# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1047&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:** 1048 --- ## [Would you allow a rich family to take your 13 year old to Bahamas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-allow-a-rich-family-to-take-your-13-year-old-to-bahamas/632947)
**Author:** [@Ecamp1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ecamp1)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-allow-a-rich-family-to-take-your-13-year-old-to-bahamas/632947 "2012-08-30T15:44:43Z")
My niece is 13 and her parents are well off and able to provide her with whatever she needs and wants. She is quite spoiled. She slept with her parents until she was 12 as she was deathly afraid of her own bedroom. She s… --- ## [This lady is a magician: Porn star makeovers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-lady-is-a-magician-porn-star-makeovers/652875)
**Author:** [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-lady-is-a-magician-porn-star-makeovers/652875 "2014-12-15T01:28:43Z")
The story: Examples of her work: Puma Swede Chanel Preston Anikka Albrite Katja Kassin Aria Amor Alexis Ford Vanilla DeVille Larkin Love Veronica Avluv Rachel Starr DarrylHanah Holly Michaels Kristina Rose … --- ## [The decline and fall of HP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decline-and-fall-of-hp/597965)
**Author:** [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decline-and-fall-of-hp/597965 "2011-10-11T04:43:34Z")
Let Uncle PBW tell you a story\*: Once upon a time, there were two princes in a far away kingdom called “Palo Alto.” One prince was named Hewlett and the other prince was named Packard. Prince Packard and Prince Hewlet… --- ## [Is McDonalds Coca-Cola formulated/mixed differently than at other restaurants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mcdonalds-coca-cola-formulated-mixed-differently-than-at-other-restaurants/533298)
**Author:** [@10913](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/10913)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mcdonalds-coca-cola-formulated-mixed-differently-than-at-other-restaurants/533298 "2010-04-06T20:37:17Z")
Is McDonalds Coke “better” than the Coke served at other restaurants? I’ve heard this claim from several friends, in two variations: either McDonalds has somehow struck a special deal with Coca-Cola allowing them to ser… --- ## [Canned air - what is it? Why does it kill ants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-air-what-is-it-why-does-it-kill-ants/208178)
**Author:** [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-air-what-is-it-why-does-it-kill-ants/208178 "2003-10-22T04:04:57Z")
I was using some canned air on a computer today and discovered something odd. It seems quite toxic to ants. There is a small ant nest somewhere by my back porch which results in a handfull of tiny ants wandering around.… --- ## [Formerly active lurkers: Why don't you post any more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formerly-active-lurkers-why-dont-you-post-any-more/807474)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formerly-active-lurkers-why-dont-you-post-any-more/807474 "2018-02-12T20:09:19Z")
For my part, the conversations here just aren’t as diverse and interesting as they once were…or I thought them to be, perhaps. I stop in and check the new posts a couple times a week and it is the same people beating th… --- ## [Why were they hating on John Rambo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-they-hating-on-john-rambo/553771)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2010, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-they-hating-on-john-rambo/553771 "2010-09-18T10:41:11Z")
First blood is on AMC right now. I looked up a synopsis of the book online, and neither that nor the movie is giving me an idea as to why the sheriff was giving Rambo such a hard time. As best I can tell, a guy from out … --- ## [Fending off attackers using martial arts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fending-off-attackers-using-martial-arts/526933)
**Author:** [@Neur0mancer\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neur0mancer_1)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2010, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fending-off-attackers-using-martial-arts/526933 "2010-02-18T05:30:49Z")
In his June 19th column, Cecil wrote: “However, the more interesting observation is that, of the cases I dug up, 60 percent of those who used martial arts to smack down an attacker (even if only temporarily) were blind … --- ## [Things you hadn't heard about until much later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hadnt-heard-about-until-much-later/644945)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hadnt-heard-about-until-much-later/644945 "2013-01-13T14:38:04Z")
Back in late August, there was a shooting incident outside the Empire State Building, in which two people died. But I hadn’t heard about it because I was in the hospital at the time, in intensive care, following my heart… --- ## [Did your mother ever wash your mouth out with soap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-mother-ever-wash-your-mouth-out-with-soap/200421)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-mother-ever-wash-your-mouth-out-with-soap/200421 "2003-09-12T00:35:46Z")
Mine did. When I was about 9 years old. I forget what I said, but it likely wasn’t nice. At any rate, I probably deserved it. --- ## [How long can you survive in ocean water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-can-you-survive-in-ocean-water/76496)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2001, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-can-you-survive-in-ocean-water/76496 "2001-08-17T01:39:51Z")
When JFK, Jr. crashed his plane in the ocean, commentators said that even if he landed in one piece, he would only have a few hours to live due to hypothermia from the cool ocean water. Mind you, this was in July. This … --- ## [Christmas songs no one plays anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-no-one-plays-anymore/740822)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-no-one-plays-anymore/740822 "2016-01-09T02:55:58Z")
