# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=964 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 965 --- ## [How Could I Help My Family Anonymously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-i-help-my-family-anonymously/661740)
**Author:** [@AHeinrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHeinrich)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-i-help-my-family-anonymously/661740 "2013-06-27T17:29:30Z")
Let’s say that I’ve won upwards of £80m on the Euro Lottery, but I’ve since gone anonymous and don’t want anybody, not even my family (I’m the youngest child - still at uni), to know. But the thing is, my family has mas… --- ## [Weird inventions of your dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-inventions-of-your-dreams/661790)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-inventions-of-your-dreams/661790 "2013-06-27T17:13:30Z")
In a dream last night I was playing a game, and one requirement is that you only have sex with one partner during the game. So it included a device – something like an inverted chastity belt. The little cutting teeth … --- ## [Bilingual voicemail: English and Whale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bilingual-voicemail-english-and-whale/662036)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bilingual-voicemail-english-and-whale/662036 "2013-06-27T14:48:52Z")
Am I a bad person for laughing at this? A woman left a voicemail for her beau and apparently decided to demonstrate her fluency in both English and Whale: linky --- ## [Homeowner charged for protecting home from vandels.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeowner-charged-for-protecting-home-from-vandels/661207)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeowner-charged-for-protecting-home-from-vandels/661207 "2013-06-27T14:46:02Z")
This says a lot about whats wrong with this country. If my kids had done something like this they would have been punished and I would have been apologizing to this man. Instead they filed charges against the homeowner. … --- ## [I love a contagious laugh....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-a-contagious-laugh/662023)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-a-contagious-laugh/662023 "2013-06-27T14:17:03Z")
Man, I’m in tears from laughing so hard. A guy calls into to work while witnessing a car wreck with hilarious results. Here You will not regret clicking that link. :smiley: --- ## [1 − 1 + 1 − 1 + · · · = 1/2 ???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-1-1-1-1-2/661968)
**Author:** [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-1-1-1-1-2/661968 "2013-06-27T13:27:40Z")
It’s called Grandi’s series and Numberphile posted a video on it today. Mind blown and I’m not entirely convinced. First he shows how the infinite series can be shown to be equal to 0. Then he shows how it’s equal to 1. … --- ## [I give you... Edible Anuses!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616 "2013-06-27T12:54:17Z")
Story here. A British chocolate maker is selling chocolate assholes. Apparently molded from a live models sphincter. Bon appetit! --- ## [Love in the afternoon...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-in-the-afternoon/662002)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-in-the-afternoon/662002 "2013-06-27T03:06:59Z")
She’s a runner-up in the Mama BooBoo lookalike contest: :eek: oh my --- ## [Sneezing and "God Bless You"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-and-god-bless-you/661388)
**Author:** [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-and-god-bless-you/661388 "2013-06-27T02:12:30Z")
Why do people reflexively say “God bless you” after you sneeze? What are you supposed to say back? If I sneeze at my desk in cubicle-town, and some unknown person a few cubes over yells “Bless you!”, am I supposed to yel… --- ## [Lonely but brilliant solution seeks problem to solve - possible cash reward (Marblar)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-but-brilliant-solution-seeks-problem-to-solve-possible-cash-reward-marblar/661992)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-but-brilliant-solution-seeks-problem-to-solve-possible-cash-reward-marblar/661992 "2013-06-26T22:58:09Z")
Think of it as a dating site for patent worthy ideas that can’t find a mate - IOW, a problem with enough commercial value to make it worth the trouble. OK, that’s to say, no one has had the imagination to come up with s… --- ## [Zen proverb "the obstacle is the path": what's your story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zen-proverb-the-obstacle-is-the-path-whats-your-story/661925)
**Author:** [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zen-proverb-the-obstacle-is-the-path-whats-your-story/661925 "2013-06-26T22:49:46Z")
I recently ran across the Zen proverb “the obstacle is the path,” and though I can’t stop thinking about it, I also can’t seem to get my mind around it. (Not very Zen of me, I guess.) Have you had an experience in which… --- ## [Jackpot Winner - Can You Seriously Trust Financial Advisors To Keep Quiet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackpot-winner-can-you-seriously-trust-financial-advisors-to-keep-quiet/661783)
**Author:** [@AHeinrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHeinrich)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackpot-winner-can-you-seriously-trust-financial-advisors-to-keep-quiet/661783 "2013-06-26T22:41:17Z")
Say you’ve won tens of millions of pounds and you’ve already opted for anonymity, having been paid already. But you now need to see about getting those private advisors - can you trust them to keep quiet and actually act… --- ## [Summer's here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here/661782)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here/661782 "2013-06-26T22:37:44Z")
So, summer has arrived, at least here in the northern hemisphere. There are things I like and don’t like about summer. I don’t like how noisy summer is. People are blasting their radios and using their noisy yard tools… --- ## [Scared to reveal your alien love affair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scared-to-reveal-your-alien-love-affair/661457)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scared-to-reveal-your-alien-love-affair/661457 "2013-06-26T20:44:43Z")
YOU ARE NOT ALONE. UK Labour town councilman and driving instructor Simon Parkes wants you to know that this is a common occurence, and you don’t have anything to be ashamed of. He himself gets beamed up to a spacecraft… --- ## [You can't fix stupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-fix-stupid/661265)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-fix-stupid/661265 "2013-06-26T20:37:37Z")
