# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=263 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 264 --- ## ["Running of the Interns", a time-honored D.C. tradition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-of-the-interns-a-time-honored-d-c-tradition/942593)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-of-the-interns-a-time-honored-d-c-tradition/942593 "2021-05-24T14:33:53Z")
You know how the Supreme Court doesn’t allow recording devices in the courtroom? Well, the best way to get news of the decision to the network is to have an intern literally sprint from the courthouse to the press parked… --- ## [Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Revisions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standard-operating-procedure-sop-revisions/942709)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standard-operating-procedure-sop-revisions/942709 "2021-05-24T13:00:28Z")
How many SDMB people have to write standard operating procedures from time to time? If you do, how often do you write a procedure and think that it’s OK because no one would ever \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (fill in the blank) but then you… --- ## [Open up the windows in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-up-the-windows-in-the-mmp/942285)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-up-the-windows-in-the-mmp/942285 "2021-05-24T06:26:06Z")
Ah, fresh air!! I love when the temperature and humidity allow for an open house! Nothing like a little breeze ruffling the curtains and the songs of birds wafting in! And sometimes at night, I can hear owls hooting near… --- ## [If You Live on the East Coast Fill Up Your Gas Tank Now (Major Fuel Pipeline was Shut Down: update, now open)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-live-on-the-east-coast-fill-up-your-gas-tank-now-major-fuel-pipeline-was-shut-down-update-now-open/941734)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2021, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-live-on-the-east-coast-fill-up-your-gas-tank-now-major-fuel-pipeline-was-shut-down-update-now-open/941734 "2021-05-24T04:06:56Z")
And keep it filled up. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pipeline-shutdown-has-had-little-impact-on-supplies-so-far/ar-BB1gxwnO Better safe than sorry. --- ## [Fallout shelters - a look back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelters-a-look-back/942486)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelters-a-look-back/942486 "2021-05-24T02:52:54Z")
A mention in another forum got me doing an image search for “cold war fallout shelter”. Of course I remember them from my youth but damn - what idiots we were! The official government recommendation was that a 7’ x 7’ r… --- ## [Tiger turned over to the police?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-turned-over-to-the-police/942254)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2021, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-turned-over-to-the-police/942254 "2021-05-23T05:10:03Z")
The article says, “A tiger that was missing for a week after being spotted roaming around a Houston neighbourhood has been found, police confirmed. India, the nine-month-old Bengal tiger, was turned into police on Satu… --- ## [Disturbing car commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-car-commercial/942414)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-car-commercial/942414 "2021-05-22T22:05:44Z")
So I’m watching the latest commercial for the Hyundai Kona, the one where the young driver is chatting with three other passengers while looking and laughing about something on a cellphone. The car starts swerving into t… --- ## [When your pets attempt murder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-pets-attempt-murder/941958)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-pets-attempt-murder/941958 "2021-05-22T19:23:12Z")
Hey so, what’s the last thing one of your pets did to try to kill you? https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/V106YZ2kTmao4Oz1GvwnPg.-QTxPLuYAEmSPVTG2jLqQs This is Poe. He’s 10 months old, and today he tried to kill us a… --- ## [Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram, is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abubakar-shekau-leader-of-boko-haram-is-dead/942698)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abubakar-shekau-leader-of-boko-haram-is-dead/942698 "2021-05-22T18:46:34Z")
The leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, is dead. The WSJ reports that a rival Islamic group infiltrated his compound, and rather than be taken hostage, he detonated his suicide vest. The Nigerian govt has, apparently… --- ## [The Adventure of my Front-Yard Tree](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adventure-of-my-front-yard-tree/942159)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adventure-of-my-front-yard-tree/942159 "2021-05-16T19:03:28Z")
