# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=647 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 648 --- ## [Le't's settle the never ending debate on bad odor!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-settle-the-never-ending-debate-on-bad-odor/750392)
**Author:** [@mikeritchie30](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeritchie30)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-settle-the-never-ending-debate-on-bad-odor/750392 "2016-03-28T01:36:09Z")
I know if I don’t shower for a while I can smell quite nasty. Men can get fecal odor on their crotch and what not that builds up after awhile and I’ve noticed even men can get a “fishy” odor. But most people I talk to sa… --- ## [Karma, Sweet Karma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-sweet-karma/750419)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-sweet-karma/750419 "2016-03-28T00:42:04Z")
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3505511/Angel-Death-Josef-Mengele-science-experiment-Exhumed-remains-Nazi-physician-tortured-killed-thousands-concentration-camp-inmates-picked-apart-medical-students.html Spendin… --- ## [Slightly odd behavior. Or not. You tell me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-odd-behavior-or-not-you-tell-me/750236)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-odd-behavior-or-not-you-tell-me/750236 "2016-03-28T00:38:39Z")
Two couples are close friends. On the weekend before St. Patrick’s Day, couple 1 mention that they are planning on feasting on corned beef & cabbage on the 17th. During a brief discussion, couple 1 invites couple 2 to th… --- ## [The 6-Wheeled Monster Convertible From "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" Is on eBay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-wheeled-monster-convertible-from-the-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen-is-on-ebay/750295)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-wheeled-monster-convertible-from-the-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen-is-on-ebay/750295 "2016-03-28T00:21:02Z")
Link to article. Straight to eBay if you’d rather just bid. Supposed to be street legal in all 50 states, but I really don’t want to know what the insurance rates will be. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has always… --- ## [Anti-Rant, Perfect weather.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-rant-perfect-weather/750395)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-rant-perfect-weather/750395 "2016-03-28T00:05:11Z")
If I had control of the Illuminati weather machine, every day would be like today. 65, sunny that held for 8 hours or so, good rain storm coming in late tonight. Got a good bunch of yard work done(plus laundry, but tha… --- ## [A funny thing happened when saving my song to MIDI format](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-thing-happened-when-saving-my-song-to-midi-format/750271)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-thing-happened-when-saving-my-song-to-midi-format/750271 "2016-03-27T20:07:37Z")
Here’s the original (2 minutes long): I tried “save as MIDI” in noteflight’s browser UI, and this file was the result (also two minutes long): Some funny stuff happened to the drums there! I’m actually wondering I… --- ## [mini rant... Winter packages on new cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-winter-packages-on-new-cars/749524)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rant-winter-packages-on-new-cars/749524 "2016-03-27T17:31:02Z")
So… Picked up my Wifes new Subaru Outback yesterday. 3.6R Limited. Wow what a car. It’s loaded. Closer to a space ship than a car. For where we live, we got the winter package. Oh, heated seats, all weather floor m… --- ## [New Zealand is choosing a new flag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-is-choosing-a-new-flag/725413)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2016, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-is-choosing-a-new-flag/725413 "2016-03-27T11:08:13Z")
Interesting article on the BBC about what the quest for a flag says about your country. I like the silver fern one that appears towards the bottom of the article: BBC - Culture - What do our flags say about us? The on… --- ## [Have you had your purse/bag stolen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-your-purse-bag-stolen/749918)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2016, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-your-purse-bag-stolen/749918 "2016-03-27T08:44:46Z")
Today I was dropping off a box of books from work to a thrift store nearby. I parked in front of the door, got the box, went inside and placed it on the floor by the counter, got back to my car and my purse was gone. Y… --- ## [Chicago Metro Area getting its first new freight railroad in over a century?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-metro-area-getting-its-first-new-freight-railroad-in-over-a-century/750241)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-metro-area-getting-its-first-new-freight-railroad-in-over-a-century/750241 "2016-03-27T08:33:17Z")
