# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=43 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 44 --- ## [That thing YOU think everyone should get. Everyone!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-thing-you-think-everyone-should-get-everyone/1014198)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-thing-you-think-everyone-should-get-everyone/1014198 "2025-10-01T11:36:44Z")
Mine is a Scrub daddy. I know you’ve seen them, right near the SOS pads and cellulose sponges on the shelf. (Ahem…cheaper on Amazon). It’s in the shape of a smily face. The things are miraculous. And they make me hap… --- ## [Instant Karma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-karma/1023526)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-karma/1023526 "2025-10-01T00:22:48Z")
But we all shine on, Like the moon and the stars and the sun. We all shine on, On and on and on… \[Favorite Protest Song\] :raised\_fist: (Might need to be in Cafe, change if needed :blush: ) --- ## [You'd think everyone would know about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 493\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800 "2025-09-30T11:49:21Z")
Yesterday was my birthday, and as usual, toddled off to a neighbour’s place for an afternoon wine-session. All good, and I mentioned the only way I remember my birthday nowadays is that it falls on Hiroshima Day. Makes l… --- ## [Today is a square day, in fact in two ways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-square-day-in-fact-in-two-ways/1023442)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-square-day-in-fact-in-two-ways/1023442 "2025-09-30T00:56:22Z")
It happens that 9272025 = 3045^2, while if you write your dates in British style, 27092025 = 5205^2. I wonder if this phenomenon ever repeats. Unfortunately, the ISO (and Quebec) date notation 20250927 is not a square. … --- ## [I have seen Oz behind the curtain, or My AI's pants fell down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-oz-behind-the-curtain-or-my-ais-pants-fell-down/1023472)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-oz-behind-the-curtain-or-my-ais-pants-fell-down/1023472 "2025-09-29T17:21:34Z")
I’m putting it here because I think it might trigger debate based on what I’ve seen in some other threads and it is certainly about one of the great issues of our time. I have recently joined the gazillions of persons w… --- ## [(Old) Face Off Against Moanday: A Start Of Hockey MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-face-off-against-moanday-a-start-of-hockey-mmp/1023284)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 303\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2025, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-face-off-against-moanday-a-start-of-hockey-mmp/1023284 "2025-09-29T02:21:18Z")
After this weekend I hate handegg again, but tonight is the first preseason hockey game of the year. So check your bin schedule so you don’t miss it(or worse, leave it out and look like a slacker), and hijack away. I… --- ## [Mass Shooting in Southport, NC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-southport-nc/1023465)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-southport-nc/1023465 "2025-09-29T00:10:01Z")
I first heard about it from my brother, who lives nearby. --- ## [Corn sticks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-sticks/1023408)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-sticks/1023408 "2025-09-28T21:32:37Z")
My new favorite curse or exclamation? Nope. A new candy? Nope. Those things that are supposed to come out of those cast iron corn cob(kinda) shaped pans? Ding ding ding. That’s the one. Mine is very old, came from… --- ## [How much cash do you typically carry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-do-you-typically-carry/1022656)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-do-you-typically-carry/1022656 "2025-09-28T19:55:43Z")
I’m comfortable with about $200.00 on me. Below $100.00 and I get nervous. If its more than $300, I hide most of it in a pocket of my hip pouch. Hate using the cc for everything. I try hard NOT to uae a cc at mom 'n pop… --- ## [Beware the Blood-Sucking Alien Vegetable Men of West Virginia. With link](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433 "2025-09-28T18:03:39Z")
Oh my dear God, there are no words for how silly this is. And in West Virginia, to boot. The only things missing are the History Channel Special and the phrase alcohol was believed to be involved. {LINK} “Barker interv… --- ## [What have you won by calling into a radio show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-won-by-calling-into-a-radio-show/1021714)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-won-by-calling-into-a-radio-show/1021714 "2025-09-28T12:02:36Z")
