# The Mysterious Box by the Side of The Road® **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mysterious-box-by-the-side-of-the-road/107570 "2002-05-06T17:19:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mysterious-box-by-the-side-of-the-road/107570/21 "2002-05-10T05:16:42Z")
…this is like watching “Citizen Kane” or “Soylent Green” for the first time, and having someone turn off the film before the last five minutes. ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mysterious-box-by-the-side-of-the-road/107570/22 "2002-05-10T05:17:24Z")
Oh, by the way gang, those “infomercial” things you did are hilarious. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mysterious-box-by-the-side-of-the-road/107570/23 "2002-05-10T11:48:49Z")
So the box was there for over a year, and now that you’re going to look insiude for us, it’s gone? Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mysterious-box-by-the-side-of-the-road/107570/24 "2002-05-10T12:22:32Z")
I’ve a small confession to make. I left it there. I couldn’t help myself. It was a part of **becoming**. The more I drove by it and didn’t go back to pick it up, the more I **became**. It’s a growth process. Once I realized that **MagicalSilverKey** had spied it, I had to do some fast thinking. Was I willing to risk being discovered, when I was so TERRIBLY close to completing my mission? Could I risk the safety and welfare of the other **Boxers**? I’d really no choice but to go and remove the box, and place it in a more obscure location. I’m sorry to have piqued your curiosity. As for what it held, I’ll be glad to share that now, now that the **Change** has been completed, and I am **Become**. If you want to know what was in the Box, just rent the movie **Pulp Fiction**. It fits quite nicely into a briefcase too. 😉 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Pergau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7c8e57/32.png) [@Pergau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pergau)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mysterious-box-by-the-side-of-the-road/107570/25 "2002-05-10T12:27:39Z")
Which one of you guys took it. Come on now own up. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mysterious-box-by-the-side-of-the-road/107570/26 "2002-05-10T17:25:14Z")
My bad. I left it there last year and just plum forgot where I set it! Open this thread and figure out it was in Indiana all this time! Thanks you guys! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mysterious-box-by-the-side-of-the-road/107570/27 "2002-05-13T08:18:26Z")
I just wanna know how you make that R-in-a-circle symbol. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mysterious-box-by-the-side-of-the-road/107570/28 "2002-05-13T08:26:03Z")
Alt+0174 i.e. hold the Alt key and type 0174 ® Look for “Character Map” It’s usually in Start/Programs/Accessories in windows. All sorts of symbols there. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mysterious-box-by-the-side-of-the-road/107570/29 "2002-05-13T10:29:49Z")
THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR WAITING!!! Damn it, it was probably somthing _really_ cool. But that chance is gone thanks to your dilly-dallying! Someone else has the treasure now, and unless it was a road crew cleaning up junk, it had to be cool, or else why would someone have taken it? But it is gone now. Hang your head in shame! ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mysterious-box-by-the-side-of-the-road/107570/30 "2002-05-13T17:21:00Z")
Well, \*\*The Mysterious Box by the Side of The Road Jr.® \*\* might still be around. There is _different_ road I frequent, which had a Nike shoe box on the shoulder for a long time. I saw it about two weeks ago. Jr. has been around almost as long as “daddy” was. Junior is quite a drive, though, about 8 miles. “Dad” was only about a half mile from my home. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mysterious-box-by-the-side-of-the-road/107570/31 "2002-05-13T17:33:49Z")
So go and see what’s in the other box now, before it’s gone! You’re killing us here, you know… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mysterious-box-by-the-side-of-the-road/107570/32 "2002-05-24T16:20:29Z")
For an update on TMBBTSOTR, look here [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=113838](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=113838) ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mysterious-box-by-the-side-of-the-road/107570/33 "2002-05-24T17:07:57Z")
Tell me! Tell me! For the love of God, TELL ME WHAT’S IN THE BOX!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mysterious-box-by-the-side-of-the-road/107570.md?page=1)