# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=990 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 991 --- ## [Shots fired at Denver marijuana holiday rally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shots-fired-at-denver-marijuana-holiday-rally/656284)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shots-fired-at-denver-marijuana-holiday-rally/656284 "2013-04-21T04:06:05Z")
It seems to be only reported on crazy leftist and drug themed sites at the moment. Oh, an CNN. Anyone know if it’s for real? --- ## [Jokes: 10 words or shorter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165)
**Author:** [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165 "2013-04-21T02:48:56Z")
OK, who’s got some really short jokes? (And I mean real jokes, not things like “The idea that a Republican president will reduce the deficit”.) Nothing longer than 10 words allowed!!! The shortest joke might be Henny … --- ## [Pick an aquamarine tiara](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-an-aquamarine-tiara/654625)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-an-aquamarine-tiara/654625 "2013-04-21T00:48:29Z")
Because the world needs more tiaras. I like the Hesse aquamarine tiara. But the Russian kokoshnik is also quite pretty. --- ## [A collection of threads dealing with birthdays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-collection-of-threads-dealing-with-birthdays/656228)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-collection-of-threads-dealing-with-birthdays/656228 "2013-04-20T21:02:19Z")
You can make your own list by doing an Advanced Search with “birthday\*” as a keyword, but I trimmed this list down to the non-specific “happy birthday to somebody” group. The format for individual threads is: URL Tit… --- ## [Ever Google yourself and find out you're a star of gay erotica?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-google-yourself-and-find-out-youre-a-star-of-gay-erotica/656060)
**Author:** [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-google-yourself-and-find-out-youre-a-star-of-gay-erotica/656060 "2013-04-20T18:11:27Z")
Mark Ruffalo just did. And he’s loving it. So, apparently, there’s an Avengers fan meme, “Science Bros”, that casts Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner/Hulk and Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark as a couple. There’s art, cosplay, ficti… --- ## [Windows 8 damaging PC Sales](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-8-damaging-pc-sales/655416)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-8-damaging-pc-sales/655416 "2013-04-20T15:33:02Z")
Wall Street Journal article is behind their freaking pay wall. :rolleyes: This Fox article quotes from it. This is no surprise to me. Adding tablet features to a PC is the stupidest move imaginable. I have zero interest… --- ## [True facts about strange animals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-facts-about-strange-animals/648348)
**Author:** [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-facts-about-strange-animals/648348 "2013-04-20T15:09:14Z")
I’m not much of a YouTube guy, but there’s no doubt there’s some useful information there amongst the Justin Bieber homages. Every Thursday, some guy posts a video containing true facts about something or other. Mostly… --- ## [Thread to Bring Joy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-to-bring-joy/656150)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-to-bring-joy/656150 "2013-04-20T14:24:21Z")
Weeks like this are tough. But it isn’t hard to be reminded that there is far more good out there than evil. Like this: Home Run for the Bat Boy Watch the video attached to the article, it is just spontaneous joy. --- ## [Did They Know? (Marathon Bomb)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-know-marathon-bomb/656004)
**Author:** [@Blkshp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blkshp)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2013, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-know-marathon-bomb/656004 "2013-04-20T11:53:31Z")
I stumbled across this interview from a local TV station in Mobile, AL in which a college cross country coach who was in Boston with his wife for the race, talks about the experience. http://www.local15tv.com/news/local… --- ## [An extremely weird coincidence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-extremely-weird-coincidence/608328)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-extremely-weird-coincidence/608328 "2013-04-20T04:21:49Z")
On Christmas Eve my grandmother died. At 104 years old I think she had a pretty good run I think. That’s not the weird part. We buried her in the plot that my grandfather has been in since 1965. This is an old cemetery o… --- ## [My husband was arrested for domestic violence today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-was-arrested-for-domestic-violence-today/655716)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-was-arrested-for-domestic-violence-today/655716 "2013-04-20T02:14:21Z")
It started as a stupid argument. Then he blocked my way and I tried to pushed by him to get through. Then he kicked and pushed me, and I called the cops. He was arrested, but will be released tonight. The kids (all 4… --- ## ["So aside from that, Mrs Lincoln . . . "](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aside-from-that-mrs-lincoln/656168)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aside-from-that-mrs-lincoln/656168 "2013-04-20T00:49:39Z")
The tragedy aside, who won the Boston Marathon? Did they even announce a winner? --- ## [Shelter in Place...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelter-in-place/656164)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelter-in-place/656164 "2013-04-19T23:11:26Z")
…unless you work for Dunkin Donuts! --- ## [The latest in a line of stupid choices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-in-a-line-of-stupid-choices/655928)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-in-a-line-of-stupid-choices/655928 "2013-04-19T21:38:14Z")
I had a job at the post office. I’d completed the training and they were going to throw me out into the full route. Deep Water. The thing was, I HATED it, and I was terrible at it. Took me five hours to do a three-hour m… --- ## [New debating Law: Common Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-debating-law-common-sense/656043)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-debating-law-common-sense/656043 "2013-04-19T19:49:28Z")
