# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/61 "2005-01-28T16:51:53Z")
> [@SusanStoHelit](#): > > That would be a fantastic story, whether written or filmed. Kinda like the goose who laid the golden egg, or that Looney Toons about the singing frog and the construction worker. I know I’ve read several versions of that story–the only ones I can think of right now are _The Barbed Coil_ by J.V. Jones, and _Neverwhere_, by Neil Gaiman. But if I found the doorway … I like to think I’d be cautious and find a way to make sure the door stays open, be properly provisioned, etc. Only I _wouldn’t_ and I’d probably charge on through to fairy-land in my underwear with my hair in curlers or something. ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/62 "2005-01-28T16:57:46Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > 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. I’ll warn them to stay out of your sock drawer. They don’t really mean to cause any trouble, honestly. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/63 "2005-01-28T17:06:23Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > … and I’d probably charge on through to fairy-land in my underwear with my hair in curlers or something. I love this thread. Brings out the best in people. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/64 "2005-01-28T17:07:51Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > Bah. Can’t be worse than the Verizon coverage in Santa Fe. There’s one corner of my room - a dorm room, which is about 10X10 - in which I am roaming. I measured: That roaming area takes up about two square feet. If I go outside, and stand right outside that corner of my room, I am not roaming. :smack: I didn’t even realize that VZ had coverage that far west. After doing a little research, you are right, there actually are more cell offices in Narnia, than in Santa Fe. ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/65 "2005-01-28T17:07:55Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I do not want to get shagged by a faun, which is probably what will happen if I look like a dryad. That’s okay, I’d distract him for you… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/66 "2005-01-28T17:10:23Z")
> [@slortar](#): > > 1. Buy big spikey black armor and a huge sword. > 2. Hire a bunch of thugs. > 3. Invade. > > Take that, you loopy faeries. I’ll teach you to dance and frolic. :dubious: What do you people have against the Fair Folk? Did your pot of gold turn into a bag of leaves or something? ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/67 "2005-01-28T17:15:19Z")
> [@TheFaerie](#): > > What do you people have against the Fair Folk? Did your pot of gold turn into a bag of leaves or something? Would depend on the type of leaves, I expect, with this crowd. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/68 "2005-01-28T18:34:52Z")
> [@TheFaerie](#): > > What do you people have against the Fair Folk? Did your pot of gold turn into a bag of leaves or something? Prepare to be subjugated! More pixie dust for me! Whee! Wait. Do Evil Overlords ever say “Whee”? I can’t remember. Perhaps I should’ve said “Muahahahahahaaa” there… ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/69 "2005-01-28T19:14:57Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > I. Only I _wouldn’t_ and I’d probably charge on through to fairy-land in my underwear with my hair in curlers or something. Join us! Just as soon as we smash up \*\*CandidGamera’s \*\* camera. And TheFaerie, you are welcome to him. We’ll watch from the sidelines. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/70 "2005-01-28T19:21:44Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Join us! Just as soon as we smash up \*\*CandidGamera’s \*\* camera. Hey, now, I need that camera to record posterior… I mean, for posterity. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/71 "2005-01-28T19:23:19Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Hey, now, I need that camera to record posterior… I mean, for posterity. 😃 Eyes only, sweetheart. No record. Besides, how do you know it’ll even work? At the very best you’ll need a damn long cord. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/72 "2005-01-28T19:28:47Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Eyes only, sweetheart. No record. You’d deprive the world of the glorious sights beyond the wardrobe? 😉 > [@](#): > > Besides, how do you know it’ll even work? At the very best you’ll need a damn long cord. Oh, I think the cord’s plenty long enough. And thank you for the wonderful straight-line. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/73 "2005-01-28T19:29:47Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > You’d deprive the world of the glorious sights beyond the wardrobe? 😉 > > Oh, I think the cord’s plenty long enough. > > And thank you for the wonderful straight-line. You’re welcome. It’s not as though you needed my help, though. I think you’d be fun to hang out with IRL. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/74 "2005-01-28T19:35:45Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > You’re welcome. It’s not as though you needed my help, though. I think you’d be fun to hang out with IRL. True enough - there’s a straight line in almost anything, if one looks hard enough. And I don’t know - I suspect that my verbal repartee schtick tends to wear on some people’s nerves after a while. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/75 "2005-01-28T19:37:13Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > True enough - there’s a straight line in almost anything, if one looks hard enough. > > And I don’t know - I suspect that my verbal repartee schtick tends to wear on some people’s nerves after a while. 😉 Well since you’re in WV, I doubt we’ll ever get the chance to find out, unless I visit the Great Golden Temple there (or whatever they call it, the dome is done in gold leaf). Although I don’t think I’m dancing nekkid in WV. Not with you weirdos. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/76 "2005-01-28T19:40:47Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Well since you’re in WV, I doubt we’ll ever get the chance to find out, unless I visit the Great Golden Temple there (or whatever they call it, the dome is done in gold leaf). I call it the Common Sense and Practicality Memorial Dome. > [@](#): > > Although I don’t think I’m dancing nekkid in WV. Not with you weirdos. 😉 I’m told by local pagans that it’s actually an excellent place to dance naked. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/77 "2005-01-28T19:44:49Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > I call it the Common Sense and Practicality Memorial Dome. _snort_ See, this is what I mean. But you know what I’m talking about? (the dome) > [@CandidGamera](#): > > I’m told by local pagans that it’s actually an excellent place to dance naked. You start. Send a video. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/78 "2005-01-28T19:51:42Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > _snort_ See, this is what I mean. But you know what I’m talking about? (the dome) One assumes you mean the capitol dome in Charleston. It’s domey, and covered in gold-leaf. > [@](#): > > You start. Send a video. 😃 Oh, no. Don’t want to take the risk it’d go out on loan. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/79 "2005-01-28T19:55:36Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Join us! Just as soon as we smash up \*\*CandidGamera’s \*\* camera. Everyone knows that the magnetic field in Faerieland makes videotape useless. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940/80 "2005-01-28T19:56:21Z")
[QUOTE=CandidGamera] One assumes you mean the capitol dome in Charleston. It’s domey, and covered in gold-leaf. [quote=CandidGamer] :eek: No, this means there are two domes in WV that are covered with gold leaf. Years ago I went to a Hindu temple that had the dome in gold leaf, and the inside of the temple, too. I had no idea about the capital building. > [@CandidGamera](#): > > Oh, no. Don’t want to take the risk it’d go out on loan. 😉 Please? It’ll just be for me!..and a few friends. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-doorway-in-wardrobe-what-do-you-do/286940.md?page=5)