# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1005&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:** 1006 --- ## ["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… --- ## [top 25 TV putdowns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-25-tv-putdowns/439214)
**Author:** [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-25-tv-putdowns/439214 "2008-03-14T15:57:17Z")
The BBC has an article today, detailing the top 25 tv putdowns, as chosen by the Radio Times magazine. bbc link Some of the list are worthy contenders IMO but i bet dopers have some better options. Lets hear them. --- ## [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… --- ## [What The Hell Is Your Problem??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689 "2006-02-24T16:21:38Z")
No need to get defensive…just wondering. Mine is Graves Disease. A lovely little disorder that knocked me down to 118 pounds (on six fulls meals a day), and caused me to look like this on my wedding day (although the dis… --- ## [Things I Have Learnt From Westerns...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learnt-from-westerns/392739)
**Author:** [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learnt-from-westerns/392739 "2007-04-11T03:09:27Z")
Indians always wait until after the wagon has passed before attacking. A decade of alcoholism can be cured in three days by black coffee and buckets of cold water: the cure is complete when the patient starts to shave a… --- ## [USA city names - origins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-city-names-origins/773270)
**Author:** [@Gretchion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gretchion)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-city-names-origins/773270 "2016-12-16T11:04:58Z")
Most of the city names in the United States are of English, French, Spanish, and Native American origin, and I’ve recently learned about some city names of Chinese origin, such as Pekin and Canton. What are some names o… --- ## [Is the flag raising on Iwo Jima the most copied photo in history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-flag-raising-on-iwo-jima-the-most-copied-photo-in-history/651210)
**Author:** [@Penrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penrose)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-flag-raising-on-iwo-jima-the-most-copied-photo-in-history/651210 "2013-02-25T14:30:12Z")
Several photos have been reproduced millions of times (Che Guevara’s faces seems to be on lots of t-shirts), but is there any other photo that has been the inspiration for as many tributes and parodies as the Marines at … --- ## [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… --- ## [Phrases that revolt you just by the reading...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917 "2015-05-29T12:54:46Z")
It can be for any reason, or no reason at all. I’ve complained about “speak out” on this board in the past, but I just found another: “reality TV star.” --- ## [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. … --- ## [Obama viewed as the Antichrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-viewed-as-the-antichrist/510959)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Awesome)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2009, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-viewed-as-the-antichrist/510959 "2009-09-26T07:14:20Z")
Polling results from New Jersey indicate that 8% of the population think Barack Obama is the Antichrist, whilst 13% aren’t sure. Purely Republicans respondents poll marginally higher, with 14% answering ‘yes’ and 15% ‘n… --- ## [Should the SDMB have an affirmative action policy for the conservative minority?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-sdmb-have-an-affirmative-action-policy-for-the-conservative-minority/733927)
**Author:** [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-sdmb-have-an-affirmative-action-policy-for-the-conservative-minority/733927 "2015-10-12T09:14:58Z")
Should the SDMB have an affirmative action policy, in terms of moderator recruitment, to protect the conservative minority? --- ## [How do you cope/get-over being unattractive/plain-looking/ugly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-cope-get-over-being-unattractive-plain-looking-ugly/725358)
**Author:** [@HandsomeGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HandsomeGorilla)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-cope-get-over-being-unattractive-plain-looking-ugly/725358 "2015-07-24T20:35:32Z")
If it applies to you, have you been able to overcome such a handicap?, if so how?.. did you get over the repulsion that you used to feel when staring at your own reflection? In my case i’ve always felt ugly, the fact th… --- ## [Jupiter shifts orbit, Earth goes rogue...what happens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jupiter-shifts-orbit-earth-goes-rogue-what-happens/671938)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jupiter-shifts-orbit-earth-goes-rogue-what-happens/671938 "2013-10-26T21:21:49Z")
I was watching a show on Science last night that was discussing hot Jupiter’s that have been observed orbiting other stars. The theory is that these hot Jupiter’s once orbited further out from their star, but that they … --- ## [Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-rodriguez-tested-positive-for-steroids-in-2003/484808)
**Author:** [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-rodriguez-tested-positive-for-steroids-in-2003/484808 "2009-02-11T20:36:45Z")
My reaction: :eek: I did NOT see this coming. Story here. --- ## [I watched "There Will Be Blood" \[Spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-there-will-be-blood-spoilers/592796)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-there-will-be-blood-spoilers/592796 "2011-08-20T11:32:45Z")
