# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=640 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 641 --- ## [Filing Taxes Today or How I became THAT person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filing-taxes-today-or-how-i-became-that-person/752591)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filing-taxes-today-or-how-i-became-that-person/752591 "2016-04-23T01:07:01Z")
Yes, today I am THAT person. The one who didn’t file early. The one who didn’t pull her papers together. Heck, my papers would be lucky to have a cardboard box. Nope, not my papers. They’re in loosely grouped piles a… --- ## [Have you ever got into trouble because you didn't know what a word meant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-got-into-trouble-because-you-didnt-know-what-a-word-meant/752397)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-got-into-trouble-because-you-didnt-know-what-a-word-meant/752397 "2016-04-21T16:32:34Z")
Hand out here typing but I was wondering as I sit here if any of you have ever got into trouble because you didn’t know what a word meant. It reminds me of a joke an Irish joke if it makes any difference someone goes to … --- ## [Do you have written somewhere, words for your loved ones in case of sudden rapture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-written-somewhere-words-for-your-loved-ones-in-case-of-sudden-rapture/752817)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-written-somewhere-words-for-your-loved-ones-in-case-of-sudden-rapture/752817 "2016-04-21T15:12:24Z")
A little while ago I was arranging some important details of our finances for my wife, in case anything happens to me - passwords, documents, how to access our son’s college fund account, stuff like that. Now, I would l… --- ## [Masturbation is a Direct Path to Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-is-a-direct-path-to-satan/751994)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-is-a-direct-path-to-satan/751994 "2016-04-21T14:39:59Z")
…so says Christian author Mack Major (that name just sounds like it belongs to a Christian fulminator) I like that the page reporting this is illustrated with a collection of dildos, and helpfully follows it with a v… --- ## [Saturday Useless Facts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-useless-facts/752364)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-useless-facts/752364 "2016-04-21T13:18:55Z")
Evidently I have too much time on my hands. Being retired can be a bitch. :cool: A group of twelve or more cows is called a flink. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher. “Almost” is the longest word in… --- ## [Lost my Dad today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-dad-today/752690)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-dad-today/752690 "2016-04-21T12:00:09Z")
My father passed away today. Two weeks ago he had been cleared for a heart valve replacement surgery, scheduled for this morning. Then, over last weekend, he began having pain in his groin, which his cardiologist gave h… --- ## [Christians who want to feel a "peace" from God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-who-want-to-feel-a-peace-from-god/750333)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-who-want-to-feel-a-peace-from-god/750333 "2016-04-21T09:57:22Z")
A lot of the time, my sisters don’t do things if they don’t feel a “peace” from God. They had both been single for several years because they believed that God would find them husbands. Then eventually they started tryin… --- ## [I'm worried about my kids' eating habits.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-worried-about-my-kids-eating-habits/752703)
**Author:** [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-worried-about-my-kids-eating-habits/752703 "2016-04-21T05:29:42Z")
Got home from work last night and son #2 was chowing down on a vegemite and hot chilli sauce sandwich washed down with a glass of the Virgin Mary (tomato juice, worcestershire sauce and Tabasco) that my wife had made up … --- ## [I understand now how somebody can drown in a few feet of water.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-understand-now-how-somebody-can-drown-in-a-few-feet-of-water/752602)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-understand-now-how-somebody-can-drown-in-a-few-feet-of-water/752602 "2016-04-21T04:18:26Z")
This poor guy let the stress of the situation overwhelm him. He had to be told to get out of a car sinking in water and just looked bewildered. It was pretty deep there but the water was only waist deep where the repor… --- ## [Women \*sigh\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-sigh/739771)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-sigh/739771 "2016-04-21T02:54:31Z")
OK. I promise you off the bat that this isn’t another “nice guy” thread. I hate those and in my experience 95% of self-proclaimed “nice guys” are assholes. I’m just frustrated. I am divorced, but my ex and kids are pr… --- ## [Got the motorcycle out today...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-the-motorcycle-out-today/740272)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-the-motorcycle-out-today/740272 "2016-04-21T00:47:06Z")
Mid-December motorcycle rides are not unknown in PA, but they aren’t routine, either. I put on a couple hundred miles today and the world feels remarkably less shitful. --- ## [Targeted advertising.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/targeted-advertising/752346)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/targeted-advertising/752346 "2016-04-21T00:26:19Z")
I don’t have a problem with the concept of targeted advertising. I do enough shopping on line that the idea that Google can pick up on my interests and show me advertising that is relevant is fine. The reality is a bit d… --- ## [What determinants delineate A, B, C, and D-list celebrities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-determinants-delineate-a-b-c-and-d-list-celebrities/752624)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-determinants-delineate-a-b-c-and-d-list-celebrities/752624 "2016-04-20T23:03:31Z")
Looked for “A list celebrities” in search and got just a white page, so, if anyone has a link to this topic, please post it. Otherwise - I’m curious if there’s any particular method they (whoever the fuck “they” are) us… --- ## [Darwin Awards Nominee: Women jumps fence into tiger pit to retrieve hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darwin-awards-nominee-women-jumps-fence-into-tiger-pit-to-retrieve-hat/752615)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darwin-awards-nominee-women-jumps-fence-into-tiger-pit-to-retrieve-hat/752615 "2016-04-20T22:44:23Z")
Toronto Zoo investigates after woman jumps tiger’s fence to retrieve hat Looks like she didn’t reduce the gene pool, but still… --- ## [Flying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying/752709)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying/752709 "2016-04-20T18:05:05Z")
