# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/81 "2002-11-16T04:41:25Z")
The sorcerer dozes off and you decide to put on his hat and get the broom to clean the place by itself. ---
**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 16, 2002, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/82 "2002-11-16T06:48:15Z")
…you see that the plumbers/caterers/icemen you hired are three squabbling men with bad haircuts. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/83 "2002-11-21T07:28:46Z")
… you try to pull the rip cord and realize that it’s your bookbag you’re wearing. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/84 "2002-11-21T10:37:11Z")
…you notice a spiderweb in the corner of the room…and it has the words “Get Out” woven into the web. ---
**Author:** ![Gerome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Gerome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerome)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/85 "2002-11-21T12:38:02Z")
…a fat guy, working for a rival company, just cut off the power to the entire theme park. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/86 "2002-11-21T17:04:35Z")
… you start having chest pains, and you have to ask Ellen Ripley to help walk you to the medical bay. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/87 "2002-11-21T17:17:14Z")
…The Blue Screen of Death[sup]TM[/sup] simply lists the error code as: “All your CPU are belong to us.” ---
**Author:** ![ravage2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@ravage2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ravage2)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/88 "2002-11-21T17:29:12Z")
… someone you just met offers you a blue pill and a red pill, and fully expects you to just blindly swallow some unknown drug. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/89 "2002-11-21T18:31:20Z")
…you have a private audience…with Carrot Top… ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/90 "2002-11-21T18:47:05Z")
…you move into your new house, and discover you can carry on a conversation with it. …your kid seems very interested in tv, especially when there’s nothing but static being broadcast. ---
**Author:** ![Spudo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Spudo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spudo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/91 "2002-11-21T18:51:45Z")
. . .you look down and EAT is tatooed on your stomach, and you can’t remember the laste time you ate. . . ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/92 "2002-11-21T19:00:38Z")
While hiking in the woods, you hear a twig snap and are foolish enough to ask “who’s there”. Your show just got the Friday night 8 PM slot on Fox. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/93 "2002-11-21T20:12:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LurkMeister \* > \*\*You get on any form of public transportation and see Shelley Winters on board. \*\* You get on any form of public transportation and see George Kennedy on board. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/94 "2002-11-21T20:33:52Z")
…You find yourself saying “Well well Mr. Bond…prepare to die…” ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/95 "2002-11-21T20:37:16Z")
…you have a sword and you hear someone saying " My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die…" ---
**Author:** ![MrMyth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@MrMyth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMyth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/96 "2002-11-21T23:39:09Z")
…your wedding band suddenly appears engraved with strange writing when you drop it on the stove… ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/97 "2002-11-22T00:13:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*… you’re a woman walking down the street, wearing a dress and carrying a shopping bag full of groceries, which includes a baguette and some celery. \*\* Hey! A [Lileks](http://www.lileks.com/institute/frahm/) reference. Cool. OK, here’s mine: You’re just hired as the new drummer for Spinal Tap. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2002, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/98 "2002-11-22T00:44:01Z")
Ringo Starr is forming a new rock band…and _you_ get to be the drummer. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/99 "2002-11-22T01:26:54Z")
Your plan for world domination is coming to fruition. You are black and in a horror movie. An electronic device you depend on has AI. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617/100 "2002-11-22T02:34:44Z")
. . . you look in the mirror and you don’t see your reflection. . . . a quaint little old lady named Miss Marple visits your hometown. . . . a Belgian with an egg-shaped head takes an interest in you. . . . Horace Rumpole turns you down as a client. . . . an out-of-date British police box materializes next to you and you live in the States. And the surest sign of trouble of all: . . . cjhoworth tells you she loves your sitcom! CJ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-in-trouble-when/136617.md?page=6)