# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=62 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 63 --- ## [Buying products before tariffs kick in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-products-before-tariffs-kick-in/1011936)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-products-before-tariffs-kick-in/1011936 "2025-04-30T20:23:16Z")
I read an article on one of the online business sites which opined that tariffs might soon make some products much more expensive. At the top of their list was consumer electronics. Mr. brown has been griping that our … --- ## [In the past few week, our nondescript public school has had](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-past-few-week-our-nondescript-public-school-has-had/1017634)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-past-few-week-our-nondescript-public-school-has-had/1017634 "2025-04-30T01:19:32Z")
A former student selected early in the second round of the WNBA draft, and 2. Had a former student accepted at Harvard with a full ride. --- ## [My Calendar Just Reminded Me to Renew my SDMB Subscription](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-calendar-just-reminded-me-to-renew-my-sdmb-subscription/1017639)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-calendar-just-reminded-me-to-renew-my-sdmb-subscription/1017639 "2025-04-29T20:18:06Z")
Annual reminder set up back in the days when to remain a Charter Member one had to re-up. --- ## [Newly built temple for the worship of the Olympian Gods in Greece](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-built-temple-for-the-worship-of-the-olympian-gods-in-greece/1017594)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-built-temple-for-the-worship-of-the-olympian-gods-in-greece/1017594 "2025-04-29T18:01:54Z")
A group in Greece has built a new temple for the worship of the Olympian Gods. Finished last March, it has been explicitly built to celebrate rites according to the Ancient Greek religion. https://greekreporter.com/2025… --- ## [Inspired by the "Why is your Ex your Ex" thread: A What If scenario](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspired-by-the-why-is-your-ex-your-ex-thread-a-what-if-scenario/1017649)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspired-by-the-why-is-your-ex-your-ex-thread-a-what-if-scenario/1017649 "2025-04-29T13:19:35Z")
I’d like to ask the Why is your Ex your Ex participants, and anybody else who’s interested, what you would do in this situation. This is a story I read in Epic Illustrated many moons ago. It starts off with a female cre… --- ## [(Old) For Whom The Bin Tolls- A Trashy Vacation MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-for-whom-the-bin-tolls-a-trashy-vacation-mmp/1017289)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 298\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-for-whom-the-bin-tolls-a-trashy-vacation-mmp/1017289 "2025-04-28T07:02:39Z")
It’s vacation week for me, and half of you are RDOS, but the trash still has to go out, and Monday seems to be the day. :notes:Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Mister Binma… --- ## [Utterly insane traffic accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utterly-insane-traffic-accident/1017485)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utterly-insane-traffic-accident/1017485 "2025-04-27T13:17:24Z")
Red Light Runner Launched Into the Air, BARELY Misses Pedestrian The title doesn’t give away the ending. It’s short, everything happens in the first 30 seconds. --- ## [Made up words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-words/1017450)
**Author:** [@doc481](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doc481)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-words/1017450 "2025-04-27T03:43:15Z")
I’m not saying I made all these up but I don’t hear many others people use them. What are some of your made up/new words? Aggravate = angervate Drudgery = trudgery Pissed off to pisstivity…. and beyond… Some days th… --- ## [Virginia Giuffre (of Jeffery Epstein fame) dies by suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-giuffre-of-jeffery-epstein-fame-dies-by-suicide/1017525)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-giuffre-of-jeffery-epstein-fame-dies-by-suicide/1017525 "2025-04-26T21:19:36Z")
Virginia Giuffre who reached an out of court settlement with Prince Andrew after accusations of statutory rape has died in Australia, age 41. She had been in the local news recently, after being allegedly badly injured … --- ## [Whats your earliest memory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earliest-memory/96747)
**Author:** [@Lectricity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lectricity)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earliest-memory/96747 "2025-04-26T15:52:58Z")
I think most folks earliest memorys envolve something scary. Am I right? Think back. What where you doing as a toddler? I remember at about two years old, I stuck a yellow twistie tie (the kind that holds bread bags clo… --- ## [Monkey Gland Transplants were Nifty. In the 1920s. Allegedly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-gland-transplants-were-nifty-in-the-1920s-allegedly/1017444)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-gland-transplants-were-nifty-in-the-1920s-allegedly/1017444 "2025-04-26T15:50:15Z")
Dammit, the Human ability to rationalize is weird. And can involve transplanting monkey glands into millionaires ballsacks. For fun & profit. The Surgeon was named Vornoff, & a fad was started. (LINK) And Arthur Conan … --- ## [Gaza paramedic massacre thread from March '25](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaza-paramedic-massacre-thread-from-march-25/1017033)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaza-paramedic-massacre-thread-from-march-25/1017033 "2025-04-24T22:50:30Z")
This is separating a Pit discussion into (hopefully) a less vitriolic thread per the DM request of one of the participants. Details of the incident: Rafah paramedic massacre - Wikipedia On March 23rd, the IDF attacked … --- ## [Mass shooting at Highland Park, IL Fourth of July parade {2022-07-04}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-at-highland-park-il-fourth-of-july-parade-2022-07-04/967412)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-at-highland-park-il-fourth-of-july-parade-2022-07-04/967412 "2025-04-24T22:24:16Z")
Very sketchy info at this point but Chicago news stations reporting multiple people injured and at least one person killed at the parade this morning in the northern Chicago suburb. WGN news link here. A reporter for W… --- ## [Can you give me a list of major European Defense Companies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-give-me-a-list-of-major-european-defense-companies/1017284)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-give-me-a-list-of-major-european-defense-companies/1017284 "2025-04-24T15:17:31Z")
I would like to know which firms the EU will turn to, now that Trump has caused the EU to mistrust the US. --- ## [Come Here v. Born Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-v-born-here/1017382)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-v-born-here/1017382 "2025-04-24T13:49:14Z")
