# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=593 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 594 --- ## [Cake-smashing and "Speak now or forever hold your peace"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-smashing-and-speak-now-or-forever-hold-your-peace/769307)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-smashing-and-speak-now-or-forever-hold-your-peace/769307 "2016-10-26T05:16:08Z")
This is an offshoot of this thread. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=808084 Has anyone here ever attended a wedding where the couple smashed the cake in each others’ faces, or, when the officiant sa… --- ## [Name something you are passionate about in which your SO has ZERO interest. And does it bother you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-you-are-passionate-about-in-which-your-so-has-zero-interest-and-does-it-bother-you/767887)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-you-are-passionate-about-in-which-your-so-has-zero-interest-and-does-it-bother-you/767887 "2016-10-26T01:39:19Z")
Mine is music. I can name dozens - maybe more - of songs that, under the right circumstances, can chill me to the bone, move me, make me smile without realizing it, or just make life perfect for a short while. The wife?… --- ## [We're seeing lots o' jets going over our house...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-seeing-lots-o-jets-going-over-our-house/81002)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-seeing-lots-o-jets-going-over-our-house/81002 "2016-10-25T22:37:50Z")
I’m in Colorado, north of Denver. In the past 2 hours, we’ve seen maybe 7 or 8 planes going over our house, heading east. Anyone else? Obviously military planes, going… where? --- ## [Jack Chick - dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chick-dead/769720)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chick-dead/769720 "2016-10-25T21:05:56Z")
From the Christian front: --- ## [Nielsen survey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nielsen-survey/746006)
**Author:** [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nielsen-survey/746006 "2016-10-25T19:48:41Z")
We just got a nielsen survey in the mail. They will send us $5 CASHmoney for filling out their survey. The letter had $2 cash money in it. They were 2 nice crisp probably uncirculated bills. --- ## [FIGMO Obama is best Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/figmo-obama-is-best-obama/769684)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/figmo-obama-is-best-obama/769684 "2016-10-25T18:55:42Z")
President Obama reads mean tweets from various people, including one from Trump The “Bro, do you even lift” made me laugh OL. Wait for the end. It’s glorious! --- ## [Is there anything worth buying from the UK with the pound losing value](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-worth-buying-from-the-uk-with-the-pound-losing-value/769658)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-worth-buying-from-the-uk-with-the-pound-losing-value/769658 "2016-10-25T15:57:00Z")
As an American, are there any good deals worth looking into? --- ## [Blocking Ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blocking-ads/769614)
**Author:** [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blocking-ads/769614 "2016-10-25T13:53:49Z")
I tried an experiment just now - to see what the results would be if I didn’t have any adblocker installed. The only site I tried this on was the S.D., and the results were rather a surprise. The proliferation of ads t… --- ## [Happy Trafalgar day!!! Huzay.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-trafalgar-day-huzay/769248)
**Author:** [@Corporal\_Nobbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporal_Nobbs)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-trafalgar-day-huzay/769248 "2016-10-25T13:43:19Z")
On this day in Admiral Lord Nelson destroyed a combined Spanish and French fleet, thus giving a massive setback to the Tyrant Nepoleon and his attempt to conquer Europe. Nelson died in the battle and the fleet was brough… --- ## [Share your favourite flash games!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favourite-flash-games/408138)
**Author:** [@VanillaGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanillaGorilla)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favourite-flash-games/408138 "2007-06-23T16:30:03Z")
Now, personally, I love flash games. It’s just a nice way to waste away an hour or so, but won’t take up much more of your time than that, usually. So I thought, why not share my favourite flash games with the dopers her… --- ## [Tom Hayden has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-hayden-has-died/769619)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-hayden-has-died/769619 "2016-10-24T21:46:07Z")
Political activist and former husband to Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden has died. --- ## [Never start a conversation with ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-start-a-conversation-with/768866)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-start-a-conversation-with/768866 "2016-10-24T19:52:58Z")
an English teacher. You would think after 20 years of me teaching Mrs. Cad this basic rule of time-survival she would have it figured out but no she still doesn’t realize they talk forever about nothing. She’s started … --- ## [cfl plague?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfl-plague/769479)
**Author:** [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfl-plague/769479 "2016-10-24T18:05:21Z")
Can’t wait for an MM rant. While I was sitting in my living room recliner on Saturday morning reading the daily newspaper and doing its puzzles, the compact fluorescent bulb in the pole lamp on my right started flickerin… --- ## [The Mars Ghoul got another one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mars-ghoul-got-another-one/769035)
**Author:** [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mars-ghoul-got-another-one/769035 "2016-10-24T17:51:42Z")
Contact with the Schiaparelli lander lost after parachute deployment, mission control waiting on downlink from other orbiters. Meanwhile, ExoMars orbiter was entering orbit around Mars, and it will be another hour for w… --- ## [Man bites Dog, and in other news, Dog hits Car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-bites-dog-and-in-other-news-dog-hits-car/769468)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-bites-dog-and-in-other-news-dog-hits-car/769468 "2016-10-24T17:43:29Z")
I’m rollin’ in the Jeep when my neighbor’s crazy and intermittently vicious dog comes bolting out of his yard on a perfect intercept course right for me. Hey, wait a second! She ain’t stoppin’! She’s headed right for th… --- ## [I saw a military convoy carrying single beer coolers. Any reason why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-military-convoy-carrying-single-beer-coolers-any-reason-why/769330)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-military-convoy-carrying-single-beer-coolers-any-reason-why/769330 "2016-10-24T14:19:50Z")
