# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1004 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1005 --- ## [Pope Francis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis/652926)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis/652926 "2013-03-15T06:40:12Z")
What are the chances he’s actually seen Stripes? --- ## [Two good comets in 2013?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-good-comets-in-2013/636149)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-good-comets-in-2013/636149 "2013-03-15T03:20:56Z")
2013 could be a good year for stargazers. I heard about C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) last year. It has the potential to be a bright, easily-visible comet. Just a few hours ago, there’s a report of a new comet: C/2012 S1. The b… --- ## [Forgotten airports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-airports/652769)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-airports/652769 "2013-03-15T01:44:40Z")
It’s amazing what information comes unbidden on the Internet. Today an image of a long-gone airport appeared on my Facebook page. It seems that once upon a time there was an airport in Lancaster, CA, at 10th St W and A… --- ## [Happy Naked Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-naked-day/652657)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-naked-day/652657 "2013-03-15T00:12:54Z")
It’s 311. --- ## [In which I temporarily break my WLAN router by putting black tape over the LEDs..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-temporarily-break-my-wlan-router-by-putting-black-tape-over-the-leds/652684)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-temporarily-break-my-wlan-router-by-putting-black-tape-over-the-leds/652684 "2013-03-14T23:30:53Z")
(What follows is something of a shaggy-dog story, but I hope anyone who has ever fooled around with their satellite TV and WLAN configuration will read it, because you may have had a similar experience.) As I’m sure I’v… --- ## [Vladmir Putin, kindly put a shirt on!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513)
**Author:** [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513 "2013-03-14T22:35:44Z")
Nobody wants to see your flabby man-boobs. That is all. --- ## [Important Question About Black Holes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question-about-black-holes/652940)
**Author:** [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question-about-black-holes/652940 "2013-03-14T19:36:11Z")
If a Black Hole corrected a user’s grammar, would it have to obey Gaudere’s Law and make a grammatical error in that same post? Corollary Question: Does the Pope have authority over Black Holes? --- ## [Weird job recruiting situation.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-job-recruiting-situation/652449)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-job-recruiting-situation/652449 "2013-03-14T19:25:42Z")
I’ve been looking for a web development position. My last position was a combination of web development and IT support (help desk, hardware, staging new equipment, etc.). I’m looking for a development position because a … --- ## [White smoke! We have a Pope!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-smoke-we-have-a-pope/652838)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-smoke-we-have-a-pope/652838 "2013-03-14T18:58:24Z")
I can’t wait to hear who it is! Habemus papam! --- ## [Okay, so I can't hear either (Misunderstood statement)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-i-cant-hear-either-misunderstood-statement/652837)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-i-cant-hear-either-misunderstood-statement/652837 "2013-03-14T17:50:28Z")
MPSIMS to be sure, and pretty silly, but I just had to share. So I’m in my study on the Internet, and Barb’s watching Animal Planet on TV in the living room. We’re already well aware the acoustics in this house are awf… --- ## [Thank God your mother was pro life. How would you know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-your-mother-was-pro-life-how-would-you-know/652305)
**Author:** [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-your-mother-was-pro-life-how-would-you-know/652305 "2013-03-14T11:33:40Z")
Stop me if we have done this one, but I saw the sign again yesterday. “Thank God your mother was pro life!”. Um, what? Everyone who has a baby is pro life now? News to me. How bout you? Did you know that? --- ## [I make mental note of race and gender in crime stories? Do you? What have you noticed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-make-mental-note-of-race-and-gender-in-crime-stories-do-you-what-have-you-noticed/652800)
**Author:** [@JamesQueue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesQueue)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-make-mental-note-of-race-and-gender-in-crime-stories-do-you-what-have-you-noticed/652800 "2013-03-14T06:59:40Z")
Here’s what I have noticed: -The perpetrator is almost always male. We use this statistic to justify gender profiling in crime fighting. It’s accepted as logical and reasonable. I agree. -A disproportionate number of f… --- ## [Death and the living](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-the-living/652783)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-the-living/652783 "2013-03-14T05:10:30Z")
I am an old person living outside the USA. My only off spring is a 32 y/o married daughter living in the USA. If all goes well, I will die before her. I have instructed friends here on how to contact her in case of an … --- ## [Next papal name. Place your Bets!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-papal-name-place-your-bets/649997)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-papal-name-place-your-bets/649997 "2013-03-14T04:41:56Z")
With Benedict XVI saying sayonara to the title, wonder what will be the name taken by the gentleman who replaces the former and future Cardinal Ratzinger. Benedict XVII? John Paul III. Honorius II? Winner to be announc… --- ## [Is Yahoo down for anyone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yahoo-down-for-anyone-else/652787)
**Author:** [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yahoo-down-for-anyone-else/652787 "2013-03-14T03:17:33Z")
I noticed I wasn’t getting any mail this evening on my iPad. I checked my phone and had some messages, so I thought it was the iPad. I am still not getting messages on my iPad, so I tried going to the yahoo web site and … --- ## [Weird and Unique Mnemonics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-and-unique-mnemonics/648037)