I am sorry. I just have to share. Wings on. Smile! --- ## [Need help finding a stuffed animal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-a-stuffed-animal/752726)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-a-stuffed-animal/752726 "2016-04-20T18:03:44Z")
Can someone help me find a stuffed male (hence green) eclectus parrot for a gift? I’ve looked everywhere and not found one yet. --- ## [A new computer, but not by choice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-computer-but-not-by-choice/752728)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-computer-but-not-by-choice/752728 "2016-04-20T17:48:57Z")
So my old computer quit on me last week. In recent days, it began freezing up with increasing frequency, even when I wasn’t doing anything major. A forced reboot, and everything would be good for a little while. But t… --- ## [What kind of an Asshole are you if you manage to hurt yourself cleaning the lint trap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-an-asshole-are-you-if-you-manage-to-hurt-yourself-cleaning-the-lint-trap/752507)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-an-asshole-are-you-if-you-manage-to-hurt-yourself-cleaning-the-lint-trap/752507 "2016-04-20T15:33:27Z")
I pull out the lint trap, and in the slot is a big hunk of lint that escaped. I jam my finger in to get it. Well, that little slot is smaller than it looks, and the edges are sharp as hell! Sliced my finger right open. … --- ## [What is nocturnal, lives in Australia and gnaws bamboo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-nocturnal-lives-in-australia-and-gnaws-bamboo/752540)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-nocturnal-lives-in-australia-and-gnaws-bamboo/752540 "2016-04-20T13:38:24Z")
No this isn’t a riddle. For several nights now Mrs P and I have been woken by the sound of something that sounds very much like, say, a rat gnawing on wood. It’s just outside our bedroom window, which is quite near the… --- ## [Flying Spaghetti Monster Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-spaghetti-monster-dead/752265)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-spaghetti-monster-dead/752265 "2016-04-20T12:52:54Z")
A USA federal judge has ruled that my religion is no longer valid. I weep. --- ## [Oh come on. A tiger whisperer? Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-come-on-a-tiger-whisperer-really/752315)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-come-on-a-tiger-whisperer-really/752315 "2016-04-20T06:07:25Z")
Tiger kills veteran animal trainer in Florida. I grieve for this woman, I do. But in the film clip accompanying the report she is reported as being a self-styled ‘tiger whisperer’. I’m sorry but it’s small wonder she’s… --- ## [Another One Gone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-gone/752707)
**Author:** [@Blackstock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackstock)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-gone/752707 "2016-04-20T05:44:06Z")
Yesterday received the news of the passing of yet another friend of mine. This time a beautiful and kind 30-year-old girl. She’s the latest in a long string of deaths I’ve witnessed over the past twenty years. Grim Reape… --- ## [Businesses that don't accept debit/credit cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-that-dont-accept-debit-credit-cards/752533)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-that-dont-accept-debit-credit-cards/752533 "2016-04-20T03:38:35Z")
I was recently in a bookstore in Yakima (eastern Washington State), and visited a local bookstore named Churchill’s. It’s a great little bookstore and I intended to purchase quite a bit there… …until I found out it too… --- ## [Bulldozer Thunderdrome Street Brawl!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulldozer-thunderdrome-street-brawl/752649)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulldozer-thunderdrome-street-brawl/752649 "2016-04-20T03:28:48Z")
Video and article. Ordinarily I don’t post much in MPSIMS, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t on this one. --- ## [How Was Your Morning? I Got to Pass a Kidney Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-morning-i-got-to-pass-a-kidney-stone/752669)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-morning-i-got-to-pass-a-kidney-stone/752669 "2016-04-20T02:50:54Z")
When I went to the hospital a week ago Saturday with stomach pain they did a CAT scan and diagnosed me with gastritis. What they DIDN’T tell me was on the CAT scan, where they saw my inflamed stomach lining, they also s… --- ## [I might end up on Google Street View](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-end-up-on-google-street-view/752610)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-end-up-on-google-street-view/752610 "2016-04-20T02:27:18Z")
I was walking today and as I approached an intersection, the Google Maps car pulled up into the crosswalk to stop at a stop sign. He was lined up such that his camera was aimed right at the sidewalk I was on. There was … --- ## [Rain in Houston--how're Dopers there dealing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-in-houston-howre-dopers-there-dealing/752607)
**Author:** [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-in-houston-howre-dopers-there-dealing/752607 "2016-04-20T01:50:33Z")
I was watching the Weather Channel today and couldn’t believe the rain totals for the Houston area–5 to 6 inches an hour in some areas. I watched a segment where a TV crew is setting up for a shot when some guy drives i… --- ## [My Depression Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-depression-story/752481)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-depression-story/752481 "2016-04-19T23:21:12Z")
I’m normally a very private person, especially when it comes to very personal things like this, but I have been seeing a lot of threads and posts about various Dopers experiencing depression, and I thought that if I shar… --- ## [Umm, surprise!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-surprise/752563)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-surprise/752563 "2016-04-19T14:17:49Z")
Last Friday the husband and I went to see Jungle Book. It’s nicely done, I recommend it! After returning home, he proceeded to clean the kitchen while I took the dogs out for a potty break. I heard him shriek and rush… --- ## [Stolen toys confession](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-toys-confession/704044)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-toys-confession/704044 "2016-04-19T11:14:11Z")
In 2008 I did a creative writing class for people with mental illnesses (I have schizo-affective disorder) Here is the short (true) story I wrote: I also wrote a lot of poems - here is one: There was a launch of the … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=639) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=641)