# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1222 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1223 --- ## [Yet another gay marriage thread: mine!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-gay-marriage-thread-mine/600205)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-gay-marriage-thread-mine/600205 "2011-10-24T20:38:47Z")
So as of yesterday I’m a married man, as is my husband. After ten years together in three countries, with all of the accompanying stress, job, and visa issues, I was convinced we’d never do this. Mr. Mallard felt, validl… --- ## [Wal-Mart RAP (from a worker's perspective)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-rap-from-a-workers-perspective/600668)
**Author:** [@TripMX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TripMX)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-rap-from-a-workers-perspective/600668 "2011-10-24T19:45:14Z")
It’s something I made in my spare time; please enjoy! =P --- ## [Stop the presses!! My bank did something sensible!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-presses-my-bank-did-something-sensible/600175)
**Author:** [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-presses-my-bank-did-something-sensible/600175 "2011-10-24T19:36:06Z")
Hard as it is to believe, my bank actually did something that wasn’t a pittable offense. It just sent me a Chip and PIN Visa card. Any euro-dopers are probably scratching their heads in bewilderment, but it’s a technolog… --- ## [Ever have an argument with your own brain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-an-argument-with-your-own-brain/600395)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-an-argument-with-your-own-brain/600395 "2011-10-24T18:24:41Z")
I’m not talking about mental illness or physical injury, just any everyday incidents where you realised you don’t have quite as much control over your own body as you thought you did. This came up in a discussion with a… --- ## [Hey MADs...dopefest in memorium of norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-mads-dopefest-in-memorium-of-norinew/594987)
**Author:** [@ThreadPirateRoberts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThreadPirateRoberts)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-mads-dopefest-in-memorium-of-norinew/594987 "2011-10-24T17:35:14Z")
I tried this already once but here goes one more time. My dad, sisters and I wanted to hold a memorial dopefest for my mother. We were thinking October 15th at our house in Woodstock, MD, near Catonsville. Past date and … --- ## [We have puppies! You need one, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-puppies-you-need-one-right/598720)
**Author:** [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-puppies-you-need-one-right/598720 "2011-10-24T17:24:41Z")
I am fostering a sweet Boxer-mix dog who was abandoned to live on the street and condemned to have litter after litter. Well, that’s gonna stop soon (when she gets spayed). Over the weekend, Belinda gave birth to seven … --- ## [Taste of Kiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taste-of-kiss/600562)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taste-of-kiss/600562 "2011-10-24T16:30:06Z")
I can always taste garlic… you can never point that out though coz it always turns into who tastes like garlic more all the time arguments. I’ve heard some say they find garlic smell sexy. Often serious kissing sessions … --- ## [How Unusual Is It That Most Top Nazis Had Seemingly-Uncommon Names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-unusual-is-it-that-most-top-nazis-had-seemingly-uncommon-names/600265)
**Author:** [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-unusual-is-it-that-most-top-nazis-had-seemingly-uncommon-names/600265 "2011-10-24T06:47:35Z")
There’s a thread or column or both somewhere about Hitler as a surname. Obviously anyone left with that name would be tempted to change it, but IIRC there were very few Hitlers among the substantial German-American popu… --- ## [Hunters, Ready for deer season?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunters-ready-for-deer-season/599623)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunters-ready-for-deer-season/599623 "2011-10-24T02:46:26Z")
It’s that time of year again, so here’s a deer hunting thread for those so inclined. Just curious about other hunters and your plans, changes for this year, etc. I realize the season’s already in full swing in many pla… --- ## [Las Vegas Zombie Walk Dopefest!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-zombie-walk-dopefest/600435)
