# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=305 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 306 --- ## [I'm a Genie. You Get Five Wishes. List them!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-genie-you-get-five-wishes-list-them/918921)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-genie-you-get-five-wishes-list-them/918921 "2020-09-02T14:51:08Z")
Alright, I might as well admit it; I am, in fact, an all-powerful djinn, of uncountable age and incomprehensible power, and I’m going to give YOU, and just you, five wishes. Why five? Well, I thought three seemed a bit… --- ## [Why is the mafia opposed to dealing drugs but not murder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mafia-opposed-to-dealing-drugs-but-not-murder/919560)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mafia-opposed-to-dealing-drugs-but-not-murder/919560 "2020-09-02T11:06:36Z")
The argument I’ve heard is the US mafia opposes members dealing in drugs because the long sentences of 25 to life are enough to make many members turn states evidence and testify against higher ups in the mafia. But the… --- ## [Where's your TP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-your-tp/919309)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-your-tp/919309 "2020-09-02T10:51:49Z")
Daughter just bought a house and we noticed there’s no TP holder in the bathroom, nor is there evidence (screw holes) that one was ever in there. Maybe the previous owner had a stand-alone holder like we do, or maybe she… --- ## [Well, pretty sure I'm going to lose my job tomorrow...again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-pretty-sure-im-going-to-lose-my-job-tomorrow-again/853171)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-pretty-sure-im-going-to-lose-my-job-tomorrow-again/853171 "2020-09-02T03:16:19Z")
I was a bit surprised to see a 1:1 meeting appear on my calendar from the head of our North America practice (three levels above me), who I never really deal with day to day. So I casually called up my direct Director w… --- ## [If you're friends with someone and your current friend group doesn't personally know them, do you expect your friend group to be opened minded about meeting them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-friends-with-someone-and-your-current-friend-group-doesnt-personally-know-them-do-you-expect-your-friend-group-to-be-opened-minded-about-meeting-them/919019)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-friends-with-someone-and-your-current-friend-group-doesnt-personally-know-them-do-you-expect-your-friend-group-to-be-opened-minded-about-meeting-them/919019 "2020-09-02T03:04:50Z")
Background: Since I plan on staying at my college this upcoming weekend with some friends of mine (original group), I thought that I would visit some of my other friends as well, even though my original group doesn’t min… --- ## [Paul Rusesabangina Arrested for Terrorist Acts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-rusesabangina-arrested-for-terrorist-acts/919492)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-rusesabangina-arrested-for-terrorist-acts/919492 "2020-09-01T15:37:16Z")
I regret to say, I don’t know enough about this to comment intelligently. But it appears this guy has made a lot of important enemies. And he has said the genocide could happen again. Not Mundane or Pointless, but not … --- ## [Flu shot and Gout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-shot-and-gout/919386)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-shot-and-gout/919386 "2020-09-01T11:10:57Z")
Well crap. Got the senior flu shot Friday; figured it would boost the immune system in these trying times. Got up this morning (Sunday) with an inflamed left instep. I google flu shot/gout and crapola. The shot will cran… --- ## [US has 8 uniformed services](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-has-8-uniformed-services/919464)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-has-8-uniformed-services/919464 "2020-09-01T06:20:45Z")
Most people know Army, Coast Guard, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Space force. the other 2 are Public health service and NOAA. They are uniformed but not military. Coast Guard was in Dept of Transportation but is n… --- ## [@Aceplace57, @Carniverousplant, @SNFaulkner, @BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aceplace57-carniverousplant-snfaulkner-bigt/919191)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aceplace57-carniverousplant-snfaulkner-bigt/919191 "2020-09-01T03:10:34Z")
Calling all Arkansas denizens: Check in on the Dope when you can. I worry so. I’m good. We got through it all with a few branches down, lots of rain. Power is restored. Good luck, y’all. --- ## [I'm Up too Early so May as Well Start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-up-too-early-so-may-as-well-start-the-mmp/918872)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 389\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-up-too-early-so-may-as-well-start-the-mmp/918872 "2020-09-01T02:05:03Z")
Happy Moonday! or for those of you who prefer Happy Moanday! Yes, it’s another Monday/Moanday/Moonday! Which brings us one day closer to the end of summer, and one day closer to the end of 2020. It’s a dark and clou… --- ## [Have you gotten a Straight Dope warning before?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685 "2020-08-31T13:19:19Z")
Just a straight-up poll. No need to debate/divulge what your warning was for, if you got one. I’m just curious since I have read repeatedly that “the vast majority of Dopers never get a warning at any point.” I do believ… --- ## [Yellow Prussiate of Potash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-prussiate-of-potash/919246)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-prussiate-of-potash/919246 "2020-08-31T02:43:05Z")
I was in a restaurant last Sunday and was given one of those two-fer packets, with salt in one side and pepper in the other. Both sides listed ingredients. The Pepper side contained “Pepper” (Not even “ground black pepp… --- ## [I got a new handcycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-handcycle/916224)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-handcycle/916224 "2020-08-31T00:57:30Z")
I got a new handcycle. It’s a Greenspeed hand Magnum. Long story short, my old handcycle broke, no new parts available. Due to the pandemic, that took several weeks to resolve. Ordering the new bike and waiting for acce… --- ## [Unexpected Goodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-goodness/919257)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-goodness/919257 "2020-08-30T21:47:32Z")
What unexpected nice things have happened to you recently? A couple of days ago I ordered a beautiful opal and peridot ring from a little shop in England for My Beloved’s birthday, and was notified that it would arrive … --- ## [Adventures in cooking (almost worthy of a bad bad bad)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-cooking-almost-worthy-of-a-bad-bad-bad/918764)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-cooking-almost-worthy-of-a-bad-bad-bad/918764 "2020-08-30T15:02:24Z")
