# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=253 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 254 --- ## [I Suppose There Should Be A MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suppose-there-should-be-a-mmp/946811)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suppose-there-should-be-a-mmp/946811 "2021-07-29T12:54:20Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 73 Amurrkin out and fair (as opposed to ugly?) with a predicted high of 88 and presumed rain/tstorms/apocalypse for this afternoon and evenin’. We shall see. I shall bet… --- ## [A very l-o-n-g and angry yet embarrassing tale of a bicycle tire which you may find amusing at my expense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-l-o-n-g-and-angry-yet-embarrassing-tale-of-a-bicycle-tire-which-you-may-find-amusing-at-my-expense/947451)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-l-o-n-g-and-angry-yet-embarrassing-tale-of-a-bicycle-tire-which-you-may-find-amusing-at-my-expense/947451 "2021-07-29T01:55:53Z")
I got a flat on my bike just a few minutes into my ride. I ride about 40-45 miles a week. I’m not a competitive rider, but I prefer riding a bike outdoors to any other form of cardio exercise. I average 15 MPH, so not bl… --- ## [Joey\_P is a hillbilly pothead who lies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-p-is-a-hillbilly-pothead-who-lies/947292)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-p-is-a-hillbilly-pothead-who-lies/947292 "2021-07-28T22:58:26Z")
…or so the state of Wisconsin has on file. Long story short, my business fired an employee a while back. He filed for unemployment and it was denied. He appealed the denial and an appeal hearing was scheduled. He didn’t… --- ## [Concentration Camps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concentration-camps/947427)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concentration-camps/947427 "2021-07-28T17:01:53Z")
Who were first to establish concentration camps? And was the practice met with near universal international condemnation as soon as they sprung up? --- ## [The Evil "Ex"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-ex/947429)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-ex/947429 "2021-07-28T13:01:37Z")
Since COVID-19, all student registration is done on line via technology, so it therefore falls within the purview of the district Help Desk to render all kinds of assistance in that regard. I could go on and on about th… --- ## [These Monkeys Aint Monkeying Around](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-monkeys-aint-monkeying-around/947502)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-monkeys-aint-monkeying-around/947502 "2021-07-28T11:42:02Z")
Covid fueled lack of tourism leads to a shortage of food for our simian relatives. Street gangs of monkeys stop traffic as they brawl. Can we really afford to defund the police while this sort of violence is rampant o… --- ## [Has the subject of a thread ever replied?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-subject-of-a-thread-ever-replied/947254)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-subject-of-a-thread-ever-replied/947254 "2021-07-28T04:41:56Z")
I remember it happening a few times with Cecil’s columns. Jimmy DeKnight replied to column about “Rock Around the Clock”, Don McLean to one about “American Pie”, and that Key guy to one about his claims that advertiseme… --- ## [Things you misinterpret on purpose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-misinterpret-on-purpose/946588)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-misinterpret-on-purpose/946588 "2021-07-28T02:20:34Z")
I’ve been hearing this ad on NPR lately… sorry, I mean “underwriters credit” or whatever they call them. It’s for some software they claim will “help everyone in the enterprise work with and understand data”. And while… --- ## [Oh my! The lil'wrekker leaves her poor Ma. It's bad bad bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-the-lilwrekker-leaves-her-poor-ma-its-bad-bad-bad/947376)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-the-lilwrekker-leaves-her-poor-ma-its-bad-bad-bad/947376 "2021-07-27T17:31:26Z")
The lil’wrekker has decided it’s time to remove from the family home. Her and the PPB Hamza have rented a couple housing apartment at his Uni. He’s 2 years in his grad studies, she’s just starting. Ma(me) not handling… --- ## [Ads No One Will Believe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-no-one-will-believe/947280)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-no-one-will-believe/947280 "2021-07-27T16:59:22Z")
This thread invites you to write an ad likely to make people a little skeptical. Microsoft: The last software you’ll ever need to buy! No updates! Bob’s Brussels Sprout Toothpaste: Kids love its earthy vegetable taste… --- ## [I am baffled by Facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-baffled-by-facebook/947275)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-baffled-by-facebook/947275 "2021-07-27T15:17:19Z")
Timeline or News Feed or whatever. I posted something last night, and today I go to my home page and it is nowhere to be found. I scroll down for pages and pages and I see other posts, from a few weeks ago. I can see i… --- ## [Help my cat poop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cat-poop/947094)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cat-poop/947094 "2021-07-27T03:07:23Z")
Hi. So my cat gets constipated quite a bit and, surprisingly, the vet didn’t ask to see her, (she’s hard to deal with,) but did recommend MiraLAX. 8 oz of water and 17 grams of the poop powder. The problem is… the kitt… --- ## [What a boob](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-boob/699274)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-boob/699274 "2021-07-26T22:57:13Z")
That refers to both Jasmine Tridevil & her chest; the chest that now has three (3), count 'em one, two, three breasts! Really, more than 50 docs? That’s perseverance! Methinks this might backfire. Guys, do you wan… --- ## [Tobacco firm Philip Morris calls for ban on cigarettes within decade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tobacco-firm-philip-morris-calls-for-ban-on-cigarettes-within-decade/947274)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tobacco-firm-philip-morris-calls-for-ban-on-cigarettes-within-decade/947274 "2021-07-26T21:01:21Z")
But I thought the tobacco firms told us there was nothing harmful about cigarettes? This is the most surprising thing I have heard any business CEO say. --- ## [Las Vegas Nevada in the late 50s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-nevada-in-the-late-50s/946987)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-nevada-in-the-late-50s/946987 "2021-07-26T19:39:40Z")
On another thread Temporary\_Name requested: “But I really want to know what Vegas was like in 1960? It couldn’t have still been a sleepy cow town, but it was significantly smaller than it is now. Was it just five casino… --- ## [Weekend Puppy Play Dates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-puppy-play-dates/946311)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-puppy-play-dates/946311 "2021-07-26T16:34:05Z")
