# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1102&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:** 1103 --- ## [Why do parents stop buying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-parents-stop-buying/622873)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-parents-stop-buying/622873 "2012-05-26T07:45:13Z")
Say Johnny and his parents stop buy a paticular gas station weekly for gas. On their very first visit his parents get Johnny a bag of chips and a soda. Total cost $3.00. Johnny loves it and eats it all. However in the fo… --- ## [A rant about people who define themselves by their relationships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-about-people-who-define-themselves-by-their-relationships/363278)
**Author:** [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-about-people-who-define-themselves-by-their-relationships/363278 "2006-07-18T15:07:10Z")
This isn’t so much a pit as an expression of pity…these people don’t anger me, they make me shake my head in shame. Drving in to work this morning, I saw a license plate. It read MOM2MEG. It triggered a reaction to som… --- ## [Gay Pride Marchers With Jewish Flags Told To Leave Chicago Parade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-pride-marchers-with-jewish-flags-told-to-leave-chicago-parade/789875)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2017, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-pride-marchers-with-jewish-flags-told-to-leave-chicago-parade/789875 "2017-07-01T08:06:48Z")
Anti-semites. Jewish people celebrating LGBT Pride in Chicago were told not to display Star of David flags because other people found them ‘offensive.’ The Jewish Star of David flag was banned from the city’s annual … --- ## [Why did you quit metal detecting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-quit-metal-detecting/670760)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-quit-metal-detecting/670760 "2013-10-14T11:05:12Z")
I’m trying to buy a metal detector, so I went on craigslist today. There are over 20 MD’s for sale in my area, and most of them seem to be from people who are just giving up. I’m thinking there might be a dark side I did… --- ## [I am curious about naturism...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-curious-about-naturism/711023)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-curious-about-naturism/711023 "2015-02-09T08:43:21Z")
…but I am only 17. It started with me sporadically sleeping in the nude since last year and now for the past few weeks, that’s how I sleep everyday. My parents don’t fundamentally approve of it and got pissed at me for… --- ## [Why does Chinese translate so badly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-chinese-translate-so-badly/121450)
**Author:** [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-chinese-translate-so-badly/121450 "2012-04-20T01:38:16Z")
I was reading an article today about Jiang Zemin and the expected transfer of power in China in a few months. One of the things Jiang wants to accomplish before stepping down is the inclusion of his contributions to pol… --- ## [Fred Phelps is only the tip of the religion iceberg!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-only-the-tip-of-the-religion-iceberg/355990)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-only-the-tip-of-the-religion-iceberg/355990 "2006-05-16T14:22:23Z")
Good old Valteron has taken on the reputation of local anti-Catholic bigot, it would seem. So just to make it clear, I am actually an equal-opportunity bigot. I have been on other sites in which I pointed out the revolti… --- ## [46 Percent of Mississippi Republicans Want Interracial Marriage Banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-percent-of-mississippi-republicans-want-interracial-marriage-banned/577774)
**Author:** [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-percent-of-mississippi-republicans-want-interracial-marriage-banned/577774 "2011-04-11T12:51:43Z")
Not sure where this would go, I’ll post it here for starters. A thread about a poll that says that 46 Percent of Mississippi Republicans Want Interracial Marriage Banned was closed by tomndebb, who basically said “repost… --- ## [What common food items have you never had?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-common-food-items-have-you-never-had/761749)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-common-food-items-have-you-never-had/761749 "2016-08-09T21:19:49Z")
I have never eaten Spam. Or a Twinkie. Or a fish taco. My mother claimed to never having eaten an Oreo. --- ## [Ten things not to ask a naked man.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-things-not-to-ask-a-naked-man/439874)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-things-not-to-ask-a-naked-man/439874 "2008-03-05T14:00:51Z")
I just thought I’d give the ladies a shot at this. --- ## [American Idol 3/7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458)
