# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1062&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:** 1063 --- ## [Brave brave AMERICA, he he he](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brave-brave-america-he-he-he/104689)
**Author:** [@POWER\_station](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/POWER_station)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brave-brave-america-he-he-he/104689 "2002-05-07T01:46:15Z")
This is a transcript of an actual radio transmission between a US Navy Vessel and the Canadians off the coast of Newfoundland in 1995. Released by the Chief of Naval Operations. Canadians: Please divert your course 15 d… --- ## [Locking or not car doors, which is safer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-or-not-car-doors-which-is-safer/520197)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-or-not-car-doors-which-is-safer/520197 "2009-12-14T19:40:31Z")
Hi all. Lets assume you have a modern car, about 8 years old give or take. You always wear your seatbelt. You always drive with the windows up. You have frontal driver and passenger airbags but no side airbags. Is it s… --- ## [Proselytizers: Go get a life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proselytizers-go-get-a-life/601322)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proselytizers-go-get-a-life/601322 "2011-11-06T16:29:39Z")
and leave me the fuck alone. Just because I’m on the sidewalk, working contently in the autumn afternoon sun, does not make me your sitting duck. You come up to me and strike up a conversation, like you’re honestly int… --- ## [So, specifically directed toward Bernie supporters...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-specifically-directed-toward-bernie-supporters/772857)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-specifically-directed-toward-bernie-supporters/772857 "2016-12-01T18:17:36Z")
…and especially you ivory-tower types who just couldn’t bring yourselves to vote for Hillary, I don’t care what state you live in or what other rationalizations you made: Are you happy with the current state of things? … --- ## [Describe some awful foods combos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-some-awful-foods-combos/631618)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-some-awful-foods-combos/631618 "2012-08-23T03:26:53Z")
I’m reading the book Good Calories, Bad Calories and the author mentions lumberjacks (in Scandinavia?) eating a block of cheese with either lard or butter (forget which) spread on top and washed down with ale. Now, that… --- ## [After total hip replacement, operated leg is easily 1/2" shorter. We are not happy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-total-hip-replacement-operated-leg-is-easily-1-2-shorter-we-are-not-happy/634922)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-total-hip-replacement-operated-leg-is-easily-1-2-shorter-we-are-not-happy/634922 "2012-09-19T20:41:59Z")
It is making her walk with a bad gait. If she sits in a chair, you can see that one knee is shorter than the other. If she takes her flat sandal off her good leg, she walks almost normally. Surgeon says stuff like “she w… --- ## [Is there ever a good reason to drop out of high school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-ever-a-good-reason-to-drop-out-of-high-school/657533)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-ever-a-good-reason-to-drop-out-of-high-school/657533 "2013-05-17T15:10:36Z")
Once upon a time, a high school diploma was a big deal - my mother was the only one in her family to earn one. But the world of the Class of '50 was quite different from the world of today. Her brothers did have jobs (… --- ## [538 Senate Model is out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/538-senate-model-is-out/821235)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/538-senate-model-is-out/821235 "2018-09-20T21:20:50Z")
Link The Classic model has team R about about 2:1 to keep the Senate. This is actually a little more D favorable than others (PredictIt, Predictwise). I don’t have a ton of time to go into more detail right now, but I … --- ## ["No shirt, no shoes, no service"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-shirt-no-shoes-no-service/730375)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-shirt-no-shoes-no-service/730375 "2015-09-20T11:43:10Z")
We’ve all seen those signs. I’ve idly wondered sometimes how many people have tested those. There’s a certain type of person who loves to abide by the letter of the law while gutting the spirit of the law and tossing i… --- ## [Greatest and Worst British Prime Minister](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-and-worst-british-prime-minister/565379)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-and-worst-british-prime-minister/565379 "2010-12-30T23:12:46Z")
I make no claims in this thread since I am fairly unknowledgable about British history but who in your opinion were the greatest and worst British Prime Ministers in terms of how they did their jobs as Prime Minister and… --- ## [Can human hermaphrodites impregnate themselves and give birth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-human-hermaphrodites-impregnate-themselves-and-give-birth/480508)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-human-hermaphrodites-impregnate-themselves-and-give-birth/480508 "2013-11-30T15:07:51Z")
And if they can’t “naturally”, can they artificially inseminate themselves? …yes, I know this question demonstrates astounding ignorance of human anatomy. --- ## [Poll (take two): Which profession do you despise the most, and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-take-two-which-profession-do-you-despise-the-most-and-why/540600)
**Author:** [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-take-two-which-profession-do-you-despise-the-most-and-why/540600 "2010-05-31T15:56:05Z")
Because one man’s saint may be another man’s sinner, as it were. --- ## [Go Ask Alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-ask-alice/745976)
