# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=673 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 674 --- ## [Who is the legal system more likely to believe? (car accident)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-legal-system-more-likely-to-believe-car-accident/741135)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-legal-system-more-likely-to-believe-car-accident/741135 "2015-12-24T20:30:29Z")
My car was at a standstill when a driver ahead of me suddenly went into reverse and backed into the front of my car. The accident was their fault, however the driver then said something to the effect that the law would c… --- ## [States where Wal-Mart is the largest employer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-where-wal-mart-is-the-largest-employer/741060)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-where-wal-mart-is-the-largest-employer/741060 "2015-12-24T17:25:37Z")
Alabama - 34,000 Arizona - 32,373 Arkansas - 50,000 Florida - 95,000 Georgia - 51,000 Illinois - 51,137 Kentucky - 28,000 Louisiana - 34,633 Mississippi - 23,430 Missouri - 40,000 Montana - 4,533 North Carolin… --- ## [Jealousy. Dogs and cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jealousy-dogs-and-cats/741122)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jealousy-dogs-and-cats/741122 "2015-12-24T16:58:13Z")
I have a 4 year old medium size, mixed breed dog. My neighbor has a cat. When I stroke the cat, my dog begins to crowd in for attention. He appears upset. I feed them both. I give the dry dog food in two separate bo… --- ## [Good Morning/Good Night in other languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-good-night-in-other-languages/740777)
**Author:** [@Stana\_Claus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stana_Claus)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-good-night-in-other-languages/740777 "2015-12-24T16:37:15Z")
There is someone I text daily with a message saying “Good morning” or something to that effect when I get up, and again with a “Good night” message before I go to sleep. I would like to add some variety by doing so in o… --- ## [Today the Sun went Down at 12:28 PM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-the-sun-went-down-at-12-28-pm/741026)
**Author:** [@bb49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bb49)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-the-sun-went-down-at-12-28-pm/741026 "2015-12-24T08:58:47Z")
Yup, here we are at the shortest day of the year, for us in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s a day I didn’t used to look forward to, but with a renewed passion for motorcycle riding a few years ago, I now look at today, or… --- ## [Has dicussion on SDMB ever been published?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-dicussion-on-sdmb-ever-been-published/741216)
**Author:** [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-dicussion-on-sdmb-ever-been-published/741216 "2015-12-24T04:27:52Z")
Specifically, the “Stupid Republican Idea of the Day” thread, which has to be one of the most epic on these boards, is so chock full of bad ideas, and the reasons why they are bad ideas, one could publish a book, or crea… --- ## [Gift-giving: choosing things for people, or just asking them for a list](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-giving-choosing-things-for-people-or-just-asking-them-for-a-list/741160)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-giving-choosing-things-for-people-or-just-asking-them-for-a-list/741160 "2015-12-24T03:49:50Z")
My wife​ and I have had a friendly difference of opinion over the years, that seems to come at least partly from a difference in our family traditions around gifting. To her, it’s just natural to ask people what they wa… --- ## [Bacon futures and Christmas cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-futures-and-christmas-cards/741031)
**Author:** [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-futures-and-christmas-cards/741031 "2015-12-24T02:08:40Z")
Bacon is like $6.00 + a pound around here regular price time to invest in hog futures! Has there been a discussion about how many cards you send and what you receive? Each year, my receives decline and a few years bac… --- ## [Barbara Dawson refused to leave hospital and dies after being forced to leave.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbara-dawson-refused-to-leave-hospital-and-dies-after-being-forced-to-leave/741167)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbara-dawson-refused-to-leave-hospital-and-dies-after-being-forced-to-leave/741167 "2015-12-24T01:11:29Z")
A patient insists they are having trouble breathing. Perhaps the doctors should should take her seriously? Why the hurry in giving her the bum rush out the door? Perhaps she had no insurance? There may be more to this … --- ## [Why? Fingerprinting issue.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-fingerprinting-issue/740912)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-fingerprinting-issue/740912 "2015-12-24T00:46:27Z")
So today we exited Cambodia to Thailand via a land crossing, we had visa’s for both places, no issues there. It’s actually quite an amusing and chaotic process when you enter Cambodia using the ‘visa on arrival’ system.… --- ## [Mother with ruptured placenta saved by daughter, 3.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-with-ruptured-placenta-saved-by-daughter-3/741218)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-with-ruptured-placenta-saved-by-daughter-3/741218 "2015-12-23T23:26:23Z")
I’ll let this bit of good news speak for itself. Well done, young lady! --- ## [Happy Festivus, your arse, I pray God it's our last](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-festivus-your-arse-i-pray-god-its-our-last/741153)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-festivus-your-arse-i-pray-god-its-our-last/741153 "2015-12-23T14:42:57Z")
Now for the airing of grievances. I got a lot of problems with you people, and now you’re gonna hear about it. -You smell like three-day-old shit on a turtle’s corpse. Take a bath, you filthy baboon. -You scumbag, you … --- ## [Another School Closing Because of Threats of Violence. How Many More?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-school-closing-because-of-threats-of-violence-how-many-more/740977)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-school-closing-because-of-threats-of-violence-how-many-more/740977 "2015-12-23T03:23:03Z")
Do you suppose a student there found a copy of the Los Angeles threat and did a little editing? I wonder how many more of these we will see? --- ## [Hitler Only Had One Testicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitler-only-had-one-testicle/740883)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitler-only-had-one-testicle/740883 "2015-12-23T01:41:00Z")
So says Haaretz, quoting a real historian: Now, from memory: Hitler has only got one ball! Goering has two but ve-ry small! Himmler! Has something sim’lar! And Goebbels! Has no balls! At all! Just thought you’d… --- ## [Funny AutoIncorrections...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581)
