# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=948 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 949 --- ## [OMG, I'm the first? An MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-the-first-an-mmp/665382)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2013, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-the-first-an-mmp/665382 "2013-08-05T10:46:03Z")
I can’t believe I’m the first. It’s Monday morning, I’m just about to head out the door on my way to work, and I check the Dope. Yay me! My dog is looking at me reproachfully because I won’t let him eat the cat’s food… --- ## [I'm screwing this cat!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-screwing-this-cat/663898)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2013, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-screwing-this-cat/663898 "2013-08-05T10:21:48Z")
You just hold the tail! Is anyone familiar with that phrase? The SO used it once, and she was surprised that I’d never heard it before. It did show up once in a thread from 2000. If you know the phrase, where are you… --- ## [Stupid bloody Yakima rack. Grr.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bloody-yakima-rack-grr/664917)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bloody-yakima-rack-grr/664917 "2013-08-05T04:33:44Z")
(Not sure where this is supposed to go. It’s part grumpy kvetching but without enough bad words to make it go in the pit and part desperate plea for help with a recalcitrant piece of automotive/bicycle equipment.) As I’… --- ## [Stand Alone Complex - "Test" Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-alone-complex-test-thread/657974)
**Author:** [@bababadalgharagh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bababadalgharagh)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-alone-complex-test-thread/657974 "2013-08-05T03:51:22Z")
Tomorrow this will be harder but today this is the easiest thing in the world. Bill Murray? Andie MacDowell? Yes I said yes I will Yes. Stream of consciousness? Yes, already, after the ghosts in the shells it’s not that… --- ## [Just saw acne comedone extractor video clip Yuk!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-acne-comedone-extractor-video-clip-yuk/665358)
**Author:** [@smokey78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smokey78)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-acne-comedone-extractor-video-clip-yuk/665358 "2013-08-05T02:36:06Z")
Seriously, I had no idea there was a tool called a comedone extractor that treats pimples until I saw it on youtube. It removes zits by squeezing out pus/dead skin cells. I had no idea the pus would come out in the shape… --- ## [Who Wants to Win a Baby?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-win-a-baby/664961)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-win-a-baby/664961 "2013-08-05T00:56:06Z")
Because they’re giving them away as game-show prizes in Pakistan. Stories here and here. Excerpt: “Amaan Ramazan, dubbed Pakistan’s answer to The Price is Right, usually awards washing machines or laptops. But when view… --- ## [New Beer Cans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-beer-cans/665159)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-beer-cans/665159 "2013-08-04T21:42:02Z")
I don’t drink beer. I don’t associate with those who do. Kidding. I’d never get laid if it weren’t for alcohol! However, I do find the evolution of the beer can interesting. Those of you Of A Certain Age will rememb… --- ## [Tell me about "taskrabbit"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-taskrabbit/606452)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-taskrabbit/606452 "2013-08-04T21:21:31Z")
In the thread about unemployment, I followed the link that pbbth provided to an online service called “taskrabbit”, a sort of errand running/handyman kind of agency with screened one-time task providers. It seems like a… --- ## [FRED now has OECD data and grows to 140,000 data series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-now-has-oecd-data-and-grows-to-140-000-data-series/665349)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-now-has-oecd-data-and-grows-to-140-000-data-series/665349 "2013-08-04T20:33:38Z")
If you didn’t already know, FRED is a fabulous resource presented by the St. Louis Federal Reserve. Not only do they have all manner of economic and monetary data but it is completely interactive. With the addition of … --- ## ["Hurry Up, I'm Sinking," Final Words to 911](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurry-up-im-sinking-final-words-to-911/664874)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurry-up-im-sinking-final-words-to-911/664874 "2013-08-04T20:23:12Z")
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/21611080-418/drowning-motorists-final-words-to-911-dispatcher-hurry-up-im-sinking.html Attempt to summarize for those who don’t want to click linky: 89-year-old man drives brand-new SU… --- ## [Lucy Liu Pissed Me Off Last Night...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-pissed-me-off-last-night/665334)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-pissed-me-off-last-night/665334 "2013-08-04T20:04:34Z")
It was quite the vivid dream. Lucy and I were meeting with a client on a nice beachfront restaurant for breakfast. I was deep in conversation with the client and when the waiter came, Lucy quietly ordered breakfast for… --- ## [Help me build a list of scientists/drs that have been proven to be liars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-list-of-scientists-drs-that-have-been-proven-to-be-liars/664798)
**Author:** [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-list-of-scientists-drs-that-have-been-proven-to-be-liars/664798 "2013-08-04T18:21:27Z")
As the title states anyone in a scientific field will do (ie doctors etc) - lying, dishonesty or proven to have done major unethical stuff. Just because I am curious. And to get this one over and done with \*\*Andrew Wake… --- ## [Filtration units!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filtration-units/665325)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filtration-units/665325 "2013-08-04T15:55:04Z")
wrong forum Please close. --- ## [Real Life Planet of the Apes and we're losing the war.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-planet-of-the-apes-and-were-losing-the-war/665300)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-planet-of-the-apes-and-were-losing-the-war/665300 "2013-08-04T15:47:12Z")
I had no idea apes were this good at climbing buildings. Not sure we’d win a Planet of the Apes war if these beasties get organized. The poor people’s hands are tied. All they can fight back with is pepper spray and pai… --- ## [Family get-together](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-get-together/665323)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-get-together/665323 "2013-08-04T15:40:55Z")
