# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=817 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 818 --- ## ['Pastafarian' fights to wear colander in BC driver's licence photo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pastafarian-fights-to-wear-colander-in-bc-drivers-licence-photo/695526)
**Author:** [@Timetrvlr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timetrvlr)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pastafarian-fights-to-wear-colander-in-bc-drivers-licence-photo/695526 "2014-08-22T21:35:49Z")
Headline this morning on CTV News ‘Pastafarian’ fights to wear colander in BC driver’s licence photo I thought it a bit strange until I noted this comment in the story: :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [Twin Cities Dopefest, Summer 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362)
**Author:** [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362 "2014-08-22T19:50:57Z")
We’ve been enjoying such nice weather lately, I thought it’d be a great time to get together. Let’s get together sometime in August, before the snow flies. Suggestions? Cool places you’ve visited recently? Places you’v… --- ## [What celeb do people say you look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celeb-do-people-say-you-look-like/664912)
**Author:** [@KaylaLynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KaylaLynn)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celeb-do-people-say-you-look-like/664912 "2014-08-22T17:53:10Z")
Think back, have you been told that you resemble a famous person? I have. BEST: Mariah Carey :slight\_smile: WORST: Roseanne Barr :eek: --- ## [Monkey see, monkey do, monkey...owns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-see-monkey-do-monkey-owns/694968)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-see-monkey-do-monkey-owns/694968 "2014-08-22T17:12:06Z")
Apparently a monkey who stole a photographer’s camera andtook a selfieis in the midst of a legal battle. Well, not the monkey, but the photographer whose camera it stole is This is the photo in question. Its been add… --- ## [Ohio Morgue Worker Admits to Sex with 100 Corpses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859 "2014-08-22T14:06:56Z")
Ranking 10 on the Ewww! Factor: “I would just get on top of them and pull my pants down.” Federal circuit court has ruled that the county-employer is potentially liable for its employe’s conduct. --- ## [Are reddit moderators asleep at the wheel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-reddit-moderators-asleep-at-the-wheel/696196)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-reddit-moderators-asleep-at-the-wheel/696196 "2014-08-22T14:03:10Z")
Reddit is probably one of the least moderated places I have ever seen, stuff that I would assume no company would want to touch with a ten foot pole. There is a reddit for loaning people money where the guide posted on … --- ## [Wife found dead bat in house -- rabies confirmed..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-found-dead-bat-in-house-rabies-confirmed/695674)
**Author:** [@SmartAlecCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAlecCat)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-found-dead-bat-in-house-rabies-confirmed/695674 "2014-08-22T12:41:14Z")
While I was (thankfully!) away for several days, my wife found a dead bat in our house. She took it to the health department. They called her the next day and said “Yes, rabid! Go immediately to the ER and start rabie… --- ## [Cheer me up: send a cheery message from your country, and or state.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-send-a-cheery-message-from-your-country-and-or-state/695669)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheer-me-up-send-a-cheery-message-from-your-country-and-or-state/695669 "2014-08-22T11:51:04Z")
Send me a cheery message from your specified location, in your own vernacular. I need some support right now. --- ## [I wonder why Mcdonald's breakfast hours always ended at 11am?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-why-mcdonalds-breakfast-hours-always-ended-at-11am/695246)
**Author:** [@7e42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7e42)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-why-mcdonalds-breakfast-hours-always-ended-at-11am/695246 "2014-08-22T01:11:56Z")
I mean what’s wrong with 12pm since the 11am hour is still considered morning time? And on the weekends it should be extended to 1pm since it’s a day where most people are off from work Just something pointless I need… --- ## [Two people charged over alleged theft from passangers of MH370 flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-people-charged-over-alleged-theft-from-passangers-of-mh370-flight/696088)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-people-charged-over-alleged-theft-from-passangers-of-mh370-flight/696088 "2014-08-22T00:57:24Z")
I found the following news story to be astonishing. It actually took a minute or so for it to sink in. Initially, I just couldn’t believe this. Allegedly, a lady banker and her husband have been charged with stealing ab… --- ## [I am Cancer Free!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026 "2014-08-22T00:08:45Z")
