# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/41 "2012-10-09T15:27:04Z")
I heard it’s on the new migratory route. ---
**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, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/42 "2012-10-09T15:40:34Z")
Wait… blimps have a migratory route? _(Loads shotgun, places under pillow)_ ---
**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, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/43 "2012-10-09T15:44:42Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > 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._ See what I mean? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/44 "2012-10-09T18:40:39Z")
Believe me, I’ve been asking myself that same question for (checks registration date) oh, about 12 years. Welcome to the Straight Dope. You can check out, but you can never leave. Mwahhh ha ha. ---
**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, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/45 "2012-10-09T19:00:22Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > Welcome to the Straight Dope. You can check out, but you can never leave. But one can become banned. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/46 "2012-10-09T19:56:14Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > But one can become banned. 🙂 That makes it twice as hard to leave. First you have to get unbanned, then you have to look for the emergency exit that’s never there when you need it. ---
**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, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/47 "2012-10-09T20:01:58Z")
And you may ask yourself “Well, how did I get here?” Same as it ever was Same as it ever was ---
**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, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/48 "2012-10-09T20:37:12Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > That makes it twice as hard to leave. First you have to get unbanned, then you have to look for the emergency exit that’s never there when you need it. You guys are a bunch of regular Miss Sunshines, you are. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/49 "2012-10-10T04:39:40Z")
I stumbled in here in 2006 via the pimple thread. I’ve been here almost every day since. I keep trying to quit you SDMB, but you keep pulling me back in! _shakes fist_ Don’t worry, there’s lots to read. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/50 "2012-10-10T05:01:37Z")
About 11 years ago, I just stopped in here to take a leak. The urinal cakes smelled like sarin gas. Somehow I ended up chained to a mule for a month. Whatever you do, **NRayeMc** , don’t use the bathroom marked “Little Ed.” ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/51 "2012-10-10T15:29:47Z")
OP should be back soon. I sold him the \*\*\*Executive Level \*\*\* elevator pass. It gives him access to secret tunnel number 4. ---
**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 10, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/52 "2012-10-10T15:38:42Z")
He’s probably busy talking to Homeland Security and babbling about us. ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/53 "2012-10-10T16:53:24Z")
This place is really more like the TARDUS, wonderful, changing and that special word to remember … HELLO I’m a newbie too but I really don’t want to leave, nice playground. And the rest of the stuff is very useful, colorful, and OH yeh, nighmares Hello ---
**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 10, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/54 "2012-10-10T17:18:17Z")
> [@getitrite](#): > > I’m a newbie too but I really don’t want to leave, nice playground. Don’t get on the monkey bars. ---
**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 10, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/55 "2012-10-10T17:59:18Z")
Don’t eat the yellow sand. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/56 "2012-10-10T18:07:40Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Don’t eat the yellow sand. Uh, right. No problem with eating the rest of the sand. ---
**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 10, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/57 "2012-10-10T18:09:49Z")
Snow. Don’t eat the yellow snow. ---
**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 11, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/58 "2012-10-11T03:50:13Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > About 11 years ago, I just stopped in here to take a leak. Silly **Happy Lendervedder**..that’s what **Leaffan’s** shower is for! -D/a ---
**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 11, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/59 "2012-10-11T04:17:39Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > OP should be back soon. I sold him the \*\*\*Executive Level \*\*\* elevator pass. It gives him access to secret tunnel number 4. Secret tunnel number _four?!!_ Yike. We’re going to need the face shields. ---
**Author:** ![Stendhal\_Syndrome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Stendhal\_Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stendhal_Syndrome)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/60 "2012-10-11T05:34:56Z")
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