# Apparently my room contains over 100 drink coasters.... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 16, 2002, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-room-contains-over-100-drink-coasters/143045 "2002-12-16T07:49:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AfterAugust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AfterAugust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AfterAugust)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-room-contains-over-100-drink-coasters/143045/1 "2002-12-16T07:49:57Z")
…because I found one of my CDs being used as one in the living room! :mad: :mad: First off, how did it get out of my room, and WHY did it seem OKAY to take it out of its case and put drinks on it??!!! The final insult is that it was one of my REM CDs…_grumble_. Whoever did this is lucky there wasn’t any damage. Grr. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-room-contains-over-100-drink-coasters/143045/2 "2002-12-16T08:32:28Z")
Maybe they mistook it for an AOL CD. ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-room-contains-over-100-drink-coasters/143045/3 "2002-12-16T16:23:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AfterAugust \* > \*\*…it was one of my REM CDs… > \*\* Becoming a coaster is a better fate than it deserves… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-room-contains-over-100-drink-coasters/143045/4 "2002-12-16T16:39:45Z")
To paraphrase Denis Leary, “Hey hey hey, pull that bus over to the side of the pretentiousness turnpike, I want the shiny people over here and the happy people over there, I represent angry gun toting meat eating fucking people!, sit down and shut the fuck up Michael.” unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-room-contains-over-100-drink-coasters/143045/5 "2002-12-16T16:57:38Z")
I have several dozen AOL CD’s for use as coasters in my house. All of them are different. They make a good coaster, although some explaining is often required. ---
**Author:** ![AfterAugust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AfterAugust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AfterAugust)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-room-contains-over-100-drink-coasters/143045/6 "2002-12-16T17:53:38Z")
Hmmmm…my reasoning for posting this rant wasn’t to have my music preference bashed. Thanks a lot. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-room-contains-over-100-drink-coasters/143045/7 "2002-12-16T17:54:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Debaser \* > \*\*I have several dozen AOL CD’s for use as coasters in my house. All of them are different. They make a good coaster, although some explaining is often required. \*\* They also make a fantastic mobile. All you need is a dozen or so aol disks of various colors and designs, a dowel slightly thicker than a pencil(cut in two), a drill, a nut and bolt, some fishing line, a candle, and something metal that is sharp and narrow. Heat the metal thing (I used one of those tools for drawing circles) with the candle then plunge it through the edge of the aol disk. Be sure to do both sides, so the hole isn’t ragged. \*do not try to use the drill on the aol disk. It’s not a good idea, trust me. \* repeat with all aol disks. Do it top and bottom to those you’d like to connect. Cut the dowel in two and drill holes for the nut and bolt. Drill smaller holes at each end of the dowels as well. Once you’ve assembled the dowels into an X you need to string your aol disks in a pleasant manner and tie them into the holes in the dowel. The assembled mobile makes a good gift for people with a quirky sense of humor 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-room-contains-over-100-drink-coasters/143045/8 "2002-12-16T20:06:33Z")
I’m glad I live alone. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-room-contains-over-100-drink-coasters/143045/9 "2002-12-16T21:00:52Z")
Why do people think cd’s make good coasters? a) They aren’t absorbant so liquid rolls right off of them, and b) there’s a friggin’ hole in the middle of the thing! Underwear as coasters? That’s a different subject altogether. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-room-contains-over-100-drink-coasters/143045/10 "2002-12-16T21:01:55Z")
Of course, the “hole” argument may come back into play there as well. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-room-contains-over-100-drink-coasters/143045/11 "2002-12-16T21:12:19Z")
Guy down the street from me has a tee-pee shaped light setup outside his house. Each bulb is poked through the center of an AOL disc, so that when they’re lit up at night you get a lovely halo effect on each light. Clever _and_ thrifty! And **AfterAugust** , for what it’s worth I dig REM too. Although as horrid as I am to my CD’s I can’t really summon too much righteous outrage over a temporarily slippy yet ultimately unharmed disc. Do you have a lock on your door? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-room-contains-over-100-drink-coasters/143045/12 "2002-12-16T22:18:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Carnage \* > **Why do people think cd’s make good coasters? a) They aren’t absorbant so liquid rolls right off of them, and b) there’s a friggin’ hole in the middle of the thing!** If i accidentally fuck up when trying to burn a CD on my computer, i use the wasted disc as a coaster. It is not so much to avoid liquid getting on the table; i use it more often for hot beverages so that the hot cup does not leave marks on my varnished wood coffee table. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-room-contains-over-100-drink-coasters/143045/13 "2002-12-16T23:12:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AfterAugust \* > \*\*Hmmmm…my reasoning for posting this rant wasn’t to have my music preference bashed. > > Thanks a lot. \*\* As they say, you get what you pay for. Given the size of the internet, I’m sure there’s a “don’t use my REM CD as a coaster” forum somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-room-contains-over-100-drink-coasters/143045/14 "2002-12-16T23:48:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AfterAugust \* > \*\* > The final insult is that it was one of my REM CDs…_grumble_. > \*\* Which one? Though I hate to think of any of my precious REM collection being scratched, damaged or lost, I’d be only mildly annoyed about _Reveal_, while I would be driven to paroxysms of screaming rage if I had to replace _Automatic For the People_ again. ---
**Author:** ![kiwiboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/35a633/32.png) [@kiwiboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiwiboy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-room-contains-over-100-drink-coasters/143045/15 "2002-12-16T23:50:19Z")
I don’t want to be alarmist or anything, but you’re on the slippery slope. Find the culprit (if you want to vent your spleen on one person), or just tell your flatmates not to take your stuff out of your room. Bitter past experiences (six years of flatting as both culprit and victim) have taught me that the sooner stuff like that is sorted out the less chance you’ll end up in the dreaded flat war. A few grumblings about your expressing displeasure now is preferable to the festering animosity that can result if you don’t… ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-room-contains-over-100-drink-coasters/143045/16 "2002-12-17T01:29:36Z")
Personally, I’d tell whoever it was to get their goddamned hands off my stuff. But, then again, I’m very possessive of my REM. Seriously, though…you really, really need to talk to whoever did that. It’s just beyond rude, and if you don’t nip it in the bud, it’s just gonna get worse. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-my-room-contains-over-100-drink-coasters/143045/17 "2002-12-17T14:21:31Z")
People suck. My son’s roommate took the other roommate’s car TO COLORADO (from Chicago) without permission. How nice! Thank you for the utmost in respect and caring!