# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1012 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1013 --- ## [Oh come on, doggy, you're really doing THAT?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-come-on-doggy-youre-really-doing-that/651019)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-come-on-doggy-youre-really-doing-that/651019 "2013-02-22T17:08:36Z")
My girly pug is a little bit sick. No worries, talked to vet on the phone today, and she has an appointment tomorrow morning. We’re thinking she has a bit of an anal gland issue going on. Either that, or she’s just back… --- ## [Going to London--how to pay for stuff???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-london-how-to-pay-for-stuff/650698)
**Author:** [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-london-how-to-pay-for-stuff/650698 "2013-02-22T16:17:29Z")
My friend and I are going to London for 2 weeks this spring and I get to spend my birthday there. How cool! Anyway, we’ve been dithering on how to pay for stuff while we are there. The house we’re renting is paid for … --- ## [Wow - I Got My IRS Refund Already!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130 "2013-02-22T15:49:59Z")
I filled out my taxes online (as usual) and completed it last weekend.\* As per the IRS site, they just started processing returns on January 30th. I just checked - and my refund has already been direct deposited into m… --- ## [Swatting (A very unfunny prank.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swatting-a-very-unfunny-prank/651027)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swatting-a-very-unfunny-prank/651027 "2013-02-22T14:43:09Z")
So one of my aunts told me this story that is just beyond crazy to me. Apparently my 13-year-old cousin was playing X-box 360 and he got into it with another player. The player said he was going to ‘‘swat’’ my cousin. 1… --- ## [Update on My Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-my-life/651074)
**Author:** [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-my-life/651074 "2013-02-22T14:02:35Z")
After taking a vacation, I figured out that Boston wasn’t the place for me, and moved back to Atlanta about two months ago. About a week after getting down here, I went to donate blood to the Red Cross, and won a new iPa… --- ## [A great guy and poster, Q.E.D. {RIP}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121)
**Author:** [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121 "2013-02-22T12:49:33Z")
Michael’s sister emailed me to let me know that Mike had died. It’s a sad, sad day. He was a great source of knowledge and an all around decent guy with an awesome sense of humor. Shit. --- ## [Questions that seem easy but are not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-that-seem-easy-but-are-not/650787)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-that-seem-easy-but-are-not/650787 "2013-02-22T12:32:23Z")
I’m thinking of questions along the line of “why are dinosaurs so big?”. On the surface it seems like one of those things that has an easy answer in a grade school book and everyone should know, while in reality we are n… --- ## [Any urban spelunkers in the crowd?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-urban-spelunkers-in-the-crowd/650543)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-urban-spelunkers-in-the-crowd/650543 "2013-02-22T07:34:43Z")
It’s a long story and I don’t want to get too specific, but I’ve been photographing a complex of abandoned (and, for the most part, very tightly sealed) buildings for a few months. I have to kill about an hour each time … --- ## [Things said to you that left you so dumbfounded you couldn't respond](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-said-to-you-that-left-you-so-dumbfounded-you-couldnt-respond/649369)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-said-to-you-that-left-you-so-dumbfounded-you-couldnt-respond/649369 "2013-02-22T04:36:25Z")
I was at my ophthalmologist’s office for my annual exam, most of which is done by his assistant. I often have to read some very small type (4 pt. and 5 pt.), so I brought a sample to use in the close-up exam. The assista… --- ## [What's in your water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-water/651051)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-water/651051 "2013-02-22T04:31:01Z")
--- ## [My Son Performed at Carnegie Hall!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-performed-at-carnegie-hall/650977)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-performed-at-carnegie-hall/650977 "2013-02-22T04:12:59Z")
My son who is a dancer called to say he’d be performing at Carnegie Hall! He has already performed. He lives in NYC as a dancer working hard to make ends meet. He loves dance, is doing what he truly loves, and knows the … --- ## [Why do people act like this on Youtube?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-act-like-this-on-youtube/650839)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-act-like-this-on-youtube/650839 "2013-02-22T03:40:31Z")
Far to weak for the pit but several things that make me wonder about people when I see it done. Here we have a pretty cool video of someone backflipping a car: And below it we have someone commenting: "n… --- ## [Snowtorious B.I.G.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowtorious-b-i-g/651025)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowtorious-b-i-g/651025 "2013-02-22T03:18:06Z")
Screw “winter storm Q”. My husband just made it home on the snowy roads, so I don’t care about much else. Chicken tortilla soup and stiff caipirinhas for dinner. Come to my house and I will make a stiff caipirinha for yo… --- ## [Has anybody ever attended a wedding that ended up not happening?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-attended-a-wedding-that-ended-up-not-happening/650363)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-attended-a-wedding-that-ended-up-not-happening/650363 "2013-02-22T00:59:47Z")
It’s a standard trope of TV and movies, used on a show tonight even: the crowd comes in for the wedding, but for one reason or another it ends up not taking place. It was the first episode of Sanford & Son IIRC, and I c… --- ## [Meet Tokyo's Amazing "Shrinking" Building](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tokyos-amazing-shrinking-building/650991)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tokyos-amazing-shrinking-building/650991 "2013-02-21T23:16:19Z")
