# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1078&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:** 1079 --- ## [Hummingbird Feeders: Poor Nutrition for the Birds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hummingbird-feeders-poor-nutrition-for-the-birds/263169)
**Author:** [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hummingbird-feeders-poor-nutrition-for-the-birds/263169 "2004-09-06T17:00:28Z")
Today, I decided I wanted to get a hummingbird feeder, but a thought ocurred to me: maybe I’d actually be harming them a little. The recipe that I’ve always heard is one part ordinary white sugar to four parts water. Bu… --- ## [Is the "Shopping channel snark" experiment a failure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982 "2015-12-12T15:36:51Z")
It’s been about a month since the powers that be, in an unprecedented move, allowed some refugees from another board to colonize a thread in Cafe Society where they can snark on the various shopping channels on TV. This… --- ## [Askia -- What the Hell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askia-what-the-hell/320564)
**Author:** [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askia-what-the-hell/320564 "2005-09-11T13:18:04Z")
This is a pitting in name only, to avoid a hijack. Please explain the following statement, from this thread. For starters, define “aid.” Tell us when the clock starts ticking on the “ten hours, tops.” If smart peopl… --- ## [Do artificial sweeteners spike insulin response?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-artificial-sweeteners-spike-insulin-response/603480)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-artificial-sweeteners-spike-insulin-response/603480 "2011-11-27T05:56:25Z")
A few years back I recall reading some preliminary studies that suggested that the body reacted to artificially sweetened drinks by releasing insulin in the same way it would react to an actually sweetened drink. Has the… --- ## [" Men are big babies so we have to save them from their fear of Doctors" Fuck you !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-are-big-babies-so-we-have-to-save-them-from-their-fear-of-doctors-fuck-you/361225)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2006, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-are-big-babies-so-we-have-to-save-them-from-their-fear-of-doctors-fuck-you/361225 "2006-06-22T08:19:33Z")
In the past week, I’ve heard several different feature stories on t.v. and on CNN on the radio. ( XM Radio ). They all basically played the same theme- men are big babies, they have to be dragged to the doctor for regul… --- ## [Weird Poop and Violence-Related Sex Fetishes - Do People Actually Do These Things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-poop-and-violence-related-sex-fetishes-do-people-actually-do-these-things/710798)
**Author:** [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-poop-and-violence-related-sex-fetishes-do-people-actually-do-these-things/710798 "2015-02-07T01:22:53Z")
Being a middle-aged, hopelessly unhip honky who works with a lot of young millennials of all races, I frequently cruise Urban Dictionary, to figure out just what the hell they’re talking about. The other day, I got on t… --- ## [At the risk of being crude, that's only five, Paul.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-risk-of-being-crude-thats-only-five-paul/549574)
**Author:** [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-risk-of-being-crude-thats-only-five-paul/549574 "2010-08-10T15:16:01Z")
Slip out the back, Jack Make a new plan, Stan You don’t need to be coy, Roy Hope on the bus, Gus Just drop off the key, Lee There must be 45 more ways to leave your lover. Specifically, there must be at least 45 more … --- ## [Can a state punish you for doing something that is legal in another state but not in their state?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-state-punish-you-for-doing-something-that-is-legal-in-another-state-but-not-in-their-state/833680)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-state-punish-you-for-doing-something-that-is-legal-in-another-state-but-not-in-their-state/833680 "2019-05-16T22:56:16Z")
For example, let’s say State-A passes a law making plucking your eyebrows illegal. So, you go to State-B next door where eyebrow plucking is perfectly legal and you have your eyebrows plucked there. Can State-A arrest … --- ## [I have been banned from Old Navy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-banned-from-old-navy/613804)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2012, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-banned-from-old-navy/613804 "2012-02-27T06:04:29Z")
“We don’t serve your kind here!” That kind being me. I used to buy most of my jeans at Old Navy. They are reasonably priced, and of OK quality. A good bang for the buck. I bought my last pair around Christmas time. … --- ## [Foreign countries - which US states do they resemble?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-countries-which-us-states-do-they-resemble/572808)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2015, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-countries-which-us-states-do-they-resemble/572808 "2015-01-31T08:39:34Z")
