# Hotel detectives? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 29, 2000, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-detectives/6816 "2000-01-29T22:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nekosoft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c2a13f/32.png) [@Nekosoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nekosoft)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-detectives/6816/21 "2000-02-01T19:37:00Z")
whc03grady: My mistake. It _is_ the single mix on Miscellaneous T of the original on the “Pink Album”. ## They Might Be Giants: They may be limp-wristed, but they recycle! Dojo. Casino. It’s all in the mind. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-detectives/6816/22 "2000-02-02T03:37:00Z")
House dicks pop up all over in detective fiction from 60 years ago. In fact, there’s one movie written by Chandler in which the house dick is the killer. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2000, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-detectives/6816/23 "2000-02-05T03:05:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Arken: > \*\*One of the jobs of the hotel detective in certain hotels was to make sure that men didn’t illicitly sneak women into their rooms for a liason. > > Now you pay for that by the hour. > > Times have changed.\*\* THANK GOD. Cartooniverse * * * If you want to kiss the sky, you’d better learn how to kneel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-detectives/6816.md?page=1)