# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=468 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 469 --- ## [Trump. China. And ZTE: Blatant Corruption?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-china-and-zte-blatant-corruption/814203)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2018, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-china-and-zte-blatant-corruption/814203 "2018-05-16T02:15:09Z")
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-tech/2018/05/14/trump-tweet-twists-us-zte-stance-217971 This was controversial, to say the least. This was followed up: This makes the decision at least defensible. Bu… --- ## [Hot tub advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-advice/814132)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tub-advice/814132 "2018-05-15T23:02:07Z")
My wife and I bought a vacation cabin where we plan on spending a lot of weekends. We are toying with the idea of getting a hot tub to give it that trashy chic vibe. If we did, would we: keep the tub continuously runni… --- ## [Perfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect/814139)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect/814139 "2018-05-15T21:48:55Z")
Anyone else notice it: when you give people information, they reply by saying “Perfect.” This seems to be a fairly new conversational quirk. I first spotted it in a commercial (Well Fargo, I think), then realized that… --- ## [Common Misconceptions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-misconceptions/814094)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-misconceptions/814094 "2018-05-15T20:20:42Z")
As the title says, what common misconceptions are out there? My suggestions. The Luddites, its easy for us to look back and roll our eyes at them for trying to halt the inevitable tide of progress, and yes while there i… --- ## [Cocaine Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/801047)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/801047 "2018-05-15T20:15:12Z")
This is too good – and weird – not to share: --- ## [I'm still alive, I promise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-still-alive-i-promise/814208)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-still-alive-i-promise/814208 "2018-05-15T16:45:04Z")
Hi! I didn’t run away! I know it’s been awhile since I hung out here, (one day last September and then January before that :eek:) but that wasn’t due to finally becoming a normal person. We moved a bit ago and we did … --- ## [So a funny thing happened when I got pulled over today . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-funny-thing-happened-when-i-got-pulled-over-today/813666)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-funny-thing-happened-when-i-got-pulled-over-today/813666 "2018-05-15T16:06:10Z")
I was tooling around town today and the local cops pulled me over for an expired registration. I swear I renewed it a few months ago, so I’ll be visiting the DMV this week. I didn’t have a valid paper insurance card, I … --- ## [John McCain is all right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-all-right/814029)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-all-right/814029 "2018-05-15T15:39:05Z")
I can’t say I have agreed with McCain on everything. Maybe it is to the point that McCain is not, politically, on my personal “side”. But it is hard to see how to portray him as anything but on America’s “side”, consider… --- ## [And now, Russian women in high heels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-russian-women-in-high-heels/814204)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-russian-women-in-high-heels/814204 "2018-05-15T12:49:56Z")
It has been said Napoleon and Hitler were repelled by the Russian winter. The truth is the Russian men, who were also fighting in Russia during the Winter, were extraordinarily hard and just made the invading armies loo… --- ## [Groundhog Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groundhog-day/814205)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groundhog-day/814205 "2018-05-15T12:20:03Z")
Last Monday, there was a power event here overnight while my computer was doing updates and, somehow, it destroyed my permanent profile. I could only log in with a temporary profile, which meant that I had to set myself… --- ## [Do you really need to obtain your child’s consent for literally everything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-need-to-obtain-your-child-s-consent-for-literally-everything/814027)
**Author:** [@Warm\_blood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Warm_blood)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-need-to-obtain-your-child-s-consent-for-literally-everything/814027 "2018-05-15T03:53:16Z")
Parents should ask babies for consent before diaper changes, expert says — here’s what she meant The story above is making the rounds on social media due to how absurd the lady’s advice sounds. I’m all for teaching ch… --- ## [Does Wonder Woman's Lasso of Truth violate the 5th Amendment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wonder-womans-lasso-of-truth-violate-the-5th-amendment/814084)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wonder-womans-lasso-of-truth-violate-the-5th-amendment/814084 "2018-05-15T00:08:50Z")
I was watching “Justice League” earlier and Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth gets used a few times in the movie. For those who do not know anyone she lassos with it is compelled to tell the truth (it is magical so it just … --- ## [Say it ain't so, Snowboarder bo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-it-aint-so-snowboarder-bo/814164)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-it-aint-so-snowboarder-bo/814164 "2018-05-14T21:46:23Z")
Here’s hoping that your full name isn’t Snowboarder Bozung! --- ## [SCOTUS strikes down federal anti-gambling law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-strikes-down-federal-anti-gambling-law/814144)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-strikes-down-federal-anti-gambling-law/814144 "2018-05-14T21:33:56Z")
Story here: So Las Vegas will soon lose it’s exclusivity with regards to sports betting, perhaps as soon as a couple of weeks from now. I haven’t had time to read up on the case and find out what it was about the PASP… --- ## [Are you a single, or two-spacer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-single-or-two-spacer/813835)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-single-or-two-spacer/813835 "2018-05-14T21:32:24Z")