In this thread I OP’ed my diagnosis of skin cancer. Today, the doctor chunk of skin the size of a half-dollar down to the subcutaneous layer. An hour of microscopic scrutiny of the excised tissue later, and I was pro… --- ## [Got home last night and found my DVR had deleted all my saved programming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-home-last-night-and-found-my-dvr-had-deleted-all-my-saved-programming/696107)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-home-last-night-and-found-my-dvr-had-deleted-all-my-saved-programming/696107 "2014-08-21T23:37:51Z")
I turned on my TV and pulled up the DVR to see what was scheduled for the night and found that all the programming I’d saved for a rainy day (like next week when I’m on vacation) was gone. I talked to the Dish Network fo… --- ## [Exciting News: My Research Grant = Approved](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exciting-news-my-research-grant-approved/696096)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exciting-news-my-research-grant-approved/696096 "2014-08-21T23:32:24Z")
Hooray! I’m very excited. I’ve been waiting quite some time for the approval. My grant is not very big as grants go but I’m still very thrilled. This will allow me to continue my work on identifying human cognitive abili… --- ## [Thanks, Obama!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-obama/696065)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-obama/696065 "2014-08-21T23:17:34Z")
(from here) No shit. I work as a tutor at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg OR, tutoring math and writing. Early last year our department got a new director, and he brought with him several new programs designed to… --- ## [Canned Green Peas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-green-peas/696004)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-green-peas/696004 "2014-08-21T22:23:49Z")
I got a brown bag from the FoodPantry. Among other things there was a can of Green Peas. On the back of the can is “Made in China” I’m throwing them out. I can’t weed out everything grown/made/ in China,but I do my b… --- ## [I renewed my SDMB membership](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-renewed-my-sdmb-membership/695894)
**Author:** [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-renewed-my-sdmb-membership/695894 "2014-08-21T21:12:17Z")
I got a gentle e-mail ( well, four of them - I don’t look at e-mail on a regular basis ) letting me know that my membership was about to expire so I’m back for two more years. While my contributions to the board discours… --- ## [Life after (huge) boobs - Reduction Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-after-huge-boobs-reduction-surgery/695145)
**Author:** [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-after-huge-boobs-reduction-surgery/695145 "2014-08-21T20:13:54Z")
It’s been quite the change. I’m almost three weeks post-op, and I am very pleased so far. I had grown to hate my boobs. When I was a sophomore in high school and a C cup, they were pretty cool. In my 20s after the fi… --- ## [Why do I wake up in the middle of the night when I have to get up early?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-wake-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-when-i-have-to-get-up-early/695887)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-wake-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-when-i-have-to-get-up-early/695887 "2014-08-21T15:55:35Z")
sigh Today is a commuting day, which means a 115 mile drive, which means I have to get up at 0430. So naturally I wake up before two :rolleyes: Toss and turn, and give up at 0315. I sleep like a rock. But a little t… --- ## [Stupid cat tricks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-cat-tricks/696081)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-cat-tricks/696081 "2014-08-21T13:33:04Z")
I have a small galley kitchen and am in a powerchair. Somehow my 2 cats have the idea that running behind me/leaping over the footrest/slipping beside me while I’m turning around from sink to stove to fridg will make fo… --- ## [My grandmother's house burned down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grandmothers-house-burned-down/695963)
**Author:** [@BuzzSaw101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuzzSaw101)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grandmothers-house-burned-down/695963 "2014-08-21T09:48:12Z")
My grandmother’s house burned down over the weekend. She is physically OK, but devastated. She lost everything and it breaks my heart. She is 84 and the thought of rebuilding at that age is horrible. Luckily, my parents… --- ## [Mysterious New Cat Behavoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-new-cat-behavoid/695876)
