# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1095 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1096 --- ## [Anyone seen/tried the YouTube caption function?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-tried-the-youtube-caption-function/630434)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-tried-the-youtube-caption-function/630434 "2012-08-05T18:13:55Z")
I just ran across a new YouTube feature that’s pretty amazing if you think of the technology behind it. You can upload a video and a text file that is a transcript of the video, and YouTube will process both and link th… --- ## [I paid $4.00 for a bottle of something that smells exactly like pee.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-4-00-for-a-bottle-of-something-that-smells-exactly-like-pee/630456)
**Author:** [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-4-00-for-a-bottle-of-something-that-smells-exactly-like-pee/630456 "2012-08-05T17:36:43Z")
I’ve been buying natural cleaning products, because they don’t trigger my asthma. I bought this. It’s suppose to smell like Lemon. It does have ammonia, but that’s not what it smells like. I’ve used unscented ammonia, bu… --- ## [Don't piss off the guy with the very large tractor.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-piss-off-the-guy-with-the-very-large-tractor/630390)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-piss-off-the-guy-with-the-very-large-tractor/630390 "2012-08-05T16:02:08Z")
This story tickled my funny bone, especially since no-one was hurt. They caught the guy, though, and there’s a picture of him in the linked story. He looks pretty much like someone that you might pick out of central ca… --- ## [First picture of Michael Phelps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-picture-of-michael-phelps/630521)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-picture-of-michael-phelps/630521 "2012-08-05T15:57:34Z")
~\* ~\* ~\* ~\* ~\* ~\* ~\* ~\* ~\* ~\* ~\* ~\* ~\* ~\* ~\* ~\* ~\* ~\* ~\* ~\* ~\* I totally stole this. :wink: --- ## [Thoughts that come to you in the shower](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-that-come-to-you-in-the-shower/629832)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-that-come-to-you-in-the-shower/629832 "2012-08-05T14:01:26Z")
“Our Presidency Could Be Your Life” – The Nixon Administration recast as a dysfunctional band lead by a frontman who just gradually lost it. (“But I’m sweating in this office/Because I have to know./Have I been a crook a… --- ## [Kimono 'Etiquette' Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kimono-etiquette-question/630396)
**Author:** [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kimono-etiquette-question/630396 "2012-08-05T07:28:59Z")
I have a question on what is proper in regards to wearing a kimono. My daughter’s grandmother in Japan sent her a very elaborate kimono last year for…well I’m not sure what for but we’ve only really used it once. I don’… --- ## [In Which I'm Forced To Resort To Begging... \[crisis resolved -- thanks!\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-im-forced-to-resort-to-begging-crisis-resolved-thanks/630320)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-im-forced-to-resort-to-begging-crisis-resolved-thanks/630320 "2012-08-05T04:28:07Z")
First, a recent-history recap, just to set the scene (there’s a TL;DR version down the bottom, if you want to cut to the chase): Split with my wife awhile back, now living with my girlfriend and daughter (well, The Litt… --- ## [Happy Birthday, President Obama!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-president-obama/630315)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-president-obama/630315 "2012-08-05T03:19:07Z")
President Obama turns 51 this Saturday, August 4. Happy Birthday! :smiley: I know his birthday because he shares it with my wife. She’s older than he is though. For her, we’re having dinner at the Great American Rib C… --- ## [Woman swallows table knife.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-swallows-table-knife/630202)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-swallows-table-knife/630202 "2012-08-05T01:19:44Z")
Here’s what it looks like I wonder what her husband thinks abou this? --- ## [Don't push me cos I'm close to the edge.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-push-me-cos-im-close-to-the-edge/630354)
**Author:** [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-push-me-cos-im-close-to-the-edge/630354 "2012-08-04T21:38:33Z")
Its like a jungle sometimes … Makes me wonder how I keep from going under. Don’t push me cos I’m close to the.edge. --- ## [Found Out I Sleepwalk - Anyone Else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-out-i-sleepwalk-anyone-else/630153)
**Author:** [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-out-i-sleepwalk-anyone-else/630153 "2012-08-04T21:30:26Z")
I dreamt I was searching for something in a large building. Started searching an old hallway that didn’t have any working lights. Found a closet and entered. Couldn’t see anything so I tried to get out, find the doorknob… --- ## [Don't mess with Granny when she's pcking a gun.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-mess-with-granny-when-shes-pcking-a-gun/630432)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-mess-with-granny-when-shes-pcking-a-gun/630432 "2012-08-04T19:26:53Z")
I love this story. Five thugs in hoodies burst into a jewelry store for a heist. They weren’t expecting to meet granny and her gun. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Worthless cowards left three friends behind as they hauled ass out of… --- ## [What's happening in Northern Alberta? (economy related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happening-in-northern-alberta-economy-related/629021)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happening-in-northern-alberta-economy-related/629021 "2012-08-04T19:15:23Z")
This week, I’ve heard numerous ads on Seattle radio stations for craftsman’s jobs in Northern Alberta. Now I vaguely know the entire province has boomed ever since oil prices skyrocketed, but I’m still stunned the deman… --- ## [Quick question about home HVAC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-home-hvac/630392)
**Author:** [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-home-hvac/630392 "2012-08-04T19:13:21Z")
So I’m calling a tech in the morning, but just wanted to run this by the folks here first. Tonight while the A/C was running, power tripped to the entire house, and quickly came back on. The A/C kept running when power… --- ## [Underpass park!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underpass-park/630436)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underpass-park/630436 "2012-08-04T19:07:44Z")
It’s such a good idea, for the urban core, it’s a wonder no one thought of it before. Basket ballcourts a plenty, swings and slides and sandboxes, benches bushes, overhead lighting, security cameras, plus a skateboarder… --- ## [Mundane Pointless Stuff You Look Forward To (MPSYLFT)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-stuff-you-look-forward-to-mpsylft/630378)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-stuff-you-look-forward-to-mpsylft/630378 "2012-08-04T18:18:34Z")
