# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1163 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1164 --- ## [Happy Birthday, Frederic!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-frederic/614321)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-frederic/614321 "2012-02-29T22:12:28Z")
It is now the 29th of the beastly month of February, thus the apprentice pirate Frederic is now one year older. According to the play, his 21st birthday was in 1940 - how old would be be this leap year? --- ## [What's the point of Global Apocalypse if Wyoming can't have an aircraft carrier?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-global-apocalypse-if-wyoming-cant-have-an-aircraft-carrier/614200)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-global-apocalypse-if-wyoming-cant-have-an-aircraft-carrier/614200 "2012-02-29T21:43:56Z")
As someone who lived a bit in Wyoming it’s always good to see them put a good solid entry into the crazy legislator sweepstakes. http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/\_news/2012/02/27/10520804-wyoming-lawmaker-introduces-doomsday… --- ## [Foiled by the weather!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foiled-by-the-weather/614393)
**Author:** [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foiled-by-the-weather/614393 "2012-02-29T21:24:27Z")
I’ve been dying to get in on the first batch of Raspberry Pis. They had on their website that there would be a big announcement this morning (Wednesday the 29th) at 0600GMT (midnight last night in my time zone.) I was su… --- ## [Risky buisness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risky-buisness/614385)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risky-buisness/614385 "2012-02-29T20:22:05Z")
So our company just lost a proposal to one of our competitors. People are majorly bummed (like VPs coming around to give people a pat on the back level of bummed out). I’ve been pretending all day that I think people w… --- ## [Dear Diary, A Fat Naked Woman Stomped on my WindShield Today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-diary-a-fat-naked-woman-stomped-on-my-windshield-today/614081)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-diary-a-fat-naked-woman-stomped-on-my-windshield-today/614081 "2012-02-29T19:44:46Z")
Somedays it doesn’t pay to leave your house. You never know when a crazed 250 lb nekked woman will stomp the crap out of your car hood and windshield. --- ## [Adding a road or bridge can slow traffic! (Braess's paradox)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-a-road-or-bridge-can-slow-traffic-braesss-paradox/613562)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-a-road-or-bridge-can-slow-traffic-braesss-paradox/613562 "2012-02-29T19:11:47Z")
I wonder how many Dopers are familiar with Braess’s Paradox. The paradox is that adding a new road can slow traffic. This doesn’t just arise in contrived situations, but actually applies frequently in the real world. I… --- ## [Wyoming politicians plan for the future](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wyoming-politicians-plan-for-the-future/614248)
**Author:** [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wyoming-politicians-plan-for-the-future/614248 "2012-02-29T17:30:39Z")
Some politicians in Wyoming seem to think that the US and perhaps the world, are headed for a complete collapse and the state legislature should have a plan. One of the components that caught my eye was a fellow who will… --- ## [Cold birds in NYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-birds-in-nyc/614085)
**Author:** [@Little\_Cloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Cloud)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-birds-in-nyc/614085 "2012-02-29T17:14:21Z")
In my new neighborhood I have a pair of cardinals and a pair of bluejays. There are also a couple of black squirrels that sleep in a nest of leaves they built on my son’s windowsill after their mother left. I feed the … --- ## [One day in Chicago, what to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-day-in-chicago-what-to-do/614170)
**Author:** [@eldowan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eldowan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-day-in-chicago-what-to-do/614170 "2012-02-29T16:44:51Z")
Chicago superstar, I sure could use your help. I’m in training for work M-W this week. I’m thinking if taking Thursday off and hanging around to see the city, its my first time here. Any suggestions, it things to do i… --- ## [A Dear Friend is Dying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dear-friend-is-dying/613987)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dear-friend-is-dying/613987 "2012-02-29T15:27:52Z")
Back in 2000 when I got my first computer, AOL had message boards dedicated to just about everything, including various dog breeds. Papillons had their own board, and I became friendly with many of the regulars. When AOL… --- ## [Google Homepage Feb 29, 2012 -- Google, Rossini and the Barber of Frogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-homepage-feb-29-2012-google-rossini-and-the-barber-of-frogs/614334)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-homepage-feb-29-2012-google-rossini-and-the-barber-of-frogs/614334 "2012-02-29T14:56:58Z")
Go to the Google home page today. In honor of Rossini’s 220th birthday, they seem to have staged The Barber of SEville with frogs. --- ## [So, It's All Good (Father Placed in Aged Care)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-all-good-father-placed-in-aged-care/614333)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-all-good-father-placed-in-aged-care/614333 "2012-02-29T13:51:15Z")
If you read my comment in the Pit before Christmas, you may remember how I mentioned how my father fell and broke his hip a week short of his 90th birthday. Since then I have been dealing with all sorts of Govt Authorit… --- ## [In Myrtle Beach for two weeks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-myrtle-beach-for-two-weeks/614171)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-myrtle-beach-for-two-weeks/614171 "2012-02-29T13:30:41Z")
So my folks got a condo here, and it’s not ready to live in yet, so we’re staying in another condo for the time being. I just love it so far, and I haven’t even done anything ‘touristy’ yet. I’m from the Buffalo area, … --- ## [!!! In the 60's, for about twenty minutes . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-60s-for-about-twenty-minutes/614280)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-60s-for-about-twenty-minutes/614280 "2012-02-29T11:41:12Z")
