# "Did you ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 15, 2010, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188 "2010-04-15T09:26:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/1 "2010-04-15T09:26:07Z")
If you did, did you look him in the eye? Did you dance the poison out of your soul, and dance the devil back into his hole? Well, you better say never, because the dance with the devil might last you forever. Or, as Urban Dictionary notes, one could read the line metaphorically as being about taking great risks for a questionable reward. We could talk about that too. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/2 "2010-04-15T16:02:47Z")
I answered no. I feel safer, though, knowing that (as of this moment) there are no less than five Batmans (Batmen?) on the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/3 "2010-04-15T16:04:42Z")
I hitchhiked across the country by myself when I was 20. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/4 "2010-04-15T16:16:56Z")
I moved across the country without a job waiting for me when I got there. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/5 "2010-04-15T16:19:23Z")
I’m Batman. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/6 "2010-04-15T16:19:35Z")
I don’t know about the rest of those freaks wearing spandex and black underwear, but _I_ am the Batman. The real and only one. Black Knight and all of that. And just for the record, I am straight. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/7 "2010-04-15T16:26:05Z")
I am Batman. ---
**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 15, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/8 "2010-04-15T16:30:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I answered no. I feel safer, though, knowing that (as of this moment) there are no less than five Batmans (Batmen?) on the Dope. And now there are 8 Batmen, out of 15 responses, proving that a majority of Dopers are Batman. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/9 "2010-04-15T16:39:34Z")
I’m Spartacus! I mean, Batman. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/10 "2010-04-15T16:52:58Z")
I’m the one and only Batman, dammit, and if you say I’m not, I’m taking my bat cape and going home. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/11 "2010-04-15T17:06:57Z")
I voted yes. I’m not Batman, I’m the Green Hornet. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/12 "2010-04-15T17:23:28Z")
I can remember dancing on a balcony at a party with a very abusive exfiance … that works for me. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/13 "2010-04-15T17:37:28Z")
I’m Batman… and I can breathe in space. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/14 "2010-04-15T17:41:05Z")
I voted yes. I also know who put the bomp in the bomp bomp bomp bomp. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/15 "2010-04-15T17:42:39Z")
I am Batman. No wait – that’s Brian. Well at least I remembered it started with a “B”. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/16 "2010-04-15T17:44:53Z")
This poll needs an option for “I’m the goddamn Batman.” ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/17 "2010-04-15T17:45:50Z")
I am irked that the poll options are not public and that I cannot easily find out who among us are the Dark Knight. Ah well. I’ll have to go with Plan B. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/18 "2010-04-15T17:50:19Z")
I came very close to marrying a sociopath. I am now in the fight of my life to try and keep him from getting unsupervised visitation with our daughter. According to my lawyer, there’s a good chance the fight will last forever, or at least 15 years. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/19 "2010-04-15T18:41:56Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > This poll needs an option for “I’m the goddamn Batman.” What, are you dense? Are you retarded? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/20 "2010-04-15T19:05:30Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I am irked that the poll options are not public and that I cannot easily find out who among us are the Dark Knight. But then you’d find out that there’s more to me than that I live in stately Wayne Manor and, I’m like, a gazillionaire or whatever. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188.md?page=2)