# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1052 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1053 --- ## [Dozens of children killed in Egyptian school bus/train crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-of-children-killed-in-egyptian-school-bus-train-crash/641370)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-of-children-killed-in-egyptian-school-bus-train-crash/641370 "2012-11-18T03:49:50Z")
This is truly awful. A train in Egypt smashed into a school bus, killing 47 people – most of them children. There are reports that the crossing had a guard, I guess to lower the roadway barriers, but he was asleep. Th… --- ## [Sadly forgotten slang from the 20s. Wonder if I can revive any?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadly-forgotten-slang-from-the-20s-wonder-if-i-can-revive-any/641274)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadly-forgotten-slang-from-the-20s-wonder-if-i-can-revive-any/641274 "2012-11-18T03:48:25Z")
I was reading Shake Down the Thunder: The Creation of Notre Dame Football by Murray A. Sperber and in speeches Knute Rockne is said to disparage, “the tailor’s model, the tea hound, the poser and the man who can’t take i… --- ## [In your experience, what is the worst type of pain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-what-is-the-worst-type-of-pain/640674)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-what-is-the-worst-type-of-pain/640674 "2012-11-18T00:41:46Z")
I was talking to a friend the other day about my appendectomy a few years ago and how I felt at the time that my appendicitis was the most “special” kind of pain I had ever experienced. He also had had an appendectomy a… --- ## [New Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gun/640909)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gun/640909 "2012-11-17T20:30:35Z")
One of these bad boys in .357 magnum. Just picking it up makes me feel like I’m a movie cowboy. --- ## [I found my doppleganger!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-my-doppleganger/641177)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-my-doppleganger/641177 "2012-11-17T17:59:46Z")
And it is a German woman from the 1930s! :eek: Kinda strange since I’m a 29 year old guy. Even my wife is creeped out by these pics. Well I kno… --- ## [Mini Rant Over Phrase "Turkey And All The Trimmings"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-over-phrase-turkey-and-all-the-trimmings/641225)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-over-phrase-turkey-and-all-the-trimmings/641225 "2012-11-17T17:48:41Z")
Where and how did this phrase originate? I have heard people talk about their turkey dinner and their side dishes - but have never once heard a human being say, “try my trimmings!” Nor have I ever heard anyone say: “B… --- ## [Worst name for marquee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-name-for-marquee/640916)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-name-for-marquee/640916 "2012-11-17T17:37:06Z")
Every once in a while, I try to think of the worst name (for a movie, band or performer) that could show up on a marquee. Some of best-worst I’ve thought of are: CLOSED FOR REPAIRS CONDEMNED NO SHOW as well as (for b… --- ## [Police arrest Missouri man planning a movie theater shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-arrest-missouri-man-planning-a-movie-theater-shooting/641256)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-arrest-missouri-man-planning-a-movie-theater-shooting/641256 "2012-11-17T13:26:34Z")
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/11/16/3921087/southwest-missouri-man-planned.html His mother called the cops when she was worried that he was off his meds and had recently purchased a couple of assault rifles. He admitte… --- ## [Atheists; Your encounters with people who disapprove with your non-beliefs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-your-encounters-with-people-who-disapprove-with-your-non-beliefs/597670)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-your-encounters-with-people-who-disapprove-with-your-non-beliefs/597670 "2012-11-17T13:01:35Z")
There has got to be some good stories of fellow atheists who have been shunned, lectured, or even discriminated against by theist. It will be interesting to hear how you handled yourself. I have a few stories I’ll type… --- ## [Unfortunate Brand Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194)
**Author:** [@LabRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LabRat)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194 "2012-11-17T04:34:37Z")
I was in a little mom-and-pop gas station buying smokes the day before yesterday when I stumbled across what was possibly the worst brand name of all time. In the medical section along with the $2 advil packs was a box … --- ## [Gym Etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gym-etiquette/641055)
