# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=532 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 533 --- ## [Who falls for this?! (dating site scammers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-falls-for-this-dating-site-scammers/714668)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-falls-for-this-dating-site-scammers/714668 "2015-03-12T16:56:50Z")
From an OKCupid dating profile: “I am 100% optimistic person and I never give up! I truly believe that life is beautiful and I know how to make it even better. I have a lot of goals and dreams and I’m working on making … --- ## [Rule, Britannia! HMS Queen Elizabeth has her first visitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-britannia-hms-queen-elizabeth-has-her-first-visitor/790550)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-britannia-hms-queen-elizabeth-has-her-first-visitor/790550 "2017-07-06T06:44:54Z")
Merlin helicopter becomes first aircraft to land on HMS Queen Elizabeth: --- ## [Greatest consecutive thread title ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-consecutive-thread-title-ever/104241)
**Author:** [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-consecutive-thread-title-ever/104241 "2017-07-06T06:23:44Z")
In GQ Origin of “spittin image” What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? Top that, I dare you. --- ## [Enipla - you doing OK up there? (Fire in Breckenridge)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enipla-you-doing-ok-up-there-fire-in-breckenridge/790584)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enipla-you-doing-ok-up-there-fire-in-breckenridge/790584 "2017-07-06T04:08:32Z")
Nasty stuff going on up there. The whole town in under an evacuation warning. --- ## [Ancestry.com's Declaration Descendants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancestry-coms-declaration-descendants/790518)
**Author:** [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancestry-coms-declaration-descendants/790518 "2017-07-05T22:38:06Z")
Wanted to share this on this Independence Day. I found it extremely moving… --- ## [I must admit it: I'm fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-admit-it-im-fat/787673)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-admit-it-im-fat/787673 "2017-07-05T20:01:35Z")
There. I said it. I knew I’d gained some weight, and today I went to Kohl’s to take advantage of a sale they’re having right now. I walked out with a card for my friend’s daughter’s graduation, because while I did fin… --- ## [I Saw A Sparrow Run Today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-sparrow-run-today/790555)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-sparrow-run-today/790555 "2017-07-05T19:48:46Z")
As God is my witness, I thought sparrows hopped everywhere. I was standing at the bus stop this morning, when a sparrow hopped around the empty corner of a store. It then picked itself up and ran. Admittedly, it didn’… --- ## [Worst songs to come on while having sex.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-to-come-on-while-having-sex/790507)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-to-come-on-while-having-sex/790507 "2017-07-05T19:16:48Z")
The Anvil Song --- ## [Goodbye to a dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-a-dog/790324)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-a-dog/790324 "2017-07-05T17:39:59Z")
This morning we said goodbye to our little Simone, the best-natured dog I have loved. She would have been 11 in August, but a cascade of medical problems caught up with her. This is a picture from ten years ago, when she… --- ## [Concrete: the Romans were doing it better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concrete-the-romans-were-doing-it-better/790491)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concrete-the-romans-were-doing-it-better/790491 "2017-07-05T17:23:27Z")
The Guardian has an interesting article on why Roman concrete is so much better than modern concrete. --- ## ["Puke Here"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puke-here/790540)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puke-here/790540 "2017-07-05T16:24:36Z")
Mental note: When interviewing “Ironman” competitors, treat them like very, very large babies that haven’t been burped. The best part: --- ## [I love crazy emails at work.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-crazy-emails-at-work/790490)
**Author:** [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-crazy-emails-at-work/790490 "2017-07-05T14:01:31Z")
So I currently work in a central government office in the UK (won’t specify), and I logged on this morning to find this gem of an email. I am tempted to create a D&D story based on it. What do you think? Any other goo… --- ## [Look at my mug and vomit back to me your kneejerk impression 1-10 in the looks department](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-my-mug-and-vomit-back-to-me-your-kneejerk-impression-1-10-in-the-looks-department/790521)
**Author:** [@elvega1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elvega1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-my-mug-and-vomit-back-to-me-your-kneejerk-impression-1-10-in-the-looks-department/790521 "2017-07-05T10:53:06Z")
Nevermind --- ## [Tonsil Stones TMI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonsil-stones-tmi/790408)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonsil-stones-tmi/790408 "2017-07-05T03:16:44Z")
Wow my throat has been bothering me the past couple days and I finally looked deep in my mouth in a mirror and saw I had a semi-large tonsil stone in one of the crypts of my left tonsil. I tried removing it with a cotton… --- ## [28 people Shot at club in Little Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315 "2017-07-05T01:47:42Z")
I’m not completely surprised. We’ve had drive by shootings off 12th Street for the past week. Even had a shooting on the Interstate a mile away. One of the drive by shootings off 12th Street hit a kid in his grandmother… --- ## [The 150 flyover, cool VDO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-150-flyover-cool-vdo/790514)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-150-flyover-cool-vdo/790514 "2017-07-05T00:46:53Z")
