# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/41 "2020-01-04T02:25:02Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Better a close call than a no call. > > ETA: on second thought, maybe not. Oy, you don’t call, you don’t write. ☹ > [@Scribble](#): > > I used to live one subway stop below the one closest to Seaman and Cumming. Everyone in the neighborhood knew that joke. I dated a girl up there; the other end of that block is Seaman & Dyckman. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/42 "2020-01-04T02:50:34Z")
My real life name anagrams to “Miss Lousy Anal” ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/43 "2020-01-04T04:11:59Z")
Alias Slumnosy,'zat you? ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/44 "2020-01-04T09:49:28Z")
My IRL name anagrams to nothing interesting. [A tavern uphill from me](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkwood_Inn_%26_Saloon) is located where three county lines converge. Their bar is on rollers. During Prohibition, when deputies from one county arrived to raid the place, the bar was safely rolled to freedom in another county. That’s pointless now, but cute. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/45 "2020-01-04T15:50:30Z")
The French for cul-de-sac is voie sans issue. Arguably, exploitant is the French for entrepreneur. j ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/46 "2020-01-04T17:06:23Z")
I like cake. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/47 "2020-01-04T17:10:45Z")
When I was a kid, I thought it was cool (but entirely pointless) that I was born in the State of Illinois on December 3, and Illinois was admitted to the Union on December 3. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/48 "2020-01-04T17:15:06Z")
Wow, **VOW** , you old! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/49 "2020-01-04T17:16:08Z")
double post ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/50 "2020-01-05T19:00:22Z")
single post ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/51 "2020-01-05T20:59:44Z")
I was going to post “no post” but why bother? My coffee cup is empty. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/52 "2020-01-06T17:10:14Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > “One” has one consonant and two vowels. > “Two” has two consonants and one vowel. Three has three consecutive consonants and two vowels Four has four letters (and is the only number where the number of letters matches its name) That’s all, folks ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/53 "2020-01-06T17:17:17Z")
The name “Beatles” was coined by John Lennon n a tribute to Budd Holly and the Crickets, with the deliberate misspelling with an “A.” Most every person connected with the Beatles has an “a” in their name. Except for John Winston Ono Lennon. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/54 "2020-01-06T21:03:02Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > In the Inwood section of NYC, there’s an intersection between two streets… Seaman and Cumming. > > I used to work with a lady who grew up in Inwood, who had a VERY juvenile sense of humor. My FIL grew up in Inwood. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/55 "2020-01-06T21:22:03Z")
This is a superstition, not a fact: If you find a loose eyelash, put it on the back of your hand, then try to blow it off while making a wish. If you can blow it off, you’ll get your wish ---
**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:** [January 6, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/56 "2020-01-06T22:07:17Z")
Well - Hell. How DO you get your wish? Dennis ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/57 "2020-01-06T22:12:50Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > Well - Hell. How DO you get your wish? > > Dennis Blow all the seeds off of a dandelion seed head, while making a wish. Of course. Wishing on stars is right out. Between satellites + light pollution, you don’t know if you’re wishing on Sputnik, Venus, or the 15th star that you would have actually seen if you didn’t live in the 'burbs ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/58 "2020-01-06T23:59:51Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > Between satellites + light pollution, you don’t know if you’re wishing on Sputnik, Venus, or the 15th star that you would have actually seen if you didn’t live in the 'burbs Stars in the sky are easy to identify. They twinkle. All other objects (planets, satellites, etc.) are reflecting light from our own sun and do not twinkle. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/59 "2020-01-08T22:47:51Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Stars in the sky are easy to identify. They twinkle. All other objects (planets, satellites, etc.) are reflecting light from our own sun and do not twinkle. Satellites rotate and have varied surfaces that can cause erratic dimming and brightening. The fact that there are moving across the background stars is the tell. (Assuming there are any such stars nearby to see. Around here it is bleak.) ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008/60 "2020-01-08T23:38:14Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Stars in the sky are easy to identify. They twinkle. All other objects (planets, satellites, etc.) are reflecting light from our own sun and do not twinkle. I thought the twinkling was from atmospheric fluctuations… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mundane-pointless-thing-i-know/845008.md?page=4)