# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1281 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1282 --- ## [Dear Sump Pump,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-sump-pump/586153)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-sump-pump/586153 "2011-06-27T00:48:10Z")
I know it may feel like you’re the low man on the totem pole around here at the People’s Republic of Munch, and I want to reassure you - you are. You’re the absolute lowest thing I own, and I keep you as far away from me… --- ## [Been butt-dialed lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-butt-dialed-lately/586758)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-butt-dialed-lately/586758 "2011-06-27T00:42:29Z")
A distant acquaintance whom I had a cell phone conversation with yesterday evening just unknowingly dialed me from her work bathroom. It was quite acoustically graphic. It ended just as she left the stall, so I can only … --- ## [Anglican/Episcopalian Dopers: Help me not look stupid this Sunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anglican-episcopalian-dopers-help-me-not-look-stupid-this-sunday/586329)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anglican-episcopalian-dopers-help-me-not-look-stupid-this-sunday/586329 "2011-06-27T00:05:04Z")
Ok I went to an Episcopal church for the first time and I have some questions, prepare to deal with some pressure ya’ll: Why were numbers written on the wall on this little board? Were those hymn numbers? I asked and wa… --- ## [Time has stopped in Canada's House of Commons - it's Thursday, June 23rd.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-has-stopped-in-canadas-house-of-commons-its-thursday-june-23rd/586808)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-has-stopped-in-canadas-house-of-commons-its-thursday-june-23rd/586808 "2011-06-27T00:01:02Z")
Thanks to the magic of parliamentary procedure, time has stopped in the House of Commons. The Conservative Government has introduced back-to-work legislation for the striking postal workers. The NDP Opposition has resp… --- ## [Help unclog my toilet with your words, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-unclog-my-toilet-with-your-words-please/586623)
**Author:** [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-unclog-my-toilet-with-your-words-please/586623 "2011-06-26T21:31:33Z")
Yadda, I was constipated for three or four days, and after dozens of attempts, a giant baby came out of my ass. And now the fucker is jammed into my toilet. Plunging? Check. All the time. Not working. Not much toil… --- ## [Bloody sandals!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloody-sandals/586862)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloody-sandals/586862 "2011-06-26T19:44:49Z")
Roomie said she was going to go for a walk. Since I haven’t had a walk since yesterday, I decided to go along. She said she was just going to ‘walk around’, so I decided not to find socks that didn’t look too dorky wit… --- ## [Bad Sunday For My Brother And Cousin - But Funny Anyway...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-sunday-for-my-brother-and-cousin-but-funny-anyway/586931)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-sunday-for-my-brother-and-cousin-but-funny-anyway/586931 "2011-06-26T19:37:52Z")
On my weekly calls, got two fun reports to my question, “How’s it going?” Cousin - “…so I was wearing my cotton pants and had just sat down on my Lazy-Boy to relax and watch some TV, beer in one hand, remote in the ot… --- ## [traveling with a toddler 20+ hours advice needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-with-a-toddler-20-hours-advice-needed/585669)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-with-a-toddler-20-hours-advice-needed/585669 "2011-06-26T19:15:09Z")
Having stumbled on this thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=612451 I figured what the heck, I’m going to be traveling (flying overseas) with the young’un in a few monthes and any advice more speci… --- ## [Feline Chemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feline-chemo/556954)
**Author:** [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feline-chemo/556954 "2011-06-26T17:27:49Z")
One of my cats has a likely terminal case of cancer, and I’m waiting for a definitive pathology report. If it comes back as lymphoma, chemotherapy has been indicated as a likely option; if it comes back as adenocarcinoma… --- ## [Green Bay, WI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-bay-wi/584490)
**Author:** [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-bay-wi/584490 "2011-06-26T17:14:00Z")
I’m going to Green Bay for a week with work at the end of June. Any recommendations as to where to eat? Will be staying on Lombardi Avenue. What’s the weather like at this time of year? --- ## [FOX News is centrist and Drudge Report leans to the left? Duh, winning!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-is-centrist-and-drudge-report-leans-to-the-left-duh-winning/586894)
