# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=103&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:** 104 --- ## [Ask the Person on Food Stamps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-on-food-stamps/522597)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-on-food-stamps/522597 "2010-03-29T12:33:13Z")
I’m really hoping this doesn’t turn into a bad idea… After two years of financial struggle where my employment has been intermittent, temporary, and low pay my savings are now exhausted. My prospects for employment fro… --- ## [Beverly Crusher and her sanctimony are single-handedly ruining TNG for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-crusher-and-her-sanctimony-are-single-handedly-ruining-tng-for-me/694439)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-crusher-and-her-sanctimony-are-single-handedly-ruining-tng-for-me/694439 "2014-08-08T23:15:36Z")
Seriously its gotten to the point where every time she opens her mouth I want to bitch slap her. She has way too much power and say over the ship. We are not even going to talk about her brining that prig Westley on boar… --- ## [Candy bars that must be brought back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817 "2010-01-13T21:14:36Z")
For whatever reason, I’ve been thinking about the Nestle Alpine White bar, which was a white chocolate/almonds bar sold in the 80s. White chocolate is so sweet it’s hard to match up with other candies, and almonds were … --- ## [Stupid Cheater Tricks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-cheater-tricks/286886)
**Author:** [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-cheater-tricks/286886 "2005-06-24T19:07:36Z")
Dear ShitWeasel-of-a-Student, I suppose you think you are somehow more clever than all the other buffoons who constantly try to cheat their way through my classes? Don’t you realize that you and your ilk are one of the… --- ## [Can we shoot back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-shoot-back/542596)
**Author:** [@CBEscapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBEscapee)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2010, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-shoot-back/542596 "2010-06-27T10:52:09Z")
It is one thing to kill us on your side of the border but fuck anyone who thinks you have the right to kill us on our side. Fuck the Border Patrol and fuck the people that support this senseless mierda. This shit has bee… --- ## [do straight guys like their ass played with, and/or licked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-straight-guys-like-their-ass-played-with-and-or-licked/124713)
**Author:** [@davidhanson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidhanson)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-straight-guys-like-their-ass-played-with-and-or-licked/124713 "2002-08-21T23:50:02Z")
yes, i believe they do…:stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [The Good Place season 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-season-4/840903)
**Author:** [@Calavera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calavera)\ **Replies:** 294\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-season-4/840903 "2020-02-13T16:03:58Z")
Link to previous thread https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=805272 Episode 1: A Girl from Arizona part 1 Not bad. The scenes with Simone were the stand-out best parts of the episode, but the increasi… --- ## [What I've learned about American every day life from tv and movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ive-learned-about-american-every-day-life-from-tv-and-movies/634532)
**Author:** [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ive-learned-about-american-every-day-life-from-tv-and-movies/634532 "2012-09-28T15:27:32Z")
American men always have a poker session with their mates once a week. American men go bowling with their mates once a week. American men always have their mates round for "The Game " on Sundays. Incredibly good looki… --- ## [Class indicators in USA society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/class-indicators-in-usa-society/686330)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/class-indicators-in-usa-society/686330 "2017-09-12T15:31:42Z")
Although class is a dirty concept overall in the USA, it definitely still exists, what are some class indicators and areas of separation you’ve noticed? Or if you know of a recent book or documentary let me know too! So… --- ## [Annoying pretentious words, sayings, or pronunciations people use to sound smarter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-pretentious-words-sayings-or-pronunciations-people-use-to-sound-smarter/48456)
**Author:** [@Inanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inanna)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-pretentious-words-sayings-or-pronunciations-people-use-to-sound-smarter/48456 "2012-12-10T00:40:41Z")
It really irks me when people use “if you will” after EVERYTHING they say. Same with “at this juncture”. Blahhh! --- ## [What's wrong with saying "All lives matter"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-saying-all-lives-matter/727366)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-saying-all-lives-matter/727366 "2015-08-13T16:05:20Z")
