# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=859 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 860 --- ## [Wow. Impressed with my kid's school! Day of Silence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-impressed-with-my-kids-school-day-of-silence/685958)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-impressed-with-my-kids-school-day-of-silence/685958 "2014-04-17T17:16:52Z")
My daughter is in 7th grade and is a lesbian. Yesterday was Day of Silence. She was the one kid to show up with a piece of duct tape over her mouth… So…at 830 a.m. Mr. N. (assistant principal) called to ask if I knew sh… --- ## [A 13-year-old eagle huntress in Mongolia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-13-year-old-eagle-huntress-in-mongolia/686164)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-13-year-old-eagle-huntress-in-mongolia/686164 "2014-04-17T17:15:10Z")
Absolutely stunning photos of Mongolia’s only female eagle huntress (using eagles for hunting, not hunting for eagles.) --- ## [It looks like I am going to be homeless and unemployed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-i-am-going-to-be-homeless-and-unemployed/685780)
**Author:** [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-i-am-going-to-be-homeless-and-unemployed/685780 "2014-04-17T13:51:26Z")
For the last couple of years I have been living with my sister and her family but I guess I have outstayed my welcome. Last week she called me at work to tell me that her son and his girlfriend want to move back home and… --- ## [We broke a record !!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170 "2014-04-17T04:21:31Z")
Metro (Detroit) Airport offically got 3.1" of snow last night. We only got a light coating up here, but still, this winter is now officially the Snowiest Winter on Record\[sup\]TM\[/sup\], breaking a record that goes back t… --- ## [Google took away SMS and no longer gets my business](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-took-away-sms-and-no-longer-gets-my-business/685225)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-took-away-sms-and-no-longer-gets-my-business/685225 "2014-04-17T04:17:20Z")
They’ve done it. They’ve crossed the line. They removed search from maps, but I was okay. They removed it from YouTube channels. I put up with it. Now I find out they’ve removed SMS from Gmail for the United States. No a… --- ## [Remember those Bell, CA city employees paying themselves insane salaries? Here's an update!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-bell-ca-city-employees-paying-themselves-insane-salaries-heres-an-update/601713)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-bell-ca-city-employees-paying-themselves-insane-salaries-heres-an-update/601713 "2014-04-17T00:28:30Z")
The balls! Clicking on link is worth it for the picture! Robert Rizzo sues Bell, says city had no ‘cause’ to fire him --- ## [Just another dumbass kidnapper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-another-dumbass-kidnapper/686288)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-another-dumbass-kidnapper/686288 "2014-04-16T22:11:26Z")
“Come and get me, biyatches!.. Uh, hang on, there’s a bunch of cops at the door…” --- ## [Total lunar eclipse this evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening/686116)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-this-evening/686116 "2014-04-16T20:17:44Z")
There’s a total lunar eclipse this evening. The full details, including times and areas from which it can be observed, are available here: Total lunar eclipse 15 April 2014. The best viewing is from the US, Canada and we… --- ## [Three killed Sunday in shootings at Jewish facilities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-killed-sunday-in-shootings-at-jewish-facilities/686064)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-killed-sunday-in-shootings-at-jewish-facilities/686064 "2014-04-16T17:11:35Z")
Overland Park, Kansas- day before Passover :frowning: From Kansas City Star: Southwest Missouri man under scrutiny in fatal shooting of three at Johnson County Jewish centers April 13 The Kansas City Star Three peop… --- ## [To the lady stabbed to death today: I'm sorry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-lady-stabbed-to-death-today-im-sorry/686241)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-lady-stabbed-to-death-today-im-sorry/686241 "2014-04-16T16:24:59Z")
There was a lady stabbed to death today here in Melbourne. She had earlier been to court to reaffirm an Intervention Order against her partner, after which she had gone back to the Women’s Refuge where she lived. She b… --- ## [Rhea terrorizes English countryside.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201 "2014-04-16T15:54:33Z")
Cool. --- ## [I graduate in two weeks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduate-in-two-weeks/685745)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduate-in-two-weeks/685745 "2014-04-16T14:40:19Z")
I’m so happy! :cool: Also, terrified. I’m giving serious consideration to bombing my final exam on purpose so I can stay in school. I think I’m institutionalized. :eek: --- ## [It's fascinating that no matter how obscure the wiki \*someone\* has been editing it recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fascinating-that-no-matter-how-obscure-the-wiki-someone-has-been-editing-it-recently/686037)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fascinating-that-no-matter-how-obscure-the-wiki-someone-has-been-editing-it-recently/686037 "2014-04-16T11:53:08Z")
It’s fascinating to me that no matter how obscure or mundane the item like those below if you look at the very bottom at the last edit date it’s almost guaranteed someone, somewhere, has been editing in the last 30 days. … --- ## [Traffic Accident in California where many students died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-accident-in-california-where-many-students-died/686000)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-accident-in-california-where-many-students-died/686000 "2014-04-16T01:45:02Z")
There was a recent traffic accident where a FedEx truck crossed over into the oncoming traffic lane and a bus carrying a group of underprivileged high school students crashed into the FedEx truck resulting in 10 deaths. … --- ## [Goodbye, Scooby (pet died)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-scooby-pet-died/686134)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-scooby-pet-died/686134 "2014-04-16T01:37:45Z")