**Author:** [@Mgalindo13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mgalindo13)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gym-etiquette/641055 "2012-11-17T03:30:46Z")
Not really sure if this is the right board for this, but I’m curious… Are most people oblivious to gym etiquette? Years ago I used to work out regularly at a boxing gym where everyone (for the most part) was considerate… --- ## [She called me a nerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-called-me-a-nerd/640913)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-called-me-a-nerd/640913 "2012-11-17T03:26:46Z")
There’s a show on TV talking about the curvature of space. I said to the SO, ‘Space is flat. Einstein was curved.’ She said, ‘You’re such a nerd!’ Which reminds me… 186,000 miles per second. Not just a good idea, i… --- ## [Push handle to sound alarm - door can be opened in 15 seconds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-handle-to-sound-alarm-door-can-be-opened-in-15-seconds/641224)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-handle-to-sound-alarm-door-can-be-opened-in-15-seconds/641224 "2012-11-17T02:06:33Z")
Why? If there’s one door that I don’t want to wait for, it’s an emergency exit. What is the purpose of this delay? I’m thinking theft prevention, but doesn’t that create a dangerous situation? --- ## [FBI Agent in Petraeus Case Sent Shirtless Photos to Jill Kelley.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-agent-in-petraeus-case-sent-shirtless-photos-to-jill-kelley/640854 "2012-11-17T01:35:10Z")
How much weirder can this thing get? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324439804578115410189757452.html --- ## [Veterans parade float hit by train in Midland Texas.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-parade-float-hit-by-train-in-midland-texas/641157)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-parade-float-hit-by-train-in-midland-texas/641157 "2012-11-17T00:58:56Z")
:frowning: :frowning: Sounds really, really bad. 4 confirmed dead and lots of serious injuries. The vet and their spouse was on the float potentially wiping out the whole family. My heart goes out to the victims. Such… --- ## [Petition to Stop Petitions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-to-stop-petitions/641111)
**Author:** [@solosam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solosam)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-to-stop-petitions/641111 "2012-11-16T20:51:17Z")
Petition to shut down the White House petition website due to insincere petitions and equally insincere responses. --- ## [My Next Door Neighbor's House caught fire this morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-next-door-neighbors-house-caught-fire-this-morning/641218)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-next-door-neighbors-house-caught-fire-this-morning/641218 "2012-11-16T20:20:41Z")
I happened to take today off from work and I was sleeping in a little. I was half asleep when the I heard a little commotion outside at about 6:45. Nothing really unusual. All of sudden, someone is banging on my door,… --- ## [If You're Married and Don't Know it, Raise Your Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-married-and-dont-know-it-raise-your-hand/640974)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-married-and-dont-know-it-raise-your-hand/640974 "2012-11-16T20:04:30Z")
Janeane Garofolo has apparently been married to Big Banf Theory co-producer Rob Cohen for the past twenty years. According to the news story, this is the result of a drunken drive-through ceremony in Vegas that neither t… --- ## [OMG I am so sick.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-i-am-so-sick/641070)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-i-am-so-sick/641070 "2012-11-16T19:31:08Z")
I have the worst upset stomach of my life. How much vomit and diarrhea can one person have in them??? I am so tired but I can’t go to bed because every 10 minutes, with little warning, I have to make a dash to the bathr… --- ## [Recipe for those dense, puck-like oat cakes found at coffee houses/health food stores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-for-those-dense-puck-like-oat-cakes-found-at-coffee-houses-health-food-stores/269699)
**Author:** [@Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Live_Better_Electrically)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-for-those-dense-puck-like-oat-cakes-found-at-coffee-houses-health-food-stores/269699 "2012-11-16T19:20:37Z")
These are popular on the west coast but are turning up other places, too. They’re dense, slightly sweet, hockey-puck-like oat cakes sometimes made with dried fruit and nuts. They don’t look very difficult to make and h… --- ## [Why is the Downy Unstopables In-wash Scent Booster misspelled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-downy-unstopables-in-wash-scent-booster-misspelled/641196)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-downy-unstopables-in-wash-scent-booster-misspelled/641196 "2012-11-16T18:25:10Z")
