# Weird little facts of life. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 28, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981 "2008-12-28T18:25:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/1 "2008-12-28T18:25:22Z")
Hot drinks taste better from china cups with thin rims than from Mugs with thick rims. Soft drinks taste better from glass cups than from plastic ones (And Beer too) Triangular sandwiches taste better than square ones (I borrowed that from Peter Kay, but it’s true) Everyone makes better hot drinks than the first person (yourself) You always want soup when someone else has some, but when you have some you want something else. You fall asleep sooner when you don’t have to get up early. Any others? ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/2 "2008-12-28T18:32:31Z")
You always feel tired in the afternoon, but it goes away 'round 4ish. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/3 "2008-12-28T18:34:53Z")
You always crave whatever the grocery store has run out of. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/4 "2008-12-28T18:49:44Z")
the first and easiest cart to grab at the grocery store is the one with the wobbly front wheel. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/5 "2008-12-28T18:54:17Z")
When you go shopping, the hardest thing to find is the one thing somebody else asked you to get. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/6 "2008-12-28T19:07:28Z")
Shoes don’t go on sale until the most common size is out of stock (8 1/2 for women, 10 1/2 for men). This is no coincidence, surely, just a rule of good business practices. But it hacks me off, because I wear a 10 1/2 and love a bargain. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/7 "2008-12-28T19:09:55Z")
Tea or ramen made from boiling water on the stovetop tastes better than boiling water from the microwave. Don’t ask me why but it does. I’m with you on the cups too, **Lobsang**. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/8 "2008-12-28T19:20:03Z")
The manufacturers of Beds and bedding do not take into account the existence of humans over the height of 5’10" That one bugs me no end. Either the op half of my body has to be cold or my feet, unless I sleep in the foetal position, which I can’t sustain all night (my shoulders dislocate) ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/9 "2008-12-28T19:23:52Z")
Whenever you find a product that you like, either the manufacturer discontinues it or the retailer no longer stocks it. If you leave your expensive Jawbone bluetooth on the back of your couch, your Yorkies will chew it into a million pieces. \ ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/10 "2008-12-28T19:31:52Z")
Humans reading books are more attractive to cats who want some attention. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/11 "2008-12-28T19:33:40Z")
When it’s summer you wish for winter. When it’s winter you wish for summer. ---
**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/12 "2008-12-28T19:46:51Z")
Sitting in the sun without shade is far hotter than exercising in the sun without shade. ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/13 "2008-12-28T20:41:05Z")
The best way to attract attention is to make it apparent that you don’t want any. You’re not hungry til somebody else is eating. A free drink is rarely free. Once you’re an adult, nobody makes Dish X as well as your mother did. Even your mother. Soft drinks are better out of aluminum than plastic. There’s no such thing as a group picture everyone in the group can agree on. A ringing phone is annoying unless you’re the one calling. Chinese and Italian food is always better the next day. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/14 "2008-12-28T21:36:25Z")
Reading in the bath sounds luxurious and relaxing, but it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/15 "2008-12-28T21:39:36Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Reading in the bath sounds luxurious and relaxing, but it isn’t. Wet fingers on coarse paper - eugh! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/16 "2008-12-28T21:46:18Z")
> [@Audrey\_Levins](#): > > Soft drinks are better out of aluminum than plastic. Soft drinks are better out of glass than aluminium or plastic. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/17 "2008-12-28T21:51:12Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Soft drinks are better out of glass than aluminium or plastic. Soft drinks are worst of all if the plastic is larger than 500ml in capacity. Soft drinks are best of all through a straw! ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/18 "2008-12-28T23:36:04Z")
When you’re a kid, you don’t want to take a nap but they make you. When you’re an adult, you want to take a nap but they won’t let you. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/19 "2008-12-28T23:41:13Z")
Intelligent, witty, quirky TV shows are never as popular as the reality Who Wants to Be the Next Millionaire Super Model Singing Sensation Ice Dancer shows. ---
**Author:** ![qsecofr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/13edae/32.png) [@qsecofr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qsecofr)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/20 "2008-12-28T23:50:38Z")
The thinner a deli meat (e.g. Krakus ham) is sliced, the better it tastes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981.md?page=2)