# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1285 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1286 --- ## [Officials dump 7,200,000 gallons of reservoir water. Idiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officials-dump-7-200-000-gallons-of-reservoir-water-idiots/585820)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officials-dump-7-200-000-gallons-of-reservoir-water-idiots/585820 "2011-06-18T19:31:42Z")
This is top of the list for stupid dumb ass moves. The Mt. Tabor Reservoir has 7,200,000 gallons of water dumped, because a man was caught pissing in an open reservoir. Animals piss and die in the reservoir all the time … --- ## [I'm burned out and I haven't even started yet!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-burned-out-and-i-havent-even-started-yet/585285)
**Author:** [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-burned-out-and-i-havent-even-started-yet/585285 "2011-06-18T18:07:10Z")
It’s been a while since I started one of these threads, and I was reluctant to do this one. My problems seem so very insignificant compared those described in many of the posts lately. But I’m at the end of my rope, and … --- ## [Saggy Pants Leads to Passengers' Arrest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saggy-pants-leads-to-passengers-arrest/585793)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saggy-pants-leads-to-passengers-arrest/585793 "2011-06-18T17:22:10Z")
Heh. Heh heh. Story here. Sung To The Tune Of The Boxer, by Simon & Garfunkel He was there in mourning Now his story’s just been told Went and offered up resistance To the cops who went to hitch his slacks up to hi… --- ## [English Proficiency Assistance Request](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-proficiency-assistance-request/585942)
**Author:** [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-proficiency-assistance-request/585942 "2011-06-18T16:53:13Z")
I have a friend in Brazil that is currently applying to the University of Leeds in England. He has already passed most of the hurdles, including the written application and most of his interview, however he needs to be r… --- ## [Do any Dopers, especially NY Dopers keep in touch with cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-dopers-especially-ny-dopers-keep-in-touch-with-cosmopolitan/585901)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-dopers-especially-ny-dopers-keep-in-touch-with-cosmopolitan/585901 "2011-06-18T16:31:02Z")
She was someone I was friendly with here on my 1st go around, owing to us sharing a disability. Unless she changed her username, I haven’t encountered here since my return. --- ## [Women - What Embarrassing Thing Couldn't You Do When You Were Pregnant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-embarrassing-thing-couldnt-you-do-when-you-were-pregnant/585145)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-embarrassing-thing-couldnt-you-do-when-you-were-pregnant/585145 "2011-06-18T14:13:43Z")
I was watching a rerun of Rhoda, and Rhoda’s chronically pregnant friend, Susan can’t tie her shoes as she’s so fat from being pregnant, to typical hilarious results. Of course why a woman who has been pregnant five time… --- ## [Another 'Ask the...' Thread. This one's about Yachts!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ask-the-thread-this-ones-about-yachts/585657)
**Author:** [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ask-the-thread-this-ones-about-yachts/585657 "2011-06-18T10:32:06Z")
After taking the 2010 boating season off, I decided to launch this year. I visited my Marina last weekend and scheduled the recommissioning work. It was weird walking around the docks in-season and seeing so many empty … --- ## [There'll be fighting in the streets \[of Vancouver\[...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therell-be-fighting-in-the-streets-of-vancouver/585696)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therell-be-fighting-in-the-streets-of-vancouver/585696 "2011-06-18T10:22:10Z")
Riots erupt in Vancouver after Canucks loss But… But Candians are so polite! :stuck\_out\_tongue: On the other hand, they do take their hockey seriously. Some people did not take Vancouver’s loss of the Stanley Cup to … --- ## [Weiner for President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-for-president/585847)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-for-president/585847 "2011-06-18T09:52:41Z")
He could run with the slogan, “Up Weiner!” BTW, being a German name, should it not be pronounced" V eye ner"? --- ## [iPhone/iOS users - seeking financial app](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-ios-users-seeking-financial-app/585865)
**Author:** [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-ios-users-seeking-financial-app/585865 "2011-06-18T06:46:28Z")
Hey everyone, I’ve been looking around feverishly for an app that will do exactly (or close to) what I want. I’m looking for an app that will do the following: Track bills (with reminders, preferably in advance of th… --- ## ["Grandparent Scam" advisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandparent-scam-advisory/585710)
**Author:** [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandparent-scam-advisory/585710 "2011-06-18T05:46:52Z")
What caught my eye was this comment: I hadn’t heard of this scam before. I guess I live under a rock. The linked article suggests ways to verify that the phone call was legit (or not). Some of the amounts lost to s… --- ## [Caught naked!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-naked/585706)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-naked/585706 "2011-06-18T04:52:44Z")
OK, here’s (yet another) opportunity to point and laugh at Johnny. Oh-four-thirty-five yesterday morning, and it was time to get ready for work. Now, I could put some clothes on, make my way to the bathroom, take my cl… --- ## [Jersey Dopefest? Any interest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-dopefest-any-interest/584160)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-dopefest-any-interest/584160 "2011-06-18T04:00:27Z")
I don’t feel up to hosting it but I thought maybe we could plan to meet at a restaurant or something in the Central Jersey area near the trains. If anyone knows a good place near a station that also has parking. So if t… --- ## [Rapist dies while committing rape. Oh darn karma bites.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapist-dies-while-committing-rape-oh-darn-karma-bites/585465)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapist-dies-while-committing-rape-oh-darn-karma-bites/585465 "2011-06-18T01:15:24Z")
This is swift retribution I’d say. Article. One less repeat sexual offender to worry about. I hope to see a follow up on the cause of death. --- ## [U.S. funding stealth Internets to circumvent repressive regimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-funding-stealth-internets-to-circumvent-repressive-regimes/585827)
