# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1004&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:** 1005 --- ## [Spectre of Pithecanthropus \[regarding closing thread on banning posters by popular vote\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-regarding-closing-thread-on-banning-posters-by-popular-vote/556427)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-regarding-closing-thread-on-banning-posters-by-popular-vote/556427 "2010-10-13T00:48:00Z")
So exactly why was it neccessary to lock down thispoll This is what you said Because the thread has served its purpose ? Well it is my thread and yes it has served its purpose(even though you never asked me) What ge… --- ## [They found something suspicious in my wife's mammogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-something-suspicious-in-my-wifes-mammogram/673830)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-something-suspicious-in-my-wifes-mammogram/673830 "2014-05-31T04:12:08Z")
They picked up some calcium in my wife’s breast. Apparently, that can either be from an infection or from cancer. It was picked up in a screening mammogram so they’ve ordered a diagnostic mammogram next. The doctor said … --- ## [Who Owns The UN?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-un/160875)
**Author:** [@bobk2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobk2)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-un/160875 "2017-12-24T14:17:17Z")
Specifically, who owns the United Nations building and property in New York? Is the property considered part of “US Soil’?” If the UN were to relocate or otherwise vacate the land, who would have the rights of ownership?… --- ## [Are people who stay with people who abuse them really "victims"? Do they really deserve sympathy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-who-stay-with-people-who-abuse-them-really-victims-do-they-really-deserve-sympathy/525178)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-who-stay-with-people-who-abuse-them-really-victims-do-they-really-deserve-sympathy/525178 "2010-01-20T19:02:19Z")
I’m reading some other threads on the whole abuser - victim dynamic, and on a personal note in talking to my daughter about what she puts up with a long distance relationship she is struggling to maintain with a dysfunct… --- ## [Artists who most alienated their fanbases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-most-alienated-their-fanbases/439452)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-most-alienated-their-fanbases/439452 "2008-03-02T14:48:04Z")
In a Game Room discussion on Guitar Hero, one poster mentioned how Metallica is supposed to make an entire album available on the game. He mentioned “if it’s Load or Reload, they’ll be a lot of annoyed people”. It remi… --- ## [HELP ME! Name my secret spy agency, c'mon, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635)
**Author:** [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2000, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635 "2000-08-25T15:37:56Z")
I need a cool name for my “secret spy agency”. As some of you know, I am planning a corporate event. It’s along the theme lines of Mission Impossible so we need a name for our agency. It can be cool or funny. I have writ… --- ## [\[Would you wear a\] speedo \[?\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-a-speedo/635138)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-a-speedo/635138 "2012-09-24T17:09:46Z")
Would u ever wear a speedo on a beach if the rest of the beach was doing so? Lets say someone paid u to put it on? --- ## [Do we know how ancient Egyptian was pronounced.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-know-how-ancient-egyptian-was-pronounced/539797)
**Author:** [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-know-how-ancient-egyptian-was-pronounced/539797 "2010-05-19T17:43:04Z")
I know we can read it thanks to the Rosetta stone, thank you ancestors, a language like that would seem like a bitch to translate but do we know how some words were pronounced? --- ## [Disgraced Former President Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgraced-former-president-trump/831028)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgraced-former-president-trump/831028 "2019-04-06T11:57:37Z")
That’s how he will be known in the future. Damnit! That should be Disgraced! --- ## [Last Hobbit movie done, so are the Tolkien LOTR universe movies pretty much over at this point?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hobbit-movie-done-so-are-the-tolkien-lotr-universe-movies-pretty-much-over-at-this-point/708385)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2015, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hobbit-movie-done-so-are-the-tolkien-lotr-universe-movies-pretty-much-over-at-this-point/708385 "2015-01-03T10:22:15Z")
