# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1039 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1040 --- ## [Long haired, ramen noodle eatin' women - I got what you need baby!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-haired-ramen-noodle-eatin-women-i-got-what-you-need-baby/644198)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-haired-ramen-noodle-eatin-women-i-got-what-you-need-baby/644198 "2012-12-19T19:45:59Z")
Got it right here! Now you can tuck in! --- ## [The CIA denies it is trying to remove a letter from Russian orthography](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cia-denies-it-is-trying-to-remove-a-letter-from-russian-orthography/644407)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cia-denies-it-is-trying-to-remove-a-letter-from-russian-orthography/644407 "2012-12-19T18:05:45Z")
Some Russians take peeving to a whole new level. Viktor Chumakov, an 80-year-old retired engineer, thinks the CIA is behind a linguistic shift he disapproves of; namely, the fact the letter Ё (Yo) is being replaced by th… --- ## [Do I have this right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-this-right/644553)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-this-right/644553 "2012-12-19T18:03:22Z")
I was looking at this chart of the Composition of the human body. Let’s assume an average adult human weighs about 150 pounds. The human body is about 70-75% water so 75% of 150 pounds = 112.5 pounds of water 1 gall… --- ## [WTF??? (Iran blames Israel for Sandy Hook)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-iran-blames-israel-for-sandy-hook/644464)
**Author:** [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-iran-blames-israel-for-sandy-hook/644464 "2012-12-19T18:03:18Z")
I swear, this isn’t even pit-worthy: Iran blames Israel for the Sandy Hook shooting Apparently Israel is mad at the US for a snub regarding building in the West Bank, so our reaction was to send a death squad to shoot u… --- ## [I'm in the hosspital.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-hosspital/636325)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-hosspital/636325 "2012-12-19T14:06:34Z")
If any of this is spelled poorly, grammatically incorrect, or just plain incoherent, blame it on the morphine. I went to the ER last night with terrible abdominal pains. They diagnosed pancreatitis. So now I have to go … --- ## [How many years since you were involved in (or just missed) a serious automobile collision?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-since-you-were-involved-in-or-just-missed-a-serious-automobile-collision/644409)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2012, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-since-you-were-involved-in-or-just-missed-a-serious-automobile-collision/644409 "2012-12-19T11:10:33Z")
First death defying near collision was in 1984. I was driving some friends to a party on a summer weekend in a nearby town very late at night. We were caught behind a pokey late 70’s Ford sedan in a double yellow while… --- ## [What's the weirdest thing you found hiding in your cleavage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-thing-you-found-hiding-in-your-cleavage/644276)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-thing-you-found-hiding-in-your-cleavage/644276 "2012-12-19T04:34:07Z")
Oh yeh. I’m going there, ladies. I blasted my wife with this question a bit ago, when it occurred to me, due to some quirky law of physics, that if there’s a hole, one way or another, somethings gonna fill it, and if th… --- ## [Why God made Golden Retrievers (re: Sandy Hook)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-god-made-golden-retrievers-re-sandy-hook/644373)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-god-made-golden-retrievers-re-sandy-hook/644373 "2012-12-19T03:50:50Z")
Golden retrievers sent to comfort Newtown survivors Judging by the reader comments there, many people agree. --- ## [NBC Richard Engel is Missing in Syria; NBC News Enforces News Blackout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-richard-engel-is-missing-in-syria-nbc-news-enforces-news-blackout/644344)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-richard-engel-is-missing-in-syria-nbc-news-enforces-news-blackout/644344 "2012-12-19T03:38:04Z")
NBC correspondent Richard Engel is missing in Syria, along with his Turkish news producer. Reports are saying he has been missing since last Thursday. NBC News is apparently asking for a blackout from all other news me… --- ## ['Tis a Joyful Season of Love and Giving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-joyful-season-of-love-and-giving/644394)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-joyful-season-of-love-and-giving/644394 "2012-12-19T03:18:58Z")
I think I’ll run this fucking red light and smash into some innocent children. My kids went to a movie earlier. I insisted they take my Yukon instead of mom’s little Buick. The Yukon is now undrivable, but the kids ar… --- ## [they refused my blood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-refused-my-blood/643992)
**Author:** [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-refused-my-blood/643992 "2012-12-19T01:06:55Z")
I went to give blood yesterday and they wouldn’t take it. It just so happened the day before I had three small patches of skin that needed to be scraped and sent for testing. I was given a small injection to numb each a… --- ## [Polyamorus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polyamorus/644392)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polyamorus/644392 "2012-12-18T20:29:16Z")
Why do people in these types of relationships always seem to be,…um, how can I put this delicately, not the kind of people you would want to be sleeping around with? The word ogre comes to mind. --- ## [Dendarii Dame vs. the Christmas Cookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendarii-dame-vs-the-christmas-cookies/644075)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendarii-dame-vs-the-christmas-cookies/644075 "2012-12-18T19:34:03Z")
When some women hit middle age, they decide to run a business, run a marathon, or run for office. More power to them, I say. I aimed for a smaller, first-time-ever accomplishment: making cookies from scratch. Today, … --- ## [Dead, or poor grammar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-or-poor-grammar/644361)
**Author:** [@Eggerhaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eggerhaus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-or-poor-grammar/644361 "2012-12-18T18:19:17Z")
So I’m reading the Huffington Post today and come upon an article about the death, at 96, of an old timey movie actor named Jack Hanlon. (He was in two “Lil Rascals” films.) The story ends with this: “He will be burie… --- ## [Sen. Daniel K. Inouye - hero, public servant: RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sen-daniel-k-inouye-hero-public-servant-rip/644371)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sen-daniel-k-inouye-hero-public-servant-rip/644371 "2012-12-18T18:13:08Z")
