# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=694 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 695 --- ## [Dogs that immediately regretted their life choices. With photos.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-that-immediately-regretted-their-life-choices-with-photos/734851)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-that-immediately-regretted-their-life-choices-with-photos/734851 "2015-10-17T18:22:40Z")
A collection of photos of dogs getting into hilarious predicaments. I needed to laugh today and just unwind. It worked. Especially the pug on the slide and the dog on the snow sled. The dog on the hammock had me ROFLMA… --- ## [So, I think my bf wants to try anal sex (possible TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-think-my-bf-wants-to-try-anal-sex-possible-tmi/269355)
**Author:** [@Tikster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikster)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-think-my-bf-wants-to-try-anal-sex-possible-tmi/269355 "2015-10-17T16:01:40Z")
This is my first OP, so bear with me. Also mods, if this is in the wrong forum, I’m sorry. I need the advice of you other dopers! A little background: My boyfriend and I’ve been together for the last six years. We’re … --- ## [Wordless, Spontaneous Sex With Strangers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordless-spontaneous-sex-with-strangers/356550)
**Author:** [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordless-spontaneous-sex-with-strangers/356550 "2015-10-17T14:02:51Z")
Wordless, spontaneous sex with strangers: you’ve seen it. It happens on tv and in movies, and if they’re representing reality, it’s happening to lots of people. And I’m not talking about nightclub pickups. It starts in a… --- ## [Germany: If you don't pay your TV license fee, the government will deflate your car tire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germany-if-you-dont-pay-your-tv-license-fee-the-government-will-deflate-your-car-tire/734612)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germany-if-you-dont-pay-your-tv-license-fee-the-government-will-deflate-your-car-tire/734612 "2015-10-17T12:39:31Z")
No, this is no satire and no hyperbole. In Germany, the license fee is 17.98 Euros per month and every household has to pay it, even if nobody living there even owns a TV set or a radio receiver (or a smart phone or a co… --- ## [What is your remedy for hiccups?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-remedy-for-hiccups/734771)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2015, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-remedy-for-hiccups/734771 "2015-10-17T11:32:04Z")
My remedy used to be to drink a glass of water with a teaspoon of sugar dissolved in it. I guess one time sugar wasn’t readily available, so I tried something different, drinking a glass of water by taking a continuous s… --- ## [Things going on where you live that would make no sense on the Straight dope.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-going-on-where-you-live-that-would-make-no-sense-on-the-straight-dope/734667)
**Author:** [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-going-on-where-you-live-that-would-make-no-sense-on-the-straight-dope/734667 "2015-10-17T03:14:15Z")
This is the thread for stuff you would like to talk about, but which would take forever to explain, and would be almost impossible to debate on these boards - because the issue makes no sense in the 'dopeverse. Right no… --- ## [People can't cancel NY Times subscriptions either](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-cant-cancel-ny-times-subscriptions-either/734485)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-cant-cancel-ny-times-subscriptions-either/734485 "2015-10-16T22:45:50Z")
There’s a cable company (can’t remember which one) that won’t let people cancel. Yesterday, I ran into an old co-worker at the grocery store, and she’s working at a call center in the area that has a contract with the N… --- ## [Orgasm-Inducing Mushrooms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-inducing-mushrooms/734811)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-inducing-mushrooms/734811 "2015-10-16T20:01:28Z")
This is the first I’ve heard of this: There are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamed of in your mycology. I love that they illustrated this article with the clip of Dancing Oriental Mushrooms from the “N… --- ## [This Is What Old English Likely Sounded Like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-old-english-likely-sounded-like/734807)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-old-english-likely-sounded-like/734807 "2015-10-16T19:39:05Z")
Or, Why I Will Persist In Calling It Anglo-Saxon The Moment You Lot Aren’t Around… Just listen to this. Now, who here can honestly claim to understand that? Everyone who took Beowulf As A Second Language, sit down. So … --- ## [Mangled idioms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangled-idioms/734718)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangled-idioms/734718 "2015-10-16T19:30:24Z")
