# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1002 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1003 --- ## [Malala Yousafzai heads back to school.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malala-yousafzai-heads-back-to-school/653395)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2013, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malala-yousafzai-heads-back-to-school/653395 "2013-03-20T11:57:36Z")
Her amazing recovery just gets better and better. It was barely a month ago that the surgeons rebuilt her shattered skull. It was just last October when the Taliban shot her in the head. Hearing her speak normally and w… --- ## [Massacre Possibly Avoided At University Of Central Florida?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massacre-possibly-avoided-at-university-of-central-florida/653349)
**Author:** [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massacre-possibly-avoided-at-university-of-central-florida/653349 "2013-03-20T04:42:49Z")
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21839198 No threads on this yet? James Seevakumaran seems to have planned to use the fire alarm to lure students outside to shoot them, but killed himself instead. --- ## [Did you know you had an "Other" message inbox on Facebook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-you-had-an-other-message-inbox-on-facebook/653115)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-you-had-an-other-message-inbox-on-facebook/653115 "2013-03-20T03:51:55Z")
I didn’t. I just discovered it for the first time when I was messaging someone I’m not friends with. There are 5 years of missed stuff in here. Half of it is spam, but the other half isn’t; one of the messages is the inv… --- ## [Stuff you never see advertized (any more)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772 "2013-03-20T03:00:21Z")
I just realized I haven’t seen a commercial for a douche in a long time. Used to be those Summer’s Eve ads were every where. And how about water piks? Do they even make those nowadays? What else seems to have dropped… --- ## [couch to 5k (but now with zombies)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couch-to-5k-but-now-with-zombies/645654)
**Author:** [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couch-to-5k-but-now-with-zombies/645654 "2013-03-20T02:35:18Z")
did a search on the boards, and the last thread about c25k was from 2011, For those who don’t know what I’m talking about: C25K is an abbreviation of Couch To(2) 5 Kilometres , a program for the beginning runner, from … --- ## [My husband has a stalker.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-has-a-stalker/653401)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-has-a-stalker/653401 "2013-03-20T00:28:07Z")
Not the kind you’d think, either. One of the local homeless shelters has a program wherein some of the residents can have limited gym memberships. One guy has been at the same gym hubby goes to a few time. This guy sp… --- ## [Help me name an airline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976)
**Author:** [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-an-airline/652976 "2013-03-19T21:24:55Z")
The title says it all. --- ## [What age were you when you decided to stop dressing for fashion-cool, and just dress for comfort?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-were-you-when-you-decided-to-stop-dressing-for-fashion-cool-and-just-dress-for-comfort/653225)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-were-you-when-you-decided-to-stop-dressing-for-fashion-cool-and-just-dress-for-comfort/653225 "2013-03-19T18:47:35Z")
It hit me the other nite. I’m there!! We were dressing to go to see Eric Clapton. I tried on and discarded a dozen cute outfits: long dresses with skinny straps, off the shoulder dresses with cute heels, sheer tops with… --- ## [More weird stuff I found in my mailbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-stuff-i-found-in-my-mailbox/653277)
**Author:** [@williamweigand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williamweigand)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-stuff-i-found-in-my-mailbox/653277 "2013-03-19T18:10:45Z")
Three years ago a weird list appeared in my mailbox. Three days ago more weirdness, apparently from the same person, showed up in my mailbox. (Read about the original list here \[thread\]559792\[/thread\].) Unfortunately, t… --- ## [Brick and mortar store with only electronic receipts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brick-and-mortar-store-with-only-electronic-receipts/653224)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brick-and-mortar-store-with-only-electronic-receipts/653224 "2013-03-19T17:47:33Z")
I went to an ice cream shop in Austin yesterday that wouldn’t give me a receipt when I paid with a credit card. They used some little card reader that offered to text or email me a receipt. I said I didn’t want to provi… --- ## [Spotted a young Jewish mother and her daughter and her husband at Trader Joe's, and other shares.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotted-a-young-jewish-mother-and-her-daughter-and-her-husband-at-trader-joes-and-other-shares/653052)
**Author:** [@JamesQueue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesQueue)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotted-a-young-jewish-mother-and-her-daughter-and-her-husband-at-trader-joes-and-other-shares/653052 "2013-03-19T16:14:57Z")
Spotted a young Jewish woman and her child (both mother and child looked very Jewish, her husband looked Jewish too but I can only be 95% certain) at Trader Joe, she was shuffling through the merchandise to look for the … --- ## [Fund for Opal's son](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fund-for-opals-son/653351)
**Author:** [@OpalCat\_s\_Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat_s_Mom)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fund-for-opals-son/653351 "2013-03-19T14:19:07Z")
I was asked to create an account for people who wanted to contribute something for Dominic. We will be setting up a Paypal account, and Dominic’s father will set up a page somewhere on fathom.org for online donations. In… --- ## [Note to Self -- Don't make the Devil look like a current Political Leader](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-dont-make-the-devil-look-like-a-current-political-leader/653273)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-dont-make-the-devil-look-like-a-current-political-leader/653273 "2013-03-19T13:13:54Z")
\[/quote\] --- ## [The Apocalypse Has Been Postponed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apocalypse-has-been-postponed/653317)
**Author:** [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apocalypse-has-been-postponed/653317 "2013-03-19T13:05:55Z")
I recall that St. Malachy O’Morgan supposedly predicted the “names of all the popes” up until the end times. Like most such literature (read: Nostradamus), the prophecies are incredibly vague and ambiguous. From what I… --- ## [O, Sweet Mystery of Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-sweet-mystery-of-life/653252)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-sweet-mystery-of-life/653252 "2013-03-19T09:30:24Z")
