# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=500 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 501 --- ## [Now, Harold Ford, Jr.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-harold-ford-jr/803983)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-harold-ford-jr/803983 "2017-12-10T18:19:04Z")
I’m putting this in MPSISMS more as a breaking news thing for comments. Seems too early to debate. Former Congressman Harold Ford Jr. Fired For Misconduct By Morgan Stanley --- ## ["...he does no more than his appointed task." \[RIP Flip-flop\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-does-no-more-than-his-appointed-task-rip-flip-flop/803429)
**Author:** [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-does-no-more-than-his-appointed-task-rip-flip-flop/803429 "2017-12-10T15:26:28Z")
Flip-flop, my nine-year-old rescue bunny, was claimed by the Black Rabbit of Inlé yesterday afternoon when a few critical systems in his body went haywire all at once and, when it became obvious he wasn’t going to recove… --- ## [Garden gnomes freak me out... yea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garden-gnomes-freak-me-out-yea/804072)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Vallejo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Vallejo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garden-gnomes-freak-me-out-yea/804072 "2017-12-10T05:26:39Z")
I was just talking to my friend about this. She thinks this is ridiculous… but I get weird about garden gnomes. They freak me out and I can’t explain it. I might attribute it to that old Nickelodeon show David the Gnome… --- ## [Do women go bald?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-go-bald/803755)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-go-bald/803755 "2017-12-10T04:07:56Z")
No really. Men notoriously go bald, and although a lot of them try to mask it with comeovers, wigs, transplants and toupees, it’s a fact of life. Do women go bald, and if so how do they deal with it? And if not, why d… --- ## [Can you get brain trauma from not actually hitting your head, or anywhere near?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-brain-trauma-from-not-actually-hitting-your-head-or-anywhere-near/803999)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-brain-trauma-from-not-actually-hitting-your-head-or-anywhere-near/803999 "2017-12-10T04:04:27Z")
So I slipped on an icy patch of sidewalk and landed on my butt, mostly the left cheek. I was wearing my backpack and fell backwards, so I came nowhere close to hitting my head. After lolling about in pain and swearing f… --- ## [The Friday Night and Feeling Like Shit Thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-friday-night-and-feeling-like-shit-thread/793408)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-friday-night-and-feeling-like-shit-thread/793408 "2017-12-10T02:13:02Z")
If Quasimodal doesn’t want to start one tonight, I will. I’ve been feeling like shit for some time; lonely, everything personal (and professional, for that matter) feels like I’m spinning my wheels, so to speak. I’ve b… --- ## [Label Oddity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/label-oddity/803803)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/label-oddity/803803 "2017-12-09T22:53:30Z")
I noticed this label on some Pink Himalayan Sea Salt at Costco and it got me to wondering. https://www.flickr.com/photos/154105178@N03/shares/B7TNc4 If it’s the “Purest Salt” why isn’t it white? Shouldn’t pure NaCl cry… --- ## [This is what happens to main witnesses of sexual harassment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-to-main-witnesses-of-sexual-harassment/803974)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-to-main-witnesses-of-sexual-harassment/803974 "2017-12-09T16:26:22Z")
Main witnesses of sexual harassment and assault have it rough. Twitter thread: Compilation, for those who don’t like to read tweets: I’ll quote the first sixth of the essay or so: --- ## ["twenty-six hundred and two"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-six-hundred-and-two/803819)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-six-hundred-and-two/803819 "2017-12-09T15:51:54Z")
I just heard an ad on the radio where the announcer said that their product can be found at “twenty-six hundred and two locations”, and that really drew me up and made me have to process what she was saying. If I had wa… --- ## [Matchbox model cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matchbox-model-cars/802491)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2017, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matchbox-model-cars/802491 "2017-12-09T05:09:11Z")
In grade school I collected Matchbox models. I’d blow my allowance on one every week. I outgrew them before Hot Wheels came out, but I still had them in the case I had for them collecting dust in a closet. Eventually I g… --- ## [I just figured out why Trump is a "Birther"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-why-trump-is-a-birther/803648)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-why-trump-is-a-birther/803648 "2017-12-08T23:00:42Z")
