# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1145 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1146 --- ## [My Husband Said I am the Best Wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-said-i-am-the-best-wife/618192)
**Author:** [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-said-i-am-the-best-wife/618192 "2012-04-13T17:49:26Z")
Just because I gave him a Nook Tablet, a bottle of good whiskey, and a blow job for his birthday. You guys are so easy to placate. --- ## [I got an idea!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-idea/618664)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-idea/618664 "2012-04-13T15:22:00Z")
Lets all start calling our cars “shorts”, like back in the day when I was a punk kid. From urbandictionary.com; “short Short was used long before there were compact cars. It goes back to at least the Forties on the S… --- ## [Words you can't pronounce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-cant-pronounce/618279)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-cant-pronounce/618279 "2012-04-13T06:39:13Z")
One of my co-workers simply cannot pronounce the word “inevitably.” She ends up with something closer to “in-ett-ably,” even when we tried to sound out individual syllables and put it back together. At least she has a … --- ## [What the fuck is going on at the University of Pittsburgh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-at-the-university-of-pittsburgh/618587)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-at-the-university-of-pittsburgh/618587 "2012-04-13T02:04:21Z")
For those that don’t know, since February 13th, the University of Pittsburgh has received over 60 bomb threats, with over 50 of them in April alone. I have no connection to Pittsburgh, I just read about this on another … --- ## [I have No More Cats.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-more-cats/618141)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-more-cats/618141 "2012-04-13T01:38:06Z")
I lost my Shuppie today. He was nineteen years old, and in the last few days, he was refusing to eat. He was also acting uncomfortable, constantly shifting around, never finding an easy spot to recline. I’ve lost cats… --- ## [Scientists: Life on Mars was discovered already, 36 years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-life-on-mars-was-discovered-already-36-years-ago/618614)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-life-on-mars-was-discovered-already-36-years-ago/618614 "2012-04-13T00:18:15Z")
Story. Wait – they never before sent a probe equipped with a microscope?! --- ## [A Short History of the World](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-history-of-the-world/618609)
**Author:** [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-history-of-the-world/618609 "2012-04-12T23:27:13Z")
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD THE FACTS AS WELL AS THEY CAN BE DETERMINED THROUGH THE MISTS OF TIME, AS RECALLED BY THE MOST LEARNED OF MEN, WHO IN GREAT DELIBERATION AND DEBATE CAME TO AGREE THAT THESE POINTS ARE THE F… --- ## [Sir Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-tim/618589)
**Author:** [@Patience\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patience_Jones)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-tim/618589 "2012-04-12T23:25:42Z")
When I was out to lunch earlier, I noticed that my waiter was named, “Sir Tim.” It made me think of that woman years ago who wore her Star Trek uniform to jury duty, and had her coworkers call her “Commander.” Mundane a… --- ## [20 Years ago War started in my Country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-years-ago-war-started-in-my-country/618091)
**Author:** [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-years-ago-war-started-in-my-country/618091 "2012-04-12T22:23:05Z")
I find it hardest thing to do is to get my own thoughts out in a coherent manner on the subject. I do remember images but not really something that I can claim I thought out even though I have a feeling I think about it … --- ## [Changing aspects of the cannon of my story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-aspects-of-the-cannon-of-my-story/618441)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-aspects-of-the-cannon-of-my-story/618441 "2012-04-12T21:46:18Z")
I was just visiting collegeboard.org, and now you can rank how important choices are in picking a college. (I used it pick the colleges) Using the new system, I get totally different schools for my characters. Should I u… --- ## [Stuff our baby will grow up with that wasn't around when we were kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-our-baby-will-grow-up-with-that-wasnt-around-when-we-were-kids/618525)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-our-baby-will-grow-up-with-that-wasnt-around-when-we-were-kids/618525 "2012-04-12T20:18:05Z")
My malware issues (Pit thread) got me and Mr. Neville thinking. He thought we were older than the first computer virus (not actually true, since the first computer virus dates to 1971, he was born in 1973, and I was bor… --- ## [Wow - Arthur C. Clarke predicts the Internet and the PC in 1974. (video)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-arthur-c-clarke-predicts-the-internet-and-the-pc-in-1974-video/618521)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-arthur-c-clarke-predicts-the-internet-and-the-pc-in-1974-video/618521 "2012-04-12T20:16:26Z")
We may not have flying cars, and a ton of other shit that people thought we would have now, but Arthur C. Clarke fucking nailed it with this. It’s downright eerie how accurate everything he’s saying is, right down to the… --- ## [It's been three weeks since my husband died...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-three-weeks-since-my-husband-died/618497)
**Author:** [@Stendhal\_Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stendhal_Syndrome)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-three-weeks-since-my-husband-died/618497 "2012-04-12T19:54:50Z")
I just wanted to come back and say hello to everyone and thank you all for sending happy thoughts and well wishes my way. Jesse’s (gurujulp) memorial service was wonderful and touching. People remembered him and shared t… --- ## [Call Me Back Already, Dammit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-back-already-dammit/615680)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-back-already-dammit/615680 "2012-04-12T19:52:52Z")
So, the shitheels have triumphed (background here), with the end result being a newfound “fuck my department and its incompetent management” attitude for me. If they want to fuck up the entire department, have fun – time… --- ## [Gurujulp would've wanted his doper family to know...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gurujulp-wouldve-wanted-his-doper-family-to-know/616409)
