# Lame things to get excited about **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2002, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095 "2002-12-03T00:33:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/1 "2002-12-03T00:33:48Z")
I just installed my Wireless Kayboard and mouse for the first time. I then went out of my bedroom (with the keyboard), shut the door, and then typed some stuff. It Worked!. I wanted to tell the world, so I thought I’d do it by starting a **Lame things to get excited about** thread. What lame things have/do you get excited about?.. Now before I go - I am off downstairs to try the keyboard… I am now downstairs! (Computer upstairs) It fuc…(sorry) It worked! ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/2 "2002-12-03T01:58:15Z")
So, people really live on the Isle of Man! 🙂 Was wondering about those wireless keyboards, so it sounds like you endorse them heartily. My lame excitement occurs when I order coffee, and it tastes good! I like it strong and flavorful (but not flavored like vanilla, etc.). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/3 "2002-12-03T02:00:45Z")
My lame excitement? Actually finding an invoice I’m looking for in my file clerk job (there’s a few bugs in the system there). ---
**Author:** ![Grasshopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grasshopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grasshopper)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/4 "2002-12-03T02:11:23Z")
Quick disclaimer - no, I am (unfortunately) not making this up. This is a journal entry from when I was 18 - “I watched The Price is Right Today - it was cool cause at the second showcase showdown, the first guy to spin got 90 cents and so he was all excited cause he figured he’d win, and then a woman went and went over, and then the third one to go got 90 cents in two spins and so the two had to spin again, and the first one got a dollar!\* It was cool, very exciting - a tie and someone getting a dollar in one spin.” \*yes I actually used an exclamation point regarding TPIR in my journal. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/5 "2002-12-03T02:31:32Z")
The breakfast cereal I’m eating right now is actually _staying crispy in the milk_!! Woo-hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Stccrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Stccrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stccrd)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/6 "2002-12-03T02:34:36Z")
I just bought a Crafstman Magnetic telescoping pen. I do believe this is the coolest thing I have ever owned. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/7 "2002-12-03T02:39:38Z")
I’ll beat you all like a pair of cheap bongos [In praise of the magic Thermos - It keeps hot things hot and cold things cold!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=144450&highlight=thermos) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/8 "2002-12-03T04:15:07Z")
The new phone books are here! The new phone books are here! ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/9 "2002-12-03T04:18:00Z")
I got really really excited about seeing guns n roses on tv during the vma awards, I pushed my friend out of the way and jumped on the phone to call my sister on the east coast so that we could watch it together, but she was on the east coast and I was on the west, and she was sleeping. But it still made my night. ---
**Author:** ![Kimmom2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Kimmom2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmom2)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/10 "2002-12-03T04:18:51Z")
I love it when you get just the right pen to write with! ---
**Author:** ![lazymexicanamerican](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecb155/32.png) [@lazymexicanamerican](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazymexicanamerican)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/11 "2002-12-03T04:30:01Z")
Oh i’m sooo easily amused this thread excites me for one! Oh oh and i’m going to subway tom. for lunch. Oh and i don’t have school wednesday so i’m going out tomorrow night. And i’m excited b/c we put our Christmas decorations up and i’m excited b/c i painted my nails and the look good for once and i’m excited b/c i have been online without being booted off! yay to me and my excitement!!! ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/12 "2002-12-03T04:57:12Z")
At Walgreens, they gave me a cosmetician jacket so I don’t have to wear the service clerk vest. I feel like I’m climbing the ladder to success already. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/13 "2002-12-03T05:10:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dippin dots \* > Quick disclaimer - no, I am (unfortunately) not making this up. > > This is a journal entry from when I was 18 - > > “I watched The Price is Right Today - it was cool cause at the second showcase showdown, the first guy to spin got 90 cents an…” > > (more pathetic drivel) Oh. My. Gosh. Someone who was _almost_ as pathetic as me. _Almost._ Well, maybe just as pathic; it’s a judgment call. When I was about 18 I wrote about the old Western reruns I saw on TV. That is _pathetic._ My current Big Thrill: the new [BMWFilms.com](http://usa.bmwfilms.com/clap.asp?template=synopsis&country=usa&film=beatthedevil) came out about 10 days ago, and I counted down the hours (well, almost) until it was available and I could download it. And I don’t know if I like it all that well! (Well, maybe it’ll grow on me—it’s got Gary Oldman and James Brown in it, but is a little too incomprehensible for me.) ---
**Author:** ![Forbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/14 "2002-12-03T05:38:46Z")
I’m a woodworker. I get excited by raw materials. Yep, boards. Recently I went to the lumber company to buy some mahogany. I sifted through all of the “desirable” boards until I got to the bottom of the stack. That’s when I saw the connoisseur’s delight. Beautiful mottled ribbon grain stock with just a hint of crotch, where a bough branched out. Woohoo! Of course it had some cracks and things, but what they were selling for premium grade stock was all blond and very bland. To the vulgar eye, their “good” stock looked like the best. It was wide, long, and free of defects. The problem was, it was devoid of character, and this wood was going to have to be made into a Chippendale table and bookcase. Only the best would do. I asked the salesman to come measure the stock, and give me a price. As he measured, I pointed out the rather large cracks in the material. I asked for a break, expecting a small one, and he surprised me by quoting me half price. I said, “Half price, what are you nuts?” He replied, “We’ll never be able to sell this. It’s ugly, and isn’t nice like that good stuff over there.” He seemed to want to tell me that for some reason. I commented, “_This_ is the real good stock; only people are such fools, nobody knows that!” He immediately changed his tune, and put on his “so you’re a connoisseur” face. He acknowledged that the wood I had chosen was in fact the best. He says the trouble is none of the customers even know that. This is a lumber company that sells to professionals! (Alarming!) It was nice to get a price break due to the cracks, but I never expected fifty percent off. I could go on and on about how I see beauty in wood that others think is defective, but then this thread is about things we think are important that others think is lame, huh? [The table under construction…](http://home.earthlink.net/~paulkmurphy/PA180004.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![alex\_arg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@alex\_arg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alex_arg)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/15 "2002-12-03T05:39:32Z")
Sumthin happened to my pda and most of the software and all my contacts were gone. The next time i synched… everythin got back the way it was!!! Woo-hoo!!! My father called me ignorant for not knowing this. ---
**Author:** ![alex\_arg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@alex\_arg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alex_arg)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/16 "2002-12-03T05:43:14Z")
They just installed the credit card gadget at my store. Slide the card, presto, charged. WOW! ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/17 "2002-12-03T05:57:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Forbin \* > \*\*[The table under construction…](http://home.earthlink.net/~paulkmurphy/PA180004.JPG) \*\* Look… since the table was constructed with such, crappy split lumber I’ll give you $ 20.00 for the table and a case of beer. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Forbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/18 "2002-12-03T06:55:17Z")
**astro** I know you’re a smart guy, and naturally _you_ understand that all the cracked wood is in the scrap bin, nevertheless, I’ll point something out for the slower folks. We (good craftsmen) cut the cracked parts out of the boards and throw them away! All you have to do to get the table is march right into Police Hdqtrs., the Chief’s office, and haul it off. Fat chance! 😃 (Yeah, he was the customer. And he’s delighted with the work too!) ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/19 "2002-12-03T07:24:33Z")
I got all green lights on the way home from work. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095/20 "2002-12-03T08:02:43Z")
Yay! I found the little notched metal pin that usually holds my fingernail clipper together and acts as the fulcrum for the arm! It dropped behind the desk the other day, and I haven’t been able to clip my nails since. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-things-to-get-excited-about/140095.md?page=2)