# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1105 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1106 --- ## [Do you know your +4 Zip Code?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-4-zip-code/627821)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-4-zip-code/627821 "2012-07-12T17:40:03Z")
Do you know by heart what your +4 Zip Code is? I don’t know mine, except that it starts with an 8. --- ## [Yay! I found a wall!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-found-a-wall/627997)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-found-a-wall/627997 "2012-07-12T16:52:40Z")
climbs up onto wall and sits \* falls backward with a surprised yelp \* Bwah! climbs up onto wall and sits; waves at passersby \* --- ## [SHAME-ing of Malcolm Gladwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-ing-of-malcolm-gladwell/626477)
**Author:** [@dataguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dataguy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-ing-of-malcolm-gladwell/626477 "2012-07-12T14:14:19Z")
I recently came across an article portraying Malcolm Gladwell as a corporate shill, especially for the tobacco industry. It’s here. With a followup with response from Gladwell here. Now, I happen to enjoy Malcolm Glad… --- ## [Peru geologists strive to preserve whale cemetery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peru-geologists-strive-to-preserve-whale-cemetery/627995)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peru-geologists-strive-to-preserve-whale-cemetery/627995 "2012-07-12T13:54:50Z")
I love headlines. That one is whacky enough to draw you in. It realy is about what you’d expect, given a minute to ponder it: http://news.yahoo.com/peru-geologists-strive-preserve-whale-cemetery-045320225.html --- ## [I Found a Ten Pence Piece In My Change.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-ten-pence-piece-in-my-change/627878)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-ten-pence-piece-in-my-change/627878 "2012-07-12T13:06:56Z")
I was recently sorting out my change. And I found a British ten pence piece dated 1992! It has an old picture of Queen Elizabeth II on it. And it has a lion with a crown on on the reverse side. Frankly when I first saw … --- ## [Utterly mundane and pointless - I feel like a new name. Suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utterly-mundane-and-pointless-i-feel-like-a-new-name-suggestions/627218)
**Author:** [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utterly-mundane-and-pointless-i-feel-like-a-new-name-suggestions/627218 "2012-07-12T12:21:09Z")
When I first signed up to the Dope, my head was in a bad place (as was my life), and as an admitted agarophobic shut-in, I picked hermette as my female hermit identity for this place. Two and half years later, life’s a … --- ## [My fantasy restaurant: Black-Thai Affair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fantasy-restaurant-black-thai-affair/627830)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fantasy-restaurant-black-thai-affair/627830 "2012-07-12T07:53:46Z")
For years I’ve thought I’d like to open a Thai and Soul Food fusion restaurant. I would call it “Black-Thai Affair.” Of course, it’ll never happen, mainly because I have no money, no business acumen and no idea how to co… --- ## [Absurdist jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absurdist-jokes/627759)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absurdist-jokes/627759 "2012-07-12T07:38:05Z")
A guy was at a pro shop one day, and who does he see but Arnold Palmer! The guy walks up to the golf legend and says “You know, Mr. Palmer, they have a drink named after you.” Arnold says “Really? They have a drink named… --- ## [The crazy. It hurts.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crazy-it-hurts/627895)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crazy-it-hurts/627895 "2012-07-12T07:04:09Z")
The other day I noticed a Facebook friend ‘liked’ a 9/11 Truther site. I’ve known this guy all my life. He’s a Birther, a Teabagger, thinks Obama is Muslim Socialist Commie etc. Now I see he’s a 9/11 Truther. Aiyiyiy… --- ## [For your safety do not climb on Giant Noodle Sculpture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-your-safety-do-not-climb-on-giant-noodle-sculpture/627818)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-your-safety-do-not-climb-on-giant-noodle-sculpture/627818 "2012-07-12T04:14:33Z")
I don’t know how I missed this. I was passing through the Quincey Market/Faneuil Hall area of Boston today and I noticed a sculpture of a giant elbow noodle, colored saffrom yellow, as if diyused with industrial Mac’n’Ch… --- ## [I Got My Google Class Action Suit Settlement Check Today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-google-class-action-suit-settlement-check-today/627447)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-google-class-action-suit-settlement-check-today/627447 "2012-07-12T03:07:01Z")
I didn’t even know I was part of this class action lawsuit, but boy was I surprised to get my big settlement share! It is a check for 55 cents! I have no idea how to spend this windfall. Suggestions welcome. --- ## [A Very Lucky Brake (long story)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-lucky-brake-long-story/627667)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-lucky-brake-long-story/627667 "2012-07-12T01:58:10Z")
Don’t worry–that’s the correct spelling for this story. Today, I was driving eastbound on Highway 1 in Manitoba (which is mostly two-lanes-east-two-lanes-west-with-a-median-in-the-middle), and continued eastbound when t… --- ## [Hi Everybody](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everybody/627264)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everybody/627264 "2012-07-12T01:12:33Z")
Hello. I have just signed up again after a few year hiatus. I forgot my old user name, so I started another. Glad to be back, glad to share a forum with you well-facted and logical dopers! --- ## [Why can't I find something like this in the attic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-find-something-like-this-in-the-attic/627848)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-find-something-like-this-in-the-attic/627848 "2012-07-12T00:01:57Z")
The link is to a story about a family clearing the stuff out of a home that belonged to their grandfather. The baseball card collection has, according to several evaluators, the potential of being worth two to three m… --- ## [King Sized Sheets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-sized-sheets/627789)
**Author:** [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-sized-sheets/627789 "2012-07-11T23:34:38Z")
So, I have a very mundane problem. I have an awesome king sized mattress with a not-too-thick pillowtop. And a cool Ikea platform frame. My bedroom is the best. My sheets suck though. I have two fitted sheets, one from … --- ## [Just need to get this out of my head!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-need-to-get-this-out-of-my-head/627050)
