# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=702 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 703 --- ## [The Meaning of Life Is Ohio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-meaning-of-life-is-ohio/731756)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-meaning-of-life-is-ohio/731756 "2015-09-21T20:45:45Z")
Thought this story was pretty funny. Norm Middleton had got the runs from his burrito, so he went into the bathroom of the Ohio State Taco Bell outlet. He saw a blinding white light emanating from outside the stall. “… --- ## [Weird, strange or impressive things you've done](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-strange-or-impressive-things-youve-done/730972)
**Author:** [@Stoneburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoneburg)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-strange-or-impressive-things-youve-done/730972 "2015-09-21T16:59:49Z")
This is a bragging thread. :slight\_smile: Here’s a few things that I have done that make my list: #1. I’ve held a lecture at a university about city planning, even though I am the equivalent of a high school dropout wi… --- ## [Its the thought that doesn't count](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-thought-that-doesnt-count/729799)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-thought-that-doesnt-count/729799 "2015-09-21T16:29:51Z")
My wife once off offhandedly mentioned when she was a kid she always wanted an indoor pond with lots of water turtles in it and she loved turtles, I remembered it. Recently I saw a pet shop had really cheap red eared sl… --- ## [Who is Killing the Great Altie Docs of the South?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-killing-the-great-altie-docs-of-the-south/724138)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-killing-the-great-altie-docs-of-the-south/724138 "2015-09-21T13:55:01Z")
There has been an alarming string of deaths in the past couple weeks involving practitioners of \[del\]quackery\[/del\] holistic alternative medicine in Florida and Georgia. The latest is the reported murder of Teresa Sieve… --- ## [Another Manic Moanday MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-manic-moanday-mmp/731190)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 272\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-manic-moanday-mmp/731190 "2015-09-21T07:19:09Z")
It’s Moanday, it’s dark, and 50 degrees(Fahrenheit). But it’s also my Firday, so there’s that. How’s everybody’s weather this A.M.? --- ## [What's the longest running (more or less continuously) SDMB thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-running-more-or-less-continuously-sdmb-thread/731562)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-running-more-or-less-continuously-sdmb-thread/731562 "2015-09-20T22:28:34Z")
By “continuously running” I mean that it has gotten at least one post every month (or six weeks) since its OP. And it’s okay if the thread has been locked if it was “continuous” before that. Other than brute force exami… --- ## [Phoenix shooter caught - bullet fragments lead to suspect.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phoenix-shooter-caught-bullet-fragments-lead-to-suspect/732010)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phoenix-shooter-caught-bullet-fragments-lead-to-suspect/732010 "2015-09-20T21:18:33Z")
Excellent job by the Arizona PD. I have to admit searching pawn shops wouldn’t be my first thought in solving the case. Why would an active shooter pawn his gun? Doesn’t he need it, to ah shoot more cars? :confused: … --- ## [The media LIES and distorts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-media-lies-and-distorts/731476)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-media-lies-and-distorts/731476 "2015-09-20T16:52:01Z")
Anyone got any good examples? I’ve realized the full extent of this garbage, and it is omnipresent. I was never not aware of it, but man the full extent is insane, they don’t inform they distort worse than a rabid politi… --- ## [Depression Comix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depression-comix/716780)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depression-comix/716780 "2015-09-20T16:05:22Z")
I saw something on imgur.com, which lead me to this post from September 19, 2013 on Buzz Feed 21 Comics That Capture The Frustrations Of Depression, which then lead me to this site: Depression Comix. Isn’t the internet … --- ## [What's the thing in this Shorpy pic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-thing-in-this-shorpy-pic/731863)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-thing-in-this-shorpy-pic/731863 "2015-09-20T13:09:18Z")
The item 2 places over from the peanut butter, directly above the sink strainer. Looks like a couple of plastic eggs, but I doubt that’s what it is. --- ## [Well AT&T wore me down - so long ADSL hello U-Verse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-t-wore-me-down-so-long-adsl-hello-u-verse/704979)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-t-wore-me-down-so-long-adsl-hello-u-verse/704979 "2015-09-20T03:28:17Z")
This has been quite the saga. It began in 2010 with the ripping up of my entire street and a utility access area in my yard. They installed fiber throughout my neighborhood. Ever since then I have been bombarded with ju… --- ## [Funny Amazon Reviews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-amazon-reviews/731572)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-amazon-reviews/731572 "2015-09-20T03:25:30Z")
I’ve read some of these before, but here’s a whole stack of Amazon reviews written by funny people with too much time o their hands. On a revie for a T-shirt with three wolves howling at the moon: (The shirt review… --- ## [Mind your Arrr's...or be keelhauled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-your-arrrs-or-be-keelhauled/698921)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-your-arrrs-or-be-keelhauled/698921 "2015-09-19T21:26:43Z")
It’s that time of year again…International Talk Like A Pirate Day --- ## [Woman injured by flying brisket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-injured-by-flying-brisket/731561)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-injured-by-flying-brisket/731561 "2015-09-19T18:57:17Z")
http://www.kentucky.com/2015/09/14/4036533\_flying-brisket-injures-woman-during.html?rh=1 “Ya got a permit for that brisket”? It’s a sad waste of good barbecue. :frowning: --- ## [Dream factoids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-factoids/730767)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-factoids/730767 "2015-09-19T18:22:18Z")
Does anyone else have dreams which contain odd facts? Here’s one: Puppies age faster than Civil War soldiers. The odd thing is, I knew in the dream it was BS. The context was myself (a man) and a bunch of masculine wom… --- ## [Elizabeth II surpassing Victoria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-ii-surpassing-victoria/729620)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-ii-surpassing-victoria/729620 "2015-09-19T16:51:54Z")
