# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=519 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 520 --- ## [Seven Year Old Lady of the Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-year-old-lady-of-the-lake/795566)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-year-old-lady-of-the-lake/795566 "2017-09-06T12:47:21Z")
Matilda Jones found a sword in Dozmary Pool in Cornwall, which supposed to be where Bedivere returned Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake. Her dad thinks it’s a movie prop. It’s certainly not all that old. The sword do… --- ## [A musing: Stressful job has lessened my anxiety (academia)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musing-stressful-job-has-lessened-my-anxiety-academia/794649)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2017, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musing-stressful-job-has-lessened-my-anxiety-academia/794649 "2017-09-06T11:28:09Z")
So I just took a job as a dean of a very large department. I’ve been repeatedly recruited to take the position over the last seven years, but avoided it because it’s stressful and the hours/responsibilities require far m… --- ## [Comey's lying while testifying to Congress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comeys-lying-while-testifying-to-congress/795364)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2017, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comeys-lying-while-testifying-to-congress/795364 "2017-09-06T08:18:54Z")
September, 2016, House Judiciary Committee hearing: \*Mr. RATCLIFFE. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Director, did you make the decision not to recommend criminal charges relating to classified information before or after Hilla… --- ## [Bar's entire staff quits after they find out the owner donated to David Duke's campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bars-entire-staff-quits-after-they-find-out-the-owner-donated-to-david-dukes-campaign/795379)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bars-entire-staff-quits-after-they-find-out-the-owner-donated-to-david-dukes-campaign/795379 "2017-09-05T22:54:52Z")
These are some people with principles. The story doesn’t say what he was like to work for, in large part because he was an absentee owner. I hope they have an easy time finding other jobs, that’s for sure. --- ## [Google goes trololo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goes-trololo/795544)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goes-trololo/795544 "2017-09-05T22:09:46Z")
Google celebrates (a day late) Eduard Khil’s birthday. Google’s logo is an animated tribute to The Trololo Man. Original video on Youtube. --- ## [The hazards of common names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hazards-of-common-names/795367)
**Author:** [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hazards-of-common-names/795367 "2017-09-05T21:03:31Z")
I have an gmail account with a permutation of my real name that I setup years ago for job interviews. I have a very common last name in the Check Republic, along with a common first name. I don’t use this email address m… --- ## [Free downloadable worksheets (5th grade level)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-downloadable-worksheets-5th-grade-level/397756)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-downloadable-worksheets-5th-grade-level/397756 "2017-09-05T12:35:34Z")
Dominic is very bad about bringing his homework home. His last report card had some bad grades on it and the note from the teacher said it was solely because of missing assignments. Here is the solution I’m trying out: … --- ## [I don't get how commercial real estate works.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-how-commercial-real-estate-works/794665)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-how-commercial-real-estate-works/794665 "2017-08-28T19:03:29Z")
There is a strip mall by my house that has been vacant for years. The mall sits at the corner of “Busy and Busier” street. The drive by traffic alone should be enough to keep any aptly run business viable. Yet, it sits … --- ## [2x4 soaking in motor oil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2x4-soaking-in-motor-oil/124499)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2x4-soaking-in-motor-oil/124499 "2017-09-04T20:31:37Z")
A long time ago, I seem to recall seeing a movie, or perhaps TV show, in which the character refers to another character hitting someone with “A 2x4 that had been soaking in motor oil for two years”. Assuming I’m not in… --- ## [A Litter Box Surprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-litter-box-surprise/795477)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-litter-box-surprise/795477 "2017-09-04T19:15:44Z")
When you’ve got indoor cats, you’ve got litter boxes. When you’ve got litter boxes, you’ve got to clean them. When you’ve got to clean them, you find poop. But… How often do you find a poop tower? Not several discre… --- ## [Zoe has left the building](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoe-has-left-the-building/793525)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoe-has-left-the-building/793525 "2017-09-04T16:54:25Z")
My wife of 31 years, known here as Zoe, died Tuesday August 8 2017 at Alive Hospice in Nashville ( https://www.alivehospice.org/ ) after a long battle with lung cancer. Funeral plans are still being finalized, but the k… --- ## [Fucking homepage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-homepage/795404)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-homepage/795404 "2017-09-04T14:40:26Z")
Marcus Garvey died from reading his own obituary. Pigeons are one of 3 milk producing birds. Shel Silverstein wrote the shortest song. Or so claim the links at fuckinghomepage.com. It’s a fun time wasting site but be … --- ## [Mayor Of Hell, Inspired By Trump, Declares Heterosexuality Illegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-of-hell-inspired-by-trump-declares-heterosexuality-illegal/795171)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2017, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-of-hell-inspired-by-trump-declares-heterosexuality-illegal/795171 "2017-09-04T09:10:20Z")
I realize that the headline is pure clickbait, but it’s also completely true, which makes it irresistable. I thought that a comedian named after two Old Testament prophets seemed unlikely, so I had to look him up. … --- ## [People with a mundane attribute ... that caused them to be famous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-a-mundane-attribute-that-caused-them-to-be-famous/795385)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2017, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-a-mundane-attribute-that-caused-them-to-be-famous/795385 "2017-09-04T06:29:49Z")
It’s hard to explain what I’m looking for so let me give a few examples. Astrud Gilberto: When her husband Joao Gilberto and Stan Getz and Antonio Carlos Jobim were recording an original song in Portuguese they decide… --- ## [When no one wants to start the MMP.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928 "2017-09-04T05:02:46Z")
