# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=110&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:** 111 --- ## [SDMB Shadowrun campaign, New World Orders - players only!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shadowrun-campaign-new-world-orders-players-only/613501)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 399\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shadowrun-campaign-new-world-orders-players-only/613501 "2012-04-27T22:35:27Z")
This thread is for players in the Shadowrun campaign, which is titled “New World Orders” The players and characters are: Hoopy Frood - Goethe (alias) ork combat Shadowrunner Mahaloth - Seneth Keluszon, human mage Jul… --- ## [If I were a devout Christian, I'd be against the Indiana Law for this reason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-were-a-devout-christian-id-be-against-the-indiana-law-for-this-reason/716810)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 268\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-were-a-devout-christian-id-be-against-the-indiana-law-for-this-reason/716810 "2015-04-21T17:51:19Z")
(Sorry for the click-bait title. I just didn’t know how else to frame my thoughts.) Matthew 22:15 I know this has been interpreted in a number of ways. The message I’ve always been taught is that Jesus was advocatin… --- ## [Nude 17 Year Old Girls: Child Porn or Art?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-17-year-old-girls-child-porn-or-art/150289)
**Author:** [@H8\_2\_W8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H8_2_W8)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-17-year-old-girls-child-porn-or-art/150289 "2003-02-22T17:15:46Z")
A professional photographer was convicted on child pornography charges for taking (and possessing) photographs of nude 17 year old high school girls. http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/8/017335-9288-092.html These … --- ## [Secular Humanism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secular-humanism/599688)
**Author:** [@Da\_Mikster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Da_Mikster)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2011, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secular-humanism/599688 "2011-10-23T07:58:16Z")
Secular humanism is a religion. One that takes much of the wonder and beauty out of the world and replaces it with the drear and tawdry. If I’m going to believe in something even if others call it “imaginary”, then at l… --- ## [Unbelievable facts that turn out to be true.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievable-facts-that-turn-out-to-be-true/530648)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 227\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievable-facts-that-turn-out-to-be-true/530648 "2010-03-31T13:19:02Z")
I am watching a documentary on TV called Bomb Harvest about Aussie ordinance disposal guys who are training people to disarm bombs in Laos. They mentioned figures for the number of bombs but they seemed ridiculous - no o… --- ## [should we intervene with the Sentinelese under any circumstances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-intervene-with-the-sentinelese-under-any-circumstances/746685)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 365\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-intervene-with-the-sentinelese-under-any-circumstances/746685 "2018-12-18T10:41:53Z")
Sentinel Island is part of the Andamans owned by India, and famous for having a tribe living there that have successfully and violently resisted all attempts to make contact with them. The Indian government now has the … --- ## [World History trivia quiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 762\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759 "2008-04-22T17:22:34Z")
Just like the US History one, only with different-looking currency. Who designed the iconic Porsche 911? Who was Prime Minister of India during “the Emergency”? Who was the first European to sail around the Cape of Goo… --- ## [How long would it take you to read a 1000 pg book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-it-take-you-to-read-a-1000-pg-book/519570)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-it-take-you-to-read-a-1000-pg-book/519570 "2016-06-30T02:11:35Z")
So I got the new Stephen King book Under the Dome and it’s just over 1000pgs. I’m curious how long it takes most people to finish a book this large. Assuming that it’s a book that you are enjoying, though maybe not rab… --- ## [Second POTUS Debate thread Sing-along and discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 337\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-potus-debate-thread-sing-along-and-discussion/768115 "2016-10-10T16:37:27Z")
There’s a thread about the second debate already, started several days ago and already a couple pages thick with speculation. As I discussed there, I’d prefer a clean thread to carry on discussion once the actual debate … --- ## [Vice President predictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-president-predictions/744919)
