# Bad, bad, bad Beck ain't scared of no ghost! (My first night sleeping in the ghost room) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844 "2022-06-25T15:19:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/61 "2022-06-30T18:56:19Z")
What kind of heating do you have in the house? Any direct duct lines between your room and any other? I could hear my son through the ducts when he was talking, and our rooms are a floor apart and offset (he wasn’t directly under us). ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/62 "2022-06-30T19:09:35Z")
My breath smells like beer. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/63 "2022-06-30T19:09:52Z")
There’s duct running into this room. I usually kept it blocked. I didn’t wanna cool and heat a room we didn’t use. They’re open now. No telling what’s been loitering about in there. Hmm? How do you clean duct work? Now I’m worried. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/64 "2022-06-30T19:10:47Z")
Already? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/65 "2022-06-30T19:12:08Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > My breath smells like beer. > [@](#): > > **Norm:** Good Lord. That’s my boss, Mr. Reinhardt. > **Cliff:** That’s the poor sap, huh? > **Norm:** Cliffie, quick, breath test. What do you smell when I do this? > **Cliff:** Milwaukee. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/66 "2022-06-30T19:12:39Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Hmm? How do you clean duct work? You send in a small child, covered with Swiffers. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/67 "2022-06-30T19:14:17Z")
The little grandsons are round. They’d get stuck. The grandgirls will be here soon. Yes! This may work. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/68 "2022-06-30T19:15:59Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Yes! This may work. I foresee a future MPSIMS thread, entitled, “Bad, bad, bad kenobi\_65! (Or, how my grandwrek got stuck in the ductwork.)” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/69 "2022-06-30T19:17:33Z")
Nah, don’t worry. They skinnybones.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/70 "2022-06-30T19:18:27Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > “Bad, bad, bad kenobi\_65! (Or, how my grandwrek got stuck in the ductwork.)” Shorten that to “Bad, bad, bad kenobi\_65! (Or, how my grandwrek got stuck in the duct” - it almost rhymes. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/71 "2022-06-30T19:19:42Z")
I’ll tie a rope to their ankles. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/72 "2022-06-30T19:20:52Z")
Oh, crap. I just thought about the multitude of spiders that may live in there. Aaaaccckkk! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/73 "2022-06-30T20:15:02Z")
friends to keep them company after they get stuck! Win-Win! ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/74 "2022-06-30T21:15:00Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I just thought about the multitude of spiders that may live in there. > > Aaaaccckkk! You want those spiders. They keep the fly population down. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/75 "2022-06-30T21:40:46Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > auditory pareidolia I have this. It keeps me company because I don’t listen to a radio or TV day and night. The biggest sound at night is my blood pulsing through veins next to my ear. Really irritating some nights. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/76 "2022-07-01T15:59:13Z")
As any spelunker knows, feet first in to tight spots where you don’t what’s on the other side. I’d loop the rope under their armpits. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/77 "2022-07-01T16:53:06Z")
I was reading about the way they used to clean chimney flues and it would work. Gather a bunch of holly into a ball, tie it to a long rope and then load it into the duct work and push the holly ball with a very long stick, then pull it out again. It will bring pet hair, soot, dust and spiders out with it. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/78 "2022-07-01T17:22:23Z")
Mr. W says there’s a company you call and they bring this giant vacuum cleaner and suck out the gunk in the duct system. Seems a rather niche company. I mean it’s not likely any person would know or care about clean duct. And it’s not likely you’d ever be a repeat customer.l, if you knew. I predict they won’t be in business long…I’d better call quick.😌 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/79 "2022-07-01T18:14:28Z")
You’ll be surprised how much pet hair will get vacuumed from the vents. I’ve been in houses where my eyes watered and nose twitched when the heat came on. The dust or hair was triggering my allergies. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844/80 "2022-07-02T00:46:14Z")
Stanley Steemer does duct cleaning. And they’ve been around for quite a while. ~VOW [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-aint-scared-of-no-ghost-my-first-night-sleeping-in-the-ghost-room/966844.md?page=5)