# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=761 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 762 --- ## [Curt Schilling hits back hard at Twitter trolls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curt-schilling-hits-back-hard-at-twitter-trolls/714244)
**Author:** [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curt-schilling-hits-back-hard-at-twitter-trolls/714244 "2015-03-06T23:05:03Z")
I looked and couldn’t find a thread on this, which surprised me. Short summary is that former baseball great Curt Schilling tweeted a congrats to his daughter for getting on a team and Twitter trolls tweeted vile sexu… --- ## [Cow Magnets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cow-magnets/714197)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cow-magnets/714197 "2015-03-06T21:20:00Z")
My usual daily puzzle solving at E-Crostic Software – E-Crostic Software led to a solution I had to check out for corroboration. Several articles from several years ago seemed to verify the puzzle’s assertion and the mos… --- ## [Possible superhero sighting - woman survives train collision](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-superhero-sighting-woman-survives-train-collision/713785)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-superhero-sighting-woman-survives-train-collision/713785 "2015-03-06T20:54:42Z")
Woman survives being runover by train Right here in Phoenix. Apparently she in unbreakable. I love how they specify she was eating tacquitos! An important fact! --- ## [new leader of Greece](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-leader-of-greece/714326)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-leader-of-greece/714326 "2015-03-06T19:57:31Z")
apparently, this Yanis Varoufakis guy is a Putin-class bad-ass --- ## ["It's where the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ used to be"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-where-the-________-used-to-be/714283)
**Author:** [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-where-the-________-used-to-be/714283 "2015-03-06T18:57:20Z")
The older I get, the more I notice I describe locations by what used to be there. If talking to a younger person, I have to stop and think about what’s there now, and actually, in some cases, I don’t know what’s there. S… --- ## [Musashi found by Paul Allen.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musashi-found-by-paul-allen/714203)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musashi-found-by-paul-allen/714203 "2015-03-06T16:12:44Z")
Link Too cool. One of the largest battleships ever built. Nice to see Allen is spending his billions on cool stuff. --- ## [Businesses can have office space at One World Trade Center for under $800 a month.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-can-have-office-space-at-one-world-trade-center-for-under-800-a-month/713771)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-can-have-office-space-at-one-world-trade-center-for-under-800-a-month/713771 "2015-03-06T15:19:28Z")
There has to be a catch. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Is Space Station another word for cubicle? That second photo shows four cubicles. They are partitioned! I don’t think thats acceptable, if you only get one side of that cub… --- ## [Florida man drove dead body to attorney's office](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-drove-dead-body-to-attorneys-office/714306)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-drove-dead-body-to-attorneys-office/714306 "2015-03-06T15:06:24Z")
Nothing like a fresh new case to inspire an attorney. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Maybe this can start a trend? Better yet invite the attorney to the scene first and then shoot the neighbor. Saves a lot of time explaining what … --- ## [Very Funny Song About Nasty Internet Comments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-funny-song-about-nasty-internet-comments/714313)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-funny-song-about-nasty-internet-comments/714313 "2015-03-06T04:55:26Z")
I’m sorry, SDMB. I wanted to post this on Facebook for my friends, but there are youngsters about there, and this gets quite vulgar. It is very funny; I wouldn’t lie to you. NSFW- language and perverted sexual themes. I… --- ## [I've been pantsed; by my cat!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-pantsed-by-my-cat/713883)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-pantsed-by-my-cat/713883 "2015-03-06T02:04:34Z")
This is the very definition of mundane, but I know this is where animal lovers hang out so I thought I’d share. I was at the sink doing dishes, mind wandering as it does, when out of nowhere my shorts got pulled down fr… --- ## [Gas is back up to $3/gallon here in Las Vegas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-is-back-up-to-3-gallon-here-in-las-vegas/714184)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-is-back-up-to-3-gallon-here-in-las-vegas/714184 "2015-03-06T00:24:39Z")
Well, that certainly didn’t last long, did it? Oh sure, you can still find stations selling it for $2.98/gallon and I think I saw one place that was only $2.67/gallon, but still… it was just a couple of weeks ago that I… --- ## [Vasectomy Madness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vasectomy-madness/714239)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vasectomy-madness/714239 "2015-03-05T20:31:48Z")
Men, it’s basketball tournament time. And you know what that means: while winning teams are snipping away the nets, your friendly neighborhood urologist could be snipping away…well, you know. “For men who are die-hard b… --- ## [Delta flight skids off runway at Laguardia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delta-flight-skids-off-runway-at-laguardia/714289)
**Author:** [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delta-flight-skids-off-runway-at-laguardia/714289 "2015-03-05T20:04:13Z")
A delta flight from Atlanta slid off the runway in heavy snow. It crashed through a fence and landed on a berm. It appears there were no major injuries. The airport is closed until 7pm. --- ## [WHAY???? I'm the first one up MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whay-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/713404)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 302\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whay-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/713404 "2015-03-05T19:59:17Z")
It’s 6 am and there’s no MMP yet!!! Happy Moonday. It’s a dark, cloudy, 32 degrees outside. It doesn’t feel so cold but I guess after single digit and negative temperatures 32 feels warm. I’m up too early, but may as… --- ## [The Toronto Tunnel Speculation Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toronto-tunnel-speculation-thread/713584)
