# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1194 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1195 --- ## [The good news is I won a #380K Lamborghini Murcielago. The bad news is.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-is-i-won-a-380k-lamborghini-murcielago-the-bad-news-is/607073)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-is-i-won-a-380k-lamborghini-murcielago-the-bad-news-is/607073 "2011-12-22T18:41:40Z")
…I crashed it six hours later. Betcha David Dopp felt like a Dope. --- ## [The Microsoft ghost town](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-microsoft-ghost-town/606576)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-microsoft-ghost-town/606576 "2011-12-22T18:08:31Z")
Today is one of the busiest shopping days of the year. I went to one of the largest, most crowed malls in the Phoenix area (Scottsdale Fashion Square) and took this picture of the “crowds” at the Microsoft store: … --- ## [U.S. Currency burns more easily than bienville thought it would . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-currency-burns-more-easily-than-bienville-thought-it-would/606846)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-currency-burns-more-easily-than-bienville-thought-it-would/606846 "2011-12-22T14:39:29Z")
O.K., I was dumb enough to do this but at least I was not dumb enough to walk away and leave it unattended. Thus, I averted disaster. When I started my shift last night, it took me forever to count the cash drawer becau… --- ## [God, this sucks (unemployment)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-this-sucks-unemployment/605918)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-this-sucks-unemployment/605918 "2011-12-22T14:32:14Z")
It’s the grinding wear of fear and uncertainty. I hate being dependant, and I hate the constant gnawing worry while I search and search. I’d take anything - even janitorial. If I could actually find a way to advertise, I… --- ## [Local Tea Party Donation to Food Bank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-tea-party-donation-to-food-bank/606947)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-tea-party-donation-to-food-bank/606947 "2011-12-22T13:12:02Z")
I worked at my local food bank yesterday. This is a great job and I have been volunteering there since last May. I’m a part-time secretary and mostly make appointments for new clients and schedule existing clients for se… --- ## [Strangest website ever: Peripheral vision causes murders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-website-ever-peripheral-vision-causes-murders/606974)
**Author:** [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-website-ever-peripheral-vision-causes-murders/606974 "2011-12-22T11:10:34Z")
http://www.visionandpsychosis.net/Mary\_Shotwell\_Little\_Diane\_Shields.htm I’m very interested in true crime, and someone on a forum linked to this “solution” to a murder case and said that many murders and missing person… --- ## [Wikipedia - you know something we don't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-you-know-something-we-dont/606796)
**Author:** [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-you-know-something-we-dont/606796 "2011-12-22T09:48:40Z")
Hi all. I’m not one who usually hangs in out in this end of the Dope, but I just came across this amusing nugget of weirdness, and had to share it with you all. So I’m checking out the Wiki page on Prometheus, friend of… --- ## [Street Slang: "Holmes"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-slang-holmes/607042)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-slang-holmes/607042 "2011-12-22T08:11:43Z")
Betcha this one’s been around the bend a few times? Is it short for “Homeboy” which got shortened to “Homie”? In most of the books I’ve read, it’s italisized as “holmes”, with an “l”. Or is it referencing Sherlock Hol… --- ## [I wrapped your Christmas present!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wrapped-your-christmas-present/606880)
**Author:** [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wrapped-your-christmas-present/606880 "2011-12-22T04:57:42Z")
Well, maybe not yours … but you there, yeah you in the back! I wrapped yours! Of course this only applies if someone bought you something off Amazon, and chose the gift-wrap option. In the city where I live, we have a g… --- ## [What to do when you don't know what to do with your life.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-dont-know-what-to-do-with-your-life/606707)
**Author:** [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-dont-know-what-to-do-with-your-life/606707 "2011-12-22T04:44:47Z")
Any Dopers feel like listening to my post-teenage angst? :stuck\_out\_tongue: I’m home for Christmas, which means family members asking me what my plans are after I graduate from college. And I don’t know what to tell th… --- ## [Santa Claus on the fire truck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-claus-on-the-fire-truck/606924)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-claus-on-the-fire-truck/606924 "2011-12-22T01:55:10Z")
In my town of Falls Church, the fire department tricks out its big truck with Christmas lights one night every year, and they slowly drive through town, with the siren running. Santa sits in a sleigh on top of the truck… --- ## [Guess how many public diaper-changing tables are used for snorting blow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883 "2011-12-22T00:24:23Z")
A recent test of 100 public baby diaper-changing tables in UK restrooms has revealed that a large number of them tested positive for cocaine residue. What do you think the percentage was? 20? 30? 50? Higher? --- ## [99 FASCINATING things discovered about Kim Jong-Il after his death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-fascinating-things-discovered-about-kim-jong-il-after-his-death/606874)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-fascinating-things-discovered-about-kim-jong-il-after-his-death/606874 "2011-12-21T22:46:18Z")
\-Was a avid collector of blue jelly dongs -Would put wigs on watermelons and carry on discussions of Woody Allen films with the fruit, and record the discussions on Betamax tapes, which he would send to random North Kor… --- ## [Has Mr. E. Coli Gotten Any Of You Yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-mr-e-coli-gotten-any-of-you-yet/606804)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-mr-e-coli-gotten-any-of-you-yet/606804 "2011-12-21T22:45:52Z")
Seems like every week one hears about one meat/vegetable recall or another, so I’m wondering if any of you have been sick from eating tainted meat? I hope not! Thanks Q --- ## [An amazing baby shower invitation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-amazing-baby-shower-invitation/606915)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-amazing-baby-shower-invitation/606915 "2011-12-21T22:25:47Z")
