# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1131 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1132 --- ## [Murdered friends, relatives and co-workers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdered-friends-relatives-and-co-workers/621009)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdered-friends-relatives-and-co-workers/621009 "2012-05-11T23:59:42Z")
In an old thread from 2005 about Murdered Celebrities quite a few names came up that were at least startling if not hard to believe. Not counting celebrity types (unless they’re kin to you), who among people you’ve been… --- ## [newspaper advertising ( a very minor classified rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-advertising-a-very-minor-classified-rant/621628)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-advertising-a-very-minor-classified-rant/621628 "2012-05-11T23:12:02Z")
I went online Wednesday night to my local gannett paper to place ad to sell my car. The earliest they could publish my ad was Sundays paper. And there wasn’t an option to publish on the weekend. Either a week or nothing… --- ## [As your family dies off...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-your-family-dies-off/621530)
**Author:** [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-your-family-dies-off/621530 "2012-05-11T22:58:29Z")
…you start to wonder just how much longer you have on this earth. My family is not known for longevity. Well, at least not my immediate family and to a lesser but still noticeable extent, my extended family (aunts, un… --- ## [Brit seems to be getting framed for rape in China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-seems-to-be-getting-framed-for-rape-in-china/621527)
**Author:** [@simple\_homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simple_homer)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-seems-to-be-getting-framed-for-rape-in-china/621527 "2012-05-11T22:10:31Z")
A British guy in Beijing has been accused of raping a Chinese woman. The video just does not seem to make sense, and my guess is that the guy is a victim of either extortion or political manipulation. It is difficult … --- ## [Coping With Job Stress (Being Micromanaged)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coping-with-job-stress-being-micromanaged/621440)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coping-with-job-stress-being-micromanaged/621440 "2012-05-11T22:02:28Z")
First let me preface this post by saying that I am very grateful that I even have a job to complain about. I recently spent 10 months unemployed and it was a special kind of hell. I also know that there are egregious w… --- ## [Stupid HURTS. (Photographic proof.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hurts-photographic-proof/621355)
**Author:** [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hurts-photographic-proof/621355 "2012-05-11T21:57:10Z")
Hey, so I’m lame…literally. I broke some horse-safety rules because I was in a hurry, and my complacency towards them put me in the ER a week ago Sunday (totally not the horse’s fault–he can’t help that he’s 1100lbs and … --- ## [Am I a Target of a Scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-target-of-a-scam/621639)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-target-of-a-scam/621639 "2012-05-11T20:54:38Z")
Has anyone had any dealings with an alleged collection agency calling themselves BCS? Here’s the thing … about two weeks ago, I got a call from these people. I talked to someone with a really thick Indian accent named S… --- ## [Dear Chef Jr.: Congratulations on...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chef-jr-congratulations-on/621512)
**Author:** [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chef-jr-congratulations-on/621512 "2012-05-11T18:00:51Z")
Got an e-mail today from Chef Jr.'s College Of First Resort. It’s his first and only choice. We’ve been worried because his ACT scores weren’t sent to the school until a week after the application deadline. (He got a 29 … --- ## [Real true store names I drove by today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-true-store-names-i-drove-by-today/457027)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-true-store-names-i-drove-by-today/457027 "2012-05-11T16:07:52Z")
I live in a part of Jakarta sometimes called “Kampung expat.” The combination of Indonesian sensibilities with a desire to appeal to rich foreigners by using English names sometimes leads to some fetchingly peculiar stor… --- ## [Cheeseburger Pizza in Saudi Arabia!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheeseburger-pizza-in-saudi-arabia/621493)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheeseburger-pizza-in-saudi-arabia/621493 "2012-05-11T15:38:01Z")
We have all heard about the Pizza Hut “Golden Crown” cheeseburger pizza. I am sorry to say it is available in Saudi Arabia. Further, I am about to make an order for my weekly PH pizza. Maybe when I was younger I was mor… --- ## [The world isn't ending on 12/21](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-isnt-ending-on-12-21/621616)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-isnt-ending-on-12-21/621616 "2012-05-11T15:24:02Z")
New Mayan calendar found, researchers say the Maya believed in cyclical time. Archaeologists found a room where Mayan astronomers wrote records on the wall 1200 years ago (and, if I know astronomers, they also wrote con… --- ## [When you call a call centre where are the people based?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-call-a-call-centre-where-are-the-people-based/621563)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-call-a-call-centre-where-are-the-people-based/621563 "2012-05-11T12:50:09Z")
The thread on the Nebraska farmers broadcaster accent got me thinking about the comprehensibility of different English language accents relative to each other. Here in Ireland if you make a call to a call centre you’ll … --- ## [April Fools fail or win?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-fail-or-win/617633)
**Author:** [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-fail-or-win/617633 "2012-05-11T11:52:46Z")
I posted on Facebook that I got engaged. Entirely too many of my friends believed me. I thought it was funny but I now fear some may be mad at me. What say you–should I have simply said “I am marrying corn”? Really–wha… --- ## [Survey: Attitudes toward General Aviation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-attitudes-toward-general-aviation/621318)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-attitudes-toward-general-aviation/621318 "2012-05-11T02:15:03Z")
This is not homework. The homework was to create a survey to gauge attitudes toward a group or culture. That’s done, turned in, and approved. Now it’s time to actually get some opinions! Some people posted that they … --- ## [I love my wife.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-my-wife/621498)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-my-wife/621498 "2012-05-11T02:04:19Z")