When I say a convoy, I mean 3 full size semis and one humvee. One of the semis actually had cargo in the covered back. But the other two had flatbeds with only one cooler on the back. One looked like a 50 quart cooler, … --- ## [A Foot Cramp MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-foot-cramp-mmp/768810)
**Author:** [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-foot-cramp-mmp/768810 "2016-10-24T11:56:20Z")
Actually toes I guess; one of those where one toe wants to go one direction and all the rest the other? Bad enough to wake me up at 4am my time; bad enough to wish on (insert the name of your least favorite politician he… --- ## [Learned today that stores don't stock washers & dryers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learned-today-that-stores-dont-stock-washers-amp-dryers/769295)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learned-today-that-stores-dont-stock-washers-amp-dryers/769295 "2016-10-24T03:28:54Z")
Mom’s 14 year old washer died in the middle of the cycle. Tub full of water. Thankfully she has a good neighbor. They wrung the clothes out and took them to their house. They’ll wash and dry them. Mom called Home Depot… --- ## [Anyone have experience with the Lowel DP light?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-the-lowel-dp-light/769262)
**Author:** [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-the-lowel-dp-light/769262 "2016-10-24T00:22:47Z")
I picked up several Lowel DP lights off Craigslist, and I’m having some trouble with the bulbs. I was doing a film shoot then one light went out, then another. Bulbs were brand new so I didn’t think they had burned out… --- ## [Animal Mash-Ups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-mash-ups/769278)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-mash-ups/769278 "2016-10-23T14:01:51Z")
I stumbled across this today and it pretty much defines weird and wonderful…well weird anyway…just stick ‘animal mash-ups’ into google and prepare for something truly odd. A few picks, but there are loads of them! (I’m … --- ## [Screwing around in presentations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screwing-around-in-presentations/769245)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screwing-around-in-presentations/769245 "2016-10-23T13:33:11Z")
I don’t know what it is, but I can’t seem to put together a presentation without throwing in a joker somewhere. You? So I am giving a community seminar on a technical topic next week, and I’ve polished the presentation … --- ## [What is the worst wedding you have been to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-wedding-you-have-been-to/769254)
**Author:** [@Hbk4894](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbk4894)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-wedding-you-have-been-to/769254 "2016-10-23T01:55:23Z")
Any really terrible ones you have been to. --- ## [Idle Thoughts/Hal Briston East State Tour: NYC Dopefest (around Dec 7th-14th)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts-hal-briston-east-state-tour-nyc-dopefest-around-dec-7th-14th/768979)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts-hal-briston-east-state-tour-nyc-dopefest-around-dec-7th-14th/768979 "2016-10-23T01:03:21Z")
Hal Briston and I will be in New York City on one of these days, in the afternoon/evening sometime. If anyone would like to meet, let me know, we might be able to get together for an hour, two, or three for a bite to eat… --- ## [Mental math tricks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-math-tricks/769130)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-math-tricks/769130 "2016-10-22T22:53:16Z")
So in the “Clinton v. Trump - The Stretch Run Thread,” (start here: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19712343&postcount=2935) there was an extended side discussion about mental math (because Donald Trum… --- ## [Potentially life saving tip for dog owners in water moccasin states: Benadryl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potentially-life-saving-tip-for-dog-owners-in-water-moccasin-states-benadryl/629360)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potentially-life-saving-tip-for-dog-owners-in-water-moccasin-states-benadryl/629360 "2016-10-22T16:18:07Z")
My sister’s 14 year old shepherd was bitten on the face by a water moccasin this past weekend. (Most snakes shy away from humans and large animals by nature, but water moccasins are extremely territorial and aggressive … --- ## [Loosing vs. Losing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-vs-losing/769036)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosing-vs-losing/769036 "2016-10-22T07:16:26Z")
Why do so many people have a problem confusing loosing with losing. --- ## [Pedals is Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850)
**Author:** [@PAjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PAjoe)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2016, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850 "2016-10-22T06:30:32Z")
“Pedals” New Jersey’s famous bi-pedal bear appears to have been killed by a hunter. Why? Why would any one feel the need to kill this poor guy? --- ## [33 Wasted Years in a Broken Relationship (Long, Delicious Drama)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-wasted-years-in-a-broken-relationship-long-delicious-drama/753054)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-wasted-years-in-a-broken-relationship-long-delicious-drama/753054 "2016-10-21T23:33:21Z")
Yes, you told me so. Most recently In two thousand fucking eleven. This is my Mom. (Who was ultimately diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, as I suspected she had when I wrote this in 2009.) That link doesn’t… --- ## [OMG!!! They FOUND the Flying Purple People Eater!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-they-found-the-flying-purple-people-eater/769283)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-they-found-the-flying-purple-people-eater/769283 "2016-10-21T21:31:50Z")
And it’s grown another eye and lost its one horn!!! AWWW!!! It’s so cute!!! Apparently it lives in ocean trenches in between playing in its rock ‘n’ roll band. They found it when their sonar went “A wop bob boopalap … --- ## [This Jesus Head Intentionall left terra cotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-jesus-head-intentionall-left-terra-cotta/769247)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-jesus-head-intentionall-left-terra-cotta/769247 "2016-10-21T15:22:14Z")
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