# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=773 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 774 --- ## [Charlie Hebdo cofounder blames slain editor for provoking attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-hebdo-cofounder-blames-slain-editor-for-provoking-attack/709937)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-hebdo-cofounder-blames-slain-editor-for-provoking-attack/709937 "2015-01-22T14:19:27Z")
He makes a good point. You can go too far in mocking and provoking people. It doesn’t justify what happened. But common sense tells me its not wise to poke a tiger with a stick. The Pope has expressed similar views. T… --- ## [Things that aren't there anymore...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-arent-there-anymore/710237)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2015, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-arent-there-anymore/710237 "2015-01-22T09:03:17Z")
I used to live near this… …once held the record for “Largest Building Imploded”. --- ## [to anyone who is interested.... \[RIP Polycarp\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2015, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200 "2015-01-22T06:34:43Z")
Hi, everyone. This is “Mrs. Carp” (Polycarp’s wife).I thought some of those he was close to might like to know, he passed away at WakeMed Hospital at 5:50 (est)this evening after a prolonged, unknown illness. He was t… --- ## [Courtesy of your Congressman (?), the latest way to annoy people by phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/courtesy-of-your-congressman-the-latest-way-to-annoy-people-by-phone/710506)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/courtesy-of-your-congressman-the-latest-way-to-annoy-people-by-phone/710506 "2015-01-22T02:57:26Z")
I collect data and recordings of unwanted phone calls as a hobby, and to stay informed when friends & neighbors ask about calls they get. I (unintentionally) acquired a honeypot phone number which is deliberately in the … --- ## [Spell my name, spell my name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-my-name-spell-my-name/710148)
**Author:** [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-my-name-spell-my-name/710148 "2015-01-21T21:35:56Z")
Any issues with spelling your name out to people? Even John Smith has several possibilities. My first name I do it two letters at a time. No one wants to put the E before the I and I watch them struggling, pen hovering… --- ## [My doggie just had major surgery.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doggie-just-had-major-surgery/710498)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doggie-just-had-major-surgery/710498 "2015-01-21T19:34:33Z")
And he was surrounded by 20 veterinarians from all over the world. It was a free clinic for sterilization of dogs and cats. The volunteer docs performed over 700 surgeries in two days. Now, my three year old mixed bre… --- ## [Supermarket price wars in the UK, what's happening?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-price-wars-in-the-uk-whats-happening/709703)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-price-wars-in-the-uk-whats-happening/709703 "2015-01-21T17:49:42Z")
I’m confused as to what the situation is in regards to the 4 biggest supermarkets in the UK, Asda, Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsburys All of them seem to be struggling, and partially they say the reason are that the cheape… --- ## [Man, 25, claims he has two penises](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-25-claims-he-has-two-penises/709516)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-25-claims-he-has-two-penises/709516 "2015-01-21T17:23:11Z")
He claims that they are both fully functional in every way, and that he has no other birth defects, whether associated with this (mainly spina bifida) or not. I am extremely skeptical and think he’s totally making it … --- ## [It's January 17, and I just took down my Christmas lights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-january-17-and-i-just-took-down-my-christmas-lights/710136)
**Author:** [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-january-17-and-i-just-took-down-my-christmas-lights/710136 "2015-01-21T12:17:36Z")
Yep, this year we’re that house. I always leave them up through Epiphany, so they would have come down the 10th. But it rained the entire weekend. I didn’t want to store wet decorations or climb around on a wet ladder. … --- ## [Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feels-like-im-wearing-nothing-at-all/710182)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2015, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feels-like-im-wearing-nothing-at-all/710182 "2015-01-21T11:46:07Z")
I swore I would never buy jeggings but pretty much everyone I know has at least one pair. On casual Fridays they look like they fit so nicely into boots so I broke down a bought a pair. I went out with friends for dinne… --- ## [Birmingham, UK: No-Go-a-go-go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birmingham-uk-no-go-a-go-go/710326)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2015, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birmingham-uk-no-go-a-go-go/710326 "2015-01-21T11:22:12Z")
From CNN: Bobby Jindal now says the UK is HIS country? Did he roll well in RISK??? Second, even though the FOX news talking-head that made these claims has been publicly discredited and FOX has apologized for the mis… --- ## [Rapid unscheduled disassembly and other rocket scientist jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapid-unscheduled-disassembly-and-other-rocket-scientist-jokes/710028)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2015, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapid-unscheduled-disassembly-and-other-rocket-scientist-jokes/710028 "2015-01-21T07:29:43Z")
Give them credit: first a guy with spacecraft shaved into his head, then a guy with tattoos and a colorful shirt (um…), and now gallows humor. Any other inside jokes? I’m assuming RUD has been around for a while. In fa… --- ## [So turns out the Fibanacci series isn't that special with respect to the Golden Ratio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-turns-out-the-fibanacci-series-isnt-that-special-with-respect-to-the-golden-ratio/709420)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2015, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-turns-out-the-fibanacci-series-isnt-that-special-with-respect-to-the-golden-ratio/709420 "2015-01-21T06:35:27Z")
I know that the math folks here will know this, but I found it interesting and thought others might like to learn it. Besides, I find when I post a rudimentary question about math on this board, I learn at least three k… --- ## [New Bizzare Email Scam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-bizzare-email-scam/710123)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-bizzare-email-scam/710123 "2015-01-20T22:43:26Z")
