# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=819 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 820 --- ## [Are button-up shirts really that attractive on men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-button-up-shirts-really-that-attractive-on-men/694618)
**Author:** [@Cognoscant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cognoscant)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2014, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-button-up-shirts-really-that-attractive-on-men/694618 "2014-08-17T12:24:31Z")
I swear this is not a humblebrag thread. The attention was kind of unwanted. I’m on the wrong side of 40 and up till now I’ve been hit on by women twice, and once by a man whose gaydar was all broke. But on a trip I r… --- ## [Are the Reporters and Politicians in your state taking the ALS Ice Water Challenge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-reporters-and-politicians-in-your-state-taking-the-als-ice-water-challenge/695578)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-reporters-and-politicians-in-your-state-taking-the-als-ice-water-challenge/695578 "2014-08-17T03:05:06Z")
Such a wonderful idea to help support ALS research. It seems to have caught on everywhere. 4 million raised in just two weeks. Here in Arkansas all the anchors at KATV 7 have taken the challenge and posted videos. Sev… --- ## [I've written a book!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-written-a-book/695604)
**Author:** [@powerjacob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/powerjacob)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-written-a-book/695604 "2014-08-16T20:58:43Z")
That’s right. I have successfully completed my book, a crime novel. It took several months of writing, several months of letting it rest, and several months of editing, and rewrites. Of course, it’s never truly finished … --- ## [Back to school - the middle-aged edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-the-middle-aged-edition/695659)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-the-middle-aged-edition/695659 "2014-08-16T16:57:55Z")
OK, so I’m getting nervous now. I’m nearly 45, and the last time I was in a formal educational situation was about half my lifetime ago (got an AAS in 1993). I start classes on the 25th at one of our local community col… --- ## [I don't know what to do, this totally sux, it's really mundaine, input, SVP.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-to-do-this-totally-sux-its-really-mundaine-input-svp/109148)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-to-do-this-totally-sux-its-really-mundaine-input-svp/109148 "2014-08-16T16:08:34Z")
Yesterday morning I noticed that a very pretty gray mama pigeon had moved into my balcony planter, made herself a nest and laid two eggs. I was quite excited at the prospect of being a mother (figuratively, of course), a… --- ## [Exasperated man buys everyone in Burger King an apple pie to teach boy throwing a tantrum a lesson.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exasperated-man-buys-everyone-in-burger-king-an-apple-pie-to-teach-boy-throwing-a-tantrum-a-lesson/695267)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exasperated-man-buys-everyone-in-burger-king-an-apple-pie-to-teach-boy-throwing-a-tantrum-a-lesson/695267 "2014-08-16T14:34:24Z")
I like this guy’s style. :smiley: I can’t understand parent that either can’t or won’t keep their kids under control in public. I bet that foul mouthed kid give dear old mom an earful for the rest of the day. :cool: --- ## [Wayne Lapierre invents new fortune cookie meme](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayne-lapierre-invents-new-fortune-cookie-meme/653054)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2014, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayne-lapierre-invents-new-fortune-cookie-meme/653054 "2014-08-16T13:24:15Z")
WP’s response to Sandy Hook: " The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun" Now he’s come out with this: “The one thing a violent rapist deserves is to face is a good woman with a gun!” Ev… --- ## [The company Christmas party invitation has arrived in my inbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-company-christmas-party-invitation-has-arrived-in-my-inbox/695088)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2014, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-company-christmas-party-invitation-has-arrived-in-my-inbox/695088 "2014-08-16T05:58:53Z")
The “please hold the date” email has just come out from the Staff Social Club, giving all the details of this year’s function. It’s a chilly August day and it seems weird to be talking about Christmas. But I suppose it’… --- ## [Heh, Google knew my birthday,,, And made me a doodle!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-google-knew-my-birthday-and-made-me-a-doodle/695456)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-google-knew-my-birthday-and-made-me-a-doodle/695456 "2014-08-16T01:06:45Z")
