# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1080 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1081 --- ## [I will punch the next person that makes a comment about shoulder riding in the face.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-punch-the-next-person-that-makes-a-comment-about-shoulder-riding-in-the-face/633850)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-punch-the-next-person-that-makes-a-comment-about-shoulder-riding-in-the-face/633850 "2012-09-10T01:17:43Z")
Haha aren’t you funny and clever, making a comment about how dangerous it is for my toddler to be riding on my shoulders, you’re a fucking unique and special snowflake! Thank you for the tip, would you like to demonstrat… --- ## [The end-of-summer MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-summer-mmp/633512)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-summer-mmp/633512 "2012-09-10T01:00:19Z")
(It’s close enough to Monday, and since I’m still awake, here goes…) With today being the unofficial end of summer, at least as far as the US is concerned, I thought I’d share a bit about my just-complete vacation cruis… --- ## [Your attempts at witty lines that bombed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-attempts-at-witty-lines-that-bombed/632250)
**Author:** [@YourAdHere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YourAdHere)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-attempts-at-witty-lines-that-bombed/632250 "2012-09-09T22:21:06Z")
Have you ever uttered what you thought would be an awesome/ witty/ hilarious come back, punch line, witty retort, zinger, etc. only to have it go unheard or unappreciated? Or maybe you had a line that you thought would b… --- ## [I am testing Rhapsody support](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-testing-rhapsody-support/633767)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-testing-rhapsody-support/633767 "2012-09-09T21:56:47Z")
According to their instructions, I sent them and email with the following: I have already got an auto-response with a case number. It will be interesting to see if they fix this, and how long it will take. Personally… --- ## [Why, oh why, did I drink that dodgy orange juice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-oh-why-did-i-drink-that-dodgy-orange-juice/634073)
**Author:** [@mikews99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikews99)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-oh-why-did-i-drink-that-dodgy-orange-juice/634073 "2012-09-09T20:54:39Z")
So I bought some fresh squeezed, unpasteurized orange juice from Trader Joe’s. I open it up, pour a cup, and take a swig. Immediately I knew something was not right. It wasn’t that it tasted off, nor was it smelly or fer… --- ## [Gaslight's Time Has Come](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaslights-time-has-come/634189)
**Author:** [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaslights-time-has-come/634189 "2012-09-09T19:37:25Z")
This thread on electrical outlets in houses started me wondering why no one builds a house with natural-gas fittings for lighting or has it installed in an existing house where power failures can be frequent and long — h… --- ## [Election-themed Tongue Twister](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-themed-tongue-twister/634203)
**Author:** [@birgittegoye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/birgittegoye)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-themed-tongue-twister/634203 "2012-09-09T15:21:23Z")
“Ron Paul likes Ayn Rand, like Rand Paul and Paul Ryan” This has been stuck in my head all morning since it spontaneously popped into existence. Were there not enough letters in the alphabet to express love of right-wi… --- ## [Starting to feel better from my breakup.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-to-feel-better-from-my-breakup/634123)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-to-feel-better-from-my-breakup/634123 "2012-09-09T13:02:01Z")
Hi everyone, First I just wanted to thank everyone who has been giving me consolation and advice here. I’ve really been making an effort to talk and be very open with my friends and family (and you guys) about my emotio… --- ## [Cognitive dissonance? Norway/Breivik v US/Amish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cognitive-dissonance-norway-breivik-v-us-amish/633003)
**Author:** [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2012, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cognitive-dissonance-norway-breivik-v-us-amish/633003 "2012-09-09T11:42:55Z")
I think my brain is going to explode. I’m mentally exhausted by the continual, flat out falsehoods pumped at me from all directions thanks to the electoral process. Then there comes along this comparison: Norway, Ande… --- ## [Thunderbirds practicing right outside my window!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2012, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903 "2012-09-09T10:29:29Z")
Oh geez, how am I supposed to get any work done with this going on?? Awesome stuff --- ## [Canada closes embassy in Iran](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-closes-embassy-in-iran/633990)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2012, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-closes-embassy-in-iran/633990 "2012-09-09T05:42:28Z")
Well, this is interesting. I’m somewhat impressed by this stance. --- ## [Melting glacier reveals WW1 ammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melting-glacier-reveals-ww1-ammo/634092)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melting-glacier-reveals-ww1-ammo/634092 "2012-09-09T01:35:43Z")
Link Every year WW1 shells kill farmers in France. Now they are showing up in Italy. --- ## [Star Wars Fiction Now Fact](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-fiction-now-fact/634121)
**Author:** [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-fiction-now-fact/634121 "2012-09-08T22:41:38Z")
It’s literally mind over matter. Is civilization as we know it doomed? And an alien popped out (easily seen full-screen) from the \[del\]watermelon\[/del\] planet destroyer’s chest! --- ## [Immortalized in MY contiuum...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortalized-in-my-contiuum/634097)
**Author:** [@KeepingTabzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeepingTabzz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortalized-in-my-contiuum/634097 "2012-09-08T18:04:23Z")
:):confused::eek::mad::rolleyes::cool::cool::cool::p;):D:o:smack::frowning: :dubious: --- ## [Don't mess with Polar bears, they will throw rocks at you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-mess-with-polar-bears-they-will-throw-rocks-at-you/634064)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-mess-with-polar-bears-they-will-throw-rocks-at-you/634064 "2012-09-08T17:46:02Z")
