# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1038 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1039 --- ## [I'm hearing SCARY voices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hearing-scary-voices/644503)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hearing-scary-voices/644503 "2012-12-21T14:18:41Z")
There is a road on the other side of the fence about 20 yards behind my house. As there’s an extra lane there, it’s not that uncommon for vehicles to pull over there. My neighbor’s (adult) kid also smokes (outside). 2… --- ## [Knock, knock \*opens door, peeks in\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock-opens-door-peeks-in/644364)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock-opens-door-peeks-in/644364 "2012-12-21T13:38:35Z")
Dang, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted here. Anything happen while I was out? Love what you’ve done with the place. Lots of added rooms. Looks like quality construction. I’d have gone with drapes over blinds,… --- ## [Another sovereign citizen embarasses self in public, offers to stop police chase for $300,000](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-sovereign-citizen-embarasses-self-in-public-offers-to-stop-police-chase-for-300-000/643826)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-sovereign-citizen-embarasses-self-in-public-offers-to-stop-police-chase-for-300-000/643826 "2012-12-21T12:47:39Z")
http://www.wistv.com/story/20310937/911-300000-thats-my-offer-im-asking-you-to-accept-it Article also notes that “Jenna”, I suppose not “JENNA”, has also been Facebook stalking a deputy after a DWI charge for which she… --- ## [Trapping cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trapping-cats/644491)
**Author:** [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trapping-cats/644491 "2012-12-21T04:38:04Z")
Our neighborhood has a number of rental houses that have gone vacant in the past year. Over the last few months, we’ve realized that one of the erstwhile renters left his cat behind. His pregnant cat. We started seeing t… --- ## [My Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-chihuahua/644667)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-chihuahua/644667 "2012-12-21T04:27:58Z")
My dog Sam goes absolutely ballistic when I return home from being out. For about 3 minutes he just goes wild jumping and licking and barking. Funny thing is if my girlfriend is asleep when I get home he does his entire … --- ## [Hey - it's only one month till the apocalypse!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753 "2012-12-21T03:44:40Z")
And nobody really seems to have noticed. I remember years ago reading about all the “December 21 2012” hooey and imagining that, when we actually got to 2012, there would be a steady increase in craziness as we headed to… --- ## [It is 21st December 2012, and I am still here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-21st-december-2012-and-i-am-still-here/644693)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-21st-december-2012-and-i-am-still-here/644693 "2012-12-21T02:57:26Z")
So the world didn’t e --- ## [Turn your child's drawing into a doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-childs-drawing-into-a-doll/644455)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-childs-drawing-into-a-doll/644455 "2012-12-21T01:43:58Z")
This is adorable. --- ## [If your voice was a musical intrument, what would it be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-voice-was-a-musical-intrument-what-would-it-be/644617)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-voice-was-a-musical-intrument-what-would-it-be/644617 "2012-12-21T01:34:55Z")
And/or what register? And why do you feel that way? I know what mine is, speaking and singing. I’d like to hear about yours. --- ## [Shooting at my therapy center... talk me down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-my-therapy-center-talk-me-down/644333)
**Author:** [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-my-therapy-center-talk-me-down/644333 "2012-12-21T01:04:54Z")
I am seriously freaking out. I’m under treatment for some fairly severe anxiety issues that prevent me from leaving the house most of the time unless I’m in the company of my husband or parents or certain other individu… --- ## [Our expected snow crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-expected-snow-crisis/644579)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-expected-snow-crisis/644579 "2012-12-21T00:24:02Z")
The Madison city Transportation department 10-15 inches of wet heavy snow over the next 24-36 hours. Typically they send out an email and make press announcements 12-24 hours before the emergency is in force so people c… --- ## [I missed my exam this morning.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-my-exam-this-morning/644484)
