# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1023&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:** 1024 --- ## [Tigers, Lions and Bears Oh My](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tigers-lions-and-bears-oh-my/755721)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tigers-lions-and-bears-oh-my/755721 "2016-06-07T15:22:05Z")
Hello Everyone, I’ve seen a bunch of videos of people playing with baby Lions, tigers and such. As these animals grow older can the people that raised then still do things like cuddle with them and play with them? Or … --- ## [What won't you wear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wont-you-wear/342336)
**Author:** [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wont-you-wear/342336 "2006-02-09T17:44:38Z")
Everyone has some style, brand, colour or “look” that they won’t wear. Either it’s deeply unflattering, ethically unsound or you just don’t like it. Mine are the following: Real fur Feels nice, but yucky when you thin… --- ## [What is the biggest change of opinion you have undergone snce adulthood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-biggest-change-of-opinion-you-have-undergone-snce-adulthood/525707)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-biggest-change-of-opinion-you-have-undergone-snce-adulthood/525707 "2010-01-24T19:27:12Z")
Are you a former homophobe who now supports gay marriage? Were you an long-time atheist who found religion? Did you once think that Pepsi was a vile concoction and Coke was made of ambrosia, and now think the reverse i… --- ## [Christianity in the US is now nothing more than Culture War branding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christianity-in-the-us-is-now-nothing-more-than-culture-war-branding/402706)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2007, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christianity-in-the-us-is-now-nothing-more-than-culture-war-branding/402706 "2007-05-07T11:30:27Z")
The fishes on cars, the “In God We Trust” + stars and stripes license plates here in Indiana. Businesses that display a fish on their business cards or signage. When I see these things, do I think piety? Love of neighbo… --- ## [Sybil Exposed--It was all a case of pernicious anemia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sybil-exposed-it-was-all-a-case-of-pernicious-anemia/654526)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sybil-exposed-it-was-all-a-case-of-pernicious-anemia/654526 "2013-04-07T01:50:16Z")
Wiki link So says Debbie Nathan in her book debunking the whole “multiple personality” hysteria that erupted from Flora Rheta Schreiber’s book. Shirley Ardell Mason and her mother Mattie (called Sybil and Hattie) both s… --- ## [Am I The Only Fool? (Question regarding Cecil.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-fool-question-regarding-cecil/282392)
**Author:** [@NotNow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotNow)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-fool-question-regarding-cecil/282392 "2005-01-13T02:33:49Z")
After a recent reading of a thread here I have come to realize that the straight dope itself has once again proved my ultimate ignorance… Say it isn’t so, tell me it’s not true (and prove it) that Cecil Adam’s, a man wh… --- ## [Obama makes a potentially catastrophic misstep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-makes-a-potentially-catastrophic-misstep/482655)
**Author:** [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-makes-a-potentially-catastrophic-misstep/482655 "2009-01-28T18:49:41Z")
China manipulating currency The accusation of currency manipulation is a pretty serious gauntlet to throw down. Currency manipulation is a serious crime and Congress is required to act on it. The government has avoide… --- ## [In-State Public University vs. Expensive Private School?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-state-public-university-vs-expensive-private-school/715300)
**Author:** [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-state-public-university-vs-expensive-private-school/715300 "2015-03-23T19:17:44Z")
My son is a high school senior who is hearing back now from the colleges he applied to. He still has a couple of “reach” schools that he hasn’t yet heard back from, but has been accepted everywhere else that he has appli… --- ## [The Straight Dope, Long As You Toe The Line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594)
**Author:** [@Clare\_Ashworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clare_Ashworth)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2001, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594 "2001-09-11T13:34:11Z")
Nostradamus advises me ‘not to question a decision by a moderator’, because ‘I will lose’. Are they such fascists? I would have preferred to think not. Other message boards I’ve contributed to only chuck you off if you… --- ## [Legal Question: Adopted Dog Sick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-adopted-dog-sick/753628)
