# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1195 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1196 --- ## [Toilet Paper kept outside the restroom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper-kept-outside-the-restroom/606747)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper-kept-outside-the-restroom/606747 "2011-12-20T17:37:59Z")
My little brother is currently living in Germany (for work). He is working three weeks straight, then taking 10 days off and repeating this cycle for two years. During his 10 days off he and his wife are exploring Euro… --- ## [Uncanny "webs" grow on Atomic Waste! Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncanny-webs-grow-on-atomic-waste-newslink/606867)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncanny-webs-grow-on-atomic-waste-newslink/606867 "2011-12-20T17:15:40Z")
Can Giant Radioactive Brain-Spiders be far behind? http://io9.com/5868883/mysterious-white-webs-found-growing-on-nuclear-waste?utm\_source=io9+Newsletter&utm\_campaign=11084de256-UA-142218-29&utm\_medium=email OK–Mutants… --- ## ["My dog has fleas" and other childhood memes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-has-fleas-and-other-childhood-memes/577985)
**Author:** [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-has-fleas-and-other-childhood-memes/577985 "2011-12-20T15:25:47Z")
When I was growing up (1960s, southern New England), “my dog has fleas” was this little bit that kids would occasionally do. Ideally, you did it while holding a guitar or sitting at a piano or something. You would sing… --- ## [Teen to Santa: "Gimme what I want or you're dead meat!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-to-santa-gimme-what-i-want-or-youre-dead-meat/606513)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-to-santa-gimme-what-i-want-or-youre-dead-meat/606513 "2011-12-20T14:49:30Z")
My paraphrase. Actually, in addition to threatening to kill Santa, she also threatened to kill his reindeer and feed them to the homeless if she didn’t get what she wants for Christmas: “Teen writes death threat to San… --- ## [Quadruple amputee gets double hand transplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quadruple-amputee-gets-double-hand-transplant/599624)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quadruple-amputee-gets-double-hand-transplant/599624 "2011-12-20T14:37:35Z")
This was on the news this morning. Richard Mangino, who lost both hands and legs to a septic infection, has gotten a double hand transplant, and there’s supposed to be a news conference this morning at 11. When i saw th… --- ## [Teens learning to work.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teens-learning-to-work/606678)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teens-learning-to-work/606678 "2011-12-20T13:33:57Z")
I like to give teens a chance to earn holiday money. It’s a good lesson for them. Didn’t work out too well today. I advertised on the bulletin at work and a lady’s 17 year old son came by to rake a typical suburban yar… --- ## [Coincidental serendipitous stuff.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coincidental-serendipitous-stuff/606833)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coincidental-serendipitous-stuff/606833 "2011-12-20T08:42:39Z")
Yesterday Kim Jong Ill was declared dead. Yesterday was the day that M.A.S.H. re-runs made a reappearance on our TV screens (Australia) for the first time in many a long moon. :eek: --- ## [Your favorite animal that can fit in the palm of your hand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-animal-that-can-fit-in-the-palm-of-your-hand/606504)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-animal-that-can-fit-in-the-palm-of-your-hand/606504 "2011-12-20T07:07:14Z")
(Note:feel free to use real or fictional animals, but please use your true palm size :smiley: ) After much thought, I’m going to go with a horny toad. --- ## [I puilled the plug on my 20 year old microwave oven today for the last time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-puilled-the-plug-on-my-20-year-old-microwave-oven-today-for-the-last-time/606346)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-puilled-the-plug-on-my-20-year-old-microwave-oven-today-for-the-last-time/606346 "2011-12-20T06:15:29Z")
I pulled the plug on my twenty year old microwave oven today for the last time. That little microwave survived six moves and never complained a bit. She was a real trooper up until the last week or so when she started … --- ## [Looking for an oldish vid - something like "10 Rules of Cross-Examination!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-oldish-vid-something-like-10-rules-of-cross-examination/606815)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-oldish-vid-something-like-10-rules-of-cross-examination/606815 "2011-12-20T05:19:35Z")
I saw it back in the 90s. It was a VHS tape. I was on the debate team, and the coach showed us a magnificient old video - the theme was effective cross-examination. Video was 80s or 90s. The lecture (in the video) was… --- ## [Has Mr. E. Coli Gotten Any Of You Yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-mr-e-coli-gotten-any-of-you-yet/606814)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-mr-e-coli-gotten-any-of-you-yet/606814 "2011-12-20T04:22:24Z")
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 --- ## [What's the wackiest thing a student has done in a class?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wackiest-thing-a-student-has-done-in-a-class/606082)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wackiest-thing-a-student-has-done-in-a-class/606082 "2011-12-20T01:11:44Z")
The question is for pretty much anyone. What are some wacky things you did in school, wacky things your children, siblings, parents, or friends did in school, or wacky things that your students did when you were teachin… --- ## [School: Have you done an unusual degree progression?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-have-you-done-an-unusual-degree-progression/606451)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-have-you-done-an-unusual-degree-progression/606451 "2011-12-20T00:22:35Z")
It is fairly normal for people to do e.g. a BS in Electrical Engineering and then follow that with an MS in Computer Science, do a BS in Physics and an MS in Mechanical Engineering, or do pretty much any hard-science Bac… --- ## [I got a job!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job/606696)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job/606696 "2011-12-19T22:00:11Z")
My first job that pays an adult salary, too! It’s a three-month contract at a non-profit that is somewhat, but not entirely, related to my career trajectory. I get paid the average income of people coming out of my grad … --- ## [The Invisible Mother](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-invisible-mother/606645)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-invisible-mother/606645 "2011-12-19T21:35:02Z")
