# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=602 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 603 --- ## [Weirdest name you've encountered lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-name-youve-encountered-lately/764744)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-name-youve-encountered-lately/764744 "2016-09-20T13:06:31Z")
An actual person, and in no way an atractive Bond assasin, called Sugar Putzi. --- ## [Going to Tahiti!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-tahiti/750690)
**Author:** [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-tahiti/750690 "2016-09-20T11:54:36Z")
In August, my wife and I will be taking a needed respite from our crazed lives for a 10-day vacation to Tahiti. Because she couldn’t get her vacation schedule to work exactly right for our needs, we will be staying on th… --- ## [Please sign this petition to free enslavec Florida elephant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sign-this-petition-to-free-enslavec-florida-elephant/766418)
**Author:** [@PrincessConsuela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrincessConsuela)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sign-this-petition-to-free-enslavec-florida-elephant/766418 "2016-09-20T11:35:03Z")
You guys will probably call me a Debbie Downer but me and the other people trying to free this enslaved Florida elephant named Nosey need to get 100,000 signatures on this petition by October 16, 2016. So I’m posting it … --- ## [John Hinckley released by judge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-hinckley-released-by-judge/761032)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2016, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-hinckley-released-by-judge/761032 "2016-09-20T08:17:51Z")
Story. John Hinckley, who attempted to assassinate Reagan in 1981, has been released from his psychiatric hospital after 35 years. He’ll be allowed to live in Virginia. --- ## [Misdiagnosis or Medical Condescension: Has it Happened to You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misdiagnosis-or-medical-condescension-has-it-happened-to-you/766010)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misdiagnosis-or-medical-condescension-has-it-happened-to-you/766010 "2016-09-20T05:06:50Z")
I read this article recently. I was also a fan of Mystery Diagnosis, where people suffer strange ailments for years because of misdiagnoses. I have only encountered a misdiagnosis once, when my appendix burst two weeks… --- ## [Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiskey-tango-foxtrot/766321)
**Author:** [@Shockaholics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shockaholics)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiskey-tango-foxtrot/766321 "2016-09-20T00:52:18Z")
Yeah, we couldn’t figure it out either. Now that voice’s gonna haunt my nightmares. Let that scary robot voice haunt your nightmares. …please for the love of god let Metal Sonic have that voice again in the next Sonic … --- ## [I am SO confused (conflicting signs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-confused-conflicting-signs/766316)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-confused-conflicting-signs/766316 "2016-09-19T21:07:57Z")
Saw this, and didn’t know what to do! --- ## [Pipe bomb at Marine Corps Charity 5K Run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pipe-bomb-at-marine-corps-charity-5k-run/766206)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pipe-bomb-at-marine-corps-charity-5k-run/766206 "2016-09-19T19:05:46Z")
This could have been really bad. Thankfully the bomb went off before the race started. I wonder if this bomb was potentially bigger than the one in Boston? Reports say only one part of it went off. --- ## [Loving the underdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-the-underdog/766145)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-the-underdog/766145 "2016-09-19T14:48:24Z")
I think I often develop a fondness for things just because they are underappreciated by most others. I am a fan of Windows Phone. I really like it, but I think I set out to do so. I like moths much more than butterflie… --- ## [Re ban on gun ownership if you have a domestic violence conviction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-ban-on-gun-ownership-if-you-have-a-domestic-violence-conviction/765974)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-ban-on-gun-ownership-if-you-have-a-domestic-violence-conviction/765974 "2016-09-19T09:41:51Z")
Re this story here - Court upholds federal gun ban against domestic violence offenders If you have a large gun collection and are convicted of DV what happens? Are you suddenly illegal and the guns are confiscated ? Do … --- ## [Low flying in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-flying-in-the-mmp/765746)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-flying-in-the-mmp/765746 "2016-09-19T02:05:00Z")
Yesterday was 9/11 & we had good weather. The 4-day heat wave broke, humidity was down, it was sunny, & most importantly, winds were calm. That meant I went out in the late afternoon to go help Barry fly the flag. Wh… --- ## [Public puking stories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-puking-stories/609821)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-puking-stories/609821 "2016-09-19T01:45:03Z")
So umm…I had this new drink called “blue lightning” last night at the casino, with a friend. It was blue gatorade and vodka I believe. I made a mistake of drinking it on an empty stomach and it made me sick. I tried to b… --- ## [Google View blurs cow's face. What is it Hiding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-view-blurs-cows-face-what-is-it-hiding/766158)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-view-blurs-cows-face-what-is-it-hiding/766158 "2016-09-19T00:42:36Z")
Pepper Mill suggests that, since nearby cows weren’t affected, this one might have been in the Witness Protection Program. “You’ll Do Lobelia? That’s a NAME?” protested the cow. --- ## [ITT Tech shuts down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itt-tech-shuts-down/765201)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itt-tech-shuts-down/765201 "2016-09-18T16:12:39Z")
ITT Technical College has shut down A Department of Education policy advisor said the closure was long overdue. In the past year or so, I’ve heard about these ‘diploma mills’ advertising that graduates were well-posit… --- ## [First Stephen King on Trump, now Jane Goodall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-stephen-king-on-trump-now-jane-goodall/766244)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-stephen-king-on-trump-now-jane-goodall/766244 "2016-09-18T16:03:54Z")
First Stephen King compared Trump to Cthulhu ( http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=804551 ) , now: Trump’s Behavior Similar To Male Chimpanzee, Says Jane Goodall --- ## [When your friends think you are nuts!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-friends-think-you-are-nuts/766204)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-friends-think-you-are-nuts/766204 "2016-09-18T15:50:28Z")
