# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1063&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:** 1064 --- ## [Should insurance companies cover "Christian counseling"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-insurance-companies-cover-christian-counseling/587456)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-insurance-companies-cover-christian-counseling/587456 "2011-07-08T13:38:01Z")
Michelle Bachmann’s husband, Dr. Marcus Bachmann, is a clinical counseler in St. Paul and says this on his website: The bolding is his, not mine. Bachmann is, not surprisingly, very anti gay marriage, but takes it a s… --- ## [What do you think of burping/farting in front of members of the opposite sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-burping-farting-in-front-of-members-of-the-opposite-sex/236005)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2004, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-burping-farting-in-front-of-members-of-the-opposite-sex/236005 "2004-05-20T12:35:30Z")
My fiance has long held all women on a pedestal, myself (though God knows why) included. He’s never farted in front of me (not while conscious, anyway), and he’s never, ever burped aloud in front of me. I burped in front… --- ## [It's her money regardless of amount, CUNT!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-her-money-regardless-of-amount-cunt/436163)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-her-money-regardless-of-amount-cunt/436163 "2008-03-13T15:13:36Z")
I went into the dollar store today to get a gallon of windshield wiper sauce. It’s $3 or more everywhere else. There was a woman 2 customers ahead of me in the check out line who had already checked out but was standing … --- ## [Freezing a human body](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-a-human-body/640069)
**Author:** [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-a-human-body/640069 "2012-11-09T15:17:23Z")
As always, these questions begin with a little game of “How would you commit the perfect murder?” My husband’s (way too convoluted) method involves a freezer, but I know he’s wrong about his estimate of how long it would… --- ## [Can a woman get pregnant in coma?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-get-pregnant-in-coma/512544)
**Author:** [@Sragde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sragde)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-woman-get-pregnant-in-coma/512544 "2009-10-08T19:13:45Z")
Here is a really bizarre question :o I would like to have an answer to. I didn’t get Cecil’s answer :(, so, please, somebody - would you be so kind? I post it in the same form as in the letter (copy+paste): I know this… --- ## [Let's rename the Death Star](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005 "2017-01-02T02:16:15Z")
Face it, the Evil Galactic Empire has an image problem, and could use some good P.R. So maybe naming the giant planet-killing space station the Death Star wasn’t the smartest move. What are some less frightening, more pu… --- ## [Why the hate for "Last Action Hero"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hate-for-last-action-hero/549336)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hate-for-last-action-hero/549336 "2010-08-09T17:18:36Z")
The 1993 Schwarzenegger flick which bombed at the box office. I’ve never quite gotten why it’s so maligned. I’ve always thought it was an entertaining and spot-on send up of the action genre. I figure part of the proble… --- ## [Nicotine Patches for Weight Loss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicotine-patches-for-weight-loss/97745)
**Author:** [@merrily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrily)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicotine-patches-for-weight-loss/97745 "2015-06-18T07:56:38Z")
It has been suggested to me that since: Smokers often smoke to keep weight off Nicotine has an effect on the appetite Nicotine has an effect on digestion (unlike Opal) Nicotine tends to make people feel calmer …that a… --- ## [Whom to Pit: Bush or the Press? (Re: Bush's support for teaching Intelligent Design)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-to-pit-bush-or-the-press-re-bushs-support-for-teaching-intelligent-design/315331)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-to-pit-bush-or-the-press-re-bushs-support-for-teaching-intelligent-design/315331 "2005-08-06T00:09:45Z")
Bush endorses teaching ‘intelligent design’. (Requires registration) OK, Bush has been Pitted enough on this issue, so no real reason to do so again. Suffice it to say that on the subject of evolution, he’s an idiot. … --- ## [Sat Nav vs car speedometer speed which is correct ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sat-nav-vs-car-speedometer-speed-which-is-correct/554066)
**Author:** [@Sizzles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sizzles)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sat-nav-vs-car-speedometer-speed-which-is-correct/554066 "2010-09-21T00:42:30Z")
My Sat Nav (GPS) above about 20mph always shows my speed to be higher than my cars speedometer, by about 5mph. It seemed to me that the car speedometer would be correct but a friend thinks the Sat Nav is correct. He cl… --- ## [Your favoriate James Bond theme song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133 "2017-05-26T19:10:11Z")
I have a Shirley Bassey CD with her rendition of “Goldfinger” on it, and I like it a lot. It’s been a while since I heard some of the other Bond themes, but even so I’d have to say this one is probably my favorite. A c… --- ## [What do you think is at Area 51?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-at-area-51/696438)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-at-area-51/696438 "2014-08-27T17:52:09Z")
Some people say top secret military planes. Some of the extremists say wrecked UFO’s. What do you all think? --- ## [Chunky Girls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chunky-girls/258566)
