# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=743 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 744 --- ## [Student Fails To Hack Into Computer, Sets It On Fire Instead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-fails-to-hack-into-computer-sets-it-on-fire-instead/719249)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-fails-to-hack-into-computer-sets-it-on-fire-instead/719249 "2015-05-05T23:32:30Z")
I wonder if if was a computer science test… :smack: --- ## [Oh Siri, you are so illogical...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-siri-you-are-so-illogical/719207)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-siri-you-are-so-illogical/719207 "2015-05-05T23:19:41Z")
Talk about an unusual little bug…err…feature… I was watching the Futurama episode “The Cryonic Woman” on my iPhone 6, with the iPhone plugged into power… When the scene where Zoidberg’s serves tea to Amy and Michelle, … --- ## [Local honey won't cure your allergies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-honey-wont-cure-your-allergies/719325)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-honey-wont-cure-your-allergies/719325 "2015-05-05T20:53:07Z")
Local honey won’t cure your allergies- most of the things that people are allergic to are wind-pollinated, not pollinated by bees. It makes sense when you think about it- of course the kind of pollen that gets picked up… --- ## [What does molten lava taste like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043)
**Author:** [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043 "2015-05-05T20:17:09Z")
Just curious. --- ## [So apparently I'll be the Cinematographer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-ill-be-the-cinematographer/715904)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-ill-be-the-cinematographer/715904 "2015-05-05T19:10:50Z")
A friend has a short film project coming up, and he wants me to be in on it. He’s going to send me a couple-hundred feet of film to test it in my camera. I assumed he’d want me to send the camera out, and I’d do someth… --- ## [A question about lab grown vaginas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-lab-grown-vaginas/719110)
**Author:** [@dr\_zippermeyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dr_zippermeyer)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-lab-grown-vaginas/719110 "2015-05-05T18:20:56Z")
It was recently announced scientists have learned to grow vaginas in laboratory, much like ears earlier. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25399-engineered-vaginas-grown-in-women-for-the-first-time.html#.VUUQgJOnDIU … --- ## [Question of legal construction and "primary purpose"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-of-legal-construction-and-primary-purpose/718849)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-of-legal-construction-and-primary-purpose/718849 "2015-05-05T17:26:26Z")
I have a probationer who has a term of his probation that he may not “frequent any establishment whose primary purpose is the sale of alcohol…sold for consumption on the premises.” State law, case law, or code of state … --- ## [Man shots carjacker trying to drag a woman out of car.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-shots-carjacker-trying-to-drag-a-woman-out-of-car/719183)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-shots-carjacker-trying-to-drag-a-woman-out-of-car/719183 "2015-05-05T13:51:39Z")
Sure glad this guy came by in time to intervene. This creep had already carjacked a car earlier that day. This was his second attack against a woman in just a few hours. Good Samaritan was heading to target practice. I… --- ## [Datawocky (by Jack Stack)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/datawocky-by-jack-stack/372746)
**Author:** [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/datawocky-by-jack-stack/372746 "2015-05-05T04:32:20Z")
I just came across a parody of Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky that I was once very fond of, but hadn’t seen (or even thought about) for years. I’m pleased at how current it still seems. I had photocopied this poem from … --- ## [Scared to open car hood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scared-to-open-car-hood/718913)
**Author:** [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scared-to-open-car-hood/718913 "2015-05-05T03:35:03Z")
I ran out of windshield washing fluid in my car today and bought some more but I am afraid to open up the car hood. I have always had someone else do it, and the last time the persons hand slipped and they almost dropped… --- ## [At least 12 Sherpa guides dead in Mt. Everest avalanche](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-12-sherpa-guides-dead-in-mt-everest-avalanche/686422)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-12-sherpa-guides-dead-in-mt-everest-avalanche/686422 "2015-05-05T03:08:23Z")
Terrible news from Mt. Everest today: its single largest loss of life. Twelve guides are dead and at least four are missing, after an avalanche that hit while they were fixing guide ropes. --- ## [Baltic Sea Anomaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250 "2015-05-05T02:29:52Z")
Just stumbled across a reference to this: Baltic Sea anomaly - Wikipedia Don’t know how accurate any of these images are: … --- ## [We're getting married](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-getting-married/717707)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-getting-married/717707 "2015-05-05T02:23:07Z")
And it’s no big deal. Well, ok, it’s slightly complicated. We’re a gay couple, and we will have been together almost 23 years when we tie the knot at the end of this month. So this doesn’t change anything for us emotion… --- ## [Please play your bongo drums inside the house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-play-your-bongo-drums-inside-the-house/719182)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-play-your-bongo-drums-inside-the-house/719182 "2015-05-04T21:42:15Z")
I wrote a song for my neighbor today. It goes like this: \*\*Please play your bongo drums inside the house close the door and windows so your neighbors won’t grouse it’s noisy enough around here as it is without your … --- ## [I coulda been a STAR in the MMP!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-coulda-been-a-star-in-the-mmp/718634)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 311\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-coulda-been-a-star-in-the-mmp/718634 "2015-05-04T07:01:01Z")
OK, 'fess up. When you were a young dreamer, you were sure you’d become an Oscar winner, or a rock star, or an MVP, or the champion high-speed ingester of hot dogs. So now’s the time to share - what was your dream, and… --- ## [National Prescription Savings Network](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-prescription-savings-network/719122)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-prescription-savings-network/719122 "2015-05-04T04:54:24Z")
