# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=856 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 857 --- ## [Have you ever been pitted? If so . . . ? If not . . . ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-pitted-if-so-if-not/686817)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-pitted-if-so-if-not/686817 "2014-04-25T15:10:05Z")
Have you ever been pitted? If so, what for? If not, what might you be pitted for? To the best of my knowledge I have never been pitted. But if I ever am, it’ll probably be about some wise crack I made that was 90% in je… --- ## [Translation by Bing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-by-bing/686336)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-by-bing/686336 "2014-04-25T15:00:01Z")
This a Facebook posting verbatim, accompanied by a “translation”. Note that one of the grandchildren is named Vi. Mis nietos Giao y Vi hablan en castellano con su nanny Ana. Esos nos alegra muchisimo a Mario y a mi. Es… --- ## [What is your current kill rate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-current-kill-rate/686417)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-current-kill-rate/686417 "2014-04-25T13:36:18Z")
I searched for threads to which I had posted over the last 3 days and noticed that my SN is the last post in 2 of them. That gives me a current thread kill rate of 18.2%. This is not meant to be a contest, just somethi… --- ## [Putting up a privacy fence - might get awkward with neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-up-a-privacy-fence-might-get-awkward-with-neighbor/686667)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-up-a-privacy-fence-might-get-awkward-with-neighbor/686667 "2014-04-25T12:05:30Z")
We have a pretty good relationship with our neighbors (except when they throw a party every 6 months or so and we end up with cigarette butts and beer cans in our yard). We’ve decided we are going to put up a six-foot pr… --- ## [Help, I've been scammed/robbed!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-scammed-robbed/686921)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-scammed-robbed/686921 "2014-04-25T05:13:15Z")
Well, as I mention sometimes I live in Brazil. Weather might be fine, but importing stuff from amazon.com takes time, therefore I use a company called Punto Mio. I have a post box in Miami. Guys there get my packages, sh… --- ## [The random and embarrassing questions teenagers ask their parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-random-and-embarrassing-questions-teenagers-ask-their-parents/686539)
**Author:** [@headstone\_hottie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/headstone_hottie)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-random-and-embarrassing-questions-teenagers-ask-their-parents/686539 "2014-04-25T03:26:39Z")
I have 2 teenage boys, just turned 13 and 15. Never in my life could i have ever guessed what type of questions they would ask me. Their father and I have been married almost 16 yrs, but do my boys ask their father qu… --- ## [Today's my wife's birthday!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-my-wifes-birthday/686551)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-my-wifes-birthday/686551 "2014-04-24T23:04:15Z")
Every now and then she’s a pain in the nek, but I love her to pieces! --- ## [My invitation to join the Illuminati finally came in!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-invitation-to-join-the-illuminati-finally-came-in/686036)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-invitation-to-join-the-illuminati-finally-came-in/686036 "2014-04-24T23:00:34Z")
Suck it proles, I’m a 1 percenter now! Seems legit! --- ## [The "Woot!" ahem aQUARium sale. . . yeah, that's it. . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woot-ahem-aquarium-sale-yeah-thats-it/686758)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woot-ahem-aquarium-sale-yeah-thats-it/686758 "2014-04-24T20:52:04Z")
I just thought this was so blatant and hilarious I had to share it. As an actual aquarium keeper, I was kinda excited to see Woot! getting into aquarium supplies. I really want a good LED light for my 100gal, and som… --- ## [Why are WordPress heading sizes so wonky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-wordpress-heading-sizes-so-wonky/686887)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-wordpress-heading-sizes-so-wonky/686887 "2014-04-24T20:20:21Z")
So I am fine-tuning a website built on WordPress, and for the umpteenth time I notice how strange the heading progression is - something like: Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 3 Heading 4 …okay, so I can’t make it very c… --- ## [Hilarious new product](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-new-product/686734)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-new-product/686734 "2014-04-24T19:31:44Z")
From the makers of Fleshlight, now there’s the Phone Strap. You can use this strap, clamp and hinged assembly to attach a smart phone or small tablet to your leg, freeing up both hands to jerk off. And maybe to have tw… --- ## [Reionize your electrons for a better life!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reionize-your-electrons-for-a-better-life/686800)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reionize-your-electrons-for-a-better-life/686800 "2014-04-24T19:27:38Z")
To wander the myth is to become one with it. Nothing is impossible. Grace is the driver of insight. Consciousness consists of chaos-driven reactions of quantum energy. “Quantum” means an unfolding of the karmic. You a… --- ## [Slicker'n deer guts on the front porch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slickern-deer-guts-on-the-front-porch/686764)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slickern-deer-guts-on-the-front-porch/686764 "2014-04-24T18:35:36Z")
Faster’n a jackrabbit on a date … got any more? --- ## [When you're down, and feel like crying...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-youre-down-and-feel-like-crying/686708)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-youre-down-and-feel-like-crying/686708 "2014-04-24T17:26:49Z")
…watch out for tear-drinking moths. Wasn’t there some mythical creature like this in a Harry Potter novel? --- ## [I forgot my anniversary!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forgot-my-anniversary/686524)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forgot-my-anniversary/686524 "2014-04-24T14:32:51Z")
Today is my 14th wedding anniversary. My husband is at work. I was paying bills, when I noticed the date. I just sent hubby a text, because, obviously, he forgot too. A text is as good as a card after 14 years, isn’t it… --- ## [It's time. Time to bare the legs. April means....shorts time !!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-time-to-bare-the-legs-april-means-shorts-time/686855)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-time-to-bare-the-legs-april-means-shorts-time/686855 "2014-04-24T13:44:35Z")
