# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=807 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 808 --- ## [In the early morning rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-early-morning-rain/699638)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-early-morning-rain/699638 "2014-09-27T02:31:18Z")
I woke up this morning to the sound of rain. Here in the tropics, we don’t normally get rain in the morning. Usually comes as “cats and dogs” in the afternoon. And the rain drizzle smelled so good! I made some coffee… --- ## [What is that stench?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stench/699554)
**Author:** [@yo\_han\_go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yo_han_go)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stench/699554 "2014-09-26T23:22:52Z")
I had this problem for probably a decade. Really. My working room just smelled bad. Stenched. But it was not recognizable stench. Just some exotic natural degrading smell crossed with something terribly artificial. With … --- ## [Let me tell ya about the beer stein and the thousand mile trip.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-tell-ya-about-the-beer-stein-and-the-thousand-mile-trip/699565)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-tell-ya-about-the-beer-stein-and-the-thousand-mile-trip/699565 "2014-09-26T21:52:27Z")
I ordered a beer stein. All the way from Germany. The package arrived and to my delight, it was all in one piece! So I sat the stein on the kitchen counter and turned around for two seconds to throw away the packaging. … --- ## [Polygamist ninjas attack home of witness in Utah sex assault case - subdued by man with sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polygamist-ninjas-attack-home-of-witness-in-utah-sex-assault-case-subdued-by-man-with-sword/699077)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polygamist-ninjas-attack-home-of-witness-in-utah-sex-assault-case-subdued-by-man-with-sword/699077 "2014-09-26T21:11:12Z")
Wasn’t this a Tarantino movie? --- ## [Congratulate me! Almost Kardashian free, since the Conception.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-almost-kardashian-free-since-the-conception/699576)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-almost-kardashian-free-since-the-conception/699576 "2014-09-26T19:18:15Z")
I’m kind of very proud of myself. Since it was announced that Kim Kardashian was pregnant, I have studiously avoided reading so much as a whole headline that had her name in it. Of course, I have slipped-I am only human… --- ## [If you don't want to get shot, do what I tell you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-want-to-get-shot-do-what-i-tell-you/699637)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-want-to-get-shot-do-what-i-tell-you/699637 "2014-09-26T18:56:29Z")
Or, do what I tell you and I’ll shoot you anyway. Video shows trooper shooting unarmed man, South Carolina police say A cop pulls a guy over at a gas station for a seat belt violation. The guy is already getting out o… --- ## [Case Equipment Company/KAOS logos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-equipment-company-kaos-logos/699477)
**Author:** [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-equipment-company-kaos-logos/699477 "2014-09-26T17:17:51Z")
Early Case Equipment Company logo KAOS logo from Get Smart Nothing profound. I just thought that it was a cool coincidence. --- ## [Test how fast you read and comprehend.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-how-fast-you-read-and-comprehend/699430)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-how-fast-you-read-and-comprehend/699430 "2014-09-26T15:10:41Z")
Fun reading and comprehension test. Then it ranks you among other readers and estimates how long it would take to finish a book like Game of Thrones. My score. I deliberately slowed down to make sure I could answer the … --- ## [L'shanah tovah, Ya'll!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lshanah-tovah-yall/699481)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lshanah-tovah-yall/699481 "2014-09-26T04:33:26Z")
A sweet New Year & Happy Rosh Hashanah or Feast of Trumpets to all who observe it! --- ## [OMG jetBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-jetblue/699376)
**Author:** [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-jetblue/699376 "2014-09-26T03:48:03Z")
Wow. Where has jetBlue Airlines been all my life? They board from back to front. Why don’t other airlines understand the logic of this? It literally takes 10 minutes to fill the plane this way. It is heaven. I think I w… --- ## [Words or phrases once misheard that can't be unheard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-once-misheard-that-cant-be-unheard/699496)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-once-misheard-that-cant-be-unheard/699496 "2014-09-25T23:56:48Z")
I had two of these happen to me lately that I can’t unhear even though I now know I misheard them. One is the tv ad for a new medication for IBS called Linzess. I wasn’t paying attention the first time I heard it and it… --- ## [Is Galt's Gulch real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-galts-gulch-real/659901)
**Author:** [@dataguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dataguy)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-galts-gulch-real/659901 "2014-09-25T23:28:05Z")
I came across this article about someone creating an actual version of Galt’s Gulch in Chile. After reading the article, it struck me as primarily a real estate sales scheme, but I was wondering what others think about i… --- ## ["result that all of us throughout the United Kingdom will respect" WTH Queenie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/result-that-all-of-us-throughout-the-united-kingdom-will-respect-wth-queenie/698968)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/result-that-all-of-us-throughout-the-united-kingdom-will-respect-wth-queenie/698968 "2014-09-25T20:18:40Z")
Is the Queen finally losing it? :slight\_smile: Maybe those 88 years are catching up with her. How can you respect a decision not to do anything? :confused: The status quo remains unchanged. This sounds like the sp… --- ## [It's the size that counts -when it cums to condoms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-size-that-counts-when-it-cums-to-condoms/699020)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-size-that-counts-when-it-cums-to-condoms/699020 "2014-09-25T19:32:36Z")
Me thinks there’s some bragging in this story. :smiley: --- ## [Every click on a news story and see your face?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-click-on-a-news-story-and-see-your-face/699545)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-click-on-a-news-story-and-see-your-face/699545 "2014-09-25T18:24:41Z")
