# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=867 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 868 --- ## [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 --- ## [Clothes men like/Clothes women like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothes-men-like-clothes-women-like/684072)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothes-men-like-clothes-women-like/684072 "2014-03-24T19:42:24Z")
I used to have this dress–a pretty simple, I guess I would call it shirtdress, navy blue with white dots. Pretty much this one: http://shopatsullivan.com/navy-white-polka-dot-dress.html although mine had long sleeves. It… --- ## [Playboy model gets hit in the ass by golfer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-model-gets-hit-in-the-ass-by-golfer/683926)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-model-gets-hit-in-the-ass-by-golfer/683926 "2014-03-24T15:10:27Z")
Clinching a golf T between your butt cheeks is a really, really dumb stunt. Why she agreed to it beats me. After all, what could possibly go wrong? :rolleyes: It doesn’t look like the club made that much contact. The vi… --- ## [It isn't easy being green in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-isnt-easy-being-green-in-the-mmp/683910)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 373\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-isnt-easy-being-green-in-the-mmp/683910 "2014-03-24T14:32:28Z")
I am ready for spring, despite the 3+ inches of snow in my yard and the flakes that continue to fall. Think green!!! Think SPRING!!! Happy Moanday!!! --- ## [Creepy stories - help me out I have a blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-stories-help-me-out-i-have-a-blank/684429)
**Author:** [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-stories-help-me-out-i-have-a-blank/684429 "2014-03-24T13:37:38Z")
You guys know everything right? It is a creepy/SF/horror site. I thought it might be mentioned on creepypasta but no joy. It was set up like some record facility for as super secret government organisation with an acrony… --- ## [31st Anniversary of Reagan's "Star Wars" Speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/31st-anniversary-of-reagans-star-wars-speech/684411)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/31st-anniversary-of-reagans-star-wars-speech/684411 "2014-03-24T05:36:41Z")
It’s amazing to me to contemplate that it’s been thirty one years since Ronald Reagan gave his speech on March 23, 1983 that kicked off the Strategic Defense Initiative, in what has been called his “Star Wars Speech”. He… --- ## [Phrases you don't really want associated with your name...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509 "2014-03-24T04:54:18Z")
In the last hour online I have seen: morbidly obese convicted pedophile and politician. Any others? --- ## [Colorized Historical Photos Slideshow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorized-historical-photos-slideshow/684307)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorized-historical-photos-slideshow/684307 "2014-03-24T04:31:59Z")
This is pretty neat! http://www.liveleak.com/ll\_embed?f=d6d9d5385aee --- ## [Very cool hawk vs. squirrel video.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-hawk-vs-squirrel-video/684379)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-hawk-vs-squirrel-video/684379 "2014-03-24T03:25:19Z")
Hawk vs. Squirrel Found this and thought I’d share. Great cinematography and editing. Best watched in full screen. --- ## [I found a kitten!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitten/674564)
**Author:** [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitten/674564 "2014-03-24T03:22:20Z")
…and if you remember me at all, you may recall that I’ve had previous kitten experience! but…not like this. The last kitten I had I raised after she was orphaned at one day old. She was great - she still is! - but onc… --- ## [My "Friend" Wants a New Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-wants-a-new-name/678240)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-wants-a-new-name/678240 "2014-03-23T14:58:47Z")
Need answers fast! :stuck\_out\_tongue: Okay, so I’ve had faithfool forever and I do believe it’s time for a change. So, I’m turning to the teeming millions to help me come up with something different and exciting. To ass… --- ## [Fred Phelps is dead.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dead/684169)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dead/684169 "2014-03-23T14:41:59Z")
Link from the CBC. --- ## [New kitty:TNG](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-tng/684293)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-tng/684293 "2014-03-23T06:32:36Z")
So it’s been about 16 months since we got Katie so it’s time for a little sister. This is Lizzie. Born on Christmas Day, she wound up at a local rescue home where she was treated for an upper respiratory infection befo… --- ## [My multiplicitous definitions of "ethical."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-multiplicitous-definitions-of-ethical/684340)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-multiplicitous-definitions-of-ethical/684340 "2014-03-23T05:11:04Z")
Recently, I sort of accidentally fell into starting a business as a housekeeper. I did one thing for one person, and it sort of snowballed. Anyway, I got some business cards. The cards are simple; they have the open-s… --- ## [British General decrees...it's "barbaric" to eat sandwiches with your hands.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-general-decrees-its-barbaric-to-eat-sandwiches-with-your-hands/684264)
**Author:** [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-general-decrees-its-barbaric-to-eat-sandwiches-with-your-hands/684264 "2014-03-23T02:49:31Z")
Brit Junior Officers take the mickey out of their commanding general, and it’s hilarious. (that’s how you use that expression, right? I think that’s how you use it. What the hell do I know, I eat sandwiches with my hands… --- ## [Miss world vs. World's Mis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-world-vs-worlds-mis/684237)
**Author:** [@Reza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reza)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-world-vs-worlds-mis/684237 "2014-03-23T02:39:57Z")
How would you answer this your student’s question? ( as an EFL learner) “Why we say Miss World and not World’s Miss, and accordingly why we don’t say Light Street, and we say Street light” ? --- ## [My Dad died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210 "2014-03-23T00:49:28Z")
