# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=893 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 894 --- ## [Do people really give luxury cars as gifts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-give-luxury-cars-as-gifts/675404)
**Author:** [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-give-luxury-cars-as-gifts/675404 "2014-01-03T23:40:15Z")
There are several commercials running on TV these days: Lexus vixen creating gigantic red bows to put on the new car. Santa drives a red Mercedes. Infinity family drives thru a modest snow so grandkid can decorate a tr… --- ## [A Minor Mystery-Why? (Junk in the park)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minor-mystery-why-junk-in-the-park/677727)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minor-mystery-why-junk-in-the-park/677727 "2014-01-03T23:40:07Z")
I live next to a 44 acre woodland park. While walking through the woods, I came across some junk that some nitwit discarded. It was: -a Chevy 350 short block -next to it, a GM automatic transmission (without bell hous… --- ## [King Tut's mummified erect penis may point to ancient religious struggle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-tuts-mummified-erect-penis-may-point-to-ancient-religious-struggle/677829)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-tuts-mummified-erect-penis-may-point-to-ancient-religious-struggle/677829 "2014-01-03T22:53:07Z")
Somebody at NBC has a sense of humor. :wink: I’ve read many stories about King Tut and never knew he was buried with a boner. I’m thankful no pictures were included. :stuck\_out\_tongue: So did they ever find the miss… --- ## [Grocery store shenanigans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grocery-store-shenanigans/677277)
**Author:** [@Spaghettifrier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spaghettifrier)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grocery-store-shenanigans/677277 "2014-01-03T20:33:43Z")
Bring a laser pointer to your favorite produce area and help other shoppers by suggesting which watermelon, orange, zucchini, or other-what-have-you they should choose by shining your laser pointer on it. Be careful not… --- ## [My Puppy Won't Stop Biting Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-puppy-wont-stop-biting-me/435109)
**Author:** [@BanjoPup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BanjoPup)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-puppy-wont-stop-biting-me/435109 "2014-01-03T19:24:01Z")
I’ve got a 10 month old Lab/Border Collie who loves to bite my hands. He never breaks the skin but it still hurts. I’ve tried a shake can, yelling at him, keeping my hands in my pockets, nothing works. Any suggestions? --- ## [Is anyone here mentioned in a thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-mentioned-in-a-thread/677421)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-mentioned-in-a-thread/677421 "2014-01-03T17:28:59Z")
That is, have you ever been mentioned, discussed or cited in a thread under your real identity, without anyone realizing you were a fellow Doper? I found myself in five or six threads. Made me grin. (And thanks for the … --- ## [Better Call Saul?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul/677801)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul/677801 "2014-01-03T15:45:13Z")
In the height of irony, the Florida winner of a national contest to meet the cast of Breaking Bad has been arrested on drug charges. He sort of looks a little like Jesse Pinkman too. --- ## ["Free at last, Free at last...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-at-last-free-at-last/677761)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-at-last-free-at-last/677761 "2014-01-03T15:02:49Z")
…Great God a-mighty, I am free at last." No, that’s not the MLK, Jr quote, his was “Free at last, Free at last, Great God a-mighty, We are free at last.” The first quote is from your favorite webbed superhero; ya see a… --- ## [Shape Of My Heart-done in playing cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-of-my-heart-done-in-playing-cards/677491)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-of-my-heart-done-in-playing-cards/677491 "2014-01-03T14:53:52Z")
Shawn Farquhar (who fooled Penn and Teller) performs a card trick in sync with Sting’s Shape of My Heart. --- ## [I have a beautiful new cat!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beautiful-new-cat/677336)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beautiful-new-cat/677336 "2014-01-03T13:58:11Z")
So I went to the Multnomah County Animal Shelter and picked out this beautiful, amazing cat. She’s eight months old, and I’ve never seen markings like hers before. She’s silvery gray with subtle gold streaks and HUGE gol… --- ## [Airline passenger's blog rant goes viral.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-passengers-blog-rant-goes-viral/677650)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-passengers-blog-rant-goes-viral/677650 "2014-01-03T13:41:10Z")
:stuck\_out\_tongue: Epic rant. I’ve been there and smelt that myself. Theres nothing quite like a multi hour flight with screaming kids or sweaty passengers. btw did you see the news last month that airlines are making t… --- ## [Squirrel shivering in the cold. So Cute](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-shivering-in-the-cold-so-cute/677575)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-shivering-in-the-cold-so-cute/677575 "2014-01-03T13:16:39Z")
This little guy is late getting into his winter den. Baby it’s cold outside! :stuck\_out\_tongue: Not sure if he’s a ground squirrel that hibernates or a tree squirrel that stays in a nest most of the winter. I empathiz… --- ## [I had to put my horse down yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-put-my-horse-down-yesterday/677558)
**Author:** [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-put-my-horse-down-yesterday/677558 "2014-01-03T03:08:19Z")
My beautiful baby boy Bob is gone. He was 28 and we were together for 25 years. Sunday he fell down. We got him up and into his stall where he rested and seemed to be improving. He laid down Monday morning, got up af… --- ## [The real story of the welfare queen, crazy article!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-story-of-the-welfare-queen-crazy-article/677688)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-story-of-the-welfare-queen-crazy-article/677688 "2014-01-03T03:06:51Z")
That is a badly sourced(but understandable) and jaw dropping article. How and or why was it so impossible to untangle this woman’s web of alias and bullshit? --- ## [Worthwhile projects.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthwhile-projects/677709)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthwhile-projects/677709 "2014-01-02T22:55:56Z")
