# Old thread about a mystery box **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 24, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204 "2010-02-24T00:17:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/1 "2010-02-24T00:17:18Z")
Help me out, people. A while back someone started a thread about a mysterious box they received. They didn’t know anything about it, or how to open it (IIRC.) The poster took a lot of time between posts/clues. I don’t remember how or if it ever concluded, but I’d like to find it. Anyone remember it? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/2 "2010-02-24T00:59:34Z")
Yes, but my search abilities here border on the retarded. IMS, it was somewhat anti-climactic, but still an enjoyable read. ---
**Author:** ![pantheon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@pantheon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantheon)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/3 "2010-02-24T15:37:24Z")
They solved the box. The cenobites came and took him away. Same old story. (sorry, no idea) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/4 "2010-02-24T16:17:36Z")
Sorry, but all I can think of is the old thread by Thaidog with something like “Rock in a Box, I burning your dog” as a title. One of the funniest threads at SDMB. I could get a link to it if it sounds right to you. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/5 "2010-02-24T16:18:28Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Sorry, but all I can think of is the old thread by Thaidog with something like “Rock in a Box, I burning your dog” as a title. One of the funniest threads at SDMB. I could get a link to it if it sounds right to you. Thanks, but I don’t think that’s it. It wasn’t funny, it was set up more as a mystery story. ---
**Author:** ![Lunar\_Saltlick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Lunar\_Saltlick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunar_Saltlick)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/6 "2010-02-24T16:27:28Z")
And whatever happened to the guy who discovered a wallet in the wall of his house while carrying out renovations? He and several posters went to great lengths to find the owner. I never saw how that one turned out. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/7 "2010-02-24T16:31:42Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Thanks, but I don’t think that’s it. It wasn’t funny, it was set up more as a mystery story. If you can remember any unique (or nearly so) words from the thread, a “keyword search” from “from the beginning” ought to help. You’ll have to commit five minutes to the search, if you fail to locate the first “keyword.” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/8 "2010-02-24T16:45:19Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > If you can remember any unique (or nearly so) words from the thread, a “keyword search” from “from the beginning” ought to help. You’ll have to commit five minutes to the search, if you fail to locate the first “keyword.” I just searched on the word “package” in the title, and going back all the way to 2004, found two threads about receiving mysterious packages. One had 13 replies, the other had 2. The thread that the OP is talking about was way longer. I think it went on for a good 3 pages or more. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/9 "2010-02-24T16:49:14Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I just searched on the word “package” in the title, and going back all the way to 2004, found two threads about receiving mysterious packages. One had 13 replies, the other had 2. The thread that the OP is talking about was way longer. I think it went on for a good 3 pages or more. I take it you know the thread we’re talking about? Anything distinctive about it you can recall? I may have seen it (at least the title) but it’s just not nudging “rock in a box” out of my forebrain. Was “mystery” or “mysterious” actually spelled out in the thread, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/10 "2010-02-24T17:09:50Z")
There are a couple that come to mind, but they’re relatively recent: kambuckta [received one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10921645)last Feb [ZipperJJ](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=498272) had one a couple of Christmases ago There are a few older ones too: Hal Briston [received one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=441285)in 2007 For that matter, [so did Balance](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=440833) Given that Balance’s clocks in at a whopping 6 pages, I’m assuming that might be the one the OP is looking for? ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/11 "2010-02-24T17:10:48Z")
Can’t help but I very vaguely recall it. Heck, I’m still wondering what was in **Vihaga’s** [trunk in the attic.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=458647) (post #26) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/12 "2010-02-24T17:22:16Z")
> [@Mahna\_Mahna](#): > > For that matter, [so did Balance](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=440833) That’s the one I remember. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/13 "2010-02-24T17:34:48Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > That’s the one I remember. Yes! That’s the one. Thanks, **Mahna Mahna**. Who would have thought to search on “parcel”? Ok, I’m off to read… ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/14 "2010-02-24T18:42:12Z")
> [@Mahna\_Mahna](#): > > kambuckta [received one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10921645)last Feb > [ZipperJJ](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=498272) had one a couple of Christmases ago Thanks for confusing me with another lovely lady about the same age as me, but the Christmas mystery box thread was started by **pbbth** , not me. My life is never so exciting 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/15 "2010-02-24T19:42:29Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Thanks for confusing me with another lovely lady about the same age as me, but the Christmas mystery box thread was started by **pbbth** , not me. My life is never so exciting 🙂 Well crap. I initially thought the package had been yours, realised it was actually pbbth’s once I found it, but then apparently forgot that small detail by the time I started writing out my reply. I must’ve been distracted by a shiny object or something. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/16 "2010-02-24T20:36:08Z")
A Google search will work too, no restrictions either. Put this in Google: **site:boards.straightdope.com "curious parcel"** ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/17 "2010-02-24T22:09:07Z")
The best one was the [Cooler of Death.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=177712&highlight=cooler) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/18 "2010-02-24T22:39:53Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Sorry, but all I can think of is the old thread by Thaidog with something like “Rock in a Box, I burning your dog” as a title. One of the funniest threads at SDMB. I could get a link to it if it sounds right to you. I just can’t resist sharing this amazing thing with anybody who hasn’t read it, or who just needs a refresher. Three pages of pure gold: [The rock in the box: I burning your dog](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=203185) The BBQ Pit 08-08-2003, 07:30 AM Thaidog BANNED Join Date: May 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC, USA Posts: 320 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/19 "2010-02-24T22:44:01Z")
> [@Lunar\_Saltlick](#): > > And whatever happened to the guy who discovered a wallet in the wall of his house while carrying out renovations? He and several posters went to great lengths to find the owner. I never saw how that one turned out. There were at least three threads on that as time passed. The last time I saw the 3rd thread I think it was a post by the guy’s daughter. I believe the guy is missing, but you had better find the thread to see what happened. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thread-about-a-mystery-box/530204/20 "2010-02-26T18:21:48Z")
Mr. Moto beat me to it - it wasn’t the evil in the cooler (that the dog drank some of) you were thinking of, was it?