# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1185 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1186 --- ## [Darth Vader Burgers have black buns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-vader-burgers-have-black-buns/608602)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-vader-burgers-have-black-buns/608602 "2012-01-10T15:08:28Z")
Belgian fast food chain creates new burgers to celebrate Phantom Menace 3D. The have the Dark Burger, the Jedi Burger and the Darth Vader Burger. The Darth Vader Burger has black food dye in the buns. I suppose they t… --- ## [Sitting in a college cafeteria and...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-in-a-college-cafeteria-and/608304)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-in-a-college-cafeteria-and/608304 "2012-01-10T14:28:13Z")
…and I’m noticing that there are about 8 students per table. The boys sit with the boys. The girls sit with the girls. ONE table so far has a mix of sexes. It’s startling. By the age of 18-22, there’s still precious lit… --- ## [So what's it like where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-it-like-where-you-live/608040)
**Author:** [@pdunderhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pdunderhill)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-it-like-where-you-live/608040 "2012-01-10T12:54:48Z")
In nned of interesting conversation here! What’s your local area like, anythinf of note or infamy about it? I live in Kensal Green, North West London, search NW10 5EL on Google Earth. Generally quiet with some good lo… --- ## [Scalar weapons now a reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scalar-weapons-now-a-reality/608244)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scalar-weapons-now-a-reality/608244 "2012-01-10T09:19:12Z")
Turns out it just means that the amount of boom is set on a dial. Or input. 2020s style death rays here we come. Hi Opal. --- ## [What is it about having a big crush on someone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-having-a-big-crush-on-someone/609018)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-having-a-big-crush-on-someone/609018 "2012-01-10T09:05:14Z")
…which drives a person towards absolute bugfuck wild-ups-and-downs insanity? Anyone know? I guess it’s been too long since my last one, and I had forgotten how much of a total nut I become. --- ## [My friend is sleeping now.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-is-sleeping-now/608870)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-is-sleeping-now/608870 "2012-01-10T08:20:57Z")
He was a big, dumb guy. He was clumsy and bossy. He was the cutest. He was my friend, Max. He slept with me every night since that first scary Christmas eve in 2003 when he curled up in my hair and kneaded the top of m… --- ## [There is a whole online store for stuff you can buy made by California State prisoners!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-whole-online-store-for-stuff-you-can-buy-made-by-california-state-prisoners/608997)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-whole-online-store-for-stuff-you-can-buy-made-by-california-state-prisoners/608997 "2012-01-10T07:52:38Z")
I found this fascinating. There is a whole online storefor stuff you can buy made by California State prisoners via the California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA) --- ## [Is this the dollar $ymbol on ancient Roman sex coins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-dollar-ymbol-on-ancient-roman-sex-coins/608347)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-dollar-ymbol-on-ancient-roman-sex-coins/608347 "2012-01-10T03:06:33Z")
I know the usual origin theories for the dollar symbol ($)- it’s usually related to Spanish New World coins, i.e. post 1492 A.D… However, while I was looking for pictures of spintria, coins used in Roman brothels, never… --- ## [paramedic accused of rape inside ambulance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paramedic-accused-of-rape-inside-ambulance/608911)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paramedic-accused-of-rape-inside-ambulance/608911 "2012-01-10T03:05:15Z")
paramedic accused of rape inside ambulance Something to think about while you are incapacitated and unconscious… --- ## [Crime at stores and fast food places may end soon! Aussie dopers please tell us more about this.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crime-at-stores-and-fast-food-places-may-end-soon-aussie-dopers-please-tell-us-more-about-this/608957)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crime-at-stores-and-fast-food-places-may-end-soon-aussie-dopers-please-tell-us-more-about-this/608957 "2012-01-09T22:56:32Z")
I’m dumb founded that they aren’t trying this in the U.S. simultaneously with Australia. This sounds like the end of successful store holdups, You may get the money but you will eventually get caught. Its a similar idea… --- ## [Is it just me...\[seeing names as other words\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-seeing-names-as-other-words/608738)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-seeing-names-as-other-words/608738 "2012-01-09T22:10:48Z")
…or do you always see Santorum as Sanatorium? --- ## [I Suspect My Hose is Haunted-Do I Need To Dislose to Realtor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suspect-my-hose-is-haunted-do-i-need-to-dislose-to-realtor/607938)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suspect-my-hose-is-haunted-do-i-need-to-dislose-to-realtor/607938 "2012-01-09T21:57:56Z")
Our 90 year old bungalow is in very good shape-over the years we have installed a new kitchen, two new bathrooms, and a bedroom. We have also finished the basement (a livingroom and bedroom). For the age of the house, … --- ## [Annoying fast food drive through practice...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-fast-food-drive-through-practice/497118)
**Author:** [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-fast-food-drive-through-practice/497118 "2012-01-09T21:49:10Z")
Why, when I’m in the drive thru after had just placed my order, am I told to drive up and wait for them to run out and give me my order? Especially, when nobody is behind me? It’s a fast food joint, the drive through s… --- ## [Ladies and Gentlemen, let's hear it for the Jemison Starship!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-lets-hear-it-for-the-jemison-starship/608948)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-lets-hear-it-for-the-jemison-starship/608948 "2012-01-09T21:01:19Z")
The Pentagon is looking at designing a Generation Starship? Cool! Why? http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/\_news/2012/01/07/10035158-skipper-chosen-for-starship-effort --- ## [You're the last human on Earth. Now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-last-human-on-earth-now-what/608571)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-last-human-on-earth-now-what/608571 "2012-01-09T17:35:32Z")