**Author:** [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-ask-alice/745976 "2016-04-04T19:16:27Z")
My 9-yr old daughter is reading a book written in the style of a teenager’s diary, which apparently describes some distressing events such as the physical abuse of the “author” by her older brother. I said something abou… --- ## [In Praise of Older People Bodies With Vaginas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-older-people-bodies-with-vaginas/952574)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-older-people-bodies-with-vaginas/952574 "2021-11-16T21:14:32Z")
Limited excerpt from a recent Economist: My question: One should balance sensitivity with being practical. How do people feel about this? “Bodies with vaginas” is an odd way to refer to half the human race. Yet it … --- ## [Sorry, maybe I'm naive, but I don't view all men as potential rapists or predators.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-maybe-im-naive-but-i-dont-view-all-men-as-potential-rapists-or-predators/802159)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-maybe-im-naive-but-i-dont-view-all-men-as-potential-rapists-or-predators/802159 "2017-11-23T21:23:51Z")
I realize that a lot of women do, and based on their life experiences, it can almost make sense, if they grew up with abuse. Yes, I do live in the real world, but I don’t go to, for instance, the grocery store, and thin… --- ## [Very cool: photos reproduced years later with same subject](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-photos-reproduced-years-later-with-same-subject/573129)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2011, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-photos-reproduced-years-later-with-same-subject/573129 "2011-03-05T12:37:53Z")
Came across this guy’s website. He recreates old photos using the same people from the original. I could look at these types of photos all day. Some are truly amazing in the way the same expressions are captured. (So… --- ## [Shows where the British version was way better than the American version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-the-british-version-was-way-better-than-the-american-version/630218)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-the-british-version-was-way-better-than-the-american-version/630218 "2013-07-30T14:03:15Z")
If this has been done before, I apologize. My google-fu was turning up nothing! I love Kitchen Nightmares and Top Gear. I watch them whenever they’re on BBC Canada. Their respective American spinoffs, however, suck. Ada… --- ## [China's new place in the world after the pandemic is over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinas-new-place-in-the-world-after-the-pandemic-is-over/850009)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinas-new-place-in-the-world-after-the-pandemic-is-over/850009 "2020-05-13T13:59:11Z")
One way or another, China’s position in the world won’t be the same after this pandemic as it was before. There will be blame and anger directed at China, for sure - after all, the virus did originate in Wuhan, and had … --- ## [Why are there more attractive people at the airport?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-more-attractive-people-at-the-airport/261318)
**Author:** [@FlippyFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlippyFly)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-more-attractive-people-at-the-airport/261318 "2004-08-26T20:13:27Z")
Here’s what I have noticed… whenever I am at the airport, there are invariably more attractive people there than say, when I am at the post office. I believe this is because flying is expensive, and so you see more succ… --- ## [You saw WHO on WHAT tour?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-who-on-what-tour/581575)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2011, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-saw-who-on-what-tour/581575 "2011-05-16T12:54:03Z")
So reading over some of the concert threads on here (including one I started, myself, about 2 months ago), I see a lot of people saying “Oh, I saw Phil Collins on his No Jacket Required Tour!” or “Last concert I went to … --- ## [A strange bodily symptom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-strange-bodily-symptom/582424)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-strange-bodily-symptom/582424 "2014-02-06T13:38:42Z")
I’ll be seeing my new primary physician next week . . . but meanwhile I’m curious whether anyone else has had this strange symptom. I’ve been experiencing a vibrating sensation in my right side. It started a couple of m… --- ## [Vocal samples thread: how do \*you\* say it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403 "2007-12-07T01:57:49Z")
In this thread, a discussion about people using words without knowing what they really mean branched to include discussion of dialects. In order to save the other thread more of this discussion, I start this new thread. … --- ## [Why is Google's main page in a foreign language?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-googles-main-page-in-a-foreign-language/420067)
**Author:** [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-googles-main-page-in-a-foreign-language/420067 "2007-09-24T00:40:30Z")
I just opened Google’s main search page and here’s what I found: \[QUOTE=Google\] Google Malti Web Stampi Gruppi Direttorju Filtex Bil-Google Inhossni XXurtjat Tfittxija Avvanzata Preferenzi Għodda Lingwis… --- ## [Well, they found the landers! Hoax over.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-they-found-the-landers-hoax-over/503401)
