# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=959 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 960 --- ## [Impala escapes 2 hungry cheetahs by jumping into tourist's car.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impala-escapes-2-hungry-cheetahs-by-jumping-into-tourists-car/663145)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impala-escapes-2-hungry-cheetahs-by-jumping-into-tourists-car/663145 "2013-07-10T20:19:27Z")
Clever animal disappointed 2 hungry cheetahs. Some stills posted but the video is amazing. --- ## [Where is your workplace on the crazy meter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-workplace-on-the-crazy-meter/662591)
**Author:** [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-workplace-on-the-crazy-meter/662591 "2013-07-10T19:39:10Z")
Today at work we received a sample of a foam piece meant to fit inside boots. We had gotten one the other day but it was expensive so the customer wanted “cheaper foam”. Our vendor said they had a less dense foam that wo… --- ## [SEC lifts ban on hedge fund advertising](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sec-lifts-ban-on-hedge-fund-advertising/663158)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sec-lifts-ban-on-hedge-fund-advertising/663158 "2013-07-10T18:45:21Z")
Hedge funds will now be able to advertise but only “accredited investors” will be able to invest in the funds. However the definition of accredited investor has not changed since 1982 In the short run it may not matt… --- ## [All of my kid's friends are breaking the law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-of-my-kids-friends-are-breaking-the-law/663046)
**Author:** [@boozilu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boozilu)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-of-my-kids-friends-are-breaking-the-law/663046 "2013-07-10T18:15:14Z")
My daughter is under 13 but wants a gmail account like her friends have. The age restriction is 13. I got her a yahoo account (OK for under 13 if the parent’s account is linked) but “gmail is so much better!”. Also, l… --- ## [My Fantasy Roadtrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fantasy-roadtrip/663154)
**Author:** [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fantasy-roadtrip/663154 "2013-07-10T18:04:13Z")
I’m having serious itchy feet this summer. I used to travel a lot, and then I moved to the US, and now get two (TWO!) weeks of vacation yearly. (This is insane.) So I conceived a fantasy road trip. I’m (fake)driving … --- ## [Did ANYONE like "Eyes Wide Shut"??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-like-eyes-wide-shut/72310)
**Author:** [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-like-eyes-wide-shut/72310 "2013-07-10T18:03:58Z")
I was channel surfing and HBO was playing this movie for millionth time, and I thought, “Who is watching this movie so much that they need to replay it every week?” It truly is an awful picture; even die-hard fans of Tom… --- ## [How do you make Edinburgh Scotland bring the sexy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-edinburgh-scotland-bring-the-sexy/662754)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-edinburgh-scotland-bring-the-sexy/662754 "2013-07-10T17:39:03Z")
This is the man with a plan! What is the image of Edinburgh currently? Is it so dire it needs a professional marketing campaign? A MARKETING guru who helped launch T in the Park and was the commercial brains behind Gla… --- ## [My computer is giving me blisters (surprisingly NOT porn related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-computer-is-giving-me-blisters-surprisingly-not-porn-related/663149)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-computer-is-giving-me-blisters-surprisingly-not-porn-related/663149 "2013-07-10T16:56:04Z")
I know, I know, when I think computers and blisters, I think porn and inadequate lube, but this is not one of those cases. Somehow I’ve picked up a new habit using my computer that has resulted in two blisters so far. … --- ## [Ladies, do you suffer from BRF - "Bitchy Resting Face"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-suffer-from-brf-bitchy-resting-face/662583)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-suffer-from-brf-bitchy-resting-face/662583 "2013-07-10T16:46:21Z")
Wow… everything’s a syndrome these days. This link has the best bitchy face pics in the world! Bitchy Resting Face research --- ## [Greek worry beads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-worry-beads/663093)
**Author:** [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-worry-beads/663093 "2013-07-10T16:00:50Z")
Do any of the Greek dopers here have these thing and what part do they play in your day to day lives. --- ## [olivesmarch4th is now Spice Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivesmarch4th-is-now-spice-weasel/662995)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivesmarch4th-is-now-spice-weasel/662995 "2013-07-10T15:45:39Z")
I like a lot of you and don’t want you to lose track of me. And I don’t want to confuse a bunch of people. I changed my name to Spice Weasel because my old handle contained too much identifying information. That mattere… --- ## [Road rage in action](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-rage-in-action/663138)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-rage-in-action/663138 "2013-07-10T14:58:17Z")
An amusing/disturbing sight on the way in to work this morning: Two large trucks were stopped, blocking the entire main road through east London, and the drivers had climbed out of their cabs and were standing in the mid… --- ## [IKEA 1% of the world's wood every year.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ikea-1-of-the-worlds-wood-every-year/662874)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ikea-1-of-the-worlds-wood-every-year/662874 "2013-07-10T14:44:37Z")
By wood they mean sawdust of course. :stuck\_out\_tongue: The article discusses IKEA’s particle board factory in southern Sweden. I don’t see this as a problem. We should be thankful IKEA’s particle board furniture is so … --- ## [Has Anyone Ever Met A Doper IRL By Pure Happenstance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-met-a-doper-irl-by-pure-happenstance/662791)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-met-a-doper-irl-by-pure-happenstance/662791 "2013-07-10T14:25:48Z")
How many of you have met a fellow Doper purely by accident? No, not at a Dopefest or other organized get together. I’m talking purely by chance. If so, how did this occur? Did you reach for the same copy of Cat Fancy at… --- ## [They'll never know I was not wearing pants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyll-never-know-i-was-not-wearing-pants/663080)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyll-never-know-i-was-not-wearing-pants/663080 "2013-07-10T13:57:42Z")
Light long-sleeved shirt, patterned tie, dark suit jacket… And khaki cargo shorts and zoriis. Hey, passport photos only show from the waist up! :smiley: --- ## [How many famous landmarks in your city have you not visited](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-famous-landmarks-in-your-city-have-you-not-visited/662466)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-famous-landmarks-in-your-city-have-you-not-visited/662466 "2013-07-10T13:51:48Z")
