# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=866 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 867 --- ## [Norwegian village has a "Monty Python" moment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norwegian-village-has-a-monty-python-moment/684726)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2014, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norwegian-village-has-a-monty-python-moment/684726 "2014-03-28T09:06:29Z")
Just thought this was funny: The Norwegian village of Ørje replaces the crossing signs at one of their street crossings with a “Silly Walk” variety. The national road authorities are apparently about to spoil the fun,… --- ## [Turns out I'm claustrophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turns-out-im-claustrophobic/684615)
**Author:** [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2014, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turns-out-im-claustrophobic/684615 "2014-03-28T06:17:52Z")
I had a brain MRI scheduled for today. I’ve been getting dizzy and having facial numbness, and my doc wants to make sure I didn’t have a stroke or an aneurysm. I haven’t had an MRI done sine I was a kid, so I honestly a… --- ## [Happy birthday???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594 "2014-03-28T03:24:35Z")
I’m 74 years old today and I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. The only thing I really want is to live long enough to celebrate my 75th and that will be enough. --- ## [Amazing rescue of a construction worker from a residential complex on fire.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-rescue-of-a-construction-worker-from-a-residential-complex-on-fire/684581)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-rescue-of-a-construction-worker-from-a-residential-complex-on-fire/684581 "2014-03-28T02:16:35Z")
Today, close to the AIG Campus in Houston: Look at the end as the fire department guy on a ladder and the construction worker leave at the nick of time. Great job by the FD. --- ## [Incomplete joke needs a punchline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incomplete-joke-needs-a-punchline/684577)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incomplete-joke-needs-a-punchline/684577 "2014-03-27T22:02:31Z")
Inspired by the “jokes you’ve heard lately” thread, this spontaneously came to me- but without an ending! It’ll be obvious what general sort of ending it must have, but I couldn’t come up with a real zinger: "A travelin… --- ## [Generous man gives out $50 and $100 bills to needy strangers. That gets locked up in the loony bin.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generous-man-gives-out-50-and-100-bills-to-needy-strangers-that-gets-locked-up-in-the-loony-bin/684590)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generous-man-gives-out-50-and-100-bills-to-needy-strangers-that-gets-locked-up-in-the-loony-bin/684590 "2014-03-27T21:11:41Z")
Not exactly a great ending to a heart warming story. A guy saves up money and then hands out $50 and $100 bills to strangers. He urges them to pass it on to someone else if they don’t need it. A wonderful and generous ac… --- ## [So tired of this god damned cold weather!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tired-of-this-god-damned-cold-weather/683745)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tired-of-this-god-damned-cold-weather/683745 "2014-03-27T20:14:15Z")
It’s March 15th in Maryland and we can’t get two even semi-warm days in a row. It was in the teens last night! I’ve never been angry at the weather before, but I’m there now. This is just stupid, winter just won’t give u… --- ## [This is a C-130 and not a P-3, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-c-130-and-not-a-p-3-right/684563)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-c-130-and-not-a-p-3-right/684563 "2014-03-27T15:15:11Z")
From today’s MSN news. It was reported as the latter; one of the Australian planes searching for MH370. http://sin.stb.s-msn.com/i/A2/A7C1D4DA2D4AAE32F01D9E88B7B3F\_h374\_w622\_m2\_q80\_cZRqXsuhE.jpg --- ## [Future Presidents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-presidents/684637)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-presidents/684637 "2014-03-27T14:16:29Z")
A bumper sticker I’ve seen: HILLARY 2016 MICHELLE 2024 CHELSEA 2032 MALIA 2040 SASHA 2048 Interesting. There will be an entire generation who’ve never known a male President. --- ## [Male orgasm without physical stimulation - possible TMI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasm-without-physical-stimulation-possible-tmi/478178)
**Author:** [@Libre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Libre)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasm-without-physical-stimulation-possible-tmi/478178 "2014-03-27T00:14:52Z")
It’s not my intent to titillate anyone (though feel free!), but I would like to share an erotic experience I enjoyed with the hope that someone else might also try and benefit from it: Some months ago, I was alone and r… --- ## [Let's predict the past!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-the-past/684108)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-the-past/684108 "2014-03-26T20:32:28Z")
