# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1113 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1114 --- ## [Cake Wrecks' tribute to poop cakes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-wrecks-tribute-to-poop-cakes/625864)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-wrecks-tribute-to-poop-cakes/625864 "2012-06-21T19:03:29Z")
For those of you in a third-grade humor mindset today. Cake Wrecks is one of those sites I have to read forewarned that I will be making choking, gasping laughing sounds at my desk from time to time. --- ## [I'm dumping my life and starting a new one. ACK!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-dumping-my-life-and-starting-a-new-one-ack/625342)
**Author:** [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-dumping-my-life-and-starting-a-new-one-ack/625342 "2012-06-21T17:54:36Z")
A few weeks ago I had a moment when I realized that my sucktastic job wasn’t going to get any better, ever. So I marched upstairs to my supervisor’s office and resigned. Oh Shit. Fast forward to a great interview at a … --- ## [hawking charitable donations at the workplace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawking-charitable-donations-at-the-workplace/625808)
**Author:** [@bot3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bot3)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawking-charitable-donations-at-the-workplace/625808 "2012-06-21T15:56:40Z")
This isn’t really a complaint so much as an annoyance that I keep to myself. Among many of the duties I have as an associate (read clerk) at the home improvement store I work at I’m also a cashier and one of two cash cou… --- ## [Who will be the new Secretary of Commerce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-new-secretary-of-commerce/624817)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-new-secretary-of-commerce/624817 "2012-06-21T15:14:14Z")
Looks like there is about to be an opening. Washington (CNN) – U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson, who is under investigation for possible felony hit-and-run after allegedly causing two car accidents in California, … --- ## [Springing the new Sequential Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 860\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531 "2012-06-21T14:34:26Z")
OK, it’s still Winter for another month, but the Holly Jolly Sequential Thread has gone on longer than most people keep up their Christmas lights, so I’m springing a new thread for a new season. Ask the person who lives… --- ## [My Father Was A Very Caring Man. part of a story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-was-a-very-caring-man-part-of-a-story/625628)
**Author:** [@Gezmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gezmo)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-was-a-very-caring-man-part-of-a-story/625628 "2012-06-21T14:21:46Z")
So, anyway when me and the family was on vacation. One afternoon we were all stepping out of the car, as we were ab out to eat at Apple Bee’s. I was sitting in the back seat, in the middle between two of my family memb… --- ## [My Next Personal Story. Crashing the Car, Losing My Dad's Ring Before He Dies of Cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-next-personal-story-crashing-the-car-losing-my-dads-ring-before-he-dies-of-cancer/625793)
**Author:** [@Gezmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gezmo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-next-personal-story-crashing-the-car-losing-my-dads-ring-before-he-dies-of-cancer/625793 "2012-06-21T14:19:20Z")
I finally decided to tell the other story from my life. When I was in high school, I used to live in an area that snowed a lot in the winter. After days of wishing I had a awesome ring to wear, and show off, I finally … --- ## [Quick bicycle traffic question...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-bicycle-traffic-question/625767)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-bicycle-traffic-question/625767 "2012-06-21T12:29:06Z")
Nothing happened as a result of this situation. However, I was curious as to the practical aspects of it. I’m not saying if I was on the bike or in the car, as to not prejudice the issue. The street in question is str… --- ## [A journal of a podcaster... or a weakassed cover for a pleas to listen...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-journal-of-a-podcaster-or-a-weakassed-cover-for-a-pleas-to-listen/625820)
**Author:** [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-journal-of-a-podcaster-or-a-weakassed-cover-for-a-pleas-to-listen/625820 "2012-06-21T12:19:41Z")
ok this may be a promotion thread… in fact I’m sure that is what this will become so if you are still reading after these sentences then you may be the type of person I am gearing this post for. That would be an audienc… --- ## [Worrying about my sister and her stock trading](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worrying-about-my-sister-and-her-stock-trading/567188)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worrying-about-my-sister-and-her-stock-trading/567188 "2012-06-21T03:27:11Z")
