# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1227 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1228 --- ## [Marketing Campaign of the Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marketing-campaign-of-the-day/599469)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marketing-campaign-of-the-day/599469 "2011-10-12T22:42:05Z")
http://youtu.be/wBujoJpDxo0 - 1:31 Got and other weird ads to share? --- ## [Topeka decriminalizes domestic violence.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topeka-decriminalizes-domestic-violence/599409)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topeka-decriminalizes-domestic-violence/599409 "2011-10-12T22:25:48Z")
Two articles about this One, Two Long story short, Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor is getting a 10% budget cut. To deal with it, he’s laying off staff, and decided to not prosecute domestic violence cases … --- ## [Tell us about a time you felt like an idiot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-a-time-you-felt-like-an-idiot/598888)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-a-time-you-felt-like-an-idiot/598888 "2011-10-12T21:40:07Z")
I’ve done the “admit your ignorance” thread before, but now I want some anecdotes of moment in your life where your “dumbness” on a topic was exposed. Yesterday, I had a physical. No big deal, just a routine annual thin… --- ## [Geek ABC's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geek-abcs/599002)
**Author:** [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geek-abcs/599002 "2011-10-12T21:13:42Z")
I need help with a craft project I am working on. I am making my kids a “geek alphabet” book. It will be made of felt, kind of like this one. I am stuck on the letter k. Here is what I have so far: A- Atom B- Batman … --- ## [Horror Movie Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-dreams/599304)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-dreams/599304 "2011-10-12T20:20:29Z")
Last night, I dreamed about a story where a woman’s severed head floated and wept incessantly, and kept the Golden Gate Bridge soaked in blood. Not anyone’s blood in specific, just blood. This kept it preserved and preve… --- ## [Ask the guy recovering from a vasectomy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-recovering-from-a-vasectomy/599057)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-recovering-from-a-vasectomy/599057 "2011-10-12T19:03:05Z")
I’m lying in bed, approximately 36 hours after the completion of my snipping, with a bag of frozen peas and carrots resting comfortably on my crotch. Naturally, such an occasion made me think of the Dope, and so I offer … --- ## [The world's most awesome flea market!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-most-awesome-flea-market/599441)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-most-awesome-flea-market/599441 "2011-10-12T18:40:36Z")
Outside Louisville, Kentucky, right off the interstate. My wife and I were killing time after a wedding we attended, and we decided to stop by, y’know, to take in the awesomeness. It was a cavernously gigantic building… --- ## [I got accused of being a spammer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-accused-of-being-a-spammer/599425)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-accused-of-being-a-spammer/599425 "2011-10-12T18:38:08Z")
I’m on Ok Cupid to meet new people. I’m NOT looking for a relationship but trying to make some new friends in my area. I’ve gotten tired of composing long messages about why I feel I have a lot in common with the person … --- ## [Classic One-Liners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-one-liners/598533)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-one-liners/598533 "2011-10-12T16:01:43Z")
Finish the line started in the previous post, then start a new one. “Take my wife…” --- ## [I got KORG'd!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-korgd/599413)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-korgd/599413 "2011-10-12T15:05:02Z")
Yesterday was my birthday\* !!! My wonderful darling sweetie newbie husband of a spouse gave me a Korg combo tuner/metronome thingy so I can tune up and keep rhythm on my Appalachian dulcimer :smiley: We did the Angler’… --- ## [UK Dopers: What happened to Bedsits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-what-happened-to-bedsits/599343)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-what-happened-to-bedsits/599343 "2011-10-12T14:28:42Z")
Bedsits in my opinion are great, you get your own kitchen area, whilst sharing the bathroom facilities, you’re basically left alone enough not to be hassling people if you were sharing a house and renting a room, but I’v… --- ## [How would you talk down a suicidal jumper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-talk-down-a-suicidal-jumper/599313)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-talk-down-a-suicidal-jumper/599313 "2011-10-12T13:58:44Z")
It’s a quiet afternoon, you’re driving to the ‘best looking Doper award’ along a lonely street. Something catches your eye, a scruffy looking middle-aged male climbing up an electricity pylon. He’s obviously not a workma… --- ## [Why did a t-shirt become just a "tee"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-t-shirt-become-just-a-tee/599301)
**Author:** [@LaurenIpsum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LaurenIpsum)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-t-shirt-become-just-a-tee/599301 "2011-10-12T13:02:13Z")
This is sort of a spin-off of the thread on most hated idioms. I do a lot of my clothing shopping online, because the stores at the mall almost never have my size or preferred color in stock (and I’m not an unusual size… --- ## [Threads you talked yourself out of starting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-talked-yourself-out-of-starting/599108)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-talked-yourself-out-of-starting/599108 "2011-10-12T12:29:20Z")
Good Afternoon/Evening/Morning all. This is not my first thread today, but I’m bored, the husband is watching racing instead of football. So I find myself pondering ideas for a thread and tossing them aside, which lead… --- ## [Bill Oreily show (10-11-2011)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreily-show-10-11-2011/599374)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreily-show-10-11-2011/599374 "2011-10-12T10:43:30Z")
Has anyone seen tonight’s show? I just got a call from a person I was in rehab with. I fear the person has fallen from the wagon and I’m going to try to help. Anyway, this person was carrying on something awful about som… --- ## [Madame or mademoiselle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-or-mademoiselle/599183)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-or-mademoiselle/599183 "2011-10-12T10:40:40Z")
