# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=904 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 905 --- ## [Mundane pointless stuff I want to ask: use for a helepolis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-stuff-i-want-to-ask-use-for-a-helepolis/675539)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-stuff-i-want-to-ask-use-for-a-helepolis/675539 "2013-12-05T03:02:34Z")
Can you think of a modern, peaceful use for a helepolis? I spelled that right. The Ten Biggest Land Vehicles Ever Built It’s the only man-powered vehicle that made it to the top-ten biggest land vehicles ever built. It’… --- ## [Are we doing a Secret Santa this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/675371)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/675371 "2013-12-05T00:45:33Z")
If no one else wants to step up, I’ll organize – but I really hope someone else will be willing to step up. (I’ve done it before, and it’s not rocket surgery, but it does require a certain amount of time.) --- ## [Those new electronic cigarette commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-new-electronic-cigarette-commercials/675234)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-new-electronic-cigarette-commercials/675234 "2013-12-04T22:41:13Z")
Have you seen any yet? I’ve seen two. They’re a real blast from the past, as they show hip young people dragging on an e-cig just like they did back in the days when there were television commercials for real cigarette… --- ## [Detroit bankrupt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-bankrupt/663879)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-bankrupt/663879 "2013-12-04T22:03:10Z")
Detroit filed for federal bankruptcy protection today, becoming the largest Chapter 9 bankruptcy ever. Estimates are the total debt may be as high as $20 billion against assets of…not much. I was hoping that with the ou… --- ## [Watch two old men dramatically re-enact a YouTube comment girl fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-two-old-men-dramatically-re-enact-a-youtube-comment-girl-fight/674621)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-two-old-men-dramatically-re-enact-a-youtube-comment-girl-fight/674621 "2013-12-04T20:07:25Z")
With ominous background music and foreboding distant thunderstorm, two old men reconstruct a silly internet slap-fight - making it fancier and therefore even sillier. It’s called Youtube Comment Reconstruction #1, which… --- ## [My mom is enabling my brother's moochy behavior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-is-enabling-my-brothers-moochy-behavior/675231)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-is-enabling-my-brothers-moochy-behavior/675231 "2013-12-04T19:07:23Z")
Too mild for pitting, so here goes: My mom and brother have a dysfunctional relationship. My parents divorced when my brother was 7, and in spite of my dad cheating on my mom and being kind of a deadbeat to us my brothe… --- ## [The fraternity of space scientists are curiously superstitious](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fraternity-of-space-scientists-are-curiously-superstitious/675463)
**Author:** [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fraternity-of-space-scientists-are-curiously-superstitious/675463 "2013-12-04T12:04:11Z")
And quite friendly apparently. In a nice gesture, NASA sent a good luck card to the Indian Space Research Org. (ISRO) before ISRO launched its Mars Orbiter Mission(MOM). Apparently NASA pass around peanuts everytime they… --- ## [Man trapped in air pocket in sunken boat rescued after 3 days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-trapped-in-air-pocket-in-sunken-boat-rescued-after-3-days/660646)
**Author:** [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-trapped-in-air-pocket-in-sunken-boat-rescued-after-3-days/660646 "2013-12-04T05:56:53Z")
A Nigerian crew member of a tug boat that sank was rescued three days later by a diver conducting a body recovery dive. He survived in an air pocket inside the boat which was 30m (100ft) below the surface. I’ve been t… --- ## [The Prairie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prairie/675328)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prairie/675328 "2013-12-04T02:01:52Z")
Windy is when the tumbleweeds roll across the road quickly in front of the car. Fuckin’ windy is when they become airborne as they depart the drainage ditch to the right and fly across the air in front of the WINDSHIELD… --- ## [FDA approves 'next gen' DNA sequencers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-approves-next-gen-dna-sequencers/675028)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-approves-next-gen-dna-sequencers/675028 "2013-12-03T23:58:35Z")
