# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1192 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1193 --- ## [Merry Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas/606864)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2011, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas/606864 "2011-12-26T05:12:43Z")
Enjoy the season and have a happy new year.:slight\_smile: --- ## [The Best Christmas Gift I Could Have Ever Gotten](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-christmas-gift-i-could-have-ever-gotten/607308)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-christmas-gift-i-could-have-ever-gotten/607308 "2011-12-26T04:49:03Z")
I will try to condense this story as much as I can and still make it understandable. My best friend lives in Chesapeake VA and I live in Indiana. We actually met on line but there was an instant connection and we were … --- ## [Addictive drug "Krokodil" AKA Desomorphine rotting flesh off addicts bones- Warning GRAPHIC website](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addictive-drug-krokodil-aka-desomorphine-rotting-flesh-off-addicts-bones-warning-graphic-website/601951)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addictive-drug-krokodil-aka-desomorphine-rotting-flesh-off-addicts-bones-warning-graphic-website/601951 "2011-12-25T23:15:07Z")
I had never even heard of this stuff. It’s frightening. Wiki here Webpage re addicts here - Warning Graphic Video here --- ## [What's Open Christmas In Your Area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-open-christmas-in-your-area/607349)
**Author:** [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-open-christmas-in-your-area/607349 "2011-12-25T22:49:19Z")
I am in Chicago, and I noticed some of the Walgreens and CVS (drug stores) are open Christmas Day. I notice the two Dunkin’ Donuts I pass are both closed Christmas Day. Of course 7-11 (convenience store) is open Christm… --- ## [Giant Line Outside UGG Store Disgusts Fashionistas - Uggs are simply "winter Crocs"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-line-outside-ugg-store-disgusts-fashionistas-uggs-are-simply-winter-crocs/607054)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-line-outside-ugg-store-disgusts-fashionistas-uggs-are-simply-winter-crocs/607054 "2011-12-25T21:44:23Z")
Oh the humanity! Giant Line Outside UGG Store Disgusts Fashionistas --- ## [The WPIX Yule Log (a tri-state area thing)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wpix-yule-log-a-tri-state-area-thing/607364)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wpix-yule-log-a-tri-state-area-thing/607364 "2011-12-25T19:54:04Z")
Its a Christmas memory that I still remember… the WPIX Yule Log. It was first broadcast before you were born; it was for people with full, flush and Happy Holidays as well as those just off shift, alone & eating dinner … --- ## [How's the weather going to be for Christmas Day in your neck of the woods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-weather-going-to-be-for-christmas-day-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/607018)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-weather-going-to-be-for-christmas-day-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/607018 "2011-12-25T19:43:18Z")
I’ll be in the cooler Southern Highlands area of NSW, where the forecast is for a mild 13-25C (55-77F) Christmas Day, with a likely afternoon shower. --- ## [I made my fiancee cry on Christmas eve. And I enjoyed it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-my-fiancee-cry-on-christmas-eve-and-i-enjoyed-it/607366)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-my-fiancee-cry-on-christmas-eve-and-i-enjoyed-it/607366 "2011-12-25T17:03:57Z")
And I enjoyed it. We did Christmas last night because I have to work today. I got her a necklace and earrings\*. She cried when she saw them. Yay. Slee \*Among other things… --- ## [PiperCub buys Santa a Pepsi!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pipercub-buys-santa-a-pepsi/607246)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pipercub-buys-santa-a-pepsi/607246 "2011-12-25T16:22:59Z")
So, we had the traditional visit to Santa with the PiperCub the other day. He sat on Santa’s lap, chatted away with him, the usual. Then, as we’re walking away and other little kids are taking their turn, the Cub says … --- ## [Another first - I go to the movies on Christmas Day and get a surprise.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-first-i-go-to-the-movies-on-christmas-day-and-get-a-surprise/607351)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-first-i-go-to-the-movies-on-christmas-day-and-get-a-surprise/607351 "2011-12-25T15:59:22Z")
I think this is the first time cinemas have been open on Christmas Day. Since Christmas Dinner in Australia is really lunch, those places with sessions didn’t start until 3.40 or later, so that staff could enjoy the mea… --- ## [Interesting Lunar Anomaly - UFO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-lunar-anomaly-ufo/607335)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-lunar-anomaly-ufo/607335 "2011-12-25T14:17:15Z")
This photo of the Archimedes crater on the moon’s surface shows what appears to be the passing shadow of a vehicle. Is NASA covering it up? --- ## [SMDB Virtual Gift Exchange...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-virtual-gift-exchange/607081)
**Author:** [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-virtual-gift-exchange/607081 "2011-12-25T05:40:15Z")
I don’t know if this is done here, but if not, I’d like to introduce a gift exchange. A virtual one, which means you can literally, if virtually, gift anyone with anyTHING. If it’s really out there with a link somewhere… --- ## [Seeing folks on skype](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-folks-on-skype/607338)
**Author:** [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-folks-on-skype/607338 "2011-12-25T05:29:58Z")
So… You have not seen those family members for a while. Then suddenly we all discover Skype and can see each other live and “in the flesh”. My question, and I’m not trying to be a dick - just who was not what you thoug… --- ## [Merry Christmas from the land of Oz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-from-the-land-of-oz/607307)
**Author:** [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-from-the-land-of-oz/607307 "2011-12-25T03:52:48Z")
Well it is Dec 25 in the southern hemisphere. Here is a bit of an appropriate poem going around facebook: 'Twas the night before Christmas; there wasn’t a sound. Not a possum was stirring; no-one was around. We’d left… --- ## ['Space ball' falls out of the sky in Namibia - what are these things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-ball-falls-out-of-the-sky-in-namibia-what-are-these-things/607128)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-ball-falls-out-of-the-sky-in-namibia-what-are-these-things/607128 "2011-12-25T03:17:51Z")
