# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=980 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 981 --- ## [Th'hell, Facebook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thhell-facebook/658426)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thhell-facebook/658426 "2013-05-16T14:53:30Z")
I remember Facebook recently forcing everyone to a timeline-style page, whether they wanted it or not. I finally was forced late last year. Now I look at my page, and it’s no longer a timeline, but with my details on the… --- ## [Local high school senior dead in murder-suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-high-school-senior-dead-in-murder-suicide/655233)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-high-school-senior-dead-in-murder-suicide/655233 "2013-05-16T14:49:33Z")
From the WTOP News story. Obviously this is too soon to have all the details, and I hesitate to offer an opinion before all the facts are in. I still feel impelled to say, though, that at least an outline of the story… --- ## [Funniest cat video ever.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-cat-video-ever/658460)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-cat-video-ever/658460 "2013-05-16T14:44:57Z")
Sad Kitty Diary. It’s about 3 minutes and it will bring even cat haters to tears. --- ## [Billie Sol Estes Dead at 88](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billie-sol-estes-dead-at-88/658429)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billie-sol-estes-dead-at-88/658429 "2013-05-16T13:20:38Z")
Story here. I used to know Billie Sol’s nephew in Texas. We drove down to El Paso once in 1980 to visit Billie Sol when he was being held in a minimum-security prison outside the city at the time, so I met him. Nice guy … --- ## [Worst Pickup Line Ever - (Politician edition)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-pickup-line-ever-politician-edition/658499)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-pickup-line-ever-politician-edition/658499 "2013-05-16T11:22:09Z")
C’mon baby… touch my tumors. NY Pol Vito Lopez is a sexy beast. Story here (NY Daily News website.) --- ## [Richard Branson, the air stewardess](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-branson-the-air-stewardess/658214)
**Author:** [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-branson-the-air-stewardess/658214 "2013-05-16T04:19:47Z")
As a result of losing a bet with Air Asia’s owner Tony Fernandes, Virgin’s boss, Sir Richard Branson, served as an air stewardess on an Air Asia flight. He also intentionally spilled a tray of drinks on Fernandes. Look … --- ## [Glass Navel Award](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-navel-award/658443)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-navel-award/658443 "2013-05-16T04:19:05Z")
According to my dad, it’s an award for those “whose head is so far up their ass that they need a glass navel to see out.” Bad drivers, idiot politicians, pointy-haired bosses, they were all on his list. He wanted to car… --- ## [V f e 10 z l f n](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-f-e-10-z-l-f-n/658158)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-f-e-10-z-l-f-n/658158 "2013-05-15T23:09:53Z")
Just a while ago my wife was watching a documentary on elephants in the other room and something made me remember the title letters and number in some collection of similar stuff in MAD Magazine or some other place that … --- ## [Apparently Lamborghini is starting to build Batmobiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-lamborghini-is-starting-to-build-batmobiles/658338)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-lamborghini-is-starting-to-build-batmobiles/658338 "2013-05-15T22:44:35Z")
The Lamborghini Egoista. Seats one, has a spaceship-like cockpit, and 600 HP. Does it come in black? --- ## [Watch The "Sandy Coaster" Removal (on Tuesday, 5/14)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-sandy-coaster-removal-on-tuesday-5-14/658255)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-sandy-coaster-removal-on-tuesday-5-14/658255 "2013-05-15T20:18:45Z")
After spending more than six months as the most photographed wild mouse coaster in the world, the Jet Star will finally be removed from the ocean off the remnants of Casino Pier tomorrow. I wanted to take a ride over a… --- ## [Have any of you Dopers ever bumped into each other in real life and knew it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304 "2013-05-15T13:53:37Z")
Dopefests don’t count. I mean, coincidental. --- ## [12 Year Old Boy Kills 8 Year Old Sister](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-boy-kills-8-year-old-sister/658133)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-boy-kills-8-year-old-sister/658133 "2013-05-15T13:26:07Z")
"Authorities in Northern California on Saturday announced the arrest of a 12-year-old boy in the stabbing death of his younger sister, whose killing last month sparked a manhunt for a supposed intruder who the boy had sa… --- ## [The SDMB quasi-exhaustive compendium of non-factual information](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134 "2013-05-15T13:11:27Z")
As a firm believer in the Taoist concept of yin and yang, I think that the constant battle against ignorance needs to be balanced with a dash of acceptance - some chocolate with your peanut butter, so to say. It is in t… --- ## [Going to Barcelona, and preparing to be robbed...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-barcelona-and-preparing-to-be-robbed/656598)
**Author:** [@Parthol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parthol)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-barcelona-and-preparing-to-be-robbed/656598 "2013-05-15T06:42:14Z")
Mrs. P and I are heading to Barcelona soon. From what I’ve read on various travel sites, we should pretty much expect to be pick-pocketed about seven or eight times per day while staying there. The main piece of advice… --- ## [Pretty little meteor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretty-little-meteor/658295)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretty-little-meteor/658295 "2013-05-15T05:01:34Z")
Just stepped outside for a minute and saw a nice little meteor, tracking west over the Pacific at about 47N. It was burning green with a red tail, followed it for over half a second before it burned up. I mean, how much… --- ## [I know most tech support people are idiots but this is ridiculous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-most-tech-support-people-are-idiots-but-this-is-ridiculous/658053)