I haven’t travelled much outside the US - just to Canada and the Caribbean. I am wondering how to visualize foreign countries (until I have enough money to visit them). Since I have visited plenty of US States, do cert… --- ## ["More Americans Seeking Dental Treatment At The ER"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-americans-seeking-dental-treatment-at-the-er/615501)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-americans-seeking-dental-treatment-at-the-er/615501 "2012-03-22T12:15:51Z")
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=147544667 I had no idea people go to ER for dental problems… How can we fix this and what is it like in other countries? --- ## [Why doesn't Tuba take her own crap to the Pit? (quite long; mildly acerbic)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-tuba-take-her-own-crap-to-the-pit-quite-long-mildly-acerbic/428444)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-tuba-take-her-own-crap-to-the-pit-quite-long-mildly-acerbic/428444 "2007-12-03T16:40:15Z")
Technically, I guess this pitting will score for Skipmagic. But I would ask that the judges to consider the exigencies of the SDMB model, and extend at least a portion of these winnings to the Queen Bitch herself. Okay,… --- ## [Songs that will always tug at your heart strings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-will-always-tug-at-your-heart-strings/664855)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-will-always-tug-at-your-heart-strings/664855 "2013-08-04T09:16:12Z")
I think we all have a few of these songs. Ok, so it’s been years, decades even, maybe. You’re over him/her. You wouldn’t get back together with them even if they crawled over hot coals and begged you with the eyes of th… --- ## [That's not what that recipe means!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-not-what-that-recipe-means/852558)
**Author:** [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-not-what-that-recipe-means/852558 "2020-05-04T16:18:45Z")
A recent thread about the British meaning of the word “pudding” has got me thinking. If I ordered “chocolate pudding”, I’d expect a dark, sticky, hefty, steamed sponge affair which could be repurposed as a cannonball sho… --- ## [How much does stereoscopic vision affect ability to shoot a gun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-stereoscopic-vision-affect-ability-to-shoot-a-gun/507173)
**Author:** [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-stereoscopic-vision-affect-ability-to-shoot-a-gun/507173 "2011-10-10T08:21:28Z")
Strange question here which may or may not have an answer. I have lousy depth perception, because my stereoscopic ability is pretty minimal\*. I can’t see ‘Magic Eye’ type pictures or 3d movies, and I’m completely worth… --- ## [MacDonald-Campbell Feud: Still Going On?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonald-campbell-feud-still-going-on/267461)
**Author:** [@Grossbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grossbottom)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macdonald-campbell-feud-still-going-on/267461 "2015-08-08T22:36:50Z")
Great-grandma was from the old country. She always said that while there were many many ways to get your nose broken in a Scottish pub, bringing up the MacDonald-Campbell blood feud was one of the more certain methods. I… --- ## [Does the RIFE machine really work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-rife-machine-really-work/166007)
**Author:** [@PolskiKing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PolskiKing)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-rife-machine-really-work/166007 "2003-04-03T00:12:37Z")
My doctor recently suggested I get a RIFE machine, so i did some research, and im surprised at what i saw. The RIFE machine was created by a guy named Royal Rife. Supporters adamatly believe it works. Basically you tu… --- ## [The Khymer Rouge ...what were they thinking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khymer-rouge-what-were-they-thinking/689249)
**Author:** [@Billybonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billybonds)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khymer-rouge-what-were-they-thinking/689249 "2014-05-30T03:56:32Z")
Have just watched another depressing yet morbidly fascinating doco on the Khymer Rouge and the inconceivable level of cruelty and mass murder inflicted on the Cambodian people by them. The whole tragic episode has been w… --- ## [post obscure facts about your profession!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-obscure-facts-about-your-profession/525859)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-obscure-facts-about-your-profession/525859 "2010-01-31T01:52:27Z")
