# Do you have a problem with inanimate objects trying to "escape?" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 7, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008 "2012-03-07T04:06:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![thelabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@thelabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelabdude)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/61 "2012-03-10T22:05:16Z")
I just realized the back up light bulb sockets in my car made an attempt. Fortunately although they managed to get out of the holes they belong in, they didn’t far due to the wire to them. I just had to put them back in place. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/62 "2012-03-10T23:45:35Z")
Why do my doorways shrink over night? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![thelabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@thelabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelabdude)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/63 "2012-03-11T03:01:16Z")
On the other hand, or foot, how about the way a rope or cord can hang on to your foot for dear live? ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/64 "2012-03-11T18:10:48Z")
Yes, I agree that ceramics (especially cups) are definitely suicidal. If you drop something while getting out of your car and there is a puddle 10 feet away, the object will bounce and land in the puddle. Cords have an evil life of their own. My iPod cord or cellphone charger will wrap itself around things, unbeknownst to me, and when I get up, it will pull 5 things off the table with it. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![thelabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@thelabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelabdude)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/65 "2012-03-11T20:10:54Z")
Cords? Are they sexual like snakes and earth worms and have cause to wrap themselves together? ---
**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:** [March 11, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/66 "2012-03-11T20:41:22Z")
The underside of the cabinet overhangs in the kitchen are, I’m sure, chock-a-block with raisins (or what used to be grapes), coffee beans, nuts, bits of cereal and the dessicated remants of cherry tomatoes. I refuse to bow to their macho head games by bending over to retrieve them after they’ve scurried under there to practice whatever sordid little fibrous perversions they engage in once they’re on their own. ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/67 "2012-03-12T00:47:47Z")
> [@67java89](#): > > Cords have an evil life of their own. My iPod cord or cellphone charger will wrap itself around things, unbeknownst to me, and when I get up, it will pull 5 things off the table with it. :smack: I’d forgotten about tag-teaming. They do raise it to the level of high art. Although since it would technically be performance art, I can’t be sure there isn’t a contradiction lurking in there somewhere. 😃 > [@Chefguy](#): > > The underside of the cabinet overhangs in the kitchen are, I’m sure, chock-a-block with raisins (or what used to be grapes), coffee beans, nuts, bits of cereal and the dessicated remants of cherry tomatoes. I refuse to bow to their macho head games by bending over to retrieve them after they’ve scurried under there to practice whatever sordid little fibrous perversions they engage in once they’re on their own. So . . . both evil _and_ kinky. How worried should I be that I find that combination enticing? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![thelabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@thelabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelabdude)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/68 "2012-03-12T01:59:21Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The underside of the cabinet overhangs in the kitchen are, I’m sure, chock-a-block with raisins (or what used to be grapes), coffee beans, nuts, bits of cereal and the dessicated remants of cherry tomatoes. I refuse to bow to their macho head games by bending over to retrieve them after they’ve scurried under there to practice whatever sordid little fibrous perversions they engage in once they’re on their own. Not in any house with a dog. The only thing left would be pills the dog should have taken. ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/69 "2012-03-12T14:55:34Z")
> [@QuarkChild](#): > > I have solved The Sock Problem by wearing only one style/color of sock 98% of the time. Every once in a while it behooves me to wear dress socks, but otherwise, I always wear black Maggie’s organic cotton socks. I probably have 12 pairs of these socks, so I don’t care if one get eaten by the dryer beastie. > > Note that using this method of sock acquisition, you never need to mate your socks. Just grab any two! Nice try, but age and dye lots will defeat that. I’ve had good results with the use of diaper pins (the kind that LOCK). Regular safety pins won’t hack the job, and then you have two socks and an open safety pin at large in the wash.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![QuarkChild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c5a1d2/32.png) [@QuarkChild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuarkChild)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/70 "2012-03-12T16:37:21Z")
