# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/41 "2008-12-29T13:10:23Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > What would happen if you and I stood in both lines. My guess is the resulting conflict (how does the _other_ line move faster if _both_ lines are the _other_ line?) would cause a divide-by-zero error and the universe would fold in on itself. Naw, that’s much too complicated. A new register would open up and the new line would move faster than either of yours. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/42 "2008-12-29T13:28:26Z")
If a task needs doing late in the evening, you feel tired. Even if you don’t normally go to bed until far later. So you can be doing laundry at 11pm and be wiped, even though your normal bedtime is around 1am. A bus only turns up when you light a fag. Doesn’t matter how long you’ve stood at the stop, it’ll only poll up when you’ve lit up. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/43 "2008-12-29T14:19:29Z")
The only barber who knows how to trim my beard properly is the only one whose chair is occupied. The light always turns red just as I pull up to the intersection (this is literally true at one intersection I use regularly). Shoes on sale never include size 13. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/44 "2008-12-29T14:25:08Z")
Cocoa tastes better with whipped cream and/or marshmallows on it. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/45 "2008-12-29T14:35:50Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > The other line always moves faster. And if you move to another line, that line will slow down and the one you were in will speed up. ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/46 "2008-12-29T14:38:53Z")
> [@Kal](#): > > If a task needs doing late in the evening, you feel tired. Even if you don’t normally go to bed until far later. So you can be doing laundry at 11pm and be wiped, even though your normal bedtime is around 1am. > > A bus only turns up when you light a fag. Doesn’t matter how long you’ve stood at the stop, it’ll only poll up when you’ve lit up. And if it’s your last cigarette it will show up before you get the second puff inhaled. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/47 "2008-12-29T14:41:07Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > \ > The light always turns red just as I pull up to the intersection (this is literally true at one intersection I use regularly). \ You can be driving home on deserted roads, or walking on deserted sidewalks, and there will be one car or one person around to get in your way. Always. It’s like somebody somewhere sees that you are just cruising, and that MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN. ---
**Author:** ![Qwakkeddup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Qwakkeddup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwakkeddup)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/48 "2008-12-29T15:13:22Z")
When you are young with long hair, everyone bitches about your hippie hair. When you are older, hair buzzed down to long stubble, everyone bitches about how you had such long beautiful hair. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/49 "2008-12-29T15:53:11Z")
When you’re in high school, you can’t wait to grow up and get a job. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/50 "2008-12-29T15:58:39Z")
When you finally have some $$ to spend on yourself (thanks, Grandma!) you won’t find anything worth spending it on. If you’re broke, the stores are bursting with cute clothes and you can think of 10 books you’d like to have. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/51 "2008-12-29T16:08:32Z")
If you dress for the weather, the weather will change. If you dress for the changing weather, the weather will remain the same. It’s an example of “constants aren’t; variables don’t.” ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/52 "2008-12-29T16:11:01Z")
If you buy the 2L milk carton, you’ll only use half and throw the rest out when it spoils three weeks later. So then you buy the 1L milk carton, end up using it up in three days and curse yourself for not buying the 2L instead… and the cycle begins all over again. Little marshmallows make cocoa taste better than big marshmallows. No matter how clean your house is, your mother will inevitably find the one dusty patch you overlooked when she comes to visit. The availability of ingredients at the grocery store is inversely proportional to how badly you need them - if it’s easy to substitute and just being used for a weekday dinner, there will be tons (and it will be on sale)… if you desperately need it as the key ingredient for a dinner party for the boss who doesn’t like you much, it’ll be sold out in every single store within a 10 mile radius. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/53 "2008-12-29T16:40:05Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Nobody ever ever runs out of salt. But when you do, in fact, run out of salt you keep forgetting to pick it up at the store, because nobody ever runs out of salt. ---
**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 29, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/54 "2008-12-29T16:56:01Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > - The more unusual and fresh a television show the higher the chances of it being shuffled around the schedule, frequently pre-empted and disappeared ASAP. (Farewell _Pushing Daisies_, safe travels _Journeyman_, we hardly knew ye.) Corollary: the likelihood of the show’s being worked to death by constantly having to oppose highly rated shows on other networks increases with its popularity. Thus more popular unconventional shows disappear marginally _faster_ than less popular ones, which at least get a chance to build audience by staying in one slot (even if the total audience is smaller). ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/55 "2008-12-29T17:07:35Z")
Chad’s rule of packing (so called because it was stated by my freshman floor-mate Chad): You can always fit one more t-shirt. Fachverwirrt’s corollary: You can always fit one more pair of boxers. Shortly after codifying these rules, I used them to spectacular effect. Packing at the end of my freshman year of college, I discovered that my suitcases were all thoroughly stuffed, and I still had two pillows to pack. So I removed all my t-shirts and boxers, packed the pillows, and re-packed the t-shirts and boxers. Worked like a charm. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/56 "2008-12-29T17:22:57Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > The manufacturers of Beds and bedding do not take into account the existence of humans over the height of 5’10" Hie thee to John Lewis. You can get extra long beds there. But the big problem I have with long beds is that they can be difficult to fit in a room: you’ve got to add 2’6" to ensure that the bedroom door can fully open. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/57 "2008-12-29T18:22:08Z")
All of the really attractive clothes are in the petites department – especially if you’re 5’ 7" tall. ---
**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 29, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/58 "2008-12-29T19:01:25Z")
[There’s a simpsons quote for every possible occasion.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10626852&postcount=23) ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/59 "2008-12-30T14:32:45Z")
The perfect weather is very hot and sunny…with a nice cooling breeze. When you have to get up for work its an unpleasant chore… But W/Es you get up at the same time full of cheer and enthusiasm,you couldn’t lie in if you tried. Hangovers only start getting better once you’ve got up… Lie in bed all day you’ll have a hangover all day. Everyones kids are cute and gifted… Except to everyone else other then their parents. When kids act childish to look cute(eg.lisping or talking baby talk) they’re not… But when kids act older then their years they ARE cute. It is far easier to give good advice then it is to accept it. ---
**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 30, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981/60 "2008-12-30T14:57:41Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > it is far easier to give good advice then it is to accept it. I think advice given by others is often something you never thought about. I’ve had genuinely good advice from others. Other people can sometimes spur you on better than you can spur yourself on. Do as I say, not as I do (I’m learning the hard way so you don’t have to) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-little-facts-of-life/478981.md?page=4)