# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1038&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:** 1039 --- ## [Can the police arrest you for having a suitcase full of cash? (prompted by Breaking Bad...spoilers))](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-police-arrest-you-for-having-a-suitcase-full-of-cash-prompted-by-breaking-bad-spoilers/633952)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-police-arrest-you-for-having-a-suitcase-full-of-cash-prompted-by-breaking-bad-spoilers/633952 "2012-09-10T17:22:52Z")
POSSIBLE SPOILERS!! If you are a Breaking Bad fan and have not seen the last episode or two you may want to skip this. Mods, this is a factual question only prompted by the show hence me putting it here. . . . . . … --- ## [Help Me Name Our Fitness Challenge Team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-fitness-challenge-team/567624)
**Author:** [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-fitness-challenge-team/567624 "2011-01-15T01:12:31Z")
As part of a never-ending attempt at slimming down call center employees and their ilk, we’re launching a 10 week fitness initiative at work. Basically, we will be setting exercise goals, tracking our exercise, taking o… --- ## [What do you mean, I HAVE to sign my credit card?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-i-have-to-sign-my-credit-card/164379)
**Author:** [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-i-have-to-sign-my-credit-card/164379 "2003-04-14T19:38:31Z")
So I’m at the post office this afternoon to send off my tax information to my accountant. I know, I know, it’s kind of late, but I’m sending it express mail so that it’ll get there tomorrow afternoon. That’ll give them p… --- ## [Is Fuzzy Logic dead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fuzzy-logic-dead/658287)
**Author:** [@JWT\_Kottekoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JWT_Kottekoe)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fuzzy-logic-dead/658287 "2020-11-19T20:06:46Z")
What ever happened to “fuzzy logic.” It was all the rage in the early 1990’s. Japanese companies were building washing machines and bullet trains controlled by fuzzy logic. How much of this was hype? Are people still usi… --- ## [Kim Jong-nam Murdered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-nam-murdered/779891)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-nam-murdered/779891 "2017-10-02T04:48:21Z")
Wow. Kim Jong-un’s half-brother really had a bad Monday. Apparently, two women are suspected; however, it seems they also met their demise in Malaysia. Interesting note from the last link is that Big Brother (couldn’t r… --- ## [TV Dinners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-dinners/688304)
**Author:** [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-dinners/688304 "2014-05-15T23:23:27Z")
So - my husband and I went out today for lunch and a few drinks, and on the way home we stopped at the grocery store. I ran in - we needed milk, Hershey’s Syrup, Saltines, and he told me to pick up something for dinner … --- ## [Does standing around clenching a muscle group do anything, exercise-wise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-standing-around-clenching-a-muscle-group-do-anything-exercise-wise/592151)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-standing-around-clenching-a-muscle-group-do-anything-exercise-wise/592151 "2011-08-10T17:02:03Z")
If I’m standing in line at the grocery store, let’s say, and I go “herk” and clench my abs/glutes/etc. and hold for a count of ten, and do five reps of ten (it’s a long line…) does that “count” as far as exercise? Put a… --- ## [Clean magnet "stains" off my fridge door?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-magnet-stains-off-my-fridge-door/362631)
**Author:** [@happywaffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happywaffle)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-magnet-stains-off-my-fridge-door/362631 "2015-06-13T14:34:21Z")
Moving time, cleaning up the whole apartment, but I’m stumped on this particular one. I had a magnetized marble set on my fridge (kind of fun actually - a series of ramps, wheels, etc. so a marble can roll from the top o… --- ## [Tour de France '09](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-09/501783)
**Author:** [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-09/501783 "2009-07-28T16:37:46Z")
So who’s watching? Up first we have the ITT around Monaco. Does anyone stand a chance outside of Cancellara? Is Bradley Wiggins gonna take one finally? As for the race as a whole (GC)… I suppose one has to start w… --- ## [Does "Beano" actually work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-beano-actually-work/329764)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-beano-actually-work/329764 "2005-11-08T13:37:36Z")
I probably should have asked this question 5 hours ago beofre I ate that can of Ranch Style Beans :smack: (quite good, by the way! :cool: ), but does BEANO actually work? 45+ years on the planet & I’ve never tried the … --- ## [Wattage, amperage and voltage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wattage-amperage-and-voltage/709270)