It should be “Unstoppables,” not “Unstopables.” What’s the deal? http://www.downy.com/en-US/product-line/scent-booster.jspx And I’m not even asking about the retro aqua and pink ad campaign (with Jimmy the Gay Laundry… --- ## [Reading comprehension.. brutal!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-comprehension-brutal/641216)
**Author:** [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-comprehension-brutal/641216 "2012-11-16T17:18:32Z")
http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2012/11/16/homework-doesnt-improve-grades-but-boosts-test-scores/?cp=2#comment-241107 To break it down… Maureen Downey is a pretty insightful education writer for the Atlanta Journ… --- ## [Jill Kelley goofiness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jill-kelley-goofiness/641101)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jill-kelley-goofiness/641101 "2012-11-16T14:49:56Z")
Apparently this woman is completely deluded as to her social or official status. In a 911 call the other day to complain about all the press descending on her home, she told the dispatcher: Link. I wonder if she’s al… --- ## [What Kind of a Dad Will Joran Vander Sloat Be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-dad-will-joran-vander-sloat-be/641166)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-dad-will-joran-vander-sloat-be/641166 "2012-11-16T14:34:33Z")
I heard that Joran (psychopath and killer of young women) may become a father! (He has a Peruvian gf, who has made several conjugal visits). What an ideal family setup! He fathers a child while serving a 27 year sentenc… --- ## [Humans are getting stupider every day. Or maybe only researchers are?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humans-are-getting-stupider-every-day-or-maybe-only-researchers-are/640815)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2012, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humans-are-getting-stupider-every-day-or-maybe-only-researchers-are/640815 "2012-11-16T10:47:01Z")
Stanford pays this guy a salary? :stuck\_out\_tongue: Consider fields like physics or engineering. Computers take care of the mundane number crunching. Freeing people to focus on the theory and application. Engineers ca… --- ## [Petraeus scandal--who cares?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petraeus-scandal-who-cares/640954)
**Author:** [@Lillith\_Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lillith_Fair)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2012, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petraeus-scandal-who-cares/640954 "2012-11-16T10:05:10Z")
Am I the only person who could not care less about this whole thing? Do I have to sift through all of this garbage just in case something in here matters in any way? Oh sure, it’s probably really really important. Like … --- ## [States are finally going to succeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-are-finally-going-to-succeed/641063)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-are-finally-going-to-succeed/641063 "2012-11-16T02:39:21Z")
I’ve been hearing about these stories-- you know, people talking about some states wanting to succeed now that Obama’s been re-elected? Well, I say good for them. I don’t know why they’ve been holding their success back… --- ## [Fiance has a non-speaking part in major motion picture!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiance-has-a-non-speaking-part-in-major-motion-picture/641066)
**Author:** [@listedmia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/listedmia)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiance-has-a-non-speaking-part-in-major-motion-picture/641066 "2012-11-15T23:46:00Z")
So my old man heard about a call for extras for a movie filming in our area. He showed up, and they immediately pulled him aside to play a meth cook. He has to wear a chemical suit, because apparantly the public thinks a… --- ## [Man takes pregnancy test, finds out he has testicular cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-pregnancy-test-finds-out-he-has-testicular-cancer/640432)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-takes-pregnancy-test-finds-out-he-has-testicular-cancer/640432 "2012-11-15T22:19:05Z")
Apparently as a drunken joke, he peed on a pregnancy test and it came up positive!:eek: http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2012/11/07/pregnancy-test-could-be-a-real-lifesaver…for-a-man/ Luckily he posted about it, and re… --- ## [Goodbye, Harvey. You were the best cat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-harvey-you-were-the-best-cat/640485)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-harvey-you-were-the-best-cat/640485 "2012-11-15T22:13:10Z")
Once upon a time, the SO had a cat named Velcro – ‘Vel’, for short. Vel was a one-person cat. If anyone but her ‘mom’ tried to touch her, she’d hiss and scratch. So it surprised the hell out of the SO when, one night … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1051) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1053)