# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=516 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 517 --- ## [is there a word for that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-that/796681)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-that/796681 "2017-09-21T22:20:11Z")
There was this piece: author steps onto an elevator to hear a pitch for solar panel; apparently, a robo dialed up the elevator’s emergency phone, which was an intercom in the wall, an was exhorting him to press one for m… --- ## [Having Trouble Making a Bomb? Amazon Will Help You Select the Right Ingredients!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-making-a-bomb-amazon-will-help-you-select-the-right-ingredients/796853)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-making-a-bomb-amazon-will-help-you-select-the-right-ingredients/796853 "2017-09-21T19:09:06Z")
Well, now we know where bomb makers are getting their ingredients–Amazon: your source for everything! --- ## [Curse you, right-handed spoon!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-right-handed-spoon/796859)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-right-handed-spoon/796859 "2017-09-21T16:54:05Z")
Where’s Flanders and the Leftorium when you need him! \[Shakes left fist in the air.\] --- ## [Sitting in the hospital](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-in-the-hospital/796857)
**Author:** [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-in-the-hospital/796857 "2017-09-21T16:01:52Z")
So I’m sitting by #2 daughter’s bedside in the emergency department. I’m thankful that she appears to only have a combination of heat exhaustion and a stomach bug. They’re giving her IV fluids and gravol. I’m thankful … --- ## [German Firefighters remove 2.5 kilogram weight from man's penis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-firefighters-remove-2-5-kilogram-weight-from-mans-penis/796734)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-firefighters-remove-2-5-kilogram-weight-from-mans-penis/796734 "2017-09-21T13:47:59Z")
I’ll bet. The fact that the posted image shows that they cut all the way down to the central hole in the circular weight suggests this guy was imitating those guys who try to have sex with the hole in the picnic tabl… --- ## [Thank you, Stanislav Petrov](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stanislav-petrov/374292)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stanislav-petrov/374292 "2017-09-21T05:22:58Z")
23 years ago today, on September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov was monitoring the Soviet satellite early warning network, and saw something that looked very much like a few American missiles coming in. He trusted his intui… --- ## [Have any of your prior jobs been eliminated through automation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-prior-jobs-been-eliminated-through-automation/796398)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-prior-jobs-been-eliminated-through-automation/796398 "2017-09-20T21:37:04Z")
Inspired by this thread, I got curious as to how many Dopers have had a job that no longer exists due to automation. I’m not so much talking about “I used to program in BASIC but real programmers don’t use that anymore”… --- ## [This is how you keep Fashion Models from scratching until the Stitches Come Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-you-keep-fashion-models-from-scratching-until-the-stitches-come-out/796750)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-you-keep-fashion-models-from-scratching-until-the-stitches-come-out/796750 "2017-09-20T14:55:16Z")
…because plastic cones your head are SO plebian. Swarovski is the way to go. … … … But wait! There’s more! If you scroll down to the bottom of the story you find out about another fashion trend ---- RHINESTONE CR… --- ## [No cure for OCD? I refuse to believe it. (TIPS for Sufferers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cure-for-ocd-i-refuse-to-believe-it-tips-for-sufferers/796450)
**Author:** [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cure-for-ocd-i-refuse-to-believe-it-tips-for-sufferers/796450 "2017-09-20T14:46:26Z")
I struggle with this nightmare every single day, as most of you regulars know. It takes form in worrying about “connection faults” with electricity. In my mind, I am safe, my brain says otherwise. It really is messed up.… --- ## [Toys 'Were' Us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toys-were-us/796724)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toys-were-us/796724 "2017-09-20T14:31:11Z")
I wonder how much longer they can hold on? I’ll be more surprised if they still exist in 5 years than if they don’t, but I’ve been saying that about Kmart for forever now. And Radio Shack’s demise took far longer than… --- ## [Monty Python's John Cleese claims that this is his funniest joke. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-pythons-john-cleese-claims-that-this-is-his-funniest-joke-why/796414)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-pythons-john-cleese-claims-that-this-is-his-funniest-joke-why/796414 "2017-09-20T08:28:05Z")
Monty Python is funny. John Cleese is funny. And in a recent interview\*, a reporter asked Cleese what is the funniest thing he has ever said. But I don’t get it. So will someone please explain it to me? The joke is… --- ## [Ink free zones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ink-free-zones/796062)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ink-free-zones/796062 "2017-09-20T00:06:33Z")
Last night I played at a squaredance. Was really fun seeing so many people of various ages interacting and having so much fun. Many of the folk were in their 20s-30s, but they ranged from kids to elderly. At some poin… --- ## [Laundry Disaster, aka how to get over mourning something childish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laundry-disaster-aka-how-to-get-over-mourning-something-childish/796251)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laundry-disaster-aka-how-to-get-over-mourning-something-childish/796251 "2017-09-19T21:27:13Z")
Warning: long, rambling, bloggy post and immaturity below. I don’t know how to write this in a way that doesn’t make me sound crazy, which makes sense since I know I am. So I guess I’ll just state upfront that I know th… --- ## [What uncommon/unusual jobs have you had?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uncommon-unusual-jobs-have-you-had/796584)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uncommon-unusual-jobs-have-you-had/796584 "2017-09-19T18:24:04Z")
Inspired by this thread on jobs now gone due to automation, I am curious about the uncommon jobs some of us may have had, which may still be around. My entries: in med school I had part time jobs both as an intra-aortic… --- ## [Flying Cars Coming in 2017! Self-flying Cars Later!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-cars-coming-in-2017-self-flying-cars-later/715088)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-cars-coming-in-2017-self-flying-cars-later/715088 "2017-09-19T14:33:20Z")
