# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1013 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1014 --- ## [Real life situations when you delivered the punchline?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-situations-when-you-delivered-the-punchline/650162)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-situations-when-you-delivered-the-punchline/650162 "2013-02-20T14:46:29Z")
I was doing some electrial work at a customers place. Looking around for other things for me to fix, she asked me why this lamp was humming. I was able to reply, with a perfectly straight face “Because it doesn’t know t… --- ## [Help with my dissertation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-my-dissertation/650610)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-my-dissertation/650610 "2013-02-20T10:18:53Z")
I need to get about 20,000 more words out of it. I know I won’t get much help because you havn’t read it but are there good general rules for what to do once you’ve completed the basic paper to get more words down. --- ## [Wish I knew why my tween daughter is mad at me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-i-knew-why-my-tween-daughter-is-mad-at-me/650233)
**Author:** [@boozilu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boozilu)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-i-knew-why-my-tween-daughter-is-mad-at-me/650233 "2013-02-20T02:03:44Z")
Is this how it’s going to be for the next ten years? Me: Are you mad? What’s wrong? Tween: Hrumph Me: ??? Me: Can you at least eat some breakfast? Tween: The only thing I want is something you won’t let me hav… --- ## [Ask the ExecDir of nonprofit wildlife care facility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-execdir-of-nonprofit-wildlife-care-facility/650295)
**Author:** [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-execdir-of-nonprofit-wildlife-care-facility/650295 "2013-02-19T23:27:35Z")
Suggested by this post, which was triggered by this post. Our motto is Wildlife Recovery… Human Discovery. We treat sick, injured and orphaned native species, and return recovered individuals to the wild. We also deal w… --- ## [If you measure your love in decades...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-measure-your-love-in-decades/650309)
**Author:** [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-measure-your-love-in-decades/650309 "2013-02-19T23:07:00Z")
I’d like to hear about it. We all know that young love is fun and exciting, but it doesn’t always last. I’d like to hear from Dopers who’ve been with their spouse or SO for a decade or more and are still madly in love. … --- ## [It's been a year...can you PLEASE speed it up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-year-can-you-please-speed-it-up/650606)
**Author:** [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-year-can-you-please-speed-it-up/650606 "2013-02-19T20:30:58Z")
So, last March, my car decided to just…die. It’s a 2001 PT Cruiser and has less than 80k miles on it. I figured, ok it’s nothing big. My dad’s awesome with cars so he said he’d get it fixed up for me. Cut to now. It’s st… --- ## [KNow anyone who lost a dog in NW Baltimore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-anyone-who-lost-a-dog-in-nw-baltimore/650229)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-anyone-who-lost-a-dog-in-nw-baltimore/650229 "2013-02-19T19:19:41Z")
This stuff makes me so sad :frowning: A friend found an old dog, who seems confused and depressed and who may have been dumped. My friend (who does a ton of rescue work, and knows what she’s about) is hoping there’s a … --- ## [Auto Repair Rip-Off Horror Stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-repair-rip-off-horror-stories/544969)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-repair-rip-off-horror-stories/544969 "2013-02-19T16:14:13Z")
So, reading this thread reminded me of some times that I was almost ripped off when dealing with car repair places. I’ve been a single mom for over ten years, so by now you better believe I have had some doozies, becaus… --- ## [bunnies-attacking-cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bunnies-attacking-cars/650589)
**Author:** [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bunnies-attacking-cars/650589 "2013-02-19T09:22:34Z")
I really really had to post this The title says it all really \\ / :smiley: --- ## [Sometimes I don't get hair styles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-dont-get-hair-styles/650464)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-dont-get-hair-styles/650464 "2013-02-19T03:04:21Z")
I remember in my younger days when getting your hair frosted was all the rage. I never understood why frosting was any better than going grey, I never frosted my hair. Both of my nieces are natural blonds. They get bl… --- ## [Mice. Again! Or...not? Too weak for the BBQ Pit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mice-again-or-not-too-weak-for-the-bbq-pit/650748)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mice-again-or-not-too-weak-for-the-bbq-pit/650748 "2013-02-19T02:10:00Z")
I thought I saw something tiny & fast dash across my floor. Twice. I checked my closet, & found brown “seeds” on the floor. Yup! I got mice again! Or, do I? No “seeds” in the kitchen, near the food. And I’m wearing … --- ## [How do you ruin King Kong for a cognitive psychologist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-ruin-king-kong-for-a-cognitive-psychologist/649967)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-ruin-king-kong-for-a-cognitive-psychologist/649967 "2013-02-19T00:41:19Z")
Have him count the number of times the basketball is passed. --- ## [I don't think that sign means what it says](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-that-sign-means-what-it-says/650310)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-that-sign-means-what-it-says/650310 "2013-02-18T17:23:37Z")
Seen yesterday on a marquee sign in front of a tavern: I think they were alluding to Valentin’s Day. I hope… --- ## [Odd things heard at a piping lesson...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-heard-at-a-piping-lesson/650681)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-heard-at-a-piping-lesson/650681 "2013-02-18T15:17:59Z")
Went to my piping lesson last week; it’s with an old Army piper, and there’s another guy in the session, both retired. We were practising one piece, and we kept going wrong. Piping instructor figured out that I had a … --- ## [What a perfect name for an engineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-perfect-name-for-an-engineer/650057)
**Author:** [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-perfect-name-for-an-engineer/650057 "2013-02-18T07:50:27Z")
I have been reading about Boeing’s ongoing issues with the 787 battery. In the process, I read an interview with the (90-year-old and still teaching) inventor of the lithium-ion battery, currently a Professor of Mechani… --- ## [Congrats to my niece, on getting a job in her field before graduation!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congrats-to-my-niece-on-getting-a-job-in-her-field-before-graduation/650471)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congrats-to-my-niece-on-getting-a-job-in-her-field-before-graduation/650471 "2013-02-18T05:39:27Z")
