# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1109 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1110 --- ## [I guess that makes most people drug dealers, then](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-that-makes-most-people-drug-dealers-then/626745)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2012, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-that-makes-most-people-drug-dealers-then/626745 "2012-07-01T06:52:01Z")
You know how sometimes crazy people will come along and fill Great Debates and/or the Pit with pages upon pages of their… unique logic? I think Iranian VP Mohammad Reza Rahimi would fit right in there. “There are no Zio… --- ## [Stockton, CA's Bankruptcy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockton-cas-bankruptcy/626533)
**Author:** [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockton-cas-bankruptcy/626533 "2012-07-01T04:46:30Z")
Stockton is in the news again … and once again it’s for being the worst at something. This time: Largest US City to Ever Go Bankrupt. Bloomberg SJ Mercury News Previous titles include: Most Miserable City (twice, na… --- ## [My natural environment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-natural-environment/626724)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-natural-environment/626724 "2012-06-30T23:02:43Z")
An airport. Ugh. Charleston to Atlanta to Minneapolis to Rapid City. 11 hours in transit. Ugh. That is all. --- ## [Thank you to Lake Zurich (Long Grove) couple for the Dayton tool chest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-to-lake-zurich-long-grove-couple-for-the-dayton-tool-chest/626819)
**Author:** [@qsecofr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qsecofr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-to-lake-zurich-long-grove-couple-for-the-dayton-tool-chest/626819 "2012-06-30T23:01:59Z")
\*\*You had an estate sale because you were retiring to Naples, Florida. It was all furniture, paintings, and contemporary furnishings except for a Dayton nine drawer tool chest on casters. I show up and the tool chest is… --- ## [Airbus A380 knocks regional jet around like a toy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airbus-a380-knocks-regional-jet-around-like-a-toy/626524)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airbus-a380-knocks-regional-jet-around-like-a-toy/626524 "2012-06-30T20:52:22Z")
I’ve been doing a lot of flying for work lately, so I’ve been spending my spare time in hotel rooms just looking at random aviation shit on YouTube. Here is a really cool video of an A380 taxiing at JFK. It sideswipes a… --- ## [On the student boycott in Quebec](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-student-boycott-in-quebec/626643)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-student-boycott-in-quebec/626643 "2012-06-30T19:42:46Z")
Here is a direct quote from The Nation: A few weeks ago, the NY Times had a similar piece. Now when you read about a “brutal 75% increase in university tuition” would you understand that to mean an increase from about… --- ## [I don't believe the drone lost over Iran is legit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-the-drone-lost-over-iran-is-legit/606079)
**Author:** [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-the-drone-lost-over-iran-is-legit/606079 "2012-06-30T15:51:14Z")
I think something is amiss here. It just doesn’t feel right to me. I think we lost something on purpose as a decoy and/or something else is afoot. I sense some sort of deception going on. Just wanted to get that out. … --- ## [I did Painting with a Twist last night, and...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-painting-with-a-twist-last-night-and/626705)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-painting-with-a-twist-last-night-and/626705 "2012-06-30T15:10:17Z")
…it was so much fun! I have never painted in my life (except in middle school and prior, I guess). I am not an artistic or creative guy when it comes to crafts. So it was very nerve wracking at first. But you get to dr… --- ## [72 year old man allegedly pulled gun on neighbor who "farted at him"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-man-allegedly-pulled-gun-on-neighbor-who-farted-at-him/626500 "2012-06-30T14:58:21Z")
Story here Sometimes living in New Jersey is a real gas. --- ## [Stupid Criminals, Chapter 72,184](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-criminals-chapter-72-184/626795)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2012, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-criminals-chapter-72-184/626795 "2012-06-30T11:15:39Z")
Hot on the heels of the stupid Iranian terrorist who bombed himself in Bangkok 4-1/2 months ago, now we have three Brits who tried to yank ATMs out of the wall over Pattaya way. Seems they were trying to emulate what th… --- ## [Justice Dept declines to prosecute Holder for contempt of Congress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-dept-declines-to-prosecute-holder-for-contempt-of-congress/626732)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2012, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-dept-declines-to-prosecute-holder-for-contempt-of-congress/626732 "2012-06-30T06:44:58Z")
Washington Post story here. There are two items in the article that I have questions and doubts about. As to the first, it seems pretty damn premature to determine whether this was a crime, since it seems impossible … --- ## [Gender Guesser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-guesser/626476)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-guesser/626476 "2012-06-30T05:58:46Z")
In one of the myriad umkay threads somebody posted a link to the Gender Guesser and I thought this might be fun. I submitted a piece of writing consisting of 1154 words and got back: \*Genre: Informal Female = 1658 Mal… --- ## [Rare Baby Sumatran Rhino Born](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-baby-sumatran-rhino-born/626594)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-baby-sumatran-rhino-born/626594 "2012-06-30T04:13:34Z")
Story here. Nice photo of mother and child. (Is it just me, or does the baby resemble Lonesome George, the century-old tortoise that just died in the Galapagos?) The fourth birth in captivity in more than 100 years. --- ## [Obamacare mandate upheld](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamacare-mandate-upheld/626579)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamacare-mandate-upheld/626579 "2012-06-30T01:37:32Z")
First! --- ## [Quick vacation ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-vacation-ideas/626147)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-vacation-ideas/626147 "2012-06-29T22:43:57Z")
