# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1108&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:** 1109 --- ## [So, Has NOAH's ARK Been Found?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-has-noahs-ark-been-found/361488)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-has-noahs-ark-been-found/361488 "2026-10-17T04:26:42Z")
Eery so often, the crank press brings up the myth about the “Noah’s Ark”. Invariably, they say that an expedition to Mt. Ararat found the boat, but had to turn back. So, I assume a bunch of fundamentalists have been swar… --- ## [I pit NJ Gov Chris Christie for saying an idiotic thing about Civil Rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-nj-gov-chris-christie-for-saying-an-idiotic-thing-about-civil-rights/610798)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-nj-gov-chris-christie-for-saying-an-idiotic-thing-about-civil-rights/610798 "2012-02-18T05:59:12Z")
He says “People would have been happy to have referendum on civil rights rather than fighting and dying in the streets in the South.” Are you fucking serious? Do you realize one of the things they were fighting and dyi… --- ## [Home Refinance questions: need answer fast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-refinance-questions-need-answer-fast/567637)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-refinance-questions-need-answer-fast/567637 "2014-05-23T21:56:30Z")
So we’re nearing day 90 of our home refinance with Bank of America. We have a current home mortgage with BoA as well as some checking and savings accounts with them. Comments regarding diversifying our assets are duly no… --- ## [Help me figure out what to wear to this wedding.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-to-wear-to-this-wedding/595401)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-to-wear-to-this-wedding/595401 "2011-09-14T13:23:19Z")
At the beginning of October, the Wonderland family are attending a wedding. Now, the bride is a touch bridezilla-ish, but the groom is a dear friend and so we are trying to be accommodating. To wit: there is a dress co… --- ## [Comedians who turn out to have good dramatic acting skills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedians-who-turn-out-to-have-good-dramatic-acting-skills/962515)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedians-who-turn-out-to-have-good-dramatic-acting-skills/962515 "2022-05-05T19:40:34Z")
Mrs. solost and I have started watching season 5 of ‘Better Call Saul’ now that it finally dropped on Netflix, and I was reminded just how great Bob Odenkirk is in the role. I remember reading (or hearing in a podcast) a… --- ## [Did This Happen? "Sultan Massacre" in New Orleans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-happen-sultan-massacre-in-new-orleans/115217)
**Author:** [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-happen-sultan-massacre-in-new-orleans/115217 "2011-03-14T05:24:15Z")
On one of those ghost tours in New Orleans I heard of a massacre which occured in the 19th century in the French Quarter. Supposedly, some Turkish sultan rented a manor in the Quarter and brought over his entire harem. L… --- ## [Do you regularly flip your mattress ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regularly-flip-your-mattress/593262)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regularly-flip-your-mattress/593262 "2011-08-25T17:22:39Z")
Just now I was pulling off the linen on my bed and I got a long forgotten (45 years) flashback to the bed linen changing protocols my mother taught me before she died when I was 15 years old. I had completely forgotten … --- ## [The Shape of Water (movie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shape-of-water-movie/805318)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shape-of-water-movie/805318 "2018-12-25T21:10:47Z")
Anyone else seen Guillermo Del Toro’s latest? I have . . .thoughts, and no one around here has seen it yet (which makes sense, since they were mostly Christmasing). I’m not sure what to make of it. Which isn’t to say I … --- ## [Firing Principals of underperforming schools is going to improve results. Is this magical thinking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firing-principals-of-underperforming-schools-is-going-to-improve-results-is-this-magical-thinking/701075)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2014, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firing-principals-of-underperforming-schools-is-going-to-improve-results-is-this-magical-thinking/701075 "2014-10-18T04:45:29Z")
Under the NCLB influenced public school performance standards currently in place in most areas of the US Principals of underperforming schools can be fired or removed if their school’s test results to not improve to medi… --- ## [The Happy Heretic wants to debate a Christian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-heretic-wants-to-debate-a-christian/181003)