We got Scooby and Molly eleven years ago. They were two puppies out of the same litter. Molly passed away many years ago from a liver problem. Scooby has always been one of the dumbest dogs on the planet. Seriously, he … --- ## [This man needed cancer like a hole in the head](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-man-needed-cancer-like-a-hole-in-the-head/685779)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-man-needed-cancer-like-a-hole-in-the-head/685779 "2014-04-16T00:53:34Z")
… or rather, he needed a hole in the head more than he needed cancer. --- ## [Nobody beats cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-beats-cancer/634659)
**Author:** [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-beats-cancer/634659 "2014-04-16T00:26:17Z")
Some people might cheat it by dying of something else, but otherwise it will be back to get you. Sorry for the dark thoughts. Over the past 5 years my sister, mom and dad have all died of various forms of cancer. Ever… --- ## [Why do they only listen when I don’t want them to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-only-listen-when-i-don-t-want-them-to/686004)
**Author:** [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-only-listen-when-i-don-t-want-them-to/686004 "2014-04-15T23:02:48Z")
Despite various efforts to encourage their study of English, my kids can barely speak it, although they do understand a fair bit. So my primary-school aged son is helping make pizzas in the kitchen and I’m idly singing … --- ## [Ask the guy currently at 23,000 feet (on a plane).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-currently-at-23-000-feet-on-a-plane/685810)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-currently-at-23-000-feet-on-a-plane/685810 "2014-04-15T22:58:21Z")
I’m on a flight right now going from Phoenix to LAX. Final destination: Surabaya, Indonesia. Internet cost seven dollars to access/use. Right now we’re in the clouds a bit, but I can still see the ground. I have a wind… --- ## [Right now how much cash money do you have available?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-now-how-much-cash-money-do-you-have-available/686005)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-now-how-much-cash-money-do-you-have-available/686005 "2014-04-15T21:42:53Z")
I was out for a walk and a woman approached me and asked me if I could give her any money to help her to buy something to eat. I think she meant drink, but anyhow on a whim, I gave her everything I had. I have no other … --- ## [Oh Dear God - Roboroaches!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-god-roboroaches/685921)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-god-roboroaches/685921 "2014-04-15T19:28:59Z")
Like regular cockroaches weren’t bad enough - now they’re experimenting with putting nanobots in them! Actually, that does sound pretty cool. --- ## [News of the weird](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-of-the-weird/686015)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-of-the-weird/686015 "2014-04-15T18:43:08Z")
A man in Dillingham, Alaska, after being punched in the head, blows his nose and his eyeball pops out. I’ve never heard of such a thing. --- ## [Thai-Government-Approved Breast-Slapping Course](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-government-approved-breast-slapping-course/597297)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-government-approved-breast-slapping-course/597297 "2014-04-15T17:44:50Z")
In this blurb and video on the Bangkok Post website, it does not actually say the government has approved it, but I have been assured that such is the case. And while you may think this is a joke, it is very real. Even t… --- ## [Government Targets Taxpayers for Parent's Decade Old Debts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-targets-taxpayers-for-parents-decade-old-debts/686181)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-targets-taxpayers-for-parents-decade-old-debts/686181 "2014-04-15T15:56:51Z")
Federal government seized the tax refund of Mary Grice four weeks ago. What happened was that in 1960 when she was 4 years old her father died and her mother got Social Security survivors benefits. In 1977 there was app… --- ## [Move over, Jeffrey Dahmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-jeffrey-dahmer/686049)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-jeffrey-dahmer/686049 "2014-04-15T15:24:52Z")
We have a new anti-hero, Megan Huntsman. --- ## [I don't want to hold your baby, okay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-hold-your-baby-okay/685935)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-hold-your-baby-okay/685935 "2014-04-15T05:43:52Z")
“You want to hold the baby? You should hold the baby. Hold the baby!” “Um… no thank you. Really, I’m good.” “It’s okay. Just hold him. Don’t worry, you’re not going to drop him.” “First of all, you don’t know tha… --- ## [Stabbings at Pittsburgh high school - 20 injured](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stabbings-at-pittsburgh-high-school-20-injured/685708)
**Author:** [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stabbings-at-pittsburgh-high-school-20-injured/685708 "2014-04-15T01:32:28Z")
This is unreal to me. Twenty students injured, apparently by another student. --- ## [I'm in the mood to look at really beautiful people.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-look-at-really-beautiful-people/684369)
**Author:** [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-look-at-really-beautiful-people/684369 "2014-04-14T22:42:22Z")
Let’s post pictures! Anyone else in the mood? Here’s one to get us started… Paul Newman --- ## [The n00bing of the MMP -- a tale of hubris and temerity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 332\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535 "2014-04-14T21:02:32Z")
I’ll concede right here at the outset that I may be violating the spirit of the Moanday Morning Post tradition, on account of some folks’s contention that it’s not really morning until the sun comes up. On the one hand,… --- ## [I have a really large pair of cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-really-large-pair-of-cups/685621)
**Author:** [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-really-large-pair-of-cups/685621 "2014-04-14T20:17:47Z")
In my eyes. Apparently, my optic nerves (also known as ‘cups’ to ophthalmologist types) are huge. This can be a sign of pathology, but for me, it’s just how I am. So, hey, yeah, genetics? When I wished for a pair of big … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=858) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=860)