Privately-funded eight billion dollar Great Lakes Basin Railroad would be a beltway from La Porte, Indiana, to Milton, Wisconsin. Great Lakes Basin Transportation, Inc. is offering up to $20K/acre for land on the propose… --- ## [Excuses, Excuses...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuses-excuses/750252)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuses-excuses/750252 "2016-03-27T04:35:11Z")
As befits my UserName here, spring is upon us here in the west coast of Michigan. (Except for the last few days of ice, freezing rain, and snow). Now I have to think about yard work, gardens, getting the lawnmower and … --- ## [COnvince me to see a sleep specialist (bonus for local Chicago recs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-see-a-sleep-specialist-bonus-for-local-chicago-recs/750011)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-see-a-sleep-specialist-bonus-for-local-chicago-recs/750011 "2016-03-27T04:34:47Z")
I’ve been an insomniac for years - I don’t have trouble falling asleep, I have trouble staying asleep. It comes and goes in spurts - when I’m in a bad spurt, I wake up after 4 hours or so and can’t get back to sleep. … --- ## [What causes you to emit the most foul and disgusting gas from your colon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-you-to-emit-the-most-foul-and-disgusting-gas-from-your-colon/749832)
**Author:** [@OGLamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OGLamp)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-you-to-emit-the-most-foul-and-disgusting-gas-from-your-colon/749832 "2016-03-27T04:25:50Z")
For me, it’s this soup called borscht. It’s a medley of gas inducing vegetables. I can clear out whole buildings if I eat it for lunch. --- ## [Your mom asks you "What's bukkake?" What do you answer with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mom-asks-you-whats-bukkake-what-do-you-answer-with/749012)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mom-asks-you-whats-bukkake-what-do-you-answer-with/749012 "2016-03-26T16:36:16Z")
Playing Cards Against Humanity with the family last night. One white card reads “Bukkake”. Mom then proceeds to ask me “What’s that?” I’m not often left speechless, but I was then. --- ## [Spokesperson for Geert Wilder's anti-immigrant party blows party funds on drugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spokesperson-for-geert-wilders-anti-immigrant-party-blows-party-funds-on-drugs/750166)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spokesperson-for-geert-wilders-anti-immigrant-party-blows-party-funds-on-drugs/750166 "2016-03-26T14:49:54Z")
Geert Wilders, the Netherlands version of Donald Trump, is leader of the biggest political party of the Netherlands. His PVV is very similar to Trumps party: anti immigrant and anti the political “establishent”. But tim… --- ## [Jokes you can no longer do (not the Rat Pack thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-you-can-no-longer-do-not-the-rat-pack-thread/750216)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-you-can-no-longer-do-not-the-rat-pack-thread/750216 "2016-03-26T14:23:29Z")
Back before noted alternative medicine enthusiast Steve Jobs died, I was toying with the idea of writing a brief little humorous piece called “Dialogue in Hell Between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates”, with the punchline being… --- ## [Ask the substance abuse counselor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-substance-abuse-counselor/407018)
**Author:** [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-substance-abuse-counselor/407018 "2016-03-26T09:26:00Z")
I’ve been a substance abuse counselor for 7 years. I’ve worked in outpatient and in the prison system. There are still some misconceptions about my field and thought I would offer myself up for questions…if anyone is i… --- ## [Interesting site called "Model Mahem" with amateur/pro models, photographers and makeup artists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-site-called-model-mahem-with-amateur-pro-models-photographers-and-makeup-artists/750201)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-site-called-model-mahem-with-amateur-pro-models-photographers-and-makeup-artists/750201 "2016-03-26T06:10:01Z")
I never knew this site existed. It’s a big site (they claim “world’s biggest”) for amateur and pro models, photographers, make up artists etc. It’s a little SDMBish in that there are also a lot of forums that have nothin… --- ## ["Factoids" about Cruz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factoids-about-cruz/750182)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factoids-about-cruz/750182 "2016-03-26T03:16:54Z")
Alexandra Petri in the Washington Post: “Here are some Scandalous Ted Cruz Sex Facts that I find FAR more plausible than the ones in the National Enquirer, and I think the public would agree.” National Enquirer? Hell, … --- ## [Name my pathetic patch of chest hair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-pathetic-patch-of-chest-hair/421508)
