# I have goblins in my pants, please Straight Dope, tell me a factual answer to getting rid of them.

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**Created:** [December 21, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-goblins-in-my-pants-please-straight-dope-tell-me-a-factual-answer-to-getting-rid-of-them/564951 "2010-12-21T14:02:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-goblins-in-my-pants-please-straight-dope-tell-me-a-factual-answer-to-getting-rid-of-them/564951/61 "2010-12-21T18:12:11Z")

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> [@Ghost raising rituals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-raising-rituals/564947/2):
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> Given the skeptical nature of most of the TM, I doubt that you are going to get polite answers to this question.
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> However, since you are looking for factual information, rather than a debate on whether ghosts actually exist, I am going to nudge this over to **General Questions**.
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> **NOTICE to ALL** :
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> The question was asked for a specific answer. Posting lots comments that there are no ghosts is not a legitimate response. If you need to make those comments, open a new thread in **GD** or **The BBQ Pit** and simply refrain from posting in this thread.
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> [/Moderating]

Looks like it was moved to IMHO:

> [@Ghost raising rituals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-raising-rituals/564947/19):
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> Actually, since I don’t think any factual answer is possible, and any answers must be speculative, I think this is better suited to IMHO than GQ.
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> Colibri  
> General Questions Moderator

But you have to wonder, did Colibri violate a mod instruction by stating that there was no factual answer within the thread?

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