# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1083&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:** 1084 --- ## [Why does Max stay behind? (Road Warrior)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-max-stay-behind-road-warrior/649631)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-max-stay-behind-road-warrior/649631 "2013-02-14T03:22:10Z")
At the end of Beyond Thunderdome, “Mad Max” stays behind so the lost children can escape. But in The Road Warrior he could have gone north with the settlers, but it seems like he chooses to stay behind. Why does he sta… --- ## [New Judge Dredd Movie Teaser Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-judge-dredd-movie-teaser-trailer/625799)
**Author:** [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-judge-dredd-movie-teaser-trailer/625799 "2012-10-07T02:41:32Z")
Hard to tell much of what is going on in ten seconds, but Karl looks more like Dredd than Stallone. Fingers crossed. --- ## [Spinoza's God: what is his model and why don't we hear about it more commonly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinozas-god-what-is-his-model-and-why-dont-we-hear-about-it-more-commonly/739110)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinozas-god-what-is-his-model-and-why-dont-we-hear-about-it-more-commonly/739110 "2017-09-25T18:06:40Z")
In the \*\*Ask the Atheist \*\*thread over in MPSIMS, some folks reference philosopher Baruch Spinoza and his view on God/his “model” for reality. \*\*Einstein \*\*famously said that he believes in Spinoza’s God. Ask the Ath… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory 5/5--The Wildebeest Implementation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-5-the-wildebeest-implementation/580832)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-5-the-wildebeest-implementation/580832 "2011-05-08T18:50:59Z")
Raj attempts to cure his social anxiety disorder while Penny uses Bernadette to spy on Leonard and his girlfriend. Sounds like a well balanced episode, with all the characters getting plenty of airtime. --- ## [Putting money in the parking meter of a stranger's car...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-money-in-the-parking-meter-of-a-strangers-car/281761)
**Author:** [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-money-in-the-parking-meter-of-a-strangers-car/281761 "2013-05-16T16:40:47Z")
Putting money in the parking meter of a stranger’s car when you see the meter police coming so that person won’t get a ticket. why is that illegal? Never done it but I think I am a cool enough guy who would if I had an… --- ## [Christian Modesty Survey or How Girls are Stumbling Blocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-modesty-survey-or-how-girls-are-stumbling-blocks/548562)
**Author:** [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-modesty-survey-or-how-girls-are-stumbling-blocks/548562 "2010-08-27T20:25:22Z")
The girls are not expected to where a burka, but that wouldn’t be a bad idea. Check this out. http://www.therebelution.com/modestysurvey/browse --- ## [Life Of A Car Salesman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-of-a-car-salesman/754516)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-of-a-car-salesman/754516 "2016-05-18T13:26:30Z")
Inspired by this thread (Car salesman asked how I owed on my trade in. - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board) where I posted a little too prodigiously, I thought: “Hey, let’s let Dopers ask away about any an… --- ## [Don't Fuck With Old Men On A Golf Course!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-fuck-with-old-men-on-a-golf-course/562538)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-fuck-with-old-men-on-a-golf-course/562538 "2010-12-02T06:10:13Z")
Man, these guys take their golf seriously! Hilarious prank gone wrong. Links to youtube video: --- ## [Bad movie errors by the prop / art department](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-errors-by-the-prop-art-department/414824)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-errors-by-the-prop-art-department/414824 "2008-06-08T23:35:45Z")
I watched Bloodsport again the other night. Yes, I know - but I usually tune in during the Kumite, and this was the first time I’d seen the beginning. At the beginning there’s a scene where a young Jean-Claude (differe… --- ## [Going Out and Getting Drunk without your S.O.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-out-and-getting-drunk-without-your-s-o/173798)
**Author:** [@Clint\_in\_Wichita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clint_in_Wichita)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-out-and-getting-drunk-without-your-s-o/173798 "2003-05-08T19:15:15Z")
Just how wrong am I? My wife and I have been married for 8 years & together for 10. With a 2-year-old, we don’t get to go out very often. When we do, I’m always perfectly happy going out as a couple. I had my fill of go… --- ## [Just how smart is the average bear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-smart-is-the-average-bear/645743)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-smart-is-the-average-bear/645743 "2013-01-09T19:33:59Z")
Generally how smart are ursines? Are Pandas stupider because they forsake all the Omega-3 from fish? --- ## [Do people get better in prison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-get-better-in-prison/589785)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2011, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-get-better-in-prison/589785 "2011-07-30T10:39:33Z")
I know prisons and jails supposedly have programs to teach people various life skills, work skills, rehab skills, etc. And after you are released there are programs to partake in too life halfway houses, therapy, etc as … --- ## [I'm Afraid For My Daughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-afraid-for-my-daughter/826965)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-afraid-for-my-daughter/826965 "2019-04-04T21:41:38Z")
