# What's that spot on your floor/tile/carpet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 9, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-spot-on-your-floor-tile-carpet/756947 "2016-06-09T18:35:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-spot-on-your-floor-tile-carpet/756947/1 "2016-06-09T18:35:27Z")
I got one at my house. And I’m betting you have one too! Mine is a 1 X 2’ patch on the hardwood floor of what is now my office/ sewing room, with the finish worn off. This room was for my bedridden mother in law when we bought our house, and this spot is the spot where everyone went to stand or sit beside her bed. I stood there a gazillion times over six years. The hospital equipments is all gone and the rooms been painted and refurnished. But there is still that one spot. Initially I wanted it fixed, but we had bigger things that needed attention. And now, well, I’ve grown a little attached to it. How silly, it’s just a spot on the floor! So what’s that spot on your floor from? ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-spot-on-your-floor-tile-carpet/756947/2 "2016-06-09T18:55:22Z")
Cat barf. And no, it doesn’t matter which spot you’re referring to. The answer is the same for each. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-spot-on-your-floor-tile-carpet/756947/3 "2016-06-09T23:34:04Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Cat barf. > > And no, it doesn’t matter which spot you’re referring to. The answer is the same for each. This. Also, beer stains. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-spot-on-your-floor-tile-carpet/756947/4 "2016-06-09T23:42:51Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Cat barf. > > And no, it doesn’t matter which spot you’re referring to. The answer is the same for each. Oh yes, this. Every single spot. ☹ Carpet and pets do not mix. I like your spot, Elbows, I think I’d become attached to it too. It’s a memory trigger. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-spot-on-your-floor-tile-carpet/756947/5 "2016-06-10T00:04:40Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Cat barf. > > And no, it doesn’t matter which spot you’re referring to. The answer is the same for each. Yes, cat barf. Except for the ones that are cat turds. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-spot-on-your-floor-tile-carpet/756947/6 "2016-06-10T00:46:34Z")
It’s where I dropped the 12 in cast iron skillet. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-spot-on-your-floor-tile-carpet/756947/7 "2016-06-10T00:52:25Z")
Well, yeah, dog pee, there’s that. But the huge one, the one everyone notices as soon as they walk in. That’s Vaseline. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-spot-on-your-floor-tile-carpet/756947/8 "2016-06-10T01:05:12Z")
Not blood. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-spot-on-your-floor-tile-carpet/756947/9 "2016-06-10T01:30:32Z")
Bleach. The least-gross stain! ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-spot-on-your-floor-tile-carpet/756947/10 "2016-06-10T03:37:12Z")
Blue ball point pen thoroughly chewed by a puppy. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-spot-on-your-floor-tile-carpet/756947/11 "2016-06-10T03:48:52Z")
It’s not so much “a spot”…more like a series of small pock marks where the dog likes to drop his bone off of the sofa and onto the Pergo.