How do an older, unmarried woman and a younger, married woman address each other? Are they both “madame”? Which one had higher status (in the old days, I mean)? --- ## [Wiki vs. Wikipedia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-vs-wikipedia/599310)
**Author:** [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-vs-wikipedia/599310 "2011-10-12T08:02:20Z")
I often hear/see people abbreviating “Wikipedia” to “wiki”. Do people not realize that these two terms have different meanings? Or do they realize and not care? I’ve always thought that “WP” is the most logical abbreviat… --- ## [You could, dare I say it, "Take over the world".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-could-dare-i-say-it-take-over-the-world/599240)
**Author:** [@ruh-roh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruh-roh)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-could-dare-i-say-it-take-over-the-world/599240 "2011-10-12T07:43:19Z")
Theoretically, four items are for sale on eBay. At the Buy It Now price you can only afford to purchase one. Support equipment not included, just the base device. Not the movie prop, the real thing. Which one do you buy… --- ## [Geological time and a NEW geologic process](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geological-time-and-a-new-geologic-process/599369)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geological-time-and-a-new-geologic-process/599369 "2011-10-12T05:35:37Z")
Over a few million years apparently you get shaken by an earthquake many hours in the Attacam desert. Pretty cool story. Safe for work link. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44862961/ns/technology\_and\_science-science/t/rocki… --- ## [I think I'm chatting with a spammer. I am so embarrassed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-chatting-with-a-spammer-i-am-so-embarrassed/596963)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-chatting-with-a-spammer-i-am-so-embarrassed/596963 "2011-10-12T02:50:30Z")
This facebook ‘person’ who kept popping up in chat. I enabled her because I thought that she was another Esperanto person. Nope. French only. Improbably-gorgeous picture. Starts out with ‘tu’ instead of ‘vous’, and comes… --- ## [Believers and sneezes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believers-and-sneezes/598935)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believers-and-sneezes/598935 "2011-10-12T01:37:28Z")
I have seen on these boards several times asking atheists what we think when we sneeze and someone says “God bless you”. I haven’t seen and wasn’t able to find any posts on what believers think when they say “God bless … --- ## [Kind of amusing - "The World According to Americans"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kind-of-amusing-the-world-according-to-americans/599357)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kind-of-amusing-the-world-according-to-americans/599357 "2011-10-12T01:26:28Z")
The World According to Americans Also check out "View of the World from 9th Avenue.” in the link. --- ## [My neighbor died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-died/599330)
**Author:** [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-died/599330 "2011-10-12T01:13:26Z")
She was in her mid- to late-eighties. Had had several falls. The last one, she broke a thigh bone. Had surgery, died of cardiac arrest last Friday while in the recovery facility. This sequence of events is actually quite… --- ## [Unleash the Kraken](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unleash-the-kraken/599354)
**Author:** [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unleash-the-kraken/599354 "2011-10-12T00:35:25Z")
…and hide your ichthyosaurs: http://www.geosociety.org/news/pr/11-65.htm OK, so the title–“Giant Kraken Lair Discovered”–oversells it a bit. Well, maybe a lot, given that the evidence is entirely circumstantial. It’s st… --- ## [Forum Rules for MPSIMS - Please Read Before Posting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-rules-for-mpsims-please-read-before-posting/438786)
**Author:** [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-rules-for-mpsims-please-read-before-posting/438786 "2011-10-12T00:20:05Z")
Welcome to Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS). As the description reads on the main page, this is the forum for discussions ranging from frivolous chatter to deep thoughts; from harmless diversions t… --- ## [Real Life Meetings of Members](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-meetings-of-members/438853)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-meetings-of-members/438853 "2011-10-12T00:17:58Z")
The Chicago Reader, Inc., and its agents, including the administrators and moderators of the Straight Dope Message Board, are in no way responsible for anything associated with any real life meeting of our members. While… --- ## [Tell me stories about breaking into your own place that ended poorly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-stories-about-breaking-into-your-own-place-that-ended-poorly/599252)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-stories-about-breaking-into-your-own-place-that-ended-poorly/599252 "2011-10-11T23:32:27Z")
We’ve all been there. You’ve locked yourself out of your home. You left your keys at the office, or locked the door behind you but left your keys on the coffee table, or haplessly found your way into some other set of c… --- ## [My name is JohnT and I'm... I'm... I'm a Groupon junkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-johnt-and-im-im-im-a-groupon-junkie/597322)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-johnt-and-im-im-im-a-groupon-junkie/597322 "2011-10-11T22:34:53Z")
1/2 price Red Robin’s (hamburgers)? Where do I click!!! What, I can only buy one but “gift” two others? … Counts members of family, comes up with three… Yeah, I can do that. Buy 10 wings, get 15 free at local grub and p… --- ## [Found dog. Need answer quick.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-dog-need-answer-quick/599234)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-dog-need-answer-quick/599234 "2011-10-11T21:21:04Z")
I was out in the yard this afternoon and a dog wandered up. It is a medium sized cocker spaniel type dog, and is very friendly. Unfortunately I cannot keep him. I do have him in my backyard right now. I’m trying to d… --- ## [Yet another Nobody-Got-My-Witty-Line thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-nobody-got-my-witty-line-thread/598244)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-nobody-got-my-witty-line-thread/598244 "2011-10-11T21:10:39Z")
A co-worker was talking about going to dinner at his girlfriend’s house as a teenager and meeting her parents for the first time. The point of the story was how horrible the meat loaf was. He mentioned they also served m… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1226) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1228)