# I did a silly thing today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 18, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329 "2012-05-18T16:26:05Z")\ **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:** [May 18, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/21 "2012-05-18T18:25:49Z")
> [@M.Constant](#): > > There was the one time I stopped at an intersection for a few minutes waiting for the stop sign to change to green. I was in someone else’s car once when he stopped for a red light. We waited there for an awfully long time, and I was wondering why he stopped in the middle of nowhere. Then I realized that he’d stopped for a call box with a red globe on top. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/22 "2012-05-18T18:37:30Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I have, on occasion, walked up to the front door of my house while pressing the unlock button on my car key fob. Your post reminded me of this classic joke > [@](#): > > The other night I came home late, and tried to unlock my house with my car keys. I started the house up. So, I drove it around for a while. I was speeding, and a cop pulled me over. He asked where I lived. I said, “Right here, officer.” — Steven Wright ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/23 "2012-05-18T18:37:31Z")
Reminds me of something I saw awhile ago: [To a Baby, a Magazine is an iPad that Doesn’t Work.](http://www.geekosystem.com/baby-using-an-ipad/) As for me, I find myself far too often trying to tilt my world around to get a better view of something, a la World of Warcraft. And I get a little frustrated when it doesn’t work. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/24 "2012-05-18T18:37:38Z")
I have a Sirius satellite radio in my car. Whenever I’m in someone else’s car, listening to the radio when a song I like comes on, I’ll frequently look at the radio to see the name of the song and artist. But they’re just not there! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/25 "2012-05-18T18:48:35Z")
Have you ever answered your home phone with your name and the name of your department? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/26 "2012-05-18T18:59:28Z")
After most of the early _24_ marathons, which involved watching the episodes I had recorded on VHS, it would take me a few days to stop reaching for the remote any time a commercial came on. And even now, when I re-watch episodes of _24_ on DVD, I still have a Pavlovian need to reach for the remote every time an act ends. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/27 "2012-05-18T19:17:06Z")
I wrote something on a calendar in pencil, but when I realized I had written it down wrong I furiously looked for the delete button instead of the eraser. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/28 "2012-05-18T19:21:22Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I try to rewind the radio in my car all the time. “Wait, what song was tha— _oh._ Dammit.” I used to do that. Now I have a car where I can actually do it, and never remember I have that feature. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/29 "2012-05-18T19:26:45Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Yeah, I start stomping on the floor where the clutch should be any time I get in an automatic after driving a stick for a while. I once rented the cargo truck from Lowe’s. When I brought it back, I was parking it on the sidewalk immediately in front of the store, and my left foot stomped down on the clutch. Except this was not a manual-trans truck, it was an automatic - and my left foot had found the brake. The truck slammed instantly to a stop, violently rattling the tailgate and every tie-down loop on the bed, causing all within 100 feet to turn and stare at me. D’OH! ---
**Author:** ![ASanders](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asanders/32/3367_2.png) [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/30 "2012-05-18T19:33:19Z")
> [@M.Constant](#): > > There was the one time I stopped at an intersection for a few minutes waiting for the stop sign to change to green. > [@Leaffan](#): > > Once, someone walked into my office while I was listening to a voice mail message left by my wife. I started talking back to the recording: > > “Ya. Umm… Hello… Someone is… I have to… Can you…Hang on… Someone’s here…” > > I couldn’t figure out why she kept talking. These are priceless. 😃 I find myself trying to swipe the screen on my laptop all the time, but I’m sure I’m far from alone in that. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/31 "2012-05-18T19:56:49Z")
My old car had automatic head lights and my pickup didn’t (still doesn’t as a matter of fact) and my new car also doesn’t. Every time I get in the car, I can never remember to turn the headlights on, they’re supposed to be automatic dammit!! I’ve never had that problem in the pickup. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/32 "2012-05-18T20:04:25Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Have you ever answered your home phone with your name and the name of your department? No, but I frequently give my full phone number, including area code, when talking to someone at a business in my tiny town where everyone’s number starts with the same three numbers and people often give only the last four, with the rest understood. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/33 "2012-05-18T20:04:54Z")
Yeah. I spend a lot of time tapping uselessly at my computer screen and getting annoyed that it doesnt work. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/34 "2012-05-18T20:09:39Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > Yeah. I spend a lot of time tapping uselessly at my computer screen and getting annoyed that it doesnt work. Well when Windows8 comes out, sounds like that WILL work 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/35 "2012-05-18T20:24:12Z")
I watch most of my TV shows prerecorded on the PVR, but occasionally watch something live and I get upset at the damm PVR because I cannot get it to fast forward thru the commercials. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/36 "2012-05-18T20:29:50Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Have you ever answered your home phone with your name and the name of your department? Gosh, yes. Sometimes I even answer with the name of a company I haven’t worked for in a decade. Fortuantly, my mother finds it funny, and she’s almost the only person who still calls my home landline. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/37 "2012-05-18T20:35:35Z")
I’ve just recently gotten into Minecraft, and been playing it WAY more than what is healthy for me. Sometimes, when I get away from it and back into the real world, it takes me a moment to realize I can’t just go dig out a brick from the wall if I wanted to. So I haven’t actually TRIED to do anything crazy in the real world that I could do in minecraft, but it takes me a while to realize that I COULDN’T if I wanted to. Very weird feeling. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/38 "2012-05-18T20:37:58Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Well when Windows8 comes out, sounds like that WILL work 🙂 Not without a hardware upgrade, I’m betting. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/39 "2012-05-18T20:49:27Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Not without a hardware upgrade, I’m betting. Yeah, that’s my guess too. I’m gonna pass on that one. Then again, I’m still grumpy I can’t seem to get into a DOS shell anymore, though to be fair it’s so long since I did that I probably wouldn’t know what to do anymore, anyway. 😛 Still grumpy. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329/40 "2012-05-18T21:04:00Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > . . . As for me, I find myself far too often trying to tilt my world around to get a better view of something, a la World of Warcraft. And I get a little frustrated when it doesn’t work. 😛 A couple of years ago, I had to help look after a sick relative who lived more than a five hour drive from me. After about the eighth drive up, I found myself wondering why I hadn’t found the flight point yet. It was shortly after that that I started taking the bus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-silly-thing-today/622329.md?page=3)