# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1019 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1020 --- ## [Touching the face of God - Challenger/Columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/touching-the-face-of-god-challenger-columbia/649037)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/touching-the-face-of-god-challenger-columbia/649037 "2013-02-04T14:38:05Z")
1/28/86 Francis R. Scobee Michael J. Smith Ellison S. Onizuka Judith A. Resnik Ronald E. McNair Christa McAuliffe Gregory B. Jarvis 2/1/2003 Rick D. Husband William C. McCool Michael P. Anderson Kalpana Chawl… --- ## [Addicted to MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addicted-to-mmp/648568)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 396\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2013, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addicted-to-mmp/648568 "2013-02-04T11:33:34Z")
Hello, all! Here’s your new MMP. Posting in the MMP thread can be addictive. I have an addiction. Several of my classmates share this addiction. We get the addictive substance from school. We’re addicted to caffeine. I… --- ## [odoriferous Farting Without Limit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odoriferous-farting-without-limit/648897)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odoriferous-farting-without-limit/648897 "2013-02-04T04:10:13Z")
If a strange man with a glowing sphere showed up to you in a dark alley one day and offered you the power of extremely odoriferous farting without limit, would you take it? With this power, you would be able to command t… --- ## [First Dog Barney - is in doggie heaven.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-dog-barney-is-in-doggie-heaven/649089)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-dog-barney-is-in-doggie-heaven/649089 "2013-02-04T03:40:41Z")
The little guy only made it to 12. I always thought he was such a pretty dog. I hadn’t seen many black Scottish terrier before Barney entered the White House. R.I.P. little feller. http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.co… --- ## [need more examples of this type of lowbrow "shaddup!" humor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-more-examples-of-this-type-of-lowbrow-shaddup-humor/649216)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-more-examples-of-this-type-of-lowbrow-shaddup-humor/649216 "2013-02-04T03:25:05Z")
Mommy, Mommy, I hate playing merry go round Shaddup or I’ll nail your other foot to the floor Mommy, Mommy, Jimmy has an eye infection Shaddup and eat around it Links to any previous threads welcome, too. --- ## [Amusing Amazon Customer Comments: UAV Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-amazon-customer-comments-uav-edition/649215)
**Author:** [@kjckjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjckjc)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-amazon-customer-comments-uav-edition/649215 "2013-02-04T02:52:51Z")
Not sure where I stand on the issue of using real ones, but the comments crack me up. Maisto Fresh Metal Tailwinds 1:97 Scale Die Cast United States Military Aircraft - US Air Force Medium Altitude, Long Endurance, Unma… --- ## [The Most Wanted Gun In America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-wanted-gun-in-america/649254)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-wanted-gun-in-america/649254 "2013-02-04T01:56:50Z")
The Most Wanted Gun In America Ironically, the interests calling for the ban of such firearms are the ones that have been driving sales. --- ## [A woman's tattoo bra she got to conceal her mastectomy scars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-womans-tattoo-bra-she-got-to-conceal-her-mastectomy-scars/649058)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-womans-tattoo-bra-she-got-to-conceal-her-mastectomy-scars/649058 "2013-02-04T00:37:14Z")
Interesting! Asked mod to change “myomectomy” to “mastectomy”. --- ## [Tour Bus hits overpass bridge in Boston. 34 hurt.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-bus-hits-overpass-bridge-in-boston-34-hurt/649184)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-bus-hits-overpass-bridge-in-boston-34-hurt/649184 "2013-02-03T19:45:30Z")
I just started a thread in Dec about a similar accident in Miami. These low bridges seem like a very bad idea to me. Here’s the Boston story. 34 injured this time. Sure hope the injuries aren’t serious. --- ## [Our water bill is 6 times higher than it should be](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-water-bill-is-6-times-higher-than-it-should-be/648782)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-water-bill-is-6-times-higher-than-it-should-be/648782 "2013-02-03T13:33:01Z")
Just got our recent bill. We get one 3 times/year, and this is the time of year when the water usage is at its lowest. It seems that we used more water than during the summer drought, more that ever before. I’ve check… --- ## [Help me find my rings!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-my-rings/643475)
**Author:** [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-my-rings/643475 "2013-02-03T12:59:16Z")
I am in a bit of a pickle and so I must turn to the great minds of the Dope. I lost my weeding rings. Yesterday morning I woke up and noticed that my hand was feeling a bit odd. My rings have been fitting a bit looser … --- ## [Ankara explosion: Do they have to keep calling it...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ankara-explosion-do-they-have-to-keep-calling-it/649087)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ankara-explosion-do-they-have-to-keep-calling-it/649087 "2013-02-03T03:25:55Z")
…a “TURKEY BOMB”? It’s not like he brought out a deep fryer full of hot oil, dropped in a frozen bird and BLAM! --- ## [Australia Day (Jan 26th) check list](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-day-jan-26th-check-list/648309)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-day-jan-26th-check-list/648309 "2013-02-03T01:02:02Z")
With our National Day imminent and millions of lamb cutlets being prepared for the ritual BBQ it’s a reasonable time to indulge in some understated smugness of just how clever we are. But of course we don’t want to blow … --- ## [Elton the ‘Gay’ Dog Spared the Gas Chamber](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elton-the-gay-dog-spared-the-gas-chamber/648993)
**Author:** [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elton-the-gay-dog-spared-the-gas-chamber/648993 "2013-02-02T22:55:09Z")
A stupid story with a happy ending. Dog acts like a dog, homophobic owner freaks out and leaves him to die because of imaginary gay cooties. :rolleyes: At least the attention led to the lady taking the poor dog in. --- ## ["Do No Eat Raw Cake Batter"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170 "2013-02-02T16:24:52Z")
