# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1256 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1257 --- ## [Wisconsin State Fair Mob Attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-state-fair-mob-attack/591711)
**Author:** [@Chen019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chen019)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-state-fair-mob-attack/591711 "2011-08-12T12:50:53Z")
Any dopers at the Fair? http://www.sacbee.com/2011/08/06/3820637/state-patrol-called-in-youth-policy.html --- ## [Yesterday was not the day to be my kids' grandfather.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-was-not-the-day-to-be-my-kids-grandfather/592447)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-was-not-the-day-to-be-my-kids-grandfather/592447 "2011-08-12T12:43:39Z")
Grandpa: We got a call yesterday right at the tail end of dinner. Mrs. Magill, Fang, and I had just finished up; Spike and Squeaky were the stragglers. My Mother in Law was calling, quietly freaking out. It seems my F… --- ## [Is your cat plotting to kill you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-cat-plotting-to-kill-you/592156)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-cat-plotting-to-kill-you/592156 "2011-08-12T10:52:59Z")
According to this scientific quiz, the answer is 85% yes. Thank god I answered it with the friendlier of my two cats in mind. --- ## [Zit popping gone awry...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zit-popping-gone-awry/592229)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zit-popping-gone-awry/592229 "2011-08-12T05:26:45Z")
Only in Florida… --- ## [The Price of War....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-war/592123)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-war/592123 "2011-08-12T05:21:18Z")
This link is a CNN story about the child of the Chinook pilot killed in the recent crash in Afghanistan. This link is to the IReport young Braydon posted to CNN. I wanted to share this. Don’t really have anything else… --- ## ["You're Not At The Stage Where You Need It Yet"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-at-the-stage-where-you-need-it-yet/592154)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-at-the-stage-where-you-need-it-yet/592154 "2011-08-12T05:11:15Z")
, said my Alzheimer’s counsellor to me yesterday, and it felt like she’d just slapped my face to get my attention. She was telling me and D about a program the VA offers which provides a small stipend for caregivers onc… --- ## [Mom has horrible table manners and it drives me crazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-has-horrible-table-manners-and-it-drives-me-crazy/592007)
**Author:** [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/what_do_I_type_here)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-has-horrible-table-manners-and-it-drives-me-crazy/592007 "2011-08-12T05:06:35Z")
First off I don’t want to give the impression that I’m a Ann Landers type. And this is going to be long and disjointed because I’m a little angry right now. But my mom behaves like a car bomb at the dinner table. First… --- ## [Plesiosaurs Gave Birth to Live Young](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plesiosaurs-gave-birth-to-live-young/592361)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plesiosaurs-gave-birth-to-live-young/592361 "2011-08-12T03:22:16Z")
…at least some of them did -they found a fossilized mother with a pretty fully-developed embryo inside her. --- ## [Harrowing footage from riots in Manchester](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrowing-footage-from-riots-in-manchester/592301)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrowing-footage-from-riots-in-manchester/592301 "2011-08-12T02:56:55Z")
The riots in London may be showing signs of winding down, but the linked footage proves that the lawless destruction is not over. WARNING: GRAPHIC FOOTAGE Manchester Riots 2011: scenes from Whalley Range --- ## [Obama announcing death of Osama bin Laden \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 499\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435 "2011-08-12T02:55:47Z")
Some kind of address? Topic unannounced? It’s on MSNBC’s page at the top. --- ## [Oslo dopers, check in please. Is everyone safe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984)
**Author:** [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984 "2011-08-12T02:53:06Z")
Ok, there’s been some sort of explosion downtown (regjeringskvartalet) a few minutes ago . One newspaper mentions a bomb, I can’t find anything definite either way, and no photos online. Apparently it was a newspaper bui… --- ## [I kinda bombed a promotion interview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-bombed-a-promotion-interview/592396)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-bombed-a-promotion-interview/592396 "2011-08-12T01:36:38Z")
There are 14 candidates for promotion, for 2 open supervisor positions. I was the first interview of the day, and it didn’t go so well! The time for wishing me well has come and gone, but it might not be too late to do v… --- ## [So I've had too much to drink and it's go time!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-had-too-much-to-drink-and-its-go-time/592405)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-had-too-much-to-drink-and-its-go-time/592405 "2011-08-12T01:29:26Z")
Yeah… yeah I know so boring with my Rotary Club wine tasting. Endless 45 minute lecture on how to taste wine. Nose, glasses, corks, swirling, glasses, “It’s actually a wine smelling not a wine tasting” etc. At my tab… --- ## [Sometimes The Bad Guys Win (WARNING: NOT funny. Disturbing)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-the-bad-guys-win-warning-not-funny-disturbing/203834)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-the-bad-guys-win-warning-not-funny-disturbing/203834 "2011-08-12T00:42:52Z")
First of all, this ain’t a funny story. No, seriously. Not funny. Kind of sick, actually. Certainly offensive. Especially to women, most likely. But it’s not funny, nor is it intended to be. To anyone. If it is anythin… --- ## [Do I go back to bangs or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-go-back-to-bangs-or-not/591695)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-go-back-to-bangs-or-not/591695 "2011-08-11T22:15:38Z")
Here is me a few years back with bangs (and darker hair–ignore the color) http://gallery2.opalcat.com/gallery2/v/OpalCat/OpalCat2008/haircut+003.jpg.html And here is what I look like when I wake up in the morning. Not … --- ## [\*THIS\* is why I own a radar detector…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-i-own-a-radar-detector/592261)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-i-own-a-radar-detector/592261 "2011-08-11T21:59:44Z")
