# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=335 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 336 --- ## [Back to school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school/695819)
**Author:** [@Tremblay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tremblay)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school/695819 "2020-03-31T14:33:36Z")
Summers winding down and schools starting back in session. Grrr… Just want to wish all going back (including teachers and parents) have a successful journey this year! Make the most of it! --- ## [I just coined a term - SUCK-ceed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-coined-a-term-suck-ceed/850496)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-coined-a-term-suck-ceed/850496 "2020-03-31T12:20:08Z")
I am adding another definition to succeed. SUCK-ceed. That is when the person succeeding another in a position is the worst person that could have possibly nominated to do so, but who is still better than the alternati… --- ## [Peak oil storage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-oil-storage/850660)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-oil-storage/850660 "2020-03-30T13:55:49Z")
(Not sure which forum this belongs in. I ask questions, but I don’t really expect answers, so probably not GQ.) From here. This is talking about oil storage. What happens if they fill it all up? And then fill all the … --- ## [Wrestling champ pins down attempted child kidnapper at convenience store](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrestling-champ-pins-down-attempted-child-kidnapper-at-convenience-store/850509)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrestling-champ-pins-down-attempted-child-kidnapper-at-convenience-store/850509 "2020-03-30T13:51:43Z")
What does it take to stop a drugged up, crazy guy from abducting 3 children? It’s quite an amazing video. Several people at the gas station tried to intervene and help this lady & her kids. The guy in the red hat tried… --- ## [Beck's free in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-free-in-the-mmp/850085)
**Author:** [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-free-in-the-mmp/850085 "2020-03-30T02:07:56Z")
She’s going home! Take it from here! --- ## [The town Crazy lady (not me this time :))](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-town-crazy-lady-not-me-this-time/850456)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-town-crazy-lady-not-me-this-time/850456 "2020-03-29T22:35:32Z")
Every small town has one. Ours was: Gloria. She walked up town, dressed outrageously. Haunted public places. Was seen at all hours. Sometimes acting out her crazy. The back story was she was wealthy but her brother … --- ## [hardtack and salt beef](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardtack-and-salt-beef/850398)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardtack-and-salt-beef/850398 "2020-03-29T19:34:55Z")
There are a lot of Tall Ship sailings, and some try to recreate the garb, duties etc of the days of Wooden ships and iron men. But do any of them try to feed the crew on hardtack, salt beef, peas, etc? --- ## [Fox news host does show drunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-host-does-show-drunk/850583)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-host-does-show-drunk/850583 "2020-03-29T15:42:59Z")
Certainly seemed like she was drinking before the show --- ## [Google Maps directions - if you keep taking the alternate route, will you ever get there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-directions-if-you-keep-taking-the-alternate-route-will-you-ever-get-there/850556)
**Author:** [@ski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ski)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-directions-if-you-keep-taking-the-alternate-route-will-you-ever-get-there/850556 "2020-03-29T12:48:46Z")
I use Google Maps for driving directions a lot. I do sometimes laugh about the “alternate routes” that show up as I drive. For instance, if I turn off the freeway at the next exit, it will only add 10 minutes to my route… --- ## [Doper Preppers: Is COVID 19 the "Big One"? Anybody buggin' out yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-preppers-is-covid-19-the-big-one-anybody-buggin-out-yet/850532)
**Author:** [@Xavier\_Breath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier_Breath)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-preppers-is-covid-19-the-big-one-anybody-buggin-out-yet/850532 "2020-03-28T22:20:29Z")
In the midst of all this COVID19 business, I hear of a lot of “hunkering down,” but very little on “bugging out”–grabbing a firearm, a bugout bag, and heading for the hills. If COVID19 is not “The Big One,” what with th… --- ## [If the word 'Elope' had an antonym, what would it be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-word-elope-had-an-antonym-what-would-it-be/850409)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-word-elope-had-an-antonym-what-would-it-be/850409 "2020-03-28T22:04:10Z")