It’s evening and I’m still buzzing from this morning. I mustered up enough courage to call into a local morning show for their daily trivia contest. (I had chickened out on Friday.) The prize for winning - Paul Simon con… --- ## [Yikes! I may have made a bad bad bad boo-boo. Vaccinations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-i-may-have-made-a-bad-bad-bad-boo-boo-vaccinations/1007359)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-i-may-have-made-a-bad-bad-bad-boo-boo-vaccinations/1007359 "2025-09-27T23:59:27Z")
Got COVID and Flu vaccine this morning. Arm is already warm and red. I have an ice pack on it. Am I doomed? (No fancy bandaids like on TV either) --- ## [False Labeling of Freeze Dried Strawberries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-labeling-of-freeze-dried-strawberries/1023368)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-labeling-of-freeze-dried-strawberries/1023368 "2025-09-27T23:51:54Z")
I bought a package of what claims to be freeze-dried strawberries. The ingredients list says “100% Strawberries”, and the nutrition facts label says the entire 8 ounce package has only 200 Calories. When I tasted one of… --- ## [Could Lithium Explain — and Treat — Alzheimer’s Disease?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-lithium-explain-and-treat-alzheimer-s-disease/1022416)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-lithium-explain-and-treat-alzheimer-s-disease/1022416 "2025-09-27T13:57:47Z")
There is some interesting research that was just published a couple weeks ago: Could Lithium Explain — and Treat — Alzheimer’s Disease? Study: Lithium loss ignites Alzheimer’s, but lithium compound can reverse disease i… --- ## [Weird hair, distressed dog and Becks kicks rocks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-hair-distressed-dog-and-becks-kicks-rocks/1023245)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-hair-distressed-dog-and-becks-kicks-rocks/1023245 "2025-09-27T00:34:00Z")
Ok. Bayliss is distressed. He’s cowering in the darkest depths of his den(my clothes closet). He has a hangy toenail. He knows I gotta nip it. And he hates that. My hair is weird. There’s some kinda barometric falderol … --- ## [Airplane RUDs while carrying a couple of hundred kilos of SpaceX cocaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-ruds-while-carrying-a-couple-of-hundred-kilos-of-spacex-cocaine/1023105)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-ruds-while-carrying-a-couple-of-hundred-kilos-of-spacex-cocaine/1023105 "2025-09-26T21:03:39Z")
I’d say probably a 60-70% chance the name is fake and it isn’t Elon’s personal boutique stash. --- ## [Sara Jane Moore, Rest in... Something](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sara-jane-moore-rest-in-something/1023404)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sara-jane-moore-rest-in-something/1023404 "2025-09-26T14:32:34Z")
I don’t know if this thread should be in Politics & Elections. Mods, move if desired. Anyway, Sara Jane Moore died this week at the age of 95. I can remember the day she took a couple of shots at President Ford in 197… --- ## [Katmai Brown Bear Cam is up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katmai-brown-bear-cam-is-up/836123)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katmai-brown-bear-cam-is-up/836123 "2025-09-26T14:20:29Z")
The brown bear cam at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, AK is up and running. Lots of fish trying to go upstream, but I haven’t seen any bears yet. We took a vacation trip to Katmai and saw tons of grizzlies, some o… --- ## [Help wanted: composting, especially bokashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-wanted-composting-especially-bokashi/1023357)
**Author:** [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-wanted-composting-especially-bokashi/1023357 "2025-09-26T05:53:14Z")
As a single person, I don’t generate a lot of compostable material, mostly coffee grounds and fruit & vegetable peels. I tried setting up a rotating barrel composter, but I couldn’t keep it going. I don’t think I added e… --- ## [Anyone else being the 'victim' of a brushing scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-being-the-victim-of-a-brushing-scam/1023359)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-being-the-victim-of-a-brushing-scam/1023359 "2025-09-25T14:06:06Z")
A little over two weeks ago we started getting small packages addressed to “Colin Boone” several times week, both from Amazon directly and passed through USPS. Now, this house was owned by hubby’s parents before us, for… --- ## [Emmanuel Macron gets stranded in New York](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmanuel-macron-gets-stranded-in-new-york/1023342)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2025, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmanuel-macron-gets-stranded-in-new-york/1023342 "2025-09-25T05:34:52Z")