Thought I did a thread like this several years ago-no dice on a search tho. This is where someone heard the idiom somewhere, but either misheard it, or misinterpreted it (or read it online somewhere where someone else h… --- ## [Boston mini-dopefest \[Wed. 6/17 6:30 PM Cheers Bar Faneuil Hall\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-mini-dopefest-wed-6-17-6-30-pm-cheers-bar-faneuil-hall/721669)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-mini-dopefest-wed-6-17-6-30-pm-cheers-bar-faneuil-hall/721669 "2015-10-16T17:17:37Z")
Boston dopers, interested in getting together? It’s been a while and I missed the last one a couple years ago. I’ll get the ball rolling and suggest a time and place Wednesday June 17 at Cheers Bar, Faneuil Hall at 6:30… --- ## [Tax deductions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-deductions/734743)
**Author:** [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-deductions/734743 "2015-10-16T15:47:32Z")
Yes its too early to think about it but I was just sorting receipts and I thought if you can deduct medicinal OTC items why can’t I deduct the granola bars I have to keep in my purse in case my sugar falls and why … --- ## [Weird Car Problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-car-problem/734758)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-car-problem/734758 "2015-10-16T12:18:01Z")
Just last week, my check engine light went on. I pulled out my code reader, and plugged in-it read p0128 (coolant temperature too low). I checked everything, and the heater works fine.I bought a new thermostat, since i r… --- ## [Best way to score Hamlet (london) tickets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-score-hamlet-london-tickets/729065)
**Author:** [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-score-hamlet-london-tickets/729065 "2015-10-16T03:27:57Z")
Looking for reputable re-seller sites or other tricks of the trade to get tickets to the Barbican Hamlet performance for late October. My Google-Fu is failing me, the best 've found is 2 tickets at £700 which is extortio… --- ## [A dog named Tillie is Washingtonian Of The Day today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-named-tillie-is-washingtonian-of-the-day-today/734755)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-named-tillie-is-washingtonian-of-the-day-today/734755 "2015-10-16T03:15:25Z")
\[Awesome story: \](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2647cb6c54604dab9ceed0eff402583c/washington-governor-gives-award-dog-who-protected-friend) --- ## [Reykjavik for New Years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reykjavik-for-new-years/734735)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reykjavik-for-new-years/734735 "2015-10-15T23:34:13Z")
We are flying to Amsterdam return via Reykjavik . On the way back we stop for two nights in Iceland. Any doings we should know about? --- ## [It's a Great Day in South Carolina! (Check in, damp Dopers.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-great-day-in-south-carolina-check-in-damp-dopers/733579)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-great-day-in-south-carolina-check-in-damp-dopers/733579 "2015-10-15T21:48:31Z")
We’re snug and dry, although we couldn’t leave the house if we wanted to and I’m getting really nervous hearing the wind pick up (mature tree neighborhood, soaked ground). We have no water, so tomorrow we must venture fo… --- ## [Holy crap! I am a Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-am-a-dad/734715)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-am-a-dad/734715 "2015-10-15T20:11:14Z")
Twin boys. They came early, ~34 weeks but they both appear to be healthy. Holy crap. Slee --- ## [Twitter: Popular in my network](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-popular-in-my-network/734747)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-popular-in-my-network/734747 "2015-10-15T19:20:16Z")
I just received an email from Twitter, informing what is (obviously according to their inquiry) “popular” in my “network”. It’s an eclectic choice and I haven’t got the faintest idea about how they came up with this sinc… --- ## [Did you abandon your pet rock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-abandon-your-pet-rock/646003)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-abandon-your-pet-rock/646003 "2015-10-15T19:09:54Z")
Beware!; http://www.petzombierock.com --- ## [So what happens when you give big research grants to loons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happens-when-you-give-big-research-grants-to-loons/734433)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happens-when-you-give-big-research-grants-to-loons/734433 "2015-10-15T17:41:38Z")
