# Sometimes I have a overwhelming desire to....... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 5, 2011, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272 "2011-02-05T07:40:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/1 "2011-02-05T07:40:48Z")
…moo as I’m coming off of the light rail with all of the other shuffling hurrying commuters! I swear! If that isn’t a MoooOOOOOOooooo moment, I don’t know what is. What, of life’s little sillinesses (not a real word), strikes your fancy? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/2 "2011-02-05T07:56:52Z")
When ever I see a short bald man, I want to slap his head like Benny Hill. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/3 "2011-02-05T08:20:51Z")
When I get on the DC Metro and it is filling up, I always sit with the person who is sitting on the outside, trying to preserve two seats for his/herself. It is a compulsion. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/4 "2011-02-05T10:39:38Z")
When I shuffle about in a queue, I tend to think of [this song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBdat4QeEr8), and want to sing it. ---
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/5 "2011-02-05T11:47:17Z")
So you know Dante? > **[Tales of the Sweaty, Feculent Herd (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=237296)** > > Wherein the Sweaty, Feculent Herd Almost Stampedes (with a nod to Gord). Book of Dante, 7:1-22 Dante arrived at the GO station a little late today, and had missed his 7:10 train. Upon arrival however, he noted a large Herd waiting on the platform.... ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/6 "2011-02-05T17:29:15Z")
Lately, when the Farmers Insurance commercial comes on either the TV or radio, I am compelled to sing along with the tagline. “We are Farmers, bum badum bum bum bum bum!” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/7 "2011-02-05T17:36:23Z")
A mooooooment? ---
**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:** [February 5, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/8 "2011-02-05T18:13:20Z")
When we go to some hot springs in the mountains, people have a tendency to wade in and out of the pool like they’re slow zombies (the steam rising from the water helps with the effect). When Jim and I wade in and out, we tend to hold our arms up and say, “Brainnnnnnssssssssss…” as we go. I don’t know what anyone else thinks, but it amuses us. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/9 "2011-02-05T19:45:40Z")
My Mother had a thing she’d do in the car; when going over a bump or something similar she’d say “Wheeeeeee!”. So of course, I do it too. And when my kids were little, and I’d be driving them somewhere, we’d all say it at the same time: “Wheeeee!”. So here I was, riding with my 20-something son the other day, and he goes over a bump and he says - “Wheeeee!”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_Doubt)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/10 "2011-02-05T21:28:12Z")
When I see a farm truck carrying loads of cut and dried clover, alfalfa or the like, I have an overwhelming desire to pull up alongside and yell “Hey!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JimmyFlair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JimmyFlair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyFlair)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/11 "2011-02-05T22:01:32Z")
Sometimes while selecting produce at the grocery store, I’ll pick up a particular orange or tomato (but almost always an orange) that is just so right, so perfect, so uniquely made… …To be hurled across the store like I’m an outfielder trying for home plate. It’s almost overwhelming. I’ve held back (so far), but I can’t promise that at some point in the future, someone in the soup aisle will wonder where the hell this orange just came from. Am I the only one? ---
**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:** [February 5, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/12 "2011-02-05T22:20:04Z")
> [@JimmyFlair](#): > > Am I the only one? Nope, I chuck stuff at my daughter in the supermarket, loo rolls etc. Pretend I’m aiming for the trolly, but actually trying to get her in the head. We don’t shop together much. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JimmyFlair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JimmyFlair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyFlair)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/13 "2011-02-05T23:27:40Z")
> [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](#): > > Nope, I chuck stuff at my daughter in the supermarket, loo rolls etc. Pretend I’m aiming for the trolly, but actually trying to get her in the head. We don’t shop together much. 😃 Hmmm, let’s hope that we’re never in the same supermarket at the same time. It could get a little out of control. INCOMING! SPLAT!!!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/14 "2011-02-05T23:41:55Z")
