# Stream of Consciousness.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stream-of-consciousness/35438>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 3, 2000, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stream-of-consciousness/35438 "2000-10-03T02:13:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stream-of-consciousness/35438/21 "2000-10-06T14:12:53Z")

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Rita Rudner asked this… it continues to perplex me:

If you mix flour and water, you get glue. If you add sugar and eggs, you get cake. Where does the glue go?

Well, OK, so it doesn’t perplex me. But now I want cake. damn

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stream-of-consciousness/35438/22 "2000-10-06T14:13:18Z")

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Every time I empty the dryer, this thought hits me:

If I put a sock in the dryer and let it run indefinately, will the sock eventually turn into lint?

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stream-of-consciousness/35438/23 "2000-10-06T14:15:02Z")

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If a tree in the woods fell on the bear would the Pope give a shit?

This one keeps me awake at nights

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**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stream-of-consciousness/35438/24 "2000-10-06T14:16:28Z")

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If you cut an olive in half… Would it become a half-ive?

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**Author:** ![bovary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@bovary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bovary)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stream-of-consciousness/35438/25 "2000-10-06T14:51:50Z")

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All the answers can be found in a little vial, or piece of paper, or sugar cube, or geltab, or a stick of juicy fruit gum.  
sometimes in a glass of water

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**Author:** ![Lnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Lnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lnix)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stream-of-consciousness/35438/26 "2000-10-06T15:49:14Z")

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I often think fish must get _awfully_ tired of seafood. What are your thoughts, Hobson?  
(SMACK)

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