I was just wondering, what is the origin of the name The Straight Dope? My brother saw me on the sight the other day and thought I was on a site about drugs. :eek:
The board is named after Cecil Adams’ column The Straight Dope. The phrase “The Straight Dope” is slang for “the true story” or similar.
Thanks for clearing that up. 
I had the same thing happen to me today. Someone came in my office, saw the Straight Dope logo and asked what I was doing on a sight about drugs.:eek:
Click on the link at the bottom of the page titled “The Straight Dope Homepage”, or go to www.straightdope.com
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Do it now.
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-mnemosyne, addicted since 2000
Be proud to be a “doper” (in this context, of course.)
Proudly addicted to Straight Dopedom since c.1987.
I think the name appealed to the readers of the original free newspapers, as being a little bit of “not your father’s newspaper”.
My brother showed me this site, and I have been an avid lurker for over two years now. My daughter also saw the ‘dope’ in the title and was ready to tear a new asshole in her friends for daring to look up drugs on Mom’s computer! 
ya straight dope, BDSM/SDMB/whatever…