I strongly recommend KY jelly for door lubrication, although you’ll have to worry about the “tube fart” noise if you squeeze too hard… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-sneaking-around-and-being-all-ninja-covert-like/187341.md?page=3)