# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/21 "2011-08-04T05:16:27Z")
You only bring a knife to a gun fight. ---
**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, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/22 "2011-08-04T05:16:41Z")
When someone says, “Don’t worry. The gun isn’t loaded.” Actually any response that starts with the phrase, “Don’t worry.” or “We have everything under control.” ---
**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, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/23 "2011-08-04T05:22:03Z")
The dog starts to whine. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/24 "2011-08-04T05:25:08Z")
Indian burial grounds. You’re ticking and you don’t know why. ---
**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, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/25 "2011-08-04T05:29:25Z")
You home alone watching a scary movie; you get scared so you try to turn it off. When the T.V. won’t turn off, you go to unplug it and see…It’s not even plugged in!!:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/26 "2011-08-04T05:46:34Z")
After your failed scientific experiment you notice a lot of itching. You walk into a lab and it has lots of J[acob’s Ladders](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/29/Jacobs_Ladder_HM.jpg) or [Tesla coils](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Lightning_simulator_questacon02.jpg). Or you hear Theramin music in the background. ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/27 "2011-08-04T05:49:28Z")
You’re the only crewman wearing a red shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/28 "2011-08-04T05:50:10Z")
A town has perfectly normal weather for the time of year. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/29 "2011-08-04T05:52:18Z")
You fall off a pier/out of a boat/off your waterskis. Bonus points if your SO is watching from the shore/boat. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/30 "2011-08-04T05:58:31Z")
“Trust me, I’m a doctor.” “The old man just sat in the rocking chair . . . rocking . . . rocking . . . and nobody noticed the smell of death.” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/31 "2011-08-04T06:26:05Z")
“Trust me.” ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/32 "2011-08-04T06:55:11Z")
The cat jumps out and after a moment of shock you are fully relaxed. Your group enters a new location. Someone in the group has a strong resemblance to someone in an old photograph taken at that location. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/33 "2011-08-04T07:13:29Z")
It’s foggy. A meteorite falls to earth near town. “There’s no such thing as -” ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/34 "2011-08-04T07:37:20Z")
Everyone’s watches stop at exactly the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/35 "2011-08-04T07:38:00Z")
Someone new moves into that creepy old house up on the hill. ---
**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, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/36 "2011-08-04T08:47:33Z")
“We’ve got all the time in the world.” ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/37 "2011-08-04T10:29:02Z")
Sorry - wrong thread. ---
**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, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/38 "2011-08-04T10:34:19Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Someone new moves into that creepy old house up on the hill. There’s a creepy old house up on the hill… ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/39 "2011-08-04T10:41:05Z")
You find your pet rabbit in a saucepan. ---
**Author:** ![Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kim_o_the_Concrete_Jungle)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/40 "2011-08-04T10:46:41Z")
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