# Piper Cub defends us from vampires by laying down a strategic garlic perimeter. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 1, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-defends-us-from-vampires-by-laying-down-a-strategic-garlic-perimeter/721295 "2015-06-01T00:57:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-defends-us-from-vampires-by-laying-down-a-strategic-garlic-perimeter/721295/21 "2015-06-02T12:26:36Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > Perhaps Piper Cub and his parents would enjoy a trip to Hungary to see the [worlds longest string of garlic](http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-garlic-string-/). Alternatively, and probably closer, the family could go to the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California. Or Garlicfest in Saugerties, NY. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-defends-us-from-vampires-by-laying-down-a-strategic-garlic-perimeter/721295/22 "2015-06-02T12:33:15Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Why would a vampire need a Piper Cub to fly? You clearly didn’t read the thread title, or my response, very carefully. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-defends-us-from-vampires-by-laying-down-a-strategic-garlic-perimeter/721295/23 "2015-06-02T13:17:07Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > You clearly didn’t read the thread title, or my response, very carefully. At least I didn’t mess up the Arthur Carlson quote. In a Stephen King story, and subsequent movie, the vampire DID need a Piper Cub to fly–transporting his earth to his next feeding location. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-defends-us-from-vampires-by-laying-down-a-strategic-garlic-perimeter/721295/24 "2015-06-02T13:56:59Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > At least I didn’t mess up the Arthur Carlson quote. > > In a Stephen King story, and subsequent movie, the vampire DID need a Piper Cub to fly–transporting his earth to his next feeding location. Oh? Why would a vampire need a Piper Cub to Fly? (Don’t answer – I read the story. But Stephen King is the guy you should be asking. I didn’t watch **WKRP** much. my info comes from cites on this Board. Blame those guys.) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-defends-us-from-vampires-by-laying-down-a-strategic-garlic-perimeter/721295/25 "2015-06-02T14:42:00Z")
As I recall from a previous thread, your home is a hotbed of labor versus management issues. So my first question is whether young Cub was paid a decent living wage for his labor? Also, some kind of multiplier should come into effect because if the dangerous nature of the work. And there should be a health insurance rider specifically related to vampire bites. You must all stand together or you’ll be bitten separately. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-defends-us-from-vampires-by-laying-down-a-strategic-garlic-perimeter/721295/26 "2015-06-02T14:46:15Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > Perhaps Piper Cub and his parents would enjoy a trip to Hungary to see the [worlds longest string of garlic](http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-garlic-string-/). They need it, being so close to Transylvania and all. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-defends-us-from-vampires-by-laying-down-a-strategic-garlic-perimeter/721295/27 "2015-06-02T14:53:19Z")
**Piper Cub** needs to know that putting lime lollipops (they have to be lime) will keep the man-eating tigers away. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-defends-us-from-vampires-by-laying-down-a-strategic-garlic-perimeter/721295/28 "2015-06-02T14:59:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > **Piper Cub** needs to know that putting lime lollipops (they have to be lime) will keep the man-eating tigers away. I have never seen a tiger in my home, man eating or not, and there are no lime lollipops on the premises. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-defends-us-from-vampires-by-laying-down-a-strategic-garlic-perimeter/721295/29 "2015-06-02T14:59:38Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Or Garlicfest in Saugerties, NY. Or the one in Gilroy, CA. [http://gilroygarlicfestival.com/](http://gilroygarlicfestival.com/) It’s late next month so there’s still time to make travel plans. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-defends-us-from-vampires-by-laying-down-a-strategic-garlic-perimeter/721295/30 "2015-06-02T17:17:51Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Arthur Carlson said that line, not Les Nessman. [Wow, so he did.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg) Memory is a weird, weird thing. :smack: More ideas for your little Von Helsing: [Safety from Vampires! – Vampires](http://www.vampires.com/safety-from-vampires/) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-defends-us-from-vampires-by-laying-down-a-strategic-garlic-perimeter/721295/31 "2015-06-02T18:03:31Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > As I recall from a previous thread, your home is a hotbed of labor versus management issues. So my first question is whether young Cub was paid a decent living wage for his labor? Also, some kind of multiplier should come into effect because if the dangerous nature of the work. Management is not responsible for activities undertaken on his own time, under his own direction. > [@](#): > > And there should be a health insurance rider specifically related to vampire bites. I believe vampire bites, like all other medical conditions, are fully covered by the Canadian Medicare system. Management does not provide health insurance, so no riders are possible. > [@](#): > > You must all stand together or you’ll be bitten separately. His defensive perimeter appears to be functioning well at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-defends-us-from-vampires-by-laying-down-a-strategic-garlic-perimeter/721295/32 "2015-06-03T11:55:19Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > More ideas for your little Von Helsing: [Safety from Vampires! – Vampires](http://www.vampires.com/safety-from-vampires/) [Cough]_Van_ Helsing.[/Cough] 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-defends-us-from-vampires-by-laying-down-a-strategic-garlic-perimeter/721295/33 "2015-06-03T12:05:18Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > When I read the thread title, I hadn’t noticed your Doper handle, and thought that someone was using light aircraft to cropdust garlic bulbs around your house Same. I thought of the guy in _North by Northwest_ waiting to get on a bus in the middle of Iowa, saying to the Cary Grant character: “That’s funny. That crop duster’s dustin’ where there ain’t no crops!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-defends-us-from-vampires-by-laying-down-a-strategic-garlic-perimeter/721295.md?page=1)