# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=989 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 990 --- ## [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… --- ## [Imagine if sperm lived indefinitely in the most hostile of environments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-if-sperm-lived-indefinitely-in-the-most-hostile-of-environments/656468)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-if-sperm-lived-indefinitely-in-the-most-hostile-of-environments/656468 "2013-04-23T16:13:15Z")
I dunno about you but it seems I’ve been coating every place I’ve lived since I was about 12 years old. Particularly bathrooms, certainly when I was very young that was a common place. Bath tubs, shower stalls, even to… --- ## [When I Was A Little Kid, I Wondered...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-little-kid-i-wondered/654796)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-little-kid-i-wondered/654796 "2013-04-23T15:18:52Z")
…why fingernail clippers were big and fingernail clippers were small, when toenails are smaller than fingernails. …why my parents never got arrested for passing signs that said DO NOT PASS. …why my mother only pretende… --- ## [Click on the dots; they guess your age](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224 "2013-04-23T15:15:27Z")
A friend linked to this on Facebook. Not a Facebook app (it’s from “LabintheWild”). Their claim: Only takes a minute. It was off by 4 years for me (I’m 35, it guessed I’m 31). That’s pretty close, I suppose. --- ## [I shit my pants. Wait, what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shit-my-pants-wait-what/656465)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shit-my-pants-wait-what/656465 "2013-04-23T15:08:04Z")
Ohhh, ship. Funny Kmart commercial. Ok, yeah it’s sophomoric. But it still made me giggle. --- ## [Boy Scouts of America: Let's Piss Everyone Off This Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-scouts-of-america-lets-piss-everyone-off-this-time/656199)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-scouts-of-america-lets-piss-everyone-off-this-time/656199 "2013-04-23T14:44:07Z")
BSA is announcing a new policy of allowing openly gay youth to be members, but not to allow openly gay adult leaders. This is absolutely unacceptable. In fact, as a gay person myself, I think this policy is even worse t… --- ## [Two free tickets to Stagecoach for any Country fans out there](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-free-tickets-to-stagecoach-for-any-country-fans-out-there/656402)
**Author:** [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-free-tickets-to-stagecoach-for-any-country-fans-out-there/656402 "2013-04-23T07:00:25Z")
I have two free tickets to the Stagecoach 2013 Country Music Festival if you or a friend would like to go. #Stagecoach2013 #ShowMeYourBoots #BetterThanCoachella I’ve posted this to my Facebook as well, but thought I’d… --- ## [Coporate Race to the bottom finally ending (aka Walmart sucks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coporate-race-to-the-bottom-finally-ending-aka-walmart-sucks/655943)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coporate-race-to-the-bottom-finally-ending-aka-walmart-sucks/655943 "2013-04-23T04:55:43Z")
Hmmm… Interesting story here. Basically, it appears that Walmarts treating their employees like crap is finally starting to bite them in the ass. --- ## [My arrogance fought today -- mobile meth labs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-arrogance-fought-today-mobile-meth-labs/656239)
**Author:** [@Noodles\_Fellicini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noodles_Fellicini)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-arrogance-fought-today-mobile-meth-labs/656239 "2013-04-23T03:26:02Z")
Neighbor found strange “trash” in the alley behind my house and showed it to me today. A blackened, melted pile of pop bottles, plastic tubing, and blister packs. She figured it out before I did (and I was even argumen… --- ## [I have successfully clawed my way out of debt.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-successfully-clawed-my-way-out-of-debt/656268)
**Author:** [@Schrodinger\_s\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schrodinger_s_Platypus)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-successfully-clawed-my-way-out-of-debt/656268 "2013-04-23T01:33:54Z")
I’m still not sure how I managed this, but I have just submitted the final payment on $21,000 of student loans. As of Monday, four years early and on an income that never exceeded 23K a year, I am debt free. All the y… --- ## [Ayn Rand Paul](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ayn-rand-paul/656307)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ayn-rand-paul/656307 "2013-04-23T00:33:25Z")
Let’s invent one. It could be like the HUMANCENTiPAD. --- ## [Nothing on earth will stand between him and his penis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-on-earth-will-stand-between-him-and-his-penis/656286)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-on-earth-will-stand-between-him-and-his-penis/656286 "2013-04-22T23:49:29Z")
My wife was saying don’t just let him play with himself(about our two year old) if he gets into that habit it will follow him his whole life even as a teen. And I was like hon there ain’t nothing that is gonna stop him … --- ## [Canadian ZENN Cars....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-zenn-cars/656353)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-zenn-cars/656353 "2013-04-22T20:21:03Z")
Not only is this funny in an off-the-cuff quasi Top Gear style, these cars make sense in a lot of ways. And made in Canada, Terrence! Of course they don’t mention the range, etc of these little electric cars but the vid… --- ## [Wikipedia, even they should have limits.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-even-they-should-have-limits/655806)
**Author:** [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-even-they-should-have-limits/655806 "2013-04-22T19:28:02Z")
I hope this hasn’t already been posted on The Dope but I don’t have time to look around at the moment. Reading the days history on Wikipedia I found the following: 2013 – Two explosions occur near the finish line of th… --- ## [Curbing pressure-cooker violence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curbing-pressure-cooker-violence/655981)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curbing-pressure-cooker-violence/655981 "2013-04-22T16:02:26Z")
In light of the events in Boston, I’m wondering whether we should ban pressure cookers. After all, they’ve proven to be a weapon that can kill or injure many innocent victims. So I’m wondering whether they should be prot… --- ## [Downsizing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downsizing/656053)
