# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1041&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:** 1042 --- ## [Songs sung from an animal's POV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-from-an-animals-pov/498447)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-from-an-animals-pov/498447 "2012-12-01T01:12:20Z")
I just heard Iggy Pop’s “King of the Dogs” and it reminded me of the Stray Cat’s “Stray Cat Strut”. So what other songs are sung exclusively from an animal’s 1st person point of view? I guess you could include Pink Flo… --- ## [What would this encounter make you think?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-encounter-make-you-think/615099)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-encounter-make-you-think/615099 "2012-03-10T18:53:47Z")
Let me start off by saying I was extremely hesitant to start this thread, as it seems any time I share anything related in any way to my disability, a certain small (but loud) group of members attacks me for (among other… --- ## [Kidney Stones...Your Experiences, Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidney-stones-your-experiences-please/149912)
**Author:** [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidney-stones-your-experiences-please/149912 "2003-01-26T21:38:50Z")
So I think I might have kidney stones. My main complaints are frequent urination - to the point where I always feel like I have to go - and an increasingly severe pain on my right side. I went to the docs today and am… --- ## [V: 1.04, "It's Only the Beginning", (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-1-04-its-only-the-beginning-open-spoilers/518863)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-1-04-its-only-the-beginning-open-spoilers/518863 "2009-12-01T04:21:45Z")
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**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-cooking-disasters-of-our-time/514722 "2009-10-29T17:30:15Z")
We haven’t been shopping for a while, and our fridge is a little low on food, but I noticed while trawling through the freezer the other day, a leg of lamb I’d forgotten I had. Great, I thought. Thursday and friday dinne… --- ## [Can I drive four speakers on a 2-channel receiver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-drive-four-speakers-on-a-2-channel-receiver/444527)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2008, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-drive-four-speakers-on-a-2-channel-receiver/444527 "2008-04-09T07:50:11Z")
I have a home-theater-in-a-box receiver that does a fairly good job of driving a standard 5.1 setup. For a few terribly uninteresting reasons, I want to move it to the parlor. In the parlor, we have NO television, but we… --- ## [Gout Damn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gout-damn/662202)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gout-damn/662202 "2013-07-28T11:55:28Z")
So, I woke up during the night with a very painful foot. Pain is isolated to the metatarsal-phalangeal joint of the big toe. It hurts pretty bad, but is less painful now that I am at work (although I’m limping a bit). F… --- ## [ST:TNG question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-question/722616)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-question/722616 "2015-06-20T03:42:11Z")
I’m working my way through ST:TNG. I never saw the series all the way through when it was broadcast, though I did see the occasional episode then. Right now, I’m mostly through the 2nd season. In TNG, it seems the Romul… --- ## [Spinach: Tastes great but the texture kills me. Tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinach-tastes-great-but-the-texture-kills-me-tips/589170)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinach-tastes-great-but-the-texture-kills-me-tips/589170 "2013-10-10T22:02:39Z")
My fiance likes spinach, so I’ve been trying to incorporate it more into foods. I love the flavor of spinach, but the texture is just wrong. I find myself eating around it. I don’t really even like the texture of raw … --- ## [All that old stuff on the walls at Cracker Barrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-that-old-stuff-on-the-walls-at-cracker-barrel/549893)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-that-old-stuff-on-the-walls-at-cracker-barrel/549893 "2010-08-12T22:04:52Z")
Is it actually old stuff, bought at a thousand garage sales or antique stores, or is it new stuff mass-produced to look old? Does every Cracker Barrel restaurant have the exact same antique Coca Cola signs, faded black-… --- ## [Black student hangs ‘White Only,’ ‘Black Only’ signs at bathrooms, water fountains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-student-hangs-white-only-black-only-signs-at-bathrooms-water-fountains/731674)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-student-hangs-white-only-black-only-signs-at-bathrooms-water-fountains/731674 "2015-11-14T15:35:17Z")
