# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1003&period=all&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1004 --- ## [What are the real health consequences of not dressing warmly in cold weather?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-real-health-consequences-of-not-dressing-warmly-in-cold-weather/608242)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-real-health-consequences-of-not-dressing-warmly-in-cold-weather/608242 "2012-07-09T07:30:03Z")
More than a century after the germ theory of disease became common knowledge you still here people saying “you’re going to catch your death of cold” when they see somebody walking around in short sleeves or without a jac… --- ## [Smoking on tv](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-on-tv/748950)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-on-tv/748950 "2016-08-12T18:17:55Z")
DrDeth is all butthurt about cigarettes on tv, but a mod says we can’t discuss it in that thread. What I find interesting is DrDeth’s cognitive dissonance regarding the issue: Pick one or the other. You can’t have bo… --- ## [Was there a hidden meaning to the song Livin' La Vida Loca?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-hidden-meaning-to-the-song-livin-la-vida-loca/740157)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-hidden-meaning-to-the-song-livin-la-vida-loca/740157 "2015-12-12T20:10:52Z")
Yes, I know, I’m 16 years late. Here’s the song’s video: Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca - YouTube A few of the song and video’s aspects, organized by theme: Sensory distortions: “Upside, inside out” “Woke up in … --- ## [Recommend novels similar to Robert B. Parker "Spenser" series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-novels-similar-to-robert-b-parker-spenser-series/576576)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-novels-similar-to-robert-b-parker-spenser-series/576576 "2011-03-31T02:12:40Z")
I started reading his Spenser series after hearing of his death last year. Being from the Boston area myself, I loved how he interwove so many details about the place into the stories. I loved them so much that I start… --- ## [Is Skipmagic always this laughable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2008, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296 "2008-07-24T06:48:37Z")
Boy, Skipmagic is really a piece of work. He makes me laugh. First, he had to change the title of my thread about opera singers for the sake of political correctness. Now, he has closed the thread because I dared to dep… --- ## [So why are alcohol and tobacco legal while marijuana is illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-are-alcohol-and-tobacco-legal-while-marijuana-is-illegal/310847)
**Author:** [@wolfman97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman97)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-are-alcohol-and-tobacco-legal-while-marijuana-is-illegal/310847 "2005-08-02T00:55:53Z")
PriceGuy suggested that this forum was the better place to post this question, because there were “knowledgeable people” here. In http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_225.html Cecil asks rhetorically: Why is marij… --- ## [Back together after an affair, advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-together-after-an-affair-advice/612383)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Doubt)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-together-after-an-affair-advice/612383 "2012-02-22T15:52:13Z")
I think effective communication as well as an epiphany on her part led to the reconciliation. The affair, (hers) turned my world upside down, forced me to look inward, the only factor I had any control over. Now I’m sti… --- ## [Being Human Series 2 \[open spoilers after airing\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-human-series-2-open-spoilers-after-airing/524320)
**Author:** [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-human-series-2-open-spoilers-after-airing/524320 "2010-03-08T16:12:48Z")
Brit TV, starts tonight. YouTube emo trailer here. Mitchell’s Prequel. Anyone else going to be watching? --- ## ["Social Studies vs. "History; also a question about curriculum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-studies-vs-history-also-a-question-about-curriculum/604345)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-studies-vs-history-also-a-question-about-curriculum/604345 "2011-11-30T20:00:05Z")
First part of the question is about semantics. It seems that in earlier grades, kids learn “Social Studies” which is a subject in which they learn about things like Columbus discovering America, the American Revolution, … --- ## [Lyrics that make you smile every time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333 "2011-10-29T22:20:46Z")
