# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1127 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1128 --- ## [I want a Nigerian dwarf!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-nigerian-dwarf/622490)
**Author:** [@limegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/limegreen)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-nigerian-dwarf/622490 "2012-05-21T20:06:11Z")
I live in central Illinois and am seeking some Nigerian dwarf goats for milk/cheese/ soap production. Anyone know if any they could rustle for me? --- ## [Ollie North is advertising for Black Ops 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ollie-north-is-advertising-for-black-ops-2/622511)
**Author:** [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ollie-north-is-advertising-for-black-ops-2/622511 "2012-05-21T19:10:44Z")
Oliver North has been shilling for Black Ops 2. I liked Black Ops, and it is clearly a good thing to kill Nazi zombies. It galls me to think of a penny of my money going to Ollie. --- ## [Pope Tyrannosaurus Awesome, coming to a thread near you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-tyrannosaurus-awesome-coming-to-a-thread-near-you/622579)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-tyrannosaurus-awesome-coming-to-a-thread-near-you/622579 "2012-05-21T18:46:13Z")
A few years ago there was a thread about what Pope name you’d choose if you were Pope’d. Had a lot of really funny stuff in it. Got threadspotted. I shared some of the funniest ones with my brother, and we both agreed th… --- ## [So, I'm off to the British Virgin Islands to identify my Father-In-Law's body](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-off-to-the-british-virgin-islands-to-identify-my-father-in-laws-body/622131)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-off-to-the-british-virgin-islands-to-identify-my-father-in-laws-body/622131 "2012-05-21T18:12:26Z")
…and that surely ranks as one of the most unlikely sentences I’ve ever written. One week ago today, FIL passed away of an apparent heart attack. He was 70. He was also discourteous enough to do this while snorkeling in… --- ## [What is going on with GoComics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-with-gocomics/622571)
**Author:** [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-with-gocomics/622571 "2012-05-21T13:16:00Z")
I don’t read a lot of internet news. I get all my zeitgeist from folks I know and the local TV news. Everything else, I figure I can google it and get what I need. I do keep a Yahoo! Account open to catch the daily glurg… --- ## [I Moved Across The Country, Finally!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-across-the-country-finally/622469)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-moved-across-the-country-finally/622469 "2012-05-21T12:17:39Z")
Well, here we are, in beautiful western North Carolina. Almost 3,000 miles from my home of 16 years- Tucson, Arizona. I have lived here off and on before, and have tons of family here. My 13 year-old son has never liv… --- ## [Amusing Fiat prank against VW in Sweden.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-fiat-prank-against-vw-in-sweden/622403)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-fiat-prank-against-vw-in-sweden/622403 "2012-05-21T08:41:55Z")
Check out this link. It’s the Google Street View image of the Volkswagen Group’s headquarters in Sodertalje, near Stockholm, in Sweden. Apparently, a guy working for Fiat saw the Google image van doing the rounds in th… --- ## [Sixty Days Sober](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixty-days-sober/619354)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixty-days-sober/619354 "2012-05-21T08:37:15Z")
I’ve known before that I have a problem with alcohol, although it never seemed to be a problem with the first four beers, it was the eight after. Suddenly things which wouldn’t pass a sniff test when sober would seem to … --- ## [Way to go, Argentina! (passes transexuals rights law)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-go-argentina-passes-transexuals-rights-law/621773)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-go-argentina-passes-transexuals-rights-law/621773 "2012-05-21T05:43:26Z")
Argentina just passed one of the most advanced laws on transexuals’ rights in the world. This after having become only the second country in the Americas where gay marriage became legal (it isn’t in the whole of the US). … --- ## [Possible new hominid species unearthed in China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-new-hominid-species-unearthed-in-china/622119)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-new-hominid-species-unearthed-in-china/622119 "2012-05-21T05:17:27Z")
Scientists working in China believe they may have discovered a species of extinct hominid previously unknown to science. The fossils, found in Maludong Cave and Longlin Cave in southwest China, have been dated to between… --- ## [The Why the Heck am I up Now???? MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-the-heck-am-i-up-now-mmp/621858)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 227\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-the-heck-am-i-up-now-mmp/621858 "2012-05-21T03:13:23Z")
It’s 3:17 and I’m up because Sweetie has to leave for work by 4am because his boss is a madman. I made him his thermos (full pot of regular coffee) and his morning cuppa+3travel mugs worth of coffee (Gnarly Boy). The do… --- ## [Well, Apparently I Have A "Diesease"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209 "2012-05-21T02:07:11Z")
When did we coin this dumb term? I got a note yesterday and when I linked and shared it on FB, the hyperlink had it spelled that way. I thought it was a misspell and contacted the alzheimer site’s webmaster and my local … --- ## [Where was all this attention on bullying when I was a youngster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-all-this-attention-on-bullying-when-i-was-a-youngster/619905)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-all-this-attention-on-bullying-when-i-was-a-youngster/619905 "2012-05-20T18:19:48Z")
Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad there’s a higher level of awareness these days on how miserable life can be if you’re a kid that’s being picked on or bullied. Being bullied myself, I would have to say that there’s definite… --- ## [Take Our Children to the Park…And Leave Them There Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-our-children-to-the-park-and-leave-them-there-day/622266)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-our-children-to-the-park-and-leave-them-there-day/622266 "2012-05-20T15:09:56Z")
“The idea of the holiday is simple: We take our kids, age 7 or 8 and up, to the local park at 10 a.m. That way, they meet up with other kids from the neighborhood. We wave goodbye and the kids are on their own to come … --- ## [Skeletons in the closet – a scandalous MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 264\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401 "2012-05-20T15:07:53Z")