But I expect the cynics on Straightdope will ridicule the idea; the same way they have been ridiculing fusion reactors to generate electrical power. --- ## [USS Jimmy Carter returns to port hoisting the Jolly Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-jimmy-carter-returns-to-port-hoisting-the-jolly-roger/796373)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-jimmy-carter-returns-to-port-hoisting-the-jolly-roger/796373 "2017-09-19T13:33:50Z")
Fuck, yeah! Okay we don’t what she (are subs female?) was up to, but it is a tradition that needs to continue, though not used frivolously. --- ## [Face foward](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-foward/796638)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-foward/796638 "2017-09-19T04:12:28Z")
Does anybody have any experience dealing with 'perioral dermatitis '…Any home remedies out there … --- ## [The Irma Comes To Visit MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-irma-comes-to-visit-mmp/796056)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-irma-comes-to-visit-mmp/796056 "2017-09-19T02:29:15Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 60 Amurrkin out and rainy/windy with a predicted high of \ 69! \ **Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-name-s-would-you-like-to-see-become-popular-after-being-used-for-a-character/796576 "2017-09-18T20:03:58Z") Lots of sociology papers show that books, movies, and TV shows have a big influence on what baby names will suddenly spike in popularity. The name of my least favorite character on Game of Thrones is being given to a lot… --- ## [Gardening goes to the dogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardening-goes-to-the-dogs/796538)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardening-goes-to-the-dogs/796538 "2017-09-18T17:53:43Z")
For Gatopescado and his dachshunds (I hope I have that right). --- ## [Interesting math puzzle.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-math-puzzle/796322)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-math-puzzle/796322 "2017-09-18T15:51:20Z")
I found this on quora.com. I’m not sure how to even approach this. I suppose you could just run a large number of simulations, but it seems like there must be a mathematical approach. --- ## [Sunday morning..coming down...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-coming-down/796560)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2017, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-coming-down/796560 "2017-09-18T06:02:19Z")
So I slept really late …11am…I came down stairs…Mr.Wrekker with his head and torso under the sink…no water = no coffee…He was replacing the kitchen faucet,mind you it had been leaking since oh,I don"t know, Since CHRISTM… --- ## [Farewell lad, have a nice picnic under the Saturnian clouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-lad-have-a-nice-picnic-under-the-saturnian-clouds/796352)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2017, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-lad-have-a-nice-picnic-under-the-saturnian-clouds/796352 "2017-09-18T05:46:38Z")
A couple decades ago, my mother went out (probably not to Florida) to protest the launch of a space probe. She lives downstream from the impending Hanford accident\[sup\]\*\[/sup\] and has a deep, abiding aversion to nuclear … --- ## [Great B&W photos of 1964 Italy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-b-w-photos-of-1964-italy/796424)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-b-w-photos-of-1964-italy/796424 "2017-09-18T01:39:08Z")
Never been to Italy myself, but I love these: http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/hope-wurmfeld-italy-1964-photographs/index.html --- ## [Michigan Central Station may actually be restored](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-central-station-may-actually-be-restored/727763)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-central-station-may-actually-be-restored/727763 "2017-09-18T01:38:43Z")
Not a particularly profound point, but It’s pretty cool if the old train station does actually get restored finally. It was one of the coolest buildings in the Detroit area, and it has been really depressing watch it s… --- ## [If you want to turn left at a green light, you yield to oncoming traffic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-turn-left-at-a-green-light-you-yield-to-oncoming-traffic/636730)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-turn-left-at-a-green-light-you-yield-to-oncoming-traffic/636730 "2017-09-18T01:04:54Z")
I thought this was a fairly simple idea. If you are at an lighted intersection and you want to turn left, you may turn left if: You have a protected left turn arrow, OR You have a green light and there is no oncoming t… --- ## [Legal Question regarding sex offender registration.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-regarding-sex-offender-registration/796411)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-regarding-sex-offender-registration/796411 "2017-09-17T19:24:52Z")
Here is the pertinent statute: I just want some thoughts from you legal type people about this scenario. Dave is a registered sex offender who is properly registered. He is accused of DUI and taken to the police stat… --- ## [The Triumph of Glitz -- Wiki on Firefox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-triumph-of-glitz-wiki-on-firefox/796526)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-triumph-of-glitz-wiki-on-firefox/796526 "2017-09-17T14:57:58Z")
Is this ever annoying. Now, on Firefox, when the cursor lands on a linked word when scrolling down a Wikipedia page, a pictorial popup invades the screen. It stays open until you move the cursor out of the popup. … --- ## [Holy crap, plagiarized by the US Marines!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-plagiarized-by-the-us-marines/795148)
**Author:** [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-plagiarized-by-the-us-marines/795148 "2017-09-17T14:49:32Z")
Someone just sent me a message regarding a 3D printed UAV design I did a few years ago, it turns out a US Marines corporal took the design, called it his own and won a Marines design challenge with it. :mad: U.S. Marine… --- ## ["old" and "young" women's haircuts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-and-young-womens-haircuts/796321)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-and-young-womens-haircuts/796321 "2017-09-17T14:41:10Z")
So Mrs. Cardigan and her mother are going at it hammer and tongs because of some remark her mother made to her along the lines of “you should get your hair cut shorter or some style that’s more suitable for an older woma… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=515) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=517)