# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1152 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1153 --- ## [What the hell was in that flu shot?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-was-in-that-flu-shot/616839)
**Author:** [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-was-in-that-flu-shot/616839 "2012-03-29T18:34:41Z")
2009, I take my mother to the doctor so she can have her flu shot, while I’m there the doctor tells me I can have a flu shot for free because I’m a Carer, I start to tell him “no than… ow what the hell!!!” some how he ma… --- ## [Things that work better when they're broken or incomplete](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-work-better-when-theyre-broken-or-incomplete/616912)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-work-better-when-theyre-broken-or-incomplete/616912 "2012-03-29T17:41:09Z")
In one of the cubicles in the mens’ here at work, the flush buttons on the cistern have always been a problem. Sometimes you can’t press them down at all, sometimes they’re hard but possible, sometimes they work fine. S… --- ## [Boston MBTA Superheroes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-mbta-superheroes/617062)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-mbta-superheroes/617062 "2012-03-29T16:54:15Z")
The Watchmen they ain’t. A group of garishly-costumed activists, calling themselves the Fast Five, took over an MBTA (Boston Transit Authority) meeting yesterday. The MBTA connittee adjourned, saying they couldn’t get … --- ## [Taco delivery by drone aircraft coming soon, or not.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-delivery-by-drone-aircraft-coming-soon-or-not/617021)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-delivery-by-drone-aircraft-coming-soon-or-not/617021 "2012-03-29T15:52:49Z")
It’s Tacocopter, the latest high-tech business scheme. It’s not practical… yet. It’s not even legal… yet. And according to plenty of sources, it’s not even real. But it’s pretty damn funny, and pretty damn genius. I… --- ## [Help me figure out a day question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-a-day-question/617144)
**Author:** [@BaconAndEggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaconAndEggs)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-a-day-question/617144 "2012-03-29T14:08:22Z")
What is 45 days from February 15th, 2012? Is it March 29th or March 30th? Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I need to know. Thank you. --- ## [Hunting Bigfoot? Don't forget your permit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunting-bigfoot-dont-forget-your-permit/617153)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunting-bigfoot-dont-forget-your-permit/617153 "2012-03-29T13:54:39Z")
Who would think that hunting a mythical creature requires a permit? A hunt organizer found out the hard way. First, he charged $300-500 per entry, then he led a hunt in Arkansas, where BigFoot isn’t reported to frequen… --- ## [Google Street View Comes to Thailand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-comes-to-thailand/617051)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-comes-to-thailand/617051 "2012-03-29T13:39:58Z")
Story here, with links to the program (although you can also find it just by going to Google Street View). 360-degree views of the streets of Bangkok; Chiang Mai, the northern capital; and Phuket in the South. Now you c… --- ## [Brenna and C-Barq](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brenna-and-c-barq/617136)
**Author:** [@thelabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelabdude)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brenna-and-c-barq/617136 "2012-03-29T13:08:35Z")
I am not sure where this fits or if at all. Still it is an attempt to replace old wives’ tales and ‘‘everybody has always known’’ with the straight dope. The straight dope has to come from somewhere, and I feel scienti… --- ## [Man Dressed As Tetris Box Sought Over Assault](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029)
**Author:** [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029 "2012-03-29T12:59:02Z")
Man dressed as Tetris box sought over assault :: doffs sunglasses :: Looks like all the pieces… :: dons sunglasses :: …are falling into place. YEEEEAAAAHHH! --- ## [The good news: Your baby has something extra. The bad news: . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-your-baby-has-something-extra-the-bad-news/617135)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-your-baby-has-something-extra-the-bad-news/617135 "2012-03-29T12:57:46Z")
The bad news: He has a foot in his brain. Good news again: They were able to (probably) successfully remove it. --- ## [Need a Wedding Shower Present? Book teaches Muslim men how to beat and control their wives.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-wedding-shower-present-book-teaches-muslim-men-how-to-beat-and-control-their-wives/616780)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-wedding-shower-present-book-teaches-muslim-men-how-to-beat-and-control-their-wives/616780 "2012-03-29T07:03:11Z")
Charming book huh? Well at least the reader is instructed not to beat their wives excessively. :rolleyes: I can’t imagine being trapped in a marriage with one of these Lotharios. We used to have a lot of wealthy Arab s… --- ## [You just might be a Romney!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-romney/615711)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-romney/615711 "2012-03-29T01:41:38Z")
Jon Stewart hit it out of the park again. His recent riff on Jeff Mittworthy was excellent, but I think Dopers can do better. Stewart: If you have a working 52" plasma TV sitting on top of another working 52" plasma T… --- ## [Boy I'll bet that smarts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-ill-bet-that-smarts/617024)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-ill-bet-that-smarts/617024 "2012-03-29T00:32:11Z")
You know what I’ll bet would hurt? If you have ear buds in your cell phone to make a call, and you also have the phone cabled to your desktop computer to charge, and then you slide your chair under your desk, and while s… --- ## [An airline with a sense of humor.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-airline-with-a-sense-of-humor/617073)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-airline-with-a-sense-of-humor/617073 "2012-03-29T00:17:42Z")
Kulula Airlines, a budget air carrier based in South Africa, definitely has a distinctive paint job. Sample Google Image search. --- ## [$799/month car payment? Who?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/799-month-car-payment-who/616874)
**Author:** [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/799-month-car-payment-who/616874 "2012-03-28T23:42:43Z")
Saw an ad for a range rover with the low monthly payment of $799. I’m curious what the income bracket is for people able to afford this. On a related note, how much is someone who purchases a million dollar home typica… --- ## [Bad parenting skills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-parenting-skills/572960)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-parenting-skills/572960 "2012-03-28T22:46:18Z")
