# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=19 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 20 --- ## [OK, I need to share this Bored Panda article about the Weirdest things hotel workers found when cleaning up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-need-to-share-this-bored-panda-article-about-the-weirdest-things-hotel-workers-found-when-cleaning-up/1029496)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-need-to-share-this-bored-panda-article-about-the-weirdest-things-hotel-workers-found-when-cleaning-up/1029496 "2026-04-22T20:05:47Z")
From “A Goat Dressed Like Abraham Lincoln”: From Unhinged To Gross, Here Are 55 Incidents Hotel Workers Will Never Forget | Bored Panda My favorites Two guests got into the basement and emptied the icemaker on to the … --- ## [Here Kitty-Kitty-Kitty! link \[Tiger leaps into crowd at Russian circus\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-kitty-kitty-kitty-link-tiger-leaps-into-crowd-at-russian-circus/1029489)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-kitty-kitty-kitty-link-tiger-leaps-into-crowd-at-russian-circus/1029489 "2026-04-22T20:05:28Z")
A giant tiger jumps into the audience in Russia. --- ## [ComEd FUBAR](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comed-fubar/1029316)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comed-fubar/1029316 "2026-04-22T16:12:20Z")
So, our 800 students were halfway through the process of scanning into school when, without warning, we lost all electrical power. Other than the few battery powered emergency lights and our UPS backed up servers and sw… --- ## [Archaeologists find fragment of Homer’s Iliad inside Egyptian mummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaeologists-find-fragment-of-homer-s-iliad-inside-egyptian-mummy/1029462)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaeologists-find-fragment-of-homer-s-iliad-inside-egyptian-mummy/1029462 "2026-04-22T15:37:13Z")
Other sources say it’s a fragment. I’m not particularly surprised. Consider how used newspaper is used in homes. Great for puppy training. Newspaper has been used as insulation in inexpensive structures. Maybe mortician… --- ## [On the Significance of Historic Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-significance-of-historic-names/1029455)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-significance-of-historic-names/1029455 "2026-04-22T15:09:27Z")
One thing that has popped up in my consciousness over the years is that we often don’t appreciate the significance of names in history, mostly because we’ve been too heavily influenced by one individual who has that name… --- ## [Spinal cord injuries are not fun at all, but I'm very, VERY fortunate. And grateful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinal-cord-injuries-are-not-fun-at-all-but-im-very-very-fortunate-and-grateful/1028083)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinal-cord-injuries-are-not-fun-at-all-but-im-very-very-fortunate-and-grateful/1028083 "2026-04-22T01:18:05Z")
Spinal cord injuries are not fun. Since I have known cervical spinal canal stenosis (previously asymptomatic), my neurosurgeon advised me to be on the alert for the appearance of signs or symptoms of spinal cord compres… --- ## [Jokes that don't work anymore (on a contemporary, younger crowd)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-dont-work-anymore-on-a-contemporary-younger-crowd/1029293)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-dont-work-anymore-on-a-contemporary-younger-crowd/1029293 "2026-04-21T21:24:13Z")
Standing around the (proverbial) water cooler someone told the old Tony Orlando joke: Tony Orlando was missing all night but they finally found him at the crack of Dawn. Some of us laughed but a couple of the women (40… --- ## [A Request for Some Folderal and Fiddle-Dee-Dee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-request-for-some-folderal-and-fiddle-dee-dee/1029457)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-request-for-some-folderal-and-fiddle-dee-dee/1029457 "2026-04-21T16:27:37Z")
Back in the sixties, beverage cans were made of steel and had top and bottom ends that would accept a spot weld to conjoin two or more cans. My neighbor collected them and sculpted pieces of furniture such as chairs and … --- ## [The last, and hardest, decision](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-and-hardest-decision/1028932)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-and-hardest-decision/1028932 "2026-04-21T00:44:05Z")
Now? Not yet? How much longer? My cat Freddie Mercury (“Merc”), a senior former stray, has intestinal lymphoma that the vet can now feel with palpation. He’s eating a lot, frequent little meals of the always available w… --- ## [Texas charter school students forced to do pushups; some may have permanent health issues as a result](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-charter-school-students-forced-to-do-pushups-some-may-have-permanent-health-issues-as-a-result/1029351)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-charter-school-students-forced-to-do-pushups-some-may-have-permanent-health-issues-as-a-result/1029351 "2026-04-21T00:15:23Z")
