# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1090 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1091 --- ## ["Oh really?" "Are you sure?" "I didn't know that" ... JHC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-really-are-you-sure-i-didnt-know-that-jhc/631145)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2012, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-really-are-you-sure-i-didnt-know-that-jhc/631145 "2012-08-18T08:24:51Z")
“Oh really” --\> my reaction: if you don’t trust me, then don’t ask me again. “Are you sure” --\> yes, I’m fucking positive, and my mind hasn’t changed in the span of 1.2 seconds. “I didn’t know that” --\> well, no shit, … --- ## [In appreciation of my Phantom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-appreciation-of-my-phantom/631833)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-appreciation-of-my-phantom/631833 "2012-08-18T00:52:56Z")
Phantom is my car. I have one of the few cars that’s a guy, and he got his name because I got him in November and before I figured out who he was we had one of those Indiana fall snows where it snows at night, then the … --- ## [This town doesn't like drive thrus. I never heard of this problem before.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-town-doesnt-like-drive-thrus-i-never-heard-of-this-problem-before/631570)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-town-doesnt-like-drive-thrus-i-never-heard-of-this-problem-before/631570 "2012-08-17T21:59:07Z")
:confused: :confused: Bizarre story. I’m nearly fifty and have never encountered this problem before. Drive-thrus are always L shaped. You turn in off the street, pass the building, and then turn to get in line. Or the… --- ## [Black hair=hispanic apparently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hair-hispanic-apparently/615725)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hair-hispanic-apparently/615725 "2012-08-17T21:13:35Z")
“Are you Spanish can you read this(thrusts a peso at me and points to a part)?” “Erm what?” “You know Mexican and Colombian” “Well no” “Ah nevermind” “It says the fifth of May, Mexican independence day” “I thought … --- ## [New checkout setup at Menard's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-checkout-setup-at-menards/631472)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-checkout-setup-at-menards/631472 "2012-08-17T16:15:21Z")
I visited the Menard’s store in DePere, WI yesterday, a new super-duper-hooper-mega hardware store that just opened in February. I was very impressed with the size, the openness, the selection, the quantities and the pr… --- ## [I've been debating whether or not to share this with the board.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-debating-whether-or-not-to-share-this-with-the-board/631469)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-debating-whether-or-not-to-share-this-with-the-board/631469 "2012-08-17T14:14:18Z")
I used to have trouble keeping small pets. As with George’s pal Lennie, something always seemed to happen to them that resulted from my actions. I recently mentioned the kitty in the attic in another thread; that happene… --- ## [Plane crash in Idaho](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crash-in-idaho/631079)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crash-in-idaho/631079 "2012-08-17T14:06:16Z")
Article Video Wow. Looks like the plane got airborne in ground effect, but had trouble gaining altitude. My first thought is that it was overloaded. The Stinson 108-3 has an empty weight of 1,300 pounds, a gross weig… --- ## [Mutant Butterflies from Radiation from Fukushima in Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mutant-butterflies-from-radiation-from-fukushima-in-japan/631552)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mutant-butterflies-from-radiation-from-fukushima-in-japan/631552 "2012-08-17T14:00:39Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/scientists-mutant-butterflies-exposed-fukushima-fallout-034436176.html Didn’t they already make this monster movie? Tokyo Tower got toppled and a coccoon built in it, IIRC, a… --- ## [Clancy: Our orange "hypoallergenic", Siberian Forrest Cat, trick performing kitten.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clancy-our-orange-hypoallergenic-siberian-forrest-cat-trick-performing-kitten/631697)
**Author:** [@RockySC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RockySC)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clancy-our-orange-hypoallergenic-siberian-forrest-cat-trick-performing-kitten/631697 "2012-08-17T13:16:32Z")
Hey guys. Me and my wife recently bought a Siberian Kitten we named Clancy and I would like to share my story, the YouTube channel I started for him, and a few pictures. First off, we live in the United States in South … --- ## [Would this be called trolling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-called-trolling/621752)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-called-trolling/621752 "2012-08-17T05:51:16Z")
