# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=466 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 467 --- ## [The trouble with cilantro (aka coriander)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trouble-with-cilantro-aka-coriander/814648)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trouble-with-cilantro-aka-coriander/814648 "2018-05-24T14:55:42Z")
I’m definitely one of those people to whom cilantro tastes funny (which is apparently attributable to a genetic anomaly). The strange taste is usually described as “soapy” - but to me that’s never seemed particularly ac… --- ## [Sinkhole on White House Lawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinkhole-on-white-house-lawn/814634)
**Author:** [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinkhole-on-white-house-lawn/814634 "2018-05-24T14:54:20Z")
A sinkhole has opened up on the White House lawn. This is just too convenient for jokes. Drain the swamp indeed. --- ## [NASA Paper Claims EM Drive Works. Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-paper-claims-em-drive-works-newslink/772695)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-paper-claims-em-drive-works-newslink/772695 "2018-05-24T14:47:58Z")
Mars in 70 day. Peer-reviewed paper! --- ## [Need help with vocabulary for TESP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-vocabulary-for-tesp/814626)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-vocabulary-for-tesp/814626 "2018-05-24T12:02:25Z")
Teaching English for Specific Purposes. My dentist has requested English lessons to enable her to help her patients. I am excited because she has a successful business. Most of my English students have little money, and… --- ## [I apparently had a stroke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-apparently-had-a-stroke/812800)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-apparently-had-a-stroke/812800 "2018-05-23T21:47:38Z")
I just went in for my annual MRA to check on the small aneurysms in my head and they discovered a very tiny silent stroke had occurred in the past few weeks. By tiny, I mean it occurred way out on a very tiny twig on the… --- ## [new user for craigslist-lesson learned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-user-for-craigslist-lesson-learned/814429)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-user-for-craigslist-lesson-learned/814429 "2018-05-23T19:16:54Z")
I posted my first ad on Craigslist recently. Things went well and I sold the item. I am happy. Even better, I learned something about how to effectively use Craigslist. Speed is of the essence. I missed several potentia… --- ## [When's the last time you wore shined shoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-wore-shined-shoes/814415)
**Author:** [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-wore-shined-shoes/814415 "2018-05-23T18:42:33Z")
I’m (checks calendar) 51. I vaguely remember as a very little kid that we wore polished shoes when we went to church. There were cans of shoe polish with kiwis on them, and my dad would take 15 seconds to polish the sh… --- ## [If I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me?, redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-you-had-a-beautiful-body-would-you-hold-it-against-me-redux/814599)
**Author:** [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-you-had-a-beautiful-body-would-you-hold-it-against-me-redux/814599 "2018-05-23T16:37:49Z")
I won’t bother linking to the recently closed thread. So it’s somewhere in the late '70s. Working a a trade show for my job, I happened to visit a booth manned (hah!) by a small flaming redhead with a rather large, um, c… --- ## [How to dry soaked shoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-dry-soaked-shoes/814680)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-dry-soaked-shoes/814680 "2018-05-23T15:02:21Z")
Shoes got soaked in a brief downpour yesterday. Googled how to dry them and someone suggested stuffing them with crumpled newspaper overnight. Didn’t have newspaper, but I did have various old printouts, so I used thos… --- ## [The Onion Responds To Michael Cohen's Complaint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-responds-to-michael-cohens-complaint/814675)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-responds-to-michael-cohens-complaint/814675 "2018-05-23T14:51:37Z")
Back in the bygone days of 2013, The Onion published a commentary by someone speaking under the name “Donald Trump” (not to be confused with Donald Trump speaking under the name “John Barron”/“John Miller”/“David Denniso… --- ## [Electrical Safety Tip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-safety-tip/814632)
**Author:** [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-safety-tip/814632 "2018-05-23T14:21:22Z")
Just because two switches (one for the bathroom light, and one for the bathroom fan) are located in the same bathroom and 1 inch away from two electrical outlets, do not assume they are all on the same circuit breaker. J… --- ## [Scary video: How all FOX news talking heads get told to tout the same message.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-video-how-all-fox-news-talking-heads-get-told-to-tout-the-same-message/814615)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-video-how-all-fox-news-talking-heads-get-told-to-tout-the-same-message/814615 "2018-05-23T03:16:33Z")
This clip compiles the talking heads of Fox news all saying literally the same lines.Clearly they have been fed talking points, not just as talking points, but as lines. It is the most scary clip I’ve seen all year. “Th… --- ## [Shooting at Santa Fe, Texas High School](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-santa-fe-texas-high-school/814400)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-santa-fe-texas-high-school/814400 "2018-05-23T02:45:45Z")
KHOU is reporting 8 fatalities. --- ## [Zombie alert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-alert/814635)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-alert/814635 "2018-05-22T22:44:49Z")
Lake Worth falsely sends out ‘zombie’ alert during power outage Kinda wish I lived in Lake Worth. --- ## [91 years ago today, Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/91-years-ago-today-charles-lindbergh-landed-in-paris/814592)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/91-years-ago-today-charles-lindbergh-landed-in-paris/814592 "2018-05-22T21:05:43Z")
And I’m a bit surprised that there is no Google Doodle, nor was there one last year. --- ## [Things you thought would be fun or funny, but turned out to be annoying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-thought-would-be-fun-or-funny-but-turned-out-to-be-annoying/814556)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-thought-would-be-fun-or-funny-but-turned-out-to-be-annoying/814556 "2018-05-22T19:15:37Z")
