# Online Romance Flames Out **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 23, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221 "2014-10-23T02:55:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221/21 "2014-10-23T17:34:00Z")
You’re all terrible people. That woman is a _saint_! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221/22 "2014-10-23T17:45:03Z")
The two guys that she dated before had unusual living situations - one lived in a house of straw and the other of sticks. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221/23 "2014-10-23T18:19:02Z")
Her problem was caused by a sudden illness. She came down with the flue. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221/24 "2014-10-23T20:28:20Z")
Maybe she shouldn’t have gone for such a loki approach. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221/25 "2014-10-24T01:44:43Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > You’re all terrible people. That woman is a _saint_! She’s Still getting coal in her stockings… ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221/26 "2014-10-24T05:49:36Z")
That’s one way to smoke out the crazies. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221/27 "2014-10-24T15:30:39Z")
Did they catch her after a sweep of the area? ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221/28 "2014-10-24T15:50:14Z")
Guess she misunderstood when he told her to “hit the bricks”. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221/29 "2014-10-24T15:56:21Z")
> [@](#): > > I choose me bristles with pride, yes, I do > A broom for the shaft and a brush for the flue > Up where the smoke is all billered and curled > 'Tween pavement and stars is the chimney sweep world > When there’s 'ardly no day nor 'ardly no night > There’s things 'alf in shadow and 'alfway in light > On the rooftops of London coo, what a sight! A broom for the shaft, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221/30 "2014-10-24T15:59:37Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > What a ho. > Ho ho. > > Regards, > Shodan I dunno. Looks like a sweet piece of ash to me… ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221/31 "2014-10-26T09:25:35Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > The one most associated with chimneys, a white beard & red pajamas & a large front is a _he_. The moobs probably came from eating too many bowls full of (elf) jelly. :dubious: I…uh…I’m going to go throw up, now… ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221/32 "2014-10-26T09:42:10Z")
If she’s as crazy as that, you need to invoke the sanity clause. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221/33 "2014-10-26T17:56:37Z")
So, am I the only one here who has ever had fantasies about climbing down a chimney? It’s been a while; I think I was about 10 years old. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221/34 "2014-10-26T21:53:46Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > If she’s as crazy as that, you need to invoke the sanity clause. > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by _the Marx Brothers_ > > Otis B. Driftwood: It’s all right, that’s in every contract. That’s what they call a sanity clause. > > [Fiorello laughs loudly] > Fiorello: You can’t fool me! There ain’t no Sanity Claus! (from _A Night at the Opera_) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221/35 "2014-10-26T22:09:51Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > (from _A Night at the Opera_) Well, you Certainly burned her… ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221/36 "2014-10-26T23:39:25Z")
Payback probably, I’m sure he came in her chimney a time or two. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221/37 "2014-10-27T03:21:42Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > So, am I the only one here who has ever had fantasies about climbing down a chimney? Is that the same thing as [like a rat up a drainpipe](http://th.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Like%20a%20rat%20up%20a%20drain%20pipe)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-romance-flames-out/702221.md?page=1)