# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=559 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 560 --- ## [St Patrick's Day - Don't forget to round up your mates for a Guinness.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-dont-forget-to-round-up-your-mates-for-a-guinness/782400)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-dont-forget-to-round-up-your-mates-for-a-guinness/782400 "2017-03-17T13:58:46Z")
Round up your mates for a Guinness --- ## [I just realized I don't think I know anyone with (just a) mustache. Do you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206 "2017-03-17T13:33:15Z")
It is weird how mustaches fell out of fashion. Just about any other format/combo of facial hair is acceptable these days, but a mustache (and nothing more) has become a rarity. I don’t think I know a single guy who I en… --- ## [Here come da train and the snow flies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-da-train-and-the-snow-flies/782356)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-da-train-and-the-snow-flies/782356 "2017-03-17T12:41:11Z")
OMG, an awesome video. Funniest thing I’ve seen in ages. I guess this isn’t as bad as a fast car driving through a puddle? You can brush snow off. --- ## [Political/Trump Satire on Twitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-trump-satire-on-twitter/782237)
**Author:** [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-trump-satire-on-twitter/782237 "2017-03-17T05:50:17Z")
Wasn’t sure what thread to post this, but since it is political in nature I figured “Elections” over “Cafe Society”. Not much of a “Twitter user” but started following Trump’s Twitter feed so I could see what he was say… --- ## [how missing a comma can cost millions ......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-missing-a-comma-can-cost-millions/782336)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-missing-a-comma-can-cost-millions/782336 "2017-03-17T05:35:26Z")
read this on msn MSN My thing is this don’t law firms usually have someone looking over contracts for this type error or did someone just get lucky for noticing it ? --- ## [I got a friend request from a Moderator!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-friend-request-from-a-moderator/768570)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-friend-request-from-a-moderator/768570 "2017-03-17T03:45:04Z")
It was totally unexpected, but one of the SDMB’s premier jackbooted thugs asked me to be a friend:cool: Of course I accepted:D I won’t name the Mod because I don’t want accusations of special treatment to stem from our … --- ## [Plans for the Queen's Funeral.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plans-for-the-queens-funeral/782365)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plans-for-the-queens-funeral/782365 "2017-03-17T01:03:32Z")
I found this long discussion on The Guardian. It is well worth your time. Think of it as your cheat sheet for the upcoming event. --- ## [An absolutely perfect example of blind justice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-absolutely-perfect-example-of-blind-justice/782272)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-absolutely-perfect-example-of-blind-justice/782272 "2017-03-17T00:52:43Z")
Just came across this in Gibbon and had to share it. It’s a story told Of Mahmud, the Gaznevide Sultan of Eastern Persia and parts of India in the 11th century AD. A poor man came to the divan of Mahmud and complained t… --- ## [Elderly farmer in UK acquitted of shooting would be burglar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elderly-farmer-in-uk-acquitted-of-shooting-would-be-burglar/781975)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elderly-farmer-in-uk-acquitted-of-shooting-would-be-burglar/781975 "2017-03-16T23:51:16Z")
This reads like an onion article. Does anyone from the UK want to defend this prosecution? Is the anti-gun sentiment that bad that you all want to prosecute this old man? --- ## [Alas, poor Alexa, I knew her --- YEAGGGHHHH!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alas-poor-alexa-i-knew-her-yeaggghhhh/782312)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alas-poor-alexa-i-knew-her-yeaggghhhh/782312 "2017-03-16T23:14:49Z")
--- ## [Global poverty...YouTube video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-poverty-youtube-video/782350)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-poverty-youtube-video/782350 "2017-03-16T21:53:59Z")
Was going back through some of the older Ted talks I have watched in the past, and I came across this one and watched it again. I remember when I originally saw it I wanted to start a debate on the subject, but sadly I … --- ## [Model-related: Flattering or perhaps slightly creepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/model-related-flattering-or-perhaps-slightly-creepy/782274)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/model-related-flattering-or-perhaps-slightly-creepy/782274 "2017-03-16T18:46:15Z")
I was looking through photos taken at a model show at Cedarville, Illinois, when I saw a very strange thing. Appearing at the show was a model of an orange cabover flatbed truck, carrying a tracked snow vehicle. It loo… --- ## [4-in-5 Oklahoma City students can’t read clocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-in-5-oklahoma-city-students-can-t-read-clocks/782216)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-in-5-oklahoma-city-students-can-t-read-clocks/782216 "2017-03-16T17:23:00Z")
Another vital life skill lost. :slight\_smile: My daughters learned to read a clock by age six. It’s a good way to teach them numbers and how they divide into units. Clocks are still sold at Walmart. Right beside the d… --- ## [Holocaust survivor sets nurse on fire.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holocaust-survivor-sets-nurse-on-fire/782303)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holocaust-survivor-sets-nurse-on-fire/782303 "2017-03-16T13:29:32Z")
Per Israeli media according to the BBC. --- ## [The Strange Doings In My Backyard.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-doings-in-my-backyard/782286)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-doings-in-my-backyard/782286 "2017-03-16T07:51:55Z")
