# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1159 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1160 --- ## [Are male gynecologists professionals or perverts?--this guy says "Perverts!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-male-gynecologists-professionals-or-perverts-this-guy-says-perverts/508533)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-male-gynecologists-professionals-or-perverts-this-guy-says-perverts/508533 "2012-03-10T02:55:10Z")
It’s the same pastor who called for Obama to get brain cancer and die, but this is much funnier than that. On the plus side, maybe he’s okay with women becoming doctors, to save men from SIN! --- ## [Critical Thinking explained in six kid friendly animations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical-thinking-explained-in-six-kid-friendly-animations/614726)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical-thinking-explained-in-six-kid-friendly-animations/614726 "2012-03-09T21:10:58Z")
These short animations (about 2 minutes each) on logical/critical thinking are great. This may be more effective than sending people to infidels.org - especially the types of people whose eyes tend to glaze-over when yo… --- ## [DAMMIT. Left something valuable (only to me) in the grocery cart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-left-something-valuable-only-to-me-in-the-grocery-cart/615250)
**Author:** [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-left-something-valuable-only-to-me-in-the-grocery-cart/615250 "2012-03-09T21:07:15Z")
At first, when I realized it, it didn’t seem too bad. It’s just the planner-type binder with some personal notes, grocery coupons and my Weight Watchers stuff tucked in it. Nice planner in and of itself (leather cover wi… --- ## [TSA's Body Scanners -- Easily Defeated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsas-body-scanners-easily-defeated/615069)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsas-body-scanners-easily-defeated/615069 "2012-03-09T20:05:14Z")
At least that’s what blogger Jonathan Corbett claims. Watch the video for yourself. Is it really that easy to defeat TSA’s million dollar machines? \*\*\*disclaimer - this dude is pretty far out there. But if you ignore… --- ## [Utah poised to ban sex education](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utah-poised-to-ban-sex-education/615141)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utah-poised-to-ban-sex-education/615141 "2012-03-09T19:55:06Z")
The bill has passed the state House cand Senate, and now goes to the Governor, who’s up for re-election. Having lived in the Beehive State, I can easily believe this. Church-run KBYU, a PBS affiliate, regularly censo… --- ## [A New Evil Is Upon Us: Hello Kitty Haiku Contest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-evil-is-upon-us-hello-kitty-haiku-contest/267134)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-evil-is-upon-us-hello-kitty-haiku-contest/267134 "2012-03-09T19:09:01Z")
Yes, I was lured into the pretty, pink world of the cat with no mouth Store yesterday. Hypnotized by the crack that is filtered in through the system, I made my purchase and noticed this little gem: Hello Kitty’s Haiku… --- ## [IT'S! . . . monty python's monday mundane posts \[MMP\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-monty-pythons-monday-mundane-posts-mmp/614123)
**Author:** [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-monty-pythons-monday-mundane-posts-mmp/614123 "2012-03-09T18:20:29Z")
Technically, it’s not midnight where I am, but it is in Texas, where I’d like to be. I’m in! --- ## [So who is the market for interracial porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-is-the-market-for-interracial-porn/614919)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-is-the-market-for-interracial-porn/614919 "2012-03-09T18:08:34Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever seen an interracial porn that didn’t involve racial slurs, some kind of racial revenge humiliation, or really offensive racial storylines. Funny thing is that it often gets IN THE WAY of the sex! … --- ## [Abandoned Soviet-Era Building in Bulgaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoned-soviet-era-building-in-bulgaria/614994)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoned-soviet-era-building-in-bulgaria/614994 "2012-03-09T18:07:11Z")
I give you … the Buzludzha monument. Described as “a cross between a flying saucer and Doctor Evil’s hideout perched atop a glorious mountain range.” “Buzludha is Bulgaria’s largest ideological monument to Communism. De… --- ## [77 of 86 ads on Rush's show today were PSAs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/77-of-86-ads-on-rushs-show-today-were-psas/615226)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/77-of-86-ads-on-rushs-show-today-were-psas/615226 "2012-03-09T18:05:06Z")