I’m surprised it took me this long to see it. Trump thinks that Obama lied about his birthplace because he (Trump) lies about everything. His recent denial of his Access Hollywood tape crystalized this for me. Since Trum… --- ## [My kids have something to do this weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kids-have-something-to-do-this-weekend/803871)
**Author:** [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kids-have-something-to-do-this-weekend/803871 "2017-12-08T21:10:51Z")
For the first time, my kids have something they want to do this weekend that prevents them from coming to my place. I knew it would eventually happen, but I’m still sad :frowning: Not sure why I’m mundanely sharing thi… --- ## [Acid reflux: is it a forever kind of thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-reflux-is-it-a-forever-kind-of-thing/803544)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-reflux-is-it-a-forever-kind-of-thing/803544 "2017-12-08T20:17:36Z")
I had a scary thing happen a couple of times recently, and was awoken abruptly while choking. It felt/tasted like stomach acid had gotten into my lungs. The first time this occurred was a few weeks ago following a spicy … --- ## [Piece of lanyard stuck in headphone jack.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piece-of-lanyard-stuck-in-headphone-jack/803889)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piece-of-lanyard-stuck-in-headphone-jack/803889 "2017-12-08T16:24:04Z")
I have one of those styluses that have a lanyard that plugs in the headphone jack. Like these: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00BPK5964/ I dropped the phone and the lanyard plug broke off in the headphone jack. So … --- ## [Same-sex Marriage Legalised in Australia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-sex-marriage-legalised-in-australia/803778)
**Author:** [@steepone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steepone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-sex-marriage-legalised-in-australia/803778 "2017-12-07T21:27:07Z")
The Australian parliament today voted overwhelmingly to pass the bill legalising same-sex marriage, and without any of the proposed amendments that, in the name of religious freedom, would have protected discrimination a… --- ## [How physically imposing is OJ Simpson in person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-physically-imposing-is-oj-simpson-in-person/803524)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-physically-imposing-is-oj-simpson-in-person/803524 "2017-12-07T17:47:05Z")
I started reading this vanity fair piece on OJ. Here’s two quotes: “Now 70, he is a massive presence, towering over the young woman at the hostess station” and “hostess tells him that his usual table—a high-top for six t… --- ## [The Epic Saga of a Father's Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epic-saga-of-a-fathers-death/801182)
**Author:** [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epic-saga-of-a-fathers-death/801182 "2017-12-07T16:32:24Z")
My father died almost three weeks ago. Yes, it was sudden, and yes, it was heartbreaking. But now, as the fog is clearing, I’m realizing there is much work to be done and I’m feeling overwhelmed by it. And the unusual… --- ## [Time's Person Of The Year is Taylor Swift.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-person-of-the-year-is-taylor-swift/803702)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-person-of-the-year-is-taylor-swift/803702 "2017-12-07T15:17:58Z")
Well, that’s kind of true :slight\_smile: It’s The Silence Breakers. Boy, it’s a great choice when you know it’s gonna piss off both Trump and Kim Kardashian --- ## [My father-in-law died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-in-law-died/803672)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-in-law-died/803672 "2017-12-07T14:22:42Z")
My father-in-law died this morning. He had been diagnosed with lymphoma in October and just two months later he is dead. My wife was with him in the hospital when he died. A remarkable man, he immigrated from China with… --- ## [‘I defeated ISIS’: Young scholar lived secret double life (Mosul Eye reveals identity)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defeated-isis-young-scholar-lived-secret-double-life-mosul-eye-reveals-identity/803776)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2017, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defeated-isis-young-scholar-lived-secret-double-life-mosul-eye-reveals-identity/803776 "2017-12-07T09:10:12Z")
