# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1150 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1151 --- ## [Jimmy Crack Corn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-crack-corn/617544)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-crack-corn/617544 "2012-04-02T04:25:11Z")
and I don’t care. --- ## [Lottery Tips....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-tips/616979)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-tips/616979 "2012-04-02T03:09:47Z")
…or, why “it’s taking longer than we thought”. With the Mega Millions approaching a record jackpot, many of the media outlets are running lottery stories. This one really cracked me up: In short, here is the “expert… --- ## [Hug a hedgehog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hug-a-hedgehog/617411)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hug-a-hedgehog/617411 "2012-04-01T23:53:26Z")
It’s not always easy… --- ## [Grammar Cartoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099)
**Author:** [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099 "2012-04-01T23:49:36Z")
Grammar Allergy It seems tailor made for Dopers I searched and couldn’t find it, but my apologies in advance if this has been posted before. --- ## [A few questions about corn...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-corn/617442)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-corn/617442 "2012-04-01T23:38:31Z")
What do you call the best corn on the cob student at cob school? What did one ear of corn say to the other? Why do corn stalks have such great hearing? --- ## [I'm a-maize-d.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-maize-d/617462)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-maize-d/617462 "2012-04-01T23:30:54Z")
If you have another story equally as a-maize-ing, I’m all ears. --- ## [Your experiences with live-action mazes, corn, stone, or otherwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experiences-with-live-action-mazes-corn-stone-or-otherwise/617521)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experiences-with-live-action-mazes-corn-stone-or-otherwise/617521 "2012-04-01T23:18:04Z")
I’ve always wanted to do one of these, never think about it when I am on the road. What are some good/fun ones which you’ve run across? --- ## [Jimmy crack corn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-crack-corn/617471)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-crack-corn/617471 "2012-04-01T23:16:26Z")
And I don’t care. --- ## [Moving to the East Village (NYC) for 3 months!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-the-east-village-nyc-for-3-months/616016)
**Author:** [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-the-east-village-nyc-for-3-months/616016 "2012-04-01T20:56:51Z")
Or so the Craigslist ad told me. 3rd street at Avenue C. It’s a done deal…we need a short term sublet for this limited time period because our investors are insisting on us moving to NYC. My company and my co-founders a… --- ## [Now I'm affected by Dowsing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-im-affected-by-dowsing/617287)
**Author:** [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-im-affected-by-dowsing/617287 "2012-04-01T19:42:50Z")
I’m trying to sell a house in PA, got a buyer and everything was going OK. But Mortgage company wants the septic and drain fields re-certified. The buyer sends a guy out who states “there is no Drain field”. WTF?!? I… --- ## [Mixed-Up Metaphors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mixed-up-metaphors/554381)
**Author:** [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mixed-up-metaphors/554381 "2012-04-01T19:02:33Z")
Do you have any phrases that are two or more metaphors mixed together? I’ll give two examples: For my favorite one I have to give credit to a very good friend who thanks to my constant “There’s this thread that I read… --- ## [Door-to-door sales really sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/door-to-door-sales-really-sucks/568415)
**Author:** [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/door-to-door-sales-really-sucks/568415 "2012-04-01T17:53:12Z")
I was shoveling snow and a guy approached me about switching to Comcast cable. I will never get Comcast again after the lousy service I have received off and on over the last ten years so I let him down easy and went abo… --- ## [I love corn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-corn/617440)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-corn/617440 "2012-04-01T17:13:27Z")
I suddenly have a hankering for corn. It’s overwhelming and consuming my very soul. Please, tell me why corn is corning out of my corn. Corn? Corn because corn corn. Corn corn for my corn and corn. Corn corn corn corn, c… --- ## [This is a pretty good AF article - I think they spoiled it with the last paragraph](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-pretty-good-af-article-i-think-they-spoiled-it-with-the-last-paragraph/617489)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-pretty-good-af-article-i-think-they-spoiled-it-with-the-last-paragraph/617489 "2012-04-01T17:00:09Z")
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/01/first-evidence-for-string-theory-at-the-large-hadron-collider/ First evidence for string theory at the Large Hadron Collider …Boring scientists say this is probably evidence that s… --- ## [It's GOOD that this is a cornfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-good-that-this-is-a-cornfield/617474)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-good-that-this-is-a-cornfield/617474 "2012-04-01T16:26:21Z")
And it was good of Andrew to do this. --- ## [I'm going to leave the seat up all week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-leave-the-seat-up-all-week/617399)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-leave-the-seat-up-all-week/617399 "2012-04-01T15:14:03Z")
