# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=788 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 789 --- ## [The US inflicts Black Friday on Britain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-inflicts-black-friday-on-britain/705829)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-inflicts-black-friday-on-britain/705829 "2014-12-01T18:29:58Z")
We’re so, so sorry and apologize. I wouldn’t wish Black Friday on my worst enemy. CNN live has been cutting to mob scenes in Britain’s stores all morning. They don’t celebrate Thanksgiving holiday but they got stuck w… --- ## [Do you know of anyone that died because of Hospital or Doctor error?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-anyone-that-died-because-of-hospital-or-doctor-error/704883)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-anyone-that-died-because-of-hospital-or-doctor-error/704883 "2014-12-01T17:08:53Z")
Beside the Dallas Ebola patient that the ER sent home with antibiotics, :rolleyes: Nearly 8 years ago the ER contributed to my neighbor’s death and it still makes me angry. She had inherited her mom’s house and lived … --- ## [Funniest 36 seconds on the internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-36-seconds-on-the-internet/650791)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-36-seconds-on-the-internet/650791 "2014-12-01T16:07:05Z")
I had not seen this until last week. I won’t describe too much so I don’t ruin the punch line, but it’s a cat video with music, so be sure to turn the sound on. Here’s the video. It just gets funnier with repeated view… --- ## [The without a single thought MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-without-a-single-thought-mmp/705476)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 367\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-without-a-single-thought-mmp/705476 "2014-12-01T05:02:43Z")
Since nobody volunteered and there is no other MMP, here it is. I have nothing for y’all to hijack, so have at in Mumpers. --- ## [Join the Trayvonites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-trayvonites/705999)
**Author:** [@Don\_Simus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Simus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-trayvonites/705999 "2014-12-01T04:51:59Z")
--- ## [Are Americans overly consumed with judging others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-americans-overly-consumed-with-judging-others/705897)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-americans-overly-consumed-with-judging-others/705897 "2014-11-30T21:08:44Z")
Or is it just me? I live in DC, and have lived on the east coast my whole life. I remember when I was in Europe 18 years ago there seemed to be a much more significant culture of tolerance - but then again there were v… --- ## [Don't lie to the police, there's video cameras everywhere!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-lie-to-the-police-theres-video-cameras-everywhere/705871)
**Author:** [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-lie-to-the-police-theres-video-cameras-everywhere/705871 "2014-11-30T18:52:38Z")
Today at Wal-mart, I backed out of a spot, came to a stop, and then a woman backed out of her spot and hit the side of my car. Yelling ensued, and the police were summoned. She kept insisting that I hit her and it was my… --- ## [Are glasses fashions changing again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-glasses-fashions-changing-again/705878)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-glasses-fashions-changing-again/705878 "2014-11-30T12:19:02Z")
I’ve noticed many of my coworkers and friends with new glasses styles these days. For about a decade, narrow framed lenses have ruled the day. But they’re wearing browlines or “geek glasses” aka this guy’s glasses. Do… --- ## [CDM in LTC questions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cdm-in-ltc-questions/705926)
**Author:** [@btthegreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/btthegreat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cdm-in-ltc-questions/705926 "2014-11-30T02:44:15Z")
I am the CDM in LTC awainting your dying- to- know questions,and have worked in nursing home dietary (kitchen) settings for 20 years and have for 10 years managed those kitchens and been a part of the interdisciplinary t… --- ## [California, Prop 65, and licorice: Licorice Gate!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-prop-65-and-licorice-licorice-gate/705383)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-prop-65-and-licorice-licorice-gate/705383 "2014-11-30T01:29:20Z")
This grew out of a conversation I had some time ago by phone with a worker at the Vermont country Store. She said she could not ship any of their licorice items to California because of Proposition 65. Example: The Be… --- ## [83-year-old Attempts Citizen Arrest of Ted Cruz for Being an Arrogant Prick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/83-year-old-attempts-citizen-arrest-of-ted-cruz-for-being-an-arrogant-prick/705693)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/83-year-old-attempts-citizen-arrest-of-ted-cruz-for-being-an-arrogant-prick/705693 "2014-11-30T01:20:19Z")
83-year-old Attempts Citizen Arrest of Ted Cruz for Being an Arrogant Prick Alas, it’s not illegal to be an arrogant prick. --- ## [Phrases that sound "dirty" but aren't...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/671922)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/671922 "2014-11-30T00:50:00Z")
I first heard about this from a well-known David Letterman Top 10 list. Phrases like “Jumping the Turnstyle” or “Tethering the Blimp” which sound like they mean something sexual but actually don’t mean anything. So, I … --- ## [Cop makes 12 year old boy cry...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-makes-12-year-old-boy-cry/705905)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-makes-12-year-old-boy-cry/705905 "2014-11-30T00:31:33Z")
…By giving him a hug: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/At-Portland-s-Ferguson-protest-boy-hugs-officer-5924406.php :cool: --- ## [Media FAIL in describing generations (X, Millennials, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-fail-in-describing-generations-x-millennials-etc/705679)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-fail-in-describing-generations-x-millennials-etc/705679 "2014-11-29T22:11:04Z")
It annoys me to no end, how the media screws up their coverage of generations, a topic that fascinates me when it is approached competently. Here’s a comment I just posted on the public radio Marketplace website, which i… --- ## [Auto-Correct on an email name - wtf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-correct-on-an-email-name-wtf/705861)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-correct-on-an-email-name-wtf/705861 "2014-11-29T13:33:42Z")
So, as of about a month ago, my personal GMail address is showing up in folks’ Inboxes with my name Auto-Corrected. E.g., if my name is Johnny Guitar (but “guitar” is not a common noun) it gets corrected to Johnny Gutt… --- ## [Vent/difficult relationship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-difficult-relationship/705879)
