# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=656 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 657 --- ## [Best Google AD link so far - "Untraceable Essays Online - Don't take chances"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-google-ad-link-so-far-untraceable-essays-online-dont-take-chances/326573)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-google-ad-link-so-far-untraceable-essays-online-dont-take-chances/326573 "2005-10-18T04:21:38Z")
From this thread Considering how hard the SDMB members and mods usually come down on this kind of thing it’s amusing to see ads for it on this site. --- ## [My shipment of Girl Scout cookies has arrived !!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shipment-of-girl-scout-cookies-has-arrived/746332)
**Author:** [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2016, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shipment-of-girl-scout-cookies-has-arrived/746332 "2016-02-27T06:25:58Z")
I contracted with a stateside colleague to mule in some cookies and they just arrived. My courier said they made it through the customs check with just a cursory glance. I opened a box of Thin Mints and locked the rest … --- ## [What is your wifi network name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951 "2016-02-27T02:07:20Z")
I have bought a very nice signed print by the Oatmeal featuring Nikolai Tesla riding a cat and a very scared Edison running from a death ray.. Therefore, I named my network Tesla (and the password is also related to the … --- ## [Fleeing the winter - flying to Providence, Seattle, Toronto?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fleeing-the-winter-flying-to-providence-seattle-toronto/747083)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fleeing-the-winter-flying-to-providence-seattle-toronto/747083 "2016-02-26T19:38:18Z")
So I regularly receive this email newsletter from a major German “leisure airline”. Today’s mail is about inexpensive options for fleeing the (moderately) cold and somewhat wet winter in Central Europe by flying to far a… --- ## [Obama and the Supreme Court vacancy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-the-supreme-court-vacancy/747115)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-the-supreme-court-vacancy/747115 "2016-02-26T15:27:52Z")
What if Obama plays along with the Republicans, lets them play Grab-Ass for months and Cock-Blocking him at every turn. Get them right where he wants them… Then Hillary gets elected and BINGO! She nominates Obama to the… --- ## [The irony of the Mizzou Communications/Journalism Professor actions at protests.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-irony-of-the-mizzou-communications-journalism-professor-actions-at-protests/737310)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-irony-of-the-mizzou-communications-journalism-professor-actions-at-protests/737310 "2016-02-26T04:54:47Z")
She seems like the least likely candidate to trample on First Amendment rights. I guess she was absent the days her own professors covered this. :rolleyes: She has no business teaching in either Dept, imho if this is how… --- ## [Chi-Dopers: Lincoln Park Pirates may finally be sunk!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chi-dopers-lincoln-park-pirates-may-finally-be-sunk/747169)
**Author:** [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chi-dopers-lincoln-park-pirates-may-finally-be-sunk/747169 "2016-02-26T04:03:43Z")
Tribune article that Lincoln Towing is being investigated by the Illnois Commerce Commission to see if it should lose its license.:stuck\_out\_tongue: The usual allegations are mentioned – people towed from unposted lots w… --- ## [Choosing not to use car (a challenge to myself)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-not-to-use-car-a-challenge-to-myself/746103)
**Author:** [@appleaday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleaday)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-not-to-use-car-a-challenge-to-myself/746103 "2016-02-26T02:58:58Z")
I’ve been following this thread: Mass Transit vs Personal Transit - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board “Mass transit vs personal transit” and thinking about how it applies to my own life. I’ve always been an en… --- ## [Anyone do this years before hearing of rule 34?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-do-this-years-before-hearing-of-rule-34/732356)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-do-this-years-before-hearing-of-rule-34/732356 "2016-02-25T23:26:41Z")
Try Scooby Doo Yup The Simpso- Pssst forget it there has been Simpsons porn for like a decade Uhhh Dora The Explorer? Hah hah yup Umm I think eventually the namer won with Pinky and The Brain, but I am sure it is … --- ## [North Korea and Superbowl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-and-superbowl/745289)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-and-superbowl/745289 "2016-02-25T20:17:03Z")
