# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=136 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 137 --- ## [Mandatory Health Insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandatory-health-insurance/992037)
**Author:** [@Persimmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persimmon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandatory-health-insurance/992037 "2023-10-26T16:43:03Z")
I’ve always found this one to be a little odd because you’re screwed if you do and screwed if you don’t. What I mean is, you don’t WANT to get your money’s worth by hoping you get sick like cancer or need surgery so tha… --- ## [Please help find Kevin Bacon (the runaway pig)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-find-kevin-bacon-the-runaway-pig/992098)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-find-kevin-bacon-the-runaway-pig/992098 "2023-10-26T15:29:09Z")
He’s footloose and about the town. if you spot poor Kevin, please contact his owner! I don’t know 'em (pig or owner) I just feel bad and hope they locate him. --- ## [Here's a video of me feeding pigeons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-video-of-me-feeding-pigeons/991045)
**Author:** [@chrisjourney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisjourney)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-video-of-me-feeding-pigeons/991045 "2023-10-26T09:16:32Z")
--- ## [Tell Me Your Age, Without Telling Me Your Age, Using Contemporaneous Ad and TV Show Slogans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944 "2023-10-26T01:20:20Z")
Yabba Dabba Doo!! --- ## [Help me understand this Sumerian joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-sumerian-joke/981522)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-sumerian-joke/981522 "2023-10-25T17:05:30Z")
I just came across this on social media. It’s reputedly the first bar joke. From a tablet, written in Sumerian Except nobody really gets it. Did the comedian just miss the mark, or is there some ancient Sumerian dou… --- ## [Drastic decline in quality of editing online](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drastic-decline-in-quality-of-editing-online/991965)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drastic-decline-in-quality-of-editing-online/991965 "2023-10-25T16:07:34Z")
Is it just me or has the quality of editing online taken a complete nosedive over the last five years or so? Typos have been occurring since forever, but you’d think that spellcheck would eliminate nonsense words from ap… --- ## [OC CA high roller sues Las Vegas casino, blaming his multimillion-dollar losses on a spiked drink does he have a case?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oc-ca-high-roller-sues-las-vegas-casino-blaming-his-multimillion-dollar-losses-on-a-spiked-drink-does-he-have-a-case/991629)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oc-ca-high-roller-sues-las-vegas-casino-blaming-his-multimillion-dollar-losses-on-a-spiked-drink-does-he-have-a-case/991629 "2023-10-25T05:51:16Z")
At first, I thought “lol that’s a nope” It sounds like it became serious… But my question is why did he wait so long to see a doc? he should have gone to the ER immediately …not doing that is what will get it tossed o… --- ## [Bad bad bad Boo! 🎃 And a birthday too!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-boo-and-a-birthday-too/991816)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-boo-and-a-birthday-too/991816 "2023-10-25T01:38:48Z")
Why does a grown woman (higher up in the office, no less) dress up like Dracula at a dialysis center? Whoo hoo! Good one. As I suffered through another bad dialysis treatment I was planning murder. Vampire is what I call… --- ## [85 year old Newfoundland runner beats 121 younger runners on 20 km race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85-year-old-newfoundland-runner-beats-121-younger-runners-on-20-km-race/991763)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85-year-old-newfoundland-runner-beats-121-younger-runners-on-20-km-race/991763 "2023-10-25T00:33:03Z")
News item: I’ve never done long-distance running, but I’ve climbed Signal Hill and Cape Spear at walking paces. They’re a tough slog. --- ## [150,000 miles on the Jeep, after lemon law replacement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-miles-on-the-jeep-after-lemon-law-replacement/990491)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-miles-on-the-jeep-after-lemon-law-replacement/990491 "2023-10-24T23:39:47Z")
I hit 150K the other day. After a successful Lemon Law case 7 years ago, where Jeep replaced my 2014 with this 2016, getting to 150 was anticipated but also somewhat uncertain. This one is running well and I want to get … --- ## [Putin: Possible Cardiac Arrest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-possible-cardiac-arrest/991968)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-possible-cardiac-arrest/991968 "2023-10-24T19:58:20Z")
