# I'll take dubious news headlines for $100, Alex **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-dubious-news-headlines-for-100-alex/850433 "2020-03-27T16:11:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-dubious-news-headlines-for-100-alex/850433/1 "2020-03-27T16:11:44Z")
Article on CNN today: > [@](#): > > Why Walmart is seeing a rise in sales for tops, but not bottoms during the coronavirus crisis My mind did NOT go to clothing sales ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-dubious-news-headlines-for-100-alex/850433/2 "2020-03-27T16:17:32Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > Article on CNN today: > > My mind did NOT go to clothing sales Link, please? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-dubious-news-headlines-for-100-alex/850433/3 "2020-03-27T16:44:43Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > My mind did NOT go to clothing sales Mine did–but it made me think of bikinis becoming more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-dubious-news-headlines-for-100-alex/850433/4 "2020-03-27T16:48:46Z")
Link: > **[Why Walmart is seeing increased sales for tops, but not bottoms during the...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/27/business/walmart-tops-bottoms-sales-trnd/index.html)** > > With more and more people working from home, Walmart has picked up on an interesting trend: Tops have seen an increase in sales, while bottoms haven't. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-dubious-news-headlines-for-100-alex/850433/5 "2020-03-27T19:15:34Z")
[Uranus is leaking gas](https://bgr.com/2020/03/26/uranus-gas-leak-voyager-2-mission/) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-dubious-news-headlines-for-100-alex/850433/6 "2020-03-27T20:26:29Z")
I’m not catching what the OP is pitching here. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-dubious-news-headlines-for-100-alex/850433/7 "2020-03-27T20:26:41Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > My mind did NOT go to clothing sales It’s been ages, but at least I _have_ a top. And a yo-yo. AND a few marbles. I was fully prepared for an apocalyptic pandemic and did not even know it. ETA spoke too soon: hula hoop appears to be broken. Still have the board games and a few decks of cards. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-dubious-news-headlines-for-100-alex/850433/8 "2020-03-28T10:49:29Z")
Reminds me of when Walter Cronkite was voted Best-dressed Man in America: “I could be behind the desk in my underwear, for all you know”. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-dubious-news-headlines-for-100-alex/850433/9 "2020-03-28T11:25:09Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m not catching what the OP is pitching here. Didn’t click the link, but I’m assuming: rising numbers of people working from home - many for the 1st time - means increasing usage of video conferencing. Webcams show you from the shoulders up, ideally, thus necessitating work appropriate “tops” (i.e. shirts/blouses) but not “bottoms” (i.e. pants) driving the Wal-Mart trend. But “tops” and “bottoms” also refer to roles on gay sex, depending on … well, on who’s catching and who’s pitching.