# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1115 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1116 --- ## [My crappy, boring life...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-crappy-boring-life/624319)
**Author:** [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-crappy-boring-life/624319 "2012-06-16T14:05:09Z")
Whenever I whine about how crappy and boring my life is, I think about the millions of people out there who have it worse than me. Then I think about that one poor schmuck who absolutely has it worse than anyone else. I … --- ## [Wimmens! PLEASE Mark Stuff Us Guys Ain't Supposed To Eat......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimmens-please-mark-stuff-us-guys-aint-supposed-to-eat/624204)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimmens-please-mark-stuff-us-guys-aint-supposed-to-eat/624204 "2012-06-16T13:22:54Z")
… outta the damn Fritch! (“Fritch” is “Fridge” written that way for my sweet German Mama, okay?) Anyway, I seem to be getting into real worlds of shit because all of a sudden everything in the Fritch doesn’t belong to … --- ## [The Sheldon-bot has become a reality.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sheldon-bot-has-become-a-reality/624622)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sheldon-bot-has-become-a-reality/624622 "2012-06-16T12:59:57Z")
Pretty cool. Imagine walking in to Home Depot and having one of these things help you out. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Lost in a world of popups and weird pictures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-a-world-of-popups-and-weird-pictures/554992)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2012, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-a-world-of-popups-and-weird-pictures/554992 "2012-06-16T09:49:20Z")
I googled some starlet’s name and found a picture on a site called mgid.com Clicking the link to the picture pops up another mgid page, that has another link on it. Clicking that takes me to nuffy.net, which has anothe… --- ## [What Would Happen in this Hypothetical School-Related Situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-in-this-hypothetical-school-related-situation/624902)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2012, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-in-this-hypothetical-school-related-situation/624902 "2012-06-16T05:50:53Z")
I’m actually more interested in a factual answer, but since nothing like this has ever happened (to my knowledge) and is unlikely to ever happen, all we’re going to get is idle speculation, hence MPSIMS. Imagine a small… --- ## [Calling in all P.Engs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-in-all-p-engs/625206)
**Author:** [@The\_Niply\_Elder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Niply_Elder)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-in-all-p-engs/625206 "2012-06-16T04:16:33Z")
My coworker and I decided to go for our Professional Engineer certification (mechanical), and we started now studying for next April’s test (missed the October filing deadline). So, since it’s been like 7 years out of s… --- ## [Live from the elementary school play - Willie Wonka jr.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-the-elementary-school-play-willie-wonka-jr/625301)
**Author:** [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-the-elementary-school-play-willie-wonka-jr/625301 "2012-06-16T04:10:46Z")
Omg it’s ten after 8 and they’re not even in the factory yet.:eek: It’s been going on for an hour. Standing room only. Guess who’s standing? I guess there’s a shortage of boys in the drama club because Charlie’s a girl… --- ## [Can I call myself a preacher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-call-myself-a-preacher/625304)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-call-myself-a-preacher/625304 "2012-06-16T03:17:08Z")
I was watching the news and the subtitle said Preacher Bill whatever. It got me to thinking. If I talk to no end on some useless and unprovable fallacy can I be called a preacher? I know about the cat in the barn that c… --- ## [The shocking sex life of the penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shocking-sex-life-of-the-penguin/624853)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shocking-sex-life-of-the-penguin/624853 "2012-06-16T03:08:30Z")
Or at least the Adelie penguin. I’m still not convinced this whole thing isn’t a gag. How for instance can a penguin commit sodomy if it doesn’t have a dick? The article says that the report was written in 1915 by a scie… --- ## [New Law Bans Smoking at Angkor Wat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-law-bans-smoking-at-angkor-wat/625313)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-law-bans-smoking-at-angkor-wat/625313 "2012-06-16T02:43:17Z")
Story here. Good on them too! I wouldn’t mind seeing tobacco outlawed completely. --- ## [Wow, look what happend to Eric Heiden!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-look-what-happend-to-eric-heiden/625180)
**Author:** [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-look-what-happend-to-eric-heiden/625180 "2012-06-15T20:48:37Z")
In this post I mentioned that at one point I had thighs like Eric Heiden in his prime. Some of thepicturesI linked to there showed him middle aged, in a white coat with a Stethoscope draped over his neck. So did he bec… --- ## [Yeah, I've got pretty eyes. You really didn't need to tell me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-ive-got-pretty-eyes-you-really-didnt-need-to-tell-me/625205)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-ive-got-pretty-eyes-you-really-didnt-need-to-tell-me/625205 "2012-06-15T20:14:32Z")
So my fiamcee and I are on vacation in Cali. We.decided to go by the Disney store because her daughter wanted to check it out. We were wandering around one of the shops and a sales woman asked if I needed help. She was … --- ## [Muchos Muchos Grande Pantusos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muchos-muchos-grande-pantusos/625164)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muchos-muchos-grande-pantusos/625164 "2012-06-15T18:56:01Z")
Experience the wonder of trekking out to the world’s biggest pants! Have a nice day. --- ## [Well, at least he's honest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-hes-honest/625244)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-hes-honest/625244 "2012-06-15T17:56:04Z")
There have been many threads on bad spam here, but I think this one I just got takes the cake. I’m… at loss for words here. So i’m going to show you a screenshot instead. http://postimage.org/image/qsydttn4z/ If it was… --- ## [Come on in and tell me to break a leg...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-and-tell-me-to-break-a-leg/624984)
**Author:** [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-and-tell-me-to-break-a-leg/624984 "2012-06-15T14:57:51Z")
…Because I have an audition Friday for a lead part in a SAG feature film! I’m going to have to drive for four-plus hours (Dallas to San Antonio) to get to the audition, but I don’t CARE – this could be a huge break for … --- ## [Mundane changes to the punchlines of old jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-changes-to-the-punchlines-of-old-jokes/623066)
