# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1110 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1111 --- ## [Welcome our rock-paper-scissors robot overlords](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-rock-paper-scissors-robot-overlords/626461)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-rock-paper-scissors-robot-overlords/626461 "2012-06-28T23:18:05Z")
They’ve built a robot that can always win rock-paper-scissors. Not sure if it can play the lizard/Spock variant or not. --- ## [My lack of patriotism - I mute the national anthem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lack-of-patriotism-i-mute-the-national-anthem/577762)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lack-of-patriotism-i-mute-the-national-anthem/577762 "2012-06-28T22:51:49Z")
I just watched the best racehorse on earth, Black Caviar, win the T J Smith Stakes at her first run in Sydney. While I was watching on TV the national anthem was sung before the race. Before it started I muted it. I rea… --- ## [Made up this political joke on the fly =)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-this-political-joke-on-the-fly/626549)
**Author:** [@supery00n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supery00n)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-this-political-joke-on-the-fly/626549 "2012-06-28T22:16:38Z")
\*\*\*\*Why couldn’t George Bush find the weapons of mass destruction? The First Law of Thermodynamics, unlike George Bush, never lies. :rolleyes: --- ## [BEARS! Help keep me safe from these godless killing machines.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-help-keep-me-safe-from-these-godless-killing-machines/625789)
**Author:** [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-help-keep-me-safe-from-these-godless-killing-machines/625789 "2012-06-28T16:49:41Z")
I’m going camping the Porcupine Mountains this week and have been reading about BEAR! safety all week. I have my BEAR! spray and air horn. I’m wondering how “Tony Montana” I need to be with the spray. Do I just unload… --- ## [Crazy Larry's Pizza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-larrys-pizza/626537)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-larrys-pizza/626537 "2012-06-28T15:58:57Z")
We ate there a couple of nights ago because Mrs. Plant v. 3.0 (AKA The New and Improved Mrs. Plant, but I digress) likes the buffet. I had cheese pizza, meat lover’s, supreme. But they also have…strange pizza. Veggie … --- ## [Screw Mitt and Obama, here is our next Prez](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-mitt-and-obama-here-is-our-next-prez/626496)
**Author:** [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-mitt-and-obama-here-is-our-next-prez/626496 "2012-06-28T04:58:07Z")
OK, I have found the guy I am supporting for President. If you read up on him I think all correct thinking dopers will agree. Here is a candidate we can all support. Vermin Supreme His platform includes such planks a… --- ## [VAGINA. VAGINA. Vaaaaagina.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-vagina-vaaaaagina/625211)
**Author:** [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-vagina-vaaaaagina/625211 "2012-06-28T02:55:41Z")
It’s such a fighting word. :dubious: I’m sure he/she has called her worse behind closed doors. Oh, and: vagina. --- ## [The child I put up for adoption 26 years ago has found me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-child-i-put-up-for-adoption-26-years-ago-has-found-me/625308)
**Author:** [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-child-i-put-up-for-adoption-26-years-ago-has-found-me/625308 "2012-06-28T01:36:21Z")
And I am THRILLED! She reached out to me - and I responded to her email tonight - I told her we’d take it as easy as she was comfortable with - but what a wonderful gift! She’s OUT there!! :smiley: And Oh LORD would I… --- ## [Predictions on the Health Care Decision Tomorrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-on-the-health-care-decision-tomorrow/626522)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-on-the-health-care-decision-tomorrow/626522 "2012-06-28T00:22:48Z")
Closest gets an attaboy from me. My prediction: Roberts writes the opinion. 5-4 that the mandate and related provision are struck down. Other provisions like the 26 year old children on their parents’ health care sur… --- ## [People who make up Inane Marketing Campaigns Deserve to Die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-make-up-inane-marketing-campaigns-deserve-to-die/626458)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-make-up-inane-marketing-campaigns-deserve-to-die/626458 "2012-06-27T23:52:08Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/deserve-die-posters-ad-campaign-lung-cancer-201119572.html I really mean it. Thus “slowly revealed over a period of weeks” billboard campaigns drive me nuts. I’d give you examples, … --- ## [I'm a stockholder!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-stockholder/625996)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-stockholder/625996 "2012-06-27T23:22:28Z")
