# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1001 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1002 --- ## [Really worried about getting my license](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-worried-about-getting-my-license/653542)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-worried-about-getting-my-license/653542 "2013-03-22T22:12:35Z")
It’s taking me longer than it’s supposed to to get my driver’s license. My learner’s permit is going to run out in 2 months, and I don’t know if I’ll be ready to take (and eventually pass?) my driving test before then. I… --- ## [Officially bored with porn. A question of age or circumstances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-bored-with-porn-a-question-of-age-or-circumstances/177752)
**Author:** [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-bored-with-porn-a-question-of-age-or-circumstances/177752 "2013-03-22T21:19:45Z")
Porn bores me anymore. And I’m one of the people that are supposed to like it. I’m a 41 year old typical male in many respects. I hate to shop. Territorial when driving. Fart and belch at will at home and enjoy … --- ## [Words that have changed spelling in your lifetime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-have-changed-spelling-in-your-lifetime/652997)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-have-changed-spelling-in-your-lifetime/652997 "2013-03-22T21:01:00Z")
My computer gives me a red squiggly when I write the word “catalogue.” I guess the current vogue is for “catalog,” though the “-ue” were definitely included when I was a kid. I was also taught to write “catsup” instead… --- ## [First Annual SDMB Coffee Mug exchange!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-annual-sdmb-coffee-mug-exchange/642789)
**Author:** [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-annual-sdmb-coffee-mug-exchange/642789 "2013-03-22T20:24:22Z")
As suggested by Runs with Scissors in the shot glass exchange, I figured we could also do a coffee mug exchange. I thought it would be a fun way to use a coffee mug to share a little bit about where you’re from or where… --- ## [Funniest cow jokes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-cow-jokes/653128)
**Author:** [@Krav\_Manga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krav_Manga)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-cow-jokes/653128 "2013-03-22T20:15:49Z")
My wife works at a steak restaurant and runs their facebook page. She’s looking for some amusing (and reasonably clean) jokes to post once in a while. Anybody have any good ones? --- ## [So when is it acceptable to want to have sex with a woman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-it-acceptable-to-want-to-have-sex-with-a-woman/653476)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-it-acceptable-to-want-to-have-sex-with-a-woman/653476 "2013-03-22T18:56:49Z")
Without promoting the patriarchy/rape culture or infringing on their rights or expecting it in return for kindness tokens or offending feminists or being creepy --- ## [Richard Pearse, Gustave Whitehead... Who's Wright?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-pearse-gustave-whitehead-whos-wright/653636)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-pearse-gustave-whitehead-whos-wright/653636 "2013-03-22T18:39:03Z")
Who flew first? The Wright answer undergoes a challenge Richard Pearse is remembered by a Doper who uses his name as a username. The linked AOPA article suggests that Gustave Whitehead may have flown a poered aircraft … --- ## [Sooo..on day 3 of no hearing in one ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sooo-on-day-3-of-no-hearing-in-one-ear/652930)
**Author:** [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sooo-on-day-3-of-no-hearing-in-one-ear/652930 "2013-03-22T18:27:00Z")
As if three colds this winter weren’t bad enough, I came down with a major ear infection this week that’s left me with no hearing (presumably temporary) in my right ear. I’m now on antibiotics and plan to call the docto… --- ## [Guy shoots off his own testicle, blames ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-shoots-off-his-own-testicle-blames-ninjas/653465)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-shoots-off-his-own-testicle-blames-ninjas/653465 "2013-03-22T18:24:22Z")
What the thread title says. Beautiful in its simplicity… Always Expect Ninjas! XD --- ## [In modern day America, we all live on the streets and eat coffee made from snow!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-modern-day-america-we-all-live-on-the-streets-and-eat-coffee-made-from-snow/652828)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-modern-day-america-we-all-live-on-the-streets-and-eat-coffee-made-from-snow/652828 "2013-03-22T14:50:42Z")