**Author:** [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-pathetic-patch-of-chest-hair/421508 "2016-03-26T01:35:48Z")
I am not a manly man. I bench press roughly twelve pounds and drink crystal light. My favorite new artist is Justin Timberlake. Until I waas sixteen, I was often greeted on the phone as “oh, you must be \_\_\_\_'s daughte… --- ## [Sickest you've ever been](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sickest-youve-ever-been/749839)
**Author:** [@mikeritchie30](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeritchie30)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sickest-youve-ever-been/749839 "2016-03-26T01:32:21Z")
Here’s the top three sicknesses I’ve had: Appendicitis/Peritonitis 1999: When I was 17 my appendix burst. My mom kept telling me, oh, you caught a flu bug, you’ll be ok. Well a week later I was very weak, so sick I co… --- ## [Historical Figures You Assumed Were Alive At The Same Time, But Learned Otherwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-figures-you-assumed-were-alive-at-the-same-time-but-learned-otherwise/749350)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-figures-you-assumed-were-alive-at-the-same-time-but-learned-otherwise/749350 "2016-03-25T23:53:43Z")
Ever thought two people at any point in history were contemporaries in the sense that they lived at the same time, but later learned that was not the case? When I was a child I thought Leonardo da Vinci and William Shak… --- ## [Arizona Democrats told they're Republicans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-democrats-told-theyre-republicans/749934)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-democrats-told-theyre-republicans/749934 "2016-03-25T21:49:19Z")
Link And from another article: I heard a story a few months ago that Republicans in one city (back East, I think) were complaining that their votes were being switched by the voting machines to Democratic ones. But … --- ## [Rob Ford has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-ford-has-died/749864)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-ford-has-died/749864 "2016-03-25T21:33:46Z")
There, I resisted the urge to say he went to the great crack house in the sky! :wink: Seriously, it is of course a shame. --- ## [Death Fears...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-fears/750060)
**Author:** [@mikeritchie30](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeritchie30)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-fears/750060 "2016-03-25T19:57:35Z")
Tell me atleast one way you are scared you might die someday. Here are two of my death fears: Spontaneous Human Combustion: I know one would probably burn up so fast you wouldn’t even feel it if it really happened. I’… --- ## [Jian Ghomesi celebrity trial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jian-ghomesi-celebrity-trial/750150)
**Author:** [@Iamnotivan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iamnotivan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jian-ghomesi-celebrity-trial/750150 "2016-03-25T18:53:31Z")
I live in Toronto, am retired, well educated, and attend a lot of trials here for several reasons (none being causes), I am anticipating comments here & I want to make some things clear. It was a sexual assault case, … --- ## [Osprey have returned!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osprey-have-returned/750128)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osprey-have-returned/750128 "2016-03-25T17:21:41Z")
The first pair arrived a couple of days ago with Oyster catchers showing up a few weeks before that. These big birds are remarkably (in my mind) consistent. Within two or three days of the equinox the first ones arrive a… --- ## [Is anyone/has anyone ever been part of a book club?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-has-anyone-ever-been-part-of-a-book-club/740836)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-has-anyone-ever-been-part-of-a-book-club/740836 "2016-03-25T15:12:58Z")
I am sort of interested in checking one out, BUT, I’m a little intimidated. I’m a quiet, introverted, gender non-conforming 20 something and the majority of the Book Clubs on Meetup.com appear to comprised of white, up… --- ## [Mountain Ranges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mountain-ranges/749825)
**Author:** [@mikeritchie30](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeritchie30)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mountain-ranges/749825 "2016-03-25T10:29:06Z")
Do you live in or near mountain ranges? What mountain ranges are in your area? I live near many mountain ranges here in Southern California. There are many large hills in my own town but the closest thing to real mountai… --- ## [Little-known things about your city or state](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-known-things-about-your-city-or-state/748723)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-known-things-about-your-city-or-state/748723 "2016-03-25T08:17:59Z")
Tell us about some fact or piece of trivia about your city or state that is interesting but little-known. Colorado Springs: The city zoo is one of approximately 10 accredited zoos in the entire nation that does not rec… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=646) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=648)