I just received an email purportedly (my big word of the day) from Microsoft which I believe is some kind of scam. But I wanted to post it here so that I could warn everyone if it is indeed a scam. Otherwise, I was hopin… --- ## [Who is the poster who lives the furthest from other people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-who-lives-the-furthest-from-other-people/704674)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-who-lives-the-furthest-from-other-people/704674 "2015-01-20T20:45:26Z")
Who is the doper who lives the farthest away from any other (human) person? People who live WITH you don’t count, obviously. I’m talking about how far away your closest neighbor (or people-building, like a store, etc) is… --- ## [polymagnets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polymagnets/710377)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polymagnets/710377 "2015-01-20T20:25:36Z")
I just stumbled across a new to me technology that looks like fun. I am sure several other dopers are already familiar with this technology, but for those of us just arriving at the party, here is something cool. http:/… --- ## [Best Buy Fascists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-buy-fascists/710247)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-buy-fascists/710247 "2015-01-20T18:52:32Z")
I just saw a Best Buy commercial where they referred to their employees as ‘Blue Shirts’. (I didn’t find the specific one; just linking examples of the campaign.) I heard of ‘Blueshirts’ in The Pogues’ The Boys From Th… --- ## [I'm at a restaurant in SLC. Guess who I am sitting not ten feet away from, facing them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948 "2015-01-20T17:08:55Z")
It’s Mitt Romney. Mundane pointless had to share. --- ## [Walk This Way: "The "Kitchen Step"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-this-way-the-kitchen-step/710051)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-this-way-the-kitchen-step/710051 "2015-01-20T16:23:18Z")
It’s not a job, it’s a lifestyle. I know that there are other foodservice professionals on this board, so I hope they’ll chime in. Over the course of my 32 years in the foodservice industry, I’ve developed a way of wal… --- ## [THS viral video campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ths-viral-video-campaign/709987)
**Author:** [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ths-viral-video-campaign/709987 "2015-01-20T15:29:32Z")
I almost put this one in the Pit for the sheer stupidity of a lot of the commentors but here is IMHO a great viral video from the Toronto Humane Society. PuppySwap.ca It’s a sad world where people just don’t get it. --- ## [Dancing cow video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-cow-video/710195)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-cow-video/710195 "2015-01-20T15:20:42Z")
Mundane? Yes. Pointless? Yes. Somebody dancing (quite well) in a cow costume? Yes. Dancing cow video. --- ## [My war against Trinidad cutomer service.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-war-against-trinidad-cutomer-service/684589)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-war-against-trinidad-cutomer-service/684589 "2015-01-20T12:47:14Z")
Customer service in Trinidad is an oxymoron, for whatever reason local culture has an idea of acceptable that is so far into crazy it is intolerable to me and I have made it a point to not put up with it. I have experien… --- ## [Store robber discovers its a small world.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-robber-discovers-its-a-small-world/710258)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-robber-discovers-its-a-small-world/710258 "2015-01-20T11:55:21Z")
:smiley: :smiley: I’ve wondered if this ever happened. Apparently so. Stick em up!!! Oh wait, you’re Jack’s bro. Never mind. :stuck\_out\_tongue: This guy simply robbed the next store down the street. --- ## [Eric Holder makes changes to federal civil forfeiture program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-holder-makes-changes-to-federal-civil-forfeiture-program/710105)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-holder-makes-changes-to-federal-civil-forfeiture-program/710105 "2015-01-20T05:39:40Z")
Definitely a step in the right direction. For those of you who don’t know what this, it’s basically a way for law enforcement agencies to seize your property if they suspect you of a crime. In recent years, it’s basical… --- ## [Alabama School Security Weapon: Canned Corn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-school-security-weapon-canned-corn/709935)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-school-security-weapon-canned-corn/709935 "2015-01-20T04:36:25Z")
From the “Visualize Hurled Peas” Department: EDIT: Inspired by this story – take the Emergency Preparedness Assessment Evaluation for the State of Alabama --- ## [German opera translation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-opera-translation/710114)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-opera-translation/710114 "2015-01-19T22:09:20Z")
I am home alone and listening to Der Ring das Niebelungen. From Die Walkure Google translate fails me with ich lustige lass dich im stich “I am happy to leave you in the lurch”? --- ## [I rarely get $10 bills in change anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-get-10-bills-in-change-anymore/708717)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-rarely-get-10-bills-in-change-anymore/708717 "2015-01-19T21:38:20Z")
I find that these days, if I pay for something with a $20 bill, and it requires $10 or more in change, the cashier will usually give me two or three $5 bills instead of a $10 bill (plus whatever other change.) Is this co… --- ## [31 Rolls of Undeveloped Film from a Soldier in WWII Discovered and Processed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/31-rolls-of-undeveloped-film-from-a-soldier-in-wwii-discovered-and-processed/710180)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/31-rolls-of-undeveloped-film-from-a-soldier-in-wwii-discovered-and-processed/710180 "2015-01-19T20:20:59Z")
31 Rolls of Undeveloped Film from a Soldier in WWII Discovered and Processed More photos here. --- ## [Car-aoke (or Taylor Swift's new back-up singer is arresting)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-aoke-or-taylor-swifts-new-back-up-singer-is-arresting/710088)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-aoke-or-taylor-swifts-new-back-up-singer-is-arresting/710088 "2015-01-19T19:55:41Z")
The way he stops when others are around, he knows he should only be doing this in the shower. Too bad for him someone found the video as I’m sure he’ll never live it down at the station. The world’s latest viral video … --- ## [In Dog We Trust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-dog-we-trust/709965)
**Author:** [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-dog-we-trust/709965 "2015-01-19T19:33:27Z")
In Pinellas County, Florida, the Sheriff’s new rug turned out to have a tiny little typo in the logo printed on it. Instead of “In God We trust” (bleah), it had as the thread title says, “In Dog We Trust”. Although I hav… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=772) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=774)