# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=738 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 739 --- ## [People who don't clean up their doggie poop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dont-clean-up-their-doggie-poop/583860)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dont-clean-up-their-doggie-poop/583860 "2015-05-22T20:00:07Z")
A harmless rant, since he’s not doing it on my property, but it is still rude and obnoxious. I rent from an association, which means the association’s property is right behind mine. They have a large, open, grassy area,… --- ## [Spell check fail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-fail/720304)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-fail/720304 "2015-05-22T19:46:19Z")
Do you have any photos (or descriptions) of ‘spell check failures’ in the wild? There are plenty of examples online where someone puts a caption on a photo, posts something on a social media site that gets reposted, etc… --- ## [Am I Experiencing Nostalgia or Fear of the Future?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-experiencing-nostalgia-or-fear-of-the-future/720603)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-experiencing-nostalgia-or-fear-of-the-future/720603 "2015-05-22T17:41:24Z")
My parents are gone-my mother passed last December. Recently, I went to Cape Cod to open my parent’s summer home-in which we spent many happy summers. I am also making plans to retire, and will likely leave the state I’m… --- ## [Sun Puddles ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sun-puddles/720506)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sun-puddles/720506 "2015-05-22T00:03:53Z")
I’ve recently taken to referring to the patches of sunlit carpet that our cat likes to bask in as “sun puddles”. Just the name is new for me, I’ve known cats like to recharge their solar batteries for years now. After al… --- ## [I'm leaving my girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-my-girlfriend/720540)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-my-girlfriend/720540 "2015-05-21T21:22:25Z")
As I mentioned in another thread, I and my camera are off to the South to shoot a friend’s film. The SO is driving me to the airport at 0500 tomorrow, and I won’t be back until almost midnight on the 30th. This will be… --- ## [So, I broke my neck Sunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-broke-my-neck-sunday/720435)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-broke-my-neck-sunday/720435 "2015-05-21T19:07:34Z")
…technically. I was in the garage, using an extension ladder to put crap up in the rafter storage. My wife said, as she was going out the door, “be careful you don’t fall off the ladder.” I said Oh, pshaw…that stuff n… --- ## [Home Siding Color Beliefs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-siding-color-beliefs/717467)
**Author:** [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-siding-color-beliefs/717467 "2015-05-21T18:30:08Z")
I’m residing my house. The awful aluminum siding is getting chalky and I hate it. I’m looking at Hardiplank. So I decided on Blue. Blue of the sky, of sapphires, of the eyes of an Alaskan Husky. Immediately I began hea… --- ## [Bang, bang David's silver hammer came down on the cop's head](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bang-bang-davids-silver-hammer-came-down-on-the-cops-head/720451)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bang-bang-davids-silver-hammer-came-down-on-the-cops-head/720451 "2015-05-21T17:19:04Z")
but only after he attacked four other woman with it! Story and video here. What happens when you attack a cop with a hammer? Her partner shoots you. And somewhere, Paul McCartney is laughing his arse off. --- ## [Scent, cent, and sent are all pronounced identically, but mean wildly different things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scent-cent-and-sent-are-all-pronounced-identically-but-mean-wildly-different-things/719970)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scent-cent-and-sent-are-all-pronounced-identically-but-mean-wildly-different-things/719970 "2015-05-21T16:24:12Z")
I can’t imagine why all these foreigners complain about English being hard to learn. You’re welcome, world! --- ## [Study About Canvassers Changing Minds Likely Used Fabricated Data](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-about-canvassers-changing-minds-likely-used-fabricated-data/720449)
**Author:** [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-about-canvassers-changing-minds-likely-used-fabricated-data/720449 "2015-05-21T14:22:35Z")
A study published in Science that This American Life reported on a few episodes back has been asked to be retracted by the author, as one of the co-authors (a grad student) apparently fabricated all the data for the onli… --- ## [Scotland Yard kept a secret dossier on Star Trek and the X-Files in the run up to the millennium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-kept-a-secret-dossier-on-star-trek-and-the-x-files-in-the-run-up-to-the-millennium/720357)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-kept-a-secret-dossier-on-star-trek-and-the-x-files-in-the-run-up-to-the-millennium/720357 "2015-05-21T14:05:45Z")