… at last I’ve found you. My house now has central air conditioning. It’s wonderful. Just thought I’d share. --- ## [EU to tax Cyprus' bank accounts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eu-to-tax-cyprus-bank-accounts/653271)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eu-to-tax-cyprus-bank-accounts/653271 "2013-03-19T02:45:58Z")
Checking the news today, I’ve seen reports on pretty every major news website on how the EU is forcing Cyprus to tax people’s bank accounts. For the sake of those that don’t care to read the article, this is an allegedl… --- ## [They've found a Higgs boson particle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyve-found-a-higgs-boson-particle/652945)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyve-found-a-higgs-boson-particle/652945 "2013-03-19T01:08:40Z")
I pretend to no knowledge whatsoever about physics, and especially this esoteric field. I only know what I read in newspaper blurbs and what Sheldon Cooper talks about as he writes up formulas on his white boards. But … --- ## [How common in languages is the familiar pronoun present?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-in-languages-is-the-familiar-pronoun-present/653181)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-in-languages-is-the-familiar-pronoun-present/653181 "2013-03-19T00:56:18Z")
I speak three languages. Two of them make use of the familiar first person pronoun. Spanish uses “tu”, Maya uses “tech”. Old English used “thee”. For you that know of other languages, or you that study linguistics, i… --- ## [Fresh garlic, made in China.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-garlic-made-in-china/653024)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-garlic-made-in-china/653024 "2013-03-18T23:57:35Z")
At a small market in the USA. There was a bin of fresh garlic. Upon closer examination I read that it came from China. I understand people buying labor intensive products from China. But a head of garlic? America ma… --- ## [Let me tell you about my last couple weeks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-tell-you-about-my-last-couple-weeks/653230)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-tell-you-about-my-last-couple-weeks/653230 "2013-03-18T21:58:34Z")
So I am getting married in May. Which is awesome. My fiancee is a wonderful, sweet and incredibly beautiful woman. We are planning the wedding which has been a little stressful. So about 10 days ago I get an email from … --- ## [US gov't to air-drop toxic mice on Guam snakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-govt-to-air-drop-toxic-mice-on-guam-snakes/651104)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-govt-to-air-drop-toxic-mice-on-guam-snakes/651104 "2013-03-18T20:34:38Z")
The headline says it all --- ## [The Really Bad Cookies and Other Stuff MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 427\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625 "2013-03-18T20:11:40Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 58 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 75 and rain sometime this afternoon and into the evenin’. I hope. I really want some of this pollen washed away. So, I was post… --- ## [A grammar pet peeve: Hanged vs. Hung](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-grammar-pet-peeve-hanged-vs-hung/651669)
**Author:** [@Groucho\_Twain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Groucho_Twain)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-grammar-pet-peeve-hanged-vs-hung/651669 "2013-03-18T19:29:17Z")
This has been popping up in popular media (I tend toward the dark and macabre, like The Walking Dead, etc.: (paraphrasing) “We executed the prisoner last night. He was hung at 12 midnight.” I was taught that people a… --- ## [Pi Day - pfft; Steak & BJ Day - Oh Yeah!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-day-pfft-steak-bj-day-oh-yeah/652912)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-day-pfft-steak-bj-day-oh-yeah/652912 "2013-03-18T18:22:39Z")
Steak & BJ Day The guys version of Valentine’s Day :cool: --- ## [I want to move across country, but my dad is getting older and will need me...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-move-across-country-but-my-dad-is-getting-older-and-will-need-me/653095)
**Author:** [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-move-across-country-but-my-dad-is-getting-older-and-will-need-me/653095 "2013-03-18T15:45:17Z")
This is going to be kind of long so I appreciate anyone who gets through it and offers kind words of advice. Our family is from Virginia. My dad has had a pretty hard life. He was emotionally (maybe physically) abused … --- ## [Florida Legislature moves to close Internet Cafes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-legislature-moves-to-close-internet-cafes/653065)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-legislature-moves-to-close-internet-cafes/653065 "2013-03-18T15:39:17Z")
I was a bit annoyed until I read the article. Geez, people are doing a lot more than reading their email and shopping Amazon. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Never dreamed they would setup gambling places disguised as Internet cafe… --- ## [The Latest Cute YouTube Video (Contains Puppy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-cute-youtube-video-contains-puppy/653264)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-cute-youtube-video-contains-puppy/653264 "2013-03-18T15:28:06Z")
Dog helps teach puppy how to climb down stairs All together now: “Awww!!!” --- ## [Ye' ever read people who add extra o's and u's to words?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977)
**Author:** [@JamesQueue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesQueue)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977 "2013-03-18T13:33:00Z")
For example, donuts become doughnoughts (or doughnaughts) and humorous becomes: huomourous. LOL. A jolly good laugh had by all! --- ## [How To Get Rid of PCH mail???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-pch-mail/652858)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-pch-mail/652858 "2013-03-18T07:57:50Z")
OK. The title says it all. How do I get off the PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE mailing list? I am desperate. Their stuff is junk; the chances of getting a “win” are nil; I hate their guts. Any recommendations welcome. Than… --- ## [The Parent Rap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-parent-rap/653197)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-parent-rap/653197 "2013-03-18T06:25:49Z")
Got this from my daughter today. Pretty fly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1001) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1003)