**Author:** [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-adopted-dog-sick/753628 "2016-05-09T18:08:48Z")
Ok so I ‘adopted’ a dog from Craigslist. While I know that comes with its own dangers, the puppy seemed fairly healthy and I was told he had his first series of shots. Well jump to today, a week later and turns out the p… --- ## [Things you hate about the internet (too mild for pit)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-about-the-internet-too-mild-for-pit/558945)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-about-the-internet-too-mild-for-pit/558945 "2010-11-07T20:46:58Z")
Of course, it looks as though spam, stupid ads and malware are never going to go away and let us stop hating them, but what other things do you really hate about the internet? I’ve got one that I’m sure has been bubblin… --- ## [WPD (white people with dreadlocks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wpd-white-people-with-dreadlocks/594618)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wpd-white-people-with-dreadlocks/594618 "2011-08-31T02:59:08Z")
My 18YO niece came home from several months of summer camp recently with, among other things, dreadlocks. Prior to this summer she was a conventional middle-class kid. To say her parents aren’t happy about this develop… --- ## [Worst Acting by Actors Cast Through Nepotism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-acting-by-actors-cast-through-nepotism/308871)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-acting-by-actors-cast-through-nepotism/308871 "2005-06-24T18:33:19Z")
Sofia Coppola is clearly the queen of this category for her ruination of every scene in which she dazedly appeared in Godfather 3, but the idea for the thread came while watching the John Wayne movie McLintock, one of se… --- ## [What books/authors have genuinely scared you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-authors-have-genuinely-scared-you/500644)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-authors-have-genuinely-scared-you/500644 "2009-07-13T20:59:05Z")
Most books don’t. A lot of times, movies can just by doing the jump out of nowhere with scary music thing…but I guess that’s more making me feel jumpy than really scared. Anyway, in the latest Stephen King thread, a lot … --- ## [Why are chalkboards often green?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-chalkboards-often-green/489186)
**Author:** [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-chalkboards-often-green/489186 "2009-03-14T19:46:18Z")
I know why the original chalkboards were black or at least dark grey - they were made from a type of stone which naturally occurs in those colors. But it’s been a long time since chalkboards were natural stone; I underst… --- ## [A hundred vs one hundred](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hundred-vs-one-hundred/653291)
**Author:** [@Pinmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pinmin)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hundred-vs-one-hundred/653291 "2013-03-27T03:49:02Z")
Grammar nazis - what is the correct way to pronounce the number 156? A coworker said “a hundred and fifty six”; another coworker made fun of him for sounding like a hick, saying it should be “one hundred fifty six.” The… --- ## [Is match.com full of robots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-match-com-full-of-robots/314082)
**Author:** [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-match-com-full-of-robots/314082 "2005-08-04T01:24:48Z")
OK I’ll confess to having signed up to match.com. I recently received emails from a ‘member’ that were particularly strange, as in lacking in content. They were each single line non-directed comments, the second containi… --- ## [Once again, I'm glad I got the hell outta Texas.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-im-glad-i-got-the-hell-outta-texas/415067)
**Author:** [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-im-glad-i-got-the-hell-outta-texas/415067 "2007-08-19T02:04:09Z")
The link. In a nutshell (emphasis on “nut”)- the Texas Legislature has added the phrase “one state under God” to the (mandatory for students) Texas pledge. First off, I grew up in Texas, spent most of my adult life the… --- ## [Is the crust really the healthiest part of bread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-crust-really-the-healthiest-part-of-bread/390010)
**Author:** [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2007, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-crust-really-the-healthiest-part-of-bread/390010 "2007-02-01T11:24:27Z")
My mom always used to tell me to eat my crusts, because they were the healthy part of the bread, because “that’s where the nutrition goes!”. True or false? And if it’s true, why would the nutrients go to the outside? (… --- ## [The Mighty Boosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626)
