# Mundane pointless things to ponder, or not… **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 8, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-to-ponder-or-not/721972 "2015-06-08T13:07:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-to-ponder-or-not/721972/1 "2015-06-08T13:07:54Z")
> [@](#): > > Guys get erections every morning, right? The concept of “morning” varies depending on where you live, with the “morning line” basically spinning around the earth infinitely, right? > > So does that mean humanity has been doing a “boner wave” around the earth for hundred of thousand of years? I would get up early to watch this if I could. Oh and the sunrise too I guess. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-to-ponder-or-not/721972/2 "2015-06-08T18:39:58Z")
And a morning poop wave. And an evening meal wave. And a midnight snoring wave. … ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-to-ponder-or-not/721972/3 "2015-06-08T23:39:25Z")
Supper Bowl toilet flushes… he he he ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-to-ponder-or-not/721972/4 "2015-06-09T16:30:37Z")
That’s pretty well known to be BS urban legend. But here’s something almost as good. Back when I was in the software biz, our firm’s app did the government logistical planning for a Super Bowl. All the cops, firemen, hospitals, ambulances, roads & grounds crews, etc. Where and when everybody and every piece of equipment was going to work or stand by for over a week. A big job. And we were there to provide real time support and real-time training to all the users. During the game late in the 1st quarter the sewage system backed up on one half of the stadium. So about 50% of all the stadium’s toilets were inop and would overflow if used. The folks in charge had about 20 game-minutes or 30-ish real minutes to solve this before a shit/urine volcano would engulf half the stadium when everybody got up at halftime to relieve themselves. As part of contingency planning for a mass casualty event there was a boulevard which was closed off from normal traffic. It’s to be used as a dedicated expressway to get dozens of fire trucks, hundreds of cops in busses, the radioactivity decon team, or whatever else was needed from the staging area into and back out of the stadium with no interference with street traffic. Out goes the call: A convoy of 4 big city drain-sucker-outer trucks led by a couple cop cars going full tilt with lights and siren roar through downtown and up the closed boulevard and into the back of the stadium. The shit-suckers later said they hit 80mph, grinnin’ like a mofo all the way. They fanned out to the several cleanout ports, stuffed their hoses in there and started sucking. We watched from HQ on the security cams; it looked like an Indy 500 pitstop; guys in jumpsuits running around like mad, urgent but controlled chaos. They got the blockage cleared at the two-minute warning for half-time. Sloppy brown disaster averted. And now you know … the rest of the story. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-to-ponder-or-not/721972/5 "2015-06-09T18:02:59Z")
Yeah, prolly an UL but … Come take a shower in our bath and let toilets start flushing or sinks getting water. On this small scale, it ain’t no UL … ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-to-ponder-or-not/721972/6 "2015-06-09T19:18:25Z")
Get them drains roto-rooted there **Gus**. And check your roof vents for squirrel nests. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-to-ponder-or-not/721972/7 "2015-06-18T18:38:20Z")
PORN teaches kids an unhealthy & unrealistic idea of how quickly a plumber will come to your home. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-to-ponder-or-not/721972/8 "2015-06-18T18:56:57Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > PORN teaches kids an unhealthy & unrealistic idea of how quickly a plumber will come to your home. Pizza delivery, too, I’ll bet. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-to-ponder-or-not/721972/9 "2015-06-18T20:05:53Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > PORN teaches kids an unhealthy & unrealistic idea of how quickly a plumber will come to your home. And how skilled they are with their tools. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-to-ponder-or-not/721972/10 "2015-06-25T17:23:49Z")
Hi! > [@](#): > > Why are scary movies always in creepy places like jails & hospitals? > > I want a scary movie in Walmart. > > “Clean up on aisle 13” > “But sir, there is no aisle 13…” > _dramatic music_ ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-to-ponder-or-not/721972/11 "2015-06-25T18:11:54Z")
Does anybody ever pull the new switcheroo? They always seem to use the old one. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-to-ponder-or-not/721972/12 "2015-06-30T18:31:34Z")
[FAKE Bisexuals? Yes, its true.](http://fandomsandfeminism.tumblr.com/post/122079379819/fake-bisexuals-yes-its-true) > [@](#): > > There are fake bisexuals. > > Little known fact. > > Up to 40% of self proclaimed “bisexuals” are actually just a swarm of bees in a trench coat desperately mimicking human form following a colony collapse. > > Be kind to them, they have lost their hive. I knew it!😃 ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-to-ponder-or-not/721972/13 "2015-06-30T18:52:27Z")
“Middleman” has to be the worst job in the world. You’re always getting cut out! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-to-ponder-or-not/721972/14 "2015-06-30T19:03:06Z")
\*Guys get erections every morning, right? The concept of “morning” varies depending on where you live, with the “morning line” basically spinning around the earth infinitely, right? So does that mean humanity has been doing a “boner wave” around the earth for hundred of thousand of years? \* > [@Foggy](#): > > I would get up early to watch this if I could. It starts in Seattle.