# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=960 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 961 --- ## [The wheels on the bus fall off, off, off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wheels-on-the-bus-fall-off-off-off/663010)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wheels-on-the-bus-fall-off-off-off/663010 "2013-07-09T04:25:05Z")
The wheels on the bus fall off, off, off :smack: Those aren’t the exact words I remember singing as a kid; I remember them going “round & round”. ETA: Two minor injuries; both went to hospital but were treated & releas… --- ## [Jokes that seem prejudiced, but aren't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100 "2013-07-09T03:38:20Z")
This one is a little touchy, but I’m hoping y’all can follow me here. There is a certain type of misdirection joke that seems like it’s political or racial, but goes the other way and satirizes the audience’s preconcept… --- ## [The adventures of Quantum Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adventures-of-quantum-man/662431)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adventures-of-quantum-man/662431 "2013-07-09T03:29:12Z")
For reasons unknown, whenever Quantum Man\* is trying to stop crime, or spread righteousness or whatever, probabilistic quantum events always fall in his favour. This sounds like quite a pointless superpower, until you r… --- ## [This Is The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-mmp/662330)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 334\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-mmp/662330 "2013-07-08T23:57:25Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 70 Amurrkin out and cloudy with probably rain again off and on all day. The same for the next three days includin’ the Fourth. It kinda looks like Thursday will be a han… --- ## [Its Vallejo all over again!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-vallejo-all-over-again/662939)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-vallejo-all-over-again/662939 "2013-07-08T21:09:58Z")
Several years ago my brother, a National Guardsman, returned from Iraq. They were going to have a celebration in his honor in Vallejo. My brother initially agreed to meet my mom at the airport so she could be the first o… --- ## [Hmm...Is This A Bit Fishy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-is-this-a-bit-fishy/662968)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-is-this-a-bit-fishy/662968 "2013-07-08T20:51:00Z")
So I am looking through CNN and see a news story and click on it and get this at the top: “Read a version of this story in Arabic or Spanish San Francisco (CNN) – Investigators looking into the fatal crash of Asiana Ai… --- ## [I dislike alliterative animal names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dislike-alliterative-animal-names/662876)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dislike-alliterative-animal-names/662876 "2013-07-08T20:48:42Z")
The News has a story about an eagle who has found a new mate after her first one was killed by a bus a couple of years ago. The male eagle was called ‘Eddie the Eagle’. The female is called Eva. This sort of thing bug… --- ## [Never got over my first crush and we just recently reconnected](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-got-over-my-first-crush-and-we-just-recently-reconnected/660876)
**Author:** [@PaperBoy88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBoy88)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-got-over-my-first-crush-and-we-just-recently-reconnected/660876 "2013-07-08T20:01:21Z")
I met my first crush, B, when we both started kindergarten together. I can vividly remember this was the first girl I ever liked and I have to admit, I never really got over it as we proceeded through school. We stayed… --- ## [Prey to cheeses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prey-to-cheeses/662953)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prey-to-cheeses/662953 "2013-07-08T19:53:47Z")
If any Whole Foods folks are not aware, there is a recall on Crave Brothers Petit Frere cheese, which has been linked to an outbreak of listeria. Check your fridge. --- ## [I had a "garage" sale on Friday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-garage-sale-on-friday/662846)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-garage-sale-on-friday/662846 "2013-07-08T19:30:27Z")
I put “garage” in quotes because I don’t have one; I put everything out on my patio (I live in an apartment building on the first floor). Maybe this really belongs in the Pit, because I didn’t even bring in enough money… --- ## [Where's user tdn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-user-tdn/661760)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-user-tdn/661760 "2013-07-08T19:24:54Z")
So, I don’t usually do this. In fact I never do this, but last week I noticed prolific poster tdn hadn’t posted in a while. Turns out he hasn’t posted at all in June. I sent him a PM last week and still no hide nor ha… --- ## [URGENT!TIME SENSITIVE! DO NOT DISREGARD (yeah, right)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-time-sensitive-do-not-disregard-yeah-right/662804)
**Author:** [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-time-sensitive-do-not-disregard-yeah-right/662804 "2013-07-08T19:17:57Z")
Just got 2 indentical pieces of mail marked in huge letters "TIME SENSITIVE MATERIAL. DO NOT DISCARD. On the back “TIME SENSITIVE. OPEN IMMEDIATELY.” Just how time-sensitive were these urgent missives? Well, they were … --- ## [King of the Belgians to abdicate.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-belgians-to-abdicate/662676)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-belgians-to-abdicate/662676 "2013-07-08T18:37:33Z")
Albert II of Belgium has announced his abdication, effective 21 July. He’s the 3rd European monarch to abdicate this year, and the first Belgian to voluntarily abdicate (his father, Leopold III, was forced to because o… --- ## [Do you have any metal in your body?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-metal-in-your-body/320921)
**Author:** [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-metal-in-your-body/320921 "2013-07-08T16:30:36Z")
How’s that working? I broke my hip last May and have a rod and screws in place. The surgeon says that now that the bone is healed, he could remove them, but that’s surgery again and I’d be laid up for six weeks. He sa… --- ## [I guess Buddhists aren't always peaceful and mild](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-buddhists-arent-always-peaceful-and-mild/654058)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-buddhists-arent-always-peaceful-and-mild/654058 "2013-07-08T16:26:27Z")
Apparently in Myanmar (Burma) one side benefit of the rigid military rule for so long was that it protected the Muslim minority in some areas from being attacked by the Buddhist majority. Story here. This is a pretty b… --- ## [Poetic names for stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poetic-names-for-stuff/662927)
