# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=277 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 278 --- ## [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… --- ## [Van Gogh painted on water by Turkish artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-gogh-painted-on-water-by-turkish-artist/916401)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-gogh-painted-on-water-by-turkish-artist/916401 "2021-02-26T13:58:02Z")
Very cool! The videos here are worth a look: Turkish Artist Garip Ay Uses Ancient Technique To Paint On Water Kids News Article --- ## [30 days at sea aboard a container ship - very cool timelapse footage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-days-at-sea-aboard-a-container-ship-very-cool-timelapse-footage/933576)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-days-at-sea-aboard-a-container-ship-very-cool-timelapse-footage/933576 "2021-02-26T12:48:30Z")
Looking ahead through all kinds of weather, night and day. Coming into port in Hong Kong, near the end, is maybe my favorite sequence. --- ## [I saw the girl of my dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-girl-of-my-dreams/263649)
**Author:** [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-girl-of-my-dreams/263649 "2021-02-26T09:07:57Z")
…in my dreams. Let me explain. Yesterday, I had this dream, that I was with a wonderful woman. She seemed to like all the things that I do, and had the most beautiful of smiles I have seen, and the most infectious laugh… --- ## [Plurals in English Are Weird](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plurals-in-english-are-weird/933657)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plurals-in-english-are-weird/933657 "2021-02-26T05:09:24Z")
Mostly, making an English word into a plural is fairly easy, you add an S or ES to the end of it. Window becomes windows Arch becomes arches Sometimes plurals are unusual though, for example, fish becomes fishes unles… --- ## [Frog Eggs! With pictures!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-eggs-with-pictures/933731)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-eggs-with-pictures/933731 "2021-02-25T20:34:27Z")
My African Dwarf Frogs laid eggs! If you click on the photo and then click on it twice to enlarge it, you 'll get a really good view of the eggs. This is the fat momma: … --- ## [Triple-Bypass Comics Special: My Hospital Room Saved My Life!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-bypass-comics-special-my-hospital-room-saved-my-life/932892)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-bypass-comics-special-my-hospital-room-saved-my-life/932892 "2021-02-25T16:46:46Z")
Some of you may remember that I started a thread asking about experiences with triple bypass surgery (CABG or “cabbage” in the trade). What actually happened was so improbable and melodramatic that nothing will do it jus… --- ## [I crap bigger than you (way TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-crap-bigger-than-you-way-tmi/443886)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-crap-bigger-than-you-way-tmi/443886 "2021-02-25T15:35:26Z")
So, I arrive at work at my usual early time this morning, 5:30 since we got to take care of the east coasters. As soon as I drop my stuff off at my cube, I head for the bathroom. For some reason just being at work make… --- ## [Seeking a balanced assessment of my recent behavior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-a-balanced-assessment-of-my-recent-behavior/933651)
**Author:** [@SharltoCopley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharltoCopley)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-a-balanced-assessment-of-my-recent-behavior/933651 "2021-02-25T15:15:33Z")
I am not sure if this kind of post is allowed here, but I wish to write it because I need some peace. Facts: I am 37M, single since 2016, balanced guy, mediocre in all the ways there are for someone to be mediocre. Now … --- ## [Spoons on the front page of Wikipedia!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519 "2021-02-25T11:57:43Z")
Or else it’s someone masquerading as @Spoons in the « Did You Know? » section. :grin: --- ## [Ear dildo, knobbed for your pleasure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-dildo-knobbed-for-your-pleasure/932567)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-dildo-knobbed-for-your-pleasure/932567 "2021-02-25T08:04:22Z")
After all the threads on these boards over the years about eargasms, I am pleased to bring you the latest development in ear stimulating technology… https://discover.lastobject.com/cotton-swabs-qtips/?gclid=EAIaIQobChM… --- ## [Question about BMI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-bmi/933696)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-bmi/933696 "2021-02-25T05:25:17Z")
Let’s take a hypothetical person. Let’s say this hypothetical person’s BMI is 23.2. If 25 is the lower limit for the next danger category up, how close is this nonexistent and totally hypothetical person to getting to th… --- ## [Fry's Electronics in Las Vegas may not make it to the end of the year: RIP, Feb 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frys-electronics-in-las-vegas-may-not-make-it-to-the-end-of-the-year-rip-feb-2021/840914)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frys-electronics-in-las-vegas-may-not-make-it-to-the-end-of-the-year-rip-feb-2021/840914 "2021-02-25T03:26:27Z")
Not much more to add to the thread title, really. Fry opened here in 2002 and was insanely popular. It was an alternative to Best Buy and Circuit City for TVs and stereos and stuff but it was also fantastic because the… --- ## [Adapting the self-recognition test for my dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adapting-the-self-recognition-test-for-my-dog/933571)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adapting-the-self-recognition-test-for-my-dog/933571 "2021-02-24T17:49:39Z")
I tentatively think my dog recognises that the image she sees in the mirror is herself. As far as I know, this is considered uncommon for dogs, but my reasons for suspecting this is the case are: She does not react to… --- ## [Lawrence Ferlinghetti RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-ferlinghetti-rip/933628)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-ferlinghetti-rip/933628 "2021-02-24T13:19:16Z")