I’m seeing lots of unconfirmed reports that Vladimir Putin has suffered a cardiac arrest. But there’s nothing definite and most of the sources leave me dubious. Here’s the link via MSN: MSN Does anyone have better sou… --- ## [I just thought of the dumbest, pedantic way to get around refusal of a field sobriety test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-of-the-dumbest-pedantic-way-to-get-around-refusal-of-a-field-sobriety-test/991776)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-of-the-dumbest-pedantic-way-to-get-around-refusal-of-a-field-sobriety-test/991776 "2023-10-24T16:40:22Z")
Cops can’t make you do a field sobriety test. They CAN make you exit your car. So open the passenger door and make the driver crawl over the seats to exit. Not rock solid but it could help build a case. While I have yo… --- ## [Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park — need answer fast: where to go, what to see in 2-3 hours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-canyon-of-the-gunnison-national-park-need-answer-fast-where-to-go-what-to-see-in-2-3-hours/991923)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-canyon-of-the-gunnison-national-park-need-answer-fast-where-to-go-what-to-see-in-2-3-hours/991923 "2023-10-24T04:35:31Z")
Hi. Need answer fast! I’m now in Grand Junction and will leave this morning to drive to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. I only have a couple of hours to spend there before I must leave. If you’ve been or res… --- ## [New Friend? Or Murder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-friend-or-murder/991411)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-friend-or-murder/991411 "2023-10-24T03:47:00Z")
I’m not sure this is possible. But here it is, When I get up early (happens frequently these days) I look out and see the birds at the bird feeders. Crows are always underneath stealing songbird seed. I’ve told before… --- ## [Mental Health Check-In: How Are You Doing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-health-check-in-how-are-you-doing/982387)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-health-check-in-how-are-you-doing/982387 "2023-10-24T02:38:07Z")
Let’s normalize discussing and attending to our mental health. And let’s support each other and have each others’ backs. The last two months have been difficult. I lost my job on February 21, and it was a good, decent-p… --- ## [The Better-Late-Than-Never 17th kinda-annual SDMB Shot Glass Exchange!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-better-late-than-never-17th-kinda-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/969053)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-better-late-than-never-17th-kinda-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/969053 "2023-10-24T00:18:17Z")
I’m feeling exceptionally lazy in this damn heat so I’ll keep my usual excessive carnival barking to a minimum. Shot glass exchange is here! Email me at sdmbshotglass@gmail with: Real name SDMB handle Address Willing… --- ## [Seventeen years later, an update on the guests from Hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-years-later-an-update-on-the-guests-from-hell/991722)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-years-later-an-update-on-the-guests-from-hell/991722 "2023-10-23T22:22:45Z")
17 years ago, I posted two threads about a very bad houseguest situation. Links to follow, but in summary, my college roommate (27 years after graduation, during which time we’d kept in touch but not all that much) asked… --- ## [Has Chrome's spellchecker gotten worse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-chromes-spellchecker-gotten-worse/991964)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-chromes-spellchecker-gotten-worse/991964 "2023-10-23T21:29:41Z")
Has anyone else noticed that Chrome’s spell checker has gotten super dumb lately? I make a lot of typos (which also makes me super dumb) but often I am just missing one letter or something simple like that. In the past t… --- ## [Rollin' some Hot Wheels down a waterslide!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rollin-some-hot-wheels-down-a-waterslide/991943)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rollin-some-hot-wheels-down-a-waterslide/991943 "2023-10-23T16:42:01Z")
Behold! (1) Hotwheels | Empty Waterslide - YouTube --- ## [I hate when I do that in the MMP! - old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 318\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640 "2023-10-23T11:55:28Z")
