# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=755 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 756 --- ## [I am curious to know what the outcome was in this teacher/student sex abuse case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-curious-to-know-what-the-outcome-was-in-this-teacher-student-sex-abuse-case/716040)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-curious-to-know-what-the-outcome-was-in-this-teacher-student-sex-abuse-case/716040 "2015-03-26T17:36:31Z")
The teacher in question is named Kelly Ann Garcia. The last reference I can find is to a December 2013 story in which a camera crew chased her through the streets of her town asking her about the case. I’m surprised if … --- ## [What's in the boxes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-boxes/715928)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-boxes/715928 "2015-03-26T17:33:29Z")
As noted over here, I ordered from Walmart.com two 13-pound bags of cat food and a dozen 4.4 oz. bags of wasabi peanuts. The box marked “wasabi peanuts” arrived and turned out to be not just over three pounds of nuts bu… --- ## [Getting new puppies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-new-puppies/715990)
**Author:** [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-new-puppies/715990 "2015-03-26T10:53:19Z")
My daughter/housemate’s friend has a litter of pups and we are smitten. Roxy, the mama dog, is a malamute/shepherd mix and the purported father is a Golden Retriever. Our girls come home in a couple of weeks. My girl … --- ## [Annual South High Marathon Dance-38th Year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-south-high-marathon-dance-38th-year/716007)
**Author:** [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-south-high-marathon-dance-38th-year/716007 "2015-03-26T04:08:52Z")
For the 38th year, the students of South Glens Falls, NY (my old high school), worked their butts off for months, and danced through exhaustion for 28 hours, to raise money for charity. The whole town supports the effor… --- ## [PTEN Gene Mutation, or The Diagnosis That Only Took 16 Years To Get](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pten-gene-mutation-or-the-diagnosis-that-only-took-16-years-to-get/715884)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pten-gene-mutation-or-the-diagnosis-that-only-took-16-years-to-get/715884 "2015-03-26T02:53:23Z")
So, my youngest son, now 16. Was diagnosed in infancy with an Arnold-Chiari Malformation, which is where the end of the cerebellum extends down into the neck. He had two surgeries for it, and a lot of his extensive lis… --- ## [Drinking culture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-culture/715597)
**Author:** [@Corporal\_Nobbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporal_Nobbs)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-culture/715597 "2015-03-26T02:44:26Z")
Having read threads on here over the years accusing people of being alcoholic/having problems I’m wondering how the culture of drinking alcohol varies world wide. In the UK where I am from, pubs open at 11am and bars clo… --- ## [Another religiouso decides gays need to be shot in the face](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-religiouso-decides-gays-need-to-be-shot-in-the-face/715956)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-religiouso-decides-gays-need-to-be-shot-in-the-face/715956 "2015-03-26T02:24:23Z")
So a Religious Righty-Tighty decided it should be legal to shoot homosexuals in the face and so he is going through the process of getting a law on the California ballot. Read the PDF of it. Some highlights Part A Bu… --- ## [Post your favorite "Guy dies and goes to heaven" joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-guy-dies-and-goes-to-heaven-joke/193437)
**Author:** [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-guy-dies-and-goes-to-heaven-joke/193437 "2015-03-26T00:03:55Z")
The title says it all. This is one of my favorite genres of joke, and I’m always looking for more of 'em. I’ll kick us off with one of my personal favorites: A man dies, goes to heaven, and meets St. Peter. St. Peter gi… --- ## [Crowdsourcing Passover jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowdsourcing-passover-jokes/715900)
**Author:** [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowdsourcing-passover-jokes/715900 "2015-03-25T22:49:34Z")
As those of you who have attended a Passover seder will know, just before the part where we tell the story of the Exodus from Egypt, there is a brief bit where we reaffirm the religious obligation to do so. The tradition… --- ## [ISIS publishes Names and Addresses of 100 military personnel..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-publishes-names-and-addresses-of-100-military-personnel/715660)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-publishes-names-and-addresses-of-100-military-personnel/715660 "2015-03-25T22:33:12Z")
