# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=865 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 866 --- ## [Saving the government money through bogus bullshit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-the-government-money-through-bogus-bullshit/684804)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-the-government-money-through-bogus-bullshit/684804 "2014-04-01T01:06:01Z")
This kid is suggesting that the government print documents in Garamond rather than Times Roman, in order to save paper and ink. What he’s missing is that Garamond is a smaller font and the thin strokes in Garamond are to… --- ## [Our local Ice Cream Van is year-round, apparently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-local-ice-cream-van-is-year-round-apparently/685020)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-local-ice-cream-van-is-year-round-apparently/685020 "2014-04-01T00:29:14Z")
I have to give him credit for dedication, at least. The cynic in me suspects he’s selling pot, but that’s pure conjecture on my part. Though it’s not a terrible plan, to be honest with you; weed \*and \*munchies together… --- ## [Where do the socks go? (no joke!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-the-socks-go-no-joke/684936)
**Author:** [@squish7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squish7)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-the-socks-go-no-joke/684936 "2014-03-31T21:54:12Z")
Seriously, WTF… --- ## [Another Facebook Bitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-facebook-bitch/684990)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-facebook-bitch/684990 "2014-03-31T21:18:41Z")
I just posted this on Facebook: What the hell is going on in people’s minds when they “share” a video with all their friends before checking it out first? Facebook should ban this kind of crap. --- ## [Worlds oldest contact lenses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-contact-lenses/661950)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-contact-lenses/661950 "2014-03-31T20:26:32Z")
So I think this pretty mundane. But I believe a friend of mine holds the world record for oldest continuous use of a single pair of contact lenses. He’s used the same pair since 1969. Where’s them everyday. Anyone kno… --- ## [LA's Earthquake Season - La Habra Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-earthquake-season-la-habra-edition/684818)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-earthquake-season-la-habra-edition/684818 "2014-03-31T19:56:51Z")
I assume all of the LA Dopers felt that one. Pretty decent size. I’m up in the valley and felt it plenty good. One of my cats is still spooked half an hour later. Anyone else checking in? --- ## [Do the stripprs let you touch their breasts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-stripprs-let-you-touch-their-breasts/683891)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-stripprs-let-you-touch-their-breasts/683891 "2014-03-31T18:37:25Z")
The strippers at the Crazy Horse do. But I’ve heard this is not a universal thing. do the strippers let you touch their breasts? --- ## [~20% of the Neandertal genome survives in modern, non-African humans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-of-the-neandertal-genome-survives-in-modern-non-african-humans/684723)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-of-the-neandertal-genome-survives-in-modern-non-african-humans/684723 "2014-03-31T14:07:19Z")
We’ve all heard that non-African humans have 1-3% Neandertal DNA, but some folks at UW Seattle have found that some 20% of the Neandertal genome can be found scattered around in moderns. They used a database of ~700 Euro… --- ## [We are in ER hell.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-in-er-hell/684876)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-in-er-hell/684876 "2014-03-31T12:10:09Z")
9 1/2 hours. Waiting now for the Cub to go to a room in the pædeatric ward for overnight. --- ## [The Space Child's Mother Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-space-childs-mother-goose/339275)
**Author:** [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-space-childs-mother-goose/339275 "2014-03-31T06:30:05Z")
There was a man in our town, An Astrophysicist, Who found a place In Hyperspace By just a twist of wrist But when he sought the Nearer Now And gave another twist, He found that he'd Become somehow A Cybernetic… --- ## [A-choo! The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-choo-the-mmp/684428)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 311\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-choo-the-mmp/684428 "2014-03-31T03:56:30Z")
Morning everyone. I’m up. I’m sick. I have to go to work anyways. Rah. And if you didn’t see my rant in my other thread, the ER and ER doc charged me $1400 to check out my bright light in my eye. The eye doctor charg… --- ## ["Ratzilla" caught in Stockholm family home -- giant 16" rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratzilla-caught-in-stockholm-family-home-giant-16-rat/684757)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratzilla-caught-in-stockholm-family-home-giant-16-rat/684757 "2014-03-31T01:27:37Z")
Welp. They say you always have one not farther away than 6 feet from you. Hopefully most won’t be this size! Giant rat caught in a Stockholm kitchen. The animal was 40 cm (roughly 16") long --not counting the tail-- and… --- ## [An old rice plantation is up for sale, and I am disturbed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-old-rice-plantation-is-up-for-sale-and-i-am-disturbed/684651)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-old-rice-plantation-is-up-for-sale-and-i-am-disturbed/684651 "2014-03-31T00:39:32Z")
Go to any real estate website (I used Trulia) and look for ZIP code 29440 or Georgetown, SC. An old antebellum rice plantation called the Chicora Wood Plantation (yes, it has its own Wikipedia page) is up for sale for $1… --- ## [Legal Herbal Incense...Anyone Tried It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-herbal-incense-anyone-tried-it/550331)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-herbal-incense-anyone-tried-it/550331 "2014-03-30T23:49:36Z")
One of my employees told me about purchasing this stuff called “Funky Monkey” from a local head shop and he claims that it gets you really high. Its some herbal blend that I ascertained has been sprayed or otherwise trea… --- ## [Size mattered if you were astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-mattered-if-you-were-astronaut/684532)
**Author:** [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-mattered-if-you-were-astronaut/684532 "2014-03-30T21:21:00Z")
According to a NASA space engineer, early astronauts needed to provide an accurate measurement of a certain male body part so that body waste disposal equipment would work properly. :eek: --- ## [Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreams/684497)
**Author:** [@whovian232](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whovian232)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreams/684497 "2014-03-30T15:04:10Z")
When you dream are the places you dream of an accurate representation of real places or as re they embellishments or hodge podge cut and paste locations similar to arranging the pieces of a puzzle in the dark only to fin… --- ## [What country should you live it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-should-you-live-it/684870)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-should-you-live-it/684870 "2014-03-30T14:36:44Z")
