# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=633 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 634 --- ## [Not very clever in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-very-clever-in-the-mmp/754905)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 282\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-very-clever-in-the-mmp/754905 "2016-05-23T03:58:55Z")
No inspired idea this morning. No clever story or pithy comment. No whines about the stooopit weather (yet) or complaints about work (yet) or perplexed contemplation about the inlaws (yet.) As if that matters. Onware… --- ## [Bats...Yay!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bats-yay/755346)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bats-yay/755346 "2016-05-23T00:49:45Z")
I live sort of out in the country. I have about an acre of woods across the street from my house that I own. I’m a campfire kind of guy, love to sit by the fire, drink beer, listen to some music. Last year I noticed a to… --- ## [Ceement pond.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceement-pond/755242)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceement-pond/755242 "2016-05-23T00:14:28Z")
Cute turned up to 11. Literally. --- ## [Alfred E. Neuman arrested for burglary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alfred-e-neuman-arrested-for-burglary/755350)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alfred-e-neuman-arrested-for-burglary/755350 "2016-05-22T22:59:26Z")
OK, it’s not really Mad Magazine’s mascot but there is a resemblance. Burglar caught inside apartment, gets a beating from the victim. --- ## [Seattle Dopefest anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-dopefest-anyone/754665)
**Author:** [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2016, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-dopefest-anyone/754665 "2016-05-22T12:02:30Z")
I know it’s short notice, but I’m flying in today, around until Wednesday. For those spontaneous people like me, suggest a time, place. I’ll have a car, a company credit card, and a sense of humor, so I might be c… --- ## [Fly With Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-with-me/755287)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-with-me/755287 "2016-05-21T23:28:48Z")
Truly Mundane to those who don’t. Music is totally NSFW, fasten your seat-belts and enjoy the ride. --- ## [Osprey cam shut down: or, Nature is not a Disney movie!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osprey-cam-shut-down-or-nature-is-not-a-disney-movie/755282)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osprey-cam-shut-down-or-nature-is-not-a-disney-movie/755282 "2016-05-21T14:54:20Z")
The above link is to an article in the Washington Post. A popular bird can, at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, has been turned off for this year because of idiots who don’t realize nature is red of tooth and c… --- ## [Aliens would kinda have to be similiar.. right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-would-kinda-have-to-be-similiar-right/753109)
**Author:** [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-would-kinda-have-to-be-similiar-right/753109 "2016-05-21T14:39:11Z")
I read this article on cracked (my SECOND favorite website from work): And yeah, I agree with most of it… kinda makes sense. But the more I think on it, the more it seems that aliens would (at least at some time in t… --- ## [99 little-known Taco Bell menu items](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-taco-bell-menu-items/755030)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2016, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-taco-bell-menu-items/755030 "2016-05-21T05:11:57Z")
\-Flaming Cornlupa Bowl -Sauce Balls -Queso Pepsi -Cruncharito Frito Wrap with Whitefish -Moist Burrito -Beef Chili Flap -Cheesy Tortilla con Sangre Caliente -Mountain Dewrito Chalupa -Guacaresito del Grande -Baj… --- ## [Cute chicks! (pics)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-chicks-pics/755013 "2016-05-20T22:00:44Z")
Our laying hens are pretty much postmenopausal, and since they are pets, we will not be eating them. They’ve laid thousands of eggs, so now they get to enjoy their golden years. But we need eggs, so that means replaceme… --- ## [Australia roundup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974)
**Author:** [@Richox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richox)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974 "2016-05-20T18:37:52Z")
Searched for a thread like it, couldn’t find it. I’m new to the dope, but loving it so far. Only negative is it wastes hours of my time on circular divergences of personal research missions from nearly every thread I re… --- ## [Wndows 10 update is getting extra annoying now.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wndows-10-update-is-getting-extra-annoying-now/754963)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wndows-10-update-is-getting-extra-annoying-now/754963 "2016-05-20T15:44:28Z")
They added a new bit of torture. :frowning: It came up tonight with a scheduled date to update. It’s done that before and you could just dismiss it. This time the tricky bastards had the default set to confirm the upd… --- ## [Here's a depressing headline: 12 year old girl charged with murder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-depressing-headline-12-year-old-girl-charged-with-murder/354241)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-depressing-headline-12-year-old-girl-charged-with-murder/354241 "2016-05-20T14:57:44Z")
From a news story from Alberta. --- ## [Adam Driver looks like Jim Varney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-driver-looks-like-jim-varney/755209)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-driver-looks-like-jim-varney/755209 "2016-05-20T13:38:25Z")
I really have nothing else to add. Kylo Ren and Ernest. --- ## [Ontario requires anti-vaxx parents to take a class on vaccines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ontario-requires-anti-vaxx-parents-to-take-a-class-on-vaccines/754901)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2016, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ontario-requires-anti-vaxx-parents-to-take-a-class-on-vaccines/754901 "2016-05-20T10:44:57Z")
Ontario has announced a new policy: if parents want an exemption from vaccinating their kids who go to public school, the parents have to sit through a class on vaccination: Vaccine exemptions for kids would require O… --- ## [American cheese... historically speaking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-cheese-historically-speaking/754709)
