# Who does these things? Why? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472 "2009-01-09T03:02:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/41 "2009-01-09T15:40:30Z")
Or a spare key. ---
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/42 "2009-01-09T15:45:37Z")
> [@Gwyen](#): > > Eats the tuna in oil instead of water. Because it tastes better > [@Gwyen](#): > > Leaves the toilet paper off the roll. To keep the cats from playing with it but that does not always work. > [@Gwyen](#): > > Doesn’t flush in public bathrooms. I don’t know who or why people don’t, I always do > [@Gwyen](#): > > Eats the popcorn in the Christmas tins. The last time I got one of those was over five years ago maybe longer and each flavor was sealed in its own bag so it was not so bad. > [@Gwyen](#): > > Talk really loud on a cell phone on a quiet area. I don’t know I don’t own a cell phone > [@Gwyen](#): > > Watch reruns of Mama’s Family I have the first season on DVD. Now mind you I sort of inherited it but I still have it. I figure I will put it in some Saturday while cleaning to make noise. > [@Gwyen](#): > > Eat Peeps. I don’t do this. I have heard from my son that they blow up to a very large size if you nuke them but be careful or they explode. > [@Gwyen](#): > > Park in two parking spots, at once. I have never done that so I am as confused as you are. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/43 "2009-01-09T15:49:36Z")
> [@This\_ll\_Do](#): > > **Peeps**. > Serious question: I once saw a computer for sale: it cost a bazillion dollars and had some kind of water-cooling arrangement. What’s somebody do with a system like that? Why would a computer need a radiator? As mentioned they are for high end graphics and/or overclocked systems that produce alot of heat. Usually they are serious gamer machines. The point to the radiator is that it disappates heat more efficently and, more importantly, silently. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/44 "2009-01-09T16:00:57Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > Mostly it’s a holdover from a long time ago when they were informative shows that taught you something. Now all the famous guys like Bill Dance or Roland Martin host half hour commercials for the sponsors. Anyway, I like to watch fishing shows in the winter time because I don’t ice fish (I do my drinking indoors) and I’m a big time fisherman and it’s nice to watch some action. That’s all. Well, Bill Dance falls into the water often enough to be fairly reliable comic relief, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/45 "2009-01-09T16:18:58Z")
Yeah, watching Judge Judy. And the half a dozen other judge shows. I used to like The People’s Court with Judge Wapner back in the day, and I enjoy Judge Judy. But half the daytime programming is 'Judge" shows, and the cases are all the same! Involving non=payment of money owed/scratching someone’s car/bad beauty parlor experiences. But I’ll tell you who DOES watch them, and that is people like my elderly, semi-housebound mother, who also loves Jerry Springer. I guess it’s some vicarious real-life entertainment that she lacks now. Mom likes to tell us that she feels qualified to be a real life judge now, after watching all those episodes over the years! I want to know, who is stealing my shopping cart all the time? In the grocery store it’s often hard to navigate down crowded aisles, so I leave it, safely out of the way of traffic, near the frozen foods or beer section while I run to and fro to get a few things. It seems to disappear from where I left it more than half the time, and I have to walk and walk and walk around trying to spot it. In Walmart, it’s worse. Shopping cart or handbasket - leave either unattended for more than 5 minutes and some employee comes by, takes it up front, and returns everything you put into it back on the shelves! ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/46 "2009-01-09T17:14:34Z")
> [@Auntbeast](#): > > Who are the freaks that if you dial a wrong number, call you back demanding to know who you are and why you called them. And yes, I’ve had several over the years be very, very suspicious. Do cell phones make wrong numbers obsolete? I don’t have the whole damn world programmed in, on occasion, I do dial by hand. They’re probably the same people who will call someone and say, “Who is this?” instead of asking for the person they called. ---
**Author:** ![Atomicflea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Atomicflea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomicflea)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/47 "2009-01-09T17:19:56Z")
I used to work with a girl that ate whole packages of Peeps at Eastertime quite obsessively. They are frightening, and so was she when she ate them. What I’d like to know, is who those folks are that don’t file taxes. Every so often you hear about someone hat didn’t file taxes for years on end. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/48 "2009-01-09T17:25:01Z")
Tuna in olive oil does taste better. And if making tuna salad, the oil helps the mayo to meld with the fish. Why do people insist on “boneless, skinless chicken breasts”. That is as nasty dry as tuna in water. I only use bone-in chicken thighs. Are people so fat and their cholesterol levels so high they can’t enjoy tasty food??? (and if all they eat are chicken breasts and tuna in water----WHY are they so fat & unhealthy!?!) ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/49 "2009-01-09T17:26:00Z")
> [@Gwyen](#): > > Talk really loud on a cell phone on a quiet area. My mom is so hard of hearing it’s almost humorous. In our crueler moods, we have conversations right in front of her at just below normal levels where she can’t hear. Her cell phone volume is so high, it’s almost speaker-phone loud. Everyone within 10 feet of her can hear every word that’s coming out the earpiece. And then of course, she assumes that because she can’t hear that she needs to yell at us too. We e-mail a lot. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/50 "2009-01-09T17:27:26Z")