**Author:** [@Hank\_Beecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hank_Beecher)\ **Replies:** 296\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-president-predictions/744919 "2016-04-16T05:04:48Z")
So the list of viable candidates is looking shorter. Hillary, Bernie, Trump, Cruz, and Rubio. And then big maybes Kasich, Carson, Christie. What are some of the more likely VP selection possibilities? I am curious to s… --- ## [my wife thinks im cheating on her, I'M NOT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-thinks-im-cheating-on-her-im-not/576250)
**Author:** [@dallascarr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dallascarr)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-thinks-im-cheating-on-her-im-not/576250 "2011-05-06T00:43:36Z")
Im Very confused, my wife believes I’m having an affair and its totally false. We have 5 kids together, been married for 14 years, work together at our business, literally 6 feet from each other accept when im on the roa… --- ## [Please help me solve this Rebus.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-solve-this-rebus/573672)
**Author:** [@Fofer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fofer)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-solve-this-rebus/573672 "2026-10-07T17:51:41Z")
Please help me solve this rebus. It’s been tickling my brain for weeks, and it’s been keeping me up at night. I asked the puzzle-creator for clues and he wouldn’t budge. Until I aske… --- ## [Rape Charges for a Elderly Husband Having Sex with His Wife with Dementia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-charges-for-a-elderly-husband-having-sex-with-his-wife-with-dementia/717050)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-charges-for-a-elderly-husband-having-sex-with-his-wife-with-dementia/717050 "2015-04-25T01:21:20Z")
http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2015/04/07/iowa-trial-to-weigh-whether-wife-was-able-to-consent-to-sex I think that criminal charges are inappropriate here. Anyone else have an opinion? --- ## [Tattoo artists - do they ever say no?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026)
**Author:** [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026 "2011-02-06T13:18:53Z")
Seeing a pic and video\* of this extremely heavily tattooed fellow led me to wonder how much discussion a tattoo artist might have with a patron who wants this kind of work done - especially on their face. Is it consider… --- ## [What would you do if you had to live in 1950s America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-to-live-in-1950s-america/685053)
**Author:** [@Earth001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earth001)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-to-live-in-1950s-america/685053 "2014-04-10T03:37:48Z")
You receive a knock at your door. Opening up, a man in a very out of fashion suit and hairstyle walks in and introduces himself as “Rob”, insisting you write it in all capital letters and tells you have important news. T… --- ## [How long should I charge my car battery? Need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-i-charge-my-car-battery-need-answer-fast/618109)
**Author:** [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-i-charge-my-car-battery-need-answer-fast/618109 "2012-04-09T21:51:42Z")
Ooops. Left the lights on for a couple of days. Battery is completely dead; no horn, no lights, no nothing. I have it hooked up to a charger my dad left in the garage but I can’t find any info on the charger. Atlas Bat… --- ## [Can you skin someone and leave them alive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-skin-someone-and-leave-them-alive/354322)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-skin-someone-and-leave-them-alive/354322 "2006-04-28T13:02:02Z")
Ok, a sick little topic I know but I’ve been curious since I saw the Dark Crystal when I was a kid, and I just read it in a short story by an author I’m just getting to know. I’m willing to accept accomodations. I mean,… --- ## [Dear God, My Wife Again. This is about IT.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-my-wife-again-this-is-about-it/773912)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-my-wife-again-this-is-about-it/773912 "2017-01-19T12:43:57Z")
Before I start this thread, please let me apologize for the last one. I was good and drunk when I started it, remembered the next morning that I’d posted, and for my own sake I never returned to it to read the replies. S… --- ## [Mad-Men: 5.01 "A Little Kiss" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-5-01-a-little-kiss-open-spoilers/616793)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-5-01-a-little-kiss-open-spoilers/616793 "2012-04-02T00:12:22Z")
Finally, after 18 months of waiting Mad Men is back tonight at 9pm with a 2-hour premiere. Where we left off back in 2010; it was late summer 1965, Don had just proposed to Megan, Joan was pregnant with Roger’s baby & … --- ## [Is a PT Cruiser a good car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-pt-cruiser-a-good-car/504672)
**Author:** [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-pt-cruiser-a-good-car/504672 "2009-07-31T06:49:52Z")
I’m looking for someone else’s HO here. Thanks to buying a home last year, we got a whoppin’ big tax return, and we’re looking for a second car. I found a 2004 PT Cruiser for $7000, with 50,000 miles on it. The mileag… --- ## [Things you learned from movies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785 "2013-11-11T00:10:32Z")