2018 has been a very bad year for my family on multiple fronts (2013-2017 weren’t so great either), but it’s my oldest daughter (18) that keeps me up at night. I don’t normally air personal problems to anyone (preferring… --- ## [Has an aircraft ever shot itself down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-an-aircraft-ever-shot-itself-down/542050)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-an-aircraft-ever-shot-itself-down/542050 "2010-06-08T12:20:13Z")
There have been a number of cases where submarines and ships have succesfully torpedoed themselves. Any aeronautical equivilant? --- ## [Bush had "bad luck". No, he didn't.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-had-bad-luck-no-he-didnt/471619)
**Author:** [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-had-bad-luck-no-he-didnt/471619 "2008-11-11T23:46:00Z")
I was hoping people would at least wait until Bush is out of office before they start making excuses for him being such a miserable wretch as President. In this CNN article, Historians: Bush presidency “battered,” “inco… --- ## [How do I measure pipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-measure-pipe/148340)
**Author:** [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-measure-pipe/148340 "2003-01-14T14:54:35Z")
I am trying to get a connector for 2 pipes, but I’m not sure how to measure them. What I measured as a 1 1/4" pipe is actually a 1 1/2" pipe. I measured the other pipe as 1 1/2", but it’s not. The guy at the hardware … --- ## [Novels and stories about interwar Britain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novels-and-stories-about-interwar-britain/633332)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novels-and-stories-about-interwar-britain/633332 "2012-09-09T13:42:49Z")
I’m a great fan of literature about Britain between WWI and WWII (flexible, but that’s the rough period). I’ve read Anthony Powell (Dancers to the Music of Time), the Nancy Mitford novels, Dorthy Sayers, Christie, Wodeh… --- ## [Anywhere to watch unaired television pilots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anywhere-to-watch-unaired-television-pilots/561279)
**Author:** [@Yarster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yarster)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anywhere-to-watch-unaired-television-pilots/561279 "2010-11-22T01:51:59Z")
O.k., I get that the vast majority of television shows never make it and just end up as dead pilots, but what happens to them once they are shelved? There was even an article on Digg today about potentially interesting S… --- ## [Roman Sexual Mores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-sexual-mores/541225)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-sexual-mores/541225 "2010-06-04T01:50:34Z")
I have been watching Spartacus recently and did the Romans really have (for the want of a better term) such losse morals? I mean In HBO’s Rome you saw on many occasions two characters interacting where one was enjoyin… --- ## [Magic mushrooms = conspiracy to overthrow the government](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-mushrooms-conspiracy-to-overthrow-the-government/624715)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-mushrooms-conspiracy-to-overthrow-the-government/624715 "2012-06-11T21:44:36Z")
Can anyone explain the connection between the two? A co-worker of mine told me that a friend of his got busted with psilocybin mushrooms and was charged with conspiracy to overthrow the government. I’ve also read online … --- ## [Comedians and comic actors who primarily got their yucks from facial expressions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedians-and-comic-actors-who-primarily-got-their-yucks-from-facial-expressions/638856)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2012, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedians-and-comic-actors-who-primarily-got-their-yucks-from-facial-expressions/638856 "2012-10-27T09:10:22Z")
I’ll start: Steve Martin --- ## [Vick's An Eagle! Hide your beagle!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vicks-an-eagle-hide-your-beagle/506369)
**Author:** [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vicks-an-eagle-hide-your-beagle/506369 "2009-08-21T16:57:45Z")
Number one Eagle fan here, and I am beyond shocked. Don’t know how good or bad it might be. I wasn’t a fan of his return at all at first, then I accepted. Now that he’s on MY team… Somebody better hide Swoop! ( Mascot ) … --- ## [French Canadian Slang for Marijuana](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540 "2012-06-03T12:20:53Z")
What are some French Canadian slang terms for marijuana? Herbe, perhaps? --- ## [Most misleadingly titled movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2009, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870 "2009-09-14T08:17:32Z")
What are some movies whose titles lead you to believe they’re about something that they’re not? “The Squid and the Whale” is the perfect example. The title makes you think it’s going to be an undersea monster flick. It’… --- ## [NBC edit of the Zimmerman tape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-edit-of-the-zimmerman-tape/619291)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-edit-of-the-zimmerman-tape/619291 "2012-05-01T16:01:15Z")
Let’s see…dozens of Trayvon Martin threads with thousands of posts. Did I miss the thread devoted to NBC’s “mistake”. They did fire the guy (apparently) but I haven’t found any more info in the last ten days. Won’t re… --- ## [Gasoline light bulbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-light-bulbs/53230)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2001, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-light-bulbs/53230 "2001-02-07T00:44:21Z")
