# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=747 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 748 --- ## [You don't deserve that pen!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-deserve-that-pen/718243)
**Author:** [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2015, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-deserve-that-pen/718243 "2015-04-23T10:24:10Z")
I like fountain pens. I like reading about them, looking at them, using them. I collect them, in a small way. It’s a harmless little hobby that keeps me off the streets and out of the public houses, but it is a niche in… --- ## ["\[letter\]J" as a name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-j-as-a-name/718137)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-j-as-a-name/718137 "2015-04-22T21:47:29Z")
One of my nephews has this sort of name, so that got me thinking… It seems to me that \[?\]J, as a name, only has certain letters for which it’s relatively common: AJ, BJ, CJ, DJ, JJ, KJ, MJ, PJ, RJ, TJ. Why not any of t… --- ## [Things you're wrong about but will stick to anyway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-wrong-about-but-will-stick-to-anyway/717893)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-wrong-about-but-will-stick-to-anyway/717893 "2015-04-22T21:20:15Z")
What things are you objective (or at least probably) wrong about, that you know of, but will stick to it until you die? Your guys’ is the possessive of “you guys”, you guys. I will fight you. I saw a show localized with… --- ## [The mordified poem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mordified-poem/718201)
**Author:** [@Arkadeep\_Mitra\_2317](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkadeep_Mitra_2317)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mordified-poem/718201 "2015-04-22T20:41:29Z")
Guys thanks a lot for the immense feedback. Here’s my mordified poem.I will be glad to accept suggestions and critical appreciations. Everest I stood aghast in the faded light. … --- ## [Hey! We're in Paris!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-were-in-paris/718042)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-were-in-paris/718042 "2015-04-22T20:20:06Z")
Marais. Too-big apartment for two-weeks. Wife and dog. Eating, will be eating. Charcuterie heaven. Have kitchen. Also smoking Cubans, as myself meets my hypocritical self. First post away from home to SD… Anyone I sh… --- ## [Weird work bathroom behaviors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-work-bathroom-behaviors/717913)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-work-bathroom-behaviors/717913 "2015-04-22T19:33:31Z")
So I’ve worked for the same company for nearly 7 years, and have been located on the same floor that entire time. I’ve noticed some really odd behaviors in the bathroom on the part of a few of my co-workers. 2 guys sta… --- ## [Would the discovery of DNA based life on Mars be a minor disapointment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-discovery-of-dna-based-life-on-mars-be-a-minor-disapointment/718171)
**Author:** [@Zerc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zerc)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-discovery-of-dna-based-life-on-mars-be-a-minor-disapointment/718171 "2015-04-22T19:08:37Z")
There seems to be a bit of optimism that we may be finding the existence of extra-terrestrial life relatively soon, especially on places like Mars or Europa but I think that if we find life on one of these places and it’… --- ## [April 21 2015 Google Doodle -- Looking for Nessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-21-2015-google-doodle-looking-for-nessie/718184)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-21-2015-google-doodle-looking-for-nessie/718184 "2015-04-22T18:59:57Z")
Definitely worth a look. When I was a kid, I kept a scrapbook of Cryptozoology, mostly about Nessie. --- ## [On crying. An apology.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-crying-an-apology/718011)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-crying-an-apology/718011 "2015-04-22T18:04:33Z")
I am not - or I should say I \*was \*not - a crier. Ever. My belief was should be a response to extreme emotional distress, and so I had a lot of attitude about people crying short of their dog dying for two reasons: a) yo… --- ## [Seat rage in planes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seat-rage-in-planes/715927)
**Author:** [@Caneknife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caneknife)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seat-rage-in-planes/715927 "2015-04-22T16:08:09Z")
Do u get pissed off when the person in front of u puts there chair back after seatbelt light goes off in a plane, It turns me into the Incredible Hulk, I hate it, does it annoy u, --- ## [We can all go home from work early...because of the weather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-all-go-home-from-work-early-because-of-the-weather/718162)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2015, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-all-go-home-from-work-early-because-of-the-weather/718162 "2015-04-22T05:36:31Z")
There’s a nasty weather system along the east coast of NSW at the moment, generating heavy rain and very strong winds. Sydney has had about 140mm of rain since yesterday. Other areas have had even more. At my brother’s f… --- ## [School murder in Barcelona today (April 20, 2015)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-murder-in-barcelona-today-april-20-2015/718120)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-murder-in-barcelona-today-april-20-2015/718120 "2015-04-22T05:07:37Z")
A 13-year old student went to his high school in Barcelona armed with a home-made crossbow, a machete and (reports differ here) either a molotov cocktail or a pellet gun. He killed a teacher and wounded 4 people (two te… --- ## [I'm not trying to remember a story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-trying-to-remember-a-story/718123)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-trying-to-remember-a-story/718123 "2015-04-22T03:18:18Z")
I don’t need any help finding a certain SF story, nor an old song, movie, or obscure word or phrase. Any Dopers feel like helping? :wink: --- ## [Is cunt a more popular and less offensive term in non-US english speaking nations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cunt-a-more-popular-and-less-offensive-term-in-non-us-english-speaking-nations/718156)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cunt-a-more-popular-and-less-offensive-term-in-non-us-english-speaking-nations/718156 "2015-04-21T21:24:15Z")
In the US, of the 7 words Carlin said you can’t say on TV (shit, piss, cunt, fuck, cocksucker, motherfucker, tits) cunt is still the only one that has any real punch to it. It is about the only sex based swear word that … --- ## [Door Memory-Field Theory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/door-memory-field-theory/718148)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/door-memory-field-theory/718148 "2015-04-21T19:21:23Z")
