# Three men freeze to death in a friend's backyard and aren't found for three days **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 16, 2024, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151 "2024-01-16T06:01:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/414 "2024-03-12T21:50:40Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > > > What if that’s changed as a result of the fox screens? > > So now we must wonder what _does_ the fox say? The fox told the police the whole sordid story. Unfortunately, no one in the department could speak Norwegian. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/415 "2024-03-12T22:05:13Z")
The fox has been at the grapes. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/416 "2024-03-12T22:10:30Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > what _does_ the fox say? The fox says many things, but the hedgehog says one big thing. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/417 "2024-03-12T22:13:48Z")
A hundred years from now, it will require an advanced degree in early 21st century history and culture to understand this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/418 "2024-03-12T22:41:42Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > The autopsy revealed that… \< cue music \> [![](https://www.foodandwine.com/thmb/Uqw3ljpJaAYsatsvHZOtq4Z98FA=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/cranberry-walnut-stuffing-FT-RECIPE0821-0c9c3958fd234ec1930d66daf4d8e03b.jpg) ](https://www.foodandwine.com/thmb/Uqw3ljpJaAYsatsvHZOtq4Z98FA=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/cranberry-walnut-stuffing-FT-RECIPE0821-0c9c3958fd234ec1930d66daf4d8e03b.jpg) [ # Cranberry-Walnut Stuffing ] … or is that too tasteless ? . ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/419 "2024-03-12T22:54:52Z")
They were found with a copy of the book “To Serve Man” ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/420 "2024-03-13T00:15:36Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > A hundred years from now, it will require an advanced degree in early 21st century history and culture to understand this thread. “These phrases appear to be unconnected. Why would they be recited in response to one another in this fashion? It doesn’t make sense, unless… _of course_! _Ritualistic Purposes!_” -24th Century Anthropologist, probably ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/421 "2024-03-13T00:18:47Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > They played a drinking game where they took a shot every time he lied. So, suicide? ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/422 "2024-03-13T00:37:45Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > The usual reason for stalling like this is that it might make somebody important look bad. Occasionally it is because they are actually going to charge someone, but it seems like they could have done that by now without compromising much of anything. If they report that foul play is suspected, that means they were wrong when they initially said it wasn’t. That embarrassment, making themselves look bad because they got it wrong initially, seems to me to be the likely reason to hide those results. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/423 "2024-03-13T00:46:36Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > A hundred years from now, it will require an advanced degree in early 21st century history and culture to understand this thread. One typo! I make one little typo, and look what you kids do while I’m at work! You’re all grounded! ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/424 "2024-03-13T01:38:24Z")
The [Lab](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/20/AdobeStock_274478538-scaled.jpeg) [results](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ) are in! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/425 "2024-03-13T03:28:51Z")
Something seems wrong about that. A lab should always be next to a newfy. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/426 "2024-03-13T20:12:53Z")
It’s been a while since I’ve been rick rolled, but damnit if I didn’t watch the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/427 "2024-03-13T21:45:37Z")
When the prosecutor says he’s not going to release the autopsy results, does that mean even the families of the victims won’t get them? That would be cruel, especially if the prosecutor wants to delay the release indefinitely. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/428 "2024-03-13T22:27:29Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > It’s been a while since I’ve been rick rolled, but damnit if I didn’t watch the whole thing. Not that I’m offended but I thought rick-rolling was taboo on these forums. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/429 "2024-03-13T23:04:52Z")
If it’s not an instaban offence it should be. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/430 "2024-03-13T23:52:58Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Not that I’m offended but I thought rick-rolling was taboo on these forums. I think they should be allowed once every 5 years. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/431 "2024-03-14T01:45:49Z")
there is [an antidote](https://youtu.be/m6hzkBihaew?si=qnTI8uQgUwRfoga7) to being rick-rolled – rusty pliers are involved ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/432 "2024-04-12T03:45:21Z")
This popped up at the bottom of my screen. Any updates? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151/433 "2024-04-12T13:34:39Z")
They’re like the [General](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjRqj_STFFM&t=6s) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-freeze-to-death-in-a-friends-backyard-and-arent-found-for-three-days/996151.md?page=22)