Didn’t take long. They hacked the military computers just a few months ago. This could get really personal and dangerously out of control quick. If any of these men or their families are murdered. The blacklash will mak… --- ## [Migration has begun..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migration-has-begun/715805)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migration-has-begun/715805 "2015-03-25T20:14:27Z")
I saw and heard a flock of cranes fly over… They sounded like Whooping Cranes ,but I didn’t get a close enough look to be truly sure. It wasn’t a huge flock… No geese yet. --- ## [What gives you hope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-you-hope/715778)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-you-hope/715778 "2015-03-25T17:19:00Z")
Me, I’m not religious or patriotic or particularly talented with any marketable skill. What gives me hope is realizing how life has progressed from centuries past. I’m not a french peasant living in the 1300’s working 10… --- ## [Can you raise one eyebrow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/715713)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/715713 "2015-03-25T06:45:20Z")
Which one? Can you raise each one separately or do the weird caterpillar mating dance thing Jack Black does? I can raise my left eyebrow but not the right one. Like a mirror image of this guy. :dubious: --- ## [My dog's pancreatitis flares](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dogs-pancreatitis-flares/715447)
**Author:** [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dogs-pancreatitis-flares/715447 "2015-03-25T05:35:02Z")
Even on his special diet, Skipper is having more pancreatitis flares lately. He’s so pathetic when a flare happens, his vocalizations both hurt my ears and break my heart. Tramadol knocks him out for a good 12 hours, b… --- ## [Well, I did it. Crazy job offer accepted within 24 hours.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-did-it-crazy-job-offer-accepted-within-24-hours/715836)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-did-it-crazy-job-offer-accepted-within-24-hours/715836 "2015-03-25T03:16:37Z")
Let’s just say I haven’t slept in a week. Our owners approached me last Tuesday - “We just made this acquisition. We need somebody of our own to take and learn product line X. You will be rewarded. You would need to … --- ## [British Columbian RCMP get into a shootout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-columbian-rcmp-get-into-a-shootout/715752)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-columbian-rcmp-get-into-a-shootout/715752 "2015-03-24T20:27:50Z")
Canadian style. No serious injuries reported. --- ## [In Which Cartooniverse Burns Out Two Blenders. In One Week.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-cartooniverse-burns-out-two-blenders-in-one-week/715613)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-cartooniverse-burns-out-two-blenders-in-one-week/715613 "2015-03-24T19:00:35Z")
So, the Dearly Beloved™ and I got it into our collective brains to take the copious amount of broccoli stalk that were sitting in the freezer. And make ourselves some soup. I thought it was a great idea. She is a champe… --- ## [I had a upgraded iPhone and didn't know it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-upgraded-iphone-and-didnt-know-it/715492)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-upgraded-iphone-and-didnt-know-it/715492 "2015-03-24T18:37:35Z")
My iPhone 4 has served me very well. When I got it I know I bought the most basic model (8Gb) as there was a steep up-charge for the next level. Never had a low memory issue and after a few years decided it was good th… --- ## [NASA website commemorating the 50th anniversary of Gemini 3.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-website-commemorating-the-50th-anniversary-of-gemini-3/715685)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-website-commemorating-the-50th-anniversary-of-gemini-3/715685 "2015-03-24T18:08:12Z")
I thought some of you might enjoy this. 3/23/15 is the 50th anniversary of the first manned Gemini flight, Gemini 3. http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/gemini\_gallery/index.html --- ## [Funny text spam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-text-spam/715875)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-text-spam/715875 "2015-03-24T18:00:12Z")