:grin: This is really odd. The leader of France is trying to leave the United Nations and is blocked by the Presidential motorcade. Macron and his entourage choose to walk for thirty minutes to reach the French Embassy… --- ## [Another colonoscopy under my belt (so to speak)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-colonoscopy-under-my-belt-so-to-speak/1014644)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-colonoscopy-under-my-belt-so-to-speak/1014644 "2025-09-24T22:08:14Z")
My 3rd in 15 years, plus a sigmoidoscopy 5 years before that. As usual, the day of starvation (I mean fasting) was the worst part for me. The prep solution and the results were only annoying. My results (3 quite small po… --- ## [Vermont Town Wards Off Influencers During Foliage Season by Closing Access](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vermont-town-wards-off-influencers-during-foliage-season-by-closing-access/991161)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vermont-town-wards-off-influencers-during-foliage-season-by-closing-access/991161 "2025-09-24T21:02:50Z")
When we first moved to New England 25 years ago, we would go up and look at the leaves every year, and it was already massively crowded. With the growth of Tik Tok, Instagram, and whatever else, and with people aching … --- ## [Have you ever found yourself there? (Seriously considering committing a serious violence)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-found-yourself-there-seriously-considering-committing-a-serious-violence/1023101)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-found-yourself-there-seriously-considering-committing-a-serious-violence/1023101 "2025-09-24T16:05:52Z")
I have actually experienced a moment of contemplating committing murder, many decades ago. I knew just where the hammer was and how to strike my unsuspecting target with it. For just a moment (that seemed to go on and on… --- ## [ISO currency codes that just happen to work out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iso-currency-codes-that-just-happen-to-work-out/1023326)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iso-currency-codes-that-just-happen-to-work-out/1023326 "2025-09-24T07:54:43Z")
This is a pointless observation I’ve made (others have too, probably) which I think could be just the thing for the SDMB. The ISO currency code for the Russian ruble is RUB. This looks unimpressive until you realise tha… --- ## [Stupid Trash Policies And Their Unintended Consequences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-trash-policies-and-their-unintended-consequences/1023181)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-trash-policies-and-their-unintended-consequences/1023181 "2025-09-23T22:42:59Z")
Around here (Boston area) the cities and towns just keep putting more restrictions on trash. You get one approved barrel. Have to put it in sanctioned bags that cost $2 ea. You can’t put out anything that doesn’t fit in … --- ## [Humorous business name combinations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-business-name-combinations/1023069)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-business-name-combinations/1023069 "2025-09-23T22:26:11Z")
The thread title may require some explanation, so here’s the example that inspired it: In South Lake Tahoe, CA, there’s a restaurant called Bert’s Cafe. And then just down the street is Ernie’s Coffee Shop. Neither na… --- ## [Breaking news: Trump safe after shots fired near Palm Beach golf club 2024/09/15](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-trump-safe-after-shots-fired-near-palm-beach-golf-club-2024-09-15/1007312 "2025-09-23T21:21:47Z")
ABC is more vague, but NY Post says Secret Service shot at man who may have had a gun. Apparently Trump wasn’t actually fired at, and is safe. ETA, the first version of the NYP article did not specify an AK-47. --- ## [Christian Fundys & creationists v. Ai](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-fundys-creationists-v-ai/1023143)
**Author:** [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-fundys-creationists-v-ai/1023143 "2025-09-23T08:05:46Z")
They deny evolution. How can they justify embracing an “artificial intelligence”? Where is the outrage, pushback? Am I missing it? It’s ok if it fits their agenda? --- ## [Phrenology is back, baby! "Does Your Hat Size Predict Your Intelligence?" The answer may surprise you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrenology-is-back-baby-does-your-hat-size-predict-your-intelligence-the-answer-may-surprise-you/1023300)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrenology-is-back-baby-does-your-hat-size-predict-your-intelligence-the-answer-may-surprise-you/1023300 "2025-09-22T23:11:09Z")
Does Your Hat Size Predict Your Intelligence? How Genetics Methods Can Answer Intelligence Questions – Association for Psychological Science – APS Here’s the actual paper. genetics\_intelligence\_CDPS.pdf I refuse to ta… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=44)