Disclaimer: None of these pictures are mine. If you are interested in seeing my tree let me know and I’ll learn how to post pics here. Now to the story. When we bought our house, the centerpiece of the front yard was… --- ## [Bad bad bad musings from the Dialysis center:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-musings-from-the-dialysis-center/942292)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-musings-from-the-dialysis-center/942292 "2021-05-22T14:19:40Z")
Beck here. I’m hooked up to the machinery. I fondly(?) call it Barnabus Collins. The bloodsucker. (As in vampire) You can imagine it. It’s just sooooo tedious. I kinda like being alive so I’ll manage it, somehow. Th… --- ## [Hitler's alligator dies in Moscow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-alligator-dies-in-moscow/854384)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-alligator-dies-in-moscow/854384 "2021-05-22T12:53:02Z")
Yes, it’s the headline of the year. Alligator rumored to have been Hitler’s dies in Moscow. I’m pretty sure this ties in with Covid-19, Bill Gates and Donald Trump. \*kinda suspicious though that there are no photos of… --- ## ["So, You used to play for the Mets? For ten years huh...?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358 "2021-05-21T23:19:15Z")
A new trainer in my building claims to have played for The METS for ten years as a professional ball player (big leagues?). He saw I had a METS hat and he signed it. Cool, right? There’s just one hitch… I can’t find… --- ## [RIP, Goodbye Little Brother Delirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-goodbye-little-brother-delirious/942487)
**Author:** [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-goodbye-little-brother-delirious/942487 "2021-05-21T18:32:33Z")
On Monday morning, they called for you and knocked on your door, and you were already gone. You were always the little one, the hip one, the rocker, the foodie, the On-The-Road modern Beat. Acerbic, smart, curious, unco… --- ## [You’ve been kidnapped. 30 mins later the kidnapper dumps you on the street because you won’t stop talking about what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661 "2021-05-21T14:10:04Z")
‘… no, really, what we are seeing today has happened many times before. As I mentioned earlier in my 15 minute, yet barely-exhaustive, comparative summary of the societal conditions of 15th-century Germany vis-a-vis 21st… --- ## [My new apartment has a high pitched noise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-apartment-has-a-high-pitched-noise/942507)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-apartment-has-a-high-pitched-noise/942507 "2021-05-21T09:09:16Z")
I’ve moved to a new flat in the London suburbs. It’s great but in the communal hallway there is some machine in the ceiling - I’m guessing it’s something to do with ventilation - that makes a whirring, throbbing sound wh… --- ## [Getting identified/fingerprinted by my Web Browser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-identified-fingerprinted-by-my-web-browser/942195)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-identified-fingerprinted-by-my-web-browser/942195 "2021-05-21T06:56:21Z")
Browser fingerprinting is a method of identifying internet users without using cookies. It doesn’t necessarily uniquely identify you, but it can sometimes. Here’s a traditional browser fingerprinting site, using only th… --- ## [Sarah's Gold](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahs-gold/25295)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahs-gold/25295 "2021-05-20T18:48:18Z")
Several years back, I was challenged to write a short story illustrating the lives of people in a libertarian context … with a catch. I had to use a particular cast of people in a particular setting. The point, as I reca… --- ## [Have you or those close to you purchased a firearm in the last 2 years? (COVID/Insurrection/Mass Shootings)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-those-close-to-you-purchased-a-firearm-in-the-last-2-years-covid-insurrection-mass-shootings/941915)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-those-close-to-you-purchased-a-firearm-in-the-last-2-years-covid-insurrection-mass-shootings/941915 "2021-05-20T14:39:49Z")
Figured it was time for a slightly different discussion on the whole firearm issue. Rather than debate how/whether/should firearms be regulated, I wanted to see if anyone here was a part of the new demographic - post-di… --- ## [Hammacher Schlemmer: The pretentious catalogue that goes in The wastebin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hammacher-schlemmer-the-pretentious-catalogue-that-goes-in-the-wastebin/941857)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hammacher-schlemmer-the-pretentious-catalogue-that-goes-in-the-wastebin/941857 "2021-05-20T12:24:49Z")
