# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=242 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 243 --- ## [Ken Ham blames "Ark Encounter" failure on atheists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-ham-blames-ark-encounter-failure-on-atheists/789575)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 378\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-ham-blames-ark-encounter-failure-on-atheists/789575 "2021-10-19T14:10:25Z")
I think the blame is misplaced. He should look in the mirror first of all. Among other things, it was not near any other big tourist attractions, it costs $40 a person or so to get into, and even most Christians don’t … --- ## [Ain't technology wonderful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-technology-wonderful/952706)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-technology-wonderful/952706 "2021-10-19T13:39:59Z")
Couple sent fine after a word on a woman’s clothing was mistaken for their number plate --- ## [Parents think their son isn't flushing the toilet. Psst, it's the cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-think-their-son-isnt-flushing-the-toilet-psst-its-the-cat/952418)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-think-their-son-isnt-flushing-the-toilet-psst-its-the-cat/952418 "2021-10-18T18:51:17Z")
Very clever cat. He probably pees on their pile of laundry. :wink: I wouldn’t believe it without video. --- ## [Midget Sports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midget-sports/952581)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midget-sports/952581 "2021-10-18T17:58:29Z")
A comedian was talking on the radio about how sports teams used to be divided by age groups into divisions such as atom, peewee, bantam…. He is incredulous there existed a “midget division” and regrets that the people on… --- ## [The wonder of evolution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-of-evolution/951887)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-of-evolution/951887 "2021-10-18T16:28:02Z")
This isn’t really a question but if there are evolutionary biologists out there feel free to fight my ignorance. Evolution can achieve amazing things over millions of years. I can understand how evolution led to things … --- ## [Five dead in Norway bow and arrow attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-dead-in-norway-bow-and-arrow-attack/952467)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-dead-in-norway-bow-and-arrow-attack/952467 "2021-10-18T15:30:41Z")
No idea of motive or anything yet, but that headline certainly grabbed my attention. --- ## ["The world's goin' to hell but I'm still here" MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-goin-to-hell-but-im-still-here-mmp/952298)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 336\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-goin-to-hell-but-im-still-here-mmp/952298 "2021-10-18T03:26:19Z")
Hey, Mumpers! I’m awake at stupid o’clock so I’ll get this week’s show started. I’m still alive and kicking. That’s the best I’ve got. How’s life in your corner of the world? --- ## [Between writing and speaking, which language differs the most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/between-writing-and-speaking-which-language-differs-the-most/952596)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/between-writing-and-speaking-which-language-differs-the-most/952596 "2021-10-17T13:10:56Z")
It takes a long time to come up with and teach the conventions for writing a language. When speaking, or talking quickly, long phrases get shortened. New things get names. People like to play with words and sound cool… --- ## [\*Please\* let that be a mistake!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-let-that-be-a-mistake/916697)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-let-that-be-a-mistake/916697 "2021-10-17T10:48:45Z")
I’ve started a project to gather all of the photos of spiders I have taken over the last 20 years of having digital cameras, and with any luck identifying them. So tonight I find a few that I took of a spider on my front… --- ## [$100 Crocs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-crocs/951800)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-crocs/951800 "2021-10-17T01:50:04Z")
I was looking for something and came across the site StockX. Just browsing around I came upon a pair of Crocs selling for $120. Curious, I typed “crocs” into the search bar and came up with this. https://stockx.com/sear… --- ## [An uninvited feline late night guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-uninvited-feline-late-night-guest/947162)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-uninvited-feline-late-night-guest/947162 "2021-10-16T22:55:10Z")
Disclaimer: I’m living alone in a subterranean apartment with the windows to the garden side about two feet above ground level. So I was sitting here in my living room on a lazy Friday night at 10 PM, watching football … --- ## [My bad bad bad story telling. Dang, kids just beg to be lied too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bad-bad-bad-story-telling-dang-kids-just-beg-to-be-lied-too/952602)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bad-bad-bad-story-telling-dang-kids-just-beg-to-be-lied-too/952602 "2021-10-16T22:37:06Z")
I woke up and hobbled down the stairs. I had cats and little boys and dogs on my heels. All hungry-ing and cranky. I commence to provide all with food. I stepped on the deck with my protein drink and a handful of Chee… --- ## [Clarence, you bad bad bad thang. How happy you made me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564 "2021-10-16T21:35:18Z")
2 days ago I was sitting on the grass watching the kids catch lightning bugs. Clarence the 'possum bobbled out from under the deck and sat right by my leg. I looked over and he wiggled his snout at me. I noticed his ea… --- ## [Nails in the pavement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nails-in-the-pavement/952367)
**Author:** [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nails-in-the-pavement/952367 "2021-10-16T18:45:30Z")
When I walk, I see a LOT of nails embedded in the sidewalk. In asphalt AND in concrete. They look like 8d nails or thereabouts–not roofing nails. And they’re often in the middle of the sidewalk (not precisely, but not ne… --- ## [LA Realtor Gets Naked in Property Posting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-realtor-gets-naked-in-property-posting/952562)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-realtor-gets-naked-in-property-posting/952562 "2021-10-16T18:42:45Z")
Hey now. Seems like this realtor is doing more to sell himself than his clients property. I know they say that sex sells but only…umm…good sex. And they gonna have to get some new lawn furniture. --- ## [The Persistance of Clowns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-persistance-of-clowns/952580)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-persistance-of-clowns/952580 "2021-10-16T17:33:38Z")