Inspired by the one-off/miniseries Life After People and Clarke’s Childhood’s End. One day you wake up, alone. If you have an SO or kids, their absence is the first thing that will tip you off that something is wrong. Tu… --- ## [Amazingly stupid things you've seen someone do.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazingly-stupid-things-youve-seen-someone-do/608841)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazingly-stupid-things-youve-seen-someone-do/608841 "2012-01-09T17:31:55Z")
The evil spawn of this thread. We’ve all seen people, even ourselves, do really stupid things, like . . . I was in the elevator of a hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario. A family got on and as the doors were closing, one o… --- ## [Andrea Doria (who the ship was named after) was not a woman, he was a general & a total bad ass!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrea-doria-who-the-ship-was-named-after-was-not-a-woman-he-was-a-general-a-total-bad-ass/608462)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrea-doria-who-the-ship-was-named-after-was-not-a-woman-he-was-a-general-a-total-bad-ass/608462 "2012-01-09T16:46:58Z")
Fun fact! Andrea Doria --- ## [Stupid Google Tricks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680 "2012-01-09T16:22:06Z")
We’ve had threads on individual Google tricks before, but I thought it’d be fun to do a compilation thread. Inspired by stumbling across one right now: I decided to figure out if my wife’s name has any awesome anagrams… --- ## [A broken digital clock is still right 14 times a day, apparently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-broken-digital-clock-is-still-right-14-times-a-day-apparently/608638)
**Author:** [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-broken-digital-clock-is-still-right-14-times-a-day-apparently/608638 "2012-01-09T15:17:06Z")
The digital clock in my kitchen went crazy and it took me weeks to figure out what was going on. It was nearly always accurate, but sometimes it was an hour off. And not a consistent hour either; sometimes it was exactly… --- ## [Kodak ready to file for bankruptcy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kodak-ready-to-file-for-bankruptcy/608500)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kodak-ready-to-file-for-bankruptcy/608500 "2012-01-09T14:50:30Z")
Unbelievable. I knew that Kodak was in a downward spiral for a long time. But, ,unlike Polaroid, it had been working hard to avoid irrelevance, getting rid of its vast land holdings, shipping production to cheaper locale… --- ## [Frog plays video game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-plays-video-game/607478)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-plays-video-game/607478 "2012-01-09T10:28:05Z")
…and no, it’s not “Frogger.” I like the ending part-nice example of karma at work. --- ## [Dogshit dreams and vomitory victims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogshit-dreams-and-vomitory-victims/608700)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogshit-dreams-and-vomitory-victims/608700 "2012-01-09T06:27:55Z")
“Dogshit dreams and vomitory victims” Best said in the voice of Robin Leach. Last night I dreamt that we were watching someone’s dogs. We had them in a large pen. When they came to pick up the dogs they were apologizin… --- ## [Winter in Los Angeles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-in-los-angeles/608466)
**Author:** [@Cara\_mel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cara_mel)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-in-los-angeles/608466 "2012-01-09T06:23:51Z")
We’re coming to Los Angeles from Australia for a two week holiday on 23 January. I must say, I’m pretty confused about the temperatures I’m seeing when I google - 32C ? (89.6F) - that’s even hotter than it is here in Bri… --- ## ["Your pants. The other pocket."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pants-the-other-pocket/608761)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pants-the-other-pocket/608761 "2012-01-09T06:21:14Z")
I searched my roomy jacket pockets repeatedly, to no avail. Finally I was forced to do a perimeter search. The search turned up nothing. So I frisked myself once more. “I can’t imagine why I didn’t just put it in my … --- ## [Art meets science](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-meets-science/608228)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-meets-science/608228 "2012-01-09T05:26:11Z")
These are just amazing – underwater sculptures meant to serve as the base for new reefs. Too freakin’ cool. --- ## [2012 - A New Year MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-a-new-year-mmp/608112)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-a-new-year-mmp/608112 "2012-01-09T03:20:56Z")
I love all the news shows that show montages of important happenings for the past year. 2011 was an eventful year. We had the royal wedding, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and Osama bin Laden was killed. Kim Jong… --- ## ["LIFE Goes to a GOP Women's Smoker" - Great pics!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-goes-to-a-gop-womens-smoker-great-pics/608707)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-goes-to-a-gop-womens-smoker-great-pics/608707 "2012-01-09T01:43:57Z")
This is what your great grandmother and her buddies were up to in the 40’s after they finished hissing FDR at the Trans-Lux. GOP Women’s Smoker - Terrific pics! --- ## [Houses of Wax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houses-of-wax/55968)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houses-of-wax/55968 "2012-01-09T00:56:00Z")
I love wax museums, they’re a guilty pleasure of mine. I think wax museums are like bio-pics: really bad ones are so much more enjoyable than really good ones. I have not yet been to the new Madame Tusaud’s in Times Squa… --- ## [Dopers on Pinterest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-pinterest/602303)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-pinterest/602303 "2012-01-08T23:53:25Z")
I’ve recently been introduced to Pinterestby a friend’s wife. For those of you who don’t know, Pinterest describes itself as: There’s everything from travel destinations to clothes to crafts to workouts to books to mak… --- ## [Well, this will be interesting... (GF got a new job)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-this-will-be-interesting-gf-got-a-new-job/608507)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-this-will-be-interesting-gf-got-a-new-job/608507 "2012-01-08T23:38:51Z")
So my girlfriend of three years was finally canned by her flaming hole of a boss (I could craft a pit for this man so nasty that Gordon Ramsey would wince). He let her go three days before Christmas and ruined her holid… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1184) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1186)