# Could I crash at your place for a while? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 4, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972 "2008-04-04T19:20:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/1 "2008-04-04T19:20:12Z")
Just a week or two, tops. I know you don’t really know me, but I’ve been posting here for a while now so I’m not _exactly_ a stranger. How 'bout it? (the couch would be fine) ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/2 "2008-04-04T19:23:20Z")
No way. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/3 "2008-04-04T19:24:56Z")
Sure, but you’re going to have to bring beer and hookers. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/4 "2008-04-04T19:29:02Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Sure, but you’re going to have to bring beer and hookers. [/QUOTE] Heh. I prefer blow and hookers, YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/5 "2008-04-04T19:29:57Z")
[QUOTE=Litoris] Heh. I prefer blow and hookers, YMMV. [/QUOTE] I don’t think this is going to work out, then. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/6 "2008-04-04T19:43:31Z")
[QUOTE=scout1222] No way. [/QUOTE] Wow. How can you be so sure? You don’t even _know_ me! ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/7 "2008-04-04T19:44:43Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Sure, but you’re going to have to bring beer and hookers. [/QUOTE] Do dead hookers in the trunk count? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/8 "2008-04-04T19:46:32Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Do dead hookers in the trunk count? [/QUOTE] On a 3-1 ratio. Better have a big trunk. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/9 "2008-04-04T19:46:34Z")
Sure, I’ve been looking for a way to cut back on masturbating. You might have to sponge off the couch first though. ---
**Author:** ![Kalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@Kalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalypso)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/10 "2008-04-04T19:47:52Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Just a week or two, tops. I know you don’t really know me, but I’ve been posting here for a while now so I’m not _exactly_ a stranger. How 'bout it? (the couch would be fine) [/QUOTE] _looks at profile_ _looks at posts by Winston Smith_ You look pretty harmless. Based on preliminary information and if it weren’t for the fact that we have a roommate I’d probably let you stay a week, tops. If I were actually considering it I’d scrutinize you harder than a one minute glance at previous posts. I’d feel better about it if we had had off-board communication in the past via email or IM. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/11 "2008-04-04T19:49:06Z")
How do you feel about dogs? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/12 "2008-04-04T19:49:58Z")
Is this for cereal (serious.)? I’d have to ask my apartment-mates, but I’m sure between me and **tdn** that we could work something out. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/13 "2008-04-04T19:50:20Z")
I have no couch. Are you willing to sleep on the floor. I don’t allow cooking of meat, any type of smoking, drinking or sex at my place. If you agree to all that, fine ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/14 "2008-04-04T19:51:48Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] I have no couch. Are you willing to sleep on the floor. I don’t allow cooking of meat, any type of smoking, drinking or sex at my place. If you agree to all that, fine [/QUOTE] Holy shit, you live in Hell? I never knew that. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/15 "2008-04-04T19:52:40Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] How do you feel about dogs? [/QUOTE] I have nothing against them, as a species, though I do prefer the kind that don’t bite me. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/16 "2008-04-04T19:55:51Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Holy shit, you live in Hell? I never knew that. [/QUOTE] 😃 Awesome response ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/17 "2008-04-04T19:56:26Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] I don’t allow cooking of meat, any type of smoking, drinking or sex at my place. [/QUOTE] You sound like a hell of a fun date. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/18 "2008-04-04T19:59:36Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] I have no couch. Are you willing to sleep on the floor. I don’t allow cooking of meat, any type of smoking, drinking or sex at my place. If you agree to all that, fine [/QUOTE] I’d be totally cool with that. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/19 "2008-04-04T20:00:39Z")
[QUOTE=Kalypso] _looks at profile_ _looks at posts by Winston Smith_ You look pretty harmless. Based on preliminary information and if it weren’t for the fact that we have a roommate I’d probably let you stay a week, tops. If I were actually considering it I’d scrutinize you harder than a one minute glance at previous posts. I’d feel better about it if we had had off-board communication in the past via email or IM. [/QUOTE] I’m safer than Craigslist. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972/20 "2008-04-04T20:03:42Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] I’m safer than Craigslist. [/QUOTE] Is that a recommendation? Or are you just saying that you’re safer than an axe-wielding homicidal maniac? [Obligatory link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=461749) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-crash-at-your-place-for-a-while/443972.md?page=2)