# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1068 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1069 --- ## [I LOVE my prenuptial agreement!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-my-prenuptial-agreement/636814)
**Author:** [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-my-prenuptial-agreement/636814 "2012-10-10T21:07:59Z")
I will be divorcing my husband. We have been married for 16 years and have separated before but this time it is the real deal. Although I knew that we signed a prenuptial agreement, I hadn’t really looked at it since w… --- ## [Journey to Super Bowl w/ the Bud Clydesdales - So cool!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/journey-to-super-bowl-w-the-bud-clydesdales-so-cool/637083)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/journey-to-super-bowl-w-the-bud-clydesdales-so-cool/637083 "2012-10-10T20:13:37Z")
Well, I as a horse person think its cool, hope you do too. As a friend said - Seeing how the magic is done doesn’t always spoil it :cool: --- ## [Some people need to go back to driver's ed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-need-to-go-back-to-drivers-ed/637048)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-need-to-go-back-to-drivers-ed/637048 "2012-10-10T19:39:21Z")
So I’m driving home down a two-lane state route road late the other night, cruising at around 57-58mph in a 55mph zone, when another car decides to turn out right in front of me from a passing cross street. Now first of… --- ## [Waiting to find out if it's curtains for my cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-to-find-out-if-its-curtains-for-my-cat/637240)
**Author:** [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-to-find-out-if-its-curtains-for-my-cat/637240 "2012-10-10T19:10:16Z")
Blood tests are off to the lab. He’s an old geezer, 19 or 20 years old - we aren’t sure because he was full grown when he came to us almost 17 years ago and the vet then thought he was two or three years old. He’s been… --- ## [NASA goes "Ooooh! Shiny!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-goes-ooooh-shiny/637239)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-goes-ooooh-shiny/637239 "2012-10-10T16:48:40Z")
The Mars probe came to a screeching halt when NASA officials noticed a reflective object in the Martian soil. In their defense, they think it’s probably a piece off of the rover itself, and they want to make sure i… --- ## [Share your 'my family sucks' stories here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-my-family-sucks-stories-here/637209)
**Author:** [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-my-family-sucks-stories-here/637209 "2012-10-10T13:36:59Z")
Seems there’s been a few threads about families and the “lovely” ways they behave, this thread is for the smaller stuff when you just want to get it off your chest. :mad: Here’s a starter from me: Background: My husban… --- ## [Hey SD, can you help my little guy win his costume contest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-sd-can-you-help-my-little-guy-win-his-costume-contest/637286)
**Author:** [@MarriedMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarriedMama)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-sd-can-you-help-my-little-guy-win-his-costume-contest/637286 "2012-10-10T05:00:43Z")
I hope ya’ll don’t mind me posting this in here. You can vote once a day and I’d really appreciate it. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Is my toddler secretly being dosed with stimulants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-toddler-secretly-being-dosed-with-stimulants/637187)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-toddler-secretly-being-dosed-with-stimulants/637187 "2012-10-10T03:48:18Z")
He sleeps six hours in a 24 hour period, he actively fights falling asleep. He will sit there nodding like a heroin addict because the moment he is about to fall asleep he jerks himself out of it. It is impossible to do… --- ## [List the Seven Deadly sins in the order in which you are most guilty of them.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-seven-deadly-sins-in-the-order-in-which-you-are-most-guilty-of-them/636852)
**Author:** [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-seven-deadly-sins-in-the-order-in-which-you-are-most-guilty-of-them/636852 "2012-10-10T03:21:39Z")
Sloth, Pride, Envy, Greed, Lust, Wrath, Gluttony. --- ## [If you see something say something](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-see-something-say-something/637120)
**Author:** [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-see-something-say-something/637120 "2012-10-10T03:20:45Z")
Last Friday I saw a man carrying a young girl in a fireman’s carry while walking down a public, crowded sidewalk. The girl was yelling “Put me down, let me go,” so I didn’t really think too much of it. All the threads … --- ## [Eureka! I have found it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eureka-i-have-found-it/637250)
**Author:** [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eureka-i-have-found-it/637250 "2012-10-09T22:26:13Z")
No not the city, silly! I’m pretty sure I know where that is… My old non driveable car (broken frame) has been sitting in my driveway for over a year. I was dithering, trying to decide whether to fix it, sell it or junk… --- ## [Darn Dog went blind over the weekend - now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-dog-went-blind-over-the-weekend-now-what/637121)
**Author:** [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-dog-went-blind-over-the-weekend-now-what/637121 "2012-10-09T18:12:07Z")
I usually don’t do this - So, noticed something was ‘off’ saturday - nothing major - no fever, no puking, no diareaha - just general lazy dog syndrome without a lot of interest in food - wasn’t hiding, wasn’t overly cli… --- ## [Obama Applesauce Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-applesauce-thread/636707)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-applesauce-thread/636707 "2012-10-09T18:07:15Z")
So, I watched the debates last night. I wanted Obama to make a fool of Romney. I love Obama (not as a politician, but as a freakin’ icon!) and just wanted him to smash Romney and leave him a bloody pulp on the floor. I… --- ## [Apparently, 1962 was a big year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-1962-was-a-big-year/636734)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-1962-was-a-big-year/636734 "2012-10-09T18:04:50Z")
It seemed like I was hearing the phrase “50th Anniversary” over and over all year. Here’s the stuff that happened in 1962: \[ul\] \[li\]Formation of The Beach Boys\[/li\]\[li\]Formation of The Rolling Stones\[/li\]\[li\]Opening o… --- ## [Bear cub breaks into house, eats cake, falls asleep in bedroom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-cub-breaks-into-house-eats-cake-falls-asleep-in-bedroom/637194)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-cub-breaks-into-house-eats-cake-falls-asleep-in-bedroom/637194 "2012-10-09T17:09:44Z")
