# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1071&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:** 1072 --- ## [Extend PATRIOT Act? Moyers has 'scoop'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extend-patriot-act-moyers-has-scoop/153605)
**Author:** [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extend-patriot-act-moyers-has-scoop/153605 "2003-02-24T16:37:36Z")
Left-wing journalist Bill Moyers claims to have a scoop regarding the PATRIOT Act. I’ll be reading it now, but put me down as a “no.” There are multiple PDFs to read, sorry. --- ## [Do you believe that Trump will attempt to pardon himself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-that-trump-will-attempt-to-pardon-himself/924660)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-that-trump-will-attempt-to-pardon-himself/924660 "2021-01-20T22:36:01Z")
Assuming that Trump loses the election, do you think that he will issue a generic pardon to relieve himself of any potential federal crimes as Ford did with Nixon? Note that I’m not asking if he will be successful, just… --- ## [Importance of magazine capacity in self defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/importance-of-magazine-capacity-in-self-defense/671300)
**Author:** [@Whiteknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiteknight)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2013, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/importance-of-magazine-capacity-in-self-defense/671300 "2013-10-19T06:48:14Z")
Without getting into my personal politics on the issue, one argument I’ve heard against limiting magazine capacities of firearms is that a self-defender might be facing multiple opponents. Can anyone point me to some ci… --- ## [Do regular people today enjoy a better life than the great rulers of the past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-regular-people-today-enjoy-a-better-life-than-the-great-rulers-of-the-past/372822)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-regular-people-today-enjoy-a-better-life-than-the-great-rulers-of-the-past/372822 "2006-09-30T22:33:19Z")
Let’s compare an average American middle-class person with a great sultan or pharoah. Food: Pharoahs got the best chefs, top ingredients, and rare delicacies. But 2000 years ago, fresh grapes were a luxury item. Adva… --- ## [Yo, Chas.E, I'm going to say it right out:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-chas-e-im-going-to-say-it-right-out/87642)
**Author:** [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2001, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-chas-e-im-going-to-say-it-right-out/87642 "2001-10-19T21:07:59Z")
You’re a liar. Unlike the ever-patient Czarcasm (How’s that for a phrase you don’t expect to hear every day?), I’m no longer willing to give you the benifit of the doubt and assume your friends pulled a quick one on you… --- ## [brickbacon, sorry, you are a bigot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brickbacon-sorry-you-are-a-bigot/477201)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brickbacon-sorry-you-are-a-bigot/477201 "2008-12-17T17:22:41Z")
From here. Basically, to make a long story short, brickbacon (among others), is upset that the struggle for the rights of gays is being compared to that of blacks during the Civil Rights movement. Some of his statement… --- ## [Political Compass #60: No one can feel naturally homosexual.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-60-no-one-can-feel-naturally-homosexual/313442)
**Author:** [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-60-no-one-can-feel-naturally-homosexual/313442 "2005-07-22T18:03:09Z")
Many political debates here have included references to The Political Compass, which uses a set of 61 questions to assess one’s political orientation in terms of economic left/right and social libertarianism/authoritaria… --- ## [Missouri officially bans gay marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-officially-bans-gay-marriage/258291)
**Author:** [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-officially-bans-gay-marriage/258291 "2004-08-09T19:04:25Z")
Hopefully this link works I live in St. Louis, MO and went out of my way specifically to vote against this amendment, but apparently Missouri is still too full of Bible-thumping homophobic rednecks who are for some rea… --- ## [How were non-smokers seen back in the day\*?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-were-non-smokers-seen-back-in-the-day/690892)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-were-non-smokers-seen-back-in-the-day/690892 "2014-06-19T14:42:45Z")
100 years ago for Christmas British and Commonwealth troops in the trenches got a present from Princess Mary, containing “…a combination of pipe, lighter, 1 oz of tobacco and twenty cigarettes” These days if someone sug… --- ## [California - legal weed going on the ballot baby!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-legal-weed-going-on-the-ballot-baby/533852)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-legal-weed-going-on-the-ballot-baby/533852 "2010-04-02T19:05:22Z")
