# Things we learned from the Twilight Zone **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969 "2009-11-10T00:16:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/21 "2009-11-10T04:38:55Z")
Don’t put your kids bed too close to the walls, they might enter a different dimension. Don’t by a player piano unless you want to hear the truth about yourself and maybe make a few enemies. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/22 "2009-11-10T04:39:00Z")
Never trust Mr. Death, unless you get the dumb one. Pick Fidel Castro in the death pool. Of course! I’m a mannequin. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/23 "2009-11-10T05:02:04Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > I guess we’re just sticking to the 60’s version. Are we? huh. If not… Don’t press the button. Off topic, pretty much, but btw, **The Box** remake is really good! IMO. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/24 "2009-11-10T05:12:52Z")
If you’re going to bash in a small boys head, do it! Don’t think about it! And make sure there are no cornfields around. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/25 "2009-11-10T05:19:08Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Uhh, I think the _Farnham’s Freehold_ thread is over thataway somewhere. Thanks, but I was referring to The Last Pallbearer. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/26 "2009-11-10T05:20:32Z")
> [@HeadNinja](#): > > Elizabeth Montgomery is a stone cold fox. Even covered in dirt and speechless. Oh my yes. So’s [Anne Francis](http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/j/Anne%20Francis.jpg) (in [The After Hours](http://tzone.the-croc.com/tzeplist/hours.html)). She’s [still alive](http://www.annefrancis.net/) too. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/27 "2009-11-10T05:30:26Z")
Don’t bother going back in time to try to change major events in the past. Something will just keep happening to screw it up (or you’ll succeed in such a way as to guarantee the present remains identical). ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/28 "2009-11-10T05:49:09Z")
> [@Incubus](#): > > Don’t bother going back in time to try to change major events in the past. Something will just keep happening to screw it up (or you’ll succeed in such a way as to guarantee the present remains identical). Don’t do anything, in fact. Unless you were meant to do it in which case you’d damned well better do it! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Falling\_Reverend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@The\_Falling\_Reverend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Falling_Reverend)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/29 "2009-11-10T06:08:58Z")
**You** are the monsters on Maple St. ! ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/30 "2009-11-10T06:35:46Z")
No matter how wonderful your new-found power is, if you break away from human decency, you’re going to suffer in proportion to your gift. If you commit any heinous act, don’t return to the scene of your crime for any reason. If a man in a dark suit appears from nowhere and starts speaking smugly to no one in particular, something really weird is going to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/31 "2009-11-10T07:31:23Z")
> [@The\_Falling\_Reverend](#): > > **You** are the monsters on Maple St. ! **I** lived on two Maple streets. One in California, and the other in Oregon. I hope I’m not a monster :eek:. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Falling\_Reverend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@The\_Falling\_Reverend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Falling_Reverend)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/32 "2009-11-10T07:38:23Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > **I** lived on two Maple streets. One in California, and the other in Oregon. I hope I’m not a monster :eek:. As long as you haven’t wandered off to see if the power is on elsewhere you should be ok. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/33 "2009-11-10T07:39:28Z")
Whew. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/34 "2009-11-10T08:00:39Z")
Don’t answer the telephone. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/35 "2009-11-10T08:05:23Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Don’t answer the telephone. Ever. But the phone lines could be resting on the grave of your deceased fiance. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/36 "2009-11-10T08:46:30Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > If a man in a dark suit appears from nowhere and starts speaking smugly to no one in particular, something really weird is going to happen. And if he submits something for your approval, you’d best take notice. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/37 "2009-11-10T08:54:23Z")
> [@HeadNinja](#): > > Aliens, as a general rule, are bad news. They may want to eat, torture, or trick you. If the aliens have passed judgment on your planet but then give you one last-ditch chance to prove yourselves, [don’t bother](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbT1fCHOjfI). Go home and enjoy one last day with the family instead. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/38 "2009-11-10T14:15:19Z")
Shakespeare was a jerk. By the way, if you imagine Rod Serling’s voice reading all the posts in this thread, it’s gold. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/39 "2009-11-10T15:15:30Z")
If someone says they have the devil trapped in a closet, believe them. Boxing is no way to make a living. Death loves a good sales pitch. If you crash land on a planet when taking off from Earth, you might want to check to see if you’re still on Earth first before taking action. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-learned-from-the-twilight-zone/516969/40 "2009-11-10T15:22:18Z")
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