# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=768 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 769 --- ## [Tuna fish in can is staring back at lady.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuna-fish-in-can-is-staring-back-at-lady/711994)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuna-fish-in-can-is-staring-back-at-lady/711994 "2015-02-09T14:10:06Z")
:eek: Tuna fish isn’t supposed to stare back at you. LOL Anyone ever hear of this before? How did it it avoid getting sliced and diced with the fish? --- ## [We are writing a story, or having a goof-fest. Please join us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-writing-a-story-or-having-a-goof-fest-please-join-us/712092)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-writing-a-story-or-having-a-goof-fest-please-join-us/712092 "2015-02-09T12:43:35Z")
(Mods, if this should be in the Café Society, please move it. I put it here because there isn’t an actual story yet, just a lot of messing around in the mini-rant thread. Thank you.) So, Nava and I were worried that we … --- ## [The weather forecast MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-forecast-mmp/711581)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 318\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-forecast-mmp/711581 "2015-02-09T10:02:16Z")
Today, we will get the weather forecast for the rest of winter from the Seer of Seers, the Sage of Sages, the Prognosticator of Prognosticators and Weather Prophet Extraordinary. That’s right, Punxsutawney Phil will be … --- ## [Do you tip for pick-up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-tip-for-pick-up/711758)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-tip-for-pick-up/711758 "2015-02-09T07:13:17Z")
We have a favourite Thai place that we order pretty frequently. Delivery would take 45 minutes and it would be cold so I elect to call it in and go get it. Usually, they are just packing the order in a bag as I walk in… --- ## [Cub Scouts Get Their "Naked Stuff" Merit Badge. Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cub-scouts-get-their-naked-stuff-merit-badge-newslink/712163)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cub-scouts-get-their-naked-stuff-merit-badge-newslink/712163 "2015-02-09T02:36:18Z")
The Cub Scouts went on a tour of a naked beach. Damn. Scouting has gotten more interesting. --- ## [First good stats and reports about Colorado and marijuana](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-good-stats-and-reports-about-colorado-and-marijuana/712147)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-good-stats-and-reports-about-colorado-and-marijuana/712147 "2015-02-09T01:53:04Z")
http://www.csindy.com/coloradosprings/people-are-driving-stoned-more-are-taking-buses-ute-valley-just-got-bigger-and-more/Content?oid=2996667 (About half-way down.) Very long PDF, but has a great deal of interesting i… --- ## [Grocery Store Express Lane Proposal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grocery-store-express-lane-proposal/711496)
**Author:** [@opossum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/opossum)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grocery-store-express-lane-proposal/711496 "2015-02-08T18:37:05Z")
I was in an “express lane” at a grocery store tonight and the two customers ahead of me each had way over the advertised “12 items or less.” (I had seven items, they had full grocery carts with probably 20-30 each). I … --- ## [Reason for divorce, heartburn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-for-divorce-heartburn/711856)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-for-divorce-heartburn/711856 "2015-02-08T16:43:42Z")
My brother in law has been with his wife since she was 14 and he was 16, at one point his mom was nervous because her parents kicked her out and she moved in with him and she was not yet 18. I don’t know when they got ma… --- ## [Confidentiality fail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confidentiality-fail/712058)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confidentiality-fail/712058 "2015-02-08T15:54:45Z")
So I have an email address I don’t use much in the form of initiallastname at isp dot com that gets a fair bit of misaddressed email. Usually it’s for my apparently long lost cousins in BC, but this time it’s for someone… --- ## [Got stopped at a DUI checkpoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-stopped-at-a-dui-checkpoint/711979)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-stopped-at-a-dui-checkpoint/711979 "2015-02-08T14:01:02Z")
It’s Friday night here in Taiwan, and the police had a number of checkpoints. I turned one corner and there they were. I blew a 0.00. TB: Two years, 11 months and 13 days, but who’s counting? --- ## [Earthbound drones idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthbound-drones-idea/712094)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthbound-drones-idea/712094 "2015-02-08T13:26:23Z")
I have an idea, but… I am not sure if they have already done this before. It is quite expansive to put a satellite on orbit. And some of those satellites have tasks that could be done with a probe that is not flying in … --- ## [Is your Amazon "Wish List" on Public? That seems to be the default setting...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-amazon-wish-list-on-public-that-seems-to-be-the-default-setting/711948)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-amazon-wish-list-on-public-that-seems-to-be-the-default-setting/711948 "2015-02-08T12:50:57Z")
I was shocked to find my “Wish List” on Amazon on “Public.” Yeah. Since I’d never even thought about this issue before, I have to assume this is the default setting. I’m glad I didn’t have anything embarrassing in there,… --- ## [How do you read a supreme court decision](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-a-supreme-court-decision/712056)
**Author:** [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2015, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-a-supreme-court-decision/712056 "2015-02-08T07:59:28Z")
Supreme court of Canada changed the law on assisted suicide, and made the text of the ruling available, I snagged it on pdf. So of course Johnny law loves this stuff, but my eyes are rotating backwards like a slot machi… --- ## [Today I'm finally as old as my dog!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-finally-as-old-as-my-dog/712071)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-finally-as-old-as-my-dog/712071 "2015-02-08T03:11:39Z")
By the (not true) 7x annual algorithm. He’s been eight for a while. --- ## [Anthem Health Insurance Hacked: Up to 80 Million Customers Affected](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthem-health-insurance-hacked-up-to-80-million-customers-affected/711873)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthem-health-insurance-hacked-up-to-80-million-customers-affected/711873 "2015-02-08T02:44:07Z")
