# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1136 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1137 --- ## [Does your pet know when to stop eating, or will they stuff themselves until they burst?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-pet-know-when-to-stop-eating-or-will-they-stuff-themselves-until-they-burst/620252)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-pet-know-when-to-stop-eating-or-will-they-stuff-themselves-until-they-burst/620252 "2012-05-01T19:39:28Z")
I have a couple of stray cats which the neighbor downstairs originally started feeding, but I (in a weak moment) one day gave them some treats as well. The bobtailed male (“Bob”) often begs me for a bite, but not always… --- ## [Joe Biden promises us The President has a big.......stick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-promises-us-the-president-has-a-big-stick/620174)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-promises-us-the-president-has-a-big-stick/620174 "2012-05-01T18:52:11Z")
Hear it here --- ## [7-Up is owned by Satanic Freemasons, no matter what they say](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-up-is-owned-by-satanic-freemasons-no-matter-what-they-say/200812)
**Author:** [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-up-is-owned-by-satanic-freemasons-no-matter-what-they-say/200812 "2012-05-01T18:47:10Z")
At work, we have free sodas supplied to us. The fridge in the breakroom is stocked with Coke, Pepsi, diet versions of each, 7-Up, and Dr Pepper. This is good, as the soda gods have smiled upon the IT department and bless… --- ## ["Ahoy! You there!" Or, race relations and semiotics.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahoy-you-there-or-race-relations-and-semiotics/620391)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahoy-you-there-or-race-relations-and-semiotics/620391 "2012-05-01T17:22:32Z")
My longtime friend’s boyfriend, William, is also a close friend of mine. We talk about everything under the sun, because we are both philosophical and introspective in nature. The other night, William (who is black) to… --- ## [John F. Kennedy's birthday?? Really??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-f-kennedys-birthday-really/620515)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-f-kennedys-birthday-really/620515 "2012-05-01T15:25:41Z")
So it’s May, and I just got around to looking closely at my Google calendar for the month. Like most calendars, this one comes with prepackaged holidays and “special” non-holidays already marked (in this case, in a nice… --- ## [The Most Generic Yet Fiendishly Brilliant Political Internet Comment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-generic-yet-fiendishly-brilliant-political-internet-comment/620439)
**Author:** [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashley_Pomeroy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-generic-yet-fiendishly-brilliant-political-internet-comment/620439 "2012-05-01T09:44:56Z")
Now, newspapers and so on usually have comment areas beneath the stories, and it’s vitally important to be the first comment, or near the top, otherwise you’ll be number two, or lower. The competition is so fierce that t… --- ## [Two wakes. Two funerals. Two days.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-wakes-two-funerals-two-days/620453)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-wakes-two-funerals-two-days/620453 "2012-05-01T00:54:47Z")
A,B.C. and D are dear friends and all worked together 25 years ago. A’s Mom had a brain aneurysm a year ago. Surgery fixed it. She was in rehab. Filled with Cumadin to help thin the blood. Fell. Hit her head. Massive br… --- ## [Macy's sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macys-sucks/620287)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macys-sucks/620287 "2012-04-30T23:48:52Z")
The son of a friend of mine is getting married. The wedding is in California, where the bride and groom live. They have gift site at Macy’s and so we decided to have a gift sent from there. The gift cost $50, includin… --- ## [Pick a Name for the New Secret Service Chaperones!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-name-for-the-new-secret-service-chaperones/620367)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-name-for-the-new-secret-service-chaperones/620367 "2012-04-30T22:12:30Z")
See the story:Chaperones included in new Secret Service conduct rules | Fox News Obviously, the chaperones are needed to keep the SS guys on the right track (and that means avoiding business transactions with hookers an… --- ## ["Don't Take Any Wooden Nickels"? WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-take-any-wooden-nickels-wtf/620313)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-take-any-wooden-nickels-wtf/620313 "2012-04-30T22:05:22Z")
Where did the (old) expression come from? Did people actually circulate wooden nickels? Or were they some kind of advertising/publicity stunt? It sounds like a publicity stunt-like the “apple sellers” on Depression-era… --- ## [Cruises](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruises/619856)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruises/619856 "2012-04-30T21:07:08Z")
After many years of hard work, poverty and near poverty, good and bad decisions made, and the rest of the highs and lows that life has to offer, things have been going pretty well for us the past few years. Therefore, af… --- ## [Explain "drunk time" to me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-drunk-time-to-me/620410)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-drunk-time-to-me/620410 "2012-04-30T20:22:42Z")
As I get older, I don’t drink as much, but the few times I do go out with friends, I always experience “drunk time.” Most of you know what I mean. You meet your buddies at 6pm at a local watering hole. You begin drink… --- ## [C is for cookie, and deep down I believe that really is good enough for me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-is-for-cookie-and-deep-down-i-believe-that-really-is-good-enough-for-me/620440)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-is-for-cookie-and-deep-down-i-believe-that-really-is-good-enough-for-me/620440 "2012-04-30T19:33:32Z")
Not really a Sesame Street post, so prolly not for CS. Maybe this won’t be too difficult. I miss being able to watch Cookie Monster, especially when Bob was trying to guard a huge polystyrene letter from him, and total… --- ## [Inv4uraqt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inv4uraqt/620122)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inv4uraqt/620122 "2012-04-30T18:38:42Z")
Huh? I envy for you are a cutie? This came in response to calling someone a QT3.1415. l8r --- ## [Would you have a problem with this statement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-a-problem-with-this-statement/619757)
