# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=967 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 968 --- ## [Advertising strategies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-strategies/661267)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-strategies/661267 "2013-06-20T01:40:04Z")
I closed my interiors store over 20 years ago but have been entertaining the thought of starting a new small low overhead business to keep me busy in retirement. Advertising and marketing costs and strategies are always … --- ## [Collegehumor.com does a tasteful musical rape joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collegehumor-com-does-a-tasteful-musical-rape-joke/661259)
**Author:** [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collegehumor-com-does-a-tasteful-musical-rape-joke/661259 "2013-06-19T22:18:05Z")
Not your average cover of “Summer nights” from Grease. Oh, okay, whether it’s actually funny or not is debatable, but this is definitely worth a watch. And I laughed at the end. --- ## [Love life is a mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-life-is-a-mess/661392)
**Author:** [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-life-is-a-mess/661392 "2013-06-19T22:06:31Z")
You know your love life is a mess when a friend sends you a link to a site called canadian inmates connect.com. :eek: I mean I know I have no luck with men, which is why I had decided on becoming the crazy cat lady (or … --- ## [I've been accepted to French immersion!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-accepted-to-french-immersion/657443)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-accepted-to-french-immersion/657443 "2013-06-19T21:32:31Z")
About an hour ago, I got an email inviting me to take part in the Freench immersion course at Collège de Jonquière, in the city of Jonquière, three hours north of Quebec City. Four weeks, all paid for via a bursary from … --- ## [Negotiate With Taliban? Sure!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negotiate-with-taliban-sure/661375)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negotiate-with-taliban-sure/661375 "2013-06-19T18:50:02Z")
Just a day after opening negotiations with the USA, a Taliban attack in Afghanistan kills 4 US soldiers. I think it is time we had a serious national dialog, about the wisdom of getting involved in these wars. I was aga… --- ## [Does everyone have a dirty secret?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-have-a-dirty-secret/661205)
**Author:** [@Virgil\_Tibbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Virgil_Tibbs)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-have-a-dirty-secret/661205 "2013-06-19T18:04:13Z")
If you could read minds, would you discover that everyone has a dirty secret that you would find shocking? Limiting this to adults, I suspect it would be true of 90% of people. Sexual abuse, domestic violence, suicide a… --- ## [Concern about an employee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-about-an-employee/661166)
**Author:** [@Two\_Wheels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Wheels)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-about-an-employee/661166 "2013-06-19T17:53:17Z")
I am the manager of a convenience store/gas station that is part of a national chain. Bess (not her real name) has been my assistant since I transferred here 4 years ago. She has been with the company 8 years and until… --- ## [NSA whistleblower interviewed!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsa-whistleblower-interviewed/660583)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsa-whistleblower-interviewed/660583 "2013-06-19T13:33:34Z")
Here Edward Snowden NSA: Guardian Reveals Identity Of Whistleblower Behind NSA Revelations --- ## [Derelict Northern Ireland shops given (poster graphics) facelift before G8.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derelict-northern-ireland-shops-given-poster-graphics-facelift-before-g8/661159)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derelict-northern-ireland-shops-given-poster-graphics-facelift-before-g8/661159 "2013-06-19T07:05:37Z")
I can’t decide if this is creepy or not. I’d be miffed if one of thee fake businesses fooled me into stopping. The details in the poster graphics are pretty clever. Cafe Cellini would fool anyone driving by. I guess t… --- ## [If Envoys From An Alternate Earth Showed Up - Would You Be Interested In Establishing Relations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-envoys-from-an-alternate-earth-showed-up-would-you-be-interested-in-establishing-relations/661194)
