# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=723 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 724 --- ## [Summertime and the living is sleazy in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-living-is-sleazy-in-the-mmp/724387)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 361\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-living-is-sleazy-in-the-mmp/724387 "2015-07-13T02:36:55Z")
Self-explanatory title, I guess. I’m too tired to be excessively clever, not that the topic matters anyway, right? So let’s talk about summers when we were kids and didn’t know or care about responsibilities. Good ti… --- ## [It's planting season!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-planting-season/718996)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-planting-season/718996 "2015-07-12T23:44:58Z")
I wandered around Amazon.com and found the unusual vegetable seeds…!:eek: Red Okra - packets of many colored Beets,one of which is a red and white bullseye - pointed broccoli - all color Carrots - Zinnias in red and yel… --- ## [Why are slow people slow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-slow-people-slow/564459)
**Author:** [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-slow-people-slow/564459 "2015-07-12T18:27:35Z")
We’ve all known slow people. I’m not talking about people who are mentally challenged (or whatever the current term for retarded is). I’m not talking about people who are physically impaired. I’m talking about those p… --- ## [Mundane, Pointless Hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-hats/724854)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-hats/724854 "2015-07-12T16:05:28Z")
So, I understand that some hats are symbols that identify a person as a member of a group and/or culture. For example, the fund-raising Shriner fezzes (fezi?) But, cultural ID aside, why are fezi popular in countries of… --- ## [Listening to someone go on, and on, and on....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listening-to-someone-go-on-and-on-and-on/724896)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listening-to-someone-go-on-and-on-and-on/724896 "2015-07-12T13:10:14Z")
We were at my stepdaughter’s house, and she had gone to an ice cream shop. She and her family shared a large banana split. She must have talked about it for 15 minutes. In this situation, I always envision the speaker su… --- ## [Strangest coincidence this week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-coincidence-this-week/724729)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-coincidence-this-week/724729 "2015-07-12T04:52:26Z")
Here’s mine: Having done the cave tour, I’m at the snack bar of the Timpanogos Cave National Monument. I’m relaxing with a cup of coffee and a book I’d bought the day before. At an adjacent table are two guys in full … --- ## [Ever lived in the attic/basement/garage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-lived-in-the-attic-basement-garage/724735)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-lived-in-the-attic-basement-garage/724735 "2015-07-12T03:58:11Z")
For all the stereotypes of “basement dwellers” and the like, I’ve rarely met people who lived in the attic/basement/garage loft–whether as kids, adults living in their parent’s house, or as apartment dwellers. Did you a… --- ## [... and then there were three](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-there-were-three/63006)
**Author:** [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-there-were-three/63006 "2015-07-12T03:52:19Z")
Dopers, we would like to introduce you to the newest member of our family Muffin\* who came into our lives at about 2 in the afternoon on Sunday the 22nd of April, 2001. She is a Burmese kitten, about 8 weeks old, the d… --- ## [Good Job Republicans! No really. Good Job.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-republicans-no-really-good-job/724763)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-republicans-no-really-good-job/724763 "2015-07-12T01:44:20Z")
Nikki Haley did a good thing here. And Jenny Horne made a terrific speech. I sincerely hope that we can fill this thread with examples like these two because I’ve always felt that praise can be as valuable as criti… --- ## [Does everyone know what “quaaludes” are?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-know-what-quaaludes-are/724580)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-know-what-quaaludes-are/724580 "2015-07-11T23:09:32Z")
I was listening to news reports about the latest twists in the ongoing Bill Cosby saga. Allegedly, he gave quaaludes to women in order to have sexual intercourse with them (something like that). Some of the reports didn’… --- ## [Can you REALLY swim?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-swim/720781)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-swim/720781 "2015-07-11T22:59:15Z")
Lets say you were on a lake on a cool crisp May morning. The boat sinks, your not wearing a life jacket, and your at least 300 feet (about 100 meters) or a football field length from shore. The waters chilly but not free… --- ## [What can be done about these morons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-be-done-about-these-morons/724795)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-be-done-about-these-morons/724795 "2015-07-11T21:23:43Z")
I’m talking about these mental defectives who don’t know how to hold a phone when making a video. Maybe I should find out how to petition the government to pass a law that makes it a capital crime to post a vertical vid… --- ## [I'm going to hell in a crossover](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-hell-in-a-crossover/724778)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-hell-in-a-crossover/724778 "2015-07-11T19:51:12Z")
We’re moving to Seattle. Actually, no. We’re moving to the beautiful, peaceful, and eminently affordable area west of Seattle, but we’ll have easy no-driving, no-I-5 ferry access to downtown Seattle. It will be effin’ a… --- ## [Charleston, SC church shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charleston-sc-church-shooting/722823)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 370\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charleston-sc-church-shooting/722823 "2015-07-11T17:38:32Z")
It appears there has been a shooting at the historic Emmanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston during services tonight. The NYTimes and CNN are reporting multiple fatalities. Both news accounts mentioned this is one of the … --- ## [Help me transcribe this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-transcribe-this/723340)
**Author:** [@Reza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reza)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-transcribe-this/723340 "2015-07-11T09:58:09Z")
Hello everyone, Would anyone please transcribe this audio file for me? Total time is less than 2 minutes, but only one minute is ok to me. from the second 00:25 . . cause you know you’re a legend , we all love you , e… --- ## [Evil Plane Seat Design](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-plane-seat-design/724765)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-plane-seat-design/724765 "2015-07-11T05:27:11Z")
