# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1199 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1200 --- ## [Cleverbot is a lousy bartender.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverbot-is-a-lousy-bartender/606039)
**Author:** [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleverbot-is-a-lousy-bartender/606039 "2011-12-13T19:29:34Z")
This is the most mundane and pointless thing I have ever been inclined to share with others, so I con’t think of a better place than here. Cleverbot: What would you like to drink? User: Vodka martini, shaken, not stirr… --- ## [I have mice! And the dogs think they are treats.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mice-and-the-dogs-think-they-are-treats/605858)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mice-and-the-dogs-think-they-are-treats/605858 "2011-12-13T16:50:51Z")
At this very moment, the Rottweiler and the terrier mix are circling the loveseat; I’m pretty sure there’s a mouse under there. Last night the terrier pounced and caught a mouse, killing it quickly. Then before I could r… --- ## [Muslim Cleric Warns: Cucumbers Too Sexy For Women!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-cleric-warns-cucumbers-too-sexy-for-women/605757)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-cleric-warns-cucumbers-too-sexy-for-women/605757 "2011-12-13T15:41:47Z")
Read the nonsense:Muslim Cleric's Warning: Cucumbers Too Sexy for Women | Fox News My first reaction: this must be a hoax. But, on second thought-this might be a good thing-it will make people question this style of Is… --- ## [Banned in Thailand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-in-thailand/398763)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-in-thailand/398763 "2011-12-13T14:22:38Z")
Don’t make fun of His Supreme Majesty in Thailand. It’s a serious offense, as the creator of this YouTube video learned when the goverment blocked all access to YouTube when they found out. Now if we could just do tha… --- ## [The Lunar Eclipse has Begun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lunar-eclipse-has-begun/605726)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lunar-eclipse-has-begun/605726 "2011-12-13T14:19:16Z")
It’s 10:00 pm and The Show has started. Awesome. --- ## [Neologisms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neologisms/605926)
**Author:** [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neologisms/605926 "2011-12-13T07:45:46Z")
Do you have any concepts, for which you think we are in need of a new word? I have 2, both musically related. Beta song: A mediocre track on a cd that is right after a really good song, and you therefore listen to way … --- ## [What was this guy doing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-guy-doing/605953)
**Author:** [@Jbone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jbone)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-guy-doing/605953 "2011-12-13T05:26:22Z")
On my travels to work the past couple of days I’ve noticed this guy walking along side of the highway. He’s wearing a reflective vest and he’s carrying a pole a little shorter than 2 meters tall with an oblonged-spheric… --- ## [Pics of Vivian the One-eyed Wondercat!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-vivian-the-one-eyed-wondercat/605853)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-vivian-the-one-eyed-wondercat/605853 "2011-12-13T04:07:43Z")
I’ve never done this, so let’s see if it works. Thank goodness my kids are more tech-savvy than I am, or I’d have to send out crayon drawings of Vivian and her adoptive sibling Six. http://www.flickr.com/photos/71921701… --- ## [Verizon sends out bogus Civil Emergency warning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verizon-sends-out-bogus-civil-emergency-warning/605980)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verizon-sends-out-bogus-civil-emergency-warning/605980 "2011-12-13T04:06:40Z")
Just a test, but Verizon’s ‘civil emergency’ text message spells fear, confusion around N.J. The article says “thousands of people” got the message. That must have been pretty freaky if you were with a bunch of people … --- ## [Hunters, how did it go this year? \[alt title: Collecting their mancards\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunters-how-did-it-go-this-year-alt-title-collecting-their-mancards/605494)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunters-how-did-it-go-this-year-alt-title-collecting-their-mancards/605494 "2011-12-13T02:27:20Z")
You wouldn’t believe what I found at my deer camp. A tame deer. It wandered around camp like an oversized dog, apparently unaware that all those people had come there for the express purpose of killing it and its frien… --- ## [I'm quitting smoking, who's with me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-quitting-smoking-whos-with-me/593036)