**Author:** [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-is-centrist-and-drudge-report-leans-to-the-left-duh-winning/586894 "2011-06-26T14:54:56Z")
From US News and World Report: Who is this guy? What’s somebody who thinks FOX is centrist doing teaching about media bias at UCLA? Like, how did he get to that position…whatever, just boggles my mind, so thought it mi… --- ## [Grossest thing you've heard of in a while (warning, grossness ensues)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-thing-youve-heard-of-in-a-while-warning-grossness-ensues/586865)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-thing-youve-heard-of-in-a-while-warning-grossness-ensues/586865 "2011-06-26T14:40:33Z")
Yes, you read that right. Not content to peep on girls in restrooms (which he also did), he decided he could get a better look at women’s privates by hiding in the storage tank of a port-a-potty. Gross! --- ## [Where are you posting from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-posting-from/586769)
**Author:** [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-posting-from/586769 "2011-06-26T10:17:02Z")
I am posting from here. This exact spot. Where are Dopers posting from? Also, top that. :slight\_smile: --- ## [I'm Baaa-aaaack!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-baaa-aaaack/585672)
**Author:** [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-baaa-aaaack/585672 "2011-06-26T08:39:13Z")
I haven’t been here for years but I came back… anyone miss me? :smiley: --- ## [What means this emoticon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835 "2011-06-26T06:30:32Z")
\>.\< --- ## [How do I get internet in a room where powerline adapters and wifi won't work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-internet-in-a-room-where-powerline-adapters-and-wifi-wont-work/586839)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-internet-in-a-room-where-powerline-adapters-and-wifi-wont-work/586839 "2011-06-26T03:30:10Z")
There is an addition added to a house, and because of that powerline adapters (for whatever reason) do not work when put in that room although they work in other rooms w/o issue. Not only that but the room was added wher… --- ## [Either my iPhone is stalking me our I'm psychic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-my-iphone-is-stalking-me-our-im-psychic/586870)
**Author:** [@\_mostly\_Harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_mostly_Harmless)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-my-iphone-is-stalking-me-our-im-psychic/586870 "2011-06-26T01:03:04Z")
Three days ago I was hanging out with my friends at the Orange Circle (for those of you who know what that is) and out of nowhere I started singing Lips Like Sugar by Echo & The Bunnymen. I couldn’t get it out of my head… --- ## [The slow demise of the letter "E"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slow-demise-of-the-letter-e/586807)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slow-demise-of-the-letter-e/586807 "2011-06-26T00:52:04Z")
I’ve been noticing something about the letter “e” that I find a little perplexing. In some cases it’s becoming an “i.” I first noticed this several years ago, when a woman on tv was talking about weaning . . . except to… --- ## ["Same exact" makes no sense. It should be "exact same".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-exact-makes-no-sense-it-should-be-exact-same/586698)
**Author:** [@BDoors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BDoors)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-exact-makes-no-sense-it-should-be-exact-same/586698 "2011-06-25T20:09:47Z")
“Exact” modifies “same”, not vice versa. You can tell a modifier, because you can remove it from the sentence without affecting the basic meaning. Since modifiers precede the thing they modify in English (OK, with a few … --- ## [Feel Good Friday Topic: What Fun Thing Are You Doing Tonight? (Your Responses Requested)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-topic-what-fun-thing-are-you-doing-tonight-your-responses-requested/586727)
**Author:** [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-topic-what-fun-thing-are-you-doing-tonight-your-responses-requested/586727 "2011-06-25T16:42:51Z")
It’s Friday!! Tonight I’m going up to help celebrate my nephew’s graduation from high school. Along with seeing my brother/SIL and their 7 kids, my mom is driving up with my other SIL and her daughter. Being around fa… --- ## [Google 2011 Redirect / Hijack Virus - How to finally get rid of it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-2011-redirect-hijack-virus-how-to-finally-get-rid-of-it/586811)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-2011-redirect-hijack-virus-how-to-finally-get-rid-of-it/586811 "2011-06-25T11:29:42Z")