Real ones, I mean. Exhibit A: Christmas at Kmart by Root Boy Slim. --- ## [Things I learned visiting Montreal last week as an American](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-visiting-montreal-last-week-as-an-american/728700)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-visiting-montreal-last-week-as-an-american/728700 "2015-09-04T20:32:54Z")
You don’t swipe your own credit card, or give it to restaurant staff to run it for you. They pull out a old-timey calculator type device which you can even punch in the percent tip on it, then hand it back to the vendo… --- ## [Chess question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-question/777809)
**Author:** [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-question/777809 "2017-02-03T12:58:27Z")
1: e4 d5 2: exd5 Qxd5 3: Nc3 Nc6 Does white have a wonderful game here? What I mean by that us with perfect play from both sides, can white force a mate? --- ## [All is forgiven. McGwire admitted using steroids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-is-forgiven-mcgwire-admitted-using-steroids/524553)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-is-forgiven-mcgwire-admitted-using-steroids/524553 "2010-01-27T02:18:06Z")
Mark McGwire shocked the baseball world by admitting using steroids and HGH for a decade. He says he regrets he played during the steroids era. So now we can all forgive him. Next year it is the H.O.F… --- ## [Would you vote for somebody for Pres. who looked antithetical to your views, but at least competent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-somebody-for-pres-who-looked-antithetical-to-your-views-but-at-least-competent/541354)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-somebody-for-pres-who-looked-antithetical-to-your-views-but-at-least-competent/541354 "2010-06-03T14:08:03Z")
'Cause that’s what I was looking at two years ago. Hoo boy. How did that turn out. I still wouldn’t have voted for old man McCain and nutsy Sarah Palin, but if I went back in time and there were a demonstrably competent… --- ## [Religious friends who try to convert you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-friends-who-try-to-convert-you/215179)
**Author:** [@Anyonghaseyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anyonghaseyo)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-friends-who-try-to-convert-you/215179 "2003-11-29T21:00:59Z")
How do you deal with it? Politely! I have several Christian friends, and sometimes some of them will try to lure me to their next service. These well-meaning friends don’t seem to understand just how extremely uncomfo… --- ## [U.S. fighter aircraft (F-22 Raptor)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-fighter-aircraft-f-22-raptor/502764)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-fighter-aircraft-f-22-raptor/502764 "2009-07-24T04:23:54Z")
Notes: 1) My schedule leaves little time for in-depth debates. Once the work week starts, I’ll have limited posting opportunities. 2) My thoughts are not set in stone. I’m hoping to gain a better understanding of the… --- ## [Battlestar Galactica: He That Believeth In Me - Season 4 Premiere (Open Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-he-that-believeth-in-me-season-4-premiere-open-spoilers/443887)
**Author:** [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-he-that-believeth-in-me-season-4-premiere-open-spoilers/443887 "2008-04-08T21:31:06Z")
Okey dokey, less than 24 hours to go now… \[Quote=TV Guide\] Season 4 picks up where the third-season finale left off, with Starbuck’s mysterious return unhinging the Galactica crew in the middle of a Cylon attack. Meanw… --- ## [Diogenese the Cynic. Also a Phony.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenese-the-cynic-also-a-phony/256776)
**Author:** [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenese-the-cynic-also-a-phony/256776 "2004-07-30T22:07:50Z")
Some quotes from a man who says “Guns are for Cowards:” All quotes from Great Debates You make an opinion based on your own fears and inadequacies, refuse to listen to anything that doesn’t fit into your own world and… --- ## [Pitfalls of an over-educated workforce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitfalls-of-an-over-educated-workforce/635873)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitfalls-of-an-over-educated-workforce/635873 "2012-10-19T00:25:28Z")
In this thread about the substitute refs in the NFL, Whack-a-Mole said: To which magellan01 replied: . . . a sentiment to which I can (generally) agree, despite being, I think, on a very different position on the pol… --- ## [Movies: Child Heroes who are Killers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-child-heroes-who-are-killers/596577)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-child-heroes-who-are-killers/596577 "2011-09-24T09:28:17Z")
I’m not talking about when they are billed as such. I’m talking about when they do so and it is passed by without comment or consequence. In The Incredibles, Dash kills close to a dozen guards flying those disk things.… --- ## [Originalism and Textualism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/originalism-and-textualism/664724)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/originalism-and-textualism/664724 "2013-08-06T18:59:20Z")
Are you for or against a reading of the Constitution ground in the framers’ intent? One argument for originalism is that it eschews the problem of a slippery and changing Constitution. Change is inevitable, but not all … --- ## [Hey, look! It's... it's... THAT guy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-look-its-its-that-guy/229008)
**Author:** [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-look-its-its-that-guy/229008 "2004-04-18T21:03:29Z")
You may already be familiar with Cervaise’s concept of THAT Guy. A THAT Guy is an actor the casual moviegoer sees everywhere but whose name he don’t know. They play bit parts, often without much recognition, often with… --- ## [Ancient cave drawings question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-cave-drawings-question/691420)
