# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1132 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1133 --- ## [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… --- ## [Tomorrow is new grandbabby day for kam!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-is-new-grandbabby-day-for-kam/621370)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-is-new-grandbabby-day-for-kam/621370 "2012-05-10T06:56:40Z")
My darling daughter (who has already given me the gift of a bonza grandson, Zennie, now 2.5 yrs old) is having another little fella tomorrow via a scheduled caesarean. Because the baby-daddy is somewhat removed from pro… --- ## [Any advice for selling to big to ship on ebay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advice-for-selling-to-big-to-ship-on-ebay/621200)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advice-for-selling-to-big-to-ship-on-ebay/621200 "2012-05-10T06:46:43Z")
I have set of nice rims and tires. Probably worth $600. No response so far on Craigslist. What about eBay. I’m not willing to ship but I am willing to meet someone halfway. Maybe 50 miles. I have sold a handful of small … --- ## [I wish I hadn't had that idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-hadnt-had-that-idea/621333)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-hadnt-had-that-idea/621333 "2012-05-10T02:47:01Z")
We live in a very mod house. It was built in 1974. It looks really weird from the outside. Inside, we renovated it with IKEA kitchen and bathrooms, pale ash floors, and white walls with pops of bright color. It’s a swing… --- ## [Clicking On '.tv' Benefits Tuvalu.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clicking-on-tv-benefits-tuvalu/621368)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clicking-on-tv-benefits-tuvalu/621368 "2012-05-10T00:39:02Z")
Clicking on ‘.tv’ benefits the island of Tuvalu. Here’s an article on it. It’s ironic that “tv” both stands for Tuvalu (see country codes) and is slang for “television” in the USA. So if ever you see a commercial on te… --- ## [Come talk to us about homemade sugar scrub](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-talk-to-us-about-homemade-sugar-scrub/621072)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-talk-to-us-about-homemade-sugar-scrub/621072 "2012-05-10T00:06:34Z")
My knees and elbows are in bad shape, partly due to neglect and partly due to my darn doctor messing with my Synthroid dosage. So I just threw together a scrub for them with two parts sugar, one part coconut oil, and a f… --- ## [Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-game-wardens-seven-hunters-and-a-cow/621406)
**Author:** [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-game-wardens-seven-hunters-and-a-cow/621406 "2012-05-09T22:48:54Z")
It’s legal to hunt bigfoot in Texas. (But not, apparently, in Skamania County, Washington.) Just in case you’re out that way. --- ## [I've been hoisted by my own petard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-hoisted-by-my-own-petard/621336)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-hoisted-by-my-own-petard/621336 "2012-05-09T21:55:09Z")
I “troll” on a board (NOT the Dope), and have been offered the opportunity to become a Mod! :smack: I’m inclined to do it. Talk me out of it. (or into it if you’re so inclined) --- ## [Today is a cool day, here's why:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-cool-day-heres-why/621342)
**Author:** [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-cool-day-heres-why/621342 "2012-05-09T21:41:29Z")
It’s the one day of the year you can say in one syllable (Mayth) It’s my birthday :slight\_smile: --- ## [Worst CAPTCHA ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-captcha-ever/621218)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-captcha-ever/621218 "2012-05-09T20:33:06Z")
http://postimage.org/image/dexfjk7x7/ WTF? --- ## [Mundane and Pointless and had me in fits of laughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-and-pointless-and-had-me-in-fits-of-laughter/621414)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Ayebaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Ayebaw)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-and-pointless-and-had-me-in-fits-of-laughter/621414 "2012-05-09T19:26:40Z")
I love these boards, and the usual dry, ironic or otherwise witty posts that usually make me grin. Rarely though do I fall into a fit of uncontrollable laughter, but when I read this, I just lost it - There is not one s… --- ## [Our left eyes suck.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-left-eyes-suck/621338)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-left-eyes-suck/621338 "2012-05-09T16:36:55Z")
My husband and I just so happened to both have our eye exams today. They were so close together that he left me in the waiting room to drive to his appointment. Mine wasn’t awful BUT she said I have plaque in my left e… --- ## [Take the gas pipe!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-gas-pipe/621312)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-gas-pipe/621312 "2012-05-09T15:29:44Z")
According to someone on the street, someone round the corner snuffed himself with gas. Loads of fire trucks out there, and there’s been a helicopter hovering. Nothing in the online news so far, and my radio only gets F… --- ## [Canadian currency has naked ladies on it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158 "2012-05-09T13:02:58Z")
Wow, some people see pR0n everywhere: New polymer Canadian $20 bill --- ## [A Clesar Sign of the Apocalypse -- the Justin Bieber Singing Toothbrush](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clesar-sign-of-the-apocalypse-the-justin-bieber-singing-toothbrush/620625)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clesar-sign-of-the-apocalypse-the-justin-bieber-singing-toothbrush/620625 "2012-05-09T09:10:34Z")
I saw this in the store the other day, and am now certain that the Day of Doom is upon us. The Mayan thing might be a coincidence, but this is surely a sign of the End Times http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images… --- ## [Ironic? deaths for different careers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-deaths-for-different-careers/621291)
