# Silliest thing you've done recently. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 6, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231 "2017-06-06T00:44:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Plutonium\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Plutonium\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Plutonium_Kid)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/1 "2017-06-06T00:44:19Z")
For two days, I’ve been obsessing over a discrepancy of $2.06 between my household spreadsheet and my checking account. Then I remembered a movie I’d rented from Amazon for 1.99 which left only a nagging little discrepancy of .07. So I went to the back door, took a nickel and two pennies out of my pocket, and threw them in the grass. What else could I do? And you? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/2 "2017-06-06T05:55:12Z")
I got a new day planner. Sadly, the brand we carry at work is called “The Happy Planner”. So I found the least happy looking one we sold and changed it to say, “This [del]Happy[/del] Sarcastic Planner belongs to…” and “Plan a [del]Happy[/del] Cynical Life”. Silly, but it made me feel better. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/3 "2017-06-06T05:58:51Z")
I got married sixteen years ago. And 4 days. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/4 "2017-06-06T06:35:49Z")
Stopped at a stop sign. Sat there waiting for it to change until the guy behind me honked. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/5 "2017-06-06T12:57:36Z")
Was making open-faced fried-egg sandwiches for me and my wife recently. I wanted ketchup on mine, she did not want ketchup on hers. When the two slices of toast were ready, I put ketchup on one slice, and suddenly remembered she didn’t want ketchup, and said as much out loud. At that point a smart person would have simply not put ketchup on the remaining slice of toast, but my brain had already locked onto the idea that _that first slice was the toast for her sandwich, and I had tragically screwed it up_ - so then I went ahead and also put ketchup on the second slice of toast, because _that was the toast for my sandwich, and I wanted ketchup._ ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/6 "2017-06-06T13:21:14Z")
We have a new [industrial] tape dispenser at work that I absolutely hate (compared to the old one). So the other day at the end of my shift, I wrote on a “post it” note: “Sniff… **Grrr!** hates me!” and stuck it on the tape dispenser. The next day, when I came back on shift, someone else had stuck another note on there: “It’s okay. Everyone else still loves you.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/7 "2017-06-06T13:24:59Z")
For the last couple weeks I couldn’t find the dongle for my wireless Logitech keyboard/pad. It is normally stored in a compartment under the battery lid on the underside of the keyboard. I took the lid off and no dongle! I thought of all the gear it had been plugged into in recent months\*. Searched all those, various USB hubs, stuff it had no business being plugged into, all around on the floor of places I might have left it, etc. I even did a once-in-a-millennia cleaning of my desk looking for it. I was desperate. A new dongle isn’t as cheap as one would expect. May as well get a new mouse that comes with one and have a spare wireless mouse. Of course, being doubly sure I repeatedly checked the compartment under the keyboard just to be really, really sure. On Sunday I checked the compartment again. While putting the lid back on I happened to hold the lid at a different angle from before. There was the dongle. It was attached to the lid like it was supposed to, not just lying in the compartment. Somehow I forgot about the holder in the lid and never glanced at the underside of the lid all those many times before. I’ve written “(checkmark) lid” in the compartment so I don’t go thru this again. - I’ve got Raspberry Pis, FireTVs, etc. One keyboard to rule them all. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/8 "2017-06-06T13:52:09Z")
Got into a family Nerf gun war while visiting a couple of weeks ago. Kids and grandkids and grandpa right in the middle of it. The youngest working as ammunition resupply to the “adults” and older kids. Just silly fun. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/9 "2017-06-06T14:17:47Z")
After watching 'Guardians of the Galaxy and in particular the closing credits scene, I had this shipped across the pond. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/10 "2017-06-06T15:06:56Z")
Taped a picture of my smiling mug over my wife’s back up camera the other morning as I left for work. She didn’t notice it till she was backing out of a parking spot later that morning. At first she thought I was standing behind her car till she realized she would have backed over me. Got a text message from her, “Haha, very funny”. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/11 "2017-06-06T15:41:17Z")
This morning I wrapped packed and labelled a gift, got all my stuff together, leashed the dog, headed out to Post Office. When I was tying the dog up, in front I realized I had everything, glasses, package, poopbags, house key…but no wallet! Doh! When we got home it was right there on the table where I had put it, where I’d picked up my keys, eyeglasses, etc! Doh! Feeling very silly indeed! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/12 "2017-06-06T17:05:47Z")
I thought for sure the wallet was going to be in the package you mailed. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/13 "2017-06-06T17:16:15Z")
> [@The\_Plutonium\_Kid](#): > > For two days, I’ve been obsessing over a discrepancy of $2.06 between my household spreadsheet and my checking account. Then I remembered a movie I’d rented from Amazon for 1.99 which left only a nagging little discrepancy of .07. > > So I went to the back door, took a nickel and two pennies out of my pocket, and threw them in the grass. What else could I do? > > And you? Sadly, when your lawnmower finds the $0.07 again, it’s going to cost rather more than that to fix the blade! As for me, I posted a silly comment on a message board which will mean I get home from work a bit later than I should. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/14 "2017-06-06T22:45:09Z")
I was stark ass-nekkid in my backyard Saturday morning. The boy dogs got in a bitey kerfluffle while I was in the shower and Ms. Shark screamed for help; I leapt out of the shower, wrapped a towel around me and bolted into the yard. While pulling the boys apart my towel fell off and I yelled “help! I’m naked!!” the Ms. grabbed it and managed to throw it over my head. So the neighbors got to see a dog fight and a naked screaming 50yo lady running around with a towel over her head. Dogs were fine (sound without fury), neighbors probably scarred for life 😛 ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/15 "2017-06-07T18:28:45Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > Was making open-faced fried-egg sandwiches for me and my wife recently. I wanted ketchup on mine, she did not want ketchup on hers. … so then I went ahead and also put ketchup on the second slice of toast umm,excuse me…but you seem to be telling a story about silliness involving a mixup of bread slices. But, I dunno…me, well, I got stumped earlier in your post , and I’m still trying to comprehend the REAL silliness here: Ketchup on eggs??? May Og have mercy on your soul…Because, in my kitchen, nobody else will. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/16 "2017-06-07T18:50:06Z")
On Sunday I installed a door knob on an exterior door with the lock on the inside. I knew something was wrong, kept staring at it, but it didn’t hit me until I shut the door. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/17 "2017-06-07T22:39:05Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > On Sunday I installed a door knob on an exterior door with the lock on the inside. I knew something was wrong, kept staring at it, but it didn’t hit me until I shut the door. I’m not seeing the problem, but perhaps I’m reading it incorrectly. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/18 "2017-06-07T22:58:51Z")
I finally activated my samsung s7 that I got back in Feb. the S8 has since come out. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/19 "2017-06-07T23:14:46Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’m not seeing the problem, but perhaps I’m reading it incorrectly. He’ll need to use keys to get OUT of his house. I safety pinned all of the sheets on the wife’s side of the bed together and hid a bunch of donuts in her vanity. I was already not going to be home that night. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231/20 "2017-06-07T23:27:56Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’m not seeing the problem, but perhaps I’m reading it incorrectly. > [@G0sp3l](#): > > He’ll need to use keys to get OUT of his house. Right. Should have worded that a little better. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-thing-youve-done-recently/788231.md?page=2)