> [@Atomicflea](#): > > What I’d like to know, is who those folks are that don’t file taxes. Every so often you hear about someone hat didn’t file taxes for years on end. WTF? There is a small but vocal group of tax protesters in the US who use all kinds of excuses that _sound_ like they’re high-minded and civil libertarian but are really so much fluff. [This](http://evans-legal.com/dan/tpfaq.html) is a pretty good rebuttal FAQ to those assertions and excuses. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/51 "2009-01-09T17:32:41Z")
> [@jali](#): > > Why do people watch Jerry Springer or Maury Povich? Because otherwise I will \*never \*find out who my babies’ daddies are!!! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/52 "2009-01-09T17:35:10Z")
> [@Gwyen](#): > > Leaves the toilet paper off the roll. Me. On a semi-related note, I was in a Burger King in a mall in Fairfax, VA last month and somebody had taken a shit in the mens’ room urinal… and missed. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/53 "2009-01-09T18:05:14Z")
I love Judge shows except for Judge Judy. It all goes back to days when I was a kid and we had a day off of school for snow days and as my dad was a roofer he would take the day of too and we would watch People’s Court with Judge Wapner. If I am home from work I’ll watch Christina’s Court, Divorce Court and Judge David Young. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/54 "2009-01-09T18:14:19Z")
> [@Tahssa](#): > > I love Judge shows except for Judge Judy. It all goes back to days when I was a kid and we had a day off of school for snow days and as my dad was a roofer he would take the day of too and we would watch People’s Court with Judge Wapner. > > If I am home from work I’ll watch Christina’s Court, Divorce Court and Judge David Young. Heh…see, I like Judge Judy. I don’t go out of my way to watch it, but if it’s on and I’m sitting there I’ll watch it. I kind of like how she puts some of these idiots in their place…god knows I wish I could sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/55 "2009-01-09T18:29:27Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > . But I’ll tell you who DOES watch them, and that is people like my elderly, semi-housebound mother, who also loves Jerry Springer. I guess it’s some vicarious real-life entertainment that she lacks now. Mom likes to tell us that she feels qualified to be a real life judge now, after watching all those episodes over the years! Buicks, knit cozies, early-bird dinner specials, and now judge shows. Old folks love them, for some reason. One thing I always hear from elderly judge show fans: they seem to get a kick out of “the coloreds” who always having disputes over cell phone bills with roommates and former lovers. I think older people like judge shows because it validates their perceived wisdom, and for many, low-level racism. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/56 "2009-01-09T20:01:57Z")
I hate tuna in oil because Mama Plant, G-d bless her, make tuna casserole lined with soggy potato chips. I terrible experience of my youth. Tuna in oil or water smells like cleaning my aquarium. I hate those who park at the convenience store alongside the street instead of designated parking spaces. I can’t see around them to pull out into the street. There is a special circle in Hell for those who park so that others have to drive around them to get in and out of the lot. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/57 "2009-01-09T23:54:02Z")
Why do people put dead pens back on the counter/in the pen jar/on thier desk? The pen is empty! Throw it away! ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/58 "2009-01-10T00:32:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Serious question: I once saw a computer for sale: it cost a bazillion dollars and had some kind of water-cooling arrangement. What’s somebody do with a system like that? Why would a computer need a radiator? Aside from the high-end graphics capabilities, they are also used as high end developer machines, ones which need to compile very quickly for large software projects. > [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > Why do people put dead pens back on the counter/in the pen jar/on thier desk? The pen is empty! Throw it away! In my case, for plastic ones, to chew on them until they’re ready to be tossed away as a chewed up pulpy mess. Only I know when that time has come. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/59 "2009-01-10T00:49:09Z")
Those folks who keep unsharpened pencils in the holder on their desks are truly sick. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472/60 "2009-01-10T01:03:49Z")
**Leaves the toilet paper off the roll.** I never used to do this, but it got really, really frustrating to be the only one who puts it on. Irrational hatred and inappropriately violent fantasies level frustrating. Having it off the roll all the time is still frustrating, but less frustrating than always putting it on and feeling like it’s off the roll 90% of the time anyway. **Doesn’t flush in public bathrooms.** That is simply vile, as is flushing with your foot. Yeah, it’s gotten tiny aerosolized bits of toilet water on it. So does your toilet at home. And you are, after all, going to be thoroughly washing your hands in the next 30 seconds or so anyway. So why make a place that was reasonably clean all gross for the next person? **Eats the popcorn in the Christmas tins.** Carmel corn is nommy. **Watch reruns of Mama’s Family.** I like Mama. She’s funny. And despite us having a couple hundred channels, there’s still frequently nothing good on. **Eat Peeps.** I like biting their little heads off when they’re all soft and fresh. First the beak, then rip out their little carmellized eyes, then the rest of the head. Yum. What I don’t get is the bitches who refuse to sit on a public toilet seat and instead hover over it, invariably getting piss on the damn seat. And then don’t wipe it the hell off. The seat was reasonably sanitary before you–nothing on it but a few skin cells for Og’s sake. But after you, I either have to wipe your piss off the toilet seat or, if I’m not paying attention, off my ass. WTF? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-these-things-why/480472.md?page=4)