# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=112 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 113 --- ## [I must have forgotten that I was wearing my “They Live” sunglasses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-have-forgotten-that-i-was-wearing-my-they-live-sunglasses/1000124)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-have-forgotten-that-i-was-wearing-my-they-live-sunglasses/1000124 "2024-04-12T11:08:31Z")
I saw this billboard today. Sorry about the crummy photo: \[Album\] imgur.com … --- ## [Extreme Closeups -- Got One To Share?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-closeups-got-one-to-share/1000071)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-closeups-got-one-to-share/1000071 "2024-04-11T19:34:33Z")
Here’s an extreme closeup of a cat’s tongue, in case you were wondering what it looks like. I bet y’all have some even better ones. --- ## [If you go to Costco, get me some peanuts, a towel, and some gold, will you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-go-to-costco-get-me-some-peanuts-a-towel-and-some-gold-will-you/1000150)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-go-to-costco-get-me-some-peanuts-a-towel-and-some-gold-will-you/1000150 "2024-04-11T18:09:16Z")
It’s not the first place I’d check for precious metals, and I’d think they would tighten security. I’m assuming they don’t have it out on big shelves like the books and clothes. --- ## [99 Cents stores, The end is here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-cents-stores-the-end-is-here/999904)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-cents-stores-the-end-is-here/999904 "2024-04-11T17:31:09Z")
Too bad, that store really help me when I was unemployed for a few months 3 years ago. Now it will be Dollar General or Family Dollar. Both not generally a dollar, and unfamiliar with one dollar items. --- ## [Exercises in magical thinking are a waste of mental effort](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercises-in-magical-thinking-are-a-waste-of-mental-effort/999832)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercises-in-magical-thinking-are-a-waste-of-mental-effort/999832 "2024-04-11T15:08:43Z")
We get a lot of “what if” threads here about what would happen if some fantasy/religious/magical thing had happened a different way. I always roll my eyes, say to myself “none of that stuff actually happened anyway” and … --- ## [Canadian paternity test firm amits it knew its tests weren’t accurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-paternity-test-firm-amits-it-knew-its-tests-weren-t-accurate/1000051)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-paternity-test-firm-amits-it-knew-its-tests-weren-t-accurate/1000051 "2024-04-10T18:08:01Z")
Guy running the firm made the admission in a hidden camera interview, but backtracks in CBC interview --- ## [Local Hand Gestures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-hand-gestures/1000052)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-hand-gestures/1000052 "2024-04-10T15:33:11Z")
A newspaper column reports that Hawai’i is adopting an official hand gesture, the shaka, a welcoming gesture with the thumb and pinky extended and the remaining fingers curled downwards. Already ubiquitous, there is sai… --- ## [RIP Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-onomatopoeia/1000033)
**Author:** [@Mnemonic\_Vice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnemonic_Vice)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-onomatopoeia/1000033 "2024-04-10T02:35:01Z")
Hi all, Not a frequent user here, but only because of lack of time. I was turned onto these boards a lot time ago by my friend Allen, who went by Onomatopoeia on these boards. He loved this place and engaged in some re… --- ## [Happy Tartan Day, Dopers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-tartan-day-dopers/999957)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-tartan-day-dopers/999957 "2024-04-10T02:34:59Z")
705th Anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath! Flower of Scotland --- ## [Oxford High school shooting in Michigan \[1-DEC-2021\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxford-high-school-shooting-in-michigan-1-dec-2021/955294)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxford-high-school-shooting-in-michigan-1-dec-2021/955294 "2024-04-10T01:10:39Z")
WOW. Can you imagine this genius move? Apparently, the kids in a barricaded room during the Oxford High school shooting had someone claiming to be a sheriff’s deputy trying to get them to open the door. The kids notic… --- ## [How do you pronounce height?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-height/999908)
**Author:** [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-height/999908 "2024-04-09T19:04:17Z")
strong text --- ## [“Want to earn money? Steal beer!”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-earn-money-steal-beer/999949)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-earn-money-steal-beer/999949 "2024-04-09T01:07:36Z")
According to this article, you could make 100K a night. I didn’t know Modelo was so valuable. --- ## [Stage Magicians are cheapskates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-magicians-are-cheapskates/999990)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-magicians-are-cheapskates/999990 "2024-04-08T22:37:20Z")
Once, a Magician asked me to pick a card. I asked, “If I was greedy, could I pick two cards?” He replied “No. Only one card.” I then asked, “After I pick the card, do I get to keep it? To take home?” He asked me to l… --- ## [Imaginary friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-friends/999755)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-friends/999755 "2024-04-08T21:11:05Z")
There’s a new film coming out, called “IF” which assume Imaginary friends were real. Cool, and imaginary friends being real has been done before. But IIRC, I didnt have one, and I was an only child. Is having an imagin… --- ## [The Easter Bunny and UPS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-easter-bunny-and-ups/999513)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-easter-bunny-and-ups/999513 "2024-04-08T11:21:58Z")
So, just outside the main door this morning while I was at my scanning station inside was a 6 foot tall “Easter Bunny” who was greeting the kids and giving them small bags of treats. When one of my 5th grade sweeties ca… --- ## [(Old) April Foolin' in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-april-foolin-in-the-mmp/999670)
