# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=218 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 219 --- ## [No more Freedom of Speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-freedom-of-speech/659006)
**Author:** [@sbright33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sbright33)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-freedom-of-speech/659006 "2022-03-25T05:57:21Z")
This is what we have to look forward to in our Society without basic rights like Freedom of Speech. How can a judge disagree? Stupid is not a crime! --- ## [Did I miss something in the news today (3/24) - flags at half-staff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-something-in-the-news-today-3-24-flags-at-half-staff/961668)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-something-in-the-news-today-3-24-flags-at-half-staff/961668 "2022-03-25T02:50:48Z")
I stuck my head out the door today (Th. March 24), and noticed a number of flags at half-staff around town. I didn’t see anything in the news to explain that. Did I miss something? --- ## [Hurray! It's World Tuberculosis Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-its-world-tuberculosis-day/961630)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-its-world-tuberculosis-day/961630 "2022-03-24T21:06:39Z")
We celebrate the discovery on this date in 1882 by Robert Koch of the tubercle bacillus, that wriggly little red snapper that has caused so much trouble around the world. You are urged to support TB eradication efforts,… --- ## [Bad Motivational Posters and Symbols](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-motivational-posters-and-symbols/961652)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-motivational-posters-and-symbols/961652 "2022-03-24T20:29:09Z")
I used to work in a place with a Motivational Poster like this on the wall: I know what they’re trying to suggest – one bright idea can be communicated to others. But there are several things wrong with this. If they… --- ## [Missouri suggests women guilty of ectopic pregnancy must die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-suggests-women-guilty-of-ectopic-pregnancy-must-die/961457)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-suggests-women-guilty-of-ectopic-pregnancy-must-die/961457 "2022-03-24T20:26:53Z")
According to an op-ed piece in today’s Times, Missouri has proposed making it a felony to end an ectopic pregnancy. Not only will the fetus inevitably die but so will the mother. “Missouri alone has in recent weeks tri… --- ## [Mama duck is expecting! An urban wildlife odyssey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mama-duck-is-expecting-an-urban-wildlife-odyssey/961561)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mama-duck-is-expecting-an-urban-wildlife-odyssey/961561 "2022-03-24T18:38:58Z")
At my job, the employees pull around to the back of the building to park, then enter the office through a locked back door. Next to that door is shrubbery, and across the way is a little pond that abuts a neighborhood. … --- ## [Retirees: How did you re-arrange your portfolios after retiring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirees-how-did-you-re-arrange-your-portfolios-after-retiring/961200)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirees-how-did-you-re-arrange-your-portfolios-after-retiring/961200 "2022-03-24T18:36:50Z")
Not really a factual question, but if I’m wrong I suppose this could go to General Questions. We’re looking to retire in a little under a year. I’m having a devil of a time finding the type of financial advice I’m seek… --- ## [Pot smoke, again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoke-again/961467)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-smoke-again/961467 "2022-03-24T17:08:42Z")
This is in the nature of a pointless rant. Someone in one of the houses close to mine (and in San Francisco, houses are VERY close) smokes a perfectly legal substance, pot, from time to time. How do I know this? Because… --- ## [New (used) car stolen via tracker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-used-car-stolen-via-tracker/961639)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-used-car-stolen-via-tracker/961639 "2022-03-24T16:33:29Z")
This happened to my wife’s friend’s son, just yesterday. He lives with his parents but is engaged and in the process of moving out. He bought a used car from a car dealer out-of-town (about an hour and a half away). He … --- ## [Multiple Tornados Reported in New Orleans (22 March)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-tornados-reported-in-new-orleans-22-march/961544)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-tornados-reported-in-new-orleans-22-march/961544 "2022-03-24T13:42:45Z")
I hope y’all safe down there! --- ## [CPR strike - going out to stick up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358 "2022-03-24T04:28:04Z")
If the Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 taught me anything, it’s the need to stick up when there may be supply chain issues. Canadian Pacific Railways are heading for a strike / lockout, so off to the grocery store w… --- ## [Darned cursor loves to stay on top](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darned-cursor-loves-to-stay-on-top/960084)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darned-cursor-loves-to-stay-on-top/960084 "2022-03-24T02:01:47Z")
I’ve no idea what to do here. The cursor, randomly but often, decides that the spot I tell it to go to is Coventry and thus runs to the top of the screen and stays there. I’m on a Dell laptop running Windows 10 and using… --- ## [RIP my poor, poor, poor 'possum. Clarence has kicked the 'bucket'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-my-poor-poor-poor-possum-clarence-has-kicked-the-bucket/959116)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-my-poor-poor-poor-possum-clarence-has-kicked-the-bucket/959116 "2022-03-24T01:49:50Z")
I missed Clarence Monday morning. I had to leave for dialysis. I just left his Cheerios down for him, by his bucket home, in the garage. When I came home the Cheerios were gone. I assumed he was close. I had the kids l… --- ## [Missing TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-tubadiva/961452)
**Author:** [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-tubadiva/961452 "2022-03-24T00:08:20Z")
Not sure if this is the best place for this, but I just had to share this, even though its far from mundane. I haven’t post here in a great long while, and kinda just drifted away from the SDMB community. Except for on… --- ## [Sentences you never thought you would say\\type](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sentences-you-never-thought-you-would-say-type/961584)
