# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=20 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 21 --- ## [Florida doctor removes wrong organ, resulting in patient's death (2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-doctor-removes-wrong-organ-resulting-in-patients-death-2024/1029289)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-doctor-removes-wrong-organ-resulting-in-patients-death-2024/1029289 "2026-04-15T13:25:16Z")
Link. Supposed to be a laparoscopic splenectomy, but he instead removed the liver. Not a lot of detail on exactly what happened, but I can see squeezing a spleen thru a laparoscope, but it seems a tall order for a live… --- ## ["First Amendment Auditors" in Trader Joe's Parking Lots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-amendment-auditors-in-trader-joes-parking-lots/1028843)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-amendment-auditors-in-trader-joes-parking-lots/1028843 "2026-04-15T13:01:32Z")
On Nextdoor this morning I saw pictures of a couple of guys in our local Trader Joe’s parking lot. They were taking pictures and videos of people’s cars, license plates, and faces. The ND poster was asking “what the he… --- ## [A couple of questions related to real estate taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-related-to-real-estate-taxes/1029237)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-related-to-real-estate-taxes/1029237 "2026-04-14T20:51:02Z")
I’m a relatively new homeowner, so my knowledge gaps are considerable. So I wanted to tap the brain trust of a…more experienced audience. While checking my mortgage, I looked up my escrow account. In 2025 and 2023, I a… --- ## [Ontario, California warehouse torched by employee who filmed himself doing it (4/2026)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ontario-california-warehouse-torched-by-employee-who-filmed-himself-doing-it-4-2026/1029137)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ontario-california-warehouse-torched-by-employee-who-filmed-himself-doing-it-4-2026/1029137 "2026-04-14T19:29:19Z")
His excuse was that he wasn’t paid enough. A 1-million-square-foot warehouse has been totaled, along with the contents, and thankfully none of the 20 employees were injured, including the arsonist. https://ktla.com/new… --- ## [My special needs dog (IVDD)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-special-needs-dog-ivdd/1029252)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-special-needs-dog-ivdd/1029252 "2026-04-14T18:34:51Z")
My 5 year old corgi (let’s call him Llewellyn) woke up on January 6, paralyzed from the “waist” down. The previous day started out like any other, with a trip to the dog park; but he was lethargic in the afternoon, and … --- ## [Utah mother arrested for kidnapping her child's bully (both aged 11)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utah-mother-arrested-for-kidnapping-her-childs-bully-both-aged-11/1028772)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utah-mother-arrested-for-kidnapping-her-childs-bully-both-aged-11/1028772 "2026-04-14T15:53:50Z")
I’m going to admit, based on different sources, that this isn’t the whole story (among other things, it sounds like she did not talk to the bully’s parents first) but in this case, last September, she drove around lookin… --- ## [Just learned about "Nonenal." Not a happy discovery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-learned-about-nonenal-not-a-happy-discovery/1028583)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-learned-about-nonenal-not-a-happy-discovery/1028583 "2026-04-14T13:36:38Z")
Let me say first that I came across “noneal” while browsing amazon. I was looking at bar soaps, that is, soaps that come in bar form (as opposed to liquid), not soap for cleaning bars. Here is an AI (Gemini) description… --- ## [Jergens! You think you fooled me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jergens-you-think-you-fooled-me/1029222)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2026, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jergens-you-think-you-fooled-me/1029222 "2026-04-13T07:30:19Z")
Well, you kinda did. You know the smell of Jergens. Right? Kinda sickly sweet. I used to get pink cheeks in windy weather so Laura Lee Love(real name), our housekeeper would rub Jergens on my cheeks. I simply hated th… --- ## [(Old) Where in the world is the MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-where-in-the-world-is-the-mmp/1029063)
**Author:** [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Replies:** 251\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-where-in-the-world-is-the-mmp/1029063 "2026-04-13T02:07:01Z")
So it’s nearly 7:45am and no MMP? Unheard off! Intolerable! So I’ll start it. Leaving Wednesday for my big vacation of the year, doing Portugal, Spain and France for nearly 3 weeks. So where are the rest of you going… --- ## [Bird Buddy aficionado thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-buddy-aficionado-thread/1029118)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-buddy-aficionado-thread/1029118 "2026-04-12T18:11:09Z")
