# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1043&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:** 1044 --- ## [Can we Define "Spoiler" Please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-define-spoiler-please/619820)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-define-spoiler-please/619820 "2012-05-04T01:59:59Z")
In this week’s “House” thread there is a poster complaining about being “Spoiled” because somebody mentions what was shown in the preview for next week. The publicly shown on television, planned and approved by the dire… --- ## [If someone is a mostly lazy slacker into their 20's will they ever really change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-is-a-mostly-lazy-slacker-into-their-20s-will-they-ever-really-change/524296)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-is-a-mostly-lazy-slacker-into-their-20s-will-they-ever-really-change/524296 "2010-01-11T15:06:45Z")
If an otherwise pleasant and reasonably intelligent 19 to 23 year old young adult has shown very little inclination in their teen years to be an achiever or go getter socially, financially, or academically, and is mostly… --- ## [Why so many French words in aircraft nomenclature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-french-words-in-aircraft-nomenclature/713557)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-french-words-in-aircraft-nomenclature/713557 "2016-08-10T13:13:16Z")
I’m curious why there are so many French words describing aircraft parts? Fuselage, empennage, aileron and pitot to name a few. Yet other words, rudder, elevator, stabilizer, and wing are common English words. W… --- ## [How to make a homemade time keeping device?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-homemade-time-keeping-device/66847)
**Author:** [@galyean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galyean)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2001, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-homemade-time-keeping-device/66847 "2001-05-31T12:14:43Z")
While reflecting on high school experiences this evening, I recalled a project given to us by our physical science teacher. His instructions were to build a device to measure time excluding sundials. Most students broug… --- ## [Why did linoleum flooring fall so far out of favor in personal home use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-linoleum-flooring-fall-so-far-out-of-favor-in-personal-home-use/510782)
**Author:** [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-linoleum-flooring-fall-so-far-out-of-favor-in-personal-home-use/510782 "2009-09-22T03:22:14Z")
We remodeled our kitchen this summer (well, we still are–toekicks, backsplash, other finishing touches remain), and we opted for a linoleum floor. True linoleum, not vinyl–which is what even the guys at Home Depot, Lowe… --- ## [Do orgies appeal to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-orgies-appeal-to-you/635567)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-orgies-appeal-to-you/635567 "2012-09-25T22:18:09Z")
If you could get admitted to an orgy would that be something you’d be into? For me, no. Sex with one person (one particular person) is intimate and romantic. Sex with a lot of people just sounds awkward and like a lot… --- ## [A good cup of tea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-cup-of-tea/509305)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-cup-of-tea/509305 "2018-01-26T01:37:32Z")
When I first visited friends in England, I discovered something I had never known about myself - I like tea. I guess I had never known this because I’m an American, and we make awful tea. You can go into any coffee shop … --- ## [Does the US share some blame for the London Bombings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-us-share-some-blame-for-the-london-bombings/311530)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-us-share-some-blame-for-the-london-bombings/311530 "2005-07-23T04:42:45Z")
In this thread, Diogenes claimed that the US was indirectly to blame for the London bombings today, sharing some of the responisibility with the bombers themselves: emphasis added. Does anyone agree? The moral respon… --- ## [Is ethanol the only safe alcohol to drink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ethanol-the-only-safe-alcohol-to-drink/259200)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ethanol-the-only-safe-alcohol-to-drink/259200 "2004-08-10T17:41:51Z")
Well, is it? I know that methanol is really bad to drink, as is rubbing alcohol (isopropyl, right?) but what about butyl? Or isobutyl? Or any one of the number of glycols? My organic chemistry knowledge is severly l… --- ## ["Your Honor, and if it pleases the court."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-honor-and-if-it-pleases-the-court/157977)
**Author:** [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-honor-and-if-it-pleases-the-court/157977 "2003-03-02T01:39:26Z")
What does this expression mean? --- ## [Imagine if there were no posessions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-if-there-were-no-posessions/541892)
**Author:** [@No\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Man)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-if-there-were-no-posessions/541892 "2010-06-08T21:27:46Z")
A couple of local rastafas kidnapped me. First they tried to get my Visa pin code saying “Tomorrow you will not be” pointing a knife at my neck. I replied (drunk as I was) that I could not care less. Then the man moved… --- ## [Why tear down a perfectly good McDonalds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-tear-down-a-perfectly-good-mcdonalds/383131)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-tear-down-a-perfectly-good-mcdonalds/383131 "2006-12-10T18:20:46Z")
“Perfectly good” to be taken with plenty of salt and trans fats, of course. But the local Macs was recently torn down and replaced with a virtually identical store. Same floor plan. No additions or subtractions. Just… --- ## [What color is my hair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-my-hair/695667)