I got granted shares in an internet company way back in 2002, before the company went public. It’s something I’d completely forgotten about. Today, I happened to be poking around old email on an account I no longer use,… --- ## [Amazon linked to me on the SD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-linked-to-me-on-the-sd/626359)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-linked-to-me-on-the-sd/626359 "2012-06-27T21:33:59Z")
The other day I was looking at biscuit cutters on Amazon. Today, the sidebar ad on the SD was from Amazon, featuring. . .wait for it. . .biscuit cutters! Tracking or coincidence? --- ## [Google Maps Easter eggs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-easter-eggs/625973)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-easter-eggs/625973 "2012-06-27T20:05:52Z")
What are some of the cooler things that you’ve found in Google Maps? A little while back someone pointed out that if you go to street level view on the White House, you can get to a tour of it. I discovered that a cert… --- ## [Math geeks...help me look smart!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-geeks-help-me-look-smart/626312)
**Author:** [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-geeks-help-me-look-smart/626312 "2012-06-27T19:43:08Z")
My very brilliant mathematician niece is at some high-falutin’ “math camp” thing at college, where she gets paid big bucks to sit around for seven weeks this summer thinking about mathy things that apparently have no pra… --- ## [If John Edwards and Rielle Hunter can't make it, who CAN?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-john-edwards-and-rielle-hunter-cant-make-it-who-can/626373)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-john-edwards-and-rielle-hunter-cant-make-it-who-can/626373 "2012-06-27T19:10:37Z")
And I was so sure those adorable kids would be together 4-evah! The good news is, ladies, John Edwards is back on the market. --- ## [I have an unethical manager (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-unethical-manager-long/606673)
**Author:** [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-unethical-manager-long/606673 "2012-06-27T18:49:12Z")
I have worked for a Big Bank for 5 years. I worked my way up from being a customer service rep working with the general public to only working with a clientele with $250,000 to $1 million in investable assets. I am ful… --- ## [If you're buying a house... (free advice)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-buying-a-house-free-advice/626292)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-buying-a-house-free-advice/626292 "2012-06-27T18:14:08Z")
Do not, I repeat, DO NOT use a home inspector recommended by your real estate agent. Don’t do it. Just don’t. The reason should be obvious but, in case it’s not–the Realtor will know somebody, undoubtedly. The Realtor a… --- ## [My son will be going into surgery tomorrow...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-will-be-going-into-surgery-tomorrow/625740)
**Author:** [@Woeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Woeg)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-will-be-going-into-surgery-tomorrow/625740 "2012-06-27T17:53:02Z")
Howdy all, I know it’s been ages since I’ve done an update on Riley, and I apologize for that. He has been doing relatively well, save for a persistant cough and post nasal drip that has bothered him since February, wh… --- ## [Any dog trainers or dog whisperers who can lend an ear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dog-trainers-or-dog-whisperers-who-can-lend-an-ear/626340)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dog-trainers-or-dog-whisperers-who-can-lend-an-ear/626340 "2012-06-27T15:43:52Z")
There are some things happening at home right now that are affecting my three little lovelies and without going into it all here I was hoping to find someone who would be willing to give me some advice off-board. If any… --- ## [Who wants to join me for dinner in Montreal on Tue., Aug. 1, 2012?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-join-me-for-dinner-in-montreal-on-tue-aug-1-2012/626120)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-join-me-for-dinner-in-montreal-on-tue-aug-1-2012/626120 "2012-06-27T14:54:14Z")
