# Things people in the US are absolutely sure of but are completely unproven. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 24, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353 "2002-04-24T15:05:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/81 "2002-04-28T16:28:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by David Simmons \* > \*\* > > I believe Oswald acted alone. \*\* Okay, two. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/82 "2002-04-28T16:57:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Osiris \* > \*\*Upon consultation with my layer Mr. Cochran I am retracting my confession and say “I wish I were an Oscar Mayer weiner so everyone would be in love with me.” And add that’s it’s good enough for me \*\* Rhyming costs extra. ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/83 "2002-04-28T23:50:14Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by Osiris_Upon consultation with my **layer** Mr. Cochran I am retracting my confession and say “I wish I were an Oscar Mayer weiner so everyone would be in love with me.” And add that’s it’s good enough for me (bolding mine) :eek: I didn’t even know Johnny was seeing anyone! ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/84 "2002-04-28T23:53:44Z")
That’s why I didn’t have enough money for the rhyming. P.S. Get the rim job. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/85 "2002-04-29T00:15:51Z")
It’s somebody elses fault. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/86 "2002-04-29T01:46:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rand 100 \* > \*\*… in my entire life only one person has ever told me “I believe Oswald acted alone.” … I remember being shocked … it’s taken for granted in America that the mafia, the CIA, Castro, the KGB, and several other parties too numerous to mention had a hand in the President’s murder, even though it has never been conclusively established. \*\* Gee, I’ve always thought Oswald acted alone and that there were far too many “other parties” being mentioned for it to be credible. I mean, they ALL couldn’t have been in on it. Sometimes you can over-analyze a situation to the point of making everyone cynical about the veracity of ANY answer. Sometimes the simplest answer is the answer. I don’t know too many people who subcribe to the “everybody BUT Oswald did it” theory. Maybe I just hang out with the wrong people. I also believe OJ did it, and Sam Sheppard did it. Call me naive, but the conspiracy theorists have really made me want to embrace my naivete. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/87 "2002-04-29T14:30:38Z")
Jim Samuels said: “The United States is like the guy at the party who gives cocaine to everybody and still nobody likes him.” Heh. Tibs. ---
**Author:** ![evilhanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba8739/32.png) [@evilhanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilhanz)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/88 "2002-04-29T15:04:43Z")
JFK was a great man. Europeans are culturally and ideologically superior. Social Security is a good idea. Sometimes you feel like a nut. Sometimes you don’t. ---
**Author:** ![MachV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@MachV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachV)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/89 "2002-04-29T15:23:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diceman \* > \*\*The military would never, ever, think of lying to the American public about such things as combat losses or civilian casualties :rolleyes: > Show me someone who can 🙂 \*\* _crunch_ There, you happy? _crunch_ Damn. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/90 "2002-04-29T15:34:35Z")
**kittenblue** , maybe it’s _me_ who’s hanging out with the wrong people. I have mixed feelings about conspiracy nuts. On one hand, they’re so much freakin’ fun! On the other hand, they make it hard to have a serious discussion about certain subjects without hearing about the latest Discovery Channel special that ties aliens, NAFTA, teamsters, the Royal Family, gnomes, and Elvis to the subjects in question. ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/91 "2002-04-29T15:54:19Z")
Rice-A Roni **is** the San Francisco treat. ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353/92 "2002-05-01T08:26:11Z")
The people who actually play the arcade games _do_ have a use for the big, gaudy square stickers with vague three-word messages! Sorry, just had to throw that one in (still irks me to no end to this day). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-in-the-us-are-absolutely-sure-of-but-are-completely-unproven/105353.md?page=4)