**Author:** [@Duke\_of\_York](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_York)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-cave-drawings-question/691420 "2014-06-25T17:55:35Z")
I’ve seen a lot of very old cave drawings like this but can’t recall any showing humans. They managed to draw quite good animal drawing, but why didn’t they think about drawing their friends or relatives? Why not say,… --- ## [What do you want as your epitaph?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-as-your-epitaph/797011)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-as-your-epitaph/797011 "2017-10-30T03:13:13Z")
This came up in two ways over the past several weeks. The first was not directly as in the title but relatedly - my 40th High School Reunion that I went to with arm twisted by a childhood good friend and its “Memory Boo… --- ## [Cutting your own hair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-your-own-hair/619361)
**Author:** [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-your-own-hair/619361 "2012-04-29T15:19:48Z")
Does anyone do this? I usually keep my hair trimmed short, but I haven’t had a haircut in a year and I’m starting to look like a mad scientist. My wife refuses to try, and I’m too cheap to go to the $10 barber. We hav… --- ## [Just How Widespread Is Teen Sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-widespread-is-teen-sex/657288)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-widespread-is-teen-sex/657288 "2013-05-06T22:28:04Z")
I’m not asking a sociological question here, since the stats can be accessed with a Google search. What I’m asking is on a more personal level-did people at your high school when you were a teen generally have sex or not… --- ## [I Just Tooted at Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-tooted-at-work/601767)
**Author:** [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2011, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-tooted-at-work/601767 "2011-11-15T06:41:53Z")
And I am rather embarrassed about it. How does one handle such a thing socially? --- ## [Revolution - new TV series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revolution-new-tv-series/629672)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revolution-new-tv-series/629672 "2012-09-18T04:09:39Z")
Saw some ads for this during the Olympics. I like post apocolyptic shows in general, and even can live with lost knowledge. But “all advanced technology stops working” bothers me. I can imagine electronics stopping (som… --- ## [February in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-in-the-mmp/847423)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-in-the-mmp/847423 "2020-02-12T14:03:44Z")
In case you missed it, January is over and we’re in the second month of this year. That’s all I’ve got for now. Happy Moanday!! --- ## [Cruddy child present or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruddy-child-present-or-not/582913)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruddy-child-present-or-not/582913 "2011-05-27T23:09:00Z")
My wife and I have a standing argument about whether or not this particular Grandparent gift practice in her family is craptastic or not. They give our niece and nephew (7 and 9 yrs) some token gift for like $15, and th… --- ## [WTF? I don't believe the PSA I just saw!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-i-dont-believe-the-psa-i-just-saw/480868)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-i-dont-believe-the-psa-i-just-saw/480868 "2009-01-20T13:38:45Z")
Oh, come on. A so-called PSA advising parents to establish a terrorist attack plan with their kids? How frigging lame can you get? --- ## [Old TV Game Shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-game-shows/789056)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-game-shows/789056 "2017-06-30T19:19:03Z")
Lately, I’ve been watching some old shows on YouTube. They had some really interesting guests. For example, on an episode of I’ve Got A Secret, they had a 96 year old man who was the last living witness to Lincoln’s as… --- ## [CONTEST! - When will handy reach 10,000 posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-when-will-handy-reach-10-000-posts/33415)
**Author:** [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2001, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-when-will-handy-reach-10-000-posts/33415 "2001-07-27T01:26:46Z")
Come on, we know it’s going to happen pretty soon. What are your guesses? Mine is based on this: Originally registered - 3-12-99 Posts as of right now - 6395 Days since registry - 546 Posts/day - 11.71 Predicted d… --- ## [I object and demand a retraction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-and-demand-a-retraction/624843)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-and-demand-a-retraction/624843 "2012-06-14T23:45:28Z")
This warning I did not in my post wish harm upon anyone. You and others may believe whatever you want about my desires, but the wish stated was to take pleasure in an inevitable condition of human life. If that is a v… --- ## [I just had an interesting interaction with the cops, today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-interesting-interaction-with-the-cops-today/676766)
**Author:** [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-interesting-interaction-with-the-cops-today/676766 "2013-12-30T16:10:50Z")
I’m sitting mostly outside of the passenger seat of my car, using my Dremel to grind a slot in some steel bar-stock, for a project my mother wants. State Troopers drive slowly by, and I barely notice. A couple of minutes… --- ## [Actors that were never on your radar screen as a gay/lesbian, but now they are.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-were-never-on-your-radar-screen-as-a-gay-lesbian-but-now-they-are/560616)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-were-never-on-your-radar-screen-as-a-gay-lesbian-but-now-they-are/560616 "2010-11-19T04:38:59Z")
