# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=887 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 888 --- ## [G'is your awful hospital stories.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gis-your-awful-hospital-stories/679045)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gis-your-awful-hospital-stories/679045 "2014-01-21T22:30:41Z")
I had a minor operation yesterday (turbinectomy and septoplasty if you really wanna know) and was admitted for an overnight stay post-op. So after a brief stay in recovery got trundled up to share a ward with five old d… --- ## [Stirring Tea in a Teapot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stirring-tea-in-a-teapot/679391)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stirring-tea-in-a-teapot/679391 "2014-01-21T20:56:10Z")
I saw an episode of the David Suchet series of Hercule Poirot mysteries (Dumb Witness, an early one, rather long but satisfying enough). In this program there was one scene where the potty old lady sisters next door to t… --- ## [Today I royally fucked up at work. Commiserate with me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-royally-fucked-up-at-work-commiserate-with-me/675631)
**Author:** [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-royally-fucked-up-at-work-commiserate-with-me/675631 "2014-01-21T12:52:41Z")
I manage a small IT infrastructure team. We support, among other users, a development team that’s responsible for the application and database code that’s our primary product offering. Due to a minor screwup earlier tod… --- ## [Any Non U.S. Dopers Want To Help Out A U.S. 2nd-Grader?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-non-u-s-dopers-want-to-help-out-a-u-s-2nd-grader/678750)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-non-u-s-dopers-want-to-help-out-a-u-s-2nd-grader/678750 "2014-01-21T05:52:50Z")
The Littlest Briston’s 2nd-grade class is doing a project, tied in with the upcoming Olympic games. Each student has been assigned a country, and they’ll do a basic report on them and make a poster showing a couple of th… --- ## [Clumsy oaf! Now look what you've done!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clumsy-oaf-now-look-what-youve-done/679289)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clumsy-oaf-now-look-what-youve-done/679289 "2014-01-21T04:46:35Z")
Ow ow ow! Last night I was slicing up stuff for my supper salad. :slight\_smile: Then suddenly I was slicing the top of my left thumb half off. OW! Blood is flying. :eek: I ran the tap over it. It kept bleeding. I wad… --- ## [After 10 years, Martian finally slips up. Oops :)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-martian-finally-slips-up-oops/679152)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-martian-finally-slips-up-oops/679152 "2014-01-21T04:18:49Z")
FOR INTERNAL DISTRIBUTION ONLY After carefully maintaining security around the Mars rovers for more than ten years, the security staff on Mars reported a minor anomaly caused by dropping a jelly doughnut o… --- ## [Well the first bottle of Drano didn't work. Now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-first-bottle-of-drano-didnt-work-now-what/679103)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-first-bottle-of-drano-didnt-work-now-what/679103 "2014-01-21T01:45:45Z")
My bathroom sink is clogged. I don’t know why. It clogs a lot, actually, but it usually goes away with some Draino. But this time, no luck. The bottle I used was this stuff: Oh, actually, I see it was Liquid Plumber. … --- ## [Unusual gifts that you got at Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-gifts-that-you-got-at-christmas/679112)
**Author:** [@Rahne\_McCloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rahne_McCloud)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-gifts-that-you-got-at-christmas/679112 "2014-01-20T23:50:25Z")
I was making a cup of tea with my Tardis tea infuser that I got at Christmas and wanted to know if anyone else had got any unusual for Christmas. I also received a sonic screwdriver pizza cutter. --- ## [One of my cats died tonight.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-cats-died-tonight/679244)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-cats-died-tonight/679244 "2014-01-20T23:28:53Z")
I mentioned the poor kitty when we got her. I asked the Dope to help name our third cat(we ended up naming the third one River). Anyway, poor little Inara had kidney failure and we chose to euthanize her tonight instead… --- ## [So, how hot is it in Australia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-hot-is-it-in-australia/679180)
**Author:** [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-hot-is-it-in-australia/679180 "2014-01-20T20:37:19Z")
I read about tennis players in Australia vomiting due to heat stress and water bottles melting. Could our Australian dopers chime in and relate their stories about how the heat is affecting them. Meanwhile back in the … --- ## [Bad times for racialists...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-times-for-racialists/665865)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-times-for-racialists/665865 "2014-01-20T19:53:38Z")
Last October both J P Rushton and Arthur Jensen croaked. Another less prominant racialist Vincent Sarich also died that month. Today, I’ve learned that my prediction was correct. Robert Travis Osborne, the last remaining… --- ## [I miss black & white photography](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-black-white-photography/678510)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-black-white-photography/678510 "2014-01-20T18:02:45Z")
I have few memories of my childhood. One that stands out was the time I watched my old man seal up the windows in the spare bedroom with tarpaper and build a long workbench next to the door. When I asked him what he was … --- ## [Denver for a day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denver-for-a-day/679127)
**Author:** [@Fat\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat_Chance)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denver-for-a-day/679127 "2014-01-20T17:50:11Z")
I’ll be in Denver for a few days, never been before and am looking for some advice. I’ll be going to a trade show and won’t have a ton of time, but should get at least a full afternoon/evening to explore the area, and w… --- ## [The Myth of the Absent Black Father](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-myth-of-the-absent-black-father/679101)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-myth-of-the-absent-black-father/679101 "2014-01-20T17:29:20Z")
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/01/16/3175831/myth-absent-black-father/ It’s good to see that my own observations and experiences are consistent with the facts. --- ## [BBC News Presenter Komla Dumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-news-presenter-komla-dumor/679201)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-news-presenter-komla-dumor/679201 "2014-01-20T15:18:37Z")
