# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/41 "2002-07-14T03:25:39Z")
Since I don’t have a piano, one piano repairman would be odd, two would be puzzling, but three or more would start to worry me. Next: **Ventriloquists** (with dummies) ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/42 "2002-07-14T03:42:45Z")
one…chiropracters ---
**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 14, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/43 "2002-07-14T03:52:03Z")
There isn’t a chiropractor in the room with me now and I’m creeped out at the thought of one, so my answer is zero. And in this corner… **Velociraptors** ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/44 "2002-07-14T04:06:59Z")
1 velociraptor is enough. Prehistoric beasts just don’t belong in a room, ya know? Next up – ten year old bichon frises. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/45 "2002-07-14T04:07:05Z")
Oh, great! I get velociraptors. I knew it – there’s a conspiracy. 1 would do it, OK? How about sea otters? ---
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/46 "2002-07-14T04:08:31Z")
One would definately be enough to have me clawing at the door. Fluffy wittle kittens ---
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/47 "2002-07-14T04:09:35Z")
Okay, that was to the Velociraptor. Sea otters, it would take at least 20. ---
**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, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/48 "2002-07-14T04:54:28Z")
I would probably need at least 2 dozen fluffy wittle kittens. Next up: Wal-Mart door greeters ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/49 "2002-07-14T05:00:13Z")
**Fluffy wittle kittens**? Is this in the same room as the 30 drooling **Labs**? Then one would do it. I like kittens and I just wouldn’t want to wittness it. Other than that, oh, **196** I’d imagine. Necks: **Next**! I mean Next: **Necks**! Chicken necks, to be specific, a la Ralph Wiggum. Does that count? It’s part of a living thing. If it’s not allowed the just go with how many **Ralph Wiggums’s’s’s’s** ---
**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, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/50 "2002-07-14T16:50:06Z")
walmart door greeters, hmmm…I worked at wal-mart over the summers while in college, so I know for a fact from store meetings that it’s higher than four. I think **9** would be enough to frighten me. Next: **chipmunks with distemper** ---
**Author:** ![Minor\_Irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Minor\_Irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minor_Irritant)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/51 "2002-07-14T17:47:30Z")
Due to the fact that a chipmunk, distemper or no, is essentially a hacky sack with limbs, I wouldn’t be too afraid. Maybe 50. Next up: **professional hockey players**. ---
**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, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/52 "2002-07-14T20:46:24Z")
This requires a variable answer. In street clothes: 28. In uniform with sticks: 14. Wearing a goalie mask: 1. Next up: 6" baby alligators ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/53 "2002-07-14T21:28:03Z")
More than half a dozen baby gators would be too many to keep an eye on, 'specially if your toes are as tasty as mine… OK, how about Certified Public Accountants? ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/54 "2002-07-14T23:42:39Z")
Ah, **CPA** s, the unsung foot-soldiers of our capitalist system. If I were a CEO of a larger coporation right now, **1** o’ them suckers would have me peeing my pants, esp if he or she were a G-man or woman. But, given I’m an insignificant peon, I say **"Let’s rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrumble!"** It’d take at least 3. Alright, how about **Sweet Carolines**? ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/55 "2002-07-15T02:02:54Z")
I like the song, but one **Sweet Caroline** would be enough to scare me. Women scare me, and I am one. :eek: How many **tourists**? ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/56 "2002-07-15T02:32:24Z")
More than 15 is scary. That how may fit in an airport shuttle van. Mor etha 15 and you’ll need more tha one vehicle to get rid of them. Okay, traffic cones. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/57 "2002-07-15T04:03:01Z")
Traffic cones. Hmmmm… I’ll say 147 would do it. Next: Hayley-Mills-portrayed twins (sorry, watching **The Parent Trap** and they’re booby-trapping the tent) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/58 "2002-07-15T05:58:06Z")
Hey, uh, \*\* Roadwalker\*\*…Traffic cones aren’t a living thing. At least not the ones around here… ---
**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 15, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/59 "2002-07-15T21:18:31Z")
I’ll be obvious and say it would take two **Hayley Mills portrayed twins** to freak me out. **Roadwalker** may be thinking of the traffic cones that Buzz & friends used for camouflage to cross a busy street in _Toy Story 2_. I’d say that just one cone bopping across the floor in my room would throw me for a loop. Now, how many **Democrats**? ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756/60 "2002-07-15T21:28:10Z")
I don’t have a problem with democrats per se…It’s just politicians that I have the problem with. One politician would be scary, because then he would actually try to talk to me. Give me two or more, however, from opposing parties, and they can just argue amongst themselves without me. Oh, and if the democrat is Clinton…one is MORE than enough. Next: cranky toddlers [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-many-would-be-scary-game/118756.md?page=4)