# My neighbors are naked **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 2, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321 "2011-10-02T02:19:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/41 "2011-10-02T22:03:13Z")
Is Carl the name of one of the guys or a verb or what? I’m confused. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/42 "2011-10-02T22:07:05Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Is Carl the name of one of the guys or a verb or what? I’m confused. Check post #5. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/43 "2011-10-02T22:08:36Z")
Yeah, I noticed that post. That’s why I’m confused. “Who the hell Carls” makes it sound like it’s a verb, but then later on the OP refers to one of the neighbors as Carl. But he never mentioned a Carl in the OP so how would the poster in post 5 know his name was Carl? ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/44 "2011-10-02T22:11:33Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > I hate it when a story ends and I still am totally confused as to the plot or the characters. My life has no plot, but lots of characters 😉 tl/dr version: flatlined goes out on her back deck to smoke. She hears the neighbors splashing in their hot tub, looks and gets some eye candy. She then posts here and gets suggestions from the smartest people in the world. She uses some of the advice and now the neighbors are busy fixing the problem. (confession here: When you were saying “traditional couple” I thought you were talking about the difference between committed couples and swinging couples. It wasn’t until this morning that I realized that I was confusing you because they are both men :smack: ) I’m thinking that the Carls aren’t from around here. Shade cloth will only last about 3 months and what they are doing involves climbing on their roof and lots of moving ladders around. Even if the shade cloth doesn’t fall apart from our intense sun, the wind is going to destroy it. I’m not going back down there to tell them that I think they are wasting time and money, though. They will figure it out in a few months. **The Vorlon** I didn’t tell them to wave to CNL. I only told the teenagers across the street. Thats why I was so entertained to see the Carls do it. The teenagers are doing much better backing out of their driveway now, btw. They haven’t gotten stuck in my culvert since I last posted about it. No new dents in their truck and I think they have gotten the clutch figured out. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/45 "2011-10-02T22:14:02Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Yeah, I noticed that post. That’s why I’m confused. “Who the hell Carls” makes it sound like it’s a verb, but then later on the OP refers to one of the neighbors as Carl. But he never mentioned a Carl in the OP so how would the poster in post 5 know his name was Carl? It was a typo that became a joke. (Carls=cares in post 5) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/46 "2011-10-02T22:15:34Z")
Ah, thanks. I kept reading “Carls” as some weird lingo, like to voyeuristically stare at your neighbors. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/47 "2011-10-02T22:18:59Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Ah, thanks. I kept reading “Carls” as some weird lingo, like to voyeuristically stare at your neighbors. Well, that’s what it means now! :D. You started an Internet thing! ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/48 "2011-10-02T22:21:42Z")
Hey, that’s what I had written (adding the underline): > [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > Wait, till then I was picturing a (presumably straight) couple, now there seems to be several guys naked in the tub at the same time? And you responded with: > [@flatlined](#): > > **Capitaine Zombie** , they seem to be a traditonal couple. Hard to understand from this that they are gay. Ok, cool, you cleared it all up for me. Sorry but I can really go on AR mode when someone starts telling me a story, and then ends it but leave me in total confusion over what happened (especially when there’s nakedness and hot tubs involved). ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/49 "2011-10-02T22:27:17Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/50 "2011-10-02T22:28:52Z")
Ah, not swingers. She knew it was two gay guys, so when you asked if there were more men (thinking it was a guy-girl couple to start) she replied traditional (that the gay couple wouldn’t be all nekkid with more guys). Whee! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/51 "2011-10-02T22:31:26Z")
Strange double post! ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/52 "2011-10-02T22:39:49Z")