**Author:** [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-and-unique-mnemonics/648037 "2013-03-14T02:37:19Z")
Ever since I was a kid, the way I remember which one is “vertical” and which one is “horizontal” is by singing to myself a line from the Olivia Newton-John song “Physical” I started this when I first took geometry in t… --- ## [Valedictorian Speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valedictorian-speech/652785)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valedictorian-speech/652785 "2013-03-13T22:03:13Z")
I’ve finally decided to actually sit down and figure how to collect all my thoughts I’ve had into a valedictorian speech that actually matters and actually makes a point, rather than the frivolous throw-aways I’ve always… --- ## [Is CNN Running Out of Teens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cnn-running-out-of-teens/652701)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cnn-running-out-of-teens/652701 "2013-03-13T19:40:41Z")
The following separate headlines are on CNN’s news page right now: Teens Killed when SUV Flips into Pond Teens Killed after SUV Flips into Pond Teen Tragedy: 5 Die in Fiery Texas Crash A video link: 5 Teens Die in … --- ## [Last survivor of plot to kill Hitler dies at 90](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-survivor-of-plot-to-kill-hitler-dies-at-90/652744)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-survivor-of-plot-to-kill-hitler-dies-at-90/652744 "2013-03-13T19:28:16Z")
Last survivor of plot to kill Hitler dies at 90 --- ## [Odd almost comical conversation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-almost-comical-conversation/652778)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-almost-comical-conversation/652778 "2013-03-13T18:14:45Z")
A woman at work, a secretary in her fifties whom I’m friendly with, came into my office today to ask about something trivial, and mentioned that today was the anniversary of her father’d death, and how she prays to God f… --- ## [Falklands referendum: Islanders vote to remain British](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falklands-referendum-islanders-vote-to-remain-british/652675)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falklands-referendum-islanders-vote-to-remain-british/652675 "2013-03-13T17:31:34Z")
Pretty overwhelming support for remaining British. 90% turnout in an election is amazing. Argentina’s statement that the inhabitants wishes are not relevant is just ridiculous. These people have lived on the Falklands f… --- ## [Shape-Shifting Jesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-shifting-jesus/652814)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-shifting-jesus/652814 "2013-03-13T17:15:11Z")
--- ## [Kim Jong Un is a Fatty...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-is-a-fatty/652651)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-is-a-fatty/652651 "2013-03-13T17:07:46Z")
…seriously the guy is a fat porker. Wish him and .50 cal would meet. :wink: --- ## [Shootings in Herkimer, NY](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shootings-in-herkimer-ny/652827)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shootings-in-herkimer-ny/652827 "2013-03-13T16:23:38Z")
4 killed, 2 injured. http://www.uticaod.com/features/x930813837/2-people-reportedly-shot-at-Herkimer-car-wash Sheesh, again? --- ## [ISS Commander Hadfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iss-commander-hadfield/652807)
**Author:** [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iss-commander-hadfield/652807 "2013-03-13T15:04:33Z")
Well, I don’t know how but over last several months Canadian Chris Hadfield has become #1 Canadian in our household - kids were really impressed with his recent Skype-like conference call with the students in his old sc… --- ## [An article that neatly explains air travel security theater...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-article-that-neatly-explains-air-travel-security-theater/652233)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2013, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-article-that-neatly-explains-air-travel-security-theater/652233 "2013-03-13T12:19:29Z")
No matter, IMO, whether you think it does anything or not. It exists because people demand it. Granted, these are occupational groups, not individuals, but I’d wager there are a LOT of people who agree with them. --- ## [Raiders of the lost cheese cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raiders-of-the-lost-cheese-cake/652703)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2013, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raiders-of-the-lost-cheese-cake/652703 "2013-03-13T08:49:26Z")
There is a legend. It is the legend of a lost cheese cake, buried so deeply in the icy recesses of the freezer compartment that it is untouched by freezer burn. Many have searched for this cheese cake. None have ever … --- ## [Grammatical rules for quotation marks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammatical-rules-for-quotation-marks/652470)
**Author:** [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2013, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammatical-rules-for-quotation-marks/652470 "2013-03-13T07:46:45Z")
Respectfully submitted: In another thread, there was a discussion about the use of quotation marks. I’m not going to review or renew that discussion. There is a difference in the rules as written for the SDMB and the … --- ## [Completely Pointless Spambot Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-pointless-spambot-name/652784)
**Author:** [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-pointless-spambot-name/652784 "2013-03-13T03:13:08Z")
I leave my Instant Messenger client open overnight so i don’t forget to log back in each morning. Once or twice a week, I come in and find a new request from a spambot wanting to make friends with me for whatever reason… --- ## [Occasionally, I check my Spam folder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occasionally-i-check-my-spam-folder/652457)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occasionally-i-check-my-spam-folder/652457 "2013-03-13T02:17:25Z")
…mainly just to make sure nothing important got tagged as spam, but also because the names or subject lines of what are indeed spam are actually slightly amusing. Today I got a message from someone, or something, named … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1003) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1005)