**Author:** [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poetic-names-for-stuff/662927 "2013-07-08T14:30:02Z")
I recently saw the Simpson’s episode that mentioned ‘‘Apollo’s lantern’’ as a poetic name for the sun. Any for the moon? Stars? I looked for sites with a list, but didn’t know what to enter in the searchbox :confused: --- ## [Ugh. Dog dumped in my yard tonight.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-dog-dumped-in-my-yard-tonight/662854)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-dog-dumped-in-my-yard-tonight/662854 "2013-07-08T14:23:28Z")
My 6 dogs went out and were raising a ruckus, so I went out to see what they were barking at. There, under my back porch, they’d cornered a dog. I put my dogs in the house and the dog came out, totally unscathed and unbo… --- ## [I have a great idea for a website... now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-great-idea-for-a-website-now-what/134635)
**Author:** [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2002, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-great-idea-for-a-website-now-what/134635 "2002-11-01T16:24:21Z")
It’s true… I feel like Kramer but dammit I’ve got a GREAT idea for a website but I have no idea how to go about making it happen. I’m not a complete idiot around computers but building a website is no easy task, not to … --- ## [I'm not completely dirt poor anymore and it feels strange.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-completely-dirt-poor-anymore-and-it-feels-strange/662881)
**Author:** [@Schrodinger\_s\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schrodinger_s_Platypus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-completely-dirt-poor-anymore-and-it-feels-strange/662881 "2013-07-08T13:43:37Z")
I’m not sure if there is an “I’m no longer too poor for temperature control” holiday, but I’ll invent one. Once this window air conditioner is installed, no more five cold showers a day and going around my room in a w… --- ## [What forgotten/neglected historic sites have you been to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-forgotten-neglected-historic-sites-have-you-been-to/662496)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-forgotten-neglected-historic-sites-have-you-been-to/662496 "2013-07-08T11:15:02Z")
There’s a thread about what famous tourist sites people haven’t been to in their own hometowns. That got me thinking the opposite. What neglected or unmarked sites have dopers gone out of their way to find out about an… --- ## [RIP Douglas Engelbart (tech visionary and inventor of the mouse)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-douglas-engelbart-tech-visionary-and-inventor-of-the-mouse/662574)
**Author:** [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-douglas-engelbart-tech-visionary-and-inventor-of-the-mouse/662574 "2013-07-08T03:58:35Z")
Douglas Englebart was the inventor who helped to develop much of the technology that we are using right now: the mouse, GUI, hypertext, networked computers. His legendary “mother of all demos” showcased these and other … --- ## [My olifactory senses seem to have shifted a bit: burnt rubber smell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-olifactory-senses-seem-to-have-shifted-a-bit-burnt-rubber-smell/662907)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-olifactory-senses-seem-to-have-shifted-a-bit-burnt-rubber-smell/662907 "2013-07-08T02:51:22Z")
Yeah, this is weird. Lately, within the last month or two, when I smell warm foods, I get a very subtle underlying burnt rubber smell. I have no idea why, but it’s there. This is new to me, and I can’t figure out why. … --- ## [Woah, that's bendy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woah-thats-bendy/662845)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woah-thats-bendy/662845 "2013-07-08T02:13:20Z")
Sports gymnast throws first pitch at South Korean baseball game. YouTube link. --- ## [Yet another "hideous logos" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-hideous-logos-thread/660274)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-hideous-logos-thread/660274 "2013-07-07T16:50:58Z")
I just discovered one of the most hideous logos I’ve ever seen: for "GnG Music Instruction." What have you seen lately (that you wish you hadn’t seen)? --- ## [So, I passed the FSOT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-passed-the-fsot/662842)
**Author:** [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-passed-the-fsot/662842 "2013-07-07T14:55:25Z")
So I sat the FSOT a few weeks ago. On Tuesday (my birthday!) I received the results. “Congratulations!” the letter started. So, I’ve passed the first step. Next, I need to submit six short-answer “personal narrative” r… --- ## [How English sounds to non-English speakers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-english-sounds-to-non-english-speakers/662847)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-english-sounds-to-non-english-speakers/662847 "2013-07-07T14:00:36Z")
This video is all in fake English. I mean, it sounds like you should be able to understand it, but it makes no sense. If you’ve ever wondered how English sounds to non-English speakers, check it out. --- ## [I Hate When They Do This (Give Spoilers In News Article Headlines)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-they-do-this-give-spoilers-in-news-article-headlines/662797)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-they-do-this-give-spoilers-in-news-article-headlines/662797 "2013-07-07T00:57:06Z")
So, I thought I would watch the women’s final at Wimbeldon today. I am not a huge tennis fan, but figured it might be fun to see the match…especially considering most German friends won’t be able to see it (it is only be… --- ## [Atheists unveil Florida monument](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-unveil-florida-monument/662549)
**Author:** [@Blue\_Mood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Mood)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-unveil-florida-monument/662549 "2013-07-06T20:32:41Z")
A monument for American atheists was recently unveiled in Florida. American Atheists Monument There were a few demonstrators, but nothing like the abortion picket lines of old. I think the monument is ugly, but am none… --- ## [Photographs of revolutionary war veterans.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographs-of-revolutionary-war-veterans/662689)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographs-of-revolutionary-war-veterans/662689 "2013-07-06T16:23:51Z")
I never realized that such photos (obviously daguerreotypes) existed, but if you think about it there must have been some. --- ## [Angry Maryland sorority girl has a new writing job.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-maryland-sorority-girl-has-a-new-writing-job/662776)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-maryland-sorority-girl-has-a-new-writing-job/662776 "2013-07-06T15:46:00Z")
How can we forget our favorite ranting and oh so profane Sorority Girl? http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=688556&highlight=sorority She’s got a new writing job. No profanity but that wicked way with … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=959) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=961)