# What rotten things do Reindeer do to Rudolph? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rotten-things-do-reindeer-do-to-rudolph/673921 "2013-11-14T18:16:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rotten-things-do-reindeer-do-to-rudolph/673921/41 "2013-11-17T23:45:50Z")
> [@brownMouse](#): > > Put chili powder in Rudolph’s magic flying dust. Yo, chili p’s my signature, bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rotten-things-do-reindeer-do-to-rudolph/673921/42 "2013-11-18T00:15:58Z")
They spread an internet rumor that Rudolph really got his red nose from, well, too much eggnog, far too often. ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rotten-things-do-reindeer-do-to-rudolph/673921/43 "2013-11-18T01:27:29Z")
The heck with this drama queen Rudolph, we wanna know what happened to Olive, (The Other Reindeer). ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rotten-things-do-reindeer-do-to-rudolph/673921/44 "2013-11-18T01:31:37Z")
Draw all over his nose while he’s asleep with a black magic marker so it doesn’t glow. Or use a blue transparency marker, so it glows purple. Or use the black one, but leave a clear space in the middle of the nose in the shape of the Bat signal. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rotten-things-do-reindeer-do-to-rudolph/673921/45 "2013-11-18T02:02:58Z")
Stage a fake anti-Christmas in July. “Rudolph! Wake up, you’re late! Today’s the big day!” ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rotten-things-do-reindeer-do-to-rudolph/673921/46 "2013-11-18T04:11:02Z")
Gave him a Rob Ford bobblehead doll and told him it was Santa with a shave and haircut. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rotten-things-do-reindeer-do-to-rudolph/673921/47 "2013-11-18T17:56:16Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Framed him for running over grandma? THIS^ This crime MUST be solved?! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rotten-things-do-reindeer-do-to-rudolph/673921/48 "2013-11-18T18:26:51Z")
They made him watch that awful Ben Affleck movie, what’s it called. _Surviving Christmas._ ---
**Author:** ![Detroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@Detroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Detroit)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rotten-things-do-reindeer-do-to-rudolph/673921/49 "2013-11-26T17:41:42Z")
Told him the other reindeer went on strike - and that he’d have to pull the fat man and the sleigh on his own. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rotten-things-do-reindeer-do-to-rudolph/673921/50 "2013-11-30T10:08:29Z")
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Comet, Cupid, Donder and Blitzen all got it on with Vixen, but they never let poor Rudolph play that particular reindeer game. Yeah, as I’ve always known it, the name was Donder, not Donner. ETA: Now, let the OP work on illustrating this with his photos of his office workers. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rotten-things-do-reindeer-do-to-rudolph/673921.md?page=2)