# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1033&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:** 1034 --- ## [What would you wear to an informal pre- job interview?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-wear-to-an-informal-pre-job-interview/686934)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-wear-to-an-informal-pre-job-interview/686934 "2014-04-30T16:54:31Z")
I have applied for a position that I believe I would really like and be perfect for at a large nonprofit organization. I happen to already live in the city where the organization is located, but they are advertising in … --- ## [What's your supervillainy rampage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-supervillainy-rampage/598166)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2011, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-supervillainy-rampage/598166 "2011-12-23T11:38:16Z")
I may be straying a little bit close to Skald territory, after all, this is the kind of thing he usually likes to post about. Nevertheless, if he has a problem with it, he can fight me in a duel to the death. On the mo… --- ## [WTF is Google burying Advanced searches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-google-burying-advanced-searches/619260)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-google-burying-advanced-searches/619260 "2012-04-22T22:24:52Z")
In the browser I was using until I upgraded my hardware recently, Google’s main page looked like this. Note the visible, if not precisely prominent, link to Advanced Search. (And I can still bring that page up by going… --- ## [Is there a Meryl Streep of porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-meryl-streep-of-porn/526865)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-meryl-streep-of-porn/526865 "2010-01-31T06:43:42Z")
In a genre known for bad acting, is there someone notable for real acting chops? --- ## [So I got a job offer (negotiating salary)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-job-offer-negotiating-salary/596304)
**Author:** [@dgrdfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgrdfd)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-job-offer-negotiating-salary/596304 "2011-09-24T19:45:45Z")
I’m not happy working for my current employer so I started looking around. I put in a resume on a Friday and was called that Monday for an interview so seemingly I was a good fit. Fast forward a month and I have an offer… --- ## [Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scylla/92734)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scylla/92734 "2001-11-13T19:22:28Z")
You are a contemptible, sniveling, backstabbing little weasel. There is no shot too low, no innuendo too transparent, that you won’t stoop to it if it will win you the slightest advantage. When caught out flat-footed, yo… --- ## [Phrases you've seen mangled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youve-seen-mangled/531141)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youve-seen-mangled/531141 "2010-03-22T15:27:45Z")
This is kind of like threads where various misspellings drive you nuts, but this one is about phrases and cliches. These can be spoken as well as written. The latest one I’ve heard was “If money was no option, where wou… --- ## [Sexiest Video Game Character?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-video-game-character/354059)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-video-game-character/354059 "2011-08-16T01:40:22Z")
Inspired by this thread. I’m sure there’ll be quite a few of the old standbys, but I suspect this’ll at least as fertile ground as comics. I’ll start things off with my undisputed favourite at the moment–it’s hard to t… --- ## [Characters who are too damn whiney!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-are-too-damn-whiney/615374)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-are-too-damn-whiney/615374 "2012-08-18T03:46:53Z")
Ever get so sick of a character’s constant self pity you just want to scream enough already god! Rusty Venture on The Venture Brothers, brilliant show but man oh man does Rusty’s endless pit of self pity get old. Its pr… --- ## [Folks apparently not leaving the Catholic Church quick enough](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-apparently-not-leaving-the-catholic-church-quick-enough/551361)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-apparently-not-leaving-the-catholic-church-quick-enough/551361 "2010-09-03T11:09:59Z")
Everyone knows that the Catholic Church is seeing bad times right now, and many are leaving the Church. But my mom (an active and practicing Catholic) recently told me about some events in the Diocese of Cleveland that … --- ## [Will the left wing destroy Obama?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-left-wing-destroy-obama/575730)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-left-wing-destroy-obama/575730 "2011-03-25T16:50:14Z")
I’ve been following the trajectory of some of the more hard left lefties on this board and out in the broader world concerning Obama with a mixture of fascination and incredulity. I remember when the left turned on Clin… --- ## [What do I do? What do I do? (socialization thing)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-what-do-i-do-socialization-thing/598999)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-what-do-i-do-socialization-thing/598999 "2011-10-11T20:49:23Z")
Two people–my next-door-neighbors at the apartment complex that I have currently vacated–came out to chat with me while I was loading up my car with stuff early this week. They were very nice, introducing themselves and… --- ## [North America and Europe going to be like the fall of the Roman Empires?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-america-and-europe-going-to-be-like-the-fall-of-the-roman-empires/712333)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2015, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-america-and-europe-going-to-be-like-the-fall-of-the-roman-empires/712333 "2015-02-25T04:14:55Z")
