# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=983 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 984 --- ## [Stickin' it to the man...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stickin-it-to-the-man/657762)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stickin-it-to-the-man/657762 "2013-05-09T04:24:59Z")
So there’s this natural/holistic medicine (or something) purveyor that recently opened near a place I actually frequent. It apparently has no license to run a business in the city, and has a big notice from the city on … --- ## [Not an Onion Article: The People's Daily new headquarters.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-an-onion-article-the-peoples-daily-new-headquarters/657826)
**Author:** [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-an-onion-article-the-peoples-daily-new-headquarters/657826 "2013-05-09T03:29:05Z")
To be fair, this is only temporary facade. Wanna bet in even the censors were joking & laughing about this around the water cooler? --- ## [I am getting married tomorrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-married-tomorrow/657465)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-married-tomorrow/657465 "2013-05-09T01:14:42Z")
At 11:00 am. She is a beautiful, sweet lady. Slee --- ## [The Good News, Bad News thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-bad-news-thread/657427)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-bad-news-thread/657427 "2013-05-08T23:19:03Z")
The good news: I’m going to the UK the day after Memorial Day! The bad news: I’m only going for 4 days, two of which will be travel days The good news: I just got invited to a Sox game! The bad news: I can’t go; I alr… --- ## [Now Everyone Can Fly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-everyone-can-fly/657484)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-everyone-can-fly/657484 "2013-05-08T21:56:22Z")
That is the slogan of the budget airline AirAsia. But Air India could well adopt it, as this story shows. The pilots on an Air India flight from Bangkok to New Delhi went back to nap in business class after showing some … --- ## [Creationist Science Test from 4th Grade Science Class](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationist-science-test-from-4th-grade-science-class/656421)
**Author:** [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationist-science-test-from-4th-grade-science-class/656421 "2013-05-08T20:36:34Z")
\[Album\] Actual 4th grade science test from a school in SC I questi… --- ## [The secret to long life? Bacon!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-to-long-life-bacon/657829)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-to-long-life-bacon/657829 "2013-05-08T18:47:15Z")
My dreams come true… --- ## [Sloppy nuke handling in N. Dakota](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sloppy-nuke-handling-in-n-dakota/657825)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sloppy-nuke-handling-in-n-dakota/657825 "2013-05-08T18:10:35Z")
Lt. Colonel Jay Folds is not amused: “Clean your patches, uniforms and get your hair cut.” I can’t imagine a more terrifying phrase passing my commander’s lips, especially after performing poorly during an operations i… --- ## [I walked today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-today/657590)
**Author:** [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-today/657590 "2013-05-08T16:35:30Z")
…and moved the tassel from right to left. Now to do it one more time, wearing a hood. Now if the homework would just do itself. Not that it ever has in the previous 50 years… The good thing is Kareem was a better spe… --- ## [My .30-06 is even more fun now…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-30-06-is-even-more-fun-now/648625)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-30-06-is-even-more-fun-now/648625 "2013-05-08T15:25:51Z")
On Dec. 31, I picked up a used, but in decent shape, Pre-accutrigger Savage 111 in .30-06, beechwood stock with pressed checkering, 4 round blind magazine, and Williams iron sights, a good, solid basic rifle I’ve shot a… --- ## [Bogus Reasons to Contact the Ex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bogus-reasons-to-contact-the-ex/657678)
**Author:** [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bogus-reasons-to-contact-the-ex/657678 "2013-05-08T13:36:26Z")
Due to my own stupidity and gutlessness, I have found myself dumped. Yes, it sucks and the fact I set myself up for it does little to lessen the pain. She asked me not to text or call. I guess the FNG got jealous as he… --- ## [Mental diseases of American slaves- "Drapetomania" & "Dysaesthesia aethiopica"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-diseases-of-american-slaves-drapetomania-dysaesthesia-aethiopica/657673)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-diseases-of-american-slaves-drapetomania-dysaesthesia-aethiopica/657673 "2013-05-08T00:55:47Z")
They’re mad! Mad I tell you! Drapetomania Dysaesthesia aethiopica --- ## [Part-time worker hard to find](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-time-worker-hard-to-find/657018)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-time-worker-hard-to-find/657018 "2013-05-07T20:45:08Z")
My boss, our customer service person, and I went to lunch Friday. CSR is overworked. She can really use some part-time help. In the past, we’ve hired temps; but the new president doesn’t want to spend the money on tem… --- ## [Anyone ever lose a 7 ft tall styrofoam head?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-lose-a-7-ft-tall-styrofoam-head/656943)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-lose-a-7-ft-tall-styrofoam-head/656943 "2013-05-07T20:27:20Z")
Some kids at Marist College found it for you. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Looks like it was in the water for quite awhile. Maybe a 1970’s prop for a fraternity? Seems too big for a theater prop. Someone carved a big block of St… --- ## [Yesterday at the barber shop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-at-the-barber-shop/657580)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-at-the-barber-shop/657580 "2013-05-07T19:49:55Z")
Yesterday I was at the barbershop on the town square…there were just two customers including me, and two barbers. After the other customer left, his barber was all excited. “That guy served in the military in Afghanist… --- ## [Sorority girl's warning letter to sisters goes viral - It's epic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorority-girls-warning-letter-to-sisters-goes-viral-its-epic/656104)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorority-girls-warning-letter-to-sisters-goes-viral-its-epic/656104 "2013-05-07T18:06:48Z")