**Author:** [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458 "2005-03-11T03:37:52Z")
Oh good, someone’s already started this. It looks like the guys are up again this evening. I’m NOT a fan of Constatine so I’m hoping that he stinks up the joint and gets sent home on Wednesday. --- ## [SUV owners: What do you call your vehicle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suv-owners-what-do-you-call-your-vehicle/650006)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suv-owners-what-do-you-call-your-vehicle/650006 "2013-02-18T16:13:49Z")
All my life I’ve only ever owned sedans. Now I own a Honda CR-V and while I realize it’s basically an SUV body on a car chassis, I still refer to it as my “car” even though I could probably legitimately call it a “truck.… --- ## [Please help truth-check this (Bush v Clinton)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-truth-check-this-bush-v-clinton/424187)
**Author:** [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-truth-check-this-bush-v-clinton/424187 "2007-11-01T02:08:55Z")
I’m looking for help with fact- and truth-checking and other responses, please. The following is a reply I received from something I wrote in an email criticizing what I termed “President Bush’s despicable leadership”, … --- ## [What is with you? Shut my threads down again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931)
**Author:** [@Super\_Kapowzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Kapowzler)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931 "2010-04-23T19:16:45Z")
It seems the thing to do these days is shut down the K-to-the-Z. Help, Help, I’m being repressed! Wow, you guys get to respond with the most inane references, and the more obscure and inane the better, it seems. You b… --- ## [Fuck United Way!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-united-way/373612)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2006, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-united-way/373612 "2006-09-27T04:24:37Z")
No! No! NO! I am NOT signing up for a payroll deduction or UW this year! Stop bugging me about it already! --- ## [Some questions about the western world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-about-the-western-world/659958)
**Author:** [@General\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/General_Bean)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-about-the-western-world/659958 "2013-06-05T17:46:34Z")
Is there any way I can refuse to accept all the society-related stuff? How can the government decide they have authority over me? Since I was born where I live, I never chose to live under their regime. Why can they us… --- ## [I'm a member of Antifa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-member-of-antifa/854983)
**Author:** [@Commeatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commeatus)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-member-of-antifa/854983 "2020-06-30T00:49:10Z")
I’m pretty mutch a lurker here but I thought it might be beneficial to offer some perspective considering all the questions and misinformation out there I’m an anti-fascist. That’s the antifa goal: prevent a slide into … --- ## [Kim Jong Un Does it Again: Kills His Defense Chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-does-it-again-kills-his-defense-chief/719905)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-does-it-again-kills-his-defense-chief/719905 "2015-05-17T23:43:34Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/05/12/world/asia/ap-as-nkorea-defense-chief-executed.html?\_r=0 Too many people sleep during important meetings and get away with it; following Kim Jong Un’s example would drasticall… --- ## [Uncle Cecil, please welcome the first Doper baby to the world. Please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncle-cecil-please-welcome-the-first-doper-baby-to-the-world-please/121980)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2002, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncle-cecil-please-welcome-the-first-doper-baby-to-the-world-please/121980 "2002-12-22T19:28:34Z")
After all, you did bring me and Robin together. And this is the first child born of two Dopers who met here. I think it would be appropriate if you’d come in and say welcome to the world Aaron, the first child born of y… --- ## [when in the hospital, best way to ask "who are you and what is your job"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-the-hospital-best-way-to-ask-who-are-you-and-what-is-your-job/696818)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-the-hospital-best-way-to-ask-who-are-you-and-what-is-your-job/696818 "2014-08-31T02:54:16Z")
spent the day in the hospital with my dad, who is recovering from some major surgery which went well. Yay medical folks! The thing is people come in all day long and they are almost all dressed indistinguishably and th… --- ## [Why does put an un-chargable laptop battery in the freezer resurrect it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-put-an-un-chargable-laptop-battery-in-the-freezer-resurrect-it/621205)
