# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=641 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 642 --- ## [I have the only dog/cat/gerbil/pet who \](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-the-only-dog-cat-gerbil-pet-who-insert-quirk-here/751160)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-the-only-dog-cat-gerbil-pet-who-insert-quirk-here/751160 "2016-04-19T01:40:21Z")
At the risk of making an unsupportable generalization, I think most of us can describe what we consider to be “typical” behavior of types of pets. In addition, I expect may of us have had or have known critters who do t… --- ## [My Pubic Hair Is On Fire!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pubic-hair-is-on-fire/752261)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pubic-hair-is-on-fire/752261 "2016-04-19T00:16:02Z")
Another reason to quit smoking #7. Opening scene: A fresh cup of coffee, a comfy chair, a faithful laptop. The Star of the show is yours truly, who lights a morning cigarette as an ancillary treat. Hot cherry cascade… --- ## [Oopsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oopsie/752240)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oopsie/752240 "2016-04-18T17:57:56Z")
I normally don’t chuckle or laugh at other peoples mistakes or misfortunes, but upon reading this I made an exception. “A man has managed to delete his entire company after accidentally running a command on his servers.… --- ## [Lots of \[English\] Girls' Names Are Nouns (Daisy, Hope), What About Boys' Names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360 "2016-04-18T03:48:58Z")
There are countless \[English\] girls’ names that are nouns - Daisy, Rose, Hope, Charity, April, Autumn… But I can only think of a handful of boys’ names that are nouns, and some of them are kind-of stretching. Here’s wha… --- ## [Roaming Charges From Orbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roaming-charges-from-orbit/752516)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roaming-charges-from-orbit/752516 "2016-04-18T03:34:15Z")
I happened upon this thread and was wondering about cell phone coverage and charges. Despite repeated calls to ATT, Verizon, et al. they hadn’t a clue. I am Lost In Space and need to call home. dag nabbit. --- ## [A second powerful earthquake in southern Japan - this time bigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-second-powerful-earthquake-in-southern-japan-this-time-bigger/752283)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-second-powerful-earthquake-in-southern-japan-this-time-bigger/752283 "2016-04-18T03:27:07Z")
Another big earthquake just hit southern Japan, in the same region that that 6.2 one struck the other day. This one is 7.0 or 7.1, which is a whopper. Are any of our Japanese dopers from that region? Is everyone okay? … --- ## [What was the first thing you purchased on Amazon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-thing-you-purchased-on-amazon/751600)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-thing-you-purchased-on-amazon/751600 "2016-04-18T00:55:09Z")
While checking out the order status on a recent Amazon order I realized that on the ‘Your Orders’ screen was a pull-down menu that lists every year you placed an order with the company, enabling you to look back and see … --- ## [Ahh, springtime in the Rockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahh-springtime-in-the-rockies/752264)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahh-springtime-in-the-rockies/752264 "2016-04-18T00:14:26Z")
2-4 feet of snow coming this weekend. \[From the National Weather Service\](http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=COZ034&warncounty=COC117&firewxzone=COZ212&local\_place1=2 Miles SE Frisco CO&product1=Winter+S… --- ## [What's in \*your\* wallet - a nosy MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet-a-nosy-mmp/751874)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet-a-nosy-mmp/751874 "2016-04-17T23:56:00Z")
Do you carry anything out of the ordinary in your wallet? I’m assuming most people consider ID, money, credit cards, and photos to be ordinary. What do you have that’s particularly unique? I have what my sister calls … --- ## [I've had too much coffee...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-too-much-coffee/752237)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-too-much-coffee/752237 "2016-04-17T17:49:56Z")
“My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought, cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives…”. But whenever I have too much coffee, I become hyper but I… --- ## [Struck by the world's pettiest thief](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/struck-by-the-worlds-pettiest-thief/752279)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/struck-by-the-worlds-pettiest-thief/752279 "2016-04-17T14:20:32Z")
I recognize that this is a super-duper first world problem but some knob went through my cubicle desk-drawers and:\[ul\] \[li\]tidied up a couple of binders and magazines so that they’re stacked largest to smallest; and\[/li… --- ## [Ahhhhh...the accidental email!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhh-the-accidental-email/263028)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhh-the-accidental-email/263028 "2016-04-17T14:07:19Z")
“What is this? Is this for real? What the hell?-- Holy shit! I was not supposed to get this!” The above is a snippet from my internal monologue upon receiving an email from a friend today. I imagine there were about 11 … --- ## [Expected lifespan of acrylic nails?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expected-lifespan-of-acrylic-nails/752426)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expected-lifespan-of-acrylic-nails/752426 "2016-04-17T10:00:46Z")
I got acrylics about five weeks ago. Got a fill two weeks later, all seemed normal. Lost a nail a few days ago, didn’t have time to deal with it until today. Went in, discovered that several others were about to come of… --- ## [One less cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221 "2016-04-17T03:13:09Z")
Well, damn. Jezabel passed this morning at about 230 from what appeared to be old age and congestive heart failure \[a couple weeks ago she had an episode of edema in her paws and legs that we were able to resolve with fu… --- ## [What the hell is up with the Caps Lock people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-up-with-the-caps-lock-people/437161)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-up-with-the-caps-lock-people/437161 "2016-04-17T02:13:02Z")
I see it every day and it’s just crawling up my bemused last nerve. There are all these people in the world who, instead of holding down the Shift key while they type a letter to get a capital letter, they hit “Caps Loc… --- ## [Grammer Nazties Exposed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammer-nazties-exposed/752309)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammer-nazties-exposed/752309 "2016-04-17T01:20:36Z")
