# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1135 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1136 --- ## [I'm not a "sad/angry/mean" drunk, I'm a "profound" drunk.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-sad-angry-mean-drunk-im-a-profound-drunk/620665)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-sad-angry-mean-drunk-im-a-profound-drunk/620665 "2012-05-03T01:55:36Z")
some people get sad or angry when they get drunk. I get overwhelmed with the profundity of otherwise mundane things, so much so that I sometimes am moved to tears. It’s annoying, because outwardly it often seems like a… --- ## [Your Momify thread titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-momify-thread-titles/620688)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-momify-thread-titles/620688 "2012-05-03T01:21:16Z")
\*\*Can I copy VHS to DVD legally? \*\* I can’t copy VHS video of your mom legally. \*\*Homophone Help…Need Answer Fast! \*\* Your mom is a homophone. My Problems With Relativity Pssst, that’s called “incest”. \*\*What did e… --- ## [I'm up for reviving thou](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-up-for-reviving-thou/456776)
**Author:** [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-up-for-reviving-thou/456776 "2012-05-03T00:53:28Z")
Let’s face it, we need different words for singular and plural you. “Y’all” seems to work as a plural you in these parts, but “thou” sounds much cooler. Is anyone with me? --- ## [Signs you use to assess a person's intelligence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-use-to-assess-a-persons-intelligence/588255)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-use-to-assess-a-persons-intelligence/588255 "2012-05-02T21:05:53Z")
I’m always amazed by how quickly after meeting someone one can pick up on their general level of intelligence with relatively little interaction. Likewise I’ve gotten comments about my intelligence shortly after meeting … --- ## [Zombie threads ate my brains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-threads-ate-my-brains/620245)
**Author:** [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-threads-ate-my-brains/620245 "2012-05-02T20:44:05Z")
Will I ever remember to look at the date on the first post of a thread? No, what generally happens is I get interested in the long conversation before noticing an innocent reply by a poster who is BANNED. Then I think, … --- ## [Religion is more hazardous than porn for your computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-more-hazardous-than-porn-for-your-computer/620575)
**Author:** [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-more-hazardous-than-porn-for-your-computer/620575 "2012-05-02T20:18:29Z")
according to Symantec : --- ## [Goodnight, Moon Colony](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodnight-moon-colony/620664)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodnight-moon-colony/620664 "2012-05-02T20:12:09Z")
--- ## [I have an interview!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-interview/620605)
**Author:** [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-interview/620605 "2012-05-02T20:02:56Z")
I’ve got a phone interview on Thursday for a job I really, really want! I’ll make about double what I do now if I get it, plus I get to relocate myself and my wife and kids to my home state. For now, I need to start st… --- ## [Missile on the Roof](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missile-on-the-roof/620636)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missile-on-the-roof/620636 "2012-05-02T18:44:31Z")
"A Missile on the Roof – sounds crazy, no? "But here in our little village of East London, you might say that each of us has a Missile on his roof. Trying to scratch out a pleasant simple tune, without the terrorists br… --- ## [We closed early today due to the protests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-closed-early-today-due-to-the-protests/620586)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-closed-early-today-due-to-the-protests/620586 "2012-05-02T17:05:53Z")
A bit of violence in Seattle today, and further marches and protests were planned. So the office (along the route from Westlake to Seattle Center) was closed at 2:30 this afternoon. Now I’m home, been to Rite-Aid (Matc… --- ## [The Last Time You Farted.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-time-you-farted/620363)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-time-you-farted/620363 "2012-05-02T17:00:04Z")
… and everybody knew it came out of your ass, did you feel like you needed to say something? When with family at the dinner table, I’d jokingly say “Fire in the hole!”, but while finding my seat on an airplane, what sho… --- ## [picking lottery tickets out of the garbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-lottery-tickets-out-of-the-garbage/620646)
**Author:** [@MTRG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTRG)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-lottery-tickets-out-of-the-garbage/620646 "2012-05-02T16:51:30Z")
Do you know anybody who does this? What is your take on this story out of Ark? woman who lost Ark. lotto ticket entitled to $1mil finders keeper losers weepers? --- ## [OWS plans "General Strike" for May Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-plans-general-strike-for-may-day/620126)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-plans-general-strike-for-may-day/620126 "2012-05-02T16:35:45Z")
Yes, May Day. (Why do Americans have to put Labor Day in September anyway?!) Well, I won’t be participating, because I’m a lawyer and there’s just too much to get done around the office right now to take an arbitrary … --- ## [Pellucid Marginal Degeneration--you know that ain't good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pellucid-marginal-degeneration-you-know-that-aint-good/568220)
**Author:** [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pellucid-marginal-degeneration-you-know-that-aint-good/568220 "2012-05-02T16:24:39Z")
After thinking that my left eye’s prescription was just off, it turns out that ain’t so. This Pellucid Marginal Degeneration–and, really, you hear the word “degeneration” and your heart just sinks–thing seems to only be… --- ## [Infants Fly Free! Hurray!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infants-fly-free-hurray/620529)
**Author:** [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infants-fly-free-hurray/620529 "2012-05-02T16:04:04Z")
A few days ago I poked my nose into the BBQ Pit for some reason I cannot remember, and was drawn immediately to this thread, the enticingly named Infants Fly Free. Imagine my disappointment when it was not, as I imagine… --- ## [Are We Finally Going to Get a Flying Car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-finally-going-to-get-a-flying-car/620511)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-finally-going-to-get-a-flying-car/620511 "2012-05-02T15:44:35Z")
