# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=404 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 405 --- ## [Are celebrity autographs still a "thing"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-celebrity-autographs-still-a-thing/831978)
**Author:** [@Stuntman\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuntman_Mike)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-celebrity-autographs-still-a-thing/831978 "2019-04-08T12:32:53Z")
And how/why was it ever a thing?? I cannot imagine asking a stranger, famous or not, to scratch his/her signature on a cocktail napkin, or even a photo, for me to take home with me. So bizarre. It’s not lost on me tha… --- ## [Is this the stupidest clickbait item yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-stupidest-clickbait-item-yet/832193)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-stupidest-clickbait-item-yet/832193 "2019-04-08T05:49:32Z")
I got this clickbait but, of course, didn’t open it. The title says enough: “Remember Farrah Fawcett? Try not to gasp when you see her now”. I know it’s pointless to speculate about who writes this shit. --- ## [the april fools mmp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-april-fools-mmp/831846)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-april-fools-mmp/831846 "2019-04-08T05:41:06Z")
here we go …just helped the aunt go through the bills and the jokes on us ……. have fun :slight\_smile: --- ## [Laid off question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laid-off-question/832181)
**Author:** [@smokey78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smokey78)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laid-off-question/832181 "2019-04-08T03:18:18Z")
I wanted to cover a laid off story and see if anyone has had thoughts about this (then I have my own one.) I ran into a family friend who had been in hospital administration for over 15 years, she got laid off and is go… --- ## [Happy Anniversary to Us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-anniversary-to-us/832187)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-anniversary-to-us/832187 "2019-04-07T22:28:23Z")
Twenty years ago today, I logged into the Dope for the first time. I talked about that last week, so now I just want to send a shout out to two other Dopers who signed up the same day and are still active. Strainger \ **Author:** [@tangatawhenua16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tangatawhenua16)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-getting-started/832069 "2019-04-07T20:47:13Z") I’m new to these forums but have something to share that should interest many. Is their any etiquette in starting or do you just launch into it? --- ## [World's most amazing dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-amazing-dog/832142)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-amazing-dog/832142 "2019-04-07T18:38:20Z")
OK, he hasn’t won the title yet, but who cares! This is just one of those stories I just had to share because … well, because! Just look at him! I really, really want a dog just like him! :slight\_smile: Among other … --- ## [Man commits crime in WI stating: WI prison healthcare is better than other places](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-commits-crime-in-wi-stating-wi-prison-healthcare-is-better-than-other-places/829250)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-commits-crime-in-wi-stating-wi-prison-healthcare-is-better-than-other-places/829250 "2019-04-07T18:33:22Z")
Great. Now it’s my fault the WI prison population is increasing. :smack: \[sub\]It’s not all me. I’ve got some great colleagues working in our system\[/sub\] --- ## [Who is this coffee-spitting woman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-coffee-spitting-woman/832150)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-coffee-spitting-woman/832150 "2019-04-07T16:46:04Z")
There’s a gif that I’ve seen about 7,622 times on twitter. It’s a woman doing a spit-take over a cup of coffee. People often post it as shorthand for “that’s funny.” The woman looks vaguely familiar; I feel like I sho… --- ## [When come back, bringing Pie (kitty pics inside)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-come-back-bringing-pie-kitty-pics-inside/828730)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-come-back-bringing-pie-kitty-pics-inside/828730 "2019-04-07T02:07:57Z")
The last two weeks have been… very difficult for me, but instead of dwelling on grief I’d like to talk about upcoming joys. So here is the story of the Bathroom Kittens: My friend J runs an animal rescue organization. A… --- ## [I Just Got Laid Off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-laid-off/823843)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-laid-off/823843 "2019-04-06T16:31:12Z")
Twenty years at my job. I’m scared, mad, and upset. I’m getting a severance package and they’re offering a job placement service. I haven’t been on any interviews in years. I’m planning on getting drunk tonight, then… --- ## [business card etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-card-etiquette/832064)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-card-etiquette/832064 "2019-04-06T16:02:28Z")
Should I always reciprocate when someone gives me their business card at a business event? Even when I am not there to “network” or meet people? Sometimes I am just there to support a friend who is speaking. While chatti… --- ## [Thinking about DNA ancestry test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-dna-ancestry-test/831885)
**Author:** [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-dna-ancestry-test/831885 "2019-04-06T15:50:03Z")
Don’t do it. Trust me. Two things. One. Anyone who uses your DNA for test/research makes tons of money. You don’t. Two. You may not be who you think you are. It’ll shock you. My twin brother did those DNA ancestry tes… --- ## [Denny had a bad, bad, bad, day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denny-had-a-bad-bad-bad-day/831561)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denny-had-a-bad-bad-bad-day/831561 "2019-04-06T15:27:33Z")
Medical wise. I had a bypass almost 20 years ago and a single stint 5 years after that. Lately I had been getting some chest tightness so I had scheduled a stress test. Didn’t make it. --- ## [Sleepless(and hating it)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleepless-and-hating-it/832117)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleepless-and-hating-it/832117 "2019-04-06T13:35:58Z")
Can’t sleep, and tonight/day, depending on where you are, seems a little worse than usual. Coming out of winter, days getting longer, should be helping with the SAD and associated anxieties. Well, it has actually, but … --- ## [Has Timmothy Pitzen been found after 7 years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-timmothy-pitzen-been-found-after-7-years/832048)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-timmothy-pitzen-been-found-after-7-years/832048 "2019-04-06T00:34:45Z")