So it’s finally here, the petition they’ve been kicking around for a while (and I was one of the signatories, I’m proud to say) got approved for the November ballot. I’m sure some naysayers will come in with “it’ll neve… --- ## [MMP? Here it is.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-here-it-is/839926)
**Author:** [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2019, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-here-it-is/839926 "2019-11-28T09:00:53Z")
Not seeing a new one yet. Happy Moanday! --- ## [Can I daisy chain wireless routers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-daisy-chain-wireless-routers/565833)
**Author:** [@keno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keno)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-daisy-chain-wireless-routers/565833 "2014-05-16T16:47:11Z")
I recently converted from Comcast cable/internet service to Verizon-FIOS. With my Comcast service, I used my own n-wireless router plugged into the Comcast interface. The interface provided by Verizon-FIOS is g-wireles… --- ## [A Flaw in evelution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-flaw-in-evelution/761858)
**Author:** [@armadillo17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armadillo17)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2016, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-flaw-in-evelution/761858 "2016-08-12T09:02:25Z")
This is something that has bothered me for years. Let’s say I am carrying 20 extra lbs on my caboose. 3500 cal x 20 = 70,000 calories that my body has at its disposal to run on when I run out of (food) fuel in the blood… --- ## [Inventor of Hawaiian Pizza Dead at 83](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-hawaiian-pizza-dead-at-83/788591)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-hawaiian-pizza-dead-at-83/788591 "2017-07-09T17:45:50Z")
Sam Panopoulos, who was actually a Greek immigrant in Canada. RIP, Sam. We hardly knew ye. :frowning: I like Hawaiian pizza myself. It is offered here in Hawaii but not the big deal you might imagine it would be. Her… --- ## [Taking leftover beer home from a party.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-leftover-beer-home-from-a-party/652749)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-leftover-beer-home-from-a-party/652749 "2013-03-13T22:07:32Z")
You show up to a party with a sixpack/twelvepack/case of beer. Is it rude to take the leftovers home with you? What if it’s expensive beer? --- ## [Should transgendered people be allowed to marry? And have they really changed their gender?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-transgendered-people-be-allowed-to-marry-and-have-they-really-changed-their-gender/579647)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-transgendered-people-be-allowed-to-marry-and-have-they-really-changed-their-gender/579647 "2011-05-02T22:20:20Z")
Texas state legislators in both houses have offered new legislation that would erase current language allowing transgendered people to get marriage licenses. Sen. Tommy Williams (R) and Rep. Lois Kolkhorst (R) both spon… --- ## [Is the term "master bedroom" offensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-term-master-bedroom-offensive/940001)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-term-master-bedroom-offensive/940001 "2021-05-30T18:36:17Z")
Those of you shopping for a house, or who have done so, what do you think of when you hear “master bedroom”? I think of the main bedroom, one in which, in a modern house, I’d expect an ensuite and a walk-in closet and l… --- ## [Oprah gets OJ to admit he did it \[or maybe not\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oprah-gets-oj-to-admit-he-did-it-or-maybe-not/586573)
**Author:** [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oprah-gets-oj-to-admit-he-did-it-or-maybe-not/586573 "2012-03-23T20:16:45Z")
Not that anyone should be surprised. \[noparse\]http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/168473/20110623/oj-simpson-murder-confess-oprah-wife-nicole-brown.htm\[/noparse\] \[ETA: We’ve had a malware report on this link.\] If this … --- ## [Iran -- you better watch yourself!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776 "2017-02-04T02:11:28Z")
The National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn, made a statement today in relation to Iran’s missile tests. In a bold move, he placed Iran on… DOUBLE SECRET PROBATION! Oops, I read that wrong. Iran has been warned of a R… --- ## [The Democratic Party Is Losing the Propaganda War (AM Radio)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-party-is-losing-the-propaganda-war-am-radio/143408)
