# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1298 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1299 --- ## [Best friend committed suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-friend-committed-suicide/581452)
**Author:** [@CTburns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CTburns)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-friend-committed-suicide/581452 "2011-05-25T05:32:05Z")
My best friend committed suicide without any warning. He seemed fine and happy when I spoke with him on Tuesday, and he spoke with his brother on Wednesday night. They made plans for dinner on Thursday. That morning h… --- ## [I'm a Climate Scientist!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-climate-scientist/583005)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2011, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-climate-scientist/583005 "2011-05-25T05:18:32Z")
Well,\* I’m\* not, but these people who put together a song about climate change are. :smiley: --- ## [Close calls in the wilderness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-calls-in-the-wilderness/582774)
**Author:** [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-calls-in-the-wilderness/582774 "2011-05-25T03:49:23Z")
I thought it be neat to share any experineces people may of had while in the wilderness where primal urges of self-preservation went into high gear due to circumstance. One experience I have was canoe camping with some … --- ## [Power AND Bliss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-and-bliss/583083)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-and-bliss/583083 "2011-05-25T01:10:22Z")
Knowledge is Power. Ignorance is Bliss. I saw this, & thought of the Dopers, who want both Power and Bliss! http://www.sinfest.net/archive\_page.php?comicID=3913 YAY! Smoothies all around! --- ## [Unintentional double entendres](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-double-entendres/583048)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-double-entendres/583048 "2011-05-24T21:50:10Z")
Perusing a pretentious grooming site (Truefitt & Hill, a barber shop/spa for men) and looking at the list of services they offered, I stumbled upon the following: “We offer the Gleneagles Stress Relief Treatment for the… --- ## [Honey Bunches of Ridiculous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honey-bunches-of-ridiculous/582894)
**Author:** [@wonder-ponder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonder-ponder)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honey-bunches-of-ridiculous/582894 "2011-05-24T21:02:30Z")
How are you going to act like a jackass to me when you’re the one eating a bowl of cereal while driving? The reason I honked at you the first time is because you were too busy gobbling up your Fruit Loops to see the ligh… --- ## [Every Know Anyone Who Takes A Really Good Picture But In Real Life...Well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-know-anyone-who-takes-a-really-good-picture-but-in-real-life-well/582532)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-know-anyone-who-takes-a-really-good-picture-but-in-real-life-well/582532 "2011-05-24T20:23:28Z")
I know this guy Jason, he’s a 30 year old and I’ve known him off and on for ten years. He moves in and out of Chicago. He, like me is gay and complains he has trouble getting dates, etc. Long story short, he he put som… --- ## [Persons who want to pay taxes but are refused - brothels.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persons-who-want-to-pay-taxes-but-are-refused-brothels/583020)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persons-who-want-to-pay-taxes-but-are-refused-brothels/583020 "2011-05-24T19:46:27Z")
Brothel industry falls short in desire to pay state taxes - Tuesday, May 24, 2011 | 1:55 a.m. - Las Vegas Sun The article is a fairly good summary of the current legal brothel situation in Nevada, should you be interest… --- ## [Advocacy group wants to do away with Ronald McDonald.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advocacy-group-wants-to-do-away-with-ronald-mcdonald/536302)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advocacy-group-wants-to-do-away-with-ronald-mcdonald/536302 "2011-05-24T19:43:59Z")
Here’s the story. http://www.salon.com/food/feature/2010/04/14/end\_of\_ronald\_mcdonald/index.html I’m no defender of McDonald’s corporate practices (though I do have a weakness for their double cheeseburgers), but I did… --- ## [Those EYES!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-eyes/582710)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-eyes/582710 "2011-05-24T18:24:23Z")
