# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1235 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1236 --- ## ['inbox' as a verb. When did this start? And how prevalent is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inbox-as-a-verb-when-did-this-start-and-how-prevalent-is-it/560492)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inbox-as-a-verb-when-did-this-start-and-how-prevalent-is-it/560492 "2011-09-25T15:12:24Z")
I’ve noticed my niece do this on facebook. “Someone inbox me” which I assume to mean “Someone initiate a facebook message conversation with me” To my 31 year old mind an inbox is well established as being a folder in … --- ## [Anyone else been surveyed by Ipsos Mendelsohn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272 "2011-09-25T08:23:52Z")
Just got a letter from them, saying I’ll be getting a survey about my “personal interests” soon because I’ve “been selected to represent the opinions, interests, and behavior of men and women in \[my\] area.” And they’ll … --- ## [Free steaks at Outback](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-steaks-at-outback/593996)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-steaks-at-outback/593996 "2011-09-25T03:37:05Z")
Outback steakhouse is giving away 1,000,000 free steak dinners tonight. I got mine! Server load is extremely heavy, but you can get through with enough tries. Took me about 10 minutes. If it “crashes” on you after you… --- ## [The guy in front of me at airport security this morning had an AK47 in his carry on.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guy-in-front-of-me-at-airport-security-this-morning-had-an-ak47-in-his-carry-on/596895)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guy-in-front-of-me-at-airport-security-this-morning-had-an-ak47-in-his-carry-on/596895 "2011-09-25T00:36:10Z")
It caused a big hassle (obviously), for me especially, because I was right behind him, so my bags were in the x-ray machine too. As soon as the x-ray guy saw what it was (it appeared to be in a case - but even I could se… --- ## [Stupid people buying into stupid fads - Meerkats aren't pets.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-people-buying-into-stupid-fads-meerkats-arent-pets/597220)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-people-buying-into-stupid-fads-meerkats-arent-pets/597220 "2011-09-25T00:07:17Z")
Over here in the U.K., there’s been a recent series of ads which features cute loveable meerkats trying to sell you car insurance (with an inexplicable Russian accent). Naturally, this fad for the adorable fuzzy animals … --- ## [Airport Stories, Part 1: You Knew It Was Coming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airport-stories-part-1-you-knew-it-was-coming/595008)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airport-stories-part-1-you-knew-it-was-coming/595008 "2011-09-24T22:32:02Z")
SNAFU. That’s how it started. But I’d better give you some backstory first… An old girlfriend used to say of Life, ‘It’s all what’s most important to you.’ Circumstances conspired and combined to keep me on the ground… --- ## [BatShit Crazy vs batshit crazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-vs-batshit-crazy/597484)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-vs-batshit-crazy/597484 "2011-09-24T20:30:53Z")
Once in awhile I read my SPAM email. Today I get one from Ms. Elizabeth Fowler. I’m trying to understand what she is getting at, but dang, she is evidently living next to the Palms Ceia Golf and Country Club! WOOT! I t… --- ## [So I was watching House Hunters last night.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-watching-house-hunters-last-night/597418)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-watching-house-hunters-last-night/597418 "2011-09-24T17:50:23Z")
This episode featured a gay couple; one white guy with glasses, and a black guy with a Southern accent. The real estate agent was an Asian woman. The house was pretty normal, until they got to the kitchen. It was a… --- ## [Puppy rescued from trash bag and almost euthanized now thriving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-rescued-from-trash-bag-and-almost-euthanized-now-thriving/597333)
**Author:** [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-rescued-from-trash-bag-and-almost-euthanized-now-thriving/597333 "2011-09-24T16:31:14Z")
Deformed puppy, rescued from trash, learns to walk Unfortunately it is not uncommon for pit bulls to be the victims of callous and stupid people like the guy in this story who planned to throw this dog away. I believe t… --- ## [So which genius decided to make medicine for newborn babies bright orange?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-which-genius-decided-to-make-medicine-for-newborn-babies-bright-orange/597323)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-which-genius-decided-to-make-medicine-for-newborn-babies-bright-orange/597323 "2011-09-24T07:02:14Z")
(Sorry, another baby post - I’m turning into one of them…) My 5-week-old daughter has to take penicillin for the next two months. For some reason, the baby penicillin mix has not one but two artifical colourings in it t… --- ## [Little Kid In The Library Is Eating Raisins Off The Floor.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-in-the-library-is-eating-raisins-off-the-floor/597364)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-in-the-library-is-eating-raisins-off-the-floor/597364 "2011-09-24T05:45:43Z")
I am in the library today using the computer and a little boy, is eating raisins. You know the kind that come in a tiny box. Then he puts both fingers in the box and the box explodes, well breaks anyway. Now the raisins… --- ## [Put my mind at ease! Job interview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-my-mind-at-ease-job-interview/596930)
**Author:** [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-my-mind-at-ease-job-interview/596930 "2011-09-24T04:23:25Z")
Hey everyone, I recently had a job interview with a fed. gov’t agency. The interview took place last Wednesday. Due to the fiscal year obligations, the person is required to start on Monday, Sept. 26th. For anyone th… --- ## [Lovers of squee, step on in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovers-of-squee-step-on-in/597388)
**Author:** [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovers-of-squee-step-on-in/597388 "2011-09-24T03:57:14Z")
I give you That Cute Site. \[noparse\]http://www.thatcutesite.com\[/noparse\] --- ## [Which Founding Father are you most like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538 "2011-09-24T02:04:26Z")
Me: Madison. I’ll take it. You? --- ## [White House Garden - such a great idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-garden-such-a-great-idea/597393)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-garden-such-a-great-idea/597393 "2011-09-23T23:55:47Z")
