# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=879 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 880 --- ## [Valentine's Day When You Were in Elementary School?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-day-when-you-were-in-elementary-school/681344)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-day-when-you-were-in-elementary-school/681344 "2014-02-16T01:18:30Z")
Anyone remember? I seem to remember at least one year (2nd grade or so) when everyone was making Valentine’s Day cards for the members of the opposite sex in our class. And candy was involved… It’s all vague. Anyone? --- ## [Hilarous/Embarrassing Moments With Your Children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarous-embarrassing-moments-with-your-children/680528)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarous-embarrassing-moments-with-your-children/680528 "2014-02-15T23:51:05Z")
This weekend my family and I went out to brunch like we do every Sunday. After we finished eating my daughter said she needed to go potty so off we went into the bathroom so she could do her business. When we were done s… --- ## [Amazon refunded me $3 because Export fee reduced. A nice delayed surprise.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-refunded-me-3-because-export-fee-reduced-a-nice-delayed-surprise/681160)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-refunded-me-3-because-export-fee-reduced-a-nice-delayed-surprise/681160 "2014-02-15T15:54:40Z")
Way, way back in early December I placed an order that got shipped to a giftee in Canada. Amazon charged me the special shipping and Export fees. I thought that was that. Done. 2 months later I get a email letting me… --- ## [Semi-Anti-Valentine's Day thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-anti-valentines-day-thread/680924)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-anti-valentines-day-thread/680924 "2014-02-15T15:24:55Z")
While I’m not particularly anti-Valentine’s right now, this did strike me as funny: The Worst Things That Could Happen On Valentine’s Day (from Buzzfeed). Check out #9, especially who is providing the musical selections… --- ## [Better than LSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-than-lsd/681133)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-than-lsd/681133 "2014-02-15T15:09:22Z")
Never took the stuff myself. Dad kept us away from all that junk. WW II vet, lied about his age to join the Navy. Fire control on a Destroyer Escort. Imagine a 17-year-old kid telling his ship where to point the cannons! … --- ## [Burger King Pokemon Recall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-pokemon-recall/13475)
**Author:** [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-pokemon-recall/13475 "2014-02-15T14:38:53Z")
Anyone else see this commercial? In rapid-fire talking speed, a narrator explains that Burger King is recalling the Pokemon pokey ball they gave away with kiddie meals a few months back. Apparently they’re a choking haza… --- ## [Dubious Baby Milestones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubious-baby-milestones/681186)
**Author:** [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2014, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubious-baby-milestones/681186 "2014-02-15T12:11:11Z")
I am making a baby shower gift for a friend, it’s based on those baby memory books, but it is meant to record “Dubious Baby Milestones.” Please give me some of your dubious baby (or toddler) milestones. I’m looking for… --- ## [Things to avoid when making magic wishes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-avoid-when-making-magic-wishes/679784)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2014, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-avoid-when-making-magic-wishes/679784 "2014-02-15T08:14:36Z")
If you wish for the perfect hot fudge sundae, don’t say “and I want crushed nuts”. --- ## [Ask the ER Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-er-doctor/516312)
**Author:** [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2014, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-er-doctor/516312 "2014-02-15T06:36:47Z")
I’ve been considering starting this thread for some time now. I figured now was as good a time as any. I am a physician who is board certified in Emergency Medicine. I practice with a large group of physicians who cover… --- ## [How do zombie threads get resurrected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-zombie-threads-get-resurrected/681270)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-zombie-threads-get-resurrected/681270 "2014-02-15T03:49:07Z")
In the past few days I’ve been seeing threads from as long ago as 2001. How does this happen? Do people go hunting for old threads? Why? And why on earth would they respond to something from 3 years ago or even longer? --- ## [What ONE name comes immediately to mind when you hear "1970's"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1970s/681167)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1970s/681167 "2014-02-15T02:14:57Z")
Well, we’ve had a go at the 30’s and 50’s, so let’s see what has clogged your memory from the 1970’s. First impression first, then add as many others as you think matter. --- ## [Lightning no longer strikes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning-no-longer-strikes/681178)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning-no-longer-strikes/681178 "2014-02-15T00:45:44Z")
Our cat Lightning, I mean. He was 19 (one of the oldest cats at the vet) and had been living with a heart condition since he was three. We never expected him to live ten years. He was OK through Christmas, but after t… --- ## [Speed reading test online](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-reading-test-online/681215)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-reading-test-online/681215 "2014-02-14T21:05:32Z")
I took it three times - results were 586, 1068 and 1136. I guess the first time I wasn’t trying :slight\_smile: It’s a nice vanity test I guess, but I don’t think it’s very accurate. I would think you’d need at least 3… --- ## [That LIONsob, he's...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-lionsob-hes/681324)
**Author:** [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-lionsob-hes/681324 "2014-02-14T19:30:47Z")
Gettin’ hitched today @ 11:00! Congrats to Vickie and one of the first Dopers I ever met, those many years ago! --- ## [My answering machine is possessed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-answering-machine-is-possessed/681212)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-answering-machine-is-possessed/681212 "2014-02-14T18:59:39Z")
I still have a landline, and an answering machine. Every day I have two or three telemarketer calls. I get told the time and day for each message. Well every day the answering machine thinks it’s the day before. No matt… --- ## [The CanaDoper Café, 2013 edition.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 3143\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736 "2014-02-14T18:28:11Z")