**Author:** [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-changes-to-the-punchlines-of-old-jokes/623066 "2012-06-15T14:52:17Z")
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? A: It was looking for food, probably, or maybe it was trying to evade a predator, such as a fox or coyote. --- ## [Jerry Sandusky's Jury](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-sanduskys-jury/624379)
**Author:** [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-sanduskys-jury/624379 "2012-06-15T13:52:20Z")
The jury that will decide Jerry Sandusky’s fate conists of 8 people with direct ties to Penn State. And we’re not talking about people who know someone who knows someone at at Penn State. Three of them are currently em… --- ## [SLC Get Together in July, Anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slc-get-together-in-july-anyone/625233)
**Author:** [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slc-get-together-in-july-anyone/625233 "2012-06-15T13:40:18Z")
Tripler and I have been here in Utah (off and on) for 3 years now, figured it was time to see the faces behind the binary code. The first and second weekends in July we will avoid any and all Pioneer Days/Days of '47 ev… --- ## [Create Campaign Material](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-campaign-material/625224)
**Author:** [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-campaign-material/625224 "2012-06-15T12:52:39Z")
Does anyone know of a good website to create fake campaign posters, or perhaps a template for a standard application which will do the standard graphic elements we associate with American campaign posters or bumper stick… --- ## [My heart is broken.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heart-is-broken/625159)
**Author:** [@rwhbyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rwhbyu)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heart-is-broken/625159 "2012-06-15T09:28:47Z")
My wife died today. I never saw it coming. I still have no idea what I am doing. I have no clue how to tell my 4 y/o that her mom is not coming back. My 7 m/o probably won’t remember her mom at all. She loved the girls s… --- ## [Pepe is the most international name (amusing google search)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-is-the-most-international-name-amusing-google-search/625033)
**Author:** [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-is-the-most-international-name-amusing-google-search/625033 "2012-06-15T06:51:18Z")
I was googling Pepe (the Portugese/Brazilian football star) and was amused by the first 5 hits. The soccer player (portugese/brazilian) The jeans (London) Pepe Pizzeria napoletana (Connecticut/ Italian) Pepe’s Mexican … --- ## [I just survived an emergency root canal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-survived-an-emergency-root-canal/625197)
**Author:** [@Amasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amasia)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-survived-an-emergency-root-canal/625197 "2012-06-15T05:41:25Z")
Five lifetime nightmares came true at once this afternoon when I had to have an emergency root canal. However, the amazing part was, compared to the pain I was in, the root canal was not that bad. I had three days of e… --- ## ["Noisome Effluvia"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935 "2012-06-15T00:39:08Z")
I am reading a true-crime book about an 1841 murder in New York, and when I got to to point where the trunk was opened and the body discovered, they quoted a contemporary newspaper as saying the trunk emitted a “noisome … --- ## [Any of you not qualified for your present position?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-not-qualified-for-your-present-position/624574)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-not-qualified-for-your-present-position/624574 "2012-06-14T22:14:09Z")
Just got off the phone with my boss. We are hiring for someone in my area. Usually I do the hiring but my boss is new and wants to have ‘input’. Talking with some colleagues I found out this is a quirk of hers. No pr… --- ## [Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-academy-for-science-mathematics-and-humanities/317391)
**Author:** [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-academy-for-science-mathematics-and-humanities/317391 "2012-06-14T21:46:37Z")
Indiana Academy is a boarding school in Muncie, Indiana on Ball State campus for gifted juniors and seniors in high school. I’m attending it. I’ve been here for over a week now. I moved in August 6th, and classes started… --- ## [The crazy things people do to their bodies. Meet Vanity Wonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crazy-things-people-do-to-their-bodies-meet-vanity-wonder/625009)
**Author:** [@Neevil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neevil)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crazy-things-people-do-to-their-bodies-meet-vanity-wonder/625009 "2012-06-14T19:29:33Z")
Possibly the most out of proportion body modification/plastic surgery procedure? Alhough having just typed that I am reminded that there have been women whove had extremely large breast implants. The photos are not modi… --- ## [What's the hardest thing you've ever done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-hardest-thing-youve-ever-done/624514)
**Author:** [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-hardest-thing-youve-ever-done/624514 "2012-06-14T19:12:56Z")
This question popped into my head the other day, and even after considerable thought, I haven’t come up with a good answer for myself yet. What about you guys? --- ## [After 115 years, the snoring finally gets to be too much](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-115-years-the-snoring-finally-gets-to-be-too-much/625006)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-115-years-the-snoring-finally-gets-to-be-too-much/625006 "2012-06-14T16:41:40Z")
Tortoise couple calls it quits after 115 years: --- ## [Nowhere Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nowhere-man/625151)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nowhere-man/625151 "2012-06-14T16:11:15Z")
Bwahahahahaha :frowning: I think I like thisguy, he has an excellent sense of humor! \[not song related, naval positioning related\] --- ## [Meet my new kitty, Steve!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-steve/624541)
**Author:** [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-steve/624541 "2012-06-14T15:16:44Z")
On a recent work trip, I feel in love with a sweet kitty. My last cat, Ralph, passed away last year from old age and I swore I would never own one again. But this little orange love-ball sauntered right up to me when I c… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1114) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1116)