# Turn around **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 29, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357 "2012-02-29T16:38:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [February 29, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/1 "2012-02-29T16:38:24Z")
I was working all night in my office when a man I had recently killed called me up from a phone near my building so I looked out the window at him. He had the same obsequious manner that was the reason I had him killed. I may have sang him a song at that point. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/2 "2012-02-29T17:54:13Z")
Yeah…I hate when that happens. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/3 "2012-02-29T18:14:23Z")
Turn around, bright eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/4 "2012-02-29T18:37:56Z")
Don Henley told me don’t look back, you can never look back. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/5 "2012-02-29T18:50:04Z")
Come on, Mony. ---
**Author:** ![florez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9e5f3/32.png) [@florez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/florez)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/6 "2012-02-29T18:57:44Z")
How can I be sure - by the Young Rascals ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/7 "2012-02-29T19:04:34Z")
Well I jumped up, turned around, spit in the air, fell on the ground, asked him which was the way back home. He said take a right at the light, keep going straight until night, and then boy you’re on your own ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/8 "2012-02-29T22:28:30Z")
I was out by myself in the graveyard. I was doing an interpretive dance. ---
**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:** [February 29, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/9 "2012-02-29T22:45:01Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I was out by myself in the graveyard. I was doing an interpretive dance. Yay! Was beginning to think I was the only one. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/10 "2012-02-29T23:15:41Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Well I jumped up, turned around, spit in the air, fell on the ground, asked him which was the way back home. > > He said take a right at the light, keep going straight until night, and then boy you’re on your own I, on the other hand, jumped down, turned around, picked a bale of cotton. I did it on a daily basis until I got my dream job of being the tally man for a banana plantation. It was a night job and when daylight came, me wanted to go home. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/11 "2012-02-29T23:17:52Z")
We were waving our arms out the window of a fast-moving passenger train, acting in an irresponsible fashion, when the engineer, whose back had been turned, and who we thought would find us highly amusing, quickly swiveled his head around, and his face, which was a paper-white mask of evil, sang us a song that may have somewhat resembled the song sung by the OP. ---
**Author:** ![SubaRhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@SubaRhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SubaRhubarb)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/12 "2012-02-29T23:41:05Z")
Has anyone seen my skull? I think I left it laying on the ground… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/13 "2012-03-01T03:28:56Z")
> [@SubaRhubarb](#): > > Has anyone seen my skull? I think I left it laying on the ground… I unsnapped your skull cap and in between your ears I saw a gap, so I figure you’ll be all right. ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_Jackal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Clockwork\_Jackal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_Jackal)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/14 "2012-03-01T04:06:02Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I was out by myself in the graveyard. I was doing an interpretive dance. When I felt something heavy and pointed, strike me in the back of the head. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/15 "2012-03-01T20:08:32Z")
> [@Clockwork\_Jackal](#): > > When I felt something heavy and pointed, strike me in the back of the head. Did the ghost of your dance instructor then push you down into an open grave? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/16 "2012-03-01T20:29:52Z")
Did you hear the beating of his hideous heart? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/17 "2012-03-01T20:46:09Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I was out by myself in the graveyard. I was doing an interpretive dance. Did it catch on in a flash? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/18 "2012-03-01T21:24:22Z")
It was a graveyard smash! ---
**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:** [March 1, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/19 "2012-03-01T21:51:44Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I, on the other hand, jumped down, turned around, picked a bale of cotton. I did it on a daily basis until I got my dream job of being the tally man for a banana plantation. It was a night job and when daylight came, me wanted to go home. This pretty much completely misses the thing here that can be found, but I like it nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357/20 "2012-03-01T21:59:43Z")
Yeah, I think I missed it, too, but what the hell, might as well run with it and have some fun. Does anybody care to explain what we’re really doing here? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-around/614357.md?page=2)