That was too cool. So today I hit the Google homepage tab on my browser. As soon as I do, a doodle appears with birthday cake and birthday candles. I thought to myself: 'Hmm, what a coincidence, today is MY birthday. So… --- ## [I May Have Been the Last Hold-out.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-been-the-last-hold-out/695154)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-been-the-last-hold-out/695154 "2014-08-16T00:48:50Z")
My husband is having a spat with his, for want of a better description, sister. She isn’t actually related. She has been a live-in caregiver for his parents for several years. He has known her since high school. I don’… --- ## [Please forgive me while I brag about my university](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-forgive-me-while-i-brag-about-my-university/695655)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-forgive-me-while-i-brag-about-my-university/695655 "2014-08-16T00:19:23Z")
The annual Shanghai Rankings for universities was just released for 2014. I am proud to note that, yet again, the University of Toronto was ranked first overall in Canada. And, although not quite as sensational sounding,… --- ## [This is the only Issue I have with Facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-only-issue-i-have-with-facebook/695559)
**Author:** [@7e42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7e42)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-only-issue-i-have-with-facebook/695559 "2014-08-15T18:32:19Z")
When you join a certain group it’s announced to all the people on your friends. For example, I wanted to join a group geared to Plus size women but I don’t want all my friends and family knowing what I like lol … --- ## [2013 Weight Loss & Healthy Living Support Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-weight-loss-healthy-living-support-thread/651411)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 516\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-weight-loss-healthy-living-support-thread/651411 "2014-08-15T18:25:18Z")
Our last thread went on for almost exactly a year then died! Maybe we need to include people who aren’t just trying to lose weight, but also those who are trying to just live a more healthy lifestyle by changing their e… --- ## [spying on spouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spying-on-spouse/695620)
**Author:** [@maxwellz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maxwellz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spying-on-spouse/695620 "2014-08-15T17:30:15Z")
Few day ago came across a post on this site my wife made about me ,reading the comments from the many replies was very hurtful many said i was crazy and she should divorce me and she dont know me etc etc so i join here … --- ## [My friend had me fooled...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-had-me-fooled/695581)
**Author:** [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-had-me-fooled/695581 "2014-08-15T16:11:12Z")
Please don’t nitpick about my grammar in this post. I usually proofread, but this time I just can’t. I need to type and vent. I met my friend Alicia in 1987. We hit it off right away. Same sense of humor. Dry wit, “I do… --- ## [Kidney stone meds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidney-stone-meds/695556)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidney-stone-meds/695556 "2014-08-15T15:00:01Z")
Gotta stop taking them… Side effects:( --- ## [A good article about Kurds and their history with Israel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-article-about-kurds-and-their-history-with-israel/695587)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-article-about-kurds-and-their-history-with-israel/695587 "2014-08-15T06:44:28Z")
This great campaign ended with a Kurdish victory which had begun with the Kurds feeling helpless. A year later, Iran and Iraq arrived at an American-brokered agreement over a new agreed border in the seas of Shatt al-A… --- ## [I didn't know finding a pet sitter was going to be hard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-know-finding-a-pet-sitter-was-going-to-be-hard/695455)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-know-finding-a-pet-sitter-was-going-to-be-hard/695455 "2014-08-15T05:42:16Z")
We just moved to downtown LA and need a pet sitter. I can’t believe how hard it is just to get these people to return a phone call, even just to say they can’t do it. I am beginning to wonder if they are all just one p… --- ## [I want to get a buddy for Cooper, someone talk me down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-get-a-buddy-for-cooper-someone-talk-me-down/694998)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-get-a-buddy-for-cooper-someone-talk-me-down/694998 "2014-08-15T05:02:53Z")
