# Magic doorway in wardrobe, what do you do ? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 27, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940 "2005-01-27T16:39:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![enigmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@enigmatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigmatic)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/1 "2005-01-27T16:39:51Z")
You’re cleaning your junk out the way, open the wardobe and find a doorway to somewhere else, just like in the book. Fairly ordinary deciduous woodland as far as you can see, some small woodland creatures (don’t seem to be showing any sign of talking) doing woodland creature stuff. Do you 1. nail wardrobe shut, bury in garden, move house 2. call police/army/pest control 3. Go through 4. try and ignore wardrobe for the purposes of this thread ignore 1. Scale back usage of illegal herbage/consult psychiatrist 🙂 If you decide to go exploring what/who do you take with you and how do you go about it ? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/2 "2005-01-27T16:42:55Z")
Burn the f%cker!! Better safe than sorry, & look how much trouble the Human race has got into in _one_ Universe. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/3 "2005-01-27T16:46:33Z")
I’d like to think I’d go through and explore but I’d probably just try and ignore it … unless all my socks went missing then I’d probably have to go in and kick some sock-stealing fairy butt. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/4 "2005-01-27T16:53:17Z")
I would:[ol][li]Obtain rope.[_]Tie one end of rope to bedframe.[_]Take other end of rope.[_]Proceed through door.[_]Tie other end of rope to convenient tree.[\*]Look back.[/ol] You never know: the door might be invisible on the other side, or it might be set to close after the first large solid object has finished passing through, or something. I’d want to be able to get back.[/li] Then, I’d get my camping gear, set up a base camp just on the other side of the door, run a power cable and an Ethernet cable through, reconfigure my website for streaming video, grab the laptop, and voilà! Webcam from Fairyland! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Wing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/51bf81/32.png) [@Little\_Wing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Wing)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/5 "2005-01-27T16:54:14Z")
Go through. Definitely. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/6 "2005-01-27T16:54:47Z")
I think you’d have to go through. I mean, do you really want to pass up a chance to meet God? ---
**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/7 "2005-01-27T16:59:05Z")
I’d prolly call my boyfriend and maybe one or two friends over to the house so we could explore the new world together. Also so that I wouldn’t be trapped alone if the door decided to close after I went through. (That is, I don’t mind the idea of not coming back to this world, as long as I get to take along the people I’d miss the most.) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/8 "2005-01-27T17:00:32Z")
Or maybe---- [ol] [li]tie rocks to outside of wardrobe–make it good & heavy, so it won’t float.[/li][li]Fix door of wardrobe, so it won’t close.[/li][li]Hi **Opal**! Ain’t this fun?[/li][li]Get a rowboat.[/li][li]Row to middle of lake.[/li][li]Sink wardrobe.[/li][li]Watch lake empty like an old bathtub.[/li][li]When lake is dry, shriek threats at inhabitants of Wardrobe Universe–“Give me ALL your gold & gems, or I drop the damn thing in the ocean!”[/li][li]PROFIT!! :D[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/9 "2005-01-27T17:15:21Z")
I’d say, “Finally! I’ve been looking and looking!” Then I’d plunge right through. Why? Have you seen such a door? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/10 "2005-01-27T17:16:38Z")
‘Webcam from Fairyland.’ You are going to disappoint a lot of people who come to your sight. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/11 "2005-01-27T17:17:53Z")
While I like turkish delight, I don’t think it’s all that, so I feel confident I could explore safely. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/12 "2005-01-27T17:21:13Z")
I gather up some friends, break out the backpacking equipment, and head on through. Although I have to admit we would more resemble a squad of invading Marines than an innocent group of travellers. There is no such thing as “too much firepower” when facing the Unknown. 😃 Besides, aren’t there always princesses in need of saving in places like that? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/13 "2005-01-27T17:21:57Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#): > > ‘Webcam from Fairyland.’ You are going to disappoint a lot of people who come to your sight. Not my fault if they don’t keep up with the classics, is it? [sub]Er, you meant ‘site’, right?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/14 "2005-01-27T17:31:38Z")
Get myself a really big gun and go lion hunting. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/15 "2005-01-27T17:38:53Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I think you’d have to go through. I mean, do you really want to pass up a chance to meet God? Actually, I devote a considerable amount of thought to avoiding chances to meet God, every day. ---
**Author:** ![SusanStoHelit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@SusanStoHelit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SusanStoHelit)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/16 "2005-01-27T18:06:35Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Get myself a really big gun and go lion hunting. 😛 Watch it, those are my childhood memories you’re stepping on. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/17 "2005-01-27T18:15:21Z")
I’d pack up camping equipment and go through and never look back. Unless it was a really horrible place. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/18 "2005-01-27T18:48:55Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I’d pack up camping equipment and go through and never look back. You don’t have time for that! It’s not going to be there every time you open the door, you know! The animals will look after you. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/19 "2005-01-27T18:55:42Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > You don’t have time for that! It’s not going to be there every time you open the door, you know! The animals will look after you. If \*that’s \* the case, I’ll strip naked and dance across the grass! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/20 "2005-01-27T19:16:28Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > If \*that’s \* the case, I’ll strip naked and dance across the grass! I bet you’re gonna fit right in. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940.md?page=2)