# A random thoughts thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 30, 2010, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809 "2010-12-30T07:10:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/21 "2011-01-02T00:22:04Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > How do my cats know not to eat the dog kibble? I don’t know, but they should teach my cat. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/22 "2011-01-02T00:53:44Z")
> [@wisernow](#): > > Another 10 days and it will be 1/11/11 or 11/1/11 and 10 months later in this year we will have 11/1/11 or 1/11/11… Don’t forget 11/11/11. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/23 "2011-01-02T06:25:42Z")
The World is Round, It is Not Fair, It is Just Damn Round !!! ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/24 "2011-01-02T06:48:18Z")
Is it just me, or does it seem like the networks run movies with the same big name actor against each other? Like, you won’t see any Tom Hanks movies listed for weeks and then there’ll be three on at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/25 "2011-01-02T06:53:37Z")
Throwing cigarette butts in urinals is not a good idea, as it makes them soggy and difficult to light. The cigarette butts, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/26 "2011-01-02T07:01:26Z")
I’ve never had the need for an alibi. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/27 "2011-01-02T07:33:46Z")
From the random thoughts while brain is at 5% dept. My new contact case feels weird in the dark, I should turn on the lights to figure this out. … Ahh bumps in the shape of the letter L, must be for Braille. Yep, Braille for contact cases. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/28 "2011-01-02T08:58:39Z")
Some of us really can’t see things without our glasses or contacts. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/29 "2011-01-02T14:10:08Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > Throwing cigarette butts in urinals is not a good idea, as it makes them soggy and difficult to light. > > The cigarette butts, that is. Ever tried to smoke salmon? ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/30 "2011-01-02T15:31:01Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > Not sure how random this is, but tomorrow is 1/1/11. That hasn’t happened for, oh, a century. I was thinking about that a few days ago that it’s the same for 1/11/11. And 11/11/11. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/31 "2011-01-02T15:56:21Z")
> [@Sami41](#): > > I’ve never had the need for an alibi. Nor have I, but some times I still give myself one. 😃 I’m waiting for the plumber right now. He SAID he would be here some time this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/32 "2011-01-02T20:41:37Z")
Wouldn’t it be worse to be kicked off the curb than to the curb? Why is it called a driveway when all I do is park in it? ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/33 "2011-01-02T23:19:10Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Wouldn’t it be worse to be kicked off the curb than to the curb? > > Why is it called a driveway when all I do is park in it? I never understood the first expression and first heard it only a few years ago. Since then I’ve gathered it relates in some way to taking out the trash - since you normally have to bring it to the curb. I can only guess that most people have refuse technicians who are much more diligent about the performance of their duties. Around here, if it’s not in the trash bin and the bin is not facing the right way and the right distance from the roadway, forget about having your trash picked up. I’m surprised they don’t require gift wrapping and a bow. ---
**Author:** ![prettydorky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@prettydorky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prettydorky)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/34 "2011-01-02T23:27:48Z")
Random pre-coffee thinking: Recently I heard more than one person express confusion about the phrase “Have your cake and eat it too”- isn’t that just meaning that once you eat your cake, you won’t have it anymore? So, if you want to have it, you can’t eat it. Maybe it should be “_Eat_ your cake and _have_ it too”. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/35 "2011-01-02T23:56:18Z")
> [@prettydorky](#): > > Random pre-coffee thinking: > > Recently I heard more than one person express confusion about the phrase “Have your cake and eat it too”- isn’t that just meaning that once you eat your cake, you won’t have it anymore? So, if you want to have it, you can’t eat it. Maybe it should be “_Eat_ your cake and _have_ it too”. Perhaps it should be “keep your cake and eat it too”? Seems like a huge waste of flour and eggs, though. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/36 "2011-01-03T00:05:25Z")
You think Oprah is rich? Julia Louis-Dreyfus who played Elaine on Seinfeld has more money than Oprah let alone Jerry and about the same amount as Steven Spielberg. She got it the old fashion way though. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/37 "2011-01-03T00:12:02Z")
Is happiness an aesthetically-driven positive assessment of one’s present circumstances, rather than an actual experience? ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/38 "2011-01-03T00:39:01Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > You think Oprah is rich? Julia Louis-Dreyfus who played Elaine on Seinfeld has more money than Oprah let alone Jerry and about the same amount as Steven Spielberg. She got it the old fashion way though. Selling blood plasma? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/39 "2011-01-03T01:16:55Z")
[This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7HcWPDYtwI) is the funniest Youtube comment I’ve seen in a long, long time: > [@](#): > > I am convinced it is about an electronic engineer’s love affair with a new microcontroller, expressing that love through a deep understanding of the chip’s datasheet, using an oscilloscope to probe the chip. “I will go down with this chip” is obvious that the engineer has a one-on-one relationship with the IC. The white flag is obviously a metaphor for the datasheet. I am so glad women like Dido (Digital In, Digital Out) can appreciate electronic engineers. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809/40 "2011-01-03T02:48:35Z")
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