# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=907 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 908 --- ## [Freakin' cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakin-cat/674755)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakin-cat/674755 "2013-11-26T03:46:22Z")
The SO mentioned a while ago, in the context of a conversation that arose during a documentary, that she’d always wanted a statue of the RCA dog. Yesterday was her birthday, and she was pleased to get a life-size Nipper… --- ## [Is this legal??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-legal/10463)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 1999, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-legal/10463 "1999-11-04T10:12:00Z")
I have a classified ads script on my site, and anyone can post ads in various categories. It sends me mail when people make new ads, and tonight I got notified of an ad in the “health” section. The site being advertised… --- ## [How dumb can you get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dumb-can-you-get/674334)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dumb-can-you-get/674334 "2013-11-26T00:08:03Z")
I’m currently in an amateur theatre production. After the show tonight, I decided to head to the local sports bar for a beer. I forgot that tonight, the sports bar had a popular national band in. No problem; I’m there… --- ## [Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines with sustained winds of over 150mph](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498 "2013-11-25T23:47:43Z")
This may be one of the strongest storms in history. --- ## [Tell Me About Allergy Shots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-allergy-shots/674751)
**Author:** [@Strangeland64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strangeland64)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-allergy-shots/674751 "2013-11-25T23:38:42Z")
I have been over the last three or four years suffering from what I think is hay fever. I generally have allergies year round, typically manifesting as the usual sneezing , plus I suffer all year from migraines for which… --- ## [More clues to autism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-clues-to-autism/674770)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-clues-to-autism/674770 "2013-11-25T18:31:26Z")
As the article stresses, this result probably doesn’t explain all cases but is a significant advancement in our understanding of the disease. It seems that many of the hundreds of genes that have previously been implica… --- ## [Steampunk Party 6 December 2013!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steampunk-party-6-december-2013/674768)
**Author:** [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steampunk-party-6-december-2013/674768 "2013-11-25T17:54:23Z")
I’m having a Cleveland Zeppelin Union© get-together on the Friday the week after Thanks giving. At my house in Cleveland Ohio. Anyone interested? --- ## [Am totally straight but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-totally-straight-but/674430)
**Author:** [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-totally-straight-but/674430 "2013-11-25T16:23:39Z")
This geezer, in this moment and in this episode makes me …think…:cool: Okay teeming millions what would flip your coin? (even if for a moment) --- ## [Help us name our cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461)
**Author:** [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-cat/674461 "2013-11-25T16:20:25Z")
Browsing pictures of cats from our local shelter, we came across a nine week old male that is all black except for a white chest and white feet. It looks like he’s wearing a tuxedo. The shelter named him Tux. We’re look… --- ## [Put down that PB&J sandwich, you racist!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-down-that-pb-j-sandwich-you-racist/674554)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-down-that-pb-j-sandwich-you-racist/674554 "2013-11-25T14:57:36Z")
Yes, the lowly peanut butter and jelly sandwich is no longer on the list of non-racist foods. Supposedly, because people in places like Somalia don’t eat them, they are a universal symbol of “white privilege.” So is the… --- ## [Name That Loon: A Nickname MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-loon-a-nickname-mmp/674164)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-loon-a-nickname-mmp/674164 "2013-11-25T11:11:28Z")
In the six years I’ve had him, Gordie’s picked up a few nicknames: Princess Pretty Paws: He has to be dragged out to go when the grass is damp Spongedog Squarepants: He drinks a bowl of water a day. At one sitting. Y… --- ## [Hookers for Obamacare!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hookers-for-obamacare/674493)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hookers-for-obamacare/674493 "2013-11-25T04:43:19Z")
Well, here’s some folks that are happy with the new law. According to Nevada’s KRNV-DT, the independent contractors who work as prostitutes at the Moonlight Bunny Ranch are very fond of the Obamacare legislation. Pro… --- ## [Radio Shack: I'm speaking Greek, they only understand Latin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-im-speaking-greek-they-only-understand-latin/674638)
**Author:** [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-im-speaking-greek-they-only-understand-latin/674638 "2013-11-25T04:41:06Z")
Helpful hint, asshole who works there, Cat3=Phone cable. Cat5=Ethernet. I miss the days when the Radio Shack employees actually understood what I was talking about. There used to be a time when they knew the difference … --- ## [Today's trivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-trivia/674672)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-trivia/674672 "2013-11-25T02:27:31Z")
1642- Abel Tasman discovered Van Diemen’s land, later renamed Tasmania. 1859-Darwin’s Origin of Species was published. 1871-The National Rifle Association was incorporated. 1963-Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK’s… --- ## [Spanish Judiciary issues arrest warrants against Jiang Zemin, other Chinese leaders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-judiciary-issues-arrest-warrants-against-jiang-zemin-other-chinese-leaders/674705)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-judiciary-issues-arrest-warrants-against-jiang-zemin-other-chinese-leaders/674705 "2013-11-24T23:14:44Z")
What the thread title says. From the WSJ. From the Financial Times. From Al-Jazeera. From Taipei Times. From Reuters. From the Spanish newspaper “El País” (Spanish). Simply… Wow. I don’t know what to say or think.… --- ## [French Weather girl fufills promise to viewers if France qualified for the World Cup.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-weather-girl-fufills-promise-to-viewers-if-france-qualified-for-the-world-cup/674551)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-weather-girl-fufills-promise-to-viewers-if-france-qualified-for-the-world-cup/674551 "2013-11-24T23:05:12Z")