Just wanted to share that. She’s much better than I deserve. --- ## [I'm going on my 1st date in 15 years!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-on-my-1st-date-in-15-years/621523)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-on-my-1st-date-in-15-years/621523 "2012-05-11T01:38:00Z")
Next weekend (9th), I have tentative plans to go to the Common with someone I met on Facebook. I joined “Disabled Singles”, and she was high on the list of potential dates. I mentioned it to her, adn she said we should d… --- ## [Guess what first rabies shots in the ER cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-first-rabies-shots-in-the-er-cost/621110)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-first-rabies-shots-in-the-er-cost/621110 "2012-05-11T01:36:11Z")
So, guess what it cost last week for somebody to get the first set of shots in the Emergency Room after we figured out the cat that did the scratching was rabid? $5,082. For 8 shots (one vaccine and seven separate syrin… --- ## [Plane on a treadmill has gone viral!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-on-a-treadmill-has-gone-viral/621392)
**Author:** [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-on-a-treadmill-has-gone-viral/621392 "2012-05-11T00:47:27Z")
NOOOOOOOOO!!! http://thumb.it/vote/201219a284b7618aaf44f3 --- ## [A Starbucks musical excursion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-starbucks-musical-excursion/621557)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-starbucks-musical-excursion/621557 "2012-05-11T00:44:17Z")
I’m sitting in a Starbucks in Newmarket, and on the ceiling speakers, they are playing a reggae version of the Dr. Who theme. I did not know that was musically possible. That is all. --- ## [What are your most silly and pointless small pleasures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-silly-and-pointless-small-pleasures/619484)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-silly-and-pointless-small-pleasures/619484 "2012-05-10T22:48:41Z")
I have two utterly trivial pleasures related to FreeCell, and a FreeCell Fantasy I like to predict exactly which card or stack that I move will start the automatically piling of all the remaining cards on the aces. A… --- ## [Antipodes Map](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antipodes-map/621459)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antipodes-map/621459 "2012-05-10T20:49:47Z")
A friend linked this on Facebook and I’ve been wasting way too much time with it. www.antipodemap.com Trying to actually match up cities or towns of any noticeable size, the best I’ve come up with is: Cordova Spain wi… --- ## [Another cat passes: my Denver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-passes-my-denver/619978)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-passes-my-denver/619978 "2012-05-10T20:20:28Z")
I regretfully had the vet put my cat to sleep today. Denver (photo here) is familiar to those of you who followed this thread. Sadly, diabetes got the better of Denver, and I asked the vet (whom I will call “Dr. Kay”) … --- ## [iPhone screen cracked from 9" fall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-screen-cracked-from-9-fall/621402)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-screen-cracked-from-9-fall/621402 "2012-05-10T19:53:11Z")
How do I know it was nine inches? Because it slid off the top of my suitcase, which is the standard carry-on nine inches thick. Slid off onto asphalt, and there’s a crack running from the right edge near the bottom of th… --- ## [Why France Has So Many 49-Employee Companies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-france-has-so-many-49-employee-companies/621526)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-france-has-so-many-49-employee-companies/621526 "2012-05-10T19:37:12Z")
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-03/why-france-has-so-many-49-employee-companies Here’s a curious fact about the French economy: The country has 2.4 times as many companies with 49 employees as with 50. What… --- ## [A nerd walks into a bar.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nerd-walks-into-a-bar/621137)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nerd-walks-into-a-bar/621137 "2012-05-10T18:46:30Z")
Last week, a poster here recommended I go out to a bar on my own. I figured what the hell, I’ll try it. I usually hate bars and I’ve been to very few. The prospect of being surrounded by complete strangers and interacti… --- ## [Do you make up hybrid words?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-up-hybrid-words/621324)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-up-hybrid-words/621324 "2012-05-10T16:08:08Z")
This thread was inspired by an extremely recent event. A housekeeper walked by my office and said hello. I started to reply likewise, but just as my mouth was starting to talk, my brain decided that I wanted to say “hi”… --- ## [Sukhoi Superjet 100 Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukhoi-superjet-100-down/621388)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukhoi-superjet-100-down/621388 "2012-05-10T15:42:27Z")
Linky The newest Sukhoi passenger jet was in Indonesia for a sales trip. It seems to have crashed with 44 passengers aboard. The sales team is not at all happy, I would suppose. --- ## [proper Mother's Day etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-mothers-day-etiquette/621479)
**Author:** [@ThreadPirateRoberts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThreadPirateRoberts)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-mothers-day-etiquette/621479 "2012-05-10T15:20:10Z")
So, my Dad has bee dating this woman, Robin, for about 6 months now. He has moved in with her and took mudgirl with him since she needed a mother figure in her life. It’s looking pretty serious between the 2 of them. How… --- ## [Did you know that? (Surprising trivia)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-surprising-trivia/621341)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-surprising-trivia/621341 "2012-05-10T13:32:33Z")
So I am in my work lab, popping in a new tape to write some data, and I think to myself, “I wonder how many people realize that we still use magnetic tape on reels as a way to store data?” So, as some of you may know, I… --- ## [New York court rules on child porn possession.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-court-rules-on-child-porn-possession/621494)
**Author:** [@Makeitstop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Makeitstop)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-court-rules-on-child-porn-possession/621494 "2012-05-10T13:07:14Z")
So…having child porn in your computer’s cache is not illegal now. At least, not in New York. I kind of agree with the ruling in principle. I guess it protects the odd person who accidently runs across child porn while b… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1130) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1132)