Canada Day, 150th, flyover at Parliment Hill. Check it out! https://www.facebook.com/RCAF.ARC/videos/10154510497421237/ --- ## [Rewiring a power strip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewiring-a-power-strip/790295)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewiring-a-power-strip/790295 "2017-07-04T18:44:08Z")
Mundane and pointless. When your house is 83 years old, outlets are often not where you’d like them to be. So it is in the kitchen. I decided to buy a power strip to mount over the counter, so that the microwave oven … --- ## [Robot Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-trump/789933)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-trump/789933 "2017-07-04T17:14:34Z")
The idea of “Robot Trump” throws a pang of apprehension through me. Wouldn’t he violate at least one of Asimov’s Laws? --- ## [Tell Me About Mid 60s Big Hair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-mid-60s-big-hair/790441)
**Author:** [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-mid-60s-big-hair/790441 "2017-07-04T16:58:17Z")
I’ve been watching a lot of “What’s My Line,” on YouTube from the 60s and I noticed around 1964 Dorothy Kilgallen and Arlene Francis started to get big hair. (Moreso Dorothy than Arlene). Now I’m up to 1967 and while Dor… --- ## [I'm rather upset about work. Someone reported me for drinking on the job.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577 "2017-07-04T15:41:39Z")
This morning I got called into a meeting room at like 9:00 AM where I was asked flat out " Have you been drinking?" What! In all honesty I had 2 beers last night and although they were 500 ml and mixed with Clamato, I … --- ## [Academic Urban Legends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-urban-legends/790126)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-urban-legends/790126 "2017-07-04T12:27:59Z")
This piece represents (in my view) a SD Platonic ideal for investigation: --- ## [China to Build Giant Friggin's Buses You Can Drive Underneath](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-to-build-giant-friggins-buses-you-can-drive-underneath/549679)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2017, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-to-build-giant-friggins-buses-you-can-drive-underneath/549679 "2017-07-04T06:09:54Z")
This looks too cool. Giant public buses that cars can simply drive under. See them here. We could use these in Bangkok. EDIT: And naturally I screwed up Friggin’ in the title. Could a Mod please take off the S? Thanks. … --- ## [I miss Radio Shack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-radio-shack/790229)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2017, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-radio-shack/790229 "2017-07-04T06:05:07Z")
Where else can you go to find any attachment or gadget adapter known to mankind? Sometimes I don’t want to wait for Amazon, and there is no actual store that compares to good old overpriced Radio Shack for having whateve… --- ## [Strangest Nicknames of people you know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-nicknames-of-people-you-know/789937)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-nicknames-of-people-you-know/789937 "2017-07-04T02:05:52Z")
And how they get that nickname? My brother was called pudz after the children in need bear by his friends , he looked nothing like the children in the need bear. --- ## [You've won the lottery: what theme would your world trip take?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-won-the-lottery-what-theme-would-your-world-trip-take/790257)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-won-the-lottery-what-theme-would-your-world-trip-take/790257 "2017-07-04T01:28:09Z")
So let’s say you’ve just won a squazillion dollars in the lottery. And you’ve never had the chance to travel overseas before. But you DO have some hobbies or interests that a trip OS would slot in with quite nicely\* M… --- ## [Hit the ground in the falling dream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-ground-in-the-falling-dream/246480)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-ground-in-the-falling-dream/246480 "2017-07-03T22:26:12Z")
Speaking of dreams, has anyone else ever hit the ground in the falling dream? I’ve hit at least three times that I can think of, and as far as I know I’m still alive. Just thought I’d dispell that myth about dying if you… --- ## [Micro generation between Genx and Millennials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-generation-between-genx-and-millennials/790269)
**Author:** [@ollie73082](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ollie73082)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-generation-between-genx-and-millennials/790269 "2017-07-03T22:02:48Z")
This seemed mundane and pointless enough to share: Everyone can rest easy. We finally have a label for those of us who had internet in our homes since we were a kid, but not in our pockets until well after college. S… --- ## [My wife and I: Still doing this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-still-doing-this/790252)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-still-doing-this/790252 "2017-07-03T15:11:01Z")
I’ve intentionally kept myself away from here for the most part, for the last few months. Asking for marriage advice from anonymous strangers on the internet who really don’t know me or my wife has been unfruitful, and h… --- ## [Blood & Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-cheese/790014)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-cheese/790014 "2017-07-03T13:33:04Z")
Blood & Wine sounds bad ass - great name for some great dlc. Wine & Cheese is fantastic, and it’s a favorite for many people across the world. Blood & cheese… no, just no. --- ## [It's almost 7AM, why the heck am I starting the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-almost-7am-why-the-heck-am-i-starting-the-mmp/789898)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-almost-7am-why-the-heck-am-i-starting-the-mmp/789898 "2017-07-03T02:28:24Z")
Happy Moonday! Where is everybody? You know I always have a sucky topic to start the week off. I have no creativity in me and I have a most boring life. So what do y’all suck at? It’s a nice cool 62 degrees here. W… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=531) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=533)