# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1034 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1035 --- ## [Hobby Lobby volunteers nearly half a billion $ to US Gov't!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobby-lobby-volunteers-nearly-half-a-billion-to-us-govt/645384)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobby-lobby-volunteers-nearly-half-a-billion-to-us-govt/645384 "2012-12-29T03:19:39Z")
Wow! I knew these guys were all about Christian Values, but I had no idea they were so patriotic as well! Good on 'em! --- ## [My wife had a miscarriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-had-a-miscarriage/562625)
**Author:** [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-had-a-miscarriage/562625 "2012-12-29T03:12:01Z")
I’m just kind of numb. I haven’t had any big emotional response to this yet, but here’s what happened: On Monday my wife was 12 weeks pregnant and started spotting, then started bleeding. She looked at her pregnancy b… --- ## [To all Doper Lawyers...your first case...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-doper-lawyers-your-first-case/645242)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-doper-lawyers-your-first-case/645242 "2012-12-29T03:03:19Z")
When you were sitting at counsel table for your first case and had your arguments ready to go, were you terrified that, even though you had done your research, you had missed something obvious that would make you look li… --- ## [To "Mr. Anonymous" (Who Helped Me With The Subscription Give-Away)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mr-anonymous-who-helped-me-with-the-subscription-give-away/645376)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mr-anonymous-who-helped-me-with-the-subscription-give-away/645376 "2012-12-29T00:02:51Z")
Your recipients want you to know they appreciate your generous (4 Dope memberships!) very much. I am thanking you on their behalf because they don’t know who you are. But I do, and I think you and our friend Shakes rock… --- ## [How to stop a massacre](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stop-a-massacre/645324)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stop-a-massacre/645324 "2012-12-28T23:52:26Z")
--- ## [I found the secret to keeping New Year's Resolutions:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-secret-to-keeping-new-years-resolutions/644931)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-secret-to-keeping-new-years-resolutions/644931 "2012-12-28T23:13:32Z")
Just make them fun! (Duh) Screw trying to exercise more or eat healthy. You know that shit never works! 2012 was the first year I actually stood by my resolutions. They were: \[ul\] \[li\] Take at least one day off a mon… --- ## [Any Smart(er) Home Network People in Here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-smart-er-home-network-people-in-here/645289)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-smart-er-home-network-people-in-here/645289 "2012-12-28T22:45:53Z")
Maybe this belongs in GQ or Debates so feel free to move as required. Looking for home networking help. I have a 4000 square foot home with three levels including the basement. I am currently using an ISP provided Zyxd… --- ## [Would you trust them if you were Rudolph?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-trust-them-if-you-were-rudolph/645320)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-trust-them-if-you-were-rudolph/645320 "2012-12-28T21:00:48Z")
Stop and think about the lyrics of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”. “All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names; They never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games” So we have a clear case of emot… --- ## [Kwanzaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwanzaa/645423)
**Author:** [@Fallsguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fallsguy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwanzaa/645423 "2012-12-28T20:34:56Z")
Kwanzaa is declining in popularity as a holiday, so, I propose a new one. It’s called “Hankzaa”. It runs year round. You must buy and spend freely to celebrate this new holiday. But, it must all be bought, and spent,… --- ## [Little boys playing guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-boys-playing-guns/645387)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-boys-playing-guns/645387 "2012-12-28T20:16:13Z")
I grew up playing with toy guns; there’s no telling how many of them I owned. At that time, they had the awesome super-realistic replica guns that I could never afford, but I still spent more than my share of birthday m… --- ## [Norman Schwarzkopf has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norman-schwarzkopf-has-died/645328)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norman-schwarzkopf-has-died/645328 "2012-12-28T20:13:14Z")
--- ## [My favorite Christmas card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-christmas-card/645405)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-christmas-card/645405 "2012-12-28T18:42:31Z")
It must have been about 15 years ago I was buying a pack of cigs at the corner liquor store and one of our local homeless ladies was about a quarter or so short from paying for something so I chipped in the change. Outsi… --- ## [Finishing Up My 1st Month Of Drinking Only Water](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finishing-up-my-1st-month-of-drinking-only-water/645244)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finishing-up-my-1st-month-of-drinking-only-water/645244 "2012-12-28T18:33:11Z")
Nothing else. No juice, no milk. No nothing. I was drinking about 2.5 liters of diet sodas a day, and when I went for my eyelid surgery, the nurse had trouble starting the IV because I was so dehydrated from all the sod… --- ## [Yet another BBB pay to play controversy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bbb-pay-to-play-controversy/645402)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bbb-pay-to-play-controversy/645402 "2012-12-28T17:53:31Z")
The Better Business Bureau is being criticized for selling its seal of approval for charitable organizations. “Just as it was dogged by “pay to play” allegations about its business ratings two years ago, some question w… --- ## [Movies that offend God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-offend-god/110954)
**Author:** [@Fox\_Moxin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fox_Moxin)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-offend-god/110954 "2012-12-28T16:44:48Z")
Has anyone else seen this nut case? he makes me laugh. www.capalert.com --- ## [We are in a contest to win an IVF with Dr. Sher at SIRM - Please Vote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-in-a-contest-to-win-an-ivf-with-dr-sher-at-sirm-please-vote/643733)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-in-a-contest-to-win-an-ivf-with-dr-sher-at-sirm-please-vote/643733 "2012-12-28T16:44:33Z")
