# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=473 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 474 --- ## [You there! Yes you...Open this thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-there-yes-you-open-this-thread/812714)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-there-yes-you-open-this-thread/812714 "2018-04-21T20:25:17Z")
Ah, well done. . . . . . . You offend my sensibilities. slaps you with a fresh trout \* --- ## [4/20](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-20/812722)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-20/812722 "2018-04-21T13:47:50Z")
So tomorrow is 4/20, International Day of Gettin’ Blazed. I just read this about the origins of 420; I hadn’t heard that story before. Last I’d heard about it (possibly a decade ago), no one seemed to know how it origin… --- ## [The psychology of hallways...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-psychology-of-hallways/812785)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-psychology-of-hallways/812785 "2018-04-21T13:24:38Z")
I work at a place that has a very diverse group of people. Lots of managers, lots of Maintenance guys, housekeeping, and “non-degreed” or blue collar personnel. I have noticed, the way each of these groups act when pass… --- ## [So, Jesus had a 420 card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-jesus-had-a-420-card/812749)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-jesus-had-a-420-card/812749 "2018-04-21T13:02:45Z")
I got a kick out of this, but as I thought about it, it would have worked. According To Historical Research, Jesus Used Medical Marijuana To Perform “Healing Miracles” Link. --- ## [I might have gestational diabetes - need some talking down!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-have-gestational-diabetes-need-some-talking-down/811239)
**Author:** [@Penchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penchan)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-have-gestational-diabetes-need-some-talking-down/811239 "2018-04-21T02:46:21Z")
Hi guys, it’s been a pretty long time since I’ve last posted with any frequency. I think since I last hung around here, I graduated college, got my first jobby job, got married and had a baby! I’m pregnant with number tw… --- ## [Dog's itinerary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-itinerary/812794)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-itinerary/812794 "2018-04-20T22:00:26Z")
I asked our family dog if she could go on a walk with me after work. She said she didn’t know and that I should check with her administrative assistant. I did so and found out her schedule this afternoon looks like this: … --- ## ["Ain't nobody got time for this!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-nobody-got-time-for-this/812747)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-nobody-got-time-for-this/812747 "2018-04-20T17:55:53Z")
911 operator convicted after hanging up on thousands of callers. 10 days in jail while people died. StG --- ## [I put hollandaise on my dog and then came on him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-put-hollandaise-on-my-dog-and-then-came-on-him/812801)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-put-hollandaise-on-my-dog-and-then-came-on-him/812801 "2018-04-20T17:37:49Z")
I figured if this isn’t MPSIMS nothing is. --- ## [Do you live in a bubble? quiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-bubble-quiz/810715)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-bubble-quiz/810715 "2018-04-20T16:02:35Z")
Here’s a quiz from PBS about how insulated you are from mainstream American culture. What’s your score? I got a 52 --- ## [Surplus food kits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surplus-food-kits/809989)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surplus-food-kits/809989 "2018-04-20T14:49:46Z")
So for the past few months one of my local surplus/overstock grocery stores has been selling “food kits.” At first I didn’t pay attention to the printing on the boxes and assumed that the store was making them up themsel… --- ## [Anyone else seeing a lot of panhandlers lately, incl. in-your-face ones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seeing-a-lot-of-panhandlers-lately-incl-in-your-face-ones/812550)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seeing-a-lot-of-panhandlers-lately-incl-in-your-face-ones/812550 "2018-04-20T09:43:40Z")
In the past year they’ve come out of the woodwork in force here \[NE Florida\]. I got propositioned by one lady after I had a change of heart and gave her a couple of bucks. :eek: Since then, I’ve been regularly approach… --- ## [New type of cold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-type-of-cold/812683)
**Author:** [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-type-of-cold/812683 "2018-04-20T04:32:55Z")
Has anyone heard of a new type of cold that only lasts three days? Just got it from my grandkids and honestly: I was sneezy the first day, congested, tired and drippy the second day and just slightly coughing the third d… --- ## [So, we're going on a holiday in 4 weeks, BUT..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-going-on-a-holiday-in-4-weeks-but/812696)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-going-on-a-holiday-in-4-weeks-but/812696 "2018-04-19T21:40:46Z")
Me, my daughter and two grandsons are heading back to Vietnam in four weeks for a vacation. It was originally booked back in late Dec (when the airfares were super cheap). But today my daughter got a job-offer she can’… --- ## [Explain to how my husband arranged for all these escorts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-to-how-my-husband-arranged-for-all-these-escorts/812426)
**Author:** [@Blindsided2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blindsided2)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-to-how-my-husband-arranged-for-all-these-escorts/812426 "2018-04-19T18:07:14Z")
My husband of 16 years just came clean about a sex addiction that started with porn and sex with anonymous women before meeting me. It escalated to massage parlor happy endings and brothels (lots of different counties) a… --- ## [Easter Dinner Follies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-dinner-follies/811634)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-dinner-follies/811634 "2018-04-19T17:58:00Z")
I can’t really complain about Pepper Mill’s Easter Dinner – after all, she came up with something acceptable to our vegetarian daughter, compatible with her own condition (she’s in the middle of oral surgery), and tasty … --- ## [Out of the mental illness closet...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-the-mental-illness-closet/812668)
