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**Author:** [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-for-the-big-bang-theory/693969 "2014-08-20T02:22:29Z")
With less than a week until the first table reading for the first episode of the eighth season, they actors still do not have a contract. --- ## [Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (Major Spoilers!!!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-the-order-of-the-phoenix-major-spoilers/183418)
**Author:** [@sotally\_tober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sotally_tober)\ **Replies:** 421\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-the-order-of-the-phoenix-major-spoilers/183418 "2003-08-11T19:59:46Z")
Warning: Major Spoilers! The book’s too long for me to give a detailed breakdown of it. I’ll just share my thoughts on some main events. The book opens with Harry back at Dudley’s. Turns out that he’s been cut off from… --- ## [Tax Takers vs Tax Payers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-takers-vs-tax-payers/614530)
**Author:** [@unsub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unsub)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-takers-vs-tax-payers/614530 "2012-04-03T15:12:19Z")
Is it fair that tax payers bear the burden of tax takers? Obama keeps talking about fairness, but how is it fair that 50 percent of American citizens don’t pay federal income taxes. while the top 1 percent bear the bu… --- ## [Ruin a joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruin-a-joke/309411)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 306\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruin-a-joke/309411 "2009-01-21T15:54:58Z")
Tell a well-known joke in such a way that it’s totally unfunny and misses the point. I’ll start you off: The other day I shot an elephant while I was wearing my pajamas. I don’t know why I was wearing my pajamas. Why d… --- ## [Warren forms Exploratory Committee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-forms-exploratory-committee/826983)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 409\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-forms-exploratory-committee/826983 "2019-02-12T22:02:54Z")
And thus we begin… I feel like Theoden King when the rain begins coming down at Helm’s Deep. It’s going to be a long night before the dawn. It’ll be filled with twists and turns, heroes and villains and we’ll likely… --- ## [Chris Langan, the Smartest Man in America = Crackpot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-langan-the-smartest-man-in-america-crackpot/606168)
**Author:** [@FixMyIgnorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FixMyIgnorance)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-langan-the-smartest-man-in-america-crackpot/606168 "2019-07-17T18:11:55Z")
Interview: Part 1: chris langan (part 1) - YouTube Part 2: Chris Langan Part 2 - YouTube Part 3: Chris Langan part3 - YouTube This guy was featured in Malcolm Gladwell’s “Outliers” as a really intelligent man who u… --- ## [Some fat people are their own worst enemies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fat-people-are-their-own-worst-enemies/190118)
**Author:** [@nisosbar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nisosbar)\ **Replies:** 501\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fat-people-are-their-own-worst-enemies/190118 "2003-08-10T16:45:48Z")
Not long ago, I was out at one of those coffee/bagel carts in Midtown Manhattan, buying a coffee, and in front of me was this really obese woman buying a big doughnut - so obese, she seemed to have difficulty breathing a… --- ## [What happened in Sweden? (Trump campaign rally statement)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-in-sweden-trump-campaign-rally-statement/780219)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-in-sweden-trump-campaign-rally-statement/780219 "2017-03-08T09:57:48Z")
At his first 2020 campaign rally (held Saturday, 18 February 2017) President Trump said \[ \](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/world/europe/last-night-in-sweden-trumps-remark-baffles-a-nation.html?\_r=0) while he was ta… --- ## [Clint Eastwood voting for Romney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clint-eastwood-voting-for-romney/630469)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clint-eastwood-voting-for-romney/630469 "2012-09-03T14:26:29Z")
Just saw on the news that Eastwood is endorsing Romney. Last dollar he gets from me, which is no big loss for either of us. --- ## [Idiot missionary gets killed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-missionary-gets-killed/824892)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 314\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-missionary-gets-killed/824892 "2019-08-09T04:38:06Z")
