# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=16 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 17 --- ## [New York geographic mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-geographic-mystery/1030186)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-geographic-mystery/1030186 "2026-05-19T11:56:13Z")
There is a town called Aurora in New York. And there is a town called East Aurora in New York. East Aurora is a hundred miles west of Aurora. Whose idea was that? --- ## [Release the bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/release-the-bees/1029622)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/release-the-bees/1029622 "2026-05-19T02:21:23Z")
Sometimes, landlords evict your friend, leading to poverty, homelessness, or worse. What will you do? You could write an angry letter to government. But they’ll probably ignore you. You could offer to let your friend s… --- ## [So, why don't they just do the obvious thing and DNA test the Sussex kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-dont-they-just-do-the-obvious-thing-and-dna-test-the-sussex-kids/1029873)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-dont-they-just-do-the-obvious-thing-and-dna-test-the-sussex-kids/1029873 "2026-05-18T21:04:23Z")
Every now and then I let youtube tempt me into the whirling maelstrom around Harry, Meghan, and their kids. The latest version had someone speculating on whether Meghan could have really given birth to Archie and be bac… --- ## [Fairies with flashlights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairies-with-flashlights/1030158)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairies-with-flashlights/1030158 "2026-05-18T17:21:01Z")
What’s that you say? Picture this…middle of the night something aroused me (ok, get it out of the gutter, I mean I woke up). I opened the eye. No muggers or monsters. Just a cat shifting around in his bed. But I see a… --- ## [White text on black background](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-text-on-black-background/1030148)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-text-on-black-background/1030148 "2026-05-18T14:28:08Z")
Anyone here view text / this board that way? If so, don’t you find that the longer you read, the longer you’re stuck with annoying black-striped phosphenes afterward(s)? (Accordingly, I avoid.) --- ## [Ding a ling beck wants tinkles on the deck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ding-a-ling-beck-wants-tinkles-on-the-deck/1030127)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ding-a-ling-beck-wants-tinkles-on-the-deck/1030127 "2026-05-17T22:33:53Z")
No I’m not gonna put a toilet out here. I ordered a wind chime. It was cheap. I’m thinking $5, no more. I specifically ordered it because I don’t want a pipe organ sound, or giant bell sounds. It’s cheesy stainless pi… --- ## [Cuppish/Peckish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuppish-peckish/1030150)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuppish-peckish/1030150 "2026-05-17T21:50:09Z")
One can be peckish if hungry. Cupper-cup of tea Cuppa-cup of coffee In your cups-drunk Why can’t I be cuppish if I’m thirsty. Lemme see how peckish works with the other suffixes. Peckish- Pecker-hmm :thinking: Pe… --- ## ["I stopped using the internet because I got happy." -- Graham Platner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stopped-using-the-internet-because-i-got-happy-graham-platner/1030139)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stopped-using-the-internet-because-i-got-happy-graham-platner/1030139 "2026-05-17T21:33:15Z")
I love this quote. It relates to questions about some of Platner’s social media posting history. I don’t have any discussion I wish to have, or any topic, or anything else here. That’s why it’s in MPSIMS where I normally… --- ## [SMH: Things people have told me today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021)
**Author:** [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smh-things-people-have-told-me-today/1030021 "2026-05-17T14:23:09Z")
Hi everyone, zombie member here. I’d love to start a thread of things people have said/commented to you that just make you shake your head. Nothing truly hateful or flame worthy, just things that make you go “really?” F… --- ## [Fargin (Yiddish) is the antonym/opposite of schadenfreude (German)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargin-yiddish-is-the-antonym-opposite-of-schadenfreude-german/1030108)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargin-yiddish-is-the-antonym-opposite-of-schadenfreude-german/1030108 "2026-05-16T16:03:45Z")
For any who have seen the 1984 movie, “Johnny Dangerously”, the characters (esp. Joe Piscopo) use the phrase “fargin’ icehole” a lot. Kind of a preemptive, “Forget you!” or “Finding a stranger in the Alps” I looked up t… --- ## [Light bulbs are getting more complex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bulbs-are-getting-more-complex/1029855)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2026, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bulbs-are-getting-more-complex/1029855 "2026-05-16T03:10:36Z")
