# The "How many would be scary" Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 13, 2002, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756 "2002-07-13T06:10:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EggNogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@EggNogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EggNogg)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/21 "2002-07-13T11:53:24Z")
1/2 a bagpiper would be enough to have _me_ touching fabric. and now **Cows** egg ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/22 "2002-07-13T11:58:01Z")
One bagpiper, if he was called Fat Bastard. 😃 OK, enough of the cute stuff. Let’s break out the freaks. Let’s break out the… **cockroaches**. New York City German cockroaches. The kind that drink Raid for cheap thrills and leave Terminex men weeping and bloody in dark alleys. The kind that can stake credible claim to a subway seat. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/23 "2002-07-13T12:02:52Z")
Hmmm. To be scary, probably at least 35 cockroaches. Any less, and I can take 'em easy. Next: **rabbis** ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/24 "2002-07-13T15:19:48Z")
4 **rabbis**. It’s a small apartment with limited cooking utensils and staple ingredients to work from, and cooking for rabbis could be scary business. (What, you want they should have to cook for themselves?) OK, folks… **fire ants** ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/25 "2002-07-13T15:56:22Z")
Any more than about 3 cows in a room would make me nervous. Cows are big and easily spooked. How about unsupervised\* 3-year-olds? (human) \*by someone other than you ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/26 "2002-07-13T16:11:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by d\_redguy \* > \*\*would have to be at least 30 Labs in the room to make it scary. \*\* Good gods, man, you’d be drowning in drool! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![irae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f0a364/32.png) [@irae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irae)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/27 "2002-07-13T16:25:12Z")
**Preschoolers** : I’m used to 30 at a a time, but I have a larger room and a foam bat. If they stuck together and could do it in under a minute (attention span), I imagine it would take a couple of dozen for a sucessful mutiny. How about **Giant Pandas**? ---
**Author:** ![\_your\_name\_here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/919ad9/32.png) [@\_your\_name\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_your_name_here)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/28 "2002-07-13T17:33:29Z")
**Giant Pandas** 7 would do it. They don’t like to be together. I’m sure I’d get caught up in their mess. **Next:** Donuts ---
**Author:** ![\_your\_name\_here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/919ad9/32.png) [@\_your\_name\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_your_name_here)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/29 "2002-07-13T17:34:36Z")
Oops. Not living. Sorry. How About: Constipated elephants ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/30 "2002-07-13T18:03:34Z")
Constipated Elephants: I think one would be enough somehow… Next: Teenagers? ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/31 "2002-07-13T18:21:16Z")
Teenagers? Two. One teenager is just an insecure, scared child. Two teens can be your worst nightmare. Next: hummingbirds ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/32 "2002-07-13T22:48:28Z")
I’d say no more than 16 **hummingbirds**. I could probably handle more if I had a spatula or large wooden spoon to fend them off with. Alright, let’s break out the big guns: **Vampires** ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/33 "2002-07-13T22:54:38Z")
I’d say no more than 16 **hummingbirds**. I could probably handle more if I had a spatula or large wooden spoon to fend them off with. Alright, let’s break out the big guns: **Vampires** ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/34 "2002-07-13T22:56:07Z")
Vampires? Well, if they were newly dead, just raised and hungry, one would frighten the heck out of me. If they were experience, well-fed vampires, I could probably be comfortable for a little while. Maybe 12 would start to creep me out. Umm… **butterflies** ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/35 "2002-07-13T23:12:35Z")
**butterflies**? Lots…600-700. I don’t find them at all scary. Next: **Nuns** ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/36 "2002-07-13T23:36:00Z")
1/2 of a nun would be pretty darn freaky!! next: **three-toed sloths** ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/37 "2002-07-14T01:06:18Z")
Seven sloths would definitely be scary. next, and this is a tough one I think: **ants** ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/38 "2002-07-14T01:07:32Z")
I believe that 6 three-toed sloths would creep me out. Next: Canadian geese ---
**Author:** ![partly\_warmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@partly\_warmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partly_warmer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/39 "2002-07-14T01:55:26Z")
As a cross-poster victim, I’ll pick ants. (Canadian geese, jeez, I’d be scared to be _without_ them…) We already did fire ants, so I’ll assume that these are the ones that aren’t on fire. One ant, nibbling the inside of my ear. If we’re not talking about those radical militant religious ants, then, about a telephone box full. Next: **ex-significant others** ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/40 "2002-07-14T02:26:20Z")
I think three ex-significant others would be enough to give me the wiggins. That’s enough for them to gain up on you and compare notes… Next: Piano repairmen [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756.md?page=3)