# I'm going insane **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 19, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140 "2004-06-19T01:45:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/1 "2004-06-19T01:45:07Z")
I got a hersey kiss from the kitchen, and instead of throwing away the tinfoil wrapper and eating the kiss, I threw away the chocolate kiss, and started to eat the wrapper. I almost swallowed the wrapper, and only just noticed the different taste of chocolate and tin foil. I am slowly going insane. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/2 "2004-06-19T02:00:34Z")
You think that’s bad, we have a giant bag of factory-second crushed Reese’s peanut butter in the freezer, and you just break a giant chunk off and eat it. I’d rather be eating wrappers! Help! Someone take it away! ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/3 "2004-06-19T02:12:11Z")
Here’s how you fix that…you throw out the Hershey’s and go get yourself a bar of really good quality chocolate. I recommend Scharffenberger or Valrhona. Just chop off a bit anytime you need your chocolate fix and you will never ever mistake it for the wrapper. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/4 "2004-06-19T02:39:23Z")
This is cool. You happen to be young enough to call it “insane,” whereas I’m more likely to call similar behavior in myself “senility.” It’s a wacky, wacky world. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/5 "2004-06-19T03:18:10Z")
> [@Exgineer](#): > > You happen to be young enough to call it “insane,” whereas I’m more likely to call similar behavior in myself “senility.” Ahhhh youth. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/6 "2004-06-19T03:29:47Z")
Quick question - how much sleep have you been getting lately? I’m notorious for doing very strange things when I’m exhausted. Actually, I do strange things no matter what, but sleep deprivation makes a really good excuse. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/7 "2004-06-19T03:42:02Z")
> [@look!ninjas](#): > > Quick question - how much sleep have you been getting lately? I’m notorious for doing very strange things when I’m exhausted. Actually, I do strange things no matter what, but sleep deprivation makes a really good excuse. Well with my knockout dru- I mean my sleeping pills, I have been getting like 12 hours of sleep. But they have been weird hours. Like 2 AM-1PM. Or maybe I am just normaly strange. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/8 "2004-06-19T04:09:22Z")
> [@flamingbananas](#): > > > [@Exgineer](#): > > > > You happen to be young enough to call it “insane,” whereas I’m more likely to call similar behavior in myself "senility. > > "Ahhhh youth. Is this kid making fun of me? If so, I’d like to lodge a protest with the other old far… er, seasond dopers. Yeah, seasoned dopers, that’s what I meant. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/9 "2004-06-19T04:12:15Z")
> [@Exgineer](#): > > Is this kid making fun of me? Of course I’m not making fun of you. Whyever would I rub te fact that I am younger then you in your face? ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/10 "2004-06-19T04:18:14Z")
Old men hate it when you call them “old men.” ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/11 "2004-06-19T04:21:01Z")
I never called anyone ‘old’. I just called myself ‘young’. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/12 "2004-06-19T04:35:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Well with my knockout dru- I mean my sleeping pills, I have been getting like 12 hours of sleep. But they have been weird hours. Like 2 AM-1PM. Or maybe I am just normaly strange. Those are wierd hours? Wow, someone needs to mention that to pretty much every American teenager. ---
**Author:** ![kittenlm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@kittenlm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenlm)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/13 "2004-06-19T04:58:43Z")
Ahh…I love when people I know do things like this. My mom once put the milk in the cabinet and the cereal in the fridge. Took us awhile to figure that out. Another time she put the turkey in the hall linen closet. Ha! I love it! I’m notorious for speaking before really thinking. I mix up all kinds of sentences on a daily basis. “You were snoring like a light” was one of Hal’s favorites. Aahhh…insanity. Isn’t it beautiful (or just frickin’ hilarious :p) ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/14 "2004-06-19T05:09:13Z")
I feel your pain. Today (or I guess yesterday now) at work, I needed a 23-cent stamp, so I had to ring it up in the cash register, because we don’t have 23-centers in the employee postage bag. I rung it up, paid for it, then went back to my desk. When I went to punch out for lunch, I noticed that the thing I was going to mail was still sitting there. I had to trace my steps to remember if I’d paid for the stamp. For the love of Mike, I’m only 26! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/15 "2004-06-19T07:27:23Z")
**flamingbananas** is going bananas. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/16 "2004-06-19T07:56:50Z")
I hate it when I sprinkle soap in the dryer or dip out a handful of catfood and toss it in the trash. ---
**Author:** ![Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hot_Buttered_Toast)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/17 "2004-06-19T11:09:55Z")
Would swallowing one of the little rubber bands in your braces because you forgot to take it out be comparable? Or eating the paper with the Hershey’s kiss because you didn’t notice it? The sad thing is that I do both of the above even when I’m not sleep-deprived. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/18 "2004-06-19T11:30:10Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m going insane That’s because your bananas are on fire. HELP! HELP! HER BANANAS ARE ON FIRE!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/19 "2004-06-19T14:43:17Z")
That’s not insane, well according to my family history it’s not. Just yesterday I was sent out on an errand and for about 10 seconds I was looking for my car keys in the refrigerator. Also, whenever someone asked me a question like what I watched on TV last night I would always check my watch. It didn’t matter what question it was I would always first look at the watch. I probably do it now if I wore watches. I think it’s genetic personally. Any family history is going bananas, **banana**? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/20 "2004-06-19T16:31:57Z")
> [@flamingbananas](#): > > I got a hersey kiss from the kitchen, and instead of throwing away the tinfoil wrapper and eating the kiss, I threw away the chocolate kiss, and started to eat the wrapper. I almost swallowed the wrapper, and only just noticed the different taste of chocolate and tin foil. I am slowly going insane. That is all. I forgot what kind of food it was, but I did that the other day- threw away the item & brought the wrapper to my mouth…“oh sh\*t!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140.md?page=2)