# 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:** 8
**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 16, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/141 "2003-09-16T21:11:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Age Quod Agis \* > \*\*Are there any other behaviors that move someone up the list, and should therefore be avoided? > \*\* Some of the things that will get you moved up the list:[ul] [li]Asking me why I look “warmed over.”[/li][li]Making jokes about “the sphincter of Death.”[/li][li]Hi, Opal. (And about damned time, too.)[/li][/ul] _This message brought to you by Death, an official sponsor of the 1972 Olympics._ ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/142 "2003-09-16T21:17:45Z")
Hmmm … you should consider changing your user name to **Death Andy Stroyerofworlds** … I mean, I just don’t consider you (as Death) to be either (in reference to your user name). Of course, that’s me 😉 ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/143 "2003-09-16T21:27:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Satisfying Andy Licious \* > \*\*You want I should let a dwarf stand on me? Hey, it’s Destroyer O’ Worlds talking here. \*\* Why not club him in the head? ---
**Author:** ![buzzie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@buzzie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buzzie)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/144 "2003-09-16T22:13:35Z")
Hey Death, I’ve heard of people being close to you, and others even being at your door, but I can’t seem to find your house. Can you give me directions? 😉 ---
**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 17, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/145 "2003-09-17T18:12:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EddyTeddyFreddy \* > \*\*Ah, Death – have you mislaid your sting? > Do you find that these days you don’t bring > All those terrible chills > To those jaded with thrills? > Has your scythe lost its powerful swing? > \*\* There once was a lady named Eddy And also was named TeddyFreddy. She made comments blithe To the Man With the Scythe Who said to her “Better get ready.” _This message brought to you by Death, the condition to die for._ ---
**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 17, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/146 "2003-09-17T18:14:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ponder Stibbons \* > \*\*Hmmm … you should consider changing your user name to **Death Andy Stroyerofworlds** … I mean, I just don’t consider you (as Death) to be either (in reference to your user name). Of course, that’s me 😉 \*\* I ran that one by a focus group. They thought we said **Deaf Andy** and they ALL STARTED SHOUTING AT ME. _Death: When alcohol just won’t do._ ---
**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 17, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/147 "2003-09-17T18:21:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by buzzie \* > \*\*Hey Death, > I’ve heard of people being close to you, and others even being at your door, but I can’t seem to find your house. Can you give me directions? > > 😉 \*\* No, but I can send a car for you. Or you could stand in traffic and catch a bus. _Shed pounds fast. Shed your entire body. Try Death, the Destroyer of Worlds._\* ---
**Author:** ![buzzie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@buzzie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buzzie)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/148 "2003-09-17T19:57:45Z")
Another question. Why do you often come in 3’s? Should EddyTeddyFreddy be frightened? ---
**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 17, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/149 "2003-09-17T20:22:49Z")
If cats have nine lives, and I have a three-cat name, does that mean I get 27 shots at life before you can reap me? ---
**Author:** ![buzzie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@buzzie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buzzie)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/150 "2003-09-17T22:20:12Z")
And by the by…I was thinking of purchasing a convertable, but heard that they were a “death trap”. Is that so? ---
**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 18, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/151 "2003-09-18T18:43:37Z")
So, just what is the difference between a dead and live doornail? If any? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/152 "2003-09-18T19:12:29Z")
I’ve seen someone described as being a “live wire” but never a “dead wire”. Does this sort of discrimination bother you? ---
**Author:** ![buzzie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@buzzie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buzzie)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/153 "2003-09-18T21:43:21Z")
What is the orgin of the term “dead-ringer”? ---
**Author:** ![buzzie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@buzzie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buzzie)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/154 "2003-09-18T21:50:34Z")
What is the orgin of the term “dead-ringer”? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/155 "2003-09-18T23:36:14Z")
Does the proliferation of 1920s style death-rays increase your work load? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/156 "2003-09-18T23:56:54Z")
Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear? ---
**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:** [September 19, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/157 "2003-09-19T00:12:04Z")
**Death,tDoW** what would you recommend that fashion conscious people should be wearing this coming autumn (fall)? Is it true that some people die and go to hell before their bodies become inanimate (as was told in Dante’s Inferno)? Do you know the Valkyries, and could you get me a date with one of them? ---
**Author:** ![BlueMit11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@BlueMit11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueMit11)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/158 "2003-09-19T01:26:53Z")
Death: How do I get mayonaise stains out of a golden retriever (don’t ask for details). Sign me: Flabbergasted in Nantucket ---
**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 19, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/159 "2003-09-19T15:23:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EddyTeddyFreddy \* > \*\*So, just what is the difference between a dead and live doornail? If any? \*\* A dead doornail doesn’t scream when you pound it into the wall. ---
**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 19, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691/160 "2003-09-19T15:24:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ponder Stibbons \* > \*\*I’ve seen someone described as being a “live wire” but never a “dead wire”. Does this sort of discrimination bother you? \*\* I’d write a longer answer, but I’m on deadline. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-has-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/200691.md?page=9)