**Author:** [@Christopher\_Robin\_Davies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Christopher_Robin_Davies)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-put-an-un-chargable-laptop-battery-in-the-freezer-resurrect-it/621205 "2012-05-08T21:02:15Z")
Over the weekend my laptop battery got to the point where it would no longer take a charge. I ordered a new one but out of curiosity decided to try something I had heard about: putting the battery in the freezer. So I pu… --- ## [So what's it like where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-it-like-where-you-live/608040)
**Author:** [@pdunderhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pdunderhill)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-it-like-where-you-live/608040 "2012-01-10T12:54:48Z")
In nned of interesting conversation here! What’s your local area like, anythinf of note or infamy about it? I live in Kensal Green, North West London, search NW10 5EL on Google Earth. Generally quiet with some good lo… --- ## [Illegitimate babies born to poor, black, single, inner-city women in South are "endangered species"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegitimate-babies-born-to-poor-black-single-inner-city-women-in-south-are-endangered-species/601323)
**Author:** [@Snow\_Pea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snow_Pea)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegitimate-babies-born-to-poor-black-single-inner-city-women-in-south-are-endangered-species/601323 "2011-11-04T19:51:12Z")
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-presidential-candidate-herman-cain-says-he-opposes-abortion-in-all-cases-\_-no-exceptions/2011/10/30/gIQA2brJWM\_story.html Who IS this guy’s audience? Cuz I can’t imagine too m… --- ## [How Could a Civilization that Managed to Sail to an Island forget how to make boats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-a-civilization-that-managed-to-sail-to-an-island-forget-how-to-make-boats/625454)
**Author:** [@supery00n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supery00n)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-a-civilization-that-managed-to-sail-to-an-island-forget-how-to-make-boats/625454 "2012-06-23T01:35:56Z")
The Canary Island aboriginal people, the Guanches, are a perplexing mystery to enthusiasts as myself and many anthropologists. There are seven “main” islands and several smaller ones that together make up the Canary Isl… --- ## [How Did Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Become So Popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-krispy-kreme-doughnuts-become-so-popular/105368)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-krispy-kreme-doughnuts-become-so-popular/105368 "2002-04-28T02:05:13Z")
How did Krispy Kreme doughnuts become so popular, so suddenly, to the point where people are willing to wait in very long lines just to get doughnuts? I read that the company uses the same formula it did when it was fou… --- ## [Another Band of Brothers Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-band-of-brothers-question/570130)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2014, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-band-of-brothers-question/570130 "2014-11-17T09:01:48Z")
In the episode “Why we fight” the Easy Company are in going to their next town and the pass by two men with helmets shooting three captured Germans. Who were the Helmet Men? --- ## [football history: fair catch.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-history-fair-catch/336473)
**Author:** [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-history-fair-catch/336473 "2005-12-21T22:54:37Z")
While watching the Steelers game with my uncle and my cousins this weekend there was a long discussion about Randle El’s muffed punt and fair catches. My uncle claimed that the fair catch was a recent addition to the NF… --- ## [Hotel room electronic doorlocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-room-electronic-doorlocks/316575)
**Author:** [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-room-electronic-doorlocks/316575 "2012-07-08T22:50:42Z")
I’m curious about how these things work, in part because we seem to encounter a somewhat significant (5 - 10%) failure rate among these cards, especially when we have duplicates, in our travels. When you register upon a… --- ## [Funerals: utter waste of time, or valid ritual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funerals-utter-waste-of-time-or-valid-ritual/550184)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funerals-utter-waste-of-time-or-valid-ritual/550184 "2010-08-15T15:05:09Z")
In the thread about things we refuse to do out of principle, one Doper said this: This sentiment seems very odd and cold to me. While I agree that some aspects of the death industry are simply a callous exploiting of … --- ## [Oldest aeroplane types still in active service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-aeroplane-types-still-in-active-service/611294)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-aeroplane-types-still-in-active-service/611294 "2012-02-05T04:20:31Z")