**Author:** [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-party-is-losing-the-propaganda-war-am-radio/143408 "2003-01-08T11:12:18Z")
I live close to my office, so I seldom spend much time in the car. Over the last couple of weeks, however, I’ve spent more time on the road, and consequently, more time listening to the radio. Specifically, AM radio. No… --- ## [Back to "normality" in the MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-normality-in-the-mmp/848775)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-normality-in-the-mmp/848775 "2020-03-09T15:06:18Z")
Insomnia is, as Beck would say, a bad bad bad thing. It is, however, frequent enough for me to qualify as “normality”. Also, DH is finally returning to work, nearly 6 months after a broken leg. Modified duty, yes. Basic… --- ## [Authors whose books are always available at thrift stores, used book sales, etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-whose-books-are-always-available-at-thrift-stores-used-book-sales-etc/597880)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-whose-books-are-always-available-at-thrift-stores-used-book-sales-etc/597880 "2011-10-15T21:56:38Z")
Inspired by this post, where Andy Rooney and Jeff “The Frugal Gormet” Smith are mentioned. My two authors would be Stephen King and Mary Higgins Clark. Always available at any cheap books venue. --- ## [100 non-Marvel/DC superheroes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-non-marvel-dc-superheroes/349800)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-non-marvel-dc-superheroes/349800 "2006-03-27T12:27:17Z")
In keeping with the current flood of 100 character threads. Characters must be comic book super-heroes. But no characters from Marvel or DC. I’ll start: 1 - Nexus --- ## [Chris Rock Low-brow humor and Will Smith's Violent Reaction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-rock-low-brow-humor-and-will-smiths-violent-reaction/961960)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-rock-low-brow-humor-and-will-smiths-violent-reaction/961960 "2022-04-17T00:45:09Z")
I’ve always felt that American low-brow humor (“breaking balls”) is truly insulting in so many respects. I don’t know where the need comes from to humiliate people in social situations and then(if the target doesn’t get … --- ## [Should women have to register for Selective Service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-women-have-to-register-for-selective-service/826361)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-women-have-to-register-for-selective-service/826361 "2019-02-28T15:35:35Z")
In the USA, only men can potentially be drafted into the military against their will. How is that fair? Isn’t it blatantly sexist to only force men to fight if the need arises? --- ## [Does President Trump use private "goon squads"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210)
**Author:** [@Goosie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goosie)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210 "2017-03-18T00:52:49Z")
Does President Trump use private “goon squads” to deal with people who displease him somehow? Could he become America’s “Papa Doc”? --- ## [Whats your Opinion of Sheriff Joe Arpaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-of-sheriff-joe-arpaio/477892)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-of-sheriff-joe-arpaio/477892 "2009-12-12T01:17:41Z")
I have read up a bit about him (obligatory wiki link) He seems pretty popular in the states, but his methods are whats shall we say? Cude? Effective. Inhumane? Crazy? --- ## [I need shower shoes that won't get stinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-shower-shoes-that-wont-get-stinky/373854)
**Author:** [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-shower-shoes-that-wont-get-stinky/373854 "2007-01-22T06:02:53Z")
The shower shoes I have (for wearing in the shower–dorm life you know) have a footbed covered in plasticy stuff, and they’re smelling pretty bad after a while. Should I look for shoes made of foam or rubber or something … --- ## [Louisiana Republicans are so dumb they blame Obama for Katrina](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-republicans-are-so-dumb-they-blame-obama-for-katrina/666907)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-republicans-are-so-dumb-they-blame-obama-for-katrina/666907 "2013-08-25T12:42:27Z")
From TPM: :eek: Og, “Bob,” and Jesus-Allah, are the Pubs this dumb in every state nowadays?! There was a time, you know, and a long time, too, when the GOP was the party of the highly educated. I wonder, did Nixon a… --- ## [New Alien movie confirmed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-alien-movie-confirmed/713129)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-alien-movie-confirmed/713129 "2015-03-22T03:46:13Z")
At least they’re saying so in Variety. The director will be Neill Blomkamp, who directed District 9. It won’t be a prequel or sequel of Prometheus, but a true Alien movie. --- ## [Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrence-malicks-tree-of-life/589055)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrence-malicks-tree-of-life/589055 "2014-09-06T16:25:22Z")
