# To make the house colder in the summer... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-make-the-house-colder-in-the-summer/362545 "2006-06-28T21:15:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-make-the-house-colder-in-the-summer/362545/21 "2006-06-28T23:22:18Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] What does it grow on then? [/QUOTE] Electrici-trees? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-make-the-house-colder-in-the-summer/362545/22 "2006-06-28T23:24:29Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Electrici-trees? [/QUOTE] Shouldn’t you be out working to support me in my old age? Close that door! Quit lettin’ all the cool air out and the flies in. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-make-the-house-colder-in-the-summer/362545/23 "2006-06-28T23:26:02Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] Shouldn’t you be out working to support me in my old age? Close that door! Quit lettin’ all the cool air out and the flies in. [/QUOTE] Sure they’re just not attracted to your smell? _dodges pillows and various household objects thrown at him_ ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-make-the-house-colder-in-the-summer/362545/24 "2006-06-28T23:28:39Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] What does it grow on then? [/QUOTE] Coal. ---
**Author:** ![gabriela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gabriela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gabriela)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-make-the-house-colder-in-the-summer/362545/25 "2006-06-28T23:35:02Z")
Somebody streak naked through this thread. But not through the cold parts. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-make-the-house-colder-in-the-summer/362545/26 "2006-06-28T23:47:20Z")
[QUOTE=Whammo] Coal. [/QUOTE] Yep. And know why it’s black? Because all the electricity was sucked out. Science! ---
**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:** [June 28, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-make-the-house-colder-in-the-summer/362545/27 "2006-06-28T23:55:33Z")
Um… Wait a minute, here. Clockwise, or anti-clockwise? ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-make-the-house-colder-in-the-summer/362545/28 "2006-06-29T01:15:52Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Um… Wait a minute, here. Clockwise, or anti-clockwise? [/QUOTE] Un-clockwise… duh. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-make-the-house-colder-in-the-summer/362545/29 "2006-06-29T01:25:55Z")
To make the house colder in the summer… Have the ex wife come over to pick up the kids. Wait! If that ain’t cold enough she brought her mother. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-make-the-house-colder-in-the-summer/362545.md?page=1)