# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1101 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1102 --- ## [Hmm same sex marriage is older than I thought!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-same-sex-marriage-is-older-than-i-thought/629168)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-same-sex-marriage-is-older-than-i-thought/629168 "2012-07-23T21:07:31Z")
:dubious::eek::stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [The Great Turtle Escape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-turtle-escape/628879)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-turtle-escape/628879 "2012-07-23T20:24:31Z")
Turtles flee farm in Chattooga County Thousands of them. :eek::eek: No video is available, must’ve stacked up and had the eastern painted paint out the security cameras.:slight\_smile: According to the article, in Chin… --- ## [Real life Freddy Krueger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-freddy-krueger/629129)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-freddy-krueger/629129 "2012-07-23T14:23:39Z")
I recently came across someone with the last name of Vorhees (one O) and started thinking. Is their any real people out their with the name of Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees? Do any of you know somebody with a name of… --- ## [Marilyn Manson: Whose Fault Is It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-manson-whose-fault-is-it/629090)
**Author:** [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2012, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-manson-whose-fault-is-it/629090 "2012-07-23T12:52:12Z")
I am afraid I had always just thought of Marilyn Manson as a weird attention seeking emo/goth/whatever. However I am always happy to have my opinions challenged. Apparently he/she/whatever wrote this essay in response t… --- ## [Best SPAM ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spam-ever/629120)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2012, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spam-ever/629120 "2012-07-23T12:37:16Z")
I don’t think I’ve laughed this hard when checking my email in a very long time. How is it possible that these people aren’t multimillionaires, what with their computer skills and ability to connect with people emotional… --- ## [The 50 cutest things that ever happened](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-cutest-things-that-ever-happened/628971)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2012, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-cutest-things-that-ever-happened/628971 "2012-07-23T07:00:24Z")
Found this today. Aww… Spoiler alert: Many of these involve kittens/cats. --- ## [Will This Be The MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 321\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403 "2012-07-23T02:10:02Z")
One never knows does one? We’ll either have one or two. Or maybe even three! We’re madcap we mumpers are! :smiley: So I don’t have a topic per se not that that matters. So, here’s today’s weather forecast from south Jaw… --- ## [Have to admit that dancing hurdler everyone is talking about is as cute as a button](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-admit-that-dancing-hurdler-everyone-is-talking-about-is-as-cute-as-a-button/629005)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-admit-that-dancing-hurdler-everyone-is-talking-about-is-as-cute-as-a-button/629005 "2012-07-22T23:54:07Z")
This isa video clip making the rounds. She’s way young relative to me, but I have to admit her little warming up dance turns is as cute as anything I’ve ever seen. It doesn’t hurt that she’s also an absolutely magnific… --- ## [Everybody say welcome to Lionsaoi!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-say-welcome-to-lionsaoi/628923)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-say-welcome-to-lionsaoi/628923 "2012-07-22T22:02:56Z")
She’s not a new poster. But she’s a habitual lurker, though I know for a fact she’s skimming the dope right now. Maybe if we shout real loud she’ll hear us HEEEEY LIONSAOI! Come say hi! --- ## [Well thank you for that Mother!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thank-you-for-that-mother/629071)
**Author:** [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thank-you-for-that-mother/629071 "2012-07-22T21:01:40Z")
So, whilst out today enjoying some long-awaited sunshine, my husband Crusoe takes a photo of me lying on the grass with our 6 month old daughter sitting on top of me. I am laughing up at her, she is smiling down at me, i… --- ## [List your little personal fix-it triumphs here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-little-personal-fix-it-triumphs-here/625188)
**Author:** [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-little-personal-fix-it-triumphs-here/625188 "2012-07-22T20:26:03Z")
I just fixed an expensive vacuum cleaner that was throwing belts. I glued a small spacer on the drive motor shaft that stopped the belt from wandering. Cost - zero. Time - 10 minutes. A small victory in the war again… --- ## ["The smell of Napalm in the morning" is for wusses.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smell-of-napalm-in-the-morning-is-for-wusses/628776)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smell-of-napalm-in-the-morning-is-for-wusses/628776 "2012-07-22T18:35:07Z")
Here is what REAL men do for fun and country (stand under a detonating atomic bomb). http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/\_news/2012/07/19/12834002-55-years-ago-6-stood-under-atomic-bomb-blast-on-purpose?lite Gawd I miss the g… --- ## [This is why I don't like you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-i-dont-like-you/628558)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-i-dont-like-you/628558 "2012-07-22T18:07:20Z")
I heard a few months back about a website that lets people you give the URL to post anonymously the kinds of things you do that turn people off. For example, one person could write that you need to apply deodorant a litt… --- ## [Am I the Queen of England?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-queen-of-england/629022)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-queen-of-england/629022 "2012-07-22T16:28:41Z")
I’m not even British, but this supermarket seems to think so. I got the following email warning be about delivery disruption in London. \[QUOTE=Tesco\] Dear Ms Windsor, Due to road restrictions around the summer sport… --- ## [Fat Lady On Bus Cusses Out Hispanic Men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-lady-on-bus-cusses-out-hispanic-men/628852)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-lady-on-bus-cusses-out-hispanic-men/628852 "2012-07-22T15:43:20Z")
I was on the bus yesterday and there were two older Hispanic men, I’d say in their mid 40s. A young black woman (I’d say in her mid 20s) who was quite obese gets on the bus. Even though she was large she was more like a… --- ## [I'm Ever Upper Class, High Society, God's Gift To Ballroom Notoriety](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ever-upper-class-high-society-gods-gift-to-ballroom-notoriety/628798)