**Author:** [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-heretic-wants-to-debate-a-christian/181003 "2003-08-06T13:00:57Z")
In The Happy Heretic’s current monthly column at http://www.thehappyheretic.com/current.htm, she says: She has more conditions, and the debate topics are limited to the questions that already appear in the current colu… --- ## ["Birdman" (new Michael Keaton film) OPEN SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdman-new-michael-keaton-film-open-spoilers/703507)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdman-new-michael-keaton-film-open-spoilers/703507 "2015-08-25T01:49:38Z")
Saw this last night, and though I loved it, 12 hours later I’m still sorting out my reactions to it. For one thing, though – how wonderful to see a move where at no point did I have any idea where it was going – right u… --- ## [Who is the leaker in the NSA and CIA prison stories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-leaker-in-the-nsa-and-cia-prison-stories/338000)
**Author:** [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-leaker-in-the-nsa-and-cia-prison-stories/338000 "2006-01-25T01:05:16Z")
(I know that these topics are the subjects of other threads, but I haven’t seen this question specifically addressed. And even though it’s a poll of sorts, I was sure it would end up in GD anyway.) Two separate Justic… --- ## [To the Comedians who troll the Great Debates forum.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511)
**Author:** [@What\_Is\_Schwa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Is_Schwa)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511 "2005-06-23T00:07:12Z")
Stop it. If you don’t have anything to add to the debate, why bother? Your lame ass comments usually just hijack a thread and/or discourage any real discussion. Example This Thread I’m impartial to the subject matter… --- ## [Cheating at UCF: What Lesson Was Learned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-at-ucf-what-lesson-was-learned/561307)
**Author:** [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-at-ucf-what-lesson-was-learned/561307 "2010-11-30T01:17:09Z")
Story and video of the entire lecture here. Professor Richard Quinn discovered that about a third of his six hundred person class had cheated on a midterm. Although (he said) statistically he could identify the guilty … --- ## [Sanders v Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanders-v-trump/741272)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanders-v-trump/741272 "2016-01-20T17:09:57Z")
OK, as unlikely as it is, how does a Trump v Sanders general election play out? Each would mobilize the extreme, and each would be so appalling to the opposite party that some of the more mainstream voters might hold the… --- ## [Is it dangerous to breathe flatulence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-dangerous-to-breathe-flatulence/642934)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2012, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-dangerous-to-breathe-flatulence/642934 "2012-12-05T05:46:48Z")
I know it’s often unpleasant, but is intestinal fart gas dangerous to health in any meaningful sense? For example, has anyone been told by a doctor that they need to spend less time in enclosed spaces where a lot of peo… --- ## [Name that weapon - Last of the Mohicans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-weapon-last-of-the-mohicans/496724)
**Author:** [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-weapon-last-of-the-mohicans/496724 "2015-05-11T00:04:31Z")
What is the axe-like thing carried by Chingachkook by which he dispatched Magua? In the 1992 film. --- ## [Husbands and wives with the same first name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/husbands-and-wives-with-the-same-first-name/394873)
**Author:** [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/husbands-and-wives-with-the-same-first-name/394873 "2007-03-11T16:45:26Z")
Evelyn Waugh’s first wife was named Evelyn. Friends called them “he-Evelyn” and “she-Evelyn.” Gene Kelly was married to a woman named Jeanne. Can you think of any other husband and wife who had the same - or virtually th… --- ## [Demon possession? In 2014? Seriously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demon-possession-in-2014-seriously/684998)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demon-possession-in-2014-seriously/684998 "2014-04-04T21:31:43Z")
My father belongs to a Pentecostal denomination and is terribly devout. After retirement, when he was healthier, it was not unusual for him to go to services five times in a week (Sunday and Thursday mornings, plus Tuesd… --- ## [I Like The Bush Administration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-the-bush-administration/360644)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-the-bush-administration/360644 "2006-06-17T03:09:04Z")
Always have. Well, that pretty much sums it up. That and I’m Canadian. I think that Afghanistan and Iraq were the right moves. I think Iran and perhaps North Korea should be next. Who’s with me? --- ## [Yeah, I'm complaining again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-im-complaining-again/741701)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-im-complaining-again/741701 "2016-01-03T15:21:31Z")