**Author:** [@AHeinrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHeinrich)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-envoys-from-an-alternate-earth-showed-up-would-you-be-interested-in-establishing-relations/661194 "2013-06-19T06:36:13Z")
OK, so say the bubble universe theory is correct (parallel universe etc) and somehow a human society from an alternate Earth in another universe (at our stage of advancement - i.e. 2013) has managed to come into contact … --- ## [I saw a B-17 today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-b-17-today/661222)
**Author:** [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-b-17-today/661222 "2013-06-19T05:43:14Z")
I was working outside around noon, just south of downtown St. Louis and close to the river, and heard an unusual aircraft overhead. I looked up, to see this (stock photo, I couldn’t get my cell camera out in time). By … --- ## [Poor African Country Announces "Imminent Launch Of 5 Satellites" - Reaction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-african-country-announces-imminent-launch-of-5-satellites-reaction/661300)
**Author:** [@AHeinrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHeinrich)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-african-country-announces-imminent-launch-of-5-satellites-reaction/661300 "2013-06-19T04:54:42Z")
The scenario: What would your reaction to this announcement be? What do you think the world’s reaction to this announcement to this would be? How would the international community take it? --- ## [My employer (finally) gave me a new computer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-employer-finally-gave-me-a-new-computer/661231)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-employer-finally-gave-me-a-new-computer/661231 "2013-06-19T02:46:33Z")
Oh lord, I had been begging for this for years. I’d been running a crusty old laptop, thick as hell; tiny, dim, shitty screen, slow as continental drift for 7 years now. And it was actually a hand-me-down from a depart… --- ## [To my libertarian friends complaining about getting furlough notices from their government jobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-libertarian-friends-complaining-about-getting-furlough-notices-from-their-government-jobs/659620)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-libertarian-friends-complaining-about-getting-furlough-notices-from-their-government-jobs/659620 "2013-06-19T02:18:50Z")
I don’t know what to say. --- ## [Earth - Time Lapse video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-time-lapse-video/661102)
**Author:** [@the\_O](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_O)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-time-lapse-video/661102 "2013-06-18T23:28:21Z")
I found this on Vimeo and thought to myself, “Wow!” It conjures up…something from within. Thisis a 5:00 time lapse of Earth from International Space Station. Amazing. --- ## [Elephant Polo: Ladyboys Slug It Out with New Zealand's All Blacks Rugby Team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-polo-ladyboys-slug-it-out-with-new-zealands-all-blacks-rugby-team/661164)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-polo-ladyboys-slug-it-out-with-new-zealands-all-blacks-rugby-team/661164 "2013-06-18T22:36:32Z")
Story here. It’s been years since I played elephant polo, but New Zealand’s All Blacks rugby team is represented every year. They always do one of those Maori war dances beforehand, which is something to see. The story… --- ## [Would You Be Freaked Out By A 70 Year Old Who Looked Like A 30 Year Old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-freaked-out-by-a-70-year-old-who-looked-like-a-30-year-old/661115)
**Author:** [@AHeinrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHeinrich)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-freaked-out-by-a-70-year-old-who-looked-like-a-30-year-old/661115 "2013-06-18T20:02:34Z")
You meet a man and by default think he’s somewhere in his late twenties to early thirties but are then told then told (with proof) that he is actually 70 - would you be freaked out? Suspicious? --- ## [Lost City Uncovered in Cambodia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066 "2013-06-18T19:56:06Z")
Story here. This looks like an astounding find. Predates Angkor Wat by 350 years. Believed to have never been looted. Found using revolutionary airborne laser technology. Once they open it up to visitors, it may be time… --- ## [Thanks, kitties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-kitties/661122)
**Author:** [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-kitties/661122 "2013-06-18T18:26:41Z")
Woke up this morning to water all over the kitchen floor. OMG, do we have a leak under the sink again? No… Turns out some kitties had knocked the Culligan jug off the cooler. I usually keep it covered with a pillowcase … --- ## [French forums or Facebook type site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-forums-or-facebook-type-site/661256)
