# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/21 "2003-04-01T13:58:49Z")
And you can stay over as long as you want after they go to sleep, so long as they don’t ask you to leave. And they tell the SAME DAMNED JOKE all the time!!! But don’t hit on the wife/husband while the spouse is in the room. Then the slappin’ starts. Just invite them over singularly and you can steal them away if you wish. ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/22 "2003-04-01T15:50:00Z")
Do they burn pizza? Do they wear diving helmets? Do they pee in the front yard? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/23 "2003-04-02T06:42:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mahaloth \* > \*\*They will hump anything that moves. \*\* Thank God! At last I’m in the right neighborhood! ---
**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:** [April 2, 2003, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/24 "2003-04-02T06:43:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Drastic \* > \*\*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. \*\* Oh, I figured they’ve either heard every possible joke or never heard of it at all, so why bother? ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/25 "2003-04-02T15:49:35Z")
And don’t feel miffed if you call and they don’t answer, or you ring the door and they don’t open it. They’re probably involved in a long, brutal session of cleaning up four plates. Or working out. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/26 "2003-04-02T17:26:34Z")
Ask them if they left their last home because the mayor dropped a meteor on their house. If that’s the case, send them my apology. ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/27 "2003-04-02T19:40:06Z")
If you invite them “downtown,” and they become tired and/or hungry, they will likely shake their fists at the sky and whine. Soon soon! ---
**Author:** ![Jorel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jorel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorel)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/28 "2003-04-02T20:10:29Z")
don’t play charades with them. You might get turf head. ---
**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 3, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/29 "2003-04-03T02:41:35Z")
If they tell you to leave, do so. Otherwise, after they go to bed you’ll get stuck on their property and starve to death. ---
**Author:** ![Misery\_s\_Company](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@Misery\_s\_Company](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misery_s_Company)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/30 "2003-04-03T02:57:34Z")
If they bring out the telescope, don’t go near it unless you want to abducted by aliens and molested to the point that your personality does a 180. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/31 "2003-04-03T07:39:07Z")
Watch out for mysterious cars that come in the morning and pick your neighbors. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/32 "2003-04-04T07:00:36Z")
**Update on my neighbors, the Sims.** They’ve bought I think about six or seven cords of wood. Should I be concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/33 "2003-04-04T15:48:42Z")
Oh, god yea. Sims and fire is probably the worst combination in the world. ---
**Author:** ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/34 "2003-04-04T16:13:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mahaloth \* > \*\*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. \*\* LOL!!! ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549/35 "2003-04-04T16:21:43Z")
Do they have any Gnomes in the front yard yet? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-the-sims/165549.md?page=1)