I’ll start: I’m a Maryland lawyer. Judges on our Court of Appeals (the highest court in the state) wear cranberry robes. See: http://www.courts.state.md.us/coappeals/coajudges.html Striking, eh? I don’t know of any othe… --- ## [All European descended people are really black](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-european-descended-people-are-really-black/522221)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2009, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-european-descended-people-are-really-black/522221 "2009-12-27T05:32:45Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=544874&page=1 The thread title says it all. I am of European descent, but I have access to the “secret” knowledge that my ancestors are all descended from Africans, a… --- ## [Why no "fluorescent white" paint?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-fluorescent-white-paint/675412)
**Author:** [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-fluorescent-white-paint/675412 "2019-06-11T23:55:56Z")
Recently I have gotten it into my head to play around with fluorescent paints on a small scale. The local craft store had a variety of brand name acrylic paints, but they all seemed to offer the same basic palette of si… --- ## [Lapsang Souchong is Vile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-is-vile/269956)
**Author:** [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-is-vile/269956 "2015-05-21T04:07:16Z")
Evil. It tastes like liquefied smoke and ash from a fireplace. You know the taste you can get in your month if a campfire blows in your face - multiple that by a million. Has anyone ever tried to make a chemical weapon o… --- ## [So what did you do with old pictures of your ex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-with-old-pictures-of-your-ex/56180)
**Author:** [@Girl\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Hermit)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2001, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-with-old-pictures-of-your-ex/56180 "2001-03-06T15:31:49Z")
In going through a stack of old photo albums last night I came across one that contained pictures of my ex-boyfriend. While we never married we did live common-law for 7 years and I accumulated a lot of pictures over tha… --- ## [Heroes 2/5 - "Distractions" (SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-2-5-distractions-spoilers/390987)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-2-5-distractions-spoilers/390987 "2007-02-09T20:49:56Z")
Last week we met Claire’s mommy. Just wait until you meet Daddy! --- ## [Kirk Cameron proved that God exists. Take that, atheists!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-cameron-proved-that-god-exists-take-that-atheists/403954)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-cameron-proved-that-god-exists-take-that-atheists/403954 "2007-05-17T17:28:32Z")
Man, and I thought the banana thing was convincing… --- ## [Fucking intellectual cowards (fundamentalist Christian rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-intellectual-cowards-fundamentalist-christian-rant/282317)
**Author:** [@spectrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spectrum)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-intellectual-cowards-fundamentalist-christian-rant/282317 "2005-01-04T01:17:36Z")
I get so sick of the high and mighty Christian types (as opposed to nice, fluffy Christians), who are all set and ready to come down on anyone and everyone who isn’t just like them, particularly gays. How they’ll rant an… --- ## [Horse meat scandal in Europe.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-meat-scandal-in-europe/649625)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-meat-scandal-in-europe/649625 "2013-02-13T08:29:22Z")
I’ve been following this story for a few weeks. Some meat providers added horse meat to their beef hamburger. It’s showed up in several major hamburger chains like Burger King. Now its been found in frozen lasagne. Appa… --- ## [hawthorne...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawthorne/469391)
**Author:** [@Buddha\_Clause](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buddha_Clause)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawthorne/469391 "2008-10-31T08:48:39Z")
… what the fuck?? I had just started my first thread here today. I had spent a lot of time on the OP, made sure not to misspell anything. Tried my best to use proper grammar. Contemplated posting for about ten minutes a… --- ## [Why do men dislike Inglebert Humperdink ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190)
**Author:** [@deeward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deeward)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2014, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190 "2014-11-20T05:00:28Z")
I meyself do not think this question belongs on this board, but am afraid that if I put in on the “question” boards somebody will reject it as worthwhile discussing. As I see it, the question about men and Englebert Hum… --- ## [Do you find tomatoes gross and disgusting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-tomatoes-gross-and-disgusting/777737)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-tomatoes-gross-and-disgusting/777737 "2017-01-24T10:43:35Z")