**Author:** [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-zombie-walk-dopefest/600435 "2011-10-24T02:45:24Z")
Hey, any Las Vegas and environs Dopers out there? Who wants to do this…http://www.vegaszombiewalk.com/Vegas\_Zombie\_Walk/More\_Info.html next Saturday? I’m going, and doing Zombie Bride. Who wants to come out? --- ## [FNG's MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fngs-mmp/599873)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fngs-mmp/599873 "2011-10-23T23:22:26Z")
Let’s see how my first MMP works out… You may remember my previous posts regarding my myriad of vehicle problems my wife and I have been having as of late. To recap: on August 30th our 1986 Suburban cracked the block wh… --- ## [I Just Tried Some Of Dondra's Waterless Shampoo.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-tried-some-of-dondras-waterless-shampoo/600475)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-tried-some-of-dondras-waterless-shampoo/600475 "2011-10-23T22:29:58Z")
… and that stuff really works! However, I’ve only seen it in the hospital gift shop, and we bought three 2 oz bottles for her to use at home. Is it available anywhere else, like maybe beauty shop supply places? Thanks … --- ## [Earthquake in Turkey 10-23-11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-turkey-10-23-11/600537)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-turkey-10-23-11/600537 "2011-10-23T21:21:20Z")
Someone has already uploaded a video to You Tube http://youtu.be/9qWUTwerIfY --- ## [6 divers trapped when ship sinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-divers-trapped-when-ship-sinks/600416)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-divers-trapped-when-ship-sinks/600416 "2011-10-23T20:53:36Z")
Article. Six Indian divers who had been installing oil pipelines were trapped today after their support ship sank. They are in a decompression chamber, which has a 72-hour supply of oxygen \[sic\]. (Oxygen can become to… --- ## [Wikimedia Foundation's Pluralism, internationalism, and diversity policy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikimedia-foundations-pluralism-internationalism-and-diversity-policy/600566)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikimedia-foundations-pluralism-internationalism-and-diversity-policy/600566 "2011-10-23T20:29:26Z")
highlights from the article Archive:Pluralism, internationalism, and diversity policy - Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki Jimmy Wales’s salutary adherence to middle-classian cosmopolitanism, especially as shown by a… --- ## [What Happened to Haiti?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-haiti/600551)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-haiti/600551 "2011-10-23T20:13:18Z")
I just read that the committee (chaired by Bill Clinton) to oversee reconstruction is ready to wrap it up-and according to a RC priest I know (who goes to Haiti), nothing substantial has been done. The city (Port au Pri… --- ## [Would my pets eat me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-my-pets-eat-me/600296)
**Author:** [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-my-pets-eat-me/600296 "2011-10-23T16:01:35Z")
When I lived alone, I sometimes wondered if my pets would eat my earthly remains if I were to suddenly die? This was not really an idle thought as my family history is rife with strokes and heart attacks. Sure, I have … --- ## [I'm going up for a demo/discovery flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-up-for-a-demo-discovery-flight/600050)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-up-for-a-demo-discovery-flight/600050 "2011-10-23T14:51:53Z")
It probably would make more sense to have posted this after I’d done it, but I’m excited about it, so this will have to serve as a placeholder where I can babble for a little bit before I go up. It’s a little easier for … --- ## [A letter to a lost love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-letter-to-a-lost-love/600428)
**Author:** [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-letter-to-a-lost-love/600428 "2011-10-23T02:52:43Z")
This is a letter I sorta wrote to myself that I thought I would share. I guess I’m hoping for some sort of catharsis from posting it for public consumption. Pathetic though that may be. I don’t know if such a thing is… --- ## [What are these ridiculously easy tricks??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-ridiculously-easy-tricks/600056)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-ridiculously-easy-tricks/600056 "2011-10-22T21:26:57Z")
I’m sure you’ve all seen the ads on various sites - some housewife or college student has discovered a ridiculously easy trick that is bound to piss off your dermatologist or help you lose tons of belly fat or earn you a… --- ## [What's it like living in the Seattle area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-living-in-the-seattle-area/578623)
