# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=530 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 531 --- ## [Tell me about this train](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-this-train/791091)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-this-train/791091 "2017-07-14T21:22:19Z")
Years ago I bought a used book on-line and found an aging photograph between the pages. Thinking that it might have some value to the seller, I scanned it, did some quick color/contrast correction, and e-mailed it back t… --- ## [Anyone familiar with this racist term?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-this-racist-term/790936)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-this-racist-term/790936 "2017-07-14T17:57:08Z")
UK MP is suspended for using the term “nigger in the woodpile.” I live in rural South Carolina and have never once heard the phrase. It is notable enough to have a Wikipedia entry, though, and I see from the wiki that th… --- ## [Mizzou freshman enrollment down 35+% since protests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mizzou-freshman-enrollment-down-35-since-protests/790951)
**Author:** [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mizzou-freshman-enrollment-down-35-since-protests/790951 "2017-07-14T16:53:24Z")
I’m pretty shocked to see such a significant decline. I figured the protests would be relatively quickly forgotten and the University would go on more or less as it was before. Losing a 1/3 of the enrollment is a hu… --- ## [Are there any other Huntington, Oregon's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-other-huntington-oregons/789595)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-other-huntington-oregons/789595 "2017-07-14T14:10:01Z")
As most people know, Oregon has legal marijuana. Idaho, its neighbor to the east, does not. So you’d expect that many people from Idaho would travel to Oregon to get their dope. After all, it’s only about 50 miles from B… --- ## [Things about your childhood you've been informed you remember wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-about-your-childhood-youve-been-informed-you-remember-wrong/790978)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-about-your-childhood-youve-been-informed-you-remember-wrong/790978 "2017-07-14T13:06:46Z")
I have two distinct memories about learning to read. In the first, my exasperated father told me that he was tired of reading \*\*Green Eggs and Ham \*\*and Three Billy Goats Gruff, so he was going to teach me how to read th… --- ## [Ever met any long-lost relatives? How'd it go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-any-long-lost-relatives-howd-it-go/791216)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-any-long-lost-relatives-howd-it-go/791216 "2017-07-14T12:52:53Z")
As an adoptee with approximately 7 zillion biological half brothers and sisters (okay, I exaggerate…there are 9 that I know of), I have got pretty much a lifetime’s worth of possibilities for meeting people I am genetica… --- ## [The stupidity is breathtaking (kinda long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidity-is-breathtaking-kinda-long/788890)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidity-is-breathtaking-kinda-long/788890 "2017-07-14T12:15:33Z")
So, my step daughter is 26 my wifes daughter. She has three kids, 1, 2 and 4. One girl and two boys. She decided to have these children with a guy who already had a daughter with a different woman. Baby Daddy, we will c… --- ## [Children's imaginative drawings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-imaginative-drawings/791113)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-imaginative-drawings/791113 "2017-07-14T12:03:10Z")
Some of these are really good. A few are a bit disturbing if you’ve never been around kids. Kids have incredible imaginations and don’t filter their thoughts. One of these drawings is incredibly perceptive. I’m quite as… --- ## [Man gets stuck in an ATM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-stuck-in-an-atm/791180)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-stuck-in-an-atm/791180 "2017-07-14T01:58:30Z")
Slides ‘help me’ note to bystanders. No, I’m not making this up, it really happened. He should probably be fired, not for getting locked in per se, but because he was “attempting to change the lock on the machine” & go… --- ## [So this "net neutrality" thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-net-neutrality-thing/791155)
**Author:** [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-net-neutrality-thing/791155 "2017-07-13T21:10:35Z")
Got a couple pop-ups on other sites urging me to give my name and email adress to voice my whatever. Is this why the internet is running like shit right now or is it just on my end? Also, nobody here is concerned with t… --- ## [First a photon, next...beam me up Scotty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-a-photon-next-beam-me-up-scotty/791097)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-a-photon-next-beam-me-up-scotty/791097 "2017-07-13T21:06:41Z")
Chinese scientist teleport a photon to space using quantum entanglements…whatever that means. --- ## [Do you ever click on the Google doodle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910 "2017-07-13T19:29:24Z")
I do sometimes. Usually I will hover over it with my mouse pointer, at least, just to see what it says and (if it’s a birthday) who the person is… …but sometimes, if I don’t recognize the name (like today, I didn’t know… --- ## [The eagle got a little too close.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-got-a-little-too-close/790964)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-got-a-little-too-close/790964 "2017-07-13T15:14:57Z")
Tonka and Creamsicle were outside. The crows were raising a ruckus, and I could hear the screes of a couple of bald eagles. They didn’t appear to have anything in their talons. After the crows drove the eagles off, I … --- ## [80 people form a human chain to save a family in Florida](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-people-form-a-human-chain-to-save-a-family-in-florida/791088)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-people-form-a-human-chain-to-save-a-family-in-florida/791088 "2017-07-13T15:04:26Z")
This is your feel-good news for today! A whole family ended up caught in a riptide in a Florida beach. Other beachgoers formed a human chain and managed to save everybody. 80 or so people took part in it. Honestly, the… --- ## [United airlines brutally removes passenger after overbooking flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-airlines-brutally-removes-passenger-after-overbooking-flight/784171)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 1405\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-airlines-brutally-removes-passenger-after-overbooking-flight/784171 "2017-07-13T01:48:47Z")
