# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/41 "2014-04-17T20:49:21Z")
> [@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. You mean especially if it was… I think I’d add Putin the especially pleasant to list :eek: ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/42 "2014-04-17T20:58:52Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Why would you rape Kim Kardashian? Sure, she’s a Kardashian, but I don’t believe that makes it okay to rape her. Who said anything about rape? She’s Kim Kardashian…she’ll willingly fuck anyone. ---
**Author:** ![butterfiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@butterfiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butterfiles)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/43 "2014-04-17T21:05:48Z")
Matt Lauer. I just find him icky and boring. He would probably wimp out too about the elevator being stuck which would disgust me even more. Now Hitler, I could find lots of stuff. I would ask him to explain more about his views on how a highly intelligent man should always choose a primitive and stupid woman. I mean, I would want to see if he could explain that for a few hours. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/44 "2014-04-17T21:17:59Z")
> [@butterfiles](#): > > I mean, I would want to see if he could explain that for a few hours. He could. It was not difficult to draw him out: it was difficult to get him to shut up. We don’t have celebrities in Britain, so I’ll go with politicians. In which case I would sternly ignore them. ---
**Author:** ![butterfiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@butterfiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butterfiles)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/45 "2014-04-17T21:24:25Z")
> [@Claverhouse](#): > > He could. It was not difficult to draw him out: it was difficult to get him to shut up. > > We don’t have celebrities in Britain, so I’ll go with politicians. In which case I would sternly ignore them. You’re right. In fact, bad idea I had there. I recently saw a program about Hitler’s suspected medical conditions. He is known to have had severe bloating likely caused by swallowing too much air while eating because he would not shut up. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/46 "2014-04-17T21:33:17Z")
I’d spend the time getting them to admit that they don’t _really_ believe all that bullshit they spout–right? You’re just trying to make a buck by pandering to the masses? No one can acquire that much influence while also being that big of an idiot. Though to be honest, I’m not sure which answer would make me feel better or worse about the way that society is run. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/47 "2014-04-17T22:12:00Z")
At first, I thought I couldn’t think of anyone worse than Nancy Grace to be stuck with. But I did! :eek: Anthony Weiner. ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/48 "2014-04-17T22:21:47Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > At first, I thought I couldn’t think of anyone worse than Nancy Grace to be stuck with. But I did! :eek: > > Anthony Weiner. Well, there’s that Phelps guy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/49 "2014-04-17T22:44:46Z")
> [@randompattern](#): > > Well, there’s that Phelps guy. 🙂 Particularly now. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/50 "2014-04-17T22:47:20Z")
For me, I suppose it would be Hanoi Jane or Hillary Clinton. I’ll make polite small talk until the elevator is fixed. It’s the gentlemanly thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/51 "2014-04-18T17:00:57Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Why would you rape Kim Kardashian? Sure, she’s a Kardashian, but I don’t believe that makes it okay to rape her. :rolleyes: > [@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. Way to suck the funny right out of the joke, **Bricker**. > [@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.” It’s an odd thing when this happens on the SDMB. I was clearly making a tongue in cheek joke. But some of it passes by without comment, while others attract attention. Clearly I meant “fuck” in a consensual way, since her sluttyness is basically her defining characteristic. Much like anti-gun efforts is that of Bloomberg, which is why I joked that I’d mug him. Similarly, Michael Moore is fat so I joked I’d eat food in front of him. All of those are basically equally offensive, yet only one sets people off. I guess there’s no predicting what hang-ups people have. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/52 "2014-04-18T17:09:41Z")
> [@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. I’m sorry to say I know this, but she not married yet. They have to be residents of France for a certain period of time for they can get married, possibly at Versailles. ::goes to scrub brain ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/53 "2014-04-19T04:20:58Z")
If it were a Limbaugh, Hannity, Ailes, etc., I’d have a delightful conversation about the behind-the-scenes of what they do and how they do it. An entirely off the record, facade-dropping honest conversation about politics and policy without the pretence of an audience or image or need to ‘convince’ the other side of anything. (This, of course, goes for both sides of the conversation.) ---
**Author:** ![scratch\_llll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@scratch\_llll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch_llll)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/54 "2014-04-19T05:31:58Z")
I would tell Limbaugh I understood why he became a drug addict because I would too if I had sold my soul to the devil in return for becoming a well paid corporate lapdog. It must be terrible to only care about money and subjugate every ounce of compassion and human decency to greed. To have to tell the same stale lies day after day, to accuse those who try to help of the very blackness of soul that only a complete sellout like you has must be an awful mental truama to be burdened with. I would kill myself for being such a Judas to the human race so I do admire his fortitude in induring himself. I’m completely astounded at the strength it must take not to commit suicide in fact. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/55 "2014-04-19T11:07:09Z")
If I could be sure he wasn’t armed, I’d tell George Zimmerman that I believe that what he did was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/56 "2014-04-19T13:25:58Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Where [. . .] is the political or entertainment figure you just can’t stand. It’s Dick Cheney, or Kim Kardashian, or Rush Limbaugh, or Michael Moore, or… well, you get the idea. Elevator’s stuck, all indications are it will be on the order of hours, not minutes. > > How do you break the ice? Depends on the person really. Most people, I’d probably try to start a conversation about their views and why the hold them. Mike Adams, Andrew Wakefield, or Joe Mercola, though? That ice is getting broken with an icepick to the forehead. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/57 "2014-04-19T14:13:06Z")
No need to toss out names; the people who I don’t like pretty much don’t like me back. There are some I’d consider finding common ground with but I’m pretty sure this thread was meant to exclude them. Games on phone… and if they make an ass of themselves? Sound On. But, if it was someone who was literally going to cause suffering for my family and make the world a worse place in _any_ and _every_ conceivable way? I’d tell them I knew what was wrong, open the top of the car, climb out and use every means at my disposal to disable the safety brakes. “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.” ― Charles Dickens ---
**Author:** ![Lou\_Swimmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Lou\_Swimmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lou_Swimmin)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272/58 "2014-04-19T14:39:36Z")
The Bush twins. I’d like to squirt my Lou goo on both of them at the same time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-stuck-in-an-elevator-with/686272.md?page=2)