# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1156 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1157 --- ## [Weird smells that you love.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382)
**Author:** [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2012, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382 "2012-03-19T06:59:45Z")
I love the smell of our walk-in refrigerator at work. It smells so good. It isn’t any particular smell, that gets me, but I guess they all mix together and make one big refrigeratory smell. I get excited when we run out … --- ## [I've got MEAT!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-meat/616136)
**Author:** [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2012, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-meat/616136 "2012-03-19T06:13:01Z")
So, one of the social activities I enjoy on a semi-regular basis is LARPing. The ongoing LARP that I currently attend has, as one of its players, a sous-chef from one of the more prominent Chicago hotels. She almost alw… --- ## [The Spring Done Sprung MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-spring-done-sprung-mmp/615539)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2012, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-spring-done-sprung-mmp/615539 "2012-03-19T05:21:36Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 54 degrees Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 77 for the day. As I look at the forecast for the week, I see mid to upper 50s for lows and mid 70s to lower 80s for hig… --- ## [NYC Coroners' Reports 1823-1842: A rash of suicides](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-coroners-reports-1823-1842-a-rash-of-suicides/615991)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-coroners-reports-1823-1842-a-rash-of-suicides/615991 "2012-03-19T03:53:29Z")
I copied a handful of pages from the New York City Coroners’ Reports files from 1823-1842, and one thing that’s jumped out at me immediately is that there’s a pack of suicides. I’m serious, deaths ruled suicides have to … --- ## [Brag Your Extreme Procrastination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-your-extreme-procrastination/615622)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-your-extreme-procrastination/615622 "2012-03-19T03:37:28Z")
I bought Snow Leopard OS disk when it was first released (over 2 years ago) and I am yet to install it… obviously let alone the latest OS version Lion that’s was released some 8 months ago… I’m thinking I should probabl… --- ## [What Was It Like To Live In Brittania, at the Time of St. Patrick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-it-like-to-live-in-brittania-at-the-time-of-st-patrick/616159)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-it-like-to-live-in-brittania-at-the-time-of-st-patrick/616159 "2012-03-19T01:45:41Z")
Saturday was St. Patrick’s Day, so I wondered how Patrick’s world view might have been affected by the times he lived in. According to what I read, Patrick was from a fairly wealthy family-he was kidnapped by Irish pira… --- ## [I used to be a lurker, now i'm a poster!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511)
**Author:** [@Not\_From\_Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_From_Here)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511 "2012-03-19T01:45:10Z")
Hi Dopers! I’m been lurking on these boards for about a year and finaly i decided to join and post! I’m from Brazil and still learning english, so please be nice with me! :slight\_smile: --- ## [Grover Norquist's Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grover-norquists-dad/616141)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grover-norquists-dad/616141 "2012-03-18T23:05:52Z")
In today’s Boston Globe there’s a profile of famed anti-tax ideologue Grover Norquist. His famous line, of course, is that he wants to starve the federal government until it’s “small rnough to drown in a bathrub”. If you… --- ## [I don't want this guy's job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-this-guys-job/615594)
**Author:** [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-this-guys-job/615594 "2012-03-18T22:03:58Z")
Climbing a 1768-foot high transmission tower to change the light bulb at the top (video is from his helmet-cam). Be patient - you have to wade through about thirty seconds of cartoon credits to get to the actual video. … --- ## [Ask the guy who used to be really poor!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-used-to-be-really-poor/615946)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-used-to-be-really-poor/615946 "2012-03-18T20:54:38Z")
So I should specify straight up this was in my mid-late teens and early twenties, my parents marriage and lives sort of went crazy and I being the idiot teenager took full advantage. So it was my own fault for my shitty … --- ## [Who knew the Donald had a son . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knew-the-donald-had-a-son/615914)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knew-the-donald-had-a-son/615914 "2012-03-18T19:40:40Z")
. . . and that he’s pro-same-sex-marriage, and he’s got great hair (which apparently skips a generation). Store here. --- ## [My daughter, 153 months old, just had her first period](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-153-months-old-just-had-her-first-period/615297)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-153-months-old-just-had-her-first-period/615297 "2012-03-18T19:13:31Z")
How did this happen so fast? One day long ago she was biting my finger with her first tooth, then a hop, skip and a jump later she was waving to me as I stood in the doorway to her Kindergarten classroom. Shortly after… --- ## [I have long toes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075 "2012-03-18T18:26:21Z")
I was looking at them, and they’re long. My left index toe is almost two inches long. That’s a long toe. Big toe is longer, but it’s not as skinny. Mundane and pointless. I got long toes. --- ## [Black Irish on St. Paddy's Day.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-irish-on-st-paddys-day/616087)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-irish-on-st-paddys-day/616087 "2012-03-18T17:32:59Z")
I nominate Barack O’Bama as the poster boy. Sorry. All the St. Paddy day jokes I"ve been exposed to over the years, this one seems fresh. Bonus points-I made it up. --- ## [Couldn't find a card for, "To Mom and Dad, on Your Wedding Day"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couldnt-find-a-card-for-to-mom-and-dad-on-your-wedding-day/615926)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couldnt-find-a-card-for-to-mom-and-dad-on-your-wedding-day/615926 "2012-03-18T14:09:30Z")
I only looked at Target, but there wasn’t a single one to be found. I found one that said, “To Mom and Dad, on My Wedding Day.” But it’s not mine, it’s theirs! I considered crossing out the “my” and doing editor’s correc… --- ## [A Mole of Chemists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mole-of-chemists/615697)