I saw this post from someone I don’t know. :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [Idaho Company Makes Pork-Infused Bullets For Jihadists...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idaho-company-makes-pork-infused-bullets-for-jihadists/661890)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idaho-company-makes-pork-infused-bullets-for-jihadists/661890 "2013-06-26T20:33:28Z")
Have a gander at Jihawg Ammo, a company dedicated to our “freedom from Sharia and radical Islam”…by manufacturing pork-infused bullets. Supposedly to strike fear into the hearts of radical Muslims that should they be sho… --- ## [Dude, your nipples are showing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-your-nipples-are-showing/661642)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-your-nipples-are-showing/661642 "2013-06-26T19:59:01Z")
I just bought several light-weight polo shirts for work. They look good and they are super comfy, but I have a concern that you have already deduced from my title. My only reasonable option, it seems, is to wear an unde… --- ## [We're No. 1! Pattaya Named Top Sin City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-no-1-pattaya-named-top-sin-city/659441)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-no-1-pattaya-named-top-sin-city/659441 "2013-06-26T19:28:09Z")
Story here. The complete list: Berlin Macau Manama (Bahrain) New Orleans Moscow Rio de Janeiro Las Vegas Amsterdam Tijuana Pattaya! Actually, I can’t stand Pattaya. It’s too over-the-top even for me! --- ## [A weird hearing experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-hearing-experience/661961)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-hearing-experience/661961 "2013-06-26T16:24:40Z")
I don’t remember all the details now but a few years ago for about 30 minutes my hearing seem to become extra acute. I was driving down the same street I have for years and noticed I was hearing birds chirping, and the b… --- ## [2013 style death ray](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-style-death-ray/661573)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-style-death-ray/661573 "2013-06-26T15:29:45Z")
This story has it all. The Klan, Tea Partiers, Death Rays, xenophobic douchebags and really REALLY bad ideas. I sure hope this doesn’t jeopardize their %501 (c) status. Clearly the Tea Party is doing some important soci… --- ## [Year of three mayors in Montreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-of-three-mayors-in-montreal/661952)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-of-three-mayors-in-montreal/661952 "2013-06-26T14:53:02Z")
Warning: what I am about to suggest is quite tendentious and I have no evidence for what I am suggesting. The Montreal city council just elected its second interim mayor this year to serve until the election in November… --- ## [Camp Meds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-meds/548073)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-meds/548073 "2013-06-26T14:47:25Z")
we took MilliCal away to Girl Scout Camp yesterday. On the way in, they get a quick physical. Then they leave their medications, all tagged and bagged, with the camp nurse. This surprises me. When I went to camp, few ki… --- ## [A public (pubic?) health victory: HPV infections cut in half by vaccine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-pubic-health-victory-hpv-infections-cut-in-half-by-vaccine/661385)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-pubic-health-victory-hpv-infections-cut-in-half-by-vaccine/661385 "2013-06-26T14:30:42Z")
This is not really mundane or pointless: it’s pretty damn cool. HPV vaccine has halved infection rates in teen girls since its introduction. The interesting part is that only 1/3 of teenaged girls have received the ful… --- ## [Looking for an old 1980s educational toy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-old-1980s-educational-toy/661854)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-old-1980s-educational-toy/661854 "2013-06-26T13:46:28Z")
Not to find or buy one necessarily, I just remember loving this thing and would like to look up its history online. It was an educational toy - I thought I remembered it being called “Maxx”, or “Maxxx”, or some other nu… --- ## [My sociopathic alcoholic mother died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sociopathic-alcoholic-mother-died/657508)
**Author:** [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sociopathic-alcoholic-mother-died/657508 "2013-06-26T13:04:25Z")
Cut for length. --- ## [Liger cubs born in Russia - WARNING: Very cute!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liger-cubs-born-in-russia-warning-very-cute/661422)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liger-cubs-born-in-russia-warning-very-cute/661422 "2013-06-26T05:42:28Z")
https://socialreader.com/me/content/WSIKL?chid=80162&\_p=article\_related\[0 Feel free to skip the Napoleon Dynamite jokes… --- ## [I am a biological terrorist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-biological-terrorist/657279)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-biological-terrorist/657279 "2013-06-25T22:18:35Z")
That’s right. I have used chemical weapons and I’m damned proud of it. But also ashamed that I needed the internet to inspire me. Ashamed that when called upon for their assistance, my duly elected public officials of… --- ## [Headlines you don't read every day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headlines-you-dont-read-every-day/660645)
**Author:** [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headlines-you-dont-read-every-day/660645 "2013-06-25T20:13:28Z")
Yup, that’s the first thing I thought of. --- ## [Dating advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-advice/661846)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-advice/661846 "2013-06-25T17:34:58Z")
I’ve been on four dates with a nice well put together lady. We’ve held hands and kissed, but nothing more. Just long walks and some innocent activities. She’s giving me indications that she wants to be exclusive to me…an… --- ## [Newer iPhone cables split at the phone end](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newer-iphone-cables-split-at-the-phone-end/661839)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newer-iphone-cables-split-at-the-phone-end/661839 "2013-06-25T17:21:57Z")
I’ve noticed that newer iPhone cables split apart where the cable enters the plug at the phone end. Should I be concerned with this? Is there a fire or shock hazard? Here is a Photo showing what I mean. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=963) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=965)