# Ask the Crazy Chick Who Believes in the Mythos **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008 "2005-02-26T15:24:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [February 26, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/21 "2005-02-26T22:22:26Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Oh, my. If I actually believed in the Mythos, I’d never sleep again. And never go into a dark room. Or a room with corners. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/22 "2005-02-26T22:26:28Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Or a room with corners. But I LIKE doggies! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/23 "2005-02-26T22:29:51Z")
> [@gobear](#): > > [Here ya go!](http://www.geocities.com/tribhis/cthulhutract.html) Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/24 "2005-02-26T22:31:43Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Or a room with corners. non-euclidian angles! cyplopean! gibbeous moon! Ayieeeeeeeeee! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/25 "2005-02-26T22:32:49Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > non-euclidian angles! > cyplopean! > gibbeous moon! > Ayieeeeeeeeee! Eldritch! ---
**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:** [February 26, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/26 "2005-02-26T22:37:09Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Eldritch! Ichor! Squamous! ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/27 "2005-02-26T22:48:54Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > That’s the only “mythos” I’m familar with. > > To the OP: > > Did you vote for Cthulhu for president like so many of us were comtemplating? “Why choose the lesser of two evils?” So do you simply believe the mythos or true? Or are they part of system of faith? Are you religious in any way, and if so, how do the mythos factor into that? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/28 "2005-02-26T22:52:15Z")
“2! 4! 6! 8! Who do we decerebrate? Miskatonic! Miskatonic! Miskatonic! RAH!” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/29 "2005-02-26T23:10:59Z")
> [@Hamish](#): > > So do you simply believe the mythos or true? Or are they part of system of faith? Are you religious in any way, and if so, how do the mythos factor into that? Going further, are you just doing this for attention? You do realize H.P. Lovecraft (with some help) made all of this stuff up, right? ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/30 "2005-02-26T23:34:24Z")
And if you liked the tract, you ought to pick up [A Shoggoth On The Roof](http://www.cthulhulives.org/Musical/cdinfo.html), a Lovecraftian production set to the music of a certain Broadway classic. “There are some things Man was not meant to adapt to musical theatre.” ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/31 "2005-02-26T23:37:07Z")
Heck, I’m going to fire up the DVd machine and watch **In the Mouth of Madness** and \*\*Re-Animator[/b–Ia! Cthulhu ftaghn! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/32 "2005-02-26T23:44:15Z")
> [@gobear](#): > > “There are some things Man was not meant to adapt to musical theatre.” Not that that ever stopped Lloyd Weber or Benny & Bjorn… ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/33 "2005-02-26T23:59:16Z")
> [@gobear](#): > > And if you liked the tract, you ought to pick up [A Shoggoth On The Roof](http://www.cthulhulives.org/Musical/cdinfo.html), a Lovecraftian production set to the music of a certain Broadway classic. “There are some things Man was not meant to adapt to musical theatre.” :eek: This might actually get me into musical theatre 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/34 "2005-02-27T00:14:12Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > “2! 4! > 6! 8! > Who do we decerebrate? > Miskatonic! Miskatonic! Miskatonic! > RAH!” Gooooooooooooooooooooo Pods! I really should borrow a digital camera so that I may upload images of my Esoteric Order Of Dagon ceremonial mask and vestments ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/35 "2005-02-27T05:46:42Z")
So, know of any good seafood places in Innsmouth? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/36 "2005-02-27T06:17:58Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > So, know of any good seafood places in Innsmouth? Everybody knows that in the eighties, the Gilman house underwent a kind of revival. They not only refurbished their hotel rooms, but added on a restaurant. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that many of the dishes were certified kosher by a local rabbi named Shattenhart. From that kitchen flowed forth an incredible mix of styles from around the world-from New England classics, to the cajun cuisine of the bayou, to Chinese and Japanese dishes which would do an Iron Chef proud. I particularly recommend General Tso’s Despair (breading, sesame seeds, a lemon sauce, indescribable) , The Flesh Of Dagon (a variety of seafoods, not only fish but marine plants as well, arranged in the likeness of a Babylonian fish god. Fires of Jamaican rum burn in the eyes, allowing you to cook your meal to perfection) and The Mountains Of Chocolate Madness (a splendiferous dessert consisting of more varieties of chocolate than I can list. It was almost more than I could finish. The whole thing is topped with hot fudge, chocolate whipped cream, an a chocolate-covere maraschino cherry). After eating there I have the most wonderful dreams in which, flanked by icthic guardians, I swim through sunken ruins and discover ancient secrets. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/37 "2005-02-27T06:25:29Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > After eating there I have the most wonderful dreams in which, flanked by icthic guardians, I swim through sunken ruins and discover ancient secrets. Strangely, though, all the next day he felt clammy and breathless, and had trouble seeing… ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/38 "2005-02-27T06:39:34Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Strangely, though, all the next day he felt clammy and breathless, and had trouble seeing… So you’ve eaten there? I figure it must be a reaction to the extra MSG or something. Wait a minute! That was your picture on the ‘Do Not Accept Checks’ list! ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/39 "2005-02-27T06:51:02Z")
You do realise Paul made all this stuff up rig…wrong thread. May I be eaten first? pleeeeeeease! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008/40 "2005-02-27T07:39:57Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Everybody knows that in the eighties, the Gilman house underwent a kind of revival. They not only refurbished their hotel rooms, but added on a restaurant. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that many of the dishes were certified kosher by a local rabbi named Shattenhart. From that kitchen flowed forth an incredible mix of styles from around the world-from New England classics, to the cajun cuisine of the bayou, to Chinese and Japanese dishes which would do an Iron Chef proud. I particularly recommend General Tso’s Despair (breading, sesame seeds, a lemon sauce, indescribable) , The Flesh Of Dagon (a variety of seafoods, not only fish but marine plants as well, arranged in the likeness of a Babylonian fish god. Fires of Jamaican rum burn in the eyes, allowing you to cook your meal to perfection) and The Mountains Of Chocolate Madness (a splendiferous dessert consisting of more varieties of chocolate than I can list. It was almost more than I could finish. The whole thing is topped with hot fudge, chocolate whipped cream, an a chocolate-covere maraschino cherry). > > After eating there I have the most wonderful dreams in which, flanked by icthic guardians, I swim through sunken ruins and discover ancient secrets. Damn, that sounds good. Perhaps we should schedule the next Dopefest there? (What would a “non-euclidian” angle look like, anyways?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-chick-who-believes-in-the-mythos/292008.md?page=3)