# Oops, I can't believe somebody would do that thing that nobody did. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137 "2013-03-27T22:53:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/41 "2013-03-29T04:28:25Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I have walked up to the front door of my house while repeatedly pressing the unlock button on my car key fob. :smack: Same here. And a few weeks ago it wouldn’t even open the trunk - of the same color car as mine, parked a few spaces away. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/42 "2013-03-29T10:30:46Z")
Once I was highly stressed out. I had a near panic attack because I realized I didn’t know where my keys were. While driving down the road to work. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/43 "2013-03-29T12:37:23Z")
No matter how strong I like my tea, I really don’t like it if it’s been steeping for over a quarter of an hour. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/44 "2013-03-29T13:13:27Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Once I was highly stressed out. I had a near panic attack because I realized I didn’t know where my keys were. > > While driving down the road to work. I was driving past somewhere and saw a car like mine. “I don’t remember parking there”, I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/45 "2013-03-29T13:37:18Z")
Once upon a time my eyes were red and irritated, so I found my little bottle of eye drops, tipped my head back, held the bottle over one eye, and waited for relief. When the drops didn’t drip out like they should have, I looked at the bottle and found I had grabbed the little bottle of “one drop deodorizes an entire room” air freshener :eek: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/46 "2013-03-29T13:58:26Z")
A few weeks ago I couldn’t get into my apartment. The key went in the lock, but it wouldn’t turn. I jiggled and jiggled it, but nothing would work. Right apartment, wrong floor. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/47 "2013-03-29T14:06:51Z")
I discovered that no matter how long you let it steep, tea tastes much better if you remember to put a tea bag in the pot with the hot water. ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/48 "2013-03-29T14:31:46Z")
I was chatting with a friend on the phone while getting ready to leave. I put on my shoes, grabbed my jacket, put my keys in my pocket, and then started searching for that one last thing I needed. Couldn’t find it. Looked in all the usual places in multiple rooms multiple times. Finally complained to my friend, “I can’t find my freaking phone anywhere!! Where on earth do you think I’ve put it?” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/49 "2013-03-29T14:52:46Z")
> [@brainstall](#): > > I discovered that no matter how long you let it steep, tea tastes much better if you remember to put a tea bag in the pot with the hot water. I discovered that now matter how long you let it simmer, you don’t get a lot of chicken stock it you strain it into the sink. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/50 "2013-03-29T15:15:23Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I thought I was way ahead of the game when I managed to turn on the burner. Helps if you turn on the same one the pot is on, though. > [@tdn](#): > > I take it you have an electric stove? One time I was going to cook something on my electric stove and put the pan on the front burner and the serving plate on the back burner. Guess which one I turned on? Exploding plates are no fun to clean up. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/51 "2013-03-29T15:18:49Z")
Hopefully I’m not the only person who’s spent fifteen minutes looking for their glasses before realizing they’re wearing them. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/52 "2013-03-29T15:24:44Z")
No, but I’ve hopped in the shower, put my head under the water, then wondered why everything was so blurry when opened my eyes. Yeah, you should take your glasses off before entering the shower. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/53 "2013-03-29T16:13:36Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Hopefully I’m not the only person who’s spent fifteen minutes looking for their glasses before realizing they’re wearing them. Did I ever tell you guys about prom night and the missing condom? AWKWARD. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/54 "2013-03-29T16:16:42Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Last week I spent a good ten seconds trying to get my car key into my front door. > > I have more than once come home to a cold slow cooker with now worthless meat just sitting in there looking at me.\ You’re lucky it didn’t hop out and run away. 🙂 > [@Leaffan](#): > > I have walked up to the front door of my house while repeatedly pressing the unlock button on my car key fob. :smack: > [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](#): > > I’m so glad I’m not the only one who’s done that, more than once. > > I’ve also been known to screw up when doing things around the house - for instance baking cookies and I add too much of an ingredient - I freeze and frantically look around for the “undo” button before realizing that I’m dealing with “Real Life” and not a computer. **sigh** I haven’t done these ones - yet. > [@gigi](#): > > Yep, but even with a gas stove I mess this up. Once I was supposed to be gently heating a big pot of gumbo for guests, and violently boiling water in a teapot. Switched the controls and burned the darn gumbo. :mad: I have labelled the controls on my stove, because in spite of having little pictures there, I still manage to turn on the wrong burners. > [@billfish678](#): > > Once I was highly stressed out. I had a near panic attack because I realized I didn’t know where my keys were. > > While driving down the road to work. > [@BetsQ](#): > > I was chatting with a friend on the phone while getting ready to leave. I put on my shoes, grabbed my jacket, put my keys in my pocket, and then started searching for that one last thing I needed. Couldn’t find it. Looked in all the usual places in multiple rooms multiple times. Finally complained to my friend, “I can’t find my freaking phone anywhere!! Where on earth do you think I’ve put it?” You guys are killing me here. 😃 > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Hopefully I’m not the only person who’s spent fifteen minutes looking for their glasses before realizing they’re wearing them. I only do that rarely. ---
**Author:** ![boozilu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@boozilu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boozilu)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/55 "2013-03-29T17:58:18Z")
I take out some eggs. Get ready to crack them into the bowl. Open the trash can so I can throw the shells away. Then crack the egg into the trash can. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/56 "2013-03-29T18:30:21Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Did I ever tell you guys about prom night and the missing condom? > > AWKWARD. You looked all over for it and it was already on your penis? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/57 "2013-03-29T18:37:26Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > While putting a box of cereal in the fridge is not a bad thing, putting a gallon of milk in the pantry? Not so much. > > Also, ice cream stays better if not left on the counter overnight. Twice. Both brand new cartons. One Thanksgiving my aunt did this; served us & left it out. Realized it was cold soup by the time we got up from the table. Since it was uncut with that milk stuff, it was the thickest, ‘bestest’ milkshake. Ever. I’ve never had the patience to be able to recreate intentionally. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/58 "2013-03-29T18:38:32Z")
finally. FINALLY. FI NAL LY. F I N A L L Y After twenty sumptin years of [Gore.net](http://Gore.net) , Nerds.bbs, Compuserve, AOl, Craigslist. Eharmony, [Match.com](http://Match.com), and Tweet for a cooter I get a question about my penis. About fracking time. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/59 "2013-03-29T19:33:34Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > After twenty sumptin years of [Gore.net](http://Gore.net) , Nerds.bbs, Compuserve, AOl, Craigslist. Eharmony, [Match.com](http://Match.com), and Tweet for a cooter I get a question about my penis. > > About fracking time. I got one my first time ever signing on to AOL, and never once in the ensuing 20+ years. Talk about false impressions… ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137/60 "2013-03-30T01:45:36Z")
One day when my daughter was new and I hadn’t slept in days I was trying to zone out in front of the TV but she was crying and fussing. I had the remote right there in my hand, pointed at her, push push…why isn’t this stupid mute button working? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-cant-believe-somebody-would-do-that-thing-that-nobody-did/654137.md?page=4)