# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=408 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 409 --- ## [Bloke assaults woman on flight - now faces life in prison - is this excessive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloke-assaults-woman-on-flight-now-faces-life-in-prison-is-this-excessive/819872)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloke-assaults-woman-on-flight-now-faces-life-in-prison-is-this-excessive/819872 "2019-03-13T20:17:56Z")
So this guy sexually assaults a young woman on a Spirit Airlines flight. He gets convicted for it, and while sentencing has not happened yet, it is possible this guy is sentenced to life in prison. As serious as his cri… --- ## [Anybody lose a gun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-lose-a-gun/830706)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-lose-a-gun/830706 "2019-03-13T18:22:58Z")
So if you happened to lose your little pink pistol today, I may have found it. On the walk from my office to the courthouse this morning, I found a cheap looking gun lying on the sidewalk. At first, I thought it may ha… --- ## [I Can't Believe It's Not Photoshop: technicolor tarantula version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-its-not-photoshop-technicolor-tarantula-version/831043)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-its-not-photoshop-technicolor-tarantula-version/831043 "2019-03-13T17:24:50Z")
I was looking up greenbottle blue tarantulas\*-- themselves an utterly stunning species– when I came across an Instagram photo that I thought had to be fake, or at least heavily altered. No way did spiders come in that vi… --- ## [Trump as secret Communist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971)
**Author:** [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971 "2019-03-13T16:45:34Z")
My new theory about Donald J Trump is that he is a secret Communist. His admiration for Putin and Jong-Un and how great he thinks they (and him) are made me come to this conclusion. His wall isn’t really to keep out ill… --- ## [Journal Keeping in "Cold" (true crime podcast) is this a Latter Day Saints thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/journal-keeping-in-cold-true-crime-podcast-is-this-a-latter-day-saints-thing/831071)
**Author:** [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/journal-keeping-in-cold-true-crime-podcast-is-this-a-latter-day-saints-thing/831071 "2019-03-13T15:33:40Z")
Ever since the first season of Serial, I’ve listened to a lot of true crime/cold case podcasts. Currently i’m listening to a podcast called “Cold” about a husband that allegedly killed his wife and then (when police wer… --- ## [I jumped off the Stratosphere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-jumped-off-the-stratosphere/830459)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-jumped-off-the-stratosphere/830459 "2019-03-13T04:07:41Z")
On Thursday I will be turning 50 so I went to Vegas with my husband to celebrate. We had a great week with lots of cool experiences, culminating in me suiting up and jumping off the 108th floor of the casino tower. Hey, … --- ## [Is this the most intellectual joke in the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-most-intellectual-joke-in-the-world/99894)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 263\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-most-intellectual-joke-in-the-world/99894 "2019-03-13T03:43:59Z")
\[Warning: may be a bit UK-centric\] Q: Who led the pedants’ revolt? A: Which Tyler. --- ## [Hospital Uses a Video-Link Robot to Tell a Patient He is About to Die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-uses-a-video-link-robot-to-tell-a-patient-he-is-about-to-die/830871)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-uses-a-video-link-robot-to-tell-a-patient-he-is-about-to-die/830871 "2019-03-13T03:14:01Z")
I believe that bad news like this should be delivered in person. --- ## [Adam & Eve … The Untold Story.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-eve-the-untold-story/830625)
**Author:** [@Jamiedarke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamiedarke)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-eve-the-untold-story/830625 "2019-03-12T22:45:10Z")
Just finished reading “The Forgotten Books of Eden” which forms part of "The Lost Books of the Bible.” I found this version quite entertaining and at times it had me in stitches. I think it’s far better one then that wh… --- ## [I finished the custom bridge for my bass guitar--check out the build process](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-the-custom-bridge-for-my-bass-guitar-check-out-the-build-process/830914)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-the-custom-bridge-for-my-bass-guitar-check-out-the-build-process/830914 "2019-03-12T19:48:51Z")
Here’s the new bridge. Another shot. Different angle. The whole guitar This project had three goals: Replace the crappy pot metal bridge on my bass with a really neat hand-made steel one; do a fun machine shop project; … --- ## [Electrical Engineer Comic Fail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-engineer-comic-fail/830983)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-engineer-comic-fail/830983 "2019-03-12T19:05:12Z")
Its fun to hurt yourself with electricity. --- ## [Denver thug-with-badge gets slap on wrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denver-thug-with-badge-gets-slap-on-wrist/830920)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denver-thug-with-badge-gets-slap-on-wrist/830920 "2019-03-12T18:04:07Z")
I get so tired of crap like this. Denver cop knees handcuffed man in face. Video. Link: Body cam video: Denver cop's attack on handcuffed man in LoDo bar basement This week gets light reprimand/ keeps job. Ugh. --- ## [The Age of Expression … The Art Nouveau Period.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-age-of-expression-the-art-nouveau-period/830710)
**Author:** [@Jamiedarke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamiedarke)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-age-of-expression-the-art-nouveau-period/830710 "2019-03-12T17:14:23Z")
Okay … I have a confession to make. I’m a writer of sorts … freelance mostly. Its not like my day job but something I do when I’m not searching for stuff to sell to … well to folk who have lots of money to spend. The fo… --- ## [Gibberish.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gibberish/830893)
**Author:** [@Jamiedarke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamiedarke)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gibberish/830893 "2019-03-12T15:22:29Z")
Gibberish is defined as “unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing; nonsense.” However, it can also be a way of writing in code. Thought I’d try my hand at it and this is what I came up with. Check it out careful… --- ## [A little spot of uplifting happiness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-spot-of-uplifting-happiness/830925)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-spot-of-uplifting-happiness/830925 "2019-03-11T23:18:37Z")