Yay for my niece, now a senior in college, who accepted a well-paying post-grad job in her field. May all graduates have similar luck this year. Congrats to my sister, who doesn’t have to pay for grad school tuition. I d… --- ## [The Surprise! MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-surprise-mmp/649946)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 445\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-surprise-mmp/649946 "2013-02-18T02:44:53Z")
Seeing as how I’ve not mumped in awhile, bet ya’ll are a little surprised that I started this week’s MMP!! So what are some of the nicest surprises you’ve been a part of, either giving or receiving? (I’ll post mine … --- ## [Mr. Shoe is in the hospital](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 1209\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279 "2013-02-18T02:30:37Z")
This has progressed - regressed? - far beyond Mini, so I’m taking this out of the minirants thread and into its own separate thread. My husband is in the hospital with complications of West Nile virus. He got sick last … --- ## [A crazy spam email I received:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-crazy-spam-email-i-received/650348)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-crazy-spam-email-i-received/650348 "2013-02-17T21:31:42Z")
“In the chocolate of the waters, a centipede postponeed, a bowel carrying a humorous grime voluptuary at his january.” Does anyone have a clue what this obviously poor translation means? --- ## [Taking your cell phone from the US to other countries--how does this work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-your-cell-phone-from-the-us-to-other-countries-how-does-this-work/650564)
**Author:** [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-your-cell-phone-from-the-us-to-other-countries-how-does-this-work/650564 "2013-02-17T20:50:32Z")
I’m in the market for a smartphone. I’m in the USA for 9 months out of the year, but I’m in various places in Southeast Asia–the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, maybe Cambodia and Viet Nam–for the other 3. I’ve never … --- ## [SEAL that Shot Bin Laden complaining about no pension.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seal-that-shot-bin-laden-complaining-about-no-pension/650003)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seal-that-shot-bin-laden-complaining-about-no-pension/650003 "2013-02-17T13:52:14Z")
I don’t know what this guy’s problem is. It’s understood by everybody in the military that it takes 20 years to get your retirement. My dad served a little over 20 years. My uncle left after 16 years and tried civvy li… --- ## [Saving Valentina the Humpback Whale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-valentina-the-humpback-whale/650476)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2013, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-valentina-the-humpback-whale/650476 "2013-02-17T10:19:40Z")
On Valentine’s Day 2011, Michael Fishback of Great Whale Conservancy, and several companions, came across a Humpback whale that had gotten entangled in a fishing net and was sure to die. Over the course of several hours,… --- ## [He Came Home with us last night- Our New Dog!!! (with his lil' problem!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-came-home-with-us-last-night-our-new-dog-with-his-lil-problem/650493)
**Author:** [@Jimbabweosu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimbabweosu)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-came-home-with-us-last-night-our-new-dog-with-his-lil-problem/650493 "2013-02-17T03:34:38Z")
So as I said in a previous thread my wife and I were thinking of adding a third dog to our pack, and found a little chihuahua on Petfinder that we liked. He had some special needs- see this thread for a discussion: W… --- ## [The child is the father of the man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-child-is-the-father-of-the-man/650451)
**Author:** [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-child-is-the-father-of-the-man/650451 "2013-02-17T01:44:57Z")
I know there are different interpretations of this line from the poem “My Heart Leaps Up” by Wordsworth but I see it (the particular line, not the entire poem\*) as a sort of role reversal wherein the parent obtains wisdo… --- ## [Count down to annihilation T - 20 minutes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421 "2013-02-16T23:07:21Z")
This whole asteroid thing has me freaked out now. Scientists say it won’t hit Earth but what do they know? Russia just got bitch-slapped by the biggest meteorite to hit the earth in 100 years and nobody saw it coming. Th… --- ## [Love: The Straight Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-straight-dope/650282)
**Author:** [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-straight-dope/650282 "2013-02-16T21:57:40Z")
I love it when … Someone on Straight Dope gets one of my jokes. I love it when someone asks for advice, gets some good advice, and actually follows it. I love funny user names. I love pictures of kitties. Happy Valen… --- ## [Plans for VD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plans-for-vd/650281)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plans-for-vd/650281 "2013-02-16T19:50:51Z")
Doing anything for Valentine’s Day? Today is a telecommuting day, so I bought the roses last night and gave them to the SO. She saved the card for today; and she’ll probably cry when she reads it, as sincere as it is. … --- ## [Turn off the damn car !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-the-damn-car/650325)
**Author:** [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-the-damn-car/650325 "2013-02-16T17:17:08Z")
Frank Lecerf’s trip to the supermarket took wild detour Saturday after his car’s brakes failed while he was traveling 60 mph. His attempts to use the brakes caused the car to accelerate to 125 mph and stuck there, for a… --- ## [You are not my lawyer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-not-my-lawyer/650373)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-not-my-lawyer/650373 "2013-02-16T14:15:00Z")
You are not my lawyer. I don’t want you to be my lawyer. You aren’t licensed to practice law in my state. You do not represent me. You have no client-lawyer relationship with me. I am not retaining you as my lawyer. … --- ## [Alternate Siri voices I'd like to hear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182 "2013-02-16T03:19:23Z")
Been playing around with Siri on my 4S, reasonably amusing technology, I just wish there were downloadable voices for it, with a little brainstorming, I came up with the following voices that’d be fun to replace the defa… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1012) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1014)