“Every single meeting with his so-called superior is a humiliating kick in the crotch” –“Synchronicity II,” The Police “Let me see them Hanes, let me let me see them Hanes” –“Blow,” Kesha --- ## [Stupid Cooking Stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-cooking-stories/520922)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-cooking-stories/520922 "2009-12-16T22:11:23Z")
I’m supposed to be writing a paper that is due tomorrow, so naturally I am starting a thread. Sometime last year I was making Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies (the best chocolate cookies you will ever have. Even people who… --- ## [Just got scolded from the chef for a YELP review!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-scolded-from-the-chef-for-a-yelp-review/652093)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-scolded-from-the-chef-for-a-yelp-review/652093 "2013-03-06T23:32:17Z")
Yikes! He told me NEVER come back because the problems I had with the service and food was my fault…okay then. :rolleyes: --- ## [When in history did raising a newborn begin to be seen as grueling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-history-did-raising-a-newborn-begin-to-be-seen-as-grueling/846866)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-history-did-raising-a-newborn-begin-to-be-seen-as-grueling/846866 "2020-02-26T20:46:35Z")
When in human history did people parenting a newborn begin to have the luxury of considering it really hard work? It feels like a fairly recent thing - I doubt mothers and fathers in the middle ages or even pilgrim and O… --- ## [What is your deepest regret?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-deepest-regret/695877)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2014, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-deepest-regret/695877 "2014-08-23T09:06:06Z")
Mine is that I did not get a chance to have a deep talk with my father as an adult, and to tell him goodbye before he died. He took a cold stance toward me when I got married and then when I left being near him, and the… --- ## [A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-loaf-of-bread-a-container-of-milk-and/621365)
**Author:** [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2012, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-loaf-of-bread-a-container-of-milk-and/621365 "2012-05-13T10:33:48Z")
Do you remember? :slight\_smile: --- ## [When your kid forges your signature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-kid-forges-your-signature/223412)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-kid-forges-your-signature/223412 "2004-01-14T21:52:06Z")
Welcome to yet another chapter in the continuing saga of the Dinsdales’ attempted rearing of their youngest dayghter. Yesterday after school Mrs D was going through 7th grader M’s backpack/folders with M, checking homew… --- ## [Saddam Captured: What now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-captured-what-now/218931)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2003, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-captured-what-now/218931 "2003-12-16T09:26:18Z")
Now that Saddam Hussein has been apparently captured, what should we do with him? --- ## [Joint or separate bank accounts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joint-or-separate-bank-accounts/489158)
**Author:** [@New\_Beginning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Beginning)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joint-or-separate-bank-accounts/489158 "2009-03-15T16:08:14Z")
Getting married and we’re debating whether to have joint or separate bank accounts. Personally I think separate is much easier to maintain and manage. She thinks it’s insane and abnormal. If it matters, we each have ou… --- ## [Abortion rights supporters: ethically, should a happily-married woman get her husband's opinion ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-rights-supporters-ethically-should-a-happily-married-woman-get-her-husbands-opinion/700033)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-rights-supporters-ethically-should-a-happily-married-woman-get-her-husbands-opinion/700033 "2014-10-09T18:13:18Z")
before having an abortion? No long story today, and probably no poll, though I reserve the right to change my mind later. I probably won’t edit this paragraph, though. Before you answer, please bear in mind what the qu… --- ## [Tell Me About Sleeping with a FreeStyle Libre Sensor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-sleeping-with-a-freestyle-libre-sensor/943776)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-sleeping-with-a-freestyle-libre-sensor/943776 "2021-08-13T00:46:01Z")
I’m about to start using the FreeStyle Libre 2 continuous glucose monitoring system. The sensors were ready for pickup on Saturday, but the reader is on backorder. The only question I can’t seem to Google an answer to i… --- ## [What is the ultimate fates, and in what order, for the atoms of my body?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-fates-and-in-what-order-for-the-atoms-of-my-body/600010)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-fates-and-in-what-order-for-the-atoms-of-my-body/600010 "2011-10-29T23:57:15Z")
