# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=639 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 640 --- ## [Stop the Party -- the Cow Has Come Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-party-the-cow-has-come-home/753179)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-party-the-cow-has-come-home/753179 "2016-04-26T19:53:21Z")
Spoiled Cow Breaks Into Her Home Just To Wait For Her Family The photos are adorable, but it still doesn’t make me want to run out and get a Housecow. Even if I could train her to use a litter box, I’d hate to scoop… --- ## [Ubuntu 16.04](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ubuntu-16-04/752965)
**Author:** [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ubuntu-16-04/752965 "2016-04-26T18:42:54Z")
The newest long term stable release of buntu dropped yesterday, with the usual caveats of not installing it on a production machine just yet. Previous to installing it on a laptop drive, I am currently running 14.04 on … --- ## [Who DESERVES to Have an Aircraft Carrier Named in His Honor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-deserves-to-have-an-aircraft-carrier-named-in-his-honor/752623)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-deserves-to-have-an-aircraft-carrier-named-in-his-honor/752623 "2016-04-26T15:49:01Z")
There’s been a mini uproar here and there about plans to name an aircraft carrier after Senator Carl Levin. Now, I can’t say I care THAT much about the name of the new ship. And while I can’t think of anything special C… --- ## [We made Slate today (April 26).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-made-slate-today-april-26/753186)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-made-slate-today-april-26/753186 "2016-04-26T14:29:21Z")
Link. Cecil was quoted about a column on menstruation in space. --- ## [Money For Nothin--Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-for-nothin-newslink/753133)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-for-nothin-newslink/753133 "2016-04-26T13:34:25Z")
Armored Car Springs A Leak. --- ## [How do other cultures say, "I have to go to the bathroom."?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-other-cultures-say-i-have-to-go-to-the-bathroom/752916)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-other-cultures-say-i-have-to-go-to-the-bathroom/752916 "2016-04-26T11:47:45Z")
In my experience the most common way Americans express the need to use toilet facilities is to say, “I have to go to the bathroom.” Sure, there are others - “I have to pee”, “I have to take a dump” - but “go to the bath… --- ## [Exploding Pork and Beans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exploding-pork-and-beans/753069)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exploding-pork-and-beans/753069 "2016-04-26T06:02:41Z")
I found a can of half-eaten Van Camp’s Pork and Beans (“99% Fat Free!”) next to my side table. I remember they sucked, but don’t remember me discarding them in such a haphazard manner. They seem to be fermenting and ri… --- ## [Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1999. What would that mean for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-were-gonna-party-like-its-1999-what-would-that-mean-for-you/752883)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-were-gonna-party-like-its-1999-what-would-that-mean-for-you/752883 "2016-04-26T05:44:38Z")
It would mean I’d be 19 again. It would mean I was still in high school. It would mean it’d be the last year of my life before everything went crazy. I’d still be living with my father–who would still be alive, by the w… --- ## [Creating a new identity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-a-new-identity/752626)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-a-new-identity/752626 "2016-04-26T04:47:06Z")
If one were to want to get away from one’s life… Really get away. How would they go about getting a new identity and establishing this new life? Let’s say, hypothetically, they could get their hands on about $25,000 i… --- ## [Greg LeMond will participate in local bicycle event](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-lemond-will-participate-in-local-bicycle-event/752990)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-lemond-will-participate-in-local-bicycle-event/752990 "2016-04-25T23:58:57Z")
The Apple Blossom Tour, in its 4th year has managed to get Greg LeMond (3 time Tour de France winner) to participate. This has something to with the tour combining with “LIZFEST” which celebrates the life of a young wom… --- ## [Cracking the Cecil Adams enigma code](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracking-the-cecil-adams-enigma-code/753057)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracking-the-cecil-adams-enigma-code/753057 "2016-04-25T20:39:11Z")
We’ve all heard of the Cecil Adams legend. Some believe the name to be the pseudonym of a real person, a man of almost superhuman mind powers who has dedicated himself to fighting ignorants wherever he may find them for… --- ## [Disfunctional family visit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disfunctional-family-visit/753062)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disfunctional-family-visit/753062 "2016-04-25T17:48:40Z")
My on and off alcoholic sister is coming to visit. Three months ago she called me and told me I was a bitch and never supported her at anytime. Ok. At my mothers 81st birthday she was wasted and belligerent . Now she w… --- ## [A demon gives you the ability to cure cancer...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demon-gives-you-the-ability-to-cure-cancer/752719)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demon-gives-you-the-ability-to-cure-cancer/752719 "2016-04-25T17:29:47Z")
or AIDS or any one disease of your choice. Of course, there is a catch. You can work your curative magic only by having unprotected anal sex with the afflicted person. How do you make use of your new ability? Do you … --- ## [Your Get Out of Jail Free Card story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-get-out-of-jail-free-card-story/752777)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-get-out-of-jail-free-card-story/752777 "2016-04-25T12:55:11Z")
I recently came across this story. Short version is that a man knew that his ex-wife was trying to bait him into saying something incriminating by creating a fake Facebook profile and messaging him. He had an affadavit… --- ## [Most beautiful female politicians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-female-politicians/717990)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-female-politicians/717990 "2016-04-25T06:00:49Z")
Call me shallow, but I like lists like this. Although how they picked their #1, I’ll never know. Other than that, the list is mostly pretty good. I would love to meet Yulia Tymoshenko in person. Spoilered out of an a… --- ## ["Can We Guess Your Highest Education Level?" Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-guess-your-highest-education-level-test/752976)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-guess-your-highest-education-level-test/752976 "2016-04-25T05:56:18Z")