**Author:** [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-quitting-smoking-whos-with-me/593036 "2011-12-13T02:05:10Z")
So… I’ve been a “smoker” much of my adult life. I put the word in quotes because while some folks say ‘I can quit any time I want’, it really was true for me for the longest time. I could smoke a pack or two and then not… --- ## [Ask the Apprentice Cobbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-apprentice-cobbler/605646)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-apprentice-cobbler/605646 "2011-12-13T01:36:56Z")
I started a new job a few weeks back, actually, about two months ago now, at a shoe repair shop. It’s been quite educational. Although the sign says “shoe repair” we also work on purses, belts, luggage, jackets… anythi… --- ## [Christmas Bonuses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-bonuses/605582)
**Author:** [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-bonuses/605582 "2011-12-13T01:01:42Z")
So, Christmas bonuses. Do you get one? How is it calculated? Does it depend on your time with the company, or your productivity/sales/billable hours to the company? Do you know what others in your company get for their b… --- ## [Okay, this was weird. Maybe I better get a passport.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-this-was-weird-maybe-i-better-get-a-passport/605659)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-this-was-weird-maybe-i-better-get-a-passport/605659 "2011-12-13T00:44:05Z")
For the past several weeks, my wife and I have been listening to the Christmas music programming\* on the local version of the Wave, because they are marginally less likely than the local Clear Channel easy listening stat… --- ## [Are you having trouble with your brake rotors on your Dodge Ram?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-having-trouble-with-your-brake-rotors-on-your-dodge-ram/605041)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-having-trouble-with-your-brake-rotors-on-your-dodge-ram/605041 "2011-12-13T00:37:03Z")
Hello Everyone, I thought that I would post a PSA here and try to see if I could help a few of you fellow SD’s. My father has a big Dodge Ram pickup truck. He purchased it new a few years ago and loves it. Except that … --- ## [I love sleeping with my wife and spooning her. We've been married for multiple decades.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-sleeping-with-my-wife-and-spooning-her-weve-been-married-for-multiple-decades/605595)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-sleeping-with-my-wife-and-spooning-her-weve-been-married-for-multiple-decades/605595 "2011-12-12T23:43:56Z")
She is still very beautiful. I guess that’s when you realize that life can be good. No further message. --- ## [Ever Get Tired of Comprimising (for the men)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-tired-of-comprimising-for-the-men/605744)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-tired-of-comprimising-for-the-men/605744 "2011-12-12T22:58:24Z")
We have plans to go out with another couple this evening to celebrate my birthday. Being the more picky of the two, my wife typically has the final say on what restaurants we eat at, but I had the impression that for th… --- ## [Build it and they will STF out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-it-and-they-will-stf-out/605952)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-it-and-they-will-stf-out/605952 "2011-12-12T22:31:58Z")
Interesting idea. Build a whole town that nobody lives in so you can do all sorts of experiments that you otherwise couldnt do. Maybe Mytbusters can have a cannonball branch out there :slight\_smile: Looks to be one thos… --- ## [I burst into uncontrollable laughter in Target today...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-burst-into-uncontrollable-laughter-in-target-today/605068)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-burst-into-uncontrollable-laughter-in-target-today/605068 "2011-12-12T21:40:57Z")
My wife was looking for an inexpensive hand mixer for a present. We saw one in Target for $5.98 - it was a Chefmate 5-speed mixer. She asked me if I thought that $6 mixer could be decent quality, and I said I’d look up t… --- ## [I just had to say this...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-to-say-this/605921)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-to-say-this/605921 "2011-12-12T21:32:47Z")
So I was reading in ATMB and saw this post ATTN: Moderators! While the rest of his posting doesn’t make any more sense, I just had to say this: Is that Jesus Fried Chicken? --- ## [Blasphemy-The Board Game.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blasphemy-the-board-game/605897)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blasphemy-the-board-game/605897 "2011-12-12T20:54:35Z")