**Author:** [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-they-found-the-landers-hoax-over/503401 "2009-08-13T19:26:51Z")
NASA has photographed the lunar landers from the Apollo missions. The photos were taken by the Reconnaissance Orbiter. This establishes once and for all that there was no hoax, for anyone who is inclined to actually, y… --- ## [Am I giving guys the wrong idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-giving-guys-the-wrong-idea/549981)
**Author:** [@nuggz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nuggz)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-giving-guys-the-wrong-idea/549981 "2010-08-14T18:58:57Z")
I had a baby almost 4 years ago. 2 months after giving birth, I left the dad. Long sordid story of abuse. Almost immediately after I dumped him, I dated a friend of mine, on and off for quite some time. The guy was e… --- ## [Bioware backlash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bioware-backlash/615616)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bioware-backlash/615616 "2012-03-18T22:11:30Z")
For years Bioware could seem to do no wrong. Their games were popular and successful: Mass Effect, Dragon Age, KOTOR, Baldur’s Gate. All hits and all popular. The only under performer they ha din their early days I can t… --- ## [no Peanut Butter for lunch in school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-peanut-butter-for-lunch-in-school/441867)
**Author:** [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-peanut-butter-for-lunch-in-school/441867 "2008-03-25T03:23:23Z")
This is a serious question, and is not intended for the Pit, so bear with me. One of my children is a picky eater, and LOVES peanut butter and jelly. However, due to kids with peanut allergies, there are no peanut prod… --- ## [Single candle in the window](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-candle-in-the-window/334141)
**Author:** [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-candle-in-the-window/334141 "2005-12-06T17:48:29Z")
When driving around town, my family and I sometimes see houses that have single candles burning in each window, and no other form of decoration. My mother insists that it’s a sign that a Jewish family lives there, a sor… --- ## [Stuff you see in a trailer that makes you know the movie will suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-see-in-a-trailer-that-makes-you-know-the-movie-will-suck/488984)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-see-in-a-trailer-that-makes-you-know-the-movie-will-suck/488984 "2009-03-13T16:01:39Z")
What kinds of things do you see in movie trailers that automatically make you know you don’t want to see the movie? Some of those things for me include: \[ul\]\[li\]A group of characters lip synching to a song on the radio… --- ## [The Amazing Race, 29 April -- "I Need Hair to Be Pretty"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-29-april-i-need-hair-to-be-pretty/620375)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-29-april-i-need-hair-to-be-pretty/620375 "2012-05-02T14:48:27Z")
20 minutes in and they’re dropping like flies. --- ## [Who buys crappy cars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-buys-crappy-cars/598546)
**Author:** [@Anachronism](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anachronism)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-buys-crappy-cars/598546 "2011-11-28T22:52:07Z")
I like cars, so I read car magazines and car reviews even though I am not in the market for a car right now. There are always a handful of cars that get nothing but bad reviews and lose every comparison they are in - Who… --- ## [Those deer warning devices on cars. Do they work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-deer-warning-devices-on-cars-do-they-work/88080)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-deer-warning-devices-on-cars-do-they-work/88080 "2001-10-19T04:11:56Z")
If you live near a wooded area where deer are abundant, you will see these so-called deer warning whistles mounted on car bumpers. Do they actually work? Supposedly they emit a high frequency sound the deer can hear, but… --- ## [No Invitation for Ron Paul to RJC Forum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-invitation-for-ron-paul-to-rjc-forum/604930)
**Author:** [@Chen019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chen019)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-invitation-for-ron-paul-to-rjc-forum/604930 "2011-12-08T02:41:10Z")
Fascinating censorship of insufficiently pro Israeli views. --- ## [What 100 V appliances can I blow up at 110V?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-100-v-appliances-can-i-blow-up-at-110v/647063)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-100-v-appliances-can-i-blow-up-at-110v/647063 "2013-01-15T02:06:40Z")
We’re going to be moving from Japan to Taiwan, and we’ve got a number of household appliances. Most consumer electronics are OK, but obviously anything with high wattage will require a transformer. So that got me thinki… --- ## [Survivor: South Pacific September 28 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-south-pacific-september-28-2011/597950)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-south-pacific-september-28-2011/597950 "2011-10-02T16:59:27Z")
On now. Wow, Poetry lady…is crazy. I wish she could have a long run. She’s like Philip, only female and poetry obsessed. “I would have 10 of this man’s babies without the aids of drugs…” Nutty. --- ## [Your feel-good story for the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-feel-good-story-for-the-day/1017110)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-feel-good-story-for-the-day/1017110 "2026-10-27T00:20:57Z")
Here’s mine. Feel free to post your own today, or in coming days: --- ## [Sequential Threads: Now with more cowbell!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-now-with-more-cowbell/530252)