I’ve been pretty impressed with the White House garden. They’re using it to get kids interested in gardening and encourage them to eat what they plant. I noticed in this clip they have some raised beds. I guess to get a… --- ## ["I drove my car to work"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-drove-my-car-to-work/597053)
**Author:** [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-drove-my-car-to-work/597053 "2011-09-23T22:26:33Z")
I heard this on the radio the other day and thought I’d share - the speaker was saying that by the time his children are working adults (say 20 years), the above statement would have four things that would seem archaic t… --- ## [Mega-Brothel Voted Down in Sydney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-brothel-voted-down-in-sydney/597211)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-brothel-voted-down-in-sydney/597211 "2011-09-23T22:02:41Z")
Story here. The current Stiletto brothel in the Camperdown section of Sydney, promotes itself as “the world’s finest short stay boutique hotel and Sydney brothel.” And at A$370 (US$361) an hour, it had better be! But the… --- ## [Now I'm A Pin Jockey - Bowling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-im-a-pin-jockey-bowling/596976)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-im-a-pin-jockey-bowling/596976 "2011-09-23T20:21:50Z")
OK I have this job driving an old fashioned elevator (see thread here) So the manager of the club asks me as I was getting off Saturday night, if I wanted to come in for five hours then next day as a pin jockey. I was … --- ## [Have You Ever Driven a "Real" Elevator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-driven-a-real-elevator/596555)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-driven-a-real-elevator/596555 "2011-09-23T19:53:14Z")
As part of my quest to end my unemployment, I now took a second part time job. This is only 1 day a week, and I get to, of all things, drive an elevator. It is in a very upscale, exculsive club, for very wealthy people. … --- ## [Anyone ever hear of "theparentperspective"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-of-theparentperspective/597240)
**Author:** [@ballardfam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ballardfam)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-of-theparentperspective/597240 "2011-09-23T19:44:23Z")
Old message board, years ago. I used to post there, then got busy & didn’t go back for at least a year. It had closed down. I did google some results that referenced some big hoo-haw/problem but not what about. Alway… --- ## [HR Academics (and related): Help my sister decide on a dissertation topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hr-academics-and-related-help-my-sister-decide-on-a-dissertation-topic/597363)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hr-academics-and-related-help-my-sister-decide-on-a-dissertation-topic/597363 "2011-09-23T18:56:29Z")
So my younger sister is working on choosing her topic. And she asked if I could help her with it. What the hell do I know? But she told me I know people. So I know you. Here’s what she sent me: Any thoughts? --- ## [Why isn't the bed of my flatbed scanner flat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-bed-of-my-flatbed-scanner-flat/596419)
**Author:** [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-bed-of-my-flatbed-scanner-flat/596419 "2011-09-23T17:10:20Z")
Ok, it is, technically flat. What it isn’t, though, is level, meaning that I’m having to resort to taping down old photographs in order to scan them. Stupid scanner. --- ## [Really? That's what that means? Thanks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-thats-what-that-means-thanks/597193)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-thats-what-that-means-thanks/597193 "2011-09-23T16:25:27Z")
Just got this email from my credit card company: Oooooohhhhh…THAT’S what that means! Wow, thanks for explaining that. Mundane and pointless, but I’m way too tired to function right now, and this kind of combination o… --- ## [Come Celebrate the End of Don't Ask, Don't Tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-celebrate-the-end-of-dont-ask-dont-tell/596977)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-celebrate-the-end-of-dont-ask-dont-tell/596977 "2011-09-23T15:39:48Z")
Check out the video of a Gay Soldier Coming Out to His Dad. His Dads complete acceptance and the visible weight lifted from the son is just too heartwarming. A GREAT Day for America. It took too long, but now that its … --- ## [Help Me Find This US Government Publication?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-us-government-publication/597340)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-us-government-publication/597340 "2011-09-23T15:28:29Z")
Years ago, I was browsing the refernce section at the library. I came upon a very interesting book-publisched by the S Dept. of Commerce? It listed all kinds of statistics about business-average sizes, sales, how much t… --- ## [Incubus' crazy big fantabulous wedding!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-crazy-big-fantabulous-wedding/597204)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-crazy-big-fantabulous-wedding/597204 "2011-09-23T13:51:45Z")
On September 17th, I married my girlfriend of 2.5 years in front of 250 of our friends and family. The wedding was a culmination of 13 months of planning, saving, arguing, stressing, cheering, and hand-wringing. In the e… --- ## [Sentence of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sentence-of-the-day/597298)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sentence-of-the-day/597298 "2011-09-23T11:26:23Z")
From this blogger’s visit to Venice: Ah, Venice. Always something unexpected. --- ## [My Son Has To Have Skull Surgery, Again :(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-has-to-have-skull-surgery-again/596448)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-has-to-have-skull-surgery-again/596448 "2011-09-23T02:48:31Z")
So my 12 year-old son, of whom I’ve spoken here often, went last week for a routine CT scan of his head. He was born with a Chiari Malformation Type II, which essentially means that his cerebellum (base of the brain) go… --- ## [Rant about your commute](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-your-commute/596055)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-your-commute/596055 "2011-09-23T02:00:49Z")
Normally on a day without heavy traffic it takes me 30-40 minutes to get to work. Today it took me 1:45. Last week there was a day that took 2 hours. It just depends on the traffic and I only know 2 routes to get to work… --- ## [Help a gradeschool get a new playground! (online voting)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-gradeschool-get-a-new-playground-online-voting/596513)
**Author:** [@Mom-of-Andrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mom-of-Andrew)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-gradeschool-get-a-new-playground-online-voting/596513 "2011-09-23T01:36:31Z")
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