I just read a news story about North Korea and a planned missile launch on or about Superbowl Sunday. The following is a quote from that story: “On Friday, a US government source said US intelligence agencies believed … --- ## [This shitty commercial is real!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-shitty-commercial-is-real/746606)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-shitty-commercial-is-real/746606 "2016-02-25T18:44:49Z")
Check THIS ad out! :eek::stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [Stuffing Your Relatives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-your-relatives/746975)
**Author:** [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-your-relatives/746975 "2016-02-25T16:23:26Z")
I’m having an interesting conversation at work ( I work with some seriously twisted individuals) after reading a Pickles cartoon. Would having your Loved Ones taxidermied even be legal in N.America or Europe? --- ## [Is there fun to be had with people who have hacked your wifi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-fun-to-be-had-with-people-who-have-hacked-your-wifi/746940)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-fun-to-be-had-with-people-who-have-hacked-your-wifi/746940 "2016-02-25T13:22:08Z")
I noticed last night that two android devices and someone with the username “Istoleyourlife” were using our home wifi. I’ve reset all the passwords and I think I figured out the likely chink in our armour. We shall see… --- ## [Ask the former polyamorist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-former-polyamorist/741015)
**Author:** [@Cognoscant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cognoscant)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-former-polyamorist/741015 "2016-02-25T11:50:40Z")
I guess the first question I’ll answer is “isn’t this a terrible idea for a thread? What are you thinking?” Yes, it probably is a bad idea. But then as this thread will demonstrate, I’m not immune to bad ideas. I’ll c… --- ## [Acute Pancreatitis (And Greetings!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acute-pancreatitis-and-greetings/746784)
**Author:** [@thickpancreas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thickpancreas)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acute-pancreatitis-and-greetings/746784 "2016-02-25T07:57:39Z")
I found this fine forum while I was stuck in a hospital bed with acute pancreatitis, so I thought I’d offer my experience as an introduction. I’m in my late 20’s. I drank heavily from the age of 18 until recently when I… --- ## [Inappropriate cashier behavior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-cashier-behavior/743727)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-cashier-behavior/743727 "2016-02-25T04:56:53Z")
I was at a nearby store today, and when I got in line, there were 2 people in front of me. Instead of checking out the first customer, the cashier, who was heavily tattooed and old enough to know better, was telling the… --- ## [New bicycle speed record](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-bicycle-speed-record/732160)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-bicycle-speed-record/732160 "2016-02-25T02:39:25Z")
85.7 mph vs 83.1 I’ve gone 39.9 down a steep hill… Brian --- ## [Oops, I just got outed as the intellectual version of "ugly/provincial American"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-just-got-outed-as-the-intellectual-version-of-ugly-provincial-american/747024)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-just-got-outed-as-the-intellectual-version-of-ugly-provincial-american/747024 "2016-02-24T23:48:41Z")
I majored in history in college. I am a political junkie (as evidenced by all my posts in the Elections board) with a detailed knowledge of current political arcana as well as U.S. political history. So I was excited t… --- ## [Third to Half of Big City Newspapers out of Business in 3 Years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-to-half-of-big-city-newspapers-out-of-business-in-3-years/746821)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-to-half-of-big-city-newspapers-out-of-business-in-3-years/746821 "2016-02-24T23:11:59Z")
I used to subscribe to 3 daily newspapers before the internet (I live in a rural area in the middle of nowhere) and now subscribe to none. --- ## [Anyone else use baby/talcum powder on themselves after a shower?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-use-baby-talcum-powder-on-themselves-after-a-shower/523685)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-use-baby-talcum-powder-on-themselves-after-a-shower/523685 "2015-01-06T17:51:52Z")
