# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1206 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1207 --- ## [Mistaken case of irony... share your ironic stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250)
**Author:** [@Deathstatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deathstatic)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250 "2011-11-29T16:13:37Z")
Last night I was playing hangman with a couple of terribly bored girls and I used the phrase “Woodchucks can chuck wood,” which is apparently a really hard phrase to figure out when playing hangman. Later in the night, … --- ## [Famous Firsts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-firsts/604420)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-firsts/604420 "2011-11-29T14:31:57Z")
Most people think radio was invented in the 1920s so people could listen to racy jazz without scaring the neighbors. Not true! The first radios were around in Classical Antiquity, and consisted of nothing more than peopl… --- ## [I should get a giraffe...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-get-a-giraffe/604177)
**Author:** [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2011, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-get-a-giraffe/604177 "2011-11-29T11:28:50Z")
I have been periodically drifting in and out of the house today to inspect the large quantity of dead leaves covering our yard. This is our first autumn in this house, and I admit that I failed to realize the sheer volu… --- ## [Rock-N-Roll Pumkhin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-pumkhin/604340)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2011, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-pumkhin/604340 "2011-11-29T05:00:59Z")
Rock-N-Roll Pumkhin --- ## [Is electronics repair dead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-electronics-repair-dead/604059)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-electronics-repair-dead/604059 "2011-11-29T01:45:35Z")
Of course, I know the answer is “yes,” and I’m just late to the party. I had a stereo from the mid-80s that, around 6 years ago, stopped working. I’ve been carrying it around since then, waiting to get it fixed, not qu… --- ## [Open Office Experts! Please help me preserve hyperlinks in a database report](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-office-experts-please-help-me-preserve-hyperlinks-in-a-database-report/603922)
**Author:** [@Clothilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothilde)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-office-experts-please-help-me-preserve-hyperlinks-in-a-database-report/603922 "2011-11-29T00:44:01Z")
If this is in the wrong forum, then please accept my apologies. I’ve got an Open Office issue I can’t seem to resolve and hope y’all can help me with. I am working with a spreadsheet I created that has many, many field… --- ## [I invented an app that already existed today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-invented-an-app-that-already-existed-today/604321)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-invented-an-app-that-already-existed-today/604321 "2011-11-28T19:09:51Z")
Another “million dollar idea”… I thought of a business card app where you would photograph physical business cards (then throw the damn things away) which the app scans and recognizes text and saves the image and keywor… --- ## [How Does One Go About Getting A Gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-go-about-getting-a-gay/592426)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-go-about-getting-a-gay/592426 "2011-11-28T17:11:57Z")
So, I’ve decided that I need a gay. A nice, close, friendly, supportive relationship with a man that likes to go shopping, out dancing, dishing, and generally having a good time, with no sexual tension or awkwardness wh… --- ## [Wikipedia seeking donations again. Here's the most compelling argument to give I've seen so far](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-seeking-donations-again-heres-the-most-compelling-argument-to-give-ive-seen-so-far/603957)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-seeking-donations-again-heres-the-most-compelling-argument-to-give-ive-seen-so-far/603957 "2011-11-28T16:53:13Z")
Yes it is! Now cough it up you little shits! --- ## [Playing Piano for Blind Elephants atop a Mountain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-piano-for-blind-elephants-atop-a-mountain/604307)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-piano-for-blind-elephants-atop-a-mountain/604307 "2011-11-28T13:17:00Z")
Story here. Paul Barton hauled a piano up a mountain in our Kanchanaburi province – to the west of Bangkok on the Burmese border and site of the real River Kwai as in The Bridge over – and played Beethoven for a group of… --- ## [A Happy Thanksgiving MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-happy-thanksgiving-mmp/603607)
**Author:** [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-happy-thanksgiving-mmp/603607 "2011-11-28T11:22:57Z")
(I know it’s early, but I’m off to bed soon and have a pretty busy morning, so here we go!) Menu: Maple and herb turkey herb and leek dressing marbleized root vegetable puree cider-glazed sweet potatoes and dried cr… --- ## [I haven't been in a mall for more then 20 years.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-been-in-a-mall-for-more-then-20-years/604183)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-been-in-a-mall-for-more-then-20-years/604183 "2011-11-28T08:53:04Z")
I am middle aged and live in suburbia USA. I dislike malls and my wife loves them. She shops and I do other things. How long since you were in a mall? --- ## [Can you identify this bird?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-bird/604263)
**Author:** [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-bird/604263 "2011-11-28T08:15:02Z")
Here are 3 pics from a friend’s back yard. The bird on the twig on the far left is a sparrow and the one we’re not sure of is the one flying away from the camera. Mystery Bird --- ## [Getting old is teh suxxorz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-old-is-teh-suxxorz/604162)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-old-is-teh-suxxorz/604162 "2011-11-28T02:03:15Z")
After much delay, the middle bedroom finally has a new floor. I’d put Ikea wood veneer flooring in the little bedroom a few years ago with good results. This time I used their higher-grade flooring. If you’re not fami… --- ## [Huh, I joined here 3 years ago today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-i-joined-here-3-years-ago-today/604300)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-i-joined-here-3-years-ago-today/604300 "2011-11-28T01:56:00Z")
