# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=829 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 830 --- ## [Yes- hippopotamuses do occasionally eat meat. .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-hippopotamuses-do-occasionally-eat-meat/692773)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-hippopotamuses-do-occasionally-eat-meat/692773 "2014-07-15T20:39:06Z")
I recall discussions in my high school Biology classes. Hippopotamuses are classed as herbivores. There’s been debates for years whether they ate meat. Generally a herbivore like a cow or horse would never touch meat. Th… --- ## [Now I know that birds can get concussions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-know-that-birds-can-get-concussions/693018)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-know-that-birds-can-get-concussions/693018 "2014-07-15T19:06:43Z")
On Friday evening I let the dog out into the back yard, and she startled some little birds that were on the lawn. Most of them flew the hell out of there ASAP, but one of them just flew a few feet at a time, never very h… --- ## [Are there any Canadians on board who might be willing to do a favour for a fellow Doper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-canadians-on-board-who-might-be-willing-to-do-a-favour-for-a-fellow-doper/693179)
**Author:** [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-canadians-on-board-who-might-be-willing-to-do-a-favour-for-a-fellow-doper/693179 "2014-07-15T17:40:26Z")
I’ve been interested in acquiring a copy of a documentary made by a Canadian director, based on a book I once read called “Haunts of the Black Masseur – the Swimmer as Hero” I’ve corresponded by email with the director … --- ## [Newbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie/693071)
**Author:** [@amyvjacobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amyvjacobs)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie/693071 "2014-07-15T17:12:18Z")
Don’t quite know if this is the right place for this thread… I’m Amy. I graduated from U Chicago 4 years back, and am still living in Chicago with my crazy roommate. She’s insane, but we’re great friends. Working two jo… --- ## [I would like to apologize to the Jewish people...the rest of you are on a case-by-case basis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-apologize-to-the-jewish-people-the-rest-of-you-are-on-a-case-by-case-basis/691675)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-apologize-to-the-jewish-people-the-rest-of-you-are-on-a-case-by-case-basis/691675 "2014-07-15T15:58:31Z")
I’m not sure I should care what you lot think of me, but for the record, I am not an anti-Semite, anti-Jewish, or even generally bigoted.\[sup\]\*\[/sup\] I am tactless, fascinated by absurd conspiracy theory, and tend to “t… --- ## ["One Dime" Is it unique in the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-dime-is-it-unique-in-the-world/692644)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-dime-is-it-unique-in-the-world/692644 "2014-07-15T15:51:06Z")
US currency, legally, is the dollar, divided into 100 fractional units known as “cents”. Is the US “One Dime” the only legal tender in the world that does not have an inscription indicating its value in term of a numer… --- ## [Whats the deal with walmart $0.88 OTC medical supplies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-walmart-0-88-otc-medical-supplies/692930)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-walmart-0-88-otc-medical-supplies/692930 "2014-07-15T15:50:01Z")
For the last few years walmart has been selling a wide variety of OTC medical supplies for $0.88. Braces, tape, antifungals, antihistamines, muscle rubs, alcohols, bandaids, etc. I’ve noticed that sometimes these produc… --- ## [My German Shepherd has Degenerative Myelopathy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-german-shepherd-has-degenerative-myelopathy/577171)
**Author:** [@loshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loshan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-german-shepherd-has-degenerative-myelopathy/577171 "2014-07-15T15:43:24Z")
We just got home from the vet and my 11 year old German Shepherd, Unique, has been diagnosed with Degenerative Myelopathy. It is a nervous system disease that is was described to me a a “sort of Canine MS”. There isn’t … --- ## [Growing Pains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-pains/689791)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-pains/689791 "2014-07-15T14:32:32Z")
I am asking for a favor from my fellow Dopers. We have lost our lease and have to move the Taekwondo school. Our landlord is taking the entire building back and will demolish it to build a new junior high school. We’r… --- ## [Mother of 13 to serve 120 days for hiring a hitman to kill husband](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-13-to-serve-120-days-for-hiring-a-hitman-to-kill-husband/693079)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-13-to-serve-120-days-for-hiring-a-hitman-to-kill-husband/693079 "2014-07-15T14:12:55Z")
Story here Any clue as to what her motivation was? --- ## [Free flight airplanes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-flight-airplanes/692996)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-flight-airplanes/692996 "2014-07-15T08:27:30Z")
I’m sure many of us build Guillow’s flying balsa models as kids and teens. Though these models could be powered by a Cox engine, the vast majority of them flew with the supplied rubber band. Flying them was no problem.… --- ## [Let's Use Numerology!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-numerology/693047)
**Author:** [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-numerology/693047 "2014-07-15T02:25:18Z")
With the closing of this thread, I feel we have lost a good opportunity to explore the full depths of inconsistent numerical interpretation to prove the existence of God or the destiny of the Republican Party or the chan… --- ## [There is a fish called](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fish-called/692894)
**Author:** [@eltro102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eltro102)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fish-called/692894 "2014-07-15T02:24:50Z")
boops boops! --- ## [Did you change your Username here...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-change-your-username-here/692794)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-change-your-username-here/692794 "2014-07-14T18:26:50Z")
… and don’t mind mentioning who you used to be? --- ## [Academic Transcripts "provided solely for" studentname--can be official?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-transcripts-provided-solely-for-studentname-can-be-official/693077)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-transcripts-provided-solely-for-studentname-can-be-official/693077 "2014-07-14T15:59:02Z")