**Author:** [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626 "2010-10-29T04:24:55Z")
So, I just bought the DVDs for series 1-3. Anyone else a fan? --- ## [Why are hot dog buns cut so close to the bottom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-hot-dog-buns-cut-so-close-to-the-bottom/539630)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2010, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-hot-dog-buns-cut-so-close-to-the-bottom/539630 "2010-05-18T12:56:09Z")
Hot dog buns are precut about 3/8 inch above the bottom leaving about inch above the cut. Why are they not cut higher up so the bottom isn’t too thin and the top too thick. The fixings pop or soak through the bottom. The… --- ## [Questions about weaponized anti-matter...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-weaponized-anti-matter/584372)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Ayebaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Ayebaw)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-weaponized-anti-matter/584372 "2011-07-01T01:31:51Z")
Seeing that it is far more powerful/efficient than current weaponized usage of atoms, would anyone ever feel the need to make an anti-matter bomb? Would the explosion be shaped like a nuclear blast? I assume so given th… --- ## [Blackface - Why the hysteria?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackface-why-the-hysteria/673171)
**Author:** [@Iamnotivan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iamnotivan)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2013, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackface-why-the-hysteria/673171 "2013-11-07T10:48:25Z")
I don’t watch SNL, but I constantly see news clips of a white man portraying the President with is face painted black-ish. Last week there was a white woman in blackface as Oprah and Mrs. Ob. My oh my, that was just so… --- ## [Of assholes and dicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-assholes-and-dicks/487697)
**Author:** [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-assholes-and-dicks/487697 "2009-03-05T05:01:44Z")
Ed Zotti posted the following a couple of hours ago in this thread: Emphasis mine. As a point of clarification: what is the principled distinction you are drawing between “asshole” (okay) and “dick” (not okay)? Thank… --- ## [\*&^% you too, Chase.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-too-chase/527444)
**Author:** [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-too-chase/527444 "2010-04-29T16:04:06Z")
I submit as evidence of big bank bullshit, the matter of a past-due balance of $41 that was carried for 5 calendar days beyond the “due date” (which is actually a date that already includes a 25 day grace period, but tha… --- ## [This is beyond insane (proposed Ugandan bill regarding homosexuals)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-beyond-insane-proposed-ugandan-bill-regarding-homosexuals/518899)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2009, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-beyond-insane-proposed-ugandan-bill-regarding-homosexuals/518899 "2009-12-11T08:51:41Z")
Take a deep breath and then look at this article from the Globe and Mail (a Canadian newspaper). Nothing I write here can prepare you for it. What is described therein is beyond insane. Uganda (and many other countries … --- ## [Universally beloved celebs you just don't care for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-beloved-celebs-you-just-dont-care-for/376078 "2006-10-22T20:30:39Z")
Bill Cosby strikes me as a real smug SOB. --- ## [Grrr!! How the heck do you roll a corn tortilla?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grrr-how-the-heck-do-you-roll-a-corn-tortilla/381423)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grrr-how-the-heck-do-you-roll-a-corn-tortilla/381423 "2006-11-22T22:53:01Z")
So I cooked up some shredded pork last night. Made it with all kinds of Mexican spices. I thought this would make a great filling for some pork flautas. Trouble is: I CAN’T GET THE DAMN TORTILLAS ROLLED WITH OUT BREAKIN… --- ## [10 Musicians You Don't Like From The 60s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433 "2019-05-28T15:30:42Z")
Their personalities… You can like their music (or not). To clarify, I consider a singer a musician. --- ## [Is the fear of writing "Mary Sue" protagonists impeding the creation of strong female characters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-fear-of-writing-mary-sue-protagonists-impeding-the-creation-of-strong-female-characters/577847)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-fear-of-writing-mary-sue-protagonists-impeding-the-creation-of-strong-female-characters/577847 "2011-04-13T00:11:33Z")
I saw the term “Mary Sue” used in a literary review the other day and in wikiing it upwas surprised by how powerful the paranoia not to to a have a character be even slightly Mary Sue-like has become. They are even litmu… --- ## [A counterpoint: Chain restaurants we actually like.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-counterpoint-chain-restaurants-we-actually-like/416460)