http://eagnews.org/black-student-admits-hanging-white-only-black-only-signs-near-school-bathrooms-water-fountains/ “I apologize if you were hurt, but I do not apologize for what I did. Once again, this is my art practic… --- ## [What's behind the zombie craze?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-behind-the-zombie-craze/671105)
**Author:** [@dataguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dataguy)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-behind-the-zombie-craze/671105 "2013-10-14T00:24:26Z")
I’m trying to understand the ongoing fascination with zombies. I know that some things just get popular for awhile with no logical reason, but I really don’t get the zombie thing. The popularity of vampires, for example… --- ## [Get out of my apartment, you fucking freeloaders!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-apartment-you-fucking-freeloaders/500121)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-apartment-you-fucking-freeloaders/500121 "2009-06-25T21:45:17Z")
I"m beyond the point of caring about the hard luck stories. The reason why you don’t have a job is because you’re a lazy ass. Thankfully, the unemployment check, which is sent to MY address, because you don’t have a perm… --- ## [Childhood disappointments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-disappointments/634314)
**Author:** [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-disappointments/634314 "2012-09-17T15:36:50Z")
When I was around 8 or 9 I remember actually being disappointed that our trash bags didn’t have the big product name logo printed on the side like in the TV commercials. I was also disappointed that I couldn’t float acr… --- ## [Does a man subject himself to significant legal risk for rescuing a child in distress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-man-subject-himself-to-significant-legal-risk-for-rescuing-a-child-in-distress/620320)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-man-subject-himself-to-significant-legal-risk-for-rescuing-a-child-in-distress/620320 "2012-11-07T16:59:33Z")
This story (short version- a man rescued a drowning kid at the beach, pulls him to shore, but the hysterical mother accuses him of pedophilia and calls the cops \[also- this is a reddit forum post- not a news article… so … --- ## ["No censorship under any circumstances." Agree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-censorship-under-any-circumstances-agree/635910)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2012, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-censorship-under-any-circumstances-agree/635910 "2012-10-05T08:33:08Z")
Or, as a Slashdot user put it in a discussion about a Brazilian judge’s rulings against Google and YouTube: “There should be no criminal penalties on any speech, information, or data transmitted from anyone, to anyone.” … --- ## [Bra Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689)
**Author:** [@Potestas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potestas)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-gun/756689 "2019-01-10T20:52:44Z")
So I just watched a film that had bras that could shoot bullets at attackers. Does such a thing exist in real life? How difficult would it be to make a bra gun (that shoots bullets out of both nipple places on the bra… --- ## [Things You Should NEVER Google](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323)
**Author:** [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323 "2016-07-29T03:19:15Z")
After reading this morning’s Questionable Content comic it got me thinking about all the things I’ve done searches on in my internet wanderings and thought as a service to my fellow Dopers I would build a list of things … --- ## [If everyone on earth suddenly disappeared, what would happen to Boulder (Hoover) dam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-everyone-on-earth-suddenly-disappeared-what-would-happen-to-boulder-hoover-dam/497422)
**Author:** [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-everyone-on-earth-suddenly-disappeared-what-would-happen-to-boulder-hoover-dam/497422 "2009-07-13T19:36:28Z")
Of course eventually the generators would freeze up (due to the lack of lubrication?) but what would the water do (go) after that? Would the ultimate fate of the dam be destruction? What would be the effect down below? --- ## [Words And Phrases To Stop Using In 2009!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752 "2009-01-08T19:52:09Z")
I watch far too much HGTV and would like them to stop using the following: “I decided to use a Chocolate Brown.”…correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t every brown “chocolate” brown? Or is this opposed to the always ugly … --- ## [Idioms and expressions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idioms-and-expressions/91955)
