# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=736 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 737 --- ## [The first 2015 Sequential Threads thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-2015-sequential-threads-thread/709491)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 471\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-2015-sequential-threads-thread/709491 "2015-05-29T19:53:41Z")
Worst decision you ever made in school Zap! You’re now a tiger; what do you do? Yeah, I think if I’d majored in one of the sciences I’d be better off. At least, poachers would shoot at me less often. Still, the strip… --- ## [Mundane, pointless question about shaking hands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-question-about-shaking-hands/720985)
**Author:** [@Quarter\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quarter_Girl)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-question-about-shaking-hands/720985 "2015-05-29T16:55:47Z")
I know the basic handshake etiquette of firm, but not too firm and eye contact but somewhere along the way I picked up the habit of using my left hand to also grasp the other person’s hand. Basically I start to shake han… --- ## [You suddenly realize you were molested many years ago as a child. How much does this affect you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-suddenly-realize-you-were-molested-many-years-ago-as-a-child-how-much-does-this-affect-you/720990)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-suddenly-realize-you-were-molested-many-years-ago-as-a-child-how-much-does-this-affect-you/720990 "2015-05-29T15:33:26Z")
If you suddenly realized that, as a child, you were molested, how upsetting would that be to you? Would you need counseling? Would you feel a general uneasiness but nothing else? Would it bother you at all? I read abou… --- ## [How does one become certified to be an 'ancient astronaut theorist'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-become-certified-to-be-an-ancient-astronaut-theorist/624045)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-become-certified-to-be-an-ancient-astronaut-theorist/624045 "2015-05-29T15:22:04Z")
Do I need anything besides wild hair? --- ## [Today's the day a planetary alignment was supposed to cause a 9.8 earthquake in California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-the-day-a-planetary-alignment-was-supposed-to-cause-a-9-8-earthquake-in-california/721066)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-the-day-a-planetary-alignment-was-supposed-to-cause-a-9-8-earthquake-in-california/721066 "2015-05-29T15:20:02Z")
There was supposed to be a “planetary alignment” that would cause a 9.8 earthquake in California today. Nothing even close so far. Where’s the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom, dammit! --- ## [Gay marriage (almost) legal in Ireland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-almost-legal-in-ireland/720647)
**Author:** [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-almost-legal-in-ireland/720647 "2015-05-29T14:54:09Z")
The votes are still being counted, but opponents have conceded defeat and people are already celebrating. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Unintentionally awkward company policy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-awkward-company-policy/720962)
**Author:** [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-awkward-company-policy/720962 "2015-05-29T02:10:21Z")
I’m proofreading articles that we are currently uploading to our website to make our employee handbooks easier to access online. In reading our handbook for California employees, I find that “\[The Company\] will provide … --- ## [Well, that was pretty damned odd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-pretty-damned-odd/720761)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-pretty-damned-odd/720761 "2015-05-29T02:07:55Z")
So this morning I was on my front patio having a cigarette and reading The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker. Out of nowhere there was a thump and the trucks alarm beeped. I walked around the truck and there was a piegon … --- ## [What is your "Core Value Energy?" (Taylor Protocols)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-core-value-energy-taylor-protocols/721009)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-core-value-energy-taylor-protocols/721009 "2015-05-28T22:46:02Z")
Link to 10 minute assessment from here. Green button on right. I took it and it determined that I’m an Innovator-Banker. The summary below seems to fit my self image, but I’m getting overtones of astrology with it. Ge… --- ## [We have a new kitty!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-kitty/720558)
**Author:** [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-kitty/720558 "2015-05-28T16:35:24Z")
Pictures of Charlotte here. New Feline Overloard - Album on Imgur (We picked this name out for our second child 7+ years ago, royal baby be damned!) We have been cat-less for four years now. After we said good bye to St… --- ## [New Navy Acronym(initialism) that really takes the cake.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-navy-acronym-initialism-that-really-takes-the-cake/720037)
**Author:** [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-navy-acronym-initialism-that-really-takes-the-cake/720037 "2015-05-28T15:37:12Z")
We all know how much the military loves our acronyms. I work at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, where we develop new aircraft and systems for all aspects of Naval Aviation. We routinely get e-mails from the … --- ## [Rest In Peace Jerry. You were a great kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jerry-you-were-a-great-kitty/720901)
**Author:** [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jerry-you-were-a-great-kitty/720901 "2015-05-28T13:49:13Z")
Jerry We just came back from the vet. Jerry was sixteen. He was having a very hard time moving from his bed to his food dish and litter box. It was time to let him ease off quietly. We will miss him --- ## [When was...\[the last time you saw these things while driving?\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-saw-these-things-while-driving/720417)
**Author:** [@tattman40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tattman40)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2015, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-saw-these-things-while-driving/720417 "2015-05-28T11:57:06Z")
The last time you saw a hitchhiker or one of those broken casette tapes with the tape all over the place on the side of the road? No idea why these thoughts just popped into my head. --- ## [My Mom made me LOL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-made-me-lol/720836)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2015, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-made-me-lol/720836 "2015-05-28T10:38:21Z")
One for the grammar pedants like myself: My 70-year-old mother and 76-year-old stepfather are “Workampers”, and are currently working at a KOA campground in Montana. My mom just posted this on her Facebook page: “Read… --- ## [tarragon918 has passed away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarragon918-has-passed-away/720895)