I don’t get it. What was the point of this movie --- ## [Conspiracy theories: Why the outlandish ones that don't even sound remotely real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theories-why-the-outlandish-ones-that-dont-even-sound-remotely-real/916360)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theories-why-the-outlandish-ones-that-dont-even-sound-remotely-real/916360 "2021-10-26T03:38:42Z")
If one wanted to promote a fake conspiracy theory, ISTM one would want to make it as believable as possible. An example of a believable one would be: Pharmaceutical companies are sitting on a cure for cancer because the… --- ## [I didn't know that!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-know-that/431633)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-know-that/431633 "2008-01-17T22:59:38Z")
The things you discover after decades of life. Most recently, I was amazed to read that mercury corrodes aluminum. What amazes you that you’d never heard it before? --- ## [A lot of Deaf people don't read English?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-deaf-people-dont-read-english/364670)
**Author:** [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-deaf-people-dont-read-english/364670 "2006-07-20T20:13:25Z")
Ok, I know my source for this “factoid” is a work of fiction, but it is one produced by Pulitzer Prize-winning former journalist John Sandford. I’m speaking of this passage in his 1994 work Night Prey where two characte… --- ## [Are there any British superheroes with superpowers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-british-superheroes-with-superpowers/281764)
**Author:** [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-british-superheroes-with-superpowers/281764 "2004-12-30T13:17:50Z")
We were talking about this in the pub last night and we couldn’t come up with any. British literature is full of blokes who can do some pretty super things (James Bond, Biggles, Richard Hannay, Sherlock Holmes etc). Bu… --- ## [If Texas seceded, how far up shit creek would they be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-texas-seceded-how-far-up-shit-creek-would-they-be/996644)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-texas-seceded-how-far-up-shit-creek-would-they-be/996644 "2024-03-29T02:07:06Z")
Or they be just fine and/or dandy? I can imagine borders between Texas and other states closing, restricting interstate commerce, so I am wondering how self-sustaining they actually are, among other things. --- ## [Poll For Men: Do You Like The Look Of Obvious Breast Implants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-do-you-like-the-look-of-obvious-breast-implants/263054)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-do-you-like-the-look-of-obvious-breast-implants/263054 "2004-09-05T16:38:18Z")
I’m sitting here watching Fear Factor, marveling over their propensity to have women contestants with breast implants, when I begin to wonder… Do men find bad implants - obvious and hard-looking - as attractive as real … --- ## [Do other nations have a citizenship requirement for leadership?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-nations-have-a-citizenship-requirement-for-leadership/571336)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-nations-have-a-citizenship-requirement-for-leadership/571336 "2011-02-20T16:52:26Z")
If I had my little American heart set on being the Prime Minister of, say, France, could I move over there and use my fictional millions to do it? This question is inspired by the insipid birther movement, incidentally. --- ## [I want to start reading X-Men from the very beginning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-reading-x-men-from-the-very-beginning/489857)
**Author:** [@Carnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnick)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2009, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-reading-x-men-from-the-very-beginning/489857 "2009-03-19T12:14:40Z")
If I want to start reading X-Men from the very beginning and go through them chronologically, which books should I buy? Amazon lists X-Men Essentials, Classic X-Men Essentials, X-Men Marvel Masterworks, Uncanny X-Men Mas… --- ## [How Horrible is the most Horrible Thing You've Ever Seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-horrible-is-the-most-horrible-thing-youve-ever-seen/659272)
**Author:** [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-horrible-is-the-most-horrible-thing-youve-ever-seen/659272 "2013-05-28T05:08:55Z")
For the purpose of this thread, I am not asking what is the most horrible thing you’ve ever seen. I am asking you to rate, using whatever scale of horrible you wish to use, your estimation of just how horrible the most … --- ## [Everett MA boys Eat Dry Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everett-ma-boys-eat-dry-ice/538476)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everett-ma-boys-eat-dry-ice/538476 "2010-06-29T02:37:46Z")
In more stupid news from New England, a couple of kids in Everett dared each other to eat dry ice from their science experiment. They were rushed to Children’s Hospital in Boston, and are now fine. but They Freakin’ Ate… --- ## [Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather fight - it's time to rumble.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-pacquiao-and-floyd-mayweather-fight-its-time-to-rumble/719058)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2015, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-pacquiao-and-floyd-mayweather-fight-its-time-to-rumble/719058 "2015-05-17T09:16:58Z")
