# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1129 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1130 --- ## [Need help with the name of a product](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-the-name-of-a-product/622132)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-the-name-of-a-product/622132 "2012-05-16T19:53:56Z")
What is that stuff that cashiers and bankers keep at their desks to count money? It’s like a paste, and it comes in a little round container? HELP! I need to order some. --- ## [I'm sorry.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/622096)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/622096 "2012-05-16T18:36:08Z")
My brain works differently from others and I did what I thought was reasonable at the time. I received news last month that likely triggered the old downward spiral but did not realize it at the time. I panicked. I shou… --- ## [It's mine and Suburbanplankton's 19th anniversary!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-mine-and-suburbanplanktons-19th-anniversary/622028)
**Author:** [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-mine-and-suburbanplanktons-19th-anniversary/622028 "2012-05-16T17:49:34Z")
Not mundane or pointless to us, but I thought I’d share it with you all. --- ## [A Somewhat Morbid Request From an Old Friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-somewhat-morbid-request-from-an-old-friend/621902)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-somewhat-morbid-request-from-an-old-friend/621902 "2012-05-16T17:44:59Z")
My wife has a friend of many years, who is getting on in years. Recently, this woman has been talking about preparations for her funeral, estate, etc. Now, she has made a kind of morbid request to my wife-she is worri… --- ## [Interesting things that you family/parents say](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-things-that-you-family-parents-say/621297)
**Author:** [@gvozd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gvozd)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-things-that-you-family-parents-say/621297 "2012-05-16T17:39:27Z")
What are the funny or interesting things that your family or parents say to you when they are angry or mad at you or frustrated on by? My father never ever appreciates what I do and always criticize in a strong way as a… --- ## [Your favourite etymology trivia!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-etymology-trivia/620124)
**Author:** [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-etymology-trivia/620124 "2012-05-16T17:03:16Z")
I love etymology on a pure layman basis. Sometimes the origin of common words can be very fascinating and at best give a good insight into history. I kick it off with the word “trivia” (how apropos): Trivia is from the… --- ## [Woulda been nice if I found my ATM card 12 hours ago!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woulda-been-nice-if-i-found-my-atm-card-12-hours-ago/622053)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woulda-been-nice-if-i-found-my-atm-card-12-hours-ago/622053 "2012-05-16T16:23:35Z")
Just found my ATM card in my fanny pack! :smack: Needed to buy stamps and pay for CLEP exams! Wasted a trip to Dorchester! --- ## [So I Guess I'm Getting My Ear Pierced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-getting-my-ear-pierced/621531)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-getting-my-ear-pierced/621531 "2012-05-16T16:09:06Z")
47 year old, pretty bland looking man. My wife is recovering from a stroke, and really wants me to get my ear pierced. It’s the least I can do. Any recommendations? What earring should a 47 year old suburban white guy … --- ## [FTD has slipped a lot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ftd-has-slipped-a-lot/621642)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ftd-has-slipped-a-lot/621642 "2012-05-16T08:17:10Z")
FTD has lost me for a customer. I trusted them for over 30 years. I ordered my moms Mother’s Day flowers last Sat for delivery Thursday. They didn’t show up. Waited until this afternoon (Friday) thinking they’d deliver … --- ## [Tokyo Disney Resort Allows Same-sex Weddings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tokyo-disney-resort-allows-same-sex-weddings/622064)
**Author:** [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tokyo-disney-resort-allows-same-sex-weddings/622064 "2012-05-16T05:57:14Z")
It’s been discovered that the local Disney theme parks allow same-sex weddings inside the Disney-brand hotels and the parks themselves. Yippee! :cool: --- ## [My chemical allergies are such a bother.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-chemical-allergies-are-such-a-bother/621996)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-chemical-allergies-are-such-a-bother/621996 "2012-05-16T03:17:24Z")
Not asking for advice. I just need to vent. :stuck\_out\_tongue: I got sick last night after using penetrating oil (spray) on a chainlink gate latch. Chills, and just a general unwell feeling. As usual the symptoms went … --- ## [A wheelchair story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wheelchair-story/621921)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wheelchair-story/621921 "2012-05-16T02:48:49Z")
On Friday night at around 10 or 10:30, I was on my way home. I was taking the subway (Boston’s “T”, green line). I was on one of the older cars, where there are three stairs that have to be climbed to be fully on board. … --- ## [$30 from 100 Dopers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-from-100-dopers/621893)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-from-100-dopers/621893 "2012-05-16T02:03:04Z")
TPTB have granted permission for this thread. We are not looking forward to a summer with no AC and the possibility of no heat come winter. One of my brothers had been keeping our 45+ year old furnace going for the past… --- ## [Very mundane question for the left handed among us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-question-for-the-left-handed-among-us/621956)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-question-for-the-left-handed-among-us/621956 "2012-05-16T00:59:32Z")
What kind of ink pen do you prefer, in a ballpoint or gel? Does the I-don’t-know-what-the-hell-it’s-called, thing that clips your pen to your pocket or tablet, ever get in your way?? --- ## [Bad baby name....Oh my!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157)
**Author:** [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157 "2012-05-16T00:03:47Z")
OK, I must share this kinda pointless thing and it could be pit worthy, but I think the parents who did this were just not thinking during a very hectic time. One of the guys in the office had triplettes over the weekend… --- ## [Why don't the voices...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-the-voices/621948)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-the-voices/621948 "2012-05-15T22:48:19Z")