‘I defeated ISIS’: Young scholar lived secret double life is a fascinating and intense story the AP put up today. Mr. Mohammed is a brave man; his actions are worthy of much praise. I hope he not only compiles all hi… --- ## [KarlGauss, where are you? Are you ok?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karlgauss-where-are-you-are-you-ok/803198)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2017, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karlgauss-where-are-you-are-you-ok/803198 "2017-12-07T08:48:36Z")
KarlGauss the longtime erudite poster and wise academic internist from Ontario, Canada, who fought bravely to save lives during the SARS epidemic, has been missing lately. His last visit to the board was back in Februar… --- ## [Christine Keeler of the Profumo affair has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-keeler-of-the-profumo-affair-has-died/803710)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2017, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-keeler-of-the-profumo-affair-has-died/803710 "2017-12-07T06:35:44Z")
Wow, this lady and her sidekick, Mandy Rice-Davies, were a pretty hot item back in the 60s. Keeler had an affair with John Profumo (among many others), who was a rising star in the Conservative government, and on a fast … --- ## ["Contraband bologna" should be an oxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contraband-bologna-should-be-an-oxymoron/803541)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contraband-bologna-should-be-an-oxymoron/803541 "2017-12-07T05:26:31Z")
Yet somehow, it isn’t. :walks away, shaking head: --- ## [Weird things you've found in books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-youve-found-in-books/803372)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-youve-found-in-books/803372 "2017-12-07T02:46:09Z")
As in, papers/photos stashed by strangers in used books that you purchased, or that you put in a book and forgot until much later. As a consequence of a major bookshelf reorganization/book purge today, I found lying on … --- ## [I know my wife's ex-bf's birthday. So what unusual info do you know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-my-wifes-ex-bfs-birthday-so-what-unusual-info-do-you-know/784425)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-my-wifes-ex-bfs-birthday-so-what-unusual-info-do-you-know/784425 "2017-12-07T02:13:17Z")
A comic strip in Japan had a woman calling her ex-boyfriend on the phone. She said she was just thinking about him and wanted to remember when his birthday was. He thought it was sweet. Turns out she had made that her PI… --- ## [My first time shooting video with my Smartphone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-time-shooting-video-with-my-smartphone/803656)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-time-shooting-video-with-my-smartphone/803656 "2017-12-07T00:53:28Z")
I looked at a house yesterday for my mom. We’re planning to move her close to us. She’s 85 and currently lives 120 miles away. I walked around and filmed a tour of the house. Explaining each room and pointing out featur… --- ## [What's it like to be rendered unconscious by physical force?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-be-rendered-unconscious-by-physical-force/803450)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-be-rendered-unconscious-by-physical-force/803450 "2017-12-06T20:08:43Z")
I was thinking today about a really dumb and possibly dangerous initiation process done at a military school I attended where they attempted to cut off blood flow to your brain in order to render you unconscious for a sh… --- ## [Nora, Theo, and...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2017, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899 "2017-12-06T06:13:16Z")
I’m stuck on a silly issue with writing a story: I can’t think of a kid’s name that goes with the others. This story is set this decade and the main character has three kids, nine-year-old boy/girl twins hypothetically n… --- ## [Things you can do with 3D glasses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-can-do-with-3d-glasses/530020)
**Author:** [@dobieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dobieman)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-can-do-with-3d-glasses/530020 "2017-12-06T01:35:30Z")
So…is it true that if you wear the 3D glasses from “Avatar” upside down and backwards you can see through clothing? And should a person be verrrrry careful at whom they are peering when they try this? (For instance, on… --- ## [Gonna Give a Little Lecture! :)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonna-give-a-little-lecture/803669)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonna-give-a-little-lecture/803669 "2017-12-06T00:00:14Z")
Welp, this coming Saturday I am giving a little lecture in Spain. I was allowed to choose the subject, and I decided to talk about nuclear near-misses throughout the Cold War, exploring in detail the events of September … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=499) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=501)