# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=897 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 898 --- ## [The waiting MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-waiting-mmp/676453)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 283\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-waiting-mmp/676453 "2013-12-23T03:25:48Z")
I’m sitting here waiting to see if a sub job pops up and so I thought I’d start the MMP. To be honest, if a job hasn’t appeared by now, I really don’t want to work. I prefer to get one the night before so that I can be… --- ## [Did your parents tell you Santana was real when you were little?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999 "2013-12-23T00:59:59Z")
Inspired by a Qadgop The Mercotan thread. If so, do you feel that doing so enriched or diminished your childhood? If NOT, do you feel your childhood was enriched or diminished? --- ## [Smoking -- the No. 1 cause of death for stupid people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-the-no-1-cause-of-death-for-stupid-people/676900)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-the-no-1-cause-of-death-for-stupid-people/676900 "2013-12-22T20:46:21Z")
“That’s when he lit a cigarette . . . and kaboom.” A man stealing gas just couldn’t wait til to smoke a cigarette. But seriously, I get the impression that people who are itching to smoke, in general, often are just mo… --- ## [Body Souffle is nice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-souffle-is-nice/676845)
**Author:** [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-souffle-is-nice/676845 "2013-12-22T16:16:30Z")
I just used body souffle for the first time. Like lotion only softer and lighter and less greasy. I am always late to the party so I am certain I was the very last person to try it. Ah. --- ## [Nice Going, Obama! (Brazil Chooses SAAB over Boeing)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780 "2013-12-22T15:43:00Z")
One of the consequences of the NSA spying on Brazil has surfaced. Brazil was looking to replace its old Mirage fighter planes, with new planes. The order is worth $4.5 billion. The Brazilian government had been looki… --- ## [Oh those wacky heroin dealers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-wacky-heroin-dealers/676893)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-wacky-heroin-dealers/676893 "2013-12-22T04:34:28Z")
So, during a traffic stop police find heroin with the packets branded, Obamacare. Who says drug dealers do not have a sense of humor? Our President could show he also has a sense of humor by pardoning the criminals wit… --- ## [The worst things you've done to your kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-youve-done-to-your-kids/676211)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-youve-done-to-your-kids/676211 "2013-12-22T03:26:19Z")
Every parent has moments of total failure that you’re sure will scar your child(ren) for life. Let’s share! For me, it was when my daughter was about a year and a half old. Her favorite thing in the whole world was to… --- ## [Keep Saturn in Saturnalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-saturn-in-saturnalia/676649)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-saturn-in-saturnalia/676649 "2013-12-22T02:06:13Z")
Its good to see that some people are keeping the true meaning of the season alive. --- ## [Attention Target Shoppers: Credit Card Data Stolen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-target-shoppers-credit-card-data-stolen/676761)
**Author:** [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-target-shoppers-credit-card-data-stolen/676761 "2013-12-22T01:38:57Z")
If you shopped at a Target store between November 27th and December 15th (which of course you did) and used a credit or debit card of any kind (which of course you did), then your card data may have been compromised, and… --- ## [Festive Meeting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festive-meeting/676904)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festive-meeting/676904 "2013-12-22T00:35:09Z")
Very mundane and pointless but I thought this was funny. We had our divisional Christmas party yesterday only it wasn’t called a Christmas party, it was called a Festive Meeting. I don’t think you can come up with a mor… --- ## [Need Your Thoughts: Offering Spell-Casting On Lottery Tickets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-your-thoughts-offering-spell-casting-on-lottery-tickets/646613)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-your-thoughts-offering-spell-casting-on-lottery-tickets/646613 "2013-01-12T03:30:23Z")
… with donated proceeds going to my local humane society. What I would like to do in the Spring is dress myself in wizard’s garb (a la Gandalf, yet not mentioning anything about the movie/book franchise); set myself up i… --- ## [Ceiling Collapse in Apollo Theatre in London -- more than 80 wounded, several seriously injured](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceiling-collapse-in-apollo-theatre-in-london-more-than-80-wounded-several-seriously-injured/676767)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceiling-collapse-in-apollo-theatre-in-london-more-than-80-wounded-several-seriously-injured/676767 "2013-12-21T19:39:53Z")
The ceiling collapsed in the middle of a show in the Apollo Theatre in London, at 8PM local time. The place was packed, and the ceiling collapse also brought down part of a balcony. There appear to be more than 80 i… --- ## [microPit... I hate shopping for used cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micropit-i-hate-shopping-for-used-cars/676087)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micropit-i-hate-shopping-for-used-cars/676087 "2013-12-21T17:21:18Z")
I haven’t shopped for a lower-end used car in a long, long time, and I’d forgotten how excruciatingly tedious and annoying it is. Especially here, where candidates are anywhere in a 50-mile radius of small roads. It wou… --- ## [English Monarchy Lost Last Bit of Power When?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-monarchy-lost-last-bit-of-power-when/676600)
**Author:** [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-monarchy-lost-last-bit-of-power-when/676600 "2013-12-21T14:54:37Z")
Putting this in IMHO b/c ‘power’ means different things to different people. While I acknowledge that in many circles in the UK and Commonwealth Her Majesty and her heirs still have influence and affect events around th… --- ## [In an SLC hotel room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-slc-hotel-room/676829)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2013, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-slc-hotel-room/676829 "2013-12-21T08:50:10Z")
Across the street from the Temple. Last night it snowed and we walked around looking at the Christmas lights they put up on the Temple grounds. It was covered in about 4" of snow and the perfect (Mrs Cad said movie-like… --- ## [Bus robber taken down by his victims.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-robber-taken-down-by-his-victims/676789)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-robber-taken-down-by-his-victims/676789 "2013-12-21T05:03:28Z")
