# You’ve been kidnapped. 30 mins later the kidnapper dumps you on the street because you won’t stop talking about what? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 8, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661 "2021-05-08T13:09:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/61 "2021-05-09T18:15:09Z")
There was a commercial some time ago where a flying saucer hovers over a house and levitates a little girl out of her bed. It flies off then we cut to the interior where she’s being interrogated by the commander and she just won’t shut up. Sounding rather like **Anne** ’s post only child-stuff she goes on and on while the commander is drumming its fingers. One of the pilots is holding its head and rocking back and forth and finally the one at the controls looks back with a suffering expression. The commander gestures sideways with its thumb, the saucer does an instant U-turn and she’s deposited, still talking, back in her bed. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/62 "2021-05-09T18:23:19Z")
The kidnappers had to negotiate with Red Chief’s parents to get them to take him back. Very clever story, very O’Henry. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/63 "2021-05-09T19:33:56Z")
Tractors. Or, at least if the kidnapping happens fairly soon. There’ve been other stretches when it would have been data acquisition, or telescopes, or camera lenses, or radio, or… well, crap, there’ve been a bunch of them anyway. In fact, I hope to Christ on crutches that the next few are cheaper. Maybe history, or programming, or something based on assets I don’t purchase. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/64 "2021-05-09T21:58:18Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > ‘… Holy shit. Dudes, you shoulda paid me a consulting fee before you kidnapped my ass, cause y’all are fucked. Fucked. But, according to the GPS instructions, we’re just a couple of blocks away from The Cock Inn and I’ll buy you both a pint, no harm done. I needed the ride anyway, and I’m meeting my buddy Treppenwitz there…’ [Continued]… And you know the old Cock Inn in Southwater…? I loved that place - every time I rode past there on my bike my internal dialog would flip to that old joke. You know, _How far’s the old cock in, mate?_ - What, you mean from my house? Hahaha. And you know what they changed the name to? The Tipsy Fox. Bastards. Oh, shit, I’m supposed to be meeting my old mate JohnT there, and I forgot to tell him about the name… j ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/65 "2021-05-09T22:03:40Z")
…But in WandaVision, y’see, they’ve given the twins Wiccan and Speed a new origin story, and they don’t call 'em Wiccan and Speed, at least not yet. Maybe in Doctor Strange 2, but not yet. Originally they were demonspawn illusions and only Agatha Harkness (wait, she was a good guy in the comics, and not nearly as young or funny as in WandaVision) kept them from being harmful. I kept expecting them to find a way to bring in Wonder Man. Don’t you think Nathan Fillion should play Wonder Man? After all, it was Simon (uh, that’s Wonder Man)'s brain patterns… ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/66 "2021-05-09T22:16:52Z")
There’s a “South Park” episode where Butters is kidnapped by a pedophile who is looking for a child of his type, and almost immediately lets him go for this exact reason. Only on “South Park”! ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/67 "2021-05-10T00:15:47Z")
Hey, @Napier - did I post that I just bought a new (to me) tractor a couple weeks ago? Yeah, I’ve been wanting one with a rollbar since I survived the rollover of my old Yanmar. Now, this isn’t a very big tractor, I only have 13 acres, but it’s a Kubota BX2660 with a FEL and a 60" mid-mount mower. I mowed 5 acres this morning before the rains hit. I’m still figuring out all the levers and knobs - today I found the cruise control! I got stuck in a muddy spot and had to switch to 4 wheel drive. Right now I’m mowing down stupid buttercups. They’re the vermin of the plant world. Did you know they’re caustic and can cause blisters in the mouth of livestock who accidentally ingest them? I’d like to spray, but I would have to move the horses off the pasture. Maybe this winter when everything dies back I can spray for them. I wish 2 4 d didn’t kill clover along with buttercups. I keep bees and bees love clover (but don’t like buttercups). Let me tell you all about my hives… StG ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/68 "2021-05-10T01:35:17Z")
Oh, yeah, I’d just pretend I kept bees, or went to Burning Man or better yet, did Crossfit. That’s good for an hour. With another hour about my “primitive”-but-NOT-paleo-not-just-keto diet. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/69 "2021-05-10T05:55:30Z")
I would drive then crazy while still on the car, challenging them to license plate games. Like, put mathematical symbols bettween the numbers to form an expression =0. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/70 "2021-05-10T06:10:48Z")
> [@digs](#): > > With another hour about my “primitive”-but-NOT-paleo-not-just-keto diet. I believe this is outlawed by the Geneva Convention. Fair warning. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/71 "2021-05-10T07:42:28Z")
The lil’wrekkers latest: etc.etc.etc… I’d be free in exactly 11 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/72 "2021-05-10T10:08:23Z")
