# Weird situation: would you have stayed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 23, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-situation-would-you-have-stayed/597369 "2011-09-23T19:19:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-situation-would-you-have-stayed/597369/341 "2011-09-30T13:37:20Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > The occasional empty Wendy’s cup is all I ever have found. Someday I’m going to write a novel and this is going to be the final line. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-situation-would-you-have-stayed/597369/342 "2011-09-30T13:46:59Z")
The woman was probably named Wendy. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-situation-would-you-have-stayed/597369/343 "2011-09-30T13:48:58Z")
I wouldn’t be shocked at all if the police or whoever showed up and applied a small amount of downward pressure on the window and her arm was able to slide out. I think she probably could have done the same if she was rational. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-situation-would-you-have-stayed/597369/344 "2011-09-30T14:10:37Z")
Does your area paper have a Police Log? I would be extremely curious to see how this was written up. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-situation-would-you-have-stayed/597369/345 "2011-09-30T19:43:59Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Someday I’m going to write a novel and this is going to be the final line. Love it. Really. ---
**Author:** ![misterW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@misterW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misterW)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-situation-would-you-have-stayed/597369/346 "2011-09-30T23:55:00Z")
> [@you\_with\_the\_face](#): > > Notice how these incidents are about people doing stuff to themselves? The ensuing jokes fall along the same lines. They don’t take the form of specific posters joking about doing vile things to real life person(s) under discussion. > > Your joke deviates from the norm in an important way. How are these people doing things to themselves? One poor guy had someone cut off his genitalia. The other guy was in a traffic accident. True, he wasn’t dressed in the safest manner, but I wouldn’t consider somehow who wasn’t wearing a seat belt and dying in an auto crash to be a ripe opportunity for letting the jokes fly. While the woman in my example was no doubt a bit outside the cultural norms, I don’t think anyone would have considered what she was doing to be a potentially life threatening activity. The point is, these are real people who just had utterly horrific things happen to them. I really don’t understand how these are situations to be made light of, while a joke about a hypothetical situation involving something less traumatic _that never even occurred_ incurs such wrath. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-situation-would-you-have-stayed/597369/347 "2011-10-01T02:29:32Z")
Rarely is there ever a situation in real life where hiring a Mime on short notice might be worth the money. You had a cellphone. It was after you called 911. And uploaded a video to YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-situation-would-you-have-stayed/597369/348 "2011-10-01T08:54:19Z")
> [@misterW](#): > > How are these people doing things to themselves? One poor guy had someone cut off his genitalia. The other guy was in a traffic accident. True, he wasn’t dressed in the safest manner, but I wouldn’t consider somehow who wasn’t wearing a seat belt and dying in an auto crash to be a ripe opportunity for letting the jokes fly. While the woman in my example was no doubt a bit outside the cultural norms, I don’t think anyone would have considered what she was doing to be a potentially life threatening activity. > > The point is, these are real people who just had utterly horrific things happen to them. I really don’t understand how these are situations to be made light of, while a joke about a hypothetical situation involving something less traumatic _that never even occurred_ incurs such wrath. Welcome to the Straight Dope. Really, if you can make a pun out of it you’re golden. If not, well, rot in hell. ---
**Author:** ![misterW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@misterW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misterW)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-situation-would-you-have-stayed/597369/349 "2011-10-01T16:07:38Z")
> [@Terraplane](#): > > Welcome to the Straight Dope. Really, if you can make a pun out of it you’re golden. If not, well, rot in hell. Ha, that’s a good point. Rape puns may be perfectly acceptable. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-situation-would-you-have-stayed/597369/350 "2011-10-01T17:00:49Z")
What if I can make an anagram? ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-situation-would-you-have-stayed/597369/351 "2011-10-01T18:02:12Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > What if I can make an anagram? We might accept it but it better be really good. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-situation-would-you-have-stayed/597369/352 "2011-10-01T19:40:53Z")
Bag chew titmice putt a gibbered telly tooter? ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-situation-would-you-have-stayed/597369/353 "2011-10-01T21:42:18Z")
People in pain sometimes aren’t a whole lot different than animals in pain. You don’t get mad at your dog for biting you when you try to help with a broken leg, do you? Honestly, some people just don’t know how to handle stress/panic; it’s up to those around them to do so. I don’t fault anyone for wanting to leave, but when you back up and look at the situation, you can’t just REACT to someone else’s bad day. I’d vote for calling for help, and sticking around…albeit inside, lol. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-situation-would-you-have-stayed/597369/354 "2011-10-02T04:32:37Z")
You jerks are starting to make me feel like an asshole and I really don’t appreciate it. If I ever encounter an odd situation like this I’ll try very hard to be more tolerant. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-situation-would-you-have-stayed/597369/355 "2011-10-03T13:34:12Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Does your area paper have a Police Log? I would be extremely curious to see how this was written up. Nope. Unfortunately. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-situation-would-you-have-stayed/597369.md?page=17)