# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018 "2022-02-07T00:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 42
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/822 "2022-03-14T15:28:52Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > If you can’t picture that distance [Boston to Baltimore], it’s 4,208 furlongs if you’re more familiar with that frame of reference. It’s also 379,214 smoots if that’s how you hang. Being Canadian, I’ll need that in hours. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/823 "2022-03-14T15:39:41Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Being Canadian, I’ll need that in hours. American hours, or those goofy Canadian metric hours that have 22 minutes? ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/824 "2022-03-14T15:42:46Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > American hours, or those goofy Canadian metric hours that have 22 minutes? Either will do; we have an app that does conversions. ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/825 "2022-03-14T21:27:26Z")
Twelve parsecs. Same as the Kessel run. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/826 "2022-03-14T21:52:11Z")
> [@SingleMalt](#): > > Same as the Kessel run. What makes a Kessel run? Secret Russian funds, funneled through the NRA. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/827 "2022-03-14T22:56:06Z")
The latest from QAnon; Loser Donald has been mispronouncing “Jy-na” on purpose this entire time because he’s secretly referring to the place in Ukraine where covid was invented. > **[QAnon followers believe Trump is mispronouncing 'Chy-na' because he secretly...](https://www.rawstory.com/qanon-donald-trump-china-ukraine/)** > > Followers of the QAnon movement now reportedly believe that former President Donald Trump has been purposely mispronouncing "China" because he wants to send a secret message about Ukraine.According to Vice's David Gilbert, the new conspiracy theory... ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/828 "2022-03-14T23:00:25Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Maria Bartiromo of Fox claims, “Some people have told me over the weekend that they feel that, at the end of the day, this administration does not see Putin as the enemy, they see him as a partner!” Some people have told me that Maria Bartiromo is a mouth breathing imbecile. People are talking abou that. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/829 "2022-03-14T23:26:19Z")
Who hasn’t heard a new Randy Rainbow song in a while? I haven’t. In fact, I haven’t even listened to this one yet, but I’m posting it here because I’m sure he’s singing about stupid Republicans. Let’s listen together!! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-4GxbdEmpPI/maxresdefault.jpg "GURL, YOU'RE A KAREN - A Randy Rainbow Parody") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4GxbdEmpPI) ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/830 "2022-03-15T01:30:58Z")
Ya gotta love Randy Rainbow. (And I’m in favor of his Qaren spelling to protect all the innocents named Karen.) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/831 "2022-03-15T18:54:27Z")
Herschel Walker: If men descended from apes, why are there still apes? > ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/832 "2022-03-15T19:03:22Z")
How to declare you have no understanding of evolution without saying “I have no understanding of evolution”… ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/833 "2022-03-15T19:11:36Z")
> [@Herschel Walker](#): > > At one time, science said man came from apes, did it not? I like the implication that “science” is no longer saying that. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/834 "2022-03-15T19:23:58Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > > [@Herschel Walker](#): > > > > At one time, science said man came from apes, did it not? > > I like the implication that “science” is no longer saying that. - Big Ape was successful in distancing themselves from humans. ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/835 "2022-03-15T19:50:25Z")
I don’t think science ever said that “we came from apes”. Shared a common ancestor, sure. Came from? I don’t think so. Apes have evolved to their current form too. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/836 "2022-03-15T19:53:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Herschel Walker: If men descended from apes, why are there still apes? I have never understood why or how creationists think this is in any way a persuasive argument. To me, that’s exactly like saying “If the US used to be a colony of Britain, then why is there still a Britain?” Or “If Diet Pepsi is a variation on regular Pepsi, then why is there still regular Pepsi?” Uh, because a thing doesn’t automatically stop existing just because it gave rise to a somewhat different thing? Why would you even expect that it would? ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/837 "2022-03-15T19:59:50Z")
If I stopped playing football, why is there still football? Hmm? HMMM??? ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/838 "2022-03-15T20:15:18Z")
If Christian Walker came from Herschel Walker, why is there still Herschel Walker? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/839 "2022-03-15T20:18:23Z")
Science says that birds are not real. Well I just saw one out my window, so what do you say to THAT science? Hmmm? Also: Fuckin’ magnets. How do they work? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/840 "2022-03-15T20:27:40Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Who hasn’t heard a new Randy Rainbow song in a while? I haven’t and I will thank you for that one. It had me laughing out loud, and thinking that I’ll never be able to hear the Dentist song in “Little Shop of Horrors” in quite the same way again. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/841 "2022-03-15T20:52:23Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Also: Fuckin’ magnets. How do they work? If you face them the right way, and put them near each other, they stick together. They work like that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=43)