**Author:** [@nonpolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonpolar)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chunky-girls/258566 "2004-08-09T20:20:19Z")
I think that girls and young women are getting more chunky i.e.(big). They look more and more like girls from Robert Crumb comics. Of course Men don’t look so good either.Am I right? --- ## ["I just want to find 11,780 votes"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-find-11-780-votes/959111)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-find-11-780-votes/959111 "2022-02-14T19:23:27Z")
As much of a dick and despicable human being I think Donald Trump is, I think this statement is similar to me saying “I just want to find a pair of tall boots in the perfect shade of brown.” This doesn’t mean that I exp… --- ## [WWI pilots' head scarves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwi-pilots-head-scarves/599051)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2014, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwi-pilots-head-scarves/599051 "2014-07-12T06:57:24Z")
Everyone is familiar with the aviator’s silk scarf. But what about the other one? In WWI, pilots often wore a scarf on the backs of their helmets that would stream out behind them. What was its purpose? My guess: It … --- ## [Fucking "You've probably never heard of it" smug bullshit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709 "2012-05-19T16:10:36Z")
I just saw a documentary on scopolamine which opened with “you’ve probably never heard of this drug”:cool: oh wow you little smug shitface you’re so educated! It started with hipster shit, and is now invading the Englis… --- ## [Tips pitching to giants as an undiscovered inventor in a new field](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-pitching-to-giants-as-an-undiscovered-inventor-in-a-new-field/828040)
**Author:** [@squish7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squish7)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-pitching-to-giants-as-an-undiscovered-inventor-in-a-new-field/828040 "2019-01-24T20:41:29Z")
I think I may dedicate the rest of my life’s work to the newborn fields of Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR), although the details of these fields aren’t vital to this thread. I’m radically creative, and I k… --- ## [Stephen Hawking's reputation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-hawkings-reputation/517440)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2009, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-hawkings-reputation/517440 "2009-11-18T10:29:25Z")
Is Stephen Hawking really all that and a bag of chips as a physicist, or is his reputation based primarily on the fact that he’s a good – or even darned good – thinker with dramatic physical limitations? --- ## [Most hated household chore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-household-chore/690646)
**Author:** [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-household-chore/690646 "2014-06-14T21:38:45Z")
Putting laundry away is the worst. This is a fact. (Oh god.) You’re sitting there facing a mountain (or molehill) of clean clothes. You steel yourself and take a t-shirt off the top. Your life is in immediate danger… --- ## [No, you CAN'T have a cigarette!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-have-a-cigarette/344878)
**Author:** [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-have-a-cigarette/344878 "2006-02-19T19:38:06Z")
So I’m standing outside on my lunch break, enjoying one of my three daily cigarettes, when a guy comes up to me and asks if he can bum one. I usually say no to these kinds of requests, but I’m feeling charitable for the … --- ## [Stupid library patrons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-library-patrons/317104)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-library-patrons/317104 "2005-08-25T18:11:10Z")
This just happened, so it’s nice and fresh in my mind. And here I sit with some free computer time. A woman comes up to the circ desk complaining that a DVD “won’t play the second part”. The circ desk staff is stumped s… --- ## [Why do songs sometimes play in a different key on the radio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-songs-sometimes-play-in-a-different-key-on-the-radio/282364)
**Author:** [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-songs-sometimes-play-in-a-different-key-on-the-radio/282364 "2005-01-04T02:30:14Z")
Inspired by this thread. On the rare occasion I listen to the radio, I’ll often hear a song that is in a different key from that which I am used to hearing from a variety of other sources. Usually it will be higher pit… --- ## [Why is the answer to "the most annoying math puzzle" not 8?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-answer-to-the-most-annoying-math-puzzle-not-8/977874)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 295\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-answer-to-the-most-annoying-math-puzzle-not-8/977874 "2023-01-19T19:08:24Z")
I’ve been watching a lot of the excellent maths YouTube channel numberphile, but this one has me confused: In this video Tim Hartford poses this problem as an example of a cognitive reflection problem (as i… --- ## [About the legality of poisoned donuts.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-legality-of-poisoned-donuts/493189)
**Author:** [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2009, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-legality-of-poisoned-donuts/493189 "2009-04-17T11:48:52Z")
I know there are laws against booby traps, but those are designed to protect rescue workers, right? Is it legal to have poisoned treats around your house? Let’s assume the poison itself is legal. The intention being tha… --- ## [WWI: Why didn't the British invade Germany by sea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwi-why-didnt-the-british-invade-germany-by-sea/611786)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwi-why-didnt-the-british-invade-germany-by-sea/611786 "2012-02-17T23:37:13Z")
When the Brits got into the war, they started pouring a lot of men’s blood into the same trench-lines the Germans and French had established. Why play that game? Britain was still the world’s greatest sea power. It co… --- ## ["Mars Attacks": help settle a dispute](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-attacks-help-settle-a-dispute/335602)
