# Trump wall solution **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 24, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632 "2018-12-24T16:23:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/21 "2018-12-26T16:41:29Z")
> [@JB99](#): > > Populate the Rio Grande with sharks with laser beams attached to their heads. Everyone has sharks with laser beams. Why not giant octopi with machetes for a change? ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/22 "2018-12-26T16:44:16Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Everyone has sharks with laser beams. Why not giant octopi with machetes for a change? Heavily armed octopi? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/23 "2018-12-26T16:50:35Z")
> [@JB99](#): > > Populate the Rio Grande with sharks with laser beams attached to their heads. I sense a special episode of River Monsters in the making…somebody should notify Jeremy Wade! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/24 "2018-12-26T16:54:40Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Heavily armed octopi? “Lasers? We ain’t got no stupid lasers! I don’t have to show you and stinking lasers!” ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/25 "2018-12-26T20:40:57Z")
What about using the Spinal Tap solution: “but Mr. President, you’re drawing clearly shows the wall is fifteen inches tall, not feet” ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/26 "2018-12-26T21:00:40Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > What about using the Spinal Tap solution: “but Mr. President, you’re drawing clearly shows the wall is fifteen inches tall, not feet” [Agreed](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21394932&postcount=4). ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/27 "2018-12-26T22:49:11Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > [Agreed](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21394932&postcount=4). DOH! My powers of observation appear to be comparable to or slightly below that of a large boulder. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/28 "2018-12-27T13:20:57Z")
The reminds me of the Chinese fable about the invention of shoes. The emperor stepped on a thorn, ordered the world covered in leather, a sage suggested covering his feet in leather instead. So: Let’s build a wall around Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/29 "2018-12-27T13:39:42Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > The reminds me of the Chinese fable about the invention of shoes. > > The emperor stepped on a thorn, ordered the world covered in leather, a sage suggested covering his feet in leather instead. A story about a ruler getting advice from somebody smarter than himself and listening to it. What part of that reminded you of the Trump administration? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/30 "2018-12-27T21:50:25Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > A story about a ruler getting advice from somebody smarter than himself and listening to it. > > What part of that reminded you of the Trump administration? Point taken. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/31 "2018-12-27T21:58:52Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Point taken. I see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/32 "2018-12-28T19:33:11Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > “Lasers? We ain’t got no stupid lasers! I don’t have to show you and stinking lasers!” Hey, there we go: start circulating the idea that instead of a wall, we install a LASER MAZE! Huge laser maze, right at the border. A buck a try (this is how Mexico will pay for the wall! I mean, laser maze!). If you make it through, you can come in. It’s just plausible enough, and just stupid enough, that he might go for it and get ridiculed for repeating it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/33 "2018-12-28T21:32:07Z")
How about we just distract Trump with a laser pointer? It works for cats. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/34 "2018-12-28T23:57:48Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > I still think an eruv would be just silly enough to be an actual option. String up fishing line and call it a wall. Yeah, it’s a wall, OK. > > No more outlandish a lie than ones he’s already gotten away with. ROFL ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/35 "2018-12-29T06:47:52Z")
How does the shutdown pay for the wall? I get that a whole bunch of people are not being paid, but they all get back pay when the shutdown ends, or do I have that wrong? And if I’m right, why would Trump even say this? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/36 "2018-12-30T01:23:56Z")
Because that’s how his brain works. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/37 "2018-12-30T01:32:23Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Oh FFS, just tell Trump he gets funding for his wall (lie to him). Or tell him the truth and give him the money to continue the work that Obama and HRC signed off on as Senators. They wanted safety and job protection back then. Nothing has changed. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/38 "2018-12-30T01:34:04Z")
> [@Noel\_Prosequi](#): > > How does the shutdown pay for the wall? I get that a whole bunch of people are not being paid, but they all get back pay when the shutdown ends, or do I have that wrong? And if I’m right, why would Trump even say this? Congress has to pass legislation to authorize back pay for furloughed workers(those working without pay get paid). Wanna bet Trump threatens to veto? ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/39 "2018-12-30T01:42:51Z")
> [@Noel\_Prosequi](#): > > How does the shutdown pay for the wall? I get that a whole bunch of people are not being paid, but they all get back pay when the shutdown ends, or do I have that wrong? And if I’m right, why would Trump even say this? Because “Shutdown money” means the money appropriated in the bill that ends the shutdown? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/40 "2018-12-30T06:33:55Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > His followers that live in that area would tell him there wasn’t actually a wall. Fox News would report it. meh. If we can fake a moon landing, this ought to be a cinch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632.md?page=3)