…personally, I’d d say “Good Riddance!”. One of the last uncontacted peoples, and this dumb fuck tried to preach at them. Never mind the morality of proselytising, or of lying in order to do so, did this cunt not conside… --- ## [Mad-Men: 5.11 "The Other Woman" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-5-11-the-other-woman-open-spoilers/623296)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-5-11-the-other-woman-open-spoilers/623296 "2012-06-01T22:16:56Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Don’s challenged by a pitch and Peggy contemplates a trip. \[/QUOTE\] Only three more episodes left. Last week’s preview stongly suggested Lane’s little scam was discovered so we no that’s not gonna happe… --- ## [Will Ferrell - I don't find him funny; explain why I'm wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ferrell-i-dont-find-him-funny-explain-why-im-wrong/674246)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ferrell-i-dont-find-him-funny-explain-why-im-wrong/674246 "2014-12-31T01:35:23Z")
My wife and I went to the movies tonight, and they showed a preview for Anchorman 2. At the end of it, I leaned over and told my wife “I’d rather get a colonoscopy than see that, and I’m not kidding!” And I wasn’t. I… --- ## [Is a crystal meth rush really this great?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-crystal-meth-rush-really-this-great/515850)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-crystal-meth-rush-really-this-great/515850 "2010-05-26T17:40:03Z")
In reading a review of Andre Agassi autobiographyhe describes his use of crystal meth. I don’t use any drugs except caffeine, and alcohol so I’m curious about meth. Is a crystal meth rush really this euphoric? Is it li… --- ## [Season of mists and mellow sequential threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-of-mists-and-mellow-sequential-threads/638598)
**Author:** [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Replies:** 465\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-of-mists-and-mellow-sequential-threads/638598 "2012-12-24T12:58:11Z")
(It’s definitely not summer any more and the last thread was four months old) \*\* Why do some men have a cuckold fantasy? Sometimes, the less you say, the better. Share yours.\*\* --- ## [odd sex questions that starts with some sort of complaint about previous threads (edited title)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242)
**Author:** [@Umbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umbridge)\ **Replies:** 317\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sex-questions-that-starts-with-some-sort-of-complaint-about-previous-threads-edited-title/718242 "2015-04-30T11:55:50Z")
I have beefs about treating things without equal consideration. On another forum, I posted an inquiry about whether or not the pelvic thrusting motion during sexual intercourse was required, and one moderator accused me … --- ## [2017 NBA Playoffs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-nba-playoffs/784582)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 347\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-nba-playoffs/784582 "2017-06-15T18:09:14Z")
We are already underway. This year’s 1st round matchups: Eastern Conference (1) Boston vs (8) Chicago (2) Cleveland vs (7) Indiana (3) Toronto vs (6) Milwaukee (4) Washington vs (5) Atlanta Western Conference (1)… --- ## [These town hall meetings have been interesting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-town-hall-meetings-have-been-interesting/780549)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 251\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-town-hall-meetings-have-been-interesting/780549 "2017-03-04T22:56:44Z")
I’m going to one with my representative tonight. He’s a Democrat so I expect a more sedate meeting than folks like Tom Cotton of Arkansas. Woman with dying husband confronts Tom Cotton: “What kind of insurance do you ha… --- ## [Lana...Lana....Lanaaaaaaaa!!!! What??? \[Archer Season 5 thread\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lana-lana-lanaaaaaaaa-what-archer-season-5-thread/678667)
**Author:** [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lana-lana-lanaaaaaaaa-what-archer-season-5-thread/678667 "2014-05-28T16:57:48Z")
…danger zone… Season premiere tonight! SPLOOSH!!! :dubious: --- ## [Your most memorable SNL moment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092)
**Author:** [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2013, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092 "2013-10-03T07:53:08Z")
One of the cable channels ran a Saturday Night Live retrospective over the weekend, “101 Most Memorabe SNL Moments.” I don’t know how they determine what’s more memorable than what else, but they ended up with as the No… --- ## [Heritage? Nah, just hate.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heritage-nah-just-hate/793487)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 380\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heritage-nah-just-hate/793487 "2017-08-21T01:55:15Z")
Seriously, anyone who defends confederate statues, the confederate flag, and the ‘lost cause’ is a fucking racist. The end. --- ## [How do they get boar bristles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-get-boar-bristles/266325)