**Author:** [@The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Holdsworth_Effect)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2014, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-difficult-relationship/705879 "2014-11-29T05:53:59Z")
It’s a stretch for me to reveal this much, but I am having this going around and around in my head. This afternoon my spouse voiced a wish someone he disliked would die. I was appalled and let him know it, loudly, in n… --- ## [Goddammit, teach your daughters to not scream all the fucking time!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-teach-your-daughters-to-not-scream-all-the-fucking-time/705798)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2014, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-teach-your-daughters-to-not-scream-all-the-fucking-time/705798 "2014-11-29T05:13:12Z")
So tonight I’m sitting here in front of my computer, when all of a sudden I hear this loud female screaming outside my apartment. It sounded to me like some woman was getting the shit kicked out of her. Given that my imm… --- ## [This year, I'm grateful for ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-year-im-grateful-for/705781)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-year-im-grateful-for/705781 "2014-11-28T23:00:29Z")
… working steadily – not a given in the life of a freelancer – and at interesting jobs. … making many new friends, and keeping up with old ones on FB and IRL. … enjoying continued good health; and the fact that I now h… --- ## [Lunch on the Hanging Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunch-on-the-hanging-rock/700205)
**Author:** [@Don\_Simus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Simus)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunch-on-the-hanging-rock/700205 "2014-11-28T21:54:40Z")
A lunch on the Hanging Rock at the Glacier Point over Yosemite Valley --- ## [Not quite a 'flying car'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-quite-a-flying-car/705830)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-quite-a-flying-car/705830 "2014-11-28T20:43:20Z")
Europeans research aviation for the masses In the immortal words of Mr. Horse, ‘No, sir, I don’t like it!’ --- ## [Math things I should have realized earlier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-things-i-should-have-realized-earlier/705264)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-things-i-should-have-realized-earlier/705264 "2014-11-28T10:12:44Z")
So just this morning I had this realization. To divide a fraction, you can just divide the numerator by the divisor and leave the denominator alone. So, 8/15 divided by 2 is 4/15. All my life, I’ve been saying, OK, 8/… --- ## [Thanksgiving Quote Thread 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-quote-thread-2014/705745)
**Author:** [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-quote-thread-2014/705745 "2014-11-28T09:08:28Z")
Yeah, I don’t know if there was one for 2013, but I have to share one that already happened; I’m sure folk will have plenty to share by the time the weekend’s over. :slight\_smile: So…I’m in the kitchen with my mother in… --- ## [Burned down store in Ferguson gets 200K in donations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burned-down-store-in-ferguson-gets-200k-in-donations/705750)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burned-down-store-in-ferguson-gets-200k-in-donations/705750 "2014-11-28T00:43:18Z")
Tea Party sites and Rush Limbaugh organize to donate to rebuild Natalie’s Cakes in Ferguson http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2014/11/26/good\_old\_american\_goodness\_donate\_to\_help\_rebuild\_natalie\_dubose\_s\_cakes\_more\_in\_f… --- ## [LASER Watch: 2000!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laser-watch-2000/705635)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laser-watch-2000/705635 "2014-11-27T22:56:27Z")
Thread title borrowed from LASER BRA 2000. Inventor creates watch that fires laser I wonder if I can have a LASER installed in my GMT II? --- ## [Hi there, I'm in NYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-there-im-in-nyc/705727)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-there-im-in-nyc/705727 "2014-11-27T18:20:23Z")
Spending the night on 81st St for tomorrow’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. (Watch me on your local NBC affiliate.) --- ## [So, a Romanian lady is sharing my office space this week...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-romanian-lady-is-sharing-my-office-space-this-week/705501)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-romanian-lady-is-sharing-my-office-space-this-week/705501 "2014-11-27T15:27:00Z")
…And the conversations on the phone are hilarious. Blah, blah, blah, blah, click the mouse blah, blah, blah. Right click blah, blah, blah the folder. Blah, blah, blah desktop, blah, blah, blah HTML. I should be used … --- ## [The Buddha's Slime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-buddhas-slime/705717)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-buddhas-slime/705717 "2014-11-27T14:02:27Z")
This is a comic I made for a creative writing class in 2008: http://drdanick.com/legowolf3d/TheBuddhasSlime.pdf --- ## [The Damage to businesses in Ferguson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-damage-to-businesses-in-ferguson/705672)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2014, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-damage-to-businesses-in-ferguson/705672 "2014-11-27T06:53:04Z")
NY Times did a nice job documenting the first nights damage after the GJ decision. 25 buildings gone. My biggest reaction is the rioters are destroying their own backyard. I read Dorian Johnson’s GJ testimony. (he was … --- ## [Worst gift you've ever gotten?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-gift-youve-ever-gotten/705313)
**Author:** [@huitzilopochtli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/huitzilopochtli)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2014, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-gift-youve-ever-gotten/705313 "2014-11-27T06:24:17Z")
'Tis the season for remembering ridiculous gifts. Just brought home a giant rubber tree plant that was given to me. It is ridiculous but very appreciated. Reminded me of the Christmas about 20 years ago when I went to Te… --- ## [The apartment owner wants to take pictures of my unit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apartment-owner-wants-to-take-pictures-of-my-unit/632642)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apartment-owner-wants-to-take-pictures-of-my-unit/632642 "2014-11-27T01:44:18Z")
I live in a nice little apartment in a really gross building/area. I originally lived in a bachelor suite down one floor but when this one came available, I moved up one floor to this one bedroom apartment. The reason it… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=787) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=789)