I learned from seeing “Zero Hour” if I’m on an airliner to NEVER have the fish. --- ## [How can employers find out if you lie on a job application about your work history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-employers-find-out-if-you-lie-on-a-job-application-about-your-work-history/162107)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-employers-find-out-if-you-lie-on-a-job-application-about-your-work-history/162107 "2012-01-31T15:08:17Z")
If you just left a job off your application, as if you’d never held it, how could a prospective empoloyer find out? I know the Social Security Admin. keeps a record of all employment that paid SS tax. Does anyone have ac… --- ## [So does the board skew left?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-the-board-skew-left/305457)
**Author:** [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Replies:** 585\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-the-board-skew-left/305457 "2005-06-13T02:28:44Z")
This was going to be a reply to the Pit thread discussing Manhattan but it got long enough and off-topic enough (since it’s not about him) that I decided to post it separately. Does the board really skew left? Nope, I d… --- ## [Name my sister's (lesbian) baseball team - smut allowed!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-sisters-lesbian-baseball-team-smut-allowed/447212)
**Author:** [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-sisters-lesbian-baseball-team-smut-allowed/447212 "2008-05-02T03:25:18Z")
So they’re looking for a “creative” team name. Preferably with puns and/or double entendres. Examples from previous seasons: Batter’s Box, Charge the Mound, Snatch 'n Catch. Team name must be non-smutty enough to be … --- ## [why do i get nosebleeds in the shower?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-nosebleeds-in-the-shower/212751)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-nosebleeds-in-the-shower/212751 "2011-01-29T17:02:56Z")
Sometimes when i get a nosebleed it happens in the shower. In fact i would say many of my nosebleeds occur in the shower which makes no sense as you would assume the moisture would be good. So what is doing it? Am i abso… --- ## [Trump's collapse and Cruz's inevitability](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-collapse-and-cruzs-inevitability/748089)
**Author:** [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-collapse-and-cruzs-inevitability/748089 "2016-05-07T17:38:58Z")
We aren’t yet at peak Trump, but the collapse is predictable, and so I will predict it. A lot of the media (and people on here) have largely misidentified Trump’s core of support, because it falls into two media blind s… --- ## [Dried out bottle of Compound W- what to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dried-out-bottle-of-compound-w-what-to-do/666515)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dried-out-bottle-of-compound-w-what-to-do/666515 "2017-06-03T13:36:15Z")
Compound W is a commercial brand of wart remover. I like it better than the alternatives but I have an ongoing problem: the main solvent is ethyl ether, which is so volatile that once you open the bottle it starts drying… --- ## [Boyfriend spanked my son without my permission. Advice on how to chew him out most effectively?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyfriend-spanked-my-son-without-my-permission-advice-on-how-to-chew-him-out-most-effectively/559934)
**Author:** [@prettydorky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prettydorky)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyfriend-spanked-my-son-without-my-permission-advice-on-how-to-chew-him-out-most-effectively/559934 "2011-03-21T16:15:34Z")
Hi all, longtime lurker and very seldom poster. I’m a little shy and I feel incredibly awkward starting a thread about this, but I need some advice. I’m sorry I don’t know how to make this any more concise: Boyfriend … --- ## [You, a single-shot 50cal rifle, and an angry T-Rex. Hope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-a-single-shot-50cal-rifle-and-an-angry-t-rex-hope/578375)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-a-single-shot-50cal-rifle-and-an-angry-t-rex-hope/578375 "2011-04-21T14:53:28Z")
You are placed in hell’s colosseum against a T-Rex who is hungry But, you get one of those “voting from the rooftops” .50 cal rifles. Just one bullet though. You are ex-Ranger though. Hope? Where to aim: Brain? How b… --- ## [Movie Game, Mk 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-mk-3/305787)
**Author:** [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Replies:** 1086\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-mk-3/305787 "2005-07-09T14:30:00Z")
YAY! I get to start. And, in an homage to our own dear twickster, I will even start with a musical (which I just happened to watch on AMC the other night.) On A Clear Day, You Can See Forever --- ## [Afghanistan Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afghanistan-today/948624)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 519\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afghanistan-today/948624 "2022-10-10T00:50:03Z")