All is good, **Capitaine Zombie**. I probably wasn’t as clear as I could have been because I was distracted by the hot tub and nakiness. I missed the presumably straight part in your post. Lets blame the Carls for the miscommunication, OK? And yes, they will forever be The Carls in my mind thanks to this thread 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/53 "2011-10-02T23:03:46Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > They didn’t have any idea that I could see them. It was really cute. > > This morning, I noticed that the not so amazing, but still very nice, Carl was out working in their yard. I ambled down the street and struck up a conversation with him. We discussed what he was doing, the work I need to do on my roses, how nice their deck looks with the plant racks by the hot tub. He was telling me that he thinks the steam from the hot tub really helps the plants when he suddenly got it. > > He stopped talking, looked at his deck, looked up at my house and blushed. I told him that in the future, when I saw the tub lights on that I’d smoke on my front deck. He asked if he could come up and look off my back deck and I agreed. He called in the door to the amazing Carl and they both came up to my place. When the amazing Carl looked down at their deck from mine, he blushed as well. > > They are doing something with shade cloth and 2X4s now. I’m guessing that the “neighbor’s with benefits” thing is going away. Once they are finished, I’ll invite them back up to look down at their work. > > Just to add to the fun, my crazy neighbor came out to give us the glare of death and they both smiled and waved at her and wished her a wonderful day. She went inside and slammed the door. Until I got to this post, I was seriously worried that you were my neighbor. My husband and I naked hot tub all the time, behind our privacy fence and trees… ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/54 "2011-10-02T23:32:26Z")
Look up, **Enola Gay**. People don’t usually look up, they usually only look around and down. If I was living above you and could see over your fences and trees…I’d amble down to talk weather, gardens, plants, how much I like the new something/anything on your deck. If you didn’t change anything, I’d figure that it was ok for me to oogle your hubby 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/55 "2011-10-02T23:35:24Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Strange double post! Very strange, and I have no idea how it happened. Cats weren’t involved, and I really didn’t go click crazy. Maybe it was the thought of the amazing Carl all nakie and wet. Looks like my fun is over. When their shade cloth gets so threadbare that I can see their hot tub again, I’ll wander down to say something. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/56 "2011-10-03T01:04:23Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > Am I a bad person in that, if there were attractive ladies having naked hot tub time and I could see, I wouldn’t tell a damn soul? > > 😃 FWIW, my vote would be “You’re a bad person if you post pics.”, other than that you would just be an average ‘opportunistic voyeur’. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/57 "2011-10-03T01:13:41Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > I don’t know what your issue is with the OP, but don’t bring it up in this forum again. OK – it seemed a jocular thread and I thought I was playing along. I have no issue with the OP – it’s a common complaint among neighbors AFAICT. Indeed, so common that it deserves it’s own brand of “humor,” just for the insiders. FWIW, the OP seems to have a bad situation with the neighbors, and I wish all best for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/58 "2011-10-03T01:47:36Z")
Offers up a friendly biker hug to **Jaledin**. All is good 🙂 Your typo will be known for a very long time. Good on you! I lost my chance to take pics when I told the Carls that I could see their deck. I’m almost 34, I’ve seen lots of naked people. The amazing Carl was worth pics. Wanders off to cry because I know that the Dope is disappointed over the lack of pics. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/59 "2011-10-03T02:08:08Z")
I am trying to figure out if I would say anything. I doubt it, especially if there happened to be a good looking girl. _Roseanne_ had a episode where their neighbor geezers were nudists in the house. That would be kind of disgusting. The only thing that might make me say something is if I had guests that might see the goods. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321/60 "2011-10-03T03:01:30Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Offers up a friendly biker hug to **Jaledin**. All is good 🙂 Your typo will be known for a very long time. Good on you! Accept the bro-hug gladly, but it wasn’t a typo – I know what a hot carl is, and that was supposed to be a little joke. Sorry if I crossed the streams too much, man! My total bad on that one. First time I ever had a mod come down on me (no…no…no…[/Tippi Hedren in _The Birds_]. I’m still a-quiver! ETA the only person I know well IRL named Carl is a moribdly obese computer programmer who’s really just friends with my pop, but I took him out for Dim Sum when I married my sister off as a “minister” or whatever, one of those comic-book “Universal Life Church” things. And now, I still have a bottle of wine to get through and now Saran Wrap to play roles with! Maybe tomorrow! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-are-naked/598321.md?page=4)