I just realized that I’m the only one in the house who uses this stuff. So I asked around, none of my friends do it either. Is this abnormal of me? For me, I don’t like the slightly wet feeling I get after a shower. … --- ## [Kennedy: Ich bin ein berliner - What if he visited Hamburg instead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-ich-bin-ein-berliner-what-if-he-visited-hamburg-instead/746594)
**Author:** [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-ich-bin-ein-berliner-what-if-he-visited-hamburg-instead/746594 "2016-02-24T20:08:25Z")
When President Kennedy visited Berlin, he said… “Ich bin ein Berliner” (“I am a Berliner”). Now what if he had visited Hamburg instead? “Ich bin ein Hamburger”? Ich bin ein Berliner - Wikipedia --- ## [How matches work.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-matches-work/746979)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-matches-work/746979 "2016-02-24T17:52:10Z")
Taken for granted by many today. Matches brought a portable fire source to us all. I was deeply involved in Phillumenyas a kid. I collected matchbooks any time my parents visited a new motel or restaurant or any place t… --- ## [Weird Earl--The Dopers HUNGER for it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earl-the-dopers-hunger-for-it/746840)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earl-the-dopers-hunger-for-it/746840 "2016-02-24T16:52:10Z")
They’re usually so polite! :smiley: And if you don’t ;like it…fava beans to you, Jack. --- ## [Medical Dopers, what do you make of this scary story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-dopers-what-do-you-make-of-this-scary-story/746626)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-dopers-what-do-you-make-of-this-scary-story/746626 "2016-02-24T13:40:34Z")
Sounds pretty horrific. (Warning: Contains disturbing images.) What could cause a wound of this sort? --- ## [Have you had a serious brain injury? I'd love some insight...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-a-serious-brain-injury-id-love-some-insight/746867)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-a-serious-brain-injury-id-love-some-insight/746867 "2016-02-24T11:41:25Z")
On Weds my husband had a horrible accident and is now in ICU with a brain injury. Short version is that he got a single blow on the head from a plane propeller that put a 7" gash through his skull. Longer version is here… --- ## [Bipolar neighbor I can't help nor walk away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bipolar-neighbor-i-cant-help-nor-walk-away/742720)
**Author:** [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bipolar-neighbor-i-cant-help-nor-walk-away/742720 "2016-02-24T05:33:34Z")
Fred and Wilma have been good neighbors and friends for about 15 years. Last summer, Wilma split and Fred is not doing too well on his own. He was diagnosed BP a few months ago. I stop by once or twice a week to say h… --- ## [I think I have lost my social filters.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-have-lost-my-social-filters/746949)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-have-lost-my-social-filters/746949 "2016-02-24T05:12:17Z")
I went out today for lunch with two friends of mine. I have noticed that I might have lost my remaining social filters. The restaurant we went to was -TERRIBLE-. And I actually pointed this out to the manager. They mana… --- ## [Fictional products that have become real brands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-products-that-have-become-real-brands/746553)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-products-that-have-become-real-brands/746553 "2016-02-24T03:18:05Z")
Spin off from this thread. What are some fictional products that have become real and are or were available for sale? In this case I’m not thinking of promotional items, but the actual goods, whatever they may be. The … --- ## [My neck is extremely thick for no reason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neck-is-extremely-thick-for-no-reason/746874)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neck-is-extremely-thick-for-no-reason/746874 "2016-02-23T21:38:02Z")
My neck has been very thick - in an unsightly way - for years. I hardly work out or exercise, so I don’t think it’s that. Nobody else in my family has this issue, so it’s not genetic. I get very self-conscious about the … --- ## [I'm planning to quit my job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-planning-to-quit-my-job/746829)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-planning-to-quit-my-job/746829 "2016-02-23T21:24:27Z")
I’m planning to quit my job in the next few weeks. Mid-April at the latest. Unless something big changes soon, which is unlikely. I’ve been at this company for a little over a year, and I can’t stand it any longer. I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=655) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=657)