# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=806 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 807 --- ## [Bad one-liners your Dad (or Mom) repeatedly subjected you to,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-one-liners-your-dad-or-mom-repeatedly-subjected-you-to/651753)
**Author:** [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-one-liners-your-dad-or-mom-repeatedly-subjected-you-to/651753 "2014-10-01T20:52:00Z")
When I was young my dad had his standard repertoire of bad one-liners that he would roll out when the situation dictated. Some may have found them amusing wittisims, but to me and my sister they were so oft repeated tha… --- ## [Surprise kidney stone passing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprise-kidney-stone-passing/700015)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprise-kidney-stone-passing/700015 "2014-10-01T20:13:30Z")
Interesting. Just passed a kidney stone I didn’t know I had. I’ve had them before, and they were long and painful as hell, this one was gone before it really said hello. Last couple urinations did have a bit of discomfo… --- ## [For some reason today feels like a Sunday; anybody else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-some-reason-today-feels-like-a-sunday-anybody-else/700102)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-some-reason-today-feels-like-a-sunday-anybody-else/700102 "2014-10-01T18:18:31Z")
This happens after a holiday break in the middle of the week or on long weekends, but there’s no reason I can think of why today (Wednesday) should be a Sunday – unless it’s that the month changed overnight and I didn’t … --- ## [Cat Name Generator.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-name-generator/699705)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-name-generator/699705 "2014-10-01T16:38:27Z")
Can’t figure out what to call your new kitty? Friskies has a website for this very problem. And it’s free. I have to tell you all, I have played with the name generator. And some of the names it comes up with are a litt… --- ## [50th Anniversary of Ford Mustang](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50th-anniversary-of-ford-mustang/686098)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50th-anniversary-of-ford-mustang/686098 "2014-10-01T16:23:23Z")
The Ford Mustang was introduced on April 17, 1964: I had some interest in buying one when I was younger–but then I couldn’t afford one. While I could afford a used one now I have no interest. Anyone here ever own one … --- ## [TV News loves their glamour shots even in a missing person case.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-news-loves-their-glamour-shots-even-in-a-missing-person-case/699729)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-news-loves-their-glamour-shots-even-in-a-missing-person-case/699729 "2014-10-01T01:42:03Z")
We had a local realtor go missing after she went to show a home to someone. Terrible case and I hope she’s found soon and unharmed. It’s not looking good right now. Her husband got text messages later that night claiming… --- ## [Ignorance fights back: Facts that you refuse to remember](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorance-fights-back-facts-that-you-refuse-to-remember/699693)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorance-fights-back-facts-that-you-refuse-to-remember/699693 "2014-10-01T00:35:28Z")
Some examples: The Guelphs and the Ghibellines were, of course, factions backing the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor in Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries. However, I stubbornly refuse to remember which is which. Unf… --- ## [My mom is so fucking dumb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-is-so-fucking-dumb/698374)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-is-so-fucking-dumb/698374 "2014-09-30T20:47:40Z")
My mom called me from thousands of miles away to ask me what asthma medicine I take and where she can buy it, I asked her why she needed it since she doesn’t have asthma as far as I know.(also told her Asthmanephrin and … --- ## [Wellbutrin and vivid dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wellbutrin-and-vivid-dreams/699971)
**Author:** [@Osiris\_the\_1st](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osiris_the_1st)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wellbutrin-and-vivid-dreams/699971 "2014-09-30T20:39:28Z")
I’ve recently begun taking Welbutrin XL and about a week and a half in I’ve started having some very vivid, sometimes disturbing, dreams. I don’t remember the events of the dreams except in the vague way you remeber any … --- ## [Wild](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild/699982)
**Author:** [@CraterLayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CraterLayer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild/699982 "2014-09-30T20:35:39Z")
When I was little my family would spend the summer in the Catskill mountains in New York. One summer in the country when I was about 4 years old, I was riding in a car with my mom and grandma, when a bunch of kids not mu… --- ## [Interesting GQ article on the Zimmerman family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-gq-article-on-the-zimmerman-family/699942)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-gq-article-on-the-zimmerman-family/699942 "2014-09-30T19:10:01Z")
Article here Zimmerman Family Values. I won’t say they are all nuts, but you can definitely see how the branch got bent. --- ## [Orkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orkut/233666)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Sparky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Sparky)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orkut/233666 "2014-09-30T18:37:29Z")
I was looking for a online friends website that was different (frankly places like Freindster & Tribe don’t do it for me), and came accross somebody talking about Orkut. Though how do I get in? Is it that difficult? --- ## [What's Craigslist like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-craigslist-like/699578)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-craigslist-like/699578 "2014-09-30T14:04:23Z")
I’m debating on whether or not to make a Craigslist account to solicit a weird (non-sexual, get your mind outta the gutter!) social request from a stranger. Its harmless, really, and will only take a couple of hours. K… --- ## [Good Samaritan saves baby - in spite of security guard's warning.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-samaritan-saves-baby-in-spite-of-security-guards-warning/699291)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-samaritan-saves-baby-in-spite-of-security-guards-warning/699291 "2014-09-30T10:42:43Z")
Rent A Cops just got in the way while this lady saved the baby. I am puzzled why she did it the hard way? Breaking the door glass would have been so much simpler and she wouldn’t have cut her arms reaching for the door … --- ## [Well, that was a weird one. (dreaming)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-a-weird-one-dreaming/696835)
**Author:** [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-a-weird-one-dreaming/696835 "2014-09-30T07:24:32Z")
The details are fading as I type, but tonight I had one of those really weird dreams one gets once in a while. In it I was back in Uruguay (14.000Km away), at the pier of the fishing club my grandfather was once preside… --- ## [Apple TV slow to update; any suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-tv-slow-to-update-any-suggestions/699944)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-tv-slow-to-update-any-suggestions/699944 "2014-09-30T06:13:56Z")
