# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1290 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1291 --- ## ["You Are Currently the Only Person in this Country"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-currently-the-only-person-in-this-country/461772)
**Author:** [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-currently-the-only-person-in-this-country/461772 "2011-06-09T00:55:13Z")
I’m sitting here at work (hotel front desk) when the phone rings. I answer, and it’s a pre-recorded voice that says, “You are currently the only person in this country.” And nothing else. I even stayed on the line for… --- ## [Tell me about Baltimore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-baltimore/584224)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-baltimore/584224 "2011-06-08T22:54:13Z")
My sister, MicroSibling,\* is starting grad school at Johns Hopkins in a month. Tell me about Baltimore! I’m particularly interested in: 1.) Cool places she could visit/things she could do; 2.) Your reassurance that Mic… --- ## [ADD dopers: fictional characters whose personality ring a bell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-dopers-fictional-characters-whose-personality-ring-a-bell/584773)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-dopers-fictional-characters-whose-personality-ring-a-bell/584773 "2011-06-08T20:15:29Z")
This was inspired by a question on another ADD group that I belong to. One of the women noted that she felt a lot like Anya from BtVS - specifically the phrase the “Oddly Literal Girl”. I do find that I am sometimes “o… --- ## [What, no Apple announcements thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-apple-announcements-thread/584619)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-apple-announcements-thread/584619 "2011-06-08T19:18:49Z")
Thoughts? Concerns? Expectations met? (or did I miss the thread elsewhere?) --- ## [Greeting card ideas for kids in the hospital?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greeting-card-ideas-for-kids-in-the-hospital/584250)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greeting-card-ideas-for-kids-in-the-hospital/584250 "2011-06-08T17:56:34Z")
My etsy craft team is throwing the local versionof the international Etsy craft party, which happens next Friday. (If you’re local and like crafty stuff, join us!) One of the planned activities is making greeting card… --- ## [Human skin is basically leather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-skin-is-basically-leather/584171)
**Author:** [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-skin-is-basically-leather/584171 "2011-06-08T16:45:13Z")
Therefore, it would stand to reason that something labelled “Leather Dye - Purple” might have some, ah, colorant effect on one’s skin if one were stupid enough to apply it, rather messily, without gloves. As a side ques… --- ## [Daddy is watching the children.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-is-watching-the-children/584563)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-is-watching-the-children/584563 "2011-06-08T16:39:47Z")
I don’t have kids (never wanted any), but I’m pretty sure this is exactly how a day at the park would go if I did.:stuck\_out\_tongue: Daddy is watching the children Cartoon 57 second YouTube video - safe for work, unles… --- ## [Need some "get well" vibes for my horse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-get-well-vibes-for-my-horse/584597)
**Author:** [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-get-well-vibes-for-my-horse/584597 "2011-06-08T15:53:14Z")
My 23 year old Morgan gelding, Mickey, has come up lame and the husband and I are worried. He foundered three years ago but the coffin bone de-rotated and with specialized trimming by our farrier, he’s been doing pretty … --- ## [Before we can enroll your child in public school we need to know if they were delivered vaginally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-we-can-enroll-your-child-in-public-school-we-need-to-know-if-they-were-delivered-vaginally/584612)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-we-can-enroll-your-child-in-public-school-we-need-to-know-if-they-were-delivered-vaginally/584612 "2011-06-08T14:31:01Z")
MY goodness Parents outraged after school application asks: ‘Was your child delivered by C-section?’ --- ## [Not sure if you want a baby? Take a test drive!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-if-you-want-a-baby-take-a-test-drive/290937)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2011, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-if-you-want-a-baby-take-a-test-drive/290937 "2011-06-08T11:56:00Z")