**Author:** [@Clockwork\_Jackal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_Jackal)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-living-in-the-seattle-area/578623 "2011-10-22T17:13:29Z")
So, as some of you may know from previous threads, my husband is a software architect with a technology company based in Germany. He works from home in Ottawa though. Recently, there’s been talk of another company buyi… --- ## [Pregnant woman refuses cancer treatment to save her baby.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-woman-refuses-cancer-treatment-to-save-her-baby/600139)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-woman-refuses-cancer-treatment-to-save-her-baby/600139 "2011-10-22T15:45:35Z")
She gave birth and died 3 days later. She did get to see and hold her newborn baby. Sad, but beautiful story of a Mom’s love for her baby. --- ## [Happy Trafalgar day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-trafalgar-day/600346)
**Author:** [@Corporal\_Nobbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporal_Nobbs)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-trafalgar-day/600346 "2011-10-22T12:53:33Z")
On this day in 1805 Admiral Lord Nelson defeated a combined French and Spanish fleet… Happy Trafalgar Day. “A willing foe, and sea room” --- ## [The Dry Spell is Over! YES YES YES!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dry-spell-is-over-yes-yes-yes/600225)
**Author:** [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2011, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dry-spell-is-over-yes-yes-yes/600225 "2011-10-22T08:40:02Z")
Ok, I know nobody really cares - but I must share this. After almost a year of waiting the dry spell is officially OVER! Yippee! I’m a happy camper! And I had the best Sushi tonight! I had SSS - Sushi. Sake and Sex!!! :D… --- ## [Here's Something You've Never Heard Me Ask Before](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-something-youve-never-heard-me-ask-before/600305)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2011, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-something-youve-never-heard-me-ask-before/600305 "2011-10-22T06:12:09Z")
How’re y’all doin’? :slight\_smile: Your pal Quasi --- ## [Parents whose kids are top-tier competitors \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-whose-kids-are-top-tier-competitors-edited-title/600221)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2011, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-whose-kids-are-top-tier-competitors-edited-title/600221 "2011-10-22T05:58:47Z")
Our own Snake Plissken has shared that his daughter is playing on the US National Volleyball team competing in the Pan Am games (way cool). His casual mention in response to how she got on the team was a bit abbreviated … --- ## [I Just Bought a Dryer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-dryer/600408)
**Author:** [@The\_Lovely\_Margo\_Lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Lovely_Margo_Lane)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-dryer/600408 "2011-10-22T04:36:18Z")
or, Unconventional Milestones So, I just took the first load of fluffy clothes out of my brand new dryer that was delivered a few hours ago. It’s a truly mundane story, but that’s why we’re here! Columbus Day weekend, m… --- ## [The Indiana Election Division reminds you that the styrofoam cube cannot speak.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-indiana-election-division-reminds-you-that-the-styrofoam-cube-cannot-speak/600326)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-indiana-election-division-reminds-you-that-the-styrofoam-cube-cannot-speak/600326 "2011-10-22T03:37:12Z")
The cube does, however, serve a bureaucratic purpose: Although the disposal process is remarkably painful, 8 out of 10 Indiana Election Division engineers believe that the Styrofoam cube is most likely incapable of fee… --- ## [Dragonfly wieners!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragonfly-wieners/600160)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragonfly-wieners/600160 "2011-10-22T00:41:05Z")
The NY Times science section yesterday had a \*fascinating \*article about dragonfly wangs: \*Look \*at those photos on page two! Makes you want to hang around dragonfly bars with a lotus blossom behind one ear. “The late… --- ## [Bizarre reasons you've called in "sick."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-reasons-youve-called-in-sick/599804)
**Author:** [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-reasons-youve-called-in-sick/599804 "2011-10-21T22:01:19Z")
When I was in high school I awoke and went downstairs to get my breakfast only to find a note at my place at the table from my mom: “Andy Warhol died.” I called and said I wouldn’t be in and went back to bed, devestated… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1221) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1223)