# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1148 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1149 --- ## [Lego may release my Tachikoma model as a set](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-may-release-my-tachikoma-model-as-a-set/617903)
**Author:** [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-may-release-my-tachikoma-model-as-a-set/617903 "2012-04-06T16:50:36Z")
As a hobby, I build detailed Lego models. Most of them are functional and motorized. My latest model, a walking and rolling robot, has become a huge success. Now Lego has a program called Cuusoo. Anyone can submit a mod… --- ## [The worst squeeze of all.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-squeeze-of-all/617956)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-squeeze-of-all/617956 "2012-04-06T15:10:13Z")
Ouch! Be sure to read the police report. :eek: That picture of the blue ball being squeezed is just evil. :wink: --- ## [I broke the Straight Dope!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-the-straight-dope/617962)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-the-straight-dope/617962 "2012-04-06T15:08:41Z")
I tried to do a search and got: Sorry about that, Chief. --- ## [Is Burma Likely To Have Vast Untapped Crude Oil Deposits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-burma-likely-to-have-vast-untapped-crude-oil-deposits/617994)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-burma-likely-to-have-vast-untapped-crude-oil-deposits/617994 "2012-04-06T13:14:30Z")
Burma is opening up. As one of the original early oil producers, Burma is something of a mystery. The former military regime allowed little if any foreign oil exploration. Bt this will change. Anybody know what geologis… --- ## [Concealed Carry Carry Handgun class](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concealed-carry-carry-handgun-class/617484)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concealed-carry-carry-handgun-class/617484 "2012-04-06T12:58:54Z")
I took my class Saturday. Six hours including the qualifying time. Nearly 2/3 of the class was women ages 30 to 60. Our instructor was a retired cop and he had served on the dept’s SWATT team. We spent a lot of time on … --- ## [New and abused](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-abused/617972)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-abused/617972 "2012-04-06T12:35:22Z")
Hello, in Spanish! I’m 24, I make the music, and I drink the coffee. BAM! --- ## [Could my luck be changing ...for the better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-my-luck-be-changing-for-the-better/617980)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-my-luck-be-changing-for-the-better/617980 "2012-04-06T05:00:31Z")
I Doubt it… For the longest time, I’ve been battling Murphy’s Law, nothing has ever gone right for me, disappointment and trouble was my lot in life, I always expected the worst, and was never dissapointed. However, as… --- ## [The Burger King Jesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burger-king-jesus/617958)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burger-king-jesus/617958 "2012-04-06T04:00:15Z")
That’s all I could think of when I saw the cover of this week’s newsweek: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/jesus-christ-graces-the-cover-of-newsweek/ --- ## [I just called 911 for the first time in my life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-called-911-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/617655)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-called-911-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/617655 "2012-04-06T01:23:20Z")
I turned onto a four lane divided road (45 mph speed limit) and two large horses with no tack on charged by me on the side of the road. They were inches from oncoming traffic, and people were freaking out. It was in a … --- ## [Ask the part-time vagrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-part-time-vagrant/617559)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-part-time-vagrant/617559 "2012-04-06T00:08:32Z")
I’ve been following the homeless guy with a hooker thread. I would post information in that thread but I don’t want to steal the OPs thunder. There were some questions about homelessness in that thread I believe that I … --- ## [My body pulls an April Fools prank on me and I nearly die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-body-pulls-an-april-fools-prank-on-me-and-i-nearly-die/617665)
**Author:** [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-body-pulls-an-april-fools-prank-on-me-and-i-nearly-die/617665 "2012-04-05T22:07:42Z")
So, Saturday afternoon, I notice what appears to be an inflamed zit on the inside of my upper arm. I squeeze it a bit and get some pus out, and go about my day. It’s still sore, but I figure that’s a side effect of pop… --- ## [Dumbass Robber At My Local Pizza Hut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-robber-at-my-local-pizza-hut/617826)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-robber-at-my-local-pizza-hut/617826 "2012-04-05T20:57:59Z")
So I went for the special $10 deal of pasta at my local Pizza Hut yesterday. It is located in a strip mall area, towards the back of the lot. Noticed the glass pane windows were all boarded up with wood but the place wa… --- ## [Life is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-_________/617606)
**Author:** [@Jasper\_Kent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasper_Kent)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-_________/617606 "2012-04-05T20:13:10Z")
I saw some graffitti today that said “Life’s a joke and then you croak.” I recalled growing up with “Life’s a bitch and then you die” and later “Life’s a beach and then you drown.” Personally, the motto I live by is ki… --- ## [Was the microwave oven predicted to take over from the conventional oven?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-microwave-oven-predicted-to-take-over-from-the-conventional-oven/617833)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-microwave-oven-predicted-to-take-over-from-the-conventional-oven/617833 "2012-04-05T19:35:53Z")
I don’t think this isn’t really a GQ, I’m just curious whether this notion or similar attitudes were commonly expressed, in print, or on telly etc. when microwaves first started to become popular. Although it seems micro… --- ## [What does music sound like through a hearing Aid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-music-sound-like-through-a-hearing-aid/611993)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-music-sound-like-through-a-hearing-aid/611993 "2012-03-15T16:26:29Z")