**Author:** [@dothejohnwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dothejohnwood)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-my-hair/695667 "2014-08-19T15:32:12Z")
I personally think, it’s Brown, but my colleagues insist it is Blond, which color is it? --- ## [Yes, I'm back.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410 "2005-03-15T18:52:48Z")
Samuel Johnson may or may not have said it first, but the path to hell is paved with good intentions. Having had some time to reconsider the path I walked a little over a month ago, I can clearly see my intentions took … --- ## [Fuck the DEA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-dea/484603)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-dea/484603 "2009-03-02T22:49:12Z")
From the Washington Times DEA continues pot raids Obama opposes Why the fuck is the DEA continuing these busts when the President is clearly against them? More importantly (especially to the folk who may end up in jai… --- ## [Writing about aliens — feedback?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-about-aliens-feedback/612144)
**Author:** [@NoriMori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoriMori)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-about-aliens-feedback/612144 "2012-02-10T18:20:46Z")
(Be forewarned that this post is rather long. I’m quite verbose.) I’m writing a science fiction story about aliens visiting Earth who are from a tidally locked planet. Most of these aliens have been living in sunlight t… --- ## [Why is Facebook's timeline freaking people out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-facebooks-timeline-freaking-people-out/618818)
**Author:** [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-facebooks-timeline-freaking-people-out/618818 "2012-04-17T17:59:23Z")
There’s a threadin GD right now about how a person is so annoyed with Facebook’s timeline feature that they’re willing to deactivate their account. This isn’t the first time I’ve read this: a few of my Facebook friends h… --- ## [Religions where they have to save removed body pieces for burial when person dies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religions-where-they-have-to-save-removed-body-pieces-for-burial-when-person-dies/582274)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religions-where-they-have-to-save-removed-body-pieces-for-burial-when-person-dies/582274 "2011-05-20T15:41:32Z")
This is a question for when a person is of a religious persuasion that believes they have to bury all the body parts removed over the years with the person when they die. A person dies and isn’t found for a number of da… --- ## [Public Service Announcement - How To Deal With Campaign Workers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-service-announcement-how-to-deal-with-campaign-workers/548730)
**Author:** [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-service-announcement-how-to-deal-with-campaign-workers/548730 "2010-08-13T16:41:19Z")
If you get a phone call or someone knocks at your door asking for your feelings and which person you prefer in a race, just answer the question. If you don’t answer the question, you’ll get called until you do, or until… --- ## [Congratulations. I used to look up to you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-i-used-to-look-up-to-you/680078)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-i-used-to-look-up-to-you/680078 "2014-02-06T23:05:08Z")
Congratulations, man. I used to respect you. You’re a close friend of my father’s, you’ve known me since I was a toddler, and I used to look up to you. I used to think you were a pretty cool guy, that you were wise, in a… --- ## [Who do you have a crush on and when?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-have-a-crush-on-and-when/662001 "2013-07-03T00:59:45Z")
At the moment, I have a crush on D’Arcy Wretzky from the Smashing Pumpkins, in the mid 90s. --- ## [What's the Difference Between a Nihilist and an Anarchist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-a-nihilist-and-an-anarchist/83974)
**Author:** [@tsunamisurfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsunamisurfer)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-a-nihilist-and-an-anarchist/83974 "2001-09-29T19:57:36Z")
I thought the two were essentially the same, but a young, strident college student at a party recently very clearly told me that she was a nihilist, not an anarchist. What’s the difference? --- ## [I gotta song stuck in my head, dammit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-song-stuck-in-my-head-dammit/63208)
**Author:** [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2001, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-song-stuck-in-my-head-dammit/63208 "2001-04-25T18:11:44Z")
Well, as the title says, I have been having the same song stuck in my head for about two weeks now, and it’s driving me insane!! Anyways, I was wondering if anyone knew the singer or the name of the song. All I remember … --- ## [What could you teach people of a thousand years ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-teach-people-of-a-thousand-years-ago/477563)
**Author:** [@HumanMonkeyGod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HumanMonkeyGod)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-teach-people-of-a-thousand-years-ago/477563 "2008-12-23T05:27:12Z")
The situation: For reasons above and beyond your comprehension the next door you walk through transports you into some point in time around 1000 years ago (it’d probably take you some time to ascertain this but let’s say… --- ## [Real Photo? Pilot fixing engine in mid-air?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-photo-pilot-fixing-engine-in-mid-air/380965)
