# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1198 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1199 --- ## [Do you have an awesome shower? Share!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-awesome-shower-share/605762)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-awesome-shower-share/605762 "2011-12-14T19:14:40Z")
I once went to a spa that had this amazing shower… words can’t do it justice, but it had water spouts all over the place in different (adjustable) configurations so that essentially, you were always enveloped in warm wat… --- ## [Now this is a hostile takeover (very weird news story)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-hostile-takeover-very-weird-news-story/606169)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-hostile-takeover-very-weird-news-story/606169 "2011-12-14T18:03:44Z")
http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/12/14/42229.htm I can’t quote more than 4 paragraphs but you really should read the whole thing. They cut “Marriott” labels out of towels and put stickers with the new name over the b… --- ## ["Heir-apparent's hair's apparent in North Korea capital"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heir-apparents-hairs-apparent-in-north-korea-capital/606197)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heir-apparents-hairs-apparent-in-north-korea-capital/606197 "2011-12-14T17:35:50Z")
A rather mundane news article, but that headline was way too good to pass up. I don’t have much else to add - just thought some people here would appreciate it. Kudos Reuters - you still got it! --- ## [I just want to talk about my upcoming wedding.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-talk-about-my-upcoming-wedding/588037)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-talk-about-my-upcoming-wedding/588037 "2011-12-14T17:15:31Z")
Hi y’all, I’m mostly a lurker so you guys don’t know me. But I just want to talk about the awesome wedding that my husband-to-be and I are planning. (I hate the word “fiance”, it sounds pretentious, like when you’re a… --- ## [Please help me find these (rare milk jug and mug)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-these-rare-milk-jug-and-mug/606186)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-these-rare-milk-jug-and-mug/606186 "2011-12-14T16:46:28Z")
I have been trying to find these items for days, but the only shop that I have found does not ship to the US (dammit!), I have searched for hours for every possible combination of words. I checked Amazon, eBay, Etsy, etc… --- ## [Has Anyone Here Actually Visited the Burj Khalifa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-actually-visited-the-burj-khalifa/606015)
**Author:** [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-actually-visited-the-burj-khalifa/606015 "2011-12-14T16:25:23Z")
I was just looking at a picture of this building in Dubai. The picture seems fake, as the building is just so huge compared to the surroundings. To anyone who’s visited the building in real life, does it seem that wa… --- ## [I'm different now. Just saying.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-different-now-just-saying/602108)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-different-now-just-saying/602108 "2011-12-14T14:59:18Z")
This is sort of a very short open letter to the SDMB. I’ve been a member since the AOL days. Back then I was a brand new mom going through postpartum depression, and at the very beginning of an odyssey of psychiatric me… --- ## [Microsoft Office Home Use Program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-office-home-use-program/606140)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-office-home-use-program/606140 "2011-12-14T14:11:00Z")
I searched but didn’t find anything on this so… Microsoft Home Use Program allows you to buy MS Office for a steal if you already use it at work. It appears, upon casual inspection, that it applies to fairly large corpo… --- ## [Anyone want to help with decor for the deli?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-help-with-decor-for-the-deli/605947)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-help-with-decor-for-the-deli/605947 "2011-12-14T14:01:45Z")
Hey everyone. We’re getting ready to start the redecorating on the deli and would love some input. We want to be very modern and very minimalist. Money is an issue. We have tables and chairs that can be painted. They… --- ## [Business Ideas Certain to Fail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-ideas-certain-to-fail/605802)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-ideas-certain-to-fail/605802 "2011-12-14T11:45:19Z")
The Goal: List as many business ideas you can think of that would be certain to fail. Think of a name and a short description or catchphrase! Skydiving with Dolphins - When swimming with dolphins has lost its excitement… --- ## [Is this woman forreal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-forreal/605922)
**Author:** [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-forreal/605922 "2011-12-14T11:42:01Z")
Can someone please explain to me what a cat is going to do with $13 mil?:confused: --- ## [Really Obama? You asked for it back?! (Bwahaha..)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-obama-you-asked-for-it-back-bwahaha/606043)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-obama-you-asked-for-it-back-bwahaha/606043 "2011-12-14T06:54:09Z")
What a fucking news day. First, I see Newt takes his fourth pledge. Now, This. Seriously, WTF? Obama actually asked Iran if we could have our downed drone back. :smack: --- ## [My Relative's Book!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-relatives-book/606138)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-relatives-book/606138 "2011-12-14T06:52:04Z")
No, this is NOT an advertisement … but I found a distant relative’s old book on Azzzzzzzzzzzzzz … you get it. My great-grandparents (mother’s side) were missionaries in western China from the 1880’s through the mid 1930… --- ## [Ask the guy who grew up Gothard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-grew-up-gothard/605803)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-grew-up-gothard/605803 "2011-12-14T04:39:45Z")
As requested in this thread, I am starting this to answer any questions about my life as a kid as it relates to homeschooling, growing up on the far right and Gothard. I went to a private christian school for K and 1st … --- ## [Interesting story re rescue of deer swimming in open water (with pics)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-story-re-rescue-of-deer-swimming-in-open-water-with-pics/606126)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-story-re-rescue-of-deer-swimming-in-open-water-with-pics/606126 "2011-12-14T04:15:39Z")
Story here --- ## [What's the furthest you've ever driven with your parking brake on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-youve-ever-driven-with-your-parking-brake-on/605842)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-youve-ever-driven-with-your-parking-brake-on/605842 "2011-12-14T03:52:05Z")
