# How the hell did I end up here? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2012, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073 "2012-10-08T08:23:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/21 "2012-10-09T01:57:54Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I hate to be the one to break it to you, but there is no way out. You can check out any time you’d like, but you can never… I forget the rest. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/22 "2012-10-09T02:18:19Z")
There’s no way out of here, when you come in you’re in for good There was no promise made, the part you’ve played, the chance you took There are no boundaries set, the time and yet you waste it still ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/23 "2012-10-09T02:22:54Z")
Jesus guys, you are really messing with the newbie. Go get a beer or something. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/24 "2012-10-09T02:28:27Z")
Didja open another tab and just repeat the Google search you did before? Same thread should pop up. Or you can just start a new one of your own. If you wanted to respond to the originally found one, if it was old, we would prefer you start a new thread anyway, and maybe link to the old one if you really think it’s needed. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/25 "2012-10-09T02:35:26Z")
Sheesh, hope we didn’t scare him/her away! ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/26 "2012-10-09T02:38:22Z")
_We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical …_ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/27 "2012-10-09T03:38:25Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > _There’s no earthly way of knowing > Which direction we are going > There’s no knowing where we’re rowing > Or which way the river’s flowing > Is it raining? Is it snowing? > Is a hurricane a-blowing? > Not a speck of light is showing, so the danger must be growing > Are the fires of hell a-glowing? Is the grisly reaper mowing? > Yes, the danger must be growing, 'cause the rowers keep on rowing! > And they’re certainly not showing > Any signs that they are slowing! > uuuUUUUUHHHHAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!_ Watch out for this one. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/28 "2012-10-09T04:30:16Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Watch out for this one. …he looks normal. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/29 "2012-10-09T04:34:23Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > …he looks normal. Until…the drink was drunk! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/30 "2012-10-09T04:43:26Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I found a way out once, but I went back in to rescue someone else, and then the way out was gone… It’s not gone. I’ve kept one eye on it for a decade now, just so I could leave if I ever wanted to. It’s a lovely set of french doors with gauzy curtains. See? Right here in the conservatory, next to the antiq… wait, it was right _there_! Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/31 "2012-10-09T05:09:35Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > …he looks normal. Well, normal-ish. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/32 "2012-10-09T08:16:05Z")
But I _feel weiiiiiird._ Anyhow, this place is like the Navidson’s closet in _House of Leaves._ It’s bigger, and more twisted than it looks from the outside, plenty easy to get lost, and, for me anyway, lots of wandering around in the dark with no idea if friend, foe or an echo chamber is around the next corner. Bring plenty of food, fluids, and a shotgun. Well, maybe one part _House of Leaves,_ and one part _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory._ ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/33 "2012-10-09T08:20:20Z")
…Okay, looks like the coast is clear; I think we scared him off. Everyone can return to normal. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/34 "2012-10-09T09:50:56Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It works much better if you imagine The Amazing Jonathan saying the above line. OK - that cracked me the FUCK up 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/35 "2012-10-09T13:14:52Z")
I am the board stud. Don’t listen to the other craven toadies. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/36 "2012-10-09T13:19:55Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I am the board stud. A 2"x2"? 2"x4"? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/37 "2012-10-09T13:22:39Z")
That would be right. I try a witty response and get upstaged 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/38 "2012-10-09T14:57:14Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I am the board stud. Does that mean you get nailed, or hammered? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/39 "2012-10-09T15:01:37Z")
Aw, y’all. It looks like we scared off **NRayeMc**. That isn’t good. We need new blood. \ \ \ ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/40 "2012-10-09T15:08:26Z")
Welcome! I have to say: if you don’t find what you’re looking for here, you’re looking for the wrong thing :). Personally, it was Scylla’s “Horror of Blimps” that got me to register (hadda register to search). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073.md?page=3)