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**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-larry-wachowski-becoma-lana-wachoswski/540020 "2010-06-01T20:47:57Z")
Somebody brought this up in the other Matrix thread I started. His IMDB page lists him (or rather her) as Lana, as does his Wiki page. But neither explicitly says that he had a sex change, and the Wiki page includes den… --- ## [Why I hate Apple (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-apple-long/640528)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-apple-long/640528 "2013-09-12T12:49:37Z")
I got an iPad a few months ago. It’s for work, and there’s one app I have to use and keep updated. But I can also use it for other stuff, and I like to listen to podcasts. Here is the step-by-step issue I had today that … --- ## [Is GOP trying to sabotage economy to hurt Obama?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gop-trying-to-sabotage-economy-to-hurt-obama/622924)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gop-trying-to-sabotage-economy-to-hurt-obama/622924 "2012-06-19T22:21:08Z")
The subject is from an Associated Press article, from which the following is excerpted: That’s far from the only instance of someone making this claim. In their new book, “It’s Even Worse Than It Looks,” Thomas Mann an… --- ## ["Gotcha ya!" video from the conservative noise machine seeks to make NPR look bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotcha-ya-video-from-the-conservative-noise-machine-seeks-to-make-npr-look-bad/573960)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 287\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotcha-ya-video-from-the-conservative-noise-machine-seeks-to-make-npr-look-bad/573960 "2011-03-16T01:48:44Z")
Lovely.. An NPR executive, now a former executive, made some foolish remarks. I know how extremely difficult it must be to endure these vicious conservative attacks and remain respectfully silent, but NPR needs to maint… --- ## [Is the "Peanuts" theme (Linus and Lucy) Christmas Music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305 "2025-12-09T18:09:36Z")
The 24 hour Christmas Music Radio station and the piano player at the restaurant I was at last night think so. Do you? Link here if you aren’t sure what song I mean. --- ## [JFK Assassination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jfk-assassination/649942)
**Author:** [@prolific71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prolific71)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jfk-assassination/649942 "2023-06-28T20:50:18Z")
What’s the official US government stance on the JFK assassination? Are they still saying there was a single shooter from the TSBD as the Warren Commission said? Was the Zapruder film available to the public at the time … --- ## [Do Joe Biden's Recent Comments On Gun Control Bother You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-joe-bidens-recent-comments-on-gun-control-bother-you/649186)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-joe-bidens-recent-comments-on-gun-control-bother-you/649186 "2013-02-18T12:52:52Z")
From this article, in which there is a GQ thread, I found some language from Joe Biden that is somewhat disturbing. Here’s the linked article, which shows Obama shooting a shotgun apparently skeet shooting, and what Bid… --- ## [Botticelli March 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 626\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512 "2016-04-03T03:42:37Z")
Starting thread for new month. New letter is D --- ## [Stop feeding your kid!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-feeding-your-kid/367157)
**Author:** [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Replies:** 386\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-feeding-your-kid/367157 "2006-08-19T17:35:20Z")
You! The morbidly obese parents dragging your overweight, sunburned kid around the fair. Remember the end of Blade, when the vampire was swelling up blood red. That’s kind of what this kid looked like. I’m sure theres a… --- ## [Keith Olbermann should kill himself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756)
**Author:** [@auburntiger11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auburntiger11)\ **Replies:** 337\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2009, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756 "2009-05-26T13:47:34Z")
I hate this man with all of my heart. He is a terrible news anchor and for the most part has no idea what he is talking about. The only thing he does is bash bush and everybody that was associated with him. Bush did do s… --- ## [Skeeters in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeeters-in-the-mmp/721962)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 362\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeeters-in-the-mmp/721962 "2015-06-15T02:50:08Z")