Well, not really my face, but a dead ringer. Link. Not the cop at the top, but the old party lower down on the left. Different glasses, trim the mustache a bit different, and there I am. It’s like looking in a mirror (… --- ## [Complain to your future great-great-grand children about how tough life "was"...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complain-to-your-future-great-great-grand-children-about-how-tough-life-was/699421)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complain-to-your-future-great-great-grand-children-about-how-tough-life-was/699421 "2014-09-25T17:45:04Z")
When I was a boy, there were facts that we might not know – we couldn’t use our mind-guide to troll it out of the shared deep-brain archives \[DBA – called “dubba” in the future\], and we had to manually type it in to a se… --- ## [I don't know what to do with my life.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-to-do-with-my-life/698451)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2014, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-to-do-with-my-life/698451 "2014-09-25T07:34:32Z")
Well, first of all, I am having trouble to sleep, etc etc etc, so my grammar will be probably close to unintelligible. Also, I will probably swear quite a bit. And complain. This is a rant, after all. I don’t know what … --- ## [Does anyone make amplifiers for MP3 players](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-make-amplifiers-for-mp3-players/699466)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-make-amplifiers-for-mp3-players/699466 "2014-09-25T01:23:10Z")
I have a 3.5mm jack in my car stereo that I can use to hook my phone up to to play MP3s. I like the feature however the volume is shitty, I have to turn the phone up as high as possible and even then sometimes I have tro… --- ## [I Cannot Burp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-burp/681736)
**Author:** [@DonnieBarko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonnieBarko)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-burp/681736 "2014-09-24T22:26:44Z")
Inspired by another thread, “What bodily quirks/mutations/oddities do you have?”, I figured that I would start my own thread about a strange problem I have always had: I cannot belch. I am a 28 year old, otherwise health… --- ## [I can't imagine doing strenous physical labor for a day in - day out living past 40 years old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-imagine-doing-strenous-physical-labor-for-a-day-in-day-out-living-past-40-years-old/699018)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-imagine-doing-strenous-physical-labor-for-a-day-in-day-out-living-past-40-years-old/699018 "2014-09-24T21:54:37Z")
I’m a 56 year old male and have I worked out with a personal trainer 3 times a week with intensive weights and cardio for the past 2 years. As a result of this effort I consider myself quite strong and reasonably fit ev… --- ## [What award will my award winning wiener win?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-award-will-my-award-winning-wiener-win/699432)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-award-will-my-award-winning-wiener-win/699432 "2014-09-24T20:02:55Z")
I just received an email “What you need is an award winning wiener, K364” - I’m on board with that, but I’m curious, what specific awards do award winning wieners get? Would it be at the Grammy’s for “Schlong Of The Yea… --- ## [A win at work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-win-at-work/699397)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-win-at-work/699397 "2014-09-24T18:01:04Z")
Last month I got my annual review. I have a new boss, who’s off-site. My performance score was “On target” and my raise mediocre (2.75%, average for my company). I never think of myself as a average performer, and have i… --- ## [...and whereby Cephkiller goes away for another year!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whereby-cephkiller-goes-away-for-another-year/699451)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whereby-cephkiller-goes-away-for-another-year/699451 "2014-09-24T17:44:22Z")
Funny outcome…who knows maybe they’ll post again…or maybe they will be scared away. --- ## [We are currently bombing Syria.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-currently-bombing-syria/699292)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-currently-bombing-syria/699292 "2014-09-24T17:29:23Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/world/middleeast/us-and-allies-hit-isis-targets-in-syria.html?\_r=0 --- ## [My cat has diabetes and it's all my fault](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-has-diabetes-and-its-all-my-fault/698739)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-has-diabetes-and-its-all-my-fault/698739 "2014-09-24T04:10:16Z")
I kept telling her what a sweet kitty she was! :rimshot: --- ## [5th Post! Woohoo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5th-post-woohoo/699393)
**Author:** [@Cephkiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cephkiller)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5th-post-woohoo/699393 "2014-09-24T02:25:27Z")
This is my fifth post in six years. I’ve been lurking far, far longer (as if fewer than one post per year is considered anything but lurking). Has anyone else been around for a while that has fewer posts per year? Be … --- ## [Landslide in Washington State--any witnesses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landslide-in-washington-state-any-witnesses/684361)
**Author:** [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landslide-in-washington-state-any-witnesses/684361 "2014-09-24T00:46:53Z")
Good morning everyone–I woke up to news of a deadly landslide in Washington State. About 3 people are dead and 6 (as of now) are hospitalized, most in serious or critical condition. Are there any Dopers within the vici… --- ## [One Year living in Memphis, TN. (an apology\* for "y'all")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-living-in-memphis-tn-an-apology-for-yall/698984)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-living-in-memphis-tn-an-apology-for-yall/698984 "2014-09-24T00:42:00Z")
Welp, it’s been one year to the day that Yours Truly has lived in Memphis as a former citizen of the metropolitan Detroit area. I love my home town, and now I’ve learned to love Memphis. The BBQ is amazing. The hospital… --- ## [It's a floor wax--It's a dessert topping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-floor-wax-its-a-dessert-topping/699363)
**Author:** [@dataguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dataguy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-floor-wax-its-a-dessert-topping/699363 "2014-09-23T23:53:54Z")
Well, this is close: --- ## ["I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure" - other examples](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810)
**Author:** [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810 "2014-09-23T20:34:34Z")
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