**Author:** [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-most-tech-support-people-are-idiots-but-this-is-ridiculous/658053 "2013-05-15T02:53:45Z")
So, where I live we have two options for internet if we want something besides dialup. Hughesnet (HN) or WildBlue (WB). Initially we signed up with WB, as they seemed to have the better package. Unfortunately, at the tim… --- ## [Gay marriage in Minnesota](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264 "2013-05-15T01:26:09Z")
It just passed the Senate and it’s just up to Governor Dayton who has already pledged to sign the bill. CONGRATULATIONS TO MY HOME AND HOME STATE\> :mad::cool::):rolleyes::eek::confused: --- ## [We have snake eggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-snake-eggs/658109)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-snake-eggs/658109 "2013-05-14T23:33:11Z")
My son’s snake has just laid 19 eggs. She did this last spring as well. These ones seemed to be all in one clutch though - last year it took her a week to get them all out. We don’t expect baby snakes, since we don’t h… --- ## [Never mind...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/658310)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/658310 "2013-05-14T22:38:59Z")
Emily Litella was a Gilda Radner character on Saturday Night Live in the '70s. She was an older lady and would do an op-ed piece based on something she misheard. Examples I remember are The Deaf Penalty (“deaf people h… --- ## [Death notices online](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-notices-online/645737)
**Author:** [@FarmChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmChick)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-notices-online/645737 "2013-05-14T22:30:14Z")
I know that many people love the internet and some seem to post everything online. I’m curious what people think of posting traumatic events. If you witness a car crash and someone is killed, do you quickly post it onlin… --- ## [17-year cicadas to swarm from Georgia to New York](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-cicadas-to-swarm-from-georgia-to-new-york/657961)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-cicadas-to-swarm-from-georgia-to-new-york/657961 "2013-05-14T21:46:41Z")
"Colossal numbers of cicadas, unhurriedly growing underground since 1996, are about to emerge along much of the U.S. East Coast to begin passionately singing and mating as their remarkable life cycle restarts. This year… --- ## [Wealthy Brazilian women have 90%-plus c-section rate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-brazilian-women-have-90-plus-c-section-rate/658164)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-brazilian-women-have-90-plus-c-section-rate/658164 "2013-05-14T20:36:17Z")
:eek: I never had children, but have been told many times that no sane woman would choose to have a baby this way. I also wonder just how informed the consent they received was, and am also very aware that this debate … --- ## [What are your housekeeping routines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-housekeeping-routines/658035)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-housekeeping-routines/658035 "2013-05-14T20:34:43Z")
I treated myself to a Kindle edition of Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson. I have the hardcover, which I bought with birthday money back in 2000, when I was living in a dormitory and dreamed of having my own private laun… --- ## [Why can't I let her go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-let-her-go/658110)
**Author:** [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-let-her-go/658110 "2013-05-14T19:51:55Z")
Throughout college, for four years, I dated this girl. She was my “first love” and it’s been 4 years since the breakup. Breaking up was the best option at the time given the circumstances. I’ve had two relationships sinc… --- ## [Meeting at a Starbucks to interview: pointers sought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meeting-at-a-starbucks-to-interview-pointers-sought/657454)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meeting-at-a-starbucks-to-interview-pointers-sought/657454 "2013-05-14T16:58:23Z")
Mr. brown has an interview coming up, and the employer has asked to meet at a Starbucks. I know this is a new way of interviewing, and it’s being done more and more. The employer doesn’t look like they have a Silicon V… --- ## [I don't know what you're TRYING to do, but you're GOING to get yourself fired.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231 "2013-05-14T16:51:02Z")
Or, the tales of two inexplicably problematic employees. Tale the first: I ot a promotion a short while ago that among other things means that I’m manaing 200 people rather than 20, and that I get to decide the dress c… --- ## [Need gravel? Hey, look at that 2,300-year-old pyramid!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-gravel-hey-look-at-that-2-300-year-old-pyramid/658320)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-gravel-hey-look-at-that-2-300-year-old-pyramid/658320 "2013-05-14T16:50:46Z")
A construction company in Belize bulldozed the 2,300-year-old Nohmul pyramid to make gravel for road fill. Ignorance is winning The pyriamid is (was) on private land, but under Belize law pre-Hispanic sites are under … --- ## [Dr. Joyce Brothers (1927 - 2013)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-joyce-brothers-1927-2013/658274)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-joyce-brothers-1927-2013/658274 "2013-05-14T15:35:15Z")
CNN story. One of the original pop psychiatrists, IIRC. Would Dr. Drew and Dr. Phil be around, and as popular, without her? --- ## [Just saw a beautiful Jaguar XKE...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-beautiful-jaguar-xke/658037)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-beautiful-jaguar-xke/658037 "2013-05-14T13:47:16Z")
While I was walking the dog, one drove by. Can’t remember the last time I saw one on the street. They were never popular around here, even among the upper crust with money to spend on exotic vintage automobiles. This one… --- ## [please help identity a car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identity-a-car/658136)
**Author:** [@mtalanov77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtalanov77)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identity-a-car/658136 "2013-05-14T07:06:11Z")
Dear community, I am a guest of this excellent country, I live in San Francisco and three days ago in Berkeley some idiot on black pickup truck made hit-n-run and damaged our porsche. we have photos, please help me to … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=979) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=981)