# The siren song of the bubble wrap. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 15, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447 "2005-06-15T21:58:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/1 "2005-06-15T21:58:54Z")
In the corner of my office, there is suddenly a large pile of bubble wrap. I know what I am _supposed_ to do with it. I am an adult. I will not be seduced. And yet . . . my hands are almost convulsively flexing in anticipation . . . ---
**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:** [June 15, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/2 "2005-06-15T22:21:10Z")
The only pop way to handle pop this is to pop think about somepopthing else entirely pop and get pop your mind pop off of that which pop tempts you pop pop pop. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/3 "2005-06-15T22:28:24Z")
Obligatory bubble-wrap game link: [http://www.bubblewrap.com/products/protective/bubble/funstuff/game/default.htm](http://www.bubblewrap.com/products/protective/bubble/funstuff/game/default.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/4 "2005-06-16T00:26:09Z")
It’s even more fun if you put a sheet on the floor and stomp on it. Multiple-popping goodness! ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/5 "2005-06-16T00:58:16Z")
Bubble wrap is eeevil. It knows I will have to pop every bubble or I won’t be able to sleep at night. And you know there’s always one you missed, yep. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/6 "2005-06-16T01:11:29Z")
Did you folks not know of [Virtual Bubble Wrap](http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/popnow.shtml), a site created by our very own **OpalCat**? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/7 "2005-06-16T01:22:12Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Obligatory bubble-wrap game link: [BUBBLE WRAP® brand Protective Packaging by Sealed Air](http://www.bubblewrap.com/products/protective/bubble/funstuff/game/default.htm) You are truly evil! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/8 "2005-06-16T01:30:54Z")
I hate the ones that don’t pop because they’re connected to the adjacent bubble, and no matter what you do, you only push the air around back and forth from bubble to bubble and no poppage ensues. I have to get me some bubble wrap. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/9 "2005-06-16T01:44:56Z")
I think Sealed Air Corp makes that bubble-wrap with bubbles the size of soup cans that some vendors pack really big things in. You guys want me to re address the empties to you? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/10 "2005-06-16T01:52:57Z")
Once I laid a long band of bubble wrap down the hallway and roller-skated on it. You’re never too old for a good plastic-popping frenzy. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/11 "2005-06-16T03:14:52Z")
I wonder if one could pop bubble wrap whilst having sex atop it? ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/12 "2005-06-16T03:39:39Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I wonder if one could pop bubble wrap whilst having sex atop it? Has the story of Icarus taught us nothing? ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/13 "2005-06-16T04:12:05Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I wonder if one could pop bubble wrap whilst having sex atop it? I’ll get back to you on that. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/14 "2005-06-16T06:35:59Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > Once I laid a long band of bubble wrap down the hallway and roller-skated on it. You’re never too old for a good plastic-popping frenzy. 😃 That sounds totally awesome! I once had the opportunity to lay down several sheets of the industrial stuff with the big bubbles and stomp on them. Whee! For Big Loud Noise[sup]tm[/sup], you want to find the stuff that looks like small inflated pillows and jump on them. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2005, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/15 "2005-06-16T12:08:14Z")
> [@Hoops](#): > > Has the story of Icarus taught us nothing? Whilst the story of Icarus has taught us nothing? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/16 "2005-06-16T13:57:08Z")
When I worked next to the shipping and receiving dept. I was in heaven. Somebody makes pink bubble wrap that looks like normal bubble wrap but is twice as loud. Put it on the floor and roll a chair over it and watch people across the room jump out of their skin. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/17 "2005-06-16T14:48:14Z")
Day 2. Bubble wrap still in corner. Still beckons. Note that it is pink. _Will not_ test **Mr. Goob** ’s theory that pink pops better. Avoid **kunilou** _at all costs_. Distillation of pure evil. _Will_ be strong. _Must_ resist. Perhaps just one small — ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/18 "2005-06-16T15:56:31Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I wonder if one could pop bubble wrap whilst having sex atop it? Yes. Multiple times. popopopopopopopopopPOP! ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/19 "2005-06-16T16:18:30Z")
Beware!!! I once, in the office, gave in to the call of the bubblewrap. For the next 2 years, and bubblewrap that came in the door ended up in the corner of my cubicle. But it was a very good 2 years. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447/20 "2005-06-16T16:42:01Z")
I am throroughly convinced that bubble wrap is the work of the devil and it will be our undoing. Beware the messenger that bringeth ye the bubble wrap, for he bringeth ye destruction. Beware the UPS man! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-siren-song-of-the-bubble-wrap/308447.md?page=2)