# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1056 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1057 --- ## [SO was in jail, since I was asked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-in-jail-since-i-was-asked/640132)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-in-jail-since-i-was-asked/640132 "2012-11-08T18:08:03Z")
I will try to keep it as organized as possible. My SO had a child that was born after we started dating. His daughter’s mother is mentally unstable. They had dated in high school, it didn’t work out because he is blac… --- ## [Share your dirty little Election Day secrets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-dirty-little-election-day-secrets/640076)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-dirty-little-election-day-secrets/640076 "2012-11-08T16:50:06Z")
Putting this in MPSIMS because it really is mundane and pointless, but if it needs to get moved to Elections then so be it. Here’s mine: I voted for Nader in 2000. Living in a predominantly red state, I figured voting f… --- ## [I guess I'll just eat all this Chinese food.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-ill-just-eat-all-this-chinese-food/640291)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-ill-just-eat-all-this-chinese-food/640291 "2012-11-08T15:10:14Z")
After a long day at work, I decided it would be nice to treat the kids and myself to takeout. Since I didn’t have a menu and the local place doesn’t have a website, I called and placed an order by describing what we want… --- ## [He is entitled to his opinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-entitled-to-his-opinion/640280)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-entitled-to-his-opinion/640280 "2012-11-08T14:45:00Z")
Yesterday (Election Day) I was driving down the road and spotted a guy standing on the shoulder who apparently decided he wanted to help out his side by sending a message to folks on their way to the polls. Not a thing w… --- ## [Video of train derailed by tornado](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-train-derailed-by-tornado/640193)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-train-derailed-by-tornado/640193 "2012-11-08T14:23:27Z")
Came across this on youtube… totally terrifying, and the power of the tornado is unreal. At 1:09 it flips the freight train like a toy. --- ## [Sick Coworker, and my creeped out response to my company's actions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-coworker-and-my-creeped-out-response-to-my-companys-actions/640010)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-coworker-and-my-creeped-out-response-to-my-companys-actions/640010 "2012-11-08T06:07:42Z")
Is this just me?? Guy at work, very well loved, 20 yr. employee, married, 5 kids–had a major brain bleed today on the way to work, made it in, but couldn’t get out of truck, woozy. They called 911–he’s in really really … --- ## [Please de-friend me if...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-de-friend-me-if/638678)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-de-friend-me-if/638678 "2012-11-08T05:36:38Z")
This is probably not coming up for others as commonly as it is for me, but there is some article from a gay couple that said, “please de-friend me if you are planning on voting for Mitt Romney”. He goes on and rants abou… --- ## [Strange happening at the polls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-happening-at-the-polls/640299)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-happening-at-the-polls/640299 "2012-11-08T05:30:30Z")
While I was filling out my ballot, suddenly I heard, very loudly, the first few notes of the NBC theme. I figured somebody had forgotten to turn off their cell phone. Instead, the chief election judge for our polling p… --- ## [It's been a while since we've had a user name thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-since-weve-had-a-user-name-thread/639535)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-since-weve-had-a-user-name-thread/639535 "2012-11-08T05:21:26Z")
If anyone has thought of something that would make a good user name, post it here. Jaunty Alouatta Cingulair Gyrus Ground Fault, Interrupted Captain Trip Switch --- ## [In memory of Detroit Muscle...Damn you Obama!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-detroit-muscle-damn-you-obama/640224)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-detroit-muscle-damn-you-obama/640224 "2012-11-08T02:12:25Z")
Post-election terrors! I hadn’t thought of this because I was too busy dismissing the right-wing noise about Obama coming for our guns and right to self-govern. Damn those morons, with their blathering—they distracted … --- ## [Yuletide mustache 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuletide-mustache-2012/639700)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuletide-mustache-2012/639700 "2012-11-07T23:26:48Z")
Gentlemen, have you begun growing your Yuletide mustaches yet? I began growing mine yesterday, November 1, as I do every year. Again for 2012, it will be a horseshoe– basically I’ll trim my chin with a bear trimmer betwe… --- ## [Roommate's cousin showed up with kitten for us to babysit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roommates-cousin-showed-up-with-kitten-for-us-to-babysit/640168)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roommates-cousin-showed-up-with-kitten-for-us-to-babysit/640168 "2012-11-07T21:08:07Z")
So imagine my surprise tonight when my roommate’s cousin showed up on our doorstep with a fluffy kitten in a cardboard box. According to the cuz, the kitten is named Sandy and belongs to his sister. His sister left for … --- ## [Damning with faint praise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damning-with-faint-praise/639889)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damning-with-faint-praise/639889 "2012-11-07T19:07:50Z")
Have you ever damned someone with faint praise, or been damned by faint praise yourself? As a high school teacher, sometimes questionable students would request letters of recommendation, and even if I protested that th… --- ## [Shortage of...Mice???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortage-of-mice/640241)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortage-of-mice/640241 "2012-11-07T18:31:02Z")
I ran into a locally owned pet store this morning for dog treats, and as always, had to go look at the pocket pets to ooh and ahh. There was a tank with some very cute & colorful pet mice, and a sign on it that said: Mic… --- ## [Burgers In Space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burgers-in-space/640212)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burgers-in-space/640212 "2012-11-07T17:15:10Z")
Harvard students send hamburger into space, record video That’s the headline: http://www.boston.com/yourcampus/news/harvard/2012/11/harvard\_students\_record\_video\_of\_hamburger\_sent\_to\_space.html There’s a video on the… --- ## [Brits: Guy Fawkes Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-guy-fawkes-day/639958)
