# There's a Full Moon. Has anyone turned into a Werewolf? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 24, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703 "2005-02-24T14:59:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/1 "2005-02-24T14:59:06Z")
My mother-in-law turns into a werewolf _every_ Full Moon. It’s so tedious. I guess it runs in the family, to some degree, because my wife has _tremors_ and whatnot as well - though she doesn’t have the full-blown transmogrification like her mom does. My daughter seems thus far immune, as does my son. There is no lycanthropy in _my_ side of the family, so far as I can tell, though it is rumoured that we can trace our Blood Line back to Vlad The Impaler (you all know who _he_ was). The whole Full Moon thing doesn’t seem to have much impact on me, in other words. Aside from the usual, of course - fever, flatulence, and random bouts of prolonged, uncontrollable screaming. But I digress. Back to the OP. Do you (or does anyone you know) turn into a Werewolf when the Moon is Full? I presume this is fairly common. Thanks in advance, and regards, Winston ---
**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:** [February 24, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/2 "2005-02-24T15:08:05Z")
I only get lycanthropy when I have too much caffine. Dr. Pepper also does it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/3 "2005-02-24T15:28:05Z")
Sucks to be you. No, wait, your’e not a vampire? In that case, Big Hairy Deal. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/4 "2005-02-24T15:33:59Z")
I think I did once. In 1960. For about 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/5 "2005-02-24T15:35:26Z")
Fool moon? That explains the really wild sex last night with my gf… Who’s last name happens to be purely lupine. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/6 "2005-02-24T15:39:09Z")
\ :smack: _ **Full** _ moon? That explains the really wild sex last night with my gf… Who’s last name happens to be purely lupine. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/7 "2005-02-24T15:45:28Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Fool moon? Heh. I thought you were doing your famous _Arnold Schwarzenegger_ impersonation! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/8 "2005-02-24T15:56:34Z")
Has anyone seen **SusanStoHelit**? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/9 "2005-02-24T16:34:16Z")
About once a month I wake up covered in fleas. I was going to call the exterminator, but now you got me wondering. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/10 "2005-02-24T17:07:12Z")
Well, at work, (I’m a telephone operator) we’ve often taken note of the “full moon effect”–the stranger and stranger calls and requests that come in around the time of the full moon. Yesterday was odd enough…a man called in looking for Tokyo Rose in Chicago, and he wanted to speak with the oldest person in the office. I’m glad today’s my day off. Are these in fact werewolves calling in, or is this a different sort of lycanthropy? ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/11 "2005-02-24T17:09:59Z")
My arms are kind of hairy. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/12 "2005-02-24T17:15:03Z")
Yes. Growl. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/13 "2005-02-24T17:40:10Z")
Larry Talbot: You don’t understand. Every night when the moon is full, I turn into a wolf. Wilbur (Lou Costello): You and twenty million other guys! ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/14 "2005-02-24T19:09:15Z")
I turn into a wereguy. Basically, my eyebrows get thicker, I drink more beer and sometimes scratch myself in embarassing places in public. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/15 "2005-02-24T19:24:50Z")
> [@slortar](#): > > I turn into a wereguy. Basically, my eyebrows get thicker, I drink more beer and sometimes scratch myself in embarassing places in public. Then you are **not** a **true** Wereguy. If you _were_, you would also belch and fart, and then grin like you were just handed a million bucks. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/16 "2005-02-24T19:34:30Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Has anyone seen **SusanStoHelit**? Okay, I’ve really tried, and I just don’t get it. What is the hidden meaning in this name? ---
**Author:** ![Gulo\_gulo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gulo\_gulo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gulo_gulo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/17 "2005-02-24T19:37:43Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > I only get lycanthropy when I have too much caffine. _My_ lycanthropy kicks in when I’m _not_ getting enough caffeine. Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/18 "2005-02-24T19:46:35Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Okay, I’ve really tried, and I just don’t get it. What is the hidden meaning in this name? That’s because it doesn’t have to do with her name but, she made some comments in the photo thread about being a werewolf. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/19 "2005-02-24T22:31:21Z")
Hmmmmm. I can belch and fart at will, and I have hair on my feet, I had a monobrow until my S.O. yanked the “extra” hairs out, and I feel perfectly beastly when my caffeine level gets low. I think I’m one of “them” AARROOOOOOOOO ---
**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:** [February 24, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703/20 "2005-02-24T22:35:07Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Zebra > Has anyone seen SusanStoHelit? > [@featherlou](#): > > Okay, I’ve really tried, and I just don’t get it. What is the hidden meaning in this name? You need to read some Pratchett. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-full-moon-has-anyone-turned-into-a-werewolf/291703.md?page=2)