**Author:** [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-get-boar-bristles/266325 "2018-09-19T15:14:55Z")
How exactly are the boar bristles used for hairbrushes harvested? Are they clipped from living boars or does the animal have to be killed first? Are the boars in question also used for food? Leather? Lucky pig-foot c… --- ## [A vote for Brexit shouldn't be a vote for bigotry, but it is.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-vote-for-brexit-shouldnt-be-a-vote-for-bigotry-but-it-is/757893)
**Author:** [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-vote-for-brexit-shouldnt-be-a-vote-for-bigotry-but-it-is/757893 "2016-10-10T14:39:46Z")
A lot of fine, principled people, some of them posters on this board, are considering voting for Brexit. At least one has posted that he already has. There are, make no mistake, plenty of reasons for wanting Britain out … --- ## [What is the straight dope on Amsoil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-straight-dope-on-amsoil/504966)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2010, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-straight-dope-on-amsoil/504966 "2010-10-21T09:51:12Z")
Are Amsoil oils a scam? They have published various charts that show far superior characteristics than oils from other established brands like Mobil, Castrol, etc. Yet their oils do not meet major manufacturer specifica… --- ## [Bush, you're not at a frat party, you dick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-youre-not-at-a-frat-party-you-dick/365036)
**Author:** [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 462\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2006, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-youre-not-at-a-frat-party-you-dick/365036 "2006-08-07T12:39:13Z")
Okay, I wasn’t really going to write anything about Bush saying “shit” because it really wasn’t anything very surprising. The sad part was hearing just how fucking stupid he is, and that our foreign policy is being deci… --- ## [OkCupid: A Journey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164 "2010-04-22T15:09:12Z")
Inspired by: \*Today I begin a voyage into the great unknown: Online dating websites. I’ve certainly used online dating before, but it’s always been through typical social networking sites like Myspace or Facebook. Bei… --- ## [Things Movies Almost Always Get Wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-movies-almost-always-get-wrong/570494)
**Author:** [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Replies:** 264\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2011, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-movies-almost-always-get-wrong/570494 "2011-02-12T10:11:36Z")
What things do you frequently see in movies that would be very unlikely to happen in real life, but are there simply because the writers don’t know any better, rather than because they wanted them there? So I don’t mean… --- ## [SDMB Modern Diplomacy Game \*players only please\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 298\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770 "2011-10-15T15:53:24Z")
Excerpt from John Ulsevly’s European Politics 1983 to 2034, published in 2037 by Doubleday, New New York. Welcome to our game of Modern Diplomacy! Our Players: grimpixie = Russia fubbleskag = Ukraine AClockworkMel… --- ## [Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour? Good or Bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-the-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour-good-or-bad/695889)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-the-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour-good-or-bad/695889 "2014-08-23T16:27:58Z")
What do you all think? I’m all for raising it so a person working can support themselves. However I also believe in the market and if its working correctly, wages should be in line with demand. Also a lower minimum wag… --- ## [What is making our dishes STINK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-making-our-dishes-stink/665432)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-making-our-dishes-stink/665432 "2014-11-30T09:25:32Z")
For several years now, we have had a problem with our dishes smelling bad after washing. Drinking a glass of water is downright gag inducing. I can’t liken the smell to anything in my experience. Kinda like wet dog, but … --- ## [Is There Any Reason I Couldn't Open A Restaurant That Serves Human Meat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-reason-i-couldnt-open-a-restaurant-that-serves-human-meat/352038)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-reason-i-couldnt-open-a-restaurant-that-serves-human-meat/352038 "2006-11-23T03:01:11Z")
I suspect that there are plenty of people out there who are curious about what it would be like to eat another person’s flesh. I also believe that many of these individuals would be willing to pay exorbitant prices for t… --- ## [Local NAACP Leader Fabricates Black Ethnicity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-naacp-leader-fabricates-black-ethnicity/722357)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-naacp-leader-fabricates-black-ethnicity/722357 "2015-07-22T22:18:36Z")