This question arose in my mind again upon hearing the news that two ‘Black Lives Matter’ activists disrupted a Bernie Sanders speech, shoved Sanders, and accused the crowd of being “white supremacist liberals”. This is,… --- ## [VA attorney general refuses to defend gay marriage ban](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-attorney-general-refuses-to-defend-gay-marriage-ban/679535)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-attorney-general-refuses-to-defend-gay-marriage-ban/679535 "2014-02-17T20:31:19Z")
link This is of course good news for the pro gay rights side of which I am a member, but does raise a couple of questions in my mind. First a GQ type question: What are the practical effects of this? Does this mean t… --- ## [I'm SO sick of hearing "Trump voters are not bad people...we need to empathize with them". FUCK THAT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-hearing-trump-voters-are-not-bad-people-we-need-to-empathize-with-them-fuck-that/768921)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 307\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-hearing-trump-voters-are-not-bad-people-we-need-to-empathize-with-them-fuck-that/768921 "2016-10-23T12:38:44Z")
I’m talking about moderate to liberal commentators, who would never dream of voting for Trump themselves and generally consider him loathsome. In fact, a companion argument is that we should blame Trump, not his support… --- ## [December banning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-banning/198415)
**Author:** [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Replies:** 434\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-banning/198415 "2003-08-31T02:29:08Z")
Can someone point me to the December banning thread? The search engine is failing me. --- ## [NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144)
**Author:** [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-mars-rover-curiosity/604144 "2012-08-25T07:42:11Z")
Who’s watching? We have a number of Dopers who are generally down on space exploration with the exception or robotic exploration, so I’m surprised there isn’t more excitement. Keeping your fingers crossed until it actual… --- ## [I pit Fox News' Andrew Napolitano for his really stupid statement on the Civil War and slavery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-fox-news-andrew-napolitano-for-his-really-stupid-statement-on-the-civil-war-and-slavery/682251)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-fox-news-andrew-napolitano-for-his-really-stupid-statement-on-the-civil-war-and-slavery/682251 "2014-03-16T17:01:19Z")
The Daily Show did a nice job of destroying the argument, but this load of bullshit revisionism gets repeated so often I think it deserves a pitting. Napolitano says this: As noted by the Daily Show, this is all extre… --- ## [Rimworld: old west meets sci-fi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimworld-old-west-meets-sci-fi/730244)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 651\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimworld-old-west-meets-sci-fi/730244 "2026-10-28T18:48:19Z")
I’ve been playing Rimworld recently. It’s currently in alpha but very playable. The concept of the game is you’re in charge of colonists who crash land on a planet. You give them tasks, such a growing plants, taming ani… --- ## [Girls Vs Boys (strength)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-vs-boys-strength/600422)
**Author:** [@DaveBfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveBfd)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-vs-boys-strength/600422 "2015-12-23T21:05:59Z")
In my recent university lecture, and as well as previous years, I have had two feminist teachers mention that women are just as strong as men. The teachers being feminist is largely irrelevant, but I mention it because … --- ## [Ask the woman with stage 4 colon cancer! \[update - Maggie has passed away\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509 "2019-09-20T16:41:27Z")
Hey y’all! Soooo at the beginning of June I was diagnosed with colon cancer, which had metastasized\* into my lungs and possibly my liver. Because it’s spread so far (and mostly to my lungs), it’s considered incurable, … --- ## [Help 'the dude" find his new thread titles.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-dude-find-his-new-thread-titles/789206)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 363\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-dude-find-his-new-thread-titles/789206 "2017-07-03T02:17:06Z")
Title sort of says it all, help dude robert find new exciting things to discuss by offering thread titles for him to explore. So many things we haven’t discussed yet. A few examples: Would taking dehydrated water on … --- ## [Hey Bernie, go to hell and take all of your Bros with you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-bernie-go-to-hell-and-take-all-of-your-bros-with-you/809322)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 414\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-bernie-go-to-hell-and-take-all-of-your-bros-with-you/809322 "2018-03-29T05:30:16Z")
