# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=917 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 918 --- ## [I like clichés.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-cliches/668310)
**Author:** [@Mathematics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathematics)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-cliches/668310 "2013-10-26T10:08:02Z")
“The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.” Yeah, whatever Dalí. I like clichéd phrases. I think they are just misunderstood idio… --- ## [So there was a raccon acting strange in my yard yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-there-was-a-raccon-acting-strange-in-my-yard-yesterday/672222)
**Author:** [@Miltonyz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miltonyz)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-there-was-a-raccon-acting-strange-in-my-yard-yesterday/672222 "2013-10-26T06:35:37Z")
Yesterday was a pretty cold day here in Michigan, still frost on the ground when the baby got me up to begin our day. I put my male dog Trogdor out on the run and started the morning ritual of diaper changes and breakfa… --- ## [dude on unicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-on-unicycle/672148)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-on-unicycle/672148 "2013-10-26T06:16:32Z")
Saw something weird. A guy riding a unicycle down the street in traffic. Looked like a good way to get run over to me. I avoid my bicycle on heavy traffic roads. --- ## [The worst case of helicopter parenting ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-case-of-helicopter-parenting-ever/672008)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-case-of-helicopter-parenting-ever/672008 "2013-10-26T00:15:25Z")
Bullying complaint filed by a dad from the losing team in a high school football game. Mods, on second thought, this may belong in the Game Room, sorry. --- ## [Stores detaining people for credit card fraud.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stores-detaining-people-for-credit-card-fraud/672244)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stores-detaining-people-for-credit-card-fraud/672244 "2013-10-25T22:48:08Z")
I didn’t realize stores could do this. They ring up your purchase and immediately detain you for suspected credit card fraud? Why even accept the card if they are suspicious its not good? These stores are getting peop… --- ## [House stenographer snaps, starts ranting about Jesus and Freemasons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-stenographer-snaps-starts-ranting-about-jesus-and-freemasons/671471)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-stenographer-snaps-starts-ranting-about-jesus-and-freemasons/671471 "2013-10-25T22:01:04Z")
Or, if you watch Fox, “Democrats repress woman for praying” I suppose. :stuck\_out\_tongue: But apparently the crazy is contagious. I really don’t know what to make of this story. --- ## [Maximum Wage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-wage/672063)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-wage/672063 "2013-10-25T21:23:35Z")
Help turn some common concepts upside down. Tight cannon Dying loser Speed of dark --- ## [Lawyers and their damn license agreements!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-and-their-damn-license-agreements/672160)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-and-their-damn-license-agreements/672160 "2013-10-25T20:29:02Z")
I got this today when I went to install the Flip4Mac player. Should I agree to the terms? Looks a bit onerous to me… --- ## [Got creamed last night for being a drunken idiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-creamed-last-night-for-being-a-drunken-idiot/671910)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-creamed-last-night-for-being-a-drunken-idiot/671910 "2013-10-25T18:22:41Z")
Go ahead, ask how stupid I’m feeling right now. Came to work today an hour late, I’m hobbling around with a sprained right knee, and this is hell week for my division. I also lost my cell phone and all my contacts ('cept… --- ## [And in the category of Animals You Didn't Know Exist we have...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992 "2013-10-25T18:07:54Z")
Sabertooth Salmon! Nine feet of killery salmon! --- ## [Man up, people: flu shots are here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-up-people-flu-shots-are-here/668876)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-up-people-flu-shots-are-here/668876 "2013-10-25T17:10:48Z")
Yes, it’s that time already. This year’s shots protect against either three or four strains. We got the one for three because the other one doesn’t seem to be available anywhere. So quit yer whining and march your ass… --- ## [Loco Clown Cluster, or something](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loco-clown-cluster-or-something/671999)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loco-clown-cluster-or-something/671999 "2013-10-25T14:31:43Z")
Okay, okay, it’s the Daily Fail, but still this is the most uplifting murder story I have ever read in my goddamned life: Assassin Dressed as Clown Kills Mexican Drug Lord. For all my belief that violence isn’t the answ… --- ## [MPSIMS - I guess I won’t be needing all that cat food now.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-i-guess-i-won-t-be-needing-all-that-cat-food-now/672015)
**Author:** [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-i-guess-i-won-t-be-needing-all-that-cat-food-now/672015 "2013-10-25T02:35:44Z")
I had Scruffy put to sleep Monday, she was OK on Friday but went downhill over the weekend. I put the heating on Sunday so she wouldn’t get cold overnight. She slept on my bed and I let her sleep in while I went to work.… --- ## [Yahoo! Curling Center Groundbreaking in Colorado!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-curling-center-groundbreaking-in-colorado/672143)
**Author:** [@jeepus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeepus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-curling-center-groundbreaking-in-colorado/672143 "2013-10-25T01:36:57Z")
I’ve been a volunteer for the Denver Curling Club (a 501(c)(3)) for the last five years or so. I’m so pleased to tell you, and everybody else I bump into, that on October 29th, I’ll be attending a groundbreaking for a cu… --- ## [Weapons experts. Re video Dallas Police shoot mentally ill man standing still. What happened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-experts-re-video-dallas-police-shoot-mentally-ill-man-standing-still-what-happened/671535)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-experts-re-video-dallas-police-shoot-mentally-ill-man-standing-still-what-happened/671535 "2013-10-24T23:51:49Z")
Re this story and video the police appear to just start firing at a mentally ill man who is standing stock still and being fully compliant. They made up a CYA story about his attacking them after he was shot, but a home … --- ## [Did he really say that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-he-really-say-that/672128)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-he-really-say-that/672128 "2013-10-24T21:04:15Z")