Insert Goldilocks joke here. --- ## [I feel the need again - Return of tiny things that irritate you all out of proportion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940 "2012-10-09T16:30:42Z")
Horns honking when people lock their car doors (especially when they lock them just as I’m walking in front of the car and they make me jump). 40+year old singers making teeny-bopper music and videos. Advertising thing… --- ## [Happy Thanksgiving, Cana-Dopers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thanksgiving-cana-dopers/637005)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thanksgiving-cana-dopers/637005 "2012-10-09T16:00:46Z")
Harvest is in, leaves are falling, snow in Calgary this week - it’s Canadian Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving, fellow Cana-Dopers! Here in Regina, we lost a talented political humourist this year - died too young of ca… --- ## [OK, I fess up--I DO think Obama's the Messiah!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-fess-up-i-do-think-obamas-the-messiah/636934)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-fess-up-i-do-think-obamas-the-messiah/636934 "2012-10-09T12:30:48Z")
Been holding out for a while, even denying it online sometimes, but I literally do believe that Barack Obama is the Messiah, come back to earth in order to lead us mortals to paradise, and I will believe anything he says… --- ## [Does anyone have access to a mass spectrometer / spectrograph?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-access-to-a-mass-spectrometer-spectrograph/636988)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-access-to-a-mass-spectrometer-spectrograph/636988 "2012-10-09T11:17:07Z")
Back in this thread, I mentioned that I (and others before) had retrieved metallic iron spheroids from sediment in my roof gutter, and believed them to be micrometeorites. Skepticism followed, and the thread ended. Wel… --- ## [Continuing Life Updates post Breakup and thanks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuing-life-updates-post-breakup-and-thanks/637067)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuing-life-updates-post-breakup-and-thanks/637067 "2012-10-09T09:10:20Z")
Firstly I wanted to say I’m so glad that I have you wonderful people to hear my rants and thoughts. I truly thank everyone on this board for their support for me during this rough time. I think a fundamental human need … --- ## [You know summer's gone and/or autumn's here when...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-summers-gone-and-or-autumns-here-when/637012)
**Author:** [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-summers-gone-and-or-autumns-here-when/637012 "2012-10-09T04:26:11Z")
…The last couple days, our cold water faucet is not putting out hot water. Bye-bye free hot water, and hello autumn! --- ## [What expensive thing(s) has your dog destroyed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-expensive-thing-s-has-your-dog-destroyed/636941)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-expensive-thing-s-has-your-dog-destroyed/636941 "2012-10-09T04:24:41Z")
So my dog inexplicably chewed up my husband’s beloved $535 Oakley sunglasses, which as you can imagine set off quite the shitstorm. Please tell me about the expensive things that your own dog(s) have wrecked - just to m… --- ## [Missing cat. Need good-news stories.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-cat-need-good-news-stories/637072)
**Author:** [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-cat-need-good-news-stories/637072 "2012-10-09T03:54:49Z")
One of our fuzzballs Dewey appears to have gone missing. :frowning: He’s not a roamer but we haven’t seen him in over 24 hours which is really unusual. He’s a very, very friendly cat so hopefully someone has picked him… --- ## [I got a fun new job!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-fun-new-job/637144)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-fun-new-job/637144 "2012-10-09T03:52:30Z")
I reported in August that my contract had ended - and reported a few weeks back that I got a new contract \*but \*- I got a call on Friday with an offer for a really fun permanent job. I will be developing software for th… --- ## [There's a reason for crosswalks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-for-crosswalks/636168)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-for-crosswalks/636168 "2012-10-09T03:19:24Z")
So yesterday I am coming home just as the elementary school lets out. I am the third car back as we come around a blind curve and what is in the middle of the road? Some dumb bitch sending her kids diagonally across th… --- ## [Call It Sleep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-it-sleep/637166)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-it-sleep/637166 "2012-10-09T02:57:39Z")
Vai’s shining moment is this: Steve Vai - Call It Sleep - YouTube YNGWIE; 0 STEVE VAI: 1 Yngwie: - YouTube --- ## [Religious Humor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-humor/636086)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-humor/636086 "2012-10-09T01:12:09Z")
Religions of the World (in a nutshell): Taoism: \*\*\*\* happens Hinduism: This \*\*\*\* happened before Islam: If \*\*\*\* happens, take a hostage Buddhism: When \*\*\*\* happens, is it really \*\*\*\*? 7th day Adventist: \*\*\*\* happens… --- ## [Very important, unexpected and life-altering things you learned at college](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-important-unexpected-and-life-altering-things-you-learned-at-college/636912)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-important-unexpected-and-life-altering-things-you-learned-at-college/636912 "2012-10-08T23:55:55Z")
I learned this week that there is a much better way to make melted cheese on bread. At one of the places in the Student Union food court, they make a broiled cheese: Fresh ciabatta Slice of american cheese on each hal… --- ## [Presidential Knife Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-knife-fight/636768)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-knife-fight/636768 "2012-10-08T21:33:11Z")
Today in class I asked my professor who he thought would win in a fight: Theodore Roosevelt or Abraham Lincoln. Somehow, the conversation turned into who would win in a battle royal knife fight. Everyone is put into a g… --- ## [My dog isn't a very good midwife.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-isnt-a-very-good-midwife/545586)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-isnt-a-very-good-midwife/545586 "2012-10-08T20:41:02Z")
So I was housesitting for my parents this weekend (Dad finally used their camper again, first time in over a year). They have four cats; 2 males (fixed), and 2 females (1 fixed, 1 not). Neither female goes outside;… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1067) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1069)