# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/101 "2003-09-13T14:24:08Z")
Okay so if The Death of Cats is off the Party list, who do you party with? Danny Elfman? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/102 "2003-09-13T14:26:08Z")
Do you have any further career ambitions? Or is being death pretty much the end of the line? ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/103 "2003-09-13T15:37:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Shiva destroys Ignorance as part of his job as well. Damn! It _is_ taking longer than we thought. So, does it bother you that when I refer to the Master of All Yogis, my wife bursts out laughing over cartoon bears? Is it true that all things exist within your body? Doesn’t that make you feel kind of slutty? ---
**Author:** ![williambaskerville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@williambaskerville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williambaskerville)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/104 "2003-09-13T17:20:26Z")
Was Robert Oppenheimer your immediate predecessor in the post, or was there someone in between ? ---
**Author:** ![Telomere666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Telomere666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telomere666)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/105 "2003-09-13T17:36:37Z")
I am having a party tonight. Copious amounts of alcohol will be consumed. Will you be dropping by? I would give directions, time, etc. but as you are semi-omnipotent… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/106 "2003-09-13T19:24:02Z")
Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. – _Emily Dickinson_ So, **Death, tDoW** , when you’re not using your carriage for hauling away poets, do you rent it out for weddings? ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/107 "2003-09-13T21:08:23Z")
What’s with the chess thing? I can just imagine the conversation: Bobby! Where is he?? REGRETS, MRS FISHER. HE LOST. That’s impossible! He was the best! SECOND BEST. He was so sure. Can I speak to him, or see the match? I AM SORRY. OBLIVIAN HAS HIM. AND LIFE-WAGER CHESS IS NOT FOR OTHER EYES. Did he try that thing with the knights he had hopes for? NO. HE PLAYED WELL, BUT GOT EMBROILED IN A PRAWN BATTLE TOO EARLY. HE FINISHED NO CASTLES, REDOUBLED. What?? Are you sure you know how to play chess? OF COURSE. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. I demand independant adjudication! VERY WELL. I KNOW THIS GUY WHO HAS ADJUDICATED FOR ME FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. ‘For _you_’? [sobs… breaks down] AU REVOIR, MRS FISHER. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/108 "2003-09-13T23:08:33Z")
Hey, **DtDoW** – do you radiate Art Deco style? ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/109 "2003-09-14T04:08:40Z")
Who approached you about starring in _Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey_ (and what a damn fine acting job you did)? What possessed you (_snerk_) to take a role in _Meet Joe Black_? What was it like tooling around in Brad Pitt’s body? And who’s inhabiting his fleshy shell now? What new prospects are you pursuing in your acting career? And isn’t your Pale Horse named Mortis? Piers Anthony thinks so (and _when_ are you gonna take _him_?). Speaking of which, do you take contract hits? There’s a certain outspoken homophobic Topekan that I need out of the picture. ---
**Author:** ![T.Slothrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@T.Slothrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Slothrop)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/110 "2003-09-14T07:11:37Z")
Oh. Good. I have been looking for someone to whine and scrape to. I’m like 54 years old. Is there someone you would like me to maybe rub out, as a favor, so it doesn’t look like your work ? in exchange for maybe 20 or 30 years of you looking the other way, wink wink ? ---
**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 14, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/111 "2003-09-14T15:01:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Waenara \* > \*\*What about Death of Mice? > > And why don’t you TALK LIKE THIS, IN ALL CAPS. I would have thought that Death would have a more intimidating voice. \*\* Just because you’re Death, Destroyer of Worlds doesn’t mean you have to be rude. “You can kill more flies with honey than with vinegar,” Mama Death always said. ---
**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 14, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/112 "2003-09-14T15:03:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Krisfer the Cat \* > \*\*Okay so if The Death of Cats is off the Party list, who do you party with? > > Danny Elfman? \*\* “The Death of Cats”? Is that a new band I haven’t heard of? ---
**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 14, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/113 "2003-09-14T15:12:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tapioca Dextrin \* > \*\*Do you have any further career ambitions? Or is being death pretty much the end of the line? \*\* “Death – end of the line …” Oh, we have someone here who thinks death is funny. Of course I plan to retire comfortably someday, though I’ll probably keep my hand in the game. Maybe I’ll move on to K Street and do a little consulting work or lobbying