She’s a good sport. She promised to strip off and she did. :wink: But, she did it in a way that was funny and didn’t show anything. Possibly NSFW. The nudity is just a tiny speck in the photo. Shes a couple hundred yar… --- ## [Twerking to the Classics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twerking-to-the-classics/674674)
**Author:** [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twerking-to-the-classics/674674 "2013-11-24T16:06:11Z")
Okay, no, it’s not “twerking” per se. Still, she has an incredibly motile and agile gluteus maximus, and works it to Beethoven’s 5th. And she’s not entirely nude, but she’s undoubtedly in an advanced state of deshabille… --- ## [I am a bad person (getting Beavis & Butthead over a gay Nashville songwriter)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-bad-person-getting-beavis-butthead-over-a-gay-nashville-songwriter/674615)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-bad-person-getting-beavis-butthead-over-a-gay-nashville-songwriter/674615 "2013-11-24T13:13:20Z")
I am pro gay rights, gay marriage - the changes over the past decade are important and great to see. I am pro songwriter - writing the songs is where it all starts in music, so if someone is behind the scenes as a songw… --- ## [Imagine my surprise when I go to Google today (my birthday) and see this.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-my-surprise-when-i-go-to-google-today-my-birthday-and-see-this/674518)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-my-surprise-when-i-go-to-google-today-my-birthday-and-see-this/674518 "2013-11-24T07:38:55Z")
And hovering over it with my mouse, it says “Happy Birthday, Chris \[my name\]!” That’s just awesome. --- ## [Did I just open myself to some sort of scam? Thoughts requested.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-open-myself-to-some-sort-of-scam-thoughts-requested/673992)
**Author:** [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-open-myself-to-some-sort-of-scam-thoughts-requested/673992 "2013-11-24T03:29:05Z")
So this morning I went out at the behest of my child (and, let’s face it, because I wanted to) to buy a shiny new PlayStation 4. It being launch day, all three stores I attempted were out of stock (I am a moron who fail… --- ## [I saw the Orion nebula last night!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-orion-nebula-last-night/674429)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-orion-nebula-last-night/674429 "2013-11-24T00:17:09Z")
I have a decent backyard telescope, and up until now have confined myself to looking at objects in the solar system. I love looking at Saturn and Jupiter. Even though they are very small, I always get a thrill seeing t… --- ## [Google to remove satellite image of dead teen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-to-remove-satellite-image-of-dead-teen/674279)
**Author:** [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-to-remove-satellite-image-of-dead-teen/674279 "2013-11-23T23:22:08Z")
Within the next 8 days, Google will be taking down a satellite picture showing a police car and officers surrounding the body of a shot teenager, near railway lines in Richmond, CA. So… is it just me sick enough to go r… --- ## [An end to trans fats in foods - woo-hoo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-end-to-trans-fats-in-foods-woo-hoo/673479)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-end-to-trans-fats-in-foods-woo-hoo/673479 "2013-11-23T20:44:27Z")
It’s not a done deal yet, but if the regulation is adopted without being gutted by industry lobbies, it will mean fewer heart attack deaths and hopefully healthier consumers. More at FDA link here Emphasis added. --- ## [What crime could the missing McStay family be charged with? \[Update: Family found dead\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crime-could-the-missing-mcstay-family-be-charged-with-update-family-found-dead/584645)
**Author:** [@Pandoranoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandoranoid)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crime-could-the-missing-mcstay-family-be-charged-with-update-family-found-dead/584645 "2013-11-23T20:30:39Z")
Here’s a link about a family of four that went missing over a year ago: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/01/fbi-join-search-missing-family/ Suppose they are found. Also suppose that their reasons for leaving… --- ## [Thanksgiving: 150th Anniversary of Traditional Celebration This Year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-150th-anniversary-of-traditional-celebration-this-year/674632)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-150th-anniversary-of-traditional-celebration-this-year/674632 "2013-11-23T18:58:34Z")
While I had always been under the impression that Thanksgiving originated with the Pilgrims and the Indians (which I heard about in grade school), Thanksgiving celebrations varied substantially from state to state until … --- ## [Symbols of National Pride](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbols-of-national-pride/674127)
**Author:** [@runningdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runningdude)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbols-of-national-pride/674127 "2013-11-23T18:38:28Z")
So, the new World Trade Center in New York City was recently declared the tallest building in the United States. Looking up its Wikipedia page, I see the height of the building, 1776 ft, and as an American, I am momenta… --- ## [Stupid things things remind you of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-things-remind-you-of/674439)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-things-remind-you-of/674439 "2013-11-23T16:11:49Z")
Every time I cross the Nooksack river, I think of Love Shack (‘Nooksack, baby!’). Stillaguamish: ‘You were a guamish then, and you’re still a guamish!’ Lake Sammamish: ‘Funny, you don’t look Sammamish!’ Tustin: Can be… --- ## [Happy Assassination Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-assassination-day/674516)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-assassination-day/674516 "2013-11-23T15:30:42Z")
Happy Assassination Day, everybody! :slight\_smile: Can you tell I’m tired of hearing about it every year? --- ## [New job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-job/674614)
**Author:** [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-job/674614 "2013-11-23T13:18:16Z")
Found out the other day that I got the service technician job at a company that sterilizes surgical equipment. --- ## [What's with being farsighted AND nearsighted? This sucks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-being-farsighted-and-nearsighted-this-sucks/460032)
**Author:** [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-being-farsighted-and-nearsighted-this-sucks/460032 "2013-11-23T11:30:57Z")
I have always been nearsighted…severely in my left eye, and very very slightly in my right eye (when I was younger, the right one didn’t even need correction). Now, I am the dreaded over-40 and am becoming farsighted, a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=906) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=908)