A few weeks ago, I thought it would be fun to set my phone’s default text message notification sound to the “Wilhelm Scream”. The first couple of times I got a text message after making the change, it actually made me ju… --- ## [Cheap Electrical Receptacles have hymens now? Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-electrical-receptacles-have-hymens-now-awesome/814382)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-electrical-receptacles-have-hymens-now-awesome/814382 "2018-05-22T17:51:36Z")
Replaced several worn out electrical receptacles for a friend. He had bought a bag of the cheap 50 cent ones from HD. I normally would buy the boxed levitons fot $2. Plugged in his clock radio with some difficultly. Had… --- ## [Anyone here have experience working on/owning a food truck or food cart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-have-experience-working-on-owning-a-food-truck-or-food-cart/814562)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-have-experience-working-on-owning-a-food-truck-or-food-cart/814562 "2018-05-22T17:24:12Z")
I’m interested in maybe working towards opening up one of my own some day, and would love to get any advice from those who have experience with these mobile food spots. It’s be in the Pittsburgh area. I’ve checked out mo… --- ## [Googles’s Code of Conduct no longer says Don’t Be Evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-s-code-of-conduct-no-longer-says-don-t-be-evil/814480)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-s-code-of-conduct-no-longer-says-don-t-be-evil/814480 "2018-05-22T13:37:38Z")
Story here: Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct Shocked! Shocked, I tell you!!! --- ## [When a simple project snowballs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-simple-project-snowballs/814569)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-simple-project-snowballs/814569 "2018-05-22T00:40:38Z")
This weekend my gf wanted me to “fix” the steps behind our house\*\*\*\*\*\*. The steps are small boulders that have been there, untouched, for 30 years. They are moss covered (which is fine) but they’ve settled so that the… --- ## [Do mosquitoes like your cell phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mosquitoes-like-your-cell-phone/814575)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mosquitoes-like-your-cell-phone/814575 "2018-05-21T23:06:27Z")
I like to sit outside in my yard and read on my phone. Since there is a pond a few hundred feet away, that means lots of misquitoes in favorable weather. But it seems that more often than not, they are more interested in… --- ## [Octopus overlords: I KNEW it!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-overlords-i-knew-it/814457)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-overlords-i-knew-it/814457 "2018-05-21T21:56:06Z")
I assume they are just biding their time before they take over once and for all. --- ## [Has anyone started a thread purely for the purpose of its sequential thread comedic potential?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-started-a-thread-purely-for-the-purpose-of-its-sequential-thread-comedic-potential/814571)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-started-a-thread-purely-for-the-purpose-of-its-sequential-thread-comedic-potential/814571 "2018-05-21T18:03:00Z")
You just know folks have thought about starting a thread in MPSIMS or elsewhere just to provide comedic fodder for a sequential thread titles thread…has anyone actually done it to your knowledge? --- ## [If I said you had a beautifull body would you hold it against me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-you-had-a-beautifull-body-would-you-hold-it-against-me/814564)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-you-had-a-beautifull-body-would-you-hold-it-against-me/814564 "2018-05-21T17:30:24Z")
Well? --- ## [What do you remove from your body the minute you walk in the door?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-remove-from-your-body-the-minute-you-walk-in-the-door/814475)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-remove-from-your-body-the-minute-you-walk-in-the-door/814475 "2018-05-21T15:24:40Z")
I suspect I am unusual in the sense that, the moment I enter my home, all extra baggage must immediately be removed from my person: \[ul\] \[li\]Shoes\[/li\]\[li\]Wallet\[/li\]\[li\]Phone\[/li\]\[li\]Watch (back when I wore one)\[/li\]\[… --- ## [Did Someone Order a MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119 "2018-05-21T02:50:35Z")
Well, here it is then! :smiley: Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 70 Amurrkin out and clear (dark actually) with a predicted high of 89 Amurrkin and mostly N.O.S. for the day. Rain is allegedly movin’ i… --- ## [Hank Johnson holds Mo Brooks's beer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hank-johnson-holds-mo-brookss-beer/814366)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hank-johnson-holds-mo-brookss-beer/814366 "2018-05-21T01:04:50Z")
You may remember when Hank Johnson once speculated that Guam may become overpopulated and “tip over” (later claiming it to be a joke.) Not to be out-stupided, Mo Brooks now speculates that recent sea level rises are poss… --- ## [Men's Footless Panty Hose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-footless-panty-hose/814207)
**Author:** [@Sveltington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sveltington)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-footless-panty-hose/814207 "2018-05-20T17:17:20Z")
Today while checking Amazon to see if my order shipped; I peeked at the “New and Interesting Finds.” I found a cute key chain shaped like a wedge of watermelon shipped by “Suppion” so I checked their storefront to see wh… --- ## [When it rains, it pours....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-it-rains-it-pours/814505)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-it-rains-it-pours/814505 "2018-05-20T14:17:15Z")
My primary laptop, a Dell over ten years old, had begun showing signs of instability, climaxing in a crash. I was able to turn it back on and it worked as usual, but I decided to take it in to my local computer shop, and… --- ## [Recursive fix-it issues.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recursive-fix-it-issues/814367)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recursive-fix-it-issues/814367 "2018-05-20T14:04:24Z")
I finally got a vice I need to mount the vice. I got a steel sheet to help keep the vice properly mounted to the workbench. I need to cut the steel sheet. I need a vice to hold the sheet still while I cut it. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=465) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=467)