I can’t find a complete copy of the actual report online so it’s hard to say if or how much this story mis-characterizes the actual concerns. Apparently, there were no concerns about Dr. Who or Hitchhikers Guide to t… --- ## [Dogs wearing clothing...just don't do it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-wearing-clothing-just-dont-do-it/517417)
**Author:** [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-wearing-clothing-just-dont-do-it/517417 "2009-11-20T00:45:11Z")
I hereby pit the dumbasses who like to dress their dogs in clothing. What the fuck is that shit all about, huh? Out on the street just now I saw a dog in a blue sweater, cap, and little booties being carried around like … --- ## [Can any of you lip read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-any-of-you-lip-read/720344)
**Author:** [@DaveBfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveBfd)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-any-of-you-lip-read/720344 "2015-05-21T07:21:26Z")
I managed to get a recording of myself having a simple partial seizure, and near the end of the seizure I think I mouthed some words to myself. I am wondering if anyone here would be willing to try and figure out what I… --- ## [The Amtrak train that derailed may have been struck by an object.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amtrak-train-that-derailed-may-have-been-struck-by-an-object/720154)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amtrak-train-that-derailed-may-have-been-struck-by-an-object/720154 "2015-05-21T01:14:57Z")
I didn’t know the train went through such a dangerous part of Philly. If a rock did shatter the windshield that could have distracted the engineer, but it still doesn’t explain why the train was driving so fast. --- ## [Gimme a better cliche for a self-appointing chest-thumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-a-better-cliche-for-a-self-appointing-chest-thumper/720362)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-a-better-cliche-for-a-self-appointing-chest-thumper/720362 "2015-05-20T22:16:35Z")
I am involved with some various grassroots local political causes. Invariably in these circles, you occasionally come across this guy… Decree man. You can almost picture him standing with chest puffed out and a hand in … --- ## [idiot neighbors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-neighbors/719913)
**Author:** [@sharonmarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sharonmarie)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-neighbors/719913 "2015-05-20T20:39:02Z")
I know I’m probably on the wrong board for this as i do think its mindless i’ll continue anyway.i want second opinion. I live temporarily with my dad. The bitch next door to him has been yelling hoe At me through the … --- ## [Canadian Parliament's Sergeant-at-Arms Named Ambassador to Ireland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-parliaments-sergeant-at-arms-named-ambassador-to-ireland/709371)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-parliaments-sergeant-at-arms-named-ambassador-to-ireland/709371 "2015-05-20T20:30:35Z")
Wear a funny hat, carry a mace, and do a duck-and-roll pistol shot to take out a terrorist, and you too can be named Ambassador! --- ## [We get an extra long Summer this year!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-get-an-extra-long-summer-this-year/720371)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-get-an-extra-long-summer-this-year/720371 "2015-05-20T17:13:25Z")
Just noticed that Memorial Day is the earliest it can possibly be and Labor Day is the latest it can possibly be. Guess this is payback for the miserable winter we had :slight\_smile: --- ## [I've heard of mandatory drug testing, but not mandatory vaginal probes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-of-mandatory-drug-testing-but-not-mandatory-vaginal-probes/720421)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-of-mandatory-drug-testing-but-not-mandatory-vaginal-probes/720421 "2015-05-20T17:04:30Z")
Sory here. This sounds like the plot of a porn movie, but apparently it’s for real. Two former medical students are suing a Florida college, because part of the training included having to receive weekly vaginal ultras… --- ## [Shopping center names no one uses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-center-names-no-one-uses/720018)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-center-names-no-one-uses/720018 "2015-05-20T16:57:20Z")
I used to tease my wife when we’d visit her hometown, by referring to a shopping center there (by “shopping center” I don’t mean a mall with indoor corridors, but basically a large strip mall) by the name displayed on th… --- ## [So I now wear varifocals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-now-wear-varifocals/720377)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-now-wear-varifocals/720377 "2015-05-20T11:06:40Z")
