# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=752 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 753 --- ## ["News" stories we don't need to know.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-stories-we-dont-need-to-know/716734)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-stories-we-dont-need-to-know/716734 "2015-04-04T13:22:31Z")
I do not need to know that Randy Quaid and his wife are posting selfie porn on the internet. But in case YOU do … --- ## [Any ideas how this happened? (Phone number related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-ideas-how-this-happened-phone-number-related/716758)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-ideas-how-this-happened-phone-number-related/716758 "2015-04-04T13:15:01Z")
I got a call recently from a guy looking for my brother in law. We have never lived within 500 miles of each other. There is no reason for him to have given out my phone number as his, and he is not the kind of person, o… --- ## [Hair Thinning - Propecia? Rogaine? Any success stories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-thinning-propecia-rogaine-any-success-stories/64178)
**Author:** [@Alzarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alzarian)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2001, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-thinning-propecia-rogaine-any-success-stories/64178 "2001-05-04T16:11:24Z")
Ok, help me out someone… I just turned 30, and I’ve noticed that my hair is thinning out. Not anywhere near bald yet, but when i wake up in the morning, or get my hair wet, you can see my scalp, and that’s never happene… --- ## [Guava trees are absolutely useless!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guava-trees-are-absolutely-useless/716770)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2015, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guava-trees-are-absolutely-useless/716770 "2015-04-04T10:59:43Z")
We have a bunch of fruit trees in our yard that produce a lot without any effort really, but man I hate the guava tree! Where do I start? First of all they don’t taste good alone so much, you need to use them to make j… --- ## [Gadgets You SO Wanted, That Later Disappointed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgets-you-so-wanted-that-later-disappointed/546765)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgets-you-so-wanted-that-later-disappointed/546765 "2015-04-04T00:12:48Z")
With all the griping about the Apple iPhone I got to thinking about this. Back in the mid 70s, LED watches started coming out. Not LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that would come later, but LED watches the ones with the re… --- ## [Tax prep question...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-prep-question/715670)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-prep-question/715670 "2015-04-03T21:08:21Z")
I’ve decided to use the H&R Block online software this year on recommendation from this board. However, I’ve come across a question that I’ve had with TurboTax too, and thought I’d ask. I’ve earned money as an offsite … --- ## [Are you trying to intimidate me Walmart.com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-intimidate-me-walmart-com/716724)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-intimidate-me-walmart-com/716724 "2015-04-03T18:35:26Z")
I was just distractedly checking my email, and noticed one titled “You didn’t see this” from Walmart. I was caught a bit off guard and wondered WTF, since my mind interpreted it in the “Remember, you didn’t see nutin’. C… --- ## [Today is the Tinsley Green Marble Championship!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-tinsley-green-marble-championship/716705)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-tinsley-green-marble-championship/716705 "2015-04-03T13:06:06Z")
Okay, I admit that never heard of this until a couple of minutes ago. But apparently it’s been held in the same place on Good Friday for a Very Long Time Is this a Big Deal in the UK? Any Dopers there know about … --- ## [The inventor of the Pet Rock has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inventor-of-the-pet-rock-has-died/716485)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2015, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inventor-of-the-pet-rock-has-died/716485 "2015-04-03T13:02:50Z")
Gary Dahl, Inventor of the Pet Rock, Dies at 78 I only mention this because of one of the most legendary threads in the history of the SDMB. I can only assume that today our long-since banned poster Thaidog, wherever he… --- ## [Who else has tomorrow (Good Friday) off.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-has-tomorrow-good-friday-off/716665)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-has-tomorrow-good-friday-off/716665 "2015-04-03T11:27:55Z")
We get GF off. So Friday comes a day early this week. I’ll do a little drinking tonight (expect another CS thread on some old 80s rock band!) and probably move some more stuff from my old house to the new tomorrow. Maybe… --- ## [I got a UTE!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-ute/716403)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2015, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-ute/716403 "2015-04-03T08:07:46Z")
Utes are normally the sole domain of tradies and shit, but this Nanna has wanted one for many years. And the stars got aligned or something (actually, I got some unexpected $) so today I GOT A UTE! So instead of packin… --- ## [Can we get a Facebook friends thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-a-facebook-friends-thread/654061)
**Author:** [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-a-facebook-friends-thread/654061 "2015-04-03T02:49:27Z")
I apologize if this has been done in recent history, my searches couldn’t pull anything up. I recognize that many (if not most) people use Facebook as a supplement to their real life social network, that being its origi… --- ## ["If they put him in palliative care, is there still hope?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-they-put-him-in-palliative-care-is-there-still-hope/716444)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-they-put-him-in-palliative-care-is-there-still-hope/716444 "2015-04-03T02:39:17Z")
That question from mom when I told her that my eldest brother would be put in palliative care broke my heart. Nothing much to say, that’s mostly a rant. Big brother was alcoholic, and even though not the most severe, ob… --- ## [WSDOT can't tell the difference between motorcycles and cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsdot-cant-tell-the-difference-between-motorcycles-and-cars/716413)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsdot-cant-tell-the-difference-between-motorcycles-and-cars/716413 "2015-04-03T01:40:57Z")
