# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=577 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 578 --- ## [Any interest in a Richmond, VA Doper fest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-richmond-va-doper-fest/776310)
**Author:** [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2017, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-richmond-va-doper-fest/776310 "2017-01-08T08:26:37Z")
Not sure if many Dopers live around here- I know there’s a pretty healthy contingent in the DC area, but that’s a bit much of a drive. If there is interest, at least we’ll have an excellent array of restaurants to choos… --- ## [Parents, how do you talk to your kids about pornography](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-how-do-you-talk-to-your-kids-about-pornography/776365)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2017, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-how-do-you-talk-to-your-kids-about-pornography/776365 "2017-01-08T07:04:28Z")
I don’t mean in a ‘sex is horrible, pretend it doesn’t exist until you are married’ way either. Here is what I’m wondering. When I was a kid the internet and cell phones didn’t exist. If you wanted to look at pictures o… --- ## [DNI Report: Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dni-report-assessing-russian-activities-and-intentions-in-recent-us-elections/776588)
**Author:** [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2017, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dni-report-assessing-russian-activities-and-intentions-in-recent-us-elections/776588 "2017-01-08T06:10:59Z")
From DNI (Director of National Intelligence)… \[“This report is a declassified version of a highly classified assessment; its conclusions are identical to those in the highly classified assessment but this version does n… --- ## [Doper dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-dreams/776573)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-dreams/776573 "2017-01-08T01:42:34Z")
This morning I had a short ‘Doper dream’. I dreamt my computer was open, and The Straight Dope was in the window. Mrs. L.A. got onto my computer (which she never does) and reported ‘Commander Dave died.’ That was the … --- ## [Dia de los reyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dia-de-los-reyes/776467)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dia-de-los-reyes/776467 "2017-01-08T00:07:17Z")
Big holiday here in Mexico. I understand this tradition came from Spain. It was Christmas here before Santa Claus came from the North (USA). Worked out good for the kids here. Now they have three holidays to receive … --- ## [Hi from 30,000 feet above midwest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-from-30-000-feet-above-midwest/776500)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-from-30-000-feet-above-midwest/776500 "2017-01-07T22:47:51Z")
Hi friends: I’m headed to Arizona, sat on the plane for two hours on tarmac in Philly while bird remains were cleaned out of the engine, then a three hour delay in Chicago for de-icing problems. Another three hours to Tu… --- ## [My Christmas present just arrived! Well worth the wait!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-present-just-arrived-well-worth-the-wait/776509)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-present-just-arrived-well-worth-the-wait/776509 "2017-01-07T17:43:55Z")
I’ll bet I’m the only one around who has one! Can’t wait to proudly display it down at the local Kroger’s! --- ## [Ball was 7 seconds late.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ball-was-7-seconds-late/776062)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ball-was-7-seconds-late/776062 "2017-01-07T16:13:57Z")
On account of the leap second, I kept comparing ABC’s clock on the ball drop to the clock on my set-top box which gets its time from the cable company. How do I know the latter was accurate? Every day at 1 PM, the CBC … --- ## [Any Places Still Have Phone Booths?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-places-still-have-phone-booths/555927)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-places-still-have-phone-booths/555927 "2017-01-07T05:08:48Z")
I can’t remember the last time I saw an actual phone booth. You know one where you go into and close the door and talk. I live in Chicago and can’t recall the last time I saw one or if any still exist? Do any exist wher… --- ## [Go-to insults](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-insults/776323)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2017, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-insults/776323 "2017-01-07T04:17:17Z")
Go-to insults: You’ve probably got a few that you carry in your pocket. Ones that are ready at a moment’s notice whenever the occasion begs. Ones that have at least a smattering of style and rise a half step above simply… --- ## [Words fail me - why does this scream 1950's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-fail-me-why-does-this-scream-1950s/776332)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-fail-me-why-does-this-scream-1950s/776332 "2017-01-07T00:49:54Z")
Just had a frustrating discussion where words completely failed me. We were talking about old print advertisements from the 1950’s and I was trying to explain how they differ from modern print advertisements and I pretty… --- ## [Cheer up, things aren't as bad as you think](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-up-things-arent-as-bad-as-you-think/775791)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-up-things-arent-as-bad-as-you-think/775791 "2017-01-06T22:54:27Z")
We’ve had an awful lot of gloomy predictions here on the board lately but, as Steven Pinker reminds us, the world and the US is in greater shape than it’s ever been. In the interview he’s first asked about the conceptio… --- ## [One of the last Shakers has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-last-shakers-has-died/776312)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-last-shakers-has-died/776312 "2017-01-06T21:44:59Z")
Sabbathday Lake is the only still active Shaker community in the US. There are now only two surviving members. I have been to the Shaker village a couple of times, and it is a beautiful place. It would be a real sha… --- ## [New Human Organ Discovered!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-human-organ-discovered/776342)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-human-organ-discovered/776342 "2017-01-06T20:45:16Z")
Seriously. This is not a joke. It has nothing to do with sex, so get your mind out of the gutter. It’s not Alan Sherman’s humdinger. They call it the Mesentery, and it’s a collection of tissues in the stomach that were… --- ## [Spiro Agnew anagrams!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiro-agnew-anagrams/776390)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiro-agnew-anagrams/776390 "2017-01-06T20:29:45Z")
I read yesterday that Dick Cavett pointed out, back in the day, that the Vice President’s name could be anagrammed to “Grow a penis.” So this morning I fed it into the Internet Anagram Server, and received unexpected ri… --- ## [Someone want to test Glassdoor.com for me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-want-to-test-glassdoor-com-for-me/776457)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-want-to-test-glassdoor-com-for-me/776457 "2017-01-06T19:22:41Z")