I just wanted to share this accurate and heart rending video by the brave people of North Korea showing the plight of the American people, who are so poor they live in tents, have eaten all the birds (according to the vi… --- ## [Men who spit are foul disgusting creatures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295)
**Author:** [@Lightlystarched](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightlystarched)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295 "2013-03-22T03:39:55Z")
I have never, ever observed a woman spitting on the ground. Why the hell do men feel compelled to spit all the time? Spit on the hiking trail, spit in the parking lot, open their car doors and spit at the red light. … --- ## [New Beard SO ITCHY AHHHH HELP ME](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-beard-so-itchy-ahhhh-help-me/653502)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-beard-so-itchy-ahhhh-help-me/653502 "2013-03-22T03:28:03Z")
The Small One thinks it’s wonderfil I can grow hair out of my face and has asked I stop shaving for awhile, so after a lifetime of clean shaven-ness I’ve gone four days without shaving. GAH OH MY GOD SO ITCHY. How do I… --- ## [The latest cover for my book! Shiny!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-cover-for-my-book-shiny/653518)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-cover-for-my-book-shiny/653518 "2013-03-22T02:56:47Z")
Hi all, So I’m a graphic designer (although I do NOT do it for profit anymore-- results not guaranteed), and I’ve tried out a lot of covers for my book. This is my latest! Come and see! (Note: It’s on my blog. This is n… --- ## [Today's my dog's anniversary!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-my-dogs-anniversary/653330)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-my-dogs-anniversary/653330 "2013-03-22T00:42:59Z")
I adopted my dog, Brewster, seven years ago today, on March 18, 2006. Mundane and pointless, I know, but he’s a great dog, well-behaved, affectionate, looks at me with adoration and is always wagging his tail. He’s happy… --- ## [They ain't making Jesus freaks like they used to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-aint-making-jesus-freaks-like-they-used-to/653105)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-aint-making-jesus-freaks-like-they-used-to/653105 "2013-03-21T22:01:03Z")
There’s an Outback Steakhouse where I have lunch pretty much every weekend. Mainly for convenience, I got into the habit of eating at the bar rather than a table, and I always bring a book to read. Today’s was, “Googled:… --- ## [The hippies are getting worse...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999)
**Author:** [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999 "2013-03-21T21:57:39Z")
I just bought a pack of bean sprouts at my local shop- they’re organically grown, as are most of the produce there; which is fine by me, I have no problem with reducing pesticides and fertilizer use especially on somethi… --- ## [Most baffling thing in your state's Driver's Manual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-baffling-thing-in-your-states-drivers-manual/653509)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-baffling-thing-in-your-states-drivers-manual/653509 "2013-03-21T19:06:26Z")
I’m just curious if other state’s DMV manuals have any sections that leave your scratching your head after reading this quote in NH’s\*: This is the first time I’ve ever seen the 3-second rule applied to the distance be… --- ## [Public speaking tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-speaking-tips/653444)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-speaking-tips/653444 "2013-03-21T18:32:56Z")
I have a speaking engagement today. The organizer said she expects thirty plus people. I haven’t done any public speaking since I taught high school over a decade ago. I’m very comfortable with the subject (vaccines) but… --- ## [Apollo 11 engines found.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-11-engines-found/653499)
**Author:** [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-11-engines-found/653499 "2013-03-21T16:05:03Z")
Love stuff like this: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-21/an-expedition-recovers-apollo-engines/4585754 Love to see some more photo’s. --- ## [What is the latest high school slang?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-latest-high-school-slang/653265)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-latest-high-school-slang/653265 "2013-03-21T12:03:04Z")
I’ve been out of the high school loop for too long. Can any current or recent high schoolers or their teachers tell us what the latest slang words are? The last one I learned was “Freakazoid”. Please tell us adults so w… --- ## [Would the USA arrest a prime minister for tax evasion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-usa-arrest-a-prime-minister-for-tax-evasion/653524)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-usa-arrest-a-prime-minister-for-tax-evasion/653524 "2013-03-21T09:52:47Z")
