# Things I Saw Today That I Bet You Didn't **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 8, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861 "2006-08-08T15:13:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/1 "2006-08-08T15:13:43Z")
1. The giant roadside mowing machine just passed my house. 2. One half of a mouse, including entrails, on my living room floor. What have you seen that no one else has seen today? ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/2 "2006-08-08T15:17:40Z")
_counting on fingers_ 300,000 freshly printed stickers advertising a new flavour of peanuts. I’m the poor sod who had to check them all. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/3 "2006-08-08T15:28:25Z")
> [@MostlyClueless](#): > > _counting on fingers_ 300,000 freshly printed stickers advertising a new flavour of peanuts. What flavour? Pecan? ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/4 "2006-08-08T15:53:26Z")
Gee. I’d really like to respond to this thread, but every time I start talking about the things only I can see they call the guys in the white coats. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/5 "2006-08-08T15:57:40Z")
My wife dancing with our just-turned-five yo son in the living room to the song IKO IKO that I DL’d last night. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/6 "2006-08-08T16:02:42Z")
Camels mating. Do I win? ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/7 "2006-08-08T16:02:53Z")
A large chunk of C++ code. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/8 "2006-08-08T16:19:31Z")
Not today but yesterday, I saw a car navigate an intersection like this: The cross traffic had the light but there wasn’t really much cross traffic to speak of at that time of day. Dude made as if to turn left but actually traveled at a very slight angle across four lanes to the corner business across the street. Then he traveled at a sharper angle to the right so he could take advantage of the driveway leading on to the street he had originally been on. Creative way to avoid spending 60 seconds at a red light but highly illegal, no? Now that’s something you don’t see every day. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/9 "2006-08-08T16:25:07Z")
This morning I saw the greatest thing ever. There was a old Dodge Caravan mini-van. It was white (at one time) at least 40% of the paint was missing, and the grey primer was showing. Huge strips of paint were misssing or hanging off the car. What made it unique was the bumper sticker. > [@](#): > > We are spending our children’s inheritance. So what were the kids in line to inherit, a tuna sandwich? ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/10 "2006-08-08T16:32:39Z")
Seven people in orange construction vests navigating a [party bike](http://www.amny.com/media/photo/2006-04/22778450.jpg) through downtown Boston traffic. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/11 "2006-08-08T16:35:33Z")
Me, naked. At least you _better_ not have seen that. For your own sake. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/12 "2006-08-08T16:42:35Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Me, naked. > > At least you _better_ not have seen that. For your own sake. **Hall** please stop giving us straight lines that just beg a response about sheep! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/13 "2006-08-08T17:08:57Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Me, naked. > > At least you _better_ not have seen that. For your own sake. Darn. I was going to say that. Errr, not that I saw **Hal Briston** naked, but myself rather. I have never, to my knowledge, seen **Hal Briston** naked. Hmm. What have I seen today that you haven’t? Three guys in construction paper pirate hats chatting over lunch in the dining hall. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/14 "2006-08-08T17:48:47Z")
I’m so glad I started this thread. I’ve never heard of a party bike til now. I want one bad. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/15 "2006-08-08T17:54:05Z")
> [@ExtraKun](#): > > A large chunk of C++ code. Naw, I not only saw a large chunk of C++ code today, I also wrote bunches. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/16 "2006-08-08T17:59:25Z")
It’s the final day of Carnival today - so it’s all going on, but we can all see it. Stop dislodging my devils horns with your elephant trunk. Where’s my anaconda? The fish is there etc. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/17 "2006-08-08T18:58:00Z")
I saw **Hal’s** naked sheep. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/18 "2006-08-08T19:01:46Z")
My kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/19 "2006-08-08T20:52:00Z")
$41,000 in assorted bills. Sometimes I enjoy my job… ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861/20 "2006-08-08T21:05:20Z")
A grackel fighting with a squirrel over some bit of food. A Hummer actually slowing down to let a driver from another lane merge in front of them – in rush hour traffic! :eek: College diplomas and/or transcripts in Georgian, Tagalog, Farsi, Hindi, Mandarin, Latin, and Arabic, as well as in such boring languages as English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, and Russian. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-saw-today-that-i-bet-you-didnt/367861.md?page=2)