This is truly a mundane request. I noticed that there are lots of poor reviews of my “day job” company on glassdoor.com and they only let you read one review without signing in. When I tried to create an account, I fou… --- ## [Mixing weed and alcohol: How weird can things get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mixing-weed-and-alcohol-how-weird-can-things-get/776129)
**Author:** [@doris89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doris89)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2017, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mixing-weed-and-alcohol-how-weird-can-things-get/776129 "2017-01-06T12:05:38Z")
I was having casual chat with my friends last day and topic of discussion wanders off to drugs. I came to realize that people these days mix alcohol with weed to enhance the ecstasy or god knows why. Just out of sheer cu… --- ## [Customer Service Agent from the Security Department of Windows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customer-service-agent-from-the-security-department-of-windows/775272)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customer-service-agent-from-the-security-department-of-windows/775272 "2017-01-05T23:49:58Z")
Today I got a call on my home line from the “customer service agent from the security department of Windows” and after about 10 minutes of talking he told me to go to hell. I had a call from the same department this pas… --- ## [Holidays. Family get-together. The meal is done. Does it bug you that some don't help clean up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holidays-family-get-together-the-meal-is-done-does-it-bug-you-that-some-dont-help-clean-up/776102)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holidays-family-get-together-the-meal-is-done-does-it-bug-you-that-some-dont-help-clean-up/776102 "2017-01-05T23:45:01Z")
We host a New Years Eve gathering of 12-15 friends and family every year. We had a pretty substantial dinner this year that became a pretty substantial mess very quickly. I’ve noticed in the past that my brother-in-law … --- ## [NYT's four opinions on filibuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyts-four-opinions-on-filibuster/776371)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyts-four-opinions-on-filibuster/776371 "2017-01-05T21:41:52Z")
Chronological order 1995: “Once a rarely used tactic reserved for issues on which senators held passionate convictions, the filibuster has become the tool of the sore loser, dooming any measure that cannot command the … --- ## [Retail is a hoot!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-is-a-hoot/775865)
**Author:** [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-is-a-hoot/775865 "2017-01-05T21:19:33Z")
I hear a lot of silly requests and misconceptions in my retail job and I also enjoy sharing and hearing about them. I’m sure this has been done here before and there are whole websites devoted to the subject but i though… --- ## [How do Sikhs wind their turbans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-sikhs-wind-their-turbans/775848)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-sikhs-wind-their-turbans/775848 "2017-01-05T20:38:33Z")
I was going to ask this in GQ, but I found a video. Every turban I’ve seen a Sikh wearing has been very nicely wound. I’ve always wondered how they do it. Now I know. ETA: Reported for typo in the title. . --- ## [Alexa, please interpret my child's adorable mumble as a request for hardcore porn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexa-please-interpret-my-childs-adorable-mumble-as-a-request-for-hardcore-porn/776130)
**Author:** [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexa-please-interpret-my-childs-adorable-mumble-as-a-request-for-hardcore-porn/776130 "2017-01-05T17:31:03Z")
(Not my kid, just a story I found on the internet) So Amazon has this device called Alexa. It seems to be a digital assistant that finds media for you. And if you have a child who isn’t so great with enunciating Alexa m… --- ## [Dog mauls family over sweater.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-mauls-family-over-sweater/776271)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-mauls-family-over-sweater/776271 "2017-01-05T16:22:37Z")
Dog Mauls Family After They Tried Dressing Him Up In A Sweater No picture or description of the sweater so there’s no way of telling if the attack was justified. --- ## [Where would you time travel to? (Please read the setup)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-time-travel-to-please-read-the-setup/775800)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-time-travel-to-please-read-the-setup/775800 "2017-01-05T05:53:08Z")
A time travel machine has been built, and you can use it BUT You can see and hear (and record thereof), but you can’t be seen or heard, and you can’t touch, smell, or taste anything It must go back at least 100 years -… --- ## [Dog wouldn't come, when I said "Come"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-wouldnt-come-when-i-said-come/776185)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-wouldnt-come-when-i-said-come/776185 "2017-01-05T02:06:20Z")
Kiko is about 5 years old. We have been a family for 2.5 years. We walk 4-8 kms per day. No leash. He obeys, no, come, sit, and stay in three languages. There are two times when he won’t come when I say “Come”. One… --- ## [New Year's Eve Quiz challenge.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-eve-quiz-challenge/776007)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-eve-quiz-challenge/776007 "2017-01-04T21:16:31Z")
Are you Smarter Than a 5th Grader? I’m not sure that I am. LOL Jeff Foxworthy asked some tough questions. This quiz asks 19 questions that most kids should be able to answer. Requires about 5 to 10 mins to take. Can th… --- ## [Recommend Me Places to See in Chicago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-places-to-see-in-chicago/775629)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-places-to-see-in-chicago/775629 "2017-01-04T17:23:18Z")
Hello all Hope you had a Merry Christmas and wonderful holidays. I will be visiting Chicago for three days in early January. I am a Los Angeles native, and this will be my first time visiting the Windy City. I will be t… --- ## [Best of "Penile Injuries"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-penile-injuries/776122)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-penile-injuries/776122 "2017-01-04T00:57:56Z")
In conjunction with the post \[post=19877379\]Inserts\[/post\] about various items inserted (and hopefully removed) from various orifices I bring you an annual culling of “Greatest Hits”. An example: “SORES ON HIS PENIS 6… --- ## [Bad weddings and warning signs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-weddings-and-warning-signs/775738)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-weddings-and-warning-signs/775738 "2017-01-03T20:46:33Z")
There’s a thread on Reddit about marriages that ended in divorce, and the red flags for the aforementioned marriages (most of which popped up very early indeed). A few of the gems: At the rehearsal dinner, the groom’s … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=576) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=578)