# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1149 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1150 --- ## [My Dad is (effectively) dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-is-effectively-dead/617600)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-is-effectively-dead/617600 "2012-04-04T15:18:49Z")
On March 17th my Dad had a massive heart attack. Luckily my Mum realised something was wrong with him and managed to bundle him into a car and get to the hospital. As they were entering the hospital car park he passed … --- ## [I didn't even have to ask! (Thanks, Earl Snake-Hips Tucker!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-even-have-to-ask-thanks-earl-snake-hips-tucker/617810)
**Author:** [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-even-have-to-ask-thanks-earl-snake-hips-tucker/617810 "2012-04-04T14:59:05Z")
For a while now, I’ve been meaning to start a thread about that little ditty you always hear in movies and TV (or used to; it tends to be viewed as a little racist these days) when depicting someone or something Asian, b… --- ## [People + technology = FAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-technology-fail/616737)
**Author:** [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-technology-fail/616737 "2012-04-04T14:11:46Z")
Inspired by this thread, and this youtube video. What technology fails have you witnessed lately? Could be you, someone close to you or a stranger. Mine happened this week. We had a customer come in every day this we… --- ## [En garde, Ebay Scammer! I slay you and keep your money!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/en-garde-ebay-scammer-i-slay-you-and-keep-your-money/617619)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/en-garde-ebay-scammer-i-slay-you-and-keep-your-money/617619 "2012-04-04T13:53:27Z")
\[bad french accent\] \[one eyebrow twitching up and down\] You thought you would sign a new account, buy my iphone, then seek a refund for imagined issues, whereupon I would never see the tempting and delicious bit of yumm… --- ## [Female Dopers: Ever heard of Stumptuous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-ever-heard-of-stumptuous/617522)
**Author:** [@BTEzra04](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BTEzra04)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-ever-heard-of-stumptuous/617522 "2012-04-04T12:24:02Z")
It’s a great website: http://www.stumptuous.com/ I come back to it every now and then, but I thought I’d share it. It’s a great site for learning about exercise and learning to love yourself. Largely promotes getting w… --- ## [Spiders. In my BED.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-in-my-bed/617730)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-in-my-bed/617730 "2012-04-04T06:54:38Z")
I am super tired today. There are holes in my bookcase headboard from some missing piece, so every time I look up and see a black dot I think it’s a spider. Of course it’s never a spider. Except for when it IS!! Some … --- ## [April Fools 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-2012/617512)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-2012/617512 "2012-04-04T05:26:40Z")
Share your stories here. Did you prank or get pranked? Witness a good fooling in the media? Huffington has a good roundup of Internet pranks here (HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost). As usual my … --- ## [Dear Colleagues, I know you have call display, OK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-colleagues-i-know-you-have-call-display-ok/617270)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-colleagues-i-know-you-have-call-display-ok/617270 "2012-04-04T03:53:07Z")
So why the hell do you all answer the phone as if you have no fucking clue who’s calling? I can see playing coy at home, since it’s maybe possible that you don’t want to pay for call display and don’t have it, but at wo… --- ## [Order of the (memory) stick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-memory-stick/617701)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-memory-stick/617701 "2012-04-04T01:50:32Z")
A priest in Ireland accidentally showed first confession kids gay porn at a meeting. I’m laughing at this, but it also makes me angry. He leaves the room, then comes in later and tells them that they should give some o… --- ## ["Unzip him and let the real Mitt Romney out"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unzip-him-and-let-the-real-mitt-romney-out/617630)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unzip-him-and-let-the-real-mitt-romney-out/617630 "2012-04-03T19:49:06Z")
Ann Romney recently said in an interview that we haven’t seen the real Mitt Romney on the campaign trail, and from what I can tell, the real Mitt Romney likes to hang out with his wang out. She said that to see the real … --- ## [What's the point of Earth Hour?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-earth-hour/617364)
**Author:** [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-earth-hour/617364 "2012-04-03T18:15:13Z")
At the most, you’ll save 1 kWh by turning your lights off for 1 hour. If your lights use 1000 W, you’d be better off switching to fluorescent. I say we have an Earth switch-your-computer-off-for-the Weekend. --- ## [Wild Doves no longer harass me. Thank you, random stranger!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-doves-no-longer-harass-me-thank-you-random-stranger/617652)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-doves-no-longer-harass-me-thank-you-random-stranger/617652 "2012-04-03T14:30:11Z")
Wild Doves suck. They’re out there every day, hassling us. Wearing their threatening leather jackets, smoking cigarettes, wolf-whisting at young girls, harassing pillars of the community, and pooping on innocent people. … --- ## [Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Corn (But Were Afraid To Ask)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491 "2012-04-03T04:41:36Z")
Go ahead, ask me anything (for a day)! :slight\_smile: --- ## [Millions in coins scattered across Ontario highway in serious crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millions-in-coins-scattered-across-ontario-highway-in-serious-crash/617100)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millions-in-coins-scattered-across-ontario-highway-in-serious-crash/617100 "2012-04-03T02:15:04Z")
A truck crash scattered $3 to $5 million in one- and two-dollar coins across a road in northern Ontario. Several people are injured seriously. Subsequent crashes included one that scattered candy. Link. I’m sorry. I kn… --- ## ['Sup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sup/617617)
**Author:** [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sup/617617 "2012-04-03T01:55:28Z")
I’ve been off the board for about the last seven months or so because of a change of job and other boring stuff. Have I missed anything exciting? --- ## [Bacon Coffin!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-coffin/617517)
