# Post your mundane explicable stories here, and I will bunk them **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 21, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060 "2010-06-21T23:12:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/41 "2010-06-22T12:15:06Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > People always want to be my servant and I don’t know why. There are a bunch of buildings around where I live and I like to walk around a lot and marvel at their grandeur. Other people seem to as well because there are usually other people in them as well. When I am walking around looking in the pretty rooms, people are always saying “Sir! Can I help you. Sir! Can I help you.” Thanks but I don’t need a servant. I just want to look around. Why are people throwing themselves at me like that? Why don’t they come around when I need something done at my place? No doubt you have a striking resemblance to some kind of prince or lord who owns those properties and are mistaken for him, though they doubtlessly wonder why his highness is wandering on official duties in a ratty old bathrobe and kleenex box slippers. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/42 "2010-06-22T12:16:10Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I know that a duck’s quack doesn’t echo, but yesterday I saw some ducks going under a bridge and I’m positive their quacks made an echo. What makes those ducks so special? Were they giving me a message? That’s what they _want_ you to think. The ducks, I mean. You’ve said too much. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/43 "2010-06-22T12:17:23Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > When I spell words correctly, the spellchecker underlines them as if they’re wrong! > > Is it a huge American Government conspiracy? You’ve misinterpreted those underlines. There’s a very small person trapped in the machine who is trying to communicate with you. Pay more attention next time to his message. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/44 "2010-06-22T12:41:53Z")
A couple of years ago, a work colleague who’d been dating a guy for a couple of years wanted to play a joke on her mother. She and her boyfriend had some portraits taken at a photography studio. She was planning to give a print to her mom. She asked me to scan one of the photos and Photoshop an engagement ring onto her hand. She was going to give that one to her mom and wait to see if she noticed the ring. Two weeks later, her boyfriend actually gave her an engagement ring!!! The question is…Why didn’t I Photoshop a picture of myself so it looked like I was holding a million dollars? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/45 "2010-06-22T12:45:55Z")
It’s nothing to do with your photoshopping; the mother was a witch. Was this gentleman friend of your friend at, any time, in your recollection, afflicted with amphibianess? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/46 "2010-06-22T13:15:24Z")
My husband is out of town on an overnight business trip. I was streaming an out-of-town oldies station yesterday and they played “Darling, Be Home Soon” by the Lovin’ Spoonful. I have never met John Sebastian. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/47 "2010-06-22T13:20:28Z")
But has your husband? ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/48 "2010-06-22T13:47:24Z")
Frequently when I have to enter an online password, I instantly think of one of my former cats, now deceased. Is my pet trying to tell me something from the Great Beyond? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/49 "2010-06-22T13:50:37Z")
What are their names? And where do you bank, and what is your username? I can check into this for you but I need more data. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/50 "2010-06-22T13:52:58Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > But has your husband? No! And if I asked him who recorded “Darling, Be Home Soon,” he’d remind me that was _my_ responsibility on the trivia team. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/51 "2010-06-22T13:59:12Z")
The question is, then: why is your husband lying to you about his friendship with John Sebastian? You might want to look into it. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/52 "2010-06-22T14:03:35Z")
The other day I saw a man walking down the sidewalk. To my amazement, he turned into a drugstore. What was up with that? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/53 "2010-06-22T14:05:53Z")
Erectomorphism is more common than most people realize. ---
**Author:** ![BleizDu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@BleizDu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BleizDu)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/54 "2010-06-22T14:31:36Z")
Something happened with our mule a few days ago: we couldn’t touch her as usual, or even walk her with a long line, as we used to do. We then had among ourselves another of those talks where we think about maybe it would be smart to give away that mule. And now, it’s been two/three days that I can long line her again and even touch her! I think it’s because I’m more confident when dealing with her, that I bring her plenty of treats, and that she isn’t in heat anymore, but of course I can’t rule out any supernatural explanations, what are your thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/55 "2010-06-22T14:47:27Z")
Not everything has a supernatural explanation. That strikes me as a perfectly ordinary demon possession and accidental exorcism. ---
**Author:** ![Baracus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Baracus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baracus)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/56 "2010-06-22T14:54:21Z")
I was in desperate need for a knife and opened the kitchen drawer to find ten thousand spoons. Initially, I thought it was ironic, but apparently it isn’t. Any help? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/57 "2010-06-22T15:00:36Z")
You’re locked in a spoon factory and need to overtake the guards and escape. Try whittling a spoon into a blade on the concrete floor. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/58 "2010-06-22T15:04:19Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I read a thread in GQ a few days ago asking why they need medical personnel to declare someone deceased when they are rotting and covered in flies and it reminded me of an episode of CSI:Miami where they find a supposed corpse covered in maggots, then the corpse blinks. So maggots don’t always equal dead but I forgot to post that in the thread. Anyway, a local station showed an old CSI: Miami Saturday night and it was the episode I had recently been reminded of by that thread. > > So, just coincidence? Did the tv programmers read my mind and decide to air that episode? Or did they read the Dope and have the same idea I did and decide to air that episode? Is that the only episode they ever show in syndication (it’s the one where Horatio puts his sunglasses on at the end)? Ohmigod! I just happened to write a GQ thread about why you need a medic to pronounce a rotting corpse dead a few days ago! I can’t believe this! ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/59 "2010-06-22T15:10:03Z")
Even I can’t explain that one. Eerie. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/60 "2010-06-22T19:40:20Z")
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