# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=197 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 198 --- ## [“Shower Thoughts”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-thoughts/969571)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-thoughts/969571 "2022-08-19T21:35:50Z")
I enjoyed this list of deep shower thinking. “The number of people older than you never goes up”, etc. But I think Dopers can probably do better. --- ## [New Zealand family discovers bodies of two children in abandoned suitcases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934 "2022-08-19T15:38:29Z")
Jesus this would just be a never-ending nightmare --- ## [Man visiting Milwaukee falls to death, didn't realize drawbridge was opening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-visiting-milwaukee-falls-to-death-didnt-realize-drawbridge-was-opening/969872)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-visiting-milwaukee-falls-to-death-didnt-realize-drawbridge-was-opening/969872 "2022-08-19T12:49:38Z")
A very sad story. Richard Dujardin was visiting from Providence RI. He was looking down at directions on his iPad and was hard of hearing, so probably didn’t notice the drawbridge warning bells or lights. The drawbridge … --- ## [Storage Wars - body parts version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storage-wars-body-parts-version/969782)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storage-wars-body-parts-version/969782 "2022-08-19T12:46:41Z")
“I’ll get a buddy to look at these - good market for body parts at the local flea market.” \< narrator \>: Good thing he didn’t pay and arm and a leg for this storage locker!" ( not actual quotes) --- ## [Japan Wants Young People to Drink More Alcohol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-wants-young-people-to-drink-more-alcohol/969897)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-wants-young-people-to-drink-more-alcohol/969897 "2022-08-19T01:32:50Z")
Apparently young people in Japan aren’t drinking as much as older generations, and it’s causing a drop in tax revenue. --- ## [We got'sch a new puppy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-a-new-puppy/969630)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-a-new-puppy/969630 "2022-08-18T22:22:05Z")
Another Samoyed for the Samoyed family! This one is named Journey, and he’s an eight-week-old stud puppy who will eventually, if all things go well, be bred to my landlady’s three female dogs. For now, his job is to gr… --- ## [37th anniversary gift - in case you were wondering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/37th-anniversary-gift-in-case-you-were-wondering/969838)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/37th-anniversary-gift-in-case-you-were-wondering/969838 "2022-08-18T13:45:22Z")
Sure, 25 is supposed to be silver, and 50 gold. But those off year anniversaries can be challenging. In case you were wondering, apparently 37 is broken bags of mulch! Today is our 37th. Of course we couldn’t think o… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad playing cards and the strange things they do to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720 "2022-08-17T23:26:52Z")
This may be in the wrong forum. Change it, if necessary. I play solitaire alot. Today I dealt the cards out. From looking at the the cards I realized that the Ace of Hearts was missing. (I read a deck very well. Don’t… --- ## [Organ Donation from a nurse's experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-donation-from-a-nurses-experience/969740)
**Author:** [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-donation-from-a-nurses-experience/969740 "2022-08-17T23:06:14Z")
There was discussion about organ donation in the Anne Heche thread and I offered to share my experiences and it was suggested that a new thread might be more appropriate. Anne Heche: Actress, lost soul, burn victim \[Upd… --- ## [Anyone else enjoy swatting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-enjoy-swatting/969374)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-enjoy-swatting/969374 "2022-08-17T20:59:17Z")
This summer I’ve gotten into the habit of sitting on the porch with our dogs and Rocco, our African Grey. In fact, if I do not have Rocco with me on the porch, he will begin yelling, “PORCH”. There are very few mosquit… --- ## [What Lies Did Your Siblings Tell You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lies-did-your-siblings-tell-you/969784)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lies-did-your-siblings-tell-you/969784 "2022-08-17T19:41:53Z")
I suspect many of us had siblings who told the occasional whopper, growing up. My brother claimed they stopped making Bubble Yum since it was consistently contaminated with baby spiders. I could go on… but maybe yours … --- ## [Looking for specific anecdote about woman being turned away from church](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-specific-anecdote-about-woman-being-turned-away-from-church/969827)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-specific-anecdote-about-woman-being-turned-away-from-church/969827 "2022-08-17T14:41:31Z")
Once upon a time I read an anecdote (possibly here) about a quasi-famous clergyman who, for his sermon, talked about how he’d been made aware that one of the church members had made a woman unwelcome to the church becaus… --- ## [Japan's Giant 3d Cat on a billboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japans-giant-3d-cat-on-a-billboard/945935)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2022, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japans-giant-3d-cat-on-a-billboard/945935 "2022-08-17T05:33:27Z")
Just in time for the Olympics. The Cat :scream\_cat: certainly looks realistic. Is this a projected image? From Where? Maybe the building across from the 3d display? I don’t understand how it’s visible in the daytime. I… --- ## [Snakes! With Robot Legs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-with-robot-legs/969693)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-with-robot-legs/969693 "2022-08-17T02:46:37Z")
At least he hasn’t given the snake arms and hands. Yet. https://www.amazon.com/General-Birthday-Card-Hallmark-Shoebox/dp/B07XLNCQNX --- ## [If Trump fled to Russia, how would Fox News report it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-fled-to-russia-how-would-fox-news-report-it/969772)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-fled-to-russia-how-would-fox-news-report-it/969772 "2022-08-17T02:35:03Z")
Trump’s passports have been in the news a lot. And we’ve had a thread or two speculating about why the FBI seized them (and now returned them)–with lots of fun guessing about Trump fleeing the country , and what the spec… --- ## [Stuff that's surprisingly hard to google](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-thats-surprisingly-hard-to-google/968919)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-thats-surprisingly-hard-to-google/968919 "2022-08-17T00:54:26Z")