It takes something fairly big in world news to make the local news here. They say that the Taliban has captured four provincial capitals and Afghanistan will fall within a few days. I know several brave Canadian soldie… --- ## [Hate literature placed in my hotel room by the Gideons....what should I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-literature-placed-in-my-hotel-room-by-the-gideons-what-should-i-do/451346)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 402\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-literature-placed-in-my-hotel-room-by-the-gideons-what-should-i-do/451346 "2008-06-24T16:04:05Z")
I was wondering what would be the best course of action for me to follow in the present situation. You see. I am right now enjoying a wonderful vacation in the Canadian Rockies with my same-sex spouse, to whom I have bee… --- ## [Reporter shooting in Virginia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporter-shooting-in-virginia/728942)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporter-shooting-in-virginia/728942 "2015-09-10T22:24:42Z")
A horrible story is developing in Virginia. A reporter and cameraman were shot and killed live on air. No information on the shooter other than he is still at large right now. The video is circulating and I’ve seen it bu… --- ## [Perfectly cast beauties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692)
**Author:** [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2011, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692 "2011-02-20T08:10:57Z")
This thread discussing the appropriate casting of Lynn Collins as the incomparable Dejah Thoris made me think, what film got it right? In my opinion: Wrong - Diane Kruger as Helen in Troy (she’s pretty, but “the face t… --- ## [Scary stuff: the boy in the balloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 325\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940 "2021-01-06T01:22:20Z")
Just seen on the TV in the kitchen, on CNN: Boy Floats Away In Balloon http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21306839/detail.html A six-year-old boy crawls into this weather-balloon type thing him and his dad were work… --- ## [Little Irritating Things About Little House on the Prairie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-irritating-things-about-little-house-on-the-prairie/320289)
**Author:** [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-irritating-things-about-little-house-on-the-prairie/320289 "2019-05-16T19:22:59Z")
I got sucked into the Nick at Night Landon-o-thon at my neighbors’ house tonight during dinner. I don’t mind Michael Landon. I think of I Was a Teenage Werewolf and giggle a bit whenever I see him, but he was a decent … --- ## [How to blur or greek text in a PDF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-blur-or-greek-text-in-a-pdf/518705)
**Author:** [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-blur-or-greek-text-in-a-pdf/518705 "2009-11-24T21:38:35Z")
So I am putting together a sort of sales brochure/outline to show prospective clients. I want to display samples of real work prepared for clients… but I don’t want to reveal any confidential information when I do that. … --- ## [Do we have less compassion for the poor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-less-compassion-for-the-poor/712707)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-less-compassion-for-the-poor/712707 "2015-02-21T13:38:16Z")
I was watching the classic “Les Miserables” based on the Victor Hugo novel and I thought about the main concept of having compassion for the plight of the poor. I think nowadays in the US we have less compassion for the… --- ## ['American Pickers' question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pickers-question/608252)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pickers-question/608252 "2024-10-01T18:30:53Z")
Jeepers, I’m turning into my Mom. She’d leave HGTV on all the time as background noise, I leave on the History channel and its plethora of antique/pawn shop ‘I’ll give you half the price you’re asking’ shows. So, on Ame… --- ## [Game of Thrones 7.01 "Dragonstone" 7/16/17 \[Show Discussion\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-7-01-dragonstone-7-16-17-show-discussion/791324)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 337\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-7-01-dragonstone-7-16-17-show-discussion/791324 "2017-07-24T15:09:43Z")
This discussion is for the show as its own entity. There’s another thread in which the books can be discussed openly and compared to the show. In this thread, the books do not exist. Yes, I know the show has mostly pass… --- ## [Pastors Will Challenge IRS Rules Prohibiting Political Endorsement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pastors-will-challenge-irs-rules-prohibiting-political-endorsement/635603)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pastors-will-challenge-irs-rules-prohibiting-political-endorsement/635603 "2012-10-27T17:55:34Z")