Who’s the better Savior? I thought I would share. --- ## [Woman escapes from shallow grave.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-escapes-from-shallow-grave/605311)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-escapes-from-shallow-grave/605311 "2011-12-12T16:46:31Z")
Talk about lucky and determined to live. This lady was tasered & taped up by her bf. Then buried in a cardboard box. :eek: She used her ring to cut the tape and then cleared away the dirt. Lucky for her the worthless … --- ## [Best Memes of 2011: Scumbag Steve and/or Advice Animals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-memes-of-2011-scumbag-steve-and-or-advice-animals/605557)
**Author:** [@LaraP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LaraP)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-memes-of-2011-scumbag-steve-and-or-advice-animals/605557 "2011-12-12T13:46:38Z")
Because I have tons of free time (ahem not really), I’m meme-happy today. So far, this is the most comprehensive list of the best memes of 2011 I’ve found (to date, I’m still looking - see: free time). I think I agree w/… --- ## [No topic, off-the-cuff MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-topic-off-the-cuff-mmp/605115)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 365\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-topic-off-the-cuff-mmp/605115 "2011-12-12T09:57:04Z")
Looks like no one wanted today. I’m up, so I’ll throw out the first pitch. It’s a foggy Monday, and my big chore for the day is hauling the garbage and recycling to the convenience center. And maybe knitting. Taz was… --- ## [Things you have, but not for their original use.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-have-but-not-for-their-original-use/605605)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-have-but-not-for-their-original-use/605605 "2011-12-12T09:44:34Z")
I have a very elaborate wicker baby carriage from the 1890s, with swans on the sides. But I don’t have a baby, so it’s in the front dining room window, filled with houseplants. I also have a 19th-century Singer sewing m… --- ## [The end of next day first class mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-next-day-first-class-mail/605263)
**Author:** [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-next-day-first-class-mail/605263 "2011-12-11T19:41:52Z")
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9RE82NG0.htm I’m pretty bummed about this. It means I won’t be able to turn Netflix movies over twice a week. I’ll have to think about dropping Netflix and use Redbox for a… --- ## [What's the weather like where you are? Does it feel like the holidays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weather-like-where-you-are-does-it-feel-like-the-holidays/605460)
**Author:** [@BTEzra04](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BTEzra04)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weather-like-where-you-are-does-it-feel-like-the-holidays/605460 "2011-12-11T15:33:16Z")
It’s been in the 60’s here. This cannot be December. Just curious to know if anyone else’s Christmas/holiday spirit has been affected by the weather lately. We had snow on the ground here December 3rd last year. It was … --- ## [Tell Me a Joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-a-joke/601067)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-a-joke/601067 "2011-12-11T14:39:48Z")
I need some new jokes. Offensive, inoffensive, political, religious, sexual, whatever, I don’t care. Give me some! I’ll start: Why doesn’t Buddha use e-mail? Because he doesn’t want any attachments! --- ## [Why Didn't Labor Unions Buy Out The Firms That Employed Them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-labor-unions-buy-out-the-firms-that-employed-them/605729)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-labor-unions-buy-out-the-firms-that-employed-them/605729 "2011-12-11T14:19:35Z")
I am puzzled by the actions of large, rich unions (like the UAW and Teamsters). In their glory years, these unions were huge-the dues that their members paid enabled the union bosses to live like kings and emperors- gu… --- ## [Quick, Worf, the Plant People are attacking! Use the Floral Disruptor!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-worf-the-plant-people-are-attacking-use-the-floral-disruptor/605705)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-worf-the-plant-people-are-attacking-use-the-floral-disruptor/605705 "2011-12-11T02:26:49Z")
I was looking through the 2012 Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) listings, and found a request for a Floral Disruptor: They seem to be looking for a Laser Weed Whacker, but I guess “Floral… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1198) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1200)