# In the Valley of the Green Glass Doors **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 9, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734 "2003-06-09T22:49:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Kaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaf)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/41 "2003-06-10T13:27:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MLS \* > \*\*In this valley there are kittens and puppies, but no cats and no dogs. \*\* But your doggies and the litter can stay. Or you can play with ferrets, but no weasels. ---
**Author:** ![Meros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Meros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meros)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/42 "2003-06-10T13:47:35Z")
Rock 'n Roll is very popular in the Valley. All of the founders might very well have lived there. Bill Haley would fit right in, Jerry Lee Louis was quite highly regarded. Richie Valens visited the Valley once, unfortunately it was to take a plane ride (in a Cessna) with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper. ---
**Author:** ![earthpuppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@earthpuppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/earthpuppy)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/43 "2003-06-10T13:52:23Z")
There are no cinemas or theaters, but there are peep-shows with plenty of hoochimamas. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/44 "2003-06-10T13:56:12Z")
Iā€™m not too sure about rock music being allowed in the valley, but there _is_ classical music. Alas, no Mozart, but Beethoven shall be enough for me. And if you are disappointed youā€™ll fit right in, because disappointment is guaranteed to crop up in the valley. Disappointment, but never discontent. ---
**Author:** ![Meros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Meros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meros)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/45 "2003-06-10T14:02:22Z")
The interesting thing about the way the Classical Music works is that there is Classical Music but no Mozart, and there is Beethoven even hough the Romantic Period never came to be. ---
**Author:** ![Durinsbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@Durinsbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Durinsbane)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/46 "2003-06-10T14:04:43Z")
There is no winter, nor spring, just summer and fall. Yet there is sleet, but no rain or wind. There is no dawn, no dusk, no night, no, it is always noon! Halloween is the favorite holiday, while Thanksgiving and New Years arenā€™t even observed. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/47 "2003-06-10T14:07:30Z")
Thereā€™s rock ā€˜nā€™ roll, but no folk rock, acid rock, hard rock, or heavy metal. Thereā€™s jazz and reggae, but no country or pop; bluegrass but no gospel. Classical, but not opera ā€“ though operettas (love that Gilbert and Sullivan!) are performed regularly. ---
**Author:** ![Durinsbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@Durinsbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Durinsbane)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/48 "2003-06-10T14:09:51Z")
Sorry **Twickster** , but Sullivan and who??? ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/49 "2003-06-10T14:11:24Z")
Hereā€™s a timely issue. When it gets to be the year 2010, will the Valley disappear? ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/50 "2003-06-10T14:13:46Z")
**Meros** šŸ˜ƒ I guess this semi-double-post means Iā€™m allowed in the valley. Since guessing is a favourite pastime of mine that everybody in the valley enjoys Iā€™ll fit right in. Accurate guesses are best, of course. Posting, by the way, is frowned upon in the valley, though they have net access. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/51 "2003-06-10T14:18:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Durinsbane \* > \*\*Sorry **Twickster** , but Sullivan and who??? \*\* Um, yup, right. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Meros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Meros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meros)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/52 "2003-06-10T14:22:23Z")
How about Sulllivan & Hammerstein since Gilbert and Rodgers are out of the picture? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/53 "2003-06-10T14:23:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kaf \* > \*\*But your doggies and the litter can stay. > > Or you can play with ferrets, but no weasels. \*\* And rabbits. Or bunnies. But no hares. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kaitlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlin)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/54 "2003-06-10T14:24:16Z")
Fortunately, the Shelleys are popular, even without _Frankenstein_ or ā€œAdonais.ā€ Whoo. :o ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/55 "2003-06-10T14:41:04Z")
Roadrunner, but not Wile E. Coyote; Elmer Fudd, but not Yosemite Sam. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kaitlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlin)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/56 "2003-06-10T14:44:06Z")
Drat, and I suppose there is no punctuation, but lots of commas? And I gather lawlessness and Wicca abound, too! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/57 "2003-06-10T14:47:35Z")
At last, I think Iā€™ve figured it out. Does this mean I must give up my Macintosh for a Dell? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/58 "2003-06-10T14:48:50Z")
Welcome to the valley, **Max**. ---
**Author:** ![earthpuppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@earthpuppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/earthpuppy)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/59 "2003-06-10T14:49:53Z")
As long as it says ā€œAppleā€ you should be ok. ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734/60 "2003-06-10T14:59:55Z")
In the valley there are no Iraquis or Americans, but there is a Baā€™athist party, whose followers are mostly Russian. Saddam Hussein is well known for his tyrannical ways, but Adolf Hitler has no place in the school books. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-valley-of-the-green-glass-doors/180734.md?page=4)