# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=548 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 549 --- ## [Weiner dog owners, can we talk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2017, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371 "2017-04-29T05:20:00Z")
I am the proud and loving owner of Nathan, a brown and tan/dappled dachshund. This is how I found him. Just now I am worried for him. He’s not been well. Somehow he got really constipated. I noticed he was moving … --- ## [Some details of Obama's Iran deal come out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-details-of-obamas-iran-deal-come-out/785001)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-details-of-obamas-iran-deal-come-out/785001 "2017-04-29T00:44:30Z")
Wow. It’s not even “we will see it after we sign it”. It’s “we sign it, but we will never see it”. " In an interview, Pompeo told me that he and Cotton were meeting with the deputy director of the IAEA and the agency’… --- ## [Ubering for 6 months -- a summary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ubering-for-6-months-a-summary/763580)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ubering-for-6-months-a-summary/763580 "2017-04-29T00:41:08Z")
I’ve just passed my 28th weekly pay period. To date Just shy of 1900 rides (no badgers yet) About $18000 gross pay $13000 take home (Uber doesn’t withhold, I’ll owe taxes out of this) deductables Uber frees – $520… --- ## [Is there anyone else with your same name (First Last)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-else-with-your-same-name-first-last/784697)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-else-with-your-same-name-first-last/784697 "2017-04-28T23:43:24Z")
I guess it’s impossible to know for sure, but through my genealogy research, I have never found anyone else alive or dead with the same combination of first and last name as myself. If you google my name, I am the only … --- ## [Lamenting the merging meaning of words that used to mean something different](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamenting-the-merging-meaning-of-words-that-used-to-mean-something-different/785380)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamenting-the-merging-meaning-of-words-that-used-to-mean-something-different/785380 "2017-04-28T19:31:29Z")
Arguments of prescriptivism vs. descriptivism in linguistics have been going on for many years. And certainly the pure prescriptive approach is untenable. To argue that today’s version of RSE (Received Standard English… --- ## [What else is good on Tapatalk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-is-good-on-tapatalk/785449)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-is-good-on-tapatalk/785449 "2017-04-28T17:47:39Z")
That’s my post, basically. Any other recommendations? Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk --- ## [Flushable cat litter isn't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flushable-cat-litter-isnt/785314)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flushable-cat-litter-isnt/785314 "2017-04-28T17:27:37Z")
We got a new litter box for the cats, and The Wife changed the litter as I got home from work. She flushed the flushable litter down the toilet. Not just the clumps. The whole box. :smack: If the plumber doesn’t get… --- ## [Choose from the following magical boons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-from-the-following-magical-boons/785165)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-from-the-following-magical-boons/785165 "2017-04-28T17:20:11Z")
You rescue the proverbial genie, and he grants you a boon. But he’s a fairly limited genie, and you must choose from among the following boons. Which one would you choose? Which ones would you not even consider? (There … --- ## [Snarky Thoughts to Stupid Clickbait Headlines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snarky-thoughts-to-stupid-clickbait-headlines/785437)
**Author:** [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snarky-thoughts-to-stupid-clickbait-headlines/785437 "2017-04-28T15:41:08Z")
I was on a website today, and, in the sidebar, there was a link to a clickbait article. The image showed the well-defined backside of a young woman, wearing tight shorts. (Actually, I’m not sure what those are called. … --- ## [Straight Dope Spotted in the Wild: Why do pilots say Roger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-spotted-in-the-wild-why-do-pilots-say-roger/785434)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-spotted-in-the-wild-why-do-pilots-say-roger/785434 "2017-04-28T13:39:00Z")
Hey, have a look at this funny article! --- ## [Neanderthals in California! (Or so they claim...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neanderthals-in-california-or-so-they-claim/785337)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neanderthals-in-california-or-so-they-claim/785337 "2017-04-28T01:07:17Z")