**Author:** [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wattage-amperage-and-voltage/709270 "2015-01-14T16:44:26Z")
As an electrical engineer, I kind of frown on the use of “wattage”. I know it’s a consequence of my education, and I don’t look down on anybody for it, but it just grates on my ears. “Power” is the correct term. “Wattage… --- ## [Sally Ride: "Openly Gay"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-ride-openly-gay/629266)
**Author:** [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-ride-openly-gay/629266 "2012-07-28T05:32:34Z")
Didn’t want to clutter the memorial thread with this, but it struck me as odd, and I wanted to get some opinions (this is from the Huffington Post): Now, I want to preface this by saying I have the utmost respect for D… --- ## [Greatest invention/discovery in the last 500 years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-invention-discovery-in-the-last-500-years/954804)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-invention-discovery-in-the-last-500-years/954804 "2024-10-06T15:26:52Z")
What do you consider as the “greatest” invention or discovery in the last 500 years? Something that really changed the world at its time. I nominate two: The marine chronometer. This was/is a clock-like device which … --- ## [Raunchiest Surprises On non-premium TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raunchiest-surprises-on-non-premium-tv/249956)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raunchiest-surprises-on-non-premium-tv/249956 "2006-02-13T22:47:37Z")
Did you ever get surprised by a flash of nudity on TV, other than premium cable TV like Skinamax or HBO, etc., where nudity shoud come as no surprise? I’m not talking about ballyhooed nudity like the one on NYPD Blue: “… --- ## [Which religion is most likely correct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-religion-is-most-likely-correct/193173)
**Author:** [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-religion-is-most-likely-correct/193173 "2003-08-07T13:49:30Z")
This is an offshoot of Pascal’s Wager Revisited , where people were discussing the various benefits of Pascal’s Wager. I submit that the most important aspect to determine is which religion is most likely correct. I be… --- ## [Shameless solicitation from a poster (almost) nobody knows!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-solicitation-from-a-poster-almost-nobody-knows/625687)
**Author:** [@jlzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlzania)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-solicitation-from-a-poster-almost-nobody-knows/625687 "2012-06-23T21:24:28Z")
(Posted with the full permission of our illustrious mods) I’ve been a Doper since 2001 and although I read much and laugh often, I almost never actually have time to post. A few of you may remember me from that scintil… --- ## [Ever coined a word?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-coined-a-word/528968 "2010-03-05T19:31:49Z")
You know: like ‘truthiness’? Something that seems completely appropriate? We were talking politics with friends yesterday and one of them asked if Palin’s speech patterns were typical of an Alaskan accent. My wife sa… --- ## [Programming alternative](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programming-alternative/537754)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programming-alternative/537754 "2010-05-02T01:22:34Z")
I write programs using an ancient sequential program called Easytrieve. Basically, this is what they do: Reformat the file; Add fields; Compare the current file with the previous file and use data from the previous f… --- ## [Can a Photographer Sell Pics of My Dog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-photographer-sell-pics-of-my-dog/345164)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2006, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-photographer-sell-pics-of-my-dog/345164 "2006-02-21T12:21:37Z")
I was just browsing eBay, and ran across a T shirt that I really liked at first glance… and I took a closer look , and thought , hmmm… those eyes look familiar… It is my Gordon Girl Kharma !!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eB… --- ## [Best dumb criminal stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dumb-criminal-stories/486407)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dumb-criminal-stories/486407 "2009-02-24T02:50:45Z")
As a connoisseur of the dumb criminal genre, I have many stories I love to pieces. My two near favorites, from The Stupid Crook Book, are the guy who tried to rob a bank by shaping his index finger into a gun, and the t… --- ## [Everyone On Earth Will Want To See This Movie (Now With Added Snakes on a Plane!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-on-earth-will-want-to-see-this-movie-now-with-added-snakes-on-a-plane/360992)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Clam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Clam)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-on-earth-will-want-to-see-this-movie-now-with-added-snakes-on-a-plane/360992 "2006-06-24T17:33:33Z")