North America and Europe going to be like the fall of the Roman Empire? Okay we all know how North America and Europe gone through growing pains of the industrialization and started to spend money into education, technol… --- ## [The shortest of rants for the shortest of months (mini rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shortest-of-rants-for-the-shortest-of-months-mini-rants/932146)
**Author:** [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shortest-of-rants-for-the-shortest-of-months-mini-rants/932146 "2021-03-10T12:27:54Z")
People, I suck at thread titles. So damn you for making me start this! Also, it’s 3 days into the month. My CPAP is improving. It is no longer trying to kill me, just make me miserable. That’s progress, right? --- ## [is there huge salary and cost of living difference between UK metropolitan areas and elsewhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-huge-salary-and-cost-of-living-difference-between-uk-metropolitan-areas-and-elsewhere/578006)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-huge-salary-and-cost-of-living-difference-between-uk-metropolitan-areas-and-elsewhere/578006 "2011-04-13T20:48:24Z")
I have heard that cost of living is very high and salaries are reasonably high as well in metropolitan areas of England. So how about places outside of there, like Wales, Scotland or just a rural area 100 miles from Lond… --- ## [Most ridiculous Deadliest Warrior result?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-deadliest-warrior-result/617421)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-deadliest-warrior-result/617421 "2012-04-03T13:16:05Z")
OPEN SPOILERS I’ve mentioned the Spike show Deadliest Warrior before, and how ridiculous it is - any show that pits the IRA against the Taliban is clearly batshit bonkers. Having said that, some results are more conten… --- ## [Post-Avatar Depression? Is CNN Being Punked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-avatar-depression-is-cnn-being-punked/524684)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-avatar-depression-is-cnn-being-punked/524684 "2010-01-21T18:10:51Z")
CNN says people are considering suicide because they can’t live in Pandora. I liked the movie. It was one of the best morally simplistic allegories I’ve ever seen – everything is so richly thought out and brought exqui… --- ## [Why United Negro College Fund?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-united-negro-college-fund/357873)
**Author:** [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2006, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-united-negro-college-fund/357873 "2006-05-29T05:01:45Z")
I thought “negro” was old hat, with its connotations of slavery and Uncle Tom. So why is this word still used in this organization, which, for those whose thirst for knowledge is incurable, I found advertising at diction… --- ## [why does Wikipedia lead to philosophy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-wikipedia-lead-to-philosophy/584079)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2011, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-wikipedia-lead-to-philosophy/584079 "2011-06-03T11:08:19Z")
I’ve just learned that all entries in Wikipedia will eventually lead to philosophy. If you take any (or most?) entries and keep clicking on the first link in each of the pages, you will eventually and inevitably get to … --- ## [You've just been banned from the Straight Dope. Now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125 "2014-01-18T14:46:48Z")
I’m starting this poll because I often wonder if some of our long time members who get banned, ever come back under a new name. (And new attitude.) --- ## [Debunk this myth: Sleeping with feet above head......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunk-this-myth-sleeping-with-feet-above-head/224321)
**Author:** [@hauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hauss)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunk-this-myth-sleeping-with-feet-above-head/224321 "2004-01-30T16:03:01Z")
… accelerates sleep/recovery. For instance, 2 hours with feet above head equals 8 hours in a normal supine position. (This has gotta be bogus… it’s hard to search for though.) Thanks. --- ## [What are the most popular message boards in the Internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-popular-message-boards-in-the-internet/164042)
**Author:** [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-popular-message-boards-in-the-internet/164042 "2003-03-26T16:11:26Z")
I got thinking. I searched for ‘large discussion forum’ and got a bunch of forums for people with a large penis. I didn’t check them, but I’d wager they weren’t very popular, comparing. SlashDot probably counts, as well… --- ## [How do people wind up doing porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-wind-up-doing-porn/212254)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-wind-up-doing-porn/212254 "2003-11-11T13:27:22Z")
Out of curiosity, how does a porn star typically get to be a porn star? Do they usually start out as hookers or strippers and a budding porn producer approaches them? Are there newspaper ads looking for porn actors they … --- ## [How Biden should hammer Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-biden-should-hammer-trump/915495)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-biden-should-hammer-trump/915495 "2020-10-05T00:38:10Z")
I sure hope that this isn’t an original idea, and that Biden’s team has thought of it - If I were Biden, during any and all debates, whenever a question came up that was even remotely apropos, I would HAMMER Trump on hi… --- ## [If only there had been a comma... (Man killed by alligator)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-only-there-had-been-a-comma-man-killed-by-alligator/724406)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-only-there-had-been-a-comma-man-killed-by-alligator/724406 "2015-07-09T19:54:18Z")
NO SWIMMING ALLIGATORS To be fair to the dead guy, the sign did say there were no alligators swimming. OTOH, I doubt he’d have paid attention even if it dad have a comma. --- ## [Are EU Europeans Any Closer To Losing Their National Identity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-eu-europeans-any-closer-to-losing-their-national-identity/603629)