For the last couple of days, and for reasons I cannot fathom, I have been biting the inside of my lower lip when I eat. It hurts like @&^#$@)%\* and yet I keep doing it. Don’t know what leads to it, but I HATE IT!!! I e… --- ## [I know a fireman who looks after the fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-a-fireman-who-looks-after-the-fire/991904)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-a-fireman-who-looks-after-the-fire/991904 "2023-10-23T00:24:55Z")
Just a congrats to my cousin Anita, who for many months and way too long has been the Interim Fire Chief of Acton, Massachusetts (a bit outside Boston yet inside the I-95 corridor) Just looking at her list of accompli… --- ## [Missing motorcyclist found alive after nearly 3 days in ditch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-motorcyclist-found-alive-after-nearly-3-days-in-ditch/991840)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-motorcyclist-found-alive-after-nearly-3-days-in-ditch/991840 "2023-10-21T13:19:59Z")
:face\_with\_raised\_eyebrow: 10 AM Sunday morning and noshing on a Egg MacMuffin he winds up in a ditch? The article doesn’t mention any rain. I wonder how long he’s had a motorcycle? Glad he’s OK. I’d suggest trading t… --- ## [Factual question, but from a possible CT, so starting here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-question-but-from-a-possible-ct-so-starting-here/991809)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-question-but-from-a-possible-ct-so-starting-here/991809 "2023-10-19T23:28:19Z")
If someone thinks this is not the correct forum please feel free to move it. The comments below are from a page discussing a local town’s Land Use Plan. My main question is whether anyone knows what they mean by “agenda… --- ## [Long necked creatures and their web presence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-necked-creatures-and-their-web-presence/991797)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-necked-creatures-and-their-web-presence/991797 "2023-10-19T18:07:18Z")
Hello, Is it true that long necked creatures sometimes leave their web presence in limbo because they hate things like flies and mosquitoes that bite their butt. I can imagine such would be rather irritating. Asking f… --- ## [Oh no, they want to bring Joran van der Sloot here for trial.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-they-want-to-bring-joran-van-der-sloot-here-for-trial/619785)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-they-want-to-bring-joran-van-der-sloot-here-for-trial/619785 "2023-10-19T17:05:52Z")
This is just unbelievable. Why can’t they leave well enough alone? Let this crazy killer rot in a Peruvian prison? That’s where he belongs. He got a 28 year sentence that I seriously doubt he’ll survive. Conditions … --- ## [Ask The Guy Who Scares People at a Haunted House Attraction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-scares-people-at-a-haunted-house-attraction/989847)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-scares-people-at-a-haunted-house-attraction/989847 "2023-10-19T14:20:05Z")
So my night job is as a scare actor at a seasonal haunted house attraction: Hell Harvest in Potosi, Missouri. Compared to big-name haunted house attractions like Mortem Manor or Halloween Horror Nights at Universal theme… --- ## [Beck, this one's for you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-this-ones-for-you/991721)
**Author:** [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-this-ones-for-you/991721 "2023-10-18T21:07:20Z")
@Beckdawrek I thought of you when this article popped up in one of my local newspapers. A possum with a wheelchair! --- ## [Texting 911 is a thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-911-is-a-thing/991750)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-911-is-a-thing/991750 "2023-10-18T16:34:58Z")
Received an announcement this morning that my counties 911 system can now respond to texts. Enter 911 in the To field, enter your message and press Send. Wait for the dispatcher to respond. This is new to me. Has anyone… --- ## [Unscented Dish Soap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unscented-dish-soap/991650)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unscented-dish-soap/991650 "2023-10-18T16:26:00Z")
This is pretty mundane, but I thought of it while I was reading the Dawn dish soap comments. First of all, I am the queen of scents. I love scents - laundry detergent, fabric softener, soaps, etc. I’m always opening bot… --- ## [I'm a pretentious twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-pretentious-twit/991648)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-pretentious-twit/991648 "2023-10-18T14:09:56Z")
At least that’s the gist i take from Word A Day’s offering today, “disshabile” which they say is pronounced dis uh beel, or something like that. I’ve always pronounced it in the French manner, but i guess I’ve gotten … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=135) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=137)