**Author:** [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2007, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-counterpoint-chain-restaurants-we-actually-like/416460 "2007-08-27T02:02:32Z")
I’ll usually be the first one to say “Let’s not go to a chain!” when people are planning to go out to eat. But as much as I enjoy trying new local restaurants, there are still some good chains out there, and a few aweso… --- ## [Real Life Mystery In My Old Hometown Area: Strange Case Of Tanya Shannon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-mystery-in-my-old-hometown-area-strange-case-of-tanya-shannon/563681)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-mystery-in-my-old-hometown-area-strange-case-of-tanya-shannon/563681 "2011-01-07T20:22:33Z")
I was born in a small town in Illinois, and many of my family still lives in that area. Recently, there was what appeared to be a simple, tragic car accident after a holiday party. The husband died in the accident, but … --- ## [Morons and god: dissecting 20 "arguments" for god and any argument for any specific god](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morons-and-god-dissecting-20-arguments-for-god-and-any-argument-for-any-specific-god/582915)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morons-and-god-dissecting-20-arguments-for-god-and-any-argument-for-any-specific-god/582915 "2011-06-28T14:39:20Z")
So classylady posted this in the thread with the obscenely stupid title (The day Kirk Cameron out-sciences Stephen Hawking is the day that Rick Santorum stops being a bigoted douchefag), and I felt something of a need … --- ## [Are we being tracked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-being-tracked/764561)
**Author:** [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-being-tracked/764561 "2016-09-11T15:36:41Z")
Not sure if this has been discussed (Delete me or rather the thread, if so :smack:) If OnStar can find us, why not the rest of the world? If phones ping, is this technology a good thing? Are they building vehicles wi… --- ## [Is it common to use "dear" as a synonym for "expensive"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-common-to-use-dear-as-a-synonym-for-expensive/453020)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-common-to-use-dear-as-a-synonym-for-expensive/453020 "2008-07-17T15:38:28Z")
The English adjective dear is etymologically related to German teuer, which can mean both “dear” and “expensive”, although the former meaning (“mein teurer Freund”) is not very customary nowadays. It’s the same for carus … --- ## [A movie that might change your life, etc., Part 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-that-might-change-your-life-etc-part-2/55106)
**Author:** [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2001, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-that-might-change-your-life-etc-part-2/55106 "2001-05-22T12:48:57Z")
\[Moderator Hat: ON\] This is a continuation from the earlier thread, A Movie That Might Change Your Life…. David B, SDMB Great Debates Moderator \[Moderator Hat: OFF\] --- ## [Sneer on Mr. Bricker. Sneer on.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneer-on-mr-bricker-sneer-on/375451)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneer-on-mr-bricker-sneer-on/375451 "2006-10-07T14:59:37Z")
Concerning Mr. Foley. Yes, it is quite distasteful, quite unfortunate, and quite innapropriate. A barely closeted gay Republican was quite friendly to some pages. Was he more innapropriately friendly to these pages th… --- ## [Is It Ethical To Defend A Known Killer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ethical-to-defend-a-known-killer/648815)
**Author:** [@pchaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pchaos)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ethical-to-defend-a-known-killer/648815 "2013-02-06T18:21:52Z")
Let’s say that you know the guy is a killer and that he deserves the death penalty. Would it be ethical for an attorney to defend him? And suppose this killer told every attorney that he committed the murder and a doze… --- ## [What or who is your state known for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-or-who-is-your-state-known-for/727518)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-or-who-is-your-state-known-for/727518 "2015-08-13T19:14:31Z")
A couple of recent threads got me thinking about this. If they made a movie that takes place in your state what would they show? We know for Maine it would be the rocky coast, and possibly pine trees or moose. If peopl… --- ## [Translate Chicago's Italian Ice Cream Man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-chicagos-italian-ice-cream-man/150144)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-chicagos-italian-ice-cream-man/150144 "2013-05-30T23:11:31Z")