**Author:** [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toronto-tunnel-speculation-thread/713584 "2015-03-05T16:22:45Z")
Haven’t seen a thread on this (foregive me if there is already one) So, the cops found out that someone - more likely, several someones - had built a mysterious tunnel on some wasteland near York University. This was n… --- ## [Military Weather Satellite Explodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-weather-satellite-explodes/714206)
**Author:** [@buddy431](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddy431)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-weather-satellite-explodes/714206 "2015-03-05T14:46:08Z")
So a 20 year old U.S. military weather satellite apparently exploded on Feb 3. We know this based on the fact that it experienced a “sudden spike in temperature” followed by “an unrecoverable loss of attitude control”. … --- ## [I iz a feerce ewafant!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-iz-a-feerce-ewafant/714202)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-iz-a-feerce-ewafant/714202 "2015-03-05T13:53:50Z")
Little guy learning to be a big guy. :smiley: --- ## [How come some people can drink boiling water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-some-people-can-drink-boiling-water/713992)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-some-people-can-drink-boiling-water/713992 "2015-03-05T04:37:59Z")
So, you make someone a tea or coffee using boiling water. You hand them the cup, but they make no attempt to grab it by the handle, even though the cup is (figuratively) red hot. Then, before you can say “Wait!” they pu… --- ## [What did you guys have for lunch today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-guys-have-for-lunch-today/714044)
**Author:** [@Anon01245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anon01245)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-guys-have-for-lunch-today/714044 "2015-03-05T04:11:34Z")
What did you guys have for lunch? Me: I had a cheeseburger, fries, and a smoothie. --- ## [Pentagon Calls Mosul Briefing a Mistake by CentCom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-calls-mosul-briefing-a-mistake-by-centcom/714180)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-calls-mosul-briefing-a-mistake-by-centcom/714180 "2015-03-05T01:59:52Z")
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/pentagon-calls-mosul-briefing-mistake-centcom-29366425 A U.S. military officer’s media briefing about plans for an Iraqi-led ground offensive in Mosul, including its expected tim… --- ## [I'm singing on the Queen Elizabeth this evening (and the Queen Victoria next week)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-singing-on-the-queen-elizabeth-this-evening-and-the-queen-victoria-next-week/714067)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-singing-on-the-queen-elizabeth-this-evening-and-the-queen-victoria-next-week/714067 "2015-03-04T21:42:11Z")
The choir I sing in is performing on both ships while they’re berthed in Sydney harbour. It should be fun. I’ve never been on a cruise ship before. We’re doing each show twice. I hope we get a good feed in between perf… --- ## [What kind of bird? And is this real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-and-is-this-real/714213)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-and-is-this-real/714213 "2015-03-04T21:21:43Z")
I just saw this gif on reddit. I found it pretty hilarious. Maybe that says something about me. :smiley: Anyway, what kind of bird is this? And is this real? The bouncing part makes it look like a penguin. This is w… --- ## [Murder of Boris Nemtsov](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-of-boris-nemtsov/714188)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-of-boris-nemtsov/714188 "2015-03-04T14:33:03Z")
Boris Nemtsov, staunch critic of Vladimir Putin, was assassinated on February 27 while crossing a bridge right next to Moscow’s Red Square, basically at a stone’s throw from the Kremlin. As if there were not enough susp… --- ## [Post Your STUPID Oil Filter Location Here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-stupid-oil-filter-location-here/491173)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-stupid-oil-filter-location-here/491173 "2015-03-04T13:42:03Z")
I just changed the oil in my car (SATURN AURA 3.6L), and I have to admit it, the design team did a GREAT job of locating the oil filter for maximum aggravation! It is mounted horizontally, right next to the front catalyt… --- ## [Iran Bombs a Replica of a US Aircraft Carrier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-bombs-a-replica-of-a-us-aircraft-carrier/713617)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-bombs-a-replica-of-a-us-aircraft-carrier/713617 "2015-03-04T13:40:13Z")
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/11434660/Iran-attacks-replica-US-ship-in-military-drill.html Holy Creezap! If Iran could build a replical of a US Aircrap Carrier and bomb it, could America not… --- ## [Inventor of the Six Pack Plastic Thingy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-the-six-pack-plastic-thingy/375287)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-the-six-pack-plastic-thingy/375287 "2015-03-04T13:23:52Z")
I’ve decided to post this here in MPSIMS because while I want a credible answer, I’m not sure if my rambling post is proper to GQ. Mods, feel free to move where appropriate… I’ve got this terrible cold. It’s not the flu… --- ## [Skeletorus and Sparklemuffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletorus-and-sparklemuffin/714085)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletorus-and-sparklemuffin/714085 "2015-03-04T12:52:41Z")
Names for two new species of spiders discovered in Australia This is what happens when you don’t teach your budding entomologists enough Latin, Greek, and classic literature. --- ## [God damned Texas drivers!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damned-texas-drivers/713789)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damned-texas-drivers/713789 "2015-03-04T03:14:57Z")
As a Texan, I’m permitted to say that. On a business trip back to my home state. Land in Dallas and it’s snowing. Not much. It is just a dusting with slight accumulation on the shoulders. Where I currently live, the… --- ## [And now, an octopus frightening a crab.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720 "2015-03-04T02:21:09Z")
Enjoy. --- ## [Revealed: torture was used to foil al-Qaeda 2010 plot to bomb two airliners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revealed-torture-was-used-to-foil-al-qaeda-2010-plot-to-bomb-two-airliners/714099)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revealed-torture-was-used-to-foil-al-qaeda-2010-plot-to-bomb-two-airliners/714099 "2015-03-04T01:37:47Z")
Revealed: How torture was used to foil al-Qaeda 2010 plot to bomb two airliners 17 minutes before explosion The former head of MI6 has said torturing suspected terrorists produces “useful information”, as The Independ… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=760) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=762)