The other night, I was watching the TV news out of Austin, and they had one of those “Sweeps Week” investigative reports on. They were dicussing the resurgence of methamphetamines. Anyway, I local drug officer said that… --- ## [The Bugatti Veyron's not so hot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bugatti-veyrons-not-so-hot/591531)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bugatti-veyrons-not-so-hot/591531 "2011-08-25T01:22:02Z")
I’ve been reading up on the Bugatti Veyron recently, mainly because I thought the one in my copy of Forza 3 on XBox 360 handled like crap, huge amounts of oversteer, and it feels like driving a house around the track, I’… --- ## [Why are men afraid of castration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-men-afraid-of-castration/148500)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-men-afraid-of-castration/148500 "2003-01-15T22:07:00Z")
It appears to me that most men have a “castration complex”, where they are afraid of someone cutting off their testicles. They say things like “I’d rather die than lose a testicle”, and if threatened with castration wou… --- ## [No-haggle car dealerships? Good or bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-haggle-car-dealerships-good-or-bad/952206)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-haggle-car-dealerships-good-or-bad/952206 "2021-10-18T03:41:12Z")
In the "outdated customs thread, FairyChatMom wrote that “negotiating with a salesman when buying a car is stupid. Don’t waste my time - give me the bottom line,” with which I strongly agree. There have been some attempt… --- ## [Pitting Liberal - what a surprise.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-liberal-what-a-surprise/454921)
**Author:** [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-liberal-what-a-surprise/454921 "2008-07-05T13:17:37Z")
\[QUOTE=Liberal\] Bud Day is, like McCain, a confused and doddering old man driven by a spirit of meanness, and using one symbol to desecrate another. \[/QUOTE\] From here. Now, surely all of us can recall lots and lots … --- ## [What are some good examples of recent buggy whip \[manufacturer\] obsolete items/jobs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-examples-of-recent-buggy-whip-manufacturer-obsolete-items-jobs/449897)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-examples-of-recent-buggy-whip-manufacturer-obsolete-items-jobs/449897 "2026-05-31T22:06:36Z")
For those not familiar, “buggy whip/buggy whip manufacturer” is a term used in business/marketing kind of like “widgets”. It’s an item or job that was once much in demand but with changing technology is no more. On the… --- ## [Do cats ever intentionally protect their owners?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cats-ever-intentionally-protect-their-owners/687123)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cats-ever-intentionally-protect-their-owners/687123 "2014-05-15T01:06:27Z")
See subject. Like dogs do, at times, no matter what their breed or training. --- ## [2014 Midterms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-midterms/641561)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-midterms/641561 "2013-04-26T01:34:13Z")
We started discussing it over in this thread. --- ## [Sorry people, but Linux sucks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-people-but-linux-sucks/214501)
**Author:** [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-people-but-linux-sucks/214501 "2003-12-30T22:47:37Z")
In a nutshell, Windows XP is far better then Linux. Why? Because it works, and because it’s easy to use and easy to fix. If it isn’t Windows, it will be some other easy for the masses to use OS, but it will never be … --- ## [How many shipwrecks are there on the ocean floor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-shipwrecks-are-there-on-the-ocean-floor/595683)
**Author:** [@spunkymuzicnote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spunkymuzicnote)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-shipwrecks-are-there-on-the-ocean-floor/595683 "2011-09-10T09:27:08Z")
This may be a question for Cecil as I have no idea how you would calculate the answer, but I shall put it to you as well. How many ships have met watery graves since, say, the year zero? If you want to go back in time fu… --- ## [What's the first "local" digit of your phone number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-local-digit-of-your-phone-number/613877)
**Author:** [@spankthecrumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankthecrumpet)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-local-digit-of-your-phone-number/613877 "2012-02-28T12:16:52Z")
Local will depend on where you are. Use your common sense :slight\_smile: For example, an Isle of Man landline might be +44 (0)1624 812345. The +44 identifies it as UK/Isle of Man, 01624 identifies it as Isle of Man land… --- ## [For the old Geezers of the Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2017, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549 "2017-11-09T06:46:34Z")
I just realized I’d been here for over seventeen years. Then I saw a post from a '99er, and felt like a kid again. I’m a 2000-er. Who’s with me? Tripler Gotta keep these youngin’s in line, ya know. --- ## [I'm realizing Texas is different.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-realizing-texas-is-different/647384)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-realizing-texas-is-different/647384 "2013-01-18T21:49:13Z")
Its the little things talking to people in the rest of the USA that show me Texas is a different kinda place. Anyone remember the mayor of Houston tactfully reminding Katrina refugees fresh off the bus that Houston was a… --- ## [What do you think actually happened to Lauren Spierer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-actually-happened-to-lauren-spierer/597280)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-actually-happened-to-lauren-spierer/597280 "2012-03-22T21:01:05Z")
