# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1121 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1122 --- ## [Steven Pinker on descriptivism vs. prescriptivism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-pinker-on-descriptivism-vs-prescriptivism/623942)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-pinker-on-descriptivism-vs-prescriptivism/623942 "2012-06-03T15:54:39Z")
For those who, like the utterly bewildered author of a recent New Yorker writer, think prescriptivists are uptight assholes – the explanation of the differenceby one of the best writers on language around, Steven Pinker. … --- ## [Are you a member of the mile high club?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-member-of-the-mile-high-club/623611)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-member-of-the-mile-high-club/623611 "2012-06-03T14:45:34Z")
Living in Colorado doesn’t count. --- ## [Two new elements named](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-new-elements-named/623682)
**Author:** [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2012, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-new-elements-named/623682 "2012-06-03T05:47:58Z")
It’s official: 114 is Flerovium, and 116 is Livermorium. Not that any of us will ever see the stuff, but it’s still kinda cool. Anyone know what’s up with 115? --- ## [Laying and egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laying-and-egg/623847)
**Author:** [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laying-and-egg/623847 "2012-06-03T00:59:02Z")
Each day, some signal tells my hens to lay eggs. Only they can hear it. But when it goes off, they all rush to the SAME nest, line up, and make a huge racket waiting for their turn to lay their egg for the day. Nothing … --- ## [Things everyone should know about but probably don't.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-everyone-should-know-about-but-probably-dont/622150)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-everyone-should-know-about-but-probably-dont/622150 "2012-06-02T23:46:34Z")
I was talking hunting with a guy at the bar and mentioned an atlatl (still too stupid for hyperlinks) Spear-thrower - Wikipedia So what tidbit do you think more people should know about? --- ## [I Gave My Love A Hickey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-love-a-hickey/623888)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-love-a-hickey/623888 "2012-06-02T23:30:13Z")
Alas she won’t notice it till she fixes her last-minute look in the mirror before she goes to work, curses my name and screams for a band-aid. shrugs Huh. Sure do love her, though!:wink: Quasi --- ## [Do you know what "gleeking" is? Can you do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-gleeking-is-can-you-do-it/623632)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-gleeking-is-can-you-do-it/623632 "2012-06-02T20:51:47Z")
Do you call it something else? Gleeking is opening your mouth and shooting saliva out of the two forward glands on the underside of the front of your tongue at will. The unusual thing about it is that is is an extremel… --- ## ["In Yonder"....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-yonder/623832)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-yonder/623832 "2012-06-02T20:01:57Z")
… is where I get sent when D makes ciinabonn rolls. I loved around on her and everything and stuff! Great!:slight\_smile: Q --- ## [Evil yellow bastards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-yellow-bastards/623876)
**Author:** [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-yellow-bastards/623876 "2012-06-02T19:06:45Z")
Pine pollen. It’s freaking everywhere. And apparently I’m allergic to it. When I go out to my car in the morning, it’s so completely covered with the crap that I have to turn my windshield wipers on, raising evil, dea… --- ## [Newspaper Rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-rant/623758)
**Author:** [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-rant/623758 "2012-06-02T15:09:34Z")
Okay, the local Gannett rag has decided in this day and age of shrinking subscription rates, falling advertising revenues, and just general suckitude for the newspaper business they would have to adjust their business mo… --- ## [All hail National Donut Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-national-donut-day/623787)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-national-donut-day/623787 "2012-06-02T03:27:20Z")
June 1st is National Donut Day! I thought, what better and more appropriate place to share this information than right here on the Dope? So go to your favorite donut shop and celebrate. Most likely, they’ll give you … --- ## [CDC advises public to prepare for a zombie apocalypse!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cdc-advises-public-to-prepare-for-a-zombie-apocalypse/623810)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cdc-advises-public-to-prepare-for-a-zombie-apocalypse/623810 "2012-06-02T02:21:30Z")
Recent events sparking advisory: the face eater in Florida Maryland man killed and dismembered roomate and ate his heart and brain New Jersey man that cut open his stomach and threw parts of his skin and intestines at … --- ## [Sloth not one of the original 7 Deadly Sins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sloth-not-one-of-the-original-7-deadly-sins/623647)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sloth-not-one-of-the-original-7-deadly-sins/623647 "2012-06-02T01:31:26Z")
According to this cite: http://deadlysins.com/sins/history.html, the Seven Deadly Sins at first included sadness, instead of sloth. When I told my husband (fellow Doper Andy L) about this, he said, “You mean sloth work… --- ## [Darn you, FedEx!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-fedex/623660)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-fedex/623660 "2012-06-01T23:22:36Z")
I have a package coming. FedEx made a First Attempt yesterday and will try again today. Unless he shows up when I am home for lunch, he will miss me again. If I knew when he will be here I could stay home and wait for… --- ## [Tell me about your summer vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-summer-vacation/623669)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-summer-vacation/623669 "2012-06-01T23:15:10Z")
Have you made plans yet? Have you made reservations yet? How many feet above sea level will you be? Will you need a passport? Will you take a car, a plane, a train, or a boat? Hotel, B&B, or tent? Ski lodge, by chance? A… --- ## [Is this a decent impact wrench for home car repair use? Help a newbie find a decent impact wrench.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-decent-impact-wrench-for-home-car-repair-use-help-a-newbie-find-a-decent-impact-wrench/623801)