My mother was telling me about this just the other day. Doors are apparently evil by nature, they have a powerful spirit-field that wipes your memory when you pass through them. As in, “What did I come in here for, again… --- ## [Please help my family keep our home.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-my-family-keep-our-home/715871)
**Author:** [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-my-family-keep-our-home/715871 "2015-04-21T15:56:57Z")
Ladies and gentlemen, I am once again humbly obliged to ask the SDMB for their caring assistance. I have asked and received permission from the moderating staff to post this thread, and must mention that the staff and a… --- ## [No one sits easily on the Iron Throne...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-sits-easily-on-the-iron-throne/718175)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-sits-easily-on-the-iron-throne/718175 "2015-04-21T12:22:32Z")
…so maybe it’s not the best choice to model a toilet after. Irresistable, though. I like the sword hilt used as a toilet paper roll spindle --- ## [Most beautiful male politicians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-male-politicians/718030)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-male-politicians/718030 "2015-04-21T11:27:50Z")
What? It’s only fair. I think the current POTUS is pretty hot. --- ## [I want to make really wealthy really religeous christians feel better about themselves ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-make-really-wealthy-really-religeous-christians-feel-better-about-themselves/715303)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-make-really-wealthy-really-religeous-christians-feel-better-about-themselves/715303 "2015-04-21T00:27:21Z")
You’ve probably heard the phrase, “It’s easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven.” I believe no one has applied modern industrial food processing technolo… --- ## [German Dopefest in Cologne Spring 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570)
**Author:** [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570 "2015-04-20T19:21:04Z")
Dopers in Germany, who wants to meet up in Cologne sometime this spring? --- ## [I was non-helpful to a person who was drunk or high](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-non-helpful-to-a-person-who-was-drunk-or-high/718005)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-non-helpful-to-a-person-who-was-drunk-or-high/718005 "2015-04-20T18:59:32Z")
And now I feel really bad about it. If you’ll indulge me for a second, here’s my totally mundane and pointless episode of the day. It’s not a good a story or anything, so there’s not much in it for you, but I need some … --- ## [Advice on how to huu-mon is appreciated by some!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-how-to-huu-mon-is-appreciated-by-some/718061)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-how-to-huu-mon-is-appreciated-by-some/718061 "2015-04-20T15:44:16Z")
Someone said " some woman in the states said women shouldn’t be in a position in power because of hormones" My response was “lots of weird whackos say lots of things, no sense paying attention” Their response “ok somet… --- ## [Another sleepless MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-sleepless-mmp/717550)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 258\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-sleepless-mmp/717550 "2015-04-20T13:49:35Z")
Insomnia is a very bad thing. DH is all restless, I’m having trouble settling down, and for bonus points I nearly had heart failure on realizing that an assignment was due at 9pm Sunday. I realized this at about 1:30am … --- ## [Day 3 on the E Cigarette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-3-on-the-e-cigarette/640882)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-3-on-the-e-cigarette/640882 "2015-04-20T12:30:12Z")
And I must say that this is the best stop smoking aid ever. The design of the device is nothing short of amazing. It actually feels like you are smoking, and you can smoke it anywhere. It actually brought back memorie… --- ## [So, vinegar fumes and an air purifier (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-vinegar-fumes-and-an-air-purifier-need-answer-fast/718082)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-vinegar-fumes-and-an-air-purifier-need-answer-fast/718082 "2015-04-20T11:00:07Z")
So, I have a clogged sink and am hoping to use baking soda + vinegar to clear it, but I also have an air purifier machine. Would the vinegar fumes have a harmful effect on the air purifier? --- ## [Shock collar correction for ...horses? - I did not know these were a thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shock-collar-correction-for-horses-i-did-not-know-these-were-a-thing/718066)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shock-collar-correction-for-horses-i-did-not-know-these-were-a-thing/718066 "2015-04-19T21:59:36Z")
Interesting - Horses are more aggressive toward each other than I thought. Description here and they really do not like electric shocks Here’s the unit http://wagomart.com/ViceBreaker-H2-single-horse.aspx --- ## [Catholics Online could use a better tagline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholics-online-could-use-a-better-tagline/718028)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholics-online-could-use-a-better-tagline/718028 "2015-04-19T21:13:22Z")
Maybe I read too many Reformation-era books, but the tagline “Inform Inspire Ignite” seems not quite right. --- ## [Another actress - Kristen Bell - sounds off about vaccines...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-actress-kristen-bell-sounds-off-about-vaccines/717896)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-actress-kristen-bell-sounds-off-about-vaccines/717896 "2015-04-19T19:53:18Z")
…in a blog post, and she makes perfect sense: Vaccines Are Safe – And Facts Are Your Friends I suspect that some of the people who follow her blogging might be exactly the same people who need this kind of reassurance… --- ## [SpaceX launch attempt tomorrow: Barge landing part deux!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-launch-attempt-tomorrow-barge-landing-part-deux/717621)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-launch-attempt-tomorrow-barge-landing-part-deux/717621 "2015-04-19T19:36:57Z")
Webcast link Previous related thread The SpaceX CRS-6 mission to the International Space Station was planned for today, but delayed due to weather. Hopefully they’ll succeed in their attempt tomorrow. It didn’t sound… --- ## [Economy Class moves even closer to "Cattle Class"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economy-class-moves-even-closer-to-cattle-class/717858)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economy-class-moves-even-closer-to-cattle-class/717858 "2015-04-19T19:36:38Z")
Do you hate flying? It’s about to get worse. Airbus is introducing an 11-seat-wide configuration. The seats are 18" wide, which happens to be the average human shoulder width. And yes, you will be seated between 2 bu… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=746) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=748)