This source does not say how old the 80 or so students were, but I get the impression they were at least mostly male, and probably teenagers. They were forced to do hundreds of them, in some cases on 3 successive days, … --- ## [Things that would have made no sense 20 years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-would-have-made-no-sense-20-years-ago/1029369)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-would-have-made-no-sense-20-years-ago/1029369 "2026-04-20T22:38:13Z")
For instance - Tomorrow my wife and I will ride our electric bicycles to the pickleball courts. Sounds futuristic. It kind of is. I love my new bike. It needs a name. --- ## [What company won't be around anymore in 10 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-company-wont-be-around-anymore-in-10-years/1027397)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-company-wont-be-around-anymore-in-10-years/1027397 "2026-04-20T21:46:11Z")
Harley Davidson (don’t get me wrong, the brand will still be around like MG or Benelli - owned by a chinese holding) Same for Sears, Target, Saks/Neiman, Nikon/Canon/Fuji Sony…(?) --- ## [Weird optical illusion (photo I took)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-optical-illusion-photo-i-took/1029357)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-optical-illusion-photo-i-took/1029357 "2026-04-20T19:49:10Z")
This photo was taken by me a day or so ago. I liked the font and wanted a memory of it. Here’s the weird part. That 5 is projecting out from the door. It was taken in bright sunlight, and it’s on a vertical surface. But… --- ## [A different kind of Google Cloud: steam from data center fogs in local airport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-kind-of-google-cloud-steam-from-data-center-fogs-in-local-airport/1029393)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-kind-of-google-cloud-steam-from-data-center-fogs-in-local-airport/1029393 "2026-04-20T16:06:51Z")
Google has a data center (several of them, actually) in The Dalles OR. The Dalles is a small city on the Columbia that has an airport across the river in Washington. Pilots there are complaining that the evaporative cool… --- ## [(Old) A Day Off in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-day-off-in-the-mmp/1029239)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-day-off-in-the-mmp/1029239 "2026-04-20T04:25:38Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 8c/47f with a predicted high of 13c/55f and mostly sunny. Weather app says “If this fucking weather was a soup, it would be fucking called Bouillabullshit.” For the non-RDOS amongst us… --- ## [How likely is Uber to ban me if I do a credit-card charge back for food that was never delivered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-likely-is-uber-to-ban-me-if-i-do-a-credit-card-charge-back-for-food-that-was-never-delivered/1027885)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2026, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-likely-is-uber-to-ban-me-if-i-do-a-credit-card-charge-back-for-food-that-was-never-delivered/1027885 "2026-04-19T21:19:58Z")
So, I ordered some food, UberEats driver never delivers it to me, but I get charged money for it anyway. Numerous sessions of bringing this up with UberEats customer support always gave the same reply, “We are unable to … --- ## [Kansas City area Dopers - anybody hear that explosion last night? (Sat 4/18/2026)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-city-area-dopers-anybody-hear-that-explosion-last-night-sat-4-18-2026/1029399)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-city-area-dopers-anybody-hear-that-explosion-last-night-sat-4-18-2026/1029399 "2026-04-19T17:04:10Z")
Saturday evening April 18, somewhere around 8 to 8:30 pm, we heard a window-rattling bang or explosion. It didn’t sound close but it was still loud enough for my wife and I to look at each other and say “What was that?” … --- ## [NASA begins to powerdown Voyagers. (mission will continue, but with less instruments)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-begins-to-powerdown-voyagers-mission-will-continue-but-with-less-instruments/966640)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-begins-to-powerdown-voyagers-mission-will-continue-but-with-less-instruments/966640 "2026-04-19T12:06:04Z")
Now, some news are reporting this as a complete power down, they are missing that it will be some instruments going down to save power. Mission will likely continue until 2030! Their original 4 year mission \* was extende… --- ## [It's all in the wrist!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-all-in-the-wrist/1029364)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-all-in-the-wrist/1029364 "2026-04-18T17:18:48Z")