This’ll be a toughie, and I hope y’all will keep each other as honest as possible. Flashing back to your life back in January 1st, 1980, I want you to predict what life will be like in the year 2000. Using only the kno… --- ## [Freaking out from good changes in my life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaking-out-from-good-changes-in-my-life/684586)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaking-out-from-good-changes-in-my-life/684586 "2014-03-26T19:57:13Z")
So there are good things happening in my life. Really good things. But it’s all happening rather fast and I’m freaking out a little. I’m in a relationship with the love of my life. It took over twenty years for it to ha… --- ## [Student challenges tigers to a fight...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-challenges-tigers-to-a-fight/684546)
**Author:** [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-challenges-tigers-to-a-fight/684546 "2014-03-26T17:15:17Z")
… and the tigers run away. This would have made a great scene in the Men Who Stare at Goats. --- ## [We told her this would happen--Wife in hospital](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-told-her-this-would-happen-wife-in-hospital/684343)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-told-her-this-would-happen-wife-in-hospital/684343 "2014-03-26T13:53:19Z")
My wife is diabetic, but refuses to accept or admit it. It took us years of “that’s a symptom” pushing to get her to go to the doctor the first time, and she kept it under control for a couple years with diet and Metfor… --- ## [Handing in my PhD thesis - thought I'd pay you guys a visit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handing-in-my-phd-thesis-thought-id-pay-you-guys-a-visit/684306)
**Author:** [@Post\_Miss\_Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Post_Miss_Post)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2014, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handing-in-my-phd-thesis-thought-id-pay-you-guys-a-visit/684306 "2014-03-26T09:53:24Z")
Back in 2011 I joined the Dope having been a lurker for a little while. I was two years into my PhD candidature and pretty soon decided I had better stop procrastinating and get serious about my studies. Not to say I hav… --- ## [A spider on a frisbee, Coriolis, and Leo Bloom go to MIT: How did it happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spider-on-a-frisbee-coriolis-and-leo-bloom-go-to-mit-how-did-it-happen/684545)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spider-on-a-frisbee-coriolis-and-leo-bloom-go-to-mit-how-did-it-happen/684545 "2014-03-26T05:20:49Z")
To my immense surprise, satisfaction, and enjoyment, I have just watched the Second lecture, Dynamics and Control 1, taught by Nicholas Makris at MIT, Fall 2007. TMI: I am quite excited/moved by this, having forgotten b… --- ## [Brain (mind) changes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-mind-changes/684504)
**Author:** [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-mind-changes/684504 "2014-03-26T02:39:24Z")
Anybody else getting to a point in their life where they simply don’t think about certain things the way they have most of their life? I have three examples of this in my own life (one of which I alluded to in another th… --- ## [Five year old's logic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-year-olds-logic/684388)
**Author:** [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-year-olds-logic/684388 "2014-03-26T01:58:46Z")
Five year old’s logic He answers the questions Q: What is this dam for ? A: Its for fish and sharks Q: There’s no fish or sharks here, so… what is it for ? A: Its to kill fish and sharks --- ## [The Steinhardts Bake Hamantaschen Again!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-steinhardts-bake-hamantaschen-again/683693)
**Author:** [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-steinhardts-bake-hamantaschen-again/683693 "2014-03-25T23:33:18Z")
As many of you (especially the old-timers here) know, it’s an annual tradition in my family to bake hamantaschen. It’s also become an annual tradition for me to post a link to the pictures here. I’ve been doing so ever… --- ## [Cataract surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cataract-surgery/674079)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cataract-surgery/674079 "2014-03-25T23:15:32Z")
Well, I got my eyepatch off today from having cataract surgery yesterday, and OMG - what a difference! I see so much clearer out of my right eye now. Man, 12/6 can’t get here fast enough for me to get my left eye done! --- ## [I may be American, but I'm not stupid (daft).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-american-but-im-not-stupid-daft/684438)