Computerized baby simulators --- ## [Stunning image of a space shuttle docked to ISS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunning-image-of-a-space-shuttle-docked-to-iss/584723)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2011, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunning-image-of-a-space-shuttle-docked-to-iss/584723 "2011-06-08T10:24:01Z")
Beauty and more. \*It is a stunning image and one that is bound to be reproduced over and over again whenever they recall the history of the US space shuttle. The picture was taken by Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli as … --- ## [Rather Great Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-great-poster/584462)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-great-poster/584462 "2011-06-08T02:43:21Z")
I thought this said a whole lot in a very few words. --- ## [Ah, the annoyances of close quarters living...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-the-annoyances-of-close-quarters-living/584608)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-the-annoyances-of-close-quarters-living/584608 "2011-06-08T01:13:57Z")
The toilet in the upstairs apartment has been running 24/7 for a week now. At least I think it’s the toilet; SOMETHING is certainly running water. I’ve been calling for several days, but I’ve been told there’s nothing … --- ## [Spiders. Hundreds of spiders.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-hundreds-of-spiders/584328)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-hundreds-of-spiders/584328 "2011-06-07T22:01:38Z")
I went out to water the strawberries, and I saw a ‘ball’ in a spider’s web on the bar/counter thing on the patio. It looked like a big collection of pollen off of one of the cedars. Thinking that couldn’t be the case, … --- ## [Fox News mistakes Tina Fey for Sarah Palin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-mistakes-tina-fey-for-sarah-palin/584658)
**Author:** [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-mistakes-tina-fey-for-sarah-palin/584658 "2011-06-07T21:41:56Z")
Kinda surprised I haven’t seen a thread about this yet (maybe I was looking in the wrong place). Whoops! Fox News identifies Tina Fey as Sarah Palin --- ## [I'm starting to confuse Corva Coleman and Laxmi Singh on NPR](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-starting-to-confuse-corva-coleman-and-laxmi-singh-on-npr/499765)
**Author:** [@IdahoMauleMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IdahoMauleMan)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-starting-to-confuse-corva-coleman-and-laxmi-singh-on-npr/499765 "2011-06-07T20:24:58Z")
I used to pride myself on instantaneous, split-second identification of the radio anchors for NPR’s Top-of-the-Hour news… ‘From NPR news in Washington, this is…’ Cory Flintoff (nasal, whiny nerd you beat up in 6th gra… --- ## [Weekend Plans: Pack For Upcoming Move. Weekend Reality: Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-plans-pack-for-upcoming-move-weekend-reality-surgery/584534)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-plans-pack-for-upcoming-move-weekend-reality-surgery/584534 "2011-06-07T18:46:38Z")
I woke up Friday morning with a little stomach cramping, but nothing too bad – figured it was just something I ate. I went through my workday with the same uncomfortable feeling, and the occasional bit of stabbing pain. … --- ## [Funniest thing said without an audience to appreciate it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-said-without-an-audience-to-appreciate-it/584623)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-said-without-an-audience-to-appreciate-it/584623 "2011-06-07T18:16:35Z")
Just now I was playing with my daughter before bedtime, and for some reason she grabbed my finger and put it on her nose. I immediately said in my best Yakoff Smirnoff voice, “In Soviet Russia, nose gets you!” As my onl… --- ## [E. Coli-tainted Vegetables](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-coli-tainted-vegetables/584628)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-coli-tainted-vegetables/584628 "2011-06-07T17:28:53Z")
Just an idle thought. This is too speculative I think for GQ. I saw footage of German workers dumping tons of individually-wrapped cucumbers into a dumpster. I presume that they will be composted at some sort of facilit… --- ## [BOOYAH!!! I just trapped the trap wise tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booyah-i-just-trapped-the-trap-wise-tomcat/578341)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booyah-i-just-trapped-the-trap-wise-tomcat/578341 "2011-06-07T14:53:29Z")
Does victory dance, fists pumping in the air. …and another one lost his nuts, another one lost his nuts, another ones trapped, another ones trapped, another one lost his nuts. HEY!!! I’m going to trap some more because… --- ## [My wife died in my arms this morning.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-died-in-my-arms-this-morning/581006)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-died-in-my-arms-this-morning/581006 "2011-06-07T14:48:35Z")