I got a spam text this morning: “We have failed to get in touch regarding your expensive reward!” I’m sure it would be expensive to me to get sucked into this… Anyone else gotten any amusing text spams? --- ## [Tesla tech-geeks out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-tech-geeks-out/715528)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-tech-geeks-out/715528 "2015-03-24T16:29:00Z")
All problems with cars… can be solved with better software. Only the lack of vision and brilliance by the world’s automakers has kept this solution away. Move over, St. Jobs. Elon the Blessed is going to need part of th… --- ## [Oi! Get your finger outta me bum!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-get-your-finger-outta-me-bum/715519)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-get-your-finger-outta-me-bum/715519 "2015-03-24T15:39:06Z")
I hate going to the doctor. There’s always the chance they’ll find something wrong. Worse, they have this fetish for fondling people’s prostates. I hate that part. I always feel so… violated. (Maybe he was getting b… --- ## [California "death penalty for sodomy" proposal could appear on ballot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-death-penalty-for-sodomy-proposal-could-appear-on-ballot/715570)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-death-penalty-for-sodomy-proposal-could-appear-on-ballot/715570 "2015-03-24T04:57:53Z")
So maybe you’ve heardthat some lawyer has filed for the right to gather signatures for this ballot initiative that calls for the death penalty for anyone who \[QUOTE=Matt McLaughlin\] touches another person of the same g… --- ## [What is a female version of a "cockblock" called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-female-version-of-a-cockblock-called/715587)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-female-version-of-a-cockblock-called/715587 "2015-03-24T02:36:54Z")
Suppose it’s a girl who wants to have sex with someone and another person keeps hanging around or interrupting. Obviously she can’t say “Hey, quit being a cock block!” --- ## [Doper rainbow baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-rainbow-baby/715572)
**Author:** [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-rainbow-baby/715572 "2015-03-23T19:51:12Z")
Oh, I guess I should mention this! My daughter, the Medium One, now has a little brother! I lost my last pregnancy in second trimester, so this is a much-wanted, much-loved rainbow baby :slight\_smile: The birth went surp… --- ## [Solar Eclipse - March 20, 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-march-20-2015/715233)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-march-20-2015/715233 "2015-03-21T13:26:54Z")
This Friday, March 20, there will be a total eclipse of the Sun Total (from land) only if you live on the Faroe Islands or Svalbard. Or have a boat or a plane (and use them to travel into the path of totality). Even the… --- ## [The resolutionary-less MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-resolutionary-less-mmp/715094)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-resolutionary-less-mmp/715094 "2015-03-23T02:01:01Z")
I haven’t been to the gym on a weekend in four weeks. (I haven’t been a slacker, I was racing two of the three intervening weeks.) I went on Sunday; it was much less crowded than the last time I was there; open machine… --- ## [Bachelor Party Stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachelor-party-stories/99109)
**Author:** [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachelor-party-stories/99109 "2015-03-23T00:56:50Z")
C’mon, guys (and girls), give me the straight dope. I want stories! (True ones, not “I heard about this guy” or the “72DD suffocated groom”.) Most girls in my 20 and 30-somethings circle have an idea that a) The avera… --- ## [No Kum-sok defects with his Fagot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-kum-sok-defects-with-his-fagot/715735)
**Author:** [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-kum-sok-defects-with-his-fagot/715735 "2015-03-23T00:44:32Z")
Can’t imagine why he’s Kenneth H. Rowe now. I guess this has been known for awhile, but I just heard about it. Story of a North Korean defector. I guess I played the level in Chuck Yeager’s Air Combat 20 years ago, thou… --- ## [Bugatti Veyron gets toppled...by a Swedish hybrid?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-gets-toppled-by-a-swedish-hybrid/715580)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugatti-veyron-gets-toppled-by-a-swedish-hybrid/715580 "2015-03-23T00:42:22Z")
It looks like those guys over at Koenigsegg are about climb back on top of the “supercar” heap with the Regera. It’s supposed to hit 149 mph within 20 seconds, according to Car And Driver Magazine, using 1500 horsepower,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=754) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=756)