Judging by the numerous itchy spots, I am particularly nummy to skeeters and/or other blood-sucking insects. I’ve been told some people aren’t gnawed on by flying critters of any description. So it’s time to divide the… --- ## [Bricker is a purveyor of misinformation; listen to him at your own risk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-purveyor-of-misinformation-listen-to-him-at-your-own-risk/632106)
**Author:** [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Replies:** 295\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-purveyor-of-misinformation-listen-to-him-at-your-own-risk/632106 "2012-08-24T13:43:55Z")
In this thread, Bricker is contaminating the board with drek that could possibly get people killed. I find this offensive. In this post, he opines: There is a whole wrong with this statement, and I’ve outlinedall my o… --- ## [Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-boys-bad-boys-whatcha-gonna-do/532518)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 277\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-boys-bad-boys-whatcha-gonna-do/532518 "2010-03-17T23:04:44Z")
Got home this evening from a wonderful concert (Habib Koite), which I attended with the guy I’m currently pining after, though I seem to be stuck in the friends zone with him. Checking my email yields a message from a gu… --- ## [Why do I keep getting electric shocks ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-keep-getting-electric-shocks/52537)
**Author:** [@ronan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ronan)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-keep-getting-electric-shocks/52537 "2001-03-27T20:52:31Z")
In work I keep on getting electric shocks off things that I touch (Door handles, taps, even my headphones!). Now, I do work with computers so I’m guessing there is a lot of electricity and static stuff flying around here… --- ## [Israel shocked at Swedish tabloid's freedom of speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-shocked-at-swedish-tabloids-freedom-of-speech/507198)
**Author:** [@Henrichek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henrichek)\ **Replies:** 423\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-shocked-at-swedish-tabloids-freedom-of-speech/507198 "2009-09-02T04:46:46Z")
Okay, I suppose the manly thing to do would be to pit this, but I lack the rhetorical skills and real outrage to give that a good punch. Maybe IMHO is better? Mods feel free to move it to anywhere you feel more appropria… --- ## [Why the hostility towards states that want to secede?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hostility-towards-states-that-want-to-secede/641174)
**Author:** [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hostility-towards-states-that-want-to-secede/641174 "2012-11-19T21:52:23Z")
As of now, each of the U.S.'s 50 states have filed a petition for secession, with great fluctuation in the intensity of desire. http://www.examiner.com/article/secession-petition-updates-demand-for-50-states-to-secede-un… --- ## [Ask the fortune-teller](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-fortune-teller/506892)
**Author:** [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-fortune-teller/506892 "2009-12-06T18:38:11Z")
I’ve been reading the discussion in Great Debates about the legality of a state law outlawing fortune-telling. Various people have contributed their stories of amusement or anger over being conned by fortune-tellers, bu… --- ## [Ladies... a guy unexpectedly gives you his name/number.... flattering? or creepy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-a-guy-unexpectedly-gives-you-his-name-number-flattering-or-creepy/580263)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-a-guy-unexpectedly-gives-you-his-name-number-flattering-or-creepy/580263 "2011-05-08T19:39:42Z")
Ladies, let’s say you’re (in a bar / in a bookstore / departing an airplane, etc) and a guy that you’ve presumably made some eye-contact with earlier, walks up and sticks a piece of paper in your hand with his name and n… --- ## [Netflix On Demand movies that are MUST SEE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450)
**Author:** [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450 "2010-01-13T20:47:51Z")
This may turn out to be a very broad topic, but I figure broadening one’s horizons is probably a good thing. I’ve been going through a lot of the On Demand movies on Netflix lately. With their suggestion system, I’ve d… --- ## [Why does my right hand go numb and what can I do about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-right-hand-go-numb-and-what-can-i-do-about-it/633637)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-right-hand-go-numb-and-what-can-i-do-about-it/633637 "2012-09-08T05:34:44Z")
I’m having problems with my right hand going numb at night. It’s very painful and wakes me from sleep. It takes about 20 minutes of being upright before the pain will ease. Back when I had good insurance, I was tested … --- ## [Noone is born atheist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noone-is-born-atheist/478049)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 531\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noone-is-born-atheist/478049 "2009-01-05T02:35:21Z")
