# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/121 "2010-06-24T17:07:18Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Without warning, my cat goes from sitting there doing nothing to suddenly running out of the room like its tail is on fire. > > Should I be concerned? The cat seems to be doing an efficient job of hunting the invisible mice that are infesting the place. I’d leave it to do its job and count yourself lucky. But run a vacuum, the invisible droppings are becoming unsanitary. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/122 "2010-06-24T17:08:49Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I had a meeting scheduled yesterday with my boss, who works in the building next door. I left a few minutes early, walked over to her building, and went up the elevator. As I was getting off the elevator, there was my boss! She was on her way to see me at _my_ office! > > It was really not very strange and only slightly coincidental. Try and explain that! The explanation is much too complicated to do on a message board, and you’d have to know a few things about superstring theory to follow it. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/123 "2010-06-24T17:09:56Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > The boss treated us to [Psycho Donuts](http://www.psycho-donuts.com/pickuporder/cartdetail.php) this morning. I had the “Hamburger Donut”: a hole-less donut sprinkled with sesame seeds, cut in half with bacon in the middle. > > The donut wasn’t very good at all. How could something with bacon as an ingredient be so mediocre? So somebody’s made off with your taste sense. Do you suddenly find yourself listening to a lot of Genesis? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/124 "2010-06-24T17:16:23Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I love my 8-year-old daughter dearly. She is a kind, sensitive, bright, extremely goofy kid and I see a lot of myself in her. > > That being said, this girl lollygags so much it drives me sane. Getting her out of the house in the morning is often a chore that gets on my nerves. Even when we’re going some place that she wants to go to, she’ll drag her feet until we’re finally in the car. It gets to the point that I’m snapping at her to get her going, and I don’t want to do that. > > What’supwit’dat? > [@KinkiNipponTourist](#): > > I don’t want to freak you out, but… > I’m also kind, sensitive…extremely goofy etc. and I do the exact same thing every morning! Even when it’s some place I want to go to, I fart around and fart around. > > In fact, the only differences are that I’m no longer 8, and you probably don’t love me dearly (sigh). > > But _everything else is the same_. Might I possibly be your daughter in some future dimension? Dad?? > > Sorry to have to tell you that she probably won’t outgrow this habit. Hmm, do you love horses and can you read a book in about a day? Do you like using phrases like “squash you into a flatso” and do you eat only noodles? ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/125 "2010-06-24T17:22:42Z")
> [@intergalactic gladiator](#): > > hmm, do you love horses and can you read a book in about a day? Do you like using phrases like “squash you into a flatso” and do you eat only noodles? _ **DADDy!** _ Does your daughter sometimes sneak in a little glass of icy cold Asahi Super Dry after a long day at work–erm, school? If so, there’s no doubt that we’re one and the same. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/126 "2010-06-24T21:08:12Z")
> [@KinkiNipponTourist](#): > > _ **DADDy!** _ Does your daughter sometimes sneak in a little glass of icy cold Asahi Super Dry after a long day at work–erm, school? If so, there’s no doubt that we’re one and the same. Er… I don’t think so. I’d have to look. On to the next question. Who here would like to propose a moratorium on people asking questions about the wacky things that cats do? They’re cats, they do that stuff. Now, why is it that my dog hates lenolium so much that she’ll walk backwards out of the kitchen? ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/127 "2010-06-25T00:03:41Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > What is the sound of one armpit farting? Could be a shortcut to enlightenment to consider that and skip all the yoga nonsense. Thanks! I didn’t know I had already achieved enlightenment, but it sounds like a great thing to have! Q: I’m having a problem with my girl, Gem. I think she only has a vocabulary of a hundred words or so, and she’s already 5 years old. She ignores me when I’m trying to teach her and she never does her homework. All she wants to do is sleep under the table, go to the park, or poop on the sidewalk. She’s not interested in TV, sports, chess, video games, or math. I’m thinking about getting her a tutor, but Cesar Milan hung up on me! I think she’s probably got a brain parasite or tumor from all the ear scratching she does. ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/128 "2010-06-25T00:31:59Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > Thanks! I didn’t know I had already achieved enlightenment, but it sounds like a great thing to have! > > Q: I’m having a problem with my girl, Gem. I think she only has a vocabulary of a hundred words or so, and she’s already 5 years old. She ignores me when I’m trying to teach her and she never does her homework. All she wants to do is sleep under the table, go to the park, or poop on the sidewalk. She’s not interested in TV, sports, chess, video games, or math. I’m thinking about getting her a tutor, but Cesar Milan hung up on me! I think she’s probably got a brain parasite or tumor from all the ear scratching she does. awww, poor little luv. What grade is she in now? Does she have her own room/crate? ---