> [@MacLir](#): > > Nice try, but age and dye lots will defeat that. You people are too fussy. They’re both technically black, right? Close enough. ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/71 "2012-03-13T13:02:55Z")
I have to report an incident of aportation. I found a poker chip in the kitchen. where did it come from?? ---
**Author:** ![Why\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b782af/32.png) [@Why\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_Child)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/72 "2012-03-13T17:11:52Z")
The dryer eats my socks. I was going (more) crazy not knowing whether it was the washer or dryer. Counted pairs while putting clothes from washer to dryer…AHA!! It’s the dryer. > [@MacLir](#): > > (snip) > I’ve had good results with the use of diaper pins (the kind that LOCK). Regular safety pins won’t hack the job, and then you have two socks and an open safety pin at large in the wash.:eek: I’ve tried that! The pins tear big holes in my socks, it’s awful. I’m not sure whether the pins are sock-haters, or the socks tear themselves in their struggle to be free… ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/73 "2012-03-13T19:02:23Z")
another escapee, that print of ben franklin, pilfered for pilsner or tucked in a book, or in my childs hot little hand? ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/74 "2012-03-14T01:17:49Z")
Fucking silverware. I drop silverware all the time and it makes the most obnoxious noise when it lands, and I swear to god it does this on purpose. Especially forks. Fuck forks. And I don’t hit things with my elbows, knees and other extremities, things hit my extremities! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/75 "2012-03-14T01:23:46Z")
Once I shoot the bastards, they never try it again. (Hard to shake some of those Texas traditions.) ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/76 "2012-03-14T01:49:28Z")
Also, [this](http://quickshipwarehouse.com/ebayimages/newimages/ppp8004.jpg) remote just loves–LOVES–the floor. The floor must have the best drugs, or something, because that remote always finds its way there. No matter where on the table you set it, it WILL fall off. Of course, this may just be due to its shitty design, but it also may or may not be evil. You decide. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/77 "2012-03-14T01:53:29Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I have OFTEN thought about this one, namely how odd teeny hooks or knobby things will catch on something in a way that defies the laws of gravity and physics. > > I mean, if someone stood next to you with a suitcase full of $100 bills and said they would give you 24 hours to randomly fling that cord or whatever so it would get hung up in just that way and the money would be yours, you couldn’t MAKE the fiendish thingie catch in a million tries. But every time you get the vacuum out or unroll the hose it happens spontaneously > . > > And what about necklaces and chains that tie themselves in knots inside jewelry boxes when no one ever touches them? Yes, how does that happen with the chains? All of my necklaces are on seperate hooks in the jewelry box, but when I go to get one out, four more try to come with it! My ipod earbud cord manages to catch itself on anything and everything. Especially the dishwasher latch. I can be five feet away from the dishwasher and all of a sudden my earbuds are forcibly removed from my ears by the dishwasher latch! The cord isn’t that long! ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/78 "2012-03-14T14:06:27Z")
> [@QuarkChild](#): > > I have solved The Sock Problem by wearing only one style/color of sock 98% of the time. Every once in a while it behooves me to wear dress socks, but otherwise, I always wear black Maggie’s organic cotton socks. I probably have 12 pairs of these socks, so I don’t care if one get eaten by the dryer beastie. > > Note that using this method of sock acquisition, you never need to mate your socks. Just grab any two! For some reason I seem to have ended up with seven different types of socks. I can’t figure out how. Maybe other people’s socks like living with me? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/79 "2012-03-14T17:38:47Z")
I caught one of them in the act today. There was a knife on the little sliver of counter top between the sink and the edge. As I walked by, something didn’t seem right. The knife should have been flat on the counter, but instead, it was listing toward the floor making one end stick up slightly. The pointy end was the part hanging off of the counter. I know it wasn’t ready to jump though. Instantly I saw it’s diabolical plan. It would wait until I was standing by the sink and then, at just the right moment, it would do the old heave ho and plant itself in one of my metatarsal bones. I hate to say it, but I think this shit might be gettin’ real. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008/80 "2012-03-15T04:47:05Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > My ipod earbud cord manages to catch itself on anything and everything. Especially the dishwasher latch. I can be five feet away from the dishwasher and all of a sudden my earbuds are forcibly removed from my ears by the dishwasher latch! The cord isn’t that long! I put it in my pocket nicely wound. When it comes out, the cord has knots in it. Actual knots! Knots that Captain Cook wouldn’t recognise! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-inanimate-objects-trying-to-escape/615008.md?page=5)