# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1036 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1037 --- ## [Ok, I'll start this week's MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 346\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295 "2012-12-24T16:10:45Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. YAWN 'Tis 57 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 73 and a promise of rain and tstorms. We shall see. Tonight is men’s night over to the church house. Thus I have steaks marinat… --- ## [Beautiful photograph of the Milky Way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-photograph-of-the-milky-way/644974)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-photograph-of-the-milky-way/644974 "2012-12-24T14:52:45Z")
\[URL=“http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/9760338/Pictures-of-the-day-21-December-2012.html?frame=2434124”\]MilkyWay waterfall. StG --- ## [Kittens, puppies and lambs in Christmas hats. So cute.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kittens-puppies-and-lambs-in-christmas-hats-so-cute/645009)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kittens-puppies-and-lambs-in-christmas-hats-so-cute/645009 "2012-12-24T14:32:13Z")
These pictures brightened up my morning. :smiley: My favorite is the white pup with the Christmas wrapping. --- ## [Season of mists and mellow sequential threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-of-mists-and-mellow-sequential-threads/638598)
**Author:** [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Replies:** 465\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-of-mists-and-mellow-sequential-threads/638598 "2012-12-24T12:58:11Z")
(It’s definitely not summer any more and the last thread was four months old) \*\* Why do some men have a cuckold fantasy? Sometimes, the less you say, the better. Share yours.\*\* --- ## [Robert the doll wants to kill you -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-the-doll-wants-to-kill-you/644959)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-the-doll-wants-to-kill-you/644959 "2012-12-24T12:25:24Z")
Wiki Yes he does Youtube vid Robert The Doll --- ## [Al Jazeera reports chemical weapons attack in Syria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jazeera-reports-chemical-weapons-attack-in-syria/645002)
**Author:** [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jazeera-reports-chemical-weapons-attack-in-syria/645002 "2012-12-24T12:23:55Z")
I first heard report on BBC radio which they were calling unconfirmed. A witness on scene reported 7 dead and 65 injured (12 critically) from the attack in Homs. Al Jazeera has a report posted with videos from a field … --- ## [A Shameful Roundup if the Year's Most Humiliating Marketing Blunders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shameful-roundup-if-the-years-most-humiliating-marketing-blunders/644701)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shameful-roundup-if-the-years-most-humiliating-marketing-blunders/644701 "2012-12-24T07:51:22Z")
See them here. Sorry about having to view them only one at a time, but there are some real doozies here. --- ## [Same day, same month and same year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-day-same-month-and-same-year/644812)
**Author:** [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-day-same-month-and-same-year/644812 "2012-12-24T06:46:51Z")
Today I happened to meet a sparkly lady who announced that she had turned seventy in November. What day, I asked as I, too, turned seventy in November. The tenth, she said. In amazement I cried, “That is my birthday, … --- ## [Dead people always described as being full of life and lighting up the room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-people-always-described-as-being-full-of-life-and-lighting-up-the-room/644694)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-people-always-described-as-being-full-of-life-and-lighting-up-the-room/644694 "2012-12-24T06:43:59Z")
I seem to be noticing this lately. People–usually folks taken out prematurely and uexpectedly–described as cheerful, fun-loving, welcoming extroverts. Always full of life…the type of person who lights up a room the mom… --- ## [Astoundingly good service from a company](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astoundingly-good-service-from-a-company/644960)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astoundingly-good-service-from-a-company/644960 "2012-12-24T06:36:52Z")
My brother is a Master Plumber, and he installed a Gerber Powerflush toilet in my apartment back in 2004. The Powerflush is a toilet that uses very little water - only 1 gallon, compared to the old 3.5 gallon gravity toi… --- ## [Two funerals in my city today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-funerals-in-my-city-today/644883)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-funerals-in-my-city-today/644883 "2012-12-24T04:39:36Z")
I hope I never have to see this kind of thing again. Today, here in Topeka, Kansas there were the funerals for two police officers shot to death last week, in the line of duty. The funerals were held in the Expocentre,… --- ## [Cold weather dopers -- Do you wear your winter coat during your commute?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-dopers-do-you-wear-your-winter-coat-during-your-commute/644512)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-dopers-do-you-wear-your-winter-coat-during-your-commute/644512 "2012-12-24T03:32:37Z")
Mundane, I know. But I’ve been idly wondering if commuters in really cold climates just keep their coats on while driving to work. Or do you turn up the heater and ride in your shirtsleeves? As a southerner who rarely… --- ## [Northern VA Dopers! Great empanada joint in Fairfax! (No, not Julia's)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-great-empanada-joint-in-fairfax-no-not-julias/644977)
**Author:** [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-great-empanada-joint-in-fairfax-no-not-julias/644977 "2012-12-24T02:41:17Z")
Let me get this out of the way: I love Julia’s Empanadas. They are wonderful. This is not them. There’s a bakery right near Pickett Road and 236 that has fantastic empanadas. I think their storefront just says “Baker… --- ## [I'll be in Manhattan tomorrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-manhattan-tomorrow/644928)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-manhattan-tomorrow/644928 "2012-12-24T01:02:46Z")
Into Manhattan tomorrow for a mommy-daughter day with my eldest. The plan is to see the Tiffany glass exhibit at the Met and hit the Guggenheim and the Jewish Museum in the morning. Then window shopping on Fifth Avenue, … --- ## [Giving breasts a squeeze could hinder cancer growth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-breasts-a-squeeze-could-hinder-cancer-growth/644469)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-breasts-a-squeeze-could-hinder-cancer-growth/644469 "2012-12-23T23:53:32Z")
