# The most mundane pointless thing I know **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008 "2019-12-17T22:38:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/1 "2019-12-17T22:38:18Z")
If you eat in a Jersey Mike’s sub shop, you might notice the giant reproduction of a vintage postcard from Point Pleasant, New Jersey. That card was postmarked 20 days before my 10th birthday. Thank you and have a pleasant evening. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/2 "2019-12-17T22:51:20Z")
Pointless, yes. But mundane? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/3 "2019-12-18T00:43:29Z")
Congratulations to the OP. All I can counter with is that I’ve ridden on subway lines portrayed on the walls of Subway sandwich shops. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/4 "2019-12-18T01:38:22Z")
A pointless mundane semi-coincidence: I’m watching Hellier on Amazon right now, and the investigators are doing research in Point Pleasant! (Point Pleasant WV, that is) ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/5 "2019-12-18T05:46:57Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Congratulations to the OP. > > All I can counter with is that I’ve ridden on subway lines portrayed on the walls of Subway sandwich shops. The NY subway was bult by John MacDonald. My uncle is John MacDonald. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/6 "2019-12-18T05:49:42Z")
It’s 49 minutes after the hour, and my phone is at 49% of a total charge. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/7 "2019-12-18T05:56:54Z")
Mundane=my life. Pointless? Yep. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2019, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/8 "2019-12-18T06:22:48Z")
Underwear don’t care if its inside out. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/9 "2019-12-18T06:29:54Z")
It’s classified. But rest assured it’s both mundane and utterly pointless to me now. ---
**Author:** ![ASGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/10 "2019-12-18T13:41:40Z")
In northern California the Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) has contracted with tree trimming outfits from West Virginia and North Carolina. There must be a hundred employees living here instead of there. As the young son of Penelope Ann Miller said in _Kindergarten Cop_: “I like the way they talk.” ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/11 "2019-12-18T15:08:05Z")
For some time the Oasis version of Wonderwall was lower on the charts than the Mike Flowers Pops version. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/12 "2019-12-18T15:13:06Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > If you eat in a Jersey Mike’s sub shop, you might notice the giant reproduction of a vintage postcard from Point Pleasant, New Jersey. That card was postmarked 20 days before my 10th birthday. If you are in my neck of the woods and stop for a drink at House of 1000 Beers, you’ll see my name on the wall.🙂 Also, if you stop at Spigot Brewing, you’ll see a picture of me, in a Spigot shirt, on Pinel Island, off the coast of St Martin. ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/13 "2019-12-18T15:25:11Z")
_Let it Be_ by the Beatles is not the highest-ranked record called _Let it Be_ on _Rolling Stone’s_ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/14 "2019-12-18T21:21:02Z")
Marine Antoinette did not say, “Let them eat cake”, but “Let them eat brioche.” ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/15 "2019-12-18T21:48:24Z")
The local brass band’s tuba player is always flat. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/16 "2019-12-18T21:56:15Z")
Good shoes stores use a Brannock Device, not a Ritz stick, to measure feet ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/17 "2019-12-18T23:50:45Z")
I bought new shoes. Cat shoes. So cute. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/18 "2019-12-19T00:11:22Z")
Straight Dope Message Board imitates Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/19 "2019-12-19T11:40:59Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Marine Antoinette did not say, “Let them eat cake”, but “Let them eat brioche.” And then she shouted, “Hooah!” ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/20 "2019-12-19T11:54:48Z")
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