sorry I accidentally hit post before asking CHAT IS THIS TRUE? Do you know what this means?

Close the gotdamn door

as far as i know it’s the setup to a joke you just invented

which tbc i also cannot suss out

I've never heard it but also I'm pretty sure I can surmise the meaning.

Only through constantly hearing "close the door were you born on a barn"

That's leave in the state it was after using right?

you got it!

I am not familiar as a coastal city slicker, but I assume from context it means ensuring they are closed?

kind of- it's to leave the gate how you found it if it was open, leave it open as you go through it if it was closed, close it after you go through I have a gated back yard & a dog who would love to chase more rabbits and it keeps the "in play" vs "private" rooms distinct for a murder mystery

No 😔

I have no idea what this might be referring to whatsoever

Only because I grew up on a farm. It’s definitely more midwestern and southern though

I grew up in Michigan and I'm using this anytime someone suggests it isn't part of the midwest

@evan.sooscreek.productions is from Michigan and is absolutely midwestern

Who is trying to say Michigan isn’t part of the Midwest? I’m going to send spicy scalloped potatoes to their next Sunday after-church dinner.

from the midwest also but never heard of this one (there’s many many things i’ve never heard of though)

“If it’s closed, it stays closed, if it’s open, it stays open” if I remember correctly

yes!

I grew up in KS and assumed it was just something like "don't do something stupid and let the animals out", but this makes more sense

Growing up in KC when I heard jt it always had the connotation of “leave the doors as they are”, but when I heard my family in Tennessee use it it had that implication of “these doors are the way they are so animals don’t get out” so I think you’re in the ballpark

yes, it's also to rotate grazing through different pastures sometimes you want a gate open! this is for a murder mystery party, so we want some rooms kept open for the game, some doors kept closed only when in use, and the yard gate kept closed, etc etc

If it's closed, keep it closed, if it's open, keep it open?

correct!

didn't know what this meant til I read the other replies

You close it behind you

Or leave it open, if it was open

Was he brought up in a barn?

I’ve always heard were you raised in a barn for people leaving doors open so I would assume it means to do that since that’s apparently what people raised on farms do

Close them behind you!

Didn't have a lot of farms, but I grew up in a rural area and I know quite well you leave the gate/door as your find it. Oh yes: don't run across the bull pasture for fun either. Teasing the bull was a past time for some in our youth.

all i can think of is those cute half-doors that horses have on their houses. otherwise i have no idea.