Granted, maybe we’re seeing these pictures out of context. But you have to feel the normal context to be viewing these pictures would be having them entered as evidence at a family court hearing. --- ## [Original dirty limerick thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-dirty-limerick-thread/89291)
**Author:** [@Bossk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bossk)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-dirty-limerick-thread/89291 "2012-03-28T22:34:55Z")
This can only consist of ones YOU made up. My offering: There once was a butcher called Sam Who boinked his new wife with a wham! He spooged on her belly. It was pretty smelly, But least there was glaze for the ham… --- ## [Life should be amazing, but it's not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-should-be-amazing-but-its-not/616919)
**Author:** [@Three\_Packs\_a\_Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Three_Packs_a_Day)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-should-be-amazing-but-its-not/616919 "2012-03-28T17:32:32Z")
Just a general observation to make here. I saw this episode of Friends recently where Alec Baldwin plays this guy who acts like he’s on ecstacy all the time; he’s constantly wowed and amazed by everything in life, from … --- ## [I went to the grocery store with my Wife...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-grocery-store-with-my-wife/616734)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-grocery-store-with-my-wife/616734 "2012-03-28T14:42:35Z")
…and we didn’t get a cart! Not even a basket! We bought chilli’, chips and cheese dip for the tamales she brought home from work. I’m going to write an article for Argosy. --- ## [I have a tennis ball. I'm asking you for something either a little bigger or better in exchange.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-tennis-ball-im-asking-you-for-something-either-a-little-bigger-or-better-in-exchange/617020)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-tennis-ball-im-asking-you-for-something-either-a-little-bigger-or-better-in-exchange/617020 "2012-03-28T14:35:38Z")
What would you give me? Whatever you give me, that’ll be my new item (that I’ll have to trade). I’m wondering if I’d eventually be able to work my way up to a car (or something equally as good)… --- ## [I can't decide whether or not to replace my watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-decide-whether-or-not-to-replace-my-watch/616997)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-decide-whether-or-not-to-replace-my-watch/616997 "2012-03-28T13:27:29Z")
This is really pointless, but I kind of felt like gabbing about it. Back in 2008, my then-wife and I bought each other watches for our nine-year wedding anniversary. Shortly after our ten-year anniversary, our marriage … --- ## [Dry Counties (Booze fee) in America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-counties-booze-fee-in-america/616714)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-counties-booze-fee-in-america/616714 "2012-03-28T13:16:39Z")
I grew up and live in Arkansas. Dry counties have always been a part of my life. My first college experience was in Ouachita County county and its usually dry. I say usually because they constantly have local elections o… --- ## [Dutch destroy Obamas empty platitudes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-destroy-obamas-empty-platitudes/616941)
**Author:** [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-destroy-obamas-empty-platitudes/616941 "2012-03-28T11:50:22Z")
More than a little embarassing for Obama - could he not have used his speechwriters to come up with some new platitudes? --- ## [I think I nearly lost ten years off my life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-nearly-lost-ten-years-off-my-life/616727)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-nearly-lost-ten-years-off-my-life/616727 "2012-03-28T10:43:41Z")
This afternoon I went to my folks house to do my laundry. I took along my dachshund Nathan, to play in their fenced backyard. It’s a chain link fence with two gates. Several time my mother and I went out to play with … --- ## [Dick Cheney finally has a heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-cheney-finally-has-a-heart/616721)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-cheney-finally-has-a-heart/616721 "2012-03-28T08:55:29Z")
He had a transplant. The end of one era of jokes. Perhaps the beginning of another? --- ## [Right now, Mr. Rilch is...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-now-mr-rilch-is/617015)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-now-mr-rilch-is/617015 "2012-03-28T07:53:50Z")
…on the set of the Jimmy Kimmel show\*, sitting by the spotlight. He does the follow-spot, you see. In a few minutes, he’s going to be shining that spotlight on Justin Bieber. Just thought some people would like to know. … --- ## [Why I will never go into science](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922)
**Author:** [@Three\_Packs\_a\_Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Three_Packs_a_Day)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922 "2012-03-28T06:27:58Z")
I will never go into science because I just couldn’t play that game. The problem with science is that it’s full of centuries-worth of beauracrucy, red-tape, ego, tradition, pomp, busywork, constraint, heirarchies, power … --- ## [Remember the "Hutaree militia" arrests? Charges dismissed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-hutaree-militia-arrests-charges-dismissed/616998)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-hutaree-militia-arrests-charges-dismissed/616998 "2012-03-28T02:28:12Z")
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/key-charges-dismissed-against-michigan-militia-members-charged-with-plotting-war-on-government/2012/03/27/gIQAfUYVeS\_story.html DETROIT — A federal judge on Tuesday gutted the gove… --- ## [University student loses it in class. warning: NSFW](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-student-loses-it-in-class-warning-nsfw/616522)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-student-loses-it-in-class-warning-nsfw/616522 "2012-03-27T23:42:14Z")
Warning: Lots of F-bombs in the video. Just in case you haven’t yet had the dubious pleasure of viewing it, here is the video taken in a Florida Atlantic University class of a student completely losing it, threatening … --- ## [Just how big is space?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-big-is-space/616680)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-big-is-space/616680 "2012-03-27T19:20:05Z")
Click on this BBC link to find out. Warning: Very Big picture, takes time to load. SFW Have fun! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1151) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1153)