**Author:** [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-coffin/617517 "2012-04-03T01:42:47Z")
The makers of Bacon Salt have branched out. Introducing: The Bacon Coffin! http://www.king5.com/news/local/Bacon-Coffin-lets-bacon-lovers-die-AND-go-to-Heaven-144915135.html --- ## [I Am Getting A Wheelchair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110)
**Author:** [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-wheelchair/617110 "2012-04-03T01:10:42Z")
Well, it’s come to this. The Multiple Sclerosis has proceeded to the point of my needing a wheelchair. Thank God my insurance covers one. Now I have to figure out what to do for Halloween. Captain Christopher Pike? S… --- ## [Life on the edge, fish get a shagging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-edge-fish-get-a-shagging/617635)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-edge-fish-get-a-shagging/617635 "2012-04-02T23:06:47Z")
The Nevada Devil’s Hole Pupfish survive a Tsunamia (link safe for work) Fortunately, the pupfish have not mastered nuclear fission reactor technology yet. --- ## [NHL Hockey Prospect invents a Better Mousetrap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053 "2012-04-02T20:43:44Z")
Well actually a better jar for peanut butter, mayonnaise etc. Ottawa Senators prospect Darren Kramer spreads word of peanut butter solution Clever and Why I didn’t I think of that! --- ## [Interment Aboard The USS Arizona](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interment-aboard-the-uss-arizona/617494)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interment-aboard-the-uss-arizona/617494 "2012-04-02T20:26:08Z")
This is pretty neat. My Dad, a retired career Army officer, served several times in Hawaii and as a child, I was taken to visit the USS Arizona memorial on Pearl Harbor and it always affected me. What I did not know wa… --- ## [Me, My Dementia, And What I Write](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-my-dementia-and-what-i-write/617348)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-my-dementia-and-what-i-write/617348 "2012-04-02T20:12:42Z")
One of the manifestations of my disease is inappropriate behavior. When you read about about the symptoms in Stage IV, the behavior occurs in public and that happens with me, but not as much as with the written word. I … --- ## [Elected officials in Nevada may falsely malign some licensed professionals with impunity.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elected-officials-in-nevada-may-falsely-malign-some-licensed-professionals-with-impunity/614471)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elected-officials-in-nevada-may-falsely-malign-some-licensed-professionals-with-impunity/614471 "2012-04-02T19:03:54Z")
We have just observed that some elected officials in Nevada may falsely malign some licensed professionals with impunity. In 2008 a new city council was elected to a small Nevada city east of Reno. None had any governm… --- ## [Does anyone have a list of US Senators who wear toupess or appear to be wearing a hair piece?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-list-of-us-senators-who-wear-toupess-or-appear-to-be-wearing-a-hair-piece/616966)
**Author:** [@Latasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latasha)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-list-of-us-senators-who-wear-toupess-or-appear-to-be-wearing-a-hair-piece/616966 "2012-04-02T17:44:01Z")
Many of the US Senators are over 60 years old (talking about the males oviously) how many of them wear toupess or have a hair system going on? does anyone know? --- ## [Kids these days... are doing great!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-these-days-are-doing-great/617298)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-these-days-are-doing-great/617298 "2012-04-02T17:30:40Z")
I know someone who is very pessimistic about today’s youth. He thinks them lazy, morally lax and criminally inclined. I am looking for evidence of the opposite. Please help me with some relevant statistics. Are kids … --- ## [Insomnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomnia/617585)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomnia/617585 "2012-04-02T17:01:20Z")
I know other people have it much worse than me, but I had a medium-level bout of it last night, where I could not fall asleep until 3 am or so. Some days it’s much worse. I only get it a few times a year, but it’s getti… --- ## [I'm in a Funk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-a-funk/617581)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-a-funk/617581 "2012-04-02T15:15:47Z")
No, not that way. And I’m not actually in a Funk. But how cool would it be to fly around in a 1946 Funk B75L? :cool: --- ## [New ThinkGeek Products Are Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thinkgeek-products-are-out/617464)
**Author:** [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thinkgeek-products-are-out/617464 "2012-04-02T11:28:39Z")
It’s April 1, and we all know what that means. Products that we’d love to buy if only ThinkGeek would actually make them. Links: Free Shrugs T-Shirt Minecraft Marshmallow Creeps Star Trek Inflatable Captain’s Chair S… --- ## [An MMP about my dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-mmp-about-my-dad/616833)
**Author:** [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Replies:** 242\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-mmp-about-my-dad/616833 "2012-04-02T10:17:00Z")
I didn’t see another one so… My dad passed away on Saturday morning. He was 89 years old. He was born in Poland, in Lodz. As a Jew, his community was segregated from the community at large. But when Germany invaded he … --- ## [Cool Mnemonics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-mnemonics/616675)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-mnemonics/616675 "2012-04-02T05:08:39Z")
My daughter just learned this very cute spelling mnemonic at school: "Big elephants can always understand small elephants " Not sure how much better that is than just learning the spelling , but the kids seemed to find… --- ## [Where's a good place to see hedgerows in France?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-a-good-place-to-see-hedgerows-in-france/617539)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-a-good-place-to-see-hedgerows-in-france/617539 "2012-04-02T04:52:18Z")
In a few weeks I’ll be visiting the Normandy beaches. I’ve got a route planned out but one thing I’d like to see is a good example of the hedgerows the Allies had to contend with after the invasion. Does anybody know o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1148) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1150)