People considered tomatoes poisonous for a long time. I’m not entirely sure they weren’t right. :smiley: I’m not sure why I don’t like them. I know the texture bugs me. I always tell them no tomatoes on my burger. But … --- ## [Yankees\_1996\_Champs: troll or dumbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-1996-champs-troll-or-dumbass/914864 "2020-07-27T23:17:12Z")
There’s something off about this guy… His newest thread asks a question that shows he understands Americans in general and those Americans who post on this board in particular. Is anyone here tired of Trump and McConne… --- ## [Possible to get a Smartphone without data service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-get-a-smartphone-without-data-service/619220)
**Author:** [@ski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ski)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-get-a-smartphone-without-data-service/619220 "2012-04-19T22:38:57Z")
Looking for options here. My wife and I currently have practically the world’s oldest cell phones. :slight\_smile: Okay, maybe not, but they’re at least 5 years old and are starting to show their age. I do not need a d… --- ## [Big Bang Theory, October 17, 2013 -- "The Workplace Proximity"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-october-17-2013-the-workplace-proximity/671508)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-october-17-2013-the-workplace-proximity/671508 "2013-10-22T12:16:48Z")
I’m starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Bakers scaffolding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-scaffolding/603685)
**Author:** [@Serpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serpentine)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-scaffolding/603685 "2011-11-22T19:17:52Z")
Does anyone know how baker’s scaffolding got its name? --- ## [Pope prefers Occupy to Tea Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-prefers-occupy-to-tea-party/600542)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-prefers-occupy-to-tea-party/600542 "2011-10-28T12:58:05Z")
Being reported on MSNBC right now, along with the banner “Pope doesn’t but into trickle down economics”. Some people won’t like my lack of an stance here, but I know a good topic for argument when I see it. Argue whatev… --- ## [Actors you couldn't help but fall in love with just a little](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-couldnt-help-but-fall-in-love-with-just-a-little/628101)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2012, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-couldnt-help-but-fall-in-love-with-just-a-little/628101 "2012-07-16T07:44:18Z")
Inspired by this quote from Robot Arm in another thread: \[QUOTE=Robot Arm\] (And me, I fell for Victoria Tennant a little bit the first time I saw it.) \[/QUOTE\] Ever get that twinge in your heart when looking at someo… --- ## [Vladmir Putin, kindly put a shirt on!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513)
**Author:** [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513 "2013-03-14T22:35:44Z")
Nobody wants to see your flabby man-boobs. That is all. --- ## [Songs with ill-fitting lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-ill-fitting-lyrics/641579)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-ill-fitting-lyrics/641579 "2013-01-29T00:29:19Z")
The standard bearer for this category has to be Toto’s “Africa,” with the line “…sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serrrr-engeti.” They crammed about five syllables too many in there. I heard another one… --- ## [11 y.o. can have baby? (RO, but not by OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-y-o-can-have-baby-ro-but-not-by-op/559000)
**Author:** [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2010, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-y-o-can-have-baby-ro-but-not-by-op/559000 "2010-11-04T07:02:06Z")
Upstate Man Who Impregnated 11-Year-Old Pleads Guilty I’m putting this in the Pit, because I know there will be RO. Yes, what the man did was vile. Now that we are beyond that… An 11 year old had physically matured eno… --- ## [Can you get your hand to the bottom of a Pringles can? (poll)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-your-hand-to-the-bottom-of-a-pringles-can-poll/705979)
**Author:** [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-your-hand-to-the-bottom-of-a-pringles-can-poll/705979 "2014-12-02T17:57:31Z")
Simple question. When you are eating Pringles, can you fit your hand into the can to grab the “potato crisps”(\*) near the bottom when the can is running low? I became curious while eating some just now. (\*) That’s wha… --- ## [Is this scheme the proper explanation of why the upper part of the moon is illuminated ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-scheme-the-proper-explanation-of-why-the-upper-part-of-the-moon-is-illuminated/687098)
