# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1037 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1038 --- ## [Slap in the face or ungrateful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slap-in-the-face-or-ungrateful/644731)
**Author:** [@regor62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/regor62)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slap-in-the-face-or-ungrateful/644731 "2012-12-23T00:57:51Z")
I work for a multimillion dollar company that builds modular homes here in Canada. They are a private company so I don’t exactly how much in sales they make each year but a good guess would upwards of 75 million. I reali… --- ## [Women's rejection tactics.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-rejection-tactics/644656)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-rejection-tactics/644656 "2012-12-23T00:20:36Z")
I’m sure there are women out there that don’t do this. I’m also sure men do this as well. Being a straight male, however, I can only speak from my experiences. A back story of my latest experience. I met a gal over t… --- ## [Sibling's & Children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-children/644876)
**Author:** [@damagedgoods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/damagedgoods)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-children/644876 "2012-12-22T23:58:36Z")
I have a (almost)17yr.old autistic boy,and an xtremely bright,although quite socially slow(possbly due to the wreckage of my past & till she was 8 1/2 in a English as a 2nd language school)10 yr old girl.Don’t think aspe… --- ## ["Jesus came to die..." and sell Christmas cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-came-to-die-and-sell-christmas-cards/644685)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-came-to-die-and-sell-christmas-cards/644685 "2012-12-22T23:47:22Z")
My fanatically religious fundamentalist cousins sent me their annual Christmas card. Inside, in print, it says, “Be still, and know that I am God.” Above the print, they wrote, “Jesus came to die and give you life.” S… --- ## [Moar First World Problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798)
**Author:** [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798 "2012-12-22T21:49:40Z")
I deserve to whinge: I was sitting in my usual hairstylist’s chair when I started to detect the very unpleasant stench of “Cinnabar”, one of those dowager Estee Lauder scents that women who wear them douse themselves in. … --- ## [Interesting things I've learned recently.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-things-ive-learned-recently/644807)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-things-ive-learned-recently/644807 "2012-12-22T21:47:01Z")
People are talking about gun control again. You know who else supported gun control? Ronald Reagan supported gun control, if you consider the Brady Bill to be ‘gun control’, and I know the gun rights people do. The NRA c… --- ## [Christmas is going to be rubbish, cheer me up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-is-going-to-be-rubbish-cheer-me-up/644805)
**Author:** [@Corporal\_Nobbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporal_Nobbs)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-is-going-to-be-rubbish-cheer-me-up/644805 "2012-12-22T21:23:09Z")
By telling me how you will have a worse day (lighthearted thread, so you know, no death, politics, or illness) I am on a ship coming back from the Gulf, heading home to blighty. The Sun is shining, the World didnt end y… --- ## [Faulty pattern recognition (Twin to marry her sister's murderer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faulty-pattern-recognition-twin-to-marry-her-sisters-murderer/644710)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faulty-pattern-recognition-twin-to-marry-her-sisters-murderer/644710 "2012-12-22T21:12:39Z")
This is the kind of thing when when you first start reading it, you cannot really help but laugh, at least if you are me. More: Argentine woman to marry twin sister's killer - BBC News But then you actually think thro… --- ## [Crack yourself up lately? Do tell...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crack-yourself-up-lately-do-tell/644665)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crack-yourself-up-lately-do-tell/644665 "2012-12-22T20:53:41Z")
I’m in the kitchen. I break out the cutting board and sit it on the counter. I go to the fridge to retrieve some items. When I turn back around, I see kitty standing on the cutting board with all four paws. To which my … --- ## [They busted the Fat Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-busted-the-fat-man/644772)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-busted-the-fat-man/644772 "2012-12-22T20:39:43Z")
There were elves lined up on JFK Boulevard waving signs that said “Santa stop ahead!” Sure enough, he did, because there he was, with a bunch of NLR cops at a mobile control van, or whatever it’s called. I’m glad they … --- ## [What's it like to live in Manhattan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-live-in-manhattan/643854)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-live-in-manhattan/643854 "2012-12-22T20:33:16Z")
The biggest and most dense urban area I’ve ever lived is where I am now, in Arlington right outside of DC. And I (we) love it here. When I think about it and compare it to other places I’ve lived (generally suburban pa… --- ## [The Best/Worst/etc of 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-worst-etc-of-2012/644834)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-worst-etc-of-2012/644834 "2012-12-22T15:46:37Z")
I already have one thread here on the Worst Marketing Blunders of 2012, but I suspect there will be many best/worst lists coming out. So if you want, here’s a thread in which to post them all. To start, I give you: The … --- ## [I got an A in algebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-a-in-algebra/644234)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-a-in-algebra/644234 "2012-12-22T15:04:05Z")
I’m 55. I’m a ninth-grade dropout. This is the first time I’ve ever studied math beyond kitchen arithmetic. I’m pleased. And, frankly, surprised. --- ## [CNN article describing how quickly guns can be taken away.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-article-describing-how-quickly-guns-can-be-taken-away/644362)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-article-describing-how-quickly-guns-can-be-taken-away/644362 "2012-12-22T09:05:30Z")
I’m posting this primarily because CNN is generally considered reasonably unbiased. There is already a gun debate in great debates. I’m just providing information here. Please don’t shoot the messenger. … --- ## [I have the flu.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-the-flu/644695)
