# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1144 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1145 --- ## [Ugh, what a dream.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-what-a-dream/618152)
**Author:** [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-what-a-dream/618152 "2012-04-16T01:08:11Z")
Warning: long post. Okay, I’m getting off the Dope after this or at least seriously cutting back, I swear. But I wrote a fantasy novel (that I realistically assume will likely never be published) during a long span of c… --- ## [Any Dopers in today's tornado watch area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-todays-tornado-watch-area/618772)
**Author:** [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-todays-tornado-watch-area/618772 "2012-04-15T22:45:03Z")
If so, I hope whatever develops misses you. And everyone else, for that matter. Stay safe! --- ## ["Special" Nicknames For Your SO's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721 "2012-04-15T22:27:42Z")
Would y’all feel comfortable sharing those with me/us? Want me to start? Okay, I will… I call Dondra my “Little”. I know that’s an adjective and I nouned it up, but that’s what I like to call her. The rest of her name… --- ## [Attending the World Cup in person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attending-the-world-cup-in-person/618873)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attending-the-world-cup-in-person/618873 "2012-04-15T19:28:47Z")
My wife and I are talking about going to Brazil in 2014, partly just for tourism/travel, but hopefully to attend some World Cup games. How does one go about getting World Cup tickets? Assume we want to see one or more g… --- ## [L.A. Dopers: Ciclavia today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopers-ciclavia-today/618850)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopers-ciclavia-today/618850 "2012-04-15T15:48:03Z")
Ciclavia! I’m gonna be there with Princess. (That would be my bike…) So excited! Stand up and be counted…or rather, roll in an be counted! --- ## [Thurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thurl/605568)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thurl/605568 "2012-04-15T15:38:51Z")
Have you known anybody (besides Thurl Ravenscroft) named Thurl? What’s another equally uncommon given name? How about Bide Turley? That would make Thurl Turley rather rare, right? --- ## [Ask the guy who is adopting internationally.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-adopting-internationally/500980)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2012, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-adopting-internationally/500980 "2012-04-15T09:50:53Z")
My wife and I are adopting from Korea. In fact, we just got our referral for our baby the other day and we’ll travel to October to get her. Just be polite and ask away. :slight\_smile: --- ## [The blame stuff on stuff thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blame-stuff-on-stuff-thread/618796)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blame-stuff-on-stuff-thread/618796 "2012-04-15T03:21:59Z")
I took my nieces out to the beach over Easter to fly kites, but there wasn’t any wind. Screw you, global warming. The vending machine wants exact change. I don’t have 95 cents, I just got a dollar. Godamn Obama’s econ… --- ## [So how's YOUR Friday the 13th so far?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-hows-your-friday-the-13th-so-far/618679)
**Author:** [@SticksAndString](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SticksAndString)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-hows-your-friday-the-13th-so-far/618679 "2012-04-15T01:13:59Z")
I woke up this morning feeling like a fully grown mountain troll was sitting on my chest, coughing my brains out and my sinuses felt like my son had shoved wads of PlayDoh up between my eyeballs. Which was great until…I… --- ## [Help Find Man Who Impregnated Woman in Megadeth/Motorhead Concert Bathroom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-find-man-who-impregnated-woman-in-megadeth-motorhead-concert-bathroom/618758)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-find-man-who-impregnated-woman-in-megadeth-motorhead-concert-bathroom/618758 "2012-04-15T01:11:28Z")
Help this poor woman! --- ## [My mom died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-died/618578)
**Author:** [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-died/618578 "2012-04-14T22:45:21Z")
My mother had a heart attack early Friday morning, and was taken to the hospital by the paramedics. She was on life support through Easter weekend, during which my extended family flew in from various places and took tur… --- ## [A Reminder for Doper Genealogists: it's one week until 1940](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-reminder-for-doper-genealogists-its-one-week-until-1940/616993)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-reminder-for-doper-genealogists-its-one-week-until-1940/616993 "2012-04-14T20:17:34Z")
I’m positively geeky-giddy over the release of the 1940 Census on April 2. Among other things the 1940 Census (blank form) asked the family’s income for the previous year, which I’m really interested to learn (though I’… --- ## [I love Google street view](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-google-street-view/618729)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-google-street-view/618729 "2012-04-14T18:44:08Z")
I just searched on the Tate Museum, and instead of giving me the street view it unexpectedly dropped me right into the lobby. Clever, clever people. --- ## [Got a question for the candidates? Let me know!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-question-for-the-candidates-let-me-know/618657)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-question-for-the-candidates-let-me-know/618657 "2012-04-14T18:12:01Z")
Ok, see that sticky up there? The one about Presidential debates? Yeah, I’m moderating a debate between four fake presidential candidates on the SDMB. Tripper, stelios, Sage Rat, and snowmaster have agreed to plat thos… --- ## [I Pit Myself for Being a Rude Anus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-being-a-rude-anus/618595)
**Author:** [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-being-a-rude-anus/618595 "2012-04-14T18:01:33Z")
Because of certain events over the past nine months, I have been through some profound changes and have rediscovered my Christian faith. That made me realize that I have been a member of this board for a fairly long tim… --- ## [Zarkon, I told you to put that monolith on the THIRD planet!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zarkon-i-told-you-to-put-that-monolith-on-the-third-planet/618650)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zarkon-i-told-you-to-put-that-monolith-on-the-third-planet/618650 "2012-04-14T16:08:37Z")