**Author:** [@karol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karol)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-scheme-the-proper-explanation-of-why-the-upper-part-of-the-moon-is-illuminated/687098 "2014-05-09T00:38:10Z")
Here’s a scheme made by one of reddit users to explain why the upper left part of the moon is illuminated even though the sun is visibly lower above the horizon than the moon. C… --- ## [I bought a cast iron skillet! Now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-cast-iron-skillet-now-what/728807)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-cast-iron-skillet-now-what/728807 "2015-08-30T13:24:01Z")
I had a craving for fajitas this weekend. But I didn’t want to go to some mid-scale Tex-Mex restaurant and pay $20 for a serving with too many onions and bell peppers and not enough meat, that doesn’t come with enough to… --- ## [Horseshoe in a boxing glove -- how'd this rumor start?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horseshoe-in-a-boxing-glove-howd-this-rumor-start/745888)
**Author:** [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horseshoe-in-a-boxing-glove-howd-this-rumor-start/745888 "2016-02-23T01:25:52Z")
We’ve all seen old cartoons that take place in a boxing ring, where one of the boxers sneaks a horseshoe into his boxing glove so that his punch will “kick like a horse”. But why was this trope so commonplace? My broth… --- ## [Strangest business combinations you've ever seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-business-combinations-youve-ever-seen/737627)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-business-combinations-youve-ever-seen/737627 "2015-11-21T01:03:21Z")
What are businesses you’ve seen that do two things that have nothing to do with each other? For example, in Auburn, ME there used be a car dealership/ printing store called Minuteman Motors. --- ## [Why was infanticide so popular in history if mothers bonded with kids like they do now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-infanticide-so-popular-in-history-if-mothers-bonded-with-kids-like-they-do-now/781675)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-infanticide-so-popular-in-history-if-mothers-bonded-with-kids-like-they-do-now/781675 "2017-03-15T14:27:23Z")
In reading the wiki on infanticideit was a fairly commonplace practice across many ancient (and some not so ancient) cultures. People were killing babies left and right for all sorts of reasons, especially female childre… --- ## [Are the 'occupy wall street' protesters being treated differently by police than the tea party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-occupy-wall-street-protesters-being-treated-differently-by-police-than-the-tea-party/599293)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-occupy-wall-street-protesters-being-treated-differently-by-police-than-the-tea-party/599293 "2011-10-14T17:00:01Z")
I don’t remember any stories about tea party members being maced and arrested in mass all over the country like what is happening with the occupy movements. Are the occupy movements just more prone to law breaking than … --- ## [Fuck you, Pat Tillmans brother](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pat-tillmans-brother/401583)
**Author:** [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pat-tillmans-brother/401583 "2007-04-26T17:19:23Z")
I posted this in a different thread, but like it so much I think it deserves its own :slight\_smile: Fuck you, Pat Tillman’s brother. Face it bro, you’re pissed becasuse you now realize that your brother was killed fight… --- ## [Awarness of humans zebra spiders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarness-of-humans-zebra-spiders/754803)
**Author:** [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarness-of-humans-zebra-spiders/754803 "2018-03-14T22:04:33Z")
Why do zebra spiders show an awareness of being observed by humans, despite their small size? I’ve seen it before and it is both peculiar and remarkable. --- ## [What would I have to do to legally own a minigun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-i-have-to-do-to-legally-own-a-minigun/354267)
**Author:** [@AnabolicDoberman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnabolicDoberman)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-i-have-to-do-to-legally-own-a-minigun/354267 "2006-04-26T14:43:00Z")
Suppose I wanted to get one of those guns Arnold used in Terminator 2. Obviously it would not be legal for the average person to have one, so what circumstances would be neccesary to legally get one of these? --- ## [12 Year Old Boy Kills 8 Year Old Sister](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-boy-kills-8-year-old-sister/658133)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-boy-kills-8-year-old-sister/658133 "2013-05-15T13:26:07Z")
"Authorities in Northern California on Saturday announced the arrest of a 12-year-old boy in the stabbing death of his younger sister, whose killing last month sparked a manhunt for a supposed intruder who the boy had sa… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1077&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1079&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)