This is not a fully formed idea. I don’t have a good succinct question by which we can rally around. That said: I’m watching a guy tour the most remote part of the CONUS, round about Glasgow Montana. And there’s a disct… --- ## [Help me defeat my cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-defeat-my-cat/1017369)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-defeat-my-cat/1017369 "2025-04-24T06:36:47Z")
So my dear Matilda, a lovely and intelligent little kitty, is also a pain in my ass. She likes to go into my room and wake me up too early by knocking things off of my nightstand or turning on my sleeping computer if I d… --- ## [Please, not my spaghetti sauce! (Campbell acquires the Rao's Brand)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-my-spaghetti-sauce-campbell-acquires-the-raos-brand/988212)
**Author:** [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-my-spaghetti-sauce-campbell-acquires-the-raos-brand/988212 "2025-04-24T03:37:57Z")
I’m a big fan of Rao’s products. Having relocated from NY to California, I miss the Italian food more than anything. Rao’s was the first sauce I tasted since moving here that scratched that NY itch. From their line of sa… --- ## [Google Search/AI makes up explanations for any "idiom" you come up with](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-ai-makes-up-explanations-for-any-idiom-you-come-up-with/1017395)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-ai-makes-up-explanations-for-any-idiom-you-come-up-with/1017395 "2025-04-24T03:04:34Z")
I made up some idioms, typed them into Google search, and it turns out they’re meaningful! That second one below is really something. Good old AI. AI Overview: The statement “you can’t fry a pineapple with a toothbrus… --- ## [Name changed to protect no one in particular](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259 "2025-04-23T16:28:16Z")
I have had my username changed from NotherYinzer because it didn’t really fit me anymore. I’m now Reeses\_Monkey, both because I like the pun and because I’m a Reese’s lover from waaay back. What would I do for a Klondike… --- ## [We need uplifting videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-uplifting-videos/1013056)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-uplifting-videos/1013056 "2025-04-23T14:03:50Z")
There are many reasons in our lives that it can all seem too much. Sometimes it seems that if life were a dumpster fire, that would be an improvement. So let’s share videos that we can come back to and watch oat those … --- ## [What's it like to be a Chewy.com reviewer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-be-a-chewy-com-reviewer/1017346)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-be-a-chewy-com-reviewer/1017346 "2025-04-23T07:12:40Z")
So, what’s involved in producing reviews for that merchant website, and how do you get the gig in the first place? Chewy.com asked me via email a while back, out of the blue, if I’d like to get pet goods and write revie… --- ## [A bizarrely random death…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bizarrely-random-death/1017195)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bizarrely-random-death/1017195 "2025-04-22T19:49:34Z")
When your time is up, I suppose it’s your time to exit this world. This happened yesterday near San Francisco. A driver was killed on I-680 when he was struck by a tire near Stone Valley Road in Alamo. The tire came off… --- ## [Flearthers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flearthers/1017216)
**Author:** [@XSIV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XSIV)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flearthers/1017216 "2025-04-22T16:27:52Z")
Greetings, first time poster here and I haven’t formally introduced myself to the community if there is a specific place to do so because I am in a rush to get this particular issue posted while it’s fresh in my memory. … --- ## [Rilchiam, the only sister \*ohne kinder\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rilchiam-the-only-sister-ohne-kinder/1017228)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rilchiam-the-only-sister-ohne-kinder/1017228 "2025-04-22T00:27:21Z")
Thread title is from Fear of Flying. Isadora is the second of four daughters. All the others have multiple children, and she is “the only sister ohne kinder”. Without children, as if you didn’t know. I’m the third of thr… --- ## [So... why do bunnies lay eggs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-do-bunnies-lay-eggs/1017263)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-do-bunnies-lay-eggs/1017263 "2025-04-21T19:26:29Z")
I get that Easter in the US is a hodgepodge of Christian beliefs and pagan fertility festivals. But how did the rabbit and the eggs come together into a unified symbol? You don’t often see one without the other now. Sur… --- ## [Pope Francis is on "absolute rest" for bronchitis: Feb 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis-is-on-absolute-rest-for-bronchitis-feb-2025/1014368)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis-is-on-absolute-rest-for-bronchitis-feb-2025/1014368 "2025-04-21T13:53:20Z")
I’m not Catholic, but I do know that his health has been faltering in recent years. There’s some chatter that he’s actually terminally ill; we’ll find out eventually. --- ## [Which font makes the best I beam answered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-font-makes-the-best-i-beam-answered/1017299)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-font-makes-the-best-i-beam-answered/1017299 "2025-04-21T13:24:02Z")
No only that, but which letter makes the best I beam: I found this both fun and informative Brian --- ## [(Old) Did Everybody Retire In The MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-did-everybody-retire-in-the-mmp/1017029)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 338\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-did-everybody-retire-in-the-mmp/1017029 "2025-04-21T09:31:09Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 50 Amurrkin out and N.O.S. with a predicted high of 82 and N.O.S. Not much shakin’ at da cave today. I shall attend the noontime Eucharist over to the church house bein’… --- ## [(K)not on my head!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-not-on-my-head/1017286)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-not-on-my-head/1017286 "2025-04-21T08:01:43Z")
I have this lump. 3/4 the way up, back of head. That one place that always aches when I hear the Lil’wrekker squeal. Happens, its also the place I always conk. I’m kinda noted for head boo boos. I swear, I SWEAR I di… --- ## [Beckdawreks bad bad bad Easter egg 🥚](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-easter-egg/1017268)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-easter-egg/1017268 "2025-04-21T02:49:11Z")
It’s sooper seekrit! Can’t tell all. Look around. Grab a basket. Get your eggs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=61) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=63)