# I Am Getting A Wheelchair **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110 "2012-03-29T01:45:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/41 "2012-03-30T14:47:17Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > OMG. Can I . . . > > Oh, wait, I’m married. Well, it was a nice moment. And I can no longer function in that regard, but thank _you._ ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/42 "2012-03-30T15:00:00Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > “mien fuher, I can walk!” > If I do say so myself, I do a damn fine Dr. Stranglove voice. I’d have to get my hands on a white wig. Just an aside. If you haven’t seen the Peter Sellers movie Being There, you really need to. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/43 "2012-03-30T15:04:14Z")
I vote Death Star. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/44 "2012-03-30T15:06:53Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Just an aside. If you haven’t seen the Peter Sellers movie Being There, you really need to. I love that film. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/45 "2012-03-30T15:53:37Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Davros! He should go as a small Swiss town? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/46 "2012-03-30T19:33:20Z")
The supplier just had a gentleman bring a test model. Fantastic! Fit through all the doors and into the kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/47 "2012-03-31T02:20:18Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > …or would be able to see the pattern on the bottom, anyway.) Now _that_ would be an interesting costume. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/48 "2012-03-31T11:52:16Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > He should go as a small Swiss town? 😕 Davros was the inventor of the Daleks. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/49 "2012-03-31T13:08:43Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Very sorry to hear that. > > Davros! Great minds think alike (#19 above 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/50 "2012-04-01T02:39:24Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Davros was the inventor of the Daleks. Was being a smart-ass. Davos is that Swiss town they keep holding the meetings. 😃 (I did have to look up Davros though.) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/51 "2012-04-01T03:24:55Z")
Will you give me a backer home from the pub in Rocky River? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/52 "2012-04-01T03:27:28Z")
Ironsides? Anyone? Anyone? Or you could go all out and be Marty McFly and make the chair into a DeLorean. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/53 "2012-04-01T08:11:13Z")
Davros would require a lot of makeup. The Phantom however. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/54 "2012-04-01T09:20:18Z")
The Purim after his accident, my brother dressed up as [Sheikh Ahmed Yassin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Yassin). Since then, he’s just dressed up as whatever he wanted - for instance, this year he was Freddy Mercury (in a Wheelchair). ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/55 "2012-04-01T09:42:10Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Will you give me a backer home from the pub in Rocky River? 🙂 Sadly The Pub is under a new name. What is a “backer”? if I have one it’s yours. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/56 "2012-04-01T14:07:53Z")
I’m sorry you’re at the point of needing the wheelchair, but the costume possibilities are so endless that I think I’m a little bit jealous. I say you extend the top of the chair so it’s really tall, black, and ominous, then get a fluffy white cat, and go as a generic supervillain. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/57 "2012-04-01T14:44:43Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > Sadly The Pub is under a new name. > > What is a “backer”? > > if I have one it’s yours. Well on a bike, it’s when you or your compadre rides on the back while your friend pedals. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/58 "2012-04-01T18:20:29Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Well on a bike, it’s when you or your compadre rides on the back while your friend pedals. Maybe you can ride the back of my wheelchair? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/59 "2012-04-01T18:55:33Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > Maybe you can ride the back of my wheelchair? > > 😃 Yep that’s the plan. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110/60 "2012-04-01T19:25:16Z")
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