**Author:** [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-decent-impact-wrench-for-home-car-repair-use-help-a-newbie-find-a-decent-impact-wrench/623801 "2012-06-01T21:27:14Z")
I recently did a rear main seal/oil pan gasket/transmission filter job. It took me four weekends. The main thing slowing me down, besides being a complete amateur, was rusty and tough bolts. I was thinking about gett… --- ## [In Which The Littlest Briston Finds A New Favorite Doper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-littlest-briston-finds-a-new-favorite-doper/623782)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-littlest-briston-finds-a-new-favorite-doper/623782 "2012-06-01T16:50:12Z")
While out driving last night, we were stopped at a light next to the local scuzzball motel. The Littlest Briston has this whole “reading” thing pretty well down pat, so now she calls out pretty much every sign she sees. … --- ## [Darth Vader meets Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-vader-meets-stalin-roosevelt-and-churchill/623777)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-vader-meets-stalin-roosevelt-and-churchill/623777 "2012-06-01T14:55:51Z")
1.) I notice that Dick Cheney isn’t in the picture 2.) We know this is faked, since Darth lived in a Galaxy “a long time ago and far, far away” 3.) The Batman picture looks particularly unconvincing 4.) I think he s… --- ## [Photos for the Vietnam Memorial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-for-the-vietnam-memorial/623773)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-for-the-vietnam-memorial/623773 "2012-06-01T14:16:52Z")
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is looking for photos of service personnel who died in the war, to post on their online wall. Go to www.vvmf.org. Click on the “Search the Wall” tab to find the individual’s name or a… --- ## [Alarming CNN News sequential headlines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alarming-cnn-news-sequential-headlines/623771)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alarming-cnn-news-sequential-headlines/623771 "2012-06-01T14:10:53Z")
The CNN News site typically has a headline for a breaking news story in the upper left corner of the window, and closely-related stories directly underneath that, and then a ruled line, beneath which other “Latest News” … --- ## [Who the hell is this person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609)
**Author:** [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609 "2012-06-01T13:07:39Z")
I recently got my hands on a used phone, whose owner I had never met. I’m not really sure why she was giving it away, it works perfectly well and there’s no wear and tear to speak of. In any case, I went to the Notepad a… --- ## [I had a few too many last night..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-few-too-many-last-night/623474)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-few-too-many-last-night/623474 "2012-06-01T11:04:44Z")
…woke up this morning and found my laptop in the refrigerator. :confused: --- ## [Help an Old Programmer Learn New Tricks (VB6 -\> VB.NET -\> C#.NET)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-an-old-programmer-learn-new-tricks-vb6-vb-net-c-net/503792)
**Author:** [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-an-old-programmer-learn-new-tricks-vb6-vb-net-c-net/503792 "2009-07-22T20:45:37Z")
About twelve years ago I taught myself VB3 in order to write an automated claims entry application (up to that point my background was strictly IBM midrange). A couple of years thereafter I found myself supporting VB app… --- ## [Very Scary Disease Story! What The Hell Is This?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-scary-disease-story-what-the-hell-is-this/623274)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-scary-disease-story-what-the-hell-is-this/623274 "2012-06-01T04:12:25Z")
Yes, this is a true story just told to me by my cousin in Illinois. A 69 year old local farmer who has no cattle, just grain fields, and has not been out of the local farming community on any exotic vacations, woke up l… --- ## [MSNBC site weirdness - anyone else notice this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbc-site-weirdness-anyone-else-notice-this/623702)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbc-site-weirdness-anyone-else-notice-this/623702 "2012-06-01T02:37:04Z")
I usually check out MSNBC early in the morning and late at night for news headlines. Using the laptop I generally navigate forward and backward using the ALT arrow combination. Sometimes using the cursor and the back a… --- ## [Laptop bags! Help me find an awesome one!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-bags-help-me-find-an-awesome-one/623608)
**Author:** [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-bags-help-me-find-an-awesome-one/623608 "2012-06-01T01:29:17Z")
Long story short, I’ve got a 15-inch MacBook Pro now. I’m looking for a good case for it, but there are a few requirements: It has to protect the MacBook. This one is a no-brainer! It has to be unique in some way… --- ## [National Geographic Bee 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-bee-2012/623585)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-bee-2012/623585 "2012-06-01T00:41:02Z")
I missed this year’s National Geographic Bee, and found out that they changed the format of the finals for the first time. (In the past, they asked each of the 10 finalists a question - sometimes the same question, wher… --- ## [The BIO of CYNYC in a 4 minute nutshell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bio-of-cynyc-in-a-4-minute-nutshell/623395)
**Author:** [@cynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynyc)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bio-of-cynyc-in-a-4-minute-nutshell/623395 "2012-05-31T22:40:29Z")
Can be seen and heard here: --- ## [SpaceX makes successful launch to the ISS!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-makes-successful-launch-to-the-iss/622777)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-makes-successful-launch-to-the-iss/622777 "2012-05-31T19:41:47Z")
Yaaaaahooooooo! :slight\_smile: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Dragon capsule (reusable) --- ## [How I failed in challenging evil.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-failed-in-challenging-evil/623246)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-failed-in-challenging-evil/623246 "2012-05-31T19:36:07Z")
Edmund Burke once wrote “…duty demands and requires that what is right should not only be made known, but made prevalent; that what is evil should not only be detected, but defeated.” I failed that duty today and it’s m… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1120) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1122)