Just looking for some creative assistance on wordplay here. I am currently baiting a scammer who says there is a fund waiting for me in the Cote D’Ivorce - which place I assume is the opposite of Gretna Green --- ## [Stinky feet vs stinky toes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-feet-vs-stinky-toes/850526)
**Author:** [@scarface54345](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarface54345)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-feet-vs-stinky-toes/850526 "2020-03-28T22:02:46Z")
I just realized that I don’t understand why they call it “stinky feet” instead of “stinky toes”. It’s not like the whole foot stinks. It’s pretty much just the toes that stink. The heel and the arch are odorless. --- ## [Beck sets a pastoral scene... (mice, mice, and more mice)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-sets-a-pastoral-scene-mice-mice-and-more-mice/849992)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-sets-a-pastoral-scene-mice-mice-and-more-mice/849992 "2020-03-28T22:00:44Z")
I was laying on my hospital bed and I hear a squeak and I hear it again. I turn over and see a tiny bird on the window sill. A flood of memories come racing to my mind. Cast your mind back a few years: We were between… --- ## [32,256 piece jigsaw puzzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/32-256-piece-jigsaw-puzzle/607715)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/32-256-piece-jigsaw-puzzle/607715 "2020-03-28T20:40:17Z")
I saw this in a Christmas window on Sunday. Ravensburger, the jigsaw puzzle people, put out a 32,000 piece jigsaw puzzle\* in a big damned box. The pieces appear to be standard size, but the completed picture (a Keith Har… --- ## [When the new Pandemic Starts...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-new-pandemic-starts/830734)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-new-pandemic-starts/830734 "2020-03-28T19:05:55Z")
Blame me! Sitting inside a Ruby Tuesdays tonight in Atlanta, GA I sneezed all over a Taiwaneze pilot whom, apparently makes a lot of trips between the states, including Alaska, Taiwan, and mainland China. I’ve been sick… --- ## [What parties have you recently been late to (late adapters unite)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-parties-have-you-recently-been-late-to-late-adapters-unite/850511)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-parties-have-you-recently-been-late-to-late-adapters-unite/850511 "2020-03-28T13:03:15Z")
This is a little rambling, but it’s not like you have any social events to go to, amirite? I’m not a Luddite by any stretch of the imagination. But I am very frugal and the end results are often the same. The other da… --- ## [Percentage of pre-1960 cars on the highway in Cuba](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-of-pre-1960-cars-on-the-highway-in-cuba/850375)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-of-pre-1960-cars-on-the-highway-in-cuba/850375 "2020-03-28T12:48:18Z")
Cuba is known worldwide for its well-preserved classic American cars. But how representative are they of the cars one sees on the road? In 2015, on a stretch of highway 50-80 km east of Havana, I kept track of how many … --- ## [I'll take dubious news headlines for $100, Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-dubious-news-headlines-for-100-alex/850433)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-dubious-news-headlines-for-100-alex/850433 "2020-03-28T11:25:09Z")
Article on CNN today: My mind did NOT go to clothing sales --- ## [\[del\]Uranus\[/del\] Urectum is passing gas...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-uranus-del-urectum-is-passing-gas/850500)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-uranus-del-urectum-is-passing-gas/850500 "2020-03-28T08:02:07Z")
Smell-o-scope discovery of the year! Nobel for Professor Farnsworth? OK, seriously, someone went through some old data from Voyager 2 and found that Uranus is shedding some of its atmosphere. --- ## [Any idea what will happen to housing prices due to all this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-will-happen-to-housing-prices-due-to-all-this/850213)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-will-happen-to-housing-prices-due-to-all-this/850213 "2020-03-27T17:32:28Z")
