# Welcome Mat

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-mat/799361>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 20, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-mat/799361 "2017-10-20T12:17:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-mat/799361/21 "2017-10-21T16:03:48Z")

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Businesses might roll up their mats and stow them inside when they’re closed. I think the co-op student store I used to work for did that. I’ve never heard of people doing that at private homes though. We’re not really a drop-by for a visit culture anyway, whatever the mats might say. We tend to make advance plans before visiting. Maybe long ago or in other areas?

However, I have seen a mat with a cleverly devised scrawl that said Come In right side up, and Go Away when turned around. That’d get the message across.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-mat/799361/22 "2017-10-22T03:38:52Z")

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Mine has chicken-shit on it. :mad:

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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-mat/799361/23 "2017-10-22T04:12:52Z")

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Can you tell the difference between chicken shit and chicken salad? Cause maybe it’s chicken salad.

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**Author:** ![upend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b3f665/32.png) [@upend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/upend)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-mat/799361/24 "2017-10-23T12:34:50Z")

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_"People will always be tempted to wipe their feet  
On anything with ‘welcome’ written on it_"

XTC - Snowman (From “English Settlement” available here…[https://www.ape.uk.net/](https://www.ape.uk.net/))

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