**Author:** [@schillingtl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schillingtl)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-need-to-get-this-out-of-my-head/627050 "2012-07-11T19:19:15Z")
I know everyone always says this but what happened to this generation? I am 26 and i am talking about my own generation. I work hard for everything i have. Since dropping out of college because of money issues so i start… --- ## ["Use Your Words"...When did this phrase become popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-your-words-when-did-this-phrase-become-popular/626665)
**Author:** [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-your-words-when-did-this-phrase-become-popular/626665 "2012-07-11T14:55:14Z")
When my kids were toddlers (1982-1988) I don’t recall ever hearing this phrase used to encourage children to verbalize rather than use my son’s favorite method, pointing and grunting. Nowadays, you hear the phrase “Use y… --- ## [A gift for people mourning over umkay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-people-mourning-over-umkay/626355)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-people-mourning-over-umkay/626355 "2012-07-11T12:20:59Z")
I myself don’t really care about her/him/it/them one way or the other, partly because I never got involved in either of the threads but mostly because I’m a selfish git. Nonetheless, I thought some of y’all might appreci… --- ## [Why the delayed wound response (and then healing) from a rugburn (I already saw a doctor)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-delayed-wound-response-and-then-healing-from-a-rugburn-i-already-saw-a-doctor/627487)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-delayed-wound-response-and-then-healing-from-a-rugburn-i-already-saw-a-doctor/627487 "2012-07-11T06:17:43Z")
NOT a medical advice thread, I already saw a doctor. A few days ago I was going down the stairs and slipped hard. Got a really nasty rugburn on my hip and left hand. The one on my left hand - hurt a good amount, bled … --- ## [UN appoints Iran to major arms-control treaty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-appoints-iran-to-major-arms-control-treaty/627808)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-appoints-iran-to-major-arms-control-treaty/627808 "2012-07-11T03:00:33Z")
If you ever needed proof that the UN is nothing more than empty political theater, here it is. Seriously? Iran? The country that backed Shiite militias throughout the Iraq War, and is currently selling arms to Syria f… --- ## [Rush Limbaugh: "When women got the right to vote is when it all went downhill "](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743 "2012-07-11T00:30:38Z")
No, really. You can hear it here. --- ## [Lying with statistics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-with-statistics/627453)
**Author:** [@purple\_cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_cow)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-with-statistics/627453 "2012-07-10T22:32:10Z")
We all know the old quote (Twain or whoever). What are your favorite (or most hated) examples. Many will be political but i’d like to keep value judgements out of it and focus how the statistics are fudged to make them s… --- ## [Chicago Dope Fest, Summer 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dope-fest-summer-2012/627464)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dope-fest-summer-2012/627464 "2012-07-10T22:30:26Z")
A thread has been started in the Chicago forum to organize a Chicago Dope Fest. If any of our Chicagoans (or potential visitors) are interested, check it out: --- ## [Sewing advice from 1949](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sewing-advice-from-1949/627729)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sewing-advice-from-1949/627729 "2012-07-10T15:21:43Z")
Advice from a Singer Sewing Manual from 1949. We’ve come a long way, baby! --- ## [How do you greet and/or part with family, friends, & strangers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-greet-and-or-part-with-family-friends-strangers/627666)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-greet-and-or-part-with-family-friends-strangers/627666 "2012-07-10T13:59:07Z")
This is a bit Andy-Rooneyish… I only kiss my wife and my daughter on the lips at this point, although I used to kiss all female family members and other close female friends in this way, before I was married. Now with … --- ## [phoenix the eagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phoenix-the-eagle/627745)
**Author:** [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phoenix-the-eagle/627745 "2012-07-10T11:16:18Z")
poor little guy. i hope he pulls through and is able to fly next year. good thing that mr. keller checked out the nest site. --- ## [Catch any of that storm last night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-any-of-that-storm-last-night/626804)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-any-of-that-storm-last-night/626804 "2012-07-09T23:58:13Z")
This one that went through from Chicago to the Mid-Atlantic? My GF has been in Scotland the last 2 weeks and of course yesterday is when she was flying back. The last leg of her trip was a quick jump from New York to D… --- ## [Party tonight. Now I have to study.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-tonight-now-i-have-to-study/627529)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-tonight-now-i-have-to-study/627529 "2012-07-09T23:17:02Z")
Anyone else ever prepare for a party by studying? Years ago I was at a party and someone introduced me to some guy named Kevin McClatchy. Seemed like a nice enough dude. He brought up the topic of Pirate baseball and I … --- ## [Today is the former Mr. Kitty's funeral..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-former-mr-kittys-funeral/627543)
**Author:** [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-former-mr-kittys-funeral/627543 "2012-07-09T21:25:46Z")
Charles and I were married for 15 years; our (amicable) divorce was finalised this past December. As some of you may remember, he was diagnosed at 48 with Cystic Fibrosis, and spent the last several years of our marriag… --- ## [My due date is 11 days away and the waiting is driving me crazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956)
**Author:** [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956 "2012-07-09T21:25:29Z")
I was all set to have a long pregnancy - both my brother and I were two weeks late, so I figured I’d follow in my mom’s footsteps in that way. No big deal, my pregnancy has been pretty easy, and I told everyone I was due… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1104) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1106)