# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1055 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1056 --- ## [Looking for a good reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-reply/640459)
**Author:** [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-reply/640459 "2012-11-10T17:51:58Z")
I am going to the east coast and sometimes my bro in law has a little get together with all my inlaws. Their brother, my late husband, died about 4 1/2 years ago. Most of the inlaws are born again. I don’thave much to do… --- ## [...and you can make a T-800 skull, too.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-make-a-t-800-skull-too/640537)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-make-a-t-800-skull-too/640537 "2012-11-10T16:17:48Z")
The more I read this article, the more I scooched up straight in my chair. Then I got to the last line and could only gasp… “Skynet!” --- ## [Feel like helping me....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-like-helping-me/640583)
**Author:** [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-like-helping-me/640583 "2012-11-10T15:53:04Z")
boost my facebook status for my business? I have helped plenty of folks with computer questions, just hoping a few of y’all might be willing to “like” my business on FB, make it look like I am the cool broadly loved kin… --- ## [Fact checking friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fact-checking-friends/640467)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fact-checking-friends/640467 "2012-11-10T15:42:34Z")
So a group of us were at lunch, talking in awe of Nate Silver and his predictions of the race. One of the English members told us a story about a race in the UK, in which the Labor was comfortably ahead by more than 10 … --- ## [I was denied home owners insurance, because of my dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-denied-home-owners-insurance-because-of-my-dog/640509)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-denied-home-owners-insurance-because-of-my-dog/640509 "2012-11-10T15:13:35Z")
My husband, children and I have lived in this nice middle class single-family home for 11 years. It has no major structural issues, and we’ve never missed a mortgage payment. We are both gainfully employed and make a s… --- ## [Ask the American monarchist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-american-monarchist/636323)
**Author:** [@Weeping\_Wyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weeping_Wyvern)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-american-monarchist/636323 "2012-11-10T13:06:57Z")
I was born and raised in the US of A, but am for a combination of practical, aesthetic, and religious reasons a firm believer in the principle of hereditary monarchy with more than figurehead power. Although I tend to st… --- ## [Two Party Indictment - Don't Most of Us Fall on Both Sides of the Aisle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-party-indictment-dont-most-of-us-fall-on-both-sides-of-the-aisle/640367)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2012, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-party-indictment-dont-most-of-us-fall-on-both-sides-of-the-aisle/640367 "2012-11-10T09:49:12Z")
The last two elections, I have been very undecided on which candidate and thus which party I have supported, generally casting my votes more for individual choices and to avoid gridlock than to support either political p… --- ## [I have a new girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-girlfriend/640268)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2012, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-girlfriend/640268 "2012-11-10T05:55:54Z")
She has me all a-tingle. :slight\_smile: That is all. --- ## [Pick your own nickname](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-own-nickname/640428)
**Author:** [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-own-nickname/640428 "2012-11-10T04:59:11Z")
I’m calling dibs on Assman. --- ## [Obama Voters Trace Cretaceous Coastline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-voters-trace-cretaceous-coastline/640372)
**Author:** [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-voters-trace-cretaceous-coastline/640372 "2012-11-10T00:27:35Z")
In the Cretaceous era, the southern coast of the US ran through the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, due to higher sea levels. If you live on this ancient coastline, it’s more likely that you voted for Obama.… --- ## [Idiot Calls for Texas Seccsion, but the real story here is...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-calls-for-texas-seccsion-but-the-real-story-here-is/640516)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-calls-for-texas-seccsion-but-the-real-story-here-is/640516 "2012-11-10T00:07:29Z")
…Kent Batman… Is this guy like Superman and Batman all thrown together in one person? The fact that Batman is a Republican is a little disconcerting to me. --- ## [Michelle Obama and oldest daughter look like sisters.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-and-oldest-daughter-look-like-sisters/640302)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-and-oldest-daughter-look-like-sisters/640302 "2012-11-09T23:56:15Z")
Malia is growing up fast. Nearly the same height as her mom and they look so similar to me. Easily could be mistaken for sisters. nice comparison with Michelle and Malia standing together. http://www.zimbio.com/picture… --- ## [OMG. Getting requests from the friend's DOG'S facebook page.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-getting-requests-from-the-friends-dogs-facebook-page/640377)
**Author:** [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-getting-requests-from-the-friends-dogs-facebook-page/640377 "2012-11-09T23:21:49Z")
People, people, people. Please stop making facebook pages for your children. It’s weird, and I don’t want to be friends with a 3-year-old whose mother is actually making all the posts and speaking in her kid’s voice. Th… --- ## ["No president has ever won . . . blah blah blah . . . Ohio."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-president-has-ever-won-blah-blah-blah-ohio/640170)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-president-has-ever-won-blah-blah-blah-ohio/640170 "2012-11-09T20:41:42Z")
I have no idea how many times we voters in Ohio have heard this nonsense over the last 18 months. All I do know is next time, I’m moving to another state that’s not so highly contested. And I won’t be back till after the… --- ## [Hirsute.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hirsute/640405)
**Author:** [@axolotl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/axolotl)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hirsute/640405 "2012-11-09T19:59:05Z")
Can a man with a beard tell a bare faced lie? --- ## [I've been chipped and I don't care](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-chipped-and-i-dont-care/640421)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-chipped-and-i-dont-care/640421 "2012-11-09T17:50:53Z")