Just to be clear, I’m very skeptical about this. But it is intriguing, and would be earth-shattering if validated. Not sure if it would be our species, Neanderthals or Denisovans (or even H. erectus), so we’ll have to… --- ## [So, Trump's huge tax cut. How is it going to affect most of us individually?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trumps-huge-tax-cut-how-is-it-going-to-affect-most-of-us-individually/785334)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trumps-huge-tax-cut-how-is-it-going-to-affect-most-of-us-individually/785334 "2017-04-27T22:26:59Z")
Ignoring for a moment whether Trump’s upcoming big tax cut - discussed today in a lot of media networks - is a good idea or not - how is it likely to affect the vast majority of us Dopers (I’m assuming the vast majority … --- ## [Stop Assuming I Never Heard of the Things in Your Trivia List Titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-assuming-i-never-heard-of-the-things-in-your-trivia-list-titles/785305)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-assuming-i-never-heard-of-the-things-in-your-trivia-list-titles/785305 "2017-04-27T19:17:32Z")
This is a really petty rant, too weak for the Pit. Lately, I’ve been noticing a very annoying trend in the titles of internet trivia lists: “Ten Top (whatever’s) You’ve Never Heard Of!!!” Examples include: “Ten Insane… --- ## [Remember the Kennedy-Kerry Coincidences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kennedy-kerry-coincidences/785284)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-kennedy-kerry-coincidences/785284 "2017-04-27T18:00:36Z")
Just something I dug up on the internet recently. But does anyone remember the 2004 presidential election? George W. Bush was up for reelection. And he ran against John Kerry. Some people thought there were some pretty a… --- ## [My latest new experience. Unexpected hospital trip...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-new-experience-unexpected-hospital-trip/785263)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-new-experience-unexpected-hospital-trip/785263 "2017-04-27T17:38:47Z")
Started last Tuesday, about 10:30 PM. Suddenly I couldn’t breath, gasping for breath and all of a sudden it was obvious that if I didn’t take immediate action to get to the hospital it was going to be the end of the road… --- ## [Another “fuck this disease” thread; this time: diabetes edition.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fuck-this-disease-thread-this-time-diabetes-edition/785166)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fuck-this-disease-thread-this-time-diabetes-edition/785166 "2017-04-27T17:11:16Z")
Basically, this is just to vent. Too mild for the pit, I suppose. I was diagnosed with the dreaded diabetes a bit over a year ago. At the time I was in school full-time and my fasting blood sugars weren’t too bad—rarely… --- ## ["Liberty Monumen t" in new Orleans taken down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberty-monumen-t-in-new-orleans-taken-down/785135)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberty-monumen-t-in-new-orleans-taken-down/785135 "2017-04-27T16:05:12Z")
The controversial “Liberty Monument” in New Orleans has finally been taken down: https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/04/24/us/ap-us-confederate-statues-new-orleans.html?utm\_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm\_medium=referra… --- ## [Most Vapid Headline of the Week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-vapid-headline-of-the-week/785362)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-vapid-headline-of-the-week/785362 "2017-04-27T15:52:25Z")
Here’s my contender, from yesterdays’ Hollywood Reporter. Beat that for irrelevance! Piers Morgan Is In a Twitter Beef With Marie Claire Over Kim Kardashian’s Cellulite --- ## [Am I evil for finding these dogs hilarious?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-evil-for-finding-these-dogs-hilarious/785265)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-evil-for-finding-these-dogs-hilarious/785265 "2017-04-27T09:31:55Z")
In answering another thread, I ran across a photo of this German Shepherd/Dachshund mix. And since then, they just keep popping up. I have the vague feeling that I’m wrong for laughing but . . . Corgi/Husky Corgi/Dal… --- ## [United Kills Harvey!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-kills-harvey/785275)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-kills-harvey/785275 "2017-04-27T03:42:16Z")
Boy, first they pull Doctor David Dao off the overbooked flight, and now this. Rabbit In Running To Be World’s Largest Dies On United Flight …and just when you think the story can’t get any weirder… --- ## [Hypothetical - Death, preferred scenario](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-death-preferred-scenario/785338)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-death-preferred-scenario/785338 "2017-04-27T02:44:01Z")