**Author:** [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-american-but-im-not-stupid-daft/684438 "2014-03-25T19:53:52Z")
I get the idea of converting kilometers and other metrics measures into imperial units, but this is ridiculous: \[T\]he crew… observed two large objects… spread across several square kilometers (miles). I’m somewhat surp… --- ## [Emotional transference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-transference/684505)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-transference/684505 "2014-03-25T19:16:21Z")
Last year my mum died, after a long stint with Alzheimer’s Disease. I had a brief bout of despondence, but soon recovered. So today I heard that my aunt (my mum’s older sister) died under similar circumstances, and I c… --- ## [Help with a sentence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-sentence/684419)
**Author:** [@Reza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reza)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-sentence/684419 "2014-03-25T13:15:40Z")
in the following sentence: Even though my friend seemed to enjoy the movie, I thought that it would never come to an end. I think “even though” has been used incorrectly, otherwise it has the meaning as " So that". Bec… --- ## [Has Sarah Palin solved the Flight 370 Mystery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-sarah-palin-solved-the-flight-370-mystery/684451)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-sarah-palin-solved-the-flight-370-mystery/684451 "2014-03-25T05:04:11Z")
Ms Palin believes that Og took the plane up to Heaven. http://dailycurrant.com/2014/03/20/palin-wonders-if-flight-370-flew-directly-to-heaven-2/ But… “What would Og want with a” used 777 jumbo jet? :stuck\_out\_tongue: O… --- ## [I think I kinda almost died...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-kinda-almost-died/683213)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-kinda-almost-died/683213 "2014-03-25T04:02:03Z")
Somehow a lamp broke in my living room. Went down to the supermarket and bought a new one. Went home, switched the lamp off, got on a metal ladder, removed the lamp cover… and ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT. Took quite a… --- ## [Help Me Come Up With a Word or Phrase for this Situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-word-or-phrase-for-this-situation/684375)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-word-or-phrase-for-this-situation/684375 "2014-03-25T01:30:08Z")
Remember Sniglets, which are “words or phrases that don’t appear in the dictionary, but should”? I need one, for this situation (which wasn’t possible back in the 80’s when Sniglets became a thing): Seasons 1, 2, and 3 … --- ## [How did you propose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-propose/684310)
**Author:** [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-propose/684310 "2014-03-24T23:00:45Z")
My man is the best. He went with our names and put a wedding ring in each ‘o’ of our names. Romantic dinner. Added to that was ‘One love’ He had a guy playing the U2 song. The setting was in Thailand but the whole thin… --- ## [Did people eat fancier in the past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-eat-fancier-in-the-past/684478)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-eat-fancier-in-the-past/684478 "2014-03-24T22:10:08Z")
In a thread on wedding registries, it was noticed fine china was the stereotypical gift. Some dopers surmised it was because people were more likely to use china in the past. Is this true? My grandparents never used f… --- ## [Worst case of "manager speak" you've heard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-case-of-manager-speak-youve-heard/683589)
**Author:** [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-case-of-manager-speak-youve-heard/683589 "2014-03-24T21:04:51Z")
When asked a question that he clearly didn’t understand, one of our managers writes back “I can’t seem to grasp the ask on this one.” Took me a minute for me to figure out what his “ask” was, as well. :confused: I work… --- ## [I am \[shocked to find out that JC Penny is using fake prices and meaningless discounts!\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-shocked-to-find-out-that-jc-penny-is-using-fake-prices-and-meaningless-discounts/684116)
**Author:** [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-shocked-to-find-out-that-jc-penny-is-using-fake-prices-and-meaningless-discounts/684116 "2014-03-24T20:41:35Z")
shocked, shocked to find out that JC Penny is using fake prices and meaningless discounts! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/19/jcpenney-prices\_n\_4986649.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=865) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=867)