# The Thread Of Unreasoning Panic **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976 "2003-01-21T14:26:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dfb087/32.png) [@kalex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kalex)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/21 "2003-01-21T19:52:44Z")
Also, I double posted! Now what!!?! ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/22 "2003-01-21T19:52:53Z")
**I can’t see!** (sheepishly removes sleep mask) Oh dear God, **I can’t hear!** (digs out earplugs) Maybe it’s time to get up after all. Crap. ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/23 "2003-01-21T20:02:01Z")
did I just see that houseplant move?! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/24 "2003-01-21T20:11:32Z")
Did you hear something? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/25 "2003-01-22T00:08:22Z")
Do you smell smoke? ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/26 "2003-01-22T00:26:51Z")
Carol Anne? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/27 "2003-01-22T03:26:03Z")
My god I think I messed up my filesystem and I don’t know precisely what every fsck option does and I don’t like running as root anyway and I think I might be putting myself at risk of losing fscking everything and I just _had_ to install that 120GB hard drive myself and my vision is rimmed in black and ::whack:: oh look, a graphics demo… ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/28 "2003-01-22T05:53:52Z")
this thread’s cool Oh no what if none of the places I applied to hire me? WHEN IN THE GREEN HELL AM I GOING TO BE EMPLOYED?!??! ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/29 "2003-01-22T06:04:59Z")
**Daowajan** , I’m job hunting too. Doesn’t it suck? OMG, I just remembered! In third grade I threw a pencil at another girl and Mrs. Krantz said it would go on my PERMANENT RECORD!! No wonder I’m having so much trouble getting a job! Everybody’s looking at my PERMANENT RECORD!! ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/30 "2003-01-22T06:50:05Z")
Oh, no! Did I go to the store with my _epidermis_ showing AGAIN? ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/31 "2003-01-22T07:09:37Z")
What if I die and all of the fundies were right!!!:eek: ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/32 "2003-01-22T10:19:18Z")
Jebus, I think I left a reading lamp on! What if the dog knocks it over with her tail and the heat from the lamp starts a fire and the whole place burns up and the dog turns into a jumbo fried grasshopper _just because she is so full of love that she wagged her tail_? [sub]I worry about this constantly.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/33 "2003-01-22T14:33:49Z")
Oh, God! I just remembered that I left my blinds closed, this morning. My plants won’t get any sunlight while I’m at work! They’ll probably shrivel up and DIE! Even worse, no one will be there to perform the last rites, so they’ll go to PLANT HELL!! The horror… The horror… _sobs_ ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/34 "2003-01-22T19:12:25Z")
The cashier gave me two fives instead of a ten!! Should I call someone!?!? ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/35 "2003-01-22T19:21:37Z")
Oh god I read this thread and now I’m laughing so hard my cat is standing there looking at me with concern and meowing plaintively at me. I’d better not go to sleep tonight or she might eat me!Oh no…then she would go after Nicodemus,my pet rat and Miyagi-san, my japanese bamboo plant thingie.Then, being overconfident because she’d eaten me, she’d go after every one else.OH LORD! The humanity! 😃 IDBB ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/36 "2003-01-22T19:21:51Z")
Gah! What’s all this ice for! My kidneys! Oh, nooooo… ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/37 "2003-01-22T19:29:57Z")
ROTFLAMO@slortar\* Heh heh…kidneyless…ow.Wait a minute…what’s this scar?Gah!My liver!Oh nooooo… IDBB ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/38 "2003-01-22T19:56:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by I\_Dig\_Bad\_Boys \* > **[…]then she would go after Nicodemus,my pet rat […]** [hijack] No, kidding, you have a pet rat called Nicodemus??! In high school, I used to have a friend with a pet rat called Nicodemus. Is that a common name for rats, or something? Otherwise -Wow, creepy! [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/39 "2003-01-22T20:00:33Z")
Actually, **Kn\*ckers** –it’s possible your friend did the same thing I did and named it after a character in the movie “The Secret of Nimh”.When I bought the rats, the salesgirl asked me what I was going to name them an d I said “Nicodemus and Justin”.She replied “Oh like the movie.Cool.” Nicodemus at one time had a brother (we bought them at the same time)named Justin (also a char in that movie) but sadly Justin has passed on due to old age and renal failure. Ok…you may continue on with your widespread panic.😃 IDBB ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976/40 "2003-01-22T20:07:58Z")
Interesting, **IDBB** - and I’ll bet you’re right… though I’m not familiar with Nimh. Were Nicodemus and Justin rats in the movie? Or just rat-like boys, or something? And, to get back to reason-free panic: Oh, good heavens! The dryer wrinkled my shirt! I thought putting stuff in the dryer made wrinkles go AWAY!\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*If not, maybe I shouldn’t have put my pet elephant in there! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-unreasoning-panic/149976.md?page=3)