Skip to the 1:00 min mark for the really cool part. Article here --- ## [Help me name my new cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/650230)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-cat/650230 "2013-02-21T22:51:07Z")
She showed up on my front porch,freezing cold and very hungry.Someone had tried to remove the top half of her ears with rubberbands or something(one has fallen off and the other is most likely going to). She is in good … --- ## [Get off my leg, you foot!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-my-leg-you-foot/651015)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-my-leg-you-foot/651015 "2013-02-21T22:48:41Z")
The other day I was groggily getting ready for my morning shower. (Commuting day, so I was up at 04:25.) As I was removing my pyjama bottoms, my heel caught on the leg. I’d been out of bed for like a minute, and havin… --- ## [Words you intentionally mispronounce for humor reasons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-intentionally-mispronounce-for-humor-reasons/650122)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-intentionally-mispronounce-for-humor-reasons/650122 "2013-02-21T19:30:31Z")
I often pronounce the word “gym” like “guime” (“grime” without the “r” sound). It comes from a \*Simpsons \*episode where Homer walks by a 24-hour gym. “Guime? What’s a guime?” Then as he walks in and finally figures i… --- ## [Most embarrassing unnoticed personal laxity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-unnoticed-personal-laxity/649380)
**Author:** [@Virgil\_Tibbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Virgil_Tibbs)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-unnoticed-personal-laxity/649380 "2013-02-21T18:40:21Z")
You know, the time you went outside with snot on your collar or a chocolate stain on the seat of your trousers. For me, it would be the time I cut my hair (with clippers) and left a three-inch bald patch on the back of … --- ## [Missed Connections Map (via craigslist ads)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missed-connections-map-via-craigslist-ads/650990)
**Author:** [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missed-connections-map-via-craigslist-ads/650990 "2013-02-21T18:19:37Z")
--- ## [Has your water been tasting funny lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-your-water-been-tasting-funny-lately/650875)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-your-water-been-tasting-funny-lately/650875 "2013-02-21T13:36:54Z")
Sounds yummy huh? :stuck\_out\_tongue: So far none of the articles I’ve read confirmed if this was drinking water. But I wouldn’t want to shower in it either. --- ## [Secret Passageways In Houses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-passageways-in-houses/615880)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-passageways-in-houses/615880 "2013-02-21T04:52:29Z")
I work a part time job at an old upscale club and I was wondering why there was a long winding hallway around the building. The door outside leads two ways, one directly to a kitchen and the other winds to the front. I … --- ## [What's after death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349)
**Author:** [@Tollhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tollhouse)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349 "2013-02-21T02:58:36Z")
Like the title of the thread, what’s after death? --- ## [What can you tell me about building bat houses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-building-bat-houses/650917)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-building-bat-houses/650917 "2013-02-21T01:52:56Z")
Not for caped crusaders, but for rats with wings. I’ve been volunteered to do the research and teach other people about building bat houses. I don’t know nothin’ bout housing no bats. Everything I’m finding online is al… --- ## [TVA Starts Modular Atomic Reactor Study. Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tva-starts-modular-atomic-reactor-study-newslink/650915)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tva-starts-modular-atomic-reactor-study-newslink/650915 "2013-02-21T00:01:11Z")
A new design of atomic reactor, after decades of stagnation. http://www.newschannel5.com/story/21289707/tva-signs-deal-to-explore-small-modular-reactor The mpower system seems to be the choice. --- ## [So the Pope Is Resigning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pope-is-resigning/649960)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pope-is-resigning/649960 "2013-02-20T23:42:51Z")
Breaking news on BBC TV: Pope Benedict XVI will resign on February 28. You heard it here first. I thought popes abdicated, not resigned? Like kings? But BBC keeps using “resign.” --- ## [Meteorite in Russia, with pics and video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374)
**Author:** [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374 "2013-02-20T21:46:10Z")
Link. Some pretty impressive imagery in the video clip. --- ## [Meteorite Rush in Russia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-rush-in-russia/650723)
**Author:** [@Timetrvlr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timetrvlr)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-rush-in-russia/650723 "2013-02-20T20:35:00Z")
Treasure hunters are descending on Chebarkul Lake in search of bits and pieces of the meteorite that fell last week in Russia. National Post A year or so ago, a meteor broke up over Alberta setting off a treasure hunt t… --- ## [Men: Do you have more or fewer pairs of shoes than I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-have-more-or-fewer-pairs-of-shoes-than-i-do/650435)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-have-more-or-fewer-pairs-of-shoes-than-i-do/650435 "2013-02-20T16:31:24Z")
Here’s what I have: A pair of sneakers – my default shoe A pair of dressy shoes – for more formal occasions, to be worn with suits or business casual wear A pair of house slippers/sandals (“downstairs” slippers) A pair… --- ## [Is Chinese the hip, new sexual orientation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chinese-the-hip-new-sexual-orientation/650630)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chinese-the-hip-new-sexual-orientation/650630 "2013-02-20T16:13:00Z")
A friend of mine was staying at a hotel and they gave him a little optional survey he could fill out so that they could make personalized recommendations on what to do in the city. Thesection on sexual orientationwas qu… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1011) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1013)