# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=638 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 639 --- ## [April 29th - National Hairball Awareness Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-29th-national-hairball-awareness-day/753430)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-29th-national-hairball-awareness-day/753430 "2016-04-29T21:07:50Z")
Today is National Hairball Awareness Day. Bill the Cat does it proud today: --- ## [Your latest surreal experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-latest-surreal-experience/752966)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-latest-surreal-experience/752966 "2016-04-29T19:34:32Z")
Today, in fact, about an hour ago, I fell down. I mean a real header out in the driveway. Tripped over an edging stone, stumbled about three steps, and down I went. Glasses flew, shoes flew, scraped a big patch of skin o… --- ## [Have you ever dreamed about having insomnia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-dreamed-about-having-insomnia/753376)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-dreamed-about-having-insomnia/753376 "2016-04-29T18:49:47Z")
Occasionally I dream that that I’m awake and can’t get to sleep. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does I wake up exhausted. It typically follows this pattern: I’m awake and want to sleep because I need to go to wo… --- ## [New superhero to be announced any day now--weasel shuts down LHC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-superhero-to-be-announced-any-day-now-weasel-shuts-down-lhc/753440)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-superhero-to-be-announced-any-day-now-weasel-shuts-down-lhc/753440 "2016-04-29T18:34:18Z")
Weasel Man? --- ## [Tips for Cheerleader Tryouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-cheerleader-tryouts/753380)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-cheerleader-tryouts/753380 "2016-04-29T18:32:20Z")
I am sure some of you have daughters interested in trying out for cheerleader sometime. Here are some tips from the University of Washington: Strangely some people find these objectionable! --- ## [Headphones losing sound in one speaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headphones-losing-sound-in-one-speaker/753396)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headphones-losing-sound-in-one-speaker/753396 "2016-04-29T16:43:02Z")
– asking for advice but not important enough question to go in IMHO – I regularly wear headphones, while exercising, doing chores, whatever. For me they last only about 1 month before the sound goes in one speaker. If … --- ## [Cats ----- in --- space!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-in-space/753422)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-in-space/753422 "2016-04-29T16:12:30Z")
Well, not in space, really, but at least in zero G: https://www.yahoo.com/news/watch-cats-handle-zero-gravity-153000248.html These cats are not happy. Their tails are fluffed out and they’re flailing for support and co… --- ## [Hold my beer! and other phrases that happen before disaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-my-beer-and-other-phrases-that-happen-before-disaster/751251)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-my-beer-and-other-phrases-that-happen-before-disaster/751251 "2016-04-29T08:05:50Z")
In response to the “My son is an idiot thread” where the young man tried to pet a porcupine. I think many a teenager or young person will do some pretty stupid things either as a dare, part of a drinking issue, or just … --- ## [My Doctor Wants Me to Have a Hysterectomy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doctor-wants-me-to-have-a-hysterectomy/745628)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doctor-wants-me-to-have-a-hysterectomy/745628 "2016-04-29T04:30:21Z")
Possible TMI warning. Not seeking medical advice, although if you’d like to share your experiences I’d be happy to listen. Late 40s, eight year breast cancer survivor. The chemo put me into early menopause. Fast forw… --- ## [Canine genotyping test? (Wisdom Panel), anyone tried it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canine-genotyping-test-wisdom-panel-anyone-tried-it/753385)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canine-genotyping-test-wisdom-panel-anyone-tried-it/753385 "2016-04-29T04:22:29Z")
I’ve been considering picking up a Wisdom Panel dog genetics test, to find out what Cooper actually is, genetically… The shelter originally had him listed as “Poodle/Shih-Tzu mix”, but he doesn’t appear to be one He’s … --- ## [Role-playing goes hilariously wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-playing-goes-hilariously-wrong/753370)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-playing-goes-hilariously-wrong/753370 "2016-04-29T02:42:13Z")
Here’s a short video that I came across. It shows a couple role-playing. It starts off about like you’d expect, but things soon take a wrong turn. It’s sort of a modern equivalent of an O. Henry story. Spoilered out … --- ## [Police chase ends right in front of me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-chase-ends-right-in-front-of-me/753382)
**Author:** [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-chase-ends-right-in-front-of-me/753382 "2016-04-29T01:53:02Z")
So thishappened on my way to work. I was headed down Magnolia, saw a cop coming the opposite way with lights and sirens, pulled off to the side. But then saw the white care pull out a side street and drive the opposite… --- ## [Are you doing anything out of the ordinary today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-doing-anything-out-of-the-ordinary-today/753147)
**Author:** [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-doing-anything-out-of-the-ordinary-today/753147 "2016-04-28T22:39:26Z")
I am doing a crossword puzzle from October 29th, 1955, the day I was born. My girlfriend printed it off microfilm for me. The cluing is slightly different, but overall it’s a nice straightforward puzzle. I have the wh… --- ## [SlimFast - Anyone tried it? Success? Failure? Do the shakes make you want to hurl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimfast-anyone-tried-it-success-failure-do-the-shakes-make-you-want-to-hurl/752936)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimfast-anyone-tried-it-success-failure-do-the-shakes-make-you-want-to-hurl/752936 "2016-04-28T19:24:07Z")
I’ve never tried SlimFast, but I’m considering doing a one-month commitment in order to peel a few pounds. I am interested in hearing from those who have tried the program. Medical evidence seems to be sketchy, but comm… --- ## [What the hell kind of an airplane was \*THAT\*?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-kind-of-an-airplane-was-that/753343)