At least according to Media Matters. http://mediamatters.org/blog/201203080010 Is this idiot blowhard finally going down? --- ## [What would be a cool way to ask a girl to prom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-a-cool-way-to-ask-a-girl-to-prom/615007)
**Author:** [@Escantell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Escantell)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-a-cool-way-to-ask-a-girl-to-prom/615007 "2012-03-09T17:30:57Z")
I’m not entirely sure it’s a good idea to ask this here, but what the heck… what would be an awesome way to ask a girl to prom? --- ## [My personal reading device has betrayed me! Resist, my cool oblong friend!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-personal-reading-device-has-betrayed-me-resist-my-cool-oblong-friend/615255)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-personal-reading-device-has-betrayed-me-resist-my-cool-oblong-friend/615255 "2012-03-09T16:01:57Z")
Can’t remember the policy on naming brand names of things, so I’ll just say that I have a personal reading device made by a major bookseller, the name of which device rhymes with “bindle.” (Or, for those of you who were… --- ## [Well I can't argue with that logic!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-cant-argue-with-that-logic/615059)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-cant-argue-with-that-logic/615059 "2012-03-09T14:28:44Z")
--- ## [Camels are thoroughly strange and disgusting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camels-are-thoroughly-strange-and-disgusting/613138)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camels-are-thoroughly-strange-and-disgusting/613138 "2012-03-09T14:18:16Z")
I just watched a documentary About camels. They are the strangest, most disgusting things! They drool and blow weird rasperries with ugly red floppy baloon organs out of their mouths. Not to mention the whole eating e… --- ## [Signs of the End #694: Miley says something right.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-end-694-miley-says-something-right/614996)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-end-694-miley-says-something-right/614996 "2012-03-09T13:38:54Z")
And the Christians are up in arms over it. It’s not John Lennon, but hey. It’s nice to see the younger generation keeping up the traditions of rock. :smiley: --- ## [Recurring dream about a seaside city - does this place exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-dream-about-a-seaside-city-does-this-place-exist/614888)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-dream-about-a-seaside-city-does-this-place-exist/614888 "2012-03-09T05:08:34Z")
I realize the likelihood of this location being a real place is very slim, but what the heck… I’ve probably had six or so dreams about this …it’s a fairly populous, modern city on the water. It’s laid out primarily par… --- ## [Japan is shutting down ALL its nuclear plants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-is-shutting-down-all-its-nuclear-plants/615235)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-is-shutting-down-all-its-nuclear-plants/615235 "2012-03-09T05:03:07Z")
Interesting story from the NY Times. There are two plants out of 54 still running and they are scheduled to be shut down soon. It’s unclear if or when any of them will be put back online. The prime minister is advocat… --- ## [Road Trip South](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-south/615148)
**Author:** [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-south/615148 "2012-03-09T01:41:06Z")
So a few weeks ago, I was told that I had to take 7 days off before April 1st (fiscal year end) or lose them. I happily got approval to take off March break with my kids. But finances and planning time is tight, so ROA… --- ## [Statues of Sons of Bitches still standing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statues-of-sons-of-bitches-still-standing/614923)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statues-of-sons-of-bitches-still-standing/614923 "2012-03-09T01:28:43Z")
The thread about the statue of Rush Limbaugh currently in the works in Missouri makes me wonder about other statues left standing of figures with problematic legacies. Eastern Europe seems to have knocked down its staut… --- ## [I wanted to do useful things today, but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-do-useful-things-today-but/614740)
**Author:** [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-to-do-useful-things-today-but/614740 "2012-03-08T23:44:53Z")
Can’t change the bed - cats are asleep in a nest of covers. Can’t do laundry - another cat is asleep in the laundry basket. Can’t run errands - there are some snowflakes in the air and it looks cold out. Can’t clean t… --- ## [My aunt passed away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-aunt-passed-away/615190)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-aunt-passed-away/615190 "2012-03-08T23:35:58Z")