Have you ever forgot something was in the oven when you preheated it, or maybe put something in a hot oven you shouldn’t have? Some background; Some of you may remember me mourning the loss of a local chain of grocery … --- ## [Rocketeer gets a compliment, albeit an odd one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-gets-a-compliment-albeit-an-odd-one/919283)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-gets-a-compliment-albeit-an-odd-one/919283 "2020-08-29T19:57:59Z")
The young man who helped us at the rug store, in the midst of our conversation, blurted out, “You have awesome hair!” Odd, but at my age you don’t look gift horses in the mouth. :wink: --- ## [My wife is dying \[Edited: RIP\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-dying-edited-rip/917745)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-dying-edited-rip/917745 "2020-08-29T19:53:13Z")
Cross-posted on Gweeb, because they are Good People too. Don’t know where else to put this, and I need to work through things, so guess what? Y’all drew the short straw. We went through a bad allergy season this spring… --- ## [Stay on the Sunnyside](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-on-the-sunnyside/919261)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2020, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-on-the-sunnyside/919261 "2020-08-29T07:27:29Z")
My local medical marijuana dispensary has rebranded!! They used to be CY+, dispensaries owned by the grower Cresco. With everything going on lately, they wanted to rebrand to take a stand on topics affecting society. I… --- ## ["On y Go!" (Let's Go!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-y-go-lets-go/918712)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-y-go-lets-go/918712 "2020-08-28T17:14:07Z")
“On y Go” is a fairly unique expression which combines the French On y (Let’s) and the English Go! Let’s Go! So, where are you headed these days? Personally, I am still in negative territory but my trend is (ever so s… --- ## [Colibri: A Tribute](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-a-tribute/919174)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-a-tribute/919174 "2020-08-28T16:17:42Z")
Just figured I had to share this video, from one of the few channels I subscribe to on YouTube: --- ## [An Open Letter to my daughter, Sophia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-my-daughter-sophia/918949)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2020, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-my-daughter-sophia/918949 "2020-08-28T05:05:21Z")
Dear Sophia, Yeah… this is weird. I’m writing to you on some message board rather than sending you an email (though I can do that too!), where a bunch of people you don’t know can read it, but it will… I hope… all make … --- ## [Black Vultures have made it to Central Jersey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-vultures-have-made-it-to-central-jersey/919169)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-vultures-have-made-it-to-central-jersey/919169 "2020-08-28T00:28:36Z")
The American Black Vulture never use to be seen up here. But it looks like their range has extended north. Coragyps atratus is nowhere near as ugly as their cousins the turkey vulture or turkey buzzard. … --- ## [Stay safe Gulf Coast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-safe-gulf-coast/919102)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-safe-gulf-coast/919102 "2020-08-28T00:12:39Z")
The hurricane is enormous and growing in strength. Hope everyone there can make it through. It’s looking to drop a lot of water deep inland also. --- ## [A rush of adrenaline just hurt my teeth!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rush-of-adrenaline-just-hurt-my-teeth/918689)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rush-of-adrenaline-just-hurt-my-teeth/918689 "2020-08-27T22:52:37Z")
I was casually watching one of my frogs as he was exploring under a small, cave-like bit of wood. As I was watching I thought he was moving kind of odd so I paid closer attention. Suddenly it looked to my like his little… --- ## [Bayliss — ImgBB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-imgbb/919150)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-imgbb/919150 "2020-08-27T14:10:55Z")
--- ## [Teachers 'executed' during mock active shooter training](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-executed-during-mock-active-shooter-training/919069)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-executed-during-mock-active-shooter-training/919069 "2020-08-27T16:44:55Z")
I know I still find myself (in specific circumstances) defending police in cases where I shouldn’t be, but this is so far beyond indefensible that it’s going to destroy even more of the little bit of trust a lot of peopl… --- ## [Getting sprayed while bicycling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-sprayed-while-bicycling/919053)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-sprayed-while-bicycling/919053 "2020-08-27T16:42:26Z")
A couple times in recent days, I’ve been sprayed while cycling with a fluid (strongly suspected to be urine) by someone in a full-sized pickup. The same demographic who coal roll cyclists. It’s happened once or twice pre… --- ## [China's enormous Three Gorges Dam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinas-enormous-three-gorges-dam/919148)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinas-enormous-three-gorges-dam/919148 "2020-08-27T14:44:50Z")
Previous threads: And an interesting CNN article on its shortcomings and problems: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/china-three-gorges-dam-intl-hnk-dst/index.html --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Beck and the Grandwrex do it up right!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-grandwrex-do-it-up-right/918928)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-grandwrex-do-it-up-right/918928 "2020-08-27T09:13:58Z")
I looked out my window and saw two boys throwing sand clumps at two girls, in the sandbox. These would be my well(?) behaved grandchildren. The screaming was getting louder. I check my blood sugar. Ooh, I can have ice… --- ## [Looks like a bad week for the Gulf Coast - NHC predicting two hurricanes making landfall early Wednesday morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-a-bad-week-for-the-gulf-coast-nhc-predicting-two-hurricanes-making-landfall-early-wednesday-morning/918663)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2020, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-a-bad-week-for-the-gulf-coast-nhc-predicting-two-hurricanes-making-landfall-early-wednesday-morning/918663 "2020-08-27T06:20:11Z")
The cones for both have them reaching hurricane strength by Tuesday night. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics\_at3.shtml?start#contents https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics\_at4.shtml?start#contents [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=304) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=306)