# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=570 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 571 --- ## [Did your pet choose you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-pet-choose-you/778609)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-pet-choose-you/778609 "2017-02-02T15:08:54Z")
I was patting my cat Slinky last night, and thinking back to the night two years ago when I came home to find a little black kitten on my porch, waiting by the door, and eager to come inside. I put out food and water an… --- ## [Have 2 leaders of different countries ever had sex with each other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-2-leaders-of-different-countries-ever-had-sex-with-each-other/778632)
**Author:** [@ssgenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssgenius)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-2-leaders-of-different-countries-ever-had-sex-with-each-other/778632 "2017-02-02T14:29:03Z")
I wonder if 2 leaders of different countries have ever had an affair with each other or got married ? The only instances I can think of would be relations between the various royal families in Europe and even then it wa… --- ## [Trump declares Cuba, Sasquatchian, Germany states. Anybody got a problem with that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-declares-cuba-sasquatchian-germany-states-anybody-got-a-problem-with-that/778818)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-declares-cuba-sasquatchian-germany-states-anybody-got-a-problem-with-that/778818 "2017-02-02T14:28:45Z")
Ooops, my mistake–that was President David Herman. --- ## [Breakthrough in Locked In Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakthrough-in-locked-in-syndrome/778742)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakthrough-in-locked-in-syndrome/778742 "2017-02-02T13:09:06Z")
BBC article here. This is real progress. --- ## [Boasting About My Soldier Daughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boasting-about-my-soldier-daughter/753378)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boasting-about-my-soldier-daughter/753378 "2017-02-02T12:59:37Z")
I got a lot of support and encouragement in this thread and I wanted to give everyone an update on how she’s doing with her AIT. She’s at Fort Sam Houston doing medic training, and today, she passed her EMT test! She i… --- ## [Trump has lowest approval ratings of any \[new\] president in history of polling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-lowest-approval-ratings-of-any-new-president-in-history-of-polling/778107)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-lowest-approval-ratings-of-any-new-president-in-history-of-polling/778107 "2017-02-02T07:26:24Z")
At a 45% approval rating, Trump is the first president in the history of polling to have approval ratings below 50%. Just to be clear, it’s not even close. Compared to Trump’s 45% disapproval rating, the next lowest is … --- ## [Boston Dynamics = Cyberdyne Systems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dynamics-cyberdyne-systems/778769)
**Author:** [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dynamics-cyberdyne-systems/778769 "2017-02-02T01:29:52Z")
It’s getting to the point that whenever someone mentions a possible new terror-bot in the offing, I immediately think Boston Dynamics. I swear, they won’t be happy until mankind is sequestered in some creche powering … --- ## [The first 'firing' by our new president](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-firing-by-our-new-president/778637)
**Author:** [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-firing-by-our-new-president/778637 "2017-02-02T00:47:51Z")
So apparently Trump doesn’t like people going against him. Shocker. He’s fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates and already sworn in her replacement. Though…I thought they were still going through the process of votin… --- ## [Does Bannon require Senate approval to be on the NSC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-bannon-require-senate-approval-to-be-on-the-nsc/778692)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-bannon-require-senate-approval-to-be-on-the-nsc/778692 "2017-02-02T00:16:18Z")
I’m seeing it claimed in numerous places that Steve Bannon’s appointment to the NSC requires Senate approval. They’re citing this section of the U.S. code: Apparently they’re talking about this part, specifically numb… --- ## [Thanks, Donald](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-donald/778773)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-donald/778773 "2017-02-01T21:29:30Z")
There are serious threads all over this board with blame or credit to 45 - but seldom for the things of real importance… This thread is to track those critical (and perhaps fake) items - like bacon shortages :smiley: --- ## [Traveling for Business: Share Your Stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-for-business-share-your-stories/778263)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-for-business-share-your-stories/778263 "2017-02-01T20:13:37Z")
I’ve traveled just three for business. One for for an overnight trip, the other two were for longer trips (two weeks in another office.) My company is pretty good with travel. I found out on my latest trip that I coul… --- ## [Hot Mic Moment: Did Paul Ryan say "waste of my f'ing time" after today's press conference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-mic-moment-did-paul-ryan-say-waste-of-my-fing-time-after-todays-press-conference/778680)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-mic-moment-did-paul-ryan-say-waste-of-my-fing-time-after-todays-press-conference/778680 "2017-02-01T17:43:05Z")
People are saying that it sounds like Ryan but I can’t tell. He was away from the mic when it was said and it sounds like it was said near a mic. Maybe he was wearing a cordless mic, but there was one at th… --- ## [Wow! Extra-solar planets directly imaged](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-extra-solar-planets-directly-imaged/778744)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-extra-solar-planets-directly-imaged/778744 "2017-02-01T17:41:13Z")
APOD video here. This is awesome. These planets are pretty far out, but I expect we’ll soon improve the techniques and be able to see planets in the habitable zone. --- ## [Strange things afoot in Ford County, Illionis, animal abuse case.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-afoot-in-ford-county-illionis-animal-abuse-case/753903)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-afoot-in-ford-county-illionis-animal-abuse-case/753903 "2017-02-01T15:57:47Z")