My wife and kids hit the road for spring break about two hours ago leaving me alone in the house with the two dogs. Of course I waved to them and told them how sorry I was that I couldn’t join them and how much I’d miss … --- ## [Which Way Is The Wind Blowing Today? (USA Only)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-the-wind-blowing-today-usa-only/617117)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-the-wind-blowing-today-usa-only/617117 "2012-04-01T03:46:09Z")
http://hint.fm/wind/ --- ## [I have a beer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beer/617318)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beer/617318 "2012-04-01T01:40:36Z")
My beer is 40°f. It is in a room at 70°f and 50% humidity. Will it stay colder sealed, or would evaporation cause the warming be about the same? --- ## [Google Quest - cool!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-quest-cool/617417)
**Author:** [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-quest-cool/617417 "2012-03-31T22:38:20Z")
8 bit Google Street View. Info here. --- ## [Mega Lottery. Buying a ticket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-lottery-buying-a-ticket/617273)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-lottery-buying-a-ticket/617273 "2012-03-31T21:57:19Z")
So we have record breaking lottery numbers. Have you or will you buy any tickets? I haven’t yet and can’t decide if I should bother. I know the odds are extreme, but someone does have to win and you can’t win if you do… --- ## [A Shark Gets Another One](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shark-gets-another-one/617366)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shark-gets-another-one/617366 "2012-03-31T19:09:39Z")
Our state has suffered a fourth fatal shark attack within 7 months. Story here Compared to the slaughter on the roads it is not great and WA has a huge coastline. The risks are well known. But what an awful way to go. … --- ## ["Mr. Mike, tell me the story of the Earless Bunny That Got Squashed?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mike-tell-me-the-story-of-the-earless-bunny-that-got-squashed/617264)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mike-tell-me-the-story-of-the-earless-bunny-that-got-squashed/617264 "2012-03-31T18:01:14Z")
If I were a remotely nice person, I would not laugh at this till my mascara ran. But I am not a remotely nice person, so that is pretty much what happened. (Cameraman: “But I yelled look out, why didn’t it . . . oh, r… --- ## [My Husband is at a Strip Club and I Can't Stop Crying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-is-at-a-strip-club-and-i-cant-stop-crying/467557)
**Author:** [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-is-at-a-strip-club-and-i-cant-stop-crying/467557 "2012-03-31T17:16:19Z")
Dear husband, Why the fuck did you have to go there tonight? Really, why did you fucking have to?!?! “It’s my buddy’s bachelor party. Do you really want me to miss it?” you said. Like that somehow makes this all right. … --- ## [Imaginary Monsters Of US Cities--Plus Bosda's Local Myth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-monsters-of-us-cities-plus-bosdas-local-myth/617374)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-monsters-of-us-cities-plus-bosdas-local-myth/617374 "2012-03-31T16:48:51Z")
Here’s a link– http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2012/03/imaginary-monsters-us-cities/1621/#slide1 Skunk Apes, Goat Men, & monsters abound (allegedly). Murfreesboro has a local legend: The Mink Slide Mons… --- ## [My office pool won the lottery!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-office-pool-won-the-lottery/617384)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-office-pool-won-the-lottery/617384 "2012-03-31T16:09:10Z")
We won $5 between 20 of us. Woohoo! (Okay, we actually came out -$95.) --- ## [Who the hell dumps a rooster in someone's yard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-dumps-a-rooster-in-someones-yard/617283)
**Author:** [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-dumps-a-rooster-in-someones-yard/617283 "2012-03-31T15:55:11Z")
We woke up this morning to the sound of a rooster crowing. And crowing. And crowing. And crowing. Which is all well and normal for a rooster, except as far as we know, nobody in the neighborhood has chickens except us… --- ## [Watch Bald Eagle eggs hatch Vol. II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096)
**Author:** [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096 "2012-03-31T15:20:40Z")
Just about a year ago, I started a thread with a link to a live webcam situated above a bald eagle nest in Iowa (old thread here). It was a lot of fun watching the eggs hatch, watching the parents feed the eaglets, watch… --- ## [My pet has a pet.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pet-has-a-pet/617301)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pet-has-a-pet/617301 "2012-03-31T14:10:00Z")
Wednesday night my cat found a black fury caterpillar. It was his me-owing at it that caught my attention. Not being fond of bugs in my house, I picked it up and set it on my back porch. No sooner than I shut the back d… --- ## [Puppies are 6 weeks old!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppies-are-6-weeks-old/617322)
**Author:** [@boozilu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boozilu)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppies-are-6-weeks-old/617322 "2012-03-31T13:10:52Z")
They are ridiculously cute. http://s1079.photobucket.com/albums/w512/boozilu/ --- ## [Terms with different meanings depending on your age](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-with-different-meanings-depending-on-your-age/617060)
**Author:** [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-with-different-meanings-depending-on-your-age/617060 "2012-03-31T10:12:34Z")
My favorite example at the moment is “U2”. If the first thing you think of is: A plane: You’re over 55. A band: You’re 30-55. Textspeak for “you too”: You’re under 30. “Gay” is sort of similar. If the first thing … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1149) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1151)