There’s a major update to Apple TV, but I can’t seem to download it over wifi; it just pinwheels forever on “Estimating Time Remaining.” Any ideas on how to do this download? The Apple TV box, and my TV, are very far f… --- ## [The Welcome To Autumn MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147)
**Author:** [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Replies:** 258\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147 "2014-09-30T02:27:27Z")
Sometime this afternoon, the Autumnal Equinox will be upon us. I love Autumn. The colors, the aromas, the little nip in the air. Plus, I’m an Autumn baby; although my birthday usually falls on one or the other Jewish H… --- ## [OUCH! (I fell)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-i-fell/699044)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-i-fell/699044 "2014-09-30T00:01:49Z")
Taking out the garbage Monday night I slipped on a wet patch in the parking lot and landed square on my tailbone. Mary Sweet Mother of Jesus does that shit hurt! I’ve been in bed on and off ever since. I seriously consi… --- ## [Need help naming a social group!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-naming-a-social-group/698871)
**Author:** [@bootedroots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bootedroots)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-naming-a-social-group/698871 "2014-09-29T19:52:02Z")
Hi y’all! So having moved around a lot in life, I found the best thing that happened was the day I found an amazing social group on meetup.com. So, having moved yet again and found it hard to meet people my age in the a… --- ## [My neighbor is a complete asshole about property lines.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-complete-asshole-about-property-lines/699681)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-complete-asshole-about-property-lines/699681 "2014-09-29T17:43:59Z")
I bought my current house in August 2010. Right after buying it, the guy who owns the adjacent property came over and asked me not to use his fence as part of my fenced yard, but to build a new fence two feet in between … --- ## [At least 30 people presumed dead on erupting Japanese volcano](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-30-people-presumed-dead-on-erupting-japanese-volcano/699788)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-30-people-presumed-dead-on-erupting-japanese-volcano/699788 "2014-09-29T15:36:26Z")
Link There is video at the link, showing the ash engulfing the hikers. --- ## [It's a lovely spring day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-lovely-spring-day/699704)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-lovely-spring-day/699704 "2014-09-29T04:26:46Z")
And we’re out in the garden enjoying the sun and the beautiful spring plants. Everything is growing like the clappers after a wet August. The flowering cherries look particularly spectacular: Link --- ## [Chelsea Clinton has baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-clinton-has-baby/699747)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-clinton-has-baby/699747 "2014-09-29T02:22:59Z")
A little girl named Charlotte. I am torn between agreeing that Charlotte is one of the world’s two best girls names and imagining what my youngest child’s life will be like as the name will probably skyrocket in populari… --- ## [Friend just told me world leaders are reptilians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-just-told-me-world-leaders-are-reptilians/699459)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-just-told-me-world-leaders-are-reptilians/699459 "2014-09-29T00:37:06Z")
Guy I have known since I was 14 and well I guess I didn’t really respect him but I never thought he was a nut. He just told me he didn’t want to disturb me or shatter my view of the world, but the NWO leaders who are imp… --- ## [Somewhat ranty (but not pit-worthy) complaint about my daughter's principal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-ranty-but-not-pit-worthy-complaint-about-my-daughters-principal/699485)
**Author:** [@shellofmyformerself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shellofmyformerself)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-ranty-but-not-pit-worthy-complaint-about-my-daughters-principal/699485 "2014-09-28T17:32:23Z")
My daughter attends a combination arts and academics magnet school. It is a public school (most folks are under the impression magnet schools are private, not so) but because we don’t allow 'just anyone" to attend–you m… --- ## [Was just "defriended" by a childhood friend because I'm not a Born Again Christian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-just-defriended-by-a-childhood-friend-because-im-not-a-born-again-christian/699493)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2014, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-just-defriended-by-a-childhood-friend-because-im-not-a-born-again-christian/699493 "2014-09-28T03:59:40Z")
I had asked her about our sexual exploration as kids. She thought just me mentioning it was sinful. Lookingbat her Timeline, not surprised she’s religious. Sad she felt need to “unfriend” me. --- ## [A guy tried to break into my room last night as I slept](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-tried-to-break-into-my-room-last-night-as-i-slept/411527)
**Author:** [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-tried-to-break-into-my-room-last-night-as-i-slept/411527 "2014-09-28T01:53:52Z")
It’s not - now that the adrenaline shock of it has worn off - as scary as it sounds (or felt). I went to bed at about 11:30 last night and all was well. Then around 12:30, someone started making a ruckus in the hallway… --- ## [Identify This Tree](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-tree/699687)
**Author:** [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-tree/699687 "2014-09-27T17:22:59Z")
I have asked people I know. I have searched google images with many different phrases. I have used the so-called tree identifiers online. This tree is not exotic, yet I can’t find a common or species name for it. This i… --- ## [Dealing with ignorant people - a support system.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-ignorant-people-a-support-system/699551)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-ignorant-people-a-support-system/699551 "2014-09-27T17:01:38Z")
I’m so frustrated right now that I’m starting to get legitimately depressed. I’ve recently encountered a “Truther”, ‘in the flesh’, for the first time in my life, and found out a few friends and acquaintances are Anti-V… --- ## [The things I do for the economy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-i-do-for-the-economy/699697)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2014, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-i-do-for-the-economy/699697 "2014-09-27T09:24:56Z")
Reflecting on the ongoing US recession, and the general economic malaise during my meditation retreat, I felt moved to do something concrete about it. As I was meditatively evaluating the various options available to me,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=805) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=807)