I voted for Bernie Sanders in my States primary, even though he was already out of the race and pissing me off by not conceding. But I still believed in much of what he was campaigning for. I also was very happy to see h… --- ## [Any Shakespeare deniers on this board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shakespeare-deniers-on-this-board/701197)
**Author:** [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_wuzzy)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shakespeare-deniers-on-this-board/701197 "2025-11-07T14:31:30Z")
As the thread heading asks, is there anyone on Straightdope who doesn’t believe Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare? It’s a subject which interests me. I suspect there is perhaps any older thread on this subject, but am unsure… --- ## [Make Toddlers Cry - It's OK, Since It's For the Anti-Bush Cause!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-toddlers-cry-its-ok-since-its-for-the-anti-bush-cause/366562)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 568\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-toddlers-cry-its-ok-since-its-for-the-anti-bush-cause/366562 "2006-08-07T21:01:52Z")
Very nice. As long as she can trash Bush, really, making toddlers cry is not a high price to pay, right? And frankly, although hopeful that this receives universal condemnation on this baord, I would not be completely s… --- ## [The Grail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grail/463922)
**Author:** [@maatorc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maatorc)\ **Replies:** 405\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grail/463922 "2008-10-08T01:17:10Z")
Am new here. Sent an email to Cecil who is likely very busy, on the ‘grail’ article on the home page. What is most odd to me about it all is that in totally non-secret and often quite readily available literature on the… --- ## [If life gives you lemons...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 693\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2004, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931 "2004-09-10T06:45:15Z")
Put them in your trousers and pretend you have oversized testicles. Better to be thought a fool than… --- ## ["Naked and Afraid" TV series, any versions with full nudity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-and-afraid-tv-series-any-versions-with-full-nudity/937834)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-and-afraid-tv-series-any-versions-with-full-nudity/937834 "2021-03-16T02:10:31Z")
You know, where two naked people are turned loose in the jungle and spend a very uncomfortable 21 days to win - nothing. I ask because the show is produced in several other countries besides the US. European shows have t… --- ## [A milder pit. Jimmy John's can go to hell.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-milder-pit-jimmy-johns-can-go-to-hell/527500)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-milder-pit-jimmy-johns-can-go-to-hell/527500 "2015-07-30T23:15:13Z")
I have a few co-workers that think (sadly) that JJ’s is fantastic. I think it’s the worst fucking food on earth (and I’ve eaten at Hardee’s.) I don’t think it’s disgusting, just aesthetically indefensible. Let’s disc… --- ## [Why doesn't it take fat people longer to starve to death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-it-take-fat-people-longer-to-starve-to-death/537981)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-it-take-fat-people-longer-to-starve-to-death/537981 "2017-03-29T18:40:47Z")
I’ve thought of this question before, but I was reminded of it by this thread. 1.) Fat people don’t last any longer without food than normal people, do they? 2.) Why not? Don’t camels survive on the fat in their humps? … --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread - August 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-august-2014/694253)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-august-2014/694253 "2014-08-30T04:43:05Z")
It’s a little early but the next several days are going to be busy so better early than NEVER!:smiley: I am still plugging away at The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker. I agree there was way to much exposition at th… --- ## [Hitler's Alternate Universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-alternate-universe/668544)
**Author:** [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-alternate-universe/668544 "2013-09-30T14:04:42Z")
Hitler was a genius. Politically, economically and militarily, no one has touched him since Caesar. If Caesar had had Hitler’s technology, we’d be bowing toward Rome today. Had Caesar had but one Ak-47 and a box of cli… --- ## [Teenager flirting with me. Weird visit to the inlaws!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenager-flirting-with-me-weird-visit-to-the-inlaws/659546)
