# Thump! What Was That? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 29, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thump-what-was-that/669944 "2013-09-29T19:31:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thump-what-was-that/669944/21 "2013-09-30T17:13:35Z")
Left the parking brake off in the car, and it rolled gently into the wall of the garage? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thump-what-was-that/669944/22 "2013-09-30T17:18:14Z")
Every time we hear a thump in the night, it means the spray attachment on our showerhead has pulled its suction-cupped holder off the wall again. Never happens in the daytime, either! ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thump-what-was-that/669944/23 "2013-09-30T17:53:08Z")
Okay, here’s what happened: I opened the door and found a package of stuff I’d ordered from Amazon. Judging from the amount of noise it made when it hit the porch, it must have been _hurled_ there, possibly by a catapult. I’ve never had anything delivered by anybody as late as this (10 p.m., remember) and it wasn’t any kind of special delivery, either. Luckily, nothing in it was breakable. Thanks for the guesses–some of them were really funny! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thump-what-was-that/669944/24 "2013-09-30T18:14:05Z")
It was a ghosty, a gouly or a long-legged beasty? 😃 ETA: Damn! How did I not see the answer?! ---
**Author:** ![HenryDorsettCase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f19dbf/32.png) [@HenryDorsettCase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HenryDorsettCase)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thump-what-was-that/669944/25 "2013-09-30T19:00:04Z")
Mongolian Death Worm? ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thump-what-was-that/669944/26 "2013-10-01T00:59:23Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Okay, here’s what happened: I opened the door and found a package of stuff I’d ordered from Amazon. Judging from the amount of noise it made when it hit the porch, it must have been _hurled_ there, possibly by a catapult. I’ve never had anything delivered by anybody as late as this (10 p.m., remember) and it wasn’t any kind of special delivery, either. > > Luckily, nothing in it was breakable. > > Thanks for the guesses–some of them were really funny! 🙂 I’m guessing it was left at a neighbor’s by mistake, and the neighbor brought it over that late. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thump-what-was-that/669944/27 "2013-10-01T02:03:49Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Okay, here’s what happened: I opened the door and found a package of stuff I’d ordered from Amazon. Judging from the amount of noise it made when it hit the porch, it must have been _hurled_ there, possibly by a catapult. I’ve never had anything delivered by anybody as late as this (10 p.m., remember) and it wasn’t any kind of special delivery, either. > > Luckily, nothing in it was breakable. > > Thanks for the guesses–some of them were really funny! 🙂 Does this mean we have to stop guessing? 😕 I think it was a dead fish wrapped in a bullet proof vest. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thump-what-was-that/669944/28 "2013-10-01T02:35:24Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Okay, here’s what happened: I opened the door and found a package of stuff I’d ordered from Amazon. This turns any day into a good one. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thump-what-was-that/669944/29 "2013-10-01T02:43:45Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Okay, here’s what happened: I opened the door and found a package of stuff I’d ordered from Amazon. Judging from the amount of noise it made when it hit the porch, it must have been _hurled_ there, possibly by a catapult. I’ve never had anything delivered by anybody as late as this (10 p.m., remember) and it wasn’t any kind of special delivery, either. > > Luckily, nothing in it was breakable. > > Thanks for the guesses–some of them were really funny! 🙂 > [@phouka](#): > > I’m guessing it was left at a neighbor’s by mistake, and the neighbor brought it over that late. Nah, I think the UPS driver was waaaaay behind schedule and just trying to catch up so he could get done. So he started throwing all the packages he could lift with one hand. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thump-what-was-that/669944/30 "2013-10-01T13:24:11Z")
I was almost right in my guess! Location, the fact that it was a delivery…I’m declaring myself the winner here! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thump-what-was-that/669944.md?page=1)