This woman will either be in jail or running a major corporation the future. I’ll give it a golf clap just for the nuclear heat and creativity. What actress could read this letter and do it justice? --- ## [Twin Cities Dopefest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest/653784)
**Author:** [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest/653784 "2013-05-07T17:29:55Z")
It’s been a while since our last get together. I’m tired of this winter, and I’m tired of having to hop on a plane to meet other dopers when we have so many in the area. I’ve seen a couple of noobs posting, too. Let’s s… --- ## [A word about infertility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-infertility/657548)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-infertility/657548 "2013-05-07T15:10:46Z")
Infertility sucks. I’ve had the unfortunate luck to experience that firsthand over the past year or so. Two years of trying to get pregnant, an unsatisfying diagnosis of “unexplained infertility” and several tests, medi… --- ## [Need a name for my unusual home based business...creative open-minded types please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-unusual-home-based-business-creative-open-minded-types-please/94602)
**Author:** [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-unusual-home-based-business-creative-open-minded-types-please/94602 "2013-05-07T12:34:42Z")
I am starting a home business of having sex-toy parties. I need a creative name and slogan/tagline… I have been drawing a blank, I think I’m trying too hard. It needs to be subtle, but clear, I don’t want to sound like … --- ## [Why I Froze My Eggs (And You Should, Too)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-froze-my-eggs-and-you-should-too/657600)
**Author:** [@Chen019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chen019)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2013, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-froze-my-eggs-and-you-should-too/657600 "2013-05-07T07:13:15Z")
Interesting opinion piece in the WSJ. :slight\_smile: --- ## [HIPPO! HIPPO! NOM-nom-nom! Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippo-hippo-nom-nom-nom-newslink/657658)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippo-hippo-nom-nom-nom-newslink/657658 "2013-05-07T05:50:22Z")
Hippo eats Human. Human crawls of of the Belly Of The Beast, & LIVES! Holy shit. --- ## [How Should I Read Russell's "Principia Mathematica"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-read-russells-principia-mathematica/657650)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-read-russells-principia-mathematica/657650 "2013-05-07T03:49:20Z")
I want to try reading this…but I gather it is an extremely difficult work. Any suggestions on how best to start on it? --- ## [Church asks football player to apologize for supporting Jason Collins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/church-asks-football-player-to-apologize-for-supporting-jason-collins/657414)
**Author:** [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/church-asks-football-player-to-apologize-for-supporting-jason-collins/657414 "2013-05-07T02:39:32Z")
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/02/ex-nfl-players-support-for-gay-nba-player-apparently-costs-him-church-appearance/?hpt=hp\_t5 Retired Green Bay Packer LeRoy Butler tweeted “Congrats to Jason Collins” after the NB… --- ## [The Just To Tick Everyone Off MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-just-to-tick-everyone-off-mmp/656982)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 416\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-just-to-tick-everyone-off-mmp/656982 "2013-05-07T02:34:48Z")
Just for once I’m going to start this thing. And yes, I know that by CDT it’s still Sunday night. But I have to go to work tomorrow at the buttcrack of dawn(potty mouth!) and I won’t be on the computer early. The good… --- ## [What's the Dope on Ali Stevenson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-ali-stevenson/657594)
**Author:** [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-ali-stevenson/657594 "2013-05-06T20:02:15Z")
http://www.local15tv.com/mostpopular/story/UM-Coach-Bomb-Sniffing-Dogs-Spotters-on-Roofs/BrirjAzFPUKKN8z6eSDJEA.cspx In this Local TV news segment Ali Stevenson who regularly runs marathons describes unusual police pres… --- ## [Paid for whales. Got skunked.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-for-whales-got-skunked/657543)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-for-whales-got-skunked/657543 "2013-05-06T18:22:11Z")
The only time we’ve seen orcas IRL was when we were kids; me at Sea World, and the SO at Marineland. The weather up here is beautiful, so why not go on a whale-watching cruise? We set off on Victoria Star 2 at 0930, an… --- ## [Why is it important to be humble?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-important-to-be-humble/657141)
**Author:** [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2013, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-important-to-be-humble/657141 "2013-05-06T12:23:55Z")
And to what extent is self-deprecation or downplaying necessary, both to ensure that you feel you yourself are truly humble, and to communicate to others that you are? It seems to me that there is quite a dance involved,… --- ## ["Memorial of Jesus Christ's death"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-of-jesus-christs-death/653002)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-of-jesus-christs-death/653002 "2013-05-06T03:32:58Z")
I just had a visit from some people witnessing door-to-door. I was invited to a “memorial of Jesus Christ’s death”. I didn’t want to encourage them so I told them I wasn’t interested and they left. But actually I am cur… --- ## [The Heart Attack Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heart-attack-gun/657422)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heart-attack-gun/657422 "2013-05-06T01:11:53Z")
I was perusing Listverse and found a new entry on Conspiracy Theories that Have Been Proven to be True. Most of it is pretty standard (Operation Northwoods, etc.) but check out item #1. Apparently, the existance of the… --- ## [Myself, Depression and an Affair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myself-depression-and-an-affair/657365)
**Author:** [@followrivers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/followrivers)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myself-depression-and-an-affair/657365 "2013-05-06T00:23:58Z")
Five years of dating, seven months of marriage and it all takes is a couple of minutes and you’re getting a divorce. I don’t want to get into the what happened in specifics, but I’m sure you’ll figure it out. It’s my fau… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=982) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=984)