# Where are most of your Dope questions generated? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 25, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-most-of-your-dope-questions-generated/487389 "2009-02-25T17:38:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SharkB8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-most-of-your-dope-questions-generated/487389/1 "2009-02-25T17:38:39Z")
What are you usually doing or where are you when your mind wanders enough to trigger a question you are compelled to post on the message board? I guess a similar question is where do you do most of your intellectual daydreaming? For me, it’s the car, the shower or anywhere where I have to walk for a generous distance, like a mall or department store. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-most-of-your-dope-questions-generated/487389/2 "2009-02-25T18:35:47Z")
Things I’ve wondered about for a while and projects I’m working on. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-most-of-your-dope-questions-generated/487389/3 "2009-02-25T18:43:04Z")
When it’s not just a random thought from who-knows-where, most often it’s another thread or post that triggers some related (or not) question. If I can’t make a temporary side-track comment/question within the thread without running the risk of a full-blown hijack, I’ll try a new thread. Maybe half the time the new thread will see some action. It’s the times where the new thread just sits there with 0 replies from then on out, that I wish I had just asked when the idea hit me. Same net result, most likely. If it’s a serious issue from some movie or TV show or something in the news then, of course, that’s going to be the source. Most of my really off-the-wall ideas come in the toilet! And that’s not just SDMB ideas. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-most-of-your-dope-questions-generated/487389/4 "2009-02-25T19:58:31Z")
I think of a lot in the car, but many are forgotten. I need a car secretary! ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-most-of-your-dope-questions-generated/487389/5 "2009-02-25T20:22:48Z")
Anywhere and everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![SharkB8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-most-of-your-dope-questions-generated/487389/6 "2009-02-25T20:27:27Z")
Do you walk around thinking, “Ooh! I gotta Dope that later?” I pretty much do. We’re often tossing around questions throughout the day and many result in, “That would be a good one for the Dope.” ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-most-of-your-dope-questions-generated/487389/7 "2009-02-26T09:34:59Z")
In the car, in bed before I fall asleep, or talking with people. A lot of things come up in conversation, and I know someone here knows, or is some kind of expert on it, I just almost always forget to post it.