Callista Gingrich Michelle Bachmann Sarah Palin Lisbeth Lyons Charles Manson Jared Lee Loughner (A couple of those are from blogs. If the links don’t work, copy the url and paste.) --- ## [Amazon tribe with no abstract concept of TIME.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-tribe-with-no-abstract-concept-of-time/582569)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-tribe-with-no-abstract-concept-of-time/582569 "2011-05-24T17:44:43Z")
An Amazonian tribe has no abstract concept of time, say researchers. The Amondawa lacks the linguistic structures that relate time and space - as in our idea of, for example, “working through the night”. The study, … --- ## [Me vs. the carpenter bees. The score is 30 to 0.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-vs-the-carpenter-bees-the-score-is-30-to-0/582890)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-vs-the-carpenter-bees-the-score-is-30-to-0/582890 "2011-05-24T16:59:23Z")
We live in a log house, and these damn spawns of Satan try to make Swiss cheese of it each year. I finally had enough of their shit. So over the weekend I managed to nab 30 of them using a butterfly net, and then crushe… --- ## [Happy 85th, Your Majesty!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-85th-your-majesty/582924)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-85th-your-majesty/582924 "2011-05-24T16:51:54Z")
The 21 guns are firing in the Saskatchewan Legislature precints - the windows Chez Pipers are rattling! Happy 85th Birthday, Your Majesty! --- ## [Thoughts on mildly off-putting phone call?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-mildly-off-putting-phone-call/582042)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-mildly-off-putting-phone-call/582042 "2011-05-24T10:06:00Z")
So I got a phone call at around 6 am this morning. The woman on the other end started to talk, then asked me what my name was. I answered with my first name (remember, 6 am, not thinking right), then asked for someone … --- ## [South Korean Man Crucifies Himself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527)
**Author:** [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korean-man-crucifies-himself/582527 "2011-05-24T09:16:55Z")
Ouch. I admit, my first thought upon reading this was of Terrifel’s hysterical post in the old Can Superman tear his own head off? thread. Looks like Batman did it the hard way. --- ## [Frederick Wintle, a Maine State Rep (R) is going dangerously nuts -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frederick-wintle-a-maine-state-rep-r-is-going-dangerously-nuts/582993)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frederick-wintle-a-maine-state-rep-r-is-going-dangerously-nuts/582993 "2011-05-24T08:37:54Z")
Story here It must be a fun time around the Statehouse these days wit this guy running around. --- ## [Help! I've been ordered to give a very senior colleague criticism!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-ordered-to-give-a-very-senior-colleague-criticism/582861)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-ordered-to-give-a-very-senior-colleague-criticism/582861 "2011-05-24T04:25:01Z")
Jeez, I’ve been stewing about this all weekend. A very senior colleague of mine (Let’s call him “Jim”) was asked to present some data last Friday. This is a big project he’s been working on, for over a year. Short sto… --- ## [RIP, Upstairs Wallpaper (1920 - 2011)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-upstairs-wallpaper-1920-2011/582372)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-upstairs-wallpaper-1920-2011/582372 "2011-05-24T03:54:33Z")
I have defeated you, you son of a bitch! You sheathed yourself in six (6!) individual layers of wallpaper, the final layer of which was some unholy giant sticker of a layer that was used as a friggin’ adhesive. Your prev… --- ## [I Want to Go Out With a Bang, Not a Whisper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-out-with-a-bang-not-a-whisper/582948)
**Author:** [@surrounded\_by\_literalists](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surrounded_by_literalists)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-out-with-a-bang-not-a-whisper/582948 "2011-05-24T03:04:07Z")
A few days ago my Aunt M. died. A few months before that, her husband, my Uncle A. died. You know those relatives that come for a visit and they are so weird it hurts to be around them? \* These weren’t those guys\*. Bo… --- ## [A unique first name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-unique-first-name/582902)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-unique-first-name/582902 "2011-05-24T01:49:01Z")
Let’s see if we can find a Christian/first/given name that is unique to the one person who has (or had) it. It would be best if the name is not just an alternate (or weird) spelling of a more commonly spelled name like A… --- ## [Your Ethical Inconsistencies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ethical-inconsistencies/582674)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ethical-inconsistencies/582674 "2011-05-23T22:36:31Z")
