# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1269 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1270 --- ## [What's a "spiritual person"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-spiritual-person/589040)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-spiritual-person/589040 "2011-07-20T15:41:00Z")
Overheard in office chatter…someone was describing a friend, saying “She’s a very spiritual person.” What does this mean to you? --- ## [Fun with spam: the "Police Agency" wants to see me...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spam-the-police-agency-wants-to-see-me/589502)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-spam-the-police-agency-wants-to-see-me/589502 "2011-07-20T15:37:34Z")
I may be in trouble. I found just found this message in my spam folder. I’m not sure what to do. One one hand, I don’t even have a driver’s license. But the Yahoo email address (from “POLICE AGENCY”) is soooo official-… --- ## [drunk on the J train](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-on-the-j-train/589575)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-on-the-j-train/589575 "2011-07-20T05:55:45Z")
Coming home yesterday afternoon, I was working on my laptop (reading some SDMB threads I’d loaded before leaving the office, in fact) when a drunk came into my crowded car, started bellowing “The Marine Corps Hymn”: at … --- ## [Going to Court Tomorrow - Witness to a DWI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-court-tomorrow-witness-to-a-dwi/589472)
**Author:** [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-court-tomorrow-witness-to-a-dwi/589472 "2011-07-20T03:49:38Z")
A few months ago on my way home I was nearly driven into the guardrail of the interstate by another car. What makes my situation special is 1) I am a tv reporter / photog and 2) I had a dashcam rolling. I gave the drive… --- ## [What Subject Do you Want to Talk About?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-do-you-want-to-talk-about/589127)
**Author:** [@MattProle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattProle)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-do-you-want-to-talk-about/589127 "2011-07-20T00:51:13Z")
What subject do you feel exceedingly comfortable talking about? So comfortable / interested, in fact, that you could do a 2 hour lecture in front of 150 people without fear. I curious. --- ## [Last Minute Save (Kitten Related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-minute-save-kitten-related/589532)
**Author:** [@Sundrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sundrop)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-minute-save-kitten-related/589532 "2011-07-20T00:27:23Z")
First, the picture Kittens. A few weeks ago, we stopped by the pet store just to grab some food for the existing kitties (Bear and Serendipity, pictured in the background to the left and right respectively). While ther… --- ## [This is going to be the most fun business trip ever.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-going-to-be-the-most-fun-business-trip-ever/589604)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-going-to-be-the-most-fun-business-trip-ever/589604 "2011-07-19T22:09:32Z")
Tonight I leave for Rochester, MN for the IJA’s annual juggling festival.\* I come home on Sunday. Originally I wasn’t going to go because we really can’t afford it, however I’m putting in a bid to take over their magazin… --- ## [No sense of humor at all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sense-of-humor-at-all/589334)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sense-of-humor-at-all/589334 "2011-07-19T20:42:06Z")
I have a friend who has no sense of humor at all. She will laugh when someone tells a joke that it obvious that it has a punchline and is harmless. But she hates a joke that she thinks is designed to “manipulate” her int… --- ## [Nearby camera store no longer carries ASA 100 film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearby-camera-store-no-longer-carries-asa-100-film/589584)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearby-camera-store-no-longer-carries-asa-100-film/589584 "2011-07-19T20:03:14Z")
200, 400, (and maybe 1000) in color. 400 only for B/W. Not that I particularly needed 100, but I thought that was interesting. This is one of the national chains, too. --- ## [Little Nipper Dolls. At your toy store soon.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-nipper-dolls-at-your-toy-store-soon/589583)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-nipper-dolls-at-your-toy-store-soon/589583 "2011-07-19T17:53:27Z")
A nursing doll? How did we survive without this instructional aid? I’m wondering how many little brothers are going to get ahold of this and - well - misused the nursing feature. --- ## [Spam subject lines that make you pause for a microsecond before you delete](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-subject-lines-that-make-you-pause-for-a-microsecond-before-you-delete/589574)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-subject-lines-that-make-you-pause-for-a-microsecond-before-you-delete/589574 "2011-07-19T17:43:43Z")
“So hard you can break an egg” --- ## [Man (or alien?) made structure on Mars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-or-alien-made-structure-on-mars/584578)
**Author:** [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-or-alien-made-structure-on-mars/584578 "2011-07-19T16:58:35Z")
Some guy using Google Mars (what?) claims to have discovered a structure on Mars. Story and video here. I would need a lot clearer picture before getting concerned. What do you think? --- ## [How Can I Get Over Fear of Growing Up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-over-fear-of-growing-up/589592)
**Author:** [@honeybee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/honeybee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-over-fear-of-growing-up/589592 "2011-07-19T16:11:03Z")
Ok, so I realize this isn’t some type of counseling site, and many of you may not want to read about my depressing story. But I didn’t have anyone else I could express these feelings to w/o feeling embarrassed. (Psycholo… --- ## [Turn about's fair play, right? \[Passenger gropes TSA screener\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-abouts-fair-play-right-passenger-gropes-tsa-screener/589338)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-abouts-fair-play-right-passenger-gropes-tsa-screener/589338 "2011-07-19T15:22:09Z")
A woman in Phoenix was arrested for groping a TSA screener. --- ## [Sad mission even before my morning coffee...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-mission-even-before-my-morning-coffee/589582)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-mission-even-before-my-morning-coffee/589582 "2011-07-19T14:53:07Z")