This is a pants crapping moment - Polar Bear Throws A Rock Breaking Window at the Zoo --- ## [Walking with a bicycle is ''suspicious''?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-with-a-bicycle-is-suspicious/633725)
**Author:** [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-with-a-bicycle-is-suspicious/633725 "2012-09-08T17:25:48Z")
I ride quite a bit - sometimes, for various reasons, I prefer to push my bike. I get many snarky comments about this, people demanding to know why I wasn’t riding. I didn’t think much of it, until I was pulled over by th… --- ## [Skunks and cats living together!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skunks-and-cats-living-together/634101)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skunks-and-cats-living-together/634101 "2012-09-08T17:07:35Z")
Cute video of a skunk and a kitten. --- ## [Is your office "paperless"? Tell me how it works.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-office-paperless-tell-me-how-it-works/634043)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-office-paperless-tell-me-how-it-works/634043 "2012-09-08T14:01:11Z")
I work in a traditional, old-school law firm. Our office manager, dazzled by the thought of all the money we’d save by not having to store files, has deemed that we should go paperless. This involves scanning everythin… --- ## [Lyin' for the Lord!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyin-for-the-lord/633937)
**Author:** [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyin-for-the-lord/633937 "2012-09-08T03:12:12Z")
Prayer regrows amputated fingers! No Really! This guy said so! Sweet mother of pearl. He can’t even get through the horsepuckey he’s spouting without sputtering and stammering, it’s such a laughable load of crap. I’m pi… --- ## [Frickin' Ninja Snake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frickin-ninja-snake/633953)
**Author:** [@inedible\_knapsack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inedible_knapsack)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frickin-ninja-snake/633953 "2012-09-08T01:20:22Z")
Sorry, this is sort of sort of long. So I have a yard again, which means that I have to mow again. After a couple of weeks of destroying my body and soul with a push mower, my father-in-law mercifully gave me his recent… --- ## [Stolen wallet recovered 40 years later is a miniature time-capsule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-wallet-recovered-40-years-later-is-a-miniature-time-capsule/633963)
**Author:** [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-wallet-recovered-40-years-later-is-a-miniature-time-capsule/633963 "2012-09-07T23:36:52Z")
hmmm… something very vaguely familiar about this --- ## [Cadolphin Memorial Fund](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cadolphin-memorial-fund/630024)
**Author:** [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cadolphin-memorial-fund/630024 "2012-09-07T23:09:18Z")
Dear Friends- When I contacted Rico concerning where to send flowers for Cadolphin’s funeral, he said it will be a small service and flowers are not requested. If anyone is interested in contributing to a Cadolphin Mem… --- ## [Very cool story of a ship with ties to my extended family - PS. need help with German translation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-story-of-a-ship-with-ties-to-my-extended-family-ps-need-help-with-german-translation/633424)
**Author:** [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-story-of-a-ship-with-ties-to-my-extended-family-ps-need-help-with-german-translation/633424 "2012-09-07T21:49:52Z")
I suppose the best place to start is in the beginning. In 1883 in Hamburg, Germany, a 2-masted pilot schooner was christened Lotsenschoner No.5. And here’s where I punt to the SF Chronicle for a summary of the next Cen… --- ## [Existential Cat Wins Award](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518)
**Author:** [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518 "2012-09-07T18:25:55Z")
I am surrounded by morons. --- ## [PMS + pantry beetles = liquor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pms-pantry-beetles-liquor/633911)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pms-pantry-beetles-liquor/633911 "2012-09-07T18:08:34Z")
I (eugh, pardon me while I gag a bit) . . . Ok. I found pantry/carpet beetle larvae in my pantry. I’m sooooo grossed out. It looks like we spilled some flour onto the bottom of the pantry, and we also had two opened b… --- ## [Spiderphobes stay out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiderphobes-stay-out/633852)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiderphobes-stay-out/633852 "2012-09-07T16:30:44Z")
ROFLMAO I woke up from a nap to find a spider had decided to take a wander around the bed while I was taking a nap, and I had a little trail of a single thread of spiderweb sort of tracing its way around on me. Poor th… --- ## [The Bovine Hand Held Insemination Injector](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bovine-hand-held-insemination-injector/633914)
**Author:** [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bovine-hand-held-insemination-injector/633914 "2012-09-07T12:59:39Z")
:smiley: On ebay, where else! --- ## [Atheists: What superstitions do you still practice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-what-superstitions-do-you-still-practice/630767)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-what-superstitions-do-you-still-practice/630767 "2012-09-07T06:36:53Z")
(IMHO / MPSIMS \> flip coin) I have finally purged the need to respond in any fashion to someone’s sneezing (it was hard to do), though I do like Penn Jillette’s family’s “That’s funny” as a replacement for “Bless you” a… --- ## [What makes "smart people" socially awkward?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-smart-people-socially-awkward/571923)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-smart-people-socially-awkward/571923 "2012-09-07T05:57:31Z")
So I’m watching the trailer for that new movie Limitless where Bradly Cooper is a failing writer who takes a pill that lets him use 100% of his brain and turns him into a supremely confident, ultra charming and sophistic… --- ## [Philippines' Oldest WWII Veteran Dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philippines-oldest-wwii-veteran-dies/633951)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philippines-oldest-wwii-veteran-dies/633951 "2012-09-07T04:03:38Z")
Alfonso Fabros, age 111. Escaped from Japanese troops before the Bataan Death March and became a guerrilla fighter. RIP. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1079) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1081)