# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1259 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1260 --- ## [Stupid things you've done in the kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-youve-done-in-the-kitchen/413705)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-youve-done-in-the-kitchen/413705 "2011-08-08T15:56:11Z")
I did the most asinine thing in the kitchen Friday night. My husband decided that he wanted some dessert. I’ve been working on losing some weight recently, so we hadn’t had any in quite a while, but we were having compan… --- ## [Phone Scam Bottoms Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-scam-bottoms-out/591724)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-scam-bottoms-out/591724 "2011-08-08T15:40:37Z")
Pity the poor inmate here in Bangkok who shoved a cellphone up his rectum to smuggle it in, only to be discovered when it started ringing. :smiley: Story here, along with one or two other rectal prison cellphone shenan… --- ## [Help me understand the attraction to Facebook.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-the-attraction-to-facebook/591735)
**Author:** [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-the-attraction-to-facebook/591735 "2011-08-08T14:15:41Z")
So I know there’s 500 million users; 5% of the world’s population. Thats a stunning number. I have a Facebook account because my adolescent kids did. They had to ‘friend’ me and I could see what they were up to. They’re… --- ## [My “Retired and Being a Bum” MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-retired-and-being-a-bum-mmp/591022)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-retired-and-being-a-bum-mmp/591022 "2011-08-08T12:52:20Z")
Technically, July 30 was my last day, even tho I surrendered my badges on the 29th. The rule states that in order to earn leave, you must work the entire pay period. Since I was earning 8 hours and selling those 8 hour… --- ## [Important News for Friends of norinew \[RIP\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727)
**Author:** [@thebadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thebadman)\ **Replies:** 424\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727 "2011-08-08T09:58:37Z")
My name is Ben, and I’m the boyfriend of The Thread Pirate Roberts, who is noranew’s daughter. This evening, noranew was admitted to the hospital with a severe blockage in her liver. The complications are serious enough … --- ## [2011 Summer Postcard Exchange](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613)
**Author:** [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613 "2011-08-08T04:24:04Z")
So I think it’s time for a new postcard exchange, don’t you? I’m going to send out names 3 times (June, July, August). Here’s the basic rules (updated from last time) \[ol\] \[li\]You sign up here and PM/email me your in… --- ## [The "Homer Monkey Thread" question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-homer-monkey-thread-question/591797)
**Author:** [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-homer-monkey-thread-question/591797 "2011-08-07T22:59:50Z")
elbows’ post in Curtis’ servant thread made realize I have no idea what the joke was supposed to be in Homer’s ill-fated (but hilarious) thread. I’m guessing he was going for monkey butler suit dancer but I don’t get th… --- ## [Best parade float?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-parade-float/591772)
**Author:** [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-parade-float/591772 "2011-08-07T20:00:55Z")
My company (a residential remodeling company) is going to be in a parade in the next month. We are looking for memorable ideas for a float. It doesn’t need to tie into construction, but it certainly can. We are open to… --- ## [top Shanghai Party officials and 55% of polled netizens like thin, plain-faced chicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-shanghai-party-officials-and-55-of-polled-netizens-like-thin-plain-faced-chicks/591834)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-shanghai-party-officials-and-55-of-polled-netizens-like-thin-plain-faced-chicks/591834 "2011-08-07T18:14:51Z")
at least that was the state of affairs back in 2009. From EastSouthWestNorth: Daily Brief Comments, February 1-28, 2009 Safe-for-work photos of Ms Luk Plainli are in the linked page. --- ## [I was "fired" last week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-fired-last-week/591353)
**Author:** [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-fired-last-week/591353 "2011-08-07T17:16:15Z")
So I show up for work last week. I pull into the employee’s parking garage and my card doesn’t open the turnstile. Hmmm. I ask the other cars behind me to back up so I can pull into the other turnstile. Still doesn’t wor… --- ## [Rocket cars: the Turbonique story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocket-cars-the-turbonique-story/591801)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocket-cars-the-turbonique-story/591801 "2011-08-07T14:29:50Z")
I recently found this blog post about Turbonique, a firm that sold aftermarket kits to drag racers back in the 60s. The special thing about Turbonique is it sold rocket fuel powered(!) superchargers, axles, and engines.… --- ## [Criticize my (boring corporate) website redesign?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criticize-my-boring-corporate-website-redesign/591513)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criticize-my-boring-corporate-website-redesign/591513 "2011-08-07T14:14:48Z")
I was given the opportunity to give my company’s website a bit of a facelift recently. It’s been more than six years since I’ve done any web design, and I have sort of mixed feeling about the result. (I did really hate … --- ## [We celebrated a parishioner's 100th birthday after mass this morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-celebrated-a-parishioners-100th-birthday-after-mass-this-morning/591794)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2011, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-celebrated-a-parishioners-100th-birthday-after-mass-this-morning/591794 "2011-08-07T08:31:12Z")
It was quite an event: morning tea with lots of cakes etc, as well as the official messages from the Queen, Governor-General and Prime Minister. The birthday ‘girl’ was pleased as punch. She’s still in remarkably good he… --- ## [Heartbroken because of a brother's lies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartbroken-because-of-a-brothers-lies/591420)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartbroken-because-of-a-brothers-lies/591420 "2011-08-07T03:31:36Z")
Tonight as I was driving home from visiting a Masonic lodge in another town, I was told the most dishonest, ridiculous story by the guy who I went with. This is a guy who I call my brother, a guy who participated in my i… --- ## [That kinda killed the mood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-kinda-killed-the-mood/591267)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-kinda-killed-the-mood/591267 "2011-08-07T01:05:33Z")
