# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=854 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 855 --- ## [Help me find photos of a very narrow house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-photos-of-a-very-narrow-house/687424)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-photos-of-a-very-narrow-house/687424 "2014-05-01T18:29:16Z")
Specifically, photos of a four-story very narrow house, taken from inside, showing how everything was arranged just. so. and there was just enough room for a functional household. I’m asking here because I saw them poste… --- ## ["Ice cold water": an oxymoron?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cold-water-an-oxymoron/685856)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cold-water-an-oxymoron/685856 "2014-05-01T18:22:32Z")
I’m currently in Las Vegas. It is hot here; certainly (to me, who has just come through a long, cold Canadian winter) hotter than I expected. Anyway. While I was out walking today, in the hot sunshine, there was a man… --- ## [Things that as a kid you thought would make sense when you grew up...but didn't.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-as-a-kid-you-thought-would-make-sense-when-you-grew-up-but-didnt/687199)
**Author:** [@Quarter\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quarter_Girl)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-as-a-kid-you-thought-would-make-sense-when-you-grew-up-but-didnt/687199 "2014-05-01T18:17:24Z")
Ever had a WTF moment as a kid just to shrug it off and decide it will all become clear when you reach that magical time called adulthood but it never did become clear? I have two instances. One, I was shopping with my … --- ## [Self proclaimed Christians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-proclaimed-christians/687340)
**Author:** [@huitzilopochtli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/huitzilopochtli)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-proclaimed-christians/687340 "2014-05-01T15:45:50Z")
My cousin keeps adding to facebook the things that “self proclaimed Christians” should stop believing in like “karma”. Just WTF --- ## [Family ends year of living like it's 1986.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-ends-year-of-living-like-its-1986/687250)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-ends-year-of-living-like-its-1986/687250 "2014-05-01T15:28:13Z")
Link from the CBC --- ## [Is your google-fu better than mine? (Nurse in Pennsylvania lost her license for hosting porn site.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-google-fu-better-than-mine-nurse-in-pennsylvania-lost-her-license-for-hosting-porn-site/687316)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-google-fu-better-than-mine-nurse-in-pennsylvania-lost-her-license-for-hosting-porn-site/687316 "2014-05-01T14:57:33Z")
I’ve read reports of this for years on nursing blogs and on nursing message boards, but I’m looking for an actual link to a contemporary news report or press release, or even a name to put to the story. I think this was … --- ## [Hurray Hurray, it's the 1st of May!! (NSFW)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-hurray-its-the-1st-of-may-nsfw/687422)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-hurray-its-the-1st-of-may-nsfw/687422 "2014-05-01T05:29:57Z")
We have a completely enclosed back yard. I wish the damned weather would clear up around here! :mad: Because, once again, it’s ;):smiley: --- ## [Now THIS is a selfie (Mars Curiosity rover)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-selfie-mars-curiosity-rover/687333)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-selfie-mars-curiosity-rover/687333 "2014-05-01T02:35:33Z")
A couple of days ago, Curiosity snapped a selfie (well, actually a series of images of portions of itself, using a camera on the end of a robotic arm. Some clever person has now assembled them into a super-zoomable Giga… --- ## [I am at #2 with the Universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-2-with-the-universe/686694)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-2-with-the-universe/686694 "2014-05-01T00:58:51Z")
A bird pooped on my head while I was walking outside on Earth Day. It don’t get much earthier than that! How are YOU celebrating Earth Day? --- ## [Tell us something about yourself that you have yet to tell us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-about-yourself-that-you-have-yet-to-tell-us/686723)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-about-yourself-that-you-have-yet-to-tell-us/686723 "2014-04-30T22:08:58Z")
Mundane, important, in between, I don’t care. Could be something you did, something you believe, something you want to do… I don’t care. :slight\_smile: I’ll start: I was in a local commercial for the camera store I w… --- ## [My heat is on...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heat-is-on/687328)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heat-is-on/687328 "2014-04-30T21:59:15Z")
…on the second to the last day in April. So do we just not have seasons any more or what? --- ## [Same typo on same words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-typo-on-same-words/687124)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-typo-on-same-words/687124 "2014-04-30T17:05:00Z")
I have a few words I always make the same typo on, even if I am thinking about the typo when I type the word. My biggest offender is the word proably, I did it again!! --- ## [Partial solar eclipse this afternoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partial-solar-eclipse-this-afternoon/687246)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partial-solar-eclipse-this-afternoon/687246 "2014-04-30T16:29:21Z")
We get to see a partial solar eclipse this afternoon in Sydney. It’s right on sunset, so I’ll be nipping out of the office with my eclipse glasses and finding a spot with a good view of the western horizon. We’ve had a c… --- ## [Serena Williams and Michelle Obama are men!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serena-williams-and-michelle-obama-are-men/687261)
**Author:** [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serena-williams-and-michelle-obama-are-men/687261 "2014-04-30T16:17:41Z")
I really not very sure where this should be … Jokes belong in MPSIMS right? http://beforeitsnews.com/obama/2014/03/irrefutable-proof-that-michelle-obama-is-a-man-247-2461574.html Here’s the proof that you’ve all been … --- ## [Kids Book Help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-book-help/687302)
**Author:** [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-book-help/687302 "2014-04-30T12:38:29Z")
I’m writing and illustrating a book for my daughter for her 3rd birthday in late May. I’ll probably publish via blurb.com or something similar. I think that a good children’s book is entertaining for both the child and … --- ## [Scalia and Thomas disagree! Is the apocalypse upon us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scalia-and-thomas-disagree-is-the-apocalypse-upon-us/687150)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scalia-and-thomas-disagree-is-the-apocalypse-upon-us/687150 "2014-04-30T05:36:11Z")