in an effort to force a court decision on the constitutionality of the IRS regulation prohibiting churches from directly endorsing candidates, hundreds – or perhaps thousands – of pastors intended to take to their pulpit… --- ## [What would it take for Bernie Sanders to get the nomination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-for-bernie-sanders-to-get-the-nomination/749813)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-for-bernie-sanders-to-get-the-nomination/749813 "2016-04-09T19:27:14Z")
He is pretty far behind, but I think he still has a chance. How likely is he to get the nomination and what would it take? --- ## [How do voter ID laws suppress minority votes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-voter-id-laws-suppress-minority-votes/665968)
**Author:** [@historicprops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/historicprops)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-voter-id-laws-suppress-minority-votes/665968 "2013-09-04T15:56:04Z")
All through my voting life, I’ve found it odd that I can walk into a polling place and cast a vote without actually demonstrating that I am the person I claim to be. It occurred to me early on, that if i felt strongly ab… --- ## [A skilled swordsman with a Samurai sword vs a charging Kodiak Bear...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-skilled-swordsman-with-a-samurai-sword-vs-a-charging-kodiak-bear/387345)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-skilled-swordsman-with-a-samurai-sword-vs-a-charging-kodiak-bear/387345 "2018-12-11T16:29:57Z")
Og I hate these (vs) threads, but I was watching a documentary about the samurai sword and it’s efficacy on the battle field, and they liken the sword to having “no mortal foe” on the battle field. (All guns aside of co… --- ## [Lack of Cheques in Other Countries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-cheques-in-other-countries/549897)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-cheques-in-other-countries/549897 "2010-08-17T21:36:23Z")
In this thread and in others, I have heard the claim that many European countries do not use cheques very often. They consider it backward and difficult. So you ask, what do they use? Electronic funds, debit cards, et… --- ## [Weather By Sybil - A MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-by-sybil-a-mmp/704845)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 317\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-by-sybil-a-mmp/704845 "2014-11-24T02:48:04Z")
I had to help do set up for a friend’s kid’s wedding this weekend(Who the heck gets married during hockey season?:dubious:). It was 70 on Thursday. It will be 70 today. It was 35 during the (outside) rehersal dinner o… --- ## [Intruder in your home at 3 AM - if you live in Toronto, don't hurt the perp . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intruder-in-your-home-at-3-am-if-you-live-in-toronto-dont-hurt-the-perp/633350)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intruder-in-your-home-at-3-am-if-you-live-in-toronto-dont-hurt-the-perp/633350 "2012-10-26T22:29:42Z")
Here is a link to a current news story in Toronto. In brief, a guy and his significant other come home at 3AM and immediately notice there’s an intruder inside. Guy grabs a knife and confronts intruder in his girlfriend… --- ## [Why are there so many sexless marriages if women love sex just as much as men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-sexless-marriages-if-women-love-sex-just-as-much-as-men/523502)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-sexless-marriages-if-women-love-sex-just-as-much-as-men/523502 "2010-01-07T17:33:03Z")
Inspired by this thread If it’s a given that women enjoy sex as much and want it as frequently as men do, why do so many marriages end up sexless (which I think is defined as less than once per month or something)? I… --- ## [Examples of false friends in different languages, including Brit/US English?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-false-friends-in-different-languages-including-brit-us-english/653162)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-false-friends-in-different-languages-including-brit-us-english/653162 "2013-03-29T18:10:53Z")
This a spin-off from a current thread on the etymology of “bottling it.” It turns out that the phrase means two completely different things in the USA and in Britain. The old “separated by a common language” thing (an ap… --- ## [God-Damned mother-effing coward Spaniards.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damned-mother-effing-coward-spaniards/234324)
**Author:** [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Replies:** 437\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2004, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damned-mother-effing-coward-spaniards/234324 "2004-04-29T07:23:36Z")
Socialists Oust Spain’s Conservatives You disgusting, sniveling little cowards. Yeah, capitulating to the monsters that just killed hundreds of your people is the right thing to do. You have played into their hands. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=109&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=111&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)