**Author:** [@Animastryfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Animastryfe)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-my-exam-this-morning/644484 "2012-12-21T00:08:33Z")
I had a final exam this morning, but I thought that the exam was supposed to be tomorrow, on Wednesday. I only realized my mistake when a classmate called me when I was about to miss my second exam of the day. I have pro… --- ## [Приколы нашего ф](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/644480)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/644480 "2012-12-21T00:08:23Z")
долго/забыл когда сюда не заглядывал .Давайте здлаем топ веселого настроения , чтоб почаще заглядвал сюда . Вот начну первый , Кот жжет понравилось видео и Ганстам стайл отжигает с Сердючкой , поржал … --- ## [Google hires Ray Kurzweil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-hires-ray-kurzweil/644384)
**Author:** [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-hires-ray-kurzweil/644384 "2012-12-20T22:40:24Z")
As “director of engineering,” no less. I’ve got to admit, I don’t know a lot about Kurzweil beyond his name and that he has big visions for the way society interacts with technology, but this certainly seems like a grea… --- ## [To Infinity....and Beyond! With NASA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-infinity-and-beyond-with-nasa/644669)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-infinity-and-beyond-with-nasa/644669 "2012-12-20T22:06:38Z")
According to Yahoo news, the new space suit design looks eerily like Buzz Lightyear’s, right down to the colors: Is this for real? If so, is it because Pixar was looking closely at in-the-works designs? I ca n underst… --- ## [Recommending a star employee over a marginal one isn't racism or playing favorites, you dingbat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommending-a-star-employee-over-a-marginal-one-isnt-racism-or-playing-favorites-you-dingbat/643326)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommending-a-star-employee-over-a-marginal-one-isnt-racism-or-playing-favorites-you-dingbat/643326 "2012-12-20T21:19:05Z")
Short version: one of my employees is boiling mad at me. Why? Because I declined to write her a letter of recommendation for a promotion, after first writing such a letter for a peer of hers whom I judged more qualified. … --- ## [48 hours (and counting) without power truly sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/48-hours-and-counting-without-power-truly-sucks/644488)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/48-hours-and-counting-without-power-truly-sucks/644488 "2012-12-20T18:47:09Z")
Too weak for the pit: a rant. It is now 7 pm, plus a bit, pacific standard time. My humble abode has been without power for 47 hours. My peaceful little chunk of Oregon suffered a relatively mild windstorm Sunday night… --- ## [What if The Straight Dope is really a cult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-straight-dope-is-really-a-cult/644499)
**Author:** [@Cats\_pajamas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cats_pajamas)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-straight-dope-is-really-a-cult/644499 "2012-12-20T18:17:28Z")
What if The Straight Dope forum is really a cult? This is not my first forum registration on the internets, and I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. And, it’s a concern I have. Your first reaction to this ques… --- ## [Police probing Quebec maple syrup heist worth up to $30-million](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-probing-quebec-maple-syrup-heist-worth-up-to-30-million/633226)
**Author:** [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-probing-quebec-maple-syrup-heist-worth-up-to-30-million/633226 "2012-12-20T15:39:18Z")
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/police-probing-quebec-maple-syrup-heist-worth-30-million/article4510740/ I am gonna just leave this one right here, except to say that I had no idea that we had a “global st… --- ## [Woke myself up last night moaning/screaming during a nightmare, TWICE.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woke-myself-up-last-night-moaning-screaming-during-a-nightmare-twice/644501)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woke-myself-up-last-night-moaning-screaming-during-a-nightmare-twice/644501 "2012-12-20T15:28:45Z")
Last night I had about the worst night of sleep I have had in a long time. I have a very long, sordid history of nightmares, but in recent years it has gotten a lot better. By better, I mean that instead of having nightm… --- ## [1,000 year old Irish joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-year-old-irish-joke/644514)