I was pondering mortality the other day. Someone had asked me the usual “maybe there is a heaven; so how do you know where you’ll go when you die?” I told her I’d turn into a different arrangement of atoms, and that woul… --- ## [Gimme a Na! Gimme a No! Gimme a Wri! Gimme a Mo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-a-na-gimme-a-no-gimme-a-wri-gimme-a-mo/424375)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-a-na-gimme-a-no-gimme-a-wri-gimme-a-mo/424375 "2007-12-02T04:37:05Z")
NaNoWriMo is almost here. November 1-30. Who’s in? Who’s out? Who’s shaking all about? Can you write a 50,000 word novel in a month? (I hope I didn’t miss an existing thread.) --- ## [Will a Siamese Fighting Fish try to kill Goldfish or Koi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-siamese-fighting-fish-try-to-kill-goldfish-or-koi/299719)
**Author:** [@FreshSheets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreshSheets)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-siamese-fighting-fish-try-to-kill-goldfish-or-koi/299719 "2005-04-18T22:32:12Z")
For Christmas, some relatives gave us a Siamese Fighting Fish in a very small aquarium. Now TastesLikeBurning and I are really not fish people for a start (diehard dog people actually) and we actually feel really sorry … --- ## [What 20th century (and before) staples might not survive the 21st century?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-20th-century-and-before-staples-might-not-survive-the-21st-century/547725)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-20th-century-and-before-staples-might-not-survive-the-21st-century/547725 "2010-08-01T03:04:15Z")
Up for discussion: -Newspapers -Skyscrapers -The personal computer as we know it -The television as we know it -Landline telephones -The automobile as we know it -Strip malls -The print magazine -Corporate radio … --- ## [Are you weird?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-weird/612113)
**Author:** [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-weird/612113 "2012-02-14T21:38:11Z")
I recently met up with some old high school friends. Every single one of them was married (or had been) and had children (and some had grandchildren :eek:). Most of them were in elementary education, with a few working i… --- ## [George Michael dead.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619)
**Author:** [@lilihob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilihob)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619 "2017-01-01T18:57:55Z")
Now George Michael. 2016 needs to stop being such a dick. --- ## [Pride and Prejudice and Zombies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies/484182)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies/484182 "2009-02-22T23:29:40Z")
I’m SO all over thiswhen it comes out. I think most classical literature would be improved with the addition of zombies … . --- ## [Plot Holes that Aren't (Iron Man 2 spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-holes-that-arent-iron-man-2-spoilers/685472)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-holes-that-arent-iron-man-2-spoilers/685472 "2014-05-14T17:00:48Z")
I’ve run across the suggestion there’s a plot hole in “Iron Man II.” Ebert writes: "The best CGI sequence in the movie comes at midpoint, when Tony Stark decides to drive his own car in the Monaco Grand Prix, and Ivan … --- ## [We have bedbugs! \*horror\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-bedbugs-horror/547685)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-bedbugs-horror/547685 "2010-08-05T16:22:54Z")
:eek: It all started a couple of days ago, when I noticed a couple of bites on my hand that I assumed to be mosquito bites. I paid them little mind. Then I woke up today COVERED in giant, itchy red bites – my arms, my l… --- ## [How could we generate electricity if magnets didn't work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-we-generate-electricity-if-magnets-didnt-work/629906)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2012, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-we-generate-electricity-if-magnets-didnt-work/629906 "2012-08-01T10:02:17Z")
I was just part of a tour group in the Hall of Justice (the new one in Washington, DC, financed by Batman) when I happened to overhear an intercepted message: Sinestro was deploying a device that would render all magneti… --- ## [Reports that Justice Scalia has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reports-that-justice-scalia-has-died/746053)