**Author:** [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downsizing/656053 "2013-04-22T15:36:09Z")
I’m signing tonight for the sale of my condo and downsizing. Now I’m freaking out because I am somewhat of a pack rat and I’m going from 1100 square foot to 800. There are so many things I’ll have to get rid of, it’s in… --- ## [Man jailed for watching cartoon "pixie porn"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-jailed-for-watching-cartoon-pixie-porn/656317)
**Author:** [@Vicullum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vicullum)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-jailed-for-watching-cartoon-pixie-porn/656317 "2013-04-22T13:18:52Z")
Link. As abominable as child pornography is, am I the only one thinking this is just a tad bit ridiculous? --- ## [Would This Sort of Thing Be Allowed Today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-sort-of-thing-be-allowed-today/654550)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-sort-of-thing-be-allowed-today/654550 "2013-04-22T07:52:56Z")
One of my earliest (and fondest) memories is of the several summer vacations , taken with some neighbors, when I was very young. We were very close friends with these neighbors, and they invited s to spend a week with… --- ## [Odd Church Location](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-church-location/656247)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-church-location/656247 "2013-04-22T04:25:28Z")
So this morning I had to deliver some materials to a client in an area I wasn’t familiar with. After I dropped them off, I drove past a church. At the corner of Avery and Beelzebub. (It may be worth pointing out that “… --- ## [Have you ever refused to shake someone's hand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-refused-to-shake-someones-hand/655519)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-refused-to-shake-someones-hand/655519 "2013-04-22T02:49:42Z")
I was thinking about this last night after seeing a fight erupt at a hockey game b/c of a handshake refusal after the game was over. I don’t think I have ever refused to shake someone’s hand, not can I recall a situatio… --- ## [Any other Dopers watch the rocket launch today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-dopers-watch-the-rocket-launch-today/656368)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-dopers-watch-the-rocket-launch-today/656368 "2013-04-22T02:14:31Z")
And if so: on TV. or in person? I got to see it in person :cool: We went to Chincoteague / Assateague yesterday just to visit, and we’d stopped at the Virginia welcome center on the way down, where an attendant mention… --- ## [Have you ever made a list of your former lovers...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-made-a-list-of-your-former-lovers/655268)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-made-a-list-of-your-former-lovers/655268 "2013-04-22T02:13:34Z")
Mentally, on paper, in an Excel spread sheet, or a relational database. \[ul\] Yes because a new spouse/lover asked Yes because I was feeling down and wanted to reassure myself I still have it Yes because I was feeling … --- ## [Any Etsy tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-etsy-tips/656328)
**Author:** [@Dumbguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumbguy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-etsy-tips/656328 "2013-04-22T01:17:11Z")
I’ve been buying stuff on Etsy for a while, but after posting my first item for sale a few days ago (an end table I made), I’m getting no views at all. Well, I have two views, and one of them was my wife. When I opened … --- ## [Do most Germans need to be arrogant asses when answering questions ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-germans-need-to-be-arrogant-asses-when-answering-questions/656206)
**Author:** [@simple\_homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simple_homer)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-germans-need-to-be-arrogant-asses-when-answering-questions/656206 "2013-04-21T23:36:45Z")
I have visited German owned or managed businesses in Colombia, Mexico , Cuba, USA, Thailand, China, Philippines , Caymans, and the Bahamas, and most of my experiences have not been good. As a traveler it is normal to a… --- ## [China dog refuses to leave dead master's grave.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-dog-refuses-to-leave-dead-masters-grave/603730)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-dog-refuses-to-leave-dead-masters-grave/603730 "2013-04-21T19:19:38Z")
\*A dog in China who was the only companion to a single local resident has refused to leave him even after his death. Lao Pan, 68, died earlier this month in the village of Panjiatun. His dog was found later at his grav… --- ## [the ant on the head goes round and round](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ant-on-the-head-goes-round-and-round/656312)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ant-on-the-head-goes-round-and-round/656312 "2013-04-21T16:22:49Z")
Can’t get more mundane and pointless Last night I ran a hot bath and as I settled back to soak I see a little bit of movement out of the corner of my eye. There’s a little black ant on the shower head. He (or she) is … --- ## [Chemtrails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemtrails/634385)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemtrails/634385 "2013-04-21T14:37:34Z")
It’s come to my attention of late there are a vociferous minority of people around here who believe that aeroplanes’ vapour trails are actually chemical sprays. It’s a common enough conspiracy theory “chemtrails” Chemtra… --- ## [Really mundane stuff that shits you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-stuff-that-shits-you/655578)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-stuff-that-shits-you/655578 "2013-04-21T13:22:22Z")
Yes, this is the ultimate in MPSIMS, but my next-door neighbours have had their washing hanging out on their clothesline for over a WEEK now. And to add insult to injury, they don’t hang their washing properly!! It’s j… --- ## [Happy 4/20 everybody!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-4-20-everybody/656233)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-4-20-everybody/656233 "2013-04-21T10:29:18Z")
For anyone who woke up this morning without a full set of teeth, check under your pillow, maybe you’ll find a present there! Anything under the tree? Maybe a basket full of brightly-wrapped chocolate candies, Doritos or… --- ## ["Wringing out a washcloth in space"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wringing-out-a-washcloth-in-space/656131)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wringing-out-a-washcloth-in-space/656131 "2013-04-21T05:45:34Z")
Watch what happens when you wring out a washcloth in space. Cool video, but like that first commenter, I too wonder about all of those water drops floating around amongst all of that equipment and wires. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=988) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=990)