# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=899 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 900 --- ## [14 Things You Should Never Say to a Gay Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-things-you-should-never-say-to-a-gay-man/675964)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-things-you-should-never-say-to-a-gay-man/675964 "2013-12-17T22:16:28Z")
“14 Things You Should Never Say to a Gay Man” #15. To a gay couple: “Which one of you is the girl?” #16: “My second cousin from Chicago is gay. Do you know him?” #17: “So where to you guys meet each other?” Any more? … --- ## [Quite an artwork! Amazing wood carving by Chinese artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-an-artwork-amazing-wood-carving-by-chinese-artist/676526)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-an-artwork-amazing-wood-carving-by-chinese-artist/676526 "2013-12-17T20:05:30Z")
Link here http://www.viralnova.com/tree-trunk-carving/ It really is quite spectacular. --- ## [Do not taunt The Kitteh!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-taunt-the-kitteh/676576)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-taunt-the-kitteh/676576 "2013-12-17T19:25:47Z")
Stray cat goes all WWE on snow-kicking woman! Oh, how I wish there was audio! :smiley: --- ## [Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-taunt-happy-fun-ball/676496)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-taunt-happy-fun-ball/676496 "2013-12-17T18:11:15Z")
After many years of having the user name L. G. Butts, Ph.D. (named after Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts, the inventor in Rube Goldberg’s cartoons) I have switched my user name to Happy Fun Ball. Do not taunt Happy… --- ## [Denver air pressure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denver-air-pressure/676189)
**Author:** [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denver-air-pressure/676189 "2013-12-17T17:50:13Z")
Denver is the mile high city. That means its air pressure is considerably lower than the air pressure at sea level. You know what that means? . . . . It means that everything sucks less in Denver! {ba-doom, ksssh… --- ## [New Blog from SkepChick and OMG Me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-blog-from-skepchick-and-omg-me/676564)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-blog-from-skepchick-and-omg-me/676564 "2013-12-17T17:32:03Z")
Hi. My name is LavenderBlue and I will be blogging for Grounded Parents, Skepchick’s new site devoted to parenting matters. More to follow! Much more actually. Obligatory background post: We have about thirty blogg… --- ## [Christmas Cookie Memories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cookie-memories/676396)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cookie-memories/676396 "2013-12-17T17:31:36Z")
This is a time of year for traditions and memories, so I thought it might be nice to share them with each other. For me, Christmas cookies have always been a highlight of the season. Not just the eating, but the baking… --- ## [Curtains made from 35 mm slides - These are brilliant!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtains-made-from-35-mm-slides-these-are-brilliant/676516)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtains-made-from-35-mm-slides-these-are-brilliant/676516 "2013-12-17T15:18:53Z")
Link here --- ## [What You Get When You Pour Molten Aluminum Into An Ant Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-get-when-you-pour-molten-aluminum-into-an-ant-hill/676224)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-get-when-you-pour-molten-aluminum-into-an-ant-hill/676224 "2013-12-17T14:05:08Z")
Fascinating video of what happens when you pour molten aluminum into a fire ant mound. --- ## [Sign spotted...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-spotted/676487)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-spotted/676487 "2013-12-17T13:22:31Z")
…in more ways than one. So we’re driving along after Saturday’s big snowstorm, and there’s a temporary (h-stake) business sign stuck in the sidewalk median. I can only guess that it was for a spa or beauty salon, becaus… --- ## [Google apparently pulls the plug on Google News Archives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-apparently-pulls-the-plug-on-google-news-archives/675782)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-apparently-pulls-the-plug-on-google-news-archives/675782 "2013-12-17T13:12:19Z")
Several years ago, Google said that they would no longer be adding new content to the archives. They also took down the Google News Archives site, but the content was still accessible from the Google News search as a se… --- ## [Supreme Court of India restores gay sex ban.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-of-india-restores-gay-sex-ban/676065)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-of-india-restores-gay-sex-ban/676065 "2013-12-17T03:21:42Z")
In what has to be perhaps the most unsurprising judicial decision by a common law court of 2013, the Supreme Court of India reversed a High Court judgement which declared Section 377 of the Indian Penal Codeto be unconst… --- ## [What does "Nutty" Taste Like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-nutty-taste-like/676393)
**Author:** [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-nutty-taste-like/676393 "2013-12-16T17:32:17Z")
Any time someone says,“It has a Nutty Flavor/Aroma”. I immediately think of Austin Powers and his coffee sample. I have no idea what “Nutty” is supposed to mean in taste speak. How can a wine have “Nutty Aromatics”? W… --- ## [Partially right is totally wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partially-right-is-totally-wrong/675701)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partially-right-is-totally-wrong/675701 "2013-12-16T15:37:46Z")
It happens on this board, and in real life. Someone asks a question like “I’m looking for an 6’4’ actor in his 20’s with red hair that appears in a lot of commercials”, and almost immediately people will answer back wi… --- ## [What is the evidence for birtherism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-evidence-for-birtherism/676343)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-evidence-for-birtherism/676343 "2013-12-16T15:07:07Z")
Play devils advocate, what evidence is there for birtherism? --- ## [6-year-old Colorado boy suspended for sexual harassment in school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-year-old-colorado-boy-suspended-for-sexual-harassment-in-school/676152)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-year-old-colorado-boy-suspended-for-sexual-harassment-in-school/676152 "2013-12-16T14:36:19Z")