I didn’t realize there’s such a height difference. Quite noticeable in this photo. Their weights are nearly the same. http://news.yahoo.com/mayweather-pacquiao-weigh-frenzy-builds-200842601--box.html Really don’t have … --- ## [Jim Jones and the suicides: Why Flavor Aid and not Kool-Aid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-jones-and-the-suicides-why-flavor-aid-and-not-kool-aid/562348)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-jones-and-the-suicides-why-flavor-aid-and-not-kool-aid/562348 "2010-12-01T14:43:41Z")
Yep, I know that sometimes “Kool-Aid” is used as a generic term for powdered drink mixes, but here’s the question: In any documentary programming on Jim Jones and the suicide/murders, one of the pieces of stock footage … --- ## [I don't understand "Student Loans" for college](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-student-loans-for-college/942523)
**Author:** [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-student-loans-for-college/942523 "2021-06-04T20:10:31Z")
My son is attending Virginia Tech next year, and of course, requires his tuition be paid, some of which will be paid by loans. But I would never think that he has to take out loans to pay for college, that’s up to me to… --- ## [Is mainstream science out to get fringe science?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mainstream-science-out-to-get-fringe-science/61163)
**Author:** [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2001, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mainstream-science-out-to-get-fringe-science/61163 "2001-04-17T00:25:55Z")
In the Atkins Diet thread here in Great Debates, AnotherHeretic took the thread on a little tangent dealing with the ways in which, he asserts, mainstream scientists denigrate and unfairly attack any scientists that don’… --- ## [Terra Nova 10/3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-nova-10-3/598519)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terra-nova-10-3/598519 "2011-10-15T07:09:03Z")
Second episode airs tonight. Are you still in? --- ## [Poor Shemp Howard.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-shemp-howard/694636)
**Author:** [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-shemp-howard/694636 "2014-08-06T20:00:03Z")
He gets demeaned so often for being the replacement for Curly in the Three Stooges. Shemp was very funny! If he hadn’t left the Stooges early on and been replaced by Curly, the Stooges would have still been an iconic and… --- ## [Looks like my douchebag roommate are finally getting the boot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-my-douchebag-roommate-are-finally-getting-the-boot/435398)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-my-douchebag-roommate-are-finally-getting-the-boot/435398 "2008-02-02T16:32:05Z")
So after all the drama talked about over in this thread, it looks like things are FINALLY going to get resolved. Long story short, the landlord told us that it’s easier (and completly legal) for us to deal with them and… --- ## [What happens if the Earth suddenly lost its ozone layer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-the-earth-suddenly-lost-its-ozone-layer/506078)
**Author:** [@mazinger\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mazinger_z)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2009, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-the-earth-suddenly-lost-its-ozone-layer/506078 "2009-10-05T11:40:12Z")
Why yes, I did just watch a Nicholas Cage movie. I looked through the search engine and I didn’t see anything like this question from the 4 or 6 search results. I didn’t think anything too bad would happen, certainly n… --- ## [How do I unwarp a cutting board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-unwarp-a-cutting-board/549175)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-unwarp-a-cutting-board/549175 "2010-08-05T21:33:48Z")
I have a very nice wood cutting board made from various hardwoods such as walnut, mahogany, etc., that were laminated together in strips of various widths. Over the years it has become rather U-shaped (if you look down … --- ## [Debunk - Brain Cells do not reproduce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunk-brain-cells-do-not-reproduce/240922)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunk-brain-cells-do-not-reproduce/240922 "2015-04-30T11:06:30Z")
I’ve always heard that brain cells do not reproduce and that once you lose brain cells, they dont grow back. You have a set amount of brain cells and you’ll eventually start losing them, but you wont gain any back. I’ve… --- ## [My husband fell through the ceiling on Sunday.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-fell-through-the-ceiling-on-sunday/327707)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2005, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-fell-through-the-ceiling-on-sunday/327707 "2005-10-30T02:08:05Z")
Well, not on purpose. He went into the attic to do something or other related to installing a new ceiling fan which had to be moved from the existing place. The attic is not “finished” very well, with only a few plywoo… --- ## [Transient dementia in the elderly... my dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transient-dementia-in-the-elderly-my-dad/601001)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transient-dementia-in-the-elderly-my-dad/601001 "2011-10-30T07:02:05Z")