Well, the price tag looks prohibitive for mere mortals, but there seems to be two potential candidates for the role. Well, OK, the PAL-V is more of a flying motorcycle, but whatever. Terrafugia website PAL-V website A… --- ## [Help me debunk this homeopathic woo that's found its way into my home.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-debunk-this-homeopathic-woo-thats-found-its-way-into-my-home/620169)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-debunk-this-homeopathic-woo-thats-found-its-way-into-my-home/620169 "2012-05-02T15:30:51Z")
Okay, I chagrined to say that my wife insists on buying these homeopathic teething drops, and I am not having much luck dissuading her from it. The packaging boasts that the product is “sugar free, alcohol free, neutral… --- ## [I'm pregnant!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pregnant/615178)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pregnant/615178 "2012-05-02T15:15:17Z")
I’m pregnant! 17 weeks along, as of this past Monday. We had a CVS (I’m over 35), and we know the baby is a chromosomally normal girl. All indications so far are that she is healthy. She’s due on August 13. This is … --- ## [B/W movie with singing porters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-w-movie-with-singing-porters/36788)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-w-movie-with-singing-porters/36788 "2012-05-02T14:41:02Z")
I had this question on this board a year ago, and nobody knew the answer. I’ve had the same question of IMDB for a year, and no hits there, either. But, I’m trying again: I saw this clip on AMC a few years ago (June, 19… --- ## [Does your mind throw up the same stock photos as mine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-mind-throw-up-the-same-stock-photos-as-mine/620623)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-mind-throw-up-the-same-stock-photos-as-mine/620623 "2012-05-02T12:38:21Z")
I hate the establishment shot: we’re told we’re in London with an opening shot of Westminster Hall and Big Ben, then on to a story that has nothing to do with UK government. But I wonder if my mind still requires this, a… --- ## [2012 Supermoon Is Saturday 05 May 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-supermoon-is-saturday-05-may-2012/620603)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-supermoon-is-saturday-05-may-2012/620603 "2012-05-02T12:03:05Z")
'Supermoon' Alert: Biggest Full Moon of 2012 Occurs This Week | Space http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/supermoon-saturday-the-biggest-brightest-moon-of-2012/2012/05/01/gIQAZnohuT\_blog.html … --- ## [Why do some people get naked on PCP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-get-naked-on-pcp/620388)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-get-naked-on-pcp/620388 "2012-05-02T04:35:06Z")
I don’t know how often it happens, but when you see a cops style TV show where someone is naked and belligerent PCP is usually considered the first drug that would cause it. Alcohol, pot, heroin, coke, meth, lsd, etc. do… --- ## [D Is Fixing "Wiener Schnitzel" For Dinner!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-is-fixing-wiener-schnitzel-for-dinner/620366)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-is-fixing-wiener-schnitzel-for-dinner/620366 "2012-05-02T01:59:23Z")
The smell’s about to make me come in my britches, y’all! Not only is she cooking the 'Schnitzel, but Bratkartoffeln and Sauerkraut! This woman, this woman. This wonderful woman.:slight\_smile: Q --- ## [Another dumb teenagers story.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437)
**Author:** [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437 "2012-05-02T01:37:31Z")
Two thirteen year old girls were run over while sunbathing…in the damn road! --- ## [The person posting below me is gay.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-posting-below-me-is-gay/620591)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-posting-below-me-is-gay/620591 "2012-05-02T01:36:59Z")
The person posting below me is gay. --- ## [Hoaxing a time capsule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoaxing-a-time-capsule/620497)
**Author:** [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoaxing-a-time-capsule/620497 "2012-05-02T00:00:18Z")
As a “prank”… What items/writing/etc could you put in a 2012 time capsule to REEEALLY confuse future archaeologists? --- ## [My Fiancee is keeping her Surname...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fiancee-is-keeping-her-surname/620111)
**Author:** [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fiancee-is-keeping-her-surname/620111 "2012-05-01T23:09:34Z")
…which I’m totally cool with, but does anybody know what type of conventions there are for naming children? We both have surnames that sound clumsy when double-barrelled, so we’d rather not go there. I’ve contemplated … --- ## [If you don't know that \_\_\_\_, then we can't be together.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-know-that-____-then-we-cant-be-together/620260)
**Author:** [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-know-that-____-then-we-cant-be-together/620260 "2012-05-01T22:51:36Z")
If you don’t know that there is a right way, and a wrong way to load the dishwasher, then we can’t be together. Right way - after a cycle, the dishes are clean. Wrong way - after a cycle, the dishes are not clean. Thi… --- ## [What are you looking at?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-looking-at/620402)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-looking-at/620402 "2012-05-01T21:17:06Z")
What’s out your window? We’re staying at the Millennium Hilton in NYC, 50th floor overlooking the WTC Plaza. Right now, One World Trade and surrounding buildings are reflecting a gold dawn. Everything else is steel grey… --- ## [Why I stopped giving money to NPR...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-stopped-giving-money-to-npr/376229)
**Author:** [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-stopped-giving-money-to-npr/376229 "2012-05-01T19:48:14Z")
Not quite pit-worthy. I can’t work myself up to using harsh language on this one. However. The local NPR station (KERA in Dallas, TX) is having one of their thrice-quarterly fund drives. This may be an exaggeration, … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1134) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1136)