I guess I’m getting old. The anterior uveitis I had at Christmas appears to have affected one of my eyes so I have a new prescription. And this time it’s sufficiently large that I benefit from varifocal lenses. It’s an i… --- ## [Measles more dangerous than you thought.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measles-more-dangerous-than-you-thought/720242)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measles-more-dangerous-than-you-thought/720242 "2015-05-20T04:07:30Z")
This is not mundane nor pointless, but there is no other forum to post it on. Go to Home | Quirks & Quarks with Bob McDonald | CBC Radio and click on the last item at the bottom of the page. Quirks and quarks is the Ca… --- ## [Anti-gun Democrat uses gun inappropriately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-gun-democrat-uses-gun-inappropriately/719803)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-gun-democrat-uses-gun-inappropriately/719803 "2015-05-20T04:00:24Z")
http://bearingarms.com/anti-gun-democrat-lawmaker-blasts-girlfriends-car-shotgun/ --- ## [What SHOULDN'T I ever Google on images? (possible NSFW terms)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shouldnt-i-ever-google-on-images-possible-nsfw-terms/720251)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shouldnt-i-ever-google-on-images-possible-nsfw-terms/720251 "2015-05-19T22:56:51Z")
Let me know here (in which case, my (and your) curiosity will probably get the best of us and we’ll Google them anyway). And if you do, obviously know most of the things will probably be NSFW. One thing I already know … --- ## [4 "Charities" shut down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-charities-shut-down/720376)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-charities-shut-down/720376 "2015-05-19T20:24:07Z")
I hope this isn’t behind a paywall: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/business/4-cancer-charities-accused-in-ftc-fraud-case.html I have received dozens of calls over the past year or so from specifically these chariti… --- ## [Women’s Mate Retention Behaviors, Personality Traits, and Fellatio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-s-mate-retention-behaviors-personality-traits-and-fellatio/720095)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-s-mate-retention-behaviors-personality-traits-and-fellatio/720095 "2015-05-19T16:39:33Z")
Just a quick heads up! Modern science is a glorious institution. Now it has empowered men with the precise tools to optimize their blowjob frequency, duration and enthusiasm. i.e., a team of scientists at the University … --- ## [Any Denver area Dopers interested in getting together for a meal over Memorial Day weekend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-denver-area-dopers-interested-in-getting-together-for-a-meal-over-memorial-day-weekend/720195)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-denver-area-dopers-interested-in-getting-together-for-a-meal-over-memorial-day-weekend/720195 "2015-05-19T13:30:45Z")
I decided to drive out to Colorado this next weekend for a couple of reasons. I have a new car and I thought driving among some mountains would be lots of fun. And I want to enjoy a recreational experience that isn’t a… --- ## [Fox Affiliate Blurs Picasso Painting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-affiliate-blurs-picasso-painting/720109)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-affiliate-blurs-picasso-painting/720109 "2015-05-19T08:10:30Z")
And this is the Fox Affiliate in New York City, no less, not some Podunk. This reminds me of the way KBYU, the PBS affiliate that broadcast out of Brigham Young University in Provo Utah would censor things that KUED,… --- ## [help from DC area dopers and Google Earh sleuths](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-from-dc-area-dopers-and-google-earh-sleuths/716498)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-from-dc-area-dopers-and-google-earh-sleuths/716498 "2015-05-19T03:09:06Z")
I’m trying to find the fishing spot metioned in this post: https://deadbait.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/secret-stash/ One of the pics shows a bridge that I’m hoping someone recognizes, there are also these clues to its lo… --- ## [Saw a man cut in half, everything spilling, alive, alert for a long time...how?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-a-man-cut-in-half-everything-spilling-alive-alert-for-a-long-time-how/720185)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-a-man-cut-in-half-everything-spilling-alive-alert-for-a-long-time-how/720185 "2015-05-19T01:37:15Z")
Yeah, I am fascinated by that stuff. And I’m a girl! (The one type of thing I won’t watch is beheadings - never seen one, don’t wanna. I saw a video of a man getting his throat cut from a side-stick out the front and tha… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=737) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=739)