Link to story This one is a metallic ball, about 35cm in diameter. I love the phrasing that the metal of which it’s composed is an alloy “know to man”. So what are these things? Aeroplane parts? --- ## [Really clever driving (Drunk morons)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-clever-driving-drunk-morons/607331)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-clever-driving-drunk-morons/607331 "2011-12-25T02:02:03Z")
These idiots should really take the pledge. "Police in north Queensland have been left scratching their heads at the behaviour of some teenage motorists. Police arrested two teenage drink drivers in separate incidents … --- ## [Sick? Funny? I'm going with funny.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-funny-im-going-with-funny/607248)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-funny-im-going-with-funny/607248 "2011-12-25T00:35:43Z")
A friend of mine posted on Facebook today: Not only do I think it’s hilarious, but I’m shopping for a couple of red clown noses to keep in the glove compartment of my truck, just in case… --- ## [And it turns out that the best thing about the Luxor hotel is....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-it-turns-out-that-the-best-thing-about-the-luxor-hotel-is/607269)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-it-turns-out-that-the-best-thing-about-the-luxor-hotel-is/607269 "2011-12-25T00:25:25Z")
…the slanted elevators. They always make the drunk people fall over when the car decelerates. (In case you have no idea WTF I’m talking about, this is the hotel in question. The elevators go up diagonally.) --- ## [Ah Google, you're such a tease!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-google-youre-such-a-tease/607233)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-google-youre-such-a-tease/607233 "2011-12-24T23:27:52Z")
Open a browser session and go to Google. Type in “define an english person” Enjoy! (the first result) --- ## [You’ve just won the Mother of all Lotteries. Whom do you tell? When? How?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-just-won-the-mother-of-all-lotteries-whom-do-you-tell-when-how/607182)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-just-won-the-mother-of-all-lotteries-whom-do-you-tell-when-how/607182 "2011-12-24T23:21:25Z")
I think most of us have had this daydream, but we typically speculate about what we would buy and to whom we would donate. My scenarios also include when and how and to whom I make my fortunes known. For the sake of thi… --- ## [Clever Toast contributions here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-toast-contributions-here/15654)
**Author:** [@the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Scarlet_Pimpernel)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-toast-contributions-here/15654 "2011-12-24T23:05:04Z")
Through the teeth and between the gums, look out stomach here it comes. I know that this is an incredibly stupid post and you probably think less of me for it, but it doesn’t mean I am a bad person. Yours truly, aha --- ## [Your last minute Christmas panics!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-minute-christmas-panics/607300)
**Author:** [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-minute-christmas-panics/607300 "2011-12-24T21:59:05Z")
I just spent two and a half hours looking for the ‘big gift’ I got my husband this year. No, I wasn’t at the mall; I was in the house. It came in weeks ago, along with the boys’ things, and I’ve been wrapping some of t… --- ## [Crazy Neighbor Lady update](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-neighbor-lady-update/607035)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-neighbor-lady-update/607035 "2011-12-24T20:04:06Z")
Please excuse the typing mistakes but I’m still passed out on the floor. You know how every neighborhood has a neighbor that everyone talks about? I live next to her. CNL hates everyone, is bitter, complains about eve… --- ## [No-budget Christmas gifts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-budget-christmas-gifts/607044)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-budget-christmas-gifts/607044 "2011-12-24T19:55:10Z")
In these hard times, I know that there are plenty of advice columns that discuss strategies for cutting back on Christmas expenditures while still showing that one is a caring giftgiver, but what I am proposing is consid… --- ## [Officially annoyed!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-annoyed/607301)
**Author:** [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-annoyed/607301 "2011-12-24T18:30:52Z")
Welp, I hope everyone else’s holiday weekend is going wayyyyyy better than mine! --- ## [Explosive cupcake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosive-cupcake/607294)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosive-cupcake/607294 "2011-12-24T18:14:00Z")
TSA confiscates cupcake The frosting on the red velvet cupcake was a little too much like a gel, and thus violated the TSA ban on liquids and gels. The TSA performed an analysis on the cupcake and determined it was del… --- ## [It was Christmas Eve day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-day/607288)
**Author:** [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-day/607288 "2011-12-24T17:59:42Z")
In the drunk tank --- ## [von trapp family meets Ice Capades! in Regina, Sask!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/von-trapp-family-meets-ice-capades-in-regina-sask/607237)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/von-trapp-family-meets-ice-capades-in-regina-sask/607237 "2011-12-24T17:57:16Z")
neat video of a family Christmas card, on skates and playing strings: Jacobson String Band - Carol of the Bells --- ## [Housework enrages me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housework-enrages-me/607083)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housework-enrages-me/607083 "2011-12-24T13:42:06Z")
You’re just going to fuck up everything I did, every damn day. It is never over. This is infuriating. Somebody has to do it, I know. When will we have ROBOTS?! --- ## [Christmas holiday has begun!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-holiday-has-begun/607218)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-holiday-has-begun/607218 "2011-12-24T03:36:13Z")
Our gracious employer let us off early today, so we’re at home, with a sleeping little PiperCub, listening to Tony Bennett sing Christmas carols. Gingered pork roast is in the oven, and all the presents are bought. No … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1191) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1193)