**Author:** [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-attacks-help-settle-a-dispute/335602 "2014-03-18T16:59:40Z")
The movie Mars Attacks was on television a few nights ago. Both my wife and I had already seen it before, though separately. On this recent night she decided to re-watch most of the movie. I only came by a few times t… --- ## [Ladies (primarily): what blind spots to check for as a man whom women value only as a friend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-primarily-what-blind-spots-to-check-for-as-a-man-whom-women-value-only-as-a-friend/539102)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-primarily-what-blind-spots-to-check-for-as-a-man-whom-women-value-only-as-a-friend/539102 "2010-05-16T21:52:30Z")
Blind spots in the sense of aspects I might not even aware of to address. I am a guy who takes the common advice to participate in social activities - in my case a bit of volunteering here or there, politics and regular… --- ## [Who remembers Disney record albums from the early animated movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-disney-record-albums-from-the-early-animated-movies/708783)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-disney-record-albums-from-the-early-animated-movies/708783 "2015-01-10T05:52:06Z")
My daughter (age 29) just watched Sleeping Beauty for the first time, and apart from making me feel like a failure as a mother for not introducing her to it myself :eek: it got me to thinking about my childhood in the 50… --- ## [The Bear on Hulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-on-hulu/967470)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-on-hulu/967470 "2026-07-20T17:53:45Z")
Anyone watching this show? Jeremy Allen White plays a chef who moves back to Chicago to run his brother’s restaurant after his brother commits suicide. It’s a failing restaurant, they have no money, and his brother owe… --- ## [Czechoslovakia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346 "2013-04-26T13:29:26Z")
I’ve had enough of their bullshit. --- ## [Put down that PB&J sandwich, you racist!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-down-that-pb-j-sandwich-you-racist/674554)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-down-that-pb-j-sandwich-you-racist/674554 "2013-11-25T14:57:36Z")
Yes, the lowly peanut butter and jelly sandwich is no longer on the list of non-racist foods. Supposedly, because people in places like Somalia don’t eat them, they are a universal symbol of “white privilege.” So is the… --- ## [Bernie Sanders, presidential candidate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-presidential-candidate/707692)
**Author:** [@TheSeaOtter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSeaOtter)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-presidential-candidate/707692 "2015-06-03T15:02:30Z")
So, everyone’s favorite sweater-wearing self-proclaimed socialist, Sen. Sanders of Vermont, is considering entering the Democratic presidential primary in 2016. It’s widely agreed that there’s essentially zero chance he… --- ## [538's %'s vs everybody else's "Tossup" rating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/538s-s-vs-everybody-elses-tossup-rating/634637)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/538s-s-vs-everybody-elses-tossup-rating/634637 "2012-09-15T20:33:47Z")
So … I’ve noticed a lot of folks, particularly liberals, seem to place a lot of stock in Nate Silver’s probabilities. He’s got an interesting model, but his probabibilites definitely seem to be on the high side for Obama… --- ## [What does English sound like to a foreigner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-english-sound-like-to-a-foreigner/113420)
**Author:** [@Montezuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montezuma)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-english-sound-like-to-a-foreigner/113420 "2002-12-02T16:41:58Z")
We hear other people talk different languages, and they sound strange, so of course they are gonna think we sound strange too. So I was wondering, what do we sound like to people who don’t speak English? --- ## [Someone threatens to commit suicide. You egg them on. Can you be sued if the person commits suicide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-threatens-to-commit-suicide-you-egg-them-on-can-you-be-sued-if-the-person-commits-suicide/618569)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-threatens-to-commit-suicide-you-egg-them-on-can-you-be-sued-if-the-person-commits-suicide/618569 "2012-04-21T20:02:03Z")
Over on Reddit there is a post detailing a story of a guy who posted on Reddit that he wanted to kill himself. Apparently some Redditors egged him on (not all did) and the man jumped from a hotel window killing himself … --- ## [The Black Woman is God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-woman-is-god/742438)
**Author:** [@thanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thanatic)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-woman-is-god/742438 "2016-01-09T01:18:55Z")
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CXl-gEaUwAA4CpC.jpg:large its true isn’t it? i mean no one can really dispute this --- ## [Funniest single line in a song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773)
**Author:** [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773 "2003-11-01T21:12:17Z")
There’s already been a ‘funniest song’ thread, but I was looking for something slightly different–musical versions of the classic one-liner. We all know of great one-liners from TV, such as “My cat’s breath smells of ca… --- ## [Mad-Men: 6.10 "A Tail of Two Cities"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-6-10-a-tail-of-two-cities/659984)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-6-10-a-tail-of-two-cities/659984 "2013-06-08T03:51:08Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] The agency works to keep a client. \[/QUOTE\] It’s another John Slatterly episode directed by. --- ## [What are some good biographies of drugged out or emotionally troubled people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-biographies-of-drugged-out-or-emotionally-troubled-people/641937)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-biographies-of-drugged-out-or-emotionally-troubled-people/641937 "2012-12-17T00:46:52Z")
