# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=737 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 738 --- ## [Well, at least one good thing has come out of Benghazigate...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-one-good-thing-has-come-out-of-benghazigate/720673)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-one-good-thing-has-come-out-of-benghazigate/720673 "2015-05-26T19:18:53Z")
This will be exciting when it’s FOIA’d.. --- ## [Weird dreams, anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dreams-anyone/720687)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dreams-anyone/720687 "2015-05-26T17:54:26Z")
West Berlin is mayonnaise. We (the West) don’t want it to be so bland. We’re allowed to add powered mustard. However, adding vinegar would be seen as spreading Western influence in the region, which is disallowed by t… --- ## [John Nash & wife killed in taxi crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-nash-wife-killed-in-taxi-crash/720723)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-nash-wife-killed-in-taxi-crash/720723 "2015-05-26T17:49:09Z")
Mathematician John Nash - “A Beautiful Mind” - and his wife Alicia were killed in a taxi crash in New Jersey yesterday. He was 86; she was 82. Huh. --- ## [Do Any New Cars Still Have The Following?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-new-cars-still-have-the-following/719916)
**Author:** [@bb49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bb49)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-new-cars-still-have-the-following/719916 "2015-05-26T01:06:42Z")
I’ve been wondering about cars today that have standard and optional equipment that we just don’t see anymore. Such as: Vinyl roofs Three on the tree/three speed standard column shifter. Real front bench seats. You k… --- ## [My father has passed away.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-has-passed-away/720567)
**Author:** [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-has-passed-away/720567 "2015-05-25T21:25:48Z")
I just wanted to let all of my dear SDMB friends, especially those of you following my story here, that my daddy has passed away. Cait and I were with him today, keeping him as comfortable as we could. He got his last … --- ## [Astronauts on the planet Venus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronauts-on-the-planet-venus/251756)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronauts-on-the-planet-venus/251756 "2015-05-25T20:37:57Z")
Hi Everybody! Rippingtons\_fan here!! Considering the conditions on the planet Venus, has there ever been any serious discussions about what kind of spacecraft would be needed to survive the conditions on the planet, an… --- ## [Would a serial killer in a zombie apocalypse be depressed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-serial-killer-in-a-zombie-apocalypse-be-depressed/720557)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-serial-killer-in-a-zombie-apocalypse-be-depressed/720557 "2015-05-25T20:06:00Z")
There’s no victims if he’s all alone, just dead people hunting him everywhere. No “thrill” I’d imagine, unless he’s got some necrophiliac fantasies. --- ## [Nightmare Unsolved Mysteries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nightmare-unsolved-mysteries/720545)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nightmare-unsolved-mysteries/720545 "2015-05-25T18:49:14Z")
As a correlation to this cool thread: started by Bayard, I do want to read about all the wild stuff that goes on, unsolved, that will freak me out. You can skip over classics like the Lindbergh baby and Jack the Rippe… --- ## [Charlie Brown Memorial Day Special (1983)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-memorial-day-special-1983/720764)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-memorial-day-special-1983/720764 "2015-05-25T14:17:29Z")
Rarely seen What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?. Aired only once on network TV. Catch it while you can. It usually doesn’t last long on youtube. --- ## [Mmp! Mmp! Mmp!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297 "2015-05-25T12:48:38Z")
OK, I’ll start. Talk amongst yourselves.:smiley: --- ## [Odd Business Juxtapositions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2015, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382 "2015-05-25T04:15:17Z")
Near my house, on the frontage property of a strip shopping center is a building with 2 store fronts. Currently occupying the left side is a Jewish Temple. On the right is a BBQ pork restaurant. :confused::eek: --- ## [Misao Okawa watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misao-okawa-watch/686428)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misao-okawa-watch/686428 "2015-05-24T22:24:53Z")
The world’s oldest living person, Misao Okawa, is currently number 10 on Wikipedia’s list of (confirmed) oldest people ever, and in ten days (God/goddess/G\*d/Og/Kaml willing) will take the number 9 spot. Over the next ye… --- ## [Missouri woman kept in box found murdered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-woman-kept-in-box-found-murdered/720548)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-woman-kept-in-box-found-murdered/720548 "2015-05-24T19:07:18Z")
Story I hadn’t heard of this case. I remember hearing about a woman who was kept in a box under a bed several years ago, and I thought this might be the same woman. But Colleen Stan was imprisoned between 1977 and 198… --- ## [Japanese Porn Industry Comes Up Short in the Male Department](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2015, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469 "2015-05-24T11:59:56Z")
As if the world did not have enough problems, now it seems Japan’s US$20-billion porn industry is suffering from a shortage of men. There are only 70 men on hand to service the 10,000 actresses. Can’t someone give these … --- ## [Share bizarre out-of-context personal statistics!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-bizarre-out-of-context-personal-statistics/720342)
**Author:** [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2015, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-bizarre-out-of-context-personal-statistics/720342 "2015-05-24T03:00:54Z")
I have personally observed and recorded the birth, (not very) natural life span, and death of exactly 46,779 worms. I even cremated most of them individually. --- ## [Things that don't happen any more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-happen-any-more/719563)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-happen-any-more/719563 "2015-05-23T23:29:40Z")
Just had a random thought slash memory. I remember when I was a kid, one of the important jobs my dad did when preparing to go somewhere for a few days was to go to the bank and cash a check - as in, an actual check wri… --- ## [how to obtain reverse messages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-obtain-reverse-messages/720439)
