# what happens to hotel soap? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 7, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-hotel-soap/573831 "2011-03-07T20:38:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-hotel-soap/573831/41 "2011-03-10T05:03:45Z")
> [@Khendrask](#): > > Oh, thanks for that early morning laugh ! > > I haven’t read that before, but as I was reading it, I imagined it delivered by Bob Newhart as one of his one-sided phone call monologues. Good call, but actually by a predecessor of Bob’s that frequently used a telephone in his act. He now play’s Larry’s dad in Curb Your Enthusiasm. My father had Shelley Berman’s album back in the day and it was one of my earliest introductions to satire. [http://www.superchefblog.com/images/shelleyberman\_inside300x300.png](http://www.superchefblog.com/images/shelleyberman_inside300x300.png) ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-hotel-soap/573831/42 "2011-03-10T14:40:57Z")
> [@thelabdude](#): > > Some of the places I have stayed more recently, Best Western, Sheraton, similar ask to help the environment by reusing towels on multiple night stays. They say hang it up if you want to reuse it and throw it on the floor if you want clean. At home, towels go a week maybe, so I see no problem with 2 days. > > Usually we take all the soap, and little else. Partly we have reached the age of clutter. We have more pens, pads, etc. than we will use up in our lifetime. > > Oh, since ice is free, we indulge our dog by filling its water dish with ice. Lucky dog !! Also put the Do Not Disturb sign on the door throughout my stay because I frequently leave some electronic accessories in the room. Not the laptop, but some chargers, etc. Better that it’s clear that nobody enters ( barring a fire, etc. ). The age of clutter. Oh man. Sitting next to me is a Zip Loc® bag filled with easily 40 pens. They used to be on my desk. In my old house. In my old life. Now I will go through them and try to remember if any were gifts from my kids. Otherwise, they go. They may work, but do we truly need 38 black cheap ball point pens in the house, and 81 Sharpies? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-hotel-soap/573831/43 "2011-03-10T17:36:32Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > Good call, but actually by a predecessor of Bob’s that frequently used a telephone in his act. He now play’s Larry’s dad in Curb Your Enthusiasm. My father had Shelley Berman’s album back in the day and it was one of my earliest introductions to satire. > > [http://www.superchefblog.com/images/shelleyberman\_inside300x300.png](http://www.superchefblog.com/images/shelleyberman_inside300x300.png) He had more than 1 album. I have at least two. Maybe 3. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-hotel-soap/573831/44 "2011-03-10T18:32:43Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > He had more than 1 album. I have at least two. Maybe 3. Inside Shelley Berman, Outside Shelley Berman and The Edge Of Shelley Berman. Maybe others? We had Inside… ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-hotel-soap/573831/45 "2011-03-11T15:05:28Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > Inside Shelley Berman, Outside Shelley Berman and The Edge Of Shelley Berman. Maybe others? We had Inside… Inside is the only one I remember by title, which used to be my parents, but I remember buying old records somewhere and seeing another, and buying it. My vinyl is in storage, so I can’t go see, easily, what the title is, or if I have a third. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-hotel-soap/573831.md?page=2)