**Author:** [@Has\_anyone\_seen\_my\_pants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Has_anyone_seen_my_pants)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idioms-and-expressions/91955 "2016-04-06T19:48:02Z")
I’m interested in funny expressions and idioms. No, I’m not pulling your leg! It’s an interest of mine. A couple I like are, (for being sick from drinking): “Praying to the Porcelain God”; or “Calling God on the big wh… --- ## [Most BORING Museums You've Visited!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-boring-museums-youve-visited/432808)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-boring-museums-youve-visited/432808 "2008-01-12T15:10:05Z")
I’ve been to quite a few: -the “Longyear” Museum (Brookline, MA)-nothing but boring old letters and historical documents, of early members of the CS Church -the “Sex” Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands-a real snoozefes… --- ## [(Old) It's a-warmin' up (again!) in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-a-warmin-up-again-in-the-mmp/985770)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 335\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-a-warmin-up-again-in-the-mmp/985770 "2023-06-26T18:37:41Z")
We’re supposed to hit 80s soon here in western Mitten State { whimper } and they’re already getting highs in the 100s in my old stomping grounds in the Dallas area. I have informed my manager to not be surprised if I ta… --- ## [~1900 Hydraulic Barber Chair Troubleshoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1900-hydraulic-barber-chair-troubleshoot/603278)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1900-hydraulic-barber-chair-troubleshoot/603278 "2013-09-03T14:29:16Z")
My favorite chair(I have a strange chair fetish, I guess) is a 1900s Ritter hydraulic barber chair. It is a very cool chair, but weighs around 3/4s of a shit-ton. I recently moved it and the hydraulic fluid leaked out. … --- ## [Does anyone here use coupons to eat at restaurant or buying stuff at a store?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-use-coupons-to-eat-at-restaurant-or-buying-stuff-at-a-store/674014)
**Author:** [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-use-coupons-to-eat-at-restaurant-or-buying-stuff-at-a-store/674014 "2013-11-28T01:04:12Z")
I have never done this ever when eating out or buying food. However, i did recall i used one of these coupons b/c i buy a lot of banana republic clothing and they would send me these $10 gift certificates b/c i bought s… --- ## [Why do we wash our hands after going to the bathroom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-wash-our-hands-after-going-to-the-bathroom/545130)
**Author:** [@gallan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallan)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-wash-our-hands-after-going-to-the-bathroom/545130 "2010-07-04T17:57:55Z")
Seriously, why is hand-washing after using the bathroom such a big deal? I’m not in the habit of getting urine or poop on my hands (and urine is sterile, isn’t it?). My crotch isn’t any less sanitary than my arm pits o… --- ## [Botticelli - December 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317)
**Author:** [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317 "2018-01-04T18:10:40Z")
Ok, I’m R. Nah, just kidding - I’ll be I. --- ## [Men: Do you prefer Pretty, Cute, Beautiful or Sexy women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-pretty-cute-beautiful-or-sexy-women/720660)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2015, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-pretty-cute-beautiful-or-sexy-women/720660 "2015-06-21T09:23:03Z")
Inspiring thread. Decided to make it multiple choice-and the NOTA option too. Me, cute and adorable all the way. I leave it to the female Dopers here to devise a similar poll for them. --- ## [Let's plan an Occasion in the MMP!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-plan-an-occasion-in-the-mmp/808210)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-plan-an-occasion-in-the-mmp/808210 "2018-02-12T22:27:31Z")
Not a mere party or gathering - the MMP requires an OCCASION! Where shall we hold it? What shall the menu include? What entertainers are worthy of our attention? Would gilt-edge coasters be too fussy? Money is no ob… --- ## [Was Janeway right to force Tuvix to separate back into Tuvok and Nelix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-janeway-right-to-force-tuvix-to-separate-back-into-tuvok-and-nelix/760953)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-janeway-right-to-force-tuvix-to-separate-back-into-tuvok-and-nelix/760953 "2016-08-04T18:02:39Z")
Let’s settle this. Title says it all. Short summary: Nelix and Tuvok are in a transporter accident that causes the to meld into one person. A Hybrid so to speak. One with a singular conscience. And one with a desire to … --- ## [Just took the mensa test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-took-the-mensa-test/738204)