**Author:** [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-photo-pilot-fixing-engine-in-mid-air/380965 "2006-11-27T16:09:24Z")
While cruising through the pics and vids on this site\*, I came across this picture of what appears to be a pilot working on his engine in mid-air. Is this photo real? If so, anyone know the story? If not, anyon… --- ## [Ever Meet a Psychopath?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-meet-a-psychopath/429482)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-meet-a-psychopath/429482 "2008-02-18T01:46:47Z")
I am the last person to read The Devil in the White City, but I have finally gotten around to it. It recounts a serial killer named Dr. Holmes (among other names). He was what we would now call a psychopath (or a sociop… --- ## [Is it Possible to Think without Language?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-think-without-language/602189)
**Author:** [@Klisterhjernen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klisterhjernen)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-think-without-language/602189 "2011-11-09T18:27:38Z")
Hello! I’m trying to write an essay on whether it is possible to think without language or not. I have been able to think of a whole bunch of reasons as for why it is possible, but, ironically enough, only 1 reason as t… --- ## [Songs featuring a named couple](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-a-named-couple/837896)
**Author:** [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-a-named-couple/837896 "2019-08-16T20:30:57Z")
Just because, I started thinking about songs that feature a couple where both people are named. But both members of the couple have to have names stated in the lyrics, not implied that one is the singer. In other words… --- ## [I am tired of all these dumbass bitches.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-tired-of-all-these-dumbass-bitches/506710)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-tired-of-all-these-dumbass-bitches/506710 "2009-08-18T04:54:06Z")
Yes, you. Go fuck yourself. I am the coolest guy you will ever have. I show you the best time you ever had. Yes, there are other women, but that is not your business. Dumbass bitches. --- ## [Should a rapist be able to sue for paternal rights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-rapist-be-able-to-sue-for-paternal-rights/632415)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-rapist-be-able-to-sue-for-paternal-rights/632415 "2012-08-26T17:16:16Z")
It’s legal in 31 states. --- ## [My son has crappy grades - suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-has-crappy-grades-suggestions/482515)
**Author:** [@purple\_haze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_haze)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-has-crappy-grades-suggestions/482515 "2009-01-26T16:59:28Z")
My son is in the 8th grade and his grades suck. An F, two D-, two D, and a C-. What have you done that actually worked in your household? He lost computer privileges a couple of months ago, and now spends his spare ti… --- ## [asahi's warning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asahis-warning/828954)
**Author:** [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asahis-warning/828954 "2019-02-06T18:21:28Z")
I can’t agree with this warning. We’re all asking why Northam hasn’t resigned, and asahi is clearly parodying Northam justifying why he should stay on as governor - as an old white man who grew up in an era of ingrai… --- ## [The stuff attractive women can get away with beggars the imagination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stuff-attractive-women-can-get-away-with-beggars-the-imagination/481786)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stuff-attractive-women-can-get-away-with-beggars-the-imagination/481786 "2009-01-21T16:05:11Z")
It never ceases to amaze. If a guy did this he’d be stalker of the year, if a woman does this this it’s “cute”. --- ## [Gary Taubes: "Good Calories, Bad Calories"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-taubes-good-calories-bad-calories/488448)
**Author:** [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-taubes-good-calories-bad-calories/488448 "2009-03-16T22:17:19Z")
I read this recently and found his arguments quite compelling (assuming I understood the biochemistry correctly, given I’m not a scientist). I also know that low-carbing/Atkins was the easiest to do, easiest to sustain,… --- ## [Why did Neiman Marcus only accept American Express?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-neiman-marcus-only-accept-american-express/601480)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-neiman-marcus-only-accept-american-express/601480 "2011-11-02T23:48:32Z")
Maybe this is a IMHO question, because it makes little logical sense. Why did Neiman Marcus not accept credit cards other than American Express? I realize that American Express is supposed to be all fancy and stuff, but… --- ## [Do you bring reading material into the bathroom when using the toilet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-bring-reading-material-into-the-bathroom-when-using-the-toilet/537197)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-bring-reading-material-into-the-bathroom-when-using-the-toilet/537197 "2010-04-28T22:05:32Z")
Do you? --- ## ["Dad, hold your new baby son..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-hold-your-new-baby-son/636107)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-hold-your-new-baby-son/636107 "2012-10-05T02:50:17Z")
Yay! “…but only for a moment, and then I have to take him to the NICU.” Oof. Aragorn Picard Tildrum,\* our first, entered the world on September 25, weighing eight pounds and looking perfect. His breathing was gravell… --- ## [If You Bonsai an Apple tree, Will It Produce Miniatute Apples?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-bonsai-an-apple-tree-will-it-produce-miniatute-apples/525056)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-bonsai-an-apple-tree-will-it-produce-miniatute-apples/525056 "2010-01-16T17:48:46Z")