In the Chicago song, “Does Anyone Know What Time It Is?”, what is the translation of the Italian lyrics when a man selling ice cream is singing Italian songs? - Jinx --- ## [A worthy cause? Cancer research...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-worthy-cause-cancer-research/64826)
**Author:** [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-worthy-cause-cancer-research/64826 "2003-11-07T14:53:11Z")
There’s a web site similar to seti@home that is doing molecular research using the distributed computing model in an effort to develop a cancer cure. There’s a Straight Dope team - if you’re interested in donating some C… --- ## [What celebrity has the best/worst Wikipedia picture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-has-the-best-worst-wikipedia-picture/599877)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-has-the-best-worst-wikipedia-picture/599877 "2011-10-20T12:42:55Z")
I’m talking about the main one, in the upper right corner when you open their page. Wikipedia has a fairly strict policy that any pictures on it are to be put there legally. Because of this, a lot of celebrities have pic… --- ## [Manufactured/mobile homes vs conventional homes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manufactured-mobile-homes-vs-conventional-homes/266403)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manufactured-mobile-homes-vs-conventional-homes/266403 "2008-05-25T06:17:29Z")
What are the pros and cons of these two. The manufactured homes are cheaper so you can get a 10 year old manufactured for the same price as a 60 year old conventional home with similiar square footage so you’d assume upk… --- ## [Old cartoon of Ravels Bolero and evolution of life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-cartoon-of-ravels-bolero-and-evolution-of-life/543858)
**Author:** [@AllFreedomUnlessDefyingScience](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllFreedomUnlessDefyingScience)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-cartoon-of-ravels-bolero-and-evolution-of-life/543858 "2016-03-09T11:12:20Z")
Many years ago when I was a child the early movie networks like HBO and The Movie Channel used to fill their interstitial between movies with short films, usually cartoons. I distinctly remember even after all these year… --- ## [All my DVDs on a drive; Plex questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-dvds-on-a-drive-plex-questions/663077)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2017, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-dvds-on-a-drive-plex-questions/663077 "2017-07-21T07:03:25Z")
Mrs. R, for some reason, has decided that it would be great if all our DVDs (1385 titles) were on a hard drive somewhere and she could just call them up on the TV, like she can Netflix (we use a Roku). I was looking at … --- ## [This is the Daily Show with.... Trevor Noah!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah/732930)
**Author:** [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah/732930 "2015-10-07T15:18:59Z")
What did you guys think of the new episode? I was surprised to find that I liked it. Maybe the new guy will surprise us and just crush it you know, indeed. --- ## [Ladies: Feminine dispenser queston](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-feminine-dispenser-queston/709702)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-feminine-dispenser-queston/709702 "2015-01-18T12:04:37Z")
The ones in rest rooms that cost 25 cents. How often are those broken, empty, or unusable? Note - I just fixed one at our facility. Knob wasnt turning right. --- ## [2020 Time Person of the Year: Is there any debate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194 "2020-12-14T15:25:02Z")
To me it is obviously George Floyd. OK who is in second place? Nominations: Dr. Fauci Joe Biden Mitt Romney General Mattis --- ## [10 questions on gutting for bri1600bv](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-questions-on-gutting-for-bri1600bv/517436)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-questions-on-gutting-for-bri1600bv/517436 "2009-11-15T22:25:43Z")
bri1600bv, how many people have you threatened to gut, and how many have you gutted? Of the people whom you gutted, how many survived? How did you go about gutting them? Did you use the same equipment and tech… --- ## [Road Rage: what to do...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-rage-what-to-do/676475)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-rage-what-to-do/676475 "2014-01-16T14:39:32Z")
So, you’re driving down a highway really late at night, minding your own business. The highway is almost empty of traffic and you are driving around 65 MPH… Suddenly, you notice that a pick-up truck is following you. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1022&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1024&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)