# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=727 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 728 --- ## [God Save The Queen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-save-the-queen/723668)
**Author:** [@Potestas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potestas)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-save-the-queen/723668 "2015-06-30T02:24:38Z")
I wonder if it is ackward for the Queen to sit through God Save the Queen when in essence they are singing about her --- ## [Why Was I Aroused By Smell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-i-aroused-by-smell/723818)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-i-aroused-by-smell/723818 "2015-06-30T01:37:13Z")
A woman approached and sat in the table nearby me (a few feet away), and I was aroused by her smell as soon as it hit my nose. She wasn’t my type, maybe a 4-5 tops on my looks meter. I found her voice attractive, but it … --- ## [Amazon shipping costs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-shipping-costs/723793)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-shipping-costs/723793 "2015-06-30T00:09:38Z")
So I go out my front door and almost trip over a 10x10x10 box on my porch, an unexpected UPS delivery. It’s from an auto parts discounter. A-ha… but WTF? I open it. I remove the big puffy air-bag that fills it. I rem… --- ## [Terrorist attacks in France and Tunisia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attacks-in-france-and-tunisia/723528)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attacks-in-france-and-tunisia/723528 "2015-06-29T20:33:06Z")
Today, June 26, around 10:00AM local time, an islamic terrorist apparently linked to Daesh tried to blow up a chemical factory south of Lyon, ramming a car loaded with gas canisters through the entrance to the factory. T… --- ## [Mundane Pointless Super Powers That People Possess (MPSPTPP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-super-powers-that-people-possess-mpsptpp/723690)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-super-powers-that-people-possess-mpsptpp/723690 "2015-06-29T14:19:55Z")
In the recent past 3 people that I know have exhibited interesting but hardly graphic novel worthy super powers. One has the gift of spotting low grade celebrities and sporting figures. He recently noticed a guy walking… --- ## [So I saw two guys holding hands at Costco today...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-saw-two-guys-holding-hands-at-costco-today/723607)
**Author:** [@Daffyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daffyd)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-saw-two-guys-holding-hands-at-costco-today/723607 "2015-06-29T13:42:07Z")
and it just seemed perfect considering the Equal Marriage ruling. So, I went up to them and congratulated them. They both smiled and thanked me and went off shopping. The two guys today had no idea who I was… Just som… --- ## [differnce between up to and up untill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/differnce-between-up-to-and-up-untill/723614)
**Author:** [@Reza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reza)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2015, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/differnce-between-up-to-and-up-untill/723614 "2015-06-29T12:14:28Z")
Picasso’s early works - up until about 1930 - generally fetch higher prices than his late work, which is much more uneven. 1- How would the sentence mean differently if it was read - . . . until about 1930 - . . . " 2-… --- ## [Owing a pet sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owing-a-pet-sucks/723495)
**Author:** [@Zerc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zerc)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owing-a-pet-sucks/723495 "2015-06-29T05:27:42Z")
Actually, owning a pet is wonderful, it’s the last hours of owning a pet that suck big time. Titus our yellow Labrador was almost 13 and a half years old and although he had heart problems and arthritis, he was still go… --- ## [Company's coming in the MMP!!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companys-coming-in-the-mmp/723139)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 331\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companys-coming-in-the-mmp/723139 "2015-06-29T03:32:52Z")
To clarify the title, this is about unexpected company, not new visitors to the MMP. Onward. Our daughter is coming here late Thursday evening for her cousin’s wedding on Sat. That wasn’t unexpected - we’d made the pl… --- ## [Say, Whatever Happened to FireUnderPantsBoobs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-whatever-happened-to-fireunderpantsboobs/137473)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-whatever-happened-to-fireunderpantsboobs/137473 "2015-06-29T03:15:52Z")
Hope I got her name right. I think that there was something she posted during Our Winter of Missed Content about not posting here, but I don’t recall what it was. Anybody know? Kind of miss her, what with her strangel… --- ## [Sadness and alcohol: not helping, get over it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadness-and-alcohol-not-helping-get-over-it/723730)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadness-and-alcohol-not-helping-get-over-it/723730 "2015-06-29T01:30:01Z")
I had a rather unpleasant thing happen a few days ago. Granted, I set myself up in what some might see as having to deal with it in the roughest possible way, and I saw it coming for over a month. Now it is over, and I a… --- ## [This is a good Friday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-good-friday/723606)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-good-friday/723606 "2015-06-28T22:10:03Z")
I am sipping my Rogue New Crustacean Barleywineish Imperial IPA Sorta, , while nibbling on Tillimaook Limited Edition Aged Over 4 years White Cheddar while playing with my new cat. Her name is Jetta, She is jet black wit… --- ## [Lots of cybercriminals caught last week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-cybercriminals-caught-last-week/723721)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-cybercriminals-caught-last-week/723721 "2015-06-28T18:16:18Z")
In addition to monumental Supreme Court decisions involving gay marriage and health care, decisions to move forward from the confederacy, law enforcement cracked down on some once successful and now accused cyber-thieves… --- ## [Headline: Python Eats Porcupine, Regrets It Later (Here's Why)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-python-eats-porcupine-regrets-it-later-heres-why/723645)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-python-eats-porcupine-regrets-it-later-heres-why/723645 "2015-06-28T16:51:07Z")
Well, duh. Python Eats Porcupine, Regrets It Later (Here’s Why). Yeah, I know we’re not suppose to post links to stories without at least some commentary. But that headline, y’know, just seems to tell the whole story. … --- ## [Federal Government: 4 million Employees Data Hacked, at Risk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-government-4-million-employees-data-hacked-at-risk/721666)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-government-4-million-employees-data-hacked-at-risk/721666 "2015-06-28T14:31:39Z")