I get lots of baby/wedding shower invites from people I barely know. Often they are emailed to everyone they know with the link to the registry. Sometimes they are handed out at work, with the registry links helpfully … --- ## [What exactly do you think you’re celebrating when you put antlers on your car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-do-you-think-you-re-celebrating-when-you-put-antlers-on-your-car/606962)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-do-you-think-you-re-celebrating-when-you-put-antlers-on-your-car/606962 "2011-12-21T22:02:16Z")
The fiction of nostalgia takes on some of its most bizarre manifestations at the end of the year in urban Southern California—(with an average December temperature of about 60 degrees F)—when people spray “snow” in their… --- ## [BBC Sport's Tribute to Kim Jong-Il](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-sports-tribute-to-kim-jong-il/606943)
**Author:** [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-sports-tribute-to-kim-jong-il/606943 "2011-12-21T19:09:15Z")
Hope you can access this over in the US. BBC sports commentry on Kim’s famous under 38 round of golf. --- ## [FB: people you've never heard of with vast numbers of mutual friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fb-people-youve-never-heard-of-with-vast-numbers-of-mutual-friends/606840)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fb-people-youve-never-heard-of-with-vast-numbers-of-mutual-friends/606840 "2011-12-21T11:27:57Z")
This keeps happening: Facebook suggests “People you may know”. I just got a suggestion for a person I have genuinely never heard of, with whom I share 10 mutual friends. The weirdest one was a name I have heard a couple… --- ## [Flying reindear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-reindear/606607)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-reindear/606607 "2011-12-21T05:25:59Z")
What allows then to fly? --- ## [I can accept most of this, except for the sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-accept-most-of-this-except-for-the-sugar/606821)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-accept-most-of-this-except-for-the-sugar/606821 "2011-12-21T05:12:05Z")
??? --- ## [Good Sunday Morning Average United State Siders.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sunday-morning-average-united-state-siders/606591)
**Author:** [@Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dennis_Arthur_PERRETT)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sunday-morning-average-united-state-siders/606591 "2011-12-21T01:39:45Z")
Over here in Australia we have an of exasperated saying of " Only in America!!!" whenever we see anything in the media of all the silly through to corrupt happen-stances occurring in The United States from time to time. … --- ## [Pot Luck Lunch at work tomorrow (and Yankee Swap)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-luck-lunch-at-work-tomorrow-and-yankee-swap/606904)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-luck-lunch-at-work-tomorrow-and-yankee-swap/606904 "2011-12-21T00:52:41Z")
Tomorrow at work we’re having a Pot Luck lunch and Yankee Swap for our holiday celebration, it should be lots of fun… I’m bringing my family’s traditional recipe Oyster Stew, and some home-made cast-iron-cooked cornbrea… --- ## [Drug names that sound like comic book characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869 "2011-12-21T00:03:01Z")
Somebody call Superman! Lipitor is on the loose again. --- ## [My blog post went viral!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blog-post-went-viral/606459)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blog-post-went-viral/606459 "2011-12-20T20:58:17Z")
I’ve been wondering what I want to be when \[my kids\] grow up, and “writer” is definitely on the table, so I figured why not start a blog and commit to writing five days a week. I chose skepticism and mothering, because … --- ## [Thanks for the timing, Kim Jong-Il](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-the-timing-kim-jong-il/606740)
**Author:** [@Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zaphod_Beeblebrox)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-the-timing-kim-jong-il/606740 "2011-12-20T20:47:10Z")
I’m not sure if this is Pit-worthy, but I’m in a bad mood, so it ought to fit in here. I also mentioned this in passing in another thread, so I’m being a bit repetitive here, but I selfishly decided that this deserved i… --- ## [Good article about autism in the LA Times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-article-about-autism-in-the-la-times/605834)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-article-about-autism-in-the-la-times/605834 "2011-12-20T19:54:30Z")
From the LA Times, finally, a sensible and extensive article by Alan Zarembo about the apparent rise in autism: Unraveling an epidemic. Not once did the author use the word “vaccine.” --- ## [The Last Look of Space Shuttle Atlantis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-look-of-space-shuttle-atlantis/606871)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-look-of-space-shuttle-atlantis/606871 "2011-12-20T18:13:43Z")
Go here —\> Rare, last look inside space shuttle Atlantis (photos) | collectSPACE for the photos. --- ## [Tour da U.P. 2012 Brochure available](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-da-u-p-2012-brochure-available/606778)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-da-u-p-2012-brochure-available/606778 "2011-12-20T18:05:11Z")
Tour da u.p is a multi-day supported (they haul your luuggage and provide most meals) bicycle tour in Michigan’s Upper Penninsula. This year it is in the Porcupine Mts area. Day 4 is south boundary road with lunch near … --- ## ["I don't know why anyone would pay $30 to get caught cheating."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-why-anyone-would-pay-30-to-get-caught-cheating/606577)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-why-anyone-would-pay-30-to-get-caught-cheating/606577 "2011-12-20T17:56:39Z")
Names changed to protect privacy. We proctor exams for all sorts of students at my library and charge a $30 fee. \[Student\] was scheduled to take an online exam Wednesday at 4:30. She arrived and I started getting her se… --- ## [Amazing Kelvin-Helmholtz waves over Birmingham](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-kelvin-helmholtz-waves-over-birmingham/606444)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-kelvin-helmholtz-waves-over-birmingham/606444 "2011-12-20T17:49:58Z")
Check this out I pulled over on the interstate to take this photo. What you’re looking at is a phenomenon called a Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. The ridgeline directly ahead had been cloaked in heavy fog all morning, … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1193) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1195)