# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1242 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1243 --- ## [Hummingbirds attacked the living room window](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hummingbirds-attacked-the-living-room-window/595763)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hummingbirds-attacked-the-living-room-window/595763 "2011-09-09T22:53:49Z")
“Hey! Where the hell’s the food? What kinda joint is this?” I promptly made nectar and hung the feeder. Little bastards haven’t shown back up. :rolleyes: --- ## [You can sometimes find too much on the net](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-sometimes-find-too-much-on-the-net/595752)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-sometimes-find-too-much-on-the-net/595752 "2011-09-09T22:31:01Z")
Wife was feeling ill and asked that I call the woman she drives to work to let her know she needed to find another way to get there. Of course, she didn’t have her phone number, so I tried Googling her. “No phone numbe… --- ## [Is there anything more useless...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-more-useless/595505)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-more-useless/595505 "2011-09-09T20:57:09Z")
—than an eyeshadow “wand” that has lost its sponge? --- ## [Drunk 18 yr guy pees on 11 yr old girl while on a JetBlue flight.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-18-yr-guy-pees-on-11-yr-old-girl-while-on-a-jetblue-flight/592458)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-18-yr-guy-pees-on-11-yr-old-girl-while-on-a-jetblue-flight/592458 "2011-09-09T20:54:34Z")
Wow, what a nightmarish flight from Portland to NYC. Pervert turns out to be a prospective member of the US Olympic Ski Team (since dismissed). And then another passenger complains of chest pains and then gets sick on… --- ## [Now that's a houseboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-a-houseboat/595658)
**Author:** [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-a-houseboat/595658 "2011-09-09T20:27:45Z")
World’s first mobile block of flats launched in Turku, Finland. Pretty neat. --- ## [Words kids make up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-kids-make-up/595583)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-kids-make-up/595583 "2011-09-09T18:34:44Z")
My kid (when younger) or his friends have made up words for things sometimes. They are usually readily understandable. Two that come to mind: “Balloon-pop” - The small colorful rubbery bit left over from a balloon after… --- ## [BIG Cats and Laser Pointers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-cats-and-laser-pointers/595689)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-cats-and-laser-pointers/595689 "2011-09-09T18:25:28Z")
Asks the fascinating question – do Big Cats care about laser pointers? --- ## [What's the average life-span of a web-site?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-life-span-of-a-web-site/595730)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-life-span-of-a-web-site/595730 "2011-09-09T16:45:16Z")
Just idle curiosity, but has there ever been any research as to how long the average web-site lasts? Sure there are some monoliths like Amazon, or the Straight Dope that last forever, and sites attached to outside agenc… --- ## [My Trip to New York City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-trip-to-new-york-city/595236)
**Author:** [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-trip-to-new-york-city/595236 "2011-09-09T14:29:46Z")
In this thread I asked some questions about using the NYC subway a few months back. As it turns out, I was totally useless at understanding the subway. I was always sure that the train I was about to get on was going i… --- ## [Going to the Chapel and I'm...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-the-chapel-and-im/595282)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-the-chapel-and-im/595282 "2011-09-09T05:16:45Z")
Goin’ to the chapel and we’re gonna get married. Goin’ to the chapel and we’re gonna get married. Gee, I really love you and we’re, gonna get married. Goin’ to the chapel of love. Yup. Taking the plunge after nearly… --- ## [Shouling Barnes has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouling-barnes-has-died/595695)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouling-barnes-has-died/595695 "2011-09-09T04:16:20Z")
Very few of you, probably, have ever heard the name. I know I’ve mentioned her in passing on a couple of occasions. Shouling Barnes, later Shouling Barnes-Paul, was the widow of Bill Barnes, the son of Florence Lowe ‘P… --- ## [Ye Gods!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-gods/595655)
**Author:** [@Greebo\_Ogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greebo_Ogg)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-gods/595655 "2011-09-09T02:54:22Z")
…I am back! Been rereading what I rambled in the past. Damn, I hope I got smarter over the past few years… --- ## [Bear rolls Prius into neighbor's house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-rolls-prius-into-neighbors-house/595494)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-rolls-prius-into-neighbors-house/595494 "2011-09-09T02:23:44Z")
Proof once again that bears are lousy drivers --- ## [Ubiquitous introductory thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ubiquitous-introductory-thread/595601)
**Author:** [@pitcairnpete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pitcairnpete)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ubiquitous-introductory-thread/595601 "2011-09-09T01:34:21Z")
Hello all, from England, more specifically near London (though by comparison of England to the United States, one assumes anywhere in the country is near London.) Nice to meet you all, lets see how this unfolds. Pcp --- ## [Alternative to Cremation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-cremation/594690)
**Author:** [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-cremation/594690 "2011-09-01T01:47:07Z")
Liquefaction. It’s billed as a greener alternative to cremation, resulting in a third less greenhouse gas emission, uses far less energy, and prevents emission of mercury vapour from dental fillings. Amazingly, cremation… --- ## [Human Flag. WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-flag-wtf/595349)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-flag-wtf/595349 "2011-09-09T00:52:47Z")
I found out about this from a Vaseline commercial of all things. Youtube. Tell me that other people are as amazed by this as I am. I never heard about this before today. Is this a big thing, like tough man competition… --- ## [Drug Overdosing and](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-overdosing-and/595541)