Posted with mod approval As many of you are aware, my husband and I have been trying to conceive our first child for the last five and a half years. We are ‘unexplained’, and started with Clomid, moved on to IUI and fin… --- ## [What's rough on the outside, but sweet on the inside?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rough-on-the-outside-but-sweet-on-the-inside/645062 "2012-12-28T15:38:09Z")
What’s something that’s rough on the outside, but sweet (or softer) on the inside? That’s not a joke that needs a punchline or something. It’s because I have a friend who’s like that, and I’m trying to think of somethin… --- ## [I love Boxing Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-boxing-day/645230)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-boxing-day/645230 "2012-12-28T08:43:05Z")
All the hectic rush of Christmas is over, there’s at will grazing on left- over turkey, no need to go out. The Cub and Mrs Piper both snoozing, I’m posting , but will move on to doing some dishes. General relaxation all … --- ## [I think I might have reduced my scam email exposure.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-might-have-reduced-my-scam-email-exposure/639500)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-might-have-reduced-my-scam-email-exposure/639500 "2012-12-28T08:37:04Z")
I was getting up to a couple of dozen scam emails a day on one of my webmail accounts - pretty nearly all of them being automatically filtered into the junk folder, but I thought I’d try an experiment. I dutifully repli… --- ## [Annual Swedish Goat Erection Arouse Arsonists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-swedish-goat-erection-arouse-arsonists/644678)
**Author:** [@MetroGnome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MetroGnome)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-swedish-goat-erection-arouse-arsonists/644678 "2012-12-28T08:21:15Z")
The ill-fated Gavle Goat has failed to survive to see Christmas this year. I knew something was up when the link to the webcam wasn’t working. It looks like it got burned down a week ago on the 13th. Is is wrong that I … --- ## [Hurt Feelings/Bad Feelings/Hateful Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurt-feelings-bad-feelings-hateful-words/645151)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurt-feelings-bad-feelings-hateful-words/645151 "2012-12-28T05:44:35Z")
Been thinking a lot about this lately and how, due to my mental problems, I may have lost some friends because of this. If I have, I sincerely apologize, because nothing is worth that, not even trying to defend one’s po… --- ## [Santa brought me gallstones for Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-brought-me-gallstones-for-christmas/645253)
**Author:** [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-brought-me-gallstones-for-christmas/645253 "2012-12-28T05:03:27Z")
Very early Christmas day I started getting abdominal pain. This prevented me from being able to go to bed. By noon with fever and pain and no sign of it getting better I went to the emergency at a crappy nearby hospital.… --- ## [Bubble Tea Neti Pot (ouch)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-neti-pot-ouch/586235)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-neti-pot-ouch/586235 "2012-12-28T01:33:52Z")
Today I decided to have a Bubble Tea, I got watermelon with lychee, no tapioca. So I’m moseying back to the office, sucking on my Bubble Tea but all the jellies are in a huge bunch at the bottom and won’t suck up the st… --- ## [Westboro vs. Anonymous (re: Sandy Hook shooting)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westboro-vs-anonymous-re-sandy-hook-shooting/644321)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westboro-vs-anonymous-re-sandy-hook-shooting/644321 "2012-12-28T01:30:40Z")
I love it when the forces of anarchy collide. Westboro Baptist Church to picket Sandy Hook Elementary School, incurs wrath of Anonymous --- ## [Man sets fire to own house, then murders two firefighters.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-sets-fire-to-own-house-then-murders-two-firefighters/645129)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-sets-fire-to-own-house-then-murders-two-firefighters/645129 "2012-12-28T00:51:40Z")
Forgive me if there is a thread on this already, but I don’t see it. What a total loser. Guy isn’t satisfied to kill himself, but murders two firefighters who were working Christmas Eve. One firefighter was 19 years ol… --- ## [Hey Guys and Ladies! Y'all Okay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-and-ladies-yall-okay/645141)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-and-ladies-yall-okay/645141 "2012-12-28T00:31:39Z")
Lots of bad weather, so I hope y’all are indoors and snuggled up and warm. Dondra had to work today, so I’ve been by myself for 14 hours. She’s back now but it’s 12 hours again tomorrow.:frowning: It’s the thing I hate … --- ## [Sad news from the North Pole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-from-the-north-pole/645132)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-from-the-north-pole/645132 "2012-12-27T23:59:05Z")
Santa’s wife beat him up and has filed for divorce. She caught him sneaking out of the Ho-Ho Ho House. Merry Christmas, fellow Dopers! --- ## [Happy birthday baby girl!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-baby-girl/645192)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-baby-girl/645192 "2012-12-27T23:48:52Z")
My eldest child’s birthday is today. Ten years ago I went to the hospital late on Christmas day in the middle of a snowstorm. My husband was so scared of impending fatherhood he dropped his keys in a drifting pile of slu… --- ## [My Cat's Breath Smells Like...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-breath-smells-like/645172)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-breath-smells-like/645172 "2012-12-27T23:30:11Z")
My cat’s breath smells like feces. And I am at my wit’s end to explain it, or deal with it. To answer the inevitable questions: Yes she has adequate food. Yes she has adequate water. Yes she has a clean potty to relieve… --- ## [We got my cat back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-my-cat-back/644913)
**Author:** [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-my-cat-back/644913 "2012-12-27T22:25:08Z")
Around three weeks ago my cat\* Nimitz\* disappeared, as noted in this Pit thread. Last night at 10pm I got a cryptic email from one of the message boards that I posted his details on: “We have your cat phone ########”. T… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1033) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1035)