**Author:** [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ever-upper-class-high-society-gods-gift-to-ballroom-notoriety/628798 "2012-07-22T12:23:42Z")
And I always fill my ballroom, the event is never small. The social pages say I’ve got the biggest balls of all! --- ## [Don't use Windex to clean an LCD monitor!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-use-windex-to-clean-an-lcd-monitor/438213)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-use-windex-to-clean-an-lcd-monitor/438213 "2012-07-22T10:55:53Z")
Dammit! :smack: -FrL- --- ## [I only eat pizza when I'm dieting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-only-eat-pizza-when-im-dieting/629023)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-only-eat-pizza-when-im-dieting/629023 "2012-07-22T06:37:55Z")
As I’m sure many of you know (and tire of hearing about), I compete in natural-bodybuilding, as a paraplegic. In general, when not preparing for a show (the “off-season”) I eat a pretty healthy diet. I personally don’t… --- ## [Historical significance of your birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-significance-of-your-birthday/623607)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-significance-of-your-birthday/623607 "2012-07-22T01:35:53Z")
Do any major anniversaries/events fall on your birthday? For me: for the 1st 140 or so years of U.S. history, my birthday was an outgoing President’s last full day in office. --- ## [Why I Look Like A Drag Queen Who Was In Bar Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-look-like-a-drag-queen-who-was-in-bar-fight/628960)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-look-like-a-drag-queen-who-was-in-bar-fight/628960 "2012-07-21T23:53:23Z")
My eyelids have what look like dark blue eye shadow, and there are huge stitches on them as well as on my forehead. I don’t look good with blue eye shadow. I really do look like the world’s ugliest drag queen without t… --- ## [Oslo and Utøya, One Year Later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-and-utoya-one-year-later/628985)
**Author:** [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-and-utoya-one-year-later/628985 "2012-07-21T23:25:22Z")
As I’m writing this, it’s the evening of Saturday, July 21st, here in Norway. Tomorrow we will commemorate the first anniversary of one of the worst days in our history. It feels very strange to be sitting here and think… --- ## [People you don't recognize after a couple of years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-dont-recognize-after-a-couple-of-years/628943)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-dont-recognize-after-a-couple-of-years/628943 "2012-07-21T17:05:03Z")
I was zapping though the TV channels this morning and stopped by at CNN International. I caught the final minutes of an interview with a man and a woman. The man was Andre Agassi, sure enough, I recognized him immediatel… --- ## [The Evolution of Dance (by a robot)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evolution-of-dance-by-a-robot/628464)
**Author:** [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evolution-of-dance-by-a-robot/628464 "2012-07-21T15:08:21Z")
I love this video. Parts of it start to slack off but just when I think he’s used up all the cool moves, I’m surprised again. If they had spent a little more time and worked harder on the programming it would have been… --- ## [Airport searches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airport-searches/628438)
**Author:** [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airport-searches/628438 "2012-07-21T14:42:28Z")
A friend told me about a relative in her mid-sixties who was pulled out of line at the airport because she had glitter or sparkles or whatever it’s called on her shirt, and given a full cavity search. Now while I agree t… --- ## [Interesting pictures on this website.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-pictures-on-this-website/628925)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-pictures-on-this-website/628925 "2012-07-21T13:58:44Z")
Cool website. Wall to Watch Check these out to begin with. Half-Drag Muppets As X-Men --- ## [How did this get here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-get-here/628867)
**Author:** [@Rudiger\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rudiger_Simpson)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-get-here/628867 "2012-07-21T13:52:06Z")
Yesterday, I went to look at convertible car seats (child safety seats) at a Target in Naperville, IL. My sister-in-law had mentioned a specific seat that she saw on clearance at ‘her’ Target in the city, so I was on th… --- ## [Need help sorting in Excel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-sorting-in-excel/628912)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2012, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-sorting-in-excel/628912 "2012-07-21T06:45:12Z")
Howdy Ho! I need some help with an excel spreadsheet. What I need to do is create three different sorts and I can choose which one by pressing a button Option one is Sorting by Largest Balance Option two is Sorting by … --- ## [Does every goddamn thing on earth have to be left or right wing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-every-goddamn-thing-on-earth-have-to-be-left-or-right-wing/628808)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2012, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-every-goddamn-thing-on-earth-have-to-be-left-or-right-wing/628808 "2012-07-21T06:10:27Z")
I mean seriously? It has gotten to the point people classify films as left or right wing propaganda if they bother to take any kind of stand whether it is political or not. If anyone mentions laudable attributes like se… --- ## [Looks like it's time to visit the fertility specialist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-its-time-to-visit-the-fertility-specialist/623347)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-its-time-to-visit-the-fertility-specialist/623347 "2012-07-20T23:34:29Z")
I’m discouraged. I’m upset. I’m scared. Can I get a little support? We’ve been trying to conceive for almost a year now, and being the nerd that I am, much of that was carefully charted basal body temperatures and ovula… --- ## [Young gorillas figure out how to dismantle snares set by poachers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-gorillas-figure-out-how-to-dismantle-snares-set-by-poachers/628811)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-gorillas-figure-out-how-to-dismantle-snares-set-by-poachers/628811 "2012-07-20T20:13:50Z")
Amazing. It won’t be long before the Lady Liberty is up to her armpits in sand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1100) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1102)