\[Mods - not sure if this goes in Cafe Society or MPSIMS or what…\] Supposing I were planning a trip - a pilgrimage, even - from NYC to Montreal in early August, specifically to visit the restaurant Au Pied de Cochon. Ev… --- ## [Should have known!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-have-known/626420)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-have-known/626420 "2012-06-27T14:02:40Z")
It sounded like a job offer or a job fair. But it turned out to be a multi level marketing thing. I even asked to make sure but I guess I wasn’t clear enough. And they made me take my hat off. Which is obnoxious anyway,… --- ## [\[Man in Elmo Costume arrested -- Edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308 "2012-06-27T13:42:44Z")
A real shame it’s come to this. --- ## [Ways your kids are currently driving you crazy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-your-kids-are-currently-driving-you-crazy/625005)
**Author:** [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-your-kids-are-currently-driving-you-crazy/625005 "2012-06-27T13:16:41Z")
I’ve got four. The Four-year old (Gnat) has developed a really irritating baby-talk voice, which he uses about half the time. He can also out-stubborn rocks, and freaks out if interrupted (especially on the computer. My … --- ## [Shouldn't Al Qaeda have a new Number 1?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldnt-al-qaeda-have-a-new-number-1/626099)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldnt-al-qaeda-have-a-new-number-1/626099 "2012-06-27T11:02:34Z")
I was surprised by this report to find that we’re still killing Al Qaeda second-in-commands. That’s seems so 2007. I thought Obama had taken it up a notch when he killed bin Laden and from now on we’d be going after the … --- ## [Lonesome George Dead at 100+](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonesome-george-dead-at-100/626204)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonesome-george-dead-at-100/626204 "2012-06-27T07:26:34Z")
No, not George Gobel. He bit the dust years ago. I mean Lonesome George the Tortoise. The last of his subspecies, in the Galapagos Islands. RIP, George. We hardly knew ye. :frowning: --- ## [For those of you annoyed at Chrome not having a "real" homepage on startup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-annoyed-at-chrome-not-having-a-real-homepage-on-startup/626435)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-annoyed-at-chrome-not-having-a-real-homepage-on-startup/626435 "2012-06-27T06:46:23Z")
I was just toying around with the Chrome setting and I noticed a setting I’ve never seen before. I know a lot of people have complained about setting a “homepage” on Chrome just being a bookmark with a snazzy icon rather… --- ## [What are the cool 40 year old kids dancing to these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-cool-40-year-old-kids-dancing-to-these-days/626318)
**Author:** [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-cool-40-year-old-kids-dancing-to-these-days/626318 "2012-06-27T04:56:38Z")
As the thread title says I just turned 40 and have decided it’s high time I learn how to dance. So what are the in styles that people our age are dancing to? I know ballroom is popular on TV - is Swing still popular? At … --- ## [Need anything looked up on Ancestry.com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-anything-looked-up-on-ancestry-com/624210)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-anything-looked-up-on-ancestry-com/624210 "2012-06-27T02:13:40Z")
I signed up for a one year subscription to the premium service (which includes worldwide databases) and have a lot of time on my hands. PM me if you have any requests, although I’m not even going to try the 1940 census … --- ## [Share your kids' resources for science & engineering!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-kids-resources-for-science-engineering/626369)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-kids-resources-for-science-engineering/626369 "2012-06-27T00:11:43Z")
Yes, it’s another thread about kids. I’ve been researching books and websites for good content on science and engineering and it’s been really hit or miss. I’m not looking for materials to give my kid a tutorial by any m… --- ## [What should I do with an annoying slinky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-an-annoying-slinky/386031)
**Author:** [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-an-annoying-slinky/386031 "2012-06-26T23:26:48Z")
In the cube next to mine, there’s a guy with a slinky. It is driving me insane. All day he plays with it and it makes an annoying shliink - shliiink - shliiiink noise. I’m thinking I’ll take a cue from The Office and im… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1109) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1111)