“Brap…Brap…” said my Valentine One radar detector, telling me of ONE K-band Bogey Ahead, signal strength of one, and climbing… I knew that Dover PD had recently put a “your speed is” portable K-band speed signs on the r… --- ## [It's "veterinary", right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-veterinary-right/592120)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-veterinary-right/592120 "2011-08-11T21:56:21Z")
I am amazed at professional radio announcers in news reports and in advertisements who pronounce this word “vet’nary”. Is this becoming the commonly accepted pronunciation? Or is everybody just lazy? --- ## [Blogging and Babies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blogging-and-babies/591655)
**Author:** [@locamochagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/locamochagirl)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blogging-and-babies/591655 "2011-08-11T21:28:08Z")
I really hate when people write blogs about their mundane lives. I hate it because a) nobody cares and b) they become SUPER pretentious about it. For reasons unknown to me, they get followers, which only serves to stro… --- ## [It seems we have a Seizure Dog!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-we-have-a-seizure-dog/592308)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-we-have-a-seizure-dog/592308 "2011-08-11T18:22:04Z")
I was online in another room. Our Lab cross came up and barked in my ear. He had never done this before so I looked into it. My daughter was having a seizure. The Little Girls were barking at her, but he had taken th… --- ## [The rare Kudos for an airline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rare-kudos-for-an-airline/592336)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rare-kudos-for-an-airline/592336 "2011-08-11T17:59:32Z")
The phone call I just took: " Allo, yes? This is Mr. Claude- Phillipe du Monde of Air Canada in Montreal. Is this. Mr. Cartooniverse? " " Um. Yes. " " Yeeees, did you leave a rain jacket on your seat on your last Air … --- ## [Something smells fishy....... (Afgan Helo crash)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-smells-fishy-afgan-helo-crash/592243)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-smells-fishy-afgan-helo-crash/592243 "2011-08-11T16:51:00Z")
Now, let me start by saying I’m not usually the tin-foil hat wearing kind of person… …but… …this story about the Chinook getting shot down, killing a butt-load of the same guys who shot out Bin Ladens eye (you know, th… --- ## [Teach cursive or not anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-cursive-or-not-anymore/585253)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-cursive-or-not-anymore/585253 "2011-08-11T16:33:28Z")
A TV news story last night revealed that several states are stopping the teaching of cursive in schools. One school administrator justified it with with the lame excuse that kids just text and type on computers now, so i… --- ## [New York's Upper East Side Groper finally caught \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorks-upper-east-side-groper-finally-caught-edited-title/592230)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorks-upper-east-side-groper-finally-caught-edited-title/592230 "2011-08-11T16:31:40Z")
Story here How long does it take to catch a 5’2" guy with punk hair who gropes women? Quite a while. --- ## [Tottenham north London riots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tottenham-north-london-riots/591836)
**Author:** [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tottenham-north-london-riots/591836 "2011-08-11T16:28:18Z")
BBC coverage is here. So what’s going on? I’m an American with no idea about the local issues involved. --- ## [Market news stock photos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-news-stock-photos/592346)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-news-stock-photos/592346 "2011-08-11T16:10:18Z")
Totally mundane and pointless none-the-less I must share. I just get a kick out of the stock photos that accompany market news on a daily basis of the traders. “Job News Strengthens Market” :D:p “Dow falls on earnings… --- ## [Pranking neo-Nazis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranking-neo-nazis/592312)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranking-neo-nazis/592312 "2011-08-11T14:49:36Z")
Not sure it will accomplish anything, but it is still very cool. Story. --- ## [We're having twins!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-having-twins/592070)
**Author:** [@Whiteknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiteknight)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-having-twins/592070 "2011-08-11T13:35:00Z")
… and I am both thrilled and terrified. We already have a great 22 mo son and we just found out yesterday that our expected February delivery is going to be a double shot. It’s been almost 24 hours and I’m still reelin… --- ## [The Saltwater Aquarium Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saltwater-aquarium-thread/592188)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saltwater-aquarium-thread/592188 "2011-08-11T13:27:42Z")
Have one? want one? Just interested in how do they DO that? This is the place for it. I’ve recently got back into reef keeping after a long hiatus from salt tanks. So far I’ve got two nano reefs, which are tanks smaller… --- ## [Star Wars fans try to rescue the princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-fans-try-to-rescue-the-princess/592146)
**Author:** [@Tess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-fans-try-to-rescue-the-princess/592146 "2011-08-11T11:42:19Z")
The Star Wars community is rallying to save Princess Leah Neither mundane nor pointless, but I must share. Sorry if it’s a repeat, I couldn’t find anything in a search. Now I must go remove something from my eye. Sniff … --- ## [Drunk 4-year-old beaten to death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-4-year-old-beaten-to-death/592212)
**Author:** [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-4-year-old-beaten-to-death/592212 "2011-08-11T08:07:53Z")
I am continually horrified and shocked by the things people do to children. Recently, a 4-year-old boy was beaten to death by (I believe) his mother’s boyfriend. There were sooo many injuries: strangulation, blunt forc… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1255) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1257)