**Author:** [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenager-flirting-with-me-weird-visit-to-the-inlaws/659546 "2023-06-13T16:03:32Z")
So, visiting my sister in law and BIL over the weekend. Their house is always a zoo of people and kids on holiday weekends. Here is the roster of participants: BIL, SIL, wife, niece, Niece’s husband, niece’s kids (3 g… --- ## [French Presidential Election, 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-presidential-election-2017/781294)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-presidential-election-2017/781294 "2017-05-09T16:16:52Z")
It increasingly seems that the French took one good look at what happened around the world in 2016 and decided they could do… well, perhaps not worse but sillier. Where to begin ? Until recently, the French political s… --- ## [How do wild animals avoid incest and inbreeding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-wild-animals-avoid-incest-and-inbreeding/321735)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-wild-animals-avoid-incest-and-inbreeding/321735 "2011-01-11T16:23:26Z")
Just curious. Humans have complex social arrangements and to prevent this. How do animals manage to avoid incest and inbreeding? As a second question, beyond animals in general, specifically how do the great apes preven… --- ## [Texas Cop Tasers Granny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-cop-tasers-granny/499417)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 477\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-cop-tasers-granny/499417 "2009-06-16T14:46:10Z")
A great-grandmother, actually. Story here. In the cop’s defense, I must say I’ve known a few old biddies in Texas I would have loved to taser. Waterboard, at the very least. BBC TV has picked this up – that’s where I l… --- ## [You theiving cunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-theiving-cunt/301043)
**Author:** [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-theiving-cunt/301043 "2005-05-02T16:32:50Z")
Last week was lab week. Sort of a lab worker appreciation week that management throws every year as a thank you for all the hard work the peole in the lab do. Lunch every day, raffles, games, that kind of thing. A good t… --- ## [Why are cakes in the grocery store so gawd damned expensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-cakes-in-the-grocery-store-so-gawd-damned-expensive/701182)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-cakes-in-the-grocery-store-so-gawd-damned-expensive/701182 "2014-10-30T06:29:15Z")
A cake made with some cake mix and a can of frosting even with some fancy goop to spell out “happy birthday” is about $5 max. So why does the same cake in a plastic pan cost $29 at the grocery store. WTF? Convenience … --- ## [Songs that use city names as a rhyme (and is there one for every state?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-use-city-names-as-a-rhyme-and-is-there-one-for-every-state/723629)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-use-city-names-as-a-rhyme-and-is-there-one-for-every-state/723629 "2019-07-22T13:18:22Z")
This came up in a discussion about the terrorist trial in Boston, leading to a discussion of songs about Boston, further leading to the song Sweet Baby James: Now the first of December was covered with snow and so was … --- ## [Mispronunciation/ Poor grammar that bothers you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispronunciation-poor-grammar-that-bothers-you/311475)
**Author:** [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Replies:** 355\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispronunciation-poor-grammar-that-bothers-you/311475 "2013-08-23T16:24:40Z")
Here in the South they are quite common, but there is a man in my office that is slowly trying to drive me insane with his creative sentences. Ex: He dun’ come up here once, now I’m gunna have to call him agin’ I aint… --- ## [Bill Clinton Has a Hissy fit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-a-hissy-fit/374067)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 454\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-has-a-hissy-fit/374067 "2006-10-03T14:26:04Z")
I saw the FOX interview-whew! That Bill Clinton-he can be nice as a boyscout-till you hit him with something he doesn’t like! What’s behind this outburst-he has a good alibi (about not persuing Osama Bin Laden0, so why … --- ## [Have you ever called the cops?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-called-the-cops/693927)
**Author:** [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-called-the-cops/693927 "2014-09-19T00:31:32Z")
I listen to police radio while I’m online pretty often. Usually local stuff, but Chicago is always active and very entertaining. One thing that surprises me is how many Chicago people call 911 for trivial things that I… --- ## [Dexter: Final Season On Showtime (SPOILERS!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-final-season-on-showtime-spoilers/662355)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-final-season-on-showtime-spoilers/662355 "2014-01-23T17:00:21Z")
