# Pure random silliness thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306 "2014-04-17T02:29:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/21 "2014-05-15T13:11:04Z")
Every now and then, it occurs to me that for every category of manufactured items, there must be a sales catalog somewhere. I started thinking about this when I found, in the middle of a fairly ordinary catalog for school supplies, a selection of sex education supplies including plastic feti, models of the male and female reproductive tracts (“It’s . . . a vagina.”). So, somewhere out there is a catalog for [bumpy lane dividers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botts%27_dots), a catalog for boat anchors, and a catalog for hospital ID bracelets. I find this idea both strangely consoling and utterly amusing. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/22 "2014-05-15T15:27:26Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > I saw a bluebird eating from a dog food bowl one time does that count? The blackbirds in my garden dunk the dog food pellets in the dogs water bowl. The dog carries a mouthful of kibble onto the sofa, drops them out and eats them one by one. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/23 "2014-05-15T16:45:06Z")
> [@Dervorin](#): > > I had a discussion with a friend yesterday about what porn stars would do in heaven, and she said “Scrabble”. That was a rather amusingly silly conversation. Imagine what happens when they put all seven letters down at once! [sub]They get fifty points extra, like everyone else.[/sub] > [@phouka](#): > > Every now and then, it occurs to me that for every category of manufactured items, there must be a sales catalog somewhere… I have long held that there must be factories in China turning out reproduction rustic agricultural brick-a-brack to stick to the walls of roadhouse-style restaurants. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/24 "2014-05-15T17:31:23Z")
^ You do know the catalogs come out first? They know they’re not going to sell every item, so when a customer asks for so-and-so, “Sorry, out of stock.” Eventually they’ll sell enough of the twelve items they actually have to cover the cost of the printing. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/25 "2014-05-15T17:31:48Z")
And somewhere, there is a catalog for it with categories like “Rusty Wind Instruments” and “Faded School Banners”. Yup. Right there with you. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/26 "2014-05-15T18:34:31Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > So much for the “men are hanged, pictures are hung” grammar reminder. Well hung men are sometimes hanged…by their own petard. ---
**Author:** ![Orionizer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orionizer/32/4442_2.png) [@Orionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orionizer)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/27 "2014-05-15T19:30:59Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > [IC Bus Co](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_Bus), plants in Conway, AR and here in Tulsa, OK. I also have seen acres and acres of school buses. I used to work for [this](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Built_Buses) company from 1988-1992. I worked at the main factory, but they had a [distribution center](https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9188794,-79.9946153,1121m/data=!3m1!1e3) that is also quite impressive. Not as impressive now as it used to be, though. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/28 "2014-05-15T19:40:33Z")
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz my cat wrote this the other day. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/29 "2014-05-15T20:00:03Z")
My cat’s breath smells like cat food. - Ralph Wiggum/Prince Charles ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/30 "2014-05-15T20:35:23Z")
My cat’s breath smells like death and evil. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/31 "2014-05-15T22:27:32Z")
Mad elephant! Run for your lives! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/32 "2014-05-16T00:34:24Z")
What did you do to make that elephant so angry? ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/33 "2014-05-16T03:00:44Z")
> [@phouka](#): > > So, somewhere out there is a catalog for [bumpy lane dividers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botts%27_dots), a catalog for boat anchors, and a catalog for hospital ID bracelets. I find this idea both strangely consoling and utterly amusing. Back in the phone book days, I was traveling cross country and often rested an hour or two at the library of whatever town or city I was passing through. At one of them I noticed they had phone books of about 30 major cities. So I grabbed Houston and there I was. My name, address and phone number sitting in Phoenix, AZ. 😃 I also used to wonder about vacation photos, specifically all the ones taken by strangers where I was in the background. My image is “residing” in their homes all over the country. Conversely there are a passel of strangers in my box of old photos, trapped there forever. I think the above qualifies as pure random silliness. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/34 "2014-05-16T03:57:59Z")
My elbows smell like cake. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/35 "2014-05-16T04:21:26Z")
Mmmmmm cake. Today I learned that [geckos bark.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HYXg5InkUk&feature=youtube_gdata_player) ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/36 "2014-05-16T12:28:34Z")
Hmm. This thread is turtles all the way up. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/37 "2014-05-16T12:43:01Z")
I have very strong convictions about not caring for anything ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/38 "2014-05-16T13:25:53Z")
Hah! The cats outnumber the dogs this morning. We came out swinging \. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/39 "2014-05-16T14:26:09Z")
Where do all the random shoes come from? I’ve seen them on highways all over America, sitting in lonely silence. Is there some group that travels the roads with garbage bags full of shoes, randomly tossing one out the window from time to time? Or have these items escaped through some sort of magical animation, now condemned to spend their existence searching for their sole mates? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/40 "2014-05-16T15:01:04Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Where do all the random shoes come from? I’ve seen them on highways all over America, sitting in lonely silence. Is there some group that travels the roads with garbage bags full of shoes, randomly tossing one out the window from time to time? Or have these items escaped through some sort of magical animation, now condemned to spend their existence searching for their sole mates? My folks were travelling through Alabama several years ago, when my Dad noticed dead crows just off the side of the road; not a bunch at one time–someone was driving down the road and dropping a dead crow every mile (on the dot) for 60 to 70 miles. I’m picturing a large trash bag of dead crows in the back of a pickup truck; “Clem, toss another.” ::shudder:: Cats vs dogs: tie score. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306.md?page=3)