# A bathroom scale, the Mona Lisa, my couch... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 13, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686 "2012-03-13T20:36:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/1 "2012-03-13T20:36:11Z")
What do those things have in common? (take a guess before peeking at answer below) Can you name more? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purely hands-free operation. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/2 "2012-03-13T20:41:25Z")
[quote=“The\_Controvert, post:1, topic:615686”] What do those things have in common? They would all make you very ill if you tried to eat them. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/3 "2012-03-13T20:44:34Z")
You use the first to mind your weight, the second you have to not mind waiting to see, and the third you use when you want to take a weight off your mind. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/4 "2012-03-13T20:45:18Z")
They were all creations of da Vinci? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/5 "2012-03-13T20:50:16Z")
Three things that have never been in my kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/6 "2012-03-13T21:08:49Z")
All of them tell you your weight, except the last two. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/7 "2012-03-13T21:26:42Z")
All of them are dirty (you can clean upholstered furniture, you know :)). (Also, I got upholstered spelled right the first time. I was just hoping to be close enough for the spell check to know what I meant.) ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/8 "2012-03-13T22:04:50Z")
Things that break when you sit on them. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/9 "2012-03-13T22:16:37Z")
I have touched my penis to each of them, when nobody was looking. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/10 "2012-03-13T22:24:57Z")
They’re all part of a new modern art installation project? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/11 "2012-03-13T22:30:27Z")
Hmm, perhaps this is harder than I thought. Okay here’s another one: slippers. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/12 "2012-03-13T23:11:01Z")
None of them have eyebrows. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/13 "2012-03-14T02:08:57Z")
They all have a lowercase ‘o’. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/14 "2012-03-14T03:12:10Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > Three things that have never been in my kitchen. This. I was going to say “Three things that have never been in **Antinor01** ’s kitchen”. ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/15 "2012-03-14T04:50:37Z")
Things you can fit up your ass. ---
**Author:** ![Postariti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Postariti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Postariti)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/16 "2012-03-14T12:02:26Z")
A second vote for “things that are dirty.” I thought of this because of the recent publicity about a copy of the Mona Lisa. It’s had the varnish removed from the face, and looks really wonderful compared to the real thing. I looked at your answer, and would have never thought of that. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/17 "2012-03-14T12:33:00Z")
Things made in Italy. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/18 "2012-03-14T15:10:12Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > You use the first to mind your weight, the second you have to not mind waiting to see, and the third you use when you want to take a weight off your mind. Bravo! ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/19 "2012-03-14T20:06:53Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > They all have a lowercase ‘o’. > > -D/a That was my thought, too. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686/20 "2012-03-14T22:18:35Z")
> [@The\_Controvert](#): > > Hmm, perhaps this is harder than I thought. Okay here’s another one: slippers. Wait, is the line in the spoiler supposed to be the answer, or a hint? I assumed it was your answer. ETA: Is “slippers” another hint? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bathroom-scale-the-mona-lisa-my-couch/615686.md?page=2)