I really enjoyed the heroin diaries and have read it multiple times. I’ve read Tommy Lee’s biography too, but found the part where he was in jail the most interesting. So I think I’m drawn to biographies about addictio… --- ## [What is this position called and why can only I do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-position-called-and-why-can-only-i-do-it/679800)
**Author:** [@fartprincess420](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fartprincess420)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-position-called-and-why-can-only-i-do-it/679800 "2014-02-06T02:41:59Z")
Hi all. I’m a long-time lurker on the SD, so I figure my grand entrance should be with the most ridiculous question ever. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been able to sit in this particular position. My calves… --- ## [What made it psychedelic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-it-psychedelic/480407)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-it-psychedelic/480407 "2009-01-10T21:04:38Z")
How do you define psychedelia? What is it in the music and the culture that made it psychedelic?. (I’m talking about '60s psychedelia here, by the way). A lot of music was called psychedelic just because it was made in '… --- ## [Where do you buy cheap(er) sewing patterns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-buy-cheap-er-sewing-patterns/355257)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-buy-cheap-er-sewing-patterns/355257 "2006-05-05T18:15:43Z")
I want to buy them, but all the stores have them around here for ridiculously expensive prices. Like $15.99 for a patttern for a hat, or something. Plus they are predominantly for things I wouldn’t be caught dead in - fl… --- ## [When a police person tells you, "Don't leave town".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-police-person-tells-you-dont-leave-town/691285)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-police-person-tells-you-dont-leave-town/691285 "2014-06-23T19:39:12Z")
Does anyone know what the legal significance of that is? Is there any law that enables the police to force you to stay in a city? If so, does it have to be the city of your primary residence? What if you have two reside… --- ## [Accusations of trolling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accusations-of-trolling/139814)
**Author:** [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accusations-of-trolling/139814 "2003-06-19T14:08:20Z")
I have noticed a rash of accusations of trolling in this forum lately. My comments in the threads in question don’t seem to be doing the trick, so I’m saying it here: Cut it out. If you want to take someone to the BBQ… --- ## [The Radioactive Boy Scout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-radioactive-boy-scout/202767)
**Author:** [@Cardenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardenio)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-radioactive-boy-scout/202767 "2017-04-25T21:39:49Z")
The story about " David Hahn the Boy Scout who Bulit a Breeder Reactor " that appeared in Harper’s in 99’ - Kieth Silverman I think was the reporter. I think this story total hooey. Can anyone confirm or deny this ?:… --- ## [Movies set in Europe during the 1600s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-in-europe-during-the-1600s/511828)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2009, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-in-europe-during-the-1600s/511828 "2009-09-29T09:49:23Z")
It seems like there are very, very few movies set in Europe during the time of the European Wars (the Thirty Years’ War, Eighty Years’ War, the English Civil War) or even the Jacobean period. Are there some good “costum… --- ## [Recommend a movie made since 2000 that you think most people haven't seen.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-movie-made-since-2000-that-you-think-most-people-havent-seen/530640)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-movie-made-since-2000-that-you-think-most-people-havent-seen/530640 "2010-03-08T16:20:40Z")
I’m watching Dear Frankie on TV. Although it is a late night Saturday TV movie I rated it 9 on IMDB when I saw it in 2004. It stars Gerard Butler and Emily Mortimer and tells the story of a woman who fakes a sea-faring f… --- ## [Unleash the Mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unleash-the-mind/632579)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unleash-the-mind/632579 "2012-08-30T20:03:33Z")
Unleash the Mind is a new essay by George Gilder that is a must-read for anyone who supports capitalism and markets. Gilder does a magnificent job of describing capitalism as a system that creates wealth through benevol… --- ## [How to avoid student loan debt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-student-loan-debt/680228)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-student-loan-debt/680228 "2014-02-05T12:22:57Z")
The problem of college students graduating with a mountain of loans has been talked about a lot in the past few years. Yet despite all the talk, no solutions are in sight. Every statistic I’ve seen shows the problem st… --- ## [Heroes 11/12/07 - "Four Months Ago" (SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-12-07-four-months-ago-spoilers/426184)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2007, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-12-07-four-months-ago-spoilers/426184 "2007-11-19T05:46:24Z")
Last week: Hiro finally made it back to the present, loaded down with boring vacation stories and tacky souvenirs. Parkman got a major power boost. Peter did a quick stint in the road company of “I Remember Mama,” strand… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1062&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1064&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)