Saw the final Hobbit trilogy piece “Battle of the Five Armies” with my kid the other night. It was OK but IMO it was more cartoonish than classic by the end. So anyway…now that Tolkien’s works have been done is Hollywo… --- ## [Let's see how many wrong and insulting assumptions we can fit into just four words!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-wrong-and-insulting-assumptions-we-can-fit-into-just-four-words/126388)
**Author:** [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-wrong-and-insulting-assumptions-we-can-fit-into-just-four-words/126388 "2002-09-04T23:05:19Z")
As many of you may know, I have a website about the Montreal metro. I was just in the Village taking a picture of Beaudry for a project I’m working on for my website. As I’m lining the shot up, this queen gets in my fac… --- ## [Is space Infinite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-space-infinite/604657)
**Author:** [@\_v\_l\_3\_V](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_v_l_3_V)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-space-infinite/604657 "2011-12-08T05:31:45Z")
Is space Infinite? --- ## [What's the difference between a conjunction and a preposition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-a-conjunction-and-a-preposition/63822)
**Author:** [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-a-conjunction-and-a-preposition/63822 "2001-05-02T00:35:21Z")
Can anyone explain to me precisely what the technical difference is? --- ## [We don't need to 'understand the issues that led' to Tuesday's atrocities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-dont-need-to-understand-the-issues-that-led-to-tuesdays-atrocities/82167)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2001, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-dont-need-to-understand-the-issues-that-led-to-tuesdays-atrocities/82167 "2001-09-19T15:22:31Z")
Note: The “they” I’ll be referring to represents only the fanatical Taliban/Hamas(sp) types. I’m not referring to Muslims or Arabs in general. I keep hearing, over and over, that the events of Tuesday “didn’t happen in … --- ## [Why don't more people recognize that "To Kill a Mockingbird" is white apologist crap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-more-people-recognize-that-to-kill-a-mockingbird-is-white-apologist-crap/821902)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-more-people-recognize-that-to-kill-a-mockingbird-is-white-apologist-crap/821902 "2018-10-10T20:55:06Z")
In all my life, I’ve met only a single black person who actually liked this book, and the longer I live, the more I understand why. The novel presents white racism the way white people want to think of it, not the way it… --- ## [I seem to be invisible to men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-be-invisible-to-men/366251)
**Author:** [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-be-invisible-to-men/366251 "2006-08-06T01:53:54Z")
I seem to be unattractive to the point of being utterly invisible to men and it’s driving me crazy. I can’t decide if it’s my personality or my lack of physical attractiveness that puts men off. Is it possible for wome… --- ## [Pronunciation of "Ralph Fiennes" name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-ralph-fiennes-name/124455)
**Author:** [@orr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orr)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-ralph-fiennes-name/124455 "2002-08-19T15:58:28Z")
I’m not sure if this belongs here in GQ or in MPSIMS. I figured I’d put it here since I’m pretty sure it has a definite answer. I was wondering about the pronunciation of Ralph Fiennes first name. It seems like everytim… --- ## [Big Bones: Do Obese People Have Skeletons that are Different from Thin People?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bones-do-obese-people-have-skeletons-that-are-different-from-thin-people/268620)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bones-do-obese-people-have-skeletons-that-are-different-from-thin-people/268620 "2004-10-12T02:59:17Z")
Is there any truth to the notion that there are “big boned” people who are predisposed to obesity? Also, when one becomes obese, does it cause changes to the bone structure as a result of larger body mass? I have seen … --- ## [What is the name for this type of playground "ride" ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-type-of-playground-ride/549337)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-type-of-playground-ride/549337 "2017-12-23T02:56:09Z")
They may not have them on modern playgrounds due to the safety considerations that seem to dominate all such matters nowadays, but… ANY of several different rides basically consisting of an anchored center and something… --- ## [Why do so many Canadians feel like they have to compare the US and Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-canadians-feel-like-they-have-to-compare-the-us-and-canada/560754)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-canadians-feel-like-they-have-to-compare-the-us-and-canada/560754 "2010-11-17T17:00:25Z")
