# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=501 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 502 --- ## [Supremes rule in favor of Trump's travel ban](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supremes-rule-in-favor-of-trumps-travel-ban/803583)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supremes-rule-in-favor-of-trumps-travel-ban/803583 "2017-12-05T06:54:16Z")
The Hill: Supreme Court allows full Trump travel ban to take effect --- ## [Good jokes you've heard recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-jokes-youve-heard-recently/643949)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 1840\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-jokes-youve-heard-recently/643949 "2017-12-05T04:43:36Z")
This was on the recent PBS American Masters documentary about Johnny Carson: A beautiful woman goes to her dentist for the first time in years. After poking around in her mouth for awhile, he says, “I’m sorry, Mrs. Jo… --- ## [Color Names We Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552 "2017-12-04T21:53:58Z")
For those who struggle to come up with original user names, band names, names for your children and pets, recurrent neural networks offer a way out. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/05/when-a-robot-na… --- ## [Trumpy Bear? No really.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpy-bear-no-really/803496)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpy-bear-no-really/803496 "2017-12-04T20:37:15Z")
What’s this Trumpy Bear thing? A obese bear with a tangerine toupe and an American flag up his ass that becomes a blanket? 300 pound ex-Marine bikers with a Trumpy Bear. Here’s the ad for Trumpy Bear. It’s actuall… --- ## [Moron fails at poison.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-fails-at-poison/803276)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-fails-at-poison/803276 "2017-12-04T19:29:17Z")
There is a story appearing now about a retirement home resident making ricin with the intention to use it on herself but testing it out by sprinkling it on the food of other patients. The claim is that she researched pro… --- ## [Goodbye Tank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-tank/803299)
**Author:** [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-tank/803299 "2017-12-04T17:38:18Z")
My dog just died and I don’t know what to do. I love you Tank. --- ## [The Food Courts are Expanding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-food-courts-are-expanding/802659)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-food-courts-are-expanding/802659 "2017-12-04T06:15:54Z")
I am back from home and am back in Saudi Arabia. In the malls both here and there the food courts are expanding. We have all talked about the collapse of American manufacturing, but we are seeing the dark days of Americ… --- ## [Cyber Monday in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyber-monday-in-the-mmp/802864)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyber-monday-in-the-mmp/802864 "2017-12-04T01:42:02Z")
On the news this morning, there were predictions that this will be the biggest on-line shopping day EVAH!!! Will you be clogging Teh Intrarwebz with your rampant consumerism? I won’t. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Happy Moanday… --- ## [Dryer syndrome in dogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dryer-syndrome-in-dogs/803388)
**Author:** [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dryer-syndrome-in-dogs/803388 "2017-12-04T00:18:14Z")
I’m not sure if that’s the official name, or if there is a name for it. We dropped our 2 dogs off to be groomed this morning at a well known pet place which I won’t name. We’ve only had our cocker spaniel a few weeks, go… --- ## [Fuckin fuck fuck fuck (Friend just died)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-fuck-fuck-fuck-friend-just-died/803259)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-fuck-fuck-fuck-friend-just-died/803259 "2017-12-03T20:43:04Z")
While I was here dicking around with you fuckers yesterday, my best friend died Ima take some time off. --- ## [Ophelia Windspeed - Hurricane heading toward Ireland and Scotland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ophelia-windspeed-hurricane-heading-toward-ireland-and-scotland/798908)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ophelia-windspeed-hurricane-heading-toward-ireland-and-scotland/798908 "2017-12-03T19:39:54Z")
Ireland is expected to get at least a storm-force wind lashing. This is so rare that America’s National Hurricane Center’s Atlantic projection maps amusingly cut off in eastern England, which luckily is not expected to g… --- ## [So maybe letting someone inject dye into your eyeball isn't the best idea.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-maybe-letting-someone-inject-dye-into-your-eyeball-isnt-the-best-idea/797648 "2017-12-03T19:24:36Z")
Story from Ottawa: body modification enthusiast decided to get an eye tattoo - purple ink injected into the white of her eye. Her then-boyfriend tattooist volunteered to do it for her. The ink was leaking from her eye … --- ## [I sleep well at night. That's apparently a rarer thing that I would've imagined.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sleep-well-at-night-thats-apparently-a-rarer-thing-that-i-wouldve-imagined/803273)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sleep-well-at-night-thats-apparently-a-rarer-thing-that-i-wouldve-imagined/803273 "2017-12-03T16:07:31Z")
Reading about all these clowns harassing, assaulting and pestering women. Reading about all this nonsense happening in the White House and its immediate orbit. The people guilty of this shit (both those who have already … --- ## [I feel the earth move under my feet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-earth-move-under-my-feet/803190)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-earth-move-under-my-feet/803190 "2017-12-03T03:42:16Z")
Just experienced my second earthquake. Yeah, I know that’s nothing for you Californians but it’s not exactly an everyday occurrence on the other side of the country. My first one was very cool in that I am one of the f… --- ## [Outstanding WWII Aviation Pictures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outstanding-wwii-aviation-pictures/802991)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outstanding-wwii-aviation-pictures/802991 "2017-12-02T23:34:28Z")
These are really, really good. Many I have not seen. --- ## [Syria and Israel exchanging missile fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-and-israel-exchanging-missile-fire/803284)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-and-israel-exchanging-missile-fire/803284 "2017-12-02T19:33:35Z")