I recently watched Footloose with Kevin Bacon. Every once in a while over the years, I’ve received a gay vibe from him, but it never really stuck. Until a reviewing of Footloose, that is. Bacon kicked my gaydar off im… --- ## [Aggressive, but loving dog.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aggressive-but-loving-dog/608372)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aggressive-but-loving-dog/608372 "2013-05-28T02:44:34Z")
Hello Everyone, Need a bit of advice on a dog issue. We have three dogs a 6 year old Pomeranian, a 5 month old Great Dane and a 1.5 year old Chow/Australian Shepherd mix, and we love them all. The problem is our Chow/S… --- ## [Business Owners being Drafted by Selective Service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-owners-being-drafted-by-selective-service/658764)
**Author:** [@trmptgn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trmptgn)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2013, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-owners-being-drafted-by-selective-service/658764 "2013-05-21T05:58:40Z")
I have a friend who has a firm belief that the military draft is coming back in the next few years due to a WW2 scale war and all men 18-55 are going to be drafted for military service. Much of this is not worth arguing… --- ## [Family Guy; The Empire Strikes Back (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-the-empire-strikes-back-open-spoilers/540521)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2010, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-the-empire-strikes-back-open-spoilers/540521 "2010-06-01T12:16:24Z")
Heads up the season finale/Star Wars spoof is on tonight. --- ## [Snowiest City in World?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowiest-city-in-world/96332)
**Author:** [@zapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zapp)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowiest-city-in-world/96332 "2010-11-26T15:03:55Z")
There seems to be much debate about what the snowiest city in the U.S. and world is. Everyone who lives in a cold, dreary city claims that their city is the snowiest (possibly because that’s the only claim to fame such b… --- ## [Talk to me about how the One Ring works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-how-the-one-ring-works/545869)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-how-the-one-ring-works/545869 "2010-07-09T15:54:58Z")
I know a little about it. I’ve read the Hobbit and the LOTR trilogy, though years ago, and I have of course watched the movies. I never read the Silmarillion, though, and don’t plan to slog through it. So. Sauron makes… --- ## [Soda bottle: "NO REFILL" ??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-bottle-no-refill/610723)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-bottle-no-refill/610723 "2012-01-27T22:00:51Z")
I’ve noticed 2-liter 7-UP bottles at work that say, “PLEASE RECYCLE – NO REFILL.” Really? What business is it of theirs what someone does with their empty 7-UP bottles? Besides, isn’t the recycle code supposed to be, “R… --- ## [Snakes Alive! Are you afraid of snakes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-alive-are-you-afraid-of-snakes/728282)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-alive-are-you-afraid-of-snakes/728282 "2020-04-30T05:19:52Z")
I just read an interesting article about snake phobia and how it may be an evolutionary fear (i.e., when humans lived in the wild they had to avoid venomous bites; the unbitten survive and so on). I’d really like to hea… --- ## [I didn't rotate my tires for the first 35k miles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-rotate-my-tires-for-the-first-35k-miles/701803)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-rotate-my-tires-for-the-first-35k-miles/701803 "2014-10-20T20:25:11Z")
… then I did and the road noise is killing me! I don’t know why I never noticed it on other cars…I’m sure I was just as late on them or maybe I never rotated them at all. So I’m considering having the dealership unrota… --- ## [Why do we have to mow the lawn? :)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-mow-the-lawn/195301)
**Author:** [@Wongaloidz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wongaloidz)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-mow-the-lawn/195301 "2003-08-18T01:03:07Z")
Hello everyone! We are the Wongaloidz… pardon the alias… anyway we really have derived hours n hours of enjoyment out of this message board and website and we always approach it, ever-so-humble as students, hoping to ga… --- ## [The red wall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-red-wall/775557)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-red-wall/775557 "2017-01-10T19:26:49Z")
Not long ago, certain people were telling that Democrats were guaranteed to win the presidency because of a “blue wall”, meaning a set of states representing 270 electoral votes that were guaranteed to always vote for a … --- ## [Today I had a nerdgasm - Fallout New Vegas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-had-a-nerdgasm-fallout-new-vegas/560103)
**Author:** [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-had-a-nerdgasm-fallout-new-vegas/560103 "2010-11-17T03:44:55Z")
This isn’t about the content or experience of playing the game per se, that has its own thread of course. No, this is instead about the experience I had today following on from my time playing FONV. For those of you tha… --- ## [Including attendance in the grade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/including-attendance-in-the-grade/544830)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/including-attendance-in-the-grade/544830 "2010-06-29T19:08:53Z")
Where I teach, it is required of faculty that they cause their students’ attendance to affect the students’ course grades in some way. (It’s understood the attendance-to-grade correlation should be positive; no letting p… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1046&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1048&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)