# Playboy Mansion Doorbell Motto?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-mansion-doorbell-motto/285552
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [January 19, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-mansion-doorbell-motto/285552 "2005-01-19T16:18:17Z")
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### Author:  [@SavageNarce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SavageNarce)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-mansion-doorbell-motto/285552/1 "2005-01-19T16:18:17Z")
I have tried searching both here and in Google for the Latin ( or Latinesque?) motto that was supposedly adjacent to the doorbell on the Playboy Mansion, but no luck, so I’ll turn to the Millions.
I know the English version was _If you don’t swing, don’t ring_ - but what was the (supposedly) Latin version? My rusty memory suggests _Sic non oscillatorum, non tintinnabulum_, but can anyone confirm/deny this translation?
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### Author:  [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-mansion-doorbell-motto/285552/2 "2005-01-19T16:30:58Z")
Googled **hefner doorbell latin** , and got _Si non oscillas, noli tintinnare_ – looks better to me.