# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=276 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 277 --- ## [MN snowplow names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mn-snowplow-names/934211)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mn-snowplow-names/934211 "2021-03-04T23:26:20Z")
There was a contest to name snowplows, of course “Plowy McPlowFace” was in there, but there was some good ones IMHO. My district got " Snowbi Wan Kenobi". Brian --- ## [Weird Things Customers Say](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-customers-say/932375)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-customers-say/932375 "2021-03-04T17:41:45Z")
The other day I was rereading the short and memorable book Weird Things Customers Say In Bookstores. Always makes me chuckle. If you’ve never heard of this amusing book, it is about book stores - mostly in Edinburgh an… --- ## [20 Million Year Old Lesbian Tree Found](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-million-year-old-lesbian-tree-found/934128 "2021-03-04T06:37:22Z")
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/25/europe/tree-petrified-lesbos-intl-scli-scn/index.html --- ## [The Great MMP Semi-Offical List of Mumpers for this Week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426)
**Author:** [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426 "2021-03-03T21:53:55Z")
Stayed up until after 12am US Central time to make this official. So, it was mentioned in the last MMP that a listing of all the “Mumper names” that have been assigned would be nice. So…I went back a couple weeks and lo… --- ## [What's the deal w/ Athena pheromones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-w-athena-pheromones/934203)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-w-athena-pheromones/934203 "2021-03-03T18:14:01Z")
If you read certain magazines, you have likely seen these ads. They have been appearing in Atlantic for (seemingly) decades. It regularly surprises me that the Atlantic - a rag that generaly prides itself in having SOM… --- ## [Anorexia Hope and Help Needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorexia-hope-and-help-needed/933938)
**Author:** [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorexia-hope-and-help-needed/933938 "2021-03-02T20:39:28Z")
I’m the mom of a son with anorexia. Things have been very bad in my household for almost a year now, and gets worse day by day. We cry and expect the worst every second of every day. Seeking help has been so difficult d… --- ## [Injecting the man juice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/injecting-the-man-juice/932668)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/injecting-the-man-juice/932668 "2021-03-02T18:19:15Z")
So, I have shared on these boards that my son came out as trans a couple days before starting high school in the fall of 2019. It’s take a while to get my head around to it, and to get my estranged wife around to it, bot… --- ## [It's a girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/933984)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/933984 "2021-03-02T17:14:53Z")
Our daughter finally (a week late) gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, as yet unnamed. A sister to Alexandra. She weighed in at a whopping 9lb 15oz and mother and baby are both fine. --- ## [The King Is Dead; Long Live the King](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-king-is-dead-long-live-the-king/934112)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-king-is-dead-long-live-the-king/934112 "2021-03-02T13:21:21Z")
Well, my 6-year Elantra is terminally ill (internal engine problem). It was sudden and unexpected, and all of its friends are in disbelieving shock. I just finished paying for it last month, and I guess it decided that… --- ## [Beckdawrek and the bad bad bad problem. (Or can Dopers really help?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-problem-or-can-dopers-really-help/932359)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-problem-or-can-dopers-really-help/932359 "2021-03-02T09:41:00Z")
I’m …I’m…ummm…distraught. For some reason my life has failed to fulfill me. Things have taken a rude left turn. Let me explain. I’m sick, you guys. Really ill. My body is falling apart. My baby is fixin’ to move int… --- ## [No Longer a Wallflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-a-wallflower/932721)
**Author:** [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-a-wallflower/932721 "2021-03-02T02:32:45Z")
I have changed my name from don’t mind me. I briefly considered Do What I Say, but the point was to clean out the ugly underscores. Carry on. --- ## [Heads or Tails? Flipping Real Coins in the Actual Universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-or-tails-flipping-real-coins-in-the-actual-universe/933936)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-or-tails-flipping-real-coins-in-the-actual-universe/933936 "2021-03-02T00:50:18Z")