I don’t know that I’m understanding this correctly but this sounds like whole genome sequencing for personalized medicine. Hopefully there will be some splashy news stories on this. --- ## [Elwood the Ugly Dog Dead at 8](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elwood-the-ugly-dog-dead-at-8/675370)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elwood-the-ugly-dog-dead-at-8/675370 "2013-12-03T22:58:01Z")
Story and video here. Elwood, who won the 2007 World’s Ugliest Dog Contest at age two, has died of unknown causes after a brief illness. Poor little guy. His tongue hung out like that because he was missing all his teeth… --- ## [Military cadence lyrics.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-cadence-lyrics/674975)
**Author:** [@Joe\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_King)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-cadence-lyrics/674975 "2013-12-03T22:30:56Z")
I am interested in what you were taught for pace. Did any of you use special/cool lyrics? We used Tequilla for practice but don’t remember doo wah diddying or that’s a fact jacking. Anyway any real or made up cadence w… --- ## [Thanksgiving Grocery Shopping Tales](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-grocery-shopping-tales/674820)
**Author:** [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-grocery-shopping-tales/674820 "2013-12-03T20:59:48Z")
First, I’m not cooking for my Thanksgiving so I went to the grocery on Sunday for my standard weekly shopping. What a freakin’ madhouse. I didn’t realize how many people only shop once a year. Everywhere I went I seemed… --- ## [Untangling Xmas tree lights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untangling-xmas-tree-lights/675167)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untangling-xmas-tree-lights/675167 "2013-12-03T16:02:20Z")
I just spent FOUR HOURS untangling several strings of lights. I don’t know how I got them in such a mess, but I have to do this every year. I swear, this year I’m taking them down separately and orderly. I think I rememb… --- ## [Worst. Thanksgiving. Ever!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-thanksgiving-ever/675293)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-thanksgiving-ever/675293 "2013-12-03T12:01:54Z")
I love Thanksgiving. I love the food, I love just hanging out with friends, it’s probably my favorite holiday. I cook a ton every year and invite anyone who doesn’t already have plans due to no family in the area, no d… --- ## [Any Canadian (or possibly UK) dopers able to help me out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-canadian-or-possibly-uk-dopers-able-to-help-me-out/675335)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-canadian-or-possibly-uk-dopers-able-to-help-me-out/675335 "2013-12-03T11:51:34Z")
The only Canadian I know is currently working 70 hours a week and I don’t want to bother him with this stuff. Luckily there are 34 million others. I have tooth decay and sensitive teeth (as does someone else I know). Th… --- ## [Scientists recover T. rex soft tissue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-recover-t-rex-soft-tissue/296089)
**Author:** [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-recover-t-rex-soft-tissue/296089 "2013-12-03T06:13:02Z")
MSNBC Article. The pictures at the top of the page made my jaw drop. Wow. I mean, wow. I would think this would be bigger news. --- ## [Makes my blood run cold. Bomb in a Teddy Bear. Newslink.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makes-my-blood-run-cold-bomb-in-a-teddy-bear-newslink/675317)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makes-my-blood-run-cold-bomb-in-a-teddy-bear-newslink/675317 "2013-12-02T23:09:05Z")
The mind of it’s maker is an inferno. http://www.digtriad.com/(X(1)A(SlTUQo8OzQEkAAAAMDE0MDdiN2UtNDBlMC00ZjQwLTkxMWEtMmYwNDRiNDRkMWE2jqBWVN2S1ECjhPUK4T-4xLsbIiI1))/news/article/306982/57/Cleveland-Co-Deputies-Find-Bomb-… --- ## [How (not) to wrap a package](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-not-to-wrap-a-package/675311)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-not-to-wrap-a-package/675311 "2013-12-02T21:28:02Z")
Just follow this sweet lady’s instructions, and you’ll have no trouble wrapping your packages. One of her problems may be that she’s a lefty. By her age, she should know to ask for lefty scissors. --- ## [Home Depot Warning!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-depot-warning/675228)
**Author:** [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-depot-warning/675228 "2013-12-02T20:56:42Z")
If you see a Home Depot ad referencing “Kissing Balls,” it’s NOT what you think! --- ## [Where is this mystery bridge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-mystery-bridge/675195)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-mystery-bridge/675195 "2013-12-02T19:29:42Z")
