# The Household Mythology Creatures Thread.... Bear With Me On This... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 5, 2001, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-household-mythology-creatures-thread-bear-with-me-on-this/64453 "2001-05-05T17:49:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-household-mythology-creatures-thread-bear-with-me-on-this/64453/61 "2001-07-10T19:19:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ferggie \* > When your computer screws up, it’s the **pixel pixies**. When you misspell a word, it’s the **typo trolls**. They move the keys of your keyboard when you’re not looking and cause you to type the wrong letter(s). They do it for fun. The only way to combat TTs is to look at the keyboard when you’re typing. This means, of course, that your typing teacher in school was in league with them. Didn’t she always tell you to “Look at your paper, not your fingers”? The TTs were rewarding her with whatever she desired. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Juliet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cc9497/32.png) [@Lady\_Juliet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Juliet)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-household-mythology-creatures-thread-bear-with-me-on-this/64453/62 "2001-07-10T20:07:02Z")
Last time there were people over at my house, my sister and I spent hours in the kitchen making about 100 tiny little sandwhiches to serve with tea to our guests. When we were done, we gathered all the sandwhiches on a tray and left them on the counter. My sister went outside to read a book, while i went to my room for a while. When I went back to the kitchen to try to steal a sandwhich (hell, we had a 100), they were gone. ALL gone. I asked my sister if she had moved them, and of course, she hadn’t. To this day, we have absolutely no idea where they went, but I have my suspicions…Damn you **Sandwhich Satan** and damn all of your sandwhich thieving followers too! Damn you all!!! ---
**Author:** ![Cleophus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@Cleophus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cleophus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-household-mythology-creatures-thread-bear-with-me-on-this/64453/63 "2001-07-10T21:50:23Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by jab1 \* > When you misspell a word, it’s the **typo trolls**._\* Would you say typo trolls are responsible for Gaudere’s Law? ---
**Author:** ![Zene111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/848f3c/32.png) [@Zene111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zene111)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-household-mythology-creatures-thread-bear-with-me-on-this/64453/64 "2001-07-11T00:17:45Z")
Generally, men only suffer the taunts of these annoying creatures. Usually appear when one is drunk and standing at a urinal. These creatures kick the back of one’s knees causing them to buckle. Guys you know what I am talking about. ---
**Author:** ![flickerwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/13edae/32.png) [@flickerwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickerwolf)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-household-mythology-creatures-thread-bear-with-me-on-this/64453/65 "2001-07-11T01:26:01Z")
Wear wolves. They hide all garments. No one is safe… This is my first post! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dcrusaderx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@dcrusaderx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dcrusaderx)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2001, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-household-mythology-creatures-thread-bear-with-me-on-this/64453/66 "2001-07-14T12:09:31Z")
Wow, love the posts – let’s see if mine even gets read. There are some household demons/creatures that like to pester me. [ul] [li] **The Shrill Beckoning Banshee** [/li]This foul loathsome pest enjoys waiting for either best or the loudest part of a song. At this exact moment the Banshee will mimic the sound of, say, your mother, father, sister, or even the telephone – leaving you either removing your headphones, or turning down the music and hollering “What?!” to which the rest of the household let’s you know that no one was calling you. The Shrill Beckoning Banshee is also known to make the sound of shuffling or footsteps when you’re alone watching an intense movie, or an adventure game that has gone silent for dramatic/fright effect. [li] **The Sandman’s Humorous Distant Nephew** [/li]Notably the Sandman is responsible for lulling you to sleep – I think this is common knowledge, and the Sandman is probably one of the few appreciated household mythical creatures. The Sandman’s Humorous Distant Nephew [SHDN] visits me all too often. His favorite trick is to interrupt his distant ancestor just about when I’ve almost been fully drawn to sleep. This leaves me in a conscious state, yet completely paralized, a very unnerving state of immobility where I only have minimal control over my eyes with blurry-sleepy eyed vision. All I can do is accelerate my breathing in frustration, until I can well up enough will to convulse myself out of this state. The SHDN also decides to do this to me if I sleep past noon. The SHDN is also known for placing one’s limbs in interesting positions sometime through the night, and then putting that limb “to sleep.” I have awoken with my hand place carefully on my face. When I stirred, “my” hand tickled my face and scared the living hell out of me. Good one, SHDN. [li] **“Itchy” the Unreachable** [/li]Finally, there is “Itchy” the Unreachable. I’m sure many of you are _quite_ familiar with this mischevious little cretin. He is known to wait for you to get ready for your day; sitting idly by, watching you dress, carefully adjusting each element of your apparel. Once satisfied with your appearance and preparing to head out to face the world, Itchy strikes. Among his favorite parts to spread his influence, his favorite is probably the arch of the foot – especially as soon as you’ve gotten in the car. Itchy may also strike while you’re asleep, and too disoriented to actually realize what part of your body is being affected. Itchy simply sits back and laughs hysterically at his victims as they vigorously scratch areas of their body, in search of his elusive afflicted itch. [/ul] I’m fairly certain I documented some original mythical creatures, but I hadn’t really gotten to read **all** of the other gems. Let me know if anyone has spotted these little guys lately! -dc ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2001, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-household-mythology-creatures-thread-bear-with-me-on-this/64453/67 "2001-07-14T17:49:37Z")
Drymphs are dryer sheet nymphs who lift used dryer sheets from the laundry room waste basket and deposit them randomly throughout the house. Tabelpies are little kelpies who remove the tab from aluminum cans and leave them laying about. Pingeists are the poltergiests who hide or mutilate all the ping pong balls in the house. Legnomes are the creatures that ferret away stray lego’s at night and deposit them on the floor paths between the bed and restroom or bed and childs room. Cousin to the Legnomes are the Wheelerstealergres. Ogres, most famous of all called “Itty Bitty Crane the Impaler”. ---
**Author:** ![dcrusaderx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@dcrusaderx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dcrusaderx)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2001, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-household-mythology-creatures-thread-bear-with-me-on-this/64453/68 "2001-07-14T20:23:06Z")
Another quick creature just came to mind [ul] [li] **The Shower Curtain Monger** [/li]His most feared ability is to back his butt up into the shower curtain while you’re showering, pressing the impression of its rear through the soapy wet curtain onto your body. [/ul] -dc [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-household-mythology-creatures-thread-bear-with-me-on-this/64453.md?page=3)