That’s what the box says, very clearly, in large type, each word capitalized, directly below the ingredients. But why not? What will happen if I do? Should I try it, just to find out? --- ## [Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop Arrested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beezow-doo-doo-zopittybop-bop-bop-arrested/649035)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beezow-doo-doo-zopittybop-bop-bop-arrested/649035 "2013-02-02T04:05:56Z")
This is old news, having occured last January, but I just ran across the story today. It made me laugh. Sorry if it has been posted before, but nothing came up a site search. The sheer diversity of what makes peopl… --- ## [Do you know your phone number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-phone-number/648901)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-phone-number/648901 "2013-02-01T21:15:19Z")
I had a missed call on my mobile (cell) phone today from an unknown land-line number. It was from my residential suburb, so I got panicky thinking it was the Dr ringing me to tell me that I was dying, or worse, already … --- ## [Monthly mini-resolutions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-mini-resolutions/649063)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-mini-resolutions/649063 "2013-02-01T20:09:23Z")
I’ve always been a failure at annual resolutions. As in, resolve to do mostly the obvious things (lose weight, get organized, eat better, exercise, do a better job at housekeeping) and mostly fail at them all within a c… --- ## [Google Maps Uncovers North Korea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-uncovers-north-korea/648712)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-uncovers-north-korea/648712 "2013-02-01T19:16:54Z")
Google Maps has launched its North Korean app including “outlines of some of the country’s notorious, city-sized prison camps.” Just the thing for that road trip to Pyongyang. --- ## [Perri-Air comes to China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perri-air-comes-to-china/649041)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perri-air-comes-to-china/649041 "2013-02-01T18:56:13Z")
This is one of those cases where you have to look and see if one of those professional pranksters is around. Apparently China has started selling canned fresh air: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=china-… --- ## [NASA to launch Sunjammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-to-launch-sunjammer/649033)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-to-launch-sunjammer/649033 "2013-02-01T18:32:37Z")
Named after Arthur C. Clarke’s story “Sunjammer”, which had such a neat cover image when it first appeared in Boys Life: When it was published in book form, though, he regrettably changed the title to “The Wind from… --- ## [Ask the Math & Special Education teacher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-math-special-education-teacher/643378)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-math-special-education-teacher/643378 "2013-02-01T18:01:11Z")
Someone suggested I start this tread and I finally got to it. Let’s see, I’ve been a teacher since 1996 and my first year was 6th and 8th grade science in a non-public school. After that it has been math in one capacit… --- ## [17 minutes to the lottery-wish me luck!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-minutes-to-the-lottery-wish-me-luck/648874)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-minutes-to-the-lottery-wish-me-luck/648874 "2013-02-01T18:00:02Z")
7, 9, 11, 15, 17 are the winning numbers. Wish me luck! hh --- ## [Ask the guy who used to frequent hookers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-used-to-frequent-hookers/153261)
**Author:** [@isthatsowrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/isthatsowrong)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-used-to-frequent-hookers/153261 "2013-02-01T16:50:47Z")
I availed myself of the services of prostitutes from the age of 22 until I was 31 (ending about 3 years ago). Since this is something almost nobody ever admits to, I imagine some people might be curious about the world … --- ## [Cannibalism in North Korea Due to Famine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-in-north-korea-due-to-famine/648902)
**Author:** [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-in-north-korea-due-to-famine/648902 "2013-02-01T16:48:51Z")
Mods, If there is already a thread on this or it’s in the wrong place do whatever you need to do with it. I just ran across this while reading another article. I thought it had to be some kind of joke but I Googled it a… --- ## [Doppelgangers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelgangers/648727)
**Author:** [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelgangers/648727 "2013-02-01T15:15:57Z")
Photographer Francois Brunelle has created a really cool photo series of pairs of people who look alike, even though they are unrelated and complete strangers. You can see more on Google images. In some cases, the resemb… --- ## [Did Hillary Clinton Lip-Synch the Benghazi Testimony?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hillary-clinton-lip-synch-the-benghazi-testimony/649025)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hillary-clinton-lip-synch-the-benghazi-testimony/649025 "2013-02-01T14:39:57Z")
Pepper Mill groaned again this morning at the one thousandth news story about Beyonce and lip-synching. I just thought I’d put up something with a new twist. --- ## [My wife is leaving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-leaving/648479)
**Author:** [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-leaving/648479 "2013-02-01T14:32:57Z")
Long story. My wife worked for a major university when we got married five years ago, a late first marriage for both of us. I quit my Job as an engineer to move to her city. It wasn’t quite as it sounds; my company ha… --- ## [My baby gave me a hickey!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-gave-me-a-hickey/648929)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-gave-me-a-hickey/648929 "2013-02-01T13:29:57Z")
Lil’ Neville is breastfeeding. She will sometimes let me know it is time to feed her by trying to latch onto my arm. Last week, she did this while a service person was here. I couldn’t get away to feed her right away,… --- ## [My White House Petition - Payroll Taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-white-house-petition-payroll-taxes/649007)
**Author:** [@Honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honesty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-white-house-petition-payroll-taxes/649007 "2013-02-01T09:05:17Z")
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