# Ask the guy who lives around the corner and just likes to say things.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 13, 2007, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-lives-around-the-corner-and-just-likes-to-say-things/399929 "2007-04-13T09:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-lives-around-the-corner-and-just-likes-to-say-things/399929/1 "2007-04-13T09:34:17Z")
**because he’s so smart.** Yeah, you know me. You’re waiting in line at the post office and I start talking to you about something that doesn’t really interest you at all. I don’t respond to any real question of yours; I just start talking to you. But you can’t get a question in edgewise. You see, I know everything about everything; your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to get a question in edgewise, and make me admit I don’t know about something. Everything must be in quotation marks, because it’s just a stupid conversation that you have to put up with at the post office while you endlessly wait. So, I start: “You know, Morning Glories are going to ruin gardens within ten years I predict. Do you think it will be sooner or later?” ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-lives-around-the-corner-and-just-likes-to-say-things/399929/2 "2007-04-13T12:25:11Z")
“Morning glories have been around forever. They haven’t taken over yet. Say, is it supposed to rain today?” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-lives-around-the-corner-and-just-likes-to-say-things/399929/3 "2007-04-13T13:32:21Z")
This is more of a game than a “Ask The…”, so I’m moving this thread from IMHO to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-lives-around-the-corner-and-just-likes-to-say-things/399929/4 "2007-04-13T20:44:48Z")
[QUOTE=bluethree] Say, is it supposed to rain today?" [/QUOTE] It’s been raining forever. But you know, don’t let that bother you. More people die of bee stings than rattlesnake bites. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-lives-around-the-corner-and-just-likes-to-say-things/399929/5 "2007-04-13T20:49:55Z")
“A rattlesnake once bit my sister.” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-lives-around-the-corner-and-just-likes-to-say-things/399929/6 "2007-04-13T20:52:50Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] “A rattlesnake once bit my sister.” [/QUOTE] Did it become ill? ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-lives-around-the-corner-and-just-likes-to-say-things/399929/7 "2007-04-13T20:55:56Z")
“You know, if you tie a string of rattlesnake rattles around your ankle you won’t die from a rattlesnake bite. Or maybe it wards off cramps while swimming, I can’t remember. Or maybe both, I know I’ve never heard of a rattlesnake getting a cramp and drowning. Do you think if rattlesnakes had hands they might accidentally poison themselves chewing on their nails?” ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-lives-around-the-corner-and-just-likes-to-say-things/399929/8 "2007-04-13T20:57:13Z")
“I really don’t understand your Earthling culture. I am seeking assistance locating and repairing my interplanetary transportation device. I must mail this letter to your President to request departure clearance.” Sgt Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-lives-around-the-corner-and-just-likes-to-say-things/399929/9 "2007-04-13T21:08:08Z")
“Whiskey was used in the past to treat snakebite, and snake venom used to treat alcoholism.” ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-lives-around-the-corner-and-just-likes-to-say-things/399929/10 "2007-04-13T21:15:11Z")
" moose once bit my sister…" ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-lives-around-the-corner-and-just-likes-to-say-things/399929/11 "2007-04-14T01:23:20Z")
“Really? My sister once bit a moose.” ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-lives-around-the-corner-and-just-likes-to-say-things/399929/12 "2007-04-14T01:27:26Z")
I’ve heard the Poconos are lovely this time of year. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-lives-around-the-corner-and-just-likes-to-say-things/399929/13 "2007-04-14T03:38:20Z")
“Post random stuff!” threads belong, you know, not here. Hey, we don’t mind a few game threads, but we do want them to have a wee bit more substance than this one.