So…Snakes on a Plane. It’s got Samuel L. Jackson, so I will be seeing it, on principle. And I realised something: there are certain factors that will make me see a movie, no matter what reviews it gets, no matter how muc… --- ## [The First Musical Episode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-musical-episode/393238)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2007, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-musical-episode/393238 "2007-02-24T11:56:35Z")
Buffy’s “Once More With Feeling” was brilliant, not only for the way it fit seamlessly into the story arcs that were going on and moved them all along nicely, but also for the simple fact that in the Buffy universe, the … --- ## [Any interesting historical events in your family tree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interesting-historical-events-in-your-family-tree/423991)
**Author:** [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2008, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interesting-historical-events-in-your-family-tree/423991 "2008-10-16T08:12:59Z")
This came up in the slave owners thread and I didn’t want to continue hijacking and wondered if other people here may have any interesting tidbits like this in their family history. On my paternal grandfather’s side I a… --- ## [Aliens Question: why was Bishop in a stasis pod?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-question-why-was-bishop-in-a-stasis-pod/637129)
**Author:** [@Naive\_Evian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Naive_Evian)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-question-why-was-bishop-in-a-stasis-pod/637129 "2012-10-15T19:26:31Z")
Why does an android need to be in a stasis pod? David was not in stasis in Prometheus. Ash was in stasis, but the company did not want the Nostromo crew to know that he was an android. But in Aliens, everyone on the Sula… --- ## [Favorite Fictional Foods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-foods/340820)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-foods/340820 "2010-11-23T22:13:38Z")
The thought crossed my mind while watching the commercial for Fruity Oaty Bars (which Serenity fans will recognize as the video that makes River Tam go and balletically kick the daylights out of a whole bunch of people i… --- ## [Daily Show, 8/8, Chris Rock Interview - am I too PC here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-8-8-chris-rock-interview-am-i-too-pc-here/631094)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-8-8-chris-rock-interview-am-i-too-pc-here/631094 "2012-08-16T01:57:35Z")
I watched Wednesday night’s Daily Show last night - Jon Stewart interviewed Chris Rock to publicize Rock’s new movie, 2 Days in New York - which was written, directed by and costars Julie Delpy, an outspoken, socially an… --- ## [Keystone XL cancelled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keystone-xl-cancelled/610018)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keystone-xl-cancelled/610018 "2012-01-22T00:27:43Z")
I’d like to take my usual coldly-analytical-with-a-side-of-Simon-Cowell, but the truth is, I think it’s a horribly decision, stupidly done, and at the end of the day will increase actual pollution and energy costs at the… --- ## [Can you eat black powder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-eat-black-powder/656065)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-eat-black-powder/656065 "2016-02-11T03:31:26Z")
If so, how much? Let’s say that I was making a recipe and wanted to use it as an ingredient. I don’t, but for example’s sake. This board thread tries to answer the question, but it’s…well…not the Dope. And don’t tell… --- ## ["Zipless f\*ck" means what exactly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zipless-f-ck-means-what-exactly/193383)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zipless-f-ck-means-what-exactly/193383 "2003-08-07T14:35:06Z")
Somewhere it’s lodged in my memory that Erica Jong coined the term “zipless fuck” in her book Fear of Flying. Is that right? How exactly does she define the term? I’ve been saying it for years and it suddenly dawned o… --- ## [The Office - 10/25/12 - Here Comes Treble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-10-25-12-here-comes-treble/638947)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-10-25-12-here-comes-treble/638947 "2012-11-01T00:09:03Z")
Creed: “That’s what she said.” So for all who’s DVR’s cuts off the tale end. Andy’s parents are broke. Oscar and the STATE senator make out, and Toby strikes out with Nellie. The cold open was stupid. And I thought… --- ## [If I have a 3-way with a mother and daughter, could I be committing a crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-have-a-3-way-with-a-mother-and-daughter-could-i-be-committing-a-crime/366610)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-have-a-3-way-with-a-mother-and-daughter-could-i-be-committing-a-crime/366610 "2006-08-01T02:50:52Z")