**Author:** [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-eu-europeans-any-closer-to-losing-their-national-identity/603629 "2011-11-25T19:42:55Z")
With all the talk of the Euro and EU in the news, I was wondering if Europeans, who are in nations in the EU currently feel any closer to being “European” rather than affiliated with their own nation. I realize that the… --- ## [Generic, generic Match.com MEN...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-generic-match-com-men/239016)
**Author:** [@jay-c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jay-c)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-generic-match-com-men/239016 "2004-04-21T03:09:05Z")
Instead of continuing Elmwood’s rant against the people on Match.com, started here, I’m starting my own. Since I’m a girl, I’m offering up the other perspective. Some of the last couple of emails I received through Ma… --- ## [How good of an eye for colour do you have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970)
**Author:** [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970 "2008-10-15T21:49:10Z")
Me? I scored a 7 – which I thought was probably pretty bad, but apparently, 0 is perfect and the highest anyone in my demographic (female, aged 30-39) scored was like 1406? Guess this explains why other people give me … --- ## [Pretty, Cute, Beautiful, Sexy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretty-cute-beautiful-sexy/720217)
**Author:** [@mrclose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrclose)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretty-cute-beautiful-sexy/720217 "2015-06-09T06:38:27Z")
Those four adjectives are many times used to describe the look of a woman. Can someone give a scientific explanation of the differences? Are they different? Ex: My friend Karen is cute as a button but I wouldn’t say B… --- ## [Old motorcycle, can't get a title?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-motorcycle-cant-get-a-title/656293)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-motorcycle-cant-get-a-title/656293 "2013-04-22T19:07:04Z")
My brother owned a motorcycle, he died in 1982 and since then it just sat in my mom’s garage. We’ve recently tried to get rid of it by selling it, and no one will even take the thing for free without a title. Went to t… --- ## [Simple solution to Zombie Apocalypse(s)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-solution-to-zombie-apocalypse-s/669953)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-solution-to-zombie-apocalypse-s/669953 "2015-04-01T01:10:29Z")
So movie Zombies are a problem because they multiply quickly and become a massive horde of fast moving infectors that can readily sniff out healthy humans to infect. In all the depictions I’ve seen (i.e. Walking Dead, W… --- ## [Why do hydrogen and helium float upward?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-hydrogen-and-helium-float-upward/610601)
**Author:** [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-hydrogen-and-helium-float-upward/610601 "2012-02-17T14:01:44Z")
I understand density. What I don’t quite get is why density is the cause of layering in fluids. Suppose I release one helium atom. What force causes it to ignore gravity and float upward? --- ## [The missionaries charged with kidnapping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missionaries-charged-with-kidnapping/528159)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2010, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missionaries-charged-with-kidnapping/528159 "2010-02-19T06:38:22Z")
In case you haven’t heard the wide reporting on this story (here for one U.S. missionaries charged with kidnapping in Haiti - CNN.com) 10 American missionaries tried to take 33 Haitian children out of the country to set… --- ## [Ray Donovan: New Showtime Series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-donovan-new-showtime-series/662650)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-donovan-new-showtime-series/662650 "2013-09-25T15:46:07Z")
We watched the premier of Ray Donovan on Showtime last Sunday (you can probably catch in in repeat/OnDeman) airing right after Dexter. Ray Donovan is about a “fixer” who takes care of problems of the rich and famous…but… --- ## [Isn't Christianity actually a pantheon in practice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-christianity-actually-a-pantheon-in-practice/669780)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2013, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-christianity-actually-a-pantheon-in-practice/669780 "2013-10-08T12:50:34Z")
Per this article isn’t Christianity actually like a pantheon in practice? Sure you can claim these are all aspects of “God”, but when you are praying to, cursing or otherwise recognizing a discrete entity aside from “the… --- ## [Could the native Americans have stopped the settling of America??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-native-americans-have-stopped-the-settling-of-america/534982)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-native-americans-have-stopped-the-settling-of-america/534982 "2010-04-07T22:31:11Z")
I was watching American Experience, “The Donner Party”, and I got to thinking about the whole wiping out the native Americans thing. While there was certainly plenty of animosity and war going on between the Europeans a… --- ## [Helping a 10-week-old infant (and parents) sleep at night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-a-10-week-old-infant-and-parents-sleep-at-night/530312)
**Author:** [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-a-10-week-old-infant-and-parents-sleep-at-night/530312 "2016-08-19T19:09:28Z")
This is such a big and potentially controversial issue in the parenting world, but I’m curious where the Dopers stand on this issue. Our 10-week-old Boy 2.0 seems to have crested his colicky phase, and is ( :::crossing … --- ## [For those who live alone (or have lived alone before). Preferred state of (un)dress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-live-alone-or-have-lived-alone-before-preferred-state-of-un-dress/549919)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-live-alone-or-have-lived-alone-before-preferred-state-of-un-dress/549919 "2010-08-22T17:04:02Z")