I have seen many bonsai trees, and always been fascinated by how small the leaves get. Can you bonsai a fruit tree? If you produce one, will the fruits produced be miniatures? --- ## [Best and Worst dogs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-dogs/529664)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-dogs/529664 "2010-02-23T17:51:02Z")
A spin off from this thread. I am bound and determined to get some answers. Let’s say Jane and John are 35 years old, live in a single family home in the suburbs of Chicago with a large yard, have a 10 year old boy, a … --- ## [Is the bible true/god real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679)
**Author:** [@jaysamm15](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaysamm15)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679 "2013-08-04T04:09:13Z")
Please dont be offended, if you are, then move on to the next post. I have my beliefs, just curious of other’s. --- ## [How easily do dropped handguns fire? (The Dancing FBI Agent)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-do-dropped-handguns-fire-the-dancing-fbi-agent/815534)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-do-dropped-handguns-fire-the-dancing-fbi-agent/815534 "2018-07-11T15:17:08Z")
See query. Proximate cause of query: a G-Man busting some serious moves. Was he carrying (I use the term loosely) a weapon with a safety off? Or one in the chamber and that’s the way it is? How much does the possibility… --- ## [Help me find the right grill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-right-grill/623674)
**Author:** [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-right-grill/623674 "2021-06-04T17:29:23Z")
I’m in the market for a grill. Our needs are modest (just the two of us) but we would like to entertain once or twice a summer. We would likely be cooking steak, chicken, vegetables, maybe fish. I suppose hamburgers and… --- ## [Arnold, Cyclists and Hamantaschen - A Signs of Spring MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-cyclists-and-hamantaschen-a-signs-of-spring-mmp/575430)
**Author:** [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-cyclists-and-hamantaschen-a-signs-of-spring-mmp/575430 "2011-03-27T23:02:14Z")
I was out for a walk earlier this week and saw one of the signs of Spring in my community: professional cyclists, starting to get ready for the season. There’s a serious race in late June and the uniformed cyclists star… --- ## [Star Trek (TOS) mystery finally solved after 40 years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-mystery-finally-solved-after-40-years/385105)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-mystery-finally-solved-after-40-years/385105 "2019-07-09T15:57:46Z")
Who played the briefly glimpsed human form of Isis in “Assignment: Earth.” For years, it was believed that it was Barbara Babcock (who also did \[sup\]1\[/sup\]voice work for that ep)–despite the fact that they looked nothi… --- ## [Did Ed Trice sue to get his daughter's grade changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ed-trice-sue-to-get-his-daughters-grade-changed/749794)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ed-trice-sue-to-get-his-daughters-grade-changed/749794 "2016-03-26T20:34:21Z")
You may have seen this by Ed Trice https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/whats-largest-number-you-can-represent-3-digits-nope-its-ed-trice (I saw it because a friend of mine is a friend of a differnt Ed Trice) Many people are… --- ## [Human extinction by 2026?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-extinction-by-2026/796907)
**Author:** [@race\_to\_the\_bottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/race_to_the_bottom)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-extinction-by-2026/796907 "2018-02-17T16:19:08Z")
There is a school which argues that the climate situation in the Arctic is now completely out of control due to various positive feedbacks involving albedo, methane, fires, soot, fires and maybe others. It posits that co… --- ## [So I just got bit by my neighbor's dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-got-bit-by-my-neighbors-dog/549409)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-got-bit-by-my-neighbors-dog/549409 "2010-08-10T11:53:04Z")
Yeah, like half an hour ago. I was mowing my lawn, walking along the chain-link fence that separates their house from mine, when two (of their five) dogs ran up to the fence barking at me. They both leaped up on their hi… --- ## [Chemtrails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemtrails/634385)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemtrails/634385 "2013-04-21T14:37:34Z")
It’s come to my attention of late there are a vociferous minority of people around here who believe that aeroplanes’ vapour trails are actually chemical sprays. It’s a common enough conspiracy theory “chemtrails” Chemtra… --- ## [Why is the Union Jack so asymmetric?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-union-jack-so-asymmetric/443196)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2008, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-union-jack-so-asymmetric/443196 "2008-03-31T05:20:19Z")
I really like the Union Jack, partially because I’m interested in British history and and Britain as a whole, but also because it appeals to me visually. This useful page describes the accurate construction of the flag.… --- ## [Two WWII Strategy Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-wwii-strategy-questions/577318)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-wwii-strategy-questions/577318 "2011-04-12T13:28:54Z")
I’m watching a WWII documentary and it talks about the US’s first incursion in the war against Germany. The Germans have pretty much taken North Africa and pushed the British all the way east to Alexandria. The Axis … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1042&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1044&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)