# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1251 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1252 --- ## [Is there a name for this action done in the bedroom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306)
**Author:** [@vertizontal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vertizontal)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306 "2011-08-22T18:45:30Z")
You know, when you’re making the bed, and you’re preparing the sheet, you stand at the foot of the bed and quickly raise and lower the sheet, causing a waveform to propagate up to the head of the sheet, resulting in a sh… --- ## [Little Lochdale is rolling over...Help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-lochdale-is-rolling-over-help/593536)
**Author:** [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-lochdale-is-rolling-over-help/593536 "2011-08-22T17:47:29Z")
So my son turned four and a half months yesterday. He celebrated by rolling over from his back to his stomach. A bit of effort at first but he is now doing it regularly. So that’s all good. The problem is that he is… --- ## [Saying it wrong on porpoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-it-wrong-on-porpoise/593166)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-it-wrong-on-porpoise/593166 "2011-08-22T17:19:57Z")
(Yes, I stole the title; which will be seen.) There’s a commercial playing on NWCN, for an animal park. The commercial features a ‘country’-sounding guy singing about what you will see there, and he sings the word ‘ani… --- ## [You nostalgia you lose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nostalgia-you-lose/593519)
**Author:** [@jiggywidit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jiggywidit)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nostalgia-you-lose/593519 "2011-08-22T16:33:39Z")
--- ## [How to tease your spouse/SO/partner ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tease-your-spouse-so-partner/593487)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tease-your-spouse-so-partner/593487 "2011-08-22T12:57:00Z")
I walked in to the living room to find my wife watching yet another HGTV home decorating/real estate show. The designer was busy putting some funky, very colorful custom furniture in an open alcove dining space in some … --- ## [AWESOME interpretive dance (I know...I don't dig interpretive dance either...watch anyway)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-interpretive-dance-i-know-i-dont-dig-interpretive-dance-either-watch-anyway/592982)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-interpretive-dance-i-know-i-dont-dig-interpretive-dance-either-watch-anyway/592982 "2011-08-22T12:10:28Z")
Hard not to like this. (SFW) http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/1530491/575c9a69/david\_armand\_doet\_liedjes\_uitbeelden.html --- ## [Like a Virgin -- The Noob MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-a-virgin-the-noob-mmp/592763)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-a-virgin-the-noob-mmp/592763 "2011-08-22T09:15:00Z")
Good Morning all (well technically, I haven’t been to bed yet )-- just got home from a friend’s birthday party and a good time was had by all, drank a little beer, did a little karaoke, and enjoyed myself muchly. Sinc… --- ## [Owww.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owww/593425)
**Author:** [@MizTina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizTina)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owww/593425 "2011-08-22T05:19:37Z")
Oh my, I am tired of aching. I have 3 slipped discs in my neck, along with arthritis and bone spurs. So suffice it to say, that is a chronic ache. My job involves moving carts and cages that weigh anywhere from 200 lbs… --- ## [Polar blast hits New Zealand: Auckland gets first snow in 80 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polar-blast-hits-new-zealand-auckland-gets-first-snow-in-80-years/592759)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polar-blast-hits-new-zealand-auckland-gets-first-snow-in-80-years/592759 "2011-08-22T03:13:57Z")
Story here. Wellington has also had snow in the city centre for the first time in about 40 years. NZ Dopers? Any reactions? --- ## [TSA Introduces new privacy-protecting body scanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-introduces-new-privacy-protecting-body-scanners/593084)
**Author:** [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-introduces-new-privacy-protecting-body-scanners/593084 "2011-08-21T23:37:53Z")
Story here: Looks like TSA finally started to listen to folks who don’t like posing for nude pictures while going through airports. --- ## ["Ask a real live pimp a question"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-real-live-pimp-a-question/593562)
**Author:** [@Pimpster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pimpster)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-real-live-pimp-a-question/593562 "2011-08-21T21:43:13Z")
Ask a real live pimp a question --- ## [I paid off my car!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-car/592980)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-car/592980 "2011-08-21T20:29:21Z")
Last payment will be processed tomorrow; I expect the title shortly. I can’t believe it’s been 5 years. This wasn’t the first car I ever drove, but it’s the first one I wasn’t “leasing” from my parents and the first on… --- ## [Don't aggrivate a hummingbird!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-aggrivate-a-hummingbird/592234)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-aggrivate-a-hummingbird/592234 "2011-08-21T16:53:49Z")
Arizona has more types of hummingbirds than any other state, I am told. Anyway, they abound around where we live, as there is some cactus, shrub or other plant that blooms every month. When my wife is out watering the d… --- ## [Recipe from hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-from-hell/593430)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-from-hell/593430 "2011-08-21T16:14:09Z")
I’m making a cake for denizens of Tartarus, with the the following ingredients. one teaspoon cerumen oil two cubes of the finest French smegma cheese mix in three cups of succus entericus extract fold in one pound of… --- ## [I flew this helicopter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-flew-this-helicopter/541885)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-flew-this-helicopter/541885 "2011-08-21T14:20:58Z")
Sorry for yet another helicopter thread, but I’ve just come across this video and I wanted to share. I actually flew that sad bit of wreckage before it became a sad bit of wreckage. I’ve checked my log book, and I last… --- ## [Egyptian Flagman - The Next Arab Hero?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egyptian-flagman-the-next-arab-hero/593490)