One of these bizarre stories. Widely reported, but Sample here She went in whole hog too, no half-way measures for her. Strange. --- ## [Another look at "active users" at SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133 "2019-02-10T19:08:14Z")
Rather than add more complications to the current thread What happened to some of the more prominent posters? which was started 11-19-2011, 10:30 PM by Uncommon Sense – and to which I contributed this post, this post, t… --- ## [Selective Magnet School in Virginia moving towards a lottery system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selective-magnet-school-in-virginia-moving-towards-a-lottery-system/922347)
**Author:** [@damuriajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/damuriajashi)\ **Replies:** 821\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selective-magnet-school-in-virginia-moving-towards-a-lottery-system/922347 "2021-01-28T04:18:41Z")
There is a magnet school in the northern virginia suburbs that has frequently ranked top in the nations called thomas jefferson high school of science and technology or tjhsst for short. It is less selective than stuyve… --- ## [What "innocent" group of people can you simply not stand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 315\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982 "2015-11-19T04:31:30Z")
By “innocent” I’m not talking about serial killers or child molesters. Or even the radical anti-abortion picketers I’ve talked to sometimes. I mean the everyday groups of people you run into that really set your teeth on… --- ## [Guess what first rabies shots in the ER cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-first-rabies-shots-in-the-er-cost/621110)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-first-rabies-shots-in-the-er-cost/621110 "2012-05-11T01:36:11Z")
So, guess what it cost last week for somebody to get the first set of shots in the Emergency Room after we figured out the cat that did the scratching was rabid? $5,082. For 8 shots (one vaccine and seven separate syrin… --- ## [The implications of hell.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-implications-of-hell/707904)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-implications-of-hell/707904 "2015-02-01T04:44:40Z")
Not all religions teach that there is a place of eternal suffering for those who fail to maintain their moral or religious obligations. And even for religions that generally do, there are sects that do not. But there are… --- ## [2024 US Senate Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 469\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2024, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-senate-elections/975149 "2024-12-13T04:42:45Z")
Too early to talk about the 2024 races? I guarantee you the party poohbahs are already talking about them! With the very important caveat that one 2022 Senate race is yet to be determined, below is my take on the state… --- ## [What happens if you cash a bad check at a "check cashing" place in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-cash-a-bad-check-at-a-check-cashing-place-in-the-us/570942)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-cash-a-bad-check-at-a-check-cashing-place-in-the-us/570942 "2011-02-11T14:09:16Z")
This question relates to Check Cashing storefronts in the US that cater to those without bank accounts and are usually found in greater density in impoverished areas. I’ve never cashed a check at one of these places. M… --- ## [Medications that cause "vivid dreams"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medications-that-cause-vivid-dreams/524621)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2012, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medications-that-cause-vivid-dreams/524621 "2012-03-27T12:35:35Z")
When I went to India I had to take anti-malaria medicine. The pharmacist warned me that one of the more common side effects were “vivid dreams”. Vivid dreams, indeed!:eek: That stuff gave me the craziest, whacked out dr… --- ## [NSA considering an amnesty for Edward Snowden ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsa-considering-an-amnesty-for-edward-snowden/676401)
**Author:** [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Replies:** 271\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsa-considering-an-amnesty-for-edward-snowden/676401 "2014-01-08T00:13:13Z")
A couple of things: \[ol\] \[li\]Snowden hasn’t been indicted on any charges\[/li\]\[li\]This amnesty is being mooted by the guy who is apparently the top candidate for the soon-to-be vacant job of (civilian) Deputy Director … --- ## [Cool names for a floral business?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-a-floral-business/139581)
**Author:** [@Alexxandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alexxandra)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2002, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-a-floral-business/139581 "2002-12-02T05:18:05Z")
A friend of mine is opening a business as a florist, and she’s asked me to help come up with some hip, funky names for it. Any ideas? Alexx --- ## [The Asshole Motherfucking Murderous Criminal Hawthorne Cops Who Killed the Rottweiler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-motherfucking-murderous-criminal-hawthorne-cops-who-killed-the-rottweiler/662419)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 264\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-motherfucking-murderous-criminal-hawthorne-cops-who-killed-the-rottweiler/662419 "2013-07-12T21:57:46Z")
