# What else should people who live in glass houses not do? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 15, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938 "2015-01-15T22:21:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/41 "2015-01-16T18:22:49Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > I find it interesting that many of these assume the glass is clear. Not that having a glass house in the first place is logical at all, but if anyone was to build one, I’d assume it would be opaque from the outside. > > Of course, that wouldn’t guard against thrown stones… or help when hanging pictures. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/42 "2015-01-16T18:36:27Z")
Laminated glass will help with the thrown stones and stowed thrones. Command hooks make hanging pictures possible. Just don’t own a Mac or people will think your home is an Apple store. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/43 "2015-01-16T18:46:48Z")
Ride around on your pet elephant. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/44 "2015-01-16T18:51:04Z")
Lose their _temper._ ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/45 "2015-01-16T21:25:31Z")
…expect low energy bills. …wear a dress/kilt above the 1st floor. …hide presents in the closet. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/46 "2015-01-16T23:20:23Z")
Forget to clip the dogs claws… ---
**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:** [January 17, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/47 "2015-01-17T02:00:58Z")
Wear a diamond ring. (…scratches?) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/48 "2015-01-17T02:04:28Z")
remain indoors on sunny days ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/49 "2015-01-17T03:59:58Z")
Practice tap-dancing, in the same spot, over and over. And especially don’t practice that trick where you flip-launch off a wall, whatever that’s called. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/50 "2015-01-17T04:15:26Z")
Try to hide there from the Walkers during the Zombie Apocalypse. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/51 "2015-01-17T04:36:27Z")
> [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](#): > > Practice tap-dancing, in the same spot, over and over. And especially don’t practice that trick where you flip-launch off a wall, whatever that’s called. But that would be such a fantastic environment for the tapping sounds. Until the floor-shattering crashing, of course. Can’t have everything. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/52 "2015-01-17T04:43:17Z")
Practice your mad parkour skillz. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/53 "2015-01-17T12:23:42Z")
Lay around all day drinking beer. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/54 "2015-01-17T13:30:03Z")
Try and hide Anne Frank’s family on the attic from the Nazi’s. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/55 "2015-01-17T16:06:43Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Try and hide Anne Frank’s family on the attic from the Nazi’s. I don’t like jokes in bad taste, Anne Frankly yours was. ---
**Author:** ![Whatever4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/56 "2015-01-17T21:46:58Z")
Play paintball? ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/57 "2015-01-17T22:16:49Z")
Run naked down to the police station and threaten everybody with a meat cleaver? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/58 "2015-01-17T22:21:52Z")
> [@Whatever4](#): > > Play paintball? Well, if they played enough paint ball, most of these other problems would go away. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/59 "2015-01-17T22:35:48Z")
People in glass houses should never complain about a glass ceiling at work. ---
**Author:** ![Thunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a8b319/32.png) [@Thunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thunder)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938/60 "2015-01-26T06:43:29Z")
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