**Author:** [@Martha-Shumway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha-Shumway)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-new-cat-behavoid/695876 "2014-08-21T07:53:49Z")
I’m hoping like crazy that one of you Astute Dopers can help me with my new cat (sorry no pix, haven’t figured that out yet). It may well just be that “cats is weird. Six months ago my darling 21-year old cat passed awa… --- ## [Velocity's far-fetched plan for becoming an airline pilot....feedback appreciated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/velocitys-far-fetched-plan-for-becoming-an-airline-pilot-feedback-appreciated/696012)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/velocitys-far-fetched-plan-for-becoming-an-airline-pilot-feedback-appreciated/696012 "2014-08-21T02:17:29Z")
I’ve always wanted to be an airline pilot, flying Boeings or Airbuses. Problem is, I’m already 26 and have practically no flying experience. So, I’ve written up a rather far-fetched plan, and any feedback would be much … --- ## [We are bottle feeding a tiny kitten. With photos.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-bottle-feeding-a-tiny-kitten-with-photos/695949)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-bottle-feeding-a-tiny-kitten-with-photos/695949 "2014-08-21T01:56:57Z")
A little shrieking kitten was floundering about my side yard last night. Thinking mama cat was around l put it in a shallow box so it wouldn’t wander…but this morning it appeared untouched, ignored and shrieking even lou… --- ## [Your bar/bat mitvzah memories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-bar-bat-mitvzah-memories/695830)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-bar-bat-mitvzah-memories/695830 "2014-08-21T01:22:04Z")
I started a thread about sweet sixteen parties recently which then veered off into quinceaneara talk. So why not cover all the bases and start talking about another coming of age ceremony, the bar and bat mitzvah? If y… --- ## [7 year old kid turns in mom for cooking meth.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-year-old-kid-turns-in-mom-for-cooking-meth/696038)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-year-old-kid-turns-in-mom-for-cooking-meth/696038 "2014-08-21T00:13:40Z")
It’s rather sad that a 7 year old recognized this stuff and what was going on. It’s a good thing his “uncle” Peter wasn’t in on the drug making too. Aren’t these chemicals explosive? I’ve seen people in haz mat suits i… --- ## [4-year-old went into anaphylactic shock after another passenger in a plane ate nuts 4 rows away.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-year-old-went-into-anaphylactic-shock-after-another-passenger-in-a-plane-ate-nuts-4-rows-away/695516)
**Author:** [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-year-old-went-into-anaphylactic-shock-after-another-passenger-in-a-plane-ate-nuts-4-rows-away/695516 "2014-08-20T23:05:52Z")
4-year-old went into anaphylactic shock after another passenger in a plane ate nuts 4 rows away. my question is, is this real? what happens if she were to touch a peanut? --- ## [First successful run!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-successful-run/696044)
**Author:** [@Tremblay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tremblay)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-successful-run/696044 "2014-08-20T22:04:17Z")
I’m not a runner, but I run. Saturdays are generally my distance run (8-11 miles). I’m training for nothing :slight\_smile: On the 9th during my run, I strained a muscle at about mile 5. I made it to 8. On the 13th, … --- ## [Question about buying a house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-buying-a-house/695870)
**Author:** [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-buying-a-house/695870 "2014-08-20T21:22:26Z")
My husband and I are looking at houses. There was one I hoped to see, but the sign was up for a day, then was down before we got to town to look at it and it wasnt listed with anyone. We looked at some others and made a… --- ## [Raul Castro's daughter casts the first-ever "No" vote in the Cuban Parliament](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raul-castros-daughter-casts-the-first-ever-no-vote-in-the-cuban-parliament/696036)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raul-castros-daughter-casts-the-first-ever-no-vote-in-the-cuban-parliament/696036 "2014-08-20T20:44:29Z")
Story here. It was on a bill against discrimination in the workplace – she felt it didn’t go far enough. --- ## [I joined this site last month and the one thing I find intriguing is.......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-joined-this-site-last-month-and-the-one-thing-i-find-intriguing-is/695722)
**Author:** [@7e42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7e42)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-joined-this-site-last-month-and-the-one-thing-i-find-intriguing-is/695722 "2014-08-20T19:25:01Z")
this message board has not been affected by the emergence of social media. This board is active every day and I find it very impressive that it has the same amount of activity as facebook. I am glad I found this si… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=816) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=818)