Sitting around this morning contemplating a strategy for next years archery flight shooting championships. We really don’t go out there to comptete as much as we do to set world records, in effect competing with all thos… --- ## [Let your doctor know if you've been to certain areas..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-doctor-know-if-youve-been-to-certain-areas/677540)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-doctor-know-if-youve-been-to-certain-areas/677540 "2014-01-02T22:02:29Z")
of the world where certain fungal infections are common, or have a certain infection. WHAT AREAS? WHAT INFECTIONS? WHAT FUNGUS? Did you get the thing I sent for you with whats her face? Now with that thing you should b… --- ## [So long, Olympus (?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-olympus/677590)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-olympus/677590 "2014-01-02T20:02:06Z")
From here: Well, blame me (a small amount) I guess. I haven’t bought an Olympus camera in years. Had a digital Olympus pocket camera, but I dropped it. I have an OM-1N and an OM-4. The OM-4 is nice, but I prefer my… --- ## [The South Pole Traverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-pole-traverse/677708)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-south-pole-traverse/677708 "2014-01-02T18:10:19Z")
There is an ice highway from McMurdo to the South pole (1600km) which takes 40 days (!!!) for the convoy to arrive. I was wondering how it was possible for tractors to take 40 days to go that far, thats only 40km a day,… --- ## [Things you didn't know were real until you were an adult](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-didnt-know-were-real-until-you-were-an-adult/672906)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-didnt-know-were-real-until-you-were-an-adult/672906 "2014-01-02T17:11:47Z")
Dopers are pretty smart, but things like a widespread belief in pineapple trees prove most of us still have things to learn. In this case I’m curious what sort of things you thought were made up until you were an adult. … --- ## [They told me to get a life...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671 "2014-01-02T16:40:14Z")
From where can I get this? --- ## [I love thrift stores!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-thrift-stores/677618)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-thrift-stores/677618 "2014-01-02T15:41:02Z")
I took my mom to Savers today and noticed a lavender chaise lounge sofa type chair for $25. I’ve wanted one for years but this wasn’t quite the style I wanted. I was prepared to buy it though because it was close enough.… --- ## [Your favorite Microsoft Windows version ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-microsoft-windows-version-ever/677524)
**Author:** [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-microsoft-windows-version-ever/677524 "2014-01-02T14:34:55Z")
Just pick from the list… Mine is XP. Nice screensavers, backgrounds, and sounds. Also easy 2 use. --- ## [GS programmer jailed, released, jailed again - really for nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gs-programmer-jailed-released-jailed-again-really-for-nothing/677535)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gs-programmer-jailed-released-jailed-again-really-for-nothing/677535 "2014-01-02T14:22:28Z")
Interesting case. Horrifying (I kept imagining myself in his place) but interesting. Show just how inadequate the judicial system is for dealing with highly technical matters. --- ## [Fun With Blog Statistics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-blog-statistics/677672)
**Author:** [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-blog-statistics/677672 "2014-01-02T03:18:13Z")
So after running my terribly ‘niche’ blog for a couple of years, I average ~350-400 page views a day, have loyal (really loyal readers) mostly from US, UK, AUS, I decided to sign up for statcounter. OMG is that a lot of … --- ## [I just don't get the outrage.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dont-get-the-outrage/677531)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dont-get-the-outrage/677531 "2014-01-02T01:56:53Z")
I don’t get the outrage here. This wasn’t the killer’s childhood home or anything special to him. IIRC it was a student apartment he rented for a few months while attending college. He was being evicted because he had w… --- ## [Happy New Year!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year/677568)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year/677568 "2014-01-01T22:04:12Z")
God good, the Taiwanese know how to welcome in a new year! :: Looks around. :: Humph. 2014 looks exactly like 2013. But, here’s to a Happy New Year and I hope this year is a great one for everyone! --- ## [It's Iphone not iPhone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-iphone-not-iphone/677488)
**Author:** [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-iphone-not-iphone/677488 "2014-01-01T20:39:01Z")
Or at least that’s how the Institute for the Languages of Finland thinks it should be written. One of the institute’s missions is to standardize the usage of loanwords in official communications. What this mean in prac… --- ## [Similar technologies. One fails, one succeeds.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-technologies-one-fails-one-succeeds/677616)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-technologies-one-fails-one-succeeds/677616 "2014-01-01T20:35:53Z")
In the 70’s Quadraphonic sound was tried, but never really caught on and went away. In the 80’s came Surround sound and it’s been with us to this day. For decades the video phone was tried and failed. Video conferenci… --- ## [Share that towel!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-that-towel/495095)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-that-towel/495095 "2014-01-01T20:35:42Z")
Does everyone in your family have their own towel? Aparently some families do. Before our kids snuck into our lives, my wife (long ex) and I had two towels on the rod, but we both used either one. When she washed her ha… --- ## [A wedding rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wedding-rant/519452)
**Author:** [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wedding-rant/519452 "2014-01-01T14:15:32Z")
I’m not sure if this is the appropriate forum, as I’ve never posted here, but here is my rant: A friend (Friend 1) of mine met a girl in February and got engaged in May or June of this year and made me his best man. He… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=892) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=894)