**Author:** [@ecoaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ecoaster)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-overdosing-and/595541 "2011-09-09T00:03:17Z")
According to recent research, a person’s alcohol (or other drug) tolerance depends on situation and circumstance in which he or she drinks. The central nervous system compensates by speeding up prior to drinking, in anti… --- ## [4 year old drives a car in China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-year-old-drives-a-car-in-china/595371)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-year-old-drives-a-car-in-china/595371 "2011-09-08T21:38:31Z")
\*A four-year-old Chinese girl has been filmed driving along the motorway. The child - who is called Jia Zheng by a man in the vehicle thought to be her father - is shown in control of the wheel as the footage is taken f… --- ## [What's the oldest coin in your wallet right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-coin-in-your-wallet-right-now/595533)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-coin-in-your-wallet-right-now/595533 "2011-09-08T20:39:18Z")
About as mundane and pointless as it gets. Mine is a 1973 penny. I’m mildly surprised I have nothing older, but I have no nickels, and for some reason (I wonder why?) I find more old nickels than anything else. --- ## [UK to kind of end gay blood ban](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-to-kind-of-end-gay-blood-ban/595643)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-to-kind-of-end-gay-blood-ban/595643 "2011-09-08T18:48:37Z")
Story from CNN So you’ll be able to donate if you are gay in thought, but have not been gay in deed for at least twelve months. It’s a step, anyway, and I see the US following the UK’s example in a few years, assuming … --- ## [Nasty texts from some I don't know.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435 "2011-09-08T17:34:47Z")
Over the last several weeks I’ve had several phone calls (usually midnight - 2 am so I missed them, not that I would have answered) with no message left, and during the last week had several texts. All along the lines of… --- ## [Hostage of a spider](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostage-of-a-spider/594501)
**Author:** [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostage-of-a-spider/594501 "2011-09-08T13:13:36Z")
Help! I am currently being held hostage in my office by a huge horrible scary spider. Now, I’m not usually a big girl when it comes to spiders. I enjoy them in my garden, and often capture them and let them outside if t… --- ## [A dead cat, a shotgun and a tripod](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dead-cat-a-shotgun-and-a-tripod/595178)
**Author:** [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dead-cat-a-shotgun-and-a-tripod/595178 "2011-09-08T07:59:19Z")
…are a few of the items Mr. Tao packed for work on Friday. :eek: What misleading terms do you come across in YOUR average workday? :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [Perplexed Police Probe Pervert's Panty Pile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perplexed-police-probe-perverts-panty-pile/595269)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perplexed-police-probe-perverts-panty-pile/595269 "2011-09-08T04:50:27Z")
Mystery deepens in central Ohio \*"Miller discovered the underwear on Tuesday and called the sheriff’s office. On Wednesday, she and Deputy Gary Hummel donned gloves, climbed down the hillside and began bagging the panti… --- ## [Why the name "youtube"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-name-youtube/594946)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-name-youtube/594946 "2011-09-08T04:01:40Z")
Yeah, we’re all used to the name by now, so we don’t pay any attention to it. But when you stop and think about it seriously, you realize it’s a pretty stupid name. According to wiki, youtube was created by some comput… --- ## [Help me not panic! Airplane reservation problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-not-panic-airplane-reservation-problems/595571)
**Author:** [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-not-panic-airplane-reservation-problems/595571 "2011-09-08T03:20:40Z")
My daughter and I are flying to London Saturday. Expedia found the combination of flights that would get us there in the time frame needed at the best price. Today my daughter gets e email with the final information (we … --- ## [How Did Joran Van Der Sloot Dispose of Natalee Holloway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-joran-van-der-sloot-dispose-of-natalee-holloway/595159)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-joran-van-der-sloot-dispose-of-natalee-holloway/595159 "2011-09-08T02:41:37Z")
I just finished an excellent book about the murders of Holloway and Stephany Flores (Peru), by the notorious criminal VanDer Sloot (“Portrait of a Monster” by Lisa Pulitzer and Cole Thompson). The book summarizes the wh… --- ## [Ask the Icelandic dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-icelandic-dude/462629)
**Author:** [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-icelandic-dude/462629 "2011-09-08T00:53:22Z")
So, as people may or may not have figured out, I live in Iceland. You may, or may not, have heard about the amazing island in the middle of the North Atlantic, just below the Arctic Circle which just won the silver in m… --- ## [Bleeding Verus Bloody (Brit Slang)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleeding-verus-bloody-brit-slang/595081)
**Author:** [@EenaSheeshton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EenaSheeshton)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleeding-verus-bloody-brit-slang/595081 "2011-09-07T20:34:54Z")
I was reading the other thread about burke and I thought of this On some British shows, I’ve seen they use the word, bloody. Like a bloody lot of good it does me. Or bleeding lot of good it does me But other character… --- ## [Photos of Apollo landing sites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-apollo-landing-sites/595444)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-apollo-landing-sites/595444 "2011-09-07T19:33:47Z")
These interesting photos from NASA show excellent detail. I wonder how the moon hoaxers deal with this. Presumably they believe that another generation of NASA folks is dedicated to perpetuating the hoax. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1241) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1243)