The Piper household got a Hammacher Schlemmer catalogue The other day; we haven’t received a copy of The catalogue for The longest time. Had forgotten The ridiculous tag of using “The” in front of every single one of T… --- ## [Can't place an order on a website because of...a Jewish holiday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-place-an-order-on-a-website-because-of-a-jewish-holiday/942395)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-place-an-order-on-a-website-because-of-a-jewish-holiday/942395 "2021-05-19T23:36:02Z")
I was trying to order a particular and often hard-to-find vacuum press release paper from a company I believe I have ordered from in the past with no problems, but today, after adding what I needed to the shopping cart, … --- ## [$43m pledge to restore Galapagos Islands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43m-pledge-to-restore-galapagos-islands/942365)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43m-pledge-to-restore-galapagos-islands/942365 "2021-05-19T15:55:01Z")
DiCaprio and others involved --- ## [Malapropisms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropisms/941044)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropisms/941044 "2021-05-18T19:06:25Z")
Yeah, there have been threads on this before, but they’re quite old. I saw one on that vipers’ nest called “Nextdoor”, which I usually don’t read and rarely respond to. A woman was ranting about how it should be “a commo… --- ## [Did the KKK ever kill anyone Five Orange Pips style in real life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kkk-ever-kill-anyone-five-orange-pips-style-in-real-life/942118)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kkk-ever-kill-anyone-five-orange-pips-style-in-real-life/942118 "2021-05-18T18:17:14Z")
I don’t doubt at all that the KKK threatened and murdered people in real life, but did they ever give elaborate warnings like orange seeds or oak leaves in advance? And even if not, why would seeds or leaves be the meth… --- ## [Facebook is at it again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-is-at-it-again/942163)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-is-at-it-again/942163 "2021-05-18T17:37:44Z")
Facebook used to do this all the time, until I installed FB Purity, which (perhaps coincidentally) was when it stopped for quite a while. What they do is, they cut off the posts in my feed that are more than a day or tw… --- ## [There's a single New Jersey deli worth 100 million ..how?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-single-new-jersey-deli-worth-100-million-how/942340)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-single-new-jersey-deli-worth-100-million-how/942340 "2021-05-18T16:27:36Z")
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ceo-of-dollar100-million-new-jersey-deli-has-reportedly-been-fired/ar-BB1gM1zY?ocid=SK2DDHP It looks like an ok place but how and what would it be worth 100 million? is there a… --- ## [Detroit, Homeless People and Reflective Vests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-homeless-people-and-reflective-vests/927800)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-homeless-people-and-reflective-vests/927800 "2021-05-18T11:41:21Z")
I don’t know what it’s like in your city. But where I live, Detroit, all the homeless people are suddenly wearing yellow, reflective vests. Yes, I know what they’re for. So they don’t get hit by cars. But why ALL of the… --- ## [How many of you realize that koalas are not bears?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-realize-that-koalas-are-not-bears/941764)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-realize-that-koalas-are-not-bears/941764 "2021-05-18T08:08:01Z")
I always thought, despite them once being called “koala bears”, that the “bear” part had been dropped and that everyone knows they’re marsupials and in no way related to bears. However, I’ve been obsessed with them since… --- ## [Pilot on a hot mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilot-on-a-hot-mike/938792)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilot-on-a-hot-mike/938792 "2021-05-17T21:40:49Z")
According to Reddit, here’s a slightly obscured version of what he said: https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/mclmvj/pilot\_on\_hot\_mic\_goes\_on\_a\_vulgar\_rant\_against/ Actual recording: --- ## [Saturday, Sunday, Punday - a New MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-sunday-punday-a-new-mmp/941738)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-sunday-punday-a-new-mmp/941738 "2021-05-17T14:27:14Z")
“The police asked me to help them search the compound of a serial killer who killed and dismembered clowns. I found this humerus.” Have at it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=262) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=264)