# My neighbors, the Sims **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 31, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549 "2003-03-31T21:36:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/1 "2003-03-31T21:36:46Z")
I have new neighbors. The mailbox says they’re the Sims. Can anyone tell me what to expect? ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/2 "2003-03-31T21:45:47Z")
You’ll have to learn to speak their language. Start out with a few "froobidoo"s and "shwa shwa"s. Also, watch out for ghosts. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/3 "2003-03-31T21:47:14Z")
They will hump anything that moves. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/4 "2003-03-31T21:55:09Z")
In SimGolf, they liked “Mishuno” a lot. Say that. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/5 "2003-03-31T22:01:54Z")
Don’t play strip poket with the mom! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/6 "2003-03-31T22:02:17Z")
Stock up on fire extinguishers. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/7 "2003-03-31T22:03:03Z")
Expect them to soil themselves regularly and then scream in frustration. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/8 "2003-03-31T22:05:36Z")
**D’oh!** Don’t play strip **poker** with the mom! preview dammit ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/9 "2003-03-31T23:03:07Z")
I think strip poker with a Sim would be interesting, and time-saving. All they have to do is twirl around and they’re changed…or unchanged, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/10 "2003-03-31T23:03:15Z")
They will probably sit in their hot tub all day and only get out long enough to eat or smoke a bong. That’s what mine do, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/11 "2003-03-31T23:30:32Z")
Oh, and their sense of time is wayyyyyyyy off. It takes them 45 minutes to walk out the door and get to the car so they can get to work. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/12 "2003-04-01T00:12:53Z")
And you may have to drag them into the toilet, then nag them to flush and wash their hands. ---
**Author:** ![MMI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@MMI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MMI)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/13 "2003-04-01T02:53:01Z")
This dar is freyushay Dag Dag! ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/14 "2003-04-01T03:05:19Z")
Don’t leave any potions out on your chemistry set, unless you _want_ them to turn into a monster and break all your electronics and flood the toilets. Expect them to bring lots of chocolates, flowers & fruitcake every time you invite them over. ---
**Author:** ![slice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@slice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slice)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/15 "2003-04-01T03:06:30Z")
Nuh naaaa ni na nah. Don’t accept an invitation to swim in their pool. They might remove the ladder, in which case you’d meet certain death. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/16 "2003-04-01T03:25:01Z")
Como luvs nut! ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/17 "2003-04-01T03:39:39Z")
Go up to them and talk about models of atoms, politics, and boats all within a few seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/18 "2003-04-01T04:06:18Z")
If they don’t have burgalar alarms you can rob them with impunity. The funny thing is they’ll have photographic evidence of you taking their stuff but unless the cops catch you in the act you get off scott free! ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/19 "2003-04-01T07:00:58Z")
If you’re over for a visit, and they start setting up fireworks inside the house in rooms whose floors are covered in various rugs, get out quickly. The doors to that room are likely to be walled off soon, and things will go downhill from that point. In actuality, a good rule to follow will be not to mention the game, nor make any jokes about it to them, unless they actually instigate that kind of behavior. If they’re at all computer-literate, or know people who are, chances are they’ve heard it all already, over and over. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/20 "2003-04-01T11:50:14Z")
If their house is nicer than yours, then hang out there- if you share a meal and watch some TV with them, and they’re in a fairly good move, they might invite you to move in! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549.md?page=2)