# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=400 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 401 --- ## [Dr. Phil just roasted my college...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-phil-just-roasted-my-college/833208)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-phil-just-roasted-my-college/833208 "2019-04-30T05:05:52Z")
How do you make up the words: “Slippery Rock” in the first place? --- ## [I Find Your Lack Of Candy Disturbing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-find-your-lack-of-candy-disturbing/833184)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2019, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-find-your-lack-of-candy-disturbing/833184 "2019-04-30T04:38:32Z")
So, here I am, the new me. Well not really new new me, more like the me that’s been there all along, buried deep beneath the mounds of adult responsibility. Shackled no more by the harsh restraints of approval by those… --- ## [California synagogue shooting (breaking)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-synagogue-shooting-breaking/833143)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-synagogue-shooting-breaking/833143 "2019-04-30T00:41:07Z")
So far appears that the shooter is in custody, and no fatalities. Hopefully that is accurate. --- ## [WOW! - Love Child of Elton John and John Chancellor!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-love-child-of-elton-john-and-john-chancellor/833207)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-love-child-of-elton-john-and-john-chancellor/833207 "2019-04-29T19:51:39Z")
I do believe the man in this NYT photograph is the love child of Elton John and the late NBC News anchor John Chancellor. Plus super-jowls. They say his name is William P. Barr but I’m gonna call him John-John, after hi… --- ## [Scammers have information at their fingertips.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scammers-have-information-at-their-fingertips/833146)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scammers-have-information-at-their-fingertips/833146 "2019-04-29T15:04:52Z")
I received a prerecorded phone message from “Social Security” saying that my SS number had been used in criminal activity and told me to call them back at a phone number in Center Harbor, NH (population: 1,100). I knew … --- ## [Why do women feel a need to tell me their troubles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-feel-a-need-to-tell-me-their-troubles/831745)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-feel-a-need-to-tell-me-their-troubles/831745 "2019-04-29T12:15:30Z")
It started in high school when I heard how my best friends were lousy boyfriends. It paused (mostly) while I was married then restarted immediately after Wife died. Heidi felt a need to explain why she was divorced–he … --- ## [Hell Week in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hell-week-in-the-mmp/832874)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hell-week-in-the-mmp/832874 "2019-04-29T04:03:39Z")
I haven’t been around much lately. I’ve got a lot going on. We’re selling the house we just moved into because my daughter’s disability makes a 2-story house impractical. We’re living with my parents while we wait for … --- ## [QuickSilver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicksilver/831569)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicksilver/831569 "2019-04-28T20:49:16Z")
I saw an old post by QuickSilver and though that I hadn’t seen him around recently. So I clicked on his profile page. His last activity was 06-10-2018, when he made this post: I hope I’m not putting two and two togeth… --- ## [Tupac was gay (sexual orientation)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupac-was-gay-sexual-orientation/833167)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupac-was-gay-sexual-orientation/833167 "2019-04-28T20:21:02Z")
Ok, ive been somewhat of a Tupac fan for over 20 years. In all that time I never once gave the slightest credence to the occasional whisper saying Tupac was gay. After he died, the rumors only intensified, which only f… --- ## [If I don't like your nickname, I won't address you as such.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-like-your-nickname-i-wont-address-you-as-such/832995)
**Author:** [@Stuntman\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuntman_Mike)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-like-your-nickname-i-wont-address-you-as-such/832995 "2019-04-28T14:59:13Z")
No Catharine, I won’t call you “Cat”. No grandma, I won’t call you “Mimi”. No John, I won’t call you “Moose”. Put THAT in your pipe, and smoke it. Who’s with me in my crusade against bad nicknames (not to be confused… --- ## [Washington State senator is an idiot!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-state-senator-is-an-idiot/832806)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-state-senator-is-an-idiot/832806 "2019-04-27T17:07:28Z")
https://cdn.wsna.org/post/index-2.html?p=news%2F2019%2Fsenator-states-that-nurses-probably-play-cards-for-a-considerable-amount-of-the-day-in-amending-rest-breaks-bill&fbclid=IwAR1QFs0\_BEuIrpMK6a7QuWD0UshgLw7KGUAwxhsQE0t… --- ## [Gift Quandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-quandry/833084)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2019, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-quandry/833084 "2019-04-27T05:07:07Z")
I posted a while ago about a situation I encountered with our neighbor and ended up getting what proved to be some very good advice here. So I’m hoping the Dope can make it happen again. In brief, we’ve enjoyed good rela… --- ## [Beckdawrek has a bad, bad, bad hair appointment(or how my hair is still long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-has-a-bad-bad-bad-hair-appointment-or-how-my-hair-is-still-long/833023)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-has-a-bad-bad-bad-hair-appointment-or-how-my-hair-is-still-long/833023 "2019-04-27T02:48:10Z")
Monday, after an Easter spent getting told how I needed to do something about my hair. (My hair is very long, I can sit on it) I made the call. Oh, yes they would be glad to see me Weds. at 5pm. Last appointment of the d… --- ## [Northrop N9MB Flying Wing Destroyed in Crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northrop-n9mb-flying-wing-destroyed-in-crash/833081)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northrop-n9mb-flying-wing-destroyed-in-crash/833081 "2019-04-27T01:58:51Z")
The only one of its kind, nothing remains of the final prototype of the XB-35. --- ## [Gold Star widows taxes skyrocket on children's survivor benefits.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-star-widows-taxes-skyrocket-on-childrens-survivor-benefits/833098)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2019, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-star-widows-taxes-skyrocket-on-childrens-survivor-benefits/833098 "2019-04-27T01:26:05Z")