Any of you guys seen an official academic transcript that had the words “provided solely for” followed by the student’s name? Or does that generally render the thing unofficial? --- ## [Cats are weird](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-are-weird/692958)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-are-weird/692958 "2014-07-14T15:05:13Z")
One of the cats runs ahead of me into the bathroom and sits by her (full) waterbowl,peering sadly into its crystal clear depths until I dump and refill it. Just like the last time… she drinks the fresh water as tho she… --- ## [I'm hearing government jobs are no longer stable???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hearing-government-jobs-are-no-longer-stable/693005)
**Author:** [@FBJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FBJJ)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hearing-government-jobs-are-no-longer-stable/693005 "2014-07-14T13:13:02Z")
Well damm I didn’t want to hear that after being told that you will always have a job once you have a city or state job. So where are the stable jobs? --- ## [Turtle and a dog playing with a ball. Say what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turtle-and-a-dog-playing-with-a-ball-say-what/693013)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2014, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turtle-and-a-dog-playing-with-a-ball-say-what/693013 "2014-07-14T09:49:15Z")
Another amazing animal moment caught on film. I’ve never seen a turtle move this fast. I didn’t think they could move with so much agility. Never knew turtles had a playful competitive side either. Wow, this is a head s… --- ## [It's cold, wet and miserable.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2014, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918 "2014-07-14T08:30:05Z")
BUT!!! I have a super pot of ‘scotch broth’, complete with mega chunks of lamb, beef and barley, AND I’ve got a tray of sausage rolls just about to come out of the oven. So you can just go fuck yourself weather! I don… --- ## [It's Moanday Somewhere - A MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-somewhere-a-mmp/692514)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 385\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-somewhere-a-mmp/692514 "2014-07-14T03:17:38Z")
Well, back to work in 12 hours. It still feel weird having more than 1 day off in a row, or even having a holiday off. Cone Dog was grateful for the time with his human, though. Of course I don’t have vacation time yet… --- ## [Controlled demolition of a Cleveland bridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controlled-demolition-of-a-cleveland-bridge/692932)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controlled-demolition-of-a-cleveland-bridge/692932 "2014-07-13T23:22:43Z")
Pretty cool video: 55-year-old Inner Belt Bridge vanishes in a half second - cleveland.com --- ## [About the 'Late Earl Warren' meme](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-late-earl-warren-meme/692999)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-late-earl-warren-meme/692999 "2014-07-13T22:38:52Z")
I just noticed that the phrase “the late Earl Warren” appears with some regularity on these boards. I checked out the Know Your Meme website and was unable to find anything on it. Can anyone explain the history of this? --- ## [My Trip to Michigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-trip-to-michigan/692943)
**Author:** [@Purin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-trip-to-michigan/692943 "2014-07-13T20:48:15Z")
I just went on a trip to Michigan, my home state, for 8 days. I moved to Tennessee from Michigan last September. My trip there, although there were many fun times had, was utter chaos! This would be a long story, but i’m… --- ## [Force Logistics Command, Red Beach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/force-logistics-command-red-beach/627080)
**Author:** [@Old\_Seabee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Seabee)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/force-logistics-command-red-beach/627080 "2014-07-13T20:40:17Z")
FLC Red Beach was Camp Books in 1968. Now days it is an industrial center, There are only a few of the original buildings left, including the original AWC#5 Shop. Camp Haskins was the Seabee base just down the road from … --- ## [Why do folks who have something to sell refuse to say what they want for it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-folks-who-have-something-to-sell-refuse-to-say-what-they-want-for-it/691934)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-folks-who-have-something-to-sell-refuse-to-say-what-they-want-for-it/691934 "2014-07-13T20:21:34Z")
I work in a music store where we buy and sell used instruments and musical gear. Every day folks come in with gear to sell. Guitars, violins, banjos, horns, pedals, speakers and mixers, mikes, etc. Many people understa… --- ## [I just saw a Christmas commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902 "2014-07-13T19:49:01Z")
I think I hate life. --- ## [I pulled a tree stump out of my face!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pulled-a-tree-stump-out-of-my-face/298401)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pulled-a-tree-stump-out-of-my-face/298401 "2014-07-13T13:32:06Z")
I was off work for a few days and I didn’t shave during that time. So last night I figured I’d take a nice hot bath to really soften up my beard for the razor. As I laid there in the tub, I rubbed my hand over the pre-… --- ## [VA hospital opinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-hospital-opinion/692809)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2014, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-hospital-opinion/692809 "2014-07-13T10:56:43Z")
It may be an outlier but I just spent several days accompanying my father in the VA Hospital in La Jolla. Maybe it’s one of the top VA hospitals as there are several bases here, and I understand there is a huge military … --- ## [Cake to raise awareness of female circumcision is disturbing as hell!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-to-raise-awareness-of-female-circumcision-is-disturbing-as-hell/692890)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2014, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-to-raise-awareness-of-female-circumcision-is-disturbing-as-hell/692890 "2014-07-13T05:44:08Z")
WARNING: NSFW AND GRAPHIC PHOTOS \[spoiler\]http://www.newsrescue.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sweden-black-cake.jpg http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/17/sweden-europe-news\[/spoiler\] :eek:Look forget the racis… --- ## [The Running of the Bulls... Nawlins style](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-running-of-the-bulls-nawlins-style/692933)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-running-of-the-bulls-nawlins-style/692933 "2014-07-12T23:26:36Z")
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