# Awesome House Features **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 9, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-house-features/663055 "2013-07-09T16:41:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-house-features/663055/41 "2013-07-11T11:03:17Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Reminds me of this: > > [http://www.theonion.com/articles/butterfly-fuckswing-filled-with-junk-mail,2243/](http://www.theonion.com/articles/butterfly-fuckswing-filled-with-junk-mail,2243/) Heh. I won’t deny the skychairs ever being used for sex, but so was the futon, dentist chair, bed, floor, deck, and kitchen counter. But for some reason the skychairs always made visitors waggle their eyebrows. For sitting and relaxing hey are nirvana. The only downside is a tendency to doze off if you are the slightest bit tired. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-house-features/663055/42 "2013-07-11T13:10:28Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > A scorpion pit. Right under the trap door in front of the main entry door. For door to door missionaries. And mimes. Filled with teriyaki sauce so you can enjoy stir fry missionary-and-scorpion afterward. But it won’t work with mimes. Because a mime is a terrible thing to baste. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-house-features/663055/43 "2013-07-11T13:56:51Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > The built-in drying rack makes sense, too, if you’re like me and you don’t have a dishwasher. Not like that, but I’ve seen built-in drying racks in what would be the cupboard over the sink often. It used to be standard in much of southern Europe. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-house-features/663055/44 "2013-07-11T14:15:46Z")
My former boss had a large house with 4 staircases, two to upstairs & two to the basement. His kids had the greatest chase/hide-&-go-seek games because if you went to a different floor, there was always a way out. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-house-features/663055/45 "2013-07-11T15:44:03Z")
Two staircases to upstairs are common for homes with servants quarters: wide main stairs for the owners and narrow stairs in the kitchen area for the servants. Never seen one with two to the basement, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-house-features/663055/46 "2013-07-11T16:07:18Z")
Maybe if you count the stair to the outside of the cellar, and another that goes upstairs? The staircases remind me of _Fiddler on the Roo_f: \*I’d build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen, Right in the middle of the town. A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below. There would be one long staircase just going up, And one even longer coming down, And one more leading nowhere, just for show. — If I Were a Rich Man\* ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-house-features/663055/47 "2013-07-11T23:00:00Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > That’s an interesting idea; we’re planning to put a bathroom in our basement, and we have plenty of room to do something like that. Sweet! If you need pics or measurements, let me know. It’s a standard sized alcove tub; obviously, the opposite wall’s where the fixtures and plumbing are. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-house-features/663055/48 "2013-07-12T00:04:33Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Siblings that haven’t quite plucked up the courage to try incest yet. Or something. > > Yeah, it didn’t make much sense to me either. > Bathing alone is nice, sharing a bath is fun/sexy. Bathing together, but separately, lame. They got the idea from the stupid Cialis commercials ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-house-features/663055/49 "2013-07-12T00:33:19Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Filled with teriyaki sauce so you can enjoy stir fry missionary-and-scorpion afterward. But it won’t work with mimes. Because a mime is a terrible thing to baste. I was recently informed in another thread that we have standards now. I’m afraid you’ll have to leave. ---
**Author:** ![turtlescanfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-house-features/663055/50 "2013-07-12T01:33:58Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > My sister lived in a house with two dishwashers. You just pulled clean dishes out of one and then loaded dirty dishes into the other, so you never had to unload your dishwasher into the cupboard. Genius! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-house-features/663055.md?page=2)