# Okay, which one of you jokers snuck in my house and stole my TV remote? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 9, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576 "2019-12-09T01:44:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/61 "2019-12-09T19:25:28Z")
The problem with remotes is that they’re always remote. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/62 "2019-12-09T19:34:07Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Check the mailbox. Or the Post Office. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/63 "2019-12-09T19:37:08Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > I don’t have your remote, so sorry. > > However, Mr VOW has an annoying (!) habit of SAVING every freakin’ remote we’ve ever owned. Maybe you can jerry-rig something? We have batteries! > > Mr VOW also has saved keys, I think from when he was ten years old to this day. I understand his brothers do the same, so it must be genetic… > ~VOW ~VOW, that husband of yours may be the a blood relation to me. I have a basket or 2 full of remotes, old phones, random chargers and all those blue tooth things that used to come with cel phones. Don’t lets talk about keys. :D. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/64 "2019-12-09T20:56:27Z")
I have a box full of random cords and cables. I can’t recall what any of them go to, but I don’t want to throw them away because what if. Here’s the hack for programming all new devices painlessly and with minimal time invested: have offspring do it. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/65 "2019-12-09T21:55:50Z")
Beck, if you ever find the lost remote, see if there’s a red king-size fitted sheet nearby. I’ve been looking for it for years and years. And isn’t the DirecTV remote the Worst. Remote. Ever? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/66 "2019-12-09T22:44:48Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Beck, if you ever find the lost remote, see if there’s a red king-size fitted sheet nearby. I’ve been looking for it for years and years. > > And isn’t the DirecTV remote the Worst. Remote. Ever? YES! I hate the remote that came with the DirecTV box. I found it. No batteries last night. I got some today. I thought I’d go ahead and use it til my DIL gets here. I batteried up and pushed guide. Up pops the guide. I scrolled thru. Found something to look at. Can’t get the remote to show the channel. I just scroll and look wantonly at the shows I CAN’T watch. Grrr! This keeps up and I may have figure out how to hook up my DVD player, again. But, I can’t remember where that remote is. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/67 "2019-12-09T23:13:37Z")
I once found something (don’t recall what) that was missing in the freezer. My wife and I moved last summer and there are so many things missing, I despair. We do have all our remotes though. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/68 "2019-12-09T23:16:33Z")
On the good side I’ve found $36.32. And 2 lost socks. Too bad I threw the mates away. I was sure the 1st lost ones were gone forever. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/69 "2019-12-10T01:14:53Z")
DIL got the new remote programmed. It was delicate operation. Touch and go. I hate this remote, the volumn controls in an odd place. I keep hitting ‘go back’. It slings you back to 4 channels ago. I swear my TVs getting whiplashed. Of course nothings on worth watching. (:() ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/70 "2019-12-10T02:31:13Z")
I’ve got some advice for you people, that will take some discipline, but once you make it a habit, it will make your world exponentially happier. Labels. I label everything. I just opened up my drawer of cords, and inside are a bunch of ziplock baggies containing cords and each one has a label _wrapped around the cord, so it won’t get misplaced._ I’ve got a baggie containing a “Blackberry cord”, a “Portable DVD cord”, a “GameBoy cord” etc. Same with the remote cabinet: everything is labeled, so I know what it goes to. Every now and again, I throw cords, remotes, etc away when I realize I no longer have the device they belong to. I also label food in the freezer with description and date, and in my light bulb cabinet, the weird bulbs that go to my outdoor lights are labeled as such. Ahhhh it’s like heaven on earth at my house. And I really don’t know why I even took the time to type this up, because I know that like my kids (whom I have bestowed this sage advice upon for years), NONE of you disorganized scatterbrainz will heed this profoundly wise advice. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/71 "2019-12-10T03:01:37Z")
So wait, lemme make sure I got this right, zip tie frozen food, label wires and lightbulbs go in the freezer, remotes go in the toaster. Sounds a little weird but ok, I’ll try it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/72 "2019-12-10T03:47:54Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Of course nothings on worth watching. (:() That situation existed BEFORE you lost the remote. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/73 "2019-12-10T04:19:51Z")
So true. ---
**Author:** ![ticker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/74 "2019-12-10T07:31:02Z")
I once used the bathroom at a gas station and the key was tied to a wheel rim so it never got lost. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/75 "2019-12-10T08:08:36Z")
I got my dremel tool and tiny driil bit. I drilled a tiny hole at the bottom thru the battery compartment of the new remote. I have some thin polyester string. Took a minute. But I got it strung up. I tied the other end to the lamp table next to my chair. I was sitting down on the floor doing this. There’s a little drawer on this table. I opened the drawer. Guess what’s in the drawer? Just guess. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/76 "2019-12-10T08:10:39Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I got my dremel tool and tiny driil bit. I drilled a tiny hole at the bottom thru the battery compartment of the new remote. I have some thin polyester string. Took a minute. But I got it strung up. I tied the other end to the lamp table next to my chair. I was sitting down on the floor doing this. There’s a little drawer on this table. I opened the drawer. Guess what’s in the drawer? > Just guess. > :smack: Holy frick! Really?! In the drawer the whole time? ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/77 "2019-12-10T08:12:32Z")
You know, I was about to post something about laying bets on when you found the old remote, now that you’d got a new one… 😃 Look at it this way; now you have a spare! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/78 "2019-12-10T08:13:08Z")
Yep. I hate myself! ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/79 "2019-12-10T08:31:13Z")
I don’t hate you! I’m thrilled! Now you have your favorite, working remote, plus one you’ll never lose as a backup in case you lose the other one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/80 "2019-12-10T08:56:34Z")
I cleaned out the little drawer so I can put the new huge remore control in there. In the back of the drawer were several batteries. Seemlingly new. I also found a nice pair of scissors. And very, very old TV guide. Think I’ll kerp the TV guide. I already did the crossword.l [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576.md?page=5)