Link Motorcycles use HOV lanes free under federal law. The State of Washington says, OK; but motorcyclists who want to use the new HOV lane on the 405 need to buy a Good To Go! transponder so they don’t get charged. O… --- ## [Did You Prank Anyone For April Fools?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-prank-anyone-for-april-fools/716574)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-prank-anyone-for-april-fools/716574 "2015-04-02T20:39:16Z")
I pranked one person, my teenaged son. He gets headaches, and they think it’s at least partly related to low muscle tone in his neck and shoulders. He’s just starting another round of physical therapy for it. I told him … --- ## [Ohioans, you have one up-front legislator!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohioans-you-have-one-up-front-legislator/716158)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohioans-you-have-one-up-front-legislator/716158 "2015-04-02T19:54:29Z")
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/“i-dare-any-one-of-you-to-judge-me”-us-lawmaker-says-she-was-raped-and-had-an-abortion/ar-AAa5y35 Basically, Dem Rep Teresa Fedor got sick and tired of men(mostly) debating a very … --- ## [Does anyone believe this photo is genuine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-believe-this-photo-is-genuine/716351)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-believe-this-photo-is-genuine/716351 "2015-04-02T17:42:06Z")
Pretty much everyone has seen this photo https://fluix.io/collaborative-document-management-construction-industry-part-1/ of what is alleged to be construction workers in the 1920s sitting hundreds of feet up in the air … --- ## [Epic tax return finally done!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-tax-return-finally-done/716629)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-tax-return-finally-done/716629 "2015-04-02T16:07:05Z")
Okay, wow…tax return and all associated schedules and forms completed, finally. That was pretty out of hand, I must say. If there were a contest for “most complicated tax return for a family at \<150% FPL”, I think we’d … --- ## [April Fool's jokes that worked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-jokes-that-worked/716545)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-jokes-that-worked/716545 "2015-04-02T13:25:08Z")
Most April Fool’s jokes get an eye roll out of me at best. Businesses and publications have been posting more frequently trying to get recognized. Usually they can’t even commit and throw in a “April Fool’s” before they … --- ## [Popcorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popcorn/716208)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popcorn/716208 "2015-04-02T09:56:22Z")
I have often wondered what the reaction was of the first human person to discover popcorn. That is, the person who first saw what makes it different from other types of maize. There are a lot of different species of mai… --- ## [The worst name in recent history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-name-in-recent-history/716270)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-name-in-recent-history/716270 "2015-04-02T08:29:14Z")
Okay, so I was browsing the book reviews and there’s a new one out about the Korean pilot who flew a MiG from North to South Korea, right in the fury of the early war. Guy’s a hero, and is still alive, under an Americani… --- ## [April Fools website pranks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-website-pranks/716481)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-website-pranks/716481 "2015-04-02T07:42:05Z")
Every year I miss out on these. For one reason or another, I don’t get online until afternoon, when most of the stuff is over. So this year I’m gonna try and list those I see. And I’m doing it here, so others can help ou… --- ## [Richard III is being reburied today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-iii-is-being-reburied-today/715680)
**Author:** [@scoots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scoots)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-iii-is-being-reburied-today/715680 "2015-04-02T03:53:01Z")
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-31990721 --- ## [Today’s Hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-s-hypothetical/716577)
**Author:** [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-s-hypothetical/716577 "2015-04-02T02:47:48Z")
Ok guys, imagine a terrorist organization set against destroying the men of America has kidnapped you, but something goes wrong for them and right for you. They have to give up their plans and have gone on the run. Now … --- ## [Words you just have to mispronounce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-just-have-to-mispronounce/715450)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-just-have-to-mispronounce/715450 "2015-04-02T02:47:47Z")
There’s a street near here called Shintaffer Rd. I can’t help but call it ‘Shit-snapper’. Cornwall is ‘Cornhole’. There are many others, but those will start. --- ## [Hey Everyone. IDLE THOUGHTS IS A GIRL!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-idle-thoughts-is-a-girl/716571)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone-idle-thoughts-is-a-girl/716571 "2015-04-02T01:20:47Z")
(I’m not tellin how I know.) --- ## [Were you effected by the Toyota subwoofer recall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-effected-by-the-toyota-subwoofer-recall/716515)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-effected-by-the-toyota-subwoofer-recall/716515 "2015-04-02T00:49:39Z")
This recall extends beyond what I found online. Mom’s Toyota was bought in 2008 or maybe 07. She got a letter about the recall. She took the car to the dealer this morning. No fix yet. All the dealer did was disconnect … --- ## [Semi-annual bar exam thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-annual-bar-exam-thread/713373)
**Author:** [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-annual-bar-exam-thread/713373 "2015-04-01T23:31:18Z")
I assume there is one semi-annually. I didn’t actually check. Two nights remain until the fun begins. I’m confident with multiple choice questions. Just doing practice essay problems tonight and the first half of tomo… --- ## [April Fools Day: Origin story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-day-origin-story/716497)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-day-origin-story/716497 "2015-04-01T19:06:44Z")
April Fools Day goes back to the 1350s when Pope Gregory XI faked his death for a week before re-emerging and shocking the Roman Curia, who were at that point assembling a conclave to pick a new pope… on April 1. He then… --- ## [Things it's better to do right the first time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-its-better-to-do-right-the-first-time/315455)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-its-better-to-do-right-the-first-time/315455 "2015-04-01T18:36:16Z")
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