Pepper Mill saw this on the news last night, and was outraged. This online report is even madder than either the TV news or Pepper: It’s not the rampant butt contact that gets me. It’s that if these seats recline (an… --- ## [Drive inattentive and kill someone? No problem!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-inattentive-and-kill-someone-no-problem/724679)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-inattentive-and-kill-someone-no-problem/724679 "2015-07-11T04:54:47Z")
I don’t know how vehicular deaths are handled where you live, but here’s what can happen in my city. Last September my father was riding his motorcycle, approaching an intersection at the end of a bridge. Another drive… --- ## [Whale expresses his support for gay marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-expresses-his-support-for-gay-marriage/724790)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-expresses-his-support-for-gay-marriage/724790 "2015-07-11T03:15:31Z")
Gray whale shoots rainbow out of its blowhole \[video\]: http://www.weather.com/series/great-outdoors/video/whale-shoot-rainbow-out-of-blowhole --- ## [The Ongoing Weird Earl's Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ongoing-weird-earls-thread/708256)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ongoing-weird-earls-thread/708256 "2015-07-10T23:54:50Z")
The much beloved Weird Earl’s section on the main SD page has gone the way of Saturday-morning children’s programming, crushed under the soulless heel of “modernity.” So as per Ed Zotti’s suggestion, we can use this thre… --- ## [I'm not sure what's scarier...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-whats-scarier/724769)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-whats-scarier/724769 "2015-07-10T20:44:33Z")
The fact that the hacking of the Federal Office of Personnel Management affected 1 in 15 Americans, or that 1 in 15 Americans works for the Federal government. :eek: --- ## [From the "Canadians are weird" files - The Dead Raccoon Caper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-canadians-are-weird-files-the-dead-raccoon-caper/724789)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-canadians-are-weird-files-the-dead-raccoon-caper/724789 "2015-07-10T20:30:22Z")
Not sure whether to laugh or go “Eh?” But it does put my ravening squirrel gang population in perspective. --- ## [Turns out PETA isn't extreme enough.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turns-out-peta-isnt-extreme-enough/724734)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turns-out-peta-isnt-extreme-enough/724734 "2015-07-10T17:45:42Z")
You can learn all kinds of stuff from philosophy professors. The nonhuman animal advocacy movement is at a crucial crossroads where truly it is now do or die. In the early 1980s, a new animal rights movement glowed brig… --- ## [I bought a scooter!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-scooter/724319)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-scooter/724319 "2015-07-10T15:11:37Z")
I’ve been wanting a scooter for at least 20 years and I finally bought one. I’m so excited! I did tons of research about brands and whether I should go with new or used. I finally made my decision and bought this: http:… --- ## [Smarter than your average... what? (Logi)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smarter-than-your-average-what-logi/724613)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smarter-than-your-average-what-logi/724613 "2015-07-10T07:31:51Z")
So Logitech, one of my very preferred providers of tech pieces, has decided it now wants to be known as Logi. I should have known they would just turn too cool for school when they stopped making the wired version of my… --- ## [Hot Dog Eating Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog-eating-champs/724256)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog-eating-champs/724256 "2015-07-10T06:30:51Z")
So this year’s Nathan’s contest is over and the champ has been dethroned, only managing 60 dogs and buns to the new champ’s 62. Third place choked down 32. Even as a one-time trencherman of regional note, I just can’t … --- ## [Do elderly people realize how infuriating long rambling answers are?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-elderly-people-realize-how-infuriating-long-rambling-answers-are/724448)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-elderly-people-realize-how-infuriating-long-rambling-answers-are/724448 "2015-07-10T04:48:40Z")
Sorry for the ageism but I’ve never seen a non-elderly person do this. Pharmacist:When did you start taking this med? Elderly guy:Hmm I think oh yes five years now, I remember because my granddaughter took me to a new … --- ## [Hairline question...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairline-question/724726)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairline-question/724726 "2015-07-10T03:35:01Z")
So I’ve had cowlicks in the back of my head for at the very least two decades now; the back part just lies down flat while the part that forms the top sticks up. Recently I realized that the cowlicks follow the exact li… --- ## [Impossibly incredibly beautiful and eerie images created by google recognition software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impossibly-incredibly-beautiful-and-eerie-images-created-by-google-recognition-software/722960)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impossibly-incredibly-beautiful-and-eerie-images-created-by-google-recognition-software/722960 "2015-07-10T01:42:00Z")
I have no words. I would have called these things excellent, whimsical and somewhat spooky works by a talented human artist had I not read the explanation. The basic idea is, they gave the recognition software cues co… --- ## [Tell me about your most unpleasant and/or scary airline flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-most-unpleasant-and-or-scary-airline-flight/715102)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-most-unpleasant-and-or-scary-airline-flight/715102 "2015-07-09T20:21:25Z")
I recently experienced a fairly shaky flight - whole lotta turbulence and bouncing around, then an iffy landing on a snow-covered runway. It wasn’t exactly terrifying, but I did hear a few folks let out a ‘whoa!’. Tell… --- ## [If only there had been a comma... (Man killed by alligator)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-only-there-had-been-a-comma-man-killed-by-alligator/724406)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-only-there-had-been-a-comma-man-killed-by-alligator/724406 "2015-07-09T19:54:18Z")
NO SWIMMING ALLIGATORS To be fair to the dead guy, the sign did say there were no alligators swimming. OTOH, I doubt he’d have paid attention even if it dad have a comma. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=722) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=724)