I have been thinking about writing this for a few days but now I’m inspired by Beck’s bird seed thread. I got my wife the bird buddy for Christmas. Ok maybe it was more for me. If you are not familiar it is a bird feede… --- ## [Debt collection letter received after 32 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-collection-letter-received-after-32-years/980433)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-collection-letter-received-after-32-years/980433 "2026-04-12T12:15:06Z")
I sent my Virginia tax return off a few weeks ago and was expecting a $181 refund. Yesterday I got a letter from George Mason University, which I attended for one semester in the fall of 1991 saying I owed them $490 and… --- ## [Smapti's Continuing Adventures in Judaism: First Seder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smaptis-continuing-adventures-in-judaism-first-seder/1028989)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2026, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smaptis-continuing-adventures-in-judaism-first-seder/1028989 "2026-04-12T08:16:16Z")
Part three in the ongoing series of threads about my exploring Jewish practice with an eye at formally beginning the conversion process in the near future. The Seder has fascinated me since I first learned about it in s… --- ## [Can you help me solve a mystery? (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-solve-a-mystery-long/1029172)
**Author:** [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-solve-a-mystery-long/1029172 "2026-04-10T21:45:32Z")
There is an abandoned quarry a few miles from my house, about 50 acres of (sadly) soon-to-be-developed wild land with a large pond and hiking/biking trails throughout. It’s regularly used by local hikers, dog walkers, fi… --- ## [Italian princesses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-princesses/1029159)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-princesses/1029159 "2026-04-10T18:31:03Z")
I see stories like this and the first thing that comes to mind is… isn’t Italy a republic? Some reporter sure did not do their homework. By that standard, I’m the Duchess of Bohemia and I dare you to prove otherwise. … --- ## [I need a huge glass of WHINE (various scheduling fun)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-huge-glass-of-whine-various-scheduling-fun/1029170)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-huge-glass-of-whine-various-scheduling-fun/1029170 "2026-04-10T17:42:06Z")
I work for a large government consulting firm. I’d been saying for ages that if the contract was not renewed at the end of March, I’d stick a fork in it and retire. In January or so, we were told it would be extended up… --- ## [How to respond to interviewer when you are overqualified for the position](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-respond-to-interviewer-when-you-are-overqualified-for-the-position/1029136)
**Author:** [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-respond-to-interviewer-when-you-are-overqualified-for-the-position/1029136 "2026-04-10T08:14:41Z")
Need advice fast. I have an interview tomorrow at a company in my profession for a lower position job. it’s entry level, and I have 20 years experience. That includes experience in the position offered, maybe future op… --- ## [Ottawa words (letter pattern)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ottawa-words-letter-pattern/1029139)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ottawa-words-letter-pattern/1029139 "2026-04-10T01:18:12Z")
Some of you may remember Agamemnon words. That is words made up of successive palindromic sequences. In Agamemnon, they are three 3-letter palindromes. Ottawa words are similar. It’s made up of 1, 2, and 3 letter palind… --- ## [Reddit users can really bring the funny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddit-users-can-really-bring-the-funny/956286)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddit-users-can-really-bring-the-funny/956286 "2026-04-09T23:41:51Z")
I never come away from Reddit without at least a chuckle, often a literal LOL. In a recent sub about the female officer who mistook her glock for her taser - and ended up killing the suspect - the discussion was how, in… --- ## [Ask the person taking Ozempic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-taking-ozempic/981193)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 375\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-taking-ozempic/981193 "2026-04-09T21:59:15Z")
Ozempic has been in the news a lot recently. I’ve been taking it since November. Ask away, and if you’re taking it yourself, jump in with your own experience and responses. --- ## [Bad bad bad Birdseed, and burn baby burn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-birdseed-and-burn-baby-burn/1029079)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-birdseed-and-burn-baby-burn/1029079 "2026-04-09T16:14:57Z")