Inspired by this thread about sexual fantasies Suppose I ended up in a threesome with a mother and daughter. We are all legal adults. I am not related by blood or marriage to either. No one has been found mentally in… --- ## [Accidental double entendres](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-double-entendres/608913)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-double-entendres/608913 "2012-01-21T20:31:35Z")
Years ago when I was a shift manager at a fast food restaurant, I was coming in to work my evening shift. The shift manager who’d run the morning shift was eager to go home and was waiting on me to relieve him, but I tol… --- ## [Are kids using this stuff to get high? Help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-using-this-stuff-to-get-high-help/85528)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-using-this-stuff-to-get-high-help/85528 "2022-11-11T02:31:44Z")
I found a bottle of anbesol and a lighter in my kids coat pocket. He claims he had a sore in his mouth last week, and the lighter was just a show thing, you know, to look cool.:rolleyes: I think he’s full of shit, but I … --- ## [Is Grave of the Fireflies the saddest movie ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-grave-of-the-fireflies-the-saddest-movie-ever/131277)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-grave-of-the-fireflies-the-saddest-movie-ever/131277 "2002-10-28T16:22:26Z")
\[Spoilers – obviously\] I’d heard wonderful things about this movie but I’d never seen it, so last week I picked up the DVD. Friday night I put it in the player. Five minutes into the movie and I was already sobbing. … --- ## [How Come There Aren't Any Christian TV Shows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-there-arent-any-christian-tv-shows/33624)
**Author:** [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2000, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-there-arent-any-christian-tv-shows/33624 "2000-09-29T04:43:12Z")
I was just thinking about this at lunch. I can’t think of one. There is plenty of PI, lawyers, cops and witches etc show but no Christian shows. Why? Now you might bring up Touched By An Angel which is a pretty good show… --- ## [When did you stop having the "test dream"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-having-the-test-dream/560707)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2011, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-having-the-test-dream/560707 "2011-03-29T07:58:25Z")
Most of us have probably had dreams where we either oversleep for a school test, or worse arrive on time and realize we are utterly unprepared for the test. The odd thing is that these dreams regularly occured well afte… --- ## [Republicans & Conservatism after Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-conservatism-after-trump/792951)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-conservatism-after-trump/792951 "2018-03-08T15:44:02Z")
Interesting article in the New York Times: They’re Building a Trump-Centric Movement. But Don’t Call It Trumpism. I’ve had to edit that long article mercilessly, but click on the America Greatness link for a sense of … --- ## [What sport would you like to see added to the Olympics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sport-would-you-like-to-see-added-to-the-olympics/947901)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sport-would-you-like-to-see-added-to-the-olympics/947901 "2023-10-22T01:51:38Z")
As I’m watching some equestrian something, I think that as long as we’re going to have animals in the Olympics, I’d like to see some sort of dog/frisbee competition. I’m generally opposed to sports with judging so maybe … --- ## [Spectre of Pithecanthropus' mod note in Pyongyang Metro thread \[Edited Title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-mod-note-in-pyongyang-metro-thread-edited-title/566270)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-mod-note-in-pyongyang-metro-thread-edited-title/566270 "2011-01-15T17:28:00Z")
In the “Pyongyang Metro” thread, in MPSIMS, SoP posted the following in his official capacity as a moderator of the SDMB: Moderator note This is extremely inappropriate. Do not compare a country’s population with the … --- ## [Take the test to see which candidate you REALLY want!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-test-to-see-which-candidate-you-really-want/606818)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-test-to-see-which-candidate-you-really-want/606818 "2011-12-22T16:29:07Z")
Just surfing about and found this test which asks you a series of questions and then, depending on your answers purports to show you which candidate most closely is in line with your views on those answers. I thought it… --- ## [Is it tacky/unattractive to have skin visible between shirt and pants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-tacky-unattractive-to-have-skin-visible-between-shirt-and-pants/581901)
