# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=708 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 709 --- ## [khaki pants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaki-pants/729486)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaki-pants/729486 "2015-09-01T00:55:10Z")
I prefer khakis (pockets in front over the regular pockets, commonly available as shorts) to cargo pants (pockets on sides down near the knees) because I don’t like having things in the pockets moving around a lot when I… --- ## [Kickstarter to prove that God exists.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kickstarter-to-prove-that-god-exists/729279)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kickstarter-to-prove-that-god-exists/729279 "2015-09-01T00:43:52Z")
This is funny. This guy wants to recreate Darwin’s journey to the Galapagos in order to prove him wrong. Am I wrong in suspecting that he just wants a free trip? Then again, the guy nearly has his “Maters degree” - in … --- ## [A Breakthrough!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-breakthrough/729549)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-breakthrough/729549 "2015-08-31T22:15:25Z")
I had a meeting with my caseworker today. At one point he said “Doc, you seem to be acting like you believe yourself to be a god. Are you a god?” I responded “Ghostbusters has taught me to say yes to that question.” I… --- ## [Oliver Sacks has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oliver-sacks-has-died/729403)
**Author:** [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oliver-sacks-has-died/729403 "2015-08-31T21:27:11Z")
82 so he didn’t do too badly. I went to a lecture he gave in London about 20 years ago and he totally blew me away. One of the good guys. Awakenings will be a hard movie to watch now knowing that the actor and the pers… --- ## [why is he so obsessed with me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-he-so-obsessed-with-me/729058)
**Author:** [@queenbeeatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/queenbeeatch)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-he-so-obsessed-with-me/729058 "2015-08-31T21:22:08Z")
Okay so I’m nothing special when it comes to looks or even personality but for some reason men these days get way too emotionally attached way too quickly to the point where they’ll be telling me they would rather die th… --- ## [The weather.com 15 day forecast seems totally worthless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-com-15-day-forecast-seems-totally-worthless/729496)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-com-15-day-forecast-seems-totally-worthless/729496 "2015-08-31T19:09:18Z")
I have been tracking it for a month or so, and the five furthest days out end up seeming to be no closer to reality than random chance would dictate. But I do live in a part of the country where the weather changes dra… --- ## [How do we track immigrants? Use Fedex.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-track-immigrants-use-fedex/729389)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-track-immigrants-use-fedex/729389 "2015-08-31T16:54:49Z")
This is Chris Christie: From the article. “At any moment, FedEx can tell you where that package is. It’s on the truck. It’s at the station. It’s on the airplane,” Mr. Christie told the crowd in Laconia, N.H. “Yet we … --- ## [Here's The New MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-the-new-mmp/728705)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-the-new-mmp/728705 "2015-08-31T04:53:50Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 75 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 94 with maybe rain/tstorms/apocalypse later this afternoon or not. I get to hang in the near forty today as I continue the never… --- ## [Rape exam three days later; no evidence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-exam-three-days-later-no-evidence/729393)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-exam-three-days-later-no-evidence/729393 "2015-08-30T21:43:35Z")
Take the following hypothetical: A 12 year old girl alleges that she is raped, both vaginally and anally by a family member, a grown adult male. Three days later an examination is performed by a professional which show… --- ## [Eleven years ago ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven-years-ago/729321)
**Author:** [@herman\_and\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herman_and_bill)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven-years-ago/729321 "2015-08-30T11:00:28Z")
…I was going thru some personal turmoil and kind of got turned off to this site and kind of let it fall to the wayside. A few days ago I came across a link to it from another forum and couldn’t even remember my log in na… --- ## [I am irrationally annoyed at my pregnant friend's hubby.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-irrationally-annoyed-at-my-pregnant-friends-hubby/729285)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-irrationally-annoyed-at-my-pregnant-friends-hubby/729285 "2015-08-30T05:54:25Z")
So I have this friend, Juliet, who right now is in her 10th hour of labor. Her husband, Romeo, is a fine fellow I ordinarily like. He’s providing occasional commentary on the situation via Facebook. His latest remark is… --- ## [Norton Utilities are killing me. Has anyone else experienced this same problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norton-utilities-are-killing-me-has-anyone-else-experienced-this-same-problem/728958)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norton-utilities-are-killing-me-has-anyone-else-experienced-this-same-problem/728958 "2015-08-30T04:30:34Z")
Somehow (and I don’t know how), once Microsoft began bombarding me with a screen offering me a free version of Windows 10, the Norton Utilities did something similar. But, IMHO, they are much worse. Microsoft opens a wi… --- ## [If There Was a New Poll of the 100 Greatest Britons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-new-poll-of-the-100-greatest-britons/729264)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-new-poll-of-the-100-greatest-britons/729264 "2015-08-29T20:35:06Z")
This one was done in 2002 and if it was laughable at the time it is hilarious now. Results. (Thanks to wiki) Johnny Rotten? Good God. Assuming this is not a popularity poll, and going on what they achieved (and acknow… --- ## [Three words that end in ...gry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-that-end-in-gry/729131)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-that-end-in-gry/729131 "2015-08-29T19:33:47Z")
A new answer to the old quiz: --- ## [Happy National Bow Tie Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-national-bow-tie-day/729170)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-national-bow-tie-day/729170 "2015-08-29T18:25:59Z")
Happy National Bow Tie Day, everyone! :slight\_smile: --- ## [National Dog Appreciation Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-dog-appreciation-day/728999)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-dog-appreciation-day/728999 "2015-08-29T16:59:31Z")
