# More Random Thoughts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 11, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-random-thoughts/762471 "2016-08-11T18:41:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-random-thoughts/762471/21 "2016-08-17T16:57:21Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > I had a conversation with my kid and his friends over what 3 items could you buy at Walmart that would give the cashier the biggest wtf look. > > We can up with: doughnuts, doughnut holes, glue A tarp, a shovel and dick tape? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-random-thoughts/762471/22 "2016-08-17T17:36:46Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > A tarp, a shovel and dick tape? Dick tape alone will get you odd looks. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-random-thoughts/762471/23 "2016-08-17T19:54:15Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > I had a conversation with my kid and his friends over what 3 items could you buy at Walmart that would give the cashier the biggest wtf look. > > We can up with: doughnuts, doughnut holes, glue 🙂 > [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > Early one Sunday morning at Walmart, I walked in and bought a toilet plunger, and a six-pack of beer. > > I got a serious WTF look from he cashier. Well, you see, if you drill out the center of the plunger handle you can use it like a pump to get the beer from the can up to your mouth… ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-random-thoughts/762471/24 "2016-08-17T20:41:39Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Dick tape alone will get you odd looks. True…but he asked for three items. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-random-thoughts/762471/25 "2016-08-18T14:48:22Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Dick tape alone will get you odd looks. Especially if you buy the blue stuff that they SAY won’t pull off a layer before you put on a topcoat… a good clerk would warn you. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-random-thoughts/762471/26 "2016-08-18T15:57:56Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > 🙂 > > Well, you see, if you drill out the center of the plunger handle you can use it like a pump to get the beer from the can up to your mouth… I never thought of that. The real answer involved Mexican take-out on Saturday night and – well taste forbids going any further. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-random-thoughts/762471/27 "2016-08-18T18:40:03Z")
On pondering trunks and limbs. Tress have them. So do elephants. Steamship travelers do as well. Trees can have many limbs, elephants and steamship travelers have, in general, 4 limbs. Of the bunch, though, only elephants have fore limbs. Steamship travelers, indeed most humans, have a limbic system which, oddly enough, has nothing to do with limbs. It’s in the brain. Most humans have a brain. Computers are said to have a brain. Zombies eat brains. How does a zombie eat a computer brain? One byte at a time. Time is money. Money is the root of all evil. Mathematically speaking, that makes time = root of all evil. Ergo, running out of time is a good thing. And I’m out of time. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-random-thoughts/762471/28 "2016-08-18T20:40:23Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > I had a conversation with my kid and his friends over what 3 items could you buy at Walmart that would give the cashier the biggest wtf look. Bleach, drain cleaner and one of those big square 6 volt batteries. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-random-thoughts/762471/29 "2016-08-18T20:43:18Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > When defusing a bomb in any movie, the hero always cuts the red wire. This makes me wonder why a bomb builder would bother to follow proper building codes. My favorite Dogfort cartoon: > **[This Is Dogfort: The Worst Bomb Squad Ever](https://cheezburger.com/5719047424)** > > This Is Dogfort: The Worst Bomb Squad Ever - Dennis [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-random-thoughts/762471.md?page=1)