Link here. I’m sure there will be a big lawsuit coming. It’s baffling why a company would want to do this, with the certainty of cell-phone recordings, rather than just continue to up the offer for compensation until t… --- ## [Horrendous assessment of climate change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrendous-assessment-of-climate-change/790975)
**Author:** [@race\_to\_the\_bottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/race_to_the_bottom)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrendous-assessment-of-climate-change/790975 "2017-07-12T23:48:12Z")
Send thisaround to climate change deniers, if you know any. --- ## [Brazil's Lula Scandal: ??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazils-lula-scandal/749243)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazils-lula-scandal/749243 "2017-07-12T21:07:08Z")
Neither Mundane nor Pointless, and for such a large, diverse, important country like Brazil, I feel like I should know more. Lulu: a former beloved leader, now being investigated for corruption - a huge deal, in terms … --- ## [I have a new dog!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-dog/790786)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-new-dog/790786 "2017-07-12T19:51:43Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=821764 The above thread is a chronicle of the life and passing of my previous dogs. The links go back to the first thread about how “I can’t have a dog” Today I bro… --- ## [Human Cloning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-cloning/790888)
**Author:** [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-cloning/790888 "2017-07-12T16:44:21Z")
Basically one of the shows that I am watching right now is Orphan Black, and involved with some community chat on a Reddit forum. When I looked up the latest in Human Cloning, one of the things that struck me, was that … --- ## [Any online quiz from FB that you didn't ace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961)
**Author:** [@Marci\_Al](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marci_Al)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961 "2017-07-12T16:14:27Z")
This is almost a pit. Maybe it’s a way to encourage millennials and generation Z’s that reading and being knowledgeable is cool. But they put in ridiculously easy multiple choice questions and challenge people to ace it,… --- ## [Ohio police dump woman protesters out of wheelchair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-police-dump-woman-protesters-out-of-wheelchair/790932)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-police-dump-woman-protesters-out-of-wheelchair/790932 "2017-07-11T22:01:28Z")
This is behavior is absolutely uncalled for. Even worse is the quote from the police spokesperson. Just an incredible callous attitude. It’s a WHEELCHAIR. It’s got wheels. Push it out of the way. There’s no excuse for d… --- ## [Need a container](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-container/791003)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-container/791003 "2017-07-11T20:31:52Z")
I have a 30 inch prize wheel (see https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ROUDIA8/ref=oh\_aui\_detailpage\_o08\_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ). I’m looking for a container or case to lug it around in. I’ve been using the cardboard box… --- ## [Words that sound dirty but actually aren't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739 "2017-07-11T14:34:18Z")
Bottomry. Ballcock. Depending on context: Ejaculation. (“My dear Holmes!” I ejaculated.) --- ## [I have a cold](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-cold/790993)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-cold/790993 "2017-07-11T11:54:40Z")
And it’s an hour before I can take more medicine. Fortunately, I have Wimbledon and the Dope. --- ## [MMP - Peep hunts and other interesting events](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-peep-hunts-and-other-interesting-events/352968)
**Author:** [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Replies:** 395\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-peep-hunts-and-other-interesting-events/352968 "2006-04-24T00:49:19Z")
So my local newspaper went all out this year and had both a Peep creativity contest and a virtual Easter egg hunt which proved quite popular. Not sure how long all of these will be online for free (30 days, I think), but… --- ## [The future of (American) football](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-american-football/790684)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-american-football/790684 "2017-07-11T04:04:26Z")
This could belong in Cafe Society or The Game Room (it’s an online writing/post/article/story mixing sports and science fiction and general weirdness); I guessed MPSIMS since I wasn’t sure. Wherever it belongs, it’s pur… --- ## [i Never Have Headaches. Anybody Else? Anybody Know Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-have-headaches-anybody-else-anybody-know-why/436586)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-have-headaches-anybody-else-anybody-know-why/436586 "2017-07-10T22:44:06Z")
Never have them, and I mean never as in never ever. First noticed it just before my son was born, twenty five years ago. Thought about it, and wondered on it, and thought to notice it first time I did. But I never did… --- ## [Pilot eaten by alligator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilot-eaten-by-alligator/790713)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilot-eaten-by-alligator/790713 "2017-07-10T20:01:43Z")
News chopper spots alligator eating body of plane crash victim \[The victim is blurred out on the video.\] The student pilot, who apparently violated the FBO’s ‘night’ rules, was the only occupant. interestingly, the sa… --- ## [Things you want to buy to just complete a pointless "collection"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-want-to-buy-to-just-complete-a-pointless-collection/790651)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-want-to-buy-to-just-complete-a-pointless-collection/790651 "2017-07-10T19:01:27Z")
Over the years I have acquired several utility knives. I have a basic 4 position retractable one. I have a non-locking springed retractable safety one that pulls the blade back as soon as you stop pushing it forward. I… --- ## [Trump "punches" CNN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361 "2017-07-10T16:38:27Z")
I realize that this is mentioned, buried deep in one of the Trump omnibus pit threads but it needs a wider audience. Welcome to Wonderland: https://www.google.com/amp/www.nydailynews.com/amp/news/politics/trump-tweets-e… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=529) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=531)