# My letter slipped under a neighbor's door **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 3, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120 "2010-03-03T14:36:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/81 "2010-03-04T06:17:38Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > The simultaneous humour and horror of this, combined with my instinctive urge to save my laptop from a delicious sugary death, resulted in my actually snarfing hot mocha. > > Bravo HD! > . I don’t know how I missed it the first time, but thanks for making me laugh by reiterating it the second. 😛 Um…dang, I didn’t double quote. I meant the SoS message. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/82 "2010-03-04T06:43:34Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > "Thank you for your note, and I apologize in advance for… / /…and learn the exact times, and areas, and if my TV, or any other appliance. I will be mindful, but again I’m a 7-9PM person, and when I’m not working or studying I’m sleeping. Your previous summary included “2. Upstairs neighbor wants my junk”. I don’t think this contention is supported by the note as transcribed. It’s possible you were being delightfully humorous, or that I’ve been whooshed, or that this is all just more material for [this thread,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=552340) in which case please ignore this post. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/83 "2010-03-04T06:47:31Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > That’s a ridiculously wordy and convoluted way of communicating a very simple message. 99% chance the person either didn’t read it all the way through, didn’t understand it, or both. > > If I got that letter I’d just be annoyed at the cutesiness of it, hate you forever, and continue beating my drum with compulsive regularity just to piss you off. [She already responded.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12184999&postcount=63) ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/84 "2010-03-04T07:26:14Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > [She already responded.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12184999&postcount=63) Ah, that’s what I get for not reading the whole thread. I’d still be annoyed though. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/85 "2010-03-04T08:12:07Z")
Enough beer and any chick is hot. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/86 "2010-03-04T14:07:29Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > The letter reveals that: > > [ol] > [li]Upstairs neighbor is a chick[/li][li]Upstairs neighbor wants my junk[/li][li]Upstairs neighbor is not the source of the noise[/li][/ol] > > Besides including her name and phone number (and a smiley face), there’s not much usable information, except that she works full time and attends classes, so she’s not home enough to be responsible for the noises. She suggests I call her and we check to make sure it isn’t somehow coming from her place (“Hey, maybe it’s coming from my bed. Lets both get in to find out…”). Uh… It seems to me that you are greatly exaggerating and/or misinterpreting a great many things in her letter (post 63). All that you’ve factually ascertained is that your neighbor is a female, isn’t the source of the noise, and is familiar with smiley faces. I’m also going to suggest that this letter you received is a fake, and someone is just fucking with you for writing such a long, convoluted, TLDR letter in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/87 "2010-03-04T14:47:28Z")
Guess I should have used a sarc-mark when I said that… ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/88 "2010-03-04T14:51:36Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > I feel your pain. I once had an upstairs neighbour come home drunk and pass out with “Horse With No Name”, playing on, I’m not sure what kind of player exactly, but it repeated and repeated for over 12hrs. We eventually fell to sleep, only to hear it when we woke the next morning! Ye Gads. > > My upstair neighbour was most apologetic, and the incident was never repeated, thank heavens! > > Every time we crossed paths, for months, I’d ask, “So, have you named that horse yet?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/89 "2010-03-04T14:53:59Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > Guess I should have used a sarc-mark when I said that… Or mentioned that you were exaggerating after about 30 subsequent follow-up posts that were all focusing on the “want my junk” aspect of your claim. Intentional or not, the [pajama pants trope](http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aboards.straightdope.com+%22pajama+pants+girl%22&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1) doesn’t end well. ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/90 "2010-03-04T15:00:23Z")
Still, though, considering my anticipated response to the letter was that 1602 would be a burly man with gang connections who’d wait outside my door and stick a screwdriver in my neck when I left for work in the morning, and the best outcome I could predict was something like a “lolwut” reply, a phone number and a call to action rounds up to a public fondling. It’s like those illusions where you stare at a block of color for few seconds and then look at a black and white photo, and the black and white photo looks like it’s in color. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/91 "2010-03-04T15:11:31Z")
1. She has a lot of cat knickknacks. Run far away. 2. It’s the ghost of Gene Krupa. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/92 "2010-03-04T15:44:53Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Uh… > > It seems to me that you are greatly exaggerating and/or misinterpreting a great many things in her letter (post 63). All that you’ve factually ascertained is that your neighbor is a female, isn’t the source of the noise, and is familiar with smiley faces. Lighten up, Frances. This isn’t GQ. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/93 "2010-03-04T15:53:59Z")
I’m guessing the OP winds up in the upstairs apartment one evening but is never seen/heard from again. Once his old apartment is rented out to a new tenant, the noise returns! Turns out the upstairs “chick” is Cthulhu. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/94 "2010-03-04T16:14:55Z")
This is intriguing. I’m intrigued. I’ll will be watching for developments and will be sorely disappointed if this culminates to an April 1st “Gotcha!” ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/95 "2010-03-04T19:43:38Z")
For the sake of all that is holy, please ascertain that she is hot, **Weirdaaron**. God forbid you meet someone who is perfect in every other way but not smokin’ hot. She sounds funny, and tolerant, and hard-working, but if she is not hot, don’t even talk to her!!! ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/96 "2010-03-04T19:48:37Z")
I must know the ending to this tale! How about sending up another letter inviting her for a 2AM meeting at your place to look for the source of the noise? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/97 "2010-03-04T20:46:26Z")
Count me in as curious, too. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/98 "2010-03-04T21:12:10Z")
Try sticking an empty paper towel roll to one ear, and cover the other one. Yes, I’m still interested in the noise. Although I do think you should just call the girl already. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/99 "2010-03-04T21:19:31Z")
remember, she may not be hot - but she may be friends with someone who is - and when she invites you out for drinks with some of her friends and tells the cute story of how y’all met, cute friend will surely fall for ya. (cause, y’know, she’ll have been drinking . . .) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/100 "2010-03-04T21:21:23Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > Lighten up, Frances. This isn’t GQ. Nitpick: it should be “Francis.” **Munch** is a dude. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120.md?page=6)