# You know you're in trouble when... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 13, 2002, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617 "2002-11-13T20:49:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/1 "2002-11-13T20:49:47Z")
You turn around, and Angel has disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/2 "2002-11-14T02:37:48Z")
You’ve beamed down with Kirk and you are wearing a red shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/3 "2002-11-14T03:41:13Z")
You’re with a Jedi and someone says “I have a bad feeling about this.” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/4 "2002-11-14T03:45:37Z")
You show the members of your platoon a picture of your sweetheart back home. You’re a cop only a few days from retirement and are assigned one last case. ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/5 "2002-11-14T04:06:26Z")
The lights go out and you head to the basement with a flashlight. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/6 "2002-11-14T04:14:01Z")
You’re a part-time security guard for a biotech research firm with a name like “Gen-Evil-Co.” or “Pittsburg Lymphatic Agent Understanding Group Enterprises”. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/7 "2002-11-14T04:21:02Z")
Michael Jackson shows up at your 12th-birthday party… ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/8 "2002-11-14T04:51:36Z")
A little kid looks at you fearfully and says, “I see dead people” . . . ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/9 "2002-11-14T04:57:33Z")
You are anyone’s “best friend” in a war. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@The\_Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tim)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/10 "2002-11-14T05:08:30Z")
It’s a tuesday night and you’re in Sunnydale. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/11 "2002-11-14T05:44:00Z")
You’ve just made an earth-shattering discovery about \_\_\_\_\_\_\_. (a) the JFK assassination; (b) the existence of UFO’s; © a cheap, clean, and near-infinite source of energy; (d) a scandal/conspiracy that involves the most powerful people in politics, business. religion, and/or media. ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/12 "2002-11-14T06:18:32Z")
When you’re an action hero with a loving family at the beginning of the movie, because in fifteen minutes they’ll all be pushing up daisies. On the plus side by the end of the film you usually get to do it with a hot model trying to break into acting. So it all evens out. ---
**Author:** ![buckgully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@buckgully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckgully)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/13 "2002-11-14T06:45:29Z")
You’ve got six wanted stars and your Infernus just caught fire. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/14 "2002-11-14T07:00:11Z")
Your phone rings after you’ve just watched a grainy, silent, black & white video about a girl in well. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/15 "2002-11-14T07:01:36Z")
that should be “a girl in **a** well.” ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/16 "2002-11-14T07:15:27Z")
As you start your day, you hear Rod Serling intone, “Submitted for your approval . . .” ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/17 "2002-11-14T07:29:38Z")
… you finally decide to do what all the other cool kids are doing. … there isn’t enough room in all of the escape pods/life boats/evac choppers to get _everyone_ safely away in time. … you’ve finally completed your lifelong research project, and made a surprising discovery. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/18 "2002-11-14T07:30:21Z")
… Gandalf says, “This is the one ring…” ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/19 "2002-11-14T07:35:44Z")
You’re the star of a successful franchise and Joel Schumacher is brought on to direct. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/20 "2002-11-14T07:44:04Z")
…you’re trying to have an intelligent, rational, discussion and “justhink” shows up. (sorry J/t I couldn’t resist)…😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617.md?page=2)