# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1061 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1062 --- ## [The Christmas Warriors are mobilizing already.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-christmas-warriors-are-mobilizing-already/638461)
**Author:** [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-christmas-warriors-are-mobilizing-already/638461 "2012-10-27T01:42:03Z")
“This person does not say Happy Holidays. They say Merry Christmas. So get over it.” If Thanksgiving is too much to ask for, can’t they at least wait until after Hallowe’en? I used to enjoy Christmas, now it’s just a… --- ## [How much will vinyl siding cost on my house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-will-vinyl-siding-cost-on-my-house/433039)
**Author:** [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-will-vinyl-siding-cost-on-my-house/433039 "2012-10-26T23:08:42Z")
I have no choice but to post this question. Whenever I tell my wife about something I learned on the straightdope, she makes fun of me for trusting information I learn on the internet. Nevertheless, when she has a ques… --- ## [Cannibal Cop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibal-cop/638855)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibal-cop/638855 "2012-10-26T22:55:57Z")
NYPD cop arrested for planning to kidnap women, and cook some of them. So far as they know, he hasn’t actually kidnapped or eaten anyone yet. But he allegedly was using police computers to pick victims, was marketing h… --- ## [So, I broke up with my girlfriend today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-broke-up-with-my-girlfriend-today/638902)
**Author:** [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-broke-up-with-my-girlfriend-today/638902 "2012-10-26T21:24:12Z")
We were together six years. Mundane and pointless. --- ## [I found a penny!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-penny/638453)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-penny/638453 "2012-10-26T20:54:30Z")
As a former coin collector, I love finding old coins in pocket change. It’s very uncommon these days, and I can’t remember the last time I found anything pre-1965 other than some crappy nickel. We went to NYC for a few… --- ## [Things that funny people know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-funny-people-know/638516)
**Author:** [@inedible\_knapsack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inedible_knapsack)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-funny-people-know/638516 "2012-10-26T18:22:36Z")
Inspired by this threadabout tall people. There are a lot of funny people on the boards. What do you know about human nature, language, timing or other concepts that make for hilarity? By way of example: Certain num… --- ## [Serbian Widower Has Late Wife’s Vulva Engraved on Her Tombstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serbian-widower-has-late-wife-s-vulva-engraved-on-her-tombstone/638560)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serbian-widower-has-late-wife-s-vulva-engraved-on-her-tombstone/638560 "2012-10-26T17:05:52Z")
Really.:eek: Comments are hilarious, but feel free to add your own Dope-Flavored version. --- ## [I Don't Want to Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-work/638788)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-work/638788 "2012-10-26T16:42:18Z")
I just want to bang on the drum all day. --- ## [21 Ways Rich People Think Differently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-ways-rich-people-think-differently/633905)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-ways-rich-people-think-differently/633905 "2012-10-26T15:58:28Z")
21 Ways Rich People Think Differently In summary \[explanations removed for brevity and copyright\]: Average people think MONEY is the root of all evil. Rich people believe POVERTY is the root of all evil. Average … --- ## [How to eat a Triceratops (if you're a T-Rex)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-eat-a-triceratops-if-youre-a-t-rex/638896)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-eat-a-triceratops-if-youre-a-t-rex/638896 "2012-10-26T15:06:24Z")
io9 article: How to eat a Triceratops in four easy steps If T-Rex’s ever ate in restaurants, I could see this printed on the placemats. :wink: --- ## [Feeling a bit depressed at my lack of ambition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-a-bit-depressed-at-my-lack-of-ambition/638903)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-a-bit-depressed-at-my-lack-of-ambition/638903 "2012-10-26T14:41:45Z")
I have been feeling a bit down lately because I can’t think of anything I really want to do. I expect that this is a problem for a lot of people, but what do I know. I kind of feel like Ron Livingston’s character in Of… --- ## [Struthiomimus may have had Ritual Mating Feathers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/struthiomimus-may-have-had-ritual-mating-feathers/638919)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2012, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/struthiomimus-may-have-had-ritual-mating-feathers/638919 "2012-10-26T12:10:04Z")
Heard this on NPR this morning: http://jerseyboyhuntsdinosaurs.blogspot.com/2012/10/dinosaur-feathers-first-north-american.html?spref=tw It’s a far cry from the lizard-skinned egg-stealers that showed up in my Big Go… --- ## [Consistently misspelled, non-complex words.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2012, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083 "2012-10-26T10:01:17Z")
I’m no spelling/grammar nazi but some words just stick out to me for their seemingly consistent inability to be spelled correctly by those who use them. Now this is just for starters, and can (and should) be added to, b… --- ## [Your True Unexplainable/Ghost/UFO/Alien Stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-true-unexplainable-ghost-ufo-alien-stories/590716)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-true-unexplainable-ghost-ufo-alien-stories/590716 "2012-10-26T05:32:40Z")
Well, this is SDMB after all… however it’s getting aaawfully hot out and I could use gettin some eery chill. These are true stories but for some reason I didn’t want to put it under GD. I’m not sure what might be the pro… --- ## [My gran and her pareital stroke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-gran-and-her-pareital-stroke/638677)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-gran-and-her-pareital-stroke/638677 "2012-10-26T01:09:39Z")