I was just chatting with my sister via text, making a joke about how we look forward to seeing a stray orange cat outside our house sometimes. It’s like a little, meaningless, dumb bonus that we have no real reason to lo… --- ## [Fred Phelps was a civil rights activist?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-was-a-civil-rights-activist/630014)
**Author:** [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-was-a-civil-rights-activist/630014 "2012-08-04T15:22:28Z")
I was watching “Fall from Grace”, one of the documentaries on Fred Phelps and his band of crazies, and went to Wikipedia to check how old he is. There I found out that at one point in his life, Mr. Phelps was actually a… --- ## [I Need a Sniglet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-sniglet/630089)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2012, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-sniglet/630089 "2012-08-04T06:44:32Z")
You all remember sniglets, right? You know, a “word that doesn’t appear in the dictionary, but should,” which Rich Hall had so many classic comic moments with years ago. Well, I need one for a certain phenomenon, and whe… --- ## [Don't you hate it when...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-hate-it-when/630242)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2012, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-hate-it-when/630242 "2012-08-04T05:46:49Z")
You’re checking out a hot girl. I mean like picturing her naked and all that jazz. And then you eventually find out that… -they are way younger than you imagined -you are related to them -or their muscle head boyfrie… --- ## [Prepare to squeee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-to-squeee/630374)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-to-squeee/630374 "2012-08-04T03:09:20Z")
A gallery of baby zoo animals. --- ## [Wikipedia annoyed me today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-annoyed-me-today/630356)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-annoyed-me-today/630356 "2012-08-04T01:34:24Z")
Remember, this is allowed to be mundane and pointless. Anyway, I was watching a Simpsons episode “The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants” and thought I’d see what Wikipedia had to say about the obvious parallel to Sloan Wils… --- ## [The evil that is the (Canadian) multilingual keyboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-that-is-the-canadian-multilingual-keyboard/590814)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-that-is-the-canadian-multilingual-keyboard/590814 "2012-08-04T01:28:32Z")
http://brainbits.ca/death-to-the-canadian-multilingual-bilingual-keyboard/ Someone sent this to me on my Facebook, after I went on a lengthy rant about how the left shift key on my new Sony Vaio was NOT as the display m… --- ## [Beads (Like I Need This)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beads-like-i-need-this/630122)
**Author:** [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beads-like-i-need-this/630122 "2012-08-03T23:23:40Z")
I was running an errand in another part of town yesterday when, without even thinking about it, I pulled over and ended up in a Bead Store. I’d never been in a place like this before; Beads everywhere! Mounded in baske… --- ## [Which is more sensitive: the clitoris or the cornea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874)
**Author:** [@kenben1989](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenben1989)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874 "2012-08-03T21:46:42Z")
This is a kind of strange questions but im a dude so i can’t know. I’ve heard that the glans clitoris is extremely sensitive, far more sensitive than the penis because of the larger number of nerve endings. However, ho… --- ## [Please, Please watch out for your dogs in this triple digit heat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-please-watch-out-for-your-dogs-in-this-triple-digit-heat/630224)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-please-watch-out-for-your-dogs-in-this-triple-digit-heat/630224 "2012-08-03T20:37:23Z")
I got a scare with my Boston Terrier. She was only in the backyard for about 90 mins. There’s shade back there and she loves going outside. She came staggering in very wobbly and panting like mad. It took her about thirt… --- ## [My AC says it isn't working.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ac-says-it-isnt-working/630261)
**Author:** [@kmshrader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmshrader)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ac-says-it-isnt-working/630261 "2012-08-03T20:01:37Z")
It was \> 110 degrees (~44 Celsius) here today, and I got home from work (AC off all day) to a thermostat that read 95 F (35 C). Immediately I flipped on the cool and sat down to read a bit of the old Dope. After an hour … --- ## [Resolved: Ghost sightings are caused by infrasound.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ghost-sightings-are-caused-by-infrasound/630272)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ghost-sightings-are-caused-by-infrasound/630272 "2012-08-03T16:27:30Z")
I ran into this 2010 Cracked article that I somehow missed. But I thought it was really cool and wanted to share. --- ## [U.S. Marines still love the Colt .45 M1911](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-marines-still-love-the-colt-45-m1911/629705)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-marines-still-love-the-colt-45-m1911/629705 "2012-08-03T15:54:41Z")
hur·rah :slight\_smile: Marines just ordered $22.5 million of Colt .45 M1911. The iconic military handgun that was carried in both World Wars, Korea, and Viet Nam. Unfortunately, the Beretta M9 is still the standard i… --- ## [Crappy news stories thats are mostly links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-news-stories-thats-are-mostly-links/629639)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-news-stories-thats-are-mostly-links/629639 "2012-08-03T15:31:36Z")
Has anybody else noticed the rise of internet news stories that are like this? Headline: Crazy Thing Happens on Cruise Ship! Okay, I’ll bite. Sounds interesting . So I click on it. Here’s the news story. You won’t be… --- ## [Posting while inebriated..any rules to follow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-inebriated-any-rules-to-follow/629642)
**Author:** [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-inebriated-any-rules-to-follow/629642 "2012-08-03T15:20:15Z")
Are there any protocals or memes one should follow after consuming a bottle of wine and getting on the Dope to post? I want to be sure to do it right. Wouldn’t want to violate some code of ethics or look like a newbie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1094) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1096)