# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=340 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 341 --- ## [Were you nursed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-nursed/683804)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-nursed/683804 "2020-03-07T00:35:16Z")
and does it gross you out to know about it? When my son found out I had nursed him, well the look of on his face said it all. I wasn’t nursed, I was a bottle fed baby. My mother was of that generation who thought nurs… --- ## [You ok? (Nashville tornado/storm)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ok-nashville-tornado-storm/848867)
**Author:** [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ok-nashville-tornado-storm/848867 "2020-03-06T23:28:29Z")
Are all of our Dopers in the Nashville, and surrounding areas, doing ok? The tornado reports are horrific! --- ## [Experiment I'd like to see (what are yours?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiment-id-like-to-see-what-are-yours/848982)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiment-id-like-to-see-what-are-yours/848982 "2020-03-06T19:24:57Z")
Take a normal office building (one company), and get one person to agree to be a “sick person” You can tell the rest of the people they are going to be conducting some research into communicable diseases soon (keep it s… --- ## [CNN page showing stories from January](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-page-showing-stories-from-january/848979)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-page-showing-stories-from-january/848979 "2020-03-06T12:00:22Z")
All the stories on the page right now, March 5 at 3:54 pm, are from January. Is the site in error or is it my cache? If the site, by the time anyone reads this it will probably be corrected --- ## [The Day I Met My Double.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-i-met-my-double/848743)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-i-met-my-double/848743 "2020-03-06T04:11:26Z")
Well, briefly at least. I’ll tell you the story and you can decide for yourself. I was a little boy. And I think I was six. My mother and I were shopping in this old store in Hamtramck, Michigan. (I don’t know if you ha… --- ## [Why do some people become viral after creating their own music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-become-viral-after-creating-their-own-music/848815)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-become-viral-after-creating-their-own-music/848815 "2020-03-05T23:03:02Z")
Even though most people in the world aren’t blessed with musical talent, I still find it interesting that Soundcloud rappers and random singers are becoming famous out of no where. For example, 2 elderly men created the… --- ## [No returns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-returns/848927)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-returns/848927 "2020-03-05T18:16:07Z")
This doesn’t really rate its own thread, but I don’t know where else to post. There’s a Chewy commercial where a guy calls Chewy’s customer service. He says his cat won’t eat the food he bought, and how can he return i… --- ## [Political poetry contest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-poetry-contest/821067)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-poetry-contest/821067 "2020-03-05T11:48:50Z")
I hope Dopers will contribute poems lamenting or celebrating present political situations. We’ll vote to pick the best one. If you want your submission to be anonymous, send it to me via PM and I will repost it here. I … --- ## [Dark humor and the coronavirus. How inappropriate would this be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-humor-and-the-coronavirus-how-inappropriate-would-this-be/848944)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-humor-and-the-coronavirus-how-inappropriate-would-this-be/848944 "2020-03-05T08:21:05Z")
We’re having a meeting next week at work to discuss the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. Mention was jokingly made of making t-shirts, things such as coronavirus response team, etc. I then got to thinking of t-shirt… --- ## [The digits of Pi :: playing pool??; Quantum search ????](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-digits-of-pi-playing-pool-quantum-search/848854)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-digits-of-pi-playing-pool-quantum-search/848854 "2020-03-05T01:59:45Z")
We’ve had a lot of threads about the digits of pi. Do we have room for yet another one? Everybody knows you can calculate pi by dropping toothpicks on wood-planked floor, but I stumbled across webpages describing anoth… --- ## [And now, Chris Matthews of MSNBC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-chris-matthews-of-msnbc/848754)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-chris-matthews-of-msnbc/848754 "2020-03-04T22:07:46Z")
He’s always been an annoying Foghorn Leghorn, loudmouth schnook, who kept talking over his guests. But he seems to have crossed some lines he ought not have crossed: That’s Hardball for you, Chris. Looks like game ov… --- ## [Who wants some Gif peanut butter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-some-gif-peanut-butter/848527)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-some-gif-peanut-butter/848527 "2020-03-04T18:39:02Z")
A certain company attempts to clear up confusion, but an animated debate is likely. Next up, a clarification from Spam? --- ## [Very funny courtroom transcripts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-funny-courtroom-transcripts/663245)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-funny-courtroom-transcripts/663245 "2020-03-04T15:02:48Z")
\*\*I did a search … no one appears to have posted this yet. One of my friends posted this on Facebook this morning: \*\* TOO FUNNY NOT TO PASS ON!! How Do Court Reporters Keep Straight Faces? These are from a book call… --- ## [The end of an era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era/848874)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era/848874 "2020-03-04T14:46:40Z")
My wireless router has been saying good-bye for a while. First DesertRoomie’s tablet has been losing connection for about a week, then my smart phone on Sunday. Yesterday both of those, her smart phone, and the desktop… --- ## [Early spring air out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-spring-air-out/848831)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-spring-air-out/848831 "2020-03-04T13:16:34Z")
