# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/41 "2004-06-21T05:57:22Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > Yeah well let’s see how much you like them when they’re clawing through your hair looking for that sweet, sweet taste of a Hershey Kiss. Yeah well at least they would wash my hair first. They wash their food before eating. Or so my raccoon book said. ---
**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 21, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/42 "2004-06-21T05:59:29Z")
Really? Hmmmmmm… ::rubs wrappers in hair and lays out bottle of Fructis shampoo:: I’ll see you later. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/43 "2004-06-21T06:53:58Z")
> [@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. Fear not, you’re OK. We had a Chinese woman friend and a bunch of us went to her apartment one day to eat steam buns and practice some folk dancing. The steam buns were great and I dived in up to my elbows. As I was eating my third one I finally looked up and noticed someone peeling something off the bottom of theirs. It seems that they were cooked on waxed paper doodads and I had eaten mine waxed paper and all. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/44 "2004-06-21T12:13:00Z")
> [@kittenlm](#): > > 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) I’ve done that! Recently, too! ---
**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 21, 2004, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/45 "2004-06-21T12:22:47Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > Yeah well let’s see how much you like them when they’re clawing through your hair looking for that sweet, sweet taste of a Hershey Kiss. Zombie raccoons! > [@](#): > > BRAINS! BRAINS! BRAINS! OR…tipped over trash cans, we’re not fussy. BUT PREFERABLY **BRAINS**!! ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/46 "2004-06-21T13:11:18Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > Yes, you’re clearly going crazy, bananas, and the reason is obvious. Your not supposed to eat foil. You’re supposed to put it in your hat. > > Duh. The aliens are on to that trick. FB was trying to fool them by lining the **inside** of her skull with foil. Ha. Stupid aliens. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/47 "2004-06-21T18:07:25Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Zombie raccoons! > > > [@](#): > > > > BRAINS! BRAINS! BRAINS! OR…tipped over trash cans, we’re not fussy. BUT PREFERABLY BRAINS!! I swear I had nothing to do with this post! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/48 "2004-06-21T18:22:00Z")
> [@flamingbananas](#): > > Yeah well at least they would wash my hair first. They wash their food before eating. Or so my raccoon book said. > > > [@Nocturnal\_Tick](#): > > > > ::rubs wrappers in hair and lays out bottle of Fructis shampoo:: Do bear in mind that they wash their food by dragging it down to the river and bashing it on rocks… I, myself, have been known to put the coffee grounds into my cup, the Equal into the french press, and forget to put water into the kettle, then stand there, staring at the kettle, wondering why it wasn’t whistling… but that’s just morning. ---
**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 21, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/49 "2004-06-21T18:55:50Z")
> [@harmless](#): > > I swear I had nothing to do with this post! :eek: Now that’s a bit boastful of you to assume that you have cornered the AAAHH! Zombie \_\_\_\_\_\_\_!!! market isn’t it? Now stop eating my brains, I don’t care that they now taste of chocolate, Fructis and Raccoon imbedded rocks. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/50 "2004-06-21T19:18:36Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > Now stop eating my brains, I don’t care that they now taste of chocolate, Fructis and Raccoon imbedded rocks. Sorry, **ricky-tick-tick** , but that delicacy ran out a while back. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/51 "2004-06-21T20:19:01Z")
**harmless** , how do you get a cat in the refrigerator without noticing? P.S. [http://www.bush-zombiereagan.com/](http://www.bush-zombiereagan.com/) ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/52 "2004-06-21T20:47:48Z")
> [@Ghanima](#): > > **harmless** , how do you get a cat in the refrigerator without noticing? Without me noticing, or the cat noticing? ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/53 "2004-06-21T21:00:58Z")
Ever done something really bizarre/stupid/crazy and _you knew you were doing it but failed to stop anyway?_ I have several incidents to speak of, but the one that immediately springs to mind is this one: I was making myself a can of ever-so-healthy corn beef hash and I had adopted my wifes manner of opening the can. That is to say I used the electric can opener to open both ends of the can (I’d also leave the metal tops in, to prevent a mess), so that I could push the top down-forcing the congealed hash out through the bottom and onto the frying pan. In any event, I had opened both ends and I turned so that my front was no longer near the counter, but facing the stove-which was several feet away. Now for the life of me I have no idea what possessed me to do this, but I started to push the hash out of the can. It landed on the floor and made a mess everywhere. I suppose I was spaced out or something because while I knew what I was doing, my brain didn’t seem to jump ahead and say “wait, this is wrong!”. After the hash hit the floor and I had a moment to think to myself ‘WTF am I doing?’ I picked up the hash, baffled at what had just transpired. Am I odd, or does anyone have anything remotely similar to such an experience? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/54 "2004-06-21T21:06:24Z")
> [@Meatros](#): > > After the hash hit the floor and I had a moment to think to myself ‘WTF am I doing?’ I picked up the hash, baffled at what had just transpired. > > Am I odd, or does anyone have anything remotely similar to such an experience? 😕 Depends, did you eat it anyways? Are you a believer in [the 3 second rule?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261984) Either way, yes. 😉 In a panic fit, I dropped the hand mixer into the pot of mashed potatoes while it was still going. In my defense, my sister had just set my kitchen on fire. Ah, holidays. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/55 "2004-06-21T21:06:39Z")
> [@Ghanima](#): > > **harmless** , how do you get a cat in the refrigerator without noticing? As someone who has created his fair share of catsicles, I can tell you that question is incorrect. It’s not “how do you get a cat in the refrigerator without noticing”, it’s “how does a cat get in the refrigerator without you noticing”. And the answer is “very easily”. 🙂 All it takes is two seconds of that door being opened while you have your back turned (placing the milk on the counter or some such). As long as the shelves are reasonably full (thus blocking your view), they can easily hop in and start inspecting the bottom shelf. Fortunately, each time it’s happened, someone else needed to get something out of the fridge no more than an hour or so later. Still enough time to make for one frosty kitty (you’d think they would learn…but noooo… :smack: ) ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/56 "2004-06-21T21:09:22Z")
Exactly as **Hal** says. Now, for the other way, first give the cat some Baileys… What? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/57 "2004-06-21T21:18:50Z")
**flamingbananas** … Now that we’ve established you’re bananas, I have to ask: Are you flaming? And is your name, IRL, “Foster”? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/58 "2004-06-21T23:43:23Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > **flamingbananas** … > > Now that we’ve established you’re bananas, I have to ask: Are you flaming? And is your name, IRL, “Foster”? > > 😃 Foster? ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/59 "2004-06-22T13:02:24Z")
> [@harmless](#): > > Depends, did you eat it anyways? > Are you a believer in [the 3 second rule?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261984) > Either way, yes. 😉 > > In a panic fit, I dropped the hand mixer into the pot of mashed potatoes while it was still going. > In my defense, my sister had just set my kitchen on fire. > Ah, holidays. 😛 Well, I did eat some of it-the hash that wasn’t directly touching the floor. It took some effort to scoop out the useful hash though. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140/60 "2004-06-22T13:41:02Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > **flamingbananas** … > > Now that we’ve established you’re bananas, I have to ask: Are you flaming? And is your name, IRL, “Foster”? > > 😃 I thought it was “Rhyder”… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-insane/251140.md?page=4)