# Well that was amazingly clever of me.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2002, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-amazingly-clever-of-me/136958 "2002-11-16T00:32:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **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:** [November 16, 2002, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-amazingly-clever-of-me/136958/1 "2002-11-16T00:32:38Z")
Drink to mouth I realize that too much has gone in. I execute a well practiced procedure whereby I let it flow back into the glass, forgetting one part of the procedure, which [in hindsight] is quite important - I did not lower the glass in order to increase it’s capacity. This resulted in a nice sticky stain on my favourite fleece jacket. Who else can beat that for the prize of most insignificant rant?.. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-amazingly-clever-of-me/136958/2 "2002-11-16T01:40:17Z")
So how long have you had this drinking problem? ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-amazingly-clever-of-me/136958/3 "2002-11-16T01:59:53Z")
Dammit, I have a hangnail. Now it’s going to drive me nuts all night. (Is that enough to at least put me in the running? 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-amazingly-clever-of-me/136958/4 "2002-11-16T02:15:34Z")
Drink white wine. Or nothing. White wine is my preference, of course. I only drink nothing when it’s available. What? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-amazingly-clever-of-me/136958/5 "2002-11-16T04:46:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\* Who else can beat that for the prize of most insignificant rant?.. \*\* I drank two glasses of lemonade (no alcohol in them, btw) on an empty stomach last night, which made me throw up. My rant “Why can’t I drink anything?!!” might beat this one for insigificance, you’d have to look it up though. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-amazingly-clever-of-me/136958/6 "2002-11-16T04:50:17Z")
This thread seems very mundane and pointless to me. Lynn ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-amazingly-clever-of-me/136958/7 "2002-11-16T05:14:39Z")
How amazingly clever of you to have you thread moved _from_ the Pit! That doesn’t happen too often. ---
**Author:** ![caffeine\_overdose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@caffeine\_overdose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caffeine_overdose)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-amazingly-clever-of-me/136958/8 "2002-11-16T06:24:29Z")
My mocking of the small penis size of business men who own SUVs is only because I wish I had a SUV. (although I wouldn’t trade my penis for it) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-amazingly-clever-of-me/136958/9 "2002-11-16T06:28:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by caffeine\_overdose \* > \*\*My mocking of the small penis size of business men who own SUVs is only because I wish I had a SUV. (although I wouldn’t trade my penis for it) \*\* Not being in possession of a penis myself, I have got to ask: what is the standard trade-in allowance on the average penis? Do they deduct for wear and tear/mileage? ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Second\_Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Guest)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-amazingly-clever-of-me/136958/10 "2002-11-16T17:00:45Z")
I’m perplexed and perturbed. How did this go from a thought-provoking thread about one person’s drinking difficulties to a discussion of penis mileage in just eight posts? Could we _please_ try to stay focused here?! ---
**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-amazingly-clever-of-me/136958/11 "2002-11-16T20:46:02Z")
> [@](#): > > **Originally posted by elfkin477** > Not being in possession of a penis myself, I have got to ask: what is the standard trade-in allowance on the average penis? Do they deduct for wear and tear/mileage? And is there some sort of premium paid for ‘fully-loaded’ penises? How about if they’ve spent a bit of time in the chop shop? Are they like normal cars; do you have to get them lubed every three thousand miles? And, if there’s so much correlation with SUV’s, is it true that all the biggest ones are in the possession of assholes? You know, I think there _is_ such a thing as overextending a metaphor. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-amazingly-clever-of-me/136958/12 "2002-11-16T22:25:17Z")
Rum or vodka doesn’t leave a stain. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-amazingly-clever-of-me/136958/13 "2002-11-16T23:57:53Z")
vodka doesn’t leave a stain? It has left a multi-coloured stain of a thick and lumpy consistency on my floor/leg/shoes a few times. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-amazingly-clever-of-me/136958/14 "2002-11-17T01:49:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*Drink to mouth I realize that too much has gone in. I execute a well practiced procedure whereby I let it flow back into the glass, forgetting one part of the procedure, which [in hindsight] is quite important - I did not lower the glass in order to increase it’s capacity. This resulted in a nice sticky stain on my favourite fleece jacket. > > Who else can beat that for the prize of most insignificant rant?.. \*\* About a year ago, I posted an MPSIMS thread to which no one replied. I was recounting an incident in which I was in the living room approaching the staircase, carrying a glass of cola. For no reason that I was ever able to determine, the glass flew out of my hand (or maybe my arm made too wide an arc…but why was it making an arc at all?). It ultimately landed on the carpet, unbroken, but not before leaving an oval of splatters, about four feet tall from the base of the newspaper pile. I cleaned it up with no permanent damage, but I’m still mystified as to how that happened. I wasn’t exuberant or angry; I was just going upstairs, and the glass abandons my hand. That make you feel better? 🙂 I hope so, because I know what it’s like to accidentally stain your favorite whatever.