So you’re home, you live alone, you’re not expecting visitors nor are you going out any time soon. What are you wearing? For some reason I’m much more comfortable in boxers than nude, but I couldn’t possibly understand … --- ## [Is bigfoot real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bigfoot-real/463046)
**Author:** [@Kacha94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kacha94)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bigfoot-real/463046 "2008-09-14T13:51:13Z")
There is so much controversy as to whether or not bigfoot is real. I am neutral right now, because there are facts to support either side. Can anyone give me some definite proof to prove it either way? --- ## [In defense of Genesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defense-of-genesis/961745)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defense-of-genesis/961745 "2022-04-11T15:36:01Z")
As a stone-cold absolutist atheist who has delighted for decades in mocking the Bible as an absurd document replete with logical problems that a clever ten-year-old can point out, I have to admit that one element in Gene… --- ## [How many hats do you own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983)
**Author:** [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983 "2013-10-02T05:49:58Z")
While reading the hat thread in GQ, I got to thinking. How many of us wear hats regularly? How many hats do y’all have? And what kinds? I wear hats all the time. Keeps my hair under control. I have a dark green wide br… --- ## [What is this gadget by the door in my hotel room?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-gadget-by-the-door-in-my-hotel-room/698352)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-gadget-by-the-door-in-my-hotel-room/698352 "2014-10-03T02:12:09Z")
In a hotel where I am a frequent guest, I noticed that they have this gadget in all the rooms: gadget It’s right at the top of the doorframe. It looks like something with an infrared emitter or sensor. I looked at it w… --- ## [ABC Family Channel, you gotta be shitting me. (perhaps lame, but fuck 'em anyway!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-family-channel-you-gotta-be-shitting-me-perhaps-lame-but-fuck-em-anyway/476991)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-family-channel-you-gotta-be-shitting-me-perhaps-lame-but-fuck-em-anyway/476991 "2015-06-26T19:41:21Z")
Watched Chronicles of Narnia tonight on ABC Family Channel. Never saw it, was looking forward to it. Until I discovered the format ABCFC stuck to without exception: Exactly 8.5 minutes of movie followed by exactly 6.5 … --- ## [How does a D&D pen & paper game actually work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-d-d-pen-paper-game-actually-work/502043)
**Author:** [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2009, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-d-d-pen-paper-game-actually-work/502043 "2009-07-11T07:53:44Z")
I’ve been curious about this for as long as I’ve known about D&D, and especially after I started playing D&D based computer games (Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, etc.). I know roughly how it’s supposed to work, as I’ve eve… --- ## [Companies making it damn near impossible to pay them without paying a fee for the pleasure!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companies-making-it-damn-near-impossible-to-pay-them-without-paying-a-fee-for-the-pleasure/626792)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companies-making-it-damn-near-impossible-to-pay-them-without-paying-a-fee-for-the-pleasure/626792 "2012-07-15T04:20:14Z")
Has anyone else noticed this trend? A company that provides services with a monthly bill makes it almost impossible to actually pay your bill without using their pay by phone option which costs$7-10 USD? It is really the… --- ## [A Christmas Carol question (Ghost of Christmas Present)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-carol-question-ghost-of-christmas-present/564535)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-carol-question-ghost-of-christmas-present/564535 "2010-12-19T07:00:53Z")
Read the following description of the Ghost of Christmas Present. I believe this text is public domain, so we’re good with quoting it like this. "\[The Ghost of Christmas Present\] was clothed in one simple green robe, or… --- ## [Ron Glass (Detective Harris on Barney Miller) has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088 "2016-12-03T20:04:04Z")
link This makes me very sad. Loved Barney Miller, loved Glass’ character. RIP Har --- ## [Restroom doors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restroom-doors/939791)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restroom-doors/939791 "2021-05-03T00:46:12Z")
Have you ever been to a restaurant or bar and been confused by the symbols on the restroom doors - not knowing which one represents that of your sex? Two examples: A cafe where there were chessboards set up for client… --- ## [Botticelli -- June 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923)
**Author:** [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923 "2020-07-08T16:46:52Z")
Not Cecil. Not … Clytemnestra? Not the amazing Colin Mochrie. Three DQs. ETA: Previous game – https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=895601 --- ## [Finish the Western III: A Murder in the Gulch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-western-iii-a-murder-in-the-gulch/285363)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-western-iii-a-murder-in-the-gulch/285363 "2005-04-11T15:21:37Z")
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear… Anderson’s Gulch has changed a bit in the past few years. Mining slacked up due to the uranium deposit being a fluke but the phosphate industry is still going st… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1032&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1034&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)