Listening to the FM radio from the Traverse City NPR. they announced that today was National Dog Appreciation Day. So go lick your dogs’ face. jump up on them umpteen times, chase a cat and/or squirrel, and smell their … --- ## [Just Bought a Nice Android Phone - Any Tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-bought-a-nice-android-phone-any-tips/729160)
**Author:** [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-bought-a-nice-android-phone-any-tips/729160 "2015-08-29T15:59:55Z")
Although my old Android could make calls, texts and function as a decent alarm clock and MP3 player, it is only on version 2.3.3 and was struggling with online usage. So I got a Samsung S5 and am enjoying its wider funct… --- ## [And now there's just me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-theres-just-me/729218)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-theres-just-me/729218 "2015-08-29T15:41:00Z")
My father died in the 60s, age 53. My stepfather died in 1987, aged 74, renal failure. My mother died in 1991, age 79, cancer. My sister died two years ago, age 76, complications from CLL. My brother died three days … --- ## [Parachutes in WW1 Aircraft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parachutes-in-ww1-aircraft/729161)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parachutes-in-ww1-aircraft/729161 "2015-08-29T11:13:56Z")
Some years ago we had a robust discussion on this topic. (I have done numerous searches and can’t find it). I think Martini Enfield raised the point about the policy of the RFC suggesting that pilots would abandon aircr… --- ## [Attack Planned With Assault Rifles--On Pokemon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-planned-with-assault-rifles-on-pokemon/728652)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-planned-with-assault-rifles-on-pokemon/728652 "2015-08-29T08:05:45Z")
Two men planned to attack the World Pokemon Championship. Why? OG knows. Why? Who hates Pokemon bad enough to start shooting? Even Al Qida don’t care.:confused: --- ## [Lastest addition of the Oxford dictionary is out: Are you feeling butthurt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lastest-addition-of-the-oxford-dictionary-is-out-are-you-feeling-butthurt/729091)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lastest-addition-of-the-oxford-dictionary-is-out-are-you-feeling-butthurt/729091 "2015-08-29T07:53:19Z")
That is to say, butthurt is one of the new entries along with brain-fart, fat shaming and pocket dial. --- ## [How Dis NS Kruschev Survive Stalin's Purges?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dis-ns-kruschev-survive-stalins-purges/726729)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dis-ns-kruschev-survive-stalins-purges/726729 "2015-08-29T07:45:44Z")
I was re reading Krushev’s memoirs, and I always wonderd how he managed to survive Stalin’s purges of the 1930s-many senior generals and government officials did not. It seems to me that surviving involved being very sm… --- ## [It's beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas/729185)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas/729185 "2015-08-29T06:11:59Z")
Story:Wal-Mart starts Christmas “Star Wars” sales – Boston Herald Honestly, why not have Christmas year round now? it would make as much sense. --- ## [Illinois isn't paying their lottery winners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-isnt-paying-their-lottery-winners/729230)
**Author:** [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-isnt-paying-their-lottery-winners/729230 "2015-08-29T03:08:13Z")
I know Illinois can’t handle money, but this seems unfair. They don’t mind taking the money in, but can’t seem to pay the people who win more than $25,000. I didn’t realize the lottery money was lumped in with the budge… --- ## [Does Anybody Use Snuff (in 18th Century Fashion) Anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-use-snuff-in-18th-century-fashion-anymore/728818)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-use-snuff-in-18th-century-fashion-anymore/728818 "2015-08-29T02:33:53Z")
Snuff is popular today-but people use it by putting a pinch of it between the gums and teeth-this leads to cancer eventually. In the 18th century, the method of use was to inhale a pinch into your nose, which would prov… --- ## [How can I find smart people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-smart-people/728904)
**Author:** [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-smart-people/728904 "2015-08-29T01:09:12Z")
I’m 46. I’m a physics PhD dropout. When i got married, I quit academia and got a job with AT&T. My degrees are math and physics, but frankly I never really fit in with the physics folks in general. my best friend was an… --- ## [Poop is the solution to renewable energy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poop-is-the-solution-to-renewable-energy/729201)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poop-is-the-solution-to-renewable-energy/729201 "2015-08-29T00:03:31Z")
I’m no scientist, but I firmly believe that harvesting human excrement is the solution to producing sustained renewable energy. Feces is plainly renewable, and the technology already exists to utilize it as an energy so… --- ## [My recommendation is to eliminate skin-based racism. There is a better way.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-recommendation-is-to-eliminate-skin-based-racism-there-is-a-better-way/729062)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-recommendation-is-to-eliminate-skin-based-racism-there-is-a-better-way/729062 "2015-08-28T22:56:08Z")
The problem with skin-based racism is that it is too subjective. We need a way to \*quantifiably \*discriminate against people. I have noticed for a while that some/most people have a white half moon at the base of their… --- ## [Threads you don't start, posts you don't make](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-dont-start-posts-you-dont-make/729115)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-dont-start-posts-you-dont-make/729115 "2015-08-28T21:51:22Z")
Just a few minutes ago I read this post comparing two movies with nearly identical plots, And I had a thought that a more in depth comparison thread would be worthwhile. I even opened a window and wrote a title. Then … --- ## [Anyone looking for a good deal on a 200 year old small penis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-for-a-good-deal-on-a-200-year-old-small-penis/729033)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-for-a-good-deal-on-a-200-year-old-small-penis/729033 "2015-08-28T18:47:14Z")
One would think that a great military leader had balls of brass that clanged when he walked and a penis of steel beyond compare. Napoleon for example, the little corporal had to have a set the size of a prize bulls t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=707) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=709)