More weirdness from those wacky Victorians – Mom with kids, without Mom. --- ## [Liberal with a gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-with-a-gun/606550)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-with-a-gun/606550 "2011-12-19T16:07:24Z")
I’m an unabashed liberal, and I’ve got a gun. Two, in fact. And one of them is a real prize. ‘Twasn’t always thus. I grew up and have lived most of my life in a weaponless family and friends milieu where gun ownershi… --- ## [A sad, busy trip to Cottonfield County: this week's MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sad-busy-trip-to-cottonfield-county-this-weeks-mmp/605893)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sad-busy-trip-to-cottonfield-county-this-weeks-mmp/605893 "2011-12-19T11:10:52Z")
This is a placeholder for my OP, which I haven’t yet had time to write. Y’all carry on until I can tell my tale later today. Oh, and blurf\[sup\]3\[/sup\]. --- ## [Mary's Pregnancy Test Comes Back Positive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marys-pregnancy-test-comes-back-positive/606295)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marys-pregnancy-test-comes-back-positive/606295 "2011-12-19T09:47:24Z")
I love this. A n Anglican Church in New Zealand has put up billboards showing the Virgin Mary holding her face in shovck after looking at the result of her preegnancy test. They put it up to “shake things up” and get pe… --- ## [How Does One Restore Old Cars? (Reflections on a Junkyard Visit)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-restore-old-cars-reflections-on-a-junkyard-visit/606676)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-restore-old-cars-reflections-on-a-junkyard-visit/606676 "2011-12-19T03:55:10Z")
I stopped yesterday at a local junkyard (I needed a mirror for my wife’s car-it was smashed by a local juvenile delinquent). Anyway, I had a chance to look around-in contrast to the days of my youth, junkyards are a seri… --- ## [Time for the Christmas Stegosaurus!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109 "2011-12-19T03:07:42Z")
Pepper Mill just saw this in a KMart circular. Nothing says Christmas like a $120 animated green stegosaurus in a Santa hat: http://www.kmart.com/shc/s/p\_10151\_10104\_009W003431635000P?vName=Seasonal&cName=Christmas&sNam… --- ## [Ed Asner is a truther!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-asner-is-a-truther/560055)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-asner-is-a-truther/560055 "2011-12-19T02:52:14Z")
So I’m listening to The Adam Carolla podcast this morning with Ed and his son as guests. At some point Ed starts talking about how he doesn’t believe 9/11 and begins spewing all the batshit crazy truther theories. Damn… --- ## [8 Stories behind Common Expressions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-stories-behind-common-expressions/606605)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-stories-behind-common-expressions/606605 "2011-12-19T01:10:25Z")
I knew a few of these. \[SPOILER\]For example jettison means to remove cargo or other items to lighten weight in planes during a low fuel emergency. Jetsam is the older word that was used for naval vessels. Last ditch re… --- ## [Crystal glassware identification help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-glassware-identification-help/606666)
**Author:** [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-glassware-identification-help/606666 "2011-12-18T23:37:45Z")
My husband and I would like to try and replace some missing pieces of glassware in my in-law’s set, but we don’t know the pattern and manufacturer, let alone whether the set is still available today, as it was purchased … --- ## [humourous happenings on Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humourous-happenings-on-christmas/606441)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humourous-happenings-on-christmas/606441 "2011-12-18T22:20:24Z")
I had to work nightwatch one year when I was a deputy sheriff. I was in communications and was bored out of my mind because it was a fairly slow night. We had monitors for other agencies’ radio frequencies and I was ha… --- ## [Have you ever been in trouble with/disciplined by a religious group?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-in-trouble-with-disciplined-by-a-religious-group/604652)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-in-trouble-with-disciplined-by-a-religious-group/604652 "2011-12-18T22:01:26Z")
I’m curious. It seems that some religious groups such as Mormons are rather heavily interested/involved in “correcting” perceived faults in their members with gentle (or not so gentle) formal proceedings, while groups s… --- ## [Stupidity Runs In The Family This Season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-runs-in-the-family-this-season/605648)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-runs-in-the-family-this-season/605648 "2011-12-18T21:38:06Z")
So, as usual at Thanksgiving, the local casinos offer “free” pumpkin pies. My SO and I went to the local casino and picked up our pies and then, of course, dropped a few coins in the machines on the way out – that is the… --- ## [Chicken or Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-or-egg/606482)
**Author:** [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-or-egg/606482 "2011-12-18T19:34:15Z")
Which came first: Is this meaningful? Why should this be a primary question? (links available upon request.) --- ## [Glad to see Ron Wayne getting some Apple related dough!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-to-see-ron-wayne-getting-some-apple-related-dough/606247)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-to-see-ron-wayne-getting-some-apple-related-dough/606247 "2011-12-18T18:34:29Z")
Ron Wayne was one of the original founders of Apple. Jobs gave him a ten percent stake, which would have been worth several tens of billions of dollars today had he hung on to it. But at 40 years of age and feeling he ha… --- ## [best SD threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sd-threads/606646)
**Author:** [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sd-threads/606646 "2011-12-18T17:33:32Z")
nevermind it is already being done eleswhere. --- ## [Václav Havel passed away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaclav-havel-passed-away/606644)
**Author:** [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaclav-havel-passed-away/606644 "2011-12-18T17:04:04Z")
Today, Czech playwright, dissident, and president Václav Havel died at the age of 75. There are plenty of obituaries around, I thought I’d share my impressions. Havel was the first president of post-communist Czechoslov… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1194) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1196)