(Putting this in MPSIMS because I suspect that’s really where it belongs, not in GQ or IMHO.) Have Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia ever disagreed in any Supreme Court opinion? Before now? That ATMB thread by equipo… --- ## [I just can't remember the phrase...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-remember-the-phrase/687126)
**Author:** [@Why\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_Child)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-remember-the-phrase/687126 "2014-04-30T05:20:17Z")
I remember hearing a phrase for this and I just can’t remember it. It’s when an odd name or phrase jumps out at you more often over the course of a day or two. You’re standing behind two people at the grocery store, and … --- ## [Butthurt Report Form](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthurt-report-form/687252)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthurt-report-form/687252 "2014-04-30T00:50:12Z")
I give you the Butthurt Report Form. This crucial avenue of redress is missing from the Board. I feel it should be posted as a sticky. The offendee can fill it out at leisure and submit it to the nearest Mod. --- ## [Middle School Teacher Provides ‘Full-Contact’ Lap Dance In Front Of Class For Birthday Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-school-teacher-provides-full-contact-lap-dance-in-front-of-class-for-birthday-boy/687010)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-school-teacher-provides-full-contact-lap-dance-in-front-of-class-for-birthday-boy/687010 "2014-04-29T21:01:21Z")
The mind boggles. Apparently there’s video :rolleyes: Best quote: --- ## [What's the oddest email you've ever received?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oddest-email-youve-ever-received/687229)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oddest-email-youve-ever-received/687229 "2014-04-29T20:58:43Z")
Sometimes, due to where I work, I get random email that’s really meant to be targeted to scientific researchers. Today I got a ‘Free Transgene Vector with Transgenic Mouse’ purchase offer, with additional information on … --- ## [That sounds unnecessarily complicated. Small things in life that shouldn't be so difficult.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-sounds-unnecessarily-complicated-small-things-in-life-that-shouldnt-be-so-difficult/687115)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-sounds-unnecessarily-complicated-small-things-in-life-that-shouldnt-be-so-difficult/687115 "2014-04-29T18:33:49Z")
The other day I told my college-age nephew that I had just gone through the annual process of threatening to cancel SiriusXM in order to get my same rate for another year. When I finished, he gave me a :dubious: look an… --- ## [Flying Squirrel as a pet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-squirrel-as-a-pet/686915)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-squirrel-as-a-pet/686915 "2014-04-29T14:50:25Z")
Mrs. Plant found him curled up on the porch. Apparently he ventured out too early in the Spring, and it was too cold to go home. He is in a small aquarium with the cover left open a crack, wood shavings, eating fruit, ha… --- ## [New Mineral Discovered--Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mineral-discovered-newslink/686993)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mineral-discovered-newslink/686993 "2014-04-29T14:11:30Z")
Funky purple mineral discovered in Australia–Putnistie. Note–not “Putin-ite”. No Russky honorifics applied. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/science/140424/the-worlds-newest-mineral-unlike-anything-weve-ever-se… --- ## ["Certainly" and "surely" in this sentence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/certainly-and-surely-in-this-sentence/686937)
**Author:** [@Reza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reza)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/certainly-and-surely-in-this-sentence/686937 "2014-04-29T13:58:34Z")
Following is a grammar test which in answer keys sheet, (b) is mentioned as the correct one. The question is why (a) can’t be used? or it can be but when these two are given as a choice, (b) stands the first priority. I’… --- ## [Why is the word BONUS beneath a score?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-word-bonus-beneath-a-score/687084)
**Author:** [@MizQuirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizQuirk)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-word-bonus-beneath-a-score/687084 "2014-04-29T02:49:15Z")
Obviously I don’t see much basketball these days, and the game has changed since I used to watch it fairly early in the last millenium. In a game that was just on TV, at one point the word BONUS was beneath one team’s s… --- ## [SE US Dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/se-us-dopers/687234)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/se-us-dopers/687234 "2014-04-29T00:52:16Z")
Keep your heads down! This tornado outbreak is not a thing to take lightly, especially as it gets dark. About 20 people are dead already. If it were 20 or 30 years ago, that number would be several times higher. The … --- ## [Word beats Wordperfect in Windows 95!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-beats-wordperfect-in-windows-95/687211)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-beats-wordperfect-in-windows-95/687211 "2014-04-28T21:23:55Z")
In other news, world did not end after Y2K. http://www.pddnet.com/news/2014/04/court-declines-hear-microsoft-antitrust-case?et\_cid=3908875&et\_rid=281028400&type=headline --- ## [Suggestions and opinions about a friend I have who has lost herself to an online obsession.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-and-opinions-about-a-friend-i-have-who-has-lost-herself-to-an-online-obsession/687156)
**Author:** [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-and-opinions-about-a-friend-i-have-who-has-lost-herself-to-an-online-obsession/687156 "2014-04-28T17:16:47Z")
I’ll try my best to keep the back story as concise as possible. In 2011 my friend began an online relationship with this guy from Sweden. They really got along well, but took a break from communicating for a year when m… --- ## [State Farm refuses claim for exploding body.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-farm-refuses-claim-for-exploding-body/687002)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-farm-refuses-claim-for-exploding-body/687002 "2014-04-28T15:56:37Z")
The judges don’t have a clue how much a bloated body can spew. I’ve seen a few cows and wildlife bloated. Disturbing them is a very bad idea. It literally can explode and spew over a small room. I’m surprised a basic ho… --- ## [Itchy sunburn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itchy-sunburn/687158)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itchy-sunburn/687158 "2014-04-28T14:49:02Z")
I got a very bad sunburn on my legs and feet last Sunday. I had put sunblock on, but I guess my short swim washed it off (despite what the bottle said about being waterproof). It’s been a week and the pain and swelling … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=853) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=855)