April 20: a chocolate lab called “Bear” was found tied to a bridge and “barely alive”. He had a choke chain around his neck, eyes swollen shut and jaw broken from being beaten, mouth closed shut with electrical tape, and… --- ## [A federal judge has issued a stay against the Muslim ban.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-federal-judge-has-issued-a-stay-against-the-muslim-ban/778476)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2017, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-federal-judge-has-issued-a-stay-against-the-muslim-ban/778476 "2017-02-01T09:50:25Z")
Heads are exploding at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. --- ## [Korematsu Doodle -- Bravo, Google!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korematsu-doodle-bravo-google/778580)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korematsu-doodle-bravo-google/778580 "2017-02-01T03:50:41Z")
\*\*Google doodle is perfect today…especially if you read Wikipedia on the court case (Korematsu v US)…universally reviled as bad law (“odious” according to one constitutional scholar) and compared to Dred Scott decision … --- ## [I've been muted by Donald Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-muted-by-donald-trump/778448)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-muted-by-donald-trump/778448 "2017-02-01T01:15:46Z")
Donald Trump has muted me on his personal and PotUS twitter accounts. I guess I hurt his feelings. What a snowflake. LOL --- ## [I forgot how awesome video stores are](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forgot-how-awesome-video-stores-are/778626)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forgot-how-awesome-video-stores-are/778626 "2017-02-01T00:30:14Z")
I haven’t rented a movie from a video store in close to a decade. Most of the ones I knew when I was growing up are gone. I have been using streaming sites, redbox and the local library to get movies. There were some mo… --- ## [Can I afford to buy a house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-afford-to-buy-a-house/777474)
**Author:** [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-afford-to-buy-a-house/777474 "2017-01-31T23:33:54Z")
So I’m a dad now, to a 4-month old girl. My wife and I are just-about-managing in a single-bedroom flat, a box of a home in Camden in London. We need to move. We took it in our heads that buying was what we need to do, … --- ## [Freaky coincidence (cue scary music)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-coincidence-cue-scary-music/778675)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-coincidence-cue-scary-music/778675 "2017-01-31T23:10:03Z")
We recently were in St Martin for our winter getaway. It was my 11th consecutive year. My gf visited the island 15 times before we met, so it was her 26th time there. We have made friends on the island, so we spend time… --- ## [The Donald Trump Presidential Reality TV Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-presidential-reality-tv-show/778710)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-presidential-reality-tv-show/778710 "2017-01-31T22:56:31Z")
Trump Summons Top 2 Supreme Court Candidates for Prime-Time Unveiling (emphasis added) Perhaps this should really be in the BBQ Pit … --- ## [Cat food recall (canned 9 Lives)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-food-recall-canned-9-lives/778707)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-food-recall-canned-9-lives/778707 "2017-01-31T22:51:12Z")
A batch of this contains insufficient thiamine; if you have some, don’t throw it away but instead return it to the store for a refund. You shouldn’t need a receipt, but it might be a good idea to print this page and tak… --- ## [Donald and the dead horse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-and-the-dead-horse/778656)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-and-the-dead-horse/778656 "2017-01-31T22:06:54Z")
A young man named Donald bought a horse from a farmer for $250. The farmer agreed to deliver the horse the next day. The next day, the farmer drove up to Donald’s house and said, “Sorry son, but I have some bad news, the… --- ## [HIPAA Suggestion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipaa-suggestion/642391)
**Author:** [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipaa-suggestion/642391 "2017-01-31T22:04:30Z")
I was just being silly yesterday and had a thought that won’t leave my mind. When doctors prescribe marijuana for medicinal use, they should be able to refuse to share their patients’ names when the Feds raid by citing… --- ## [What's the dumbest crime you ever witnessed or were a victim of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-crime-you-ever-witnessed-or-were-a-victim-of/776715)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-crime-you-ever-witnessed-or-were-a-victim-of/776715 "2017-01-31T16:47:30Z")
No funny news reports from Florida - it has to be something you were involved with. In my case, about six years ago, somebody stole the venetian blinds from my windows. --- ## [How many Countries have you been in snow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393 "2017-01-31T13:39:54Z")
How many countries have you been in snow? This is a little different from the question about states. Which countries have you actually been in the snow, where you did or could have walked in snow falling or on the gro… --- ## [Say hello to your little ancestor!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-your-little-ancestor/778601)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-your-little-ancestor/778601 "2017-01-31T11:36:15Z")
A new fossil discovery that represents what is possibly a ancestor (or close cousin thereof) of modern duterostomes. As for their looks–well, let’s just hope that they had a good personality. --- ## [Shooting at mosque in Quebec City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-mosque-in-quebec-city/778562)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-mosque-in-quebec-city/778562 "2017-01-31T05:06:56Z")
Reports say five dead. --- ## [RIP Julian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-julian/778383)
**Author:** [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-julian/778383 "2017-01-31T02:05:02Z")
No one every met Julian who did not remark, “That is the biggest cat I’ve ever seen!” And he was definitely a big, big boy – 25 pounds of orange and white goofball. He slipped away across the Rainbow Bridge yesterday at … --- ## [DHS spam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dhs-spam/778550)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dhs-spam/778550 "2017-01-31T00:56:40Z")
A while back I applied for an ESTA for my eclipse trip next year. I’ve just received a spammy email purporting to be from the DHS. Of course it is spam, right? Delivered-To: ME Received: by 10.13.245.5 with SMTP id e5… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=569) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=571)