Since my ex and kids live in Canada, I travel there quite frequently. I’m probably exaggerating, but at least half of all Canadians I meet feel the need to start describing why Canada is better than the US, in every pos… --- ## [Your Favorite Chain Sub Shop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chain-sub-shop/693643)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2014, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-chain-sub-shop/693643 "2014-07-24T06:55:41Z")
I’m a big sub fan. There are always some local mom and pop places, but excluding them what are your favorite chain sub shops? I’m torn between three… Jersey Mike’s, Firehouse Subs, and Jimmy John’s. If I have to narrow… --- ## [Is it kosher to eat chicken and eggs together?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-kosher-to-eat-chicken-and-eggs-together/516844)
**Author:** [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-kosher-to-eat-chicken-and-eggs-together/516844 "2009-11-10T02:27:02Z")
I know there’s the prohibition against ‘boiling a kid in it’s mothers milk’ which leads to the prohibition against combining milk and meat in the same meal. Would, say, an omelette with chicken in it be non-kosher by th… --- ## [Your favorite potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-potato/752404)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-potato/752404 "2016-06-03T03:33:21Z")
Other than me of course :slight\_smile: Inspired by the favorite french fry thread. I’m not going to make this a poll because I don’t want anyone to feel limited, and I don’t want my unpopular tuber friends to feel bad. … --- ## [Are there submerged towns under lakes created by dam building?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-submerged-towns-under-lakes-created-by-dam-building/419980)
**Author:** [@msean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msean)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-submerged-towns-under-lakes-created-by-dam-building/419980 "2016-10-24T03:12:53Z")
I read that a scientist says that there is a wobble in the earth’s rotation that can be attributed to most of the water behind dams being in the Northern Hemisphere. Since we’ve all seen what happens to tops that start t… --- ## [Middle Earth FA65 D&D 5th Ed support Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa65-d-d-5th-ed-support-thread/922181)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa65-d-d-5th-ed-support-thread/922181 "2021-03-13T20:19:14Z")
Old thread here: D & D on the Straight Dope setup thread. (In Middle Earth FA63) Game takes place in Middle Earth in year 65 of the Fourth Age. (After the Lord of the Rings). Game is mostly 5th edition (5e) of Dungeons &… --- ## [CBS: Bush knew uranium story was false](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-bush-knew-uranium-story-was-false/187661)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-bush-knew-uranium-story-was-false/187661 "2003-07-18T13:19:28Z")
Before Shrub delivered his State of the Union speech in which he made the allegation that Iraq had tried to purchase uranium, he was told by the CIA that the story was false. They knew the allegation wasn’t true but th… --- ## [How do they fit fat people on CT scan machines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-fit-fat-people-on-ct-scan-machines/680324)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-fit-fat-people-on-ct-scan-machines/680324 "2014-02-02T19:56:24Z")
Well, those machines are quite big, but the hole where the person fits is not so large. How would one fit a really fat person inside one of those? I mean, the person could probably suffocate or get one of his/her fat rol… --- ## [Tax plan passes Senate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-plan-passes-senate/803345)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-plan-passes-senate/803345 "2017-12-07T02:33:55Z")
Thought I would put this in the pit, as it will probably end up here. Some ‘highlights’ - Requirements for purchasing insurance. Gone. So it is estimated that 13 million will go without insurance. We all will pay for… --- ## [Super Heroes who are really mentally ill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-heroes-who-are-really-mentally-ill/680137)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-heroes-who-are-really-mentally-ill/680137 "2014-02-05T02:33:13Z")
ok we did superheroes who are dead or deadish, thanks for all the input. Now how about mentally ill superheroes. No doubts the capes and tights crew all have some issues but I’m talking those who are clearly over the ed… --- ## [Why did they escape in The Great Escape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-escape-in-the-great-escape/659451)
**Author:** [@watergallop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watergallop)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-escape-in-the-great-escape/659451 "2013-05-29T06:17:05Z")
I had heard about this film for years, most notably in an Eddie Izzard bit, and finally watched it last week. I guess I was expecting… something like a cross between Papillon and Escape From Alcatraz. Like, they’re pris… --- ## [Should I take down this tree leaning against my house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-down-this-tree-leaning-against-my-house/660985)