**Author:** [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reports-that-justice-scalia-has-died/746053 "2016-02-17T21:04:44Z")
Here’s the article. http://www.kvia.com/news/breaking-surpreme-court-justice-scalia-dies-during-hunting-trip-in-marfa/37981652 Will Pres Obama be able to successfully appoint another justice before he leaves office? --- ## [Billy Joel's "Always a Woman"???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-joels-always-a-woman/444869)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-joels-always-a-woman/444869 "2008-04-16T04:56:44Z")
This song has always bugged me! While this song sounds so beautiful, what the heck is Billy Joel saying? I can only conclude he’s gracefully saying she’s really a bitch, right? What is your take on this song? - Jinx … --- ## [Favorite way to say "He/she's kinda slow or not all there"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817 "2008-07-23T08:17:52Z")
I suspect there have been threads on this (knowing my failing memory, I probably posted to 'em) but I couldn’t figure out how to search on the topic. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer Not the sharpest tool in the sh… --- ## [Dress Shirt, Untucked, With Tie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-shirt-untucked-with-tie/568466)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-shirt-untucked-with-tie/568466 "2011-01-23T01:54:20Z")
I’ve been watching #! My Dad Says\* on TV and I noticed the son, Henry wears a dress shirt, with a tie and the shirt is untucked. Does anyone do this in real life? If so where? I never have seen it, but I live in Chicago… --- ## [Hey, ad people-- words mean things!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ad-people-words-mean-things/469225)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ad-people-words-mean-things/469225 "2008-10-31T02:25:34Z")
For a while they ran a commercial in these parts for hot sauce that wasn’t hot. Which, of course, makes it. . . sauce. That commercial used to piss me off. But then they stopped playing it and my upset became just set. T… --- ## [Fantasy/ sci fi with strong female characters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-sci-fi-with-strong-female-characters/289727)
**Author:** [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-sci-fi-with-strong-female-characters/289727 "2005-02-20T20:53:40Z")
Maybe I’ve been reading the wrong books, but it seems that I have read many books whose main female characters have either been wussy damsels in distress or horrible bitches. I’m looking for some fantasy and sci fi book… --- ## [Had a kidney stone? Tell me your story!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-a-kidney-stone-tell-me-your-story/695630)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-a-kidney-stone-tell-me-your-story/695630 "2015-09-01T13:17:36Z")
I’ve had intermittent flank pain for three days. I just returned from the Good Doctor who proclaimed what I already suspected to be true: I have a stone of the kidney. If you have had one, tell me everything. How long u… --- ## [Adaptations Where the Source Material is Ignored....for the Better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adaptations-where-the-source-material-is-ignored-for-the-better/981097)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adaptations-where-the-source-material-is-ignored-for-the-better/981097 "2023-04-15T20:32:27Z")
When written works (novels, comics, etc.,) are adapted to the motion picture there are fans of the original that invariably complain of changes. When Jaws was adapted from the novel to the big screen, they removed the a… --- ## [Perciful: You are a Disgusting Racist and Xenophobe, and an Idiot Besides](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perciful-you-are-a-disgusting-racist-and-xenophobe-and-an-idiot-besides/540702)
**Author:** [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perciful-you-are-a-disgusting-racist-and-xenophobe-and-an-idiot-besides/540702 "2010-05-28T17:49:32Z")
In this thread, the OP requested information on possible cultural differences that might be relevant when dating a Thai woman. Perciful posted the following: I don’t know what to say to this. I really don’t. In this… --- ## [Another Israeli mole uncovered - Why does Israel feel it can spy on us with impunity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-israeli-mole-uncovered-why-does-israel-feel-it-can-spy-on-us-with-impunity/261885)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2004, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-israeli-mole-uncovered-why-does-israel-feel-it-can-spy-on-us-with-impunity/261885 "2004-09-07T06:14:50Z")
Re the linked story -Using and encouraging a mole inside the deepest levels of the Pentagon is pretty serious stuff, isn’t there some substantive price to be paid for doing this? The last spy for Israel (that was caught… --- ## [Would You Take $3 Million Now, or wait 6 months and get $20 million?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-3-million-now-or-wait-6-months-and-get-20-million/524459)
