# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=965 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 966 --- ## [If you were more talented/ambitious...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-more-talented-ambitious/661825)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-more-talented-ambitious/661825 "2013-06-25T16:16:44Z")
…what famous person would your career resemble? That is, if you take the tastes and interests and tendencies you have, and add to them the drive/talent/hard work/ambition/luck/whatever necessary to make it to the top of… --- ## [Jetpacks are one step closer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jetpacks-are-one-step-closer/661811)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jetpacks-are-one-step-closer/661811 "2013-06-25T04:22:17Z")
This looks like sooooo much fun, although the video is pretty cheesy. --- ## [Anti-Gun control heckler pushes the asshole envelope a little too far with predictable results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-gun-control-heckler-pushes-the-asshole-envelope-a-little-too-far-with-predictable-results/661376)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-gun-control-heckler-pushes-the-asshole-envelope-a-little-too-far-with-predictable-results/661376 "2013-06-25T04:05:12Z")
Predicable and satisfactory! Police use an electronic stun gun to subdue a Brentwood man at a gun control rally in Concord. More A News 9 camera was on the scene when officers took 52-year-old Daniel Musso to the grou… --- ## [You're not safe in your homes (giant snake opens doors)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-safe-in-your-homes-giant-snake-opens-doors/661473)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-safe-in-your-homes-giant-snake-opens-doors/661473 "2013-06-25T02:10:57Z")
Goodbye sleep, I’ll miss you --- ## [Where is this super moon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-super-moon/661700)
**Author:** [@MizQuirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizQuirk)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-super-moon/661700 "2013-06-25T00:57:05Z")
I’m surrounded by buildings here, but if I knew where to look . . . What direction from Dallas is the moon this morning, anyway? --- ## [My 16 y/o gave me 2 joints for father's day.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-16-y-o-gave-me-2-joints-for-fathers-day/661597)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-16-y-o-gave-me-2-joints-for-fathers-day/661597 "2013-06-24T22:41:00Z")
No, she didn’t sign me up for arthroplasty. 2 MJ cigarettes. It was an awkward moment, I mean, who sees that coming? The oreos and the skittles from her sibs made perfect sense–those are my main vices. We’re in Colora… --- ## [ADA Access paratransit system not meeting my wife's needs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ada-access-paratransit-system-not-meeting-my-wifes-needs/661806)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ada-access-paratransit-system-not-meeting-my-wifes-needs/661806 "2013-06-24T21:22:50Z")
\*My complaint is with the process of ride allocation and the way it focuses on picking people up instead of focusing on delivering people to their destinations in a reliable manner. The paratransit system, as I have bee… --- ## [Edward Snowden's Big Adventure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-snowdens-big-adventure/661777)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-snowdens-big-adventure/661777 "2013-06-24T20:34:37Z")
Snowden left Hong Kong for Moscow on Saturday. He was supposedly headed to Cuba and then to Ecuador, but the New York Times is now reporting that he was not on today’s Moscow-Havana flight: So what do you think is goi… --- ## [Do you tip at a restaurant with no substitution policy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-tip-at-a-restaurant-with-no-substitution-policy/661628)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-tip-at-a-restaurant-with-no-substitution-policy/661628 "2013-06-24T19:32:15Z")
If a restaurant doesn’t allow substitutions do you leave a tip? What if you had a pitbull and a declawed cat locked in the car on a hot day with the windows rolled up while you ate? --- ## [Can we know how many American lives are saved each year by spying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-know-how-many-american-lives-are-saved-each-year-by-spying/661809)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-know-how-many-american-lives-are-saved-each-year-by-spying/661809 "2013-06-24T19:05:40Z")
And by spying, I mean any kind of intelligence operation, either at home or abroad, on citizens and foreigners, including surveillance and undercover operations, wire tapping, bugging people’s phones, etc. Is there some… --- ## [Famous People you would love to hear from.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-you-would-love-to-hear-from/661522)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-you-would-love-to-hear-from/661522 "2013-06-24T18:43:46Z")
In case any famous people are reading this, we would like to hear from you. Who would you like to email your contact account on this board? Don’t be shy here is your chance ask for a famous person to contact you. I woul… --- ## [Okay, who ordered the phoenix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604)
**Author:** [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604 "2013-06-24T17:59:43Z")
Could you pick up your order now, please. Every time we cook the thing, it pops up out of its own ashes. --- ## [Sea Harrier for sale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-harrier-for-sale/661793)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-harrier-for-sale/661793 "2013-06-24T17:34:17Z")
Remember that kid who tried to get a Harrier ‘jump jet’ with Pepsi points, in accordance with the offer stated on a commercial? Now there’s actually a Harrier for sale. Complete, but not airworthy. Last flown in 2001.… --- ## [Welcome, to ME!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-me/661592)
**Author:** [@Enok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enok)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-me/661592 "2013-06-24T17:32:49Z")
My old message board I was posting on got depressing, bitter, and somewhat creepy. I need something to do during work to help break up the boredom! So here I am. Looking forward to good times! --- ## [What the heck is going in Brasil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-going-in-brasil/661534)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-going-in-brasil/661534 "2013-06-24T17:00:18Z")
I guess there’s some kind of riot? It’s on Reddit, but the links are in Spanish. So a journalist was arrested because of … vinegar? That can’t be right? And now hundreds of thousands of people are rioting? All around the… --- ## [I had so much fun with this render... come and see!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-so-much-fun-with-this-render-come-and-see/661796)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-so-much-fun-with-this-render-come-and-see/661796 "2013-06-24T16:49:10Z")