I don’t have many calendar-related rituals. But this one has emerged organically over the last 10 years or so. No matter what, I need to be wearing shorts through the end of October. Not every day, but by gum those short… --- ## [What's on your clipboard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-clipboard/686087)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-clipboard/686087 "2014-04-24T13:11:13Z")
Sometimes hitting Ctrl/V doesn’t yield the results I expect – I was trying to retweet something and got this: Oh, right, I was copy-editing Liberal Arts Math last night … --- ## [My cousin the grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cousin-the-grandmother/686749)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cousin-the-grandmother/686749 "2014-04-24T13:06:45Z")
So my cousin just became a grandmother. I’m 38 and she is six months younger than me. Her grandchild is the one that made our grandmother a great-great grandmother. (We’re trying to setup a 5 generation photo) I’m happ… --- ## [Hey - It's Palindrome Week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-palindrome-week/686178)
**Author:** [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-palindrome-week/686178 "2014-04-24T12:47:38Z")
US dates read the same forward as backward 4/11/14 4/12/14 4/13/14 4/14/14 4/15/14 4/16/14 4/17/14 4/18/14 4/19/14 --- ## [Helpless help (software variety)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helpless-help-software-variety/686805)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helpless-help-software-variety/686805 "2014-04-24T04:30:32Z")
Hardly any software comes with a user manual these days, not even in a PDF version. What they come with is a help facility that helps only if you know the word that describes what you are looking for and it is the same … --- ## [Has the SDMB community ever witnessed someone go insane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmb-community-ever-witnessed-someone-go-insane/686106)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmb-community-ever-witnessed-someone-go-insane/686106 "2014-04-24T01:36:03Z")
I can’t remember names, but every once in a while someone will mention a poster who was clearly very mentally disturbed. And there are posters who are open about their depression, Bi-polar disorder or other mental condit… --- ## [Twin Cities Spring Dopefest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-spring-dopefest/686827)
**Author:** [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-spring-dopefest/686827 "2014-04-24T01:27:52Z")
Let’s break the shackles of winter! For the impulsive, I can meet this Saturday or Sunday anytime. Otherwise we can plan for sometime in the next month. Open to suggestions for venues-Psycho Suzie’s was great last time… --- ## [NASA is working on a warp drive, for real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-is-working-on-a-warp-drive-for-real/686612)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-is-working-on-a-warp-drive-for-real/686612 "2014-04-23T23:10:10Z")
The Alcubierre Drive is theoretically possible, but I did not find out until yesterday that NASA is actually doing research along those lines (at this stage, they’re just trying to find out if it is possible to create “w… --- ## [Binge drinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/binge-drinking/686618)
**Author:** [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/binge-drinking/686618 "2014-04-23T22:55:01Z")
I hesitated to post this because I have never really posted anything personal before. But I would like to get some feedback from people with no axe to grind with me. For the most part I live a pretty healthy lifestyle. … --- ## [Things Not to Tell Your Kids to Say](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-not-to-tell-your-kids-to-say/686793)
**Author:** [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-not-to-tell-your-kids-to-say/686793 "2014-04-23T21:17:48Z")
My 9 year old son is doing homework with his mother. His lesson today is in the form of: I used to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ but now I \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. One example he used was, “I used to suck at basketball but now I dominate.” My wife was s… --- ## [Snake eats centipede only to have it chew its way out.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-eats-centipede-only-to-have-it-chew-its-way-out/686502)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-eats-centipede-only-to-have-it-chew-its-way-out/686502 "2014-04-23T18:26:45Z")
This is just wrong: Centipede chews its way out of snake after being eaten. It almost made it… --- ## [A story I'd love to hear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story-id-love-to-hear/686693)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story-id-love-to-hear/686693 "2014-04-23T17:03:26Z")
So, the other day I took a different route to work, just for a change of pace. It was the 15 minute drive instead of the usual 11 minutes. Typical rural back road, more deer/turkey then cars/people. I did a double take … --- ## [Anybody here running the Boston Marathon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-running-the-boston-marathon/684751)
**Author:** [@DirtyHippy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirtyHippy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-running-the-boston-marathon/684751 "2014-04-23T16:55:07Z")
I know there are some runners on this board, I just wanted to see how many are running Boston this year. This will be my first Boston. I qualified with my second marathon last year, with less than 3 minutes less than my… --- ## [Obama plans clemency for hundreds of non-violent drug offenders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-plans-clemency-for-hundreds-of-non-violent-drug-offenders/686616)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-plans-clemency-for-hundreds-of-non-violent-drug-offenders/686616 "2014-04-23T15:10:51Z")
From Yahoo News: --- ## [Why is your ex your ex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-your-ex-your-ex/442602)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-your-ex-your-ex/442602 "2014-04-23T14:32:03Z")
I know, we did this thread a couple of years ago. But I found it fascinating reading then and I know we have many new members now, so I thought I’d start a redux. Unfortunately I can’t lead with a contribution of my ow… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=855) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=857)