I know a couple who are moving from one city to another. If housing prices collapse it’ll be a mixed blessing. They’ll have trouble selling their old house, but the new house in a new state will be cheaper. I’m guessing… --- ## ["Deadly" Virus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-virus/14746)
**Author:** [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2000, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-virus/14746 "2000-03-16T06:56:00Z")
The quotes in the title are for Canthearya. I was on my way home Monday night from work, on the subway, when I started to feel flushed. My stomach was a little upset and my vision a little blurry. WARNING: Gross part c… --- ## [Donald Trump vs God on Easter PPV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-vs-god-on-easter-ppv/850287)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-vs-god-on-easter-ppv/850287 "2020-03-27T11:58:16Z")
I haven’t laughed like this in a while. --- ## [Aw Snap!! We missed a big anniversary!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-missed-a-big-anniversary/850307)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-missed-a-big-anniversary/850307 "2020-03-27T05:49:55Z")
I have an excuse I was ailing and going into surgery. The rest of you dipsticks just plain forgot. The Dope has turned 21!! It and the lil’wrekker are the same age. Just thought I’d add that (:)) Thanks: Cecil Adams… --- ## [Who were these morons I saw on TV....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-these-morons-i-saw-on-tv/849889)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-these-morons-i-saw-on-tv/849889 "2020-03-27T02:42:55Z")
Four or five days ago, I saw an excerpt on a network TV news show. The excerpt showed two TV-talkers/newsreaders voicing an objection to the term “black Tuesday,” used in reference to the stock market tumble. They said t… --- ## [Before I ask someone to marry me I check with my kids.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-ask-someone-to-marry-me-i-check-with-my-kids/850136)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-ask-someone-to-marry-me-i-check-with-my-kids/850136 "2020-03-26T22:02:59Z")
“But Blossom is my age!” "Blossom may be, but Mayim Bialik is seven years older than you. " What makes me think I have a chance? On her YouTube channel she often remarks about the sad emptiness of her ring finger. I’… --- ## [The coffin at Value Village in Ottawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coffin-at-value-village-in-ottawa/850205)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coffin-at-value-village-in-ottawa/850205 "2020-03-26T21:15:25Z")
WTF? If you don’t have a Facebook account you probably can’t see this. Value Village is like the Goodwill, or Salvation Army…and someone left a coffin at the back door drop off. There’s got to be a good story behind th… --- ## [Staircase wit: dreams edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staircase-wit-dreams-edition/850329)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staircase-wit-dreams-edition/850329 "2020-03-26T20:10:51Z")
The scene: a forested mountain with an inexplicable rhinoceros. My dad and I are trying to get down the mountain without being charged. Unnervingly, we lose sight of Inexplicable Rhinoceros as he walks into a crevasse. … --- ## [Earthquake hits Salt Lake City -- causes Moroni to Drop his Trumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-hits-salt-lake-city-causes-moroni-to-drop-his-trumpet/849740)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-hits-salt-lake-city-causes-moroni-to-drop-his-trumpet/849740 "2020-03-26T16:58:00Z")
…and half of his arm, as well. I hope all Utah Dopers are well. From all reports, although the earthquake epicenter only a few miles from downtown, and it registered 5.7, there wasn’t much serious damage. I hadn’t real… --- ## [So just how powerful and moneyed is the cruise ship lobby?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-how-powerful-and-moneyed-is-the-cruise-ship-lobby/849862)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-how-powerful-and-moneyed-is-the-cruise-ship-lobby/849862 "2020-03-26T16:39:25Z")
I hear that they’re one of the industries clamoring for a bailout, and the idea that they could get it strikes me as absurd. Do they have more money and influence than I think? --- ## [Question About Yogurt Expiring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-yogurt-expiring/850134)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-yogurt-expiring/850134 "2020-03-26T15:48:53Z")
I’ve had the flu for a week, so I can’t leave my house so I don’t infect many others. On the label, it says “Best if used by the 22nd”. One container is not open, but they are pretty big, and I’m out of money, and almos… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=334) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=336)