**Author:** [@bonitahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonitahi)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-3-million-now-or-wait-6-months-and-get-20-million/524459 "2010-01-12T18:28:45Z")
Would You Take $3 million now, or wait and get $20 million in 6 months? Guaranteed, either way. Consider it like a Lotto win. This would be net to you- after taxes. Your health and your family’s are good. No trick quest… --- ## [Is there a simple explanation to what is going on Greece?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-simple-explanation-to-what-is-going-on-greece/724515)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-simple-explanation-to-what-is-going-on-greece/724515 "2015-07-10T13:41:50Z")
\[ol\] \[li\]How did Greece get to this place?\[/li\]\[li\]What is the significance of the resent “no” vote?\[/li\]\[li\]In discussing the US national debt, one argument that I have heard (and personally advanced) is that sovereign… --- ## [Help me to not feel like this young woman is full of it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-to-not-feel-like-this-young-woman-is-full-of-it/691313)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-to-not-feel-like-this-young-woman-is-full-of-it/691313 "2014-06-24T17:48:36Z")
OK, “full of it” may not be the right phrase I’m looking for. I think she’s sincere. I don’t think she’s exaggerating her frustration. I don’t think she’s making up anything. But I still can’t help by roll my eyes at… --- ## [S/he Did What? Ways Your Family Still Shocks You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-he-did-what-ways-your-family-still-shocks-you/491459)
**Author:** [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-he-did-what-ways-your-family-still-shocks-you/491459 "2009-04-06T11:25:01Z")
So, my mom and I have a . . .umm . . .frictious (if it’s not a word, it should be) relationship. Although I love her, we have a tendency to rub each other the wrong way. Basically because she thinks she can run my life… --- ## [Pointless story; was I being a jerk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-story-was-i-being-a-jerk/524668)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-story-was-i-being-a-jerk/524668 "2010-01-16T16:11:04Z")
I was in a 6-week leadership training course several years back, and there was an exercise that went down like this: The instructor gave us a scenario with something like 8 characters and a tragic event; each character … --- ## [Cool Bible Quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bible-quotes/168787)
**Author:** [@teemingONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teemingONE)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bible-quotes/168787 "2003-04-17T05:35:07Z")
Can anyone give me some funny, ridiculous, outrageous, or just overall cool quotes from the bible. Or just give me a website where i can look for some. --- ## [Anyone seriously considering leaving the U.S. if McCain wins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seriously-considering-leaving-the-u-s-if-mccain-wins/462620)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seriously-considering-leaving-the-u-s-if-mccain-wins/462620 "2008-09-12T17:47:11Z")
Usually, I follow elections fairly closely but also disinterestedly. However, this time, my passions have been aroused and I’ve made it really personal: I desperately want Obama to win. The reasons are numerous, but I th… --- ## [Who Killed the Electric Car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-the-electric-car/362065)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-the-electric-car/362065 "2006-07-03T20:07:29Z")
That was the title of a film previewed before Al Gore’s documentary. The site for the film is here. (Note, the site doesn’t like Opera, so you need to use another browser to view it.) The trailer for the film heavily … --- ## [What the fuck are you people teaching your stupid kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-are-you-people-teaching-your-stupid-kids/171861)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-are-you-people-teaching-your-stupid-kids/171861 "2003-05-14T21:07:53Z")
I’ve raised 3 kids. The youngest will be 18 in June. I taught them that they are to obey adults to a certain extent and respect other peoples property. If a grown up tells you to stop doing something wrong, you better st… --- ## [Best song in a movie opening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-in-a-movie-opening/556957)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-in-a-movie-opening/556957 "2010-10-16T03:40:10Z")
I’m defining this not as the best song in a movie, but best use of a song at the beginning of a film to set the tone. It could be a song used as a cold opening, or one used at the end of the first scene which runs over t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1002&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1004&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)