Its something I’ve always wondered about. Are there any dopers here that loved music before hearing loss and still listen to music through a hearing aid? Does it sound different? Can you distinguish the individual inst… --- ## [English Trailer Trash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-trailer-trash/617726)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-trailer-trash/617726 "2012-04-05T17:32:40Z")
Being an American, I was stunned a few years back to hear there were people who were not American. This was a particularly eye-opening event because I learned a few other facts as well: –Some people live in a place they… --- ## [Any university or high school teachers teach a college reading readiness course?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-university-or-high-school-teachers-teach-a-college-reading-readiness-course/617724)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-university-or-high-school-teachers-teach-a-college-reading-readiness-course/617724 "2012-04-05T16:51:35Z")
I’ve been tasked (along with another professor at my university) with teaching a course for incoming freshmen who didn’t pass the reading portion of the test we use to place students here upon entrance. It’s a course int… --- ## [Famous Quotes With New Sources](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-quotes-with-new-sources/617892)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-quotes-with-new-sources/617892 "2012-04-05T16:37:16Z")
You know the quotation – but seeing it as the words of someone else puts a twist on it. “Thank the Lord for the nighttime.” - Vlad Tepes “You can best feel the presence of the Father when you are on your knees.” - Manu… --- ## ["Jang", slang for good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jang-slang-for-good/617873)
**Author:** [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jang-slang-for-good/617873 "2012-04-05T15:34:24Z")
I didn’t make that up, did I? I just used it to my daughter as slang for “good, great, nice, etc”, and she accused me of making up words. I’ve gone to the almighty google, which doesn’t come up with any results with my m… --- ## [I went on ancestory.com...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-on-ancestory-com/617149)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-on-ancestory-com/617149 "2012-04-05T14:16:18Z")
…and find out my great grandmother had 6 children but all died in infancy. My luck sucks. --- ## [I'm almost home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-almost-home/617900)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-almost-home/617900 "2012-04-05T08:55:44Z")
I fly home tomorrow and I can’t wait! I came to Israel for work back in January. My stay was supposed to be 6 weeks. I’ve now been here 3 months. This is a weird feeling; I can not wait to get home and see family and… --- ## [I am a racist street merchant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-racist-street-merchant/617406)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-racist-street-merchant/617406 "2012-04-05T08:28:27Z")
For the many Dopers who do not know, on the weekends I set up a vending table where I give away my artwork. I give it away because I enjoy the act of giving (I am so not altruistic), and it frees me to create without wo… --- ## [Mystery's Mysterious Boyfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterys-mysterious-boyfriend/609632)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterys-mysterious-boyfriend/609632 "2012-04-05T08:28:05Z")
It’s a mystery. Two mysteries, in fact. There’s Mystery, named after her still-unexplained appearance on our doorstep as a kitten. And then there’s the other small black cat with green eyes… Mr. Mystery? Mr. E? He’s be… --- ## [Today is not National Tell A Lie Day...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-not-national-tell-a-lie-day/617811)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-not-national-tell-a-lie-day/617811 "2012-04-05T08:09:43Z")
…and this is not the thread to tell a lie about yourself. --- ## [When Mr. Feeny tells you "I don't want to talk to you" don't believe him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-mr-feeny-tells-you-i-dont-want-to-talk-to-you-dont-believe-him/617093)
**Author:** [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-mr-feeny-tells-you-i-dont-want-to-talk-to-you-dont-believe-him/617093 "2012-04-05T02:57:37Z")
So I was in the collision shop, waiting an hour, eating a bag of popcorn. I drove out of the collision shop with an estimate and with a bizzare experience. I was sitting in the waiting area and an elderly man wearing a h… --- ## [Mortifying slips of the tongue.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortifying-slips-of-the-tongue/614750)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortifying-slips-of-the-tongue/614750 "2012-04-04T23:29:09Z")
Last week at work, I embarrassed myself in front of a new hire by commenting on a box of documents sitting at reception, observing that they had to have been left by a certain staff member. (Let’s call her “Amber.”) Th… --- ## [King and Tampax..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-and-tampax/617854)
**Author:** [@wisernow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wisernow)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-and-tampax/617854 "2012-04-04T23:21:26Z")
This afternoon at lunch, I was watching the TV in the cafeteria that had the closed captioning on. The botton third of the screen displayed the news ticker,while the rest was for the live commentators and ads. The clos… --- ## [Dallas Dopers all okay? \[Tornadoes in Texas, 4/3/12\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-dopers-all-okay-tornadoes-in-texas-4-3-12/617729)
**Author:** [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-dopers-all-okay-tornadoes-in-texas-4-3-12/617729 "2012-04-04T21:20:48Z")
Just saw the reports of tornados roaming through the city. Looks pretty intense. --- ## [We have never had a "Cats That Look Like Hitler" thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-never-had-a-cats-that-look-like-hitler-thread/617750)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-never-had-a-cats-that-look-like-hitler-thread/617750 "2012-04-04T18:17:48Z")
I admit I am somewhat of a fuddy-duddy. I do not have a smart phone or an iPad and I hate e-readers. But among the marvels of the Information Superhighway I am grateful bless us in these modern days is Cats That Look Lik… --- ## [I saw a man die.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-man-die/617776)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-man-die/617776 "2012-04-04T16:39:56Z")
The 911 thread got me thinking about emergencies and the like, and I realized that I have only once ever seen someone die, and it happened fairly recently. We were on a dive boat off the east coast of Florida. We had co… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1147) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1149)