# Why Mundane and Pointless? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 11, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516 "2003-05-11T17:26:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/21 "2003-05-12T18:41:42Z")
_he_ called shotgun. So looks like were \* both\* riding in the back . Wait. Lets do rock, paper,scissors 1…2…3… ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/22 "2003-05-12T18:43:27Z")
paper! ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/23 "2003-05-12T18:45:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by litost \* > **Why not just name this forum “Things I Must Share”?. TIMS is broad enough for all kinds of things the teeming millions would like to share.** I think it’s a great suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/24 "2003-05-12T18:47:29Z")
Wait! I…meant ROCK! ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/25 "2003-05-12T18:52:44Z")
…or scissors yous just misherd me ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/26 "2003-05-12T19:09:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > What the heck is a Dark Eldritch Majic? I gather it’s a magic spell in RPG’s, maybe… but that’s about it. > > F\_X Now that I think about it, **litost** didn’t rule out rocket-propelled grenades either. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![litost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@litost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/litost)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/27 "2003-05-13T03:26:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gazelle \* > \*\*I think it’s a great suggestion. \*\* Comrades! The movement is gathering force. I swear to continue fighting the good fight with real actions that affect real people… until the powers-that-be make an official statement. Oh Tony Tony Tony! I only have this to say… I have your number. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/28 "2003-05-14T07:05:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GMRyujin \* > \*\*Flamsterette, speaking as someone who has been to a doctor, I prescribe a dosage of The Annotated Lovecraft. \*\* Hmm. Do you think I’d like it? I’m not sure I ever got into the sci-fi / fantasy genre much. In fact, one of my early [blogspot](http://flamsterette.blogspot.com) entries details my FAQ… and one paragraph is devoted to the stuff I like to read: > [@](#): > > Stuff I like to read: humorous stuff, some (auto-)bios, Guinness World Records stuff (that TV show is cool), the Outlander series, Bathroom Readers, true crime, trivia, some fiction, comics, stuff about music… guess it depends on what I feel like reading! So maybe… who knows? > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tony Montana \* > **Lets do rock, paper,scissors 1…2…3…** How about the Chinese version? (which kinda grew on me last summer during VBS) _Ching… chong… push!_ (that’s what it sounds like to me, anyhow) > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by samarm_ > **Psst Tony! Shotgun!** Man… sometimes I like riding shotgun myself… particularly if it’s a two-door car. There’s less likelihood of my bumping my head on the door if I sit in the back of those cars. F\_X F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/29 "2003-05-17T03:05:31Z")
> [@](#): > > originally posted by _litost_ > > Oh Tony Tony Tony! I only have this to say… I have your number. Do you think you can out run [ME!](http://www.jgeoff.com/scarface/index2.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![litost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@litost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/litost)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/30 "2003-05-17T04:15:11Z")
Can’t you stop saying ‘fuck’ all the time? ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/31 "2003-05-17T04:15:25Z")
how about **T** hings **I** **T** hink **S** ometimes ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516/32 "2003-05-17T06:34:11Z")
Would you like to hear the fascinating story of how MPSIMS started? OF COURSE YOU WOULD! Once upon a time (in 1998), started a thread called “Titanic Wallpaper.” It was just a post on where one could find…Titanic wallpaper. One of the regs was so irritated by this thread that he said, “Was it really necessary to start an entire thread for this? Why didn’t you just start a thread called Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share?” And lo, a legend was born. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mundane-and-pointless/174516.md?page=1)