I may have a few days off coming in July, and I thoght I might take a quick vacation. Trouble is, I’m having a hard time finding something I feel comfortable with. I also dislike trying to roam seven hundred travel sites… --- ## [Answer this quickly (and hopefully correctly)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-this-quickly-and-hopefully-correctly/625040)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-this-quickly-and-hopefully-correctly/625040 "2012-06-29T20:13:31Z")
A hot dog and a soda cost $1.10. The hot dog is a dollar more than the soda, how much is the soda? --- ## [Making posters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-posters/626583)
**Author:** [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-posters/626583 "2012-06-29T16:19:38Z")
I am responsible for getting some posters made for a community education event (National Depression Screening Day) in October. I thought the local college might be helpful, but nada. So now I am at a bit of a loss. The e… --- ## [I think my unborn baby had the hiccups this morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-unborn-baby-had-the-hiccups-this-morning/626485)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-unborn-baby-had-the-hiccups-this-morning/626485 "2012-06-29T16:04:40Z")
I’m 33 weeks pregnant. I was feeling frequent, small movements, happening with a frequency that wouldn’t be totally abnormal for hiccups when I get them. Is that what it probably was? When a fetus gets hiccups, what e… --- ## [Canada day is getting postponed!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-day-is-getting-postponed/626616)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-day-is-getting-postponed/626616 "2012-06-29T15:33:08Z")
But just for a second…\[ \](http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/5739/race-against-time-when-a-minute-lasts-61-seconds)what will you be doing with all that extra time? --- ## [Absolutely Beautiful Diving Video From Fiji And Tonga...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-beautiful-diving-video-from-fiji-and-tonga/626508)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-beautiful-diving-video-from-fiji-and-tonga/626508 "2012-06-29T15:09:18Z")
This is a wonderful video in full screen, darn near HD showing aquatic sea life in all its vibrancy. Stunningly beautiful. --- ## [Dear Guy Who Brushes His Teeth in the Office Restroom,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-guy-who-brushes-his-teeth-in-the-office-restroom/621209)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-guy-who-brushes-his-teeth-in-the-office-restroom/621209 "2012-06-29T15:08:03Z")
Dear Guy Who Brings in Everything and Brushing His Teeth in the Middle of the Day in the Office’s Bathroom, Eww. I can’t really explain why, just… eww. Hugs and kisses, Me. I’m struggling with WHY it weirds me out s… --- ## [Is Dauphin Island (Alabama) awesome? Why does it have a 3 mile bridge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dauphin-island-alabama-awesome-why-does-it-have-a-3-mile-bridge/626577)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dauphin-island-alabama-awesome-why-does-it-have-a-3-mile-bridge/626577 "2012-06-29T14:17:54Z")
I noticed that Dauphin Island, where only 1000 people live, nonetheless has an airport and a (presumably very expensive) three mile bridge to the Mainland. Is it some kind of big tourist place? If not, why did they buil… --- ## [I'm pathetic.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pathetic/626668)
**Author:** [@halfliquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/halfliquid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pathetic/626668 "2012-06-29T12:54:39Z")
…! --- ## [iPhone 5 to have a new 19 pin connector. Will make all accessories for previous models obsolete.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-5-to-have-a-new-19-pin-connector-will-make-all-accessories-for-previous-models-obsolete/625865)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-5-to-have-a-new-19-pin-connector-will-make-all-accessories-for-previous-models-obsolete/625865 "2012-06-29T12:52:58Z")
It has been announced the new iPhone 5 will have a smaller 19 pin connector on the bottom, replacing the 30 pin connector in all previous models. --- ## [Did any of you lose any lungs in Los Angeles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-of-you-lose-any-lungs-in-los-angeles/624845)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-of-you-lose-any-lungs-in-los-angeles/624845 "2012-06-29T05:56:48Z")
For goodness sake, if you are going to be careless enough just to leave your lungs lying around like that . . . It’s bad enough when people drop their gum wrappers on the sidewalk! --- ## [My cat is sick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-is-sick/626212)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-is-sick/626212 "2012-06-29T05:14:24Z")
We noticed that Katya hadn’t been eating normally. Then, on Friday and Saturday, she was vomiting. We took her to an animal hospital. They couldn’t find anything wrong in her blood work, but they’ve been keeping her a… --- ## [The Star Wars That I Used To Know...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-that-i-used-to-know/626637)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-that-i-used-to-know/626637 "2012-06-29T02:50:35Z")
Gotye parody…funny shit! :smiley: --- ## [Posting from Sonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-sonic/626371)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-sonic/626371 "2012-06-29T02:43:07Z")
Yeah, that’s pretty much it. I’m at the local Sonic, using the free wifi. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to post. It will be nice to drink a slushie while it’s cold for once. --- ## [Has anybody else run away to live in the woods? A question about the effects of prolonged solitude.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-else-run-away-to-live-in-the-woods-a-question-about-the-effects-of-prolonged-solitude/577935)
**Author:** [@Tsukemono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsukemono)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-else-run-away-to-live-in-the-woods-a-question-about-the-effects-of-prolonged-solitude/577935 "2011-04-14T05:06:19Z")
When I was younger than I am now, but not that much younger, I ran away from home and camped out in the woods for a week. During that time I did not see or speak to another human being. It occurred to me later that up t… --- ## [What would you do in this scenario? (Time Travel Related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-in-this-scenario-time-travel-related/626384)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-in-this-scenario-time-travel-related/626384 "2012-06-28T23:36:12Z")
So there you are sitting at home by yourself minding your own business when you hear a knock at the door, you go to answer it only to find…you standing there. Sure with a little closer inspection ‘you’re’ a little older… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1108) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1110)