for the unsafe-sex, elevator-surfing or tobacco interests. I’d like to retire to a little cottage by the lake where I can still keep busy and maybe dabble now and then in roadkill. ---
**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 14, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/114 "2003-09-14T15:19:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by coffeecat \* > \*\*Damn! It _is_ taking longer than we thought. > > So, does it bother you that when I refer to the Master of All Yogis, my wife bursts out laughing over cartoon bears? Is it true that all things exist within your body? Doesn’t that make you feel kind of slutty? \*\* Slutty is as slutty does. Yes, everthing exists within my body – including the pick-a-nic basket AND the pick-a-nic table. Next time your wife says that, just start calling her Boo Boo. ---
**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 14, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/115 "2003-09-14T15:25:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by williambaskerville \* > \*\*Was Robert Oppenheimer your immediate predecessor in the post, or was there someone in between ? \*\* Oh, we’ve had a lot of people try to fill Death’s robes. The previous occupant of this slot was an affirmative-action hire. She was a feminist who argued that women were oppressed because depictions of death were usually male. (She got a thesis out of it. Go figure.) She claimed she was qualified for the position. But apparently she thought the job description was “Debt, the Destroyer of Credit.” So she maxed out all the company plastic. We couldn’t get rid of her during the Clinton administration. ---
**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 14, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/116 "2003-09-14T15:28:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Telomere666 \* > \*\*I am having a party tonight. Copious amounts of alcohol will be consumed. Will you be dropping by? I would give directions, time, etc. but as you are semi-omnipotent… \*\* Oh, yes. That’s my favorite kind of party. Be sure to tell my favorite joke: “I’m glad I drove – I’m too drunk to walk.” ---
**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 14, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/117 "2003-09-14T15:29:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EddyTeddyFreddy \* > \*\*Because I could not stop for Death, > He kindly stopped for me; > The carriage held but just ourselves > And Immortality. > – _Emily Dickinson_ > > So, **Death, tDoW** , when you’re not using your carriage for hauling away poets, do you rent it out for weddings? \*\* Hey, I _love_ that idea. If that doesn’t drive the point home to husbands-to-be, I don’t know what will. ---
**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 14, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/118 "2003-09-14T15:31:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shade \* > \*\*What’s with the chess thing? I can just imagine the conversation: > > Bobby! Where is he?? > REGRETS, MRS FISHER. HE LOST. > That’s impossible! He was the best! > SECOND BEST. > He was so sure. Can I speak to him, or see the match? > I AM SORRY. OBLIVIAN HAS HIM. AND LIFE-WAGER CHESS IS NOT FOR OTHER EYES. > Did he try that thing with the knights he had hopes for? > NO. HE PLAYED WELL, BUT GOT EMBROILED IN A PRAWN BATTLE TOO EARLY. HE FINISHED NO CASTLES, REDOUBLED. > What?? Are you sure you know how to play chess? > OF COURSE. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. > I demand independant adjudication! > VERY WELL. I KNOW THIS GUY WHO HAS ADJUDICATED FOR ME FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. > ‘For _you_’? [sobs… breaks down] > AU REVOIR, MRS FISHER. \*\* We held a focus group that found that young people today think of chess as old-fashioned. So in the interest of attracting and holding a younger audience, I’ve begun substituting the chess game with multi-player Diablo. I _am_ the player killer. ---
**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 14, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/119 "2003-09-14T15:46:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EddyTeddyFreddy \* > \*\*Hey, **DtDoW** – do you radiate Art Deco style? \*\* In a field with as much history and tradition as mine, it’s best to avoid the fashions of a particular era and stick with the timeless classics – hooded robe in basic black. If I went nuts keeping up with the times, you’d see Death with a weed whacker instead of a scythe. ---
**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 14, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/120 "2003-09-14T16:13:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \* > \*\*Who approached you about starring in _Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey_ (and what a damn fine acting job you did)? What possessed you (_snerk_) to take a role in _Meet Joe Black_? What was it like tooling around in Brad Pitt’s body? And who’s inhabiting his fleshy shell now? > \*\* I have to tell people “that’s just fiction.” You know how movies are – they never let the truth get in the way of a good story. Or a bad one, in the case of “Joe Black.” You’d think that filmmakers would be a little more careful about ticking me off, considering I get the last laugh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691.md?page=7)