Last October, we got \[Cooper\](Photobucket | Make your memories fun! pics) from the local animal shelter, he’s now around 3 years old and a great family dog. He’s the only dog at home, loves his people (me, Mom, Sis, Nep… --- ## [Subtle voices of dissent surface in war-torn Gaza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-voices-of-dissent-surface-in-war-torn-gaza/695576)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-voices-of-dissent-surface-in-war-torn-gaza/695576 "2014-08-15T02:39:23Z")
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/subtle-voices-dissent-surface-war-torn-gaza “I respect the resistance. The fighters may be spending the night out there in open space facing the enemy while I have the comfort and satisfac… --- ## [Wolverine as a Frog -- for real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolverine-as-a-frog-for-real/695558)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolverine-as-a-frog-for-real/695558 "2014-08-15T02:36:03Z")
I stumbled across this today on the internet. Nature never ceases to amaze: The “Hairy Frog” of Central Africa resembles the X-men’s Wolverine in two ways: --- ## [Hey Foggy...are you there mate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-foggy-are-you-there-mate/695416)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-foggy-are-you-there-mate/695416 "2014-08-15T01:51:03Z")
With all the shit about Robin Williams and the inevitable suicide threads happening, I noticed that Foggy hasn’t posted here since June. His mum passed away earlier in the month, and his last post was again a notice that… --- ## [Flash flooding in my town tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-flooding-in-my-town-tonight/695489)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-flooding-in-my-town-tonight/695489 "2014-08-14T21:07:01Z")
http://www.pressherald.com/2014/08/13/drizzle-expected-to-turn-into-heavy-rain/ We got 6 inches of rain today, with at least 4 of them between 8PM and 11PM. I went out to the mall with my friend today, I was there unti… --- ## [It seems that onions are flu bacteria magnets.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-that-onions-are-flu-bacteria-magnets/695437)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-that-onions-are-flu-bacteria-magnets/695437 "2014-08-14T17:20:04Z")
Just read that on facebook: (I am translating the text, as it was shared in Portuguese) The danger you never knew from onions There is a thing we do and it is so dangerous! ONIONS! In 1919, when the flu killed 40 mill… --- ## [Does it make sense to invent or create a car alarm that ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-make-sense-to-invent-or-create-a-car-alarm-that/695463)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-make-sense-to-invent-or-create-a-car-alarm-that/695463 "2014-08-14T13:18:37Z")
I recently posted a thread in this forum about a dog walker in British Columbia who left several dogs in an enclosed pickup truck and several of them died. Then, the next day, I saw the following article about a docto… --- ## [My UFO story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ufo-story/695379)
**Author:** [@weef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weef)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ufo-story/695379 "2014-08-14T11:03:04Z")
My parents live very near one of the open pit copper mines south of Tucson, AZ and early one morning while it was still dark they were awoken by a sonic boom. They don’t hear sonic booms on a regular basis at all but the… --- ## [A boy in Brazil almost won the Darwin Awards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boy-in-brazil-almost-won-the-darwin-awards/695142)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boy-in-brazil-almost-won-the-darwin-awards/695142 "2014-08-14T04:51:17Z")
It is on the news, at least here in Brazil: A boy went to the zoo with his dad and smaller brother. Seeing the lions and tigers he decided to jump the fence and start teasing the animals. After a few minutes he was being… --- ## [Ted Cruz abandons his Canadian political ambitions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-abandons-his-canadian-political-ambitions/695443)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-abandons-his-canadian-political-ambitions/695443 "2014-08-14T03:52:22Z")
Well, it’s official now: Ted Cruz has given up on his dream of Canadian politics and becoming Her Majesty’s Prime Minister of Canada. He’s renounced his Canadian citizenship and will presumably settle for a shot become… --- ## [Robertson Caruso](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482 "2014-08-13T21:58:48Z")
Name some other malfunctions like the title… --- ## [Famous People You Know Second Hand.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-you-know-second-hand/694398)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-you-know-second-hand/694398 "2014-08-13T18:31:20Z")
That is, you never met them, but someone you know has met them. My cousin was the Art Director for a movie directed by and starring Jodie Foster. A friend of mine was one of 3 B-25 instructor pilots who was assigned to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=818) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=820)