I bought some neat flood lamps for my kitchen recessed fixtures. They have a built in slider to select the color temperature from 4000 to 6900K. Plus another 3 way switch to select 65, 75 or 90 watt equivalent output. Th… --- ## [Ever heard of a washateria?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-heard-of-a-washateria/1030058)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-heard-of-a-washateria/1030058 "2026-05-15T17:26:18Z")
I have come across a couple of them while identifying aerial photos. I have only found this term in Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. --- ## [Starry starry night...this is a band-aid thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starry-starry-night-this-is-a-band-aid-thread/1030052)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starry-starry-night-this-is-a-band-aid-thread/1030052 "2026-05-15T17:15:40Z")
Ok, my ding-bat head typed up Temu in my search. I got rid of the APP..they will bomb every device you got with helpful advice about what you want to purchase. It was creepy how often they read my mind. Anywhoo, first t… --- ## [How did this 1957 "Civil Defense drill" work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-1957-civil-defense-drill-work/1030081)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2026, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-1957-civil-defense-drill-work/1030081 "2026-05-15T12:36:40Z")
Was this maybe what Conelrad was for? (Remember the 640 and 1240 triangles on AM radios?) How else is everyone expected to get the word that they’re to pull off the highway? What’s the point? --- ## [Thought Experiment about Consciousness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-about-consciousness/1029966)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-about-consciousness/1029966 "2026-05-15T04:19:29Z")
I’m putting this here because I’m not sure it’s really seriously debatable enough for GD, just because it’s not subject to any sort of real-world experiment, only thought experiment. For the purposes of this discussion,… --- ## [Back to the Moon! Artemis program follow along (it's finally happening!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 950\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432 "2026-05-14T23:58:08Z")
I couldn’t find an existing thread for this so wanted to start one. NASA has built SLS, contracted a number of private companies, and collaborated with a number of international partners to begin a new era of lunar expl… --- ## [Why authors get gray hairs: Len Deighton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-authors-get-gray-hairs-len-deighton/1030071)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-authors-get-gray-hairs-len-deighton/1030071 "2026-05-14T16:37:34Z")
If you like reading Len Deighton, here’s a puzzle for you. In the US hardcover of Berlin Game (Knopf, 1983) only the right-hand pages have actual page numbers – the left pages just say “Berlin Game”. In that edition, at… --- ## [Remedies for One Flatulently Enhanced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remedies-for-one-flatulently-enhanced/1012302)
**Author:** [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remedies-for-one-flatulently-enhanced/1012302 "2026-05-14T06:29:19Z")
I wondered what supplements you talk for excess winds. I’m a 48 yr old male who farts more than the average fellow and it’s gotten more frequent. There’s no associated pain but I would like to take care of my lower GI. … --- ## [Summertime, summertime, sum-sum-summertime rituals-- Camp? Family getaway? Road trip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-summertime-sum-sum-summertime-rituals-camp-family-getaway-road-trip/1030018)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2026, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-summertime-sum-sum-summertime-rituals-camp-family-getaway-road-trip/1030018 "2026-05-14T03:03:54Z")
I’d like to hear about past and present summer rituals, routines, practices in your childhood or current family. Both singular and recurring. Did you go to an away camp? Did/does your family have a cabin/cottage in the … --- ## [Bizarre, Unsolved or Otherwise Infamous True Crime Cases From Your State / Country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-unsolved-or-otherwise-infamous-true-crime-cases-from-your-state-country/847890)
**Author:** [@Kovitlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kovitlac)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2026, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-unsolved-or-otherwise-infamous-true-crime-cases-from-your-state-country/847890 "2026-05-14T01:18:13Z")
I’m a big true crime buff, and spend a lot of my time binging on old episodes of Forensic Files or watching Youtubers like Rob Gavagan and Stephanie Harlowe (I’m also gaga for the TV show Criminal Minds!). So share with … --- ## [I strut right by with my tail in the air](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-strut-right-by-with-my-tail-in-the-air/1029987)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-strut-right-by-with-my-tail-in-the-air/1029987 "2026-05-13T20:46:17Z")