After seeing a DC-3 at the airport the other day (and realising they date from the 1930s originally), I started wondering what the oldest passenger/cargo aeroplane type still in active (ie non “Airshow only” or “Nostalgi… --- ## [WTF is up with the ultra-orthodox Jews in Israel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-the-ultra-orthodox-jews-in-israel/683584)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-the-ultra-orthodox-jews-in-israel/683584 "2014-03-16T19:59:50Z")
So they are now subject to the same burdens of citizenship as everyone else (including garden variety orthodox jews) and they threaten rebellion and violence: “They warned that the possibility exists that the arrest o… --- ## [Did you raid your parents' record collection? What made an impression?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-raid-your-parents-record-collection-what-made-an-impression/593204)
**Author:** [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-raid-your-parents-record-collection-what-made-an-impression/593204 "2011-08-22T23:52:48Z")
I trace my folkie roots back to my mom. Back in the early sixties, when I was young enough to be impressionable, but not old enough to reject them because they were, yanno, …Mom’s, she brought home lots of folk albums, t… --- ## [So after stopping smoking, did you gain weight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-after-stopping-smoking-did-you-gain-weight/494678)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-after-stopping-smoking-did-you-gain-weight/494678 "2015-09-19T15:43:13Z")
If you did gain weight, how much? And did you lose the weight? What worked for you - diet, exercise, or both? --- ## [Men: Do you ever sit like Al Bundy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-ever-sit-like-al-bundy/523985)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-ever-sit-like-al-bundy/523985 "2010-01-08T18:03:00Z")
With one or both hands or fingers stuck down your pants? Remember Married…with Children and the way Al Bundy would wedge his hands and fingers right down inside his belt, while sitting on the sofa watching TV. There is… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 8, Episode 19 (April 2, 2015) -- "The Skywalker Incursion"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-19-april-2-2015-the-skywalker-incursion/716625)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-19-april-2-2015-the-skywalker-incursion/716625 "2015-04-11T15:27:23Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Source of the melody of this Irish song from the American Civil War?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-of-the-melody-of-this-irish-song-from-the-american-civil-war/684808)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-of-the-melody-of-this-irish-song-from-the-american-civil-war/684808 "2014-10-01T02:47:14Z")
We all know Irish immigrants fought in the Civil War . . . I did not appreciate until recently that they fought for both sides, though more of them for the Union than the Confederacy – I guess they mostly just aligned wi… --- ## [Woman microwaves baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-microwaves-baby/589062)
**Author:** [@Soliloquy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soliloquy)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-microwaves-baby/589062 "2012-03-09T17:14:39Z")
I know this has been discussed before, but here’s a recent story… http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/22/3718306/sacramento-mother-arrested-in.html She will have good company in prison, hopefully, right next to the woman who… --- ## [Facing Middle Age With No Degree, & No Wife- The growing cohort of unmarriageable men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facing-middle-age-with-no-degree-no-wife-the-growing-cohort-of-unmarriageable-men/367848)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2006, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facing-middle-age-with-no-degree-no-wife-the-growing-cohort-of-unmarriageable-men/367848 "2006-08-14T11:29:09Z")
Interesting article - Marriage is apparenlty much less a compelling state of being than it used to be, and men at the lower mid range of the curve are falling off quickly. Facing Middle Age With No Degree, and No Wife … --- ## [Did daylight savings time bring an end to drive-in theaters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-daylight-savings-time-bring-an-end-to-drive-in-theaters/630165)
**Author:** [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-daylight-savings-time-bring-an-end-to-drive-in-theaters/630165 "2012-08-19T00:59:10Z")
Seems like a contributing factor. Also, are there any drive-in theaters still in existence? --- ## [What is you opinion of this marriage dilemma?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-you-opinion-of-this-marriage-dilemma/633016)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-you-opinion-of-this-marriage-dilemma/633016 "2012-08-31T21:51:43Z")