This hypothetical is particularly for people in long term relationships. We all understand that we will not pass away on the same day as our significant other, holding hands at a ripe old age of 89. That said, what wou… --- ## [It's always the last place you look](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-the-last-place-you-look/785299)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-the-last-place-you-look/785299 "2017-04-27T02:09:28Z")
I hate glasses. I find them uncomfortable, annoying, and… I dunno what the word is, but I feel cut off from the world when I’m looking through a lens, like it’s not quite real. So I only wear them in specific situations … --- ## [I lost my phone, and you have no idea how inconvenienced I feel.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-phone-and-you-have-no-idea-how-inconvenienced-i-feel/785140)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-phone-and-you-have-no-idea-how-inconvenienced-i-feel/785140 "2017-04-27T00:57:29Z")
Something like 5 years ago I swore I would never send a text message in my life. Well, let me tell ya’ how that worked out for me! I lost my phone somewhere outside on Friday while jogging to catch a bus. It’s gone fo… --- ## [Breast Cancer Awareness Ad gets creative to avoid social media censorship.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breast-cancer-awareness-ad-gets-creative-to-avoid-social-media-censorship/785333)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breast-cancer-awareness-ad-gets-creative-to-avoid-social-media-censorship/785333 "2017-04-27T00:40:25Z")
This is one PSA you won’t forget anytime soon. :smiley: Hilarious video and it’s all for a very serious cause. I hope this message is received and more women get screened for cancer. It seems like everybody has at leas… --- ## [a first for the world: a "made in China" aircraft carrier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-first-for-the-world-a-made-in-china-aircraft-carrier/785329)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-first-for-the-world-a-made-in-china-aircraft-carrier/785329 "2017-04-26T23:08:23Z")
http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/04/26/china\_launches\_first\_indigenous\_aircraft\_carrier\_111244.html It’s still more of a novelty / toy than a serious piece of warfighting machinery, but China appears to be… --- ## [Herbal sexual enhancement supplements DO work!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herbal-sexual-enhancement-supplements-do-work/785220)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herbal-sexual-enhancement-supplements-do-work/785220 "2017-04-26T18:52:39Z")
Especially if you illegally add prescription meds to the mix. :smiley: I don’t know which is the greater crime, though-the adding of the prescription meds, or the names Organic Herbal Supply Inc. gave their tainted pro… --- ## [Mom passed away Mar. 7--and we only found out on Mar. 5 how bad it was.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-passed-away-mar-7-and-we-only-found-out-on-mar-5-how-bad-it-was/782984)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-passed-away-mar-7-and-we-only-found-out-on-mar-5-how-bad-it-was/782984 "2017-04-26T18:49:34Z")
The backstory: Mom had breast cancer in 2009; had surgery; got rid of it; refused radiation since she had opted for mastectomy and since she was in her 80s at the time. It came back in the same spot five years later, g… --- ## [I just saw Air Force One](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-air-force-one/785171)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-air-force-one/785171 "2017-04-26T18:29:44Z")
Driving across the Susquehanna River going East at 15.00 Eastern Time, we were treated to Air Force One doing touch-and-goes at the Harrisburg airport. I see the President will be holding a rally in Harrisburg on Saturda… --- ## [Best bed sheets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bed-sheets/785285)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bed-sheets/785285 "2017-04-26T18:16:11Z")
It’s time to replace my bed sheets. I have a memory foam mattress if that matters. I am not looking for a bargain. I want the best, most comfortable sheets that are reasonably durable. I know that thread count is a consi… --- ## [Wherein the Piper Cub experiments with political satire about a certain occupant of the White House](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-the-piper-cub-experiments-with-political-satire-about-a-certain-occupant-of-the-white-house/785266)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-the-piper-cub-experiments-with-political-satire-about-a-certain-occupant-of-the-white-house/785266 "2017-04-26T18:12:51Z")
The Cub has been going to school dances, and the Chicken Dance is a big fave with the grade 3 set. They particularly like belting out the lyrics: "I don’t wanna be a chicken, I don’t wanna be a duck! So I shake my bu… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=547) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=549)