# House guests like fish go bad after three days

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-guests-like-fish-go-bad-after-three-days/747250>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 26, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-guests-like-fish-go-bad-after-three-days/747250 "2016-02-26T20:18:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-guests-like-fish-go-bad-after-three-days/747250/21 "2016-02-29T09:13:48Z")

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> [@the\_diego](#):
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> In one documentary on Dr. Joseph Mengele on the run, he managed to stay with a family in South America one whole year. Myth busted.

Some fish are bad to begin with.

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-guests-like-fish-go-bad-after-three-days/747250/22 "2016-02-29T19:56:48Z")

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> [@Grrr](#):
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> I have a long standing tradition. After family members have left after staying a couple of days or more. The very _next_ day is “me” time. And that ‘me’ time usually involves alcohol in copious amounts.

That may work better if you starte the day before, then continue until the day after.

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-guests-like-fish-go-bad-after-three-days/747250/23 "2016-02-29T20:45:13Z")

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We have stayed for a week with good friends. But we do our best to make ourselves welcome.

One time, we told our friends to clean out their fridge, because our first stop was going to be the grocery store and we were going to cook for them all week. Mr. S brought his espresso machine and provided coffee service. We took one or two days to go out and about by ourselves, and when we were “home” we often occupied ourselves with a book or something. And so on. Our friends told us we could come anytime.

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