# Where the fuck is my remote? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 13, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198 "2003-07-13T18:15:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Creative\_Munster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Creative\_Munster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creative_Munster)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/1 "2003-07-13T18:15:57Z")
Subject says it all. I can’t find the damn thing, and I hate having to manually change the channels. Pisses me off. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/2 "2003-07-13T18:22:00Z")
I’ve a friend who has a nifty tv/remote combo. When you can’t find the remote, you press a button on the tv & it sends a signal to the remote. The remote then starts beeping. Great idea! ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/3 "2003-07-13T18:25:19Z")
Yeah it is a great idea…if the batteries on the remote don’t die. ROFL ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/4 "2003-07-13T18:27:09Z")
I have it. It’s for your own good tubby. By the end of a week of manually changing the channels, you’ll thank me for your slim and trim physique. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/5 "2003-07-13T18:46:53Z")
Did you check the refrigerator? How about the bathroom? ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/6 "2003-07-13T18:47:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beagledave \* > \*\*I have it. > > It’s for your own good tubby. > > By the end of a week of manually changing the channels, you’ll thank me for your slim and trim physique. \*\* Why are you assuming he is fat? ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/7 "2003-07-13T18:49:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Why are you assuming he is fat "not that there’s anything _wrong_ that… LOLOL uh oh, here we go… ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/8 "2003-07-13T18:52:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mockingbird \* > \*\*Why are you assuming he is fat? \*\* :rolleyes: Sigh…when you have to **explain** the joke… ---
**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/9 "2003-07-13T18:59:33Z")
My son used to lose his teddy bear all the time when he was little. I found one of those clapper key chains and put it in the bear–always made him easy to find after that. But that probably won’t work with the remote so…nevermind. I hate it when I can’t find the damned thing. Have you checked between the couch cushions–there’s all kinds of funky stuff in there. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/10 "2003-07-13T19:20:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beagledave \* > \*\*:rolleyes: > Sigh…when you have to **explain** the joke… \*\* Then it isn’t much of a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/11 "2003-07-13T19:23:51Z")
I thought it was funny… _shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![Creative\_Munster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Creative\_Munster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creative_Munster)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/12 "2003-07-13T19:49:34Z")
I’m not fat. 6’ 3", 210 lbs. And it was funny. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/13 "2003-07-13T20:04:33Z")
Do you have roommates? On more than one occasion I’ve caught roommates wandering off to bed in a drunken haze, remote still in hand. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/14 "2003-07-13T20:14:02Z")
The last place you left it. Check under your sofa cushions, and under the sofa itself. If you can’t find it there, you wandered into another room - search your entire house until you’re ready to rip your hair out. Then, purchase a remote with a “find” option… Or, as a last resort, get up and change the channel. I’m actually considering hiding all of ours so that the channel isn’t changed every freaking 3 seconds! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/15 "2003-07-13T22:20:24Z")
I get the change you find under the sofa cushions!! ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/16 "2003-07-13T22:50:15Z")
You could do what I did when I lived at home…get some of those little velcro stickyback circles from the hardware store and stick one set (a sticker and a stickee) to the tv and the remote. When you are done with the remote, stick it to the TV and you’ll NEVER lose it.🙂 IDBB ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/17 "2003-07-13T22:55:09Z")
Why do they make the dammed things in grey, black or charcoal plastic? These colors are essentially _camoflage_ in a dimly lit living room. :mad: Make it in a fluorescent blue & red tigerstripe pattern. It wouldn’t cost anymore than a regular one, & would be cheaper than the beeping ones mentioned above. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/18 "2003-07-13T23:13:53Z")
Well, **Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor** I’ve used almost all my energy typing your user ID… Post appeared on the board a few weeks ago, bright-colored remotes are available for your shopping pleasure! ---
**Author:** ![Creative\_Munster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Creative\_Munster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creative_Munster)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/19 "2003-07-14T01:02:50Z")
I found it. Was under the mastress. Have no idea how it got there. Obvioulsy a heavy sex session. It was worth it. I blamed my dog. Not her fault. Got a pic if you want to see. I’m proud. She is pure mutt by the way. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198/20 "2003-07-14T01:16:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Creative\_Munster \* > \*\*Obvioulsy a heavy sex session. It was worth it. I blamed my dog. Not her fault. Got a pic if you want to see. I’m proud. She is pure mutt by the way. \*\* I really don’t need to hear about the heavy sex between you and your dog…thanks. :eek: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-is-my-remote/188198.md?page=2)