# Oddball stuff you see, & can't explain.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddball-stuff-you-see-cant-explain/257842
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 1, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddball-stuff-you-see-cant-explain/257842 "2004-08-01T15:51:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddball-stuff-you-see-cant-explain/257842/41 "2004-08-07T03:12:09Z")
> [@Silocke](#):
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> \<\<\<_Originally posted by_ **pestie** :
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> The post about the doll reminded me of the weirdest thing I can remember having seen. I was hanging out with a friend late at night in the spookiest town I’ve ever been in (Lake Pleasant, MA - a village of the town of Montague). .\>\>\>
> As in _Point Pleasant_ (of the Richard Gere “The Mothman Prophecies” fame)? I can’t quite remember the details so forgive me if I’m way off.
That Point Pleasant is in [West Virginia](http://www.prairieghosts.com/moth.html).
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### Author:  [@WortMeWorry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WortMeWorry)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddball-stuff-you-see-cant-explain/257842/42 "2004-08-07T03:48:40Z")
Allright, I know you are going to think I made this up but, I had more bathroom soup eaters today. This time it was Chunky Beef Vegatable, and they had a bottle of chocolate milk. So they are eating better. But, they are still eating in the toilet.And this time, No dope seeds! Just some tobacco from freakin their mild.
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddball-stuff-you-see-cant-explain/257842/43 "2004-08-07T04:34:50Z")
**WortMeWorry** –
That reminds me of an inexplicable occurance in a crowded Cineplex bathroom. It was foul. You know how urinal spillage increases exponentially as people stand ever further back and with an increasingly wide-legged stance to avoid standing in the flood zone?
I was studiously not looking at the guy in the queue in front of me as he did his business – until after he zipped up and turned around, walking past me to the door. Dude was holding a _sandwich_. I still wish I _had_ looked, just to see how he managed it. Did he unbutton, unzip, de-short, aim, and reverse with one hand? Did he set his wrapper-free, half-eaten sandwich on the porcelain? What the hell?
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### Author:  [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2004, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddball-stuff-you-see-cant-explain/257842/44 "2004-08-07T07:02:05Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#):
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> **WortMeWorry** –
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> That reminds me of an inexplicable occurance in a crowded Cineplex bathroom. It was foul. You know how urinal spillage increases exponentially as people stand ever further back and with an increasingly wide-legged stance to avoid standing in the flood zone?
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> I was studiously not looking at the guy in the queue in front of me as he did his business – until after he zipped up and turned around, walking past me to the door. Dude was holding a _sandwich_. I still wish I _had_ looked, just to see how he managed it. Did he unbutton, unzip, de-short, aim, and reverse with one hand? Did he set his wrapper-free, half-eaten sandwich on the porcelain? What the hell?
Ewwwww. LMFAO! I don’t know why the hell this was so funny, but five minutes later I’m **still** laughing! Thanks, **Larry**!
Adam
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### Author:  [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddball-stuff-you-see-cant-explain/257842/45 "2004-08-07T14:13:28Z")
This one happened some years ago, we had the terrace window opened, in came a sparrow, perched itself on my mothers foot and stood there for a while; after he was done with his visit the thing darted to the kitchen and exited _through the rotating extractor fan blades_ unharmed as far as we could see.
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### Author:  [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddball-stuff-you-see-cant-explain/257842/46 "2004-08-07T15:04:03Z")
About two years ago, we had a pure white pigeon that decided to “home” to our yard. It just hung around listlessly, and also seemed really tame. I noticed it had a band on its leg, so I caught it and got its ID. We found the matching numbers online and got a telephone number. We called and a really nice old German man who races pigeons came out to get it. It wasn’t his, but he’d sold a batch of his allotted bands to a guy who did weddings and whatnot (release of doves for drama and good luck.). It was a chance for me to practice my German a little and meet an interesting guy. The white dove (pigeon) did have a little bit of symbolism built in and It was strange it set up home in our yard.
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### Author:  [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddball-stuff-you-see-cant-explain/257842/47 "2004-08-07T17:53:19Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#):
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> **WortMeWorry** –
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> That reminds me of an inexplicable occurance in a crowded Cineplex bathroom. It was foul. You know how urinal spillage increases exponentially as people stand ever further back and with an increasingly wide-legged stance to avoid standing in the flood zone?
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> I was studiously not looking at the guy in the queue in front of me as he did his business – until after he zipped up and turned around, walking past me to the door. Dude was holding a _sandwich_. I still wish I _had_ looked, just to see how he managed it. Did he unbutton, unzip, de-short, aim, and reverse with one hand? Did he set his wrapper-free, half-eaten sandwich on the porcelain? What the hell?
My wife and I are currently watching our way through our Seinfeld videos, and let me tell you, this story belongs right in that show. I can _totally_ hear George yelling the whole thing.
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