I occasionally pass pastured sheep on the way to work. I invariably call out, “SHEEEEEPS! HI SHEEEEEPS!!”. In my head, of course. Sometimes. Carryover from driving from Chicago out west when we were kids, and did indeed moo at every cow we passed. I have no idea how we made it alive. My folks could have EASILY ditched us anywhere along the way. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Tracyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@Tracyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracyfish)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/15 "2011-02-06T00:41:15Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > My Mother had a thing she’d do in the car; when going over a bump or something similar she’d say “Wheeeeeee!”. > > So of course, I do it too. And when my kids were little, and I’d be driving them somewhere, we’d all say it at the same time: “Wheeeee!”. > > So here I was, riding with my 20-something son the other day, and he goes over a bump and he says - “Wheeeee!”. > > 😃 My mom had a thing she’d do in the car, too, that I think my grandma started. When we’re driving under a bridge that has a train going across it, we put a finger to the roof of the car to hold up the roof. We know that nothing will happen if we don’t do it, but it’s our weird little tradition. I still do it even if I’m the only one in the car. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/16 "2011-02-06T01:14:03Z")
Years ago and I mean lots of years ago, a friend of my sister’s convinced me that if I held a button whenever I passed a cemetery I’d have good luck. I did it for years, to the utter bafflement of everyone who saw me do it. Now that I’m very old and my day to day garb is blue jeans and a tee shirt, I still feel a compulsion to hold a button when I pass a cemetery. I catch myself trying to find a button to hold and it worries me when I can’t. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/17 "2011-02-06T06:09:23Z")
> [@JimmyFlair](#): > > Sometimes while selecting produce at the grocery store, I’ll pick up a particular orange or tomato (but almost always an orange) that is just so right, so perfect, so uniquely made… > > …To be hurled across the store like I’m an outfielder trying for home plate. > > It’s almost overwhelming. I’ve held back (so far), but I can’t promise that at some point in the future, someone in the soup aisle will wonder where the hell this orange just came from. > > Am I the only one? I flung some bananas at Safeway once - I was trying to pull some off the bunch, and they were on tighter than I expected; I gave them a good yank, and they went flying about 15 feet. My husband found it terribly entertaining (and it was one of the extremely few times he’s seen me blush). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/18 "2011-02-06T06:27:01Z")
See, I always felt more like a sheep when in a crowd. That’s why I’d go “baaahhhh” whilst wandering around the store. Really annoyed my mother. One of my brothers had his own little store game. He’d pick random stuff off the shelves and chuck them over his shoulder at brother number two thus forcing number two to make a sudden dive and catch the falling object. This went on for a while. Until the ketchup incident anyway. Whenever I drive over one of those cables across the road that count the number of cars passing by I always get this terrific urge to back up and run over the thing about eleventy times. I actually did it once. So satisfying. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/19 "2011-02-06T06:31:56Z")
> [@cards](#): > > So you know Dante? > > [Tales of the Sweaty, Feculent Herd (long) - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=237296) Heee.. Thank you, I’d forgotten about that one. I guess I’m lucky though, most people here seem to be pretty polite with the whole thing. I’ve never seen very much out and out obvious stupidity. The worst is the few times you get someone who doesn’t understand about using an “inside” voice. And the occasional smelly vagrant type. I just get tickled at the mass exodus at the end of the day. I’m at the second to last station, so during the morning commute, for some reason it’s a pretty light attendance. It’s the after work commute that is crowded as all get out. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272/20 "2011-02-06T07:19:49Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > My Mother had a thing she’d do in the car; when going over a bump or something similar she’d say “Wheeeeeee!”. > > So of course, I do it too. And when my kids were little, and I’d be driving them somewhere, we’d all say it at the same time: “Wheeeee!”. > > So here I was, riding with my 20-something son the other day, and he goes over a bump and he says - “Wheeeee!”. > > 😃 Some family heirlooms really are priceless. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-have-a-overwhelming-desire-to/570272.md?page=2)