I have never run across a beast like this before! Once I caught it every Google, Bing or Yahoo search would be redirected to a bunch of low rent ad sites. I finally wound up using Altavista search, which I suppose is suc… --- ## [I can no longer tell the difference between an article from "The Onion" or one from the "NY Times".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-no-longer-tell-the-difference-between-an-article-from-the-onion-or-one-from-the-ny-times/586715)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-no-longer-tell-the-difference-between-an-article-from-the-onion-or-one-from-the-ny-times/586715 "2011-06-25T07:29:22Z")
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/justin-bieber-event-leads-to-chaos-uncertainty-and-possible-mussing-of-hair/ --- ## [Woman's rude tirade on Metro North train: "Do you know what schools I went to?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womans-rude-tirade-on-metro-north-train-do-you-know-what-schools-i-went-to/586263)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womans-rude-tirade-on-metro-north-train-do-you-know-what-schools-i-went-to/586263 "2011-06-25T05:03:55Z")
I was watching Olbermann’s new show on Current and noted the “Worst Person in the World” was a woman that apparently was talking loud on her phone and cursing on a Metro North train in Connecticut. Passengers complained,… --- ## [Job Related Hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-related-hell/586567)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-related-hell/586567 "2011-06-25T03:00:47Z")
First, I cannot say the name of where I work, and if you KNOW, I beg of you to not to put it in this thread. We were informed yesterday that they actually have people in the company whose job it is to Google the company… --- ## [Silver lining of losing kitty...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-lining-of-losing-kitty/586784)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-lining-of-losing-kitty/586784 "2011-06-25T01:06:54Z")
My yellow tabby Piers took off on his own about a month ago. I’m still very sad, but I have noticed a bright side this evening! All of the rabbits that have been absent in the yard for the last couple of years are back… --- ## [Ask the new mom (formerly the hugely pregnant chick)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-new-mom-formerly-the-hugely-pregnant-chick/584039)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-new-mom-formerly-the-hugely-pregnant-chick/584039 "2011-06-24T21:12:32Z")
A couple of months back I started Ask the hugely pregnant chick. My daughter is two and a half months old now, and I find I have the time and brain cells to open a sequel thread. Aren’t y’all stoked? So, here’s some per… --- ## [Dopers who suffer from Panic/Anxiety Disorders. Your tales](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-suffer-from-panic-anxiety-disorders-your-tales/586414)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-suffer-from-panic-anxiety-disorders-your-tales/586414 "2011-06-24T20:54:18Z")
For the past month or so I have been suffering from what can only be described as acute anxiety. I have had repeated chest pains, palpitations, dizziness impending doom etc. Source It has definatly had an adverse effect… --- ## [The Secret Origin of the Birthers--great research.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-origin-of-the-birthers-great-research/586723)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-origin-of-the-birthers-great-research/586723 "2011-06-24T19:46:55Z")
Published on his blog two days ago, in two parts. It represents the best bit of detective work on Obama and the whole birth certificate story. Story here --- ## [The kind of thing you wait your whole life for.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kind-of-thing-you-wait-your-whole-life-for/586682)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kind-of-thing-you-wait-your-whole-life-for/586682 "2011-06-24T19:33:51Z")
Setup: My SO was crossing the (cluttered) room, and ran into something which made him stumble and lurch towards me. It was the fan, currently on the floor nearby, where I had moved it because it’s been pretty dang hot … --- ## [Cell Phone Rings Twice Busy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-rings-twice-busy/586750)
**Author:** [@Dpimi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dpimi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-rings-twice-busy/586750 "2011-06-24T19:21:34Z")
OK, I have my wife’s cell phone and I have never used it before. I think I screwed something up, but I can’t figure it out. So I thought I’d ask I was home with her cell phone and bored so I called the number and instea… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1280) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1282)