I’m a little skeptical. But, this is not a highly publicized case and it’s an unusual name. Seems unlikely a random 14 year old would know this name. The witness description certainly sounds like a boy that’s been throu… --- ## [Bone, get yer standard-capacity magazines while the gettin' is good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-get-yer-standard-capacity-magazines-while-the-gettin-is-good/831771)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-get-yer-standard-capacity-magazines-while-the-gettin-is-good/831771 "2019-04-05T23:02:13Z")
California’s magazine ban was struck down as unconstitutional: Breaking! Federal Court Finds California Magazine Ban Violates the Second Amendment :):cool::smiley: --- ## [selling random one dollar bills on ebay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-random-one-dollar-bills-on-ebay/832055)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-random-one-dollar-bills-on-ebay/832055 "2019-04-05T21:08:56Z")
I came across a seller today who is selling $1 bills. Not special bills. The description is “random one dollar bill” and the picture is just a wrinkled old bill. Checking the feedback I see that he has sold maybe a hu… --- ## [So I Have Cirrhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-cirrhosis/781929)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-cirrhosis/781929 "2019-02-17T22:53:44Z")
Not sure where to put this, so I put it here looking for advice. I have cirrhosis (not a final diagnosis but the doc is pretty sure until all the rest of the bloodwork comes in). Yesterday I had EIGHT litres of fluid d… --- ## [Google Doodle -- Hedwig Kohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-hedwig-kohn/832084)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-hedwig-kohn/832084 "2019-04-05T13:02:57Z")
Today’s (April 5 2019) Google Doodle features Hedwig Kohn, a spectroscopist who died in 1964. I’d never heard of her, despite studying spectroscopy, but that’s not surprising – judging from her Wikipedia page most things… --- ## [Republican Grassley calls Trump statement "Idiotic"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-grassley-calls-trump-statement-idiotic/832056)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-grassley-calls-trump-statement-idiotic/832056 "2019-04-04T22:40:46Z")
How many times do you hear a member of the President’s party call something he said “idiotic?” (Certainly a lot more than we used to…) --- ## [I'm Afraid For My Daughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-afraid-for-my-daughter/826965)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-afraid-for-my-daughter/826965 "2019-04-04T21:41:38Z")
2018 has been a very bad year for my family on multiple fronts (2013-2017 weren’t so great either), but it’s my oldest daughter (18) that keeps me up at night. I don’t normally air personal problems to anyone (preferring… --- ## [I got the most angst-ridden and random spam the other day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-the-most-angst-ridden-and-random-spam-the-other-day/831973)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-the-most-angst-ridden-and-random-spam-the-other-day/831973 "2019-04-04T15:00:07Z")
The subject header was: “Why?” The message consisted only of “Please answer.” It made me go :dubious: and it was surprisingly unsettling to think of some filthy-stinkin’ spammer having an existential crisis and decidin… --- ## [Not sure what to make of videos showing Joe Biden being creepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-what-to-make-of-videos-showing-joe-biden-being-creepy/816642)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-what-to-make-of-videos-showing-joe-biden-being-creepy/816642 "2019-04-03T20:33:01Z")
I was a Biden fan and still want to be but the vids my brother just showed me do look pretty bad. I’m on my tablet right now so it’s a chore to link but If you get on YouTube and search “Joe Biden creepy” you will find s… --- ## [Well, that milestone went right past me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889 "2019-04-03T19:32:43Z")
Sometime either yesterday or today I made my 25,000th post on this Board. I had planned on marking the occasion with a little celebration or some other event. Now I guess I’ll have to focus on my 20th anniversary here, … --- ## [Has Chrysler reliability gotten any better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-chrysler-reliability-gotten-any-better/831704)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-chrysler-reliability-gotten-any-better/831704 "2019-04-03T19:31:47Z")
There are some Chrysler 200s that are fairly affordable used, but I’m wary of buying a Chrysler. Are they any better regarding reliability vs the past? --- ## [Decades of self-serve drinks in fast food restaurants...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decades-of-self-serve-drinks-in-fast-food-restaurants/831723)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decades-of-self-serve-drinks-in-fast-food-restaurants/831723 "2019-04-03T18:38:40Z")
… and I, as the customer, still have to notify an employee when the syrup runs out? First world problem I know, but what’s up with that? It’s irritating, and sometimes it takes them so long to address it I’m gone alrea… --- ## [Adding items to a to-do list so you can cross them off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-items-to-a-to-do-list-so-you-can-cross-them-off/831874)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-items-to-a-to-do-list-so-you-can-cross-them-off/831874 "2019-04-03T17:20:40Z")
My wife just mocked me for this again, so… Does anyone else make a to-do list (get cat food, fix the washer, check on insurance, etc.) and then add stuff you’ve already done just so you can check it off? I got up this … --- ## [I Had a Dream That I Was Married to Trump.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-dream-that-i-was-married-to-trump/831826)
**Author:** [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-dream-that-i-was-married-to-trump/831826 "2019-04-03T15:27:26Z")
Ew! Eugh! Ick! And all that. Thankfully, it was a mercifully brief dream and all that I really remember was that the Orange One wasn’t actually in it and that he had ordered a hit on John Denver. (Maybe there was mor… --- ## [Any other Canadian Dopers getting spam texts about carbon tax?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-canadian-dopers-getting-spam-texts-about-carbon-tax/831696)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-canadian-dopers-getting-spam-texts-about-carbon-tax/831696 "2019-04-03T13:52:58Z")
Just had some pop up from the 204 area code in Manitoba: “Hey, it’s Sue. Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax starts on Monday! Sign the petition to oppose it!” And then a link. I just deleted them both right away. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=403) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=405)