# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1000 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1001 --- ## [Inigo Montoya (username) is retiring. You may now call me “The Great Sun Jester.”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555 "2013-03-25T03:53:33Z")
Inigo Montoya used to be a good fit–nuts, tormented, driven beyond hope & reason, maniacal. As Inigo Montoya, I’ve tried fairly recently to explain my extreme ambivalence for Mania, which pretty much defined me for 30+ y… --- ## [The mother of Jihad goes on trial in France](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-of-jihad-goes-on-trial-in-france/653768)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-of-jihad-goes-on-trial-in-france/653768 "2013-03-25T03:40:24Z")
I ran across a strange story in the news today. A French woman of Moroccan origin had a child 3 years ago, on September 11, and named him Jihad. Last fall, she sent Jihad to school wearing a shirt that said “I Am A Bom… --- ## [Wisconsin Man Banned From All Libraries On Earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-man-banned-from-all-libraries-on-earth/653546)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-man-banned-from-all-libraries-on-earth/653546 "2013-03-25T03:16:30Z")
Apparently free internet porn at his local liberry got the better of him, and he took matters into his own hands. http://video.foxnews.com/v/2237669800001/wisconsin-man-banned-from-all-libraries-on-earth/?intcmp=obnetwo… --- ## [I have a helicopter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-helicopter/653775)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-helicopter/653775 "2013-03-25T02:39:27Z")
AOPA just sent me a letter informing my that the insurance on my Hughes 269A-1 is about to expire. Wait… I have a Hughes 269? :eek: And someone has been paying the insurance on it? Why didn’t anyone tell me? 'Cause … --- ## [So, my rommate is keeping her new dog in our kitchen...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-rommate-is-keeping-her-new-dog-in-our-kitchen/252484)
**Author:** [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-rommate-is-keeping-her-new-dog-in-our-kitchen/252484 "2013-03-25T01:08:01Z")
I just moved in with a new roommate a couple of months ago. She told me before we moved in together that she wanted a dog, which is fine with me. I love dogs. But I don’t want a dog of my own because I don’t want to d… --- ## [Fun wirh Google Voice Mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-wirh-google-voice-mail/653823)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-wirh-google-voice-mail/653823 "2013-03-25T00:19:30Z")
So my company switched over to GMail. Not bad, saves some cash and it works well. And on top of that, it adds a nice dose of comedy to my day. I am in IT and do on call. Our new mail system takes the voice messages, in… --- ## [Suggestion for the North Korean propaganda department:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-the-north-korean-propaganda-department/653860)
**Author:** [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-the-north-korean-propaganda-department/653860 "2013-03-24T23:28:49Z")
Rather than the poorly produced schlock you’ve recently foisted on us, just copy the middle 60 minutes of “Olympus has fallen” - same storyline you guys usually peddle, but better production values. You can still overlay… --- ## [Mansion caretaker charged for drinking historic whiskey.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mansion-caretaker-charged-for-drinking-historic-whiskey/653830)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mansion-caretaker-charged-for-drinking-historic-whiskey/653830 "2013-03-24T21:23:10Z")
The caretaker had some mighty smooth whiskey. :slight\_smile: I’m not too sympathetic for the mansion owner. She should have locked it up after it was discovered. What did she think would happen just leaving it lying aro… --- ## [Joe Weider, founder of the modern fitness industry, dead at 93](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-weider-founder-of-the-modern-fitness-industry-dead-at-93/653764)
**Author:** [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-weider-founder-of-the-modern-fitness-industry-dead-at-93/653764 "2013-03-24T21:04:31Z")
From the LA Times: If you’ve ever lifted a weight, you owe something to this man. --- ## [Now that's a croc!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-a-croc/653825)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-a-croc/653825 "2013-03-24T20:21:04Z")
They’re going to make a lot of handbags from this one! --- ## [Isn't it time for another cute animal video thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-another-cute-animal-video-thread/653833)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-another-cute-animal-video-thread/653833 "2013-03-24T18:48:13Z")
Of course it is. Let me start it by treating you to 33 Dogs That Cannot Even Handle It Right Now. My favorite is No. 28: “This dog who kinda looks like he’s handling it right now, but deep down, he can’t…he just can’t … --- ## [Death to earworms!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-earworms/653814)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-earworms/653814 "2013-03-24T16:55:50Z")
I had to flip a coin about this being MPSIMS or Cafe material; MPSIMS lost. Scientists find way to get rid of earworms. --- ## [You ever see an old picture of you, and you didn't recognize you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ever-see-an-old-picture-of-you-and-you-didnt-recognize-you/653053)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ever-see-an-old-picture-of-you-and-you-didnt-recognize-you/653053 "2013-03-24T13:47:02Z")
The other day a friend sent me a picture of me and another friend from college days. My best guess is somewhere in 1978-80. So it’s at least 32 years old. I recognized the other guy instantly, but I had to really stud… --- ## [FAA closing 148 regional control towers. How long before the first crash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faa-closing-148-regional-control-towers-how-long-before-the-first-crash/653702)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faa-closing-148-regional-control-towers-how-long-before-the-first-crash/653702 "2013-03-24T10:59:24Z")
This seems like a really bad idea. We have two regional airports in Arkansas affected by the control tower closings. 149 across the country. It’s only a matter of time and there will be fatalities. The first blood spilt… --- ## [Learn to sign with... me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-to-sign-with-me/653685)
**Author:** [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-to-sign-with-me/653685 "2013-03-24T10:01:41Z")
I finally got a copy of the sign language dictionary I was in as a child. :cool: LION: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8509/8550198164\_cc339c92cd\_z.jpg MONKEY: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8381/8549101761\_521136584d\_z.j… --- ## [I have spit stones. Ya know, like kidney stones only in my face.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-spit-stones-ya-know-like-kidney-stones-only-in-my-face/496558)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-spit-stones-ya-know-like-kidney-stones-only-in-my-face/496558 "2013-03-24T05:42:38Z")