**Author:** [@Stendhal\_Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stendhal_Syndrome)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gurujulp-wouldve-wanted-his-doper-family-to-know/616409 "2012-04-12T19:50:23Z")
This is by no means mundane or pointless to me but I don’t know where to post this. I just wanted our doper family to know that gurujulp (Jesse), my husband, passed away in his sleep early this morning. --- ## [When to go to the Emergency Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-go-to-the-emergency-room/618133)
**Author:** [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-go-to-the-emergency-room/618133 "2012-04-12T19:42:32Z")
The following do not require a visit to the ER: \[ul\] \[li\]Your otherwise healthy school aged child has had a fever for the last 2 hours.\[/li\]\[li\]You twisted your ankle but you can walk on it without difficulty despite n… --- ## [My Dads in the ICU \[RIP Dad\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dads-in-the-icu-rip-dad/617347)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dads-in-the-icu-rip-dad/617347 "2012-04-12T18:56:59Z")
My dad had a heart attack yesterday and has been in the hospital. Arteries are 100, 95 and 95% blocked and far enough through that they don’t know if they can do a bypass. Today he had an episode (My brother said he c… --- ## [So could someone tell me about toilet waters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-could-someone-tell-me-about-toilet-waters/618528)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-could-someone-tell-me-about-toilet-waters/618528 "2012-04-12T16:34:18Z")
So every pharmacy has this shelf devoted to toilet water(here in Trinidad at least) they have vaguely Victorian sticker art and names like rose water, Florida water, kananga water, heaven water? you get the idea. Faintly… --- ## [Ask The Guy Who Owned an Exotic Pet Store.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-owned-an-exotic-pet-store/480016)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 242\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-owned-an-exotic-pet-store/480016 "2012-04-12T16:11:15Z")
Anything you are curious about? Want to know all the sordid details and smoky back room dealings of the exotic animal trade? Ask away. I used to manage all exotics including venomous reptiles and primates. --- ## [Thai Pronouns and Honorifics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-pronouns-and-honorifics/618571)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-pronouns-and-honorifics/618571 "2012-04-12T16:04:27Z")
(Recent threads about Japanese pronouns and honorifics lead me to mention something about Thai.) Pronouns. Thai pronouns are varied and confusing. In English, I, me, my, mine, and myself are all 1st-person pronouns, b… --- ## [And now... Canada looks at digital cash.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-canada-looks-at-digital-cash/618564)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-canada-looks-at-digital-cash/618564 "2012-04-12T14:54:21Z")
First there were loonies and toonies. Then redesigned banknotes with hologram stripes. Then holographic coins. Then the million-dollar coin. Then polymer banknotes. Then the elimination of the penny. Then the glow-in-the… --- ## [I love prepositions!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-prepositions/618358)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-prepositions/618358 "2012-04-12T12:42:33Z")
You can go in for something. You can go out with someone. You can go down on someone. Go up? You can’t do that. You can get up. You can get down. You can get in. You can get out! You can get over, but you can’t … --- ## [dissertation supervisor blues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissertation-supervisor-blues/618485)
**Author:** [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissertation-supervisor-blues/618485 "2012-04-12T08:13:44Z")
Sorry, this will be really boring, I just need to Share a Mundane Pointless complaint. Any advice is welcome. So I’m writing my undergrad dissertation\*. I was actually fairly excited, it’s about the influence of televis… --- ## [A Nun in Court](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nun-in-court/618373)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nun-in-court/618373 "2012-04-12T07:56:03Z")
Philly.com is reporting a nun was called to testify in court in the sex abuse trial. She said a certain priest had pornographic magazines delivered to a church office she ran for the priest. She said she was moved from h… --- ## [And then there was the Formosan bartender ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-there-was-the-formosan-bartender/618293)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-there-was-the-formosan-bartender/618293 "2012-04-12T03:38:58Z")
… named Taiwan On. And the dive shop that specialized in dive computers and frustrated English majors, called “Divers Alarums.” --- ## [I'm sitting next to Eeyore!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sitting-next-to-eeyore/615742)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sitting-next-to-eeyore/615742 "2012-04-12T00:46:07Z")
That’s what I call him in my head, anyway. I recently moved to a new desk (temporarily, thank goodness), and the guy on the other side of the barrier to my right seems to have a negative comment about everything. “Beau… --- ## [Why you shouldn't text and walk.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-shouldnt-text-and-walk/618450)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-shouldnt-text-and-walk/618450 "2012-04-11T22:35:57Z")
It’s unbearable. :smiley: --- ## [Major Earthquake off Indonesia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-earthquake-off-indonesia/618457)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-earthquake-off-indonesia/618457 "2012-04-11T19:30:30Z")
CNN story here. It measured 8.6, hit about 270 miles southwest of Banda Aceh, the same area that was devastated by a tsunami in 2004. No damage or injury reports yet, but there is a tsunami alert for the entire region.… --- ## [Anyone else run away from home as a kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-run-away-from-home-as-a-kid/617981)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-run-away-from-home-as-a-kid/617981 "2012-04-11T19:08:49Z")
When I was 7 years old I convinced my 5 year old brother and a friend of mine from grade 2 to run away. I had read some Huckleberry Finn and was sold on the life of the river. After supper one night I armed us with 3 a… --- ## [I'm \*STILL\* scared of Ewoks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-still-scared-of-ewoks/618155)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-still-scared-of-ewoks/618155 "2012-04-11T16:28:44Z")
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