**Author:** [@downtown1441](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/downtown1441)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egyptian-flagman-the-next-arab-hero/593490 "2011-08-21T14:10:08Z")
So the Twitterverse and the Arab street are both going bonkers over the Egyptian protestor who scaled the Israeli Embassy’s flagpole and tore the flag down, especially since the thousands there gathered to protest Israel… --- ## [The Horror of Blimps 2: We're gonna need a bigger boat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-of-blimps-2-were-gonna-need-a-bigger-boat/592985)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-of-blimps-2-were-gonna-need-a-bigger-boat/592985 "2011-08-21T05:54:28Z")
See:http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=160851 Imagine the horror, if it were also shaped like a shark? --- ## [A tribute to my Tio, one of the world's best cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tribute-to-my-tio-one-of-the-worlds-best-cats/593387)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tribute-to-my-tio-one-of-the-worlds-best-cats/593387 "2011-08-21T05:20:26Z")
He was just a tiny beige blob of fluff, but he was feistier than his brother, who would cower in fear as he was repeatedly pounced on, and so I picked him. I first thought he was a she, because it’s so hard to tell when … --- ## [Trusted traveller program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trusted-traveller-program/593507)
**Author:** [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trusted-traveller-program/593507 "2011-08-21T04:15:36Z")
From my email the other night (even though I don’t qualify, being Canadian) --- ## [Quit Saying "Google Is Your Friend", Okay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-saying-google-is-your-friend-okay/592905)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-saying-google-is-your-friend-okay/592905 "2011-08-21T02:07:23Z")
It belittles those of us who think that coming to the number 1 website for answers will give us the answer we want, and keeps us from recommending the site to other folks. What I say to people who pose a question that I… --- ## [Michele Bachmann and the corndog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238 "2011-08-20T23:02:10Z")
Feel free to add your own captions to these pictures. :stuck\_out\_tongue: I love corndogs too. They are difficult to eat and look dignified. :wink: http://www.ukprogressive.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bachmann-c… --- ## [Where did that 20lbs go??? I lost it somewhere...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-20lbs-go-i-lost-it-somewhere/592997)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-20lbs-go-i-lost-it-somewhere/592997 "2011-08-20T22:53:30Z")
So today at the doctor’s office they weighed me. I hadn’t weighed myself in a number of months, and I’ve actively been trying to lose about 10lbs, just so you know. Well, the doctor’s reading was so far off the mark, es… --- ## [They're letting him telecommute!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-him-telecommute/593452)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-him-telecommute/593452 "2011-08-20T21:29:43Z")
I’m so freaking excited my brain is going to vibrate out of my skull and I don’t have anybody to tell! My boyfriend (yes, Mr. Rebound who everybody gave me very good common-sense advice not to get too attached to in my b… --- ## [Annoying stuff my boss does](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-stuff-my-boss-does/593148)
**Author:** [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-stuff-my-boss-does/593148 "2011-08-20T19:55:25Z")
He’ll receive an email. He wants me to respond to the email. Instead of forwarding the email to me with instructions, he prints a copy and scribbles all over it with a red sharpie (always a red sharpie) something like … --- ## [Squirrels are more entertaining than data](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrels-are-more-entertaining-than-data/593211)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrels-are-more-entertaining-than-data/593211 "2011-08-20T16:50:15Z")
Working from home today. One French door is open, as are the blinds on the other one. There’s a Topsy-Turvy planter hanging from the patio roof about six feet from the door. Being lazy, I stuck a hose through one of t… --- ## [Do People Still Say...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225)
**Author:** [@flano1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flano1)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say/593225 "2011-08-20T14:38:04Z")
Over in MPSIMS they are having a shit hot time with a Who Gives a Shit thread and I got to wondering if anyone still says, " I was packin’ it, man!"; or similar statements about packing shit when in a state of duress. Ve… --- ## [Todays "Holy Shit, Nature is Stranger than Fiction" Entry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-holy-shit-nature-is-stranger-than-fiction-entry/592725)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2011, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-holy-shit-nature-is-stranger-than-fiction-entry/592725 "2011-08-20T12:32:32Z")
I just saw a video on the mimic octopus which was unknown to science until the 1990’s for good reason. It has instant morphing capability and can take on the form of many other dangerous sea creatures in a way few have e… --- ## [Salt truck dangles from parking garage after driver loses control](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-truck-dangles-from-parking-garage-after-driver-loses-control/593159)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2011, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-truck-dangles-from-parking-garage-after-driver-loses-control/593159 "2011-08-20T09:55:44Z")
Sotry and reaslly cool phot here Question: Why was he driving a salt truck in August? --- ## [My SO went fishing and now I have fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-so-went-fishing-and-now-i-have-fish/592838)
**Author:** [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2011, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-so-went-fishing-and-now-i-have-fish/592838 "2011-08-20T09:30:27Z")
Eighty pounds of fish, to be precise. She called me from the Vancouver airport in the middle of the night. Me: “Hi! I’ve missed you this week. How was fishing out in the Canadian wild?” She: “Do you have room in your f… --- ## [woman kills husband for forgetting birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-kills-husband-for-forgetting-birthday/593034)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-kills-husband-for-forgetting-birthday/593034 "2011-08-20T05:15:33Z")
Story. \* A woman killed her husband because he forgot her 45th birthday. Lyalya Tupikova told police that her husband Khalpik failed to remember her special day before going to work in the morning. When he returned h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1250) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1252)