So last night I was in bed with my beautiful lady and Ching, one of our puppies (a Chinese Crested) was laying on a pillow at the head of the bed. We were talking and snuggling, kissing a bit, after a long and stressful… --- ## [Went to Mormon church service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/went-to-mormon-church-service/591659)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/went-to-mormon-church-service/591659 "2011-08-06T17:01:36Z")
It was mostly like any other Christian service I have been to with one exception: Tons of little kids running around and making noise. Almost everybody had kids, many of them were under 5. Very few if any women wore… --- ## [There was an angry man in the bathroom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-an-angry-man-in-the-bathroom/591232)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-an-angry-man-in-the-bathroom/591232 "2011-08-06T14:49:45Z")
I have posted about my bathroom issues before, whether its the unusual frequency of my log rolling during a period of strenuous exercise, my fondness for public restroom design, losing a shitting contest, or pretending I… --- ## [Baby porpoise rescued -- Maybe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-porpoise-rescued-maybe/591731)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-porpoise-rescued-maybe/591731 "2011-08-06T14:20:12Z")
Stranded baby Dall’s porpoise escorted from Semiahmoo Marina It’s a short article. Basically, a baby Dall’s porpoise was stranded on the shoreline. Two Canadian women, a man with a dinghy and a passerby whose national… --- ## [Pool fiiiiiiiiight!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pool-fiiiiiiiiight/591669)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pool-fiiiiiiiiight/591669 "2011-08-06T12:05:37Z")
In Russia. You’d think after the third fall, the guys in black would at least take their shoes off, if not change locations. --- ## [DDoS attack against LiveJournal...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ddos-attack-against-livejournal/590596)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ddos-attack-against-livejournal/590596 "2011-08-06T06:19:48Z")
It’s been going on for the past two days, at least. I wonder if it has political motivations or implications, like ones in the past supposedly were? --- ## [I voluntarily saved your life! Now pay up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voluntarily-saved-your-life-now-pay-up/591254)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voluntarily-saved-your-life-now-pay-up/591254 "2011-08-06T02:41:18Z")
I did a search and did not see any thread on this. Story here Two guys see a woman in a burning vehicle, rescue her, and are now suing for $25,000 a piece for physical and emotional damages. Not that I don’t feel bad … --- ## [The irony burns (geek joke post)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-irony-burns-geek-joke-post/591673)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-irony-burns-geek-joke-post/591673 "2011-08-06T02:04:59Z")
This morning, the coworker who was supposed to cover my lunch called and said she had to go to the hospital because her husband had hurt himself at work. Of course I told her to GO GO GO, as did her boss. I’m OK with n… --- ## [How do you interpret a kiss on the forehead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-interpret-a-kiss-on-the-forehead/591405)
**Author:** [@punch\_line\_loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/punch_line_loser)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-interpret-a-kiss-on-the-forehead/591405 "2011-08-06T01:32:47Z")
This didn’t happen to me, but I was talking to a friend from France about the different meanings of hugs between France and the US. By some circuitous route I can’t fully remember, the subject of forehead kissing came up… --- ## [The SDMB relationship rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-relationship-rules/591335)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-relationship-rules/591335 "2011-08-06T01:26:17Z")
I’m noticing in these “what do you regret” threads that a lot of regrets are based on relationships. It seems like a lot of us have ome hard won wisdom. Let’s put it together with a list of simple rules. I’ll start: Wh… --- ## [Tunnels under Stone Age Settlements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tunnels-under-stone-age-settlements/591571)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tunnels-under-stone-age-settlements/591571 "2011-08-06T00:14:01Z")
I hadn’t heard about this before. I watch archaeology shows like Time Team and Cities of the Underworld regularly. I’m surprised they haven’t mentioned this on the shows I’ve seen. I wonder if these were dug to avoid pr… --- ## [A big thank you to alice\_in\_wonderland!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-thank-you-to-alice_in_wonderland/591635)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-thank-you-to-alice_in_wonderland/591635 "2011-08-05T23:45:48Z")
I just wanted to post a shout out to alice\_in\_wonderland for being so wonderfully supportive during the last few weeks during my failed pregnancy and subsequent surgery to remove my tube. She posted support and words of … --- ## [In which I reconnect with someone from my very distant past...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-reconnect-with-someone-from-my-very-distant-past/591334)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-reconnect-with-someone-from-my-very-distant-past/591334 "2011-08-05T21:15:38Z")
Monday morning I was at a job hunter’s session. There was a woman there whom looked very familiar to me. Everytime I looked at her, the name “Nancy” popped into my head. However, she introduced herself as “Rebecca.” Aft… --- ## [Obama Turns 50, despite Republican Opposition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-turns-50-despite-republican-opposition/591600)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-turns-50-despite-republican-opposition/591600 "2011-08-05T20:34:27Z")
From yesterday’s Onion http://www.theonion.com/articles/obama-turns-50-despite-republican-opposition,21061/ My favorite line: --- ## [I don't understand how coupons work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-how-coupons-work/590220)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-how-coupons-work/590220 "2011-08-05T18:37:18Z")
I just went through a package of over 150 coupons and there was nothing there I would ever need or want. How do persons save money using coupons for purchases? There were brand name vegetables in cans (WalMart is cheape… --- ## [Sleeping in One's Car: Any Troubles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-ones-car-any-troubles/591037)
**Author:** [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-ones-car-any-troubles/591037 "2011-08-05T18:32:47Z")
I’ve never taken more than a 15-minute doze in my car, but I’ve thought about it, especially on long trips when I didn’t feel like getting a motel room. Has anyone had any trouble doing this, i.e., harassment from Johnny… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1258) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1260)