# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1062 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1063 --- ## [Did I see this roadsign (re: motorcycles on bridges) or am I on crack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-see-this-roadsign-re-motorcycles-on-bridges-or-am-i-on-crack/638368)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-see-this-roadsign-re-motorcycles-on-bridges-or-am-i-on-crack/638368 "2012-10-24T17:50:14Z")
I was taking a class to get my motorcycle license today, and I happened to mention a sign I’m sure I’ve seen about motorcycles weaving on the decks of certain bridges.\[sup\]\*\[/sup\] The instructor had never heard of such … --- ## [I want to adopt an elephant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-adopt-an-elephant/638525)
**Author:** [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-adopt-an-elephant/638525 "2012-10-24T17:25:03Z")
I want to foster or adopt an elephant (not in my home, silly). There are several organizations that I could donate to. How do I decide which one? In other words, how do you decide what charity/foundation/trust is the … --- ## [I scared a couple yesterday. Badly.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-scared-a-couple-yesterday-badly/638630)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-scared-a-couple-yesterday-badly/638630 "2012-10-24T13:51:30Z")
We live in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by large plots of woodlands . The owners of many of the adjacent properties are cool with us hiking on their land, and riding horseback as well. Last weekend my gf was riding… --- ## [The need for Voter ID in the European Parliament](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-need-for-voter-id-in-the-european-parliament/638718)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-need-for-voter-id-in-the-european-parliament/638718 "2012-10-24T12:44:08Z")
An argument for voter ID. If they had it in the European parliamentm, they wouldn’t have this flagrant voter fraud: …and even such blatant cases of multiple voting by the same person: --- ## [What happened to Stoid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-stoid/637529)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-stoid/637529 "2012-10-24T11:32:23Z")
She used to post all the time but it looks like her last post was in May. Don’t remember her saying anything about leaving --- ## [How Tired are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tired-are-you/632416)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tired-are-you/632416 "2012-10-24T08:50:26Z")
Last night when I put Celtling to bed, instead of sitting on the bed to read with her I knelt on the floor. You see I had a roast in the oven that didn’t quite get done in time for dinner, and needed to stay up for ano… --- ## [Mexican-American ettiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-american-ettiquette/638609)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-american-ettiquette/638609 "2012-10-24T06:51:55Z")
I am a professional cook, with 29 years of experience in the foodservice business. And one thing I’ve never done is authentic Mexican cooking. The thing is, I love Mexican food, and would love to learn how to cook it pro… --- ## [I'm going through my neighbors mail and I feel sleezy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-through-my-neighbors-mail-and-i-feel-sleezy/638304)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-through-my-neighbors-mail-and-i-feel-sleezy/638304 "2012-10-24T04:06:33Z")
My Crazy Neighbor Lady went into the hospital on Monday, so I’m picking up her mail (and newspapers). I’m not a relative, I have one of her kid’s phone numbers and am watching out for the screaming bint’s house and stuff… --- ## [I am so sick of buying what I think is quality, only for it to be garbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-sick-of-buying-what-i-think-is-quality-only-for-it-to-be-garbage/638681)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-sick-of-buying-what-i-think-is-quality-only-for-it-to-be-garbage/638681 "2012-10-24T01:59:30Z")
Not quite ready for the pit… The aerator for my kitchen faucet died last night (the plastic grommet holding the aerator screen in place cracked open). So, I swung by The Home Depot tonight on my way home to get a new o… --- ## [Have you ever known a truly evil person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-known-a-truly-evil-person/637765)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-known-a-truly-evil-person/637765 "2012-10-24T00:33:42Z")
My current fave fiction genre of choice are those gawdawful paperbacks that tell stories of seemingly normal people who go mental when they encounter black-haired girls, boys with tatts, older ladies with face-lifts \[ins… --- ## [Annoying pronunciation of "Halley"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-pronunciation-of-halley/638327)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-pronunciation-of-halley/638327 "2012-10-23T23:18:21Z")
This story about meteors that are remnants of Comet Halley has a video that includes the annoying pronunciation of the great astronomer’s name as “Hailey”. My understanding has always been that the correct pronunciation… --- ## [Summertime...and the sequential threads are sleazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 859\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788 "2012-10-23T23:17:21Z")
Quick bicycle traffic question… I’m pregnant? What!!! On the plus side, Traffic Court is now awarding child support. --- ## [How does one spell this first name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-spell-this-first-name/638518)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-spell-this-first-name/638518 "2012-10-23T22:11:11Z")
I met this girl this morning, and in the course of conversation I asked her what her name is. She said is was Keeva. Simple enough. How is it spelled? Cabwindfg… It’s Irish. Like Shivan, or Shaymus. What’s the Irish sp… --- ## [Don't open on that email](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-open-on-that-email/638481)
**Author:** [@Dano83860](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dano83860)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-open-on-that-email/638481 "2012-10-23T22:09:22Z")
You know the ones. Spam the says there is a problem with your ACH account or your funds transfer for $4,700.00 has been approved. Despite repeated warnings from the bookkeeper (Mrs Dano) the owner of the company not onl… --- ## [Italian scientists are criminally liable for failing to predict an earthquake.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-scientists-are-criminally-liable-for-failing-to-predict-an-earthquake/638633)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-scientists-are-criminally-liable-for-failing-to-predict-an-earthquake/638633 "2012-10-23T17:39:51Z")
Has anybody else heard this story? It boggles my mind. Doesn’t everyone on earth, very nearly without exception, know that you can’t predict earthquakes? Are there extenuating circumstances that make sense of this rul… --- ## [My patient's bizarre penis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patients-bizarre-penis/262329)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patients-bizarre-penis/262329 "2012-10-23T15:19:24Z")