You know I am a level-headed, open-minded fellow who is not the slightest bit judgmental about another person’s sense of style. :rolleyes: However, a sight at work made me fear for a young lady’s sanity and intelligenc… --- ## [Unanswered Questions about Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-movies/308899)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2005, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-about-movies/308899 "2005-07-24T07:45:30Z")
In \*Rear Window,\*why didn’t anyone see Jimmy Stewart spying on them before Raymond Burr spotted him near the end? In A Day at the Races, what song did Chico Marx play on the piano at the Water Carnival? (Just before Har… --- ## [Ridiculous ATM programming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-atm-programming/711636)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2015, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-atm-programming/711636 "2015-02-16T04:28:57Z")
Okay, ATM’s are notorious for being horribly programmed, and this one has probably come up a time or two. But hang on, let me check my calendar… yeah, it’s now 2015. Surely some improvements have been made, but there … --- ## [The Humility Thread: What are you NOT good at?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-humility-thread-what-are-you-not-good-at/537267)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-humility-thread-what-are-you-not-good-at/537267 "2010-04-30T13:09:44Z")
IQ-related threads or threads about how early people started reading are invariably threads full of outlandish claims. A recent “what would your D&D stats be” thread suggested many superheroes post to the SDMB. So this… --- ## [Can't shut off my brain: how "normal"/ what does it feel like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-shut-off-my-brain-how-normal-what-does-it-feel-like/613034)
**Author:** [@Beltane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beltane)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-shut-off-my-brain-how-normal-what-does-it-feel-like/613034 "2012-02-18T15:21:59Z")
I’m curious how other people experience thoughts that the can’t turn off. I’ve often heard other people make reference to this experience, but I think my own experience is very different from the norm, and I’m sort of cu… --- ## [Does America Really Need...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-america-really-need/597511)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-america-really-need/597511 "2011-09-28T03:50:07Z")
In the supermarket today I noticed that nearly all the shelves on one of the aisles had nothing but potato chips: regular, crinkled, lime, garlic, super size, jalapena, etc. I may have missed some, but I counted 110 dif… --- ## [What the hell is going on? Some weird things you've noticed about TV shows.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on-some-weird-things-youve-noticed-about-tv-shows/34867)
**Author:** [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2000, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on-some-weird-things-youve-noticed-about-tv-shows/34867 "2000-11-23T16:32:52Z")
I’ve noticed a few things that seem to permeate every TV show: They never hang up the phone by saying “goodbye”. The conversation just sort of ends, then the callers just hang up. Why no “goodbye”? They never watch… --- ## [Yogurt is not delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773)
**Author:** [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773 "2019-05-01T03:15:07Z")
Many commercials for yogurt proclaim that their particular brand is delicious. It is not. With a bit of fruit and sweetener, yogurt is edible, but it is not delicious. People who choose to eat it do so for reasons of n… --- ## [Is There a "Standard" Turd?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-standard-turd/633244)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-standard-turd/633244 "2012-09-07T20:21:39Z")
When regulatory/certification organizations like CSA, TUV, BSA, etc. evaluate flush toilets, do they use a “standardized” turd to test these appliances? I wonder if there is sch a thing as a CE description of such an o… --- ## [State of the Nation: WE'RE SERIOUSLY FUCKED \[long\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-nation-were-seriously-fucked-long/130717)
**Author:** [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-nation-were-seriously-fucked-long/130717 "2002-10-08T17:47:40Z")
There is a serious problem with the country. The serious problem concerns the statewide elections rapidly coming up on Nov. 24th – do you know what would happen should the Democrats lose both the house and the senate? T… --- ## [What is happening to this woman in this video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-this-woman-in-this-video/537412)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-this-woman-in-this-video/537412 "2010-04-29T14:30:41Z")