I hadn’t heard about this change in the tax code. Theresa Jones’ husband died serving our country and we quadruple the tax bill on the children’s survivor benefits? WTH? This tax code change is so unjust and screwed up… --- ## [Unwieldy units (not just an imperial issue) - Particularly USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwieldy-units-not-just-an-imperial-issue-particularly-usa/833029)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwieldy-units-not-just-an-imperial-issue-particularly-usa/833029 "2019-04-26T21:57:40Z")
On my recent USA vacation, something I noticed quite often was the constant use of “pounds” when discussing pretty massive objects. This was particularly pronounced when visiting Kennedy Space Centre and being bombarded… --- ## [I usually don't approve of obscenities on clothing, but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-usually-dont-approve-of-obscenities-on-clothing-but/833088)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-usually-dont-approve-of-obscenities-on-clothing-but/833088 "2019-04-26T21:37:37Z")
I had to give the girl at the gym a high five for the “Fuck Trump” written in large, friendly letters on the back of her short shorts. --- ## [What Shall I do in Halifax NS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-i-do-in-halifax-ns/833041)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-i-do-in-halifax-ns/833041 "2019-04-26T21:33:26Z")
In August my wife and I will be taking a cruise from the fashionable Jersey shore to Bar Harbor, Halifax and St John. Eating too much on the ship will be fun of course, I would like to wander around town. At our age, d… --- ## [Chicken Little was even more wrong.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-little-was-even-more-wrong/833056)
**Author:** [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-little-was-even-more-wrong/833056 "2019-04-26T16:11:24Z")
Turns out the sky is not falling. Not really news, in astrophysics. But, hold your chickens, Johns Hopkins announced today that data from both the Hubble, and Planck instruments, backed up by a number of co-operating gro… --- ## [Examples of inventions that seem like a good idea but turned out to be worthless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-inventions-that-seem-like-a-good-idea-but-turned-out-to-be-worthless/832355)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-inventions-that-seem-like-a-good-idea-but-turned-out-to-be-worthless/832355 "2019-04-26T15:25:26Z")
See thread title. For my example, I give the car alarm. Seems great, right? If someone tries to steal your car, an alarm goes off, raising the hue and cry for all good citizens to come to your aid and thwart the dasta… --- ## [Ride a wild horse ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ride-a-wild-horse/832982)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2019, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ride-a-wild-horse/832982 "2019-04-26T04:37:22Z")
Friends, I recently learned that a horse I knew, passed away. He was the son of my horse, Mickey; my dear mare. She died maybe fifteen years ago. Her son, Indiana, carried on, and sadly, passed away in the last week. … --- ## [Girlfriend cant walk after orgasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-cant-walk-after-orgasm/783604)
**Author:** [@Alfishius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alfishius)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-cant-walk-after-orgasm/783604 "2019-04-25T23:42:18Z")
Seriously what is up? She walks like a baby deer for about ten minutes after. Doesn’t matter if she’s with me or solo. The other day I told her I wanted to watch her solo but after she was done I wanted her to get right… --- ## [I have bees.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-bees/832912)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-bees/832912 "2019-04-25T18:50:05Z")
I was sitting at the table this afternoon working, had the window wide open to enjoy the breeze, and kept seeing a bee. Or bees. Nothing agianst them personally, but I can’t tell one individual from another. Figured hey… --- ## [labor shortages in your area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-shortages-in-your-area/832955)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-shortages-in-your-area/832955 "2019-04-25T18:16:58Z")
I live in South Louisiana. I just went to the local Walmart for some car service. They close their shop early now because they can’t find anyone to work in the shop. So I went to Pepboys. Their shop was still open becau… --- ## [The sitting president of the United States of America tweeted this...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sitting-president-of-the-united-states-of-america-tweeted-this/832975)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sitting-president-of-the-united-states-of-america-tweeted-this/832975 "2019-04-25T18:07:45Z")
“Paul Krugman, of the Fake News New York Times, has lost all credibility, as has the Times itself, with his false and highly inaccurate writings on me,” “He is obsessed with hatred, just as others are obsessed with how … --- ## [Impetigo...now with sides!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impetigo-now-with-sides/833028)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impetigo-now-with-sides/833028 "2019-04-25T14:44:19Z")
My grandie presented last week with the characteristic sores of impetigo. No idea (at that stage) where he’d copped them from. A few days of antibiotics seemed to clear them up…until today: Today he was diagnosed with… --- ## [While in the office, where do you keep your smartphone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-in-the-office-where-do-you-keep-your-smartphone/832634)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-in-the-office-where-do-you-keep-your-smartphone/832634 "2019-04-25T00:22:14Z")
I’ve always kept it in my purse, under my desk. This is because, even though we have some security in this office, it’s not perfect. If I keep the phone in view on my desk, there’s always a chance it will be stolen. H… --- ## [Listen to me -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-me/832941)
**Author:** [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-me/832941 "2019-04-24T21:46:57Z")
and I’m sure you’ll agree, The bravest man in eternity, Was neither a soldier or a champion of law, But the first to devour an oyster raw. Well, he’s got nothing on this guy. --- ## [The knives make me sad.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-knives-make-me-sad/832959)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-knives-make-me-sad/832959 "2019-04-24T21:10:14Z")
I took a sick day today. I won’t go into too much detail other than to say it is a chronic gastric disorder. In between trips to the toilet or to rehydrate, I decided to go through a couple cedar chests that I haven’t … --- ## [What are you proud of today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-proud-of-today/832742)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-proud-of-today/832742 "2019-04-24T18:37:22Z")
There’s a stain on the ceiling in one of the rooms that has bugged me forever. I don’t know which kind of white that white is, but there’s an old can of paint in the garage that I thought might be it. I WAS WRONG, it i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=399) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=401)