# The lampshade that drives its owners insane **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 14, 2010, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lampshade-that-drives-its-owners-insane/560632 "2010-11-14T12:34:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lampshade-that-drives-its-owners-insane/560632/1 "2010-11-14T12:34:44Z")
[Click](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-lampshade-that-drives-its-owners-mad-strange-truth-behind-20th-centurys-most-disturbing-object-2117357.html). Holy shit! I thought that sort of stuff was a myth. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lampshade-that-drives-its-owners-insane/560632/2 "2010-11-14T13:37:42Z")
> [@](#): > > “He explained that there’s nucleotide DNA, which is the full ledger of a human being’s hereditary dossier, and something called mitochondrial DNA.” Tsk. All DNA is made from nucleotides. The word the reporter’s looking for is ‘nuclear’. And I want to see a pic. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lampshade-that-drives-its-owners-insane/560632/3 "2010-11-14T14:57:21Z")
Sounds like something that has shelf space in Warehouse 13 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lampshade-that-drives-its-owners-insane/560632/4 "2010-11-14T16:01:21Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > Sounds like something that has shelf space in Warehouse 13 [Warehouse 23](http://www.warehouse23.com/basement/)? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lampshade-that-drives-its-owners-insane/560632/5 "2010-11-14T16:14:22Z")
I got one of those from a friend originally from Plainfield as a birthday gift. It hasn’t driven me insane. I wish she would have parted with the leather chair, but that was a relative. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lampshade-that-drives-its-owners-insane/560632/6 "2010-11-14T16:29:53Z")
That article was linked to by **choie** about a week ago, in a continuing thread about Cecil’s column [Did the Nazis make lampshades out of human skin?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2511/did-the-nazis-make-lampshades-out-of-human-skin) ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lampshade-that-drives-its-owners-insane/560632/7 "2010-11-14T16:34:10Z")
> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#): > > [Click](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-lampshade-that-drives-its-owners-mad-strange-truth-behind-20th-centurys-most-disturbing-object-2117357.html). Holy shit! I thought that sort of stuff was a myth. :eek: Well, it kinda still is. That is, the “myth” is that the Nazi’s somehow made dozens-hundreds of these lampshade(as well as making soap out of humans). While there are no doubt some examples made by a few individuals who were Nazi’s, there has been no convincing evidence of anything larger. Also, the human skin _may_ have been mostly tattooed non-Jews. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lampshade-that-drives-its-owners-insane/560632/8 "2010-11-14T17:09:49Z")
Wow. That’s disturbing. There’s no way I could handle owning something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lampshade-that-drives-its-owners-insane/560632/9 "2010-11-14T17:15:03Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Well, it kinda still is. That is, the “myth” is that the Nazi’s somehow made dozens-hundreds of these lampshade(as well as making soap out of humans). While there are no doubt some examples made by a few individuals who were Nazi’s, there has been no convincing evidence of anything larger. Also, the human skin _may_ have been mostly tattooed non-Jews. To be honest they could have made thousands of lamp shades if they wanted. Only a few sick individuals would have wanted them, which is what the SS seemed to be comprised of.