…and it was bad, I tell you. Really bad. What did the boy do? He kissed a girl on the hand. :smack: Words fail me. --- ## [My free web email hosting service is about to start charging WHAT?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-free-web-email-hosting-service-is-about-to-start-charging-what/672967)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2013, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-free-web-email-hosting-service-is-about-to-start-charging-what/672967 "2013-12-16T08:28:36Z")
Wow. Just… Wow. Remember how in the early days of the Internet Economy, the mid to late 1990s, there were bidding frenzies over hot domain names like auction.com, books.com, music.com, on the assumption that such “cach… --- ## [Obama Birth-Certificate Confirmer Killed in Plane Crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-birth-certificate-confirmer-killed-in-plane-crash/676242)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2013, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-birth-certificate-confirmer-killed-in-plane-crash/676242 "2013-12-16T07:45:39Z")
Story here. Loretta Fuddy, the Hawaiian state official who confirmed President Obama’s birth certificate, died Wednesday night in the crash of a small plane in the ocean. Let the conspiracy theories begin! This could be… --- ## [Feeling like a grownup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-like-a-grownup/439717)
**Author:** [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-like-a-grownup/439717 "2013-12-16T05:55:27Z")
Did you ever have one of those days where you finally felt all grown up? Hubby got the dishwasher installed/ hooked up today, so when i came home from work I was able to do an entire load of dishes and get the dishwashe… --- ## [San Antonio (TX) Dopers: free dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-tx-dopers-free-dog/676378)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-tx-dopers-free-dog/676378 "2013-12-16T04:11:54Z")
Free to good home: 1-year-old Golden Lab/Ridgeback mix (West San Antonio) We need to find a good home for a sweet and energetic Golden Lab/Ridgeback mix female, named Rue. A couple of unforeseen factor have necessitated… --- ## [It's a New Traditions MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882)
**Author:** [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882 "2013-12-16T03:28:49Z")
My life has changed dramatically since I joined both the SDMB and the MMP, and this year I lost my mom, and so I feel the need to begin some new traditions, and recognize those which have already established themselves. … --- ## [It's snow tire time again!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snow-tire-time-again/676321)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-snow-tire-time-again/676321 "2013-12-15T21:01:52Z")
As is traditional, it’s time for the yearly “MacTech tells you to put on your snows” thread… I missed last year’s thread, as I didn’t have snows on, and was dealing with unexpected bills, but today, I’m fixing that disc… --- ## [I'll tell you my good news -- you tell me yours!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-tell-you-my-good-news-you-tell-me-yours/676056)
**Author:** [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-tell-you-my-good-news-you-tell-me-yours/676056 "2013-12-15T20:24:00Z")
On Wednesday the doctor told me that I am cured of lung cancer! I thought I was going to have to wait another three and a half years to be pronounced cancer free. It has been a year and a half since the surgery which r… --- ## [Business Trtavel to Rochester NY this week. Are you kidding me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-trtavel-to-rochester-ny-this-week-are-you-kidding-me/676322)
**Author:** [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-trtavel-to-rochester-ny-this-week-are-you-kidding-me/676322 "2013-12-15T20:17:49Z")
(from the completely frivolous chatter end of the MPSIMS spectrum) I’m scheduled to fly to Rochester NY for business this week. So apparently this “Elektra” storm is just going to completely f\*\*\* me this week. Highs a… --- ## [Anybody ever hear of "Santa Muerte"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-hear-of-santa-muerte/676383)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-hear-of-santa-muerte/676383 "2013-12-15T18:56:55Z")
Last week I went shopping for religious candles for my mom (the ones you see in Mexican grocery sections with Jesus, Mary, St. Jude, etc.) One really stood out to me, with its rather grim picture standing out amongst th… --- ## [Clock Tells British Patient to Die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clock-tells-british-patient-to-die/676301)
**Author:** [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clock-tells-british-patient-to-die/676301 "2013-12-15T13:42:43Z")
Really. That must have been an amusing scene… --- ## [Christmas families (sponsored by local newspaper)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-families-sponsored-by-local-newspaper/675024)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-families-sponsored-by-local-newspaper/675024 "2013-12-15T11:56:35Z")
Every year, my newspaper does this kind of thing - social service agencies refer people who have fallen on hard times and meet criteria for this program - and there was one person who to me was questionable. He needs ab… --- ## [Anyone know anything about Referral Key?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-anything-about-referral-key/676372)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2013, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-anything-about-referral-key/676372 "2013-12-15T11:45:48Z")
I got an invite to this site, which I checked out, because I figured, what harm could it do? Now I see that it was probably due to a LinkedIn connection using it to invite me (even sending me an automated welcome messag… --- ## [Combos Co extrusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combos-co-extrusion/676356)
**Author:** [@raymond.youmans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raymond.youmans)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2013, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combos-co-extrusion/676356 "2013-12-15T07:04:30Z")
I SAW the (PBS) piece on how the Combos were made! It was funny and interesting at the same time. When you have a new process, it takes a bit before you know what settings work–and the stuff inside was BURNING, and the s… --- ## [I'm going to the Iditarod!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-iditarod/676295)
**Author:** [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2013, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-iditarod/676295 "2013-12-15T06:30:07Z")
Yes, I am. I’ve volunteered to help out in the Iditarod, “The Last Great Race” in (of course) Alaska in March. Being an old retired lady, I’m going to be doing data entry to report on the mushers’ progress at each ch… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=898) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=900)