**Author:** [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-down-this-tree-leaning-against-my-house/660985 "2013-06-19T17:07:28Z")
Ok, Leaning might be too strong a word, the house is not supporting the tree. We had a thunderstorm last night - we’re fine, no trees down in our neighborhood, but the neighborhoods on either side of us had a lot of dow… --- ## [Buying glasses online: Why doesn't everybody do this?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-glasses-online-why-doesnt-everybody-do-this/511905)
**Author:** [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-glasses-online-why-doesnt-everybody-do-this/511905 "2009-10-01T05:15:14Z")
Okay, I’ve gotta rave. Buying glasses online is completely awesome and I’m kicking myself for how long I’ve waited to buy glasses (because of cost). Before buying, I got an eye exam locally of course, and they told me … --- ## [Teacher rattles desk; student calls 911](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-rattles-desk-student-calls-911/573239)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-rattles-desk-student-calls-911/573239 "2011-03-06T21:39:13Z")
Story here. I say the teacher should get a commendation for conducting an impromptu earthquake drill. Seriously, what the hell is going on in schools these days? --- ## [Graham Chapman and Python's gay material](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-chapman-and-pythons-gay-material/516107)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-chapman-and-pythons-gay-material/516107 "2013-12-04T04:19:03Z")
This is probably an unanswerable question, but – does anyone know what Graham Chapman thought about the gay material in Monty Python? Did he think it was funny? Did he help write it? Was it too silly to matter? And h… --- ## [West African Cuisine - for Kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-african-cuisine-for-kids/541324)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-african-cuisine-for-kids/541324 "2010-06-03T15:57:03Z")
A friend of mine goes into a mode I call “Martha Stuart by proxy” every year on her child’s birthday. She signs up each of her friends to do what we do best, and she always has some amazing craft she’s doing for the gif… --- ## [I'll vote for whomever I please, you fuckers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-vote-for-whomever-i-please-you-fuckers/435881)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-vote-for-whomever-i-please-you-fuckers/435881 "2008-02-12T04:22:03Z")
From this GD thread about Nader: \[QUOTE=Jas09\] Not a ringer - just a willing dupe. They have petitioned for ballot access for him, so clearly Republicans like him in the race. Whether it’s his ego that blinds him to re… --- ## [Lekatt banned? Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-banned-really/674096)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-banned-really/674096 "2013-11-19T02:27:29Z")
So Tom pulled the plug on Lekatt. You know, for people who had no (more) tolerance for him, all they \[del\]have\[/del\] had to do is not open his threads or take him on in argument. But banning him? There are a dozen poste… --- ## [Fuck You Pakistan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pakistan/585524)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pakistan/585524 "2019-01-25T21:11:40Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/15/world/asia/15policy.html?hp I just give up. Just cut off all friggin aid and back India full-on on Kashmir and whatever else. We should have done this since 1947. Pakistan’s always had … --- ## [Ivy, my bad bad bad aide. She's incorruptible. I've tried](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivy-my-bad-bad-bad-aide-shes-incorruptible-ive-tried/973132)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivy-my-bad-bad-bad-aide-shes-incorruptible-ive-tried/973132 "2022-12-10T21:47:01Z")
She’s strange. I like her brand of strange. #1:She’s afraid of all Animals. I asked her Why?, She said it was an unfortunate accident at a zoo. Boy, oh boy I’d like to know that Story. #2: She doesn’t watch TV. The o… --- ## [Japanese people giving the "peace" sign in photos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-people-giving-the-peace-sign-in-photos/544653)
**Author:** [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-people-giving-the-peace-sign-in-photos/544653 "2010-07-01T02:42:21Z")
Seems like whenever I see Japanese folks having their photo taken, whether in Japan or anywhere else, they frequently hold up the V for Victory, or what we in the US used to call the “Peace” sign, even very young kids. … --- ## [Downton Abbey - Daisy and William (SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-daisy-and-william-spoilers/669546)
