# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=988 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 989 --- ## [Tragedies that were overshadowed by other tragedies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tragedies-that-were-overshadowed-by-other-tragedies/656282)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tragedies-that-were-overshadowed-by-other-tragedies/656282 "2013-04-24T21:42:35Z")
I’m thinking about the explosion in West, Texas, which killed at least 12 people and injured about 200, not to mention leveling a good chunk of the town. Obama did mention it in his news conference last night about the… --- ## [Apparently Cracked.com contributors read the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-cracked-com-contributors-read-the-sdmb/656505)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-cracked-com-contributors-read-the-sdmb/656505 "2013-04-24T19:26:33Z")
I have suspected this for a while because I see a whole bunch of references in their articles that seemed to have originated here but I was never sure because maybe it is just some kind of convergence. In case you aren’t… --- ## [Fired LAPD Cop On a Murderous Rampage in SoCal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-lapd-cop-on-a-murderous-rampage-in-socal/649674)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-lapd-cop-on-a-murderous-rampage-in-socal/649674 "2013-04-24T18:22:02Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/us/former-los-angeles-police-officer-sought-in-shootings.html This story is just horrific on all accounts. Hopefully Donner gets caught before anyone else gets hurt by him. --- ## [Self Evaluations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-evaluations/656487)
**Author:** [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-evaluations/656487 "2013-04-24T17:28:52Z")
Well, its that time of the year again where I work. Time for self-evaluations. I really hate these things, as they have a listing of categories and you choose one of three things: Does not meet expectations Meets exp… --- ## [Fake AP tweet: explosions at White House](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-ap-tweet-explosions-at-white-house/656599)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-ap-tweet-explosions-at-white-house/656599 "2013-04-24T17:22:13Z")
Hackers broke into the Associated Press Twitter account Tuesday afternoon and posted a bogus story about an explosion at the White House. It sent the stock market into a tizzy for about five minutes. --- ## [Archers: have you ever made arrowheads out of tin-can lids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archers-have-you-ever-made-arrowheads-out-of-tin-can-lids/656232)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archers-have-you-ever-made-arrowheads-out-of-tin-can-lids/656232 "2013-04-24T15:38:07Z")
It’s been since I was a kid but when we broke the tips off of store-bought target arrows we could make a new “hunting tip” out of a tin can lid by putting it on the tip of the shaft and then bending it over several times… --- ## [Test answers from future Dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-from-future-dopers/656548)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-answers-from-future-dopers/656548 "2013-04-24T15:33:33Z")
Maybe I’m just over-tired, but I’m laughing my ass off at these kids’ test answers. --- ## [When DIY goes too far...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-diy-goes-too-far/656497)
**Author:** [@OldnCrinkly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldnCrinkly)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-diy-goes-too-far/656497 "2013-04-24T15:32:21Z")
also, yuck. http://http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/washington/banana-brandy-moonshine-operation-leads-to-2-washington-county-arrests-684658/Banana brandy, I never even heard of such a thing. --- ## [CPSC recalls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpsc-recalls/656084)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpsc-recalls/656084 "2013-04-24T14:44:35Z")
Some public service info that I’ll try to keep updated. you can subscribe to the email alert at www.cpsc.gov Usually there are links like with the first 2 along with descriptions. I’m omitting descriptions. In the ca… --- ## [Why does it take so long for people to poop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-take-so-long-for-people-to-poop/164134)
**Author:** [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-take-so-long-for-people-to-poop/164134 "2013-04-24T14:40:01Z")
This is a lifelong mystery to me. It takes me at most 30 secs to get it out. I spend more time wiping than pooping. Are there any other animals that spend 5 minutes or more just to poop? Its ridiculous. Don’t you k… --- ## [Spending three tense days with my Ex Wife, my Wife and my Mom.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spending-three-tense-days-with-my-ex-wife-my-wife-and-my-mom/652040)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spending-three-tense-days-with-my-ex-wife-my-wife-and-my-mom/652040 "2013-04-24T14:28:19Z")
Weeelllllll, this will be interesting. My Ex and my Dearly Beloved™ Wife and my Mom. All packed into an SUV. In San Antonio for my son’s USAF Basic Training Graduation. ( Assuming he makes it through Basic !! ) Mom neve… --- ## [Master Wang Ka, the Mormons have swords of their own](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-wang-ka-the-mormons-have-swords-of-their-own/656579)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-wang-ka-the-mormons-have-swords-of-their-own/656579 "2013-04-24T13:07:00Z")
Someone else will have to dig up the link to the post where Master Wang Ka runs off a passel of JW missionaries in his underwear, wielding a sword. I made 3 attempts to find it, and I don’t have all day to deal with the … --- ## [Gun battle with the Tsarnaevs: Close-up photos!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-battle-with-the-tsarnaevs-close-up-photos/656516)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-battle-with-the-tsarnaevs-close-up-photos/656516 "2013-04-24T09:05:51Z")
Things that make you go :eek:. Some dude who lives just above the spot where the Tsarnaev brothers shot it out with the police had the bright idea to stick his head up and take pictures of the ongoing gun battle. Fortu… --- ## [\#safetytipsforladies TRIGGER WARNING: SEXUAL ASSAULT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safetytipsforladies-trigger-warning-sexual-assault/655985)
**Author:** [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safetytipsforladies-trigger-warning-sexual-assault/655985 "2013-04-24T07:14:46Z")
Found this last night http://hilaroar.tumblr.com/post/45957899437/safetytipsforladies-or-why-victim-blaming-is I am at the point where I need to redirect how I feel about my own assault I’m gonna try laughing because I… --- ## [Your momma's like a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mommas-like-a-_______/656091)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mommas-like-a-_______/656091 "2013-04-24T04:33:57Z")