A studie from my Alma Matter ===U of Mitchigan=== has revieled wat I thawt all a long. My speel check dos not werk. News report. Site --- ## [Send a local robotics teams to nationals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-a-local-robotics-teams-to-nationals/752402)
**Author:** [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-a-local-robotics-teams-to-nationals/752402 "2016-04-16T21:07:20Z")
Posted with permission from the mods (Thank you ITD) I am part of a local community workshop/maker-space/hacker-space (terms vary). In addition to our many shop areas and activities we play host to a local high school r… --- ## [Porn giant joins protest against North Carolina](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-giant-joins-protest-against-north-carolina/751970 "2016-04-16T20:04:29Z")
North Carolina’s controversial new transgender law is facing even stiffer(1) opposition. Popular porn website began turning away users based in North Carolina on Monday, joining protests against a state law that forces… --- ## [New Zealand prisoner escapes to Pacific Ocean through six-inch drain pipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-prisoner-escapes-to-pacific-ocean-through-six-inch-drain-pipe/752103)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-prisoner-escapes-to-pacific-ocean-through-six-inch-drain-pipe/752103 "2016-04-16T19:19:23Z")
Inky, an octopus, lifted himself out of his tank at the NZ National Aquarium through a gap in the lid, suckered his way across the floor, and squeezed his football-sized but highly malleable body into a six-inch drain pi… --- ## [How many computers have you got in your house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387 "2016-04-16T19:04:18Z")
Well now I have a desktop computer running Windows 2000 Professional which doesn’t work and a tablet and a notebook computer running Windows 8.1 with Bing and that’s it so what have you got? But is there anybody who can … --- ## [My Friend Destroyed His Computer...Literally!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-destroyed-his-computer-literally/752278)
**Author:** [@FirstLoser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FirstLoser)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-destroyed-his-computer-literally/752278 "2016-04-16T12:43:55Z")
This is actually kind of sad. I have a friend who is a little odd, and very socially awkward. He’s nearly 50 years old, has never been married or had a partner at all that I’m aware of. He barely made it through highsc… --- ## [Two Firefighters and a Civilian Shot While Entering Home To Help Citizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-firefighters-and-a-civilian-shot-while-entering-home-to-help-citizen/752322)
**Author:** [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-firefighters-and-a-civilian-shot-while-entering-home-to-help-citizen/752322 "2016-04-16T12:17:48Z")
It’s really a worst case scenario. Two Prince George’s County, MD firefighters along with a civilian were shot by the resident of a home as they were making a forced entry to check on that resident. The civilian who was … --- ## [Ted Cruz's Evolving Ideology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruzs-evolving-ideology/752151)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruzs-evolving-ideology/752151 "2016-04-16T12:03:06Z")
Cruz once defended a Texas law banning the sale and promotion of “obscene devices” (as opposed to “obscene devises”, which keep probate attorneys up at night), which is to say, dildos and other sex toys: The bolded par… --- ## [Funny/distinctive names for pets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-distinctive-names-for-pets/752187)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-distinctive-names-for-pets/752187 "2016-04-16T08:42:53Z")
About the time I was a high-school senior, I helped a family catch their cat. I asked them what his name was. They said they had a dog named Rusty, so when they got a cat they named him Corroded. When we were kids a few… --- ## [Desperate: shoes for caveman/chimp/gorilla etc. feet (see album)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-shoes-for-caveman-chimp-gorilla-etc-feet-see-album/752332)
**Author:** [@perillotours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perillotours)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-shoes-for-caveman-chimp-gorilla-etc-feet-see-album/752332 "2016-04-16T06:10:34Z")
My feet hurt everyday because my shoes fit badly. I don’t where to find decent shoes. Here’s an album of my feet. \[Album\] imgur.com … --- ## [Invite 4 current or historical people to dinner, all of whom went to your high school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-went-to-your-high-school/751594)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invite-4-current-or-historical-people-to-dinner-all-of-whom-went-to-your-high-school/751594 "2016-04-16T04:58:04Z")
Here’s my four. Phil Hartman Howard Kaylan (The Turtles/ Flo and Eddie) Patricia Krenwinkel (Manson Family) Trevor Ariza (NBA) --- ## [Best crime story of 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-crime-story-of-2016/752314)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-crime-story-of-2016/752314 "2016-04-16T04:09:38Z")
Yes, it’s only April but this one’s going to be tough to beat. And don’t stop reading because it just keeps getting better. --- ## [Dust Storms are a thing again? When did they reappear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust-storms-are-a-thing-again-when-did-they-reappear/751912)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust-storms-are-a-thing-again-when-did-they-reappear/751912 "2016-04-16T02:48:33Z")
Northwest Arkansas got hit by a dust storm. Caused a 12 car pile up. One in the Texas Panhandle too. I’d hate to see this coming at me. I always thought dust bowls were ended after the great depression? They were call… --- ## [Need a Waterproof Camera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-waterproof-camera/752158)
**Author:** [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-waterproof-camera/752158 "2016-04-15T23:31:18Z")
Wife and I are going on vacation in a few months and, based on videos of many others who have vacationed in the same locale, I realize I am going to need a waterproof camera. I am not looking for something expensive. I … --- ## [Chuck Norris Jokes......Why ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167)
**Author:** [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167 "2016-04-15T18:47:25Z")
Learned this the other day. Chuck Norris counted to infinity. Twice. Thank god I now know Imagine my horror to discover this entire genre of our culture I never knew existed. So exactly why all the Chuck Norris Jok… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=640) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=642)