Vampire Question

Sundae · 10-05-2005, 06:43 AM

I live in an old house that has been converted to 2 flats. We share a front door and an entrance hall, then the door to my flat is to the left and my neighbour's is up the stairs.

If she was fooled into letting a vampire cross our shared threshold, would my flat still be inviolate, or would the vampire be able to come & go at will?

And yes I know they don't exist. But if they did......

glatt · 10-05-2005, 07:50 AM

The vampire would have access to the hallway and your neighbor's flat, but not your flat.

See the first paragraph of section 6c of the Nosferatu Accord for more detailed information.

Silent · 10-05-2005, 09:23 AM

IIRC,

It's a threshold thing. They cannot cross a threshold without being invited. IMO, the moment they are invited into a building, they can go anywhere inside that building, as long as they do not have to exit and re-enter through another door.

Sundae · 10-05-2005, 10:08 AM

I am concerned about how the threshold is interpreted. For tax and utility bill purposes we are counted as two separate dwellings. But a vampire may count the front door to the street as the threshold to both our homes and polish us off accordingly.

I am wily & cunning enough not to invite a vampire in of course.

wolf · 10-05-2005, 10:29 AM

Your door represents a separate dwelling/household.

Vampires, however, are more wily and cunning even than you.

Just a suggestion, though ... if the gasman comes to your house after midnight, and you don't smell gas, it just might be the Vampire your neighbor let in trying for a snack.

Trilby · 10-05-2005, 11:43 AM

Vampires are annoying. They call you up, invite you to coffee, but what they've really got in mind is some nice neck nibbling. Irritating bunch.

*wish for vampire smilie--perhaps for Halloween?*

Bullitt · 10-05-2005, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Vampires are annoying. They call you up, invite you to coffee, but what they've really got in mind is some nice neck nibbling. Irritating bunch.

*wish for vampire smilie--perhaps for Halloween?*

Ooooh I second this motion. Maybe black face with white fangs red eyes and purple little flappy wings.

SmartAZ · 10-05-2005, 11:48 AM

barefoot serpent · 10-05-2005, 11:50 AM

Is there a Lee Ho Fooks Chinese restaurant nearby?

Elspode · 10-05-2005, 05:43 PM

That's werewolves, silly.

I think that, like in a hotel, you have to invite the vampire into the space in which you personally live; that is to say, through the access to your actual apartment/room/dwelling space.

Otherwise, vampires would be running amok in every public place in town, and since they aren't, I believe my view of things here to be accurate.

richlevy · 10-05-2005, 08:17 PM

Well, to answer your question, it would keep out vampires unless they are accompanied by lawyers.

The solution to this is to drive a wooden stake through the heart. This also works on vampires.

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Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Vampire Question I live in an old house that has been converted to 2 flats. We share a front door and an entrance hall, then the door to my flat is to the left and my neighbour's is up the stairs. If she was fooled into letting a vampire cross our shared threshold, would my flat still be inviolate, or would the vampire be able to come & go at will? And yes I know they don't exist. But if they did......

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wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Your door represents a separate dwelling/household. Vampires, however, are more wily and cunning even than you. Just a suggestion, though ... if the gasman comes to your house after midnight, and you don't smell gas, it just might be the Vampire your neighbor let in trying for a snack. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Vampires are annoying. They call you up, invite you to coffee, but what they've really got in mind is some nice neck nibbling. Irritating bunch. wish for vampire smilie--perhaps for Halloween? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	That's werewolves, silly. I think that, like in a hotel, you have to invite the vampire into the space in which you personally live; that is to say, through the access to your actual apartment/room/dwelling space. Otherwise, vampires would be running amok in every public place in town, and since they aren't, I believe my view of things here to be accurate. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The vampire would have access to the hallway and your neighbor's flat, but not your flat. See the first paragraph of section 6c of the Nosferatu Accord for more detailed information.

10-05-2005, 09:23 AM	#3
Silent Romanes Eunt Domus Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 702	IIRC, It's a threshold thing. They cannot cross a threshold without being invited. IMO, the moment they are invited into a building, they can go anywhere inside that building, as long as they do not have to exit and re-enter through another door.

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Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I am concerned about how the threshold is interpreted. For tax and utility bill purposes we are counted as two separate dwellings. But a vampire may count the front door to the street as the threshold to both our homes and polish us off accordingly. I am wily & cunning enough not to invite a vampire in of course.

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barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	Is there a Lee Ho Fooks Chinese restaurant nearby?

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richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Well, to answer your question, it would keep out vampires unless they are accompanied by lawyers. The solution to this is to drive a wooden stake through the heart. This also works on vampires. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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