I was using a rental car with an automatic gearbox. Since, here in the UK, manuals (“stick shift”) are more common, I am not so familar with automatics. I wanted to know what I am supposed to do when stopped at traffic … --- ## [Do you "Fall in infatuation?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-fall-in-infatuation/969633)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-fall-in-infatuation/969633 "2022-08-16T23:11:42Z")
I’m sure I’m not clinically compulsive/obsessive or manic/depressive, but I was diagnosed decades ago as borderline. I’m sure some will suggest professional help, but AFAIK, it hasn’t affected my work, social life (of w… --- ## [The flashlight camera (British)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flashlight-camera-british/969159)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flashlight-camera-british/969159 "2022-08-16T17:49:18Z")
While doing a search on carrots I came across the mention of Woolton Pie. This was a pie made of vegetables during WWII and named after the Minister of Food. Part of the description reads, “When Woolton pie was being fo… --- ## [Is anyone here into letter writing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-into-letter-writing/969714)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-into-letter-writing/969714 "2022-08-16T01:49:50Z")
I used to write letters to some of my friends, but that practice has died off and I miss it. It probably wouldn’t be prudent to send your physical address to a stranger on the Internet, but maybe an email address would … --- ## [Fun times with our beach reservation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-times-with-our-beach-reservation/968735)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-times-with-our-beach-reservation/968735 "2022-08-15T20:55:31Z")
For the past few years, I’ve reserved a condo on the Alabama Gulf Coast and taken my (grown) children there as a family vacation. It’s usually a pretty relaxing and fun time. This year, though … this year it’s been chal… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad, Teddy Bear murder. Sherlock-beck is on the case. No worries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-teddy-bear-murder-sherlock-beck-is-on-the-case-no-worries/969626)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-teddy-bear-murder-sherlock-beck-is-on-the-case-no-worries/969626 "2022-08-15T19:19:06Z")
So …I have, again walked up on a murder. From all the clues I’ve discovered, I deduced a Teddy was indeed murdered. I’m out in the courtyard walking and deep into the trees I see a bear arm and one plastic eye. Nothing… --- ## [A data study; aka 'Tripler's evolving thread on workplace email' (i.e. how much is useful)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-data-study-aka-triplers-evolving-thread-on-workplace-email-i-e-how-much-is-useful/967667)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-data-study-aka-triplers-evolving-thread-on-workplace-email-i-e-how-much-is-useful/967667 "2022-08-15T17:53:40Z")
I work in the military-industrial complex, and I try to maintain a clean, minimalist inbox. I’m one of those people that sort through my inbox and either move/delete stuff that’s not applicable or has been acted upon–as … --- ## [When you were a kid, what did you want but your parents wouldn't allow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-did-you-want-but-your-parents-wouldnt-allow/968541)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-did-you-want-but-your-parents-wouldnt-allow/968541 "2022-08-15T15:10:20Z")
When you were a kid, there had to be something you wanted, your parents wouldn’t allow, and that you vowed you would partake of in excess when you grew up. Maybe a food, an activity, going somewhere… For me it was watch… --- ## [Dog Days: An August MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-days-an-august-mmp/969293)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 293\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-days-an-august-mmp/969293 "2022-08-15T06:35:13Z")
There’s not a lot of major holidays in August(An Irish Bank Holiday at the start, and an English Bank Holiday at the end), so it’s just toil and heat for us non retired folks. Although today is the Memorial for St. Domi… --- ## [Let the schadenfreude begin: Martin Shkreli arrested for securities fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-schadenfreude-begin-martin-shkreli-arrested-for-securities-fraud/740692)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-schadenfreude-begin-martin-shkreli-arrested-for-securities-fraud/740692 "2022-08-15T03:54:26Z")
Karma’s a bitch. http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-martin-shkreli-securities-fraud/ --- ## [You Want to Do a Good Deed and It Goes Horribly Wrong \[Fire and Fundraiser in Pennsylvania\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-to-do-a-good-deed-and-it-goes-horribly-wrong-fire-and-fundraiser-in-pennsylvania/969657)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-to-do-a-good-deed-and-it-goes-horribly-wrong-fire-and-fundraiser-in-pennsylvania/969657 "2022-08-15T02:38:50Z")
Very tragic fire in Pennsylvania: Local restaurant/bar owner decides to hold fundraiser to help the families of those killed: Fundraiser results in more tragedy: Note this was about 6 pm, well before sunset–so t… --- ## [The hand that fits the disposable glove...is white?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hand-that-fits-the-disposable-glove-is-white/969391)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hand-that-fits-the-disposable-glove-is-white/969391 "2022-08-14T20:49:25Z")
In the school district where I am employed there are a variety of disposable gloves of various sizes and types from a variety of different companies available for use, and in the majority of cases there is an illustrati… --- ## [What would happen if humans started having only 10% as many children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-humans-started-having-only-10-as-many-children/968477)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-humans-started-having-only-10-as-many-children/968477 "2022-08-14T03:00:29Z")
I’m not interested in the cause for the change (will of some god/sterility causing plague/alien bioengineering/rise of ‘childfree’ people/whatever) its just for some reason human births drop by 90%. What are the immedia… --- ## [How long does unopened paint last?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-unopened-paint-last/969370)
**Author:** [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-unopened-paint-last/969370 "2022-08-14T02:03:24Z")
For those of you who are handy around the house, I have a question or two about paint. About three years ago, we bought several cans of expensive paint with the intention of painting several rooms in our home. Between … --- ## [The difficulty in waiting and seeing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-difficulty-in-waiting-and-seeing/969381)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-difficulty-in-waiting-and-seeing/969381 "2022-08-14T01:12:28Z")
What brought this to my mind was my internal reaction to many of the posts that happen in every breaking news thread, either political or otherwise, where people feel compelled to post their theories about what is going … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=196) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=198)