# How many would be scary? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 10, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-would-be-scary/476550 "2008-12-10T13:52:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-would-be-scary/476550/41 "2008-12-13T02:45:58Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Praying mantises I’d say about 33 of them. Because I’d probably step on a bunch of them by accident, and I don’t think I’d be afraid of them really. But when the numbers start to go up… ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-would-be-scary/476550/42 "2008-12-14T08:41:18Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > About three, depending on how many had Powerpoint presentations. :D:D ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-would-be-scary/476550/43 "2008-12-14T08:57:08Z")
> [@Ro0sh](#): > > I’d say about 33 of them. > Because I’d probably step on a bunch of them by accident, and I don’t think I’d be afraid of them really. But when the numbers start to go up… Or I forgot to suggestion something new! Uh… How about Doctors ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-would-be-scary/476550/44 "2008-12-14T10:36:42Z")
Depends on the kind. Evil-looking, dead- or crazy-eyed ? One’s enough. On the other hand, friendly, interested in your symptoms but tight lipped as to what you may have ? 3+ would make me worried, five or more and I’d go crazy. How many coincidences ? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-would-be-scary/476550/45 "2008-12-14T12:39:08Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Depends on the kind. Evil-looking, dead- or crazy-eyed ? One’s enough. > > On the other hand, friendly, interested in your symptoms but tight lipped as to what you may have ? 3+ would make me worried, five or more and I’d go crazy. > > How many coincidences ? One is co-incidence, two is bad luck, and three is enemy action. Chipmunks (non-CGI/non-singing type) ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-would-be-scary/476550/46 "2008-12-14T12:39:36Z")
More than two would convince me I was being set up for…something. How many squirrels? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-would-be-scary/476550/47 "2008-12-14T12:44:13Z")
100 red and 20 greys for a full-out blood-bath. Have we had jugglers? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-would-be-scary/476550/48 "2008-12-14T13:48:12Z")
Two, if they’re juggling around me. Ten if they’re juggling on a stage in front of me. Drill Instructors ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-would-be-scary/476550/49 "2008-12-14T14:28:38Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > Drill Instructors I’m dental phobic, so one member of a dental school faculty is enough to totally freak me out. 😉 Sea anemones [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-would-be-scary/476550.md?page=2)