# Thing you just can't seem to find on the internet **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035 "2012-02-16T16:01:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/21 "2012-02-17T17:10:35Z")
I always wondered what you call the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex. Damned if I can find it, though. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/22 "2012-02-17T17:33:26Z")
> [@Al\_Bundy](#): > > The way things are going, doctors will start tweeting diagnosis between patients. @Patient12320: You have cancer. Come n for chemo and rads treatmnt. #Sorry … @Patient12320: Sorry, please ignore previous tweet - ws missent. You just have herpes. #Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/23 "2012-02-17T18:35:23Z")
The cartoon about the cracks that come to life, which was on **Sesame Street** about 33 years ago. [Here’s the best info I can find on it](http://tailotherat.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Crack%20Monster). No video. No idea how to go about finding video, either. I’d really like to see it again. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/24 "2012-02-17T19:27:29Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > [Rashomon?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042876/) Only instead of a western, it’s Japanese. Instead of a campfire, it’s a rainy day at the temple… (obligatory) Well, that’s not how I remember it. The way I recall, there were cowboys. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/25 "2012-02-17T19:32:16Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > (obligatory) Well, that’s not how I remember it. The way I recall, there were cowboys. Were the “cowboys” eating bowls of rice by any chance?😉 ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/26 "2012-02-17T19:32:42Z")
The alternate ending to _Big_. d&r ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/27 "2012-02-17T20:22:00Z")
1. Henry Ford’s middle name 2. This awesome Polo shirt I bought when I was in college (well over 10 years ago). I still have it, but it’s fraying beyond all acceptability. I’ve looked up various codes on the tag, but can’t find it anywhere on the 'net. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/28 "2012-02-17T20:47:53Z")
Lots of **Liquid Television** skits. There’s a few on the website, but there’s a ton that are missing. Most notably for me is Stick Figure Theater - Youtube has a few of them but not all of them. There’s also a dearth of TV Funhouse skits from SNL. Although I did find [Shazzang](http://www.zimbio.com/watch/9VPX9ZsGumQ/TV+Funhouse+Shazzang/Saturday+Night+Live) recently, one of my favorites. Speaking of SNL, one of my favorite Phil Hartman skits is not online - Trent Markham, Lung Doctor. The transcript is available, but not the video, damnit. Ditto for “Sincere Guy Stu” featuring Joe Montana in one of the funniest althlete-as-host sketches ever. ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/29 "2012-02-17T20:50:09Z")
A recipe for caramel cake. Not yellow cake with caramel icing (while tasty, it’s not what I am looking for). A recipe for a cake with caramel batter. No matter how I google it, I can’t seem to find one. If you pop in here with a link and call me stupid for not being able to find it myself, I won’t be mad. Swear. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/30 "2012-02-17T21:18:06Z")
> [@StuffLikeThatThere](#): > > A recipe for caramel cake. Not yellow cake with caramel icing (while tasty, it’s not what I am looking for). A recipe for a cake with caramel batter. No matter how I google it, I can’t seem to find one. > > If you pop in here with a link and call me stupid for not being able to find it myself, I won’t be mad. Swear. You mean like: [this](http://www.marthastewart.com/257425/caramel-cake) or [this](http://www.adventuresinshaw.com/2008/11/daring-bakers-challenge-caramel-cake-cupcakes/). Those both have caramel syrup in the batter. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/31 "2012-02-17T21:23:28Z")
Naked pictures of myself. I went to Woodstock '94, and I spent an day walking around wearing nothing but sneakers and a strategically-placed fanny pack. Tragically, our camera was lost in the mud somewhere, so we lost all out pics. We must’ve been stopped 100 times to pose for pictures, but none of them have ever showed up online that I’ve been able to find. Booo… ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/32 "2012-02-17T21:47:38Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > You mean like: > > [this](http://www.marthastewart.com/257425/caramel-cake) or [this](http://www.adventuresinshaw.com/2008/11/daring-bakers-challenge-caramel-cake-cupcakes/). > > Those both have caramel syrup in the batter. Yup, like that. I knew that was going to happen. I’ve tried searching a number of times. Apparently I’m impaired. But thank you! ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/33 "2012-02-18T02:42:40Z")
