# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=490 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 491 --- ## [Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of IKEA, dies at 91](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingvar-kamprad-founder-of-ikea-dies-at-91/807724)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingvar-kamprad-founder-of-ikea-dies-at-91/807724 "2018-01-29T16:05:15Z")
The funeral will be this coming Wednesday. Everyone is invited over this Tuesday night to help assemble the casket. --- ## [Should I forgive these two bullies or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-forgive-these-two-bullies-or-not/807411)
**Author:** [@BloodStalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BloodStalk)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-forgive-these-two-bullies-or-not/807411 "2018-01-29T14:25:20Z")
This might be long, so please do bear with me. For bully one: So back in HS,(I’m in second year uni) there was this guy who was part of my “friend” circle and he did a lot of uncool things like making gross incest joke… --- ## [Another secret thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-secret-thread/791239)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-secret-thread/791239 "2018-01-29T11:32:31Z")
We’ve done this before (thanks Zebra!) and I thought it’d be fun to do it again. Here’s the old one: There may have been another one since. We’ll use email, not PM, so people can make a throwaway email account if th… --- ## [It's Moanday So It's Time For A New MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-its-time-for-a-new-mmp/807198)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 227\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-its-time-for-a-new-mmp/807198 "2018-01-29T04:53:10Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 54 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 72 and mostly N.O.S. for the day with a possible stray afternoon tstorm. We shall see. Rain is supposed to come in ove… --- ## [Dude: are you 50 or 15?????](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-are-you-50-or-15/807279)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-are-you-50-or-15/807279 "2018-01-29T04:05:19Z")
So I have a friend who I’ve known for 30 years and last night we make plans to watch the Super Bowl together at his favorite sports bar. When I come home and tell my wife, she says actually she would like to see the Supe… --- ## [Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad dies in Sweden at 91](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ikea-founder-ingvar-kamprad-dies-in-sweden-at-91/807688)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ikea-founder-ingvar-kamprad-dies-in-sweden-at-91/807688 "2018-01-29T01:53:43Z")
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad dies in Sweden at 91 I know everyone ‘loves to hate’ Ikea. But you know what? They have a lot of great stuff. I still have the bed I bought there 20 or 25 years ago, and it’s still fine. … --- ## [I (might have) got a concussion.........from shaking my head too hard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-have-got-a-concussion-from-shaking-my-head-too-hard/807629)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-have-got-a-concussion-from-shaking-my-head-too-hard/807629 "2018-01-28T20:45:27Z")
In what would be one of the most ridiculous concussions (if it really is one,) I shook my head too hard and suddenly yesterday and then got nausea, a headache, a whatnot. The headache lasted for around 10 hours. IF it’s … --- ## [Migraine earplugs thingies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migraine-earplugs-thingies/807666)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migraine-earplugs-thingies/807666 "2018-01-28T18:58:29Z")
I just ordered some screw-shaped foam earplugs that are vaunted as helpful in easing “weather migraines.” Has anyone used these? More often than not changes in barometric pressure, humidity, and other weather-related ev… --- ## [Malwarebytes evidently attacked by a virus.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malwarebytes-evidently-attacked-by-a-virus/807667)
**Author:** [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malwarebytes-evidently-attacked-by-a-virus/807667 "2018-01-28T18:52:51Z")
This is not exactly a “Mundane Pointless” item, but I couldn’t figure where else to put it. I have a Dell Computer, with Windows 7 (with all the upgrades) and 8 gigs of RAM. Yesterday I got a message that memory was lo… --- ## [Ivy-Thyme Complex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivy-thyme-complex/807641)
**Author:** [@SeniorCitizen007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeniorCitizen007)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivy-thyme-complex/807641 "2018-01-28T13:46:54Z")
Twelve hours ago I developed a headache, a sore throat, a temperature, and began coughing up sputum. I felt achy and weak. Flu or a cold? I dosed myself with Vogel’s Ivy-Thyme Complex every half hour or so … now all the … --- ## [Cat pointing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pointing/807608)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pointing/807608 "2018-01-28T09:39:22Z")
I have 2 Siamese cats. A brother and sister pair. Of the 2 the male is more social. He is open to teaching. So…I taught him to touch my index finger with his paw. Now everytime I pass him he extends his paw and taps me a… --- ## [My sociology textbook mentions Cecil and the Straight Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sociology-textbook-mentions-cecil-and-the-straight-dope/807542)
**Author:** [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sociology-textbook-mentions-cecil-and-the-straight-dope/807542 "2018-01-28T07:31:14Z")
I’m taking a class on research methods and was so surprised to see a mention of Cecil and the SD in it! The chapter was on conceptualization and the author, Earl Babbie, was talking about the different words we have for … --- ## [Trump asks for a Van Gogh, is offered golden toilet instead.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-asks-for-a-van-gogh-is-offered-golden-toilet-instead/807500)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-asks-for-a-van-gogh-is-offered-golden-toilet-instead/807500 "2018-01-27T18:39:58Z")
So apparently back in September the White House asked to borrow a Van Gogh painting from the Guggenheim Museum; instead the Chief Curator offered up a fully function, 18-karat golden toilet instead. :cool: No word on how… --- ## [People eating Tide pods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541)
**Author:** [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541 "2018-01-27T18:33:59Z")
I had heard recently that there was a group of moms who were trying to get Procter & Gamble to stop making Tide laundry detergent pods look so tasty because kids kept eating them. I got a call from an old friend a littl… --- ## [I'm Back. Remember Me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-remember-me/807512)