Your city means your present place (must have lived at least an year), your hometown, any place you lived for significant period of time, say 2 years or so. Landmark means a place in your city or surrounding region whic… --- ## [LADY! Life is not a Disney Cartoon. With newslink and Lion.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-life-is-not-a-disney-cartoon-with-newslink-and-lion/662748)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-life-is-not-a-disney-cartoon-with-newslink-and-lion/662748 "2013-07-10T13:32:47Z")
I get a migraine just thinking about this. I get a facial tick, just reading about it. At least she ain’t Ammurican. :smack::smack::smack: --- ## [Two towels and too lazy to dry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towels-and-too-lazy-to-dry/663061)
**Author:** [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-towels-and-too-lazy-to-dry/663061 "2013-07-10T12:57:43Z")
Does anyone else put on two towels after getting out of the bath, one around the waist and another around the shoulders. (You know to keep warm) Also does anyone just sit there and let their body dry by itself instead o… --- ## [Woman says she was kicked out of water park because of her bathing suit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695 "2013-07-10T06:46:34Z")
As always, there’s probably more to the story than we’re getting here, but that’s to be expected. Though not what I’d call attractive, she’s still bone-able. Nothing to be ashamed of at 40+, and I doubt she scares the … --- ## [Totally pointless dream stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-pointless-dream-stuff/663102)
**Author:** [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-pointless-dream-stuff/663102 "2013-07-10T03:50:50Z")
By my bed, I keep a notebook in case I get a brilliant idea when I’m in bed, but it ends up just containing reminders of a bill I might not have paid, or someone’s birthday I might forget. Very rarely, I note something i… --- ## [A free place for your web site, including posting pictures.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-free-place-for-your-web-site-including-posting-pictures/663021)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-free-place-for-your-web-site-including-posting-pictures/663021 "2013-07-10T02:26:02Z")
At the risk of being accused of spamming, I am going to discuss here a source of free on-line services, in particular a place where you can freely post pictures. This is inspired by this IMHO thread, in which I complain… --- ## [Tweets are Public! News at 11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tweets-are-public-news-at-11/663067)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tweets-are-public-news-at-11/663067 "2013-07-10T01:49:30Z")
OK, I don’t do Twitter, but I think I have the basic idea. So I don’t understand how celebrities and athletes and politicians can still be having these “Oops!” moments where they “forget” that their Tweeted comments are… --- ## [Searching for a forum for dying people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-forum-for-dying-people/662996)
**Author:** [@silvermist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silvermist)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-forum-for-dying-people/662996 "2013-07-09T20:40:48Z")
I have just spent an hour searching the web for such a forum and can only find a couple for families of dying people. Why is that? Don’t people who are dying want to talk with others going through the same thing to sha… --- ## [Have you ever seen an internet meme IRL?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-internet-meme-irl/662978)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-internet-meme-irl/662978 "2013-07-09T19:22:04Z")
So I’m walking down Broadway by the Flatiron Building today, and I saw this mofo. The coolness was exuding from his being. I basked in the glow of his hipness. Although it is very hot in NYC right now, I felt like an … --- ## [How Did Your Parents Meet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-parents-meet/662316)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-parents-meet/662316 "2013-07-09T16:07:21Z")
So how did your parents meet? As for mine, it will always be a bit of a mystery. My father was from California, mother from Arkansas, and all I know is it had something to do with an Army buddy of my father’s during his … --- ## [Good-bye, Phoebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-phoebe/662751)
**Author:** [@Jimbabweosu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimbabweosu)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-phoebe/662751 "2013-07-09T15:48:47Z")
Today we lost or 14 year old cat, Phoebe. I went downstairs to get a book I needed for a citation, and found her laying on the concrete, barely responsive. I scooped her up, called my wife, and rushed her to the vet. … --- ## [Not your usual ESPN headline: "Referee beheaded after killing player"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-espn-headline-referee-beheaded-after-killing-player/662799)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-espn-headline-referee-beheaded-after-killing-player/662799 "2013-07-09T15:48:46Z")
For real. I’m not an expert on the rules. Is there some kind of point penalty for this? --- ## [Suitcases left in a New York insane asylum by patients who were locked away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suitcases-left-in-a-new-york-insane-asylum-by-patients-who-were-locked-away/662994)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suitcases-left-in-a-new-york-insane-asylum-by-patients-who-were-locked-away/662994 "2013-07-09T14:40:54Z")
The chilling pictures of suitcases left in a New York insane asylum by patients who were locked away for the rest of their lives Four hundred suitcases, collected from patients at a New York asylum from 1910 to 1960, we… --- ## [After nearly 9 years, I've met the neighbour.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-nearly-9-years-ive-met-the-neighbour/630932)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-nearly-9-years-ive-met-the-neighbour/630932 "2013-07-09T05:35:36Z")
After living here nearly nine years, I’ve talked to the neighbour for the first time. A little background: I bought this house from my best fiend. When he bought it, he started fixing it up. There was a weird jog in … --- ## [My coworker has taken over my life - I feel guilty all the time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-coworker-has-taken-over-my-life-i-feel-guilty-all-the-time/662520)
**Author:** [@OleOneEye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OleOneEye)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-coworker-has-taken-over-my-life-i-feel-guilty-all-the-time/662520 "2013-07-09T04:56:13Z")
My coworker’s life is unspeakably hard - he’s supporting an entire handicapped family on a low-paying job. He can’t get a better job because he never learned to read, write or do 'rithmetic. His entire life is his job,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=958) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=960)