My wife Pam died this morning at 1:30am after a long illness. She had been diagnosed with diffuse scleroderma in 2006, and over the past 5 years, it slowly robbed her of her ability to breathe and digest food, among othe… --- ## [It's unbelieveable how incompetent sales and technical staff are](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-unbelieveable-how-incompetent-sales-and-technical-staff-are/584309)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-unbelieveable-how-incompetent-sales-and-technical-staff-are/584309 "2011-06-07T13:45:34Z")
Five weeks ago, I decided to buy a new LED TV. I had read about the Samsung UE27D5000 model on sites, including Amazon, and seen it in shops. I phoned Samsung sales to get a few details about it, and the first thing the … --- ## [Dunh-dunh-DUNH! Perry Mason like twist in Casey Anthony Trial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunh-dunh-dunh-perry-mason-like-twist-in-casey-anthony-trial/583058)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunh-dunh-dunh-perry-mason-like-twist-in-casey-anthony-trial/583058 "2011-06-07T13:22:58Z")
Okay, I try not to get into the Cell Block Tango cases, but this development in the Casey Anthony case is just so LAW & ORDER you know they’ve already cast the father for the ‘ripped from the headlines but any resemblanc… --- ## [33 D on a W S](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320)
**Author:** [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320 "2011-06-07T09:36:21Z")
I stumbled across this link and figured the board would have fun with it. I’ve figured out 20 of them so far but I started last night. And no, the infamous one isn’t on there; it was the first one I looked for. --- ## [The evolution of chatting online](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evolution-of-chatting-online/584476)
**Author:** [@superlilyang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superlilyang)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evolution-of-chatting-online/584476 "2011-06-07T08:34:36Z")
I’m torn. See, back in the day, at any given time I had around 15 to 20 people I talked to online on AOL or AIM chat. I’d spend a little time in chatrooms. It was just how it was. Now it seems that life is much diffe… --- ## [To All My Doper Friends: Mission Accomplished!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-my-doper-friends-mission-accomplished/584459)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-my-doper-friends-mission-accomplished/584459 "2011-06-07T06:01:29Z")
As I write, I am sitting in one of the small rooms D and I have been living in for several years since I lost my job and subsequently filed bankruptcy. I am writing to tell y’all that thanks to you and your generosity a… --- ## [My niece has run off and joined the circus!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-niece-has-run-off-and-joined-the-circus/584512)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-niece-has-run-off-and-joined-the-circus/584512 "2011-06-07T05:33:49Z")
Okay, she did’t “run off”; she joined the local youth circus! And what’s she doing there? Here she is, 10 years old, 30 feet in the air on the highwire: http://www.mister-rik.com/hosted/nat\_highwire.jpg Reports are th… --- ## [I may sleep for 16 straight hours](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-sleep-for-16-straight-hours/584406)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-sleep-for-16-straight-hours/584406 "2011-06-07T03:06:38Z")
The Scout Camping Trip I stand here & write this with aching limbs, on no sleep. I think I know why supposedly loving wives happily send their severely sleep-apnea’d (or possibly, apneoid, signifying some terrifyingly … --- ## [moderate, rather humble earthquake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderate-rather-humble-earthquake/584485)
**Author:** [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderate-rather-humble-earthquake/584485 "2011-06-07T02:15:26Z")
Whoops! One just rolled through at 12:08 AM, felt here in Carson, just west of Long Beach, California. A kind of apologetic booomps! feeling. Anyone else? --- ## [Interesting inflatable wetsuit technology for monster wave surfers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-inflatable-wetsuit-technology-for-monster-wave-surfers/584564)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-inflatable-wetsuit-technology-for-monster-wave-surfers/584564 "2011-06-07T00:15:30Z")
Story here - fascinating tech! http://www.surfline.com/video/events-and-promotions/introducing-the-inflatable-wetsuit\_56388 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1289) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1291)