**Author:** [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-a-problem-with-this-statement/619757 "2012-04-30T18:36:05Z")
In addition to being a photographer, electrical engineer, general knowledge junkie and sports fan, I’m also a computer geek, and frequent computer enthusiast message boards in addition to many others. Today, Intel relea… --- ## [What is wrong with me (reverse calorie counting)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-reverse-calorie-counting/620317)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-reverse-calorie-counting/620317 "2012-04-30T17:55:21Z")
So I walk to the corner bakery to get breakfast for my wife and me… I plan to order a panini with eggs and avocado, and a croissant sandwich for my wife. But they list the calories on the menu board- 550 for my panini, … --- ## [Can't swing a dead cat without hitting a super hero.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-swing-a-dead-cat-without-hitting-a-super-hero/620227)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-swing-a-dead-cat-without-hitting-a-super-hero/620227 "2012-04-30T16:59:31Z")
If you had asked me how many super heroes reside in the U.S. I likely would have said 0. :dubious: But apparently there are four of them living within driving distance of just this one trailer park. http://www.freep.co… --- ## [Please take a moment to look here - Post about a fantastic charitable organization](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-take-a-moment-to-look-here-post-about-a-fantastic-charitable-organization/619421)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-take-a-moment-to-look-here-post-about-a-fantastic-charitable-organization/619421 "2012-04-30T16:59:08Z")
I’ve never done this before, but I asked permission and the admins have graciously allowed me to post this link to an organization that is doing fantastic work. Project2Heal is run by Charlie Petrizzo, who has a truly am… --- ## [I'm pretty sure no one else does this kind of thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-no-one-else-does-this-kind-of-thing/619930)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-no-one-else-does-this-kind-of-thing/619930 "2012-04-30T15:55:05Z")
Whenever I’m walking uphill I hear the yodeler song from The Price is Right in my head. I’m pretty sure other people don’t do that. What is your weird thing you do that no one else does? --- ## [The mini-good deeds/good news thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mini-good-deeds-good-news-thread/615328)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mini-good-deeds-good-news-thread/615328 "2012-04-30T15:34:23Z")
I used to follow the mini-rants threads and the workplace griping thread every day, but I found them just too negative. All that small-scale pissing and moaning (some of it well earned, some of it just really wrong-heade… --- ## [How to sell a car on Craigslist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-sell-a-car-on-craigslist/620331)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-sell-a-car-on-craigslist/620331 "2012-04-30T15:16:03Z")
It is all about the message… (I have no connection to seller, hope this does not qualify as spam. If it does, please delete) --- ## [If you were going to a super-hero costume party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751 "2012-04-30T15:03:21Z")
Who would you dress as? :smiley: --- ## [The art of dickering, and haggling. The good the bad The ugly.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-art-of-dickering-and-haggling-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/619946)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-art-of-dickering-and-haggling-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/619946 "2012-04-30T14:08:08Z")
I was talking to a friend at work about experiences with people who like to dicker or haggle over price. I was never into it myself but after years in retail , especially independent stores, I’ve become more acustomed to… --- ## [Yao Ming's Custom $12,000 Bicycle -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yao-mings-custom-12-000-bicycle/620339)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yao-mings-custom-12-000-bicycle/620339 "2012-04-30T05:40:08Z")
That’s quite a bike! More here --- ## [Going to Yosemite for the first time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-yosemite-for-the-first-time/619604)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-yosemite-for-the-first-time/619604 "2012-04-30T03:57:49Z")
Leaving on April 27 with a tour bus group–fortunately the bus will not be crowded–and getting back on the 29th. We will be seeing all the sights, taking the valley floor tram tour, and will even visit a casino on the wa… --- ## [Neighbour war...possibly heating up...question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbour-war-possibly-heating-up-question/619863)
**Author:** [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbour-war-possibly-heating-up-question/619863 "2012-04-30T03:27:41Z")
My best friend (let’s call her Anna) and her fiance (Mark)were coming back from Florida and their car broke down in Grand Forks, ND. They left it with a garage and made their way back to Canada. The following Monday, the… --- ## [Guten Morgen MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667 "2012-04-30T03:09:16Z")
Blurf! Thank you Mr. Sunbeam for the early wake up call. I can’t wait to get home to safety & QWERTY keyboards (which means out of this hotel). More details to come (probably tomorrow) once I’m home. Hijacks away… --- ## [Funny Story About Our Name: "The Dopers"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-story-about-our-name-the-dopers/620284)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-story-about-our-name-the-dopers/620284 "2012-04-29T23:47:29Z")
A couple of weekends ago, D and I met her niece, husband and some friends at a nice restaurant to celebrate her niece’s birthday. She is one of the few who understands what is going on with me and no way would I miss her… --- ## [Skylon Tower vs CN Tower](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skylon-tower-vs-cn-tower/620133)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skylon-tower-vs-cn-tower/620133 "2012-04-29T23:38:02Z")
If you could do only one, would you have dinner at the Skylon Tower or the CN Tower? (If your want to skip both, though, I’d appreciate hearing where you’d go to eat instead. Assume that you are hungry, are standing on… --- ## [So what IF I am a communist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-if-i-am-a-communist/620105)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-if-i-am-a-communist/620105 "2012-04-29T23:16:28Z")
Does it bug anyone that government forms still ask if you are a communist? Is that illegal? I want to answer yes one time just to see what happens. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1135) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1137)