# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=785 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 786 --- ## [PR Firm Discovers the Importance of Researching Potential Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pr-firm-discovers-the-importance-of-researching-potential-names/706844)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pr-firm-discovers-the-importance-of-researching-potential-names/706844 "2014-12-12T04:44:21Z")
So apparently a PR firm out of Austin didn’t think their name all the way through when they decided to name their company “Strange Fruit.” The problem? “Strange Fruit” explicitey refers to the lynching of Blacks in the … --- ## [What's the largest country you can't name 3 things about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-country-you-cant-name-3-things-about/706534)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-country-you-cant-name-3-things-about/706534 "2014-12-12T00:20:08Z")
Going down the list of countries by population, what’s the largest country that you’re so ignorant about that you can’t list even 3 things about it, no matter how trivial? For me, here’s how it went down: \[ol\] \[li\]Chi… --- ## [Well, he left me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-he-left-me/687334)
**Author:** [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-he-left-me/687334 "2014-12-11T22:47:46Z")
Again. After years of the bullshit, pleading and crying and begging, I have had enough and won’t do it any more. The offense that caused him to rush out the door, hurling insults and promising “a battle”? I was a half a… --- ## [Ever accidentally call someone by their "secret" nickname?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-accidentally-call-someone-by-their-secret-nickname/706440)
**Author:** [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-accidentally-call-someone-by-their-secret-nickname/706440 "2014-12-11T21:40:26Z")
Little background. Over the years I have lived in more places then years of life. Needless to say some where for a very short time. Also I am someone that is very easy to remember since I am usually the biggest man in t… --- ## [Gee, thanks Obama!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-thanks-obama/706890)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-thanks-obama/706890 "2014-12-11T20:46:11Z")
Checking the mail today, I see I have yet another medical bill. Upon seeing it, I exclaim to myself: “Another one?! I thought I paid all these!” So when I get into the house, I open the letter with clinched jaw. To my s… --- ## [I have had very beneficial therapy for my depression](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-had-very-beneficial-therapy-for-my-depression/706869)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-had-very-beneficial-therapy-for-my-depression/706869 "2014-12-11T16:42:47Z")
I have had debilitating depression for many years, and have had many therapies, none of which has done any good at all. But recently I had Intense Dynamic Pyschotherapy. It is probably too early to say whether it will b… --- ## [Kids can be funny... :)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-can-be-funny/706853)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-can-be-funny/706853 "2014-12-11T11:58:47Z")
The other day I was back in Spain. Visiting my family, my sister told me a great story about her daughter, my niece, Sofía. At the time this happened, the kid was 6 years old. One of her teeth was getting loose, and she… --- ## [I've been complaining a lot about my employer, but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-complaining-a-lot-about-my-employer-but/706531)
**Author:** [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-complaining-a-lot-about-my-employer-but/706531 "2014-12-11T04:39:50Z")
I do have to admit that this is pretty awesome (anonymized from an email I received from IT today about a scheduled power outage this weekend): (bolding mine) Yes, that’s right. They had to shut off power for schedul… --- ## [Firefox changes default search to yahoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-changes-default-search-to-yahoo/706706)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-changes-default-search-to-yahoo/706706 "2014-12-11T03:50:43Z")
Something else we have to fix after Firefox upgrades. :frowning: Pick the third most popular search engine for your default? It’s not even written and supported by Yahoo’s programmers anymore. . Yahoo search is a front… --- ## [F-35: 'I'll have my fuel chilled, please.'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-35-ill-have-my-fuel-chilled-please/706696)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-35-ill-have-my-fuel-chilled-please/706696 "2014-12-11T01:50:38Z")
Don’t raise the bridge. Lower the river! It seems the F-35 has run into another problem. It won’t run on warm fuel – such as might be available in desert environments where the airplane is expected to be used. The so… --- ## [Well, that sure hurt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-sure-hurt/705854)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-sure-hurt/705854 "2014-12-11T00:28:10Z")
Yesterday evening it was time to put away the remains of the Thanksgiving feast. I like to slice all the meat as thin as I can so we have bags of sandwich makings. I got the ham done and most of the turkey breast, and I… --- ## [Wow! This Video Gives Me Vertigo.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-video-gives-me-vertigo/706889)
**Author:** [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-video-gives-me-vertigo/706889 "2014-12-10T22:58:25Z")
Walking on super clear ice. --- ## [The temperature's going to be WHAT?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-temperatures-going-to-be-what/705723)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-temperatures-going-to-be-what/705723 "2014-12-10T21:36:42Z")
That large body of salt water just down the street tends to moderate the temperature here. I was outside earlier, and it was 56ºF. Sure, it was a little wet; but it felt balmy. Thanksgiving Day is expected to be 54º w… --- ## [I'm getting quite good at sleeping through sermons…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-quite-good-at-sleeping-through-sermons/706732)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-quite-good-at-sleeping-through-sermons/706732 "2014-12-10T20:57:31Z")
The Piper Cub has been keeping me up late recently, not wanting to go to bed. I’m chronically short of sleep. Yesterday at church, and today at a funeral, I had nice little naps during the sermons. I remember waking up … --- ## [Annual Suicide Attempt \[Putting up Christmas decorations\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-suicide-attempt-putting-up-christmas-decorations/706472)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-suicide-attempt-putting-up-christmas-decorations/706472 "2014-12-10T15:43:58Z")