**Author:** [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-the-flu/644695 "2012-12-22T04:21:43Z")
Le sigh, le bummer. I’m down with the flu and feeling absolutely rotten. My doctor told me Wednesday that the CDC says now only 70% of the flu strains were covered with this year’s flu shot. Gee. Guess which percentage… --- ## [Pi has enemies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-has-enemies/587125)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-has-enemies/587125 "2012-12-22T03:06:16Z")
The mathematical constant pi is under threat from a group of detractors who will be marking “Tau Day” on Tuesday. Tau Day revellers suggest a constant called tau should take its place: twice as large as pi, or about … --- ## [A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-professor-stood-before-his-philosophy-class-and-had-some-items-in-front-of-him/644267)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-professor-stood-before-his-philosophy-class-and-had-some-items-in-front-of-him/644267 "2012-12-22T02:57:41Z")
I’m sure it’s an apocryphal story, but still amusing - A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him --- ## [Official Mayan End of the World Thread. Midnight tonight. Post your observations.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-mayan-end-of-the-world-thread-midnight-tonight-post-your-observations/644646)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-mayan-end-of-the-world-thread-midnight-tonight-post-your-observations/644646 "2012-12-22T02:32:36Z")
Tonight, as the calendar rolls over to 12/21/2012, we should all post here describing the end of the world as it happens around us. Make sure to charge up your laptops or UPS batteries. One question. Will destruction ro… --- ## [Buh bye!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buh-bye/644672)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buh-bye/644672 "2012-12-22T01:48:59Z")
Yeah, I know we have Mayan Apocalypse threads comin’ out of our asses lately, but none to just kiss our own and each other asses goodbye. “So long, farewell, auf weedersame, goodbye…” If there’s a Mayan Hell, I got dib… --- ## [Your Christmas Shopping "Tragedies" and "Successes", or, My Hobbit Adventure.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-christmas-shopping-tragedies-and-successes-or-my-hobbit-adventure/644797)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-christmas-shopping-tragedies-and-successes-or-my-hobbit-adventure/644797 "2012-12-22T00:26:50Z")
By “tragedy” I mean gifts that went wrong somehow: You promised it, but couldn’t get it… it was meant with the best intentions, but was not appreciated as such by the recipient… stuff like that. By “triumph” I mean that … --- ## [It's the end of the world as we know it...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/644756)
**Author:** [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/644756 "2012-12-22T00:15:51Z")
…and I feel fine. How about you? --- ## [PHOTO: Mount Everest, in two billion pixels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-mount-everest-in-two-billion-pixels/644525)
**Author:** [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-mount-everest-in-two-billion-pixels/644525 "2012-12-21T23:10:09Z")
From the Washington Post: The image is the result of a project by David Breashears, who has already climbed the highest mountain in the world five times. He used old images of Everest and its glaciers and combined them … --- ## [Acting sergeants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acting-sergeants/644420)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acting-sergeants/644420 "2012-12-21T22:33:17Z")
Are these advanced corporals, or non-coms on stage, or what? Just trying to avoid a breach in the space-time continuum. --- ## [Spider Uses Puppet Decoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-uses-puppet-decoy/644621)
**Author:** [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-uses-puppet-decoy/644621 "2012-12-21T22:23:48Z")
Story here: http://blog.perunature.com/2012/12/new-species-of-decoy-spider-likely.html A tiny spider that makes a larger decoy out of leaf litter and then jiggles it with silk threads to deter predators. --- ## [NRA press conference interrupted by protesters.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nra-press-conference-interrupted-by-protesters/644750)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nra-press-conference-interrupted-by-protesters/644750 "2012-12-21T21:56:25Z")
Watching on MSNBC. Asshat spokesman for the NRA wants more guns in schools. So far he’s been stopped twice by two different protesters complete with banners and everything. Will post link when on e becomes available. M… --- ## [6 harsh truths that will make you a better person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-harsh-truths-that-will-make-you-a-better-person/644748)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-harsh-truths-that-will-make-you-a-better-person/644748 "2012-12-21T19:51:37Z")
Let me guess. This is Atlas Shrugged lite. --- ## [A somewhat negative (Daily Mail) spin on a highly positive spin (eulogy) on a dead dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-somewhat-negative-daily-mail-spin-on-a-highly-positive-spin-eulogy-on-a-dead-dude/644711)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-somewhat-negative-daily-mail-spin-on-a-highly-positive-spin-eulogy-on-a-dead-dude/644711 "2012-12-21T17:06:13Z")
This was published eleven days ago, I am bringing it up in another thread but thought a wider audience (cause the other thread is potentially depressing so probably won’t be looked at much) may appreciate it. Far more … --- ## [Guys, stop enabling these women.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-stop-enabling-these-women/644390)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-stop-enabling-these-women/644390 "2012-12-21T16:43:38Z")
I swear, I feel like I’m in a subway commercial. I’m at work. I’m sitting at my computer minding my own damn business. About five feet behind me are four of my coworkers; two guys, two women. (The women are what most wo… --- ## [Well... we're still here... so far](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-were-still-here-so-far/644735)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-were-still-here-so-far/644735 "2012-12-21T15:43:35Z")
Let’s have a song to commemorate the day. --- ## [Video of eagle snatching kid from park in Montreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-eagle-snatching-kid-from-park-in-montreal/644516)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-eagle-snatching-kid-from-park-in-montreal/644516 "2012-12-21T15:41:51Z")
This video was allegedly shot in a Montreal park. Youtube Link It’s an eagle swooping down and trying to haul off a kid in a puffy coat. He doesn’t manage to take off carrying the kid, but it looks like it was close. I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1036) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1038)