# "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:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/21 "2010-04-15T19:18:53Z")
When you dance with the devil, the devil don’t change; the devil changes you. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/22 "2010-04-15T19:49:23Z")
“Does Satan do the funky chicken 'neath the harvest moon?” ---
**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, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/23 "2010-04-15T20:07:24Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > When you dance with the devil, the devil don’t change; the devil changes you. In Soviet Russia, the change bedevils YOU! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/24 "2010-04-15T20:35:58Z")
Only once. I had to bring my own pail. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/25 "2010-04-15T20:56:25Z")
My wife and I are Batman! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/26 "2010-04-15T21:30:09Z")
I so wanted to say: I’m Batman. But it was inaccurate, so I couldn’t. Darn. ---
**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, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/27 "2010-04-15T21:35:12Z")
30 Yes/No and 30 Batmans. That’s a bit two-faced of us, don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/28 "2010-04-15T21:37:29Z")
I’m Batman and so is my wife! Anyone want to haggle? ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/29 "2010-04-15T22:18:11Z")
All of you imposters, and yet I happen to know for a fact that _I’m_ Batman. I’m posting from The Batcave! My manservant Alfred is here, even. He just brought me a lentilburger. He’s a champion, that Alfred. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/30 "2010-04-15T23:39:31Z")
I’m [del]Nightwing[/del] I mean Batman! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/31 "2010-04-16T00:18:57Z")
[I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQQ5sEOhbjQ). Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/32 "2010-04-16T00:34:14Z")
I danced with a lady with a hole in her stocking. Then I saw a man, he danced with his wife. After that I was dancing in the moonlight and everybody here is out of sight. Then I had to change into my Batsuit. ---
**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 16, 2010, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/33 "2010-04-16T12:01:04Z")
I saw you dancing in the gym - you both kicked off your shoes. ---
**Author:** ![halfliquid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@halfliquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/halfliquid)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/34 "2010-04-16T13:09:16Z")
No. But I danced with a She-Devil named Catherine once on a Tuesday afternoon in the rain. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/35 "2010-04-16T16:41:30Z")
I didn’t either, but I did dance a hole right through the floorboard; danced a hole right through my shoe! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/36 "2010-04-16T16:49:22Z")
Bet you didn’t know that “aim bantam” is an anagram of “I am Batman”. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/37 "2010-04-16T17:53:32Z")
once, but it was under the light of the silvery moon. ---
**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 16, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188/38 "2010-04-16T17:58:15Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > [I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQQ5sEOhbjQ). Does that count? Wow. He really, honest to Og thinks he’s cool, doesn’t he? And the little finger wag?!? Wow. [The real Batman has aged a bit](http://www.americaseagle.com/images/Rgq/2010/04-10/04-16-10.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-dance-with-the-devil-in-the-pale-moonlight/536188.md?page=1)