I am of the mindset that morality is instinctive more than rational, that our sense of right and wrong, while it can be influenced, is essentially a knee-jerk reaction we like to justify with layers of logical maneuverin… --- ## [Can we say "Ryan Giggs"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-say-ryan-giggs/582712)
**Author:** [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-say-ryan-giggs/582712 "2011-05-23T21:53:19Z")
Ryan Giggs is the Manchester United star who has invoked the super-injunction that we’re all talking about over here in Blighty, which prevents anyone from identifying him in relation to allegations of an alleged extra-m… --- ## [congrats on your stable, happy relationship!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congrats-on-your-stable-happy-relationship/582877)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congrats-on-your-stable-happy-relationship/582877 "2011-05-23T21:20:04Z")
…if you have one. Me, I’m baffled, to the point where it’s starting to seem funny. In the past year or so, after a really long run of mostly stable, happy LTRs, including a marriage that lasted decades and several other … --- ## [Planet suitable for habitation discovered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planet-suitable-for-habitation-discovered/582453)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planet-suitable-for-habitation-discovered/582453 "2011-05-23T19:50:21Z")
According tohere, a planet suitable for habitation has been discovered., “just” 20 light years away. --- ## [Thiings you'll never find at garage sales?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thiings-youll-never-find-at-garage-sales/582389)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thiings-youll-never-find-at-garage-sales/582389 "2011-05-23T18:01:08Z")
It’s a pretty good bet that at your typical spring or summer garage sale you’ll find plenty of drinking glasses and coffee mugs, clothing, kid’s toys in various states of wear and tear, books, old cassette tapes or LPs, … --- ## [Admit it, you're a little disappointed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-youre-a-little-disappointed/582785)
**Author:** [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-youre-a-little-disappointed/582785 "2011-05-23T16:36:17Z")
We’ve had some fun here, enthusiastically mocking the Doomsday people. But how many of you are big enough to admit you woke up this morning just a little disappointed that everything’s exactly the way it was yesterday? … --- ## [I have never been delighted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-never-been-delighted/582550)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-never-been-delighted/582550 "2011-05-23T16:36:15Z")
Yesterday I heard a man say that he was “delighted”. I have never verbalized the feeling of delight. Nor have I been ‘thrilled’, ‘charmed’, or ‘elated’. And I’ve certainly never been ‘tickled to death’. In fact, the h… --- ## [My dysfunctional relationship \[with MATLAB\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dysfunctional-relationship-with-matlab/582490)
**Author:** [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dysfunctional-relationship-with-matlab/582490 "2011-05-23T16:26:09Z")
Going on ten years (eep!). ML (as I’ll call it) and I got together in grad school. At the time it seemed like a good match. Oh, I suppose it was never exactly true love. I guess ML didn’t always treat me right… for examp… --- ## [Are any of these Raptureites getting taken to task now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-these-raptureites-getting-taken-to-task-now/582765)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-these-raptureites-getting-taken-to-task-now/582765 "2011-05-23T16:11:33Z")
So we all knew this wouldn’t happen but now can we rub it in the face of the idiot(s) who propagated this nonsense? Is there a video of the ringleader being made to look sheepish? Please, tell me there’s a video. (this … --- ## [Does anyone else miss cocktail napkins with jokes on them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-miss-cocktail-napkins-with-jokes-on-them/579805)
**Author:** [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-miss-cocktail-napkins-with-jokes-on-them/579805 "2011-05-23T15:48:30Z")
Dopers of a certain age will know what I’m talking about. Through the 1970’s, and sometimes afterward, when you ordered a cocktail–or sometimes even a soft drink–in a bar or a midscale restaurant, it would be served on … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1297) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1299)