# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=919 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 920 --- ## [Congrats! You've Won 1,500,000 GBP!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congrats-youve-won-1-500-000-gbp/671768)
**Author:** [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congrats-youve-won-1-500-000-gbp/671768 "2013-10-21T13:46:08Z")
Got this email, did you? "My wife and I won the Euro Millions Lottery of 41 Million British Pounds Pounds and we have decided to donate 1.5 million British Pounds (One million five hundred Thousand British Pounds) ea… --- ## [What Is Attractive To Females](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-attractive-to-females/669218)
**Author:** [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-attractive-to-females/669218 "2013-10-21T10:39:19Z")
So I have a number of ideas related to this. Feel free to comment. One observation I see is that little girls are attracted to beauty, flowers, gentleness, which men later in life find attractive. Since little boys are … --- ## [I'm a professional nit-picker, but ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-professional-nit-picker-but/671580)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-professional-nit-picker-but/671580 "2013-10-21T09:44:09Z")
… I usually say “The Talking Heads” and not just “Talking Heads.” --- ## [Australian Bushfires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-bushfires/671759)
**Author:** [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-bushfires/671759 "2013-10-21T07:26:31Z")
I don’t know how much it’s being reported overseas but a large part of the New South Wales eastern sea-board is currently on fire. The map here gives a good idea of what’s going on. I know we a have a few other Aussie d… --- ## [How do you get 100 balloons into one car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-100-balloons-into-one-car/671739)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-100-balloons-into-one-car/671739 "2013-10-21T06:07:04Z")
“Fifty into one won’t go” We saw this lady in a parking lot struggling to get at least 50 balloons into her car. The back seat already had a bunch of stuff. A couple people were trying to help, but as you can see, not ma… --- ## [Hopefully an easy week MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 322\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201 "2013-10-21T02:38:52Z")
I had a loooong irk week last week, irked eleven hours Saturday, and now it’s back to irk. I don’t want to go, I want another day off!:mad: --- ## [Student Density](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-density/671592)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-density/671592 "2013-10-21T02:09:04Z")
For each of the classes I teach (community college math), I create a website on my personal domain. I post all of my lecture notes there, I post the daily homework, I post the solutions to the homework problems after th… --- ## [Self-ordering at restaurants - an idea whose time has come(?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-ordering-at-restaurants-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/585443)
**Author:** [@bahia\_hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahia_hombre)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-ordering-at-restaurants-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/585443 "2013-10-21T01:06:24Z")
So McDonald’s is going to try customer touch-screen ordering in Europe. For several years now I’ve been wondering why restaurants don’t do this. Walk in, sit down, pull out your smartphone and enter your order online. … --- ## [Go to prison in Manhattan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-prison-in-manhattan/671667)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-prison-in-manhattan/671667 "2013-10-20T21:41:42Z")
This story is about a minimum-security women’s prison located in the tony Chelsea district of Manhattan, which was apparently something of a non-secret secret to residents. It was closed because of damage from Sandy and … --- ## [Chile powder results in Hazmat team response.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chile-powder-results-in-hazmat-team-response/671675)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chile-powder-results-in-hazmat-team-response/671675 "2013-10-20T21:23:14Z")
A massive over response by everyone. Why would workers at this plant even call for help? :confused: Anyone working with peppers knows the all too familiar symptoms. If its too bad, then clear out the work area and wait f… --- ## [imSynt-now for Facebook!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imsynt-now-for-facebook/671748)
**Author:** [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imsynt-now-for-facebook/671748 "2013-10-20T20:11:01Z")
(I asked the mods for permission to cross-post this here. You can find a similar thread in the Marketplace Forum) So, I’ve been working on my Android App. It’s called imSynt and turns your images into music. Now I’ve a… --- ## [A Very August Couch to 5k (C25K)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-august-couch-to-5k-c25k/666081)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-august-couch-to-5k-c25k/666081 "2013-10-20T19:38:43Z")
\[Link to previous thread.\] Oh, what the hell. I’ll preface this by saying I don’t have any interest in becomming a “runner,” per se (and I have generally always hated running). However, I am just shy of five months into… --- ## [Meet Murkin: A very patient dog.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-murkin-a-very-patient-dog/671673)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-murkin-a-very-patient-dog/671673 "2013-10-20T19:00:57Z")
Murkin’s owners foster kittens for a local shelter and big old softy Murkin helps out. What I find really remarkable is how the kittens bond with Murkin. Sleepy time. A new batch finds a friend. Playtime on the furry… --- ## [How can I unscare myself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-unscare-myself/165196)
**Author:** [@foxfiregrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxfiregrrl)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-unscare-myself/165196 "2013-10-20T15:27:07Z")
I’ll admit it. I’m a wimp. I watched The Ring today, and now sleep is failing me. That movie had a lot of creepy images that are just staying with me. It’s not that I’m terrified, just uneasy. And I have a tv in my room… --- ## [I got promoted!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-promoted/671715)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-promoted/671715 "2013-10-20T12:43:55Z")
\[ul\] \[/ul\]Job brags are the worst, so I’m apologizing now. I’m sorry. But I gotta tell the internet somehow: I got the bump last Monday! \[ul\] \[li\]Got an office to replace my old cube\[/li\]\[li\]I get a ton more author… --- ## [Design a better human](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-a-better-human/671576)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-a-better-human/671576 "2013-10-20T12:37:24Z")
