# I'd like to kill my roommate, but I'm afraid just doing it once wouldn't be enough **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 11, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016 "2007-11-11T14:26:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/401 "2007-11-22T20:07:26Z")
Okay, I can wait one more day… I had a feeling that they wouldn’t be coming on Thanksgiving, but today I got a call from the officer who originally took my report. The videos show Dave, his girlfriend, and an unidentified third person cashing the check. Geez, if this idiot was going to rob a 7-11, he’d probably get his address book out so every person he knows could be implicated along with him. Anyway, tomorrow morning for sure says the cop. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/402 "2007-11-22T20:13:44Z")
So are they gonna get the girlfriend too, or was she just there? (An accessory?) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/403 "2007-11-22T20:15:56Z")
It better happen before I leave for the weekend…I don’t know if I can deal with three days incommunicado without knowing how it went down. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/404 "2007-11-22T22:21:08Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] So are they gonna get the girlfriend too, or was she just there? (An accessory?) [/QUOTE] Sure sounded like it from the way the cop was talking. I just need to find the piece of paper I wrote her plate number down on because apparently the other officer didn’t bother to copy it down when I left him a message about it. > [@jayjay](#): > > It better happen before I leave for the weekend…I don’t know if I can deal with three days incommunicado without knowing how it went down. I’ll let the cops know that **jayjay** from the Straight Dope Message Board told them to get a move on. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/405 "2007-11-22T22:38:32Z")
This is better than reality TV. I can’t wait until the bust. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/406 "2007-11-23T17:05:15Z")
[QUOTE=Amp] This is better than reality TV. I can’t wait until the bust. [/QUOTE] Maybe you will wait a while. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/407 "2007-11-23T17:06:24Z")
[QUOTE=neutron star] Anyway, tomorrow morning for sure says the cop. [/QUOTE] \*drums fingers on rim of _second_ cup of coffee ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/408 "2007-11-23T17:28:46Z")
Yanno, this is a wonderful metaphor for modern Judaism. Or for Millenial Christianity. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/409 "2007-11-23T17:34:30Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Yanno, this is a wonderful metaphor for modern Judaism. Or for Millenial Christianity. 😉 [/QUOTE] 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/410 "2007-11-23T17:39:47Z")
[QUOTE=Malthus] 😕 [/QUOTE] Just go with it. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/411 "2007-11-23T17:42:45Z")
[QUOTE=Malthus] 😕 [/QUOTE] AIUI both modern Judaism and Millenial Christianity are focused (more for the Millenial Christians) upon waiting for the (return of the) Messiah. Who will be here any day, now. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/412 "2007-11-23T17:53:02Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > Yanno, this is a wonderful metaphor for modern Judaism. Or for Millenial Christianity. It’s starting to remind me of something else… Poster A: Let’s go. Poster B: We can’t. A: Why not? B: We’re waiting for Dave to get arrested. A: Ah! _Pozzo and Lucky show up in the form of multiple hijacks. Then they leave, and the hijacks cease_ _ **Neutron Star** shows up._ **Neutron Star** : The officer told me to tell you that Dave will get arrested tomorrow. Everyone else: I guess we’ll come back tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/413 "2007-11-23T17:54:31Z")
**Talon Karrde** , so you’re saying it’s a drama in two acts? ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/414 "2007-11-23T18:15:30Z")
I still have the torches and pitchforks in my trunk. We can still go the posse route. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/415 "2007-11-23T18:19:59Z")
Yeah, we can cut him off at the pass. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/416 "2007-11-23T18:21:32Z")
[QUOTE=Amp] Yeah, we can cut him off at the pass. [/QUOTE] [Hedley Lamarr]Cut them off at the pass? I hate that cliche![/Hedley Lamarr] Robin ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/417 "2007-11-23T18:38:12Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] **Talon Karrde** , so you’re saying it’s a drama in two acts? [/QUOTE] Yes, but a tragicomedy, not a drama. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/418 "2007-11-23T20:20:51Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] AIUI both modern Judaism and Millenial Christianity are focused (more for the Millenial Christians) upon waiting for the (return of the) Messiah. Who will be here any day, now. [/QUOTE] That analogy only works if the Harrisburg PD is actually a hallucination that exists solely within **neutron star** ’s mind, and those who share his faith. I seriously doubt that’s the case. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/419 "2007-11-23T20:49:58Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Yanno, this is a wonderful metaphor for modern Judaism. Or for Millenial Christianity. 😉 [/QUOTE] I was thinking more along the lines of a Beckettian comedy, myself. ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-kill-my-roommate-but-im-afraid-just-doing-it-once-wouldnt-be-enough/426016/420 "2007-11-23T20:52:18Z")
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