Our newest pack member Kizzy had a fantastic weekend. A friend has Scarlett, a Golden Retriever pup that is a few weeks older than Kizzy. They played in our paddock. Kizzy i… --- ## [Olympics beds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-beds/946762 "2021-07-26T06:36:12Z")
A news story running all over the Internet claims that the Olympics are providing the athletes with carboard beds designed to collapse if more than one person is on them, to prevent sex due to covid restrictions. But th… --- ## [Cockatoo dumpster diving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockatoo-dumpster-diving/947175)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockatoo-dumpster-diving/947175 "2021-07-26T02:53:59Z")
News report that wild cockatoos in Sydney have learned how to flip open trash bin lids and scavenge for food. Not only that, but they’ve been able to teach other cockatoos how to do it. I blame social media. Yet anothe… --- ## [Lunatic theories I received](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-theories-i-received/947265)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-theories-i-received/947265 "2021-07-25T23:15:58Z")
Since these theories were not posted on the SDMB I thought a new thread was appropriate. When I was the Facility Manager of NASA’s Zero Gravity Research Facility in the 1990s I got a some odd mail because my office addre… --- ## [Change a foreign phrase to make a new one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-a-foreign-phrase-to-make-a-new-one/947228)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-a-foreign-phrase-to-make-a-new-one/947228 "2021-07-25T21:08:00Z")
The goal of this thread is to take a non-English phrase, then change it slightly to make a new one. For example: Halter ego: Conceited woman in the club Squid quo pro: Calamari purchase Cogito ergo slum: Designing ch… --- ## [Now that's an apology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-apology/946854)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-apology/946854 "2021-07-24T21:31:02Z")
We’ve had many threads about bad apologies: Why don’t apologists–you know–apologize? Non-Apology Apologies and why they don’t help a goddamn thing etc. Well, today the composer of the 2021 Olympics opening ceremony m… --- ## [A new (to me) look at obesity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-to-me-look-at-obesity/947167)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-to-me-look-at-obesity/947167 "2021-07-24T21:30:22Z")
I found a reprint of this article suggested to me by a link while I was browsing something else. The original article is about 8 years old, so in one sense it’s not exactly new information. But much of it was new to me… --- ## [The UK tax year starts April 6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-tax-year-starts-april-6/945392)
**Author:** [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-tax-year-starts-april-6/945392 "2021-07-23T22:13:43Z")
I found out today that the tax year in the UK ends on April 5, and a new tax year starts on April 6. When I first read this, I was absolutely incredulous and I had to find out why. It turns out it’s because the tax sys… --- ## [Charmin Bears](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charmin-bears/947111)
**Author:** [@Franklymydear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Franklymydear)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charmin-bears/947111 "2021-07-23T17:39:47Z")
Are the Charmin Bears a reference to Goldilocks and the three bears? As in, Charmin is just right for wiping your bottom? I was in the minority on this one during a recent conversation. I thought it was a play on “Do b… --- ## [What if i just ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-just-ate/947010)
**Author:** [@Franklymydear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Franklymydear)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-just-ate/947010 "2021-07-23T13:11:10Z")
What if i just ate protein powder, olive oil, and sugar? In the recommended ratio for protein/fat/carbs. Popped a multivitamin with 100% rda of vitamins and minerals. And chugged 32 grams of fiber via metamucil? --- ## [I'm happy for Her Majesty, she has dogs again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-happy-for-her-majesty-she-has-dogs-again/938377)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2021, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-happy-for-her-majesty-she-has-dogs-again/938377 "2021-07-23T05:36:33Z")
Dogs can be the greatest companions we have, and the Queen has missed her Corgis. She changed her mind it seems about not having more dogs, and now has two more, a Corgi and a dorgi, which is a crossbetween a Corgi and… --- ## [Thank-you. So so much.....(bad bad bad mail)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-so-so-much-bad-bad-bad-mail/946413)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-so-so-much-bad-bad-bad-mail/946413 "2021-07-23T01:17:49Z")
Thanks. Never knew I needed all these things. I received a new catalog in the mail: Dr. Leonard’s Thumbing thru I see lots of ‘as seen on TV’ type things. Bunion relievers, compression socks ( I need those). Clothin… --- ## [Making rain: zapping clouds with electricity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-rain-zapping-clouds-with-electricity/947031)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-rain-zapping-clouds-with-electricity/947031 "2021-07-23T00:34:43Z")
In the UAE, they’re making it rain by zapping clouds. The idea is that the zap will charge tiny rain drops and cause them to stick together. Larger drops are more likely to fall as rain. I have no idea how it’s actually … --- ## [Party at my place! Apparently…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-at-my-place-apparently/947039)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-at-my-place-apparently/947039 "2021-07-22T12:46:21Z")
So my housemate Annastacia has decided we are holding a massive party at our place soon. Shame she didn’t actually ask her housemates about it first. Annastacia has alloted our roles equitably - she does the gravy drin… --- ## [Have we stopped making tragedy jokes? I haven't heard any about the Surfside collapse tragedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-stopped-making-tragedy-jokes-i-havent-heard-any-about-the-surfside-collapse-tragedy/946658)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-stopped-making-tragedy-jokes-i-havent-heard-any-about-the-surfside-collapse-tragedy/946658 "2021-07-22T09:39:50Z")
After the Challenger explosion, 9/11, Fukushima, etc, there would quickly be jokes about the tragedy, which is how some people cope. I haven’t heard any about the Surfside collapse. Have people stopped making them? Or … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=252) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=254)