Here is a website you can go to: http://www.anthemfacts.com/ I think it is time for the federal government to mandate serious financial penalties for these big data breaches. --- ## [Cat on the menu: outrage at Vietnamese trade in felines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-on-the-menu-outrage-at-vietnamese-trade-in-felines/712045)
**Author:** [@Sciency](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sciency)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-on-the-menu-outrage-at-vietnamese-trade-in-felines/712045 "2015-02-08T00:40:37Z")
The cat is our sacred animal. Taken from Smh.com --- ## [So ... Benadryl makes you demented - New research](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-benadryl-makes-you-demented-new-research/711852)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-benadryl-makes-you-demented-new-research/711852 "2015-02-08T00:26:41Z")
‘Strongest Evidence Yet’ Links Anticholinergic Drugs, Dementia --- ## [Profiting from time travel hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profiting-from-time-travel-hypothetical/711924)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profiting-from-time-travel-hypothetical/711924 "2015-02-08T00:25:51Z")
In the movie Hot Tub Time Machine and in the trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine 2 one of the main characters lives out the time travel fantasy of performing hit songs of artists that haven’t been released yet. In HTTM1 the… --- ## [Tongue zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tongue-zombie/661737)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tongue-zombie/661737 "2015-02-07T22:57:02Z")
Cymothoa exigua: tongue zombie Be sure to click on the photo to enlarge it! 'Hiya! :slight\_smile: ’ From Wiki: --- ## [Wherein I save an idiot dog's life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-i-save-an-idiot-dogs-life/711894)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-i-save-an-idiot-dogs-life/711894 "2015-02-07T21:09:37Z")
We took the dogs out for a walk and there is a pond of which a quarter is covered with ice. The dogs are voice controlled so they run onto the ice and we call them back. We do that a few times and it’s clear that the i… --- ## [A Very Special Vacation Opportunity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-special-vacation-opportunity/710546)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-special-vacation-opportunity/710546 "2015-02-07T21:06:10Z")
While weaklings plan winter beach getaways, why not instead experience the cold of a lifetime - in Oymyakon, coldest place of former Soviet Union, Siberia? A fabulous once-in-lifetime tour for small group is offered here.… --- ## [The monk is not dead!, is just pining for the lamasery!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monk-is-not-dead-is-just-pining-for-the-lamasery/711845)
**Author:** [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2015, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monk-is-not-dead-is-just-pining-for-the-lamasery/711845 "2015-02-07T07:51:43Z")
Is this an ex-monk? --- ## [My wife is mad because I was a jerk - in her dream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-mad-because-i-was-a-jerk-in-her-dream/609169)
**Author:** [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2015, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-mad-because-i-was-a-jerk-in-her-dream/609169 "2015-02-07T06:44:01Z")
Last night my wife dreamt that instead of helping her get the kids ready for me to take them to school, I just went out to the car and listened to the radio. So she was irritated with me all morning, even though (as alwa… --- ## [They Finally Gone And Done It](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-finally-gone-and-done-it/711617)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-finally-gone-and-done-it/711617 "2015-02-07T04:36:11Z")
Paypal finally eliminated the running balance option. :rolleyes: It has irritated me that you have to select the option each time you sign in, but from what I can tell, they’ve eliminated the option altogether with their… --- ## [So, I may need to pick up a little Chinese, or, was that a date?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-may-need-to-pick-up-a-little-chinese-or-was-that-a-date/711477)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-may-need-to-pick-up-a-little-chinese-or-was-that-a-date/711477 "2015-02-07T03:35:45Z")
As some of you may know, I am now living with my aunt in the city of Peterborough, about 1.5 hours’ drive outside of Toronto. It is the city where I was born. I’ve been helping my aunt ever since she was in the hospital … --- ## [Financial disacuity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-disacuity/707949)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 656\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-disacuity/707949 "2015-02-06T18:25:27Z")
I tend to be surrounded by people who are fairly sensible and conservative about their personal finances, so it’s rare to encounter someone who doesn’t know the basic things they try to teach in Consumer Econ 101. This … --- ## [Sketchy marketing BS you've seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sketchy-marketing-bs-youve-seen/711234)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sketchy-marketing-bs-youve-seen/711234 "2015-02-06T16:33:33Z")
So I was looking for some feta cheese a while back, and ran across a brand with a suitably Greek name, and the words “Imported” on it. So I picked it up to get a better look at the actual quantity in the tub, and notice… --- ## [Rich People Behaving Badly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-behaving-badly/711776)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-behaving-badly/711776 "2015-02-06T15:59:17Z")
I’ll start. Paris Hilton’s Brother Arrested for Going Berserk On Plane ‘I Will F\*\*king Own You Peasants’ The link says it all. Conrad Hilton… well, he went and did a silly thing. Of course he’ll not suffer any lega… --- ## [Huh. Crows trudge.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-crows-trudge/711815)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-crows-trudge/711815 "2015-02-06T13:27:08Z")
So I was driving back from a client who’s way over there, which took me through some of the rare open terrain (old farm fields that have been kept clear). And there, out in the middle of an absolutely pristine ten acres … --- ## [Scottish Dopers - check in please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scottish-dopers-check-in-please/707935)
**Author:** [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2015, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scottish-dopers-check-in-please/707935 "2015-02-06T08:00:31Z")
Six dead in the centre of Glasgow this afternoon, plus multiple injuries, after a bin lorry lost control and mounted the pavement. I was in town with my daughter, as many other Christmas shoppers were, plus revellers at… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=767) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=769)