Apparentrly they’ve discovered the monolith from 2001 on Mars. It should be quite happy there, along with the Happy Face, Kermit the Frog, the Sphinx, and the Pentagonal Pyramid. --- ## [Damn Thrips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-thrips/618734)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-thrips/618734 "2012-04-14T14:37:19Z")
Deceptively fluffy little bastards, sucking on my orchids. I hunt them down every day with a Q-Tip soaked in alcohol, yet they keep coming back. When one of my ineptly cared for orchids actually produces flowers, they … --- ## [Crazy stalker "customer"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-stalker-customer/618742)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-stalker-customer/618742 "2012-04-14T13:43:17Z")
So I have a website where we offer computer services and have since 2009, you can confirm this by checking whois on our domain. We mostly accept payment by paypal or googlecheckout, although if neither can be used we wil… --- ## [Coast Guard to sink Japanese Ghost Ship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coast-guard-to-sink-japanese-ghost-ship/617924)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coast-guard-to-sink-japanese-ghost-ship/617924 "2012-04-14T12:34:16Z")
Story here. It’s a fishing boat that’s been drifting in the Pacific since the tsunami last year. Strangely, the Coast Guard decided against putting a small team (including a child, a large breasted woman, and perhaps a… --- ## [There Are 80 Communists in Congress--says GOP Rep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-80-communists-in-congress-says-gop-rep/618512)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-80-communists-in-congress-says-gop-rep/618512 "2012-04-14T10:44:14Z")
–Rep. Allen West (R-FL) http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/\_news/2012/04/11/11144072-congressman-says-80-fellow-lawmakers-are-communists?lite Whee. This isn’t even original. I wonder if he has a laundry list. --- ## [One of life's little surprises](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-lifes-little-surprises/618697)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-lifes-little-surprises/618697 "2012-04-14T03:08:52Z")
I’ve had the same cell phone for six years. It’s a basic, no-frills phone, and my plan costs me $10 a month. I never use the phone, except for emergencies. I don’t even remember the number. A couple of days ago I had a … --- ## [Safe sex ad for Granny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686 "2012-04-14T02:12:22Z")
I’ve been LMAO at this ad. It’s one of those WTF were these idiots thinking moments. Safe Sex is a serious subject but these photos are unintentionally hilarious. I didn’t even realize old people were this flexible. … --- ## [Ask the guy who is from 100 years in the future](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490 "2012-04-14T01:27:46Z")
Hello everyone, I have just arrived from the year 2112, and first off, no Rush is still not in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. I am still getting used to this keyboard thing, I am more used to MS Office Thought Transcri… --- ## [Pet Peeve #387: No Follow Up Data](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-387-no-follow-up-data/618720)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-387-no-follow-up-data/618720 "2012-04-13T23:47:33Z")
People who report information, missing the concept of follow up question(s): Sally told me she saw the best movie ever last night. Really? What was it? I don’t know – I didn’t ask her the title. John bought a new car… --- ## [Who has the oldest e-mail address among the Dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-oldest-e-mail-address-among-the-dope/618465)
**Author:** [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-oldest-e-mail-address-among-the-dope/618465 "2012-04-13T23:04:57Z")
Something in ATMB got me thinking which is always a dangerous thing. I have a friend who just changed e-mail services for the third time this year and here I sit with the same two basic accounts since 1996. In my life I … --- ## ["Know Your Meme" -- poster challenge -- not a game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-meme-poster-challenge-not-a-game/566491)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-meme-poster-challenge-not-a-game/566491 "2012-04-13T23:01:08Z")
I can’t tell you how many hours I have already wasted trying to find one of those “demotivational posters.” I thought I’d ask for your help. Look at the still picture at Keyboard Cat | Know Your Meme and notice the pict… --- ## [Existential cat is existential](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-is-existential/618508)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-is-existential/618508 "2012-04-13T22:59:27Z")
--- ## [What's really going on here? (solicitations for paid links on my website)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-really-going-on-here-solicitations-for-paid-links-on-my-website/618592)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-really-going-on-here-solicitations-for-paid-links-on-my-website/618592 "2012-04-13T22:42:16Z")
I’ve had two similar offers from a marketing guy, both like this: The second time, he wanted a link to silkflowerswarehouse.com. I’m not the slightest bit interested in the offer, and it’s obvious this is some kind of… --- ## [How to Speak Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-speak-squirrel/618395)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-speak-squirrel/618395 "2012-04-13T22:02:15Z")
\[Washington Post link may require registration, but is free.\] The “Squirrel Whisperer” on How to Speak Squirrel As so often seems to be the case, the reporter seems surprised squirrels are acting purposefully and commu… --- ## [Unexpected great moments: when strangers get your references](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-great-moments-when-strangers-get-your-references/617689)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-great-moments-when-strangers-get-your-references/617689 "2012-04-13T18:24:46Z")
I was in a store the other day watching the Dudeling as Mrs. Devil poked around. As we were walking around, he took off in a shot as only a two and a half year old can. I (mock) shouted “runner!” as he toddled away. As I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1143) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1145)