**Author:** [@12mgdaily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/12mgdaily)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-cheese-historically-speaking/754709 "2016-05-19T23:48:42Z")
I remember back when I was a kid, everyone ordered and referred to American cheese as Square Cheese. Nobody in those days said American cheese. When ordering square cheese, the person behind the counter in the deli, neve… --- ## [Clumsy? What was your recent great klutz moment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clumsy-what-was-your-recent-great-klutz-moment/755080)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clumsy-what-was-your-recent-great-klutz-moment/755080 "2016-05-19T21:30:09Z")
The other day when we got home from church I had my bass guitar on my back as I carried stuff into the house. I had adjusted it so it was on by one shoulder strap as I opened the door–the bass was hanging sideways. When… --- ## [Scultping Pencilpoints.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scultping-pencilpoints/755039)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scultping-pencilpoints/755039 "2016-05-19T15:30:38Z")
click through all of them. --- ## [An indoor skydiving place just opened a few minutes from me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-indoor-skydiving-place-just-opened-a-few-minutes-from-me/755025)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-indoor-skydiving-place-just-opened-a-few-minutes-from-me/755025 "2016-05-19T12:12:34Z")
Have any of you done this? --- ## [I've been very lucky with the mowing lately.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-very-lucky-with-the-mowing-lately/755057)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-very-lucky-with-the-mowing-lately/755057 "2016-05-19T11:40:24Z")
Apologies to those that are dealing with drought but much like last year, around here it has been a very cool and wet spring. The grass is growing like crazy despite a lack of sunshine. The last few times I’ve mowed, I g… --- ## [Public health expert advocates that the Rio Olympics be cancelled due to Zika virus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-health-expert-advocates-that-the-rio-olympics-be-cancelled-due-to-zika-virus/754737)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-health-expert-advocates-that-the-rio-olympics-be-cancelled-due-to-zika-virus/754737 "2016-05-19T03:25:06Z")
Between this, all the pollution, lack of infrastructure, and the fact that Brazil is a political powder keg, I can’t say I disagree with him. I personally think the Olympics should be discontinued anyway; they are a c… --- ## [Run code on IBM's online quantum computer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/run-code-on-ibms-online-quantum-computer/754766)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/run-code-on-ibms-online-quantum-computer/754766 "2016-05-18T23:49:27Z")
You can request an invitation here: https://quantumexperience.ng.bluemix.net/ They’re apparently not too discriminating with their invitations since I got one. It was probably because I mentioned that I’m a software de… --- ## [Things you prefer to do the hard way...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-prefer-to-do-the-hard-way/754607)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-prefer-to-do-the-hard-way/754607 "2016-05-18T17:54:12Z")
I don’t know why, but I hate dishwashers so I always wash and dry everything by hand. I’ve owned a dishwasher at 3 of my previous residences and never once used it. --- ## [Adult Friend Who Is Childlike- Diagnosis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-friend-who-is-childlike-diagnosis/754816)
**Author:** [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-friend-who-is-childlike-diagnosis/754816 "2016-05-18T16:47:24Z")
I have a relative who is a decent 50yr old man. Unmarried - not from lack of interest but shyness mainly. The problem which perplexes me is that his mind seems to have stopped at age 15. Fortunately he is able to cope w… --- ## [Life Of A Car Salesman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-of-a-car-salesman/754516)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-of-a-car-salesman/754516 "2016-05-18T13:26:30Z")
Inspired by this thread (Car salesman asked how I owed on my trade in. - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board) where I posted a little too prodigiously, I thought: “Hey, let’s let Dopers ask away about any an… --- ## [Amid Stiff Odds, Penis Transplant a Success](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amid-stiff-odds-penis-transplant-a-success/754949)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amid-stiff-odds-penis-transplant-a-success/754949 "2016-05-18T12:29:03Z")
The first successful penis transplant in the US – again, in the US, as I believe it’s been done elsewhere – has been proclaimed a success. Story here. 64-year-old Thomas Manning had to have his own penis amputated four … --- ## [Strange Method of Buying Bananas..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-method-of-buying-bananas/566446)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2016, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-method-of-buying-bananas/566446 "2016-05-18T11:21:12Z")
…or is it? I went grocery shopping today, and while in the produce section, I saw a lady buying bananas by the bag, rather than by the bunch. Kind of like picking out oranges from bulk section rather than the bagged se… --- ## [W00t! Just submitted an article I've been working on for a decade!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-just-submitted-an-article-ive-been-working-on-for-a-decade/754972)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2016, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-just-submitted-an-article-ive-been-working-on-for-a-decade/754972 "2016-05-18T05:43:27Z")
Ten years ago I had an idea for an article. I submitted the idea to a conference, they asked me to present it, I came, I presented, they said they would publish the article, I submitted the article… I waited. They sai… --- ## [Guy Clark is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-clark-is-dead/755047)
**Author:** [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-clark-is-dead/755047 "2016-05-17T23:25:23Z")
Guy Clark died today. I first heard Guy’s music in 1976, my freshman year in college. My brother had a copy of Old No. 1. I was struck. LA Freeway Desperados Waiting for a Train Let Him Roll not to mention Texas-… --- ## [Concealed carry what a good idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concealed-carry-what-a-good-idea/755015)
**Author:** [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concealed-carry-what-a-good-idea/755015 "2016-05-17T22:27:45Z")
I hope they took away his concealed-carry permit: "Two people were wounded at a high school graduation ceremony in southern Kansas Sunday afternoon after a man with a concealed weapon permit adjusted a sock he had stuf… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=632) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=634)