**Author:** [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-now-with-more-cowbell/530252 "2010-03-30T01:58:58Z")
And two cats who can’t abide one another shall lie down together… Happy Spay Day! --- ## [Pat Robertson: Sharon's stroke is God's punishment.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-sharons-stroke-is-gods-punishment/338652)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2006, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-sharons-stroke-is-gods-punishment/338652 "2006-01-10T04:59:09Z")
I know, I know. Bears shit discovered in woods, Pope takes communion, but still, this one is offensive even for Robertson. He’s claiming that Sharon’s stroke is divine punishment for “dividing God’s land.” The worst pa… --- ## [Bad advice from dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-advice-from-dopers/564631)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-advice-from-dopers/564631 "2010-12-23T14:54:01Z")
In the process of fighting ignorance, we dopers never pass up an opportunity to give each other advice. And sometimes we take that advice and act on it. And sometimes that leads to disappointment. Not that it’s necessari… --- ## [What is your favorite series of Geico commercials?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-series-of-geico-commercials/527379)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-series-of-geico-commercials/527379 "2010-02-24T14:56:40Z")
Geiico currently has four different type of commercials running. Which is your favoirte? --- ## [Why we know certain inventors, and not others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-know-certain-inventors-and-not-others/711529)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-know-certain-inventors-and-not-others/711529 "2015-03-15T17:40:28Z")
For some history changing inventions, the inventor is well known: Samuel Morse for the telegraph, Alexander Bell for the telephone, the Wright Brothers for the airplane. But for inventions like radio, TV, or the compute… --- ## [Your Favorite Trivia Stumpers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291)
**Author:** [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2000, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291 "2000-03-29T23:30:00Z")
I have two: Question: What was the first Beatle solo album? Answer: Paul McCartney’s soundtrack to the film “The Family Way” (1966). Why it’s a stumper: Most will guess Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass”(1970) or McCar… --- ## [How Much Would You Pay For Your Library Card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-your-library-card/544421)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-your-library-card/544421 "2010-06-29T18:59:45Z")
I renewed my card to the public library in Chicago. And I to to thinking that it is a great deal and I’m very lucky as Chicago has an excellent library. Books, books on tape, e-books, downloadable audiobooks,dvd, VHS, C… --- ## [Please help me write a short request to my boss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-write-a-short-request-to-my-boss/654525)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-write-a-short-request-to-my-boss/654525 "2013-04-03T14:30:34Z")
Our office is packing up and moving to a temporary location inside my hospital until a more permanent home can be found for us. Apparently, a couple of surgeons “liked our view” and decided they wanted our office space. … --- ## [What were the 90s like to live in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-90s-like-to-live-in/748650)
**Author:** [@Potestas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potestas)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2016, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-90s-like-to-live-in/748650 "2016-03-16T07:55:00Z")
I’ve always wondered what it was like to live in the 90s, was it easier than it is now? --- ## [Isn't it time for England to give the Elgin Marbles back to Greece?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-england-to-give-the-elgin-marbles-back-to-greece/169420)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-england-to-give-the-elgin-marbles-back-to-greece/169420 "2023-03-01T12:29:49Z")
The Elgin Marbles The Parthenon and the Elgin Marbles Come on now… you know it’s the right thing to do. --- ## [Movies engineers like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-engineers-like/787093)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-engineers-like/787093 "2017-06-02T21:01:06Z")
The best example I can think of is Apollo 13. Others? --- ## [Top Lesbian Love Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740)
**Author:** [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740 "2006-02-22T02:22:32Z")
I’m burning a CD for a girlfriend and need help. Here’s what I have so far … Come To My Window - Melissa Etheridge Damn, I Wish I Were Your Lover - Sophie B. Hawkins The Power of Two - Indigo Girls What are your top… --- ## [What brands inspire the most fervent loyalty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brands-inspire-the-most-fervent-loyalty/523088)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brands-inspire-the-most-fervent-loyalty/523088 "2010-01-02T19:56:09Z")
Harley-Davidson has to be up there. Serious Harley riders believe their machines to be the pinnacle of modern engineering and are so in love with their rides that they look down on anyone who dares to mount anything else… --- ## [The good china and silverware. WYF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-china-and-silverware-wyf/717027)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-china-and-silverware-wyf/717027 "2015-04-17T17:05:36Z")
When the wife and I got married in 1980 we received a set of china and silverware. Tonight my daughter Saxony, and son in law, and my son Jimmer and his wife came over for dinner. My other son Maxwell and his wife just … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1061&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1063&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)