**Author:** [@sincerenappalachia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sincerenappalachia)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-the-mental-illness-closet/812668 "2018-04-19T17:32:27Z")
I’m 35 and I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder nearly a decade ago. I kept it a secret from most people in my life. I’ve always worked full time even when I was barely functioning at home, so I lived in a state… --- ## [The day we re-created the Van Allen belts here on Earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-we-re-created-the-van-allen-belts-here-on-earth/812717)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-we-re-created-the-van-allen-belts-here-on-earth/812717 "2018-04-19T16:42:53Z")
I started at the Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, NASA in late 1964 as an apprentice technician. During our 4 year school/work program we rotated to a different lab every 6 months. My first assignment was on the S… --- ## [The Weirdest Geocache](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdest-geocache/812491)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdest-geocache/812491 "2018-04-19T13:10:58Z")
I was out walking last week on my own (well, with the dog) and a few miles into the walk, in an area of open heathland, I found a wooden box. It clearly had been there for years as it was very weatherbeaten and almost f… --- ## [When Good Goes Bad, or What does James Brown and Tootsie Pop have in common?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-good-goes-bad-or-what-does-james-brown-and-tootsie-pop-have-in-common/812482)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2018, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-good-goes-bad-or-what-does-james-brown-and-tootsie-pop-have-in-common/812482 "2018-04-19T04:43:02Z")
I’m up skiing today, and got my crappy little MP3 thingy going. Jammin’ down some killer soft, slushy moguls, rocking out to The Jezabels and some other cool stuff, when up comes James Mother-Grabbin’ Brown with a 9-min… --- ## [Theme in recent threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-in-recent-threads/812505)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2018, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-in-recent-threads/812505 "2018-04-19T01:00:58Z")
The appliances may be gathering for a revolt. https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=853025 https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=852935 --- ## [Take an implicit bias test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-an-implicit-bias-test/812578)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-an-implicit-bias-test/812578 "2018-04-18T17:30:06Z")
In the wake of the recent hanging-out-at-Starbucks-while-black incident, you’ve probably heard the phrase “implicit bias” mentioned a few times. The idea is that implicit bias is an involuntary, subconscious emotional r… --- ## [\*I\* Invented Cell Phones and Hand Sanitizer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-invented-cell-phones-and-hand-sanitizer/812002)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-invented-cell-phones-and-hand-sanitizer/812002 "2018-04-18T14:54:10Z")
Well not recently or in any way I could claim a patent. But I’ll tell you all the story anyways. I was about 7. (This would be 1975 or 6, to save you the math.) And I was interested in mobile phones. Back then, they did… --- ## [Yahoo finance headline reads like The Onion.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-finance-headline-reads-like-the-onion/812536)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-finance-headline-reads-like-the-onion/812536 "2018-04-18T14:25:41Z")
“Trump appears to be mad at China, Russia, or the Fed. President Donald Trump is upset at something.” --- ## [I've had better monrings....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-better-monrings/811206)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-better-monrings/811206 "2018-04-18T13:46:33Z")
This started as a post in the Pit’s March minirants thread but grew in the telling: Ah, Peanut, my least favorite of my five cats, you homely, grouchy, glum, always-underfoot, hissing, “I Will Kill You” sweetheart to th… --- ## [Jury deadlocks for rape trial against Navy officer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-deadlocks-for-rape-trial-against-navy-officer/812590)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-deadlocks-for-rape-trial-against-navy-officer/812590 "2018-04-17T22:19:56Z")
In short, a junior officer accused a senior officer of trying to rape her. There’s a video that shows she told him 90 (that’s NINE ZERO!!!) times to stop trying to have sex with her, and to leave, only finally leavi… --- ## [DeBeers sent me a settlement check. Anyone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debeers-sent-me-a-settlement-check-anyone-else/660893)
**Author:** [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debeers-sent-me-a-settlement-check-anyone-else/660893 "2018-04-17T20:28:52Z")
About 8 years ago, I joined a anti-trust class action suit against DeBeers. A year earlier, I bought my girl an estate diamond, so my purchase qualified. I finally got my check yesterday, a whopping $62. :slight\_smile: … --- ## [Chromecast Screensaver Photos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chromecast-screensaver-photos/812515)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chromecast-screensaver-photos/812515 "2018-04-17T06:36:30Z")
So, I’ve been sitting here in the living room watching something on the laptop. Because it streamed from my Netflix last time out, the laptop automatically launched my Chromecast. As I sit here, the slow slideshow ( eve… --- ## [Crappy cell phone apologists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-cell-phone-apologists/811190)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-cell-phone-apologists/811190 "2018-04-17T06:12:08Z")
What is it with people who defend their phones that sound like shit? "It must be your phone, that’s why I sound like I’m in a tin can" No, because it doesn’t matter if I call you from my cell phone or a landline. You s… --- ## [Does every sufficently advanced civilization have a Pac-Man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-every-sufficently-advanced-civilization-have-a-pac-man/812373)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-every-sufficently-advanced-civilization-have-a-pac-man/812373 "2018-04-17T05:49:36Z")
A symmetric circle, with a wedge representing a mouth: the most symplistic representation of an “eater”. Dots, easy to represent on a screen as “food”. Power pelets, slightly bigger, to turn the tables on the “ghosts”, w… --- ## [Harry Anderson died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-anderson-died/812553)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-anderson-died/812553 "2018-04-17T03:24:24Z")
Well, drat. I enjoyed Night Court, and really enjoyed his character, Harry the Hat, on Cheers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=472) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=474)