Having awoken in the middle of the night and unable to go back to sleep I began thinking about the probability of a coin landing heads up or tails up when flipped. Much has been written about the probability of heads or… --- ## [Which culture gives one person the most different names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-culture-gives-one-person-the-most-different-names/933955)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-culture-gives-one-person-the-most-different-names/933955 "2021-03-01T23:53:39Z")
I have read that it is common for Chinese people to be given a number of names: a “milk name” used by familiars, a “school name” for school, a “society name” for after marriage or starting work and a “Western” name if li… --- ## [Cock fighting rooster kills owner by slashing him with a knife in the](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cock-fighting-rooster-kills-owner-by-slashing-him-with-a-knife-in-the/934000)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cock-fighting-rooster-kills-owner-by-slashing-him-with-a-knife-in-the/934000 "2021-03-01T19:48:56Z")
A rooster used in cock-fighting in India and equipped with a knife on his leg has killed his owner by slashing him in the … groin. The owner died of blood loss. The rooster has been taken to a farm upstate where he is … --- ## [Beckdawrek wishes to inform you bad bad bad Dopers that she is crazy. Just sayin'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-wishes-to-inform-you-bad-bad-bad-dopers-that-she-is-crazy-just-sayin/934016)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-wishes-to-inform-you-bad-bad-bad-dopers-that-she-is-crazy-just-sayin/934016 "2021-03-01T19:42:03Z")
I’ve tried to not think about it. I’ve tried to sleep. I’ve tried to fool myself it’ll be okay. Alas, none of these things have worked. I think my Daddy found me on a roadside. My siblings are not like me. They are all… --- ## [I have not had a donut in over a year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-not-had-a-donut-in-over-a-year/933375)
**Author:** [@Olfatbut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olfatbut)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-not-had-a-donut-in-over-a-year/933375 "2021-03-01T16:31:17Z")
I used to work in one of those offices with a common kitchen and donuts would just magically appear from time to time. Sometimes old and half-eaten refugee donuts from another area, and sometimes fresh ones. It takes exp… --- ## [Strong Signal, Possibly From Proxima Centauri, Detected at Parkes Observatory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strong-signal-possibly-from-proxima-centauri-detected-at-parkes-observatory/928710)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strong-signal-possibly-from-proxima-centauri-detected-at-parkes-observatory/928710 "2021-03-01T15:45:25Z")
I haven’t seen another thread about this, so I thought I’d start one. The story is thus: Breakthrough Listen, a SETI radio survey, was using the Parkes Radio Telescope to look at solar flares on Proxima Centauri, the… --- ## [Purim came and went, with no pinball tournament](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purim-came-and-went-with-no-pinball-tournament/933982)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purim-came-and-went-with-no-pinball-tournament/933982 "2021-03-01T12:45:20Z")
Posters who have been around a while, and read my pinball posts might remember that there’s a Jewish holiday which we always celebrate by hosting a megillah reading and pinball tournament. With lots of food, and as is cu… --- ## [What day is it in the MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-is-it-in-the-mmp/933448)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 283\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-is-it-in-the-mmp/933448 "2021-03-01T04:58:26Z")
February hasn’t been a particularly kind month, so here’s stuff we can celebrate today!! 2021 Daily Holidays that fall on February 22, include: Be Humble Day European Day for Victims of Crime Founders Day - (World Org… --- ## [Starting Medication? (Anxiety/Panic Disorder)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-medication-anxiety-panic-disorder/933836)
**Author:** [@Little\_Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Room)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-medication-anxiety-panic-disorder/933836 "2021-02-28T21:32:21Z")
Hey everyone - looking for some feedback and experiences! I’ve had varying amounts of generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder (intermittent), and (I suppose, but it’s hard to separate it all out) depression since ar… --- ## [R.I.P. Fanne Foxe, "The Argentine Firecracker"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-fanne-foxe-the-argentine-firecracker/933728)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-fanne-foxe-the-argentine-firecracker/933728 "2021-02-28T16:29:16Z")
