# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1146 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1147 --- ## [Fucking Snake on the Fucking Plane!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-snake-on-the-fucking-plane/617894)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-snake-on-the-fucking-plane/617894 "2012-04-11T13:10:14Z")
From our “only in Australia” department: \[QUOTE=Pilot shocked by snake on plane … and it’s still on board\] A pilot in the Northern Territory has been forced to turn his plane around after a snake slithered from his das… --- ## [So... I'm taking a Sociology class.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-taking-a-sociology-class/618340)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2012, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-taking-a-sociology-class/618340 "2012-04-11T09:54:54Z")
Since I have so much free time, I decided I’d take a class at the local college. It’s a mistake, really. I thought it was Antisocial Studies. Oh, well. In any case, I’d like to turn to you guys as ‘research subjects’… --- ## [Accidentally erase your post just before you finish? Here's how to retrieve it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-erase-your-post-just-before-you-finish-heres-how-to-retrieve-it/617623)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-erase-your-post-just-before-you-finish-heres-how-to-retrieve-it/617623 "2012-04-11T03:30:50Z")
I discovered this a couple of months ago; don’t know why it never occurred to me before then. I figure if I didn’t know it, maybe others don’t, either. You know how you’ve written a 2000-word post and just before you fin… --- ## [You Really Can't Go Home Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-really-cant-go-home-again/618351)
**Author:** [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-really-cant-go-home-again/618351 "2012-04-11T03:26:55Z")
I have recently relocated to my hometown (San Antonio, TX) after 20+ years of being away, due to military obligations and life matters, and what not. I relocated due to the poor health of my mother, as now she needs help… --- ## [You have a Black Sheep Family member? Lets swap stories.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-black-sheep-family-member-lets-swap-stories/618292)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-black-sheep-family-member-lets-swap-stories/618292 "2012-04-11T02:57:24Z")
No names please to protect the wicked. :stuck\_out\_tongue: So, who was your black sheep in the family? The one person nobody talks about in polite company? We can share anonymously the relatives we’d never acknowledge i… --- ## [OMIGOD! I just burped and a little vomit came up with it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omigod-i-just-burped-and-a-little-vomit-came-up-with-it/500230)
**Author:** [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omigod-i-just-burped-and-a-little-vomit-came-up-with-it/500230 "2012-04-10T21:25:52Z")
I’m completely disgusted. I was sitting here, drinking a beer and reading the dope and I burped…and a sizable amount of vomit just came up and splashed on my desk before me. I still have that acid-y vomit taste in my mou… --- ## [RIP Jack Tramiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jack-tramiel/618302)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jack-tramiel/618302 "2012-04-10T20:30:55Z")
Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, has died. I literally bumped into him on the stairs at a computer show in the U.K. about 25 years ago. I’ve long regretted not making more of happenstance. --- ## [Smokin' Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokin-dope/618349)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokin-dope/618349 "2012-04-10T19:17:45Z")
I think the SDMB is really cool. In fact, it’s smokin’. Not only can you learn about everything under the sun, you can learn a lot about yourself. What are some of the things you’ve learned since being here? --- ## [It may be That Time for my dog.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-may-be-that-time-for-my-dog/618263)
**Author:** [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-may-be-that-time-for-my-dog/618263 "2012-04-10T18:20:47Z")
I’m taking my oldest dog, Flash, to the vet in a few hours. I’m afraid it might be his last car trip. Over the weekend I noticed that he’s got some sort of “hunch” on his back, along the ribs on the right side of his b… --- ## [Post Office Commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-commercial/618371)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-commercial/618371 "2012-04-10T17:06:13Z")
“There’s nothing worse than standing in line at the post office!!!” Yeah, there is. End of comment. Thanks Quasi;) --- ## ["I Am Maru"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-maru/618205)
**Author:** [@DrStrangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrStrangelove)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-maru/618205 "2012-04-10T16:29:12Z")
Hiya! I’m new to ‘The Straight Dope’ msg board & thought it would be fitting to post something sweet & fun via YouTube to break my Dope cherry: Enjoy! :slight\_smile: Love, ~the doc. --- ## [Shocking!: woman claims winning lotto ticket not part of office pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocking-woman-claims-winning-lotto-ticket-not-part-of-office-pool/617697)
**Author:** [@Vicullum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vicullum)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocking-woman-claims-winning-lotto-ticket-not-part-of-office-pool/617697 "2012-04-10T15:30:44Z")
Linky. Once again human greed and stupidity knows no bounds. --- ## [Starting a family tree - need advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-family-tree-need-advice/618321)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-family-tree-need-advice/618321 "2012-04-10T14:57:10Z")
My aunt researched my fathers side of the family almost 35 years ago. Traced them back to a village in Holland. I’ve been working on my maternal side of the family for the past few weeks. I’ve printed off a stack of pap… --- ## [Largest Feathered Dinosaur yet discovered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-feathered-dinosaur-yet-discovered/618015)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-feathered-dinosaur-yet-discovered/618015 "2012-04-10T14:26:57Z")
Found in China – 30 feet long and weighed 1.5 tines: Apparently an ancestor of T. Rex, although the article screws up and calls it a “descdencant” of T. Rex. --- ## [Peter Kay's facts of life.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-kays-facts-of-life/445083)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-kays-facts-of-life/445083 "2012-04-10T14:11:57Z")
