# Why is there a Refrigerator on my front steps? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 28, 2006, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571 "2006-04-28T09:47:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/21 "2006-04-28T12:58:20Z")
Be careful. It’s a hunting blind. The deer are striking back. Were there any salt licks, suspicious piles of apples and/or krispy kreme nearby? ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/22 "2006-04-28T12:59:59Z")
Ring, Ring, Hello? Hi, is your refrigerator running? Uh, yes it is. You better go catch it before it gets away! Hahahahaha. Click. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/23 "2006-04-28T13:14:34Z")
The Industrial Freezer at the butcher’s downtown had an illegitimate child, and your house looked as if it would make a good home. If you don’t want it, take it to the local office of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Appliances and they’ll se it has a good home. They often spay, because you don’t want your neighborhood overrun with feral mini-fridges. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/24 "2006-04-28T13:16:01Z")
Let that be a note to all you people out there. Spay and/or neuter your appliances today! ---
**Author:** ![Jelymag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jelymag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelymag)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/25 "2006-04-28T14:15:43Z")
Am I the only person wondering why you have to move your car at 4:30 in the morning? ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/26 "2006-04-28T14:44:36Z")
> [@Jelymag](#): > > Am I the only person wondering why you have to move your car at 4:30 in the morning? Most likely wacky Chicago Parking Restrictions. They have various restrictions in some neighborhoods as to when you can and can’t park in certain areas. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/27 "2006-04-28T14:51:23Z")
I know what the fridge was doing on your doorstep at 4:30 in the morning. It was \*chillin’[/n]. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/28 "2006-04-28T14:53:05Z")
n? How the hell did I manage to boff that? Another humerous retort lost to poor coding. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/29 "2006-04-28T14:55:00Z")
How do we know that it was not the Cooler of Death’s big brother? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/30 "2006-04-28T14:59:18Z")
Someone was bringing pie. (and they weren’t sure how much room was left in the refrigerator in yur kitchen so…) ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/31 "2006-04-28T15:05:20Z")
The most likely scenario is that someone’s fridge broke and rather than pay a hauling fee they dumped it in front of your stoop in the middle of the night. Around here they usually dump this stuff in the alley. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/32 "2006-04-28T15:50:32Z")
I just noticed an abandoned refrigerator on a neighbor’s front walk. If you ask me, it’s a conspiracy of sorts. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/33 "2006-04-28T15:57:37Z")
There was an abandoned Coke machine down the street from me. Maybe that’s their leader? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/34 "2006-04-28T16:01:59Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > How do we know that it was not the Cooler of Death’s big brother? :eek: I came in here _specifically_ to make that joke! _throws things at you_ **Omniscient** , any news yet? Has it been… opened? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/35 "2006-04-28T16:16:45Z")
If you open the Fridge, the Terrorists have already won. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/36 "2006-04-28T16:27:32Z")
Oh, hey, sorry about that! I was buying a keg off of a guy across the street so’s I could put it into my new kegerator (to be built). I wanted to load the kegs into the bed of my truck towards the cab, so I had to take the fridge out first. Being the klutz I am, I forgot to load the fridge back up, and I sped off. Sorry about that. I’ll be over in an hour to pick it up again. Tripler Whoops! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/37 "2006-04-28T18:15:34Z")
Instead of having someone moving out - it could have been left over from someone moving in. I don’t know what the rental market in Chicago is like, but I was shocked when I moved to the NYC area and found that unlike all the other places where I’d rented the refrigerator wasn’t considered one of the appliances that the landlord was expected to provide for the lessor. When I moved out of the NYC area, I ended up bringing my fridge with me, because it was a full-sized one, and I wasn’t eager to go back to the ‘apartment’ sized fridge one commonly finds in bachelor apartments. But someone might have left it there after realizing that their new place had a full-sized fridge. I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/38 "2006-04-28T18:40:57Z")
[Refrigerator] _rings doorbell_ [/Refrigerator] [Omni] Who’s there? [/Omni] [Refrigerator] Candygram! [/Refrigerator] Don’t open the door! ---
**Author:** ![HeadNinja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b4bc9f/32.png) [@HeadNinja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeadNinja)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/39 "2006-04-28T20:46:21Z")
I think they’re migratory. Just leave out some bread and it will go away on its own. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571/40 "2006-04-28T21:11:48Z")
Hope you did not open the door. Hey, it’s Chicago, there’s liable to be a body in it. If not, it may sing, “I ain’t got nobody” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-refrigerator-on-my-front-steps/354571.md?page=3)