**Author:** [@bahia\_hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahia_hombre)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-funding-stealth-internets-to-circumvent-repressive-regimes/585827 "2011-06-17T23:36:07Z")
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544\_162-20070687-503544.html The New York Times reports that U.S. government funding is helping to develop and deploy “shadow” Internet and mobile phone systems to undermine repressive reg… --- ## ["Quietus" substitutes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quietus-substitutes/585885)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quietus-substitutes/585885 "2011-06-17T22:51:02Z")
Mainly because I’m partial to Merriam-Webster, I submit their take on “quietus” definition and usage but what I’m more curious about than its definition is what you have heard substituted for it in polite or casual conve… --- ## [Weiner in 2012?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-in-2012/585834)
**Author:** [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-in-2012/585834 "2011-06-17T21:17:29Z")
I suppose he could run with the current Attorney General, and create the Weiner-Holder ticket… --- ## [Man gives warts the finger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gives-warts-the-finger/585704)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gives-warts-the-finger/585704 "2011-06-17T19:55:57Z")
Link Basically, an English chap got so fed-up with a wart on his middle finger that he used a shotgun to remove it (and most of the finger as well). I bet myself before I read the article that the guy was from The South… --- ## [Every animal has a canonical favorite food. Let's list them.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-animal-has-a-canonical-favorite-food-lets-list-them/585618)
**Author:** [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-animal-has-a-canonical-favorite-food-lets-list-them/585618 "2011-06-17T17:47:29Z")
Mice love cheese Cats love mice Elephants love peanuts Parrots love crackers Bears love honey Pandas love bamboo Whales love krill --- ## [Fellow slang aficionados](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-slang-aficionados/585828)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-slang-aficionados/585828 "2011-06-17T17:43:48Z")
The latest in medial slang. Hope you Fonzies don’t have to deal with a Hasselhoff today. --- ## [Let them eat poop!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-them-eat-poop/585789)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-them-eat-poop/585789 "2011-06-17T15:36:26Z")
Japanese Scientist invents meat made from sewage. Yum yum. Now I can tell a vegetarian to “eat shit” without being rude, right? (rimshot) --- ## [Love the headline! Disgusted Democrats letting Weiner shrivel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-headline-disgusted-democrats-letting-weiner-shrivel/584803)
**Author:** [@Junkman209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junkman209)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-headline-disgusted-democrats-letting-weiner-shrivel/584803 "2011-06-17T12:29:03Z")
Disgusted Democrats letting Weiner shrivel --- ## [Talent cannot be defined](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talent-cannot-be-defined/585808)
**Author:** [@sriram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sriram)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talent-cannot-be-defined/585808 "2011-06-17T11:37:18Z")
I have now met so many people in my life,who say that…’‘oh my god!!!he/she is so talented…i wish i was like him/her’’…other of my friends would agree and would either oppose/support,but all that i have done from day 1 af… --- ## [It's perfectly legal for women to walk around New York City topless. Yet so few do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-perfectly-legal-for-women-to-walk-around-new-york-city-topless-yet-so-few-do/585272)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-perfectly-legal-for-women-to-walk-around-new-york-city-topless-yet-so-few-do/585272 "2011-06-17T01:59:05Z")
Per this article you can walk around NYC as topless as you want to be, yet almost no women do. You need to empower yourselves. Throw off the oppressive bra yoke and be free! Yes, Ladies, You Can Walk Around the City Top… --- ## [I'm Fine With Divorcing, But This Part Sucks...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-fine-with-divorcing-but-this-part-sucks/585514)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-fine-with-divorcing-but-this-part-sucks/585514 "2011-06-17T01:33:40Z")
So, tomorrow is moving day…I’ve been bringing carloads of boxes of stuff over to the new house for the past few days, but tomorrow the furniture goes there, and I begin actually living there. And I’m going to be royally … --- ## [Better fareboxes, or "The sky is falling!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-fareboxes-or-the-sky-is-falling/585653)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-fareboxes-or-the-sky-is-falling/585653 "2011-06-16T21:27:38Z")
My employer is finally upgrading the fareboxes for their buses. I guess being the iPod generation, I see a lot of practical improvements to the revamped fareboxes. But if you heard some of my older co workers, the sky is… --- ## [Mobile broadband disrupts GPS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-broadband-disrupts-gps/585736)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-broadband-disrupts-gps/585736 "2011-06-16T20:41:40Z")
More Tests Show GPS Interference From LightSquared’s Network I’m reminded of the Wiki article on the Eagle Helicycle, which has uncited claims that a couple of crashes were caused by RF interference with the helicopter… --- ## [Sagging. Can we just point and laugh at these morons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452)
**Author:** [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452 "2011-06-16T20:22:11Z")
I am now seeing extreme examples of this in (wait for it) Milton Keynes. You might be making a statement if you’re in Brixton or LA, round here you’re just wearing a sign that says I’M A FUCKING IDIOT! and I HAVE TO WALK… --- ## [Really, Apple?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-apple/585447)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-apple/585447 "2011-06-16T17:54:43Z")
I need a new USB/dock cord for my iPod – I listen to it mostly at work, and like to plug it in, instead of running it off the battery – so I checked the price at the Apple website, thinking I could run over to the Apple … --- ## [Too Honest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-honest/585456)
**Author:** [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-honest/585456 "2011-06-16T17:01:13Z")
Story 1: At the time, I was doing the Disney College Program in Orlando. At some point I was skyping with my friend Nala from Boston. She happened to catch a glimpse of my sizzling suitemate Tasteful and vice versa. I in… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1284) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1286)