# Fun things done to new people

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-things-done-to-new-people/33613>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 18, 2000, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-things-done-to-new-people/33613 "2000-09-18T16:14:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![relic\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@relic\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/relic_11)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-things-done-to-new-people/33613/21 "2000-09-20T04:24:04Z")

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Sorta related…  
Have you ever said to someone “hey, look, a dead bird.” and they look up? Heh, heh, happens more than you think.

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**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-things-done-to-new-people/33613/22 "2000-09-20T05:13:03Z")

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> \*Originally posted by screech-owl \*  
> \*\*Friends who worked in the traveling carnival circuit would send new hires looking :  
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> [li]light bulb grease (supposedly the only way to get non-working 10-watt bulbs out of the ride scenery)[/li][li]non-threaded screws (more commonly known as nails)[/li][li]tub wash (individual ride cars are known as “tubs” - just needed plain old liquid detergent)[/li][li]a left-handed monkey wrench[/li][li]the Key to the Midway - the carousel (it’s always at the front of the midway).[/li][/ul] \*\*

I can tell you are no 40 miler !

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**Author:** ![poppyp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@poppyp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poppyp)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-things-done-to-new-people/33613/23 "2000-09-20T07:32:36Z")

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We sent a newbie to another casino telling her that we had loaned them our wheel crank, (for the roulette game). The joke was on us, she was gone for the whole shift. When she finally returned, she had had more than a few cocktails and told us the story. Each casino, in turn, told her that they had loaned it to another casino, but if she could wait they would call around and see if they could run it down. Meanwhile they would treat her to a cocktail. Then they would send her to another casino. She must have gone to every casino in Reno chaseing that wheel crank.  
I think she was smarter than we gave her credit, she got paid for the shift, plus tips, and spent the entire shift, runnin’ around gettin’ a good buzz on. We loved her dearly, What a sport!

Ps: Remember a similar story about a spaghetti stretcher!

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“The handwriting is on the floor!”

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