# The fog is rolling in and I have far to go. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fog-is-rolling-in-and-i-have-far-to-go/362596 "2006-06-29T03:12:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fog-is-rolling-in-and-i-have-far-to-go/362596/1 "2006-06-29T03:12:28Z")
The fog is rolling in and I have far to go. Tonight is one of those special nights. I live on the edge of a marsh and the fog is rolling in. I love when the fog moves in like this. It’s so gothic. I’ll take off the rose coloured glasses and put on the smoked glass pair. Now if the coyotes start howling I can pretend that I live on the Moors and the Hell hound of the Baskerviles is out there prowling in the night. Maybe one of the Amish will ride by and I’ll be back in Victorian England as a cabby rides by and Dr. Nikola steps from the shadows of the nearby portico. A launch may go by and I’m on Lime Street surrounded by Coulees and opium dens, waiting for Nayland Smith to give the signal to raid the hideaway of Fu Manchu. An owl hoots and I’m on the byou, and the gators are sliding through the quiet waters, while poachers hunt them down. Fireflies light here and there and I’m watching the torches of a Voodoo procession winding the secret paths around the quicksands through the morass. ---
**Author:** ![gabriela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gabriela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gabriela)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fog-is-rolling-in-and-i-have-far-to-go/362596/2 "2006-06-29T10:24:04Z")
I wish I lived in your world. Suppose Peat Bog Man goes by with 4 hours since his last meal. How do you wave at him and explain across the language barrier that he’s only 4 more hours from his death? My luck, a fricking SUV would go by. There goes the night. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fog-is-rolling-in-and-i-have-far-to-go/362596/3 "2006-06-29T11:43:55Z")
It pretty gross when the Zombies come out, with all the dropping gobs of flesh and the like. ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fog-is-rolling-in-and-i-have-far-to-go/362596/4 "2006-07-01T22:13:00Z")
If Abel Magwich knocked at your door would you give him shelter from the prison guards and find him a file? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fog-is-rolling-in-and-i-have-far-to-go/362596/5 "2006-07-01T22:42:18Z")
The OP is a glaring example of unfettered literacy among the masses. Books are EEEEEE-VUL. They give people ideas. fuel the imagination, and stuff. Worse than that mariju-crack-crystal-acid the kids are smoking these days. The OP is probably a Witch! I say if the OP weighs more than a duck, we burn the OP. Burn! BURN! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fog-is-rolling-in-and-i-have-far-to-go/362596/6 "2006-07-02T00:00:39Z")
Does fog leave little cat footprints all over your car? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fog-is-rolling-in-and-i-have-far-to-go/362596/7 "2006-07-02T01:25:54Z")
**Harmonious Discord** –I never knew you lived near the Horicon. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fog-is-rolling-in-and-i-have-far-to-go/362596/8 "2006-07-02T02:37:22Z")
No. I live near a couple square miles of marsh with a river cutting through. I wanted to make an addition tonight, but the rain, hail, and tornado made me lose the mood. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fog-is-rolling-in-and-i-have-far-to-go/362596/9 "2006-07-02T02:43:19Z")
Horicon is and hour away. Frencs Creek in very close. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fog-is-rolling-in-and-i-have-far-to-go/362596/10 "2006-07-02T04:36:19Z")
gabriela - You are refering to the frozen corpse from the peat bog I deduce. You do live in my world, now go read an adventure. Boulter’s Canary - I don’t know why you would hold such Great Expectations. Zebra - I think they might end up with Frost on their paws. I think Frost was the person your alluding to. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fog-is-rolling-in-and-i-have-far-to-go/362596/11 "2006-07-02T07:44:53Z")
ELIZABETH DANE “To the ships at sea who can hear my voice, look across the water, into the darkness. Look for the Fog.” ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fog-is-rolling-in-and-i-have-far-to-go/362596/12 "2006-07-02T18:02:00Z")
“The monster opened its great toothed mouth and the sound that came from it was the sound of the Fog Horn itself. Lonely and vast and far away. The sound of isolation, a viewless sea, a cold night, apartness.” - Ray Bradbury ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fog-is-rolling-in-and-i-have-far-to-go/362596/13 "2006-07-03T04:00:50Z")
Are you unmarried and female? I’ll change my name to “Gomez,” I promise.