The holidays are tough for some people. Some of us try to end it all. That’s right. Time to break out the wobbly ladders, set them up on slick, wet/icy and uneven surfaces, climb right up them without any helpers or spo… --- ## [Section 8's that you have known](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/section-8s-that-you-have-known/706461)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/section-8s-that-you-have-known/706461 "2014-12-10T15:22:36Z")
\[Inspiring post by BrotherCadfael\] Have you known any Section 8 types (i.e. crazy people) that you might have encountered in say the armed forces (or, note, similar circumstances-shooting for a broad target here). Bonu… --- ## [Adorable new kitteh cam - hot off the press!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adorable-new-kitteh-cam-hot-off-the-press/705001)
**Author:** [@all1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/all1966)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adorable-new-kitteh-cam-hot-off-the-press/705001 "2014-12-10T14:12:23Z")
http://new.livestream.com/tinykittens/oz Prepare to cease being productive for a while. You are welcome. --- ## [I just shaved after having a beard continuously for 13 years...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-shaved-after-having-a-beard-continuously-for-13-years/706733)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-shaved-after-having-a-beard-continuously-for-13-years/706733 "2014-12-10T04:03:12Z")
It all started because in about 2001 (I think) Mrs P and I went on a camping holiday to a remote location for about ten days and I didn’t shave. She decided she liked the look, so I just stopped shaving. Over the last … --- ## [Pounds or kilos. Why is the UK still using stones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pounds-or-kilos-why-is-the-uk-still-using-stones/393410)
**Author:** [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pounds-or-kilos-why-is-the-uk-still-using-stones/393410 "2014-12-10T02:21:56Z")
Minor rant that is not Pit worthy (until a bunch of pissed off Brits start attacking me). I just read this article and I got to wondering: Hey England! WTF is wrong with using the accepted standards of weight measuremen… --- ## [Almost accurate childhood memories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-accurate-childhood-memories/706580)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-accurate-childhood-memories/706580 "2014-12-09T22:21:16Z")
I have a clear memory of going to a store with my mother just before Christmas one year when I was young, and her buying that “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” 45 for people she was friendly with in her college classes. She… --- ## [Don't go.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-go/706759)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-go/706759 "2014-12-09T19:50:43Z")
Losing one of my oldest friends. She’s in hospice. Of course, cancer. Last year we talked on the phone for the first time in years. The “child” (exactly 40 years old) of one our already deceased friends had just died… --- ## [Stephen Hawking in a Monty Python show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-hawking-in-a-monty-python-show/706526)
**Author:** [@Clarisse\_McClellan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clarisse_McClellan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-hawking-in-a-monty-python-show/706526 "2014-12-09T16:43:07Z")
I can die happy. --- ## [Pearl Harbor day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-day/706553)
**Author:** [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-day/706553 "2014-12-09T12:25:47Z")
The allied powers had already been at war with the axis for two years, at 7:55 am, the world forever changed with the attack on Pearl. The Giant had awoken. Declan --- ## [help me find and buy some latite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-and-buy-some-latite/706738)
**Author:** [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-and-buy-some-latite/706738 "2014-12-09T06:21:35Z")
I am currently putting together a geology sample kit for one of my local independent schools. I am however having difficulties with the igneous set because I cant seem to find anyone who sells latite ( Latite - Wikipedia … --- ## [I'm getting a stupid phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-stupid-phone/706497)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-stupid-phone/706497 "2014-12-09T04:51:35Z")
I’m fed up with my smart phone. I look around at everyone with their heads buried in their little pads of light, constantly hypnotized like a bunch of chimps-- at restaurants, at the beach, at the store, in the car, in t… --- ## [The "I stayed up past midnight just to start the MMP" MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010)
**Author:** [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Replies:** 289\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010 "2014-12-09T01:21:23Z")
This one hijacks itself. Have at it. --- ## [So I Guess My Son Has (a form of) Autism?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-my-son-has-a-form-of-autism/694908)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-my-son-has-a-form-of-autism/694908 "2014-12-09T00:45:15Z")
And he’s almost 16 and I never knew. :smack: For those of you who’ve been here for a while and know me, you probably remember that my youngest son has been having problems for a while now. Not only does he have some me… --- ## [Have you ever been given a break by the cops?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-given-a-break-by-the-cops/705863)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-given-a-break-by-the-cops/705863 "2014-12-09T00:32:09Z")
All these cops threads have made me think how lucky I am that things went my way. Back in the late 70s, early 80s drinking and driving attitudes were no where near as strict as they are now. (And that’s a good thing.) M… --- ## [Mystery switches, gizmos,doors and wiring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-switches-gizmos-doors-and-wiring/706174)
**Author:** [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-switches-gizmos-doors-and-wiring/706174 "2014-12-08T23:41:29Z")
What have y’all found deep in the caverns of your house that doesn’t seem to serve any discernible purpose ? I love old wiring and switches to nowhere.,I’ve found many odd keys that fit no lock, and plenty of old connec… --- ## [Okay, my new phone is freaking me the hell out.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-my-new-phone-is-freaking-me-the-hell-out/706514)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-my-new-phone-is-freaking-me-the-hell-out/706514 "2014-12-08T21:09:50Z")
With out asking it to, my phone basically tells me how long my drive time is from work to home. Well gee, that sure is nifty. Just a few minutes ago I ordered a pizza from Pizza Hut online. I ordered it on my TV comput… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=784) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=786)