… ever tell people to be nice to people? --- ## [Fathers and sons can share a common wife in Tibet? Seems kind of awkard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathers-and-sons-can-share-a-common-wife-in-tibet-seems-kind-of-awkard/621854)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathers-and-sons-can-share-a-common-wife-in-tibet-seems-kind-of-awkard/621854 "2012-05-15T21:01:42Z")
Re the wiki How the hell could you make something like that work? --- ## [Shuttle humping a 747.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shuttle-humping-a-747/621944)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shuttle-humping-a-747/621944 "2012-05-15T20:52:40Z")
I just saw a film of a space shuttle piggyback on a 747 for about the billionth time and was struck with how really clever that idea was. Anybody here know how that came about? Why didn’t I think of that? :smiley: Now … --- ## [Yes to the epidural](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-to-the-epidural/622001)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-to-the-epidural/622001 "2012-05-15T18:23:14Z")
The building where our OB is located has a sign next to the main front door: “All Deliveries Via Rear Entrance.” This is going to be harder than we thought. If you’re interested, here is the 20-week sonogram of my baby… --- ## [tpyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpyo/621974)
**Author:** [@An\_Madra\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Madra_Dubh)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpyo/621974 "2012-05-15T14:44:12Z")
I often get my reads here, because the reads are often savage. I seldom write: But after being up all night writing a long lofty email about Judo clubs and Art to Dublin City Council, I perpetrated a typo that I’d like… --- ## [I learned a new meaning for the word "bashful"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-a-new-meaning-for-the-word-bashful/621979)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-a-new-meaning-for-the-word-bashful/621979 "2012-05-15T14:35:47Z")
I was talking to a friend the other day and she was describing a work colleague: Friend: “… and sometimes she can be quite bashful…” as she said bashful she took he fists and sort of pounded them together, once for eac… --- ## [Zodiac Killer Identified \*Again\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiac-killer-identified-again/621973)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiac-killer-identified-again/621973 "2012-05-15T14:13:54Z")
So, here we go again. Story. Short excerpt: “Mind and body ravaged by years of severe alcoholism, his blood-lusting revenge turned him into the most shocking and vicious killer in our 20th century,” Lafferty writes in… --- ## [Unsung inventors and inventions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsung-inventors-and-inventions/621939)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2012, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsung-inventors-and-inventions/621939 "2012-05-15T10:23:11Z")
I submit Harry Williams. http://www.pinball-fixers.com/PINBALL-HISTORY/tilt-mechanism.html (wish I remembered how to hyperlink.) --- ## [Share your Pets' Perfect Timing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-pets-perfect-timing/621897)
**Author:** [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-pets-perfect-timing/621897 "2012-05-15T04:00:25Z")
Sunday I was going to wipe my hard drive, redo the motherboard/processor, and upgrade Windows. Mr. Tao’s been bugging me to upgrade for MONTHS, but I’ve been avoiding it 'cause I’m lazy. Saturday afternoon I had one of … --- ## [I weighed 199 pounds last night.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weighed-199-pounds-last-night/621299)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weighed-199-pounds-last-night/621299 "2012-05-14T19:33:01Z")
This is the first time in 60 years (since about 10th grade) that I have been under 200. Now my wife and I will have a celebratory meal (and so I’ll go over briefly). --- ## [Do dogs dream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dogs-dream/621743)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dogs-dream/621743 "2012-05-14T18:53:39Z")
My dachshund Nathan is lying on his back, snuggled up in an afghan on my recliner. His eyes are closed, and just now he started making little whining and yelping sounds, while his front paws waggled. Could he be dream… --- ## [Do any of you know any Parisians named Yves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-know-any-parisians-named-yves/621631)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-know-any-parisians-named-yves/621631 "2012-05-14T16:50:30Z")
I don’t date anymore, but I will be in Paris later this month and I would break my rule for a man named Yves, just for the comedy value. So if anyone wants to do any matchmaking . . . (Yes, I did once date a guy named A… --- ## [Using a Bath](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-bath/621774)
**Author:** [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashley_Pomeroy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-bath/621774 "2012-05-14T15:16:39Z")
I would post this as a poll, but I don’t seem to have the option to do so. The weather’s nice, isn’t it? It is… oh, let’s get on with it. (clears throat) (straightens tie) I HAVE A BATH with no shower, which means th… --- ## [How dangerous are magnetic items near an MRI magnet? - Interesting video!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dangerous-are-magnetic-items-near-an-mri-magnet-interesting-video/621840)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dangerous-are-magnetic-items-near-an-mri-magnet-interesting-video/621840 "2012-05-14T15:13:13Z")
How dangerous are magnetic items near an MRI magnet? The answer is “pretty \*\*\*\*ing dangerous!” --- ## [Ever report an employer for illegal interview questions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-report-an-employer-for-illegal-interview-questions/430573)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-report-an-employer-for-illegal-interview-questions/430573 "2012-05-14T15:02:49Z")
Yesterday, I had an interview with a recruiting agency. I’m keeping my eyes open for a new IT gig since my current employer’s future is looking not so good. Anyway, I went to talk to the recruiter about an IT auditor p… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1128) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1130)