My sister called to borrow a small sum to pay her car note. She also hit up my brother for utilities. We’re not supposed to tell each other about the loans, but of course, we did. Turns out she racking up quite a bit of … --- ## [The neighbor's parenting drives my wife crazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-neighbors-parenting-drives-my-wife-crazy/625060)
**Author:** [@gunnergoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gunnergoz)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-neighbors-parenting-drives-my-wife-crazy/625060 "2012-06-21T03:13:07Z")
My wife, who has lived in the USA for 12 years, comes from a culture where family and a woman’s role as wife and mother are deeply inculcated from earliest childhood. Her resulting values and character are the reasons I… --- ## [Going to Quebec city in a couple of weeks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-quebec-city-in-a-couple-of-weeks/625574)
**Author:** [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-quebec-city-in-a-couple-of-weeks/625574 "2012-06-21T01:15:11Z")
Just not sure for how long, its going to be on the week of July 1st , have not decided exactly when I will hop in the truck and boogie, but have questions on exactly whats going on that weekend. I’m going to be taking t… --- ## [Who is Bob White and why is he important?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-bob-white-and-why-is-he-important/625680)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-bob-white-and-why-is-he-important/625680 "2012-06-20T21:54:01Z")
Back on Memorial Day I was visiting the one group of friends I kinda made down here and she lives on Bobwhite ln. When I typed that into my GPS I mis-remembered it and typed Bob White dr, which there was one of those to… --- ## [The sad tale of a stupid man with a deformed 100-pound scrotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613 "2012-06-20T20:43:01Z")
Man with 100-pound scrotum REJECTS offers to perform $1 million corrective surgery --- ## [Length of server backup tape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/length-of-server-backup-tape/625664)
**Author:** [@Jbone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jbone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/length-of-server-backup-tape/625664 "2012-06-20T19:54:14Z")
My co-workers found a bunch of our old backup tapes and I have been trying to find out the length of the tape that fits on these spools. We found out that sticking a magnet on the ceiling, and then the unpacked tape spoo… --- ## [Meeting a longtime friend in real life. How do I alleviate family concerns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meeting-a-longtime-friend-in-real-life-how-do-i-alleviate-family-concerns/625471)
**Author:** [@Liddle\_Lamsy\_Divey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liddle_Lamsy_Divey)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meeting-a-longtime-friend-in-real-life-how-do-i-alleviate-family-concerns/625471 "2012-06-20T18:51:21Z")
I apologize if this isn’t the right place to put this. I’m going to meet a longtime friend I’ve known only online and through phone conversations in August. We’ve known each other for seven years now. I’ve recently let … --- ## [ask the person who spent friday and saturday morrning in a cell in a britiish police station](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-who-spent-friday-and-saturday-morrning-in-a-cell-in-a-britiish-police-station/625571)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-who-spent-friday-and-saturday-morrning-in-a-cell-in-a-britiish-police-station/625571 "2012-06-20T17:35:26Z")
I will not discuss anything about the alleged offence itself other than to note it involved importing controlled substances and all my computers were seized (hopefully not for long) so I am typing on a crappy tablet. But… --- ## [Andrew Cuomo (Gov NY) doesn't get the internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrew-cuomo-gov-ny-doesnt-get-the-internet/625737)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrew-cuomo-gov-ny-doesnt-get-the-internet/625737 "2012-06-20T17:14:27Z")
News story here. In order to prevent the “public” distribution of NYS teacher evaluations, Cuomo introduced legislation to limit the release of evaluations. They will “only” go to parents who have children in the teach… --- ## [George Bush for Clerk of Court!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-for-clerk-of-court/625719)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-for-clerk-of-court/625719 "2012-06-20T16:39:13Z")
I was in Jacksonville last weekend for a wedding, and kept seeing signs that said that. Naturally, I was intrigued. I was disappointed to discover that George A. Bush (no relation) is running for Clerk of Court for Clay … --- ## [How does Microsoft Word know....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-microsoft-word-know/625577)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-microsoft-word-know/625577 "2012-06-20T15:45:16Z")
