# Funny Little Brainfarts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 17, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-little-brainfarts/489755 "2009-03-17T15:01:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-little-brainfarts/489755/61 "2009-03-20T17:41:28Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > And just today I was on my portal website and tried to mouseover a headline to get a preview of the article. > > I blame SDMB for that one. I do this for basically anything I can mouseover. Mostly, it fails. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-little-brainfarts/489755/62 "2009-03-20T17:41:35Z")
> [@Telperien](#): > > A helpful tip: when getting out of the car, if you are the one driving, put it in park first. It also helps to unfasten the seatbelt just before you try to climb out. I got stuck once, and it took a while to figure out why. I just wasn’t going anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-little-brainfarts/489755/63 "2009-03-20T17:49:18Z")
Last night I opened the oven to insert dinner, and found the potatoes I baked for Sunday night’s dinner. I wondered why the pre-heating oven made the house smell so good! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-little-brainfarts/489755/64 "2009-03-20T17:53:18Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > It also helps to unfasten the seatbelt just before you try to climb out. I got stuck once, and it took a while to figure out why. I just wasn’t going anywhere. I do that a lot in my car, but I have a great excuse. The shoulder part of the seat belt is automatic, but the lap belt is not. You have to fasten that part yourself. So this happens: I park the car and open the door. The shoulder belt retracts automatically. I turn to get out and end up making a noise like, “Urk!” as the lap belt keeps me from leaving. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-little-brainfarts/489755/65 "2009-03-20T17:53:39Z")
Just because a car looks like yours, and is parked near you may have parked that morning does not mean your keys will work for this car. Your first clue should be the number of things inside the car that do not appear to belong to you. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-little-brainfarts/489755/66 "2009-03-20T18:03:51Z")
And even when there’s a truck that looks just like my truck in the parking lot, right next to a car that looks just like my husband’s car; it is still possible I drove the other car to work this morning. ---
**Author:** ![LadyScarlett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@LadyScarlett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LadyScarlett)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-little-brainfarts/489755/67 "2009-03-21T13:29:45Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > Me too. I also all too frequently answer my home landline with “\, this is \, may I help you?”. Fortunately, my mom thinks it’s funny, and telemarketers are the only other people who call my landline. > > The dishwasher needs both water and detergent to run properly. In addition to the detergent & water it needs to work properly, you must also remember to take the plastic package off the detergent tab before putting it in there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-little-brainfarts/489755/68 "2009-03-21T13:58:58Z")
Just last week I had this incredibly good hamburger, one of those things so good you almost faint from the pleasure of it. And I’m driving home and thinking about how good it was, and I see a licence plate: UWBGRS, and I thought to myself: wow, this guy must REALLY love burgers. Until I remembered where I was and realized the plate must refer to the University of Wisconsin Badgers, the UW team name. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-little-brainfarts/489755/69 "2009-03-21T20:33:10Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Let me tell you, going to Public Policy school renders resume-writing fraught with peril. The dean did leave out that crucial L in a memo at one point. I’m taking a class at the Urban Planning school this semester and the professor handed out sheets with group assignments at the beginning of the semester, complete with our programs. I am apparently now in Pubic Policy. SO much more interesting than writing memos and shit. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-little-brainfarts/489755/70 "2009-03-22T01:25:08Z")
This one happened just today. At the restaurant that my family owns, I work as a busgirl/cashier on weekends. An older woman comes up to the register and hands me a credit card. I have to ring up the amount, then close the register and run the card on a different machine. I do this, and she says “Oh, I wish you hadn’t closed the register. I needed change for this five dollar bill.” Always ready to be helpful, I say “It isn’t a problem, ma’am. I can just open it again if I press this button.” I actually _pointed_ to the button as I said this. It only occured to me later that I probably shouldn’t be telling random people exactly how to open the cash register. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-little-brainfarts/489755.md?page=3)