During a debate, argument, proposal, or other discussion, the first person to use ‘common sense’ (or ‘common-sense’) to defend his or her position, loses the discussion. Examples: ‘We need common sense laws to protect t… --- ## [Share your favorite story from when you were in the military.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-story-from-when-you-were-in-the-military/655336)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-story-from-when-you-were-in-the-military/655336 "2013-04-19T19:37:16Z")
Everyone that I know that has served in the military has a story that they like to tell, their “Now this is no shit” story. I never served so I don’t have one but I’d like to hear yours. --- ## [Sale at Macy's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-at-macys/656117)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-at-macys/656117 "2013-04-19T17:37:11Z")
Should Macy’s really pick this week to put pressure cookers on sale? --- ## [Bill Maher on US & Wars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-on-us-wars/655722)
**Author:** [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-on-us-wars/655722 "2013-04-19T15:31:58Z")
I’ve been watching Bill Maher well over 15 years now and this has got to be one of his best commentaries ever. The ending line is pure gold! --- ## [google fu help needed finding diprotodon fossil/replics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-help-needed-finding-diprotodon-fossil-replics/656088)
**Author:** [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-help-needed-finding-diprotodon-fossil-replics/656088 "2013-04-19T13:15:15Z")
Hi all, at present I have a lovely young autistic lad in my life who I like to encourage. we get along great - he likes dinosaurs/fossils/mega fauna and so do I so we can talk like nobodies business. He is a great kid an… --- ## [Bomb Threat at CSULA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threat-at-csula/656114)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threat-at-csula/656114 "2013-04-19T12:55:54Z")
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-bomb-squad-responds-cal-state-la-20130418,0,4348285.story My crush’s high school is next to CSULA and it got evacuated too. It doesn’t seem to be an actual threat but whoever … --- ## [Apple Cider Vinegar for Wart Removal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-cider-vinegar-for-wart-removal/656039)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-cider-vinegar-for-wart-removal/656039 "2013-04-19T11:42:44Z")
I just wanted to share this with everyone since I gave it a shot on 2 warts and it worked very well. You simply apply the Apple Cider Vinegar to a cotton ball and band-aid it to the wart for 24 hours. After that you scr… --- ## [Okay, what's really going on at this Google Maps location?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-whats-really-going-on-at-this-google-maps-location/655784)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-whats-really-going-on-at-this-google-maps-location/655784 "2013-04-19T11:35:06Z")
Go to Google Maps, and zoom in on the coordinates 52.376552,5.198303. It’s making the rounds of the Internet as “somebody dragging a dead body into a lake.” I’m… skeptical to say the least (especially since it’s daylig… --- ## [Master of miscommunication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-of-miscommunication/656120)
**Author:** [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-of-miscommunication/656120 "2013-04-19T11:25:41Z")
A few years ago I travelled around The Gambia and Senegal, where I met a lovely young man called Y. We talked a lot and struck up a friendship. He is a very kind and thoughtful person, and also very intelligent, though u… --- ## [I Feel Horrible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-horrible/656079)
**Author:** [@yarblek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yarblek)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-horrible/656079 "2013-04-19T07:09:10Z")
I’m having bad anxiety right now and I’ve already taken two diazapam pills. Should I take another one? Like really really bad… --- ## [For Og's sake, I (BigT) don't condone rape!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-ogs-sake-i-bigt-dont-condone-rape/656059)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-ogs-sake-i-bigt-dont-condone-rape/656059 "2013-04-19T02:04:27Z")
TubaDiva cut off this conversation in ATMB, so I’m putting it here in MPSIMS, as this is something that apparently needs to be made public. First off, your experience is awful, and I am very, very sorry it happened to … --- ## [A trick for medicating dog's ears!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trick-for-medicating-dogs-ears/656083)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trick-for-medicating-dogs-ears/656083 "2013-04-19T01:09:26Z")
Eureka! I wish I could patent this. Tucker and Dammit Sally have itchy ears (yeast), so the vet prescribed an ointment (4 drops) and also a sort of liquid wash. I’m supposed to use one or the other every day. Tucker loo… --- ## [Soleless Atheists vs. the USPS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soleless-atheists-vs-the-usps/655220)
**Author:** [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soleless-atheists-vs-the-usps/655220 "2013-04-19T01:01:35Z")
Atheist, a German shoe company, was getting complaints from some of their U.S. customers about lengthy delivery times. So they did a little experiment… \[QUOTE=NPR\] For each recipient, one package featured the Atheist-b… --- ## [...Gay Marriage now legal in New Zealand.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-now-legal-in-new-zealand/655923)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-now-legal-in-new-zealand/655923 "2013-04-18T23:30:41Z")
…just been announced: by vote 77-44. Happy days down under! --- ## [The worst shed build in America.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-shed-build-in-america/655938)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-shed-build-in-america/655938 "2013-04-18T23:19:43Z")
This is hilarious and scary at the same time: http://www.bcsportbikes.com/forum/showthread.php/146566-Build-to-Fail-Fail-to-Build.-What-is-this-I-don-t-even Pages 1, 5 and 7 will give you an overview. Funny photoshops … --- ## [I did it! I made it through a night of drinking with NO cigarettes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-it-i-made-it-through-a-night-of-drinking-with-no-cigarettes/656025)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-it-i-made-it-through-a-night-of-drinking-with-no-cigarettes/656025 "2013-04-18T22:38:50Z")
Went drinking with some friends last night. It was day four of no cigarettes. I was sure I was going to break down and have a smoke after a few drinks. But I didn’t! I was actually able to quit for two years before but … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=989) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=991)