Real quote from real article. Bolding mine. "Attendance and revenue at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington declined after the July accident in which a Dallas woman \*\*fell to her death \*\*from the Texas Giant roller coaster… --- ## [Popularize your homemade idioms and proverbs here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popularize-your-homemade-idioms-and-proverbs-here/671523)
**Author:** [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popularize-your-homemade-idioms-and-proverbs-here/671523 "2013-10-24T13:22:53Z")
In the words of Charlie Brown, “Somebody’s got to make up those old sayings, you know!” What saying or idiom did you invent that you think ought to be a well-known expression? Post it here and I promise to use it in con… --- ## [Short Skirts Are Good For the Back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-skirts-are-good-for-the-back/671803)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-skirts-are-good-for-the-back/671803 "2013-10-24T09:13:31Z")
It is to be hoped that we all learned at a young age the proper way to lift a heavy object. I’ve always been good about keeping my back straight, bending at the knees, and lifting by raising myself (and the object) with… --- ## [Literally now literally means figuratively](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literally-now-literally-means-figuratively/671498)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literally-now-literally-means-figuratively/671498 "2013-10-24T08:19:59Z")
I am surprised that all the grammarians let this one slip by without ranting. A few weeks ago The Merriam-Webster dictionary added the definition “in effect: virtually” It is not marked as informal either. I \[del\] li… --- ## [Write your own Onion headlines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-onion-headlines/671516)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-onion-headlines/671516 "2013-10-24T06:29:00Z")
Ted Cruz kicks off 2016 presidential campaign loss Two-year-old obsessed with how she’s ‘so big,’ ruins dinner third night in a row Queen’s daily schedule mostly consists of just lying back, thinking of England --- ## [Insert Your Own Security Joke Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insert-your-own-security-joke-here/672080)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insert-your-own-security-joke-here/672080 "2013-10-24T03:17:38Z")
Pentagon Federal Credit Union At TSA Headquarters Robbed No word on whether the robbers were required to remove their shoes on entry or were drinking from a container holding more than three ounces. --- ## [A functional Flying Car that is cool-looking!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-functional-flying-car-that-is-cool-looking/671955)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-functional-flying-car-that-is-cool-looking/671955 "2013-10-24T02:55:19Z")
Someone in a thread linked to this website io9. I had never heard of it but now I find myself checking it a few times a week. Just fun updates on geek-oriented science and pop-culture topics. Check out the link abov… --- ## [Waking up is hard to do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waking-up-is-hard-to-do/672057)
**Author:** [@Man\_from\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_from_Mars)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waking-up-is-hard-to-do/672057 "2013-10-24T00:45:14Z")
A few months ago, there was a thread on here dealing with psychiatric medications. I wasn’t able to find it on search but I believe the OP introduced the point that psych meds are more bad than good. Most people defended… --- ## [Friend badly injured](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-badly-injured/671988)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-badly-injured/671988 "2013-10-23T23:09:33Z")
A very good friend of mine bought a one person helicopter as a toy. He has whatever license he needs to be able to fly the thing. A couple of weeks ago he flew over some sort of gathering in a public park. His wife and d… --- ## [Funny Things My Ex-Boyfriends Have Said](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-things-my-ex-boyfriends-have-said/671789)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-things-my-ex-boyfriends-have-said/671789 "2013-10-23T21:56:54Z")
The one Steve: “Never mind, Fritz, we have other seagoing vertebrates to fricassee!” \*\*The other Steve \*\*(while watching a Frankenstein movie): "How do you know they’re townspeople?! They might be village folk! \*\*Al… --- ## [Homeopathic "medicines" now in drugstore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeopathic-medicines-now-in-drugstore/671860)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeopathic-medicines-now-in-drugstore/671860 "2013-10-23T18:52:47Z")
I’ve just noticed that my local drugstore has begun stocking some homeopathic “medicines” . . . not in a separate section, but along with the actual medicines. Has anyone else encountered this? Or is this old news, and I… --- ## [Small-scale hoarder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-scale-hoarder/671495)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-scale-hoarder/671495 "2013-10-23T17:17:29Z")
Hi. I’m … I’m Rhythmdvl and I’m a small-scale hoarder. I just cleaned out a storage drawer in our home office. I have a problem. The drawer. That jumbled tangle of cables and electronica had twelve USB cables with Min… --- ## [Happy Mole Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-mole-day/672035)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-mole-day/672035 "2013-10-23T16:47:33Z")
Mole Day. My daughter celebrated by making a stuffed star-nosed mole toy and naming it Mole-iarty. :rolleyes: --- ## [NJ Gov. Christie drops opposition to same sex marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-gov-christie-drops-opposition-to-same-sex-marriage/671833)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-gov-christie-drops-opposition-to-same-sex-marriage/671833 "2013-10-23T15:44:22Z")
Story here. And the weddings have begun!! --- ## [What unexplained things have happened in your house/apartment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unexplained-things-have-happened-in-your-house-apartment/671659)
**Author:** [@weef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weef)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unexplained-things-have-happened-in-your-house-apartment/671659 "2013-10-23T14:29:45Z")
I don’t believe in ghosts but am fascinated when strange, seemingly unexplainable things happen. Here’s one of mine: There’s a ten foot hallway that leads to my bedroom from the family room. One night my wife and I had… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=916) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=918)