Early report. Long-time serving senator for Hawaii. Medal of Honor recipient. A good and decent man. His last words? “Aloha”. --- ## [Are you t.t.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-t-t/644439)
**Author:** [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-t-t/644439 "2012-12-18T17:58:53Z")
Are you t.t.? If you answer “yes”: If you answer “no”: --- ## [How many years has it been since you've gotten a speeding ticket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871 "2012-12-18T17:17:34Z")
So? How long has it been? I got five speeding tickets in less than a year in 1986 in Texas when I was 16 and lost my license. I got one more in 1991 and that was my last moving violation. So for me it’s been 21 years (ou… --- ## [SDMB ruined me for other sites, conversations, and polite company, frankly.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ruined-me-for-other-sites-conversations-and-polite-company-frankly/644393)
**Author:** [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ruined-me-for-other-sites-conversations-and-polite-company-frankly/644393 "2012-12-18T04:27:16Z")
Okay, Pinterest fans, I’m starting with you. Nothing you put in your bathwater or on your skin will “detox” you. No, you are not literally going to cover your Ipad with diamonds, sew that wedding gown as soon as you get … --- ## [Make me Laugh, Video Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-laugh-video-edition/643892)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-laugh-video-edition/643892 "2012-12-18T03:25:33Z")
Put NSFW in spoiler tags and tell us why it is NSFW (language, nudity, etc) Other than that, free reign to post funny, amusing, hilarious videos. This is a new one that a FB friend posted. Autotune Sweet… --- ## [Stupid cop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-cop/644314)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-cop/644314 "2012-12-18T00:57:56Z")
I’m not really sure what forum this belongs in, but let’s start it here and see what interesting journey it takes. I’ll try telling this by deidentifying the parties involved as much as possible. A friend is a psycholo… --- ## [WWII Homing Pigeon Found](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-homing-pigeon-found/639765)
**Author:** [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-homing-pigeon-found/639765 "2012-12-17T23:33:03Z")
WWII homing pigeon with coded message found in Bletchingley, Surrey. What’s the message say? --- ## [Oh, the irony of mixed messages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-irony-of-mixed-messages/644017)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-irony-of-mixed-messages/644017 "2012-12-17T22:07:19Z")
I’m driving along yesterday and a car pulls out of a driveway and cuts me off so I have to hit the brakes to avoid collision. Then I notice she’s (the driver) also cut off a pedestrian about to cross the driveway, an ol… --- ## [Spiders!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders/641094)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders/641094 "2012-12-17T21:55:33Z")
I had family stay over Sunday night. While sitting on the couch, my sister noticed a spider on my window frame. I told her to ignore it, and we went back to watching some Louis CK bits on Youtube, Flash forward to las… --- ## [Canadian camouflage company claims to have created perfect invisibility cloak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-camouflage-company-claims-to-have-created-perfect-invisibility-cloak/644161)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-camouflage-company-claims-to-have-created-perfect-invisibility-cloak/644161 "2012-12-17T20:45:57Z")
Just got this on the news and thought everyone else here would be interested in this . Not sure how it works but first of its kind today they tell everyone they got it working . For some time people have been trying to… --- ## [He's Santa and he knows it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-santa-and-he-knows-it/644341)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-santa-and-he-knows-it/644341 "2012-12-17T20:03:28Z")
I can’t believe I didn’t see this last year, but there’s a lot of stuff on the inter tubes and sometimes I guess ya just miss something. From the fine folks at The Key of Awesome, here’s Santa and I Know It (yes, it’s a… --- ## [Don't Brits carry photo ID??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-brits-carry-photo-id/644120)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-brits-carry-photo-id/644120 "2012-12-17T19:35:13Z")
I think of Britain as being more regulated than the good ole USA, but I might be wrong. I was watching an episode of Sherlock, the 2010 BBC series. The bad guys have snatched Watson, but think he’s Holmes because Holmes … --- ## [Gadgets that actually work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgets-that-actually-work/644226)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgets-that-actually-work/644226 "2012-12-17T19:33:23Z")
I imagine there have been threads like this before, but I haven’t seen one in a while. At a Yankee Candle outlet store we bought a decorative metal lid (it has a hole in the center for the flame) for the jar candles bec… --- ## [Dear CNN: What's a dinosaur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cnn-whats-a-dinosaur/644299)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cnn-whats-a-dinosaur/644299 "2012-12-17T19:12:41Z")
OK, so, I know the term dinosaur is not a technically precise term, but come on, CNN. Last week’s front-page headline: Crayfish-hunting cousins hook mastodon Today’s front-page headline: Crayfish-hunting cousins hook… --- ## [I'm Craving a Tall Glass of MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 527\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554 "2012-12-17T18:41:51Z")
So as most of you know I am pregnant with my third child. (Second pregnancy) I haven’t been craving anything in particular for very long, but I have had waves of cravings such as: Milk. Mmmmm, tall glass of cold milk. … --- ## [Am I a journalist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-journalist/643579)
**Author:** [@Scholar\_Beardpig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scholar_Beardpig)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-journalist/643579 "2012-12-17T18:01:14Z")
Hello academicians and intellectissimas, I have started a new job! I am an American working for a large Chinese company that does business reporting. I am the second-level editor of the English-language section of our… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1038) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1040)