True story except the names: Dick and Jane get married. After a year of marriage they have a child. After 2 years of marriage they buy a house. 15 year mortgage. 2 years later they have their second child They pay t… --- ## [Bigfoot body found?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-body-found/459827)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-body-found/459827 "2008-08-20T17:55:14Z")
Just saw this on Fark: Story here, picture (!) here. So far, I’m skeptical – this: gives me a bit of pause, but I’ll wait and see before throwing any accusations around. --- ## [Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: the meaning of the ending (UNBOXED spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind-the-meaning-of-the-ending-unboxed-spoilers/312435)
**Author:** [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind-the-meaning-of-the-ending-unboxed-spoilers/312435 "2012-12-05T17:41:48Z")
As this discussion focuses entirely on the ending of the movie, and plot points leading up to it, I don’t think it’d make sense to have the whole durn thread be a series of black boxes. So, there will be spoilers. Lots o… --- ## [What sort of empire is the Klingon Empire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-empire-is-the-klingon-empire/732952)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-empire-is-the-klingon-empire/732952 "2015-10-04T15:39:46Z")
In the Star Trek: TOS, from “Mission of Mercy” on, it was made clear that the Klingon Empire was an empire in the oldest sense, like the Assyrian Empire or the Persian Empire or the Roman Empire or the Mongol Empire, con… --- ## [Worst Christmas present ever.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-christmas-present-ever/139267)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-christmas-present-ever/139267 "2004-12-10T00:24:07Z")
We have a best present thread, why not a worst present thread. My little brother and his now ex gave me a 5 year old Lake Speed (former NASCAR driver) t-shirt. I probably would not have minded except for a few things. … --- ## [Suppose I sent a 2012 Chevy Impala back in time...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-sent-a-2012-chevy-impala-back-in-time/624863)
**Author:** [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-sent-a-2012-chevy-impala-back-in-time/624863 "2012-06-14T02:02:24Z")
…to my grandfather back in 1942. Forget all of the temporal paradox issues, and what his contemporaries think of a car from the future, etc. My question is, how long could he keep it running? Assume that he has a job a… --- ## [Ice cream flavors, best, worst, and weirdest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors-best-worst-and-weirdest/977897)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors-best-worst-and-weirdest/977897 "2023-03-23T01:48:50Z")
That potato chip thread inspired me to start this one. Best: In recent years, Breyer’s Thin Mint ice cream. I was eating it out of the container, and realized it was going to make me sick if I took another bite. It w… --- ## [Once upon a time... S P O I L E R ! !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-s-p-o-i-l-e-r/685531)
**Author:** [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-s-p-o-i-l-e-r/685531 "2014-05-13T03:13:22Z")
:confused:Did I imagine it or did “What’s Her Name” . . . becomes the new “Dark One”!? :eek: --- ## [What's the difference between laundry detergents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-laundry-detergents/645261)
**Author:** [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-laundry-detergents/645261 "2012-12-30T02:55:04Z")
I’m about to buy laundry detergent for my washing machine for the first time. Don’t ask, long story. (I prefer liquid detergents) At the supermarket I noticed that there are so many different brands with very different … --- ## [What Would It Take to Prove God's Existence to You? Part II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-to-prove-gods-existence-to-you-part-ii/30005)
**Author:** [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2000, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-to-prove-gods-existence-to-you-part-ii/30005 "2000-09-01T06:03:58Z")
\[Moderator Hat ON\] What Would It Take to Prove God’s Existence to You? is not showing new posts, so I’m starting this thread and locking the old one. I’d advise checking out the old thread since there’s been some posts … --- ## [Has there ever been a genuine surprise in the draft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-genuine-surprise-in-the-draft/574836)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-genuine-surprise-in-the-draft/574836 "2011-03-19T13:48:26Z")
Has anybody been drafted in the NFL that has been a total surprise? As in totally out of left field? Let’s leave out: \[ul\] \[li\]The projected #1 pick dropped a slot or two, allowing another first-rounder to move up (Suh… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1101&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1103&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)