https://twitter.com/leithfadel/status/936732700429504513 I’d call all of this “unverified” at this point (which is why I posted it in MPSIMS), so take it with a helping of salt. --- ## [How much of my car can I sell without actually making it illegal to drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-my-car-can-i-sell-without-actually-making-it-illegal-to-drive/803292)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-my-car-can-i-sell-without-actually-making-it-illegal-to-drive/803292 "2017-12-02T05:06:28Z")
So far I’ve got the stereo and speakers (maybe I could get a buck-fifty for that on Craigslist), rear seats (perfectly legal to remove according to everything I’ve read), spare tire and jack(don’t need it, never going fa… --- ## [Charlie Rose , come on down!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-rose-come-on-down/802221)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-rose-come-on-down/802221 "2017-12-01T23:54:23Z")
You are the next contestant on the grope is wrong! --- ## [Why do women dress to expose their Belly Buttons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-dress-to-expose-their-belly-buttons/74483)
**Author:** [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-dress-to-expose-their-belly-buttons/74483 "2017-12-01T16:46:39Z")
I asked a guy why women wear shirts just short enough that they come just above or near their navel, exposing it or a couple of inches of skin. He said because they are crazy. So I asked a young lady the same question & … --- ## [My brothers girlfriend had been cheating on him for a long time??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brothers-girlfriend-had-been-cheating-on-him-for-a-long-time/802786)
**Author:** [@Wendy92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendy92)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brothers-girlfriend-had-been-cheating-on-him-for-a-long-time/802786 "2017-12-01T15:13:47Z")
Shes been dating my brother. But shes been cheating on him with his best friend. Just wondering if my brother will ever find out?? Should I say anything?? Shes my only friend since middle school. We tell each othet eve… --- ## [Barber cuts hair much shorter than directed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barber-cuts-hair-much-shorter-than-directed/803107)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barber-cuts-hair-much-shorter-than-directed/803107 "2017-12-01T14:06:02Z")
Anyone have this happen? I’ve been going to this shop for over a decade, and a barber takes it upon himself to cut off about 8 inches when I told him to cut off 3. Once that first chunk hit the floor it was too late. … --- ## [My trip to Peru (Machu Picchu!) with pics! + Ask the girl who just went to Peru!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-trip-to-peru-machu-picchu-with-pics-ask-the-girl-who-just-went-to-peru/508084)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-trip-to-peru-machu-picchu-with-pics-ask-the-girl-who-just-went-to-peru/508084 "2010-04-17T15:34:17Z")
I posted a few months ago asking for advice on what to do on a trip to Peru and thanks to everyone’s lovely advice, I had an awesome trip. I promised I’d post pictures and stories here, so here I am! I went at the begin… --- ## [Phrases you can't believe don't exist on the internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-cant-believe-dont-exist-on-the-internet/802577)
**Author:** [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-cant-believe-dont-exist-on-the-internet/802577 "2017-12-01T03:13:30Z")
If you go to Google and put a phrase in quotation marks, like this: “To be or not to be” … then run a search, you get a list of pages with that phrase on it. Sometimes I am shocked to learn that some phrases (or sente… --- ## [Of time wasted on padlocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-time-wasted-on-padlocks/803004)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-time-wasted-on-padlocks/803004 "2017-12-01T02:42:26Z")
Waaay back when I started high school, I was taught that a combination padlock worked thusly: Turn clockwise at least three complete turns, then stop on the first number; Turn counterclockwise one complete turn, th… --- ## [Near Blizzard conditions in Hawai'i ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/near-blizzard-conditions-in-hawaii/802968)
**Author:** [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/near-blizzard-conditions-in-hawaii/802968 "2017-12-01T02:22:28Z")
Yes, it snows in Hawai’i … current Winter Storm Warning for the Big Island … wheat them and reap … --- ## [Brits must have a kettle on the stovetop at all times...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-must-have-a-kettle-on-the-stovetop-at-all-times/802698)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-must-have-a-kettle-on-the-stovetop-at-all-times/802698 "2017-11-30T23:50:34Z")
As I took the kettle out of the up-high cabinet where I never go (which ended up holding many things I didn’t remember I own) to have my biannual hot chocolate, I wondered, do British people get in trouble if a kettle is… --- ## [SDMB Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371)
**Author:** [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371 "2017-11-30T17:45:11Z")
Howdy, folks! I more or less abandoned the SDMB this year, but this is very important! I know a lot of you have never heard of me since I mostly lurk anyway, but those who have participated the past few years can vouch f… --- ## [Christmas music at your workplace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-at-your-workplace/803010)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-at-your-workplace/803010 "2017-11-30T15:48:46Z")
Do people at your workplace play Christmas music? Radio, CDs, or streaming? Does it play all the time, or just for certain periods? And are there certain employees who refuse to listen to Christmas music overall or ce… --- ## [Listen to me Uterus. You are NOT FUNNY!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-me-uterus-you-are-not-funny/793281)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-me-uterus-you-are-not-funny/793281 "2017-11-30T15:00:22Z")
Okay, I admit, I treated you as if you didn’t exist. It couldn’t have been easy, hanging around down there, feeling as useless as the appendix, bored out of your endometrium. Painting the place every month only to see … --- ## [Spotted in the wild: Actual good customer service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotted-in-the-wild-actual-good-customer-service/803083)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotted-in-the-wild-actual-good-customer-service/803083 "2017-11-30T13:17:04Z")
Every rare blue moon some company does something so good it blows you out of the water, and I like to tell people about it when it happens. I encountered one this week. I was required to buy a particular medication for… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=500) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=502)