Jack Warner(think Mayor Quimby from The Simpsons only real) is often deputy prime minister of Trinidad&Tobago, supposedly he( a very wealthy dude) financed the campaign of the actual prime minister Kamla Persad, so in ad… --- ## [Many years ago....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-years-ago/653493)
**Author:** [@Stana\_Claus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stana_Claus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-years-ago/653493 "2013-03-21T05:49:01Z")
… there was a young girl, maybe 3 or 4 years old, who had gone grocery shopping with her daddy. The shopping done, the daddy was loading the groceries from the shopping cart into the car while the little girl sat quietl… --- ## [What's in your tank?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-tank/653494)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-tank/653494 "2013-03-21T04:41:42Z")
Gasoline, diesel, a tiger? Maybe this is why NJ is full-service only. :smack: Hey Mr. Secret Service spokesman, why don’t you ask CNN, they seem to know in the first sentence, two paragraphs above your quote. :s… --- ## [Zombie Worms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-worms/653364)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-worms/653364 "2013-03-21T04:02:46Z")
These aren’t some George Romero-esque threat to other invertebrates, but a relaively recently-discovered (2002) and named species of undersea worm that feeds off whale skeletons by dissolving the hard parts with acid and… --- ## [Anyone understand the airline ticket pricing game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-understand-the-airline-ticket-pricing-game/653486)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-understand-the-airline-ticket-pricing-game/653486 "2013-03-21T03:08:08Z")
Don’t purchase a lot of airline tickets. Once a year an international, multi city ticket. In the past, I have found Orbitz to have the lowest price. This year I got a price from Orbitz ($1147.00)and then checked out K… --- ## [When did "You're not the boss of me!" begin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-youre-not-the-boss-of-me-begin/652916)
**Author:** [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-youre-not-the-boss-of-me-begin/652916 "2013-03-21T02:29:29Z")
Thread title says it all. I do not remember this phrase from my childhood at all. Seems to me I started hearing it in the 80’s when my kids were little. Heard it in a comedy routine the other day and started wondering (a… --- ## [Help me design a simple, yet sufficiently rigorous experiment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-design-a-simple-yet-sufficiently-rigorous-experiment/650929)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-design-a-simple-yet-sufficiently-rigorous-experiment/650929 "2013-03-20T19:18:27Z")
There was a GQ thread the other day where I got involved in an argument about the spatial extent of colour perception (again). I maintain that under real-life and (thus far) informal experimental conditions, I have been… --- ## [Buying Sudafed...The "good stuff".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-sudafed-the-good-stuff/590980)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-sudafed-the-good-stuff/590980 "2013-03-20T19:00:59Z")
I’m sure most know that because of the widespread use of pseudoephedrine-containing products to manufacture illegal methamphetamine, the sale of original formula Sudafed (which contains pseudoephedrine) is now restricted… --- ## [Apparently Joe Arpaio wasn't man enough for Steven Seagal...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-joe-arpaio-wasnt-man-enough-for-steven-seagal/652949)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-joe-arpaio-wasnt-man-enough-for-steven-seagal/652949 "2013-03-20T16:30:26Z")
…so he’s off to Russia to hang out with Vladimir Putin. I’ve got no problem with Putin’s basic idea, FWIW. --- ## [1. Data mining 2. Digital archaeology 3. Bye Opal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-data-mining-2-digital-archaeology-3-bye-opal/653416)
**Author:** [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-data-mining-2-digital-archaeology-3-bye-opal/653416 "2013-03-20T13:49:16Z")
I did not know Opalcat. I think you would be hard pressed to find a thread that we both contributed to. We frequented different parts of the boards. I was therefore very surprised at how hard it hit me when I heard of… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1000) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1002)