My father, who is mostly bedridden due to severe arthritis and has been for a couple of years, is generally extremely sharp. He is 78 years old and he’s always on the computer, learning new things, reading, stimulating h… --- ## ["It's just a bad Flu, we gotta just live with it." Gaining ground](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-bad-flu-we-gotta-just-live-with-it-gaining-ground/950544)
**Author:** [@Somethingwitty1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Somethingwitty1)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-bad-flu-we-gotta-just-live-with-it-gaining-ground/950544 "2021-10-04T07:24:23Z")
Let me say I am fully vaxxed. Mask wearing. Follow the CDC guidelines type person. I have noticed a creeping sentiment, including among dopers, that this thing is never gonna go away. Is it just defeatism? Are we jus… --- ## [Fuck you, Maryland MVA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-maryland-mva/731365)
**Author:** [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-maryland-mva/731365 "2015-09-17T16:15:00Z")
I got an alarmed phone call from my mom last week. She received a dunning letter from what appeared to be a collection agency (and I suppose it technically is, but it’s an official arm of the Maryland state government). … --- ## [Name the third Sharknado movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-third-sharknado-movie/694777)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-third-sharknado-movie/694777 "2015-07-08T04:03:00Z")
I’m going for Sharknado 3-The Tax Writeoff. --- ## [RIP Mindy McCready](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mindy-mccready/650667)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mindy-mccready/650667 "2013-02-24T02:34:02Z")
She sure seemed to have lots of problems and she apparently decided to end them once and for all by herself. Very sad story, now that it’s ended. \[ \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_OBIT\_MCCREADY?SITE=AP&SE… --- ## [The Fed will yield to Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fed-will-yield-to-trump/822825)
**Author:** [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fed-will-yield-to-trump/822825 "2024-11-08T03:47:54Z")
The Fed went off the rails years ago, but they still have a bit of sense and realize it is time to start raising rates. Trump is a nut. He is attacking the Fed demanding more cheap money to goose the markets. It will o… --- ## [Why Do People Protest So Much About Vaping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-protest-so-much-about-vaping/701516)
**Author:** [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-protest-so-much-about-vaping/701516 "2014-10-18T21:03:47Z")
I’ve probably opened a can of worms here. I’m a smoker, and I approve of vaping as a way to reduce the number of toxic chemicals I litter the air with from 5,000 to 1. I don’t understand how people who use cars, planes… --- ## [My sister, the outrageous fucking CUNT.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-the-outrageous-fucking-cunt/444564)
**Author:** [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-the-outrageous-fucking-cunt/444564 "2008-04-11T20:48:33Z")
I don’t even know if I can compose this or not. I’m so beyond pissed right now, but I need to fucking vent. And vent I shall. The background: My sister is recently 18. She has a 15 month old son. She and her son live he… --- ## [Suggestions for cheap/fun/easy food to make for a party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-cheap-fun-easy-food-to-make-for-a-party/601549)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-cheap-fun-easy-food-to-make-for-a-party/601549 "2011-11-05T01:46:12Z")
Hi guys, my big 3-0 is coming up soon and I’m having a wee gathering in my house. Unfortunately I have to feed the hordes of freeloaders that will turn up (the first time in my life I hope nobody turns up at my party … --- ## [Any way to communicate with a patient with Locked-In Syndrome?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-communicate-with-a-patient-with-locked-in-syndrome/516783)
**Author:** [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-communicate-with-a-patient-with-locked-in-syndrome/516783 "2009-11-12T13:07:26Z")
Are there any new, innovative or reasonably successful ways to communicate with a patient suffering from Locked-In Syndrome, following a stroke? I have a family member in this predicament and what we are using is frustra… --- ## [Say that there really is an omnipotent God and an afterlife. Is it best that we don't know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-that-there-really-is-an-omnipotent-god-and-an-afterlife-is-it-best-that-we-dont-know/643257)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-that-there-really-is-an-omnipotent-god-and-an-afterlife-is-it-best-that-we-dont-know/643257 "2012-12-27T08:02:43Z")
Imagine that God is real, that he created everything and knows everything, and is immeasurably good and superior in every way to everything we’ve ever known. And he has provided an afterlife for some or all of us. In th… --- ## [What's The Most Expensive Meal You Ever Had (in a restaurant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-meal-you-ever-had-in-a-restaurant/539993)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-meal-you-ever-had-in-a-restaurant/539993 "2010-05-20T18:25:12Z")
I always wanted to eat in a very upscale restaurant like New York City’s “21” or “Rainbow Room.” I had one job interview in Washington DC and they took me to dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel. Looking at the menu the din… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1004&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1006&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)