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/chinese-hackers-breach-federal-governments-personnel-office/2015/06/04/889c0e52-0af7-11e5-95fd-d580f1c5d44e\_story.html Hacking incidents are so common, anymore. One… --- ## [Famous people who were fired early in their career](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-were-fired-early-in-their-career/719655)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2015, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-were-fired-early-in-their-career/719655 "2015-06-28T08:44:48Z")
Howard Stern - fired from one of his first radio gigs Bill Watterson - fired from his first job his first newspaper job - and went on to create Calvin and Hobbes Ozzy Osourne - fired from Black Sabbath Steve Jobs - I … --- ## [Arrrggg I can't remember two simple things at once](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrggg-i-cant-remember-two-simple-things-at-once/723490)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrggg-i-cant-remember-two-simple-things-at-once/723490 "2015-06-28T04:01:38Z")
I just did this (again- I do it all the time). I’d call it “old guy syndrome” but I’ve been doing similar things all my life. \[ol\] \[li\]I’m upstairs in my office. I remember something I need downstairs\[/li\]\[li\]As I head… --- ## [Good roundup of Bible verses no one follows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-roundup-of-bible-verses-no-one-follows/723594)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-roundup-of-bible-verses-no-one-follows/723594 "2015-06-28T00:22:55Z")
With all the talk from certain circles lately about how God’s law is higher than man’s, I thought I’d ask if there’s a good roundup out there of Bible verses that most Christians don’t follow. You know, like the ones tha… --- ## [Ok, I'm sold, Barack Obama is a Christian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-sold-barack-obama-is-a-christian/723589)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-sold-barack-obama-is-a-christian/723589 "2015-06-27T19:43:53Z")
I heard his speech at the SC funeral service today, and the President’s language and passion has convinced me he’s a genuine Christian. A little sad a realization for me – I had hoped he was a closeted atheist. --- ## [How do I contact a human being at Google?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-contact-a-human-being-at-google/722882)
**Author:** [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-contact-a-human-being-at-google/722882 "2015-06-27T19:03:03Z")
There just doesn’t seem to be any way, anywhere, to get a hold of a human being. And I have a valid reason for asking. Here’s what’s up: My wife is a probation officer. She deals with criminals each and every day. F… --- ## [Unusual things you saw today, or recently anyway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-you-saw-today-or-recently-anyway/722802)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2015, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-you-saw-today-or-recently-anyway/722802 "2015-06-27T11:29:56Z")
Earlier today, I was driving down a very busy street by a bank (OK, maybe it was a credit union :rolleyes:) and saw a woman with an ID badge out sweeping the sidewalk with a broom and one of those dustpans that has a lon… --- ## [An unexpected passenger (airplane)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unexpected-passenger-airplane/723121)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2015, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unexpected-passenger-airplane/723121 "2015-06-27T06:45:16Z")
The pilot in this video needs to add another item to his checklist. I love the way his eyes bug out when he sees the stowaway. :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [Loud 'bang' last night - any ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152)
**Author:** [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2015, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152 "2015-06-27T04:53:14Z")
Hi folks, So my wife and I were woken last night by an unsettling sound that sounded like a loud bang. It was quick and did not repeat or have any real echoing effects. We sleep right above the garage, so my immediate… --- ## [Finally, the Wife Can Join the Nazi Party of Germany](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-the-wife-can-join-the-nazi-party-of-germany/721601)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-the-wife-can-join-the-nazi-party-of-germany/721601 "2015-06-27T02:14:52Z")
It’s that time again. Every 10 years, we renew the wife’s visa for the US. And each time to my amusement, a standard question has been if she had ever been a registered member of the Nazi Party of Germany. Until now. Bei… --- ## [My far sight has spontaneously improved!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-far-sight-has-spontaneously-improved/723531)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-far-sight-has-spontaneously-improved/723531 "2015-06-26T23:54:28Z")
I’ve been slightly nearsighted pretty much all my life. When I started driving I got a prescription for glasses that I only wore when driving, because I see well enough otherwise and wearing the glasses all the time mess… --- ## [Video screens on back of tractor trailers a great idea!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-screens-on-back-of-tractor-trailers-a-great-idea/723252)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-screens-on-back-of-tractor-trailers-a-great-idea/723252 "2015-06-26T20:36:43Z")
Samsung has introduced a concept to put video screens on the back of tractor trailers that display video from a camera on the front of the truck. This permits drivers behind the truck to see if there is oncoming traffic… --- ## [IUD, Anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iud-anyone/14255)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iud-anyone/14255 "2015-06-26T19:54:07Z")
It’s almost time for my six week post partum check up and I need to get serious about birth control. Not that having a toddler and an infant and a dog are not birth control in themselves. I have done the pill for years,… --- ## [Lily - a nifty new camera drone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lily-a-nifty-new-camera-drone/723558)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lily-a-nifty-new-camera-drone/723558 "2015-06-26T19:33:44Z")
A short video of a fascinating, programmable, camera-toting drone: https://www.lily.camera/ --- ## [North Korea, I'm impressed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-im-impressed/723455)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-im-impressed/723455 "2015-06-26T18:26:59Z")
I actually impressed that a hundred thousand North Koreans are healthy and stong enough to attend an anti-America rally. And I think it’s hilarious that North Korea has designated this whole month for anti-American even… --- ## [So, I think I hate my cat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-think-i-hate-my-cat/723437)
**Author:** [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-think-i-hate-my-cat/723437 "2015-06-26T18:23:25Z")
I’ve had my cat Todd for about four years now, adopted him as a one year old, and he’s generally been a good pet: gentle, snuggly, purrs a lot, basically what you want in a cat. So, two years ago, I got a second one. McC… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=726) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=728)