**Author:** [@xoferew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xoferew)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-tacky-unattractive-to-have-skin-visible-between-shirt-and-pants/581901 "2013-11-06T14:11:50Z")
I’m a female, not overweight (no muffintop visible while standing) and I guess I’m a little long in the torso. Most shirt/pant combos leave a little gap. I make sure to cover it at work, often by wearing a leotard thin… --- ## [Aftermath of 'walking away' from a mortgage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aftermath-of-walking-away-from-a-mortgage/629888)
**Author:** [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2012, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aftermath-of-walking-away-from-a-mortgage/629888 "2012-08-02T05:23:31Z")
Some friends of mine found, about a year ago, that they just couldn’t afford their mortgage any longer. Their ultimate decision was to simply stop paying and let the bank foreclose, although they decided not to tell the … --- ## [Clarification of the purpose of ATMB and closing threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-the-purpose-of-atmb-and-closing-threads/710222)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-the-purpose-of-atmb-and-closing-threads/710222 "2015-01-22T21:32:45Z")
I thought one of the purposes of ATMB was for discussion of moderator actions. So, why have the last two threads that discuss moderator actions been summarily closed? I understand that some of the posts arguably crosse… --- ## [Actors that will always be that one particular role for you, no matter what.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-will-always-be-that-one-particular-role-for-you-no-matter-what/701027)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-will-always-be-that-one-particular-role-for-you-no-matter-what/701027 "2014-10-22T22:39:36Z")
For me, there’s a few that I always associate with a particular role, but one does stand way out in front of and on top of everyone: Ted Levine, no matter how many frustrated middle aged cops or anything else he ever pla… --- ## [Auto Fellatio - A guy at work said he can.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-fellatio-a-guy-at-work-said-he-can/123445)
**Author:** [@flapcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flapcats)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-fellatio-a-guy-at-work-said-he-can/123445 "2018-10-10T01:49:20Z")
Allegedly a member of our staff can give himself a blow-job. Though I didn’t witness him saying so. A week ago the rumour was ‘Someone in the studio can…’ but now I know who it is I wish I didn’t. Since no-one has appr… --- ## [How does the sun REALLY work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-sun-really-work/638247)
**Author:** [@Cmoore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmoore)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-sun-really-work/638247 "2012-10-23T19:04:18Z")
We all know what current mainstream science says; the sun is a ball of mostly hydrogen and helium gas, the pressure in it’s core is enough to create the temperature required for nuclear fusion which powers it. However th… --- ## [Could a US President be denied security clearance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-us-president-be-denied-security-clearance/755822)
**Author:** [@sbunny8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sbunny8)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-us-president-be-denied-security-clearance/755822 "2016-05-30T02:05:18Z")
Yesterday, a coworker suggested that, since having “eyes only” security clearance is necessary for being POTUS, anyone who can’t get such clearance (by virtue of being a convicted felon, for example) would be ineligible … --- ## [SDMB All-Pro Fantasy Football 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2015/727182)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2015/727182 "2015-12-29T08:06:26Z")
Last year’s thread We’re going into the 10th year of our league, believe it or not. And it sort of existed in the form of a different league with some of the same players a year before that. The NFL schedule is unusual… --- ## [What if the Birthers are right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-birthers-are-right/505330)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-birthers-are-right/505330 "2009-08-09T14:54:21Z")
Let’s say that, as he leaves office in 2016, President Obama glibly admits that, yeah, he really was born in Kenya to a Swedish woman, adopted by a white american woman who moved to Hawaii, and the Hawaiian certificate w… --- ## [Killer Blimp over Pennsylvania!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-blimp-over-pennsylvania/735999)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2016, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-blimp-over-pennsylvania/735999 "2016-02-17T09:53:29Z")
Okay, the title’s a bit of an exaggeration, but a very large military aerostat broke loose from Aberdeen Proving Grounds and is currently floating over Pennsylvania at the mercy of the wind. It’s reported as being at 16,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1037&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1039&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)