I guess I can tell you all, I live in Detroit. It is a nice neighborhood. There is only one abandoned house on the block (next door to me, naturally). But the neighbors keep things up nicely, otherwise. Believe me, ther… --- ## [I need... a good mop.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-mop/782283)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-mop/782283 "2017-03-16T04:45:23Z")
I’m in need of a mop for my kitchen’s and bathroom’s linoleum or vinyl (I dunno which) flooring. Thing is, both are relatively small, so a regular mop and bucket is way too much. Any recommendations? --- ## [What home sellers tell the buyers...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-home-sellers-tell-the-buyers/782194)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-home-sellers-tell-the-buyers/782194 "2017-03-15T19:08:08Z")
I imagine most sellers will clue buyers to certain things about their house - like where to find the circuit breaker box, where the water cutoff is located, quirks about light switches (“We still have no idea what that o… --- ## [Saglana Salchak: this girl has balls that clang.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saglana-salchak-this-girl-has-balls-that-clang/782158)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saglana-salchak-this-girl-has-balls-that-clang/782158 "2017-03-15T18:42:26Z")
This girl walked five miles in sub-zero weather through wolf-infested forests to get help. She was FOUR. --- ## [Not your average personal ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-average-personal-ad/782111)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-average-personal-ad/782111 "2017-03-15T17:06:48Z")
Prolific book author Amy Krouse Rosenthal was dying of ovarian cancer. She wrote a personal ad for her husband to find a new love after she was gone. (She died today) --- ## [Veterinarians, can you translate these ultrasound findings for me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterinarians-can-you-translate-these-ultrasound-findings-for-me/782208)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterinarians-can-you-translate-these-ultrasound-findings-for-me/782208 "2017-03-15T17:05:07Z")
Mysti, Madame Pukes-A Lot, had another ultra sound done today and these were the findings the vet told me about and sent me a printed copy of. We are still trying to get a handle on just WHAT is happening here. The vet… --- ## [What smells worse than gas gone bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-worse-than-gas-gone-bad/782136)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-worse-than-gas-gone-bad/782136 "2017-03-15T16:07:47Z")
Fuel pump went Tango Uniform on one of the old cars. Had to partially drain the tank of about 10 gallons of the oldest, most putrid gas I can imagine. Got some on my hands, of course, and MY GOD! Does this stuff REEK! W… --- ## [What a disapointing winter or.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-disapointing-winter-or/776624)
**Author:** [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-disapointing-winter-or/776624 "2017-03-15T14:32:50Z")
I need to move closer to the big lake for more snow as in lake effect type.:confused: Or maybe I just dont want to be optimistic in any sense of this life:smack::smack: When you talk to someone who is never optimistic … --- ## [Little kid freaked out on me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080 "2017-03-15T07:37:09Z")
Man, I had a helluva weekend. In addition to hearing this bombshell let me tell you what a child pulled on me. On Friday my Grandson Jay had this event at school (he’s in 1st grade) where kids brought one of their grand… --- ## [GOP introduced a bill to let telecoms sell your personal internet history. Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-introduced-a-bill-to-let-telecoms-sell-your-personal-internet-history-newslink/782197)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-introduced-a-bill-to-let-telecoms-sell-your-personal-internet-history-newslink/782197 "2017-03-15T04:05:23Z")
Everybody call their Congresscritter. Fast. --- ## [Anyone want a 60 ft wide by 3ft deep house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936 "2017-03-14T12:37:40Z")
LOL why was this even built? It’s a long hallway. :slight\_smile: I’ve seen other tiny houses for sale. They are usually seven or eight feet wide. More usable then this thing. Even a twin bed wouldn’t fit. I guess a bu… --- ## [The mass of a supermassive black hole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mass-of-a-supermassive-black-hole/781994)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mass-of-a-supermassive-black-hole/781994 "2017-03-14T04:37:47Z")
This is mind boggling. Link to gif: The mass of a supermassive black hole - GIF on Imgur --- ## [Hilarious YouTube comments!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-youtube-comments/782134)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-youtube-comments/782134 "2017-03-14T03:55:23Z")
This, on a 51 minute jam on a single song: \* Not long enough, where is their commitment. Had to put it on repeat. \* Pretty good. Check it out if you have an hour to kill… --- ## [I just saw a dude push-start a freakin' DUMP TRUCK!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-dude-push-start-a-freakin-dump-truck/781757)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-dude-push-start-a-freakin-dump-truck/781757 "2017-03-14T03:47:25Z")
I’m outside, splitting wood, feeling all Manly for picking up huge rounds and slamming them down on the steel rail of the 6 hp logsplitter and working the hydraulic lever. Yeah, I’m a bad-ass lumberjack! Then I look acr… --- ## [Japan Earthquake - Quake Map](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-earthquake-quake-map/781981)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-earthquake-quake-map/781981 "2017-03-14T00:09:27Z")
Today is the sixth anniversary of the Japanese earthquake (March 11, 2011). This is a “movie” of the epicenters and intensities of the 4,453 earthquakes that day, including the 9 magnitude earthquake. http://www.japanq… --- ## [Hag Sameach Purim!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hag-sameach-purim/781668)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hag-sameach-purim/781668 "2017-03-13T23:24:49Z")
We got an early start on the shlach manos this year, because is seemed in poor, excuse the word, taste, to hand them out on Thursday, which is the Fast of Esther, Friday is difficult because I have to work, and then ther… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=558) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=560)