If someone joined the board to masquerade as someone who belonged on the board? (i.e. as a parent on parenting boards) They don’t threadshit or act abusive, they merely misrepresent who they are. --- ## [SDMB:A nice cup of tea and a sit down. Thank your fav posters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-a-nice-cup-of-tea-and-a-sit-down-thank-your-fav-posters/629047)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-a-nice-cup-of-tea-and-a-sit-down-thank-your-fav-posters/629047 "2012-08-17T05:10:55Z")
I searched for a thread like this but couldn’t find it. On Wikipedia there is a page called “Wikipedia:A nice cup of tea and a sit down” where the aim is to say thanks to other contributors. I thought that I would try th… --- ## [For Women: You know you're getting old when...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-you-know-youre-getting-old-when/631081)
**Author:** [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-you-know-youre-getting-old-when/631081 "2012-08-16T19:29:01Z")
… your period has stopped but you’ve grown a mustache. … your mouth starts to look like a drawstring purse. … medical providers go from asking you the date of your last period to asking if you’re still having one. --- ## [Boy Scout Leader Attacked by Rabid Beaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-scout-leader-attacked-by-rabid-beaver/631541)
**Author:** [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-scout-leader-attacked-by-rabid-beaver/631541 "2012-08-16T16:57:05Z")
I didn’t even know beavers could catch rabies. This guy was bitten multiple times while swimming in a pond. The comment section is a hoot but I know you guys can do better. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Gah! Cat who poops on the floor! Wut do?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-cat-who-poops-on-the-floor-wut-do/631437)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-cat-who-poops-on-the-floor-wut-do/631437 "2012-08-16T16:14:07Z")
So I have a 7-year-old cat who poops on the floor sometimes. It’s extremely unpredictable. Sometimes she poops in the litter box. She ALWAYS pees in the litter box. But sometimes she’ll get it into her walnut-sized b… --- ## [At the cottage: "Doe, a deer, a female deer!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-cottage-doe-a-deer-a-female-deer/631555)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-cottage-doe-a-deer-a-female-deer/631555 "2012-08-16T16:07:50Z")
We had a visitor at the cottage early yesterday morning: Flickr --- ## [This smells like a scam.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-smells-like-a-scam/631334)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-smells-like-a-scam/631334 "2012-08-16T13:51:09Z")
I put my boat on Craigslist, and I got this email: Scam? --- ## [senseless death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senseless-death/631390)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senseless-death/631390 "2012-08-16T13:49:19Z")
Saturday night the on again off again bf calls me. His sons 16 year old half brother (same mother, different father) was shot and and killed. By his best friend. Who is 24. Supposedly brought out the loaded gun to s… --- ## [Sexy Bikini Romp Nets Fine for Vietnamese Carrier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexy-bikini-romp-nets-fine-for-vietnamese-carrier/631374)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexy-bikini-romp-nets-fine-for-vietnamese-carrier/631374 "2012-08-16T12:20:55Z")
On the occasion of its inaugural flight from Ho Chi Minh City to the southern coastal resort of Nha Trang, the budget carrier VietJet Air put on a bikini parade featuring beauty queens. Alas! They failed to obtain prior … --- ## [Pizza Hut feeds 4 children for 1 dollar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-hut-feeds-4-children-for-1-dollar/631624)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-hut-feeds-4-children-for-1-dollar/631624 "2012-08-16T04:14:36Z")
Not my kids of course, but with my dollar! In checking out of Pizza Hut and Dominos online ordering pages, they both beg for money. I think it’s kind of shitty, but not strongly enough for a full-pit-rant. At PH, befo… --- ## [I'm Sorry, I can't hear you. I have a spider in my ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-hear-you-i-have-a-spider-in-my-ear/631076)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-hear-you-i-have-a-spider-in-my-ear/631076 "2012-08-16T00:28:42Z")