**Author:** [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-autoincorrections/740581 "2015-12-22T21:23:32Z")
Not 10 minutes after reading this, I texted my wife asking what the plan was for tonight and she responded: Which, if I’m honest, sounds way awesome. Chili and replicants. What’s a funny autoincorrection you’ve encou… --- ## [I've been offered a role in a spin-off!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-offered-a-role-in-a-spin-off/741107)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-offered-a-role-in-a-spin-off/741107 "2015-12-22T19:11:47Z")
Now I know what Sherman Hemsley felt like when he moved on up. For years now I have been unofficial leader of a group of my buddies who meet for a few beers every Wednesday. I am 57, and our ages range from 44 to 60. W… --- ## [Muslims defend Christians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslims-defend-christians/741010)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslims-defend-christians/741010 "2015-12-22T19:10:46Z")
Do we really need proof that most Muslims are ordinary decent people? \[ \](Kenyan Muslims shield Christians in Mandera bus attack - BBC News) --- ## [Last Human to Step on the Moon 43 years ago today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-human-to-step-on-the-moon-43-years-ago-today/740413)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-human-to-step-on-the-moon-43-years-ago-today/740413 "2015-12-22T18:21:11Z")
When Eugene Cernan got aboard the Challenger Lunar Module and left the Moon at the end of the Apollo 17 mission 43 years ago today, it was the last time a human stood on the moon http://io9.com/the-real-story-of-apollo… --- ## [I have left my wife and children.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-left-my-wife-and-children/578491)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 300\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-left-my-wife-and-children/578491 "2015-12-22T17:58:34Z")
There has been a girl\*. I’ve been working with her for over three years and whenever I’ve spent time with her (which is relatively rare, I am/was an aircraft captain, she’s a first officer, and I fly with lots of other c… --- ## [I'm writing my autobiography](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-writing-my-autobiography/741018)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-writing-my-autobiography/741018 "2015-12-22T16:02:07Z")
No, I don’t expect it’ll ever make the NYT Best Sellers List. I don’t even expect any more than a half dozen people will probably ever read it. But this past weekend, at the Lendervedder extended family Christmas party, … --- ## [A small victory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-victory/741088)
**Author:** [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-victory/741088 "2015-12-22T12:37:01Z")
Can I be allowed a bit of showing off, guys? It’s only a small victory, and I have plenty of other problems and issues, like everyone else, but at least I can feel happy about one good thing - my weight loss. I am about … --- ## [Hanging out with much younger friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanging-out-with-much-younger-friends/740870)
**Author:** [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2015, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanging-out-with-much-younger-friends/740870 "2015-12-22T11:33:51Z")
Not in a skeevy way! I’m a 38 year old woman and recently I joined a dance group. I really love the dance style and the group really bonded as well, so we’ve started to see each other socially too. Thing is, the lessons… --- ## [How is Gorilla Glue still around?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-gorilla-glue-still-around/740782)
**Author:** [@UncleFred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleFred)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2015, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-gorilla-glue-still-around/740782 "2015-12-22T05:34:49Z")
Myself and people I know have never had good results with this stuff; It expands and makes a mess No matter how much you apply, it does stick initially but it always eventually gives way. How can a product like this … --- ## [Funny home appliance deaths: washing machine vs. sink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-home-appliance-deaths-washing-machine-vs-sink/740899)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-home-appliance-deaths-washing-machine-vs-sink/740899 "2015-12-21T23:32:37Z")
Our poor washing machine, which is probably going on 30-years-old, has been “walking” around and knocking for a few years. She lives in the basement next to the slop sink into which she drains. The slop sink is original… --- ## [Two years sober](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-years-sober/740324)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-years-sober/740324 "2015-12-21T22:25:03Z")
I discovered alcohol in my second year of university (I have this theory that I come late to everything in life.) I’d had a miserable first year in university, but when I started drinking, I found that helped me through … --- ## [What's the biggest whoosh you've seen on the Dope MB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-whoosh-youve-seen-on-the-dope-mb/740875)
**Author:** [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-whoosh-youve-seen-on-the-dope-mb/740875 "2015-12-21T21:04:27Z")
I once had a good one where I described a Change-machine in a casino as a slot machine that always paid out even odds. Who has other classic whooshes? --- ## [Jimmy Carter's grandson dies unexpectedly at 28.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carters-grandson-dies-unexpectedly-at-28/740957)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carters-grandson-dies-unexpectedly-at-28/740957 "2015-12-21T20:32:28Z")
My heart goes out to the Carter family. Its tough losing a loved one but especially hard during the holidays. The grandson was still so young and that family is known for members living well into their eighties and ninet… --- ## [Wife's uncle missing after SoCal storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wifes-uncle-missing-after-socal-storm/735167)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wifes-uncle-missing-after-socal-storm/735167 "2015-12-21T20:29:02Z")
Mrs. L.A.'s uncle is missing after having been caught in a mud slide. Article. --- ## [A Concise History of My Father's Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-concise-history-of-my-fathers-life/740510)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-concise-history-of-my-fathers-life/740510 "2015-12-21T16:56:16Z")
My father was born in 1943 in Dothan, Alabama, to white working-class parents – Southern Baptists. His given name was Billy Joe; though he would eventually embrace that name, he spent most of his life running from it (p… --- ## [Voting question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-question/740915)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-question/740915 "2015-12-21T16:06:05Z")
When we go to the polls on a general election, say the times when one can vote for a president, there are often 10-20 other races for office or issues to be voted on. Offices such as state, county, and local offices. My… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=672) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=674)