# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1197 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1198 --- ## [Last compulsory exam of my life tomorrow...not so much nervous as resigned!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-compulsory-exam-of-my-life-tomorrow-not-so-much-nervous-as-resigned/603994)
**Author:** [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-compulsory-exam-of-my-life-tomorrow-not-so-much-nervous-as-resigned/603994 "2011-12-16T19:26:47Z")
Sitting in a hotel room in London, about to to some last minute preparation for my Clinical Skills Assessment- the final exam before I finish my training. Provided I pass this exam ( a fake surgery with 13 actors preten… --- ## [A Time For Chewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-for-chewing/606392)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-for-chewing/606392 "2011-12-16T17:46:30Z")
I have spent most of my life as a Democrat. I recently have seen fit to follow another course. I believe that the issues confronting us cross party lines. Now, one side in this campaign has been telling us that the issue… --- ## ["Onan" generators...wtf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onan-generators-wtf/592041)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onan-generators-wtf/592041 "2011-12-16T15:00:48Z")
There’s a major manufacturer of generators called “Onan.” Onan? Seriously? Onan was the guy in the Bible who “spilled his seed.” “Onanism” means masturbation. How in God’s name did the company wind up with “Onan” as i… --- ## [A traffic tale of narcissicm and justice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-traffic-tale-of-narcissicm-and-justice/606287)
**Author:** [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-traffic-tale-of-narcissicm-and-justice/606287 "2011-12-16T14:27:38Z")
On my way to work today, I got caught in an awful traffic jam caused by a fatal accident that closed the northbound lanes for several hours. I should have known better than to get on the freeway to begin with, noting tha… --- ## [Supporting an emotionally-needy parent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supporting-an-emotionally-needy-parent/496017)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supporting-an-emotionally-needy-parent/496017 "2011-12-16T11:00:30Z")
My mother and I have not spoken for the last two and a half years. This is actually the second time – we had another multiyear freeze before that. The reason? I hardly remember. Something about not accepting my wife and … --- ## [strep throat sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strep-throat-sucks/606391)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strep-throat-sucks/606391 "2011-12-16T07:38:01Z")
You might thing you’d just have a sore throat. But this is much worse than that. I have a headache that feels like my head is going to explode, I have the worst runny nose ever, and the inside of my sinuses burn like my … --- ## [New Year's Eve 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-eve-2011/606351)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-eve-2011/606351 "2011-12-16T04:52:13Z")
How many years have we done this together? “Let’s go 'round one more time”? I’ll be here beginning at 11:45 (ET) that night to help those interested bring in 2012, talk about our hopes for the new year, r… --- ## [I apparently speak English better than 90% of English speakers...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-apparently-speak-english-better-than-90-of-english-speakers/606059)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-apparently-speak-english-better-than-90-of-english-speakers/606059 "2011-12-16T02:55:48Z")
or so it says on this page regarding the following poem. I recorded myself reciting it, and I’m pretty sure I nailed it. (Except that I flub the first instance of the word “pronunciation” itself! Der.) It occurs to me t… --- ## [Happy victory day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-victory-day/606368)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-victory-day/606368 "2011-12-16T02:37:35Z")
We won! In Iraq! Hooray! I’m not sure what we won, but I’ll bet it was totally awesome! --- ## [Fat America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-america/605914)
**Author:** [@Bloodless\_Turnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bloodless_Turnip)\ **Replies:** 265\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-america/605914 "2011-12-16T01:22:22Z")
I spent the weekend at Disney World. Everywhere I looked I saw massively obese sausage-like people. Swollen ankles, lumpy thighs, triple chins. Huge overhanging bellies, sweaty puffy fat faces, waddling and electric s… --- ## [The "Sitting Naked In Class And Nobody Notices Dream"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sitting-naked-in-class-and-nobody-notices-dream/604249)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sitting-naked-in-class-and-nobody-notices-dream/604249 "2011-12-16T01:15:54Z")
Be honest, please. Have any of you had this one? I have it at least twice a year, in living color and everyone around me is fully dressed. I posted about this on my FB, hoping that someone else might come out of the “d… --- ## [Euphemisms for "very drunk"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-very-drunk/606092)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-very-drunk/606092 "2011-12-15T21:44:35Z")
Lately, I’ve been using “twisted” In the past, I’ve used: ripped demolished toasted destroyed f’d up wrecked Yours? --- ## [CERN to (maybe) announce the Higgs boson tomorrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cern-to-maybe-announce-the-higgs-boson-tomorrow/606002)
**Author:** [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cern-to-maybe-announce-the-higgs-boson-tomorrow/606002 "2011-12-15T20:53:40Z")
I didn’t see a thread so I’m posting this one. Story here and here and probably lots of other places. //checks calendar…nope, not March 31st. --- ## ["Ask about the Duane Reade Baby Club!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-about-the-duane-reade-baby-club/606213)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-about-the-duane-reade-baby-club/606213 "2011-12-15T19:46:29Z")
That’s what the announcement said in the Duane Reade–“I could totally use one of those,” I thought. So I asked, and was disappointed to find it is only some damn discount program. Misleading, is what \*I \*calls it. --- ## [Where did you send your Christmas cards this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-send-your-christmas-cards-this-year/606115)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-send-your-christmas-cards-this-year/606115 "2011-12-15T17:45:30Z")
