# Funny conversation I just had with my ex-girlfriend. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365 "2011-01-20T19:31:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/21 "2011-01-20T20:52:55Z")
Do you have that movie, with that guy, who was in that other movie that came out last year? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/22 "2011-01-20T20:54:49Z")
Another snippet from the conversation: her: It’s the thing. The thing you made last week. me: Lasagna? Why are you looking for lasagna in the couch cushions? ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/23 "2011-01-20T21:00:15Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > _ding-dong_ > > her: Hey, come on in. > > me: Hey, I brought you those forms from the college . > > her: Thanks. Hey, can you help me find that thing. > > me: What thing? > > her: You know, the _thing_. The thing that I use for my stuff. > > me: What stuff? > > her: The stuff I use. Help me find the thing. > > me: Um.. O.K. {{{_monkey proceeds to look in random places around the apartment_}}} Is this it? > > her: That’s my mp3 player. I need the thing. The thing for the stuff. > > me: Is this it? > > her: That’s a can opener. The thing’s not going to be in the kitchen. > > me: O.K. Is this it? > > her: Put the dog down. > > dog: Arf! > It went on that way for a few minutes till she found the thing, which turned out to be a paper clip I had bent for her so she could jigger open the box she keeps her art supply stuff in. But I’m home now, and I realized I’ve also lost a thing. It’s a different thing, but I can’t find it. I need that thing. Not the paper clip, the other thing. So I’m asking the dopers: > > Where did I put that thing I need? \*\*THanks… THANKS… for painfully reminding me of every conversation I had with my first wife. \*\* me: Where’s the camera? her: In the living room drawer. me: There are no drawers of any type in the living room, let a lone a living room drawer. her: Well, I just saw it in there! me: In the living room? her: NO! The drawer! me: Which drawer? her: Check the garage me: I’ll check, but you just said you saw it in a drawer. (looks in garage). I don’t see it. her: It’s in the trunk of my car me: Where are your keys? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/24 "2011-01-20T21:19:57Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Where did I put that thing I need? Have you checked your underpants? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/25 "2011-01-20T21:22:13Z")
I don’t know, but when you find it, please look in _just one more_ place, to disprove the old saying that it’s always in the last place you look for it. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/26 "2011-01-20T21:22:24Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Do you have that movie, with that guy, who was in that other movie that came out last year? You mean the guy with the brown hair, right? My wife was just asking about the same movie. Small world. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/27 "2011-01-20T21:23:46Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > Have you checked your underpants? She was looking for that, too. It’s kinda why I went there today. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/28 "2011-01-20T21:28:32Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > She was looking for that, too. It’s kinda why I went there today. 😃 I’ll bet she didn’t find it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/29 "2011-01-20T21:32:41Z")
:smack: > [@runner pat](#): > > I’ll bet she didn’t find it. 😛 Good one. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/30 "2011-01-20T21:33:46Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > She was looking for that, too. It’s kinda why I went there today. 😃 And you didn’t state that as an option during the search?! ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/31 "2011-01-20T23:03:26Z")
Is it cookies? They’re at the Dark Side. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/32 "2011-01-20T23:19:34Z")
The thing is right behind you. _Right now_. Run, and don’t look back! ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/33 "2011-01-20T23:29:48Z")
Check the fridge. If it is not there, check the freezer. ---
**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 20, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/34 "2011-01-20T23:47:41Z")
Check the fridge. If it is not there, grab me a cold beer. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/35 "2011-01-21T02:31:50Z")
Put the dog down, and back away, slowly. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/36 "2011-01-21T03:30:49Z")
This reminds me of a funny anecdote about this guy, you know, the one who wears pants. So anyway, he did this funny thing and another guy made a humorous remark about the thing he did. Surely you’ve heard of him? He’s the guy with brown hair and that thingie with the thing attached, come on! ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/37 "2011-01-21T03:46:33Z")
> [@dhkendall](#): > > Ummm, **A Monkey With a Gun** , I hate to break this to you, but from your OP, I’m convinced I married your ex-GF ten years ago. The thing’s probably here. Worryingly, I think I’m currently married to her. Mrs P can talk for five minutes without using any nouns, only pronouns. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/38 "2011-01-21T04:41:42Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Where did I put that thing I need? I believe I remember you saying in an earlier thread that you threw it in the dumpster. Or maybe it was a later thread. I can’t find my thing-a-ma-bob. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/39 "2011-01-21T05:02:22Z")
Was that the thing I sent you? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365/40 "2011-01-21T09:11:43Z")
My mother has always done this, but, the thing is, over the 20+ years I lived with her, I got to where I actually understood it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365.md?page=3)