# Weirdest thing you've been caught doing by other people **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 23, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274 "2005-01-23T18:37:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/1 "2005-01-23T18:37:26Z")
One time when I was about 13 I was curious what would happen if I boiled down my urine. Would there be urine powder? What would it look like? So I tried boiling some of my urine in the kitchen. My mother caught me doing this. And despite all my protestations that it was purely for science, my experiment was brought to a halt. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/2 "2005-01-23T18:42:52Z")
Guess what I’ll be doing later? ---
**Author:** ![NotNow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7cd45c/32.png) [@NotNow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotNow)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/3 "2005-01-23T18:46:34Z")
> [@x-ray vision](#): > > Guess what I’ll be doing later? me too :o ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/4 "2005-01-23T18:59:12Z")
Umm… I’ll chicken out and see what other’s post first. ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/5 "2005-01-23T19:05:59Z")
> [@Blalron](#): > > One time when I was about 13 I was curious what would happen if I boiled down my urine. Would there be urine powder? What would it look like? > > So I tried boiling some of my urine in the kitchen. > > My mother caught me doing this. And despite all my protestations that it was purely for science, my experiment was brought to a halt. Wow, I wish you wouldn’t have got caught so you could report the results. I think the weirdest thing I got caught doing was picking my nose at the stoplight. ---
**Author:** ![vinniepaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@vinniepaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vinniepaz)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/6 "2005-01-23T19:08:01Z")
releiving myself on a public bench at 11 o clock at night… completely sober… at 15 years old… on a busy street… ---
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/7 "2005-01-23T19:09:13Z")
OK, this more funny than weird… Once, when I was about 9 or so and my brother was 7, my parents took us to visit my grandparents in a small farming town in Sask. My brother and I are out playing in the front yard, and my parents & grandparents are sitting in the living room which comes equipped with a large window. Good idea, right? Parents can keep an eye on us as we play. So, my bro and I get into gramps garage and find a shotgun. We decide to play cops and robbers. I can only imagine what is running through my parents’ heads as they see me run by the window screaming “Help! Help!” and then watch my 7 year old brother chase me down with a shotgun. Needless to say, THAT got them outside pretty frickin’ quick. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/8 "2005-01-23T20:01:17Z")
I took my daughter in for a checkup after her arm had healed from a playground monkey-bar incident. I had on one of those bras that unhook at the top of the cups so you can criss-cross the straps with certain shirts. Well, one of the straps had come unhooked while I was in the waiting room, and I was feeling decidedly…lopsided. The nurse took us to an examination room, told us that the doctor would be with us shortly, and shut the door. Thinking I had plenty of time, I put my arms inside my shirt, pulled my bra down around my waist, and started trying to fix the problem. Well, when the nurse said “shortly”, she meant it! I had no sooner gotten the bra down when the doctor comes into the room without so much as a knock. I just nonchalantly slid my arms back out of my sleeves, crossed them over my chest, and prayed that my bra wasn’t hanging out of the bottom of my shirt. I actually wasn’t able to fix the problem until after he’d examined her and we checked out. I still don’t know if my bra was hanging out, and I’m happy in my ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/9 "2005-01-23T20:26:25Z")
So nobody else here has ever been walked-in on while having sex? Or does that not count as “weird”, just embarrasing? ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/10 "2005-01-23T20:39:44Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > So nobody else here has ever been walked-in on while having sex? Or does that not count as “weird”, just embarrasing? Only if the sexual acts themselves were out of the ordinary. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/11 "2005-01-23T20:57:35Z")
> [@Blalron](#): > > Only if the sexual acts themselves were out of the ordinary. Define ordinary. j/k ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/12 "2005-01-23T21:19:24Z")
> [@x-ray vision](#): > > Guess what I’ll be doing later? Freeze-drying is the way to go, man. With boiling, you wil probably start burning those nitrogen-rich compounds before all the liquid is gone. It won’t smell too nice. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/13 "2005-01-23T21:20:30Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > Define ordinary. Involving only two people? ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/14 "2005-01-23T21:33:06Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Involving only two people? Prude! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/15 "2005-01-23T22:43:28Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Freeze-drying is the way to go, man. With boiling, you wil probably start burning those nitrogen-rich compounds before all the liquid is gone. It won’t smell too nice. As someone who once tried to extinguish a campfire with urine, I can attest to that :o ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/16 "2005-01-23T22:45:31Z")
> [@Early Out](#): > > Prude! I dunno, I can think of some things involving only two people that are pretty far from ordinary. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/17 "2005-01-24T00:50:06Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > I dunno, I can think of some things involving only two people that are pretty far from ordinary. OK, involving only two _individuals_ then. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/18 "2005-01-24T00:50:38Z")
Not so much weird as distinctly unexplainable to the witness: I took my then three-year-old daughter with me to a bead store where I did occasional sales. Normally, I did not take her, because she was three, and the store was full of baskets of beads just BEGGING to be tipped onto the floor and played with. She was an angel - we were in there for almost an hour and she didn’t touch anything and she didn’t interrupt once. She was so well-behaved. So as we left the store, I reached out and ruffled her hair and said, “Honey, I am SO proud of you.” Just as I touched the top of her little head, she tripped over her shoelace and went flying to the pavement. I picked her up to console her and saw the store owner looking at me through the large storefront window in total horror. I suddenly realized that it looked for all the world as though I had shoved the poor kid to the ground. I took her back into the store, partly to give her a chance to catch her breath, but I admit, mostly to explain that it really WAS an accident! ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/19 "2005-01-24T01:05:01Z")
When I was 5 or so I went to a public swimming pool with a neighbor and her daughter. I had this old pair os swimming trunks that were to tight and I had to squeeze into. Well, time came to go home so I’m carrying all my clothes in a bundle to the changing room and I get inside, take of my trunks and look, no undies. Well, I didn’t want to put on the too-tight trunks again and I couldn’t put my pants on without undies, so I ran outside, found the missing drawers, returned and put 'em on. Must have been an interesting show for some of the folks. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274/20 "2005-01-24T02:28:34Z")
> [@x-ray vision](#): > > Guess what I’ll be doing later? Noooo!!! Don’t do it!!! The urine will start to burn, as you drop down towards almost no water in the pot, and you’ll have a gawdawful smell in the kitchen! Don’t ask how I know, please. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-youve-been-caught-doing-by-other-people/286274.md?page=2)