Wow, time flies. Hey wait, this was Thanksgiving?! Well, anyway, I was a bit surprised when I noticed it. --- ## [Now let's see . . . dang it, what did I come in here for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-lets-see-dang-it-what-did-i-come-in-here-for/603838)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-lets-see-dang-it-what-did-i-come-in-here-for/603838 "2011-11-28T00:51:19Z")
Walking through doorways causes forgetting, new research shows. I knew it! Now where are my glasses? --- ## [Ever Happen To You: Someone Stumbles Onto One Of Your Raunchier Posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-happen-to-you-someone-stumbles-onto-one-of-your-raunchier-posts/604239)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-happen-to-you-someone-stumbles-onto-one-of-your-raunchier-posts/604239 "2011-11-27T23:40:55Z")
Yep, happened to me this week, and it was one of D’s friends who saw it (no, I don’t know which of the many it was!:D), and she told her, "Gosh, I never knew Bill was the kind of person to use those kinds of words!!!:eek… --- ## [Plane crash in Arizona](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crash-in-arizona/603993)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crash-in-arizona/603993 "2011-11-27T22:59:14Z")
‘Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect.’ – R. E. G. Davis 6 dead after plane slams into Arizona… --- ## [A True WTF Moment I Have to Share](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-true-wtf-moment-i-have-to-share/603135)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-true-wtf-moment-i-have-to-share/603135 "2011-11-27T22:23:41Z")
A classic case of a customer service rep NOT LISTENING to the words coming out of your mouth. I was just placing an order from a catalog that comes in my dad’s name over the phone. She asked for the customer # on the ba… --- ## [America in the 1970s: a photolog-- Pretty Amazing Pictures!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-in-the-1970s-a-photolog-pretty-amazing-pictures/604184)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-in-the-1970s-a-photolog-pretty-amazing-pictures/604184 "2011-11-27T20:01:20Z")
Commissioned by a then fledgling EPA in the early 1970s, over a 100 photographers went out to document America, both its environment and its people. Here are some of the pictures. I thought many of these were amazing a… --- ## [Share your best personally experienced coincidences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-best-personally-experienced-coincidences/603375)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-best-personally-experienced-coincidences/603375 "2011-11-27T15:23:00Z")
My best was the time that my ex-husband and I were trying to see if our new phone number spelled anything interesting. It didn’t. So we decided to think of words that would make a cool phone number. I picked two words th… --- ## [Hey, did you know...Oh, you've heard that 1,000,000 times?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625 "2011-11-27T14:41:30Z")
There are plenty of pieces of information that I hear told over and over again, and each time the person saying it apparently seems to think that what they’re saying isn’t well known. For example, one I hear all the tim… --- ## [Anyone recall this classified ad from the Times?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729 "2011-11-27T14:05:39Z")
OK. This going to be convoluted. In this thread about truly great threads, \*\*Zeldar \*\*posted a reply about Thread titles that will have 0 replies and 0 views, in which \*\*Wargamer \*\*suggested this:’ Anyone recall this cl… --- ## [Holiday Death Wish--Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-death-wish-newslink/604231)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-death-wish-newslink/604231 "2011-11-27T13:33:39Z")
Kamikaze Turkey. http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/\_news/2011/11/24/9005261-wild-turkey-crashes-into-restaurant-on-thanksgiving How utterly appropriate. Slideshow in article. Next year, the Turkeys start wearing explosive… --- ## [Pssst: All the Americans are away eating turkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968 "2011-11-27T05:51:41Z")
Now’s our chance to take over the SDMB. Where do we begin? --- ## [Annual Black Friday Score Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-black-friday-score-thread/604046)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-black-friday-score-thread/604046 "2011-11-27T04:37:44Z")
For many years I swore I’d never battle my way through the Black Friday crowds; then I found a nearby shopping center with an Office Max and a Cost Plus World Market had some attractive deals but no crowds at all (odd si… --- ## [Horky cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horky-cat/604173)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horky-cat/604173 "2011-11-27T03:07:35Z")
The cat came out and immediately started making a ‘macking’ noise. I checked to see if he was OK, and it looked like he was playing with a ribbon. See, I’d had a sweater cleaned and the put a 1/4" ribbon about 2-1/2 fe… --- ## [Bacon; Suspicions confirmed!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-suspicions-confirmed/604005)
**Author:** [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-suspicions-confirmed/604005 "2011-11-27T02:44:08Z")
I just performed an experiment while frying up a pound of bacon. My normal geekishness took over, and I decided to weigh the bacon after it was fried. Not blackened, but nicely crisp. It turned out that the original 1… --- ## [How Hrad is it to Get A Mfg. To Re-Introduce an Old Product?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hrad-is-it-to-get-a-mfg-to-re-introduce-an-old-product/603551)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hrad-is-it-to-get-a-mfg-to-re-introduce-an-old-product/603551 "2011-11-27T00:54:25Z")
My old time favorite place (the Vermont Country Store) has re-introduced Jade East mens cologne! This hasn’t been made in years-I loved it (it wasn’t an expensive brand, and it wasn’t a cloying scent. Jade East hasn’t … --- ## [Greatest prank ever (area 51)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-prank-ever-area-51/542339)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-prank-ever-area-51/542339 "2011-11-26T21:53:05Z")
A few months back the people who used to be employed at area 51 were cleared to talk about it by the government. They couldn’t discuss everything, there were still actual valuable military secrets to be kept, but in gene… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1205) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1207)