This. \*"A Montreal social scientist and the federal agency that awarded her almost $300,000 to study the HPV vaccine are facing criticism after the professor condemned the vaccine and called for a moratorium on its use. … --- ## [Do police officers always give a warning to someone never pulled over before?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-police-officers-always-give-a-warning-to-someone-never-pulled-over-before/734523)
**Author:** [@NightfallBliss43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightfallBliss43)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-police-officers-always-give-a-warning-to-someone-never-pulled-over-before/734523 "2015-10-15T17:32:06Z")
To be honest, I just got pulled over for speeding, 10 miles over at night (I just got off work, wanted to get home which I told him) He barely looked older than me (19) and when he told me why I was pulled over, me bein… --- ## [I have often felt this way about Subway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-often-felt-this-way-about-subway/734670)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-often-felt-this-way-about-subway/734670 "2015-10-15T16:53:51Z")
A nude woman thrashed a Subway Shop in Anchorage, AK. The employees fled, but it doesn’t say whether it was from having to look at a naked woman or because of the violence. Once again it goes to prove that good naked pe… --- ## [I just discovered a major loophole!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-discovered-a-major-loophole/732475)
**Author:** [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-discovered-a-major-loophole/732475 "2015-10-15T14:17:58Z")
So I was going through the McDonalds Drive Through. I had a coupon for a breakfast sandwich that would give me 2 for the price of 1, so when I placed my order, I mentioned that I had the coupon. Before I proceeded to p… --- ## [Yay! My scammers are back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-my-scammers-are-back/734544)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-my-scammers-are-back/734544 "2015-10-15T08:43:02Z")
So I received this in my spam folder this morning: I do have to commend them for being so polite about extortion. I had an (But I never even HAD an Ashley Madison account! - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Shar… --- ## [Makeup tips - you know you have them!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-tips-you-know-you-have-them/662551)
**Author:** [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-tips-you-know-you-have-them/662551 "2013-07-08T18:35:02Z")
I posted in this thread a tip about mascara. The tip is that all mascara is pretty much the same. The brush makes a small difference but not a lot. It’s worth going cheap on mascara. Another mascara tip is to dab off t… --- ## [Regale me with stupid car accidents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regale-me-with-stupid-car-accidents/734239)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regale-me-with-stupid-car-accidents/734239 "2015-10-15T03:34:42Z")
I started driving at 29 and had a “learning” car, a Civic, I had for ten years and did lots of stupid things with – hurting only it and not anyone else, thank goodness. I thought I had gotten it out of my system and did… --- ## [You're Getting Windows 10 Whether You Want It Or Not!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-windows-10-whether-you-want-it-or-not/730532)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-windows-10-whether-you-want-it-or-not/730532 "2015-10-15T01:58:55Z")
This past Tuesday was the typical Microsoft patch update day. Well, not really. There are reports in the wild Microsoft is forcing Windows 10 installation files onto Windows 7/8 machines, regardless of whether you want… --- ## [Apparently the UN is hiding due money from me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-the-un-is-hiding-due-money-from-me/734617)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-the-un-is-hiding-due-money-from-me/734617 "2015-10-14T22:49:35Z")
This somehow got past spam filters. Awesome; keeping costs down by using a gmail account. Ban Ki Moon will be hearing from me. Also I am sure Skye is calledd Daisy now --- ## [Basic Life Support Ambulances Better Survival Rates than Advanced Life Support Ambulances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basic-life-support-ambulances-better-survival-rates-than-advanced-life-support-ambulances/734577)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basic-life-support-ambulances-better-survival-rates-than-advanced-life-support-ambulances/734577 "2015-10-14T22:42:19Z")
I found this a very surprising result as one would expect that many urgent medical problems need treatment immediately and can’t wait another 10 minutes to reach the emergency room. Could someone look at the paper an… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=693) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=695)