Fight a bout of insomnia in the small hours this morning, I suddenly and for no apparent reason started to wonder, when will Queen Elizabeth pass up Victoria as the longest serving British monarch? I punched the question… --- ## [Casual transphobia by host at a party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casual-transphobia-by-host-at-a-party/731168)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casual-transphobia-by-host-at-a-party/731168 "2015-09-19T12:58:32Z")
Background before I get into the meat of this post: My assigned sex and gender identity are both male, but I have three transgender friends online, and my dad is male-to-female transgender. In my spring semester of col… --- ## [New treatment for Alzheimer's disease?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-treatment-for-alzheimers-disease/731531)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-treatment-for-alzheimers-disease/731531 "2015-09-19T07:22:28Z")
If this is true, and the human trials work, then may we be seeing the last of Alzheimer’s disease in the next few years? Wouldn’t it be wonderful! My most likely demise was predicted to be via Alzheimer’s, as both my … --- ## [Dog Poop as Garden Fertilizer: Read On!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-poop-as-garden-fertilizer-read-on/663929)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-poop-as-garden-fertilizer-read-on/663929 "2015-09-19T02:53:38Z")
I decided to see if dog poop had any value as a garden fertilizer. After licking up the yard, I selected a suitable candidate-about 5" long; 1" diameter. I buried it in a 10 gallon ceramic pot, to a depth of 8", then pl… --- ## [Another "only on iPhone"...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-only-on-iphone/731701)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-only-on-iphone/731701 "2015-09-18T20:56:29Z")
Only iPhone developers could pull their own wildly-successful ad blocker from the market because “it blocks nice ads as well as bad ones.” It’s just not fair to block nice, well-behaved ads, you see. Only those meanie o… --- ## [It's 2015. Can we stop with the sexual harassment at work already?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2015-can-we-stop-with-the-sexual-harassment-at-work-already/729125)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2015-can-we-stop-with-the-sexual-harassment-at-work-already/729125 "2015-09-18T17:48:35Z")
My 23 year old daughter just started a new job at a car dealership. She’s had experience clerking at a dealership before, so this was a quick hire. She texted me today, saying a sales manager was making creepy comments… --- ## [New high-resolution photos of Pluto coming back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-high-resolution-photos-of-pluto-coming-back/730657)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-high-resolution-photos-of-pluto-coming-back/730657 "2015-09-18T16:26:50Z")
From New Scientist: The image on the page would be noteworthy were it of a place on Earth, let alone a region of Pluto, a place so far from Earth it takes an average of seven hours for any information at all to travel … --- ## [This is what happens when a dog eats chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-a-dog-eats-chocolate/731557)
**Author:** [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-a-dog-eats-chocolate/731557 "2015-09-18T16:13:52Z")
I won’t go into excruciating detail other than 1) my more mischievous husky, Oakley, raided the pantry and downed an almost full Costco-sized bag of bittersweet chocolate chips; 2) he then made a mess, ran around in a fi… --- ## [Ig Nobel Prizes 2015 - Of unboiled eggs, "huh?" and bee-stinged penises](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ig-nobel-prizes-2015-of-unboiled-eggs-huh-and-bee-stinged-penises/731654)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ig-nobel-prizes-2015-of-unboiled-eggs-huh-and-bee-stinged-penises/731654 "2015-09-18T09:41:04Z")
The Ig Nobel prizes for 2015 have been officially awarded! http://www.improbable.com/ig/2015/ Among the winners, we have the following awards: Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry, for how to partially un-boil an egg: http://… --- ## [Does your head spin clockwise or counter- (anti-) clockwise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-head-spin-clockwise-or-counter-anti-clockwise/731499)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-head-spin-clockwise-or-counter-anti-clockwise/731499 "2015-09-18T06:38:46Z")
I don’t know what happened to me today - maybe an inner ear infection is setting in, or maybe seasonal allergies are giving me inner ear pressure that is causing disequilibrium - but starting around 3-1/2 hours ago, I st… --- ## [Levi's Stadium Guards Demanding Wallets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/levis-stadium-guards-demanding-wallets/731172)
**Author:** [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/levis-stadium-guards-demanding-wallets/731172 "2015-09-18T01:08:23Z")
It’s an understatement to say a story in Ars Technica misses the point. The lede: WTF! Nothing more is said about the guards demanding to open and examine fans’ wallets. Who cares about tracking a bunch of multi-m… --- ## [Terrence Howard: The Gene Ray of Hollywood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrence-howard-the-gene-ray-of-hollywood/731392)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrence-howard-the-gene-ray-of-hollywood/731392 "2015-09-18T00:19:08Z")
This is just screwy. “Terrence Howard’s Dangerous Mind” --- ## [Spring is coming.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-is-coming/731609)
**Author:** [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-is-coming/731609 "2015-09-17T23:32:42Z")
And for Australians that means it’s swooping season! Good article here on what it’s all about with some nice footage of magpies in action. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-17/magpie-swooping-season-has-canberra-on-al… --- ## [Doper botanists, help identify my mystery Apple tree](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-botanists-help-identify-my-mystery-apple-tree/731418)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-botanists-help-identify-my-mystery-apple-tree/731418 "2015-09-17T22:58:19Z")
Out in our hay fields, we have four old apple trees, and when I say old, we’re talking 120-150 years old, if not older There are four trees, three Baldwin trees, one really sickly and in need of cloning, as the inner tr… --- ## [it was suposed to be easy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-suposed-to-be-easy/731563)
**Author:** [@frustration](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frustration)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-suposed-to-be-easy/731563 "2015-09-17T20:42:28Z")
So I had just moved back to my home state and wanted to buy a house and couldnt get a big enough loan but my brother was in the same situation so we decided to get a house and split it, improve it, earn money and part wa… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=701) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=703)