Just saw this film last night and am rather surprised there’s no thread about it yet. My wife and I found it intriguing and thought-provoking, but we were puzzled by much of it, particularly the explicit references to t… --- ## [Gender-based violence : Why not hate Crimes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-based-violence-why-not-hate-crimes/655257)
**Author:** [@SleuFeets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SleuFeets)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-based-violence-why-not-hate-crimes/655257 "2013-05-15T01:26:56Z")
There is a lot of meaning in aptly describing, naming, or acknowledging something. Seventy-four percent of all murder-suicides involved an intimate partner (spouse, common-law spouse, ex-spouse, or boyfriend/girlfriend)… --- ## [Would a bomb going off in a TSA line put an end to the ridiculous security theater?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-bomb-going-off-in-a-tsa-line-put-an-end-to-the-ridiculous-security-theater/560323)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-bomb-going-off-in-a-tsa-line-put-an-end-to-the-ridiculous-security-theater/560323 "2011-01-25T00:09:59Z")
Previous thread was closed, but I guess this was the question I was going for. And since there is no factual answer, here it is in GD. My suspicion is no. They will still use the excuse that they are protecting tall buil… --- ## [Why does Craig Ferguson flash emails the way he does?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-craig-ferguson-flash-emails-the-way-he-does/567440)
**Author:** [@The\_Jay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Jay)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-craig-ferguson-flash-emails-the-way-he-does/567440 "2011-01-14T23:37:57Z")
Whenever Craig Ferguson is reading out letters on his show, he will start with “This is from John Smith of New York” and then he will quickly flash the piece of paper that the email is written on to the camera, but only … --- ## [Craftsman style house- "Gentleman's Door"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craftsman-style-house-gentlemans-door/640197)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craftsman-style-house-gentlemans-door/640197 "2012-11-09T15:28:35Z")
There are are a lot of Craftsman style homes in my Texas neighborhood. Mine is from the 1930’s. They have boxy, four-square floor plans and are quite charming. Many of them have a door that exits to the outside directly … --- ## [How should I eat my canned haggis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982)
**Author:** [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982 "2007-01-21T15:03:44Z")
I saw this can of haggis in the international grocery, and I’ve always wanted to try haggis so I bought it. I’m sure that it is nothing compared to the real thing. How do I eat it? I know nothing about haggis. --- ## [(Old) April Showers bringing May Flowers in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-april-showers-bringing-may-flowers-in-the-mmp/1001177)
**Author:** [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-april-showers-bringing-may-flowers-in-the-mmp/1001177 "2024-05-13T23:49:51Z")
Good Morning MMPers! I was so happy to see the lillies of the valley first with buds late last week and starting to open into blooms yesterday. Our lilacs are in full bloom. I sat in the backyard over the weekend enjo… --- ## [Masturbation reference in "The Wanderer"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-reference-in-the-wanderer/629438)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-reference-in-the-wanderer/629438 "2022-06-16T15:04:01Z")
I’ve been wondering about this for years now. Well, not constantly, just every now and then, when I happen to hear the song \*The Wanderer \*by Dion and the Belmonts. Dion sings about how the pretty girls are “all the same… --- ## [Ok, I agree...Bush is a frigging moron (Bush Signs Schiavo Bill)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-agree-bush-is-a-frigging-moron-bush-signs-schiavo-bill/295591)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-agree-bush-is-a-frigging-moron-bush-signs-schiavo-bill/295591 "2005-03-25T12:54:05Z")
My first pit thread here, and I know this issue has been beaten to death already both here and in GD but I saw this article and…well, just wanted to vent some. What the hell is wrong with these people?? A special emerg… --- ## [George R. R. Martin-s Song of Ice and Fire series: not so great after all.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-r-r-martin-s-song-of-ice-and-fire-series-not-so-great-after-all/555856)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-r-r-martin-s-song-of-ice-and-fire-series-not-so-great-after-all/555856 "2011-07-15T20:10:33Z")
