# So you're stuck in an elevator with \[. . .\] **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 16, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272 "2014-04-16T16:36:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/21 "2014-04-16T19:09:46Z")
Potayto, potahto. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/22 "2014-04-16T19:11:23Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Rape is ALWAYS worthy of opprobrium (not just in February), and I’m not entirely sure why the poster chose mugging as a meaningful form of interaction, so I didn’t choose to comment, is all. I assumed when he said fuck, he meant it with an unstated assumption of consent, much like when you see someone attractive on TV and say “I’d do him/her.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/23 "2014-04-16T19:11:56Z")
I’d probably use the intercom to call for help, then sit on the floor, get out my iPod, and start doing sudokus to pass the time. I’m not usually the one to start conversations. If the other person started the conversation, I would keep up on it for as long as it was interesting to me and on a topic that seemed amicable, and when it ceased being either, I would again get out the sudokus. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/24 "2014-04-16T19:13:25Z")
I wouldn’t care who it was. I’d just say “hit the flo’” and dive onto the floor. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/25 "2014-04-16T19:20:41Z")
Well, no matter who it was, first I would ask if they were a poster on the SDMB. Because if they are, OH FFS! you can’t have a conversation about anything meaningful with one of them without it turning into a burbling caldron of shite. 😃 So, I guess the real answer is - iPhone until the battery dies. Then nap. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/26 "2014-04-16T19:41:16Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > I wouldn’t care who it was. I’d just say “hit the flo’” and dive onto the floor. That’s an interesting assumption to.make, that any woman would consent to sex with a stranger, especially one who would engage in cannibalism, armed robbery or verbal assault. Even moreao, when the stranger doesn’t like her. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/27 "2014-04-16T19:42:50Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > I’ve been stuck in an elevator. Whoever I was with, I’d make sure I tried to keep calm and as pleasant as possible in a bad situation. Even if it was Nancy Grace or Adolf Hitler. “So… how about that Final Solution, huh?” Sorry, don’t see it. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/28 "2014-04-16T20:14:50Z")
> [@Debaser](#): > > Michael Bloomberg: I’d mug him. Man, that would make the next four hours awkward. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/29 "2014-04-16T20:26:37Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > That’s an interesting assumption to.make, that any woman would consent to sex with a stranger, especially one who would engage in cannibalism, armed robbery or verbal assault. > > Even moreao, when the stranger doesn’t like her. So, get to Disneyland much? ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/30 "2014-04-16T21:18:45Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > I realize Ms. K has not exactly been a blushing virgin in her personal life, but it might turn out, being a married woman now, she might not wish to fuck you. Kim K., alone in a room with a man, and there’s a (security) camera in the elevator. She getting laid if you want to or not. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/31 "2014-04-16T21:30:01Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > I’ve been stuck in an elevator. Whoever I was with, I’d make sure I tried to keep calm and as pleasant as possible in a bad situation. Even if it was Nancy Grace or Adolf Hitler. “I’ve got a cat that has that same mustache. She’s got Nein lives. We call her Kitler. I’ve got some pictures in my wallet.” [http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/cgi-bin/seigbest.pl](http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/cgi-bin/seigbest.pl) ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/32 "2014-04-16T21:30:51Z")
Does the person have to be currently alive? Because if not, then that opens up a lot of options - Stalin, Hitler, Mengele, Pol Pot, Nero, etc, etc. Of course, I’m not fluent in German, and I don’t know if, say, Hitler spoke English. If he didn’t, that would be a shame - bring back one of the most discussed villains in the history of the world, only to spend four hours awkwardly staring at the floor. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/33 "2014-04-16T22:48:47Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > That’s an interesting assumption to make, that any woman would consent to sex with a stranger, especially one who would engage in cannibalism, armed robbery or verbal assault. > > Even moreso, when the stranger doesn’t like her.\* Stupid smartphone. The above was _intended_ to be a response to the below: > [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I assumed when he said fuck, he meant it with an unstated assumption of consent, much like when you see someone attractive on TV and say “I’d do him/her.” Sorry. \*I presume that when I’m quoting myself, I’m permitted to clean up typos. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/34 "2014-04-16T22:58:33Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > So, get to Disneyland much? Huh? Oh, the location field. Not much. Last year on **kaylasmom** ’s birthday, along with a houseguest. And **kaylasmom** , of course. Before that, our latest visit had been in 2012, when I won a radio contest that gave us an overnight stay in the Dream Suite. Fact is, since Disney parks started cracking down on people’s ability to abuse the special assistance available to the physically handicapped, **kaylasmom** hasn’t been _that_ enthusiastic about going there a lot; certainly not enough to justify the expense of an annual passport **Kayla** bought an annual passport with some money she got for Christmas (well, she made the down payment; the monthly payments have been coming out of my checking account). She goes with her high school friends who have passes or parents who work there and can sign them in. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/35 "2014-04-16T23:07:25Z")
If I was stuck with Stephen Colbert, I’d break the ice by speaking to him in elvish. “Neri Colbert! Utúlie’n aurë! Auta i lómë! Elen síla lúmenn omentielvo.” That should get things going. Then we’d talk about Melko and Gwerlum and Meassë and Ómar Amillo and other obscure folk from the JRRT legendarium. ---
**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 16, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/36 "2014-04-16T23:28:49Z")
Try to get them to help me find a way out? 😉 If it were Limbaugh, I’d probably talk football, since he’s a Steelers’ fan. (I guess it’s one of those blind squirrel = nuts things) ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/37 "2014-04-17T00:09:24Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > If I was stuck with Stephen Colbert, I’d break the ice by speaking to him in elvish. You hate Colbert? Do you also hate sunshine and rainbows? ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/38 "2014-04-17T00:09:56Z")
I would hope I’ve got a foul fart within me, turn my back to them and let 'er rip. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/39 "2014-04-17T00:12:54Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > You hate Colbert? Do you also hate sunshine and rainbows? I like him, I like to hate his persona. It’s fun. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/40 "2014-04-17T18:57:11Z")
I’ve never met Bill Murray but I dislike him. I really would have a hard time being stuck in an elevator with him. I don’t think I would bother to try and break the ice. It would be games on my iphone time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272.md?page=3)