So, I was sitting around the house this afternoon, pondering which movie to watch as I whiled away the time left before picking up my son from his mom. The phone rang and it was my second eldest wanting to know if I wan… --- ## [Non-musical Mondegreens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-musical-mondegreens/830354)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-musical-mondegreens/830354 "2019-03-11T22:02:21Z")
Most examples of Mondegreens Mondegreen - Wikipedia are from songs (people who think the words are “Gladly, the cross-eyed bear” not “Gladly, the cross I’d bear”). Anyone have good examples of times you’ve misheard some… --- ## [Write story or pay $250](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-story-or-pay-250/830676)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-story-or-pay-250/830676 "2019-03-11T20:20:57Z")
I have started a bet. If I don’t have a draft of my children’s story done by the end of May, I have to pay my friends $250. :slight\_smile: This idea is from the video “Seven Habits of Highly Effective Artists” by Andre… --- ## [Dragons.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragons/830961)
**Author:** [@Jamiedarke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamiedarke)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragons/830961 "2019-03-11T20:09:22Z")
So what about these things called dragons? No not your mother in law but the legendary creatures which appear in one form or another in practically every culture around the globe. There are African dragons, Indonesian d… --- ## [Dropping pearls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-pearls/830876)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-pearls/830876 "2019-03-11T14:47:05Z")
Without looking at anyone else’s answer, would you understand this expression, as in this exchange: “Aren’t you ever going to tell them?” “Sweetie, I’ve been dropping pearls in front of them since I was 15 and they jus… --- ## [Bob Ross DeepDream Video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-ross-deepdream-video/830739)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-ross-deepdream-video/830739 "2019-03-11T13:38:29Z")
Someone used DeepDream technology to make this video of Bob Ross: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DaVnriHhPc DeepDream: --- ## [The I do not want to go to work MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-do-not-want-to-go-to-work-mmp/830521)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-do-not-want-to-go-to-work-mmp/830521 "2019-03-11T02:37:50Z")
The title pretty much says it all. It is almost 4:00AM, very cold and snowy, and I must go to irk. Blurf. :frowning: --- ## [Mom topples over into crib with her 30 lb toddler.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-topples-over-into-crib-with-her-30-lb-toddler/830741)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-topples-over-into-crib-with-her-30-lb-toddler/830741 "2019-03-11T00:30:02Z")
:smiley: Oh my goodness. Now that’s a story that will be retold at family gatherings for many years. Has this happened to anyone here? I would have liked seeing how she got out of the crib. LOL Life’s not easy when yo… --- ## [Japanese boat collides with unknown "marine creature".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-boat-collides-with-unknown-marine-creature/830869)
**Author:** [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-boat-collides-with-unknown-marine-creature/830869 "2019-03-10T21:25:24Z")
From CNN: Boat’s collision with ‘marine creature’ leaves 87 injured A boat hits a mysterious “marine creature” in Japanese waters; this “marine creature” then vanishes. I guess this means Tokyo is in for it now. Godzi… --- ## [Can I qualify for a hardship exemption on taxes if I was unemployed and didn't qualify for the ACA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-qualify-for-a-hardship-exemption-on-taxes-if-i-was-unemployed-and-didnt-qualify-for-the-aca/830902)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-qualify-for-a-hardship-exemption-on-taxes-if-i-was-unemployed-and-didnt-qualify-for-the-aca/830902 "2019-03-10T21:12:07Z")
In 2018 I was unemployed for several months and didn’t have health coverage. I went to an ACA navigator who told me that I earned too much per month to quality for medicaid, but too little over the year to quality for an… --- ## [Founder of Florida spa tied to Robert Kraft case offered to sell access to Trump at Mar-a-Lago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/founder-of-florida-spa-tied-to-robert-kraft-case-offered-to-sell-access-to-trump-at-mar-a-lago/830879)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/founder-of-florida-spa-tied-to-robert-kraft-case-offered-to-sell-access-to-trump-at-mar-a-lago/830879 "2019-03-10T20:06:10Z")
Yang no longer owns that spa but a Vanity Fair article gives evidence that prostitution was occuring while she did own it and that spas that her family currently owns are known for being “rub and tug joints”. It also … --- ## [Things that you reuse that others might recycle or trash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-you-reuse-that-others-might-recycle-or-trash/830496)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-you-reuse-that-others-might-recycle-or-trash/830496 "2019-03-10T17:08:04Z")
13.5 ounce conditioner bottle, pump refilled from one gallon conditioner jug --- ## [hetting better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hetting-better/830853)
**Author:** [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hetting-better/830853 "2019-03-10T11:04:20Z")
Short. Had stroe strokes inrobing. Later ater all. --- ## [Stuff I never thought I would say ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-never-thought-i-would-say/830319)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2019, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-never-thought-i-would-say/830319 "2019-03-10T05:17:53Z")
sigh New feline overlord … “Stop licking my armpit” “No I don’t want to sniff your butt” \[when she decided to crawl on my stomach and lay down tail towards my chin\] “Why are you licking my thigh?” and of course - “Yo… --- ## [What's the first gift you remember being given?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-gift-you-remember-being-given/826138)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-gift-you-remember-being-given/826138 "2019-03-10T03:48:20Z")
In other words, you remember someone handing it to you or opening it up? For me, it was a doll Christmas morning called “Baby Party”. --- ## [The need for less human labor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-need-for-less-human-labor/830855)
**Author:** [@smokey78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smokey78)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-need-for-less-human-labor/830855 "2019-03-09T23:33:04Z")
The other day my mother told me how she went to Walmart and with so few cashiers left, she forced herself to use the self-checkout, after ringing herself some 15 items, there was some screwup and the head cashier that ma… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=407) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=409)