Judging by many of the posts I see on here I would hazard to guess that I am not the only one whose friends think I am a bit off. We are always laying ideas on one another either for feedback or just to get a reaction wh… --- ## [This helps me understand the Monty Hall problem...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-helps-me-understand-the-monty-hall-problem/766177)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-helps-me-understand-the-monty-hall-problem/766177 "2016-09-18T02:00:34Z")
\[If you’re not familiar with the “Monty Hall problem,” see below links.\] When I first encountered the Monty Hall problem, I answered incorrectly–like many people, even math professors. I reasoned: After the “dud prize”… --- ## [Jefferson Davis losing a tribute in NoVA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jefferson-davis-losing-a-tribute-in-nova/766188)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jefferson-davis-losing-a-tribute-in-nova/766188 "2016-09-18T01:15:20Z")
And it’s about damn time. Route 1 (which runs north-south along the entire East Coast if I’m not mistaken) has a bit of it that runs through Alexandria, Virginia. It is a major thoroughfare stretching probably a good 15… --- ## [Local Gas Shortage--Pipeline Break.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-gas-shortage-pipeline-break/766111)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-gas-shortage-pipeline-break/766111 "2016-09-17T23:42:20Z")
The South is also suffering. Here in “Bug Tussle” (:D) several local gas stations have NO GAS LEFT signs up, prices have jumped twenty to thirty cents a gallon. Panic buying, & long lines. I was lucky to fill my tan… --- ## [What's the most pain you've ever experienced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-pain-youve-ever-experienced/765352)
**Author:** [@Hbk4894](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbk4894)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-pain-youve-ever-experienced/765352 "2016-09-17T22:07:46Z")
Can be physical or mentally --- ## [The bees are holding my car hostage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bees-are-holding-my-car-hostage/764344)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bees-are-holding-my-car-hostage/764344 "2016-09-17T19:14:39Z")
I drove my car into the pasture to jump-start my lawnmower. I left the car running while I went inside to get something. When I came back out, there was a swarm of bees (Africanized, for sure) around it. So, I’m waiting… --- ## [ISIS executioner gets a taste of his own FIRE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-executioner-gets-a-taste-of-his-own-fire/765789)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-executioner-gets-a-taste-of-his-own-fire/765789 "2016-09-17T19:03:59Z")
This just made my entire month. :smiley: Executioner dies exactly the same way as his previous victims and the condemned prisoners were freed. Doesn’t get any better than this. --- ## [Let's write Donald Trump's responses to fictional scenarios](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-write-donald-trumps-responses-to-fictional-scenarios/766065)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-write-donald-trumps-responses-to-fictional-scenarios/766065 "2016-09-17T17:28:55Z")
The thread will work as follows. One poster will propose a fictional scenario, which can be anything. Fantasy, science fiction, and general craziness are encouraged. The next poster must write the tweet or series of t… --- ## [The last time I cried...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-time-i-cried/765999)
**Author:** [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-time-i-cried/765999 "2016-09-17T14:39:18Z")
I was eleven. I’d been hit by a car on the way home from school. Nothing serious, but it was a bit of a shock and I’ll freely admit, lying there on the street scraped a bruised, my pre-teen self made a bit of a scene. So… --- ## [In which a fat guy takes up running](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-a-fat-guy-takes-up-running/764477)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-a-fat-guy-takes-up-running/764477 "2016-09-17T03:10:44Z")
I weigh 266 pounds, and I’m 39 years old. I was skinny as a teenager, started to put weight on in my 20s and have basically gained it ever since. There have been brief periods of dieting, but the trend has been upwards, … --- ## [Doped up parents passed out in car. Child in car seat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doped-up-parents-passed-out-in-car-child-in-car-seat/765476)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doped-up-parents-passed-out-in-car-child-in-car-seat/765476 "2016-09-16T22:50:56Z")
Where’s Ozzie and Harriet when we need them? Ward and June Cleaver are you out there? Maybe even Howard and Marion Cunningham? Welcome to 2016 It’s not an isolated case either. I’ve seen other news reports of dopers pa… --- ## [Deep Thoughts by Dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-by-dopers/765911)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-by-dopers/765911 "2016-09-16T20:08:44Z")
I wish I was like the celebrities I see on billboards: Beautiful, rich, and large enough to step over an overpass. When I was a kid, I was always picked last for dodgeball. But scabs are never picked at all. Maybe that’… --- ## [My Kitten is Nursing... On Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kitten-is-nursing-on-nothing/765218)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kitten-is-nursing-on-nothing/765218 "2016-09-16T19:55:40Z")
I’m just curious how common this behavior is. I have a 3.5 month old kitten named Abomination. He’s crazy active, but periodically he will climb into my lap, purr up a storm, and ‘‘nurse’’ … even though there’s nothing … --- ## [Semi Deep Thought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-deep-thought/765996)
**Author:** [@rstrats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rstrats)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-deep-thought/765996 "2016-09-16T19:36:52Z")
I wonder how long the present lasts before it becomes the past? --- ## [Copy and share this on your wall or you don't support my cause du jour!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copy-and-share-this-on-your-wall-or-you-dont-support-my-cause-du-jour/755858)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copy-and-share-this-on-your-wall-or-you-dont-support-my-cause-du-jour/755858 "2016-09-16T19:10:51Z")
I bet I know who my friends are, and they will comment on this important cause, and then copy and post this on their wall for one hour, so all their pyramid-loving friends can do the same and then we’ll all know who is p… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=601) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=603)