Fanne Foxe has died at 84. She was the stripper involved with powerful U.S. Rep. Wilbur D. Mills, whose Tidal Basin affair was instrumental in his political downfall in the '70s. Remember when sex scandals ended politic… --- ## [What do moon landing hoaxers think of the Perseverance mission?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-moon-landing-hoaxers-think-of-the-perseverance-mission/933892)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-moon-landing-hoaxers-think-of-the-perseverance-mission/933892 "2021-02-28T14:09:49Z")
I’d put this in the existing Perseverance thread, but didn’t want to start a highjack. Are the hoaxers watching the Mars footage and formulating new conspiracy-type theories of how it’s faked? --- ## [How many people want a receipt from fast food or convenience store?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-want-a-receipt-from-fast-food-or-convenience-store/933762)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-want-a-receipt-from-fast-food-or-convenience-store/933762 "2021-02-28T06:39:33Z")
seems like a big waste of paper. Now chick fil a here is drive though only and they ask if you want a receipt. I would guess at least 90% say no. In fact there is one person and all they do is ask you if you want t… --- ## [The lil'wrekker is a bad bad speed demon. I thought. (Gas station food CAN be good, occasionally)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lilwrekker-is-a-bad-bad-speed-demon-i-thought-gas-station-food-can-be-good-occasionally/933592)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lilwrekker-is-a-bad-bad-speed-demon-i-thought-gas-station-food-can-be-good-occasionally/933592 "2021-02-28T02:25:11Z")
Barreling down the interstate going to the clinic. The lil’wrekker behind the wheel. 9 times I told her slow this mini(cooper) piece of crap down. 9 times she ignored me. #10, in an all to shrill voice I said “I mean i… --- ## [Sad and empty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-and-empty/933808)
**Author:** [@Ratboi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ratboi)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-and-empty/933808 "2021-02-27T22:22:18Z")
i feel so empty and sad im kinda fat and it makes me cry i wanna lose wait but im too lazy, i think of running away everyday i need help --- ## [Unusual medical procedures you've had or will have](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-medical-procedures-youve-had-or-will-have/551035)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-medical-procedures-youve-had-or-will-have/551035 "2021-02-27T19:47:19Z")
I posted this x-ray of my tailbone in another thread and it got me thinking. The doctor who ordered that x-ray is now helping me find a surgeon to amputate my tailbone. This is a very uncommon procedure. He’s an old fart… --- ## [Do Dog Silencers Work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dog-silencers-work/933908)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dog-silencers-work/933908 "2021-02-27T19:40:05Z")
On your neighbor’s dogs? They’re pretty expensive, and as advertised, they’ll always SAY they work… I’m wondering about the random Doper who has had experience. Any details would be gladly appreciated. --- ## [Got an insurrection to go to but can't find a sitter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-an-insurrection-to-go-to-but-cant-find-a-sitter/933857)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-an-insurrection-to-go-to-but-cant-find-a-sitter/933857 "2021-02-27T01:36:09Z")
Stumbled over this and thought it was funny. https://tacticalbabygear.com/collections/closeout/products/woodlands-camo-tactical-baby-carrier --- ## [Bayliss! Is he a bad bad bad birddog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-is-he-a-bad-bad-bad-birddog/933713)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-is-he-a-bad-bad-bad-birddog/933713 "2021-02-26T18:40:46Z")
We were walking after all the snow piled up to about 11inches. Higher in drifts around the place. Bayliss loved the snow. I don’t know his genetic makeup but I was thinking he might have malamute or something in there. … --- ## [Mole Lake and the dead dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mole-lake-and-the-dead-dog/933811)
**Author:** [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mole-lake-and-the-dead-dog/933811 "2021-02-26T18:19:29Z")
In the 1980s the indigenous people of Mole Lake Wisconsin held an annual bluegrass festival. Charlie Danial, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and scores of other bands played there. It was rustic camping at its best. A friend… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=275) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=277)