\*\*\* Spoilers Galore \*\*\* I read the series for the first time when I was 18 and loved it. Became a devotee, reread it regularly, hung out at the forum, etc… Then, for reasons that I’m sure need no explaining, I paid no … --- ## [Atheist Heaven, -what would our slice of heaven be](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-heaven-what-would-our-slice-of-heaven-be/538419)
**Author:** [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2010, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-heaven-what-would-our-slice-of-heaven-be/538419 "2010-05-14T11:31:45Z")
state whether your a guy or girl. And it doesnt exclude deists. I want to know what would be heaven to you too. Okay we know what happens after death, - WE KINDA DECAY. I would wish the conversation not to focus on … --- ## [Please Help With Shed Rafters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-with-shed-rafters/690401)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-with-shed-rafters/690401 "2014-07-10T21:45:17Z")
Hi Everyone I am working on a shed (12x12, 7.5 tall). I have done a fair bit of amateur framing before, so it’s coming along well. However, I need to make the rafters, and I want to seek math guidance here. Despite work… --- ## [Ask The Guy With Early Onset Alzheimer's (Inspired by DMark)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-early-onset-alzheimers-inspired-by-dmark/496025)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-early-onset-alzheimers-inspired-by-dmark/496025 "2009-05-21T01:03:00Z")
Don’t know if any of you are watching the very powerful documentary series “The Alzheimer’s Project”, but if you didn’t, (and even if you did) and have some questions, I’d like to open this thread with an invitation for… --- ## [Did you actually listen to the words of the song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-actually-listen-to-the-words-of-the-song/415712)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-actually-listen-to-the-words-of-the-song/415712 "2007-08-19T18:57:22Z")
When I was around 7 or so, I thought Michael Jackson was in a huge hurry to get to his sweetie’s house very, very early in the morning in the song Got To Be There. But I was young, so I can be forgiven. But when I was a… --- ## [Christians: does a church pastor calling himself "Apostle" offend you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-a-church-pastor-calling-himself-apostle-offend-you/512359)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-a-church-pastor-calling-himself-apostle-offend-you/512359 "2009-10-05T12:50:47Z")
I’m opening this thread in IMHO rather than GD because I don’t want to get into another “Atheism roolz, Xtianity droolz” discussion. Okay? For a freelance assignment I’ve been working on recently, I’ve had occasion to … --- ## [xash, are you kidding me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xash-are-you-kidding-me/535579)
**Author:** [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xash-are-you-kidding-me/535579 "2010-04-12T21:44:00Z")
So saying “Your mama wears combat boots” is being a jerk, but, for example, when Der Trihs wished death on every American serviceman that wasn’t being a jerk? Holy fucking shit. You guys have officially “twankled the c… --- ## [What's your IQ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664)
**Author:** [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664 "2003-04-10T07:15:53Z")
According to my last test, my IQ score is 147. Not bad, but it seems somehow puny and inadequate when measured against mental heavyweights like Goethe (210), Einstein (just above 160), and William James Sidis (250-300). … --- ## [Questions About "Supersize me"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-supersize-me/376201)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-supersize-me/376201 "2006-10-13T21:24:41Z")
I watched this last night-I get the impression that a lot was left out of this 'documentary". Firts: could you really get that sick (incipient liver failure ) from 21 days of eating Big Macs? And, could anyone actually … --- ## [Who are the least plausible fictional Presidents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858 "2013-12-12T06:27:57Z")
Charlie Brooker nominates 24’s President and R. Kelly lookalike Wayne Palmer as the least fictional POTUS. But there have been a myriad of fictional presidents, some more plausible than others. Who are your nominations f… --- ## [Are you supposed to wear socks with cowboy boots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-supposed-to-wear-socks-with-cowboy-boots/438193)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-supposed-to-wear-socks-with-cowboy-boots/438193 "2008-02-27T21:09:25Z")
I’m looking for a pair, and I know it’s a really dumb question, but I don’t know! And if it’s customary to wear socks, what weight? Is there a particularly well-regarded brand? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1070&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1072&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)