It’s now been almost 4 months since Lauren Spierer disappeared from Bloomington, Indiana. An IU student, she was last seen walking back from a downtown bar, presumably intoxicated. The town has been exhaustively searched… --- ## [Disproving Islam - challenge is set](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproving-islam-challenge-is-set/475478)
**Author:** [@CalD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalD)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproving-islam-challenge-is-set/475478 "2008-12-10T23:44:41Z")
Hi there, I spend a bit of time of religious forums, and one favourite debate topic of mine is “How do you know that yours is the true religion?”. A common response that I get on some Islamic forums is that the languag… --- ## [What Academy Award winning actor carried a candy bar in the pocket of his suit at all times?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-academy-award-winning-actor-carried-a-candy-bar-in-the-pocket-of-his-suit-at-all-times/578644)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-academy-award-winning-actor-carried-a-candy-bar-in-the-pocket-of-his-suit-at-all-times/578644 "2024-05-17T00:27:12Z")
I tried Googling this, but can’t find it. Anyone heard of this? My wife is reading a book and part of the book is about the power of food and how some people are deeply affected by food-related fears. In the book it say… --- ## [Favorite "Rock" Instrumental](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rock-instrumental/549913)
**Author:** [@Naganeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Naganeen)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rock-instrumental/549913 "2010-08-12T22:07:32Z")
For various values of “Rock”. Personally, the lyrics of a song are far more likely to hook me than the music, no matter how sublime. But even I appreciate a truly outstanding instrumental when it comes around. Everyon… --- ## [Do women who wear leotards and swimsuits have to take them off before peeing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-who-wear-leotards-and-swimsuits-have-to-take-them-off-before-peeing/842821)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-who-wear-leotards-and-swimsuits-have-to-take-them-off-before-peeing/842821 "2019-11-05T16:58:43Z")
Well I have a few things I want to know about women who wear leotards or swimsuits and if they have to take them off if they are peeing. I get that putting on a leotard or swimsuit is very similar and I gather that peopl… --- ## [Pick a fictional character and tell us how they vote.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078 "2012-08-31T18:53:49Z")
Does \*Law & Order’\*s Jack McCoy vote Republican or Democrat? What about Clarice Starling? Kinsey Milhone? Does Bruce Wayne contribute money to any SuperPacs, and if so which ones? How about Boris from Scrubs? Is Cla… --- ## [Foreign restaurant chains that have made inroads in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-restaurant-chains-that-have-made-inroads-in-the-us/979078)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2023, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-restaurant-chains-that-have-made-inroads-in-the-us/979078 "2023-04-18T10:02:36Z")
The thread about American fast food restaurants in the UK got me musing about the inverse – how many foreign restaurant chains have managed to make inroads in the US? There is of course the Canadian chain Tim Horton’s w… --- ## [Most touching scenes in obscure movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-touching-scenes-in-obscure-movies/520405)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-touching-scenes-in-obscure-movies/520405 "2010-06-21T21:43:33Z")
I was reading through (and crying through) this entry on The A.V. Club, about the best scenes in movies in the '00s. It got me to thinking about some of my favorite and most touching scenes in film. For the purposes of … --- ## [I am not I: The fastest biochemical event and the speed of light, or, The Bathroom Mirror phenomenon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-i-the-fastest-biochemical-event-and-the-speed-of-light-or-the-bathroom-mirror-phenomenon/598757)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-i-the-fastest-biochemical-event-and-the-speed-of-light-or-the-bathroom-mirror-phenomenon/598757 "2015-04-01T04:37:49Z")
Stumbling to my bathroom in the morning and surveying my beard in the mirror one foot away from me, it occurred to me that who I was seeing was actually the person who I was 23.6 nanoseconds ago: one light beam out, one … --- ## [What percentage of the population has been in a porn movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-the-population-has-been-in-a-porn-movie/785792)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-the-population-has-been-in-a-porn-movie/785792 "2017-05-06T04:07:50Z")
I am given to understand, through, uh, friends who have told me and who would know such things, that the Internet has a fairly impressive amount of pornography, much if not most of it relatively low-quality “amateur” stu… --- ## [Oldest military equipment in use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-military-equipment-in-use/777637)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-military-equipment-in-use/777637 "2017-01-25T01:40:05Z")
What is the oldest article of original military equipment still in service you’ve encountered (or are aware of)? “Article”, for the purpose of this discussion, is intended quite broadly - it might include a weapon, ammu… --- ## [Any Doper Eagle Scouts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doper-eagle-scouts/373456)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doper-eagle-scouts/373456 "2024-06-05T23:53:08Z")
…or other Cub or Boy Scouts. Girl Scouts, too. I’ve noticed occasional references to Scouting on the boards, and wonder how common it is among Dopers as either a youth or adult experience. I’ve been involved in Scouti… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1082&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1084&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)