**Author:** [@randygar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randygar)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2015, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarragon918-has-passed-away/720895 "2015-05-28T04:53:38Z")
Hello everyone, One of your moderators has suggested that my sister, Ruth Gardner, who was known on here as “tarragon918” was very well known on this board. It is my sad duty to let you know that Ruthie passed away sud… --- ## [triggered by Western art: a poem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triggered-by-western-art-a-poem/721013)
**Author:** [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triggered-by-western-art-a-poem/721013 "2015-05-28T04:16:04Z")
Surrounded by Disturbing Art, posted on the Metropolitan Diary blog of the NY Times. The first verse: It’s the most intelligent and cleverest bit of humor I’ve seen for a long time. --- ## [Silly things dogs do: barking at seed fluff.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-things-dogs-do-barking-at-seed-fluff/720728)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-things-dogs-do-barking-at-seed-fluff/720728 "2015-05-27T20:28:16Z")
Piper Dog, a mini-Yorkie, is most upset this morning. EE-VUL poplar seed fluff is floating down in her backyard. After 20 minutes of barking at it, she concluded that I had failed in her attempts to get me to do someth… --- ## [About that "Scrooge McDuck" murder...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-that-scrooge-mcduck-murder/720957)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-that-scrooge-mcduck-murder/720957 "2015-05-27T19:55:54Z")
You know, you just can’t make this stuff up. “Scrooge McDuck” Murder Conviction Okay, all bad enough, but I wonder how many people came this -\>\<- close to contempt during the trial? --- ## [What kind of accent do I have? (video)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-accent-do-i-have-video/720903)
**Author:** [@90125](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/90125)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-accent-do-i-have-video/720903 "2015-05-27T16:43:31Z")
It’s summer, and I have no school, so I have way too much time in my hands. Here’s a video of me speaking, and I’d like you to answer the title question…have fun lol. :stuck\_out\_tongue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a… --- ## [Just realized I was molested 55 years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-realized-i-was-molested-55-years-ago/720702)
**Author:** [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-realized-i-was-molested-55-years-ago/720702 "2015-05-27T14:51:01Z")
I was casually reading about the horrors of the Duggars when I suddenly remembered being molested by my cousin at 7 as the adults were in the next room. I’m afraid counseling won’t work for me. In the past I’ve always s… --- ## [Memorial Day is not "Veterans Day, Part Deux"!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-day-is-not-veterans-day-part-deux/720807)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2015, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-day-is-not-veterans-day-part-deux/720807 "2015-05-27T11:28:21Z")
I usually just grumble to myself when I see this mistake made by random yahoos. But now even the official Marvel Twitter account is perpetuating this misunderstanding! Urgh. --- ## [New neighbor from hell.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-neighbor-from-hell/720801)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-neighbor-from-hell/720801 "2015-05-27T02:51:23Z")
I wonder if a title search and survey at closing are required in Florida? Boundary encroachment should have been caught during closing on the vacant land. What a shock for this old guy. Lived there 25 years and now he’… --- ## [Need euphemisms for "kick some ass!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-kick-some-ass/716657)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-kick-some-ass/716657 "2015-05-27T02:41:29Z")
At work we’ve had a running joke of having one task every week be given a title that is a variation of “kick some ass”\* and I’m running out of euphemisms. Here’s what we’ve used so far: Kick some ass Give it hell Sto… --- ## [I used a coupon from 1964](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-a-coupon-from-1964/276872)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-a-coupon-from-1964/276872 "2015-05-27T01:19:57Z")
I like reading ads from what I consider the “Golden Age of Advertising” (1958 - 1965) to get ideas (mostly just soak up rhythms and cadences) for my own copywriting. In an issue of McCall’s from 1964, there was a 10c cou… --- ## [Unintentionally funny signs/ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-funny-signs-ads/720695)
**Author:** [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-funny-signs-ads/720695 "2015-05-27T01:10:32Z")
Yesterday while driving out of the mini-mart parking lot I was confronted with a hand-lettered sign: FREE KIDS FOOTBALL WEEKEND Had to parse that for a moment, but to be fair it was early in the morning. Last summer … --- ## [The Heliconias are blooming in my yard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heliconias-are-blooming-in-my-yard/720762)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heliconias-are-blooming-in-my-yard/720762 "2015-05-27T00:55:21Z")
These are Heliconia schiedeana that grow in the mountains in South America. They are tolerant of the cool winters that we have here in southern California. Most Heliconia cultivars can’t grow here. … --- ## [Good Bye PennySaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-pennysaver/720844)
**Author:** [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-pennysaver/720844 "2015-05-26T23:12:51Z")
PennySaver Goes Out of Business After 50 Years; Hundreds Lose Their Jobs Whenever I need a plumber or electrician, but was short of money , you could find deals (They want $100 for a clog, I’ll do it for $50) in the Pen… --- ## [How it's made paper towel episode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-its-made-paper-towel-episode/720882)
**Author:** [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-its-made-paper-towel-episode/720882 "2015-05-26T22:12:55Z")
I enjoy this show but the recent claim that in the U.S. each year 50 trillion roles of paper towels are produced seems a bit off. So, is it million or billion? Perhaps this belongs in cafe? --- ## [Thieves jailed for £200K chocolate heist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thieves-jailed-for-200k-chocolate-heist/720905)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thieves-jailed-for-200k-chocolate-heist/720905 "2015-05-26T20:54:38Z")
Six men have been jailed for stealing £200,000 worth of posh chocolate. Oh, and they got £23,000 worth of whisky, as well. Must have been hell of a party at their place… The guy in the red T-shirt seems pretty relaxed a… --- ## [Today's Google Doodle honors Sally Ride](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-honors-sally-ride/720897)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-honors-sally-ride/720897 "2015-05-26T19:43:05Z")
Five different animated doodles celebrating what would have been her 64th birthday https://www.google.com/doodles/sally-rides-64th-birthday [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=735) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=737)