If there was a poll function, I’d try it. I saw an article today (safe for work) which talked about how it became standard back in ye olde typsetting days to have two spaces after the end of a sentence, and how a “new s… --- ## [Woman arrested for driving w/Ontario license in Georgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-arrested-for-driving-w-ontario-license-in-georgia/813755)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-arrested-for-driving-w-ontario-license-in-georgia/813755 "2018-05-14T15:24:13Z")
Unbelievable! Ontario woman arrested, jailed in U.S. for driving with a Canadian licence Driving with a valid Ontario license is of course legal in all states and provinces. What the hell did the idiot cop think this … --- ## [Making "pearls" from fish eyeballs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-pearls-from-fish-eyeballs/814112)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-pearls-from-fish-eyeballs/814112 "2018-05-14T15:00:37Z")
I remember doing this back in the 1960s after reading an article in one of the outdoor magazines. But I forget exactly how it was done. After a lot of searching I finally found a single thread in a fishing forum that dis… --- ## [Light is having relationship issues.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-is-having-relationship-issues/814107)
**Author:** [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-is-having-relationship-issues/814107 "2018-05-14T10:56:38Z")
So I am napping on the couch a short while ago when my teenage daughter wakes me up. Seems the light fixture in her closet was having a relationship issue with the ceiling and they broke up. The light seems to want to … --- ## [Weird (true!) facts you’ve learned recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-true-facts-you-ve-learned-recently/813266)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-true-facts-you-ve-learned-recently/813266 "2018-05-14T10:22:49Z")
Tiny Tim died onstage in the middle of singing Tiptoe Through the Tulips. --- ## [Cool chat with newcomer made me appreciate my home town a little bit more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-chat-with-newcomer-made-me-appreciate-my-home-town-a-little-bit-more/813955)
**Author:** [@Santelia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santelia)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-chat-with-newcomer-made-me-appreciate-my-home-town-a-little-bit-more/813955 "2018-05-14T09:05:36Z")
I’m born and raised in Somerset, England. I was recently out for drinks with colleagues, one of whom is recently moved here from Venezuela. She was looking at the Pub sign that Said The Griffin - est.1717. And she ask… --- ## [Words that have roughly the same definition but used differently between cultures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-have-roughly-the-same-definition-but-used-differently-between-cultures/813904)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-have-roughly-the-same-definition-but-used-differently-between-cultures/813904 "2018-05-14T07:49:57Z")
Based solely on UK television programming, seems like the word “brilliant” has basically the same dictionary definition as it does in the US, but its common use is somewhat different. In the US I wouldn’t use that word … --- ## [The Bloomin' MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742 "2018-05-14T03:57:15Z")
I bought flowers this weekend for various planters, plus my iris are blooming like crazy. I know some of you do flowers, so let’s start off with a little gardening in the MMP. I got coleus, geraniums, and marigolds, pl… --- ## [I have jury duty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-jury-duty/812671)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-jury-duty/812671 "2018-05-14T00:41:41Z")
May 2nd. If I am not selected for a jury, this will probably my last chance, because I’ll turn 70 before I get another summons. 49 years and numerous summons to various courts in various counties, and I have yet to be … --- ## [Cat will let you pet him.....but only if you pay him money first](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-will-let-you-pet-him-but-only-if-you-pay-him-money-first/814057)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-will-let-you-pet-him-but-only-if-you-pay-him-money-first/814057 "2018-05-13T19:25:57Z")
We give felines far too little credit. (I think that was the equivalent of about $70 USD.) --- ## [Pawfficer Donut of the Troy, MI Police Department](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pawfficer-donut-of-the-troy-mi-police-department/814054)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pawfficer-donut-of-the-troy-mi-police-department/814054 "2018-05-13T18:13:49Z")
This little lady will be running the place in no time! --- ## [Comfort Women...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-women/813947)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-women/813947 "2018-05-13T17:24:11Z")
As a counter to all silly and frivolous posts I’ve made here and elsewhere, I’ll post this… I know Wikipedia isn’t a great source for citations, but this entry about Comfort Woman summarizes the horror of it better than… --- ## [Mentally Handicapped Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentally-handicapped-love/19901)
**Author:** [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentally-handicapped-love/19901 "2018-05-13T04:38:55Z")
I was just listening to Spirit of the West’s song “Resurrection” (which never fails to make me cry), the chorus of which is the line “And beautiful was her comet”. At the end of the lyrics a note says, ““How beautiful w… --- ## [I have a growth on my chest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-growth-on-my-chest/813877)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-growth-on-my-chest/813877 "2018-05-12T02:11:53Z")
It has teeth, hair and nails. I remove it but it just keeps coming back and it’s growing every day. I hope it’s not a teratoma. --- ## [antelope valleyCA school shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antelope-valleyca-school-shooting/814013)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antelope-valleyca-school-shooting/814013 "2018-05-11T21:21:01Z")
Heres that happened MSN What they didn’t tell you is they cleared out every public school in 40-50 miles…So MY morning was helping my aunt get around to pick up her grandkid after a frantic call from his dad at 9 am… s… --- ## [We've Balkanized our house: Dog trouble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-balkanized-our-house-dog-trouble/813883)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-balkanized-our-house-dog-trouble/813883 "2018-05-11T18:35:35Z")
We have five dogs, two are neutered males. Jack is a 16yo large collie and Baxter is a 2yo AmStaff. The other three are females. We got Bax as a puppy. Jack took charge of him and exerted he was in charge in non-violent… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=467) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=469)