What country should you live it? Warning: Some of the questions have really horrible choices. Mine turned out to be MONACO!!! I’ve been there, and I couldn’t afford the cheapest place to live. Well, perhaps if I marry a… --- ## [Midwife crowdsources life & death situation on Facebook; baby dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midwife-crowdsources-life-death-situation-on-facebook-baby-dies/684732)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midwife-crowdsources-life-death-situation-on-facebook-baby-dies/684732 "2014-03-30T13:19:21Z")
Mind-boggling report here (from a blog ran by an obstetrician). Follow-up here. A midwife based out of Las Vegas went on Facebook and “crowdsourced” info on a serious medical situation in which a baby two weeks past his… --- ## [Has anybody here actually got a job through LinkedIn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-here-actually-got-a-job-through-linkedin/684648)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-here-actually-got-a-job-through-linkedin/684648 "2014-03-30T12:57:16Z")
So the temp job I had for the last few months has come to an end. I was hoping they’d take me on as a permanent employee (as was suggested a few weeks ago), but alas I’ve been informed there is no money in the budget for… --- ## [Anybody get a house call from a doctor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-get-a-house-call-from-a-doctor/684575)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-get-a-house-call-from-a-doctor/684575 "2014-03-30T05:59:04Z")
The days when doctors routinely made house calls are long gone. Has anyone on the board have a doctor drop by their house to check on a patient? And if you have, would you have preferred a house call or going to the do… --- ## [The slattern, provocateur, saboteur, seductress who tempted a man off the road and into a pole.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slattern-provocateur-saboteur-seductress-who-tempted-a-man-off-the-road-and-into-a-pole/684809)
**Author:** [@kstarnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kstarnes)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slattern-provocateur-saboteur-seductress-who-tempted-a-man-off-the-road-and-into-a-pole/684809 "2014-03-29T15:04:47Z")
What is her just punishment? Here is the video: http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/3326462/all/Road\_rage\_karma On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XqZoaWKv2k --- ## [I got the job!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-the-job/684766)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2014, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-the-job/684766 "2014-03-29T11:48:17Z")
I had applied for two similar positions, and this morning I had a video chat interview with the manager I’d talked to previously. Yesterday I was preparing feverishly, refreshing my memory about awesome stuff I’ve done, … --- ## [Was I ballsy or just stupid for doing this--dive off a high bridge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-i-ballsy-or-just-stupid-for-doing-this-dive-off-a-high-bridge/684312)
**Author:** [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-i-ballsy-or-just-stupid-for-doing-this-dive-off-a-high-bridge/684312 "2014-03-29T04:48:02Z")
Inspired by this thread, where a fat guy asks advice about taking a deep jump into a pit. It got me thinking about when I dove off a bridge as a younger man. Most responses dealt with jumping, but as a stupid younger gu… --- ## [In Memory of Bob...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-bob/106812)
**Author:** [@BrenaMarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrenaMarie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-bob/106812 "2014-03-29T02:52:55Z")
This is my first thread, and I never thought I’d even start one, but after the events of Monday, (which I am still pissed off over) I must Vent. For the past year and 4 months or so I have worked for Babies “R” us. Ab… --- ## [I shall attend an awkward dinner tonight (friend introduces her new BF she left her hubby for)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shall-attend-an-awkward-dinner-tonight-friend-introduces-her-new-bf-she-left-her-hubby-for/684529)
**Author:** [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shall-attend-an-awkward-dinner-tonight-friend-introduces-her-new-bf-she-left-her-hubby-for/684529 "2014-03-29T02:23:28Z")
Oy vey. My friend (I’ll call her K.) had an affair, left her husband, and plans to move to another state (leaving her young daughter behind with shell-shocked dad) to be with her new lover. The new lover (I’ll call him … --- ## [Karma bites angry driver in the butt.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781 "2014-03-28T22:31:49Z")
I love this video. Angry tailgater speeds past car and flips her the bird. Then his truck slides off the wet road and crashes into a light pole. :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: All caught on video. The guy left the scene b… --- ## [Hi everyone, new here, just want to say hello](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone-new-here-just-want-to-say-hello/684607)
**Author:** [@delsina363](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delsina363)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone-new-here-just-want-to-say-hello/684607 "2014-03-28T21:17:14Z")
Hi everyone: I am new here, and just spent an hour reading all the rules. I think I got this. I arrived at this site when I did a search for sick dogs. One of the poster’s posted about how her old dog was having prob… --- ## [Ukranian dolphins switch sides, join Russian Navy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukranian-dolphins-switch-sides-join-russian-navy/684684)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukranian-dolphins-switch-sides-join-russian-navy/684684 "2014-03-28T18:40:56Z")
The Crimea situation’s become such a mess, now non-human species are taking sides: --- ## [Some things aren't forgivable.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-things-arent-forgivable/671175)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-things-arent-forgivable/671175 "2014-03-28T17:52:30Z")
We had a family get-together today, and there was a situation when I was growing up that my parents knew about and refused to intervene (actually, a lot of them, but this one in particular came up). It was one of those … --- ## [newly sober ramblings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-sober-ramblings/684472)
**Author:** [@baileygrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baileygrrrl)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2014, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-sober-ramblings/684472 "2014-03-28T12:25:44Z")
One week sober today. The funny thing is that I still don’t consider myself sober. It’s like I still want to leave the option to drink open. So stupid. I sat with a drink in hand yesterday, staring at it for ten minutes… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=864) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=866)