# Things you know exist, but you can't seem to find anywhere **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047 "2004-11-22T04:39:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/21 "2004-11-22T12:27:50Z")
Time. I’m currently being attacked by a pack of term papers, and they’re eating all my free time. Granted, my tendency towards horrid procrastination and video games might have something to do with that… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/22 "2004-11-22T12:58:25Z")
> [@SPOOFE](#): > > Pipe cleaners. I have a pipe to clean, but I can’t find any cleaners. Consarnit! My first thought was Woolworth’s – but then I realized … :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/23 "2004-11-22T13:17:53Z")
Can’t find unsweetened chocolate (to cook with) anywhere in London, and it’s not something I want to spend the time and money importing from the US. OTOH, we’ve still got Woolworths, so I suppose that’s something. I’d be surprised if they sell pipecleaners, though. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/24 "2004-11-22T13:27:36Z")
> [@SPOOFE](#): > > Pipe cleaners. I have a pipe to clean, but I can’t find any cleaners. Consarnit! Try an arts ‘n’ crafts store. Really. I had this :smack: moment about 6 months ago when looking for something to clean out my pipe and literally tossing the packet of pipe cleaners aside in my desperate search to find a paperclip. :smack: It had never before occured to me that pipe cleaners can be used to clean pipes. They’re just craft supplies, right? Next thing you know, someone will tell me tongue depressors can be used to depress tongues! What’s the world coming to? ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/25 "2004-11-22T13:46:43Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > I know that chiplotles exist. I, however, cannot find them. I have searched in several grocery stores, but to no avail. I look in the produce section, the canned veggies section, the canned fruit section, the mexican/ethic foods section, and NADA. Nothing. Damn it, I just want som chipotles! As another poster mentioned, it’s probably because you’re in a small town in the Northeast. I know they have them everywhere here in Cleveland. You can always get them mailorder or over the Internet. Try [Pendery’s](http://www.penderys.com). They have at least 3 types (chipotle cafe, chipotle meco, and chipotle morita) in whole, crushed and powdered form. As far as pipe cleaners are concerned, I think they usually call them chenille in arts and crafts stores. And you can usually also get them at a tobacconist. ---
**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/26 "2004-11-22T14:53:06Z")
Fuzzy\_wuzzy soap! Egads, I hadn’t thought of that in Years. Thanks for posting the pic. Toy surprize inside! Love to see the commercila for it. i seem to remember the tag-line of "Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, fuzzy wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy, was he? ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/27 "2004-11-22T18:30:32Z")
As long as y’all know there isn’t really a raw pepper that’s a chipotle–they’re smoked jalapenos… Me, I’m looking for low rise jeans that actually fit, but do not show butt cleavage or low rise things when bending over. Not that that’s gonna be a problem for awhile 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Melandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Melandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melandry)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/28 "2004-11-22T20:25:48Z")
Miniature lighted reindeer (Christmas decorations). I saw these in a few yards in my grandparents’ neighborhood in Arizona. They look like those grapevine lighted deer sculpture but were only about 8 inches tall, not 3 or 4 feet tall. If any Doper has seen them, please let me know! I really want a set for a friend with an extremely small yard, but I can’t find them online or in the stores here. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/29 "2004-11-23T00:30:04Z")
Glad to be of service, **Martin Hyde**. Try not to eat them all at once. ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/30 "2004-11-23T00:46:11Z")
Frosted Apple Pop Tarts. They were mentioned in another (Pit) thread, and I’ve been craving them ever since. -lv ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/31 "2004-11-23T00:48:44Z")
Casio used to make a calculator that would add up time in Hr/Min/Sec. It was a feature on only one model, and it was one of their cheapest ones; it cost about $8. I had one until I brought it with me to Florida one visit. When my baggage came through the door, it was open and several things were missing. That calculator was one of them. Casio doesn’t make them anymore. No other manufacturer makes one. I can’t find one anywhere on the net, on eBay, they just do not exist. Too bad, it’d come in real handy in my radio programming job, which requires a great deal of… adding Hr/Min/Sec. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/32 "2004-11-23T04:09:23Z")
> [@Martin Hyde](#): > > I know the Zagnut bar exists but I can never find it. For some reason, every gas station and gricery store in Northeast Ohio has a ready supply if Zagnut bars. I dont know why, no one ever eats them. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/33 "2004-11-23T04:45:02Z")