**Author:** [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-forums-or-facebook-type-site/661256 "2013-06-18T16:48:14Z")
I’m looking for French people to converse with, but the internet seems to be hiding them all from me… anyone know of good sites full of Frenchies? :slight\_smile: --- ## ["Strange Dreams" That Turn Out To Be True - Would You Lend Me An Ear And Believe Everything I Say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143)
**Author:** [@AHeinrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHeinrich)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143 "2013-06-18T13:39:50Z")
The scenario: So, what do I do? Should I set up an interview with popular news media, alert them and try to prove that something big is going to happen in 2015? I show them that I’ve won the lottery and adamantly tell … --- ## [My Mundane and pointless Sunday Morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mundane-and-pointless-sunday-morning/661124)
**Author:** [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mundane-and-pointless-sunday-morning/661124 "2013-06-18T10:35:07Z")
This morning I ran out of \*gasp! \*TOILET PAPER! :eek:Horror of horrors! That is the LAST thing I want to run out of! So off to the store I went on a Sunday morning - had to drive all the way across town because I like on… --- ## [My Memorial Day weekend sure got off to a wonderful start.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-weekend-sure-got-off-to-a-wonderful-start/659298)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-weekend-sure-got-off-to-a-wonderful-start/659298 "2013-06-18T04:57:02Z")
I finished work at 5, stopped at Sheetz for a burger & fries, came home, watched Clonus, and went to bed. Then around 11:30 I got a call from my temp agency saying the client was terminating me due to “performance iss… --- ## [Coming to Ireland July 1-10, anyone want to get together?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-ireland-july-1-10-anyone-want-to-get-together/661186)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-ireland-july-1-10-anyone-want-to-get-together/661186 "2013-06-17T23:16:50Z")
My oldest daughter, who’s 7, and I will be coming to Ireland for 10 days. I’ve been a number of times before and this is her second time, though she was under a year her first time. Our first night, the 1st, we’ll be st… --- ## [Precordial pain -- Need answer fast, or something like that.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/precordial-pain-need-answer-fast-or-something-like-that/661141)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/precordial-pain-need-answer-fast-or-something-like-that/661141 "2013-06-17T22:02:42Z")
Hallo everybody. OK, first of all – yes, I have arranged to see my doctor first thing in the morning. But it is about 11PM here, and I am not feeling exactly calm right now. Earlier today I developed a pain in my chest… --- ## [Father's Day for Shitty Dads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathers-day-for-shitty-dads/661077)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathers-day-for-shitty-dads/661077 "2013-06-17T21:46:50Z")
A friend of mine put it well when she said, ‘‘Father’s Day is the Valentine’s Day of lonely little girls.’’ I do not discount the beautiful stories children have about their loving fathers, I’m just saying some of us hav… --- ## [Meet in Montréal Sat 15th/Sun 16th June?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-in-montreal-sat-15th-sun-16th-june/659724)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-in-montreal-sat-15th-sun-16th-june/659724 "2013-06-17T21:40:55Z")
Salut, everyone! I’ll be passing through Montréal on the weekend of the 15th of June, returning from French immersion in Jonquière, to Oshawa. Any chance that some of the Montréal Dopers would be up for a meeting? --- ## [Mother, daughter caught smuggling $59k sewn in bras](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-daughter-caught-smuggling-59k-sewn-in-bras/660767)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-daughter-caught-smuggling-59k-sewn-in-bras/660767 "2013-06-17T20:43:06Z")
" The women, who were mother and daughter, were detained at the Detroit-Windsor tunnel while en route to Detroit Metro Airport, where they had planned to catch a flight for Lebanon (to visit family). Mother twice arrest… --- ## [JAQ off here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaq-off-here/660899)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaq-off-here/660899 "2013-06-17T19:25:22Z")
Just today learned of this expression: Just Asking Questions- meaning posting an inflammatory remark as “just a question”. Post yours here (need I say, all remarks are tongue in cheek?) Here’s mine: “How many Americans … --- ## [Happy International June the 12th Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-june-the-12th-day/660817 "2013-06-17T16:03:37Z")
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