Even worse, I had planned to visit her in hospice. Two relatives have died when I blew see them b4 they died. She had a condition that wlked like ALS quacked like it, but appearantly wasn’t. --- ## [Another Darwin Award Nominee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-darwin-award-nominee/614950)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-darwin-award-nominee/614950 "2012-03-08T22:48:06Z")
Here I’m not sure he quite understood the ultimate goal of this record. That said, it’s tragic etc, but why would he not have some form of communication? --- ## [Didn't expect to hear that on a first date](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-expect-to-hear-that-on-a-first-date/615185)
**Author:** [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-expect-to-hear-that-on-a-first-date/615185 "2012-03-08T21:32:16Z")
She says, “I just found out today that I’m pregnant.” Details: I knew her about five years ago, and we had meant to go out but never got our acts together. A couple of months ago, we ran into each other at a bagel shop… --- ## [A trend away from answering "yes" or "no"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trend-away-from-answering-yes-or-no/613731)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trend-away-from-answering-yes-or-no/613731 "2012-03-08T21:16:14Z")
This is so impossibly nit-picky that I will probably be laughed or drummed out of here. Although… Dopers CAN be picky, too… so we shall see. I have observed a trend such that when person A asks person B a yes-or-no ques… --- ## [Too mild for the Pit - I hate being solicited when I'm shopping!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-mild-for-the-pit-i-hate-being-solicited-when-im-shopping/614774)
**Author:** [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-mild-for-the-pit-i-hate-being-solicited-when-im-shopping/614774 "2012-03-08T20:52:51Z")
Truly mundane AND pointless … I love Scouts. I think it’s great that a group of kids is trying to raise money to go to Washington DC to participate in (insert wholesome educational activity here). It’s very nice that … --- ## [Website redesigns that make things worse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-redesigns-that-make-things-worse/614800)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-redesigns-that-make-things-worse/614800 "2012-03-08T20:43:23Z")
My favorite example is usps.com which I and 99% of other people go to for one reason alone and that is to check our tracking or delivery confirmation numbers, it should be the primary focus of the site. The site used to… --- ## [Things that make you feel stupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-stupid/614308)
**Author:** [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-stupid/614308 "2012-03-08T18:31:11Z")
I just watched a video where a guy looked at a Rubik’s cube for about 15 seconds, put on a blindfold, and then solved the Rubik’s cube in about 15 seconds. Holy shit. I wouldn’t be able to do that in a billion years. S… --- ## [Newborn dies after controversial circumcision ritual](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-dies-after-controversial-circumcision-ritual/614865)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-dies-after-controversial-circumcision-ritual/614865 "2012-03-08T16:49:20Z")
Wow. Really? I’m too tired for the full-on rant this deserves in the Pit, but damn. I know religion and reason are diametrically opposed, but don’t any of these idiots have a lick of common sense? As part of the ultr… --- ## [My 14 year old son asked me about masturbation - I'm so proud!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-14-year-old-son-asked-me-about-masturbation-im-so-proud/614929)
**Author:** [@BigDadWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDadWolf)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-14-year-old-son-asked-me-about-masturbation-im-so-proud/614929 "2012-03-08T16:14:31Z")
Last weekend while driving with my 14 year old son when he asked me if it was possible to masturbate “too much”. While I stiflled a smile we discussed the question and I told him I did not think there were any physical i… --- ## [Not just any meat. Caribou Paté.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-just-any-meat-caribou-pate/615089)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-just-any-meat-caribou-pate/615089 "2012-03-08T15:56:38Z")
Right? There’s Atkins Diet, then there’s the Exotics. In Montreal, where my ace pal Jonathan scored me about 3 pounds of Schwartz’s Montreal Smoked Meat. Picked up a small wheel of brie at the local supermarket. While s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1158) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1160)