**Author:** [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-remember-me/807512 "2018-01-27T18:20:42Z")
I haven’t posted since 2009, but I’ve never forgotten this community. I was a regular on thee MMP–Rue deDay, Swampbear, FairyChatMom are all folks I remember, and I met in person a couple of people from around Portland, … --- ## [Headlines You Don't See Every Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headlines-you-dont-see-every-day/807492)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headlines-you-dont-see-every-day/807492 "2018-01-27T18:08:24Z")
I’ve got one: ‘El Chapo’ promises not to kill any jurors from upcoming trial NEW YORK — The drug cartel boss known as “El Chapo” promises he won’t have any jurors from his upcoming federal trial killed. A lawyer for “… --- ## [What the heck kind of shaman or something is my five year old turning out to be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046 "2018-01-27T15:42:52Z")
The above was punctuated by my elaborating questions (like “where did you learn that” and “did they say that on the show” – I don’t remember what all I asked and where). My theory is this is a five year old theorizing … --- ## [Voynich manuscript decoded](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voynich-manuscript-decoded/807568)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voynich-manuscript-decoded/807568 "2018-01-27T12:27:24Z")
Looks interesting although I can’t get to the referenced publication at \*Transactions Of The Association For Computational Linguistics. \* Dennis --- ## [What is the most money you have found?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-money-you-have-found/806854)
**Author:** [@Reecejackox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reecejackox)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-money-you-have-found/806854 "2018-01-27T06:20:01Z")
Whether it be on the street or in your house The most I have found is £1 --- ## [Human bones found in back yard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-bones-found-in-back-yard/805547)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-bones-found-in-back-yard/805547 "2018-01-27T00:57:32Z")
Link In a nutshell: A homeowner who had been letting out a house for the last ten years was cleaning up and renovating after evicting tenants for non-payment of rent and for trashing the house. A human skeleton was fou… --- ## [I mean. It's not possible these new headphones \_don't do stereo\_ is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mean-its-not-possible-these-new-headphones-_dont-do-stereo_-is-it/807538)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mean-its-not-possible-these-new-headphones-_dont-do-stereo_-is-it/807538 "2018-01-27T00:44:53Z")
Granted they are supplied by my workplace. But they’re like, $300 headphones (weird but okay). The instruction booklet (just basically two pages labeling all the buttons on the thing) says “Jabra Evolve 75” and when I go… --- ## [What is a positive way to describe a "tool" (as in slang for a person, see UrbanDictionary.com)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-positive-way-to-describe-a-tool-as-in-slang-for-a-person-see-urbandictionary-com/807332)
**Author:** [@squish7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squish7)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-positive-way-to-describe-a-tool-as-in-slang-for-a-person-see-urbandictionary-com/807332 "2018-01-27T00:31:35Z")
I don’t have much information about a certain person who I have to figure out how to get along with (maybe even befriend or partner with his organization). My (generally wise) friend said he sounds like a “tool” from wh… --- ## [I cut off the tip of my thumb - and now the plaster is \*really\* stuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cut-off-the-tip-of-my-thumb-and-now-the-plaster-is-really-stuck/807244)
**Author:** [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cut-off-the-tip-of-my-thumb-and-now-the-plaster-is-really-stuck/807244 "2018-01-26T23:01:15Z")
This Friday I was making tacos and cut off the tip of my thumb. Perhaps a square centimeter off. Chop! So it started to bleed like hell and I pressed a plaster over it and taped like a maniac. Whew! No fun but I survived… --- ## [Damnit, another polar vortex is coming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-another-polar-vortex-is-coming/807552)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-another-polar-vortex-is-coming/807552 "2018-01-26T23:00:05Z")
Ah well. I hope it doesn’t bring snow. Another week or two of extreme cold is upcoming in the midwest. --- ## [The flu thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flu-thread/807068)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flu-thread/807068 "2018-01-26T19:33:59Z")
Any of youse get the flu this year? As I write this, I’m sitting in urgent care with aches, dry hacking cough, fever, headache, fatigue and phlegm . Check in if you’ve got it or had it. They’re saying this is an especia… --- ## [What is the scariest experience you have ever had?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-scariest-experience-you-have-ever-had/807040)
**Author:** [@Reecejackox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reecejackox)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-scariest-experience-you-have-ever-had/807040 "2018-01-26T17:21:03Z")
I really haven’t had many scary experiences but I would say when I was followed home by two lads in school , had to escape through a park near my home. --- ## [What time do you go to bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846 "2018-01-26T17:13:03Z")
Sleep is very important for good health. So, what time do you go to bed, and what time do you wake up? --- ## [I'm so bored I'm...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581 "2018-01-26T06:39:21Z")
…cyberstalking old girlfriends. Not contacting, just looking for them. How bored are you? --- ## [Last known slave ship, the Clotilda, possibly found](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-known-slave-ship-the-clotilda-possibly-found/807313)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-known-slave-ship-the-clotilda-possibly-found/807313 "2018-01-26T00:19:59Z")
I heard of the ship the Clotilda only a month or so ago on “Finding Your Roots.” It’s the last known ship to bring slaves in to the US in 1860. Apparently there was a bet where someone said they could still bring in new … --- ## [Put on pants.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-on-pants/807385)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-on-pants/807385 "2018-01-25T21:51:31Z")
Item #7 on my to-do list today. Maybe it should be #1 or #2; I’ll think about it for a while. Needless to say, I don’t plan on leaving the house; but what if there’s a fire or a terrorist attack? One should always be pre… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=489) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=491)