The county I live in is really big on recycling. They would like to have 100% participation. They’ve made it so easy that pretty much anything other than food, lawn waste and disposable diapers can go in the bin. No s… --- ## [The cat died unexpectedly \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-died-unexpectedly-edited-title/640374)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-died-unexpectedly-edited-title/640374 "2012-11-09T17:10:58Z")
When I got home last night, the SO said the cat was sick. Shallow breathing, rapid heartbeat, lethargic. I took him to the vet this morning, and got there before they opened. An X-ray shows no obstruction to his windp… --- ## [What? She wasn't tired, she was HIGH??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-she-wasnt-tired-she-was-high/640339)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-she-wasnt-tired-she-was-high/640339 "2012-11-09T16:44:45Z")
So much for me recognizing when someone is under the influence of anything other than alcohol. A while back, I think I mentioned in a mini-rant or something that I was displeased with a work-friend who was so tired she … --- ## [The saddest day for the happiest man I know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-day-for-the-happiest-man-i-know/640431)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-day-for-the-happiest-man-i-know/640431 "2012-11-09T16:41:52Z")
Kirk Reeves was a street performer here in Portland, Oregon. If you ever saw him you would never forget-he was a tall African American in a white tuxedo and Mickey Mouse ears who juggled, told jokes and was always ready… --- ## [Inapposite authors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inapposite-authors/640252)
**Author:** [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inapposite-authors/640252 "2012-11-09T16:12:37Z")
I recently came across the following citation: McEvily, B., & Tortoriello, M. (2011). Measuring trust in organisational research: Review and recommendations. Journal of Trust Research, 1, pp. 2363. Would you trust Dr. … --- ## [Stock Photo Archive, since you can't visualize concepts for yourself!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-photo-archive-since-you-cant-visualize-concepts-for-yourself/640470)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-photo-archive-since-you-cant-visualize-concepts-for-yourself/640470 "2012-11-09T14:08:11Z")
pride,envy (apparently only women experience this), gluttony (apparently only thin women experience this), lust, anger, greed, laziness suicide some odd choices here abortion what the fuck? art and literature --- ## [FVriday News Roundup -- Pee-Powered Generator, Breastfeeding Doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fvriday-news-roundup-pee-powered-generator-breastfeeding-doll/640471)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fvriday-news-roundup-pee-powered-generator-breastfeeding-doll/640471 "2012-11-09T13:21:38Z")
Weird stugff on the internet new this morning: 1.) African girls’ pee-powered generator raises questions – A group of 14-year-old girls showed off a generator at a Science Fair in Lagos, Nigeria that runs off pee. Well,… --- ## [Come and look at my pulp fiction covers! :)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-and-look-at-my-pulp-fiction-covers/640457)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-and-look-at-my-pulp-fiction-covers/640457 "2012-11-09T06:52:08Z")
Well, I’m not SELLING anything, so I think this is okay. I’m so proud of these! Much Photoshop was involved. In each post, I show the reboot and then the original. It’s the top two posts on: Death Train: The Novel --- ## [Telemarketing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telemarketing/640438)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telemarketing/640438 "2012-11-09T05:19:54Z")
I’ve been able to give names to their numbers, so when “No” called this evening I missed the usual call. “Hi! This is Harry from We Want Your Fucking Money! Put your knee pads on, and bend over while you listen to this … --- ## [What an odd way for my television to die.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-an-odd-way-for-my-television-to-die/640029)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-an-odd-way-for-my-television-to-die/640029 "2012-11-09T01:17:45Z")
I have an old television. Bought it in '94, I think. It’s 27", obviously a CRT. I know larger, better, flat-screen, high-def TVs aren’t bleeding edge anymore, and I should upgrade, but I just hate to replace something… --- ## [The Official Hurricane Sandy Check-In Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-hurricane-sandy-check-in-thread/639519)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-hurricane-sandy-check-in-thread/639519 "2012-11-09T00:02:27Z")
I’m creating this thread for our Dopers to check in, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, to let us know you and your family are okay. All is well here in Suffolk, Virginia, for the most part. We had some coastal flood… --- ## [1-21-13....The party still at your place?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-21-13-the-party-still-at-your-place/640290)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-21-13-the-party-still-at-your-place/640290 "2012-11-08T21:48:21Z")
1-21-13, Party At My Place You had that bumper sticker on your car almost immediately after Obama got elected. They were plastered all over street signs and light poles before Obama had a chance to do much at all. The … --- ## [I don't really want much for my birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-really-want-much-for-my-birthday/640359)
**Author:** [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-really-want-much-for-my-birthday/640359 "2012-11-08T21:29:00Z")
I don’t really want a present for my birthday. As it falls on a week-day this year, I’m just going to take the day off work and indulge in a few simple yet rarely-enjoyed pleasures, like: \[ul\] Sleeping late and having … --- ## [The tree across the street. . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tree-across-the-street/640245)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tree-across-the-street/640245 "2012-11-08T21:19:07Z")
The tree across the street is a huge, beautiful maple, planted 20 years ago. In the fall, the leaves are gorgeous and copious, and the tree provides shade on the southern exposure of it’s owner’s house. But today it’s … --- ## [The Limerick Appreciation Society](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043)
**Author:** [@Thunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thunder)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-limerick-appreciation-society/157043 "2012-11-08T18:41:06Z")
Continuing this thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=164819, that was discussed in this thread, I’m starting THIS thread. Hopwfully, sperfur will be right along, and I had damned well be… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1054) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1056)