# Dust **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317 "2013-12-14T18:20:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/21 "2013-12-15T06:45:11Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > I know of one instance where **only** men can see the dust. When something sad happens in media that’s not a chick flick; like when the WWII general makes a fatalistic speech about their slim victory, or something bad happens to puppies, or Boromir dies, then the movie or book releases a cloud of dust that irritates the man’s eyes. “My friends, you bow to no one…” ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/22 "2013-12-15T10:18:53Z")
> [@](#): > > dust mites… A while back, NASA sending a probe to Mars to search for dust mites in a scoop of Martian soil. They spent billions of dollars, made complex microscopic analyses —and found nothing. If would have been easier if instead of sending a robot, they had just asked my wife. She can spot a microscopic bit of dust anywhere in the universe. (disclaimer: credit goes to a comedian somewhere, but I don’t remember where I heard it.Sorry) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/23 "2013-12-15T11:54:15Z")
Next you’ll start seeing the spider webs. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/24 "2013-12-15T15:01:19Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > But I come before you today to say that I have seen the Dust. I now believe it exists. \ The bottles of single malt on the shelf that had not been touched in months so obscured as to leave me believing, if only for a moment, that they had been rendered undrinkable. You Heathen! You brute! You uncivilized cow! How _dare_ you leave a fine bottle of single malt alone & untouched for months. Would you let your faithful canine companion go months without food, water, or skritches? I do not wish to need to call the SPCA (Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Alcohol) on you. If you can’t treat those poor, neglected bottles the right way by breaking them out & sampling it on a somewhat regular basis please send them my way so that they can be properly cared for & loved! Oh, also I find that [these](http://www.homedepot.com/b/Outdoors-Outdoor-Power-Equipment-Leaf-Blowers/N-5yc1vZbxav) works best on dust. (Just remember to open the back door first.) ---
**Author:** ![James\_Toothpaste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/25 "2013-12-15T15:35:00Z")
Dust? That is just floating around in the air, coating surfaces. Ever heard of dusting? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/26 "2013-12-15T16:55:07Z")
> [@James\_Toothpaste](#): > > Dust? That is just floating around in the air, coating surfaces. Ever heard of dusting? :rolleyes: _whooooooooshhhhhh_ ---
**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:** [December 15, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/27 "2013-12-15T18:43:36Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > “My friends, you bow to no one…” ::starts bawling:: Aw, man, that scene was just so. . .so. . ._dusty_. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/28 "2013-12-15T18:43:48Z")
Note that there are two kinds of dust: the light kind that is attracted to dark surfaces and the dark kind that is attracted to light surfaces. A Nobel Prize awaits the person that discovers the force behind this phenomena. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/29 "2013-12-15T20:02:04Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Dust is mostly dead human skin-flakes. And full of microscopic house-dust mites who like to eat it. So…you’re saying that by dusting, we’re disrupting a thriving ecosystem? ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/30 "2013-12-15T21:54:12Z")
My ex husband once said to me “Our house is remarkably dust-free! With two dogs and four cats I would have thought there would be lots of dust bunnies on the floor and lots of dust on things but nothing ever seems to get dusty!” Me: _blink_ ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/31 "2013-12-15T22:11:03Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > My ex husband once said to me “Our house is remarkably dust-free! With two dogs and four cats I would have thought there would be lots of dust bunnies on the floor and lots of dust on things but nothing ever seems to get dusty!” > > Me: _blink_ Wonders if that is part of the reason he’s an ex? ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/32 "2013-12-15T23:32:06Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Wonders if that is part of the reason he’s an ex? Nah, he was gay. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/33 "2013-12-16T03:03:49Z")
Don’t be too quick to jump on the guys who don’t perform that “clean up” ritual to some arbitrary standard. It’s a sex-linked genetic disability, like colour-blindness. Many men can’t see dirt. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/34 "2013-12-16T03:13:29Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Dust is mostly dead human skin-flakes. And full of microscopic house-dust mites who like to eat it. Which is why you don’t get any in a place that has been uninhabited for a long period. Oh…wait…😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/35 "2013-12-16T03:26:43Z")
> [@James\_Toothpaste](#): > > Dust? That is just floating around in the air, coating surfaces. Ever heard of dusting? :rolleyes: Maybe if we dig down deep enough we can find a sense of humour in this one. 🙂 > [@ftg](#): > > Note that there are two kinds of dust: the light kind that is attracted to dark surfaces and the dark kind that is attracted to light surfaces. A Nobel Prize awaits the person that discovers the force behind this phenomena. I’m sure it’s related to how no matter what colour of cat you have, you will always be able to see their hair all over your clothing. > [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > My ex husband once said to me “Our house is remarkably dust-free! With two dogs and four cats I would have thought there would be lots of dust bunnies on the floor and lots of dust on things but nothing ever seems to get dusty!” > > Me: _blink_ Did he think there was doing dishes fairies and cooking fairies and getting groceries fairies, too? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/36 "2013-12-17T06:11:58Z")
I live on a dry lake. I know dust. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/37 "2013-12-17T06:45:20Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > My ex husband once said to me “Our house is remarkably dust-free! With two dogs and four cats I would have thought there would be lots of dust bunnies on the floor and lots of dust on things but nothing ever seems to get dusty!” > > Me: _blink_ And then there was the axe murder ? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/38 "2013-12-17T15:41:15Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Dust is mostly dead human skin-flakes. And full of microscopic house-dust mites who like to eat it. Wait, MOON DUST is dead human skin flakes? :eek: Or maybe it’s not from HUMANS! :eek: Maybe we need [someone to explain](http://files.abovetopsecret.com/files/img/xd528bd7a1.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/39 "2013-12-17T17:58:17Z")
Dust an eighth of inch thick in my house? Meh. A microscopic piece of dust on the sensor in my DSLR? Dammit very much. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317/40 "2013-12-18T05:32:28Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Dust an eighth of inch thick in my house? Meh. > > A microscopic piece of dust on the sensor in my DSLR? Dammit very much. You sound like my husband. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317.md?page=3)