Yuck There are cringe-inducing pictures http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/doctors-remove-spider-hiding-woman-ear-canal-195029859.html http://www.shortlist.com/home/spider-found-in-ear --- ## [A damned Disney Movie!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-damned-disney-movie/631495)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-damned-disney-movie/631495 "2012-08-16T00:02:20Z")
A kangaroo escaped a German zoo with the help of a fox and a boar… --- ## [Daily Mail publishes new Penn State allegations.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-mail-publishes-new-penn-state-allegations/631485)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-mail-publishes-new-penn-state-allegations/631485 "2012-08-15T23:29:00Z")
I’m not sure what to make of this. Supposedly all of this came from an anonymous witness. This is the Daily Mail so I’m somewhat skeptical. --- ## [I guess clothes wear out...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-clothes-wear-out/631525)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-clothes-wear-out/631525 "2012-08-15T20:48:14Z")
Ever have one of those days, where you’re sitting in a casual meeting and cross an ankle over one knee? And idly meet-ing and messing with your shoelaces, you look down and realize: Holy shit. These shoes are toast. B… --- ## [I think my cat is pregnant...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-cat-is-pregnant/619194)
**Author:** [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-cat-is-pregnant/619194 "2012-08-15T18:00:17Z")
Okay, first off let’s dispense with all the ‘how can you be so irresponsible as to not get your cat spayed?!! You’re a moron!’ stuff…I’ll take that as a given and I have no defense. Having said that, I will now proceed… --- ## [Romney + Ryan = Bromance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-ryan-bromance/631232)
**Author:** [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-ryan-bromance/631232 "2012-08-15T14:59:21Z")
Has anyone else noticed how physically familiar Romney and Ryan seem be with each other? I’m sure it’s just a co-inky-dink, but in a lot of the pictures that I’ve seen today, Romney looks like he’s gazing at Ryan and to… --- ## [Best Twitter Feed Evah -- Sarcastic Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-twitter-feed-evah-sarcastic-rover/631533)
**Author:** [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-twitter-feed-evah-sarcastic-rover/631533 "2012-08-15T14:55:04Z")
This isn’t the official Curiosity twitter account, it’s much better. https://twitter.com/SarcasticRover A sample from today: "Been parked in the same place for a week. If this was Detroit, I’d be nothing but a burnt-o… --- ## [What Else Floats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-floats/631387)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-floats/631387 "2012-08-15T11:39:24Z")
\[Monty Phython\] Lead, lead! Very small rocks? A Church! \[/Python\] Apparently volcanic pumice – 10,000 square miles of rock, bobbing on the surface of the sea. --- ## [Find the cricket.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cricket/631520)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cricket/631520 "2012-08-15T11:33:17Z")
Why the hell can I not find any cricket ever? They make a helluva noise but when I get close the racket seems to come from everywhere and nowhere, I end up walking in circles. Any help on finding this bastard will be a… --- ## [My Mom Doesn't Respect Me Any More](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-doesnt-respect-me-any-more/631368)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-doesnt-respect-me-any-more/631368 "2012-08-15T10:09:45Z")
I had a letter-to-the-editor published in the local rag in which I advocate for marijuana legalization. Mom hit the roof. She said that I am a radical, that I’m not thinking of all the children that are harmed by pot de… --- ## [Small engine question: my mower has fallen apart around an excellent engine.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-engine-question-my-mower-has-fallen-apart-around-an-excellent-engine/631310)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-engine-question-my-mower-has-fallen-apart-around-an-excellent-engine/631310 "2012-08-15T04:10:43Z")
But I can no longer get replacement parts. The deck is out of manufacture, I need an air filter cover, but they haven’t made this particular engine in several years. I’ve tried welding the wheel mounts onto the deck, b… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1089) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1091)