heu see that corner when i first moved here it was an a&w then it was a taco shop …And on the other corners were 3 stations the shell changed to mobil in 1992 then closed down for a while in 97 and torn down in 2001 to make the new taco bell that was formerly across the street which is now tacos Hernandez and the dollar store was in what was the original shopping area in town that consisted of… (why yes I can do this for almost 90 percent of the town I live in for hours) ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyEcks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnnyecks/32/18197_2.png) [@JohnnyEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyEcks)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/73 "2021-05-10T13:14:21Z")
The exact opposite scenario is possible, too- there’s an episode of “Ripping Yarns” in which an incredibly boring bank clerk is kidnapped by a dashing bank robber- who just happens to share his deep fascination with rainfall records and shovels. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/74 "2021-05-10T14:03:46Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > today I found the cruise control! The cruise control? You mean, the engine speed control lever, the “throttle” (it’s not literally a throttle as it controls fuel injection and doesn’t throttle off the intake air)? That’s the main control. The pedal is only for goosing the engine, and for roading the tractor (hand speed controls aren’t generally allowed on the road). Wait – am I doing it now? I am, aren’t I? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/75 "2021-05-10T14:11:59Z")
Could you watch the damn potholes!? I have terrible cramps. It’s like razor wire in my uterus. Seriously, I have to change my pad like, every hour. I couldn’t even go to work today. You don’t even know . . . ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/76 "2021-05-10T14:12:38Z")
I’m glad you used your turn signal back there, most people seem to forget to signal, donchathink? Drives me nuts and it’s rude to boot. Careful coming up to this intersection, it has a tricky left hand turn in it where people coming into the intersection can’t see you very well, so you might want to slow down a bit. No, slower! Well, that was close, I’ve seen people get hit driving like you just did. I used to work at a driving school, so I know about these thing, so you really should listen to me. I know what I’m talking about. This driveway on the right is notorious for people not looking left for oncoming traffic, so keep your eyes open. You know, you seem to be swerving in your lane a bit, you really should just relax and not try to steer so much. You also sure seem to stop behind cars at lights kinda close, you really should be able to see all of their back tires when you stop. That way, if you get rear ended, you won’t get pushed into the car ahead of you. It’s common sense, really. SHIT! WHAT WAS THAT? Oh, nothing, sorry, did I startle you? I thought I saw a big rig try to merge in your blind spot, but I was wrong. It’s okay, you’re doing fine really… (I actually can do this in real time, very quickly. Makes people nuts.) ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/77 "2021-05-10T14:18:17Z")
Not the throttle, the little knob you can pull up to maintain speed. It’s called the [Speed Set device.](https://kubota.ca/getmedia/ad27b250-3c68-43cf-a373-5d71fd644bfc/BX1870D#page=40&zoom=auto,-43,792) StG ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/78 "2021-05-10T14:23:05Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > I’m glad you used your turn signal back there, most people seem to forget to signal, donchathink? Drives me nuts and it’s rude to boot. Careful coming up to this intersection, it has a tricky left hand turn in it where people coming into the intersection can’t see you very well, so you might want to slow down a bit. No, slower! Well, that was close, I’ve seen people get hit driving like you just did. I used to work at a driving school, so I know about these thing, so you really should listen to me. I know what I’m talking about. This driveway on the right is notorious for people not looking left for oncoming traffic, so keep your eyes open. You know, you seem to be swerving in your lane a bit, you really should just relax and not try to steer so much. You also sure seem to stop behind cars at lights kinda close, you really should be able to see all of their back tires when you stop. That way, if you get rear ended, you won’t get pushed into the car ahead of you. It’s common sense, really. SHIT! WHAT WAS THAT? Oh, nothing, sorry, did I startle you? I thought I saw a big rig try to merge in your blind spot, but I was wrong. It’s okay, you’re doing fine really… > > (I actually can do this in real time, very quickly. Makes people nuts.) Lol, I wanna throw you out of the _thread_ after reading this! 🤣 Will let you know that if I kidnap you, this _is_ my kryptonite. Consider yourself freed! ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/79 "2021-05-10T15:08:46Z")
The Geneva Convention has already been mentioned and I know that I have to thread lightly because this board has rules, but the idea of kidnapping you all and putting you together is beginning to take shape in my mind. It’s starting to look like a Tarantino movie with dashes of Sam Peckinpah. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661/80 "2021-05-10T15:33:30Z")
All of the people in this thread together in a van!? I think you’re looking at a “Saw”-like torture film. I know I’d cut my arm off to get away from some of these stories. 😀 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661.md?page=5)