Clicky. Things start out wacky with all the religious bullshit, but then after about 1.30 things go insane. What’s with the vibrating? Is she mentally ill, having an orgasm, or what? --- ## [Ranting and raving about Big Trouble in Little China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-and-raving-about-big-trouble-in-little-china/679478)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2018, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-and-raving-about-big-trouble-in-little-china/679478 "2018-11-12T06:11:12Z")
This was one of my favorite movies growing up. I got the DVD recently and have watched it front to back twice and with the commentaries. I find that I can appreciate it now a lot more than when I was a kid, where I sim… --- ## [Funny conversation I just had with my ex-girlfriend.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-conversation-i-just-had-with-my-ex-girlfriend/568365 "2011-01-24T03:43:24Z")
ding-dong her: Hey, come on in. me: Hey, I brought you those forms from the college . her: Thanks. Hey, can you help me find that thing. me: What thing? her: You know, the thing. The thing that I use for my stu… --- ## [How can we help people who irrationally reject the theory of evolution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-help-people-who-irrationally-reject-the-theory-of-evolution/610804)
**Author:** [@SDMBKL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SDMBKL)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-help-people-who-irrationally-reject-the-theory-of-evolution/610804 "2012-02-08T00:42:03Z")
Based on this article, it seems that how a person feels is a powerfully good indicator of whether that person accepts or does not accept the theory of evolution, regardless of knowledge level or religious beliefs. Accord… --- ## [Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D S01E12: Seeds (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s01e12-seeds-spoilers/678851)
**Author:** [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s01e12-seeds-spoilers/678851 "2014-01-29T23:07:45Z")
Seeds Directed by Ken Fink Written by Monica Owusu-Breen & Jed Whedon FitzSimmons brings Skye and Ward to the academy to solve a “cold” case while Coulson and May head down to Mexico City to get further information ab… --- ## [Cell phone sound quality versus landline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-sound-quality-versus-landline/503534)
**Author:** [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-sound-quality-versus-landline/503534 "2012-01-21T02:25:29Z")
In this thread, we are once again discussing the ancient question of whether or not to dump your landline. Personally, I refuse to do so until I can get comparable sound quality from my cell. But many (most?) people feel… --- ## [Can I make my own anti-static grounding wrist strap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-my-own-anti-static-grounding-wrist-strap/139491)
**Author:** [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2002, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-my-own-anti-static-grounding-wrist-strap/139491 "2002-11-30T22:50:59Z")
We’re going to install more RAM in this computer, and while reading about it on the Web, I immediately bumped up against the instructions to equip myself with an anti-static wrist strap. Do I have to make another trip d… --- ## [Do you ask people their age? Do you not like to answer that question yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ask-people-their-age-do-you-not-like-to-answer-that-question-yourself/356759)
**Author:** [@a\_10\_u\_us](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_10_u_us)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ask-people-their-age-do-you-not-like-to-answer-that-question-yourself/356759 "2011-01-11T23:52:37Z")
I’ve discovered that, although I have no problem with my age, whenever people ask it they are always trying to argue soemething at my expense. Like they have more experience than me or I’m too old to be flirting with the… --- ## [Question about Kyomara and his/her banning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-kyomara-and-his-her-banning/98470)
**Author:** [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2002, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-kyomara-and-his-her-banning/98470 "2002-03-18T13:31:41Z")
First of all this to clarify things not to call y’all Nazi bastards :wink: Was Kyomara banned because of this thread? If not and he was banned for something else (sock, trolling that I haven’t seen etc.) then fuck him… --- ## [Why did the Allies fear "The Red Baron" so much in WW1?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-allies-fear-the-red-baron-so-much-in-ww1/201645)