**Author:** [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-took-the-mensa-test/738204 "2015-12-17T23:50:34Z")
Hi guys. Haven’t been around (not that I was an institution that would be missed otherwise) but I had something mundane and pointless that I wanted to share - took the Mensa test this morning. It’s on a whim, and it’s h… --- ## [Why are my experiences contradicting the statistics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-experiences-contradicting-the-statistics/736525)
**Author:** [@brahmsacademic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brahmsacademic)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-experiences-contradicting-the-statistics/736525 "2015-12-03T02:12:37Z")
According to this statistic, Percentage of persons 25 to 29 years old with selected levels of educational attainment, by race/ethnicity and sex: Selected years, 1920 through 2013, only 40% of people between the ages of 2… --- ## [Put her back in the closet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-her-back-in-the-closet/796858)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-her-back-in-the-closet/796858 "2017-09-25T14:19:42Z")
Not what you think… or maybe it is. My daughter is 12 and in 7th grade. She came home very agitated one day, crying that she needed to confess something. Our hearts are racing: did she get in a fight, damage something, … --- ## [Noted American child molester pitching lights out for Mexican team!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noted-american-child-molester-pitching-lights-out-for-mexican-team/837152)
**Author:** [@Helmut\_Doork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helmut_Doork)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2019, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noted-american-child-molester-pitching-lights-out-for-mexican-team/837152 "2019-07-18T08:22:26Z")
Tecolotes Dos Laredos, why? Are the few extra wins worth it? Noted American convicted child molester Luke Heimlich, rightfully shunned by US baseball, has found a home in Mexico now! Seems he’s pitching really well, so… --- ## [Male "wardrobe malfunction"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-wardrobe-malfunction/346649)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-wardrobe-malfunction/346649 "2006-03-02T19:04:35Z")
Has there ever been a male “wardrobe malfunction” (genitals-related)? I don’t mean a guy deliberately exposing himself, but something totally accidental. --- ## [I always knew Seth Rogen would destroy the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-always-knew-seth-rogen-would-destroy-the-world/691607)
**Author:** [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2014, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-always-knew-seth-rogen-would-destroy-the-world/691607 "2014-07-04T08:36:42Z")
but I didn’t think it would end like this. North Korea threatens war over Seth Rogan movie The Interview. Sounds like an Onion headline but no, just that crazy Kim Jong-un. --- ## [What do you know about Australia and it's Aborigines? (+ opinions on what you DO know)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-about-australia-and-its-aborigines-opinions-on-what-you-do-know/532237)
**Author:** [@Jump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jump)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-about-australia-and-its-aborigines-opinions-on-what-you-do-know/532237 "2010-03-17T18:50:26Z")
For the non-Aussies: What do you know about the relationship between Aboriginal Australians and non-Aboriginal Australians? What do you know about our attitudes towards each other? How our cultures mix? How intergrat… --- ## [Female-dominated societies in films?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dominated-societies-in-films/447455)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dominated-societies-in-films/447455 "2008-05-04T23:44:47Z")
I was watching Fire Maidens from Outer Space last night, a knuckleheaded movie about the last (all-female) survivors of Atlantis, holed up on the 13th moon of Jupiter. A (male) rocketship crew from Earth lands, and vari… --- ## ["A bowl of corn flour" -- ring a bell? UK readers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-of-corn-flour-ring-a-bell-uk-readers/938371)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-of-corn-flour-ring-a-bell-uk-readers/938371 "2022-02-23T05:48:09Z")
I’m listening to an audio book of an Agatha Christie/Miss Marple story (it’s the first story in The Thirteen Problems) when this term comes up. Apparently it’s a sort of porridge made (I presume) from corn flour, and it … --- ## [Should we use one space or two after a period?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-use-one-space-or-two-after-a-period/568458)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-use-one-space-or-two-after-a-period/568458 "2011-01-28T03:04:18Z")
Please read this article from Slate first. Then, respond to the poll. I took a typing class the summer before I started high school. We were taught to put two spaces after the period at the end of the sentence (as wel… --- ## [Why was Halo a great game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-halo-a-great-game/511052)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-halo-a-great-game/511052 "2009-09-27T19:14:59Z")
