# 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:** 27
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/521 "2014-10-01T22:11:48Z")
We once sent someone off the flight line to look for some fallopian tubes for the radar system. After a few hours of fruitless searching he ended up at the base hospital having a longish talk with a nurse who very helpfully explained female anatomy to him. True story. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/522 "2014-10-01T23:30:50Z")
There’s nothing as general as a private, or as private as a general. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/523 "2014-10-02T00:29:17Z")
But what about the general’s privates? ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/524 "2014-10-02T00:39:54Z")
[http://motivational-ish.com/files/2012/07/Independance-Day-Stupidity-Motivational-ish.jpg](http://motivational-ish.com/files/2012/07/Independance-Day-Stupidity-Motivational-ish.jpg) ---
**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:** [October 2, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/525 "2014-10-02T12:57:29Z")
Archer: a person who builds arches Arch-Enemy: a person who demolishes arches ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/526 "2014-10-02T15:31:00Z")
Water is wet but not wet. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/527 "2014-10-03T04:02:46Z")
And a woman is only a woman, but a good Cigar is a Smoke. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/528 "2014-10-03T16:48:51Z")
Speaking of smoke, if you’ve ever wondered how electronics REALLY work, [wonder no more](http://www.ece.rochester.edu/courses/ECE113/materials/smoke.pdf). ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/529 "2014-10-03T19:08:32Z")
When the Brits refer to “the MP from Dorset” or something like that, does “MP” stand for “Monty Python”? ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/530 "2014-10-04T00:09:00Z")
My nipples are…_delightful!_ ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/531 "2014-10-06T02:27:07Z")
[http://v8cars.hu/forumimages3/2014-06/539ef71f5bbbd.jpg](http://v8cars.hu/forumimages3/2014-06/539ef71f5bbbd.jpg) ---
**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:** [October 6, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/532 "2014-10-06T02:33:26Z")
Are you a craptioner? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/533 "2014-10-06T03:32:14Z")
Yeah, I like to smear fæces on the bottom of pictures. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/534 "2014-10-06T22:03:58Z")
You’ve been TOLD to stay out of the Smithsonian. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/535 "2014-10-06T22:44:16Z")
However, the MOMA tends to find my visits less objectionable. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/536 "2014-10-06T22:54:30Z")
[Crane Plumbing](http://www.craneplumbing.com/): you stand on one leg in the middle of a bog. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/537 "2014-10-06T23:11:13Z")
Well, thank Lord Frith it’s a one-piece toilet. Those two-piece toilets take all DAY to assemble. Oh, man, can I get a urinal for MY house? ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/538 "2014-10-07T01:26:21Z")
[![](http://img0.joyreactor.com/pics/comment/comics-seat-bus-guy-364661.jpeg) ](http://img0.joyreactor.com/pics/comment/comics-seat-bus-guy-364661.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/539 "2014-10-07T17:41:18Z")
“Where you been, Andy?” Hazel asked him. “Riding Fence.” “What’d ya eat out there?” “Grasshoppers” “How do you eat a grasshopper?” “Just snap off his head, light a match, and stick it up his ass.” “Yeah? How’s that taste?” “Mighty crunchy.” For the rest of her life, whenever Hazel saw Andy, she would say to him, “Mighty crunchy.” from _The Worst Hard Time_, Timothy Egan ---
**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:** [October 12, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306/540 "2014-10-12T00:06:23Z")
The concept of a moral dwarf makes no sense to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-random-silliness-thread/686306.md?page=28)