**Author:** [@Dibbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dibbs)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-obtain-reverse-messages/720439 "2015-05-23T22:06:50Z")
Hello. I don’t know if there’s really anything regarding “reverse messages” in songs, speeches and the like, but, I do know that there’s a certain movie “out there” that I’ve wondered about for many years due to it bein… --- ## [The connection between Syria and New Orleans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-connection-between-syria-and-new-orleans/720496)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-connection-between-syria-and-new-orleans/720496 "2015-05-23T22:00:41Z")
(Warning: Long, interesting.) Around the year 270 AD, the times they were a-changin’. At least that is how it looked from the perspective of Zenobia, the queen of Palmyra. The Roman Empire had been top dog for centuries… --- ## [Ask the Perpindiguayan...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-perpindiguayan/720122)
**Author:** [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-perpindiguayan/720122 "2015-05-23T21:26:01Z")
As a Perpindiguayan (i.e. someone who is not Paraguayan), I am ready to answer any questions about not being Paraguayan. A little background: I’m not Paraguayan, I don’t know any Paraguayans and I’ve never been to Para… --- ## [Scattering the Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scattering-the-ashes/720617)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scattering-the-ashes/720617 "2015-05-23T21:10:11Z")
So my mother died about a week and a half ago. My older brother was living with her, and left a few hours before it happened to go on vacation. She’s always been one of those people who never called or texted back for a … --- ## [Want to Be an Islamic State Suicide Bomber? Get in Line.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-be-an-islamic-state-suicide-bomber-get-in-line/720570)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-be-an-islamic-state-suicide-bomber-get-in-line/720570 "2015-05-23T21:07:47Z")
I had to check twice to see whether this was in The Onion. It wasn’t. Earning that promotion can be tough, and it can be even harder when that top job goes to the boss’s friends and family instead of the most deservin… --- ## [Is stuff at .99-cent store safe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-stuff-at-99-cent-store-safe/720544)
**Author:** [@Dibbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dibbs)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-stuff-at-99-cent-store-safe/720544 "2015-05-23T20:50:11Z")
I saw a program several days ago, I think it might have been Dateline, and they showed FBI agents doing sting operations around the country in which they were busting folks that were selling counterfeit products, such as… --- ## [How Taking a Photograph of Old Faithful This Summer Could Land You in Jail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-taking-a-photograph-of-old-faithful-this-summer-could-land-you-in-jail/720619)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-taking-a-photograph-of-old-faithful-this-summer-could-land-you-in-jail/720619 "2015-05-23T20:45:53Z")
ABC is exaggerating a bit. I doubt tourists at Yellowstone will get arrested for photos anytime soon. People pay a fee to enter national and state parks. They are there by invitation. But, how can you trespass on publi… --- ## [Possible Sick-O Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-sick-o-here/720554)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-sick-o-here/720554 "2015-05-23T20:45:13Z")
OK, I am a 65-y-o caucasian female, who has suffered bouts of severe clinical and situational depression over the years. But … generally healthy. Now my medical provider, who has been trying to alleviate the current dep… --- ## [The Tackiest Thing I've Ever Seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tackiest-thing-ive-ever-seen/720307)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tackiest-thing-ive-ever-seen/720307 "2015-05-23T17:29:25Z")
I’m sure others could find something tackier, but this just bugged me. Last weekend Ms. Cups and I went to The Players Championship in Florida (a golf tournament for those who don’t know), and this weekend the Wells Far… --- ## [Big Brother is watching, and he wants to sell me crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-is-watching-and-he-wants-to-sell-me-crap/720504)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2015, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-is-watching-and-he-wants-to-sell-me-crap/720504 "2015-05-23T05:36:57Z")
Ok, so I’m sure we’re all by now used to the experience of searching for info about something online, then seeing banner ads for that thing everywhere on other websites we visit. Especially if we use a certain search eng… --- ## [I feel like my needs are simple compared to most people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-my-needs-are-simple-compared-to-most-people/720476)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-my-needs-are-simple-compared-to-most-people/720476 "2015-05-23T01:34:50Z")
Also that my brain is emptier, or less noisy or something. People have told me how they view a situation, or how people are viewing each other in some situation and the level of detail they ascribe and judgement they mak… --- ## [A depressing thought from a confirmed atheist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-depressing-thought-from-a-confirmed-atheist/720094)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-depressing-thought-from-a-confirmed-atheist/720094 "2015-05-23T00:19:28Z")
I don’t know why I find it depressing, I just do. Here’s what occurred to me - a Christian will never know that he was wrong, an atheist will never know that he was right. --- ## [Taking Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-chance/720602)
**Author:** [@MostlyUseless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyUseless)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-chance/720602 "2015-05-22T21:36:31Z")
If you have not seen the film, Taking Chance, with Kevin Bacon, try to do so. I understand that politics can easily insert itself into everything, but the fact is that young kids join the military and die. The dignity … --- ## [Hoverboard!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoverboard/720612)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoverboard/720612 "2015-05-22T20:04:34Z")
Hoverboard! So I don’t get dinged for being so brief, although there’s really nothing more to say, the link goes to a video of a guy riding a hoverboard. I first found the story on VICE: Watch a Dude Set the Guinness W… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=736) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=738)