Happy New Year, everyone. It is now 2013 in Canada, and I want to take a moment to wish all Dopers, everywhere, a very happy and prosperous New Year. (Well, it’s 2013 for my friends in Newfoundland and Labrador, anyway.… --- ## [Need ideas for a clever sign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-a-clever-sign/681180)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-a-clever-sign/681180 "2014-02-14T18:12:28Z")
I share an office with another guy. We’re both smart, and we both work on reporting a lot (among other things). We are the answer guys when someone needs to know “why does this report show this number, it doesn’t seem ri… --- ## [Snowmageddon 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmageddon-2014/679982)
**Author:** [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmageddon-2014/679982 "2014-02-14T15:20:23Z")
Any other South/South East Dopers being affected by the snow storm moving through? It started snowing where I was around 11:30 and my work decided to let us go (Think about that logic for a second. Ok, now that it’s sn… --- ## [When did the 1950's begin and end for YOU?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-1950s-begin-and-end-for-you/680916)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2014, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-1950s-begin-and-end-for-you/680916 "2014-02-14T11:22:23Z")
Two fun threads on the 1950’s were started yesterday and both have produced some fun posts: What ONE name comes immediately to mind when you hear “1950’s”? started Yesterday, 10:36 AM by Zeldar What ONE PRODUCT comes … --- ## [First Open Ranking of the World Wide Web](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-open-ranking-of-the-world-wide-web/681195)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2014, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-open-ranking-of-the-world-wide-web/681195 "2014-02-14T08:39:17Z")
The Laboratory for Web Algorithmics of the Università degli studi di Milano together with the Data and Web Science Group of the University of Mannheim have put together the first entirely open ranking of more than 100 mi… --- ## [What ONE name comes immediately to mind when you hear "1950's"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2014, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839 "2014-02-14T08:15:15Z")
First name that comes to mind, please. Okay to mention others after that first one, if you like, but make your post start with that first impression. --- ## [What ONE name comes immediately to mind when you hear "1930's"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2014, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900 "2014-02-14T08:00:55Z")
Okay, let’s level the playing field, people. We’ve been having fun with the 50’s, so let’s move it back a couple decades (which ought to make it so very few of us have vivid personal memories of the time) and try that na… --- ## [can anyone recall the movie with boo boo kitty f\*ck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recall-the-movie-with-boo-boo-kitty-f-ck/681130)
**Author:** [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2014, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recall-the-movie-with-boo-boo-kitty-f-ck/681130 "2014-02-14T06:42:33Z")
its a rip off of a load of flicks, matt damon and ben affleck in it, google down here does anyone know what it is? many thanks. i got a pirated copy and it was an absolute hoot but only watched half of it. --- ## [The deadly art of butt-stroking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-art-of-butt-stroking/681082)
**Author:** [@MetroGnome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MetroGnome)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2014, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-art-of-butt-stroking/681082 "2014-02-14T05:46:23Z")
So I was just reading the Wikipedia entry on pistol-whipping and felt I just had to share the last sentence with you guys: “Pistol-whipping should not be confused with butt-stroking, a close combat military discipline.” … --- ## [Way to go, Amazon.com!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-go-amazon-com/681157)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-go-amazon-com/681157 "2014-02-13T18:25:51Z")
I have to say, I’ve always had pretty good service from Amazon, but this was above and beyond. I had rented a movie to stream through Amazon Prime the other day. The streaming quality was a little choppy when I started t… --- ## [Who get's that last $10 bill if not me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-that-last-10-bill-if-not-me/680442)
**Author:** [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-that-last-10-bill-if-not-me/680442 "2014-02-13T17:03:45Z")
I’m in line paying for my lunch. The bill is $4.80 and I hand the clerk a $20 - she hands me three $5s and the 20 cents but I can see a $10 bill in the til. In the past I have asked if she could give me the ten rather… --- ## [The thrill of victory, and THE AGONY OF DEFEAT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thrill-of-victory-and-the-agony-of-defeat/681192)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thrill-of-victory-and-the-agony-of-defeat/681192 "2014-02-13T16:45:49Z")
Since it’s Winter Olympics time again, I thought this interview would be apropos. For many years, Vinko Bogataj (pronounced bo-ga-tie) had no idea he was an American icon; he just remembered taking a nasty fall and walk… --- ## [Thank you, wonderful electric company person!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-wonderful-electric-company-person/681127)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-wonderful-electric-company-person/681127 "2014-02-13T04:24:49Z")
So I called Portland General Electric today, trying to figure out what to do about the huge branch that fell on the cable outside my house (from the tree leaning menacingly over this entire part of the block. ) I didn’t … --- ## [Police: Man opens fire on Jehovah's Witnesses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-man-opens-fire-on-jehovahs-witnesses/681210)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-man-opens-fire-on-jehovahs-witnesses/681210 "2014-02-13T04:23:11Z")
Finally someone \[peppers these proselytizing punks\](Police: Man opens fire on Jehovah’s Witnesses) with powerful projectiles from a pistol for promoting their prophet’s position on his property uninvited. Remember your … --- ## [Words that can change pronunciation when capitalized](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-can-change-pronunciation-when-capitalized/681008)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-can-change-pronunciation-when-capitalized/681008 "2014-02-12T22:43:10Z")
Polish-polish Rainier-rainier Any others? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=878) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=880)