HOLY FUCKING HELL FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU… OH my GOD… It was bad enough that you were arresting that man for what appears to be “videotaping cops while black”, as best I can figure it. That was completely out of line… --- ## [Pool crashed into basement. How do we fix this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pool-crashed-into-basement-how-do-we-fix-this/695230)
**Author:** [@Nickel\_Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickel_Please)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pool-crashed-into-basement-how-do-we-fix-this/695230 "2014-08-25T13:49:37Z")
I’m a new chapter advisor for my fraternity at my Alma mater. It’s that time of the year again. Back to school and fall rush. I wanted to think of something that would attract potential new members. Me and the fraternity… --- ## [Buying a used Range Rover - am I nuts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-used-range-rover-am-i-nuts/614256)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-used-range-rover-am-i-nuts/614256 "2012-03-03T23:32:23Z")
The automobiles in the Cheesesteak household are getting rather long in the tooth (one is old enough to get a Learner’s Permit, the other is waxing philosophic about the good old days in High School) it’s time to upgrade… --- ## [Anyone ever deliver phone books for quick cash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-deliver-phone-books-for-quick-cash/147807)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-deliver-phone-books-for-quick-cash/147807 "2013-06-26T16:11:38Z")
I just saw an ad in my local paper and did a followup call. Basically, you deliver a neighborhood’s worth of phone books and collect your money…AFTER the company verifies (by phone call) that the books have indeed been d… --- ## [The SDMB 2013 Gardening Thread (Yes, Very Early This Year)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-2013-gardening-thread-yes-very-early-this-year/650513)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-2013-gardening-thread-yes-very-early-this-year/650513 "2013-08-25T02:20:20Z")
Here we are again. Why am I starting this thread in February? Because this weekend I found myself actually thinking/planning/shopping for this year’s garden. I figure I can’t be the only one. So, while feeding the co… --- ## [Are Fundamentalists the Atheist's best friend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fundamentalists-the-atheists-best-friend/526678)
**Author:** [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Replies:** 271\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fundamentalists-the-atheists-best-friend/526678 "2010-02-11T04:34:16Z")
Ross Douthat at NYTsays so. He goes on to say I’ve made this point before: that Pat Robertson does not really represent the Christianity that most Christians adhere to, but he does represent the kind of Christianity … --- ## [Do you have to be offended by personal insults for them to count](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-offended-by-personal-insults-for-them-to-count/546229)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-offended-by-personal-insults-for-them-to-count/546229 "2010-07-14T20:54:59Z")
In this thread I made a joke involving raising Rand Rover’s taxes http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12649766&postcount=1 He found out and got mad http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12… --- ## [Skald the Rhymer, your fixation with rape is somewhat disturbing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-your-fixation-with-rape-is-somewhat-disturbing/567549)
**Author:** [@AqualungBats5th](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AqualungBats5th)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-your-fixation-with-rape-is-somewhat-disturbing/567549 "2011-11-09T23:25:29Z")
As well all know, Skald has somewhat of a habit of posting long winded hypotheticals here. I’m not here to call out those in particular (though, frankly they are convoluted and stupid. So hopefully someone will at anot… --- ## [Was Budd Dwyer factually guilty, innocent, or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-budd-dwyer-factually-guilty-innocent-or-what/631629)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-budd-dwyer-factually-guilty-innocent-or-what/631629 "2015-02-03T02:49:37Z")
What’s the actual reality behind the charges and law that made him kill himself? I have a sense from overseas, unfairly aquired or not, that high profile American trials are jokes. Therefore I can see him either being n… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=107&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=109&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)