Good news! I’ve been accepted for membership! Sunuvabitch, I never applied, and I have less than 0 of the fine print about the terms of business. This smells of a big, fat ol’ scam to me, because it fails the too good t… --- ## [Learned something a week ago. Puffy eyelid - results in bad eyesight.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learned-something-a-week-ago-puffy-eyelid-results-in-bad-eyesight/719177)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learned-something-a-week-ago-puffy-eyelid-results-in-bad-eyesight/719177 "2015-05-04T03:16:44Z")
My so called good eye has been watering and giving me fits for several months. Refresh drops helped some. But even worse is my vision. I’m guessing at letters on the pc screen. You may have noticed typos in my posts. We… --- ## [Updating addresses is a pain in the ass. Why don't we have a single, universal physical address](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updating-addresses-is-a-pain-in-the-ass-why-dont-we-have-a-single-universal-physical-address/719175)
**Author:** [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updating-addresses-is-a-pain-in-the-ass-why-dont-we-have-a-single-universal-physical-address/719175 "2015-05-04T03:02:13Z")
So I moved a few months ago and still haven’t updated my address at the various places I should because 1) I’m busy and 2) I’m lazy. And it got me thinking–why the hell are we still acting as if its the dark ages, painst… --- ## [Home Remedies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-remedies/719142)
**Author:** [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-remedies/719142 "2015-05-04T02:54:45Z")
Curious to know what home remedies folks on the board have experimented with. I’ve tried each of the following with varying degrees of success. \[ul\] \[li\]The membrane from inside an egg shell to treat ant bites\[/li\]\[li\]… --- ## [Tell Us About Your May Day Celebration!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-may-day-celebration/719048)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-may-day-celebration/719048 "2015-05-04T02:13:25Z")
What exciting things did you do? (unfortunately I am a stick-in-the-mud who hasn’t celebrated May Day since third grade or so) --- ## [Boyo Jim, shining example for American youth!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-shining-example-for-american-youth/718992)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-shining-example-for-american-youth/718992 "2015-05-03T23:32:17Z")
I got my hair cut yesterday. As normally, I had let it grow down to almost my shoulders, and I then I have the cutter put a half-inch comby thing over some clippers and mow me like a lawn. I end up looking like the lat… --- ## [Writers Advice Needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-advice-needed/718947)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-advice-needed/718947 "2015-05-03T22:13:36Z")
I am not a writer or journalist in the classic sense, but have been typing on this keyboard for about three or four days now and have hit the Backspace key about about umpteen thousand times. Currently, I have been star… --- ## [It is 9:30 pm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-9-30-pm/719134)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-9-30-pm/719134 "2015-05-03T15:04:31Z")
According to the cat,this is Past My Bedtime! She keeps reaching over and grabbing my hand or typing something in cat language.:rolleyes: So,goodnight,I must to bed,my Furry Overlord has spoken. --- ## [Enjoy the view.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoy-the-view/647400)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoy-the-view/647400 "2015-05-03T13:52:49Z")
Everest 360. :cool: --- ## [Mall of Misfortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mall-of-misfortune/453191)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mall-of-misfortune/453191 "2015-05-03T12:49:40Z")
Story here. South China Mall. It’s the world’s largest and the world’s emptiest. Excerpt: “The people who work at the South China Mall, in the muggy, factory-filled city of Dongguan, have the honor of passing each day i… --- ## [Clickhole, because fuck Upworthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clickhole-because-fuck-upworthy/690780)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clickhole-because-fuck-upworthy/690780 "2015-05-03T09:42:20Z")
The Onion just launched Clickhole which is an outright parody site of the likes of Upworthy and Buzzfeed. It’s pretty great, the same sensationalistic clickbaiting titles, but just to screw with you. Some of it is still… --- ## [Comcast: Anyone else lose their cable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-anyone-else-lose-their-cable/719133)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-anyone-else-lose-their-cable/719133 "2015-05-03T05:20:12Z")
I came in from the store and decided I didn’t want to watch TCM. I switched over to IFC. No Country For Old Men was on. Then it froze. Now, the cable freezes on some channels fairly frequently. But this was going on… --- ## [Taxes, Canadian and American](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxes-canadian-and-american/718595)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxes-canadian-and-american/718595 "2015-05-03T01:37:44Z")
For all those Merkins who think they are overtaxed, I just finished doing my US tax return, having done the Canajun one a couple weeks ago. On the same income, put into USD at the average exchange rate of .9:1, my wife … --- ## [I think I need to change my dressing habits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-change-my-dressing-habits/719030)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-change-my-dressing-habits/719030 "2015-05-02T23:15:00Z")
I am one week away from finishing (I hope) my respiratory therapy degree. Today I had a CT scan at my local hospital. Since I had just come from physical therapy, I was wearing sweatpants and a t-shirt and needed to bru… --- ## [half.com or amazon.com price alerts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-com-or-amazon-com-price-alerts/719119)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-com-or-amazon-com-price-alerts/719119 "2015-05-02T21:55:11Z")
If there is an item I’m interested in on these sites and I want to wait to buy a used one until the price drops below $X is there a website or something where I can link to the product I want, add the price and my email … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=742) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=744)