# The AntiDope thread: Creating ignorance since October 5th, 2006 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386 "2006-10-05T15:27:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/1 "2006-10-05T15:27:02Z")
Hardly anyone knows this, but _Skype_ is actually pronouced Skee-ipp-ay. Please contribute more interesting factoids; I only ask they be completely untrue. ---
**Author:** ![Greebo\_Ogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19adc/32.png) [@Greebo\_Ogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greebo_Ogg)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/2 "2006-10-05T15:32:04Z")
You can remove bothersome nasal hair safely and painless by stuffing a cotton-ball up your nose, soaking it in lighter fluid and lighting it. No, you can’t!!! Unless you’re Johnny Knoxville, and were doing it for kicks… ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/3 "2006-10-05T15:34:51Z")
Spain is right near Colombia. Or should we leave jografie out altogether? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/4 "2006-10-05T15:37:00Z")
An opossum is invisible during the daytime, _and no one knows why_! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/5 "2006-10-05T15:37:19Z")
The real Ultimate Warrior died, and Kerry Von Erich took over the gimmick. There was once a wrestling promotion known as “the NWA”. Wrestlemania III was the first time Hogan faced Andre, and the first time Andre got bodyslammed. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/6 "2006-10-05T15:57:21Z")
Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/7 "2006-10-05T16:18:22Z")
Authoritatianism is good for you. ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/8 "2006-10-05T16:20:22Z")
The telephone operators work in the telephone poles. They keep prisoners in those large water tower things. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/9 "2006-10-05T16:21:14Z")
The _Macarena_ is the official dance of North Korea. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/10 "2006-10-05T16:23:37Z")
Mark Foley is straight. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/11 "2006-10-05T16:29:07Z")
Persistent numerological superstitions in Black churches dictate that a gospel “quartet” _never_ have exactly four members. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/12 "2006-10-05T16:35:03Z")
There are, in fact, three words in the English language ending in -gry. (I’m going to get smited by Cecil himself for that one.) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/13 "2006-10-05T16:41:50Z")
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is a direct descendant of William Shakespeare on his father’s side and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on his mother’s side. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/14 "2006-10-05T16:56:54Z")
[QUOTE=LonesomePolecat] Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance. [/QUOTE] So, you decided to throw this in here to be a jerk for what reason? You may not want to pull this stunt again. And by “may,” I mean “don’t.” ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/15 "2006-10-05T22:31:05Z")
“You _don’t not_ want to pull this stunt again”? You sure that’s what you meant? ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/16 "2006-10-05T23:46:57Z")
The reason some whales beach themselves is they’re suffering from rabies, also known as _hydrophobia_. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/17 "2006-10-06T00:14:44Z")
George W. Bush is a scholar and a gentleman. And a lesbian. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/18 "2006-10-06T02:03:11Z")
Blind people can’t feel rain. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/19 "2006-10-06T02:05:28Z")
In Greece, the opposite of “disguise” is “youse guys.” ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386/20 "2006-10-06T02:42:21Z")
Emperor Nero did not fiddle while Rome burned. He played air guitar. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-antidope-thread-creating-ignorance-since-october-5th-2006/375386.md?page=2)