Hmm, looking at the Detroit weather forecast, it looks like Sunday is going to be high fifties, sunny, and a nice steady breeze. If so that is the perfect conditions for one of my most looked forward to rituals of Spring… --- ## [It's a secret! Don't tell!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-secret-dont-tell/848858)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-secret-dont-tell/848858 "2020-03-04T11:49:50Z")
Actually, it’s just a secret from my MIL. Normally, she’s a smart, reasonable person, but in this case, we need to shield her. Spousal unit is scheduled for yet another spinal surgery in late April. We decided we wouldn… --- ## [Smells that trigger memories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-that-trigger-memories/577402)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-that-trigger-memories/577402 "2020-03-03T22:16:43Z")
I woke up this morning to the clean, ozone smell that comes right after a rain. It made me seriously homesick for the Northwest. I’ve lived in Denver off and on for the past 10 years, and that smell takes me right back … --- ## [I thought you said Kugel exercises....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-you-said-kugel-exercises/848864)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-you-said-kugel-exercises/848864 "2020-03-03T21:14:18Z")
So the biopsy revealed prostate cancer, and today we find out more details. Someone suggested Kugel exercises, which I looked up. They sounded great! Noodles and cream and cinnamon…then I checked the spelling…Ba dum tsh!… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Beckdawrek reads minds (or, yes I know what yer thinkin')](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-reads-minds-or-yes-i-know-what-yer-thinkin/848672)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-reads-minds-or-yes-i-know-what-yer-thinkin/848672 "2020-03-03T05:22:57Z")
The looks I get. Jeebus! Mr.Wrekker looks pensive eating his breakfast. I sez “Go fishin’, it’ll help you, it’ll help me” He looks up from his sausage and eggs: “How did you know that”? I haz my ways. :eek: The lil’wr… --- ## [NASA's new astronaut capsule from Boeing will land back on land](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-new-astronaut-capsule-from-boeing-will-land-back-on-land/845239)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-new-astronaut-capsule-from-boeing-will-land-back-on-land/845239 "2020-03-03T03:14:33Z")
No splashdowns for the Starliner capsule. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/22/boeings-starliner-lands-in-desert-company-says.html --- ## [Waiting for it to Get Light in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429 "2020-03-03T00:47:45Z")
Happy Moonday! It’s a below freezing 28 degrees outside, the sun is just starting to come up. I woke up too early, damn bladder. The park is open from sunup to sundown, and so we are waiting to leave. The dogs are wh… --- ## [Is the problem with wildfires a lack of trained firefighters, or that they can't stop the fires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-problem-with-wildfires-a-lack-of-trained-firefighters-or-that-they-cant-stop-the-fires/846295)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-problem-with-wildfires-a-lack-of-trained-firefighters-or-that-they-cant-stop-the-fires/846295 "2020-03-02T22:51:29Z")
I think I read that Australia currently has about 2700 active firefighters fighting the wildfires there. There are also recently fires in the amazon, california and various other places that are going to get worse due t… --- ## [32 or 8 anniversary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/32-or-8-anniversary/848700)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/32-or-8-anniversary/848700 "2020-03-02T21:11:41Z")
Today is our 32 or 8 th wedding anniversary. Weee we’re off to Italy Monday:eek: --- ## [Seriously, people. STOP PUTTING CRAP INTO GRAPHENE.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-stop-putting-crap-into-graphene/848819)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-stop-putting-crap-into-graphene/848819 "2020-03-02T20:24:15Z")
Came across this article. First of all, it has the best title of a scholarly paper ever. But the real beauty is that the use of the word “crap” is not just a rhetorical flourish. If I’m reading the introduction correc… --- ## [Childhood Nightlights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-nightlights/848720)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-nightlights/848720 "2020-03-02T19:28:10Z")
Did you have a nightlight as a kid? If so, do you remember what it looked like? Mine was a classic yelllow1960’s smiley face. --- ## [To hell with taco trucks on every corner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-hell-with-taco-trucks-on-every-corner/848564)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-hell-with-taco-trucks-on-every-corner/848564 "2020-03-02T18:56:01Z")
Tweets Little Marco: "To recap tonight’s Democratic debate. If they are elected you will get govt controlled internet, energy, schools and health care. And as a bonus, reefer for everyone!" Can’t we have reefer and ta… --- ## [Multiple deaths in shooting at Molson Coors in Milwaukee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-deaths-in-shooting-at-molson-coors-in-milwaukee/848585)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-deaths-in-shooting-at-molson-coors-in-milwaukee/848585 "2020-03-02T18:53:49Z")
No numbers yet, tho. --- ## [Terminal cuteness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminal-cuteness/848719)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminal-cuteness/848719 "2020-03-02T14:40:03Z")
In dinky little vehicles: Citroën and, even worse, Microlino. I guess they have to make them too cute or no one would buy them. Or something like that. --- ## [Couple's new home has a snake den underneath it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653 "2020-03-02T02:43:40Z")
Ah, home sweet home. You, your partner, pets, and a snake den. I’d have to find another place to live until they were gone. :eek: Glad the snakes weren’t killed. Relocating is a better option. But, will more snakes vis… --- ## [In which bad, bad, bad Beck is hiding. (Soooooo many people)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-hiding-soooooo-many-people/848738)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-hiding-soooooo-many-people/848738 "2020-03-01T14:20:13Z")
The whole bunch, plus extras, are about my house. Shhhh! I’m playing ‘hide and seek’ with kiddoes. I changed the rules. I hide, 8 children all under age 9 look for me. He-he. They don’t know the hiding places in this h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=339) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=341)