One of our new inmates was seen by my Physician Assistant last week for a general physical. During the exam, my assistant was surprised and consternated (despite 20 years of practice in the field) by the patient’s penis… --- ## [Design the ultimate ransom drop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-the-ultimate-ransom-drop/638171)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-the-ultimate-ransom-drop/638171 "2012-10-23T13:37:44Z")
In the movie Thunderball, SPECTRE manages to steal two nuclear bombs and and threatens to detonate them unless the British government pays a huge ransom. There’s a brief scene with the details of how the ransom is to be… --- ## [Let's talk about Artificial Intelligence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-artificial-intelligence/638472)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-artificial-intelligence/638472 "2012-10-23T06:38:14Z")
I am very, very interested in the topic. I have several thoughts which I’m going to post here to get it started. As a disclaimer, I’d like to freely admit that what I know about it is neither up-to-date, nor remotely c… --- ## [Sometimes, the less you say, the better. Share yours.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-the-less-you-say-the-better-share-yours/638245)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-the-less-you-say-the-better-share-yours/638245 "2012-10-23T03:15:14Z")
Or Conversational blunders you narrowly avoided by the skin of your teeth. This one happened to me a few years ago. Conversation in the corner at a party… Her: So Rambo was pretty hard core right? He slept rough in the… --- ## [Ask the person reading Scalzi's Whatever blog from the beginning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-reading-scalzis-whatever-blog-from-the-beginning/638590)
**Author:** [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-reading-scalzis-whatever-blog-from-the-beginning/638590 "2012-10-23T03:01:53Z")
Background: I’ve liked John scalzi for years, but never really followed his blog. The recent Redshirts thread on the Dope had a link to the blog, and I found it fascinating enough to decide to read the whole thing (hey, … --- ## [Pub quiz cheat entrapment. Questions that Google to a distinctive, obscure, wrong answer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-quiz-cheat-entrapment-questions-that-google-to-a-distinctive-obscure-wrong-answer/638109)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-quiz-cheat-entrapment-questions-that-google-to-a-distinctive-obscure-wrong-answer/638109 "2012-10-23T00:09:44Z")
We’ve got a corporate quiz happening in November - last year, there was a lot of cheating with people (brazenly, in some cases) googling the answers on their smartphones (despite this being forbidden). Anyway, I thought… --- ## [Ask the gringo in Brazil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-gringo-in-brazil/637455)
**Author:** [@Toffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toffe)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-gringo-in-brazil/637455 "2012-10-22T23:52:09Z")
I thought this thread might be of some interest, as South America doesn’t seem to get much representation here. I’m 28, male, European, and have been living in Brazil for three years. That doesn’t sound like much, but … --- ## [I can't get enough tickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-enough-tickles/638488)
**Author:** [@Angelajv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angelajv)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-enough-tickles/638488 "2012-10-22T23:43:41Z")
Since I was a small child I just love being tickled . My sister and I would exchange trickles at bedtime. I also would wake in the night with one arm straight up and the opposite hand lightly tickling it … Then both hand… --- ## [A sixth grader who just possibly MIGHT like bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sixth-grader-who-just-possibly-might-like-bacon/638556)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sixth-grader-who-just-possibly-might-like-bacon/638556 "2012-10-22T22:13:43Z")
This cracked me up: --- ## [Another Mass Shooting: Wisconsin Mall Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-mass-shooting-wisconsin-mall-edition/638437)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-mass-shooting-wisconsin-mall-edition/638437 "2012-10-22T21:42:00Z")
Looks like a new mass shooting has taken place in a Wisconsin mall. Perhaps not so mundane, but really no where else to put it. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/21/police-reportedly-respond-to-incident-at-wisconsin-sal… --- ## [Schrödinger's Cat redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schrodingers-cat-redux/638534)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schrodingers-cat-redux/638534 "2012-10-22T21:41:30Z")
I am fascinated by (but can’t understand) quantum physics. The story of Schrödinger’s Cat is always amusing. It elicited many jokes such as animal lovers wanting him arrested for animal cruelty, and also not arrested. A… --- ## [Is this toy disgusting, or what? - Doggie Doo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-toy-disgusting-or-what-doggie-doo/638369)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-toy-disgusting-or-what-doggie-doo/638369 "2012-10-22T21:34:42Z")
Doggie Doo is a game where you “feed” a plastic dog a small amount of a Play-Dough like substance. Players then take turns squeezing a pump attached to the dog’s leash until the food comes out the other end. The player w… --- ## [Help for an injured SDMBer, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-for-an-injured-sdmber-please/638212)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-for-an-injured-sdmber-please/638212 "2012-10-22T17:47:08Z")
I am posting this with the very kind permission of the Mods - A longtime SDMBer but infrequent poster, jlzania, is in a bit of a fix. She and her husband run a small organic chicken farm, mostly alone. She broke her arm… --- ## [Spam - No I don't want Train Wheels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-no-i-dont-want-train-wheels/637457)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-no-i-dont-want-train-wheels/637457 "2012-10-22T17:07:05Z")
I just received a spam message trying to sell me train wheels. As in large wheels that would go on the bottom of train cars. Or locomotives. Looks like they also will do Subway wheels or mine carts as well. My questi… --- ## [What Interesting Stuff Have you Found Cleaning Up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-stuff-have-you-found-cleaning-up/638412)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-stuff-have-you-found-cleaning-up/638412 "2012-10-22T16:03:42Z")
I posted this on FB but realised Dopers would have a greater range of goodies than my list on FB. I did a quick clean of an old brief case tonight. I did find: An Australian one pound note and a ten shilling note (… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1061) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1063)