I get up every morning and I straighten my sheets. Then I go to my bathroom and wake my face up. Occasionally I run a brush thru my hair. Not today. Just don’t care. Spritz body scent once. Brush teeth. I then go back … --- ## [The De-Clutter and Clean Up Support Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-de-clutter-and-clean-up-support-thread/628329)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 1173\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2026, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-de-clutter-and-clean-up-support-thread/628329 "2026-04-18T09:22:40Z")
FIRST THING: I want to keep this thread POSITIVE and UPBEAT. It is meant to be encouraging and helpful. Please refrain from judgmental or disparaging comments. Thank you. I’m trying to keep on track with organizing … --- ## [Crumbling Spine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crumbling-spine/1029158)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crumbling-spine/1029158 "2026-04-18T01:00:39Z")
I’ve had back problems all my life subsequent to a car accident I experienced as a 3 year old. I was hit by a car and drug down the street while attached to the bumper because the guy did not realize he had hit me. I fel… --- ## [The fight in my shower](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231 "2026-04-17T18:00:42Z")
I wanted to jump in the shower, but there was a wolf spider hunting a centipede in there. Both are rather large specimens. Imma let them fight it out. I’ll deal with the winner after I’ve had a chance to chill out a b… --- ## [Fellow AFOLs: Share your stories/pics!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-afols-share-your-stories-pics/1011831)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-afols-share-your-stories-pics/1011831 "2026-04-16T23:53:07Z")
This thread is for Adult Fans of LEGO (AFOLs) to share stories, pictures of/discussion about builds, LEGO news, etc. Related acronyms and terminology might not always be explained up front “Lego” (vs “LEGO”) is fine; “… --- ## [Family sues Panera Bread over possible death from energy drink-do they have a case?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-sues-panera-bread-over-possible-death-from-energy-drink-do-they-have-a-case/992226)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 375\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-sues-panera-bread-over-possible-death-from-energy-drink-do-they-have-a-case/992226 "2026-04-16T19:05:40Z")
A young woman with a heart condition drank a Charged Lemonade, being unaware of its caffeine content, and later died. The family contends that it should have been displayed with the high-caffeine drinks and if she had kn… --- ## [YouTube has gone downhill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-has-gone-downhill/1029167)
**Author:** [@YouTube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YouTube)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-has-gone-downhill/1029167 "2026-04-16T14:52:56Z")
I just joined this, and this username was available LOL. Guess I willl talk about this then. --- ## [2025/2026 Snow Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-2026-snow-thread/1023901)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-2026-snow-thread/1023901 "2026-04-16T13:13:10Z")
And so it begins. Just looked out my window and I see the rain is turning into snow. Last year’s thread: --- ## [Eggceptionality eggspensive eggs - what are the prices like in your town?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719 "2026-04-16T01:46:45Z")
Went to the grocery store today to pick up a few things and was shocked by the price of eggs. Yes, I know it’s due to the bird flu. They were asking $6.42 (USA dollars) for a dozen. What are the prices like in your town? … --- ## [Colored lights through colored glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colored-lights-through-colored-glass/1029260)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colored-lights-through-colored-glass/1029260 "2026-04-15T21:22:43Z")
I watched an interesting light show at a bar today. The rows of bottles above the bar had a continuous light bar behind them, a strip about 1/2” high. The light slowly changed through different colors. Most bottles were … --- ## [Ant misbehaving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ant-misbehaving/1028403)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ant-misbehaving/1028403 "2026-04-15T20:54:19Z")
“What are you in here for, buddy?” “Ant smuggling.” Last year, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) warned of a growing demand for garden ants – scientifically known as Messor cephalotes - in Europe and Asia, where coll… --- ## [92 Chocolate Easter Eggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600 "2026-04-15T18:12:51Z")
My mother and her sisters loved candy. They knew every candy store within a 50 mile radius. Candy was a staple of life. Their food pyramid was built with blocks of sugar surrounded with a halo of shimmering chocolate. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=20)