A BBC special report on the “Race to the Bottom” of the Mariana’s Trench. Be sure to click on the “See the Deep” and listen to the video of Don Walsh describing his trip to the bottom in 1960. I don’t really see the … --- ## [Pile o' Pubes on the Toilet Seat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pile-o-pubes-on-the-toilet-seat/613865)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pile-o-pubes-on-the-toilet-seat/613865 "2012-02-29T11:16:12Z")
OK, not quite a pile. I took a little artistic license to attract views. Still, there were 12 of the little suckers and I can’t figure out why. This was at work by the way. I was doing the standard cursory inspection of … --- ## [I predict this guy will eventually win a Darwin award](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-this-guy-will-eventually-win-a-darwin-award/613999)
**Author:** [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-this-guy-will-eventually-win-a-darwin-award/613999 "2012-02-29T10:49:31Z")
Oh my. I don’t know what else to say. --- ## [Anybody else realize that everybody in their lives have been worthless pieces of &^!%?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-realize-that-everybody-in-their-lives-have-been-worthless-pieces-of/612120)
**Author:** [@alifeworthliving](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alifeworthliving)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-realize-that-everybody-in-their-lives-have-been-worthless-pieces-of/612120 "2012-02-29T04:51:40Z")
Haha I don’t know if I’m allowed to swear on here… I just turned 24. Yes I know, still young… But I feel like most of my life has been a waste pertaining to the people I’ve surrounded my life with. Family, friends… Ok, … --- ## [Time for another Boston Dopefest!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445 "2012-02-29T01:45:47Z")
Last winter was so fun, we need to do it again! (Hopefully no Congresscritters GET SHOT on fest nite!) So opening to ideas. --- ## [Arrested dad wants answers after daughter draws gun pic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-dad-wants-answers-after-daughter-draws-gun-pic/614033)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-dad-wants-answers-after-daughter-draws-gun-pic/614033 "2012-02-28T23:23:44Z")
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/02/25/arrested-dad-wants-answers-after-daughter-draws-gun-pic OTTAWA - Jessie Sansone and his family are reeling after he was arrested and strip searched by police after his four-year-old … --- ## [Another police done good thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-police-done-good-thread/613151)
**Author:** [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-police-done-good-thread/613151 "2012-02-28T21:57:59Z")
When I was driving into town today for work, I saw a cop had pulled someone over for not completely scraping the windows on their car and had just done the little circle in front of the driver crap. I thought about stop… --- ## [99% douchebag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-douchebag/614186)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-douchebag/614186 "2012-02-28T21:49:29Z")
Some banker leaves a \<1% tip on a $133 bill, and writes “Get a real job” as a “tip.” --- ## [Unintentionally hilarious dictionary of intelligence terms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-hilarious-dictionary-of-intelligence-terms/614179)
**Author:** [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-hilarious-dictionary-of-intelligence-terms/614179 "2012-02-28T19:18:09Z")
As many of you know, the corporate intelligence firm, Strategic Forecasting, Inc., AKA “Stratfor”, irritated the hackers of Anonymous somehow. Those hackers managed to penetrate Stratfor’s computer network, and post a l… --- ## [A lot of New Yorkers are taking the stairs today . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-new-yorkers-are-taking-the-stairs-today/606337)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-new-yorkers-are-taking-the-stairs-today/606337 "2012-02-28T18:48:58Z")
Yikes. This is the talk of my office today, everyone stepping gingerly in and out of the elevators, wondering how we might be Black Dahlia’d or Isadora Duncan’d. If I didn’t work on the 13th floor . . . The two people … --- ## [I am looking for investors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-investors/614212)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-investors/614212 "2012-02-28T16:35:01Z")
The inspiration hit me driving on the highway and rolling over different types of pavement. Sometimes it was relatively silent except for the noise of the wind over the car. Other times, there was what seemed to be a s… --- ## [Anybody Ever Read "The Mastery of Life"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-read-the-mastery-of-life/614250)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-read-the-mastery-of-life/614250 "2012-02-28T13:55:53Z")
Its that free book you get if you answer the Rosicrucians ad in magazines. When I was a kid, magazines like “Mechanix Illustrated” had those ads for the Risocrucians. if you sent a self-addressed envelope, they would se… --- ## [I love L.A.!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-l-a/613939)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-l-a/613939 "2012-02-28T12:06:02Z")
I love the freeways I love the muscle cars I love the Getty I love (most of) the stars I love to thrift-shop And swim on New Year’s Day Boom de yada, boom de yada, boom de yada, boom de yada… I love TJ’s I love d… --- ## [Today I saw an eagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-saw-an-eagle/614208)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-saw-an-eagle/614208 "2012-02-28T08:18:11Z")
My son died 12 years ago. Today would have been his 45th birthday. I had a lot of trouble dealing with his death. I’d cry every day driving home from work. He died in June, by Feburary, I was still crying in the car. On… --- ## [funny things to put on the memo of a check](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-things-to-put-on-the-memo-of-a-check/614103)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-things-to-put-on-the-memo-of-a-check/614103 "2012-02-28T03:04:43Z")
I have a yearly bill that I pay to a friend. For the last couple of years I’ve written some funny/embarrassing things on the subject line. ‘For sexual favors’ ‘Heroin…I mean ‘legal stuff’’ I’m looking for new and wit… --- ## [The Island of Misnamed Toys (Funny Video)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-misnamed-toys-funny-video/614206)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-misnamed-toys-funny-video/614206 "2012-02-28T02:36:45Z")
Not porn in any sense of the word but possibly NSFW. --- ## [So when I find I need a hammer...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833 "2012-02-28T01:13:25Z")
why is it the only hammer I can find is my sledgehammer? :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1162) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1164)