I have to admit that I feel really bad about Tiger Woods’ car accident yesterday, but how long does it take to report the few known facts about it? Yet it took up twenty minutes on CNN – CNN! – yesterday, and it was bein… --- ## [Least romantic Valentine's Gift EVER - I win](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-romantic-valentines-gift-ever-i-win/932843)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-romantic-valentines-gift-ever-i-win/932843 "2021-02-24T01:53:10Z")
On occasions that are thankfully rare, my partner has severe bouts of vertigo that leave him unable to move and extremely nauseous. Last time it happened, he asked me to get a bowl in case he vomited. Thinking I was do… --- ## [The "Historic Winter Invasion" for the South](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historic-winter-invasion-for-the-south/932911)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historic-winter-invasion-for-the-south/932911 "2021-02-23T21:47:54Z")
That’s what the Weather Channel is calling it. Here in Memphis I’m afraid it might live up to that. We had an ice storm on Wednesday night (with a thunderstorm!). The temps haven’t been above freezing since and won’t … --- ## [I just got a Nigerian scam letter---sent by snail mail, with a real stamp!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-nigerian-scam-letter-sent-by-snail-mail-with-a-real-stamp/933447)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-nigerian-scam-letter-sent-by-snail-mail-with-a-real-stamp/933447 "2021-02-23T13:24:31Z")
Did a time warp just happen? I feel like I’m back in 1985 I got a letter in the mailbox. A real letter. In a nice envelope, and with a real stamp that somebody had stuck on the corner… It was from a wonderfully nice… --- ## [Long Shot- Anyone Have Course Catalog for Harvey Mudd, circa 1998/1999?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-anyone-have-course-catalog-for-harvey-mudd-circa-1998-1999/933374)
**Author:** [@LordHarry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordHarry)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-anyone-have-course-catalog-for-harvey-mudd-circa-1998-1999/933374 "2021-02-22T23:36:08Z")
I am filling out forms for international field licensure. They have this awful form requesting the course description for every class you have ever taken in undergrad or grad school. I am having a horrible time finding i… --- ## [Keep a happy thought in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-happy-thought-in-the-mmp/932950)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 294\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-happy-thought-in-the-mmp/932950 "2021-02-22T17:17:27Z")
It’s winter, the weather is less than ideal, the plague continues, blah blah blah… I know we’ve done this before, but let’s give it a shot. Make your first MMP post this week something positive, happy, light, inspiring,… --- ## [Current snow cover](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-snow-cover/933110)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-snow-cover/933110 "2021-02-22T12:58:21Z")
This is pretty amazing. Damn near the entire country. But what’s up with that non-snow covered area in North and South Dakota? --- ## [Crack in the moon, anyone heard about this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crack-in-the-moon-anyone-heard-about-this/933408)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crack-in-the-moon-anyone-heard-about-this/933408 "2021-02-22T04:07:24Z")
I was reading some old tumblr posts, and one was about a crack in the moon that was expanding. The post was from last fall, and I’m not finding anything more recent. Anyone know any more about it? --- ## [USB b to USB c adapter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-b-to-usb-c-adapter/933370)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-b-to-usb-c-adapter/933370 "2021-02-21T23:20:33Z")
I don’t even know if I’m saying this correctly. I’ve got several USB charging cords that fit into my old Samsung S7 phone; I have a new Samsung S10, with the newer charging port. Instead of buying new charging cords th… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Beck and the big Snow in the southland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080 "2021-02-21T23:09:26Z")
We’ve thrown snowballs. We’ve made snow angels and snow people. We’ve ran and dug and slid around. Mr. Wrekker pulled a pallet around behind a 4 wheeler with grandwrex hanging on. We’ve came in for Hot chocolate. Many,… --- ## [Aha. \[Beck's Bigfoot's\] been spotted (edited title)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-becks-bigfoots-been-spotted-edited-title/933167)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-becks-bigfoots-been-spotted-edited-title/933167 "2021-02-21T20:03:23Z")
--- ## [I've Got a Tea Buzz Going On](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-tea-buzz-going-on/927517)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-tea-buzz-going-on/927517 "2021-02-21T17:29:10Z")
I guess I can tell you, my new A1C is 8.6. But my doctor doesn’t seem concerned. Anyway, I heard black tea is good for Type II Diabetes. So I’ve been drinking it by the gallon, figuratively and literally. And I seem to… --- ## [Deposits in the Karma Bank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deposits-in-the-karma-bank/932659)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deposits-in-the-karma-bank/932659 "2021-02-21T12:11:52Z")
Gave two skeezy hitch-hikers a 30 mile lift yesterday. Didn’t get killed. Pulled a guy out of a mud hole tonight. Didn’t get killed (and I could see his gun). He’da spent the night out there if I hadn’t come along, and m… --- ## [High school boys and girls wrestling together](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-boys-and-girls-wrestling-together/933135)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-boys-and-girls-wrestling-together/933135 "2021-02-21T06:50:12Z")
I didn’t realize this happened. But a search shows that since there may be fewer girls interested in wrestling they often have to have matches with the boys. I spotted this because of this photo which shows one of the s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=276) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=278)