_Mei and the Kittenbus_. You can see it at the Ghibli Museum outside Tokyo, but you can’t order it or find an online copy of it? ---
**Author:** ![RoniaBorkason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RoniaBorkason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoniaBorkason)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/34 "2012-02-18T06:14:43Z")
> [@turner](#): > > [http://twinsupply.com.janitor-supply-store.biz/proddetail.asp?prod=RUB15931](http://twinsupply.com.janitor-supply-store.biz/proddetail.asp?prod=RUB15931) > > 20 seconds. Now I didn’t check to see if this is one of those sites that says they have an item until you put it in your cart and they then tell you its out of stock, but the site says they carry it I don’t technically know that it is one of those sites, but the fact that it has a database error that prevents checkout every time I’ve tried it makes me think it is. Every site and it’s brother has it listed, but nobody has it. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/35 "2012-02-18T12:46:43Z")
The recipe, or a clone for the famous lobster soup at the “sea Baron” restaurant in Iceland. Dammit that soup was fantastic and everyone raves about it online. You’d think that someone would have figured it our by now. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/36 "2012-02-18T14:04:22Z")
The rice pilaf recipe from Sunnyside Deli. It is the best pilaf I’ve ever had and I can not duplicate it. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/37 "2012-02-18T14:14:41Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > -What ailments are “going around”. Plenty of times myself or my kid gets mildly sick and the only way to tell what you might have is a trip to the minute clinic or the pediatrician. Most of the time they say “yep, same symtoms as everyone else, it’s just XYZ, it’s going around.” It’s be nice to go to a pediatricians website or public health website or local news website and find “X number of people have been diagnosed with Z this week and here are the symptoms”. I’ve never found anything like this. There was a crowdsourced disease monitor by geography site I saw a few months ago. I’ll see if I can dig it up. IIRC there was some shitty registration procedure that meant I wasn’t able to say “I’ve got a cold”, and it looked like it didn’t gain critical mass so I suspect it has failed, but it certainly existed at one time. ETA: found it: [http://healthmap.org/](http://healthmap.org/) ---
**Author:** ![KneeSid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dec6dc/32.png) [@KneeSid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneeSid)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/38 "2012-02-18T16:33:28Z")
Cites don’t want you to know what is going up. That way people will protest. It’s hard enough getting any appropriation or ordinance passed, much less if people are going to be suing or protesting every little thing. With search engines being what they are, many great sites are out there but are buried under tons of spammy sites, at one time used to filter out. Song lyric sites, publish information subject to copyright, is that why the lyrics are wrong? and then scraper sites, copy the data and ad their own Google ads to them. Sites also will cloak. They feed Google one result and you another. This is why you see a preview of an article. Google sees the WHOLE article and indexes it, while you can’t see the whole thing. Google used to come down hard on sites for cloaking. Google uses data centers so two different users will get different results till Google syncs up all its data centers. And if you’re signed into any Google service you have to opt out of personal result to get a different answer. Even the [Archive.org](http://Archive.org) is hitting resistance as tons of sites opt out of it, so the cool old sites are lost. Speaking of which people used to make simple, and cool sites. These small sites were interesting to read. And let’s not forget Usenet before it became a p2p center and contained great subjects and conversations. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/39 "2012-02-22T01:33:40Z")
Information about which pharmacies have which medications. Except the ones overseas, you can’t find anything. Sure, I don’t expect to be able to buy stuff without a prescription, but it’s silly that doctors have to go calling around to see if medications are available. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035/40 "2012-02-22T03:47:53Z")
Any evidence that anyone else in the world has noticed how wildly divergent Paula Deen’s life stories are. The one she told on Oprah before she was a big star–and the one she told to Biography after she’d hit the big time. I mean, seriously. Hasn’t ANYONE but me noticed this? Or am I just the only one who cares… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thing-you-just-cant-seem-to-find-on-the-internet/613035.md?page=3)