Triangular sandwiches taste better than square ones. At the end of every party there is always a girl crying. One of the most awkward things that can happen in a pub is when your pint-to-toilet cycle gets synchronised … --- ## [James Cameron to spend several hours in Mariana Trench](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152 "2012-04-10T07:13:15Z")
Not just 16 minutes Pretty awesome! --- ## [Slate on witnesses to the Trayvon Martin shooting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slate-on-witnesses-to-the-trayvon-martin-shooting/618181)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slate-on-witnesses-to-the-trayvon-martin-shooting/618181 "2012-04-10T03:38:17Z")
\*Slate \*reports that witnesses to the Trayvon Martin incident heard shots and “The two women raced over to their patio and went outside.” When I hear shots I do not race to the patio and go outside. --- ## [Thank you, Captain Obvious!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-captain-obvious/618296)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-captain-obvious/618296 "2012-04-09T23:43:49Z")
We redecorated over the weekend, and the SO bought some carpet-cleaning spray. She read the directions: Remove cap. :smack: Oh, boy! I’m glad they put that step in there! I’d hate to think of what would have happe… --- ## [PA DOPERS. BOLA for a missing teenage girl.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-dopers-bola-for-a-missing-teenage-girl/617870)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-dopers-bola-for-a-missing-teenage-girl/617870 "2012-04-09T22:54:30Z")
A farker’s daughter didn’t come home last night. I am cross-posting it here for any Carlisle area dopers to be on the look out. Thanks! --- ## [I dropped my Kindle in the toilet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-kindle-in-the-toilet/618060)
**Author:** [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-kindle-in-the-toilet/618060 "2012-04-09T22:28:29Z")
I feel so stupid. The whole thing happened in slow motion, complete with “No-o-o-o-o-o!” I grabbed it right away and dried it off, and turned the power off. I know you’re supposed to pull the battery on electronics that … --- ## [Cherry blossoms in Washington](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cherry-blossoms-in-washington/618162)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cherry-blossoms-in-washington/618162 "2012-04-09T21:53:21Z")
I had no idea that the Japanese had made such a wonderful gift 100 years ago. And I wish I could take such spectacular photographs. --- ## [Kitchen Is Hard To Pronounce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-is-hard-to-pronounce/618190)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-is-hard-to-pronounce/618190 "2012-04-09T21:30:56Z")
Watching far too many episodes of House Hunters International, I notice that no matter what country, foreign speakers often seem to have a problem pronouncing the word “kitchen”. Usually it comes out sounding like “key-… --- ## [Maybe Brits Should Send Their Kids Abroad to Find a Mate!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-brits-should-send-their-kids-abroad-to-find-a-mate/618264)
**Author:** [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-brits-should-send-their-kids-abroad-to-find-a-mate/618264 "2012-04-09T21:29:06Z")
Because there may be up to 600 people from the same dad on those verdant Isles! Someone else can do the math better than me, but couldn’t that mean a second generation of over 1000 descendants already? --- ## [Mulch mania - get a grip!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mulch-mania-get-a-grip/617818)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mulch-mania-get-a-grip/617818 "2012-04-09T20:47:34Z")
I am beginning to think that I live at Ground Zero for mulch fetishists (the mid to lower Midwest). Every year around this time the populace launches into its major gardening activity of the year - buying mounds of mulc… --- ## [LEAVE SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY and other oddities you've noticed while travelling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-spotsylvania-county-and-other-oddities-youve-noticed-while-travelling/617741)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-spotsylvania-county-and-other-oddities-youve-noticed-while-travelling/617741 "2012-04-09T19:11:19Z")
This weekend, my girlfriend and I took my mother to Washington, DC. I’ve driven in Virginia before, but it’s been a long time and I was traveling for work so it was airport-to-destination-to-hotel-to-airport and I didn’t… --- ## [My face aches! Wisdom teeth removed today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-face-aches-wisdom-teeth-removed-today/617785)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-face-aches-wisdom-teeth-removed-today/617785 "2012-04-09T16:35:15Z")
Years of dental procrastination finally caught up with me this week. Last Friday, i started to get a bit of an ache in the back right of my mouth, and it grew worse over the next couple of days. My teeth ached, my gums … --- ## [Are straight girls uglier than bi and lesbian girls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-straight-girls-uglier-than-bi-and-lesbian-girls/618246)
**Author:** [@Fred13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred13)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-straight-girls-uglier-than-bi-and-lesbian-girls/618246 "2012-04-09T13:27:09Z")
First, I already know that nearly all girls are bi/bicurious/lesbian(90 %) and that the vast majority of girls are experimental and get with girls all the time. But, this is for the very few girls who are actually straig… --- ## [It's Time For A New MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562 "2012-04-09T11:30:17Z")
So, it’s Monday mornin’ and da bear is up and caffienatin’. YAWN 'Tis 67 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 90. This is more like early Summer than early Spring. At this rate I might be forced to turn on the AC. Oh My… --- ## [My local supermarket was ready for Passover!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-local-supermarket-was-ready-for-passover/618160)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-local-supermarket-was-ready-for-passover/618160 "2012-04-09T10:26:19Z")
My local supermarket (Kroger) decided to sell something for Passover that normally they don’t have. So they put out challah for the holiday. :smack: This is the same Kroger that put an advertising placard up for Hebre… --- ## [I made charoset tonight.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-charoset-tonight/617880)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-charoset-tonight/617880 "2012-04-09T04:37:19Z")
Practicing for Passover. I made it with Manchevitz Pomegranate wine. The Evile Ex-Mrs. Plant made it previously. I bought some Poppy seed and onion matzo. The New and Improved Mrs. Plant doesn’t like it, but she is Go… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1145) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1147)