I can’t believe how brazen this guy is. Watch the video. He’s just walking down the aisle pointing the gun at people and taking their phones. Just another day at the crime office for this robber. He must have taken 4 ph… --- ## [New Mexico rules on same sex marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mexico-rules-on-same-sex-marriage/676749)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mexico-rules-on-same-sex-marriage/676749 "2013-12-20T23:35:25Z")
Good job New Mexico! 17 down, 33 to go! --- ## [Canada issues passport to Santa Claus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-issues-passport-to-santa-claus/676857)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-issues-passport-to-santa-claus/676857 "2013-12-20T23:32:15Z")
From the Globe and Mail Suuure it was. When the implacably-polite stormtroopers of the Canadian Hegemony come swarming down from the Pole, we’ll know what’s really going on… --- ## [New research shows second-hand smoke does NOT cause cancer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-research-shows-second-hand-smoke-does-not-cause-cancer/676721)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-research-shows-second-hand-smoke-does-not-cause-cancer/676721 "2013-12-20T21:45:55Z")
And this is a report done by the American cancer society. So… um… yeah, I’m not really sure what to say about that. If I were still a smoker I’d be pissed! Have all these laws banning smoking from public places been bas… --- ## [North Korea strikes "mercilessly without notice" on your FAX machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-strikes-mercilessly-without-notice-on-your-fax-machine/676827)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-strikes-mercilessly-without-notice-on-your-fax-machine/676827 "2013-12-20T20:33:00Z")
Its official: North Korea has threatened to strike South Korea “mercilessly without notice”. Via their FAX machine. Around The Globe… As We Speak… The Collective Mighty Powers of Every Nation On Earth are AT THIS VER… --- ## [Dangit, I don't want to give up my new phone but](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangit-i-dont-want-to-give-up-my-new-phone-but/676786)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangit-i-dont-want-to-give-up-my-new-phone-but/676786 "2013-12-20T20:01:06Z")
My wife and I finally got smart phones yesterday. We like them a lot. Except for one thing. The sound quality is terrible! Everybody we try to talk to sounds like autotuned robots. You can barely understand them. This … --- ## [Introduction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/676711)
**Author:** [@Brynhildr\_Budladottir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynhildr_Budladottir)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/676711 "2013-12-20T16:42:30Z")
First of all, hi everyone. I’ve been lurking for a while (by that I mean finding threads on this forum through Google and reading them) and finally decided to join up today. So here’s my introduction. I’m a Chinese Aust… --- ## [Westjet Airline, and the true Christmas spirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westjet-airline-and-the-true-christmas-spirit/676684)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westjet-airline-and-the-true-christmas-spirit/676684 "2013-12-20T15:44:01Z")
Westjet Airline pulled an amazing Christmas “stunt” on it passengers. Even socks and underwear. --- ## [Question for Jewish and Black Dopers: Is rewriting Fagin and The Artful Dodger to comment on anti-](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jewish-and-black-dopers-is-rewriting-fagin-and-the-artful-dodger-to-comment-on-anti/676812)
**Author:** [@Brynhildr\_Budladottir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynhildr_Budladottir)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jewish-and-black-dopers-is-rewriting-fagin-and-the-artful-dodger-to-comment-on-anti/676812 "2013-12-20T12:11:25Z")
This is going --- ## [Researchers extract RSA encryption key from sound of working CPU](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/researchers-extract-rsa-encryption-key-from-sound-of-working-cpu/676692)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2013, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/researchers-extract-rsa-encryption-key-from-sound-of-working-cpu/676692 "2013-12-20T05:49:22Z")
This blows my mind. :eek: RSA Key Extraction via Low-Bandwidth Acoustic Cryptanalysis Then there’s this: --- ## [Dust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/676317 "2013-12-20T05:09:54Z")
Women have often told tales of a magical substance known as “Dust”, that floats down from the air and covers all surfaces. Most men claim this is a myth, since they have never seen it. Other men claim that it is a subs… --- ## [Best reactions by others when you tell them you do not believe in God.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-reactions-by-others-when-you-tell-them-you-do-not-believe-in-god/676460)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-reactions-by-others-when-you-tell-them-you-do-not-believe-in-god/676460 "2013-12-20T04:10:37Z")
I don’t want to start a debate, but if the mods feel GD is a better forum for this discussion, please feel free to move it. Atheists/Non-Believers; What’s the most interesting, funny, or stupid reaction you’ve encounter… --- ## [George Zimmerman is now a painter.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-is-now-a-painter/676629)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-is-now-a-painter/676629 "2013-12-20T03:53:29Z")
I looked at the Ebay listing. It’s a pretty good painting. I wouldn’t pay a 100 grand for it. Maybe a $100. I guess this is one way to pay off his legal fees. --- ## [Something I found at a flea market today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-found-at-a-flea-market-today/676335)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-found-at-a-flea-market-today/676335 "2013-12-20T02:58:02Z")
I was a college freshman when this magazine was published, and found a copy, in near-mint condition, at a local flea market today (paid 50 cents for it, too). The story accompanying the headline at the top of the page s… --- ## [Blind man, guide dog survive subway track fall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blind-man-guide-dog-survive-subway-track-fall/676612)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blind-man-guide-dog-survive-subway-track-fall/676612 "2013-12-20T01:15:14Z")
\[ \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_BLIND\_MAN\_SUBWAY\_FALL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-12-17-20-37-58) The story does have a sad ending, sorta: If there was a fund to help this guy keep… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=896) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=898)