# What is the oddest thing you have done recently?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 21, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719 "2021-11-21T15:44:46Z")
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### Author:  [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/1 "2021-11-21T15:44:46Z")
Confession time. So we have one of those fresh water dishes for the cat and retired the dog bowl that we were using. It’s very sturdy and in good shape, so after I washed it thoroughly we using it to eat out of. It works great for a lot of different dishes and you don’t have to worry about stuff falling off the plate. Plus they are super cheap, and easy to clean. So the other day I went down to the dollar store and bought two more for that purpose. Now I’ll admit that’s pretty off-the-wall, and I’m curious to see if any out there are as weird as me, so what is the strangest thing that you have done lately???
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### Author:  [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/2 "2021-11-21T15:47:16Z")
Last night I met up with someone I barely know in a dark street to give them a pot of aphids.
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/3 "2021-11-21T15:56:51Z")
Hopefully they were vaccinated.
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/4 "2021-11-21T16:33:08Z")
Has the vaccine been approved for aphids yet?
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### Author:  [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/5 "2021-11-21T17:00:08Z")
Did you cross state lines?
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### Author:  [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/6 "2021-11-21T17:07:21Z")
Aphids are a gateway bug. Next will be earwigs. Or worse, rolly polly bugs.
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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/7 "2021-11-21T18:27:52Z")
Oddest? Let me see if I can Manage an answer…
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### Author:  [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/8 "2021-11-22T15:57:20Z")
And? What did you do? LOL
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### Author:  [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/9 "2021-11-22T16:07:29Z")
And how old were those aphids? 🤨
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Since I live by myself, I have a feeling that most of the stuff I do would be judged as odd by normal people. I’ll see if I can think of something specific.
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### Author:  [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/10 "2021-11-22T17:12:35Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#):
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> Confession time. So we have one of those fresh water dishes for the cat and retired the dog bowl that we were using. It’s very sturdy and in good shape, so after I washed it thoroughly we using it to eat out of. It works great for a lot of different dishes and you don’t have to worry about stuff falling off the plate. Plus they are super cheap, and easy to clean. So the other day I went down to the dollar store and bought two more for that purpose. Now I’ll admit that’s pretty off-the-wall, and I’m curious to see if any out there are as weird as me, so what is the strangest thing that you have done lately???
I’m really confused. You (as in human) were eating out of a dog bowl but are now eating out of a freshwater cat dish?
🤔
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/11 "2021-11-22T17:24:43Z")
I know a freshwater cat.
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/12 "2021-11-22T17:25:20Z")
It’s not recent, but once I filed a request for a certain diagnostic procedure for a patient. Then I was put in charge of reviewing and approving/denying said requests for our system. At that point I was supplied with the resources to determine which of said requests were appropriate. I discovered my request was not appropriate for those particular circumstances, and hence denied it.
I’ve also had circumstances where policy dictated that I sign and date a report, then shred it. That was fun.
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### Author:  [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/13 "2021-11-22T20:18:07Z")
No. Cat was drinking water out of the dog bowl. We replaced the dog bowl with the fresh water bowl, washed the dog bowl and discovered that it was handy to eat out of, so I bought two additional dog bowls for that purpose. Because I’m a weirdo.
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### Author:  [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/14 "2021-11-22T20:27:40Z")
I am purchasing the trigger guard assembly for a rare rifle piece by piece. From France. (I’m in Ohio). I first found the flag safety lever, now I have the trigger guard (bow) coming. I still need a pin, a tube and a spring. It’s going to be an expensive trigger guard.
> **[flag\_safety.pdf](https://pfrc.com.au/articles/flag_safety.pdf)**
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### Author:  [@Ranch\_Dip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranch_Dip)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/15 "2021-11-22T20:33:12Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#):
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> I discovered my request was not appropriate for those particular circumstances, and hence denied it.
You could have asked for a peer to peer review so you could justify it to yourself.
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### Author:  [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/16 "2021-11-22T20:52:43Z")
Gitchyseff one of the these mirrors and you could form a committee all by yourself.
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### Author:  [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/17 "2021-11-22T21:27:24Z")
I just bought seven freshwater cats. Six albino Cories and one Oto.
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### Author:  [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/18 "2021-11-25T16:50:11Z")
I just took a (live) mouse to the cemetery.
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### Author:  [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/19 "2021-11-25T18:31:09Z")
I held someone down while he got a butt haircut. He cried the whole time, but we did it anyway.
I groped 17 sets of testicles in one day.
I kissed Walter Cronkite on the head and then put him in a box and shut it.
(1 was a long-haired cat who kept getting dingleberries stuck to his butt. 2 was low-cost spay/neuter day and you have to check all the males to make sure they have two balls before you start so that you’re not surprised by an undescended testicle or an already-neutered animal. 3 was a kitten from a litter named for news anchors)
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### Author:  [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oddest-thing-you-have-done-recently/954719/20 "2021-11-25T19:14:57Z")
Damn! I propose that a mod put the explanatory part of your post in a spoiler box. That should cause some head explosions before they click through! 🤣
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