**Author:** [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-deaths-for-different-careers/621291 "2012-05-09T07:52:49Z")
As I was nearly knocked unconscious by a falling CRC Handbook, I thought this would be a very amusing way to die for a chemist. So I was trying to think of the most amusing/ironic/fated way for a chemist to die. I came … --- ## [The human body is like a torus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-human-body-is-like-a-torus/621206)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-human-body-is-like-a-torus/621206 "2012-05-09T05:21:16Z")
I was listening to the WNYC Radiolab podcast “Guts” in which one of the hosts likened the human body to a torus (a donut) in that we have a hole going through our body. For some reason, that really hit me when I heard i… --- ## [Philly Dopefest Sunday April 15](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-sunday-april-15/616024)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-sunday-april-15/616024 "2012-05-09T02:09:56Z")
The wife and I will be in Philadelphia next month. A Dopefest has been suggested. Anyone up for it? Our timing is a little awkward though. We won’t get in until late on Saturday, April 14, four weeks from today (it’s Sat… --- ## [Master Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-wang-ka/621274)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-wang-ka/621274 "2012-05-09T01:54:26Z")
\*\* Where is he? How is he? He was one of the bright lights here for years. His profile says: From there you can see the threads he started, and this is from Page 1 of that listing:\*\* Threads Started By: Master Wang-… --- ## [Dinosaur farts warmed the earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-farts-warmed-the-earth/621164)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-farts-warmed-the-earth/621164 "2012-05-09T00:33:57Z")
\*Giant dinosaurs could have warmed the planet with their flatulence, say researchers. British scientists have calculated the methane output of sauropods, including the species known as Brontosaurus. By scaling up the d… --- ## [I just said good-bye to My Baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-said-good-bye-to-my-baby/621044)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-said-good-bye-to-my-baby/621044 "2012-05-08T23:07:42Z")
I apologize in advance for any typos or spelling errors, I am typing with a broken heart thru the tears. My oldest Ppillon Cricket was diagnosed with a severe heart murmur about a year and a half ago. With medication, i… --- ## [Has anyone ever driven in Poland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-driven-in-poland/621245)
**Author:** [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-driven-in-poland/621245 "2012-05-08T21:38:12Z")
So it’s a bit of an odd question but I am going to Pland for the Euro’s in 2012. Thinking about driving from Prague to Gdansk which is about 486 miles. Im hearing some very bad stories about Polish drivers and the road… --- ## [What not to tell the RCMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129 "2012-05-08T20:26:35Z")
If you forget to clip-in your hang-gliding passenger, surely the RCMPs would also believe you forgot to load a memory card in the video camera, that is if you didn’t tell them you swallowed it. \[ul\]\[li\]"Orders told poli… --- ## [What to name a stealth boat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540 "2012-05-08T18:44:47Z")
$195 million Sea Shadow stealth ship for sale, only $10,000 deposit required DARPA is putting up the Sea Shadowfor auction. Unfortunately the she will be scrapped before being given to the purchaser. :frowning: While… --- ## [Pill Capsules filled with a very special ingredient.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pill-capsules-filled-with-a-very-special-ingredient/621190)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pill-capsules-filled-with-a-very-special-ingredient/621190 "2012-05-08T17:08:34Z")
Reminds me of Auntie Lee’s Meat Pies. :stuck\_out\_tongue: There was another horror film about a sausage maker. He’d kidnap these people and put them in the ground alive with just their heads sticking out. I watched way… --- ## [Hemicorporectomy Cut in Half to Live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemicorporectomy-cut-in-half-to-live/601184)
**Author:** [@Angel1366](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel1366)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemicorporectomy-cut-in-half-to-live/601184 "2012-05-08T16:27:21Z")
I thought this might be of interest to some. I had a very rare operation in May 2011. It is called a Hemicorporectomy. ALL of my body from about an inch bellow belly button was cut off to save my life. i have a site at h… --- ## [SDMB Trivia: One-word thread titles with 50 or more replies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia-one-word-thread-titles-with-50-or-more-replies/620879)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia-one-word-thread-titles-with-50-or-more-replies/620879 "2012-05-08T15:58:15Z")
These were some I started: Omar ( 1 2 3) Zeldar 09-22-2010 10:46 AM by TruCelt 143 8,082 Cafe Society McRib ( 1 2) Zeldar 11-05-2010 06:34 PM by TBG 77 3,637 Cafe Society ================================== … --- ## [Disreputable Relatives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disreputable-relatives/621163)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disreputable-relatives/621163 "2012-05-08T13:52:45Z")
In response to a post of mine in another thread about people you know who have been murdered (in which I mentioned a rather undesirable cousin of mine), Zeldar suggested that somebody should create a “spinoff thread” abo… --- ## [I hate the term "pizza guy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157 "2012-05-08T13:28:06Z")
Of course Pete’s a guy, have you ever seen a girl named Pete? --- ## [One of us! One of us! \[new member\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-us-one-of-us-new-member/621125)
**Author:** [@markd222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markd222)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-us-one-of-us-new-member/621125 "2012-05-08T12:58:03Z")
I happened on this site by accident. I LOVE you guys and your off-kilter philosophical humor. I belong to a local group here in Kansas City that also meets regulary to fill in gaps of human knowledge and solve the pro… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1131) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1133)