So there I was driving to work this morning when I saw the common, yet still sad, sight of black fur in the middle of the road. My first thought was “Another poor squirrel miscalculated…” but then I realized that the vi… --- ## [So where is the buckle of the Bible Belt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-buckle-of-the-bible-belt/589182)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-is-the-buckle-of-the-bible-belt/589182 "2011-07-19T13:34:38Z")
It seems like just about every other place you can name has been called the “buckle of the Bible Belt” by somebody or other. So which of these claims has a basis in fac… rea… … logic? First of all, what defines a “buckl… --- ## [Finger Length May Correlate with Penis Length: Study](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142 "2011-07-19T12:46:54Z")
Story here. A new Hong Kong study indicates having an index finger that is shorter than the ring finger may indicate greater penis length. I wonder how many people will now go to Arnold’s Photo Gallery to check out han… --- ## ["Anything's possible" - No, it freakin' isn't!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anythings-possible-no-it-freakin-isnt/588415)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anythings-possible-no-it-freakin-isnt/588415 "2011-07-19T12:42:30Z")
Why do people make this dumb, stupid statement? Anything is NOT possible. There are plenty of things that can’t possibly happen and couldn’t possibly have happened. This is true in this life generally, but there is one p… --- ## [Leeches!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leeches/589375)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leeches/589375 "2011-07-19T12:30:48Z")
Have you ever had one attach to you? Did you freak? How did you get it off? Squick. --- ## [Train Track Therapy in Indonesia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/train-track-therapy-in-indonesia/589544)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/train-track-therapy-in-indonesia/589544 "2011-07-19T12:19:02Z")
Good for whatever ails ya! See an example here. The people pictured believe the electrical energy carried by the train tracks can cure disease. I’m just glad that train turned out to be on the other tracks, but like tha… --- ## [In which we all beam intense thought rays at one particular Doper...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382)
**Author:** [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382 "2011-07-19T03:24:22Z")
… after viewing these four images. No, we don’t name him, nor do any of us PM him, or mention this thread in any other threads in which he participates. We just think very hard of his username whilst viewing the images.… --- ## [Austrian Atheist Wins Right To Wear Spaghetti Strainer As Religious Headgear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austrian-atheist-wins-right-to-wear-spaghetti-strainer-as-religious-headgear/588936)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austrian-atheist-wins-right-to-wear-spaghetti-strainer-as-religious-headgear/588936 "2011-07-19T01:06:11Z")
Story here. I live this part: Sign me up, and where do I find a chic strainer like that? Roddy --- ## [Hebrew translation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-translation/589397)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-translation/589397 "2011-07-19T01:01:57Z")
A friend’s daughter photographed this in a museum in DC. What does it say? Thanks, CP --- ## [Does anyone know Markxxx IRL?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-markxxx-irl/589034)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-markxxx-irl/589034 "2011-07-18T22:21:52Z")
He seems to have abruptly vanished. He last posted 6-26 and his last posts didn’t indicate anything out of the ordinary. I e-mailed him a couple of days ago and no answer yet. --- ## [Confirmed: non-Africans are part Neanderthal after all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-non-africans-are-part-neanderthal-after-all/589443)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-non-africans-are-part-neanderthal-after-all/589443 "2011-07-18T22:12:23Z")
From here: I think this is pretty interesting, not least because I remember one of the first threads I ever read on this board was one where a few posters argued passionately that not only was there no evidence that th… --- ## [Some Figures on Compensated Emancipation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-figures-on-compensated-emancipation/589475)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-figures-on-compensated-emancipation/589475 "2011-07-18T21:09:08Z")
Perhaps this will turn into a debate, but to me it’s just an interesting bit of historical irony. I’ve been reading the Pulitzer-prize-winning Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis. In his chapter"The Silence," he discusse… --- ## [Tell us about your Really Kinky Fantasies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-really-kinky-fantasies/22443)
**Author:** [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-really-kinky-fantasies/22443 "2011-07-18T20:23:02Z")
Inspired by pepperlandgirl: This thread, specifically designed for you to get that kinky fantasy off your chest. Spill the beans! --- ## [This Marine got a date with Mila Kunis.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-marine-got-a-date-with-mila-kunis/588704)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-marine-got-a-date-with-mila-kunis/588704 "2011-07-18T18:48:14Z")
A Marine serving in Afghanistan posted a Youtube video asking actress Mila Kunis Marine Corps Ball in November. She said she going! :smiley: Youtube video at end of article. http://scoop.today.com/\_news/2011/07/11/70… --- ## [You have to clean an air conditioning unit's grill. Huh.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-clean-an-air-conditioning-units-grill-huh/589135)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-clean-an-air-conditioning-units-grill-huh/589135 "2011-07-18T14:34:49Z")
I’m pretty sure there was a thread not too long ago about stupid stuff people didn’t know, but I can’t find it. I suspect this is something everyone but me knows:\* if you have central air, you have to regularly clean th… --- ## [Buried treasure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017 "2011-07-18T14:06:48Z")
So, we had the pest exterminator out the other day for the termite inspection. To do this properly he needs to get under the house- it is a low set house with maybe three feet of clearance between the floor boards and th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1268) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1270)