**Author:** [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Replies:** 307\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-april-foolin-in-the-mmp/999670 "2024-04-08T05:55:00Z")
How is it that no one else has started a thread? I’m actually getting to? Or did I miss an April Folks joke by being MIA? sets out donuts, coffee, tea, muffins… ask the yummies Let me get this started. I’ll be back i… --- ## [Living in "near totality" Eclipse zone. Down here in lil'ol' Arkansas!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-in-near-totality-eclipse-zone-down-here-in-lilol-arkansas/999841)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-in-near-totality-eclipse-zone-down-here-in-lilol-arkansas/999841 "2024-04-07T20:56:42Z")
Schools are out Monday. Won’t be any alcohol to purchase by Saturday afternoon. (No alcohol sales on Sunday here) No reservations for restaurants in the bigger towns. (Not a real problem here) Hotel rooms with-in driv… --- ## [Saying "you do you" in unique or disturbing ways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-you-do-you-in-unique-or-disturbing-ways/999830)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-you-do-you-in-unique-or-disturbing-ways/999830 "2024-04-07T20:23:28Z")
Earlier today I was commenting how I’m not much into stereotypical “girly” stuff like shoe shopping and make-up and such. Thinking back on it. my brain went off on a tangent of ways to express “each to his/her own.” It … --- ## [Building your stack - WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-your-stack-wtf/999948)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-your-stack-wtf/999948 "2024-04-07T18:12:25Z")
I guess it sounds really cool. Apparently this term came about referring to building a “stack” of appropriate technology to support something or other. Maybe. Then the vitamin/supplement woo crowd glommed onto it. Ohh, … --- ## [How do you pronounce "Asterisk"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-asterisk/999882)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-asterisk/999882 "2024-04-07T01:55:45Z")
The question is not “how should you pronounce it”? It’s “Don’t go to look it up. Don’t think about it. How does it actually come out, when you open your mouth and say the word, right now”? poll --- ## ["Well smack my ass and call me Sally!"...WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-smack-my-ass-and-call-me-sally-wtf/255146)
**Author:** [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-smack-my-ass-and-call-me-sally-wtf/255146 "2024-04-06T17:08:12Z")
Why would I want anyone to do that? What would it mean if they did? What does my ass, Sally, or the two together, have to do with a state of disbelief or surprise? I heard this exclamation uttered again yesterday, I h… --- ## [Daughter having jaw surgery tomorrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792 "2024-04-06T16:36:31Z")
It’s for a significant under bite. Our blender will get more use the next few weeks than it has in the many years we’ve had it. Please send good thoughts her way if you’re so inclined. --- ## [News of the Weird](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-of-the-weird/999941)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-of-the-weird/999941 "2024-04-06T15:53:24Z")
Now, this is definitely weird. Also scary. And perhaps a portent of thing to come for us all? I’m wondering what other weird news of the day y’all have come across? Three people died after typhoon-like winds pulled … --- ## [When your daddy (weren't) your daddy but your daddy didn't know!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-daddy-werent-your-daddy-but-your-daddy-didnt-know/999801)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-daddy-werent-your-daddy-but-your-daddy-didnt-know/999801 "2024-04-06T00:37:36Z")
After much nagging from my older sister, I finally submitted a DNA test late last year. And while I got the results a couple of months ago, didn’t really take the time to peruse them properly…until today. For the record… --- ## [What’s the worst thing about being an atheist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-worst-thing-about-being-an-atheist/983166)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 534\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-worst-thing-about-being-an-atheist/983166 "2024-04-05T15:53:53Z")
Atheism may be enlightened thought, but it’s not all guns and roses sunshine and roses. For me, the worst part of atheism is not having anyone to blame for the backassward cycle of life. For example, when I sit down at… --- ## [So...I've been showing my kids SDMB posts and threads. I'm found out but they don't care](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-been-showing-my-kids-sdmb-posts-and-threads-im-found-out-but-they-dont-care/999786)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2024, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-been-showing-my-kids-sdmb-posts-and-threads-im-found-out-but-they-dont-care/999786 "2024-04-05T12:20:40Z")
I’m so lost(sorry @solost , this is actually a tribute to you). They actually look bored and ho-hum. The Lil’wrekker said “and you think I didn’t know and you talking about me was news, How?” She just astounds me with… --- ## [What is the Moon’s time zone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-moon-s-time-zone/999829)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-moon-s-time-zone/999829 "2024-04-04T23:06:44Z")
NASA has been ordered to figure it out. Not a question I’ve ever thought about, but I can see why it would be important. --- ## [This may be the wrong-ist thing I've ever seen on crappy TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-may-be-the-wrong-ist-thing-ive-ever-seen-on-crappy-tv/999719)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-may-be-the-wrong-ist-thing-ive-ever-seen-on-crappy-tv/999719 "2024-04-04T22:30:21Z")
Every night I tune into FETV to watch 2 episodes of Barney Miller. Every night. I watch because it’s required. (NM) I’m into the 3rd run of the Episodes they have in their line up. (Not nearly the whole series) The NY… --- ## [The darker side of the bridge collapse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-darker-side-of-the-bridge-collapse/999569)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-darker-side-of-the-bridge-collapse/999569 "2024-04-04T16:46:18Z")
I wonder if terrorists have taken note of the past several bridge collapses. A shaped charge or two on the right beam could bring as much havoc as an airliner. --- ## [Major Earthquake hits Taiwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-earthquake-hits-taiwan/999765)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-earthquake-hits-taiwan/999765 "2024-04-04T12:50:48Z")
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