# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=613 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 614 --- ## [Can this be the reason why I have not been able to order from Grub Hub.com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-be-the-reason-why-i-have-not-been-able-to-order-from-grub-hub-com/762061)
**Author:** [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-be-the-reason-why-i-have-not-been-able-to-order-from-grub-hub-com/762061 "2016-08-09T19:34:19Z")
I recently moved to a new apt and tried to get food delivered to my new place through Grub Hub because of the $10 off promotion. So I tried 3 weeks ago and when I got to the part when it came time for me to pay I got … --- ## [Jail - Groups Veteran Inmates Together.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jail-groups-veteran-inmates-together/762221)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jail-groups-veteran-inmates-together/762221 "2016-08-09T17:11:13Z")
Local story. It’s the first program like this in Arkansas. Seems like a very good idea. Especially for vets with PTSD. That common background of military discipline and training can mean a lot. The interviews in the n… --- ## [Four years sober was a good run, but I'm starting over. One day.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-years-sober-was-a-good-run-but-im-starting-over-one-day/759340)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-years-sober-was-a-good-run-but-im-starting-over-one-day/759340 "2016-08-09T17:06:01Z")
I was bored, overworked, and cocky, so I had a few. And a few more. In a couple months I wrecked a friendship, embarrassed myself here more than usual, and got real sick when I tried to quit. That sickness seems to ha… --- ## [Innocent moments that look bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-moments-that-look-bad/760972)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-moments-that-look-bad/760972 "2016-08-09T16:19:43Z")
Here’s a thread to share your “It’s not what it looks like!” experiences. I have a small dog who is at the age where he needs a trip or two outside very late at night. His favorite spot is by some hedges that hide him f… --- ## [I'm playing hooky today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-playing-hooky-today/762126)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2016, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-playing-hooky-today/762126 "2016-08-09T11:58:03Z")
Fuck it. I’m Ferris Bueller. I’m going to make chili, watch the Olympics, drink beer and nap. To hell with society! --- ## [Don't tell anybody. A Big Secret MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-tell-anybody-a-big-secret-mmp/761442)
**Author:** [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Replies:** 290\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2016, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-tell-anybody-a-big-secret-mmp/761442 "2016-08-09T10:52:12Z")
No. Noooo. No, no, no, no, no. No, you can’t tell anybody. Because. OK, I think this is far enough that it won’t show on preview, heehee. I’vegotanewnephewandI’mnotallowedtotellanybodyyet! And now that I’ve finally … --- ## [Line-ups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-ups/762219)
**Author:** [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-ups/762219 "2016-08-09T05:06:49Z")
So I’ve been watching reruns of crime shows, which is almost certainly not a good use of my time, and they have these bizarre line up things. A bunch of men march in and stand in a line and move forward and backwards as … --- ## [Rejected City/Sport Team Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882)
**Author:** [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882 "2016-08-08T23:19:48Z")
It’s Friday and my brain is fried from this week and needs engery. In the spirit of the Olympics getting under way - the rejected sport team names from around the world: Brussels Sprouts Cannes Openers Amsterdam Yanke… --- ## [Remind me how to entertain myself for 10 minutes... without an iPhone! \[emoji50\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-how-to-entertain-myself-for-10-minutes-without-an-iphone-emoji50/757921)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-how-to-entertain-myself-for-10-minutes-without-an-iphone-emoji50/757921 "2016-08-08T13:42:06Z")
First let me just say I love thinking someone is gonna rush in here to say “Read a book! Go outside! Actually talk to real people!!!” because actually literally none of those are options here. I work, but most nights i’… --- ## [I'm going to slap these parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-slap-these-parents/761734)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-slap-these-parents/761734 "2016-08-08T02:03:59Z")
At Mac for dinner. Not the healthiest or best tasting, but I needed to go somewhere I can work while I eat. There is a family at the next table. The parents look to be in their late 20s with an eight-year-oldish son. Th… --- ## [Cars & Coffee & Ugh...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-coffee-ugh/762072)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-coffee-ugh/762072 "2016-08-07T21:26:52Z")
Local Cars & Coffee spot, yesterday. :smack: --- ## [Stuff you've lost and never found](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-youve-lost-and-never-found/761391)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-youve-lost-and-never-found/761391 "2016-08-07T19:26:53Z")
Glomming on to Viscage’s thread about losing and mysteriously finding lost objects. A few weeks ago our Amazon firestick remote went missing. We turned the house upside down searching. This loss was especially poignant,… --- ## [Humpback whales defend other species from killer whales](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humpback-whales-defend-other-species-from-killer-whales/761986)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humpback-whales-defend-other-species-from-killer-whales/761986 "2016-08-07T18:40:44Z")
This seems a remarkable story. --- ## [Reddit Thread: What's the most intellectual joke you know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddit-thread-whats-the-most-intellectual-joke-you-know/761776)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddit-thread-whats-the-most-intellectual-joke-you-know/761776 "2016-08-07T15:30:01Z")
Great thread! Here. --- ## [What is your longest/shortest sex session](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185)
**Author:** [@Hbk4894](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbk4894)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185 "2016-08-06T23:55:23Z")
Longest 74 minutes Shortest 79 seconds --- ## [What mundane thing have you only seen once/one of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mundane-thing-have-you-only-seen-once-one-of/761788)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mundane-thing-have-you-only-seen-once-one-of/761788 "2016-08-06T21:59:59Z")