**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 25, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/129 "2010-06-25T05:33:33Z")
I went for a long drive out in the country today and had a great time, listening to music, driving with my windows open and enjoying the sun and fresh air and back roads. Explain THAT, my physkhic friend. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/130 "2010-06-25T06:04:51Z")
While resuscitating some puppies from a c-section this week I noticed that they are actually born with puppy breath. All these years in the animal biz and I never noticed that before. I pointed it out to a co-worker and she made a face and said “eww!”, she does not like puppy breath. How can someone not like puppy breath? It comes from puppies! There, it wasn’t about cats. Cats don’t have puppy breath. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/131 "2010-06-25T14:39:49Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I went for a long drive out in the country today and had a great time, listening to music, driving with my windows open and enjoying the sun and fresh air and back roads. Explain THAT, my physkhic friend. My guess is that you inadvertently stumbled into a classic rock song, probably by Bruce Springsteen or Tom Petty. But I don’t claim to be a fishchick. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/132 "2010-06-25T14:46:27Z")
I have been banished to the furthest part of the house with a can of beer. I believe the cat farted and I got blamed. Is that unfair? ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/133 "2010-06-25T17:45:26Z")
I found this thread from [Threadspotting.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=568051) ---
**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 25, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/134 "2010-06-25T18:46:31Z")
> [@palindromemordnilap](#): > > My guess is that you inadvertently stumbled into a classic rock song, probably by Bruce Springsteen or Tom Petty. But I don’t claim to be a fishchick. By God, I think you’re right! I was indeed running down a dream! ---
**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 25, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/135 "2010-06-25T18:47:32Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I have been banished to the furthest part of the house with a can of beer. I believe the cat farted and I got blamed. Is that unfair? My cats never fart unless I pick them up by the bellies and squish them. Which I, uh, never do. Usually. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/136 "2010-06-25T22:56:59Z")
I keep dreaming I’m being attacked by the Dark Lord or by rat shaped demons. I think my neighbors are putting their spirits on me but when I looked up Inquisition in the phone book I couldn’t find the number. And the guy at directory assistance just laughed. What should I do? ---
**Author:** ![wanderer2575](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@wanderer2575](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wanderer2575)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/137 "2010-06-26T02:10:57Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > How come things are always in the last place you look for them? How do they _know?_ Since Cricetus passed on this, I’ll take a stab… Check out the Twilight Zone episode “A Matter of Minutes” (the 1985 revival, not the original series), based on the Theodore Sturgeon story “Yesterday was Monday.” It lays out the reality that all the world is literally a stage, or specifically, an endless series of stages, with everyone moving from one stage to the next every minute. And there is a huge group of blue-latexed-faced workers building the sets, beginning years in advance. Okay, so what. But at one point, the foreman is asked if the workers ever make a mistake. Yeah, sometimes, he says. And he says: Have you ever looked all over for something and couldn’t find it, but then suddenly found it in the first place you looked? That’s because the set builders goofed and forget to set out the item. But while you were searching, you changed minutes and moved to the next set/stage, where the workers properly laid out the item for you to find. Gotta admit, it answers a whole lotta nagging questions! ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/138 "2010-06-26T02:19:09Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > I found this thread from [Threadspotting.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=568051) Q: How do threads get picked for Threadspotting? Is it a single voter? I bet there’s a 2nd voter on the hill sent by J. Edgar Hoover. There’s really no way a single thread could travel the path it did and end up at Threadspotting. It’s the Illuminati, I tells ya. ---
**Author:** ![goodie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@goodie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goodie)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/139 "2010-06-26T04:53:13Z")
Many, many years ago, I used to sleep on a twin sized bed. This was after I slept in a crib for a while. For a LONG time…like, years and years. Then, I slept on a full size bed, also for a long time. We’re talking more than ten years. Not the same mattress, but the same size. Now I sleep on a king size bed. Sometimes I sleep alone, sometimes with others, but the size of the bed keeps getting bigger the older I get. My concern is that since king size is the biggest size they come in…am I going to die soon? I can still fit on a toddler bed, if I start sleeping in one will I live longer? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060/140 "2010-06-26T05:18:14Z")
Cricetus has not posted to this thread since midday on the 24th. Post #123 was the last post. I think he’s answered too many questions, revealed too many secrets, obviously the Men in Black got him … or Phil Collins. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060.md?page=8)