Fine, I’ll do it. Happy Moanday. Have at it! :smiley: --- ## [So I've Gone Full Leaving Las Vegas Mode Apparently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-gone-full-leaving-las-vegas-mode-apparently/795418)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-gone-full-leaving-las-vegas-mode-apparently/795418 "2017-09-03T23:44:00Z")
An unnamed friend on here recently inquired into my alcoholic situation and asked me to update the thread where I described my ongoing battles with my liver. I couldn’t be arsed to (nor am I good at SDMB searches) to fin… --- ## [Recommendations for House Foundation Color](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-house-foundation-color/795428)
**Author:** [@Little\_Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Room)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-house-foundation-color/795428 "2017-09-03T22:11:04Z")
Those of you who have a good eye for outside house paint… I recently had the brick work fixed around the outside of my house. It has been painted several times, so I was planning to paint over it again, both to protect … --- ## [Tonka and the harmonica](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonka-and-the-harmonica/795340)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonka-and-the-harmonica/795340 "2017-09-03T22:07:11Z")
I just stuck some toy harmonicas out for the taking. I figured I’d pull out the ol’ Special 20 and play with it. (I can’t actually ‘play’ a harmonica – just simple tunes – so I ‘play with’ them.) Tonka was sleeping in… --- ## [The Eclipse Day Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-day-thread/794277)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eclipse-day-thread/794277 "2017-09-03T21:48:50Z")
A place to post your Eclipse Day musings as the day unfolds. 7am PDT - The Oregon coast is fogged in. Heavy fog. --- ## [Cleaning your droid phone's caches, DOES spread it up.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-your-droid-phones-caches-does-spread-it-up/795394)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-your-droid-phones-caches-does-spread-it-up/795394 "2017-09-03T21:06:28Z")
I finally got around to cleaning my droid’s cache. You have to Google the phone’s brand for instructions. Basically, you power off, then press vol down & power to get in diagnostic mode, then select clear cache. My phon… --- ## [Ask the Scottish lady about her solo US trip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-scottish-lady-about-her-solo-us-trip/794958)
**Author:** [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-scottish-lady-about-her-solo-us-trip/794958 "2017-09-03T20:54:15Z")
I thought I might as well make this an “Ask the…” thread. Last week I returned to my native Edinburgh after an ambitious US trip for just over two weeks. I’ve been to the US before, but not like this. This time it got u… --- ## [Harvey puts Trump's crisis management skills to the test.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harvey-puts-trumps-crisis-management-skills-to-the-test/795387)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harvey-puts-trumps-crisis-management-skills-to-the-test/795387 "2017-09-03T19:29:03Z")
I’m keeping this as neutral as possible. The BBC’s headline is the thread title. I think the BBC struck a balanced tone. The article is by no means, a ringing endorsement of our new President. It does point out the admin… --- ## [Has anyone seen Morgenstern?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-morgenstern/795192)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2017, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-morgenstern/795192 "2017-09-03T12:42:51Z")
Last activity was 08/08/17. --- ## [is secession allowed under Canadian law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-secession-allowed-under-canadian-law/795209)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2017, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-secession-allowed-under-canadian-law/795209 "2017-09-03T05:13:01Z")
I recently heard that the claim that it is legal under Canadian law for a province to secede from Canada. In looking in to this claim, I confess I don’t understand. I can easily tell that this is a controversial question… --- ## [Mad Magazine predicts smart guns!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-predicts-smart-guns/795308)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-predicts-smart-guns/795308 "2017-09-03T04:35:29Z")
I’ve been looking at some scans from Mad Magazine from the range of years I would have been buying it as a child (it is amazing how instantly I recognize pages that I haven’t read in over 30 years) and I came across this… --- ## [Is the poster, Voyager, still around?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-poster-voyager-still-around/795029)
**Author:** [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-poster-voyager-still-around/795029 "2017-09-03T01:31:44Z")
Rarely have time to post any more, try to find time to read some threads on occasion though. Always enjoyed this poster, would often look to find his posts, among a few others, which I’m glad are still around. But notic… --- ## [That which does not kill you...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-which-does-not-kill-you/795247)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-which-does-not-kill-you/795247 "2017-09-03T00:35:38Z")
… Disappoints me. Funny tshirt I saw today. Anyone else have some funny to share? . --- ## [Cop arrests nurse because she told him no](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-arrests-nurse-because-she-told-him-no/795295)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-arrests-nurse-because-she-told-him-no/795295 "2017-09-02T23:56:13Z")
To an illegal seizure. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/09/01/health/utah-nurse-arrest-police-video/index.html How much do you want to bet he doesn’t get charged? Sickening. --- ## ["Love you more"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683 "2017-09-02T17:11:11Z")
I think I can’t stand this. I wonder if it sprang from people saying “I love you” and then the other “I love you too”. The second person felt like it was perceived that they were only saying it because the other person… --- ## [If you support banning GM foods then you are a racist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-support-banning-gm-foods-then-you-are-a-racist/794441)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-support-banning-gm-foods-then-you-are-a-racist/794441 "2017-09-02T15:13:46Z")
The people most hurt by the banning of GM foods are POC. Golden rice alone could save millions of lives a year. http://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/blocking-gmo-staple-food-crops-hurts-poor https://blogs.scient… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=518) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=520)