# Loud noise last night

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-noise-last-night/522572>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 25, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-noise-last-night/522572 "2009-12-25T19:08:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![InterestedObserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@InterestedObserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InterestedObserver)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-noise-last-night/522572/21 "2009-12-27T20:15:43Z")

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Now if you can just teach the cat to operate the vacuum! 😉

I once woke up in the wee hours and heard this random thumping, sounded like someone pounding on the side of the house or something. THUMP! silence. THUMP-THUMP. silence. Etc.

I got out of bed and began creeping around the house, trying to isolate the source of the sound. I got more and more freaked out…WTF WAS it? I grabbed a big walking stick and searched the place on tip-toes, ready to bash someone.

Finally, I narrowed it down to my son’s room, and crept up to the door, flung it open all hopped up on adreneline with my war-face on, only to find a helium balloon floating up and beig knocked back down by the ceiling fan. :smack:

I grabbed it, took it to the kitchen, and killed it with a butcher knife (made me feel a little better) ⭕D

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-noise-last-night/522572/22 "2009-12-27T20:38:06Z")

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> [@friedo](#):
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> At least you didn’t name him Five.

He didn’t look like a five.

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**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-noise-last-night/522572/23 "2009-12-27T20:45:28Z")

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That would’ve scared the daylights (or nightlights?) out of me. So I agree with **Ellen Cherry**. And I think Boris is an awesome name for a cat. Extra points if it’s a Siamese. 🙂

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-noise-last-night/522572/24 "2009-12-27T21:25:12Z")

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Half points, he is half Siamese. He is a very affectionate loving cat.

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