It was about a week ago. He was suffering from Alzheimer’s. He wasn’t in any pain and for that I’m grateful. He never became argumentative or hostile as is often the case with Alzheimer’s patients. He just kind of sli… --- ## [Giraffe kisses dying zoo worker final goodbye](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-kisses-dying-zoo-worker-final-goodbye/684224)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-kisses-dying-zoo-worker-final-goodbye/684224 "2014-03-22T18:00:09Z")
Subject says it all, really. This article is bittersweet. Damn but it’s dusty here. --- ## [Close encounters of the shark kind - or how to turn your wetsuit brown in 2 seconds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-shark-kind-or-how-to-turn-your-wetsuit-brown-in-2-seconds/683776)
**Author:** [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-shark-kind-or-how-to-turn-your-wetsuit-brown-in-2-seconds/683776 "2014-03-22T17:56:11Z")
So lionfish are a problem in the Caribbean and Atlantic basins. They are an invasive species and there are active programs approved by environmentally conscious organizations to encouraging scuba divers to cull lionfish.… --- ## [Helicopter crash in Seattle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helicopter-crash-in-seattle/684002)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helicopter-crash-in-seattle/684002 "2014-03-22T16:45:11Z")
A news helicopter used by KOMO 4 and KING 5 crashed near the Space Needle. Witnesses say the helicopter appeared to be landing on the rooftop pad, and then fell off, landing on two cars. They’re showing the cars on TV … --- ## [Women has face transplant after Chimpanzee attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-has-face-transplant-after-chimpanzee-attack/585049)
**Author:** [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-has-face-transplant-after-chimpanzee-attack/585049 "2014-03-22T13:42:27Z")
Link So,… Uh, you wake up one morning and get a call from a friend for some help and end up with your face and hands torn off by a rogue chimpanzee… Quoting a poster on the CNN site: oleg16: “nothing is preventable. d… --- ## [Rules for determining whether or not someone is Jewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-for-determining-whether-or-not-someone-is-jewish/683663)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-for-determining-whether-or-not-someone-is-jewish/683663 "2014-03-22T13:11:46Z")
I have often read a biography of some celebrity or another that states the religion of their father and the religion of their mother and then concludes the celibrity is either Jewish or they are not Jewish. But in many c… --- ## [The Unused User Name Repository](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unused-user-name-repository/683032)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unused-user-name-repository/683032 "2014-03-22T05:03:29Z")
Help stomp out thye "bob31355"s and the “JulieA416”, and help me come up with a list of interesting/colorful/insane user names for newbies to choose from. All contributions must follow the rules of the SDMB, and must n… --- ## [Foster Dad John Kitten Cam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foster-dad-john-kitten-cam/684234)
**Author:** [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foster-dad-john-kitten-cam/684234 "2014-03-22T04:44:44Z")
I was a bit surprised to find after some googling that it seems nobody directly posted about Foster Dad John’s livestream here! Foster Dad John runs a livestream of the kittens that he fosters. Usually a nearby shelter g… --- ## [Take my cat, please! (pics included) \[need new home for cat in Southern CA area\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-my-cat-please-pics-included-need-new-home-for-cat-in-southern-ca-area/682908)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-my-cat-please-pics-included-need-new-home-for-cat-in-southern-ca-area/682908 "2014-03-22T03:31:16Z")
I am looking for someone who can adopt my wonderful cat. Joyfully, I am getting married soon, but sadly, my fiancée is allergic to cats, so we cannot keep her (the cat). I know people have found a place for their cats on… --- ## [Guess How Buying Deodorant Can Move Me to the Edge of Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-buying-deodorant-can-move-me-to-the-edge-of-tears/683856)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-buying-deodorant-can-move-me-to-the-edge-of-tears/683856 "2014-03-22T01:47:12Z")
Well, it goes like this - I go to look at deodorants, and while looking for the best price, I’m thinking, “pick one that doesn’t have any scent, because of Susan’s allergies.” And then, a second later, remembering that … --- ## [Malaysian Airliner Search. Who's Paying For It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malaysian-airliner-search-whos-paying-for-it/684165)
**Author:** [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malaysian-airliner-search-whos-paying-for-it/684165 "2014-03-22T01:08:08Z")
I was just wondering, since it seems so many countries are looking for it. Does each individual country just foot the bill? I know it’s for a good cause, but when I hear things like, the US could just dispatch a few ship… --- ## [State Fiscal Condition: Ranking the 50 States](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-fiscal-condition-ranking-the-50-states/684202)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-fiscal-condition-ranking-the-50-states/684202 "2014-03-22T00:41:33Z")
Just ran across this: By almost any measure: budget solvency, long-run solvency, service-level solvency, or the combo “fiscal condition”, the maps look mostly like the blue-red divide, with “blue” on the insolvent/bad… --- ## [Humans can detect one trillion smells: study](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humans-can-detect-one-trillion-smells-study/684223)
**Author:** [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humans-can-detect-one-trillion-smells-study/684223 "2014-03-21T23:38:51Z")
From here: That’s some really good reporting. We can detect 1,000,000,000,000 smells instead of the previously estimated 999,000,000,000? Is “millions” the new word for “lots”? --- ## ["Countries have names - should they also have surnames?" - and other confounding questions...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-have-names-should-they-also-have-surnames-and-other-confounding-questions/683381)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-have-names-should-they-also-have-surnames-and-other-confounding-questions/683381 "2014-03-21T23:05:58Z")
I think we’ve had threads like this before (I think maybe I even started one a while back), but I think this is a fun idea, so… I was thinking today about press conferences and other public address events where the spea… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=866) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=868)