I did it. Squirrels have cost me more money in bird seed. This year they have just been at the feeder in crowds. I can take a couple. I counted 7 yesterday at one time. So I plunked down the money for Spicy seed. It is… --- ## [How do you feel about people who walk around and hangout throughout various stores?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-people-who-walk-around-and-hangout-throughout-various-stores/1029126)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-people-who-walk-around-and-hangout-throughout-various-stores/1029126 "2026-04-09T04:00:10Z")
Even though I shop at various stores, I’ve noticed that younger people, especially high schoolers and college students, enjoy hanging out at Target, malls, outlets, etc. since I always notice groups of them walking aroun… --- ## [(Artemis related) flatearthers -\> moon also flat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026 "2026-04-08T20:17:16Z")
I am just wondering … do flatearthers believe that just the earth is flat or are all other planets/moons/suns flat as well for them? … --- ## [Ahhh. WD-40. You smell so](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-wd-40-you-smell-so/1029071)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-wd-40-you-smell-so/1029071 "2026-04-08T18:38:41Z")
Can even describe it. I can smell it and I’m not even there. :thinking: Hmmm Daughter washed boys jeans. One of them had gotten WD-40 on himself. She says the whole load smells like it. Should she dry them in the dryer… --- ## [Do you shop at TJ Maxx, Burlington, Marshall's, Gabe's, Ross Dress For Less, Goodwill, etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-shop-at-tj-maxx-burlington-marshalls-gabes-ross-dress-for-less-goodwill-etc/1028943)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-shop-at-tj-maxx-burlington-marshalls-gabes-ross-dress-for-less-goodwill-etc/1028943 "2026-04-08T17:02:37Z")
IMO, I wish more people shopped at these stores more often, since I’ve noticed that a majority of their items are cheaper, when compared to Walmart and Target, especially for clothing, home goods, and personal care produ… --- ## [Maybe you and me were never meant to be, just maybe think of me once in a while](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-you-and-me-were-never-meant-to-be-just-maybe-think-of-me-once-in-a-while/1029066)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-you-and-me-were-never-meant-to-be-just-maybe-think-of-me-once-in-a-while/1029066 "2026-04-08T16:41:23Z")
“To this day, no Cincinnati broadcaster has used the WKRP call letters for a real radio station, but that is about to change after a low-power Raleigh, North Carolina station put the famous letters on sale and someone in… --- ## [Forget planes on treadmills, here's a sail-cart out-sailing the wind!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-planes-on-treadmills-heres-a-sail-cart-out-sailing-the-wind/559778)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-planes-on-treadmills-heres-a-sail-cart-out-sailing-the-wind/559778 "2026-04-08T13:29:46Z")
It’s pretty well established that you can tack an ice-sailboat in a fashion that allows you to travel downwind at rates faster than the wind, but conventional thinking has it that you can’t exceed windspeed with your sai… --- ## [Jury duty. Nabbed. Dang! Do you have any interesting jury duty stories to share?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-duty-nabbed-dang-do-you-have-any-interesting-jury-duty-stories-to-share/1027394)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-duty-nabbed-dang-do-you-have-any-interesting-jury-duty-stories-to-share/1027394 "2026-04-07T21:55:19Z")
I haven’t been assigned yet, so I can discuss for now. Today is my first day reporting in. My last time was maybe 10-15 years ago. I was placed on a jury, an unpleasant cr… --- ## [Illnois State University has a circus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illnois-state-university-has-a-circus/1028963)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illnois-state-university-has-a-circus/1028963 "2026-04-07T17:50:49Z")
I like to think that if I attended this college, I’d have tried out for the circus, but probably not. If college me had my current brain? Yes indeed. Obviously, no animal acts, but imagine putting “Clowning” on your resu… --- ## [My good deed for the day ... err, night ... err, morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-good-deed-for-the-day-err-night-err-morning/1029056)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-good-deed-for-the-day-err-night-err-morning/1029056 "2026-04-07T12:39:07Z")
Friday evening, I decided to take a quick post-dinner nap. It didn’t go exactly as planned, as it lasted for a few hours. I woke up, and it was time to go to bed, but of course, I couldn’t sleep. So, I decided to watc… --- ## [Ozempic, the bowel paralyzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ozempic-the-bowel-paralyzer/1015661)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ozempic-the-bowel-paralyzer/1015661 "2026-04-07T02:59:47Z")
I started taking Ozempic some months ago and noticed an exacerbation of my tendency towards constipation. Annoying but I put up with it. Two weeks ago as I was still not showing any weight loss my dose was doubled from h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=21)