As a kid, I figured I came from a boring, squeaky clean, all-American family. We made the Cleaver family look like drunken whore-monger axe-murderers!! :eek: OK, that bubble burst with one uncle’s multiple marriages, :e… --- ## [Ha! I Finally Made It.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-i-finally-made-it/622458)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-i-finally-made-it/622458 "2012-05-20T06:35:33Z")
… after all these years my daily post count is 3.0. I believe there was a thread about this recently. Q --- ## ["On reflection, Prime Minister Harper, perhaps the sweater vest wasn't so bad after all."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-reflection-prime-minister-harper-perhaps-the-sweater-vest-wasnt-so-bad-after-all/622390)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-reflection-prime-minister-harper-perhaps-the-sweater-vest-wasnt-so-bad-after-all/622390 "2012-05-20T03:29:01Z")
Naked Stephen Harper painting causes a stir - Prime Minister pictured wearing only a smile --- ## [Wouldn't it be funny if this guy is on the "No Fly list" and they send him back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-it-be-funny-if-this-guy-is-on-the-no-fly-list-and-they-send-him-back/622464)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-it-be-funny-if-this-guy-is-on-the-no-fly-list-and-they-send-him-back/622464 "2012-05-20T02:49:51Z")
10 to 1 a TSA agent gropes him upon arrival at Newark. :smiley: That’s assuming TSA doesn’t send his ass back because he’s on a No Fly List. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Rumor has it that he’s known as somewhat of an agitator i… --- ## [My dog is freaking out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-freaking-out/622431)
**Author:** [@boozilu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boozilu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-freaking-out/622431 "2012-05-20T02:39:02Z")
Our rescue dog, who we adopted in January and had puppies in February (I KNOW! http://s1079.photobucket.com/albums/w512/boozilu/) has started freaking out at night! The puppies were adopted a month ago so I don’t think … --- ## [8-Millionth Jack the Ripper theory: It was a dame!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-millionth-jack-the-ripper-theory-it-was-a-dame/621623)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-millionth-jack-the-ripper-theory-it-was-a-dame/621623 "2012-05-19T22:21:19Z")
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2012/05/08/birmingham-author-claims-jack-the-ripper-was-a-woman-97319-30919572/ A new book from a British author says Jack was really Lizzie Williams, wife of putative susp… --- ## [Wire from brush used on Grill injures man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wire-from-brush-used-on-grill-injures-man/622426)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wire-from-brush-used-on-grill-injures-man/622426 "2012-05-19T19:19:55Z")
:eek: Geez that must of really hurt. You gotta love the legal CYA from the brush company. Do they expect us to examine the grill with a magnifying class? Some of those bristles aren’t much bigger than a hair. I use a … --- ## [Ask the (hopefully soon-to-be-former) Hoarder/Clutterer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hopefully-soon-to-be-former-hoarder-clutterer/620303)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hopefully-soon-to-be-former-hoarder-clutterer/620303 "2012-05-19T18:05:37Z")
Hi. I know this topic’s been done before in a couple of different shades: Ask the adult child of a hoarder/clutterer and Ask the girl who went from squalor to show home are two mentioned in the very useful “Ask the…” com… --- ## [Tell me about your workout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-workout/622216)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-workout/622216 "2012-05-19T14:58:54Z")
I just thought it might be fun to share our workout regimens with each other and maybe be inspired by each other. I’m currently working out for five days a week for about an hour a day. I don’t have specific workouts a… --- ## [Fetus Seller Nabbed in Chinatown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fetus-seller-nabbed-in-chinatown/622379)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fetus-seller-nabbed-in-chinatown/622379 "2012-05-19T11:10:26Z")
Proof again, as if more were needed, that it’s never boring in Bangkok. Story here. Contains a photo that is actually work-safe, since you can’t really tell what they are. Excerpt: “Six human foetuses which had been roa… --- ## [Strangest assumptions people have made about you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706 "2012-05-19T07:34:46Z")
I once had a supervisor in a food service job come up to me during my shift and say “Hey, you seem like the kind of guy who would know this. What color would a person turn if you steamed them to death?” A couple years … --- ## [Odd things your pets do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-your-pets-do/622332)
**Author:** [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-your-pets-do/622332 "2012-05-19T07:05:55Z")
One of our cats likes closed doors. To the point that if there is one open, he will close it. Doesn’t matter if he just locked himself in the bedroom for the next 8 hours, since nobody’s home to open it again for him. J… --- ## [Mainframe hard copy graphics??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mainframe-hard-copy-graphics/621747)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mainframe-hard-copy-graphics/621747 "2012-05-19T05:49:19Z")
I was reminded earlier today of a bit of old tech - special printing from mainframes to produce pictures, with each character position acting like a pixel. The darkness of each pixel could be set by which letter, number … --- ## [I hate people who speak in clichés](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-people-who-speak-in-cliches/622106)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-people-who-speak-in-cliches/622106 "2012-05-19T03:35:21Z")
Well, hate’s too strong of a word but, really? “It’s all good.” “No worries.” Shaddap! --- ## [We Have a Turkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-turkey/622302)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-turkey/622302 "2012-05-19T02:52:16Z")
I’ve seen wild turkeys in Massachusetts before, but never where I live. A wild turkey has started hanging out near our house. Some of the local kids started chasing it, and it turned and chased them back. It’s been slowl… --- ## [Worried. Dog ate nylon knee-high stocking.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worried-dog-ate-nylon-knee-high-stocking/622189)
**Author:** [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worried-dog-ate-nylon-knee-high-stocking/622189 "2012-05-19T01:44:15Z")
Apparently Dottie ate at least one and probably two nylon knee highs sometime between Saturday afternoon and Wednesday afternoon. Found part of one hanging out of her backside. She has been/seems perfectly OK: eating, dr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1126) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1128)