We’ve had threads where we’ve discussed seeing rare things before, like endangered animals, but I’d like to take this particular thread in another direction: What totally ordinary thing have you only ever seen once (or … --- ## [Literally means figuratively](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literally-means-figuratively/761546)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literally-means-figuratively/761546 "2016-08-06T16:48:57Z")
According to the dictionary, “literally” now also means “figuratively” Merriam-Webster, Macmillan Dictionary, Google, and The Cambridge Dictionary say so. I find this quote cromulent: --- ## [Gosh, I wish Street lurkers would leave me be.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gosh-i-wish-street-lurkers-would-leave-me-be/761746)
**Author:** [@The\_Big\_Poo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Poo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gosh-i-wish-street-lurkers-would-leave-me-be/761746 "2016-08-06T16:02:41Z")
I had earphones in, god forbid you make eye contact. The worst ones in my experience have been those who push paintball, they’ll happily talk nonstop for 10 minutes. --- ## [Stray dog follows ultra-marathoner thru Gobi desert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stray-dog-follows-ultra-marathoner-thru-gobi-desert/761905)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stray-dog-follows-ultra-marathoner-thru-gobi-desert/761905 "2016-08-06T02:56:29Z")
I just stumbled across this video. What an extraordinary little dog. If I were Mr. Leonard I would have moved heaven and earth to bring her home with me; I’m glad all he had/has to do was start a GoFundMe and wait a fe… --- ## [Landlord Rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landlord-rant/761869)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landlord-rant/761869 "2016-08-06T02:48:25Z")
So. We have been renting our apartment for about 5 years; the first year was under lease, but since then we have been on a month-to-month basis. Our former landlord (the elder Mr. Chin) has decided that landlording is n… --- ## [New kitten pictures are obligatory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitten-pictures-are-obligatory/761786)
**Author:** [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitten-pictures-are-obligatory/761786 "2016-08-06T00:04:02Z")
My cat Jerry passed away a few months ago He was 16 and in poor heath. We just got home from the Humane Society Welcome home Ralphie --- ## [Redesign the Human Body](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redesign-the-human-body/761194)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redesign-the-human-body/761194 "2016-08-05T23:14:04Z")
So, you’ve been hired as Designer in Chief! What physiological and psychological elements of the body would you overhaul? Me: white skin and light-colored eyes are out. Pasty-skinned folk (like me) were not designed to … --- ## [My Male Neutered Cat is Lactating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-male-neutered-cat-is-lactating/760645)
**Author:** [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-male-neutered-cat-is-lactating/760645 "2016-08-05T20:19:07Z")
Very strange, called the vet going for an appointment in a couple of day. They don’t think its an emergency, but I going to keep an eye on him. Very strange indeed, perhaps these are the end of days. --- ## [I pit Skald the Rhymer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-skald-the-rhymer/761654)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-skald-the-rhymer/761654 "2016-08-05T18:37:05Z")
…because everyone should be pitted at least once before they go. :slight\_smile: Hope all goes well in your Dope-free days, S. --- ## [If Trump built a wall how hard would it actually be to climb over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-built-a-wall-how-hard-would-it-actually-be-to-climb-over/761494)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-built-a-wall-how-hard-would-it-actually-be-to-climb-over/761494 "2016-08-05T15:25:20Z")
Keep in mind this is 2016. Why can’t someone just throw a rope ladder over it? Or failing that a regular ladder? Couldn’t a winch placed on the ground on one side lift people to the top? Seems like a minor obstacle. --- ## [Having a block party? Want a pool at your block party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-block-party-want-a-pool-at-your-block-party/761808)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-block-party-want-a-pool-at-your-block-party/761808 "2016-08-05T03:22:38Z")
Cheap? Instructions here \[quote=\] They attached a five-outlet manifold to a fire hydrant. All in all, it took an hour and 22 minutes to fill up that bad boy. They estimate it took about 3,000 gallons. \[/quote\] --- ## [Missouri's Governor Nixon appointed as a public defender](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouris-governor-nixon-appointed-as-a-public-defender/761774)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouris-governor-nixon-appointed-as-a-public-defender/761774 "2016-08-05T03:04:54Z")
Governor Nixon of Missouri has been in the habit of cutting the state budget for public defenders to the bone, so the fellow in charge of the public defender system has appointed Nixon to take on a case as a public defen… --- ## [Does anybody remember the screaming fat kid street preacher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-the-screaming-fat-kid-street-preacher/761639)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-the-screaming-fat-kid-street-preacher/761639 "2016-08-04T20:57:09Z")
This was back in the early 90’s I believe. This fat screaming street preacher kid made the news for a couple of weeks. He would hold the Bible open and scream at pedestrians, calling them all sinners and whatnot. Sometim… --- ## [Listening to NPR during fund drives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listening-to-npr-during-fund-drives/756411)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listening-to-npr-during-fund-drives/756411 "2016-08-04T20:35:40Z")
I have this weird fascination of listening to my local NPR station during their fund raising drives. I find the tactics they use to hold programing hostage in an attempt raise money very amusing. setting $ targets eve… --- ## [Video: mongoose and black mamba](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-mongoose-and-black-mamba/761711)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-mongoose-and-black-mamba/761711 "2016-08-04T15:04:51Z")
From Smithsonian Magazine. I always find it fascinating to watch such battles. Not many things are faster than a striking snake. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/science/a-mongoose-and-black-mamba-fight-t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=612) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=614)