Weird, isn’t it? You are no doubt wondering what the hell I’m talking about. Well, every once in a while I will eat or drink something and a very strange sensation happens on the left side of my face, down near my jaw … --- ## [Water collecting billboard!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-collecting-billboard/653767)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-collecting-billboard/653767 "2013-03-24T03:52:12Z")
This is just so freaking cool! And I didn’t see any other thread on it. --- ## [Hey, I recognize that 1990s-era MS Paint logo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-recognize-that-1990s-era-ms-paint-logo/653790)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-recognize-that-1990s-era-ms-paint-logo/653790 "2013-03-24T03:08:12Z")
Ars Technica just did a piece on Apple’s new Podcast app update and you’ll never guess what site they used in the illustration. --- ## [Bill Gate's Foundation Offers $100K for Innovative Condom!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-gates-foundation-offers-100k-for-innovative-condom/653786)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-gates-foundation-offers-100k-for-innovative-condom/653786 "2013-03-24T01:54:04Z")
"The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a charitable organization that you’ve undoubtedly heard mentioned a few hundred times between news segments on NPR — and probably the last group you’d think of when it comes to r… --- ## [It's been a year...as of yesterday.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-year-as-of-yesterday/653709)
**Author:** [@Stendhal\_Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stendhal_Syndrome)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-year-as-of-yesterday/653709 "2013-03-23T23:16:50Z")
It’s been a year since my husband Jesse’s (gurujulp) death. Wow. And I made it. We made it. I survived. :slight\_smile: Yesterday was the actual anniversary and it really wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I took … --- ## [Punxsutawney Phil Up for the Death Penalty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punxsutawney-phil-up-for-the-death-penalty/653737)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punxsutawney-phil-up-for-the-death-penalty/653737 "2013-03-23T23:06:32Z")
An Ohio prosecutor wants Punxsutawney Phil indicted on charges of mishandling that whole early-spring prediction. The death penalty has been mentioned. Story here. No reaction yet from Bill Murray. --- ## [Police Jargon and why don't they use everyday expressions for describing their work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-jargon-and-why-dont-they-use-everyday-expressions-for-describing-their-work/653358)
**Author:** [@tomandjudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomandjudy)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-jargon-and-why-dont-they-use-everyday-expressions-for-describing-their-work/653358 "2013-03-23T21:31:54Z")
Whenever I hear the police on tv they use so many words to describe anything and use strange expressions such as " execute a u-turn, exit the vehicle " and until I was old enough to understand their jargon I thought " se… --- ## [Today -- March 23 2013 -- is the 30th Anniversary of Reagan's Star Wars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-march-23-2013-is-the-30th-anniversary-of-reagans-star-wars/653743)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-march-23-2013-is-the-30th-anniversary-of-reagans-star-wars/653743 "2013-03-23T20:19:49Z")
Yes – it was thirty years ago tonight (30 years ago! I still can’t believe it!) that Reagan gave his "Star Wars speech. I was a grad student in Optics, and as I watched it, my jaw dropped. this guy must know something I… --- ## [Anyone know any free broadcast email services?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-any-free-broadcast-email-services/653745)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-any-free-broadcast-email-services/653745 "2013-03-23T15:39:07Z")
One of my projects has been doing it with a home brew but I’d prefer to outsource it if possible. What I’d like: No (or low) cost HTML mail compliant Capable of handling unsubscribe and so forth Anyone have anything … --- ## [People are forgetting how prevalent homosexual hatred used to be](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-forgetting-how-prevalent-homosexual-hatred-used-to-be/652903)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-forgetting-how-prevalent-homosexual-hatred-used-to-be/652903 "2013-03-23T08:24:16Z")
I was alive in the 80s and 90s and from my memory talking to a large number of adults from all walks of life basically everyone was what you’d call homophobic or hateful, the really out there radical left wing whacko pos… --- ## [Why are you awake this late?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-this-late/653621)
**Author:** [@angeleyes612](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angeleyes612)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-this-late/653621 "2013-03-23T07:40:23Z")
Pretty simple question. I am bored out of my mind and have to remain awake to adapt to my new overnight work schedule that starts this week. So why are you? --- ## [Unbearably Cute Baby Gerenuk born in Denver Zoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbearably-cute-baby-gerenuk-born-in-denver-zoo/653670)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbearably-cute-baby-gerenuk-born-in-denver-zoo/653670 "2013-03-23T04:46:02Z")
So cute it’ll make your head explode: --- ## [9 years sober](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-years-sober/653611)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-years-sober/653611 "2013-03-23T01:11:52Z")
So yesterday was my 9 year anniverasy. I have not had a drink in 9 years. I usually post on the anniversary. This year has been a little rough and I missed it. My Mom recently fell down and went boom. This led to brain … --- ## [Think your office building has heat? Maybe not!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-office-building-has-heat-maybe-not/653587)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-office-building-has-heat-maybe-not/653587 "2013-03-22T23:58:22Z")
I had a tour of some of the engineering spaces at my office building today, and was surprised to find that the building has no conventional source of heating. With a few thousand humans and their computers, the air condi… --- ## [Any dopers with wikipedia pages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-with-wikipedia-pages/653654)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-with-wikipedia-pages/653654 "2013-03-22T23:54:36Z")
Well since that’s the new status symbol these days:p. Seriously do you have one (not self made). What do you think about it? Is it accurate? How long is it? Please do not provide links to said page or any other biograph… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=999) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1001)