**Author:** [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-kind-of-an-airplane-was-that/753343 "2016-04-28T18:59:54Z")
Just what the title says, really - can you identify this plane from my description? Around 8:30 (Pacific) this morning, I saw a new-to-me airplane heading northwest from McCarron Airport in Las Vegas. It looked vaguely … --- ## [Oklahoma Court Rules that Forced Oral Sex Is Not Rape if Victim is Unconscious from Drinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-court-rules-that-forced-oral-sex-is-not-rape-if-victim-is-unconscious-from-drinking/753322)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-court-rules-that-forced-oral-sex-is-not-rape-if-victim-is-unconscious-from-drinking/753322 "2016-04-28T16:02:26Z")
The court’s reasoning was that the statute listed several circumstances that constitute force, and yet was silent on incapacitation due to the victim drinking alcohol. I disagree. --- ## [Just Had To Share MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-to-share-mmp/753318)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-to-share-mmp/753318 "2016-04-28T14:41:44Z")
I woke up early, went out and laid down on the grass field to listen to silence. Peaceful. No winds, no clouds, clear dark sky. The birds are already chirping even though it is still dark-thirty. For you city folks, t… --- ## [Entering a depression.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entering-a-depression/752250)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entering-a-depression/752250 "2016-04-28T14:20:35Z")
I’m so sorry I keep posting here about this. But for some reason I don’t know where else to go. I just feel like I keep sinking deeper in. The theme is that for some reason…I’m unlovable. And despite all my efforts in l… --- ## [In which I heap praise upon He, but don't actually witness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261 "2016-04-28T12:26:04Z")
He is everywhere, in the heavens and earth, He makes the stars shine yet He cannot be seen. He is noble, abundant, and fills the universe. He can lift you into the sky and bring you gently down. He can take many form… --- ## [My dog will die soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-will-die-soon/745770)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-will-die-soon/745770 "2016-04-28T03:43:50Z")
I’ve been debating posting this, but you (Dopers in general) are my peeps, and “deserve” to know. I found out two weeks ago, and my world, inner and outer, is transformed almost daily. If I do not respond, or do so onl… --- ## [MPSIMS thread for irrational curmudgeons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-thread-for-irrational-curmudgeons/753190)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-thread-for-irrational-curmudgeons/753190 "2016-04-28T01:57:14Z")
I’m really, really tired of hearing about the musical Hamilton. It may indeed be awesome, I don’t know, I don’t care, I have no intention of ever seeing it. Won’t everyone just please shut up about it? Thanks in advan… --- ## [The strangest show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strangest-show/753284)
**Author:** [@Alonzo\_John\_Blitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alonzo_John_Blitz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strangest-show/753284 "2016-04-28T01:06:23Z")
MODERATORS – PLEASE MOVE TO CAFÉ SOCIETY IF YOU THINK IT APPROPRIATE – BUT REALLY? I just watched the strangest show on BBC; it took place in what used to be a Chinese British Crown Colony. It was hosted by a giant hai… --- ## [Paypal finally does something great instead of sucktastic!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-finally-does-something-great-instead-of-sucktastic/753225)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-finally-does-something-great-instead-of-sucktastic/753225 "2016-04-27T13:17:20Z")
For those of us who add cash to Paypal directly, because we do not use bank accounts, life has been trying, to say the least: finding the Paypal My Cash cards that we’ve had to use to do this has been a ridiculously diff… --- ## [Would you shoot a woman with her four-day-old child next to her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-shoot-a-woman-with-her-four-day-old-child-next-to-her/752952)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2016, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-shoot-a-woman-with-her-four-day-old-child-next-to-her/752952 "2016-04-27T10:16:28Z")
Somebody did. Eight members of the same family were murdered in four different locations in Pike County, Ohio yesterday. Three children, all under three years old, were not killed. I don’t get this shit. I really don’t… --- ## [yay im back finally!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-back-finally/753169)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-back-finally/753169 "2016-04-27T01:40:43Z")
Well I doubt after 10 or so years anyone remembers me I think I was last here a little bit after 9/11 id been here a few years before that having discovered the sd on aol but dumb things happened in life and things preve… --- ## [This inflight wifi is pretty cool...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-inflight-wifi-is-pretty-cool/753041)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-inflight-wifi-is-pretty-cool/753041 "2016-04-27T00:34:27Z")
Had other entertainment options, but decided to try it for the first time in a 3 hour flight. A bit of a treat, certainly, but the cost probably has at least something to do with the relatively good speed. Kinda cool, po… --- ## [90-year-old former US Senator to marry a man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90-year-old-former-us-senator-to-marry-a-man/753037)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90-year-old-former-us-senator-to-marry-a-man/753037 "2016-04-26T22:11:06Z")
90-year-old former US Senator Harris Wofford of Pennsylvania has announced that he is going to marry his long-time significant other, 40-year-old Matthew Charlton. Congratulations to both. --- ## ['On us' should mean free, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-us-should-mean-free-right/753218)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-us-should-mean-free-right/753218 "2016-04-26T22:05:05Z")
Too MPSIMS-y for IMHO, really. My Roku box is advertising The Good Dinosaur. “WATCH NOW, ON US” with the Google Play Movies and TV logo underneath. When I follow the ad, it takes me to Google Play, where I can rent or… --- ## [Amazon Fire.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-fire/751020)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-fire/751020 "2016-04-26T22:02:28Z")
I have bought Amazon Fire – truly amazing. It costs only $50, while it should go for something like $200. My guess is that most people buying Fire will purchase content worth much more then $200 from Amazon and thus th… --- ## [How Much Weight Are You Going To Lose By Thanksgiving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-are-you-going-to-lose-by-thanksgiving/730299)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-are-you-going-to-lose-by-thanksgiving/730299 "2016-04-26T21:23:34Z")
Summer is over and we’ve got almost three months until the Holidays begin for winter. I’ve got 40 lbs. more of me than I had in high school all those years ago. I really don’t need to lose all of it, but you got to hav… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=637) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=639)