According to researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, placing mechanical force on malignant mammary cells can actually reverse their irregular growth proces… --- ## [Despite my best efforts, Christmas will be arriving on schedule this year.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/despite-my-best-efforts-christmas-will-be-arriving-on-schedule-this-year/644947)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/despite-my-best-efforts-christmas-will-be-arriving-on-schedule-this-year/644947 "2012-12-23T22:29:12Z")
\[Evil!Skald\] Late yesterday afternoon, at approximately 32:15, there was a dreadful calmor in the RhymerLair. It was the dungeon alarm. I grabbed a laser-axe and raced to the Pit of Despair, but it was too late. Not onl… --- ## [Quote of the Day ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-of-the-day/644935)
**Author:** [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-of-the-day/644935 "2012-12-23T22:04:22Z")
“Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference “ –Mark Twain Variation, same theme: “Don’t argue with idiots because they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience… --- ## [Conspiracy theory re Sandy Hook, Aurora, etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theory-re-sandy-hook-aurora-etc/644927)
**Author:** [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theory-re-sandy-hook-aurora-etc/644927 "2012-12-23T19:20:02Z")
Please, help me respond to someone in my family who takes this disturbingly seriously. --- ## [The highlights & lowlights of your year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highlights-lowlights-of-your-year/644815)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highlights-lowlights-of-your-year/644815 "2012-12-23T19:03:13Z")
Here are my highs and lows and changes of the past year: \*I got a service award for volunteering at a local hospital \*My cousin moved in with me and brought two cats along \*My older niece married \*My aunt died \*Got … --- ## ["Say dammit, Daddy," A Preschooler's Knows When To Swear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-dammit-daddy-a-preschoolers-knows-when-to-swear/643288)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-dammit-daddy-a-preschoolers-knows-when-to-swear/643288 "2012-12-23T18:08:43Z")
I’m only sort of late getting our Christmas tree up. Considering all what’s happening, it’s not bad. I get the tree out of the box and start to put it together. And drop something. My four-year-old, Beta-chan, looks up … --- ## [Is it OKAY to congratulate a political body here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-okay-to-congratulate-a-political-body-here/644558)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-okay-to-congratulate-a-political-body-here/644558 "2012-12-23T17:17:30Z")
The Orleans Parish School Board in Louisiana Just Voted to Ban Creationism (and distorted history) from Their Schools Nice job folks. I’d call this an anti-pitting or unpitting. More Voices | Patheos So they avoid t… --- ## [Farting Federal Employee gets Written Reprimand.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-federal-employee-gets-written-reprimand/644808)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-federal-employee-gets-written-reprimand/644808 "2012-12-23T15:42:19Z")
Who was the anal retentive jerk that logged every fart? Maybe they could get some office work done instead of harassing this guy. Buy a scented candle for gosh sakes. Five page reprimand for farting. That stinks. … --- ## [An airliner's shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-airliners-shadow/644909)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-airliners-shadow/644909 "2012-12-23T15:19:47Z")
When riding a jet plane, assuming the time is right and you’re seated in the right seat, you can see the plane’s shadow on the ground. It must be moving as fast as a .45 cal slug. Would a person notice the shadow when it… --- ## [Brothers Killed On The Same Day - The Great War](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brothers-killed-on-the-same-day-the-great-war/644919)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brothers-killed-on-the-same-day-the-great-war/644919 "2012-12-23T13:58:26Z")
This was something I hadn’t thought much about, but I was perusing a site I found where one of the projects was to find brothers killed in the war on the same day. To my surprise the research has turned up 300 sets of b… --- ## [Happy Festivus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-festivus/644911)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-festivus/644911 "2012-12-23T08:21:55Z")
Since we’re not in the Pit, we’ll have to dispense with the Airing of Grievances, so, Who wants to take me on in the Feats of Strength? --- ## [I'm back...so what's new around here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527 "2012-12-23T05:59:02Z")
It’s been a while since I posted here, but on a whim this morning I typed in the address for the good ol’ SDMB-- I’m surprised I remembered it it’s been so long! And my password? Good grief, it took me 20 tries to finall… --- ## [Amusing Incidents at School](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-incidents-at-school/641702)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-incidents-at-school/641702 "2012-12-23T05:45:22Z")
In second-year French, at Redondo High, a cat sauntered into the room, jumped onto a table at the front of the room, and started preening himself, to our chuckles and giggles. The teacher commented, “C’est un chat classi… --- ## [Oddest things I've seen since moving to NYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-things-ive-seen-since-moving-to-nyc/643395)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-things-ive-seen-since-moving-to-nyc/643395 "2012-12-23T05:29:48Z")
In a couple of months it will be my three year anniversary of being a New Yorker! To celebrate, here’s a recounting of the strangest, most unsettling, unexpected, and just plain befuddling moments I’ve personally experie… --- ## [do one kind thing!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-one-kind-thing/644570)
**Author:** [@bot3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bot3)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-one-kind-thing/644570 "2012-12-23T03:06:13Z")
Today I surprised myself. At the grocery store buying a few things. Get into a typical line with about one or two large baskets in front of me. An old man looking a bit worse for ware with just a bottle of water in hand … --- ## [Feminism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feminism/644429)
**Author:** [@onetwothreego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/onetwothreego)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feminism/644429 "2012-12-23T01:21:09Z")
So…I have a slave job, but it’s a job and I need the money. Like most slave jobs, it’s poorly organised. As a result of the lack of organisation, we are all given free reign with the rota. I work with this girl. She cla… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1035) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1037)