**Author:** [@Cats\_pajamas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cats_pajamas)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-year-old-irish-joke/644514 "2012-12-20T14:54:22Z")
“Three penitents resolved to quit the world for the ascetic life, and so sought the wilderness. After exactly a year’s silence the first one said: ‘’tis a good life we lead.’ At the next year’s end the second answered: ‘… --- ## [Men's Victorinox jacket looks like it's made from a garbage bag retails for $ 500.00?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-victorinox-jacket-looks-like-its-made-from-a-garbage-bag-retails-for-500-00/644521)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-victorinox-jacket-looks-like-its-made-from-a-garbage-bag-retails-for-500-00/644521 "2012-12-20T14:43:50Z")
I can see why it’s being discounted but originally $500.00 at retail? Really? --- ## [Tracking the (non)apocalypse!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracking-the-non-apocalypse/644626)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracking-the-non-apocalypse/644626 "2012-12-20T14:10:04Z")
I doubt many of our Aussie and other Far East dopers are awake yet, but I was wondering if any of them saw any signs of an apocalypse. Let us know if you spot any quartets of angry horsemen, flying pigs, or zombies that… --- ## [So my ex threatened suicide at me tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-ex-threatened-suicide-at-me-tonight/644167)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-ex-threatened-suicide-at-me-tonight/644167 "2012-12-20T11:26:37Z")
TL;DR I called the police, even though it was really hard. I don’t know if I even did the right thing. I still feel sick about the whole thing. Long version: My ex broke up with me a month ago. It’s a long story, but i… --- ## [When Christmas Parties Go Bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-christmas-parties-go-bad/644194)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-christmas-parties-go-bad/644194 "2012-12-20T05:06:54Z")
Not sure if this was a bad party or the best one ever: Over 30 hurt in company party brawl Thailand has New Year’s parties, but they’re essentially the same as Christmas parties, with gift giving and much of the Christm… --- ## [When I say I don't want any gifts, I really mean ... I don't want any gifts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-i-dont-want-any-gifts-i-really-mean-i-dont-want-any-gifts/419474)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-i-dont-want-any-gifts-i-really-mean-i-dont-want-any-gifts/419474 "2012-12-20T04:56:50Z")
This is way too minor for the Pit, so I’m putting it here. Every year, before my birthday and Christmas, my mom and other relatives ask me what I want. And I answer, “Nothing at all, thanks.” And I really, honestly mean… --- ## [I love my Kindle Fire HD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-my-kindle-fire-hd/644222)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-my-kindle-fire-hd/644222 "2012-12-20T04:28:50Z")
I got it in November. I went for the 7", 32GB model. The nice cashier at Staples scanned me an unexpected 10% off coupon just for kicks, so that was nice too. I had agonized over the decision between the Nexus 7 and the … --- ## [Speeding ticket prices in your area](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-ticket-prices-in-your-area/644534)
**Author:** [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-ticket-prices-in-your-area/644534 "2012-12-20T01:53:56Z")
Last night I got my first speeding ticket since 1986. I was going 39 in a 25mph zone, and this morning I checked the website for the cost…$196.00. This seems a wee bit high to me. Plus, you only get two weeks to pay it…… --- ## [Two police officers shot to death in my town. Long venting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-police-officers-shot-to-death-in-my-town-long-venting/644586)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-police-officers-shot-to-death-in-my-town-long-venting/644586 "2012-12-20T00:37:43Z")
Two officers responding to a call at a grocery store parking lot were shot to death by one of the people in the car they approached. Occupants were told to get out of the car, they did, and suddenly one guy shot the two… --- ## [It's Xmas Season - Name your CRAZY DREAM Gift Ideas!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-xmas-season-name-your-crazy-dream-gift-ideas/644353)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-xmas-season-name-your-crazy-dream-gift-ideas/644353 "2012-12-19T23:31:49Z")
Money is no limit, only imagination. Don’t pick something you can buy in a store we are talking custom one of kind crazy gifts from the Gods! I will start with a few: I want a 9 ball pool table with the 9 planets (ye… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1037) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1039)