I cannot remember if I mentioned it on this board or not but last week my gran had something weird with her and ended up in hospital. Anyway it now seems to be that the current diagnosis is that it was a stroke in the p… --- ## [A Look Back: Eye Of The Sparrow, a BLR parody of the first debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-look-back-eye-of-the-sparrow-a-blr-parody-of-the-first-debate/638886)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-look-back-eye-of-the-sparrow-a-blr-parody-of-the-first-debate/638886 "2012-10-26T00:50:04Z")
This is the Bad Lip Reading (BLR) parody of the first Presidential debate. If you don’t know, BLR’s schtick is to take the video, have someone lip-read the people talking in ways that deliberately make no sense, and dub … --- ## [Thought about Dad the other day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-about-dad-the-other-day/638863)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-about-dad-the-other-day/638863 "2012-10-25T23:02:31Z")
Monday I had some time to kill before a meeting started, so I wandered downstairs to the cafeteria. The kitchen wasn’t open yet, but I was able to get a Dr Pepper out of a vending machine, and I sat down at a table. A … --- ## [Obama's anger translator...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-anger-translator/638879)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-anger-translator/638879 "2012-10-25T22:26:02Z")
These guys are great if you’ve not seen them before. I think this is the most recent video referencing the last debate. --- ## [My workplace caught on fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-workplace-caught-on-fire/471961)
**Author:** [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-workplace-caught-on-fire/471961 "2012-10-25T21:29:29Z")
I was just promoted and am the manager of a group home for mentally challenged people. I started there last Sunday. On Tuesday, a co-worker turned on a pot pf potatoes to boil for dinner while I was sitting at the table… --- ## [Blow it out your ass, Le Pétomane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-it-out-your-ass-le-petomane/638682)
**Author:** [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-it-out-your-ass-le-petomane/638682 "2012-10-25T20:07:25Z")
Have you seen today’s featured article on wiki? Maybe he couldn’t play the ocarina like Pujol did, but I’ll bet The Great Fartiste never had the cojones to suck flammable liquids up his Sigmoid colon. --- ## [Emotional abuse victim support thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-abuse-victim-support-thread/638364)
**Author:** [@Rumata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumata)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-abuse-victim-support-thread/638364 "2012-10-25T16:53:10Z")
I haven’t found any, so I’ll start. I believe I am under emotional abuse from my wife and desperately need support. Also since I understand the feeling I can sympathize others. So, here’s how it goes for us: she can go… --- ## [Ed Zotti speaking at University of Tennessee Knoxville October 24](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123 "2012-10-25T16:15:53Z")
Ed Zotti: Research and Writing in the Age of Wikipedia October 24th, 2012 7:00pm UC Auditorium Free for all Credited as being the “editor and confidant” of Cecil Adams, the writer of the nationally syndicated colum… --- ## [RIP George McGovern](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-george-mcgovern/638420)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-george-mcgovern/638420 "2012-10-25T15:44:54Z")
One of the good guys has died. RIP George, tell Hunter I said hello. --- ## [Google street view hits the trail in the Grand Canyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-hits-the-trail-in-the-grand-canyon/638758)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-hits-the-trail-in-the-grand-canyon/638758 "2012-10-25T15:34:43Z")
AP story: Google cameras map popular Grand Canyon trails I think this is pretty cool. I wonder if it will make more people want to hike down into the canyon, or will street-viewing be close enough to the real thing and… --- ## [Deleting Old Posts on Facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-old-posts-on-facebook/638818)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-old-posts-on-facebook/638818 "2012-10-25T13:59:35Z")
I own a Windows Phone. One of the nice features is that it syncs contact info with Facebook. However, like a lot of people, I’m a little tired and weary of all the information that has accumulated on my Facebook accoun… --- ## [ask the guy trying to drop BACK into college](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-trying-to-drop-back-into-college/611104)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2012, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-trying-to-drop-back-into-college/611104 "2012-10-25T07:00:53Z")
When my life went off the rails, I was 20 or so credits short of a PolSci Ba. Now that I’m back on track life-wise, I’m beginning the process of returning to college. --- ## [Ah, the old 'Elevator Malfunction' trick!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-the-old-elevator-malfunction-trick/638671)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-the-old-elevator-malfunction-trick/638671 "2012-10-25T00:23:30Z")
That’s the second time I’ve fallen for it this week! \[/MS\] LG pulls a prank in an elevator. . --- ## [Supposed video of secret Mormon temple rituals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supposed-video-of-secret-mormon-temple-rituals/638552)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supposed-video-of-secret-mormon-temple-rituals/638552 "2012-10-24T20:44:12Z")
I’m not even sure what forum to post this in. There’s a video on YouTube that’s been getting a lot of buzz around the net that supposedly depicts secret Mormon temple rituals. I’m not sure what to make of… --- ## [Update on our adoption](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-our-adoption/638647)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-our-adoption/638647 "2012-10-24T19:27:45Z")
My last thread about our potential adoption of an older child is here. I’m in the middle of my Masters (I also work full time, so the program is catered to professionals - lots of online supplemented with annual residen… --- ## [need some fresh ideas (roommate sabotage)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-fresh-ideas-roommate-sabotage/200572)
**Author:** [@domesticatedjunglefowl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/domesticatedjunglefowl)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-fresh-ideas-roommate-sabotage/200572 "2012-10-24T19:03:15Z")
Well, a month and a half ago, one of my roommate’s (seemingly) cool friend moved in and became my roommate. Well, she has ceased any sort of level of agreeability with me and now i have an added level of stress in my lif… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1060) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1062)