So the final season of DEXTER started yesterday on Showtime. We have been big fans of this show and have watched every episode. Sorry to see it ending, but very glad this has been planned and designed to be a real final… --- ## [I'm hopelessly, madly in love with this Snorg Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hopelessly-madly-in-love-with-this-snorg-girl/575659)
**Author:** [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hopelessly-madly-in-love-with-this-snorg-girl/575659 "2011-07-28T01:50:57Z")
This redhead here. Or here. Or here. Sigh…here as well. If you like a different Snorg Girl, well, you’d be wrong. But go ahead and state your case if you must. --- ## [Grand jury does not indict trucker who struck and killed cyclist last August: Why not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-jury-does-not-indict-trucker-who-struck-and-killed-cyclist-last-august-why-not/649640)
**Author:** [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2016, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-jury-does-not-indict-trucker-who-struck-and-killed-cyclist-last-august-why-not/649640 "2016-09-25T06:23:47Z")
On August 24, 2012, bicyclist Alex Motsenigos was struck and killed by an 18-wheel dump trailer driven by Dana McCoomb. This article gives some background and also contains links to the police report, which is accurately… --- ## [So admit it, are (still) sure Trump will not become the new president?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-admit-it-are-still-sure-trump-will-not-become-the-new-president/755445)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-admit-it-are-still-sure-trump-will-not-become-the-new-president/755445 "2016-06-08T15:21:00Z")
I assume that most of us assumed there was no way in hell Trump will ever become the next president of the United States. If you did feel that way, do you still? I did, but I have to admit, I’m starting to get a little … --- ## [What are you getting out of all this, Bricker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-getting-out-of-all-this-bricker/265593)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 498\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-getting-out-of-all-this-bricker/265593 "2005-01-10T15:35:21Z")
In this thread you reveled in the fact that 78% of Louisiana voters approved a ban on gay marriage. You could barely contain your glowing praise of the democratic process, and how wrong we liberals were. What joy are y… --- ## [Understanding Risk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-risk/576302)
**Author:** [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Replies:** 298\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-risk/576302 "2011-04-06T18:01:04Z")
In a generic restaurant there are four players: owner, cook, waitress, dishwasher. The owner risked her capital to start a business–she is a capitalist and entrepreneur. She had to lease space, renovate, get licenses… --- ## [NFL Offseason - Free Agency through Minicamps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-free-agency-through-minicamps/714162)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 251\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2015, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-free-agency-through-minicamps/714162 "2015-06-07T11:09:46Z")
We’ve got a week until free agency season opens, so I thought it was time for an NFL offseason thread. Here’s rotoworld’s list of free agents by position and ranked. On ESPN’s list you can sort by team and other factors… --- ## [Ben Stein's new movie Expelled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-steins-new-movie-expelled/442482)
**Author:** [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Replies:** 311\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-steins-new-movie-expelled/442482 "2011-06-28T22:54:02Z")
OK I obviously have not seen it yet. Expelled So I will not critique the move itself. But I have seen. The Super Trailer and This is what I am pitting The Darwin Daze Sock Hop You will have to click on if from the l… --- ## [I am not a monster, dammit!!!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-monster-dammit/528115)
**Author:** [@Pduol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pduol)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-monster-dammit/528115 "2010-02-16T03:14:56Z")
Yes, I am shouting. I am more a lurker than a poster, but lately I have been reading with interest the various threads on this board having to do with cesario. Since the whole cesario thing started, I’ve been entertain… --- ## [We who have seen Iron Man 2, salute you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-who-have-seen-iron-man-2-salute-you/537763)
**Author:** [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-who-have-seen-iron-man-2-salute-you/537763 "2010-07-23T00:47:08Z")
So I saw Iron Man 2 today. It was some sort of secret preview - we were 7 people in the entire theater. It wasn’t even advertised, and the film doesn’t even open for another week. Very wierd… but perfect for us. Anyway… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=102&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=104&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)