**Author:** [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2012, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mole-of-chemists/615697 "2012-03-18T06:43:07Z")
So - this may as well serve as my first thread ever. Getting bolder I guess. The other day I was walking down the hallway at work and I just happened to be walking about 20 feet behind my supervisor. So I say, “Hey! It’… --- ## [Who will my baby be when she grows up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-my-baby-be-when-she-grows-up/616080)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-my-baby-be-when-she-grows-up/616080 "2012-03-18T05:22:00Z")
Hilarious and thought provoking at the same time. I really enjoyed these pictures. A dad explores what his baby’s future may hold. --- ## [Sothern California has a Tuba Thief on the loose!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sothern-california-has-a-tuba-thief-on-the-loose/615897)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sothern-california-has-a-tuba-thief-on-the-loose/615897 "2012-03-18T03:10:23Z")
Story here All you tuba players, be careful. --- ## [A really Strange Email](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-really-strange-email/616054)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-really-strange-email/616054 "2012-03-17T18:12:46Z")
Got this tinight: Dear Anonymous, The purpose of this message is to inform you about the Revolution: OCCUPY HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT IN LONDON ON NOVEMBER 5, 2012. OCCUPY CONGRESS IN WASHINGTON D.C. ON NOVEMBER 11, 2012. … --- ## [Why Can't We Ride On The Car Transport Trailer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-ride-on-the-car-transport-trailer/591374)
**Author:** [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-ride-on-the-car-transport-trailer/591374 "2011-12-16T23:12:03Z")
This is mundane to the max, no one I know really wants to do it. Still… Let’s say a bunch of my friends and I want to take our cars cross-country. And we want to go with them. We contract with an auto transport firm t… --- ## [Emails from dead man’s account helping family and friends find closure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emails-from-dead-man-s-account-helping-family-and-friends-find-closure/615853)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emails-from-dead-man-s-account-helping-family-and-friends-find-closure/615853 "2012-03-17T05:35:53Z")
Actually, it’s freaking them out How come Ghost Hunters never records ghosts complaining about how messy the place they’re haunting is? How bad is your attic that your friends are coming back from the dead to compla… --- ## ["Sex-deprived male fruit flies seek solace in alcohol, bump into walls and pass out"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-deprived-male-fruit-flies-seek-solace-in-alcohol-bump-into-walls-and-pass-out/615888)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-deprived-male-fruit-flies-seek-solace-in-alcohol-bump-into-walls-and-pass-out/615888 "2012-03-17T01:51:03Z")
This was the top story on the Toronto Star website just now: Sex-deprived male fruit flies seek solace in alcohol, bump into walls and pass out Apparently they can turn off and on the desire to drink by manipulating the… --- ## [Today (3-14) is Steak and BJ Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-3-14-is-steak-and-bj-day/615779)
**Author:** [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-3-14-is-steak-and-bj-day/615779 "2012-03-17T01:16:50Z")
It’s true. http://www.officialsteakandblowjobday.com/ --- ## [Take the online accent quiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-online-accent-quiz/614344 "2012-03-16T22:53:04Z")
What part of and where in the U.S. is your accent from? http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl3/american-accent-quiz.html It correctly pegged me as being from the Midlands (Midwest). --- ## [Ask the Patent Examiner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-patent-examiner/605837)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-patent-examiner/605837 "2012-03-16T21:57:26Z")
Hallo everybody! Well, I have been reading a lot of “Ask the…” threads… And, as far as I could see, there was no “ask the patent examiner” thread there. So, I thought I would offer myself to answer whatever questions I … --- ## [I found out today that I get voluntary redundancy which will let me emmigrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-today-that-i-get-voluntary-redundancy-which-will-let-me-emmigrate/615698)
**Author:** [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-today-that-i-get-voluntary-redundancy-which-will-let-me-emmigrate/615698 "2012-03-16T21:22:03Z")
I’ve been planning for quite a long time to move from the UK to Sweden, and a while ago the perfect opportunity to do so arose. I work in the UK government and periodically they will run release schemes to pay people to … --- ## [Terms that have fallen out of fashion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-that-have-fallen-out-of-fashion/614938)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-that-have-fallen-out-of-fashion/614938 "2012-03-16T19:37:33Z")
Do you remember eating gorp? It was all the rage in the 70s. But now you can’t find the stuff. But you can find trail mix. How about rubbers? Long before they became condoms, they were called galoshes. Now they are call… --- ## [My 5 year old stepson, the beatnik poet... (iPhone humor)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-5-year-old-stepson-the-beatnik-poet-iphone-humor/615855)
**Author:** [@Woeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Woeg)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-5-year-old-stepson-the-beatnik-poet-iphone-humor/615855 "2012-03-16T19:01:29Z")
After years of hanging on to her iPhone 3, and though she was holding out for an iPhone 5, my wife’s old phone finally gave up the ghost and we ended up getting her a a 4S. With Siri. Which my wife LOVES. But you know… --- ## [Yet another ecological catastrophe - White Nose Syndrome found in Alabama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-ecological-catastrophe-white-nose-syndrome-found-in-alabama/615934)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-ecological-catastrophe-white-nose-syndrome-found-in-alabama/615934 "2012-03-16T15:44:37Z")
:frowning: This is just incredibly sad to me. In yet another case of an exotic invasive devastating native wildlife, a European cave fungus has been introduced into North American caves, where it infects bats and kills… --- ## [Overheard on Eighth Avenue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-eighth-avenue/615761 "2012-03-16T15:26:45Z")
\[Man and woman walking down street; woman points to restaurant\]: “We goin’ in there, motherfucker, or I \*stab \*you right now.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1155) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1157)