# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/101 "2011-08-08T10:01:25Z")
“Move the prisoner.” ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/102 "2011-08-08T10:31:42Z")
You wake up in a hospital bed. It’s daylight but there’s nobody around. ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/103 "2011-08-08T10:38:42Z")
Not taking that left turn at Albuquerque. ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/104 "2011-08-08T11:24:46Z")
You wake up and see that creepy doll that you threw in the trash yesterday, sitting in a chair next to your bed. The crucifix keeps falling off the wall. After walking through the woods for hours, you arrive back at that old abandoned cottage you left from. ---
**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 8, 2011, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/105 "2011-08-08T11:27:22Z")
Small pale girls who stare at you without saying anything. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/106 "2011-08-08T12:51:49Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > 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.) I think you meant 2008…LOL ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/107 "2011-08-08T12:53:38Z")
Your parents utter your full given name, with a pause. You’re down to your last match. You can’t find the map your friend gave you, and there are no bars on your cell/pad ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/108 "2011-08-08T13:27:52Z")
The logs in the fireplace suddenly fall and blaze up, distracting your attention. When you turn around . . . ---
**Author:** ![Kiber](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiber/32/317_2.png) [@Kiber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiber)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/109 "2011-08-08T14:24:38Z")
"We’ve traced the call. It’s coming from . . . . . . " ---
**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 8, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/110 "2011-08-08T15:52:57Z")
You see a shadow on the wall that’s about 500x the size of a common, household pet. The very first thing an alien says is “We come in peace.” That #4 engine is running a little hot. You don’t need a mechanic/roofer/plumber/electrician for a simple repair like that. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/111 "2011-08-08T16:13:39Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > You wake up and find a strange bite mark somewhere on your body. > > You here a heavy thump on the roof in the middle of the night. Or tree branches scraping on the window. > > The cat stares at the corner and hisses and raises its back, but there’s nothing there. Damn, all three of those happen each and every time I go to the cottage. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/112 "2011-08-08T16:40:02Z")
You’re in the middle of a lull in combat and you decide to take your helmet off. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/113 "2011-08-08T20:51:49Z")
Suddenly, the meanest girl in the mean girl’s clique at school likes you and wants to be friends with you! (This may apply in real life, too) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/114 "2011-08-09T03:14:17Z")
Making sure it’s dead. “I never mentioned his name before.” ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/115 "2011-08-09T04:00:21Z")
“I love you so much. I hope we can be together just like this _forever._” A) one of you is about to die tragically leaving the other in the depths of misery (probably on your knees screaming, “NOOOOOOOO!” into the rainy night sky). B) The speaker is planning to kill/cripple/maim you so you can never leave them. Run, and whatever you do, do not look back to see if he or she is catching up. ---
**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 9, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399/116 "2011-08-09T04:03:51Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Anyone who speaks of themselves in the third person. **Miller** approves of this post. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-things-that-always-mean-trouble/591399.md?page=5)