# Cue Yakkety Sax... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-yakkety-sax/612315 "2012-02-09T15:54:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-yakkety-sax/612315/1 "2012-02-09T15:54:13Z")
Only in a [surveillance society](http://gizmodo.com/5883310/a-cop-chased-himself-for-20-minutes-because-cctv-confused-him-with-a-suspect)like Britain (and coming soon to the US!)… ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-yakkety-sax/612315/2 "2012-02-09T16:57:10Z")
That’s pretty damn funny. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-yakkety-sax/612315/3 "2012-02-09T17:28:04Z")
Great thread title, too. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-yakkety-sax/612315/4 "2012-02-09T18:09:42Z")
Next on “Benny Hill Street Blues”… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-yakkety-sax/612315/5 "2012-02-09T18:12:17Z")
This made my day. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-yakkety-sax/612315/6 "2012-02-09T18:15:45Z")
In a world gone mad, there’s still something to laugh at. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-yakkety-sax/612315/7 "2012-02-09T18:28:17Z")
Life imitates [SpongeBob Squarepants.](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=spongebob+squarepants+hall+monitor&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=998&bih=575&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=I64i3AV4-AL9CM:&imgrefurl=http://www.ovguide.com/tv_season/spongebob-squarepants-season-1-75886&docid=mSYdCx6cFuGNUM&imgurl=http://cdn.static.ovimg.com/episode/179446.jpg&w=392&h=292&ei=KhA0T_u1JIL50gGKx6CWBw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=337&vpy=251&dur=874&hovh=194&hovw=260&tx=125&ty=94&sig=117094475124572585647&page=1&tbnh=117&tbnw=156&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-yakkety-sax/612315/8 "2012-02-10T01:06:12Z")
I once lived in a small lakeside community. We had our own police farce. Residents were required to let them know when one was going to be gone for more than a day. I also had to keep reminding them that I worked evening shift so they didn’t wrestle me to the ground getting out of my car in my own driveway at midnight. Once while i was on vacation, my neighbor was having a party. He parked his cars in my driveway, so their guests could park in theirs. He was out on his deck at about 3:00 PM when he noticed the two officers creeping, in opposite directions, with guns drawn, around my house. He yelled at them that the cars were his before they met at the corner and shot each other. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-yakkety-sax/612315/9 "2012-02-10T04:35:04Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Only in a [surveillance society](http://gizmodo.com/5883310/a-cop-chased-himself-for-20-minutes-because-cctv-confused-him-with-a-suspect)like Britain (and coming soon to the US!)… Yes, the “surveillance society” is such a joke. Oh, wait… > **[Spying on Europe’s farms with satellites and drones](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16545333)** > > The EU uses satellites to monitor farms on a vast scale in Europe - and drones soon may be on the way. > [@](#): > > Farmers who claim more EU subsidies than they should, or who break Common Agricultural Policy rules, are now more likely to be caught out by a camera in the sky than an inspector calling with a clipboard. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-yakkety-sax/612315/10 "2012-02-10T04:45:10Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Residents were required to let them know when one was going to be gone for more than a day. Call me skeptical, but really? _Required_ to tell the police you were out of town? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-yakkety-sax/612315/11 "2012-02-10T07:41:37Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Call me skeptical, but really? _Required_ to tell the police you were out of town? Yes, it was a very small community. As I said, if I didn’t remind them I was wouldn’t be home before midnight, I’d get a call or visit in the morning, a “welfare check.” They had many strange rules. The community was on an 84 acre lake. One wasn’t allowed to swim more than 50 feet from shore. Once I turtled my sail boat, and before I could get it righted and back onboard, the police boat was there to tell me I could be ticketed for being in the water so far from shore. It had been a gated community, but they only manned the gate on Halloween. I had a party one Halloween and had to send someone out to wait at the gate to ok people coming to the party. A couple late comers were escorted to my door by officer DoRight with his hand on his gun. His partner, Barney, stayed at the gate. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-yakkety-sax/612315/12 "2012-02-10T14:27:35Z")
Informing law enforcement of your movements seems so unAmerican. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-yakkety-sax/612315/13 "2012-02-10T18:38:21Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Informing law enforcement of your movements seems so unAmerican. It was the '70s, I was young, I did what I was told, most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-yakkety-sax/612315/14 "2012-02-10T19:28:08Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > Life imitates [SpongeBob Squarepants.](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=spongebob+squarepants+hall+monitor&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=998&bih=575&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=I64i3AV4-AL9CM:&imgrefurl=http://www.ovguide.com/tv_season/spongebob-squarepants-season-1-75886&docid=mSYdCx6cFuGNUM&imgurl=http://cdn.static.ovimg.com/episode/179446.jpg&w=392&h=292&ei=KhA0T_u1JIL50gGKx6CWBw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=337&vpy=251&dur=874&hovh=194&hovw=260&tx=125&ty=94&sig=117094475124572585647&page=1&tbnh=117&tbnw=156&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0) That’s a great episode. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-yakkety-sax/612315/15 "2012-02-10T19:45:49Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > His partner, Barney, stayed at the gate. With one bullet in his pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-yakkety-sax/612315/16 "2012-02-10T21:08:29Z")
It sounds to me like the guy in the monitor station was pulling a prank. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cue-yakkety-sax/612315/17 "2012-02-10T21:30:59Z")
Yakety Sax is the bacon of video clips, it makes them all better.