# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1252 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1253 --- ## [What Just Happened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-just-happened/593125)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-just-happened/593125 "2011-08-20T05:10:16Z")
It’s 11:00 PM. Hubby has to leave for work at 4:45 AM, so he’s already asleep. The place he likes to eat lunch is a cash only joint, so I decided to run out and get him some money from the ATM. I pulled into the parking… --- ## [Fred Flintstone Lives!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-flintstone-lives/593307)
**Author:** [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-flintstone-lives/593307 "2011-08-19T22:14:11Z")
http://www.macombdaily.com/articles/2011/08/18/news/doc4e4d39a1ac6e9196564613.txt Police in the city of Roseville, MI got calls from motorists about a driver in the suburbs of Detroit who was using his foot to try to st… --- ## [Help me come up with new silly slogans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-new-silly-slogans/591340)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-new-silly-slogans/591340 "2011-08-19T21:47:17Z")
On my website, every time you load it the title of the site is different (in the title bar) with a different slogan. Some examples: OpalCat’s World Domination Headquarters - now with zero calories! OpalCat’s World Dom… --- ## [Can I see your ID card, young lady?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-your-id-card-young-lady/592444)
**Author:** [@Waldelfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waldelfe)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-your-id-card-young-lady/592444 "2011-08-19T21:16:40Z")
Yesterday I wanted to play the lottery. The woman at the lottery-counter asked me: “Are you 18 years old?” :dubious: “Yes” I said. She looked at me as if she’s waiting for something so I asked her “Do you want to see m… --- ## [Most Unfortunate Hyphenated Surname](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unfortunate-hyphenated-surname/593227)
**Author:** [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unfortunate-hyphenated-surname/593227 "2011-08-19T19:53:21Z")
Inspired by this thread, what’s the most unfortunate hyphenated surname you can come up with? I’m thinking Wrigley-Sidebottom is a possible contender. --- ## [Criticisms on a short story (\<4K words)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criticisms-on-a-short-story-4k-words/593340)
**Author:** [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criticisms-on-a-short-story-4k-words/593340 "2011-08-19T19:46:03Z")
I can email it as an attachment to anyone willing to brutally criticise it. I have had some reviews and they all sound a tad sycophantic. I want people who have no vested interest in not pissing me off to tell me the t… --- ## [Old Jokes That Still Crack You Up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-jokes-that-still-crack-you-up/591646)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 233\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-jokes-that-still-crack-you-up/591646 "2011-08-19T17:17:31Z")
Q: “Do you smoke after making love?” A: “I don’t know, I’ve never looked.”:slight\_smile: (My favorite) Kid goes to buy his first pack of condoms… Pharmacist: That’ll be $4.05 with tax." Kid: “Tacks???!!! Don’t yo… --- ## [Libertarian Island Countries Being Built](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-island-countries-being-built/592930)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-island-countries-being-built/592930 "2011-08-19T16:45:25Z")
Story here on Yahoo!. Floating oil-rig style countries with few laws? What are the odds that such a society succeeds? This quote makes me dubious: --- ## [Presidential Bus - why so ugly and depressing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-bus-why-so-ugly-and-depressing/592949)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-bus-why-so-ugly-and-depressing/592949 "2011-08-19T15:08:33Z")
Man, this is one butt ugly bus. The press is already making coffin jokes. Did no one consider a better paint job? :stuck\_out\_tongue: I get depressed just looking at this big turd. :rolleyes: Get some colored paint and… --- ## [Words needing a suffix/prefix or lacking an opposite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-needing-a-suffix-prefix-or-lacking-an-opposite/593289)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-needing-a-suffix-prefix-or-lacking-an-opposite/593289 "2011-08-19T14:06:58Z")
It’s common to joke about words like underwhelmed/overwhelmed - can one be just whelmed? Or words like subpar that sound awkward if you try to form the opposite - superpar!? Some words even keep their meaning with opposi… --- ## [My human spay/neuter program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-human-spay-neuter-program/592909)
**Author:** [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-human-spay-neuter-program/592909 "2011-08-19T12:51:44Z")
As some of you may know, I am an omnipotent space alien. My mom got me the planet Earth for my 8th birthday, and said if I can demonstrate that I’m a responsible space boy and can take care of this little terrarium, she’… --- ## [Parenting anxiety - we're going to Australia and leaving the Ogreling behind.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parenting-anxiety-were-going-to-australia-and-leaving-the-ogreling-behind/593041)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parenting-anxiety-were-going-to-australia-and-leaving-the-ogreling-behind/593041 "2011-08-19T12:13:19Z")
We’re going to the Antipodes for two weeks soon, and we’re leaving our 18 month old with his grandparents. This is supposed to be a vacation, dammit, so why am I getting attacks of anxiety and guilt? This will be the f… --- ## [Pneumonia and Muscular Dystrophy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pneumonia-and-muscular-dystrophy/593277)
**Author:** [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pneumonia-and-muscular-dystrophy/593277 "2011-08-19T04:50:03Z")
I’ve been a pretty-much absentee Doper since I retired back in 2003. You’d think it would be the opposite, but The SDMB got me through a lot of long work days, and when I retired I found other internet interests. I’ve … --- ## [We've just had a baby! At 30 weeks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-just-had-a-baby-at-30-weeks/593092)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-just-had-a-baby-at-30-weeks/593092 "2011-08-19T03:30:03Z")
So on Tuesday night we went to our first ante-natal class. Got home about 10pm and my wife said she was having some cramps. Nothing out of the ordinary, I thought, and to my shame carried on watching TV while absent-mind… --- ## [Who gives a shit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879 "2011-08-19T03:25:58Z")
Alot of people around here really seem to give a shit. I don’t. If you do specify. If I did I guess it would be ape shit. --- ## [I am an only child.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-only-child/582626)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-only-child/582626 "2011-08-19T03:16:27Z")
