# More things that always mean trouble **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 4, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399 "2011-08-04T00:54:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/1 "2011-08-04T00:54:40Z")
A new sun/ planet/ moon/ battlestation appears in the sky. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/2 "2011-08-04T01:27:18Z")
A stranger rides into town. All the women in town give birth on the same day. The lights go out and there’s a noise in the basement. You’re challenged to a drag race. You fall in love with a girl with a girl connected to a rival family/gang. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/3 "2011-08-04T01:33:32Z")
You mess around with Jim. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/4 "2011-08-04T02:21:01Z")
Everything goes quiet… too quiet. Somebody says, “what else could go wrong?” ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/5 "2011-08-04T02:21:11Z")
The streets are empty. You get a nosebleed. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/6 "2011-08-04T02:26:00Z")
A phone call, or a knock on the door. In the middle of the night. Don’t answer!!! ---
**Author:** ![punch\_line\_loser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e7dd6/32.png) [@punch\_line\_loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/punch_line_loser)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/7 "2011-08-04T02:28:06Z")
Your friend tells you to get some sleep and that they’ll stay up and keep watch. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/8 "2011-08-04T02:45:50Z")
You and your friends split up to search You are standing on the corner minding your own business ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/9 "2011-08-04T03:08:59Z")
That shadowy guy in the corner keeps staringg at you. He pretends not to be when you look in his direction, but he’s lookin’. No doubt about it. ---
**Author:** ![punch\_line\_loser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e7dd6/32.png) [@punch\_line\_loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/punch_line_loser)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/10 "2011-08-04T03:10:53Z")
After an awkward encounter in the street, the handsome fellow who just accidentally splashed a puddle on you lets his laugh trail off slowly, looks you straight in the eyes, extends his hand, and tells you his name. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/11 "2011-08-04T03:14:40Z")
You’ve got just one more day to go before you retire (or get rotated back home). ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/12 "2011-08-04T03:15:19Z")
“C’mon, just take a hit…” ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/13 "2011-08-04T03:16:03Z")
A hot dame with a sexy 1940s style hair do, wearing stilettos, walks into your office and looks at you with eyes that would melt the paint off a Cadillac. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/14 "2011-08-04T03:18:58Z")
When someone says, “Don’t worry. I know what I’m doing.” ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/15 "2011-08-04T03:38:41Z")
There’s a sound of thunder, but no lightning. Someone says, “I’ll be right back.” You rest your eyes, for just a minute… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/16 "2011-08-04T04:00:05Z")
Everything’s in black and white and you hear this music going “DOO doo doo doo DOO doo doo doo . . .” ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/17 "2011-08-04T04:00:56Z")
You turn off the TV, and it turns back on. ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/18 "2011-08-04T04:08:48Z")
Check out these strange eggs/seeds/pods I found… ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/19 "2011-08-04T04:54:25Z")
A friend dismisses your fears about a bad thing happening because ‘come on, this isn’t a movie!’ ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/20 "2011-08-04T05:08:09Z")
The phone rings and when you answer there is silence on the other end, or static. Florescent lights flickering badly in a dim hallway. In a movie, if there’s a black US president, then some kind of worldwide disaster is going to happen. (see Deep Impact, The Fifth Element, 2012, etc.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399.md?page=2)