We’re all back in 5th grade, and probably didn’t know what any of these meant. I know I didn’t, but that didn’t stop us from capping hard on the playground: Your momma’s like a TV set, a three-year-old could turn her o… --- ## [Does this make me weird?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-make-me-weird/656330)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-make-me-weird/656330 "2013-04-24T04:23:42Z")
My husband finds the way I get dressed strange. I don’t like to put my bare feet on the cold floor, so when I get dressed, I put on one pantleg, then the corresponding sock and shoe. I wear slippers , so in the middle o… --- ## [If mucus and phlegm could be used as a fuel source](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-mucus-and-phlegm-could-be-used-as-a-fuel-source/656567)
**Author:** [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-mucus-and-phlegm-could-be-used-as-a-fuel-source/656567 "2013-04-24T04:21:35Z")
I’d be a wealthy man this week. I’ve got a cold. Man Flu, the dreaded lurgy and I’m generating copious quantities of horrible sticky gunk despite being on the cold and flu tablets. if you could somehow dry those tissue… --- ## [Adventures in Syncope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-syncope/656357)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-syncope/656357 "2013-04-24T01:08:30Z")
Yesterday morning I was going on a hike with my husband and several other hikers. We were just in the beginning of the hike and were nearing the top of a steep hill, walking up several slabs of granite, when I apparently… --- ## [Should This Guy Retire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-guy-retire/656545)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-guy-retire/656545 "2013-04-24T00:06:24Z")
I have a friend who lost his job in a downsizing a few years ago (he’s an engineer). He has been looking, and getting a few interviews, but no job offers. lately, he’s been thinking of retiring early (he will take a hug… --- ## [Electronic birds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronic-birds/630809)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronic-birds/630809 "2013-04-24T00:06:09Z")
I believe I have figured out what the chih-bird is. It’s going to sound like tinfoil-hat stuff to a lot of you; all I can say is that I am not particularly paranoid, am stable emotionally, and not given to delusions as … --- ## [AP tweets a catastrophe...or maybe not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ap-tweets-a-catastrophe-or-maybe-not/656538)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ap-tweets-a-catastrophe-or-maybe-not/656538 "2013-04-23T23:48:16Z")
AP’s Twitter acct was hacked Dow drops on the ‘news’. Assuming you sold in the down period, would you be able to recover anything? --- ## [Spring cleaning finds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-finds/656358)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-finds/656358 "2013-04-23T22:59:13Z")
I’m doing a bit of spring cleaning. I’ve found a few strange items. The most unusual were 10 wishbones. They’re all clean and shiny. I don’t remember saving them. I do save one very ocasionally when I know my nieces are… --- ## [Any other Tornado Chasers fans here? Want to watch the 2012 season?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-tornado-chasers-fans-here-want-to-watch-the-2012-season/655037)
**Author:** [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-tornado-chasers-fans-here-want-to-watch-the-2012-season/655037 "2013-04-23T22:53:18Z")
I pledged some bucks via Kickstarter to make Tornado Chasers 2013 happen, and was gifted with a couple of passes to watch the 2012 episodes. Does anyone want one? Convince me of your worthiness. (I suppose I’ll keep thi… --- ## [If I ever meet a red-haired ninja,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-meet-a-red-haired-ninja/656490)
**Author:** [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-meet-a-red-haired-ninja/656490 "2013-04-23T22:27:33Z")
I will nickname him “Jinja”. That is all. --- ## [Misogyny from The Onion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-from-the-onion/656533)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-from-the-onion/656533 "2013-04-23T20:46:31Z")
we are living in 2013 and people are still using the word pussy to denote weakness? I think we should boycott this website until they stop degrading women --- ## [Google auto complete is getting creative.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-auto-complete-is-getting-creative/656524)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-auto-complete-is-getting-creative/656524 "2013-04-23T20:27:55Z")
I was just trying to remember the name of that ham/pork in Chinese restaurants with the red glaze. So I went to google and typed in “Chinese red ham” It narrowed it down to a single auto completed suggestion" See if yo… --- ## [Breaking The Fart Barier Between Men and Women...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-fart-barier-between-men-and-women/656401)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-fart-barier-between-men-and-women/656401 "2013-04-23T18:55:08Z")
Talk about gender reversal! I personally think this video is absolutely hysterical. --- ## [People who get off on tragedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-get-off-on-tragedy/656244)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-get-off-on-tragedy/656244 "2013-04-23T18:44:59Z")
The Boston Marathon tragedy got me thinking about how some folks seem to perk up when there is a disaster to rally around. It seems as if the tedium of their everyday life is refreshed and revitalized when there is anoth… --- ## [I'm really liking very short hair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-liking-very-short-hair/656485)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-liking-very-short-hair/656485 "2013-04-23T17:24:30Z")
Shampoo? We don’t need no stinking shampoo! Nah seriously it is really liberating to just run a wash cloth over your head like any other part of your body, not have to worry about drying your hair either. Its just very … --- ## [Colonizing Mars in 2023 - Impossible IMO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonizing-mars-in-2023-impossible-imo/656501)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonizing-mars-in-2023-impossible-imo/656501 "2013-04-23T16:35:45Z")
An article regarding Mars One, cites the application process is open, supplies are scheduled to arrive on the red planet in 2016 with colonists arriving as early as 2023. The article is interesting but the idea of a non… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=987) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=989)