How does Microsoft Word know what it is I am trying not to do? --- ## [Just saw a pic of my childhood home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-pic-of-my-childhood-home/625396)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-pic-of-my-childhood-home/625396 "2012-06-20T13:51:14Z")
My former neighbor posted a pic of my childhood home on my Timeline. Someone was “raising the roof”, and not in a good way. I was like,“WTH are they doing to MY house!” :smiley: --- ## [Australia - School chaplaincy program is 'constitutionally invalid': High Court Read](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-school-chaplaincy-program-is-constitutionally-invalid-high-court-read/625711)
**Author:** [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-school-chaplaincy-program-is-constitutionally-invalid-high-court-read/625711 "2012-06-20T08:49:22Z")
My kids go to a Catholic School and receive Catholic Education and also Comparative Religious studies. My choice, as it should be. Now our last conservative PM implemented a plan that saw funding for a chaplaincy progr… --- ## [Happy Birthday, PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-papsett/625515)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-papsett/625515 "2012-06-20T01:37:04Z")
I’m glad things are going so well for you. May the day bring many horse slobbers and puppy kisses. StG --- ## [Black bears show counting skills on computers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-bears-show-counting-skills-on-computers/625535)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-bears-show-counting-skills-on-computers/625535 "2012-06-19T23:41:53Z")
\*Black bears have demonstrated counting abilities, in a first for the species. Three captive bears took a series of number-based tests on a touch-screen computer, research published in the journal Animal Behaviour showe… --- ## [My mother is donating a kidney to my father. What should I know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-is-donating-a-kidney-to-my-father-what-should-i-know/625463)
**Author:** [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-is-donating-a-kidney-to-my-father-what-should-i-know/625463 "2012-06-19T22:07:38Z")
As the title indicates, next month my mother is donating a kidney to my father, who is in renal failure. We’ve known this was coming for a long time, since my father has had reduced renal function since he was a teenage… --- ## ["Ya know, Jane, sometimes the elevator smells like ass."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-jane-sometimes-the-elevator-smells-like-ass/625671)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-jane-sometimes-the-elevator-smells-like-ass/625671 "2012-06-19T20:59:59Z")
I just had such a Roseanne Rosannadanna moment. I got on the elevator at my office to go downstairs, and it totally smelled like ass. I thought I was gonna die. I thought, “Oh, \*please \*don’t let anyone else get on.” So … --- ## [I'm My Own GrandPaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-my-own-grandpaw/625673)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-my-own-grandpaw/625673 "2012-06-19T19:31:46Z")
Well, grandmaw, as I am female :smiley: Somehow in link surfing I ran across the royal descents of famous people page. As I am related to more than a dozen people named on the page, though some of the links to older roy… --- ## [Correction of the week, from the NY Times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correction-of-the-week-from-the-ny-times/625467)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correction-of-the-week-from-the-ny-times/625467 "2012-06-19T18:14:37Z")
“A picture caption last Sunday with an article about the vanishing community of Americans on Chichi Jima, a remote Pacific island that was founded by an American sailor but turned over to the Japanese in 1968, misstated … --- ## [One of the sons who escaped from the Fred Phelps cult gives an inside view on the abusive nut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-sons-who-escaped-from-the-fred-phelps-cult-gives-an-inside-view-on-the-abusive-nut/625617)
**Author:** [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-sons-who-escaped-from-the-fred-phelps-cult-gives-an-inside-view-on-the-abusive-nut/625617 "2012-06-19T18:13:00Z")
Nate Phelps, one of Fred Phelps’s kids who ended up escaping when he turned 18, has done an AMA on reddit. I thought these were some of the more revealing Q&As: Reading this definitely changed my opinion about how to c… --- ## [Rodney Romney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-romney/625654)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-romney/625654 "2012-06-19T16:50:52Z")
Just hit me: would this be a monicker from Hell? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1112) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1114)