He died suddenly of a heart attack on Saturday, age 41. This is his Wikipedia page. The wife and I were shocked to hear the news this morning (Sunday morning). He was just about our favorite reporter on the Beeb. The man… --- ## [My nephew has broken his back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nephew-has-broken-his-back/679172)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nephew-has-broken-his-back/679172 "2014-01-20T09:22:44Z")
Bad news for my family - my nephew, my brother’s step-son, had a vehicle roll-over while on duty in Afghanistan and has broken his back. He apparently isn’t paralyzed, thank God. At this point we don’t know much more. Th… --- ## [The do-over MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-do-over-mmp/678646)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 323\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-do-over-mmp/678646 "2014-01-20T03:44:55Z")
Imagine if life had a reset button, allowing you to go back & change one decision in your life. It might be taking/turning down a new job only to have the old/new company go under, or not/changing lanes which avoids a c… --- ## [Carrying a gun in Arkansas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrying-a-gun-in-arkansas/679190)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrying-a-gun-in-arkansas/679190 "2014-01-19T22:37:57Z")
I came across the debate on gun rights boards about the legality of carrying a gun without a permit. I normally ignore the garbage, but it will soon be handled by the courts. Here is the relevant law: \[QUOTE=Ark. Code… --- ## [Do you ever want to say f\*\*k this shit and give it all up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-want-to-say-f-k-this-shit-and-give-it-all-up/678857)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-want-to-say-f-k-this-shit-and-give-it-all-up/678857 "2014-01-19T20:57:32Z")
Well do you? I find it all a bit of a bore. I don’t mean to be melodramatic but it is all a bit of a slog really isn’t it? How do you guys get up in the morning? --- ## [Calendar Fun and Trivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calendar-fun-and-trivia/679203)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calendar-fun-and-trivia/679203 "2014-01-19T18:28:33Z")
In the Death Pool thread RTFirefly made this post Being a fan of calendars and dates and the like, it dawned on me that I had never taken the trouble to break down the year (the 365 day version – skipping Leap Years) i… --- ## [DON'T Stump the Teenage Girl with Not-So-Average Knowledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233)
**Author:** [@Purin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purin)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2014, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233 "2014-01-19T06:58:58Z")
I propose a game for you all! My father, Straight Dope user cmyk had played this little game with some of you older board members a few years ago. (I think i’m looking in the right place. 2007 I think he did it. If not,… --- ## [Stupid Diet.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-diet/678921)
**Author:** [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-diet/678921 "2014-01-18T19:11:43Z")
Well guys, I’ve been dieting, and today the unthinkable happened at work. Yes, my pants fell down. The worst part wasn’t that they fell down. The worst part wasn’t that they fell down in a crowded break room full of p… --- ## [TV Show Cops: Ending interrogatives with "at."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-cops-ending-interrogatives-with-at/679075)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-cops-ending-interrogatives-with-at/679075 "2014-01-18T16:34:39Z")
So, I’m watching Cops a lot these days, 'cause it seems to be on a lot between 7:00 and 8:00 when nothing else interests me. In every single episode, from every part of the country, cops will end every question beginnin… --- ## [Miracle Water](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miracle-water/679068)
**Author:** [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miracle-water/679068 "2014-01-18T16:32:39Z")
I ordered mine, have you ordered yours yet? https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=9&cad=rja&ved=0CH8QFjAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoubtfulnews.com%2F2013%2F04%2Fpopoff-scumbaggery-continues-selling-mira… --- ## [DON'T stump the man in his thirties of average intelligence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774)
**Author:** [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774 "2014-01-18T15:20:46Z")
Perhaps some of our older dopers would like to probe the generation gap a bit; all are welcome though. Should you not have seen the other thread, the challenge is to ask trivia questions just barely easy enough for me to… --- ## [Canadian checkin security try to return pipe bomb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-checkin-security-try-to-return-pipe-bomb/678916)
**Author:** [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-checkin-security-try-to-return-pipe-bomb/678916 "2014-01-18T13:04:31Z")
In case any of you guys south of the border haven’t learned how friendly and polite a nation we are, here’s an example of the lengths we go to be nice to our travellers. Sir! Sir! Did you forget your bomb sir? --- ## [Real-life BFG](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-bfg/678933)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-bfg/678933 "2014-01-18T12:28:43Z")
The High Impulse Weapon System is an experimental design that amounts to a shoulder-launched mortar, and is the biggest man-wieldable weapon you’ll probably ever see outside of anime: --- ## [Philly Police warn public of perv on the loose...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-police-warn-public-of-perv-on-the-loose/678874)
**Author:** [@Los\_Anconfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Los_Anconfused)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-police-warn-public-of-perv-on-the-loose/678874 "2014-01-18T10:31:29Z")
\[removed full version of linked article\] LINK --- ## [De Blasio eats pizza with a fork!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-blasio-eats-pizza-with-a-fork/678512)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-blasio-eats-pizza-with-a-fork/678512 "2014-01-18T08:32:06Z")
I suspect John Stewart will have an opinion on this. I’m just not sure this guy is right for New York. He’s taking away horse drawn carriages too. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Man killed after chess argument](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-after-chess-argument/678914)
**Author:** [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-after-chess-argument/678914 "2014-01-18T07:32:04Z")
After browsing around, it appears there’s no thread for this, so . . . In Ireland (Castlenock, a bit north of Dublin, to be precise), a man was found dead and cut open after having and argument about a chess move. His m… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=886) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=888)