I don’t bother chasing mice around. I wish I could be so carefree and wild. Still I got cat class, and I got cat style… Just an observation. --- ## [If you were shopping in a very pleasant produce section of your grocery store](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-shopping-in-a-very-pleasant-produce-section-of-your-grocery-store/1029955)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-shopping-in-a-very-pleasant-produce-section-of-your-grocery-store/1029955 "2026-05-13T19:44:25Z")
But… All of a sudden ninjas were attacking. Scared out of your wits, what piece of produce would be your go-to weapon (fruits or veggies) of choice? --- ## [What common thing did you invent or conceive of before it was known or commercialized?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-common-thing-did-you-invent-or-conceive-of-before-it-was-known-or-commercialized/1029911)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-common-thing-did-you-invent-or-conceive-of-before-it-was-known-or-commercialized/1029911 "2026-05-13T18:55:12Z")
In other words, are/were there commonly used things that you had conceived of long before they appeared in common use? For example, in my case, in the mid 1970s when I was doing yardwork, I started putting a portable ca… --- ## [Recognizing Our International Teaching Team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognizing-our-international-teaching-team/1030019)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognizing-our-international-teaching-team/1030019 "2026-05-13T14:37:53Z")
Because of the teaching shortage, especially in urban areas, an international teaching program was developed and funded to fill the gap. Our team consists of ten people; one from the Philippines and the rest from variou… --- ## [What are those $1 million dollar game prizes really worth, in money in your pocket terms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-1-million-dollar-game-prizes-really-worth-in-money-in-your-pocket-terms/1030009)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-1-million-dollar-game-prizes-really-worth-in-money-in-your-pocket-terms/1030009 "2026-05-13T00:12:56Z")
The particular show doesn’t matter, what you have to do doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter if you had to be extremely brave or smart or lucky or whatever. There just seems to be a whole lot of TV competition/reality sho… --- ## [Bridge collapse in Baltimore {2024-03-26}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridge-collapse-in-baltimore-2024-03-26/999372)
**Author:** [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Replies:** 559\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridge-collapse-in-baltimore-2024-03-26/999372 "2026-05-12T17:08:02Z")
News is still coming in - looks horrific. From what we can tell, the Francis Scott Key Bridge was hit by a ship and has collapsed, with what have to me multiple casualties both above and below. https://edition.cnn.com/2… --- ## [1924 organ plays Amazing Grace when light switches are turned on in the church](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1924-organ-plays-amazing-grace-when-light-switches-are-turned-on-in-the-church/1029951)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1924-organ-plays-amazing-grace-when-light-switches-are-turned-on-in-the-church/1029951 "2026-05-12T14:49:18Z")
Speaking of silly YouTube videos, I ran across this ridiculous short (not a video). The claims are all in the brief text shown. I’m reasonably familiar with traditional organs and tube-powered electric organs since my si… --- ## [What do people who have been conversing regularly over decades, have left to talk about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-who-have-been-conversing-regularly-over-decades-have-left-to-talk-about/1029973)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-who-have-been-conversing-regularly-over-decades-have-left-to-talk-about/1029973 "2026-05-12T11:47:42Z")
Some instances that made me look anew at this puzzling question these last days: a newspaper article mentioning a regular at the Hofbräuhaus in Munich, one of the 600-odd who have a locker for their personal stein, who… --- ## [Gender Support Thread for Dopers who are gender diverse, families of trans people, or allies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-support-thread-for-dopers-who-are-gender-diverse-families-of-trans-people-or-allies/998563)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-support-thread-for-dopers-who-are-gender-diverse-families-of-trans-people-or-allies/998563 "2026-05-12T03:43:54Z")
Hi, everyone! Welcome. I wanted to offer a thread where everyone who is trans, non-binary, gender queer, gender diverse, two spirited, gender questioning, or other identities can find support. This is also a thread for … --- ## [There's Goo in the house! (New feline addition)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097 "2026-05-12T02:57:34Z")
We’ve adopted another cat. Her name is Goo. Here’s a picture. :slight\_smile: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=17)