Hi all, While this will never be mistaken for the height of rendering genius, I had a lot of fun with it. It was done in LuxRender through Paolo Ciccone’s Reality 3 for Poser. It’s hosted on RuntimeDNA, so that’s where … --- ## [Wolf tries to run down motorcyclist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolf-tries-to-run-down-motorcyclist/661656)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolf-tries-to-run-down-motorcyclist/661656 "2013-06-24T16:05:31Z")
This guy seems a bit naive. Seems likely that this wolf was trying to chase down his dinner. :eek: There’s been several off road bicyclists and joggers attacked by mountain lions in California. He better be glad the wol… --- ## [Language Learning Support Thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-learning-support-thread/461178)
**Author:** [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-learning-support-thread/461178 "2013-06-24T15:59:20Z")
So as of late I have been studying a foreign language lately (namely Japanese.) There are times when I feel like my brain is about to start leaking out of my ears, and times when I feel like I will never ever ever unders… --- ## [I love thunderstorms! Do you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-thunderstorms-do-you/660949)
**Author:** [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-thunderstorms-do-you/660949 "2013-06-24T15:55:41Z")
I love thunderstorms. Right now, I’ve got the front and back doors propped open with the air conditioner and TV turned off, just so I can enjoy the thunder, lightening and rain. The civil defense sirens are going off! We… --- ## [Loaded questions: So, are you married? Have kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loaded-questions-so-are-you-married-have-kids/661686)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loaded-questions-so-are-you-married-have-kids/661686 "2013-06-24T15:49:42Z")
This has come up a couple of times in the last week, so I Must Share. I’m a tour guide, and sometimes the visitors I’m escorting (some from other countries) will make small talk with me at a meal or during a pause. And… --- ## [The Party's Over in Sweden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-in-sweden/661064)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-in-sweden/661064 "2013-06-24T14:45:50Z")
They’ve finally gone and done it, made bestiality illegal. So I know some of you will be changing your vacation plans. But hold on! The loophole that made sex with animals legal won’t be closed until next year. So there… --- ## [RO - UK clubowners G1 Group ban gay disabled customers & spy on women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-uk-clubowners-g1-group-ban-gay-disabled-customers-spy-on-women/661136)
**Author:** [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-uk-clubowners-g1-group-ban-gay-disabled-customers-spy-on-women/661136 "2013-06-24T14:41:17Z")
The G1 Group have been making headlines in Scotland recently for all the wrong reasons, first installing two-way mirrors in the ladies loos in the Shimmy Club, so men can spy on unsuspecting women from private booths, th… --- ## [Another sweet military scandal: When is a Captain of a ship not a mill-rank Captain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-sweet-military-scandal-when-is-a-captain-of-a-ship-not-a-mill-rank-captain/661498)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-sweet-military-scandal-when-is-a-captain-of-a-ship-not-a-mill-rank-captain/661498 "2013-06-24T12:41:00Z")
This time it’s stolen valor. However, what with all the other government malfeasance being discovered these days, the US Navy, to its credit, is being quite open about Cap’n Crunch, who after many years was discovered w… --- ## [I hit the trifecta on Facebook friend stupidity today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-the-trifecta-on-facebook-friend-stupidity-today/661754)
**Author:** [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-the-trifecta-on-facebook-friend-stupidity-today/661754 "2013-06-24T08:51:24Z")
Facebook friend who I vaguely remember from school announces that Jackie Chan has died. Not only is it a hoax, it’s an old hoax. Facebook friend (who really was a friend in HS) shares an “article” about how a shocki… --- ## [Google doodle screwup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-screwup/661548)
**Author:** [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-screwup/661548 "2013-06-24T06:38:56Z")
Today’s Google doodle at google.co.uk (it is very likely the same at the US Google), gets UK culture quite wrong. It purports to be celebrating the “first day of summer”, but the notion that the solstice is the first day… --- ## [The Summer Solstice MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 390\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170 "2013-06-24T04:12:56Z")
Before this week is over, we’ll have experienced the longest day of the year, at least in the northern half of the globe. That’s all I’ve got. Nothing inspirational, entertaining, or poignant. Just statement of the ob… --- ## [Ariz. is AZ, dammit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ariz-is-az-dammit/661168)
**Author:** [@PeacePlease](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeacePlease)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ariz-is-az-dammit/661168 "2013-06-24T02:12:30Z")
Every frickin’ news story I see (most lately McCain’s blather) refers to Arizona as Ariz. AS IF this state didn’t have the FOURTH biggest city in the US. What … are people really that stupid? What other state would th… --- ## [Do you have an unusual Craigslist poster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-unusual-craigslist-poster/661712)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-unusual-craigslist-poster/661712 "2013-06-23T16:42:44Z")
Somebody has been posting end of the world survivalist stuff for over a year. Trading, teaching, and learning. This year freeze dried supplies have been getting posted. I think they were one of the end it all in 2012 peo… --- ## [Drowning man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-man/661693)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-man/661693 "2013-06-23T16:00:49Z")
Man Declared Dead After Drowning in Cheat Lake er. Korekort (Kørekort) means “driving licence” in Danish. --- ## [So do you have a completely inexplicable habit, too?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-a-completely-inexplicable-habit-too/661430)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-a-completely-inexplicable-habit-too/661430 "2013-06-23T15:33:05Z")
Because here’s mine, that I only identified a few years ago. No clue where it came from, no idea how long I’ve done it, forget all about it until I observe myself doing it again: Every single time I step out of the bat… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=964) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=966)