I don’t know why the memory of this bridge- or what’s left of it, intrigues me: Somewhere, there is an elevated stretch of Interstate. It passes over an old neighborhood, and when it was built, it was necessary to demol… --- ## [Feeding your kid with hand is a crime in Norway?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeding-your-kid-with-hand-is-a-crime-in-norway/609986)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeding-your-kid-with-hand-is-a-crime-in-norway/609986 "2013-12-02T17:18:40Z")
\*An Indian couple, Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya from Kolkata living in Norway is facing the worst part of their lives after their children – a three-year-old son and one-year-old daughter – were taken away from them … --- ## [Very entertaining reading - people on Facebook who thought articles from 'The Onion' were real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-entertaining-reading-people-on-facebook-who-thought-articles-from-the-onion-were-real/673503)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-entertaining-reading-people-on-facebook-who-thought-articles-from-the-onion-were-real/673503 "2013-12-02T16:36:52Z")
One example: Planned Parenthood Opens $8 billion Abortionplex Facebook comment: "Please tell me this is NOT true! My heart and soul weeps for these deceived people! America, please wake up!!! Killing babies is NOT norm… --- ## [My Favourite Quote this week/month](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favourite-quote-this-week-month/675245)
**Author:** [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favourite-quote-this-week-month/675245 "2013-12-02T12:00:56Z")
From the co-owner of the pub in Glasgow into which a police helicopter crashed on Friday evening: Well no, I daresay it does somewhat fail in that respect. Hell, I know it is not a laughing matter, but it’s rather a… --- ## [What word is on the tip of my tongue that I can't remember???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-is-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-that-i-cant-remember/669976)
**Author:** [@Lightlystarched](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightlystarched)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2013, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-is-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-that-i-cant-remember/669976 "2013-12-02T11:29:47Z")
Help please - I can’t seem to focus on anything else until I remember this word. It is driving me crazy. It is a 3 or 4 syllable word. I think it ends in -tic. It means something like diseased, or diseased-state, or … --- ## [The pre-hijacked/tetched in the head MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pre-hijacked-tetched-in-the-head-mmp/674744)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 302\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2013, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pre-hijacked-tetched-in-the-head-mmp/674744 "2013-12-02T09:35:50Z")
Ha! First with an MMP! I’m known for doing weird stuff. This weekend, I slept on the back porch on a night when the temperature was supposed to drop into the 20s and the winds were howling. No, my wife did not kick me … --- ## [After seeing People Of New York I understand culture better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113 "2013-12-02T02:52:13Z")
Like what a sneak brag is, or that NYC appears to be composed of nothing but “straw liberals”. Now if you all will excuse me I have to get back to my gender queer women’s studies.:slight\_smile: --- ## [Girls bikini top gets untied and wrecks car. Acquitted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-bikini-top-gets-untied-and-wrecks-car-acquitted/674759)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-bikini-top-gets-untied-and-wrecks-car-acquitted/674759 "2013-12-02T01:34:34Z")
This seems nuts. She gets acquitted after wrecking a car, killing some, and seriously injuring people because her precious tits were exposed. :rolleyes: You’re hurtling down the interstate at 60 mph. Your entire focus … --- ## [Can someone help me with this code? (ASM/C)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-with-this-code-asm-c/675211)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-with-this-code-asm-c/675211 "2013-12-01T19:23:08Z")
On an ARM linux distribution. Couldn’t tell you which. worker.S: .globl \_asm\_task .code 32 \_asm\_task: MOV r11, r13 ; SUB r11, r11 , #4 ; SUB r13, r6, #20; MOV r1, r0 ; STR r1, \[r11, #4\]; ADD r11, r11, #4 ; MOV r13, … --- ## [Ebay - my scam-sense is tingling. What do you think?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-my-scam-sense-is-tingling-what-do-you-think/674949)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-my-scam-sense-is-tingling-what-do-you-think/674949 "2013-12-01T18:56:56Z")
I sold a used laptop on eBay (working but without a hard drive - for spares/repair). The buyer didn’t pay straight away, so I sent an invoice after a couple of days as a reminder. No response, so after another couple o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=903) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=905)