I just finished mine. In just 11 cards I managed to hit a big part of the country. Jacksonville, FL (x2) York, PA Albany, NY Moline, IL Douglass, KS Santa Fe, NM Albuqueque, NM Rio Rancho, NM Flagstaff, AZ Kenm… --- ## [So what do you do if you're alone Christmas day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-do-if-youre-alone-christmas-day/605993)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-do-if-youre-alone-christmas-day/605993 "2011-12-15T15:33:53Z")
Due to scheduling, I’m evitably stuck at home alone on Christmas. I have my daughter the day before. The day after Christmas - Boxing Day to us - I pick her up and head off to my side of the family. But in between she… --- ## [Cat assists Yoga practice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-assists-yoga-practice/606285)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-assists-yoga-practice/606285 "2011-12-15T15:24:50Z")
Video. Cats is funny. :smiley: --- ## [Do you know the smell of fresh blood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-the-smell-of-fresh-blood/574155)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-the-smell-of-fresh-blood/574155 "2011-12-15T15:13:16Z")
I’m not going to go TMI on this, I’m just going to say that I have had reason in my life to come to know the smell of fresh blood. (not menstrual). It’s very distinctive, and it definitely has an iron component. Can you… --- ## [Am I being too harsh for thinking this way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-too-harsh-for-thinking-this-way/606177)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-too-harsh-for-thinking-this-way/606177 "2011-12-15T14:56:19Z")
A co-worker just hit me up for a donation. For Haiti, she said. See, her church is arranging to send a group to Haiti to help build houses or something like that, and her daughter wants to go. And each person who goes … --- ## [Just letting it out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-letting-it-out/606030)
**Author:** [@deadindays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deadindays)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-letting-it-out/606030 "2011-12-15T13:19:15Z")
I just want to get this off my chest. I got no one to talk to and I feel bad. My dog just broke his leg and his cries just broke my heart. Had his leg x-rayed and he’s resting at the pet hospital. I feel empty. I didn;t … --- ## [Liberal- Anyone know what's up with him ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-anyone-know-whats-up-with-him/606272)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-anyone-know-whats-up-with-him/606272 "2011-12-15T09:52:03Z")
Haven’t heard from him for quite a while though he’s still listed as a guest. --- ## [I Love Scottish Accents, but Voice-Activated Elevators Don't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-scottish-accents-but-voice-activated-elevators-dont/606236)
**Author:** [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-scottish-accents-but-voice-activated-elevators-dont/606236 "2011-12-15T03:10:59Z")
I realize this is a sketch but it’s still pretty funny. Although I wondered if there really was such a thing as voice activated elevators and wouldn’t they still have to have some sort of emergency release in cases of… --- ## [Stupidest advice ever given to you by a Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-advice-ever-given-to-you-by-a-doctor/605588)
**Author:** [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-advice-ever-given-to-you-by-a-doctor/605588 "2011-12-15T01:48:43Z")
When I was a teenager I had chronic insomnia. I have gone once without sleep for 5 straight days until hallucinating once. I still am an awful sleeper, but orders of magnitude better than back then. Anyways during sop… --- ## [Wanna know why? cuz F\*\*\* you that's why (triumphant so not pit worthy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-know-why-cuz-f-you-thats-why-triumphant-so-not-pit-worthy/606081)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-know-why-cuz-f-you-thats-why-triumphant-so-not-pit-worthy/606081 "2011-12-15T00:40:24Z")
So to get some context on this thread look at my OP for this thread Hey guy who stole my flashdrive: I finished my 30 page thesis review. I got all my sources back, did I say 30 pages? I actually wrote 32…why? Cuz fuc… --- ## [It's 100 years today since Amundsen reached the South Pole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-100-years-today-since-amundsen-reached-the-south-pole/606097)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-100-years-today-since-amundsen-reached-the-south-pole/606097 "2011-12-14T22:54:19Z")
Link He and his team made it to the Pole on 14 December 1911. I’m sure the celebrations there today will be enthusiastic. --- ## [Fake doctor kills man by injecting silicon into his penis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-doctor-kills-man-by-injecting-silicon-into-his-penis/606033)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-doctor-kills-man-by-injecting-silicon-into-his-penis/606033 "2011-12-14T22:40:08Z")
Story here. Does that look like a doctor to you? --- ## [How do you wrap gifts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wrap-gifts/605741)
**Author:** [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wrap-gifts/605741 "2011-12-14T21:32:18Z")
Because I. Can’t. Do. It. I really, really can’t. I try. I make a mess of it. I feel like I need two extra hands. I end up swearing and shouting and threatening the tape with violence (it doesn’t care - it’s usuall… --- ## [Questions the Internet doesn't have answers for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-the-internet-doesnt-have-answers-for/606198)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-the-internet-doesnt-have-answers-for/606198 "2011-12-14T20:41:55Z")
Does this smell funny? If I die first, would you marry again? --- ## [When someone actually messes with the RIGHT person...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-actually-messes-with-the-right-person/606183)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-actually-messes-with-the-right-person/606183 "2011-12-14T20:24:04Z")
In the opposite vein as the thread about “fucking with the wrong person”, have you ever experienced fucking with the RIGHT person? Here’s my example: I was at a concert in a different city with my friend and I was wear… --- ## [Suck on This, Hoaxers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-on-this-hoaxers/605974)
**Author:** [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-on-this-hoaxers/605974 "2011-12-14T19:39:40Z")
Thought y’all might like this. It’s in this month’s issue of Caltech’s Engineering & Science. The Moon and Footprints [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1196) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1198)