**Author:** [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-guy-fawkes-day/639958 "2012-11-07T15:32:29Z")
I guess you drink, blow stuff up - sort of like the 4th of July in the US, I guess. What are you celebrating? That Fawkes was caught and horrendously tortured? Or, is he an anti-hero or martyr type? --- ## [Hi! I'm new.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new/639674)
**Author:** [@Plebianangel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plebianangel)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new/639674 "2012-11-07T15:00:17Z")
So my BFF told me about this site so I followed her over. I’m from WI and work in a cubicle farm. I’m 37. I have two cats, Jake and Roland. I’m a Superwholockian. I’m into anime and manga also. So hello, everyone! --- ## [Okay, I'm getting drunk now.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-im-getting-drunk-now/640183)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-im-getting-drunk-now/640183 "2012-11-07T09:03:28Z")
The world has been saved for another four years. Obama won. If you agree come join me in the kitchen, the best spot in any party. Ernest, intelligent conversation and closest to the liquor. :slight\_smile: Grab one o… --- ## [I have decided to terminate my Cats services.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-decided-to-terminate-my-cats-services/639758)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-decided-to-terminate-my-cats-services/639758 "2012-11-07T03:10:58Z")
:smiley: So today while I was busy in the laundry room with my lovely Persian, when I see a little mouse running across the room. My cat, apple of my eye, mouse catcher in chief… takes one look at the mouse and scurries … --- ## [What was the best, biggest flameout a former poster has ever had on the Dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-biggest-flameout-a-former-poster-has-ever-had-on-the-dope/640155)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-biggest-flameout-a-former-poster-has-ever-had-on-the-dope/640155 "2012-11-07T03:03:54Z")
So…who in SDMB board lore went out with the biggest, funniest, strangest, most profane blaze of glory? I am thinking someone with a parting shot that was heard 'round the board. Something a poster did to say “fuck you, … --- ## [2 themometers die in one day? weird.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-themometers-die-in-one-day-weird/640167)
**Author:** [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-themometers-die-in-one-day-weird/640167 "2012-11-07T02:10:42Z")
What are the chances that one person has 2 thermometers die on the same day? One is a dial grill thermometer that is stuck on 400, and the other is a digital remote weather station that is stuck on 44. The grill is off a… --- ## [Somewhat Belatedly, I Announce that My User Name Fits Me Again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-belatedly-i-announce-that-my-user-name-fits-me-again/640019)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-belatedly-i-announce-that-my-user-name-fits-me-again/640019 "2012-11-07T01:04:45Z")
Last spring, I lost my last kitten-grown cat Shuppie. He was nineteen years old. I spent the next few months catless, a state of being that I had not been since I was six years old. Very odd feeling. I wanted new kit… --- ## [The Early Worm Gets the Bird -- an East of Greenwich MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-worm-gets-the-bird-an-east-of-greenwich-mmp/639161)
**Author:** [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Replies:** 432\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-worm-gets-the-bird-an-east-of-greenwich-mmp/639161 "2012-11-07T00:30:01Z")
Well, it’s Monday here! And Swampy dared me, and I’m juvenile enough not to be able to resist :stuck\_out\_tongue: So here goes… This MMP is brought to you by the number 6 and by the letter J. Try and find something tha… --- ## [Tales of the polls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-of-the-polls/640080)
**Author:** [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-of-the-polls/640080 "2012-11-06T23:50:32Z")
Wow, what a line! Just went and had a gander at my polling place, and it looked like an hour’s wait at the least. I can’t ever recall seeing turnout like this. So that’s how things are in my little Democratic corner of … --- ## [My "tough" teenage son...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tough-teenage-son/639954)
**Author:** [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tough-teenage-son/639954 "2012-11-06T23:50:06Z")
Had to be sent home from school today, he gave blood this morning and fainted\*. :smiley: \*Yes he is okay an exact quote as he plopped across the rear seats “and you do this a couple times a year?” --- ## [Squee! I've got an interview! For a real job! Advice please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-ive-got-an-interview-for-a-real-job-advice-please/635115)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-ive-got-an-interview-for-a-real-job-advice-please/635115 "2012-11-06T16:42:25Z")
A little background. I haven’t had a ‘real job’ for 12 years. The first 10 I was doing the ‘stay at home mom’ thing to my 4 kids. For the last 2 years I have done volunteer work for a non-profit. And although I wasn’… --- ## [When a joke made me a joker: Who knows this presidential mnemonic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-joke-made-me-a-joker-who-knows-this-presidential-mnemonic/640018)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-joke-made-me-a-joker-who-knows-this-presidential-mnemonic/640018 "2012-11-06T05:18:23Z")
I once heard a mnemonic for remembering the US presidents - the first letter of each word was also the first letter of the presoident’s name. It starts like this: When a joke made me a joker, Van hadto poke the fiery p… --- ## [Cory Booker strikes again!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cory-booker-strikes-again/639656)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cory-booker-strikes-again/639656 "2012-11-06T04:55:40Z")
When he’s not saving people from burning buildings or otherwise being generally awesome, he’s going on Twitter to invite people who don’t have power over to his house, then buying them all a delicious lunch. Is there a … --- ## [The Incredible Journey II: Frog Loves Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-journey-ii-frog-loves-door/639706)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2012, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-journey-ii-frog-loves-door/639706 "2012-11-06T04:47:27Z")
Last week we had a little bright green tree frog clinging to the inside of our screen door. Not wanting it to jump into the house, and also not wanting it stepped on out on the deck, I trapped it and carried it several … --- ## [My roommate was on CNN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roommate-was-on-cnn/640042)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roommate-was-on-cnn/640042 "2012-11-06T04:23:44Z")
My roommate got a gig as a Mitt Romney impersonator. He posted a video or two on Youtube and got a call from a guy about doing gigs as Romney. My roommate said yes and got flown out to D.C. He is headed to Florida next… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1055) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1057)