Reading a book on Roman history that mentions ancient clowns. It talks about performers from Etruria using stock characters with coloured patches, long expansive trousers, large sleeved doublets familiar to any youth an… --- ## [The Store Thief "Riddle"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-store-thief-riddle/951708)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-store-thief-riddle/951708 "2021-10-16T16:55:04Z")
This was on Facebook and the fact that two thirds of all people get it wrong really has me wondering what universe I’m living in. A thief steals a $100 bill from a cash register. He then uses the $100 bill to buy a $70… --- ## ['No one ever loved me like that'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-ever-loved-me-like-that/952529)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-ever-loved-me-like-that/952529 "2021-10-16T16:09:40Z")
A nice person tells me sweet things. I was remarking to a person (I often can talk to semi-strangers more openly than I can family and aquaintances) Her reply was, “no one ever loved me like that!” I was dumbstruck. … --- ## [Cat looked almost dead, then fine a couple hours later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-looked-almost-dead-then-fine-a-couple-hours-later/951615)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-looked-almost-dead-then-fine-a-couple-hours-later/951615 "2021-10-15T21:43:59Z")
When I left for work she was lying on the floor, apparently unable to move. There was doodoo a few feet behind her, so she’s been unable to get to the cat box. I got Ms. P up and kissed the cat on the head, thinking it… --- ## [Dumb Halloween costumes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-halloween-costumes/952532)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-halloween-costumes/952532 "2021-10-15T17:47:13Z")
Post links to the dumbest ideas you can find for a Halloween costume. I’ll start it off with a topical one: Sexy Covid Vaccine. --- ## [Windows Updates sound like flu strains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-updates-sound-like-flu-strains/952537)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-updates-sound-like-flu-strains/952537 "2021-10-15T13:59:00Z")
I mean seriously, 21H1??? --- ## [Help! My cats are afraid of me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cats-are-afraid-of-me/951598)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2021, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cats-are-afraid-of-me/951598 "2021-10-15T06:53:04Z")
About a year ago a homeless cat came to my doorstep in the rain and freezing cold and I decided to let it sleep inside my giant garage since I don’t really use it for much since I park my car outside. Well turns out, th… --- ## [Maine ticks making moose anemic 😱](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-ticks-making-moose-anemic/952208)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-ticks-making-moose-anemic/952208 "2021-10-15T01:28:04Z")
I saw a piece on the news yesterday about how the tick problem in Maine (exacerbated by global warming) is getting so bad, the moose in Maine are actually getting anemic from losing on average an ‘astonishing’ 5 GALLONS … --- ## [Attack of the Oil Beetles!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-oil-beetles/952271)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-oil-beetles/952271 "2021-10-15T01:25:36Z")
Ha, not quite that dramatic, but in just the last few years I’ve been seeing this large black beetle (over an inch long in many cases) with a long segmented abdomen. Never saw anything like it a few years ago, which make… --- ## [How's your local health care?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-local-health-care/951885)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-local-health-care/951885 "2021-10-14T23:54:42Z")
I started this thread so I and others can vent about their local health care. I live in Quebec and in many ways the government funded health care is awful. One example is that they have abandoned preventative medicine.… --- ## [I was just awarded EU citizenship after having live exclusively in the USA for 30 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-just-awarded-eu-citizenship-after-having-live-exclusively-in-the-usa-for-30-years/951985)
**Author:** [@edwin\_klockars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwin_klockars)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-just-awarded-eu-citizenship-after-having-live-exclusively-in-the-usa-for-30-years/951985 "2021-10-14T01:35:29Z")
I was shocked when I received the call that my application for citizenship under the holocaust reparation program was accepted and they’re ready to give me aa full EU passport within a couple weeks. This has been a drea… --- ## [Flying, tightrope walking, skateboarding robot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-tightrope-walking-skateboarding-robot/952439)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-tightrope-walking-skateboarding-robot/952439 "2021-10-13T18:15:30Z")
Just like the title says. The singularity is one step closer. Video and story here. --- ## [U.S. judge will grant unconditional release of would-be Reagan assassin John W. Hinckley Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-judge-will-grant-unconditional-release-of-would-be-reagan-assassin-john-w-hinckley-jr/951453)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-judge-will-grant-unconditional-release-of-would-be-reagan-assassin-john-w-hinckley-jr/951453 "2021-10-13T06:27:24Z")
https://www.wfmz.com/news/national/john-hinckley-jr-man-who-shot-president-reagan-will-be-granted-unconditional-release/article\_2914a6bd-5639-550d-949f-79721eb472e5.html Since he was mentally ill and is now cured it’s… --- ## [I waited too long, damn it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-waited-too-long-damn-it/952297)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-waited-too-long-damn-it/952297 "2021-10-13T01:20:05Z")
The very first science fiction convention I every volunteered for was RustyCon 1, in Seattle. I had a blast and went on to volunteer at the next one and a few other local area conventions. Well, time moves on, life mov… --- ## [My cat Hope has just passed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-hope-has-just-passed/952242)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-hope-has-just-passed/952242 "2021-10-13T01:03:36Z")
It was not entirely unexpected, as she has been doing poorly for some time, and I have had her into the vet’s a few times in the last week. She was sacked out on the rug in the living room when I went out earlier today,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=241) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=243)