# You spot an "alien" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 12, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spot-an-alien/709593 "2015-01-12T03:08:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DingoelGringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@DingoelGringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DingoelGringo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spot-an-alien/709593/41 "2015-01-13T16:30:26Z")
> [@D4S3R](#): > > I shoot the robins. > > I HATE those damn robins! > > (And I don’t know what a “towerblock” is…Unless it’s a Lego.) That is what brits call an apartment bldg. Forgive them they don’t know any better. ---
**Author:** ![DingoelGringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@DingoelGringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DingoelGringo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spot-an-alien/709593/42 "2015-01-13T16:32:36Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > There’s something to that… Any alien civilization is going to know that first-contact missions are damnably dangerous. Getting shot is part of the risk. > > If this first-contact specialist is so careless as to approach a dwelling without sufficient precautions, he has no great expectation of not being shot. > > He would have been much wiser to have sent in a robot drone of some sort, which he can consider expendable. > > I wouldn’t shoot…but I seriously would not blame someone very much if they did. I’d just take a hell of a lot of pictures, while jabbing 9-1-1 as fast as I can. He’s probably set down on thousands of planets and never seen a reaction of that type before. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spot-an-alien/709593/43 "2015-01-14T07:30:37Z")
> [@DingoelGringo](#): > > He’s probably set down on thousands of planets and never seen a reaction of that type before. Now you are seeing the logic of happy penis hand walking.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spot-an-alien/709593/44 "2015-01-14T09:10:48Z")
As an Aussie, I’d look at it, go grab a couple of beers from the fridge, and drink them while taking photos through the window and calling 000. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spot-an-alien/709593/45 "2015-01-14T17:10:59Z")
That is just impolite. Would you not offer it a beer? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spot-an-alien/709593/46 "2015-01-14T17:49:33Z")
“That’s not a 1920’s Style Death Ray. THIS is a 1920’s style death ray. Come on, have a beer!” ---
**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:** [January 14, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spot-an-alien/709593/47 "2015-01-14T22:09:52Z")
I come out with my Stungun & ropes. VAST FORTUNE, HERE I COME!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-spot-an-alien/709593.md?page=2)