# What would you do? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 23, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136 "2012-07-23T14:47:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/1 "2012-07-23T14:47:13Z")
If you found underwear in a pile of clean clothes that obviously don’t belong to anyone in the house? Is it worth calling the cops? ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/2 "2012-07-23T14:48:49Z")
Why would you call the cops because a piece of ass your roommate got left her/his undies behind when they bailed?? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/3 "2012-07-23T14:49:26Z")
I’d assume my flatmate got laid, why would I call the cops about that? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/4 "2012-07-23T14:50:28Z")
“911, what is your emergency?” “I found strange underwear! Help, help!” :dubious: I would do nothing. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/5 "2012-07-23T14:51:22Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > If you found underwear in a pile of clean clothes that obviously don’t belong to anyone in the house? Is it worth calling the cops? I’d start a thread about it. That’s the only responsible action. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/6 "2012-07-23T14:52:19Z")
Why on earth would anyone call the cops? Oh wait this is a Diamond thread. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/7 "2012-07-23T14:53:05Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > I’d assume my flatmate got laid, why would I call the cops about that? 😕 I know, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kmshrader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@kmshrader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmshrader)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/8 "2012-07-23T14:54:12Z")
Should I assume you don’t use a public laundromat? I’d feel bad for having accidentally ended up with some poor sod’s underpants. If I had my own washer/dryer I’d wonder if they were my SO’s. If still no, I’d start to feel a bit confused. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/9 "2012-07-23T14:56:57Z")
How do you cross the street without getting hit by buses? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/10 "2012-07-23T15:01:53Z")
> [@kmshrader](#): > > Should I assume you don’t use a public laundromat? In a Diamonds02 thread, it’s best to not assume anything she hasn’t yet posted (topics and facts from other threads she’s started are fair game). ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/11 "2012-07-23T15:04:16Z")
Weird, I would have sworn that Diamonds02 had been banned. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/12 "2012-07-23T15:07:32Z")
I’d say your SO was having an affair. That’s all I’ve got. ---
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/13 "2012-07-23T15:10:41Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > Why on earth would anyone call the cops? Oh wait this is a Diamond thread. And this sums it up. 😉 More details: This is at my parents and female cousin that sometimes stay over with them. My dad found guys’ underwear that didn’t belong to him and that freaked him out. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/14 "2012-07-23T15:20:34Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > How do you cross the street without getting hit by buses? Start your own thread! We can’t derail this riveting and helpful conversation. ---
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/15 "2012-07-23T15:22:50Z")
The dilemma… They might belong a guy friend of my cousin. If so, I don’t want to rat her out. Or, they might be a old pair that belonged to me. I really don’t remember. My dad asked me if they were mine and if I were gay. Obviously, I said “no”. So my dad thinks someone like broke in or my mom or cousin is allowing company while he is gone and he wants to call the cops. Crazy, I know, but that’s my dad. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/16 "2012-07-23T15:22:57Z")
The police in my area often decline to respond to murder calls especially at night, a dead body once laid on the ground a few doors down from 2am to dawn because police refused to enter at night. When they do a raid it usually looks like urban military operations including circling chopper. I am sure they will respond right away to a call of strange undergarments. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/17 "2012-07-23T15:30:36Z")
Strange underpants --\> ? --\> Profit ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/18 "2012-07-23T15:33:57Z")
But aren’t you gay? So you’ve not come out to your parents, or at least your dad? And he’s flipping out because your mom or your cousin may have had company without his permission or knowledge? Your dad sounds like a treat. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/19 "2012-07-23T15:48:07Z")
Wear them. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136/20 "2012-07-23T15:53:11Z")
So, your cousin left behind some underpants [del]gnomes[/del]? I think you should start a thread about it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do/629136.md?page=2)