I’m sure some Dopers will deny that Halo was a great game, but there is a world full of gamers that disagree with them. And I am one of them. I think Halo was a great game (not Halo 2 or 3, though many will disagree wi… --- ## [Getting knocked unconscious in the movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-knocked-unconscious-in-the-movies/321124)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2005, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-knocked-unconscious-in-the-movies/321124 "2005-09-13T08:09:35Z")
When someone gets knocked unconscious in the movies or in television shows, it seems that all it takes is a judo chop to the back of the neck or a punch in the jaw. Is that all it takes? (I don’t want to beat up anyone… --- ## [Profanity: What are the best five unusual curses, (cuss-words)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-what-are-the-best-five-unusual-curses-cuss-words/154989)
**Author:** [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-what-are-the-best-five-unusual-curses-cuss-words/154989 "2003-02-19T12:23:40Z")
Profanity: What are the best five unusual curses,( cuss-words)? I just learned fucktard here on the sdmb. I like it alot. I’d like to have more ignorance abolished. Please post your five, (or so), cursing words or phra… --- ## [Ask the adoptee who now has the info to find his bio parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-adoptee-who-now-has-the-info-to-find-his-bio-parents/681306)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2014, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-adoptee-who-now-has-the-info-to-find-his-bio-parents/681306 "2014-09-18T12:25:56Z")
My parents mailed me a document with information I can use to find my biological parents. --- ## [Movies/books you gave up on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-you-gave-up-on/556188)
**Author:** [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-you-gave-up-on/556188 "2010-10-11T14:38:55Z")
Sorry if this has been done recently but I wasn’t sure how to search for a relevant thread without quoted-phrase searching capability… Shrek (or maybe Shrek II…the one with his homely love interest)…it just went on a… --- ## [Could a megalodon kill a blue whale?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-megalodon-kill-a-blue-whale/655653)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-megalodon-kill-a-blue-whale/655653 "2013-04-16T17:34:30Z")
The prehistoric giant predatory shark megalodon was certainly a terrifying critter. My question is – would one of these mega-sharks be capable of killing the biggest specimens of the blue whale, the most massive mammal e… --- ## [Fictional Things that Should Exist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-things-that-should-exist/518027)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-things-that-should-exist/518027 "2009-11-20T20:47:43Z")
Showdowns- Old west showdowns are completely mythical. No record exists of any actually happening. But they should have. Back Scabbards He Man used one. So did Mel Gibson in Braveheart. Never actually used histori… --- ## [It's 1985, buy 100 GI Joe Aircraft Carriers or invest $10,000 in stock index fund. What yields more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-1985-buy-100-gi-joe-aircraft-carriers-or-invest-10-000-in-stock-index-fund-what-yields-more/694201)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-1985-buy-100-gi-joe-aircraft-carriers-or-invest-10-000-in-stock-index-fund-what-yields-more/694201 "2014-07-28T23:17:45Z")
Obviously you have to have spare bedroom in your house to store these big boxes. Pic 1 Pic 2 90- 110 in 1985- USS Flagg wiki Let’s say with tax (you are in MD) you get these on sale for $ 100.00 each and you buy… --- ## [Women Dopers - How Do you Read this Situation ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dopers-how-do-you-read-this-situation/844138)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dopers-how-do-you-read-this-situation/844138 "2019-12-28T10:45:11Z")
Sorry, rambling post. In the past month, I’ve spent a lot of time with a new female colleague. I had begun to think that she was showing some romantic interest in me. Now, it seems that I was wrong about it, but I reall… --- ## [Drug-sniffing Dogs = Hearsay Evidence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-sniffing-dogs-hearsay-evidence/55258)
**Author:** [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-sniffing-dogs-hearsay-evidence/55258 "2001-02-23T18:35:32Z")
The Unreasonable search? thread about police monitoring heat emissions from homes got me thinking about drug-sniffing dogs. Now bear with me for a moment:\[ul\]\[li\]“Hearsay,” according to Black’s Law Dictionary, is a stat… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1040&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1042&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)