I drove around the local mall for 30 minutes, never noticing the light on my dash or the draggy “your brake is on” feeling. I usually don’t set the parking brake because I drive an automatic but I was in Pittsburgh and i… --- ## [MEPS: I need a NEUTRAL third Party...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meps-i-need-a-neutral-third-party/606026)
**Author:** [@MarioFan87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarioFan87)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meps-i-need-a-neutral-third-party/606026 "2011-12-14T03:50:15Z")
Let me start this by saying that my Current Nat. Guard recruiter NOT ONCE told me to lie. She kept saying she was not telling me how to answer. My recruiter kept did not coach, cajole, or pressure me to give certain an… --- ## [Most Shaggable Female Politician.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shaggable-female-politician/605714)
**Author:** [@studmuffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/studmuffin)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shaggable-female-politician/605714 "2011-12-14T02:57:04Z")
You know you want dirteeeee things done to you by a nakkit Sarah Palin doncha ? Or Jenny Granholm, or Condoleeza and Miss Bachman, maybe Aussie Prime MILF Julia Gillard ? Anyone who mentions Golda Mier or Angela Me… --- ## [New MIT camera makes slow motion movies of light](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mit-camera-makes-slow-motion-movies-of-light/606111)
**Author:** [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mit-camera-makes-slow-motion-movies-of-light/606111 "2011-12-14T02:47:02Z")
You read that right. The camera, which captures trillions of frames per second, can track the motion of light across a scene in human-comprehensible time. You can read all about it here, and see a video here. --- ## [Happy Commonwealth Day ! (a/k/a throwing off the bonds of Empire in a polite, legalistic way)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-commonwealth-day-a-k-a-throwing-off-the-bonds-of-empire-in-a-polite-legalistic-way/606031)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-commonwealth-day-a-k-a-throwing-off-the-bonds-of-empire-in-a-polite-legalistic-way/606031 "2011-12-14T02:10:19Z")
The Statute of Westminster, 1931, is 80 years old this week!\* It marked the formal, legal acknowledgement by Britain of the independence and equal status of the then-Dominions (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Irish Free… --- ## [Sometimes it IS your child.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-your-child/606054)
**Author:** [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-your-child/606054 "2011-12-14T00:12:10Z")
Lancia started a thread asking for advice on how to deal with perceived issues between her child and his school. Lancia might have a valid complaint although she hasn’t met with her son’s teacher yet to get the teacher… --- ## [Gun and grenade attack in Belgian downtown area](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-and-grenade-attack-in-belgian-downtown-area/606034)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-and-grenade-attack-in-belgian-downtown-area/606034 "2011-12-13T23:32:31Z")
Some number of men armed with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a crowd of ordinary people in the downtown central square of Liege, Belgium. Early reports say two killed and 64 wounded. The news is still understa… --- ## [The (North Korean) War on Xmas. Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-north-korean-war-on-xmas-newslink/606087)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-north-korean-war-on-xmas-newslink/606087 "2011-12-13T23:16:41Z")
Kim swears to \[del\]shoot down Santa Claus\[/del\] blow up a huge-@ss Xmas tree! --- ## [Great regulation there, Durbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-regulation-there-durbin/605485)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-regulation-there-durbin/605485 "2011-12-13T22:18:31Z")
A new law that was supposed to reduce costs for merchants that accept debit cards has instead sent Mr. Scherr’s monthly processing bills much higher and forced him to reassess the way he does business. “My choice is t… --- ## [A rash of tuba thefts at Southland high schools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rash-of-tuba-thefts-at-southland-high-schools/605937)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rash-of-tuba-thefts-at-southland-high-schools/605937 "2011-12-13T21:58:12Z")
Los Angeles is losing its tubas to the black market. Seems to me that some evil villian has a large tuba-based weapon planned to take over world, or maybe a small part of Kenosha, WI. I’m thinking of a certain Diva… --- ## [Are all chicken farmers twisted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-chicken-farmers-twisted/605964)
**Author:** [@Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dennis_Arthur_PERRETT)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-chicken-farmers-twisted/605964 "2011-12-13T21:31:05Z")
Recently I was employed on a chicken farm and like most jobs I have done through out life it was smelly and dirty hands on stuff. However, being a somewhat compassionate person and never really worked on a farm with anim… --- ## [Learn to read, with Mrs. Phipps and Snoothy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-to-read-with-mrs-phipps-and-snoothy/606080)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-to-read-with-mrs-phipps-and-snoothy/606080 "2011-12-13T21:11:22Z")
I about died laughing when I first saw this, and it just gets funnier and funnier the more I see it. CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE GET THIS WOMAN A MARKER THAT WON’T MISBEHAVE? I feel so sorry for the kids who grew up watching t… --- ## [A Tale of a Papillon and My Underwear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tale-of-a-papillon-and-my-underwear/605382)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tale-of-a-papillon-and-my-underwear/605382 "2011-12-13T21:07:15Z")
This is a tale of a Papillon and a large pair of bright magenta panties. I was in the shower and opened the door to wipe my face; as usual, my 3 small dogs- Papillons Cricket & Bunny and Rat Terrier Sammy were all gathe… --- ## [Anybody else pop their knuckles ... in their toes?!?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507)
**Author:** [@YellowTail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowTail)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507 "2011-12-13T20:37:17Z")
I’ve done it ever since I can remember. And I don’t pop the knuckles in my fingers. Am I too weird to be allowed to breed or do a lot of people do this? --- ## [What have you dropped recently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-dropped-recently/605423)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-dropped-recently/605423 "2011-12-13T20:08:17Z")
I just dropped the orange juice cap. :smack: Mr butterfingers… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1197) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1199)