My last brother, John, quietly slipped from his earthly bonds this afternoon and is free of the disease that devastated him and three brothers and our father. He is the last one. He was surrounded by his wife, 16 year o… --- ## [Things you would never admit to inventing, if you had.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-never-admit-to-inventing-if-you-had/591985)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-never-admit-to-inventing-if-you-had/591985 "2011-08-19T02:48:47Z")
The Microsoft Office paper clip. --- ## [What kind of person sits next to you on a nearly full train?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-person-sits-next-to-you-on-a-nearly-full-train/593075)
**Author:** [@HardlySanguine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HardlySanguine)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-person-sits-next-to-you-on-a-nearly-full-train/593075 "2011-08-19T02:32:36Z")
I’m asking the question I thought the other thread was asking (I can’t read). If a train or bus is mostly full, new arrivals look around for a minute and gingerly choose a seat. Or stand. But what sort of people do you … --- ## [The powerful art of subtlety in making a point](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-powerful-art-of-subtlety-in-making-a-point/593226)
**Author:** [@shakabroh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shakabroh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-powerful-art-of-subtlety-in-making-a-point/593226 "2011-08-19T00:16:12Z")
Some people I know are masters at being able to make their point indirectly, with subtlety. Especially in a professional environment, I think this skill can go a long way. I can feel the effects of it…but still don’t fu… --- ## [Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance does a poor job of training future banksters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brooklyn-academy-of-global-finance-does-a-poor-job-of-training-future-banksters/593249)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brooklyn-academy-of-global-finance-does-a-poor-job-of-training-future-banksters/593249 "2011-08-18T23:46:47Z")
future gangsters are being trained just fine, though. From http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-08-08/local/29882257\_1\_school-survey-dangerous-schools-bronx-charter-school : Interestingly, as explained here, this is a… --- ## [weird-ass business meeting behavior?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ass-business-meeting-behavior/593096)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ass-business-meeting-behavior/593096 "2011-08-18T23:45:22Z")
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen while sitting through yet another workplace meeting? “Why do you ask?” I hear you say. Because I was both disgusted and bored, of course! It’s a relatively casual workplace so excu… --- ## [Sorry, your country's leader can't beat this awesomeness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152 "2011-08-18T23:15:42Z")
Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. And friends. :slight\_smile: --- ## [This story makes me so sad.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-story-makes-me-so-sad/592987)
**Author:** [@jeredc1983](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeredc1983)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-story-makes-me-so-sad/592987 "2011-08-18T22:56:52Z")
Minutes before he was gunned down in his patrol car this wonderful officer bought cookies for a kid who was a complete stranger; the incident was caught on CCTV by McDonalds. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/4416… --- ## [Swearing On Your Mom's Soul Here (My Atheist Friends Can Skip This Or Not:))](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing-on-your-moms-soul-here-my-atheist-friends-can-skip-this-or-not/592776)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing-on-your-moms-soul-here-my-atheist-friends-can-skip-this-or-not/592776 "2011-08-18T22:55:26Z")
Please don’t do that, okay? IMO, it isn’t necessary. Firstly, if she and her soul are in heaven, leave her be - she deserves her peace after having raised your sorry ass and put up with your shenagigans all those years… --- ## [Anyone else have difficulty spelling a word out loud, as in a spelling bee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-difficulty-spelling-a-word-out-loud-as-in-a-spelling-bee/593151)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-difficulty-spelling-a-word-out-loud-as-in-a-spelling-bee/593151 "2011-08-18T20:04:45Z")
My coworker just asked me how to spell “nuances” and I couldn’t do it without writing it down. Then I remembered that I’ve always sucked at spelling out loud. I get a few letters in and then get lost and forget where I… --- ## [Just another night in my city - nekkid rollerblading.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-another-night-in-my-city-nekkid-rollerblading/593160)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-another-night-in-my-city-nekkid-rollerblading/593160 "2011-08-18T18:56:25Z")
Why would anyone call the cops? I would have pointed and laughed and tried to get a pic for FailBlog. --- ## [Man arrested for putting 'skimmers' on ATMs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-putting-skimmers-on-atms/593183)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-putting-skimmers-on-atms/593183 "2011-08-18T15:55:35Z")
Linky: Toronto man accused of installing ATM ‘skimmers’ across city Given that we’re in the midst of changing to chip-and-pin cards for both debit cards and credit cards, was this a last gasp effort while Canadian magst… --- ## [Do you have a blog or website? Tell me about it. Give me a link.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-or-website-tell-me-about-it-give-me-a-link/593174)
**Author:** [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-or-website-tell-me-about-it-give-me-a-link/593174 "2011-08-18T15:48:21Z")
Title says it all. I’m curious. --- ## [Memories of 9/11 are increasingly showing up in news and blogs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memories-of-9-11-are-increasingly-showing-up-in-news-and-blogs/593074)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memories-of-9-11-are-increasingly-showing-up-in-news-and-blogs/593074 "2011-08-18T15:23:49Z")
Recollections of 9/11 are increasingly showing up in news and blogs. Here is mine. I get up and turn on Bloomberg TV and am fixing breakfast for my wife and hear about the first plane hitting the towers. I switch to CNN… --- ## [Closest encounters with wildlife?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closest-encounters-with-wildlife/592286)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closest-encounters-with-wildlife/592286 "2011-08-18T14:29:48Z")
Inspired by this thread, in which hummingbirds apparently get all up in peoples’ faces, what’s the closest (in physical distance, that is) you have ever gotten to various kinds of non-domesticated wildlife? Extra credit … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1251) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1253)