Caution: test is 75 questions long! (75% will get you a PhD!) What was your score? --- ## [Coffee. Because jail is a real place and you can't get the MMP there.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-because-jail-is-a-real-place-and-you-cant-get-the-mmp-there/752545)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-because-jail-is-a-real-place-and-you-cant-get-the-mmp-there/752545 "2016-04-25T03:38:21Z")
I’m sitting in the parking lot of a local Catholic Church, waiting for my usual Monday morning kaffee klatch. It’s me and a few others and it’s a nice start to my week. It’s like a real-life MMP. It’s also my second-to-… --- ## [Your latest transcendental experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-latest-transcendental-experience/753020)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-latest-transcendental-experience/753020 "2016-04-25T01:42:00Z")
Based off of this thread which I didn’t post in because it’s sort of the opposite. So about a year ago I went to a metalcore\* show, and one of the bands was Like Moths To Flames, but unfortunately, their “clean singer”\*… --- ## [DrFidelius, this thread is for you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drfidelius-this-thread-is-for-you/753056)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drfidelius-this-thread-is-for-you/753056 "2016-04-25T01:30:06Z")
\[ Made you look! (If, in fact, you did.) \] With reference to this post: --- ## [In San Jose, Poor Find Doors to Library Closed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-san-jose-poor-find-doors-to-library-closed/750694)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-san-jose-poor-find-doors-to-library-closed/750694 "2016-04-24T22:31:35Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/31/us/in-san-jose-poor-find-doors-to-library-closed.html Well that will teach them not to be late in returning books, right? --- ## [Another reason to question Canadian sanity. (bacon related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-reason-to-question-canadian-sanity-bacon-related/752787)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-reason-to-question-canadian-sanity-bacon-related/752787 "2016-04-24T22:27:37Z")
The people of Canada sure love their bacon. In a recent survey conducted by Maple Leaf Foods, 43% of the respondents said they would rather have bacon than sex. Linkie here WTF is wrong with the 57% who would rather sc… --- ## [BBNP: Ever Been? (Big Bend National Park, in SW Texas)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbnp-ever-been-big-bend-national-park-in-sw-texas/752897)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbnp-ever-been-big-bend-national-park-in-sw-texas/752897 "2016-04-24T21:09:40Z")
Last month I got back from a road trip with my mom (she’s 77), a trip from San Francisco to L.A. to Austin and Houston and back. We took many detours as we avoided the Interstates as much as practicable. Driving Miss Dai… --- ## [I need to know how to spell something in Japanese script](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-know-how-to-spell-something-in-japanese-script/752920)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-know-how-to-spell-something-in-japanese-script/752920 "2016-04-24T12:12:21Z")
I don’t know any Japanese at all yet I need to know how to spell a certain phrase in Japanese. See, I’m donating a cake, with Godzilla on it, to a Godzilla film festival. Said festival is run by donationa, and this may… --- ## [V22 Ospreys are Loud!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v22-ospreys-are-loud/752985)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2016, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v22-ospreys-are-loud/752985 "2016-04-24T11:53:48Z")
Presumably tied to the fact that Obama is in London at the moment, I just had a V-22 fly over my building in East London. It was in helicopter mode, IE rotors were horizontal, and I was surprised at just how loud it was. … --- ## [Canada, the copycats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-copycats/752797)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-copycats/752797 "2016-04-24T08:33:46Z")
First Canada is going to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Now they’re going to legalize recreational marijuana (real subtle as to the day they announced it, too :rolleyes:). Both these are already legal in Oregon a… --- ## [How tall is the tallest person you personally know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-is-the-tallest-person-you-personally-know/752683)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-is-the-tallest-person-you-personally-know/752683 "2016-04-23T18:01:19Z")
I have two family friends who are both 6 feet 8 inches high. They were the tallest people I’ve known for decades, until last month when I met a dude who is 6’11". Can anyone, um, top that? mmm --- ## [A woman will be featured on the new U.S. $10 bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-will-be-featured-on-the-new-u-s-10-bill/722814 "2016-04-23T12:40:09Z")
But still no word as to who it will be: Woman to be on new $10 bill Here’s our previous discussion as to putting a notable woman on the $20 bill: What famous woman would you like to see on the $20 bill? - In My Humble O… --- ## [Roll call](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roll-call/752841)
**Author:** [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2016, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roll-call/752841 "2016-04-23T05:17:00Z")
It’s now about 30 minutes since the last post on the SDMB, and I also believe (from external as well as internal evidence) that many are unable to log in to the SDMB. So perhaps it’s time for a roll call: if you are cur… --- ## [Help! Need things to do in Manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-things-to-do-in-manhattan/752844)
**Author:** [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-things-to-do-in-manhattan/752844 "2016-04-23T02:48:33Z")
MY wife and I are going to be in Manhattan next week. We’ll be there two days and three nights. We have two of the nights covered (that’s why we’ll be there), but need ideas for the open two days and one night. We’re fr… --- ## [Today is 4/20, you know what that means, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-4-20-you-know-what-that-means-right/752725)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-4-20-you-know-what-that-means-right/752725 "2016-04-23T01:32:43Z")
Why of course it’s National Lima Bean Respect Day. Does that mean you’re supposed to eat 'em or not? I mean if you respected them would you eat them? :confused: Should I hold the door for them? Require you to call th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=638) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=640)