> [@Mudshark](#): > > For some reason, every gas station and gricery store in Northeast Ohio has a ready supply if Zagnut bars. I dont know why, no one ever eats them. I think you answered your own question, there. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/34 "2004-11-23T05:12:42Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > Casio used to make a calculator that would add up time in Hr/Min/Sec. It was a feature on only one model, and it was one of their cheapest ones; it cost about $8. I had one until I brought it with me to Florida one visit. When my baggage came through the door, it was open and several things were missing. That calculator was one of them. Casio doesn’t make them anymore. No other manufacturer makes one. I can’t find one anywhere on the net, on eBay, they just do not exist. > > Too bad, it’d come in real handy in my radio programming job, which requires a great deal of… adding Hr/Min/Sec. Got a laptop? Try [this](http://www.download.com/3000-2053-10071498.html). Or if you still want a pocket h:m:s calculator, [here you go](http://www.calculator.com/shop/item.php?m=tools&s=calculated%20industries&ASIN=B000055WEO). Courtesy of an old time radio man who had an old Casio back in “the day…” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/35 "2004-11-23T05:15:21Z")
For chipotle peppers in adobo sauce [go to this website](http://search.store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/nsearch?mex-grocer). You’ll find all the yummy stuff there. Anything else, I have my sister-in-law ship to me from Albuquerque. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/36 "2004-11-23T05:20:19Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > I think you answered your own question, there. Yeah, but the box has a December 2005 exp. date, so they can’t be that old. I dont think chocolate lasts very long. On a related note, I didn’t know they still made Mounds bars until I started college a few months ago. I don’t like them, but it’s nice to know they still exist. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_I\_Am](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sam\_I\_Am](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_I_Am)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/37 "2004-11-23T05:21:06Z")
A blue inflatable tree like the one in Jack’s apartment in an xmas episode of Will and Grace. It was brightly coloured, the shape of 3 stacked pyramids, with pieces of styrofoam (or something similarly inclined towards static) inside that looked like snow. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/38 "2004-11-23T06:18:52Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > So use Google™ on some of the lyrics. Tried it, a few times actually. I even tried it one more time to be sure and ended up with some porn sites, some cowboy gear sites but not much that resembles lyrics. Heck I even tried Copernic which usually gets me results if Google can’t. To be quite honest it’s rather hokey country music. A couple of ladies singing, lots of yodeling. The one song I remember is something about cowboys and indians. Cowboys Indians (These two are sung kinda yodeling) Cowboys Indians Don’t know what to do (I think that’s the line) In my cowboy hat and my one room flat In downtown Waterloo There’s another song they sing, which I forget any of the lyrics to, that is about some woman who has a dream of becoming a cowgirl. They sing about the dream which was something about her riding horses and roping cattle and killing a rattlesnake with her pistol. So she wakes up the next morning and goes out and buys herself a real cowgirl outfit made of leather with tassles and everything. Feeling like a real cowgirl now she thinks back to her dream and then she starts to practice yodeling. Okay, it’s hokey as all heck but I kinda like the songs. If anyone can be of help it would be greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_I\_Am](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sam\_I\_Am](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_I_Am)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/39 "2004-11-23T06:26:19Z")
The song is Geraint Watkins, Cowboys & Indians. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047/40 "2004-11-23T06:53:17Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > I also cannot seem to find a lunch bag. You know, an insulated bag that zips up I can put my lunch in. I have looked in a K-Mart and a couple Wal-Marts. The closest I found was the second Wal-Mart had a small area on a shelf with bags, but all were for children. They had Spiderman, Pokemon, or what have you on them. :mad: > > I know these things can be found, but where? Argh. Try [Target](http://www.target.com/gp/search.html/ref=/601-9542796-1957748?%5Fencoding=UTF8&index=target&field-browse=1038604&field-keywords=lunch%2Bbag). A bit on the pricey side and miserable selection, but they’ve got 'em. I’ve been looking for one too. But I’m a cheapskate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-exist-but-you-cant-seem-to-find-anywhere/276047.md?page=3)