A cousin moved to town last month. She and her husband had a cookout at their place yesterday, with her parents, me, and my SO. I should explain that the family is fairly large by some people’s standards. My paternal … --- ## [Bear Steals Restaurant Dumpster. Twice.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-steals-restaurant-dumpster-twice/665319)
**Author:** [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-steals-restaurant-dumpster-twice/665319 "2013-08-04T15:20:16Z")
This is just a couple of miles from my place but I heard about it from the LOLcat site. Bear Steals Restaurant Dumpster Twice In a Row --- ## [Interview Me by IM? Who Does This? (Really? Really..!?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-me-by-im-who-does-this-really-really/665256)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-me-by-im-who-does-this-really-really/665256 "2013-08-04T15:04:26Z")
I’ve long accepted that just as wolves attack members of the herd who are hurt, grifters and scammers attack the people least able to protect or defend themselves: Job Seekers. The latest scam seems to be pretending to … --- ## [WHY does any cell phone have a proximity sensor???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-any-cell-phone-have-a-proximity-sensor/665165)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-any-cell-phone-have-a-proximity-sensor/665165 "2013-08-04T13:58:26Z")
So after 2 days with my new Samsung Galaxy S4, I seriously thought that I was going to have to return it. There was no way to use the keyboard while making a call; the screen would instantly go black. Nobody has any choi… --- ## [The plates the Ministry of Transport won't let you see...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plates-the-ministry-of-transport-wont-let-you-see/665226)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plates-the-ministry-of-transport-wont-let-you-see/665226 "2013-08-04T10:27:27Z")
A nifty article in the Toronto Star includes a link to a sortable list of disallowed plates. Most of the ones disallowed seem rather …innocuous. I have to wonder though… how far do they search before they give up? Surely… --- ## [Do you have a penny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-penny/665260)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-penny/665260 "2013-08-04T05:59:59Z")
In a closed GQ thread: A couple of weeks ago I was walking in Seattle. This part of town is full of people begging for money. An elderly guy asked for one penny. I knew I had three pennies and some keys in my pocket… --- ## [I want to start ethical cannibalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146 "2013-08-04T02:06:35Z")
This all stems from a discussion I had a long time ago with some friends where the idea met with interest. Lets say that to give others the chance to taste human flesh, someone would volunteer their corpse before death … --- ## [What a bad First Date. Maybe the worst ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-bad-first-date-maybe-the-worst-ever/665153)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-bad-first-date-maybe-the-worst-ever/665153 "2013-08-03T23:18:06Z")
It was her apartment and deck railing. I’d bet that she sat out there every night having a smoke. That railing was probably just tack welded. I hope they warn everyone in that building. The welds on those balcony railing… --- ## [Worst directions ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-directions-ever/665046)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-directions-ever/665046 "2013-08-03T21:18:40Z")
So-I’m driving and trying to get to an appointment, following my handy printed yahoo maps instructions but I can’t find the street to turn onto. I’m pretty sure I’ve gone too far and I don’t want to be late so I call. M… --- ## [8th Annual Shot Glass Exchange](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-shot-glass-exchange/657959)
**Author:** [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-shot-glass-exchange/657959 "2013-08-03T20:56:58Z")
It’s about that time again. The rules are simple: \[ul\] \[li\]Reply to this thread expressing your interest in the exchange.\[/li\]\[li\] Email me at sdmbshotglassexchange @ gmail.com . Say whether or not international sh… --- ## [All it needs is a treadmill...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-it-needs-is-a-treadmill/665149)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-it-needs-is-a-treadmill/665149 "2013-08-03T19:49:05Z")
So I finally got over to xkcd’s what if page today, only to find that the question was “What sort of rope would you need to tie a jet airliner down?” I couldn’t help but thinking that this was eerily similar to a certain… --- ## [High price for this aircraft N-number](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-price-for-this-aircraft-n-number/665248)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-price-for-this-aircraft-n-number/665248 "2013-08-03T19:31:00Z")
FAA Aircraft reserved Call Sign N420W for sale marketing Colorado POT Business And there’s a picture of a business jet with the N-number and pot leaf photoshopped on it. How much would you pay for this unique marketin… --- ## [Tell me about your effective workplace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-effective-workplace/665209)
**Author:** [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-effective-workplace/665209 "2013-08-03T19:05:05Z")
I’ve resigned from my job. So far in my 10 year career, I’ve worked in two countries (AU and US), for many kinds of organizations: federal, state and city government, private non-profits, universities, giant multinationa… --- ## [My boys are growing up into... guys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162 "2013-08-03T16:13:03Z")
We have a bathroom upstairs that is the “Kids Bathroom” and the kids are fully responsible for cleaning it. If you don’t clean it, you shower in it anyway. So, they have been a little lax over the summer and suddenly wi… --- ## [The SDMB Acronm Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-acronm-thread/665250)
**Author:** [@the\_O](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_O)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-acronm-thread/665250 "2013-08-03T15:30:36Z")
I’ve come across many that were new to me. I thought maybe a thread for defining them might be worthwhile. Feel free to add ones that you find. IIRC - If I Remember Correctly FTW - For The Win --- ## [Well I guess I've more or less bought a house.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-guess-ive-more-or-less-bought-a-house/663696)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-guess-ive-more-or-less-bought-a-house/663696 "2013-08-03T14:17:32Z")
Woohoo? Just kidding and felt like mundanely sharing something pointless. It’s got me pretty stoked. But after all the nightmares my friends have told me, this was pretty damn painless so far. I dream at night about pou… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=947) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=949)