# What is the worst place to be in **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 3, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713 "2017-08-03T20:20:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kadmos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@Kadmos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kadmos1)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/1 "2017-08-03T20:20:20Z")
I got this question and response, in part, from an icebreaker question I once heard. If the bus is packed with pregnant women. What’s so bad about that? If the bus is packed with pregnant women about to deliver and your mother-in-law is also there. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/2 "2017-08-03T20:24:12Z")
That’s not a place-that’s a situation. ---
**Author:** ![Kadmos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@Kadmos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kadmos1)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/3 "2017-08-03T20:30:11Z")
The place is the bus. A place can be a situation in that you are “in” a situation. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/4 "2017-08-03T20:33:05Z")
A clogged single-person bathroom At work With a line outside the door ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/5 "2017-08-03T20:36:29Z")
The bus is filled with pregnant women about to deliver, your mother-in-law is on-board, the bus is trapped in rising floodwaters in coastal Florida, several floating clumps of fire ants have began to take shelter on your bus, there are at least 3 alligators is sight, and it looks like a funnel cloud is forming on the horizon. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/6 "2017-08-03T20:36:42Z")
> [@Kadmos1](#): > > The place is the bus. A place can be a situation in that you are “in” a situation. O.K. then. Same bus, only with Gilbert Gottfried attempting to sooth all the mommies-to-be by singing “Ave Maria” at the top of his lungs. Same place-different (and much worse) situation. ---
**Author:** ![Kadmos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@Kadmos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kadmos1)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/7 "2017-08-03T20:41:20Z")
You have to give me credit for not making this thread geared towards my copyright rants. I got this question and response, in part, from an icebreaker question at a Bible study I used to attend at my church. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/8 "2017-08-03T20:43:58Z")
I thought it was either up shit’s creek with out a paddle, or between a rock and a hard place. One of those two. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/9 "2017-08-03T20:55:37Z")
WWTD? (What Would Tarzan Do?) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/10 "2017-08-03T21:06:01Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > WWTD? (What Would Tarzan Do?) Cheetah, but only if Jane has a headache ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/11 "2017-08-03T21:10:43Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > The bus is filled with pregnant women about to deliver, your mother-in-law is on-board, the bus is trapped in rising floodwaters in coastal Florida, several floating clumps of fire ants have began to take shelter on your bus, there are at least 3 alligators is sight, and it looks like a funnel cloud is forming on the horizon. I would say having the bus filled with the local swim team would be a bigger problem. The pregnant women can be used to eliminate to the alligator problem. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/12 "2017-08-03T21:11:39Z")
> [@Kadmos1](#): > > You have to give me credit for not making this thread geared towards my copyright rants. You lose all points by bring attention to it. ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/13 "2017-08-03T21:19:01Z")
L’enfer, c’est les autres. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/14 "2017-08-03T21:52:29Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I thought it was either up shit’s creek with out a paddle, or between a rock and a hard place. One of those two. I never gave the first one a lot of thought but now I wonder; is it referring to a creek with shit in place of the water? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/15 "2017-08-03T21:54:04Z")
In a city controlled by ISIS which is in the middle of being liberated. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/16 "2017-08-03T22:02:01Z")
Liberated by the 1944 Red Army. Also, the bus is on fire, and the turkey sandwiches are dry. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/17 "2017-08-03T22:04:24Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I never gave the first one a lot of thought but now I wonder; is it referring to a creek with shit in place of the water? > **[Schist Creek | Alaska Guide](https://alaska.guide/stream/schist-creek/1409140)** > > Schist Creek Alaska ---
**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:** [August 3, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/18 "2017-08-03T22:04:59Z")
> [@Kadmos1](#): > > I got this question and response, in part, from an icebreaker question at a Bible study I used to attend at my church. That’s some funny shit, right there! ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/19 "2017-08-03T22:49:11Z")
> [@Kadmos1](#): > > I got this question and response, in part, from an icebreaker question at a Bible study I used to attend at my church. I think you just provided the answer to your own question right there. People asking icebreaker questions at Bible study? I’ll take the alligators on the pregnant women’s bus. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-place-to-be-in/792713/20 "2017-08-03T22:58:08Z")
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