**Author:** [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-allies-fear-the-red-baron-so-much-in-ww1/201645 "2003-09-20T05:22:58Z")
Okay so he was an ace fighter pilot who managed to kill (estimates) between 80-120 Allied pilots. Still though, it was just one guy - not an entire airforce. Does he really deserve his reputation as one of the greatest f… --- ## [Pokemon News: A Return to Hoenn! (Ruby and Sapphire Remakes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-news-a-return-to-hoenn-ruby-and-sapphire-remakes/687973)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-news-a-return-to-hoenn-ruby-and-sapphire-remakes/687973 "2015-08-27T03:03:00Z")
This November, Pokemon players can return to the Gen III region of Hoenn with the release of Omega Sapphire and Alpha Ruby. Bricker Jr. did not start playing until Sinnoh (Gen IV), but did go back and acquire the GBA ve… --- ## [If you have one of those robotic-ear cellphones, you're a douchebag!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-one-of-those-robotic-ear-cellphones-youre-a-douchebag/328807)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-one-of-those-robotic-ear-cellphones-youre-a-douchebag/328807 "2005-11-03T21:56:21Z")
Yep, you! Mr. business casual riding the train with your douchebag earpiece cellphone dickbrain hanging off of your head. What an asshole! I’m talking about these things, you ugly, retarded subhuman. You look like a chi… --- ## [Presents for a 5 year old girl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presents-for-a-5-year-old-girl/602164)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presents-for-a-5-year-old-girl/602164 "2011-11-10T04:31:33Z")
How quickly time passes. It’s my niece’s 5th birthday soon and I’m scratching my head as to what to get her, both for her birthday and for Christmas. A joint present is most definitely not on. She’s just started school … --- ## [Is there anything worse than Coors Light in a can? Anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-worse-than-coors-light-in-a-can-anything/333810)
**Author:** [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-worse-than-coors-light-in-a-can-anything/333810 "2006-01-27T18:54:03Z")
I’ve heard tuberculosis is pretty rough, but, Coors light in a can. I’m sorry. Basically, this all stems from a show I played on Monday. We were greated with the free beer fridge, which no self-respecting gentleman of m… --- ## [I hate it when long time dopers disappear.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817 "2013-11-30T01:38:52Z")
TDN hasn’t posted in about 6 weeks or so now and I haven’t seen Jack Batty around in awhile, though his profile doesn’t say when he last logged in. I think Jack posted that he lost his job right after purchasing a house… --- ## [How do you sleep with a restless sleeper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep-with-a-restless-sleeper/492181)
**Author:** [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep-with-a-restless-sleeper/492181 "2009-04-08T03:16:13Z")
My boyfriend and I have been going out for about a year now. Every weekend I sleep over at his house, but in the entire year, we’ve only successfully slept together twice. He is a very restless sleeper, he tosses and tu… --- ## [Good Pope/Bad Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-pope-bad-pope/297332)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-pope-bad-pope/297332 "2005-04-12T19:54:59Z")
I was just watching Tom Brokaw and Tim Russert on NBC pre-eulogizing the Pope, and what a great, great, great, great man he is. No specifics. And of course, Catholics here on the Board have been saying, “He’s the head of… --- ## [Guano in Doritos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guano-in-doritos/334769)
**Author:** [@voodoo\_chile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voodoo_chile)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2005, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guano-in-doritos/334769 "2005-12-10T04:17:45Z")
Did Doritos once include guano (bat excrement) as an ingredient? The story I have heard is that the Frito-Lay company was unable to rid their corn silos of bats so instead decided to accept that the bat waste would be i… --- ## [What the fuck is happening here lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-happening-here-lately/463054)
**Author:** [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-happening-here-lately/463054 "2008-09-18T23:10:04Z")
I’ll admit, I haven’t been the most prolific poster in the 7 years that I’ve been hanging around. I haven’t participated in many of the games that populate MPSIMS, the intense debates in GD, or the massive meltdowns in t… --- ## [Mad Men 2.12: The Mountain King, 10/19/08 (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-2-12-the-mountain-king-10-19-08-open-spoilers/468694)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-2-12-the-mountain-king-10-19-08-open-spoilers/468694 "2008-10-22T17:11:54Z")
Well, the old friend is the real Draper’s widow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1107&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1109&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)