**Author:** [@PackerMan2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PackerMan2)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sentences-you-never-thought-you-would-say-type/961584 "2022-03-23T23:05:00Z")
I just informed one of my coworkers the following. “One of the wolves is pregnant and we have to be out of that area ASAP.” My company is installing utility infrastructure at the local zoo and we just had a conference … --- ## [If you met God what questions would you ask him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323)
**Author:** [@a\_dudes\_thought\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_dudes_thought_s)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323 "2022-03-23T22:57:38Z")
I’ve been watching a lot of videos on you tube about people going to hell or heaven. Watched one where a guys claims he met God and God asked him if he had any questions. I was wondering what the heck I would ask if I me… --- ## [Have you memorized all the POTUSes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-memorized-all-the-potuses/961425)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-memorized-all-the-potuses/961425 "2022-03-23T19:09:12Z")
If so, what tricks do you use, historical or mnemonic, to keep them all straight (except Buchanan) and in the right order? I tried memorizing them all in grade school–back then there were many fewer, of course, but keep… --- ## [WW 2 peace talks still ongoing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww-2-peace-talks-still-ongoing/961506)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww-2-peace-talks-still-ongoing/961506 "2022-03-23T12:49:31Z")
Not a misprint. Russia and Japan never signed a treaty --- ## [Badx3 Beck is dealin' with an issue. At rehab](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badx3-beck-is-dealin-with-an-issue-at-rehab/961394)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badx3-beck-is-dealin-with-an-issue-at-rehab/961394 "2022-03-23T02:04:20Z")
Well, I was walking in the jail yard…erm…lovely courtyard at the rehab place. I sat on a bench and wasps were zooming and dive bombing me. I determined I’d be safer moving, so I did. I’m walking the trail looking for my… --- ## [Dynata - Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dynata-why/961513)
**Author:** [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dynata-why/961513 "2022-03-22T16:03:55Z")
For the past week or so, our land line has been inundated with calls from “Dynata,” which I’ve discovered is some sort of public opinion gathering company. We block the calls, and block them again and again, and they kee… --- ## [Here's a good idea (to give control of Instagram accounts to Ukrainians)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-good-idea-to-give-control-of-instagram-accounts-to-ukrainians/961449)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-good-idea-to-give-control-of-instagram-accounts-to-ukrainians/961449 "2022-03-22T14:57:55Z")
David Beckham (famous english soccer player) hands control of Instagram account (71M+ followers) to a Ukrainian Doctor. More celebs need to do this. --- ## [If men had PMS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-men-had-pms/961339)
**Author:** [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-men-had-pms/961339 "2022-03-22T04:43:34Z")
A casual comment from a female colleague got me thinking. She said if men menstruated (heaven forbid) it would be all about how long and how much : ) Add to that PMS, do you think we men would wage war, cause a monthl… --- ## [SCOTUS Judge Clarence Thomas being Treated for Flu-like symptoms NEWFLASH](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-judge-clarence-thomas-being-treated-for-flu-like-symptoms-newflash/961397)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-judge-clarence-thomas-being-treated-for-flu-like-symptoms-newflash/961397 "2022-03-22T01:15:38Z")
The title says most of it, breaking news, Judge Clarence Thomas is currently in the hospital after having “flu-like symptoms,” is getting IV antibiotics for an infection, and appears to be recovering. Anything else is e… --- ## [Austrian doorknobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austrian-doorknobs/961328)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austrian-doorknobs/961328 "2022-03-21T21:30:31Z")
Hey, somebody had to do it… --- ## [I don't get this joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-joke/961438)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-joke/961438 "2022-03-21T20:22:08Z")
“the shift key is the most useless key on the keyboard. it doesn’t do anything. don’t 2 me” A couple of friends have sent it to me. What am I missing? --- ## [What's your earring game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earring-game/961298)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earring-game/961298 "2022-03-21T19:12:12Z")
What do you wear? When do you wear them? How often do you change them out? I’ve had my ears pierced for almost 30 years now. I was always afraid of needles then I got a spinal tap as a teen and became no longer afraid. … --- ## [Another Cat Who Needs A Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-who-needs-a-name/961322 "2022-03-21T18:01:33Z")
OK, so I’ve done it again. Cat meows plaintively at door. I let the cat in. I now seem to have a fourth cat. This one got identified fairly fast: he’s moved from one neighboring farm barn to another, got chased out by a… --- ## [The Joys of Having Grass in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009)
**Author:** [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Replies:** 302\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009 "2022-03-21T04:28:19Z")
Morning. It’s awfully early and I didn’t see a new MMP yet so here we go. I now have a grass yard after having a pea rock yard forever. It’s rained a bit and now tis time to either buy a mower or hire a service. I just h… --- ## [What car did I just see?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-did-i-just-see/959020)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-did-i-just-see/959020 "2022-03-20T05:21:10Z")
So, I’m on my cool electric scooter and driving back to my apartment in Beijing. I saw a nice looking black SUV with what looked like “Zady Damye” on the back where the make of the vehicle would usually be and “Damye” on… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad compendium of weird things I thought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-compendium-of-weird-things-i-thought/961188)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-compendium-of-weird-things-i-thought/961188 "2022-03-20T01:49:22Z")
That stuff called ‘tiger balm’ is it really of any use? Or how about ’ Blue Star ointment’? I do not like fake vanilla icecream. Why even bother? 3.Theres a commercial about a stool softener where a cute little D… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=217) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=219)