# Ask the Guy who has become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 10, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691 "2003-09-10T04:40:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/1 "2003-09-10T04:40:06Z")
I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds. Hey, it’s a living. Any questions? ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/2 "2003-09-10T04:42:30Z")
What’s a day like in the life of Death? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/3 "2003-09-10T04:49:22Z")
Why are you standing on top of a dwarf? (Shiva reference) ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/4 "2003-09-10T04:53:16Z")
Does your HMO plan cover dental? ---
**Author:** ![Ferg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@Ferg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferg)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/5 "2003-09-10T05:01:57Z")
What worlds have you destroyed? ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/6 "2003-09-10T05:03:03Z")
What/Who were you before you became Death? ---
**Author:** ![Psalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Psalex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psalex)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/7 "2003-09-10T05:05:01Z")
Thanatos…may I call you Thana? Thanatos, have you any immediate plans to destroy WallyWorld? Cause, if you do, just wanted to let you know that the optimum time for massive loss of life is around the 3rd of each month, preferably on a Friday. Oh, and could you exclude the WallyWorld Greeters? It isn’t their fault. Thank you. Er… that is, Amen. Good luck. May the force be with you. Break a leg. Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/8 "2003-09-10T05:06:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by green\_bladder \* > \*\*What’s a day like in the life of Death? \*\* It’s dead here. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/9 "2003-09-10T05:06:54Z")
May I interest you in some Death Rays? I hear they may turn out to be quite useful in your field… ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/10 "2003-09-10T05:08:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GIGObuster \* > \*\*Why are you standing on top of a dwarf? (Shiva reference) \*\* You want I should let a dwarf stand on me? Hey, it’s Destroyer O’ Worlds talking here. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/11 "2003-09-10T05:10:00Z")
What is your horse’s name and what do you feed him? ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/12 "2003-09-10T05:10:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astro \* > \*\*Does your HMO plan cover dental? \*\* Yes, but the copay is ridiculous. You work your way up to a top slot like Death, the Destroyer of Worlds, and you think they’d cover whitening. But noooooo. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/13 "2003-09-10T05:12:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ferg \* > \*\*What worlds have you destroyed? \*\* Well, uh, none at the moment. I am _become_ Death, and the job description is Destroyer of Worlds. There’s a committee that makes the call on when I do it. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/14 "2003-09-10T05:17:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SlickRoenick \* > \*\*What/Who were you before you became Death? \*\* I knew since I was a kid that I wanted to be Death, the Destroyer of Worlds. So I got a chemistry set for my seventh birthday and went from there. I also worked all kinds of odd jobs, anything that might give me exposure to the trade. My first, entry-level job was as Uncomfortable Silence, the Killer of Conversations. I did some temp work as Something In Your Teeth, the Destroyer of Romance, and I had an internship as References to Uranus, the Killer of Intelligent Astronomy Discussions. I paid my dues. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/15 "2003-09-10T05:20:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Psalex \* > \*\*Thanatos…may I call you Thana? > > Thanatos, have you any immediate plans to destroy WallyWorld? Cause, if you do, just wanted to let you know that the optimum time for massive loss of life is around the 3rd of each month, preferably on a Friday. > > Oh, and could you exclude the WallyWorld Greeters? It isn’t their fault. > > Thank you. Er… that is, Amen. Good luck. May the force be with you. Break a leg. Whatever. \*\* I break lots of legs. I’m Death, tDoW. I’d destroy WallyWorld, but’s it a fictional place. But look at Chevy Chase. I’ve pretty much destroyed his career. I never did care for “Boy Meets World.” Try seeing a new episode of _that_ show anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/16 "2003-09-10T05:22:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by green\_bladder \* > \*\*May I interest you in some Death Rays? I hear they may turn out to be quite useful in your field… \*\* Nobody’s used those since the 1920s. ---
**Author:** ![Papaveraceae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@Papaveraceae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papaveraceae)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/17 "2003-09-10T05:23:18Z")
have you ever read Tanya Huff’s _Long Hot Summoning_ ? I think you are in it somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/18 "2003-09-10T05:28:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoe \* > \*\*What is your horse’s name and what do you feed him? \*\* I call him Pale Horse. Hell follows with me and keeps cracking that joke, “Pail Horse? Bet he’s got bucket seats.” Ever have a co-worker like that? Laughs at his own jokes, too. But it’s not so bad. Power was given unto me over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. So watch your ass. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/19 "2003-09-10T05:30:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Papaveraceae \* > \*\*have you ever read Tanya Huff’s _Long Hot Summoning_ ? I think you are in it somewhere… \*\* I’m everywhere. I’m Death, the Destroyer of Worlds. But I’ve given up on the bar scene, so I don’t get out much anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/20 "2003-09-10T19:10:55Z")
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