The Intelligent Design school of thought argues that life is so complex it must have been designed by some intelligent entity. However, whoever designed my knees didn’t do such a hot job. Could humans be designed to be i… --- ## [Sign Of The Prophets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-prophets/671666)
**Author:** [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-prophets/671666 "2013-10-20T05:22:39Z")
Hitchhiking thru Santa Barbara in the early 80’s, I came across this penciled on the back of a road sign: Listen to God Trust your neighbor Share Pick up after your self Have fun I took them to be God’s 5 “Commandment… --- ## [Charlotte Airport Taxi help!!! Need answer fast!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-airport-taxi-help-need-answer-fast/671693)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-airport-taxi-help-need-answer-fast/671693 "2013-10-20T04:26:14Z")
My girlfriend is coming to visit me here in charlotte, and I am sick (for the first time in 15 years!!!) and I can barely get out of bed without throwing up, so I’m scared to get in a car. Does anyone know how she can … --- ## [Is Life A Dream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620)
**Author:** [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-a-dream/671620 "2013-10-20T02:24:58Z")
Life really is a dream to those who deem themselves human beings. They are the separated ones who still think they are animated mud (discrete masses of water soaked clay) walking the earth, competing for a place to fina… --- ## [The Bacon Key!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bacon-key/671680)
**Author:** [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bacon-key/671680 "2013-10-20T01:33:34Z")
So, I had an important realization today! Isn’t it just BRILLIANT that our keyboards all come with a BACON KEY??!!! This one: = = = = = ========== It’s BACON! Genius. Pure, bacony genius. --- ## [Looking for church recommendations??? (Merced, CA)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-church-recommendations-merced-ca/671698)
**Author:** [@holamerced](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/holamerced)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-church-recommendations-merced-ca/671698 "2013-10-20T01:26:31Z")
Hello Merced, CA! I’m considering relocating to the Merced area, can anyone (religious or not) recommend a good church in Merced? Here is how I define “good”:: teaches the Bible not about the Bible has a good reputat… --- ## [Remote control cyborg cockroach kits.. for the kids!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-control-cyborg-cockroach-kits-for-the-kids/671633)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-control-cyborg-cockroach-kits-for-the-kids/671633 "2013-10-20T01:05:13Z")
I thought this was an Onion article at first. Awesome! iPhone-Controlled Cyborg Cockroaches Are Stirring up an Ethics Debate --- ## [So. You're a sniper and you're really, really bored. What to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-sniper-and-youre-really-really-bored-what-to-do/671686)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-sniper-and-youre-really-really-bored-what-to-do/671686 "2013-10-19T22:46:53Z")
It seems that in Syria, some have decided to draw on a fond childhood memory and play a slightly modified version of the game ‘tag.’ Now I’m not an expert on snipers, but as I understand it, boredom is something that ‘… --- ## [Woman disappears from hospital; found dead there two weeks later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-disappears-from-hospital-found-dead-there-two-weeks-later/670894)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-disappears-from-hospital-found-dead-there-two-weeks-later/670894 "2013-10-19T19:44:59Z")
This is one of the most bizarre stories of a bizarre summer of stories: A woman disappeared from a hospital and sparked an intense search by authorities, family and friends… and was just found dead in a stairwell of the … --- ## [Yet another cat compliation video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-cat-compliation-video/671634)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-cat-compliation-video/671634 "2013-10-19T18:48:54Z")
Cats stealing dogs’ beds I’m really trying to be quiet, because hubby’s alseep. This made me cackle, involuntarily. I especially liked the little cat in the big dog’s bed while the beagle tries his best to fit in the l… --- ## [Anything to do with a dead iMac?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-to-do-with-a-dead-imac/670909)
**Author:** [@BleizDu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BleizDu)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2013, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-to-do-with-a-dead-imac/670909 "2013-10-19T11:16:29Z")
My imac G5 (first gen intel mac from 2006) went dead on me a couple months ago. (probably the motherboard.) I’ve contacted a local company that recycle mac computers, for spare parts and such, but this model doesn’t int… --- ## [Yahoo News: What America learned from the government shutdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-news-what-america-learned-from-the-government-shutdown/671569)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-news-what-america-learned-from-the-government-shutdown/671569 "2013-10-19T05:55:07Z")
Just noticed this informative (!) article on Yahoo News, apparently published a few days ago: Yep – That’s the whole article! --- ## [Yeti - scientist encourages people to look for live specimens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeti-scientist-encourages-people-to-look-for-live-specimens/671526)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeti-scientist-encourages-people-to-look-for-live-specimens/671526 "2013-10-19T05:48:20Z")
According to this scientist, there may very well be live specimens of what locals believe to be Yeti, abominable snowmen or some kind of primate. However, the locals are mistaken about one thing: it’s a bear. Apparentl… --- ## [Air marshal perv caught in the act, arrested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-marshal-perv-caught-in-the-act-arrested/671562)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-marshal-perv-caught-in-the-act-arrested/671562 "2013-10-19T05:45:24Z")
\[ \](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/air-marshal-accused-taking-photos-under-skirts) I’m gonna guess that this story gets some focus because of this detail: That’s right, a federal LEO had his fucking cel phone snatch… --- ## [Bill Nye demistifies NASA's Juno mission... but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-nye-demistifies-nasas-juno-mission-but/671275)
**Author:** [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-nye-demistifies-nasas-juno-mission-but/671275 "2013-10-19T00:28:23Z")
From NASA.gov: I overheard on NPR that Bill Nye was going to do a web series for NASA talking about the Juno mission. So I went to NASA’s website. What a turd, its down due to the whole budgety thing. Does anybody k… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=918) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=920)