**Author:** [@Claire98909](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire98909)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-daisy-and-william-spoilers/669546 "2013-11-09T14:54:51Z")
Even though William was on his death bed, did he and Daisy have to find some way to consummate their marriage so that it wouldn’t be annulled and Daisy wouldn’t be denied her widow’s pension? --- ## [Era of no tax internet sales coming to a close- Senate planning vote on Internet sales tax bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/era-of-no-tax-internet-sales-coming-to-a-close-senate-planning-vote-on-internet-sales-tax-bill/656342)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2013, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/era-of-no-tax-internet-sales-coming-to-a-close-senate-planning-vote-on-internet-sales-tax-bill/656342 "2013-05-10T09:26:31Z")
Just an FYI. No tax internet sales coming to a close- Senate planning vote on Internet sales tax bill --- ## ["America Speaking Out" Greatest Hits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-speaking-out-greatest-hits/540979)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-speaking-out-greatest-hits/540979 "2012-04-14T19:13:50Z")
Spun off the “Stupid Republican idea of the day” thread, particularly this post et seq – a thread to preserve for posterity some of this classic commentary before it gets swept into the memory hole: --- ## [Is It Legal to Purchase Howitzers, Missiles & Tanks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-purchase-howitzers-missiles-tanks/95702)
**Author:** [@tsunamisurfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsunamisurfer)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-purchase-howitzers-missiles-tanks/95702 "2001-11-29T00:59:39Z")
If a person were so inclined, could s/he purchase an old howitzer? A TOW missile? A tank or guided-missile frigate? Johnny L.A.'s thread regarding private ownership of .50 caliber sniper rifles makes me wonder what uppe… --- ## [High Court to rule on gun bans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-court-to-rule-on-gun-bans/427259)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-court-to-rule-on-gun-bans/427259 "2007-11-29T05:30:03Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071120/ap\_on\_go\_su\_co/scotus\_guns;\_ylt=Andz2rRIRIYGiBNstym4\_52s0NUE Let’s have at it. Does Washington D.C.'s gun ban violate the 2nd amendment? I’ll stand back and chime in later… --- ## [Kelly McGillis is gay? No wonder she was in Top Gun.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelly-mcgillis-is-gay-no-wonder-she-was-in-top-gun/494836)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelly-mcgillis-is-gay-no-wonder-she-was-in-top-gun/494836 "2009-05-03T14:18:22Z")
Kelly Mcgillis has come out as a lesbian. Story here. Too bad it’s taken her so long in life (she’s 51) but it’s great to see so many people coming out lately. I hope she’s much happier now. --- ## [Possible mutiny at my company (what to do?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-mutiny-at-my-company-what-to-do/689844)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-mutiny-at-my-company-what-to-do/689844 "2014-06-06T09:37:15Z")
I’ve heard through the grapevine that a Director lateral to me is planning on going to the Board of Directors to try to encourage them to get rid of our CEO. I’m not sure what to do about this. My first instinct is to ta… --- ## [Chess - training game (Glee v SiXSwordS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-training-game-glee-v-sixswords/496301)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-training-game-glee-v-sixswords/496301 "2009-06-03T13:24:29Z")
As per the title, this is a training game. As a professional chess coach, I will offer advice, comments and analysis. SiXSwordS can take a move back, ask me for advice (or even what move to play!). There is no time li… --- ## [Mom has horrible table manners and it drives me crazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-has-horrible-table-manners-and-it-drives-me-crazy/592007)
**Author:** [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/what_do_I_type_here)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-has-horrible-table-manners-and-it-drives-me-crazy/592007 "2011-08-12T05:06:35Z")
First off I don’t want to give the impression that I’m a Ann Landers type. And this is going to be long and disjointed because I’m a little angry right now. But my mom behaves like a car bomb at the dinner table. First… --- ## [What were you doing when John Lennon died?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-doing-when-john-lennon-died/530484)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-doing-when-john-lennon-died/530484 "2010-03-02T22:14:17Z")
I’m watching a documentary on Elton John, and he was speaking about where he was when John Lennon died on December 8, 1980. Apparently, Elton John was on an aircraft travelling between Brisbane and Melbourne, Australia. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1003&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1005&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)