One argument I’ve been hearing about with increasing frequency from the atheist community is that “everyone is born atheist” with the implication that religion is some unwitting indoctrination forced upon children too yo… --- ## [So I am starting to play Crusader Kings 2. Any hints?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-starting-to-play-crusader-kings-2-any-hints/650785)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-starting-to-play-crusader-kings-2-any-hints/650785 "2013-06-08T05:11:29Z")
Crusader Kings 2 and a bunch of DLCs are on discount at Steam, so I grab the bundle. Now I am facing the daunting task of…playing the game. A friend of mine loves the series, and the way he describes it to me, Crusader K… --- ## [Real Silly and Simple Q: What does v/r mean in a message closing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-silly-and-simple-q-what-does-v-r-mean-in-a-message-closing/529362)
**Author:** [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-silly-and-simple-q-what-does-v-r-mean-in-a-message-closing/529362 "2014-06-27T15:56:24Z")
This should probably go in MPSIMS, but I am sure there is a factual answer even if I am embarassed to admit I can’t figure it out. When closing an email, I have a few folk that use v/r instead of something like “Thanks.… --- ## [Oscar watch-along thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 369\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2010, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674 "2010-03-10T07:12:57Z")
Mods, if I somehow missed another thread, by all means merge this. Meanwhile: Keanu, eat a cheeseburger and shave. --- ## ["blaming the victim"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blaming-the-victim/729903)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 248\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blaming-the-victim/729903 "2015-09-14T10:03:10Z")
My friends and I ride motorcycles. On those rare occasions when one of us crashes or has a close call, we pick the incident apart to see what the rider could have done differently to have maybe prevented it from happeni… --- ## [99? Rookies! I say 100%!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-rookies-i-say-100/599035)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-rookies-i-say-100/599035 "2011-10-16T20:13:05Z")
I’m getting more and more tickled by this 99% crowd. The more I see these people on TV, the web, the more I am amused. They attempt to imply a massive movement—99%—with people who are unhappy with…with…with…SOMETHING. Th… --- ## [Is it "bad" to use numbers in your email address?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bad-to-use-numbers-in-your-email-address/626295)
**Author:** [@Loafty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loafty)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bad-to-use-numbers-in-your-email-address/626295 "2020-03-11T15:26:00Z")
I think I am a relatively tech savvy person. I use Gmail but had to use a string of three random numbers after my name because it was taken. One of my co-workers said today: “Seriously, that’s your email? Are you in high… --- ## [What's the benefit to society of stock speculation? \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-benefit-to-society-of-stock-speculation-edited-title/601864)
**Author:** [@yelimS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yelimS)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-benefit-to-society-of-stock-speculation-edited-title/601864 "2011-12-02T23:15:11Z")
It seems to me trading in stock is just making money on other people’s work, and I can’t see the value it adds to society. I do see the value when it comes to investing in small businesses, or giving workers a share in … --- ## [Why do people hate math so much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-math-so-much/586135)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-math-so-much/586135 "2011-06-30T13:30:12Z")
According to the word on the street, people REALLY hate math. Even Stephen Hawkin’s Brief history of time is math free: Why do people hate math so much that half leave at every number? Is this more human stupidity, laz… --- ## [Michael Cohen's House testimony](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-cohens-house-testimony/830297)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 374\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2019, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-cohens-house-testimony/830297 "2019-03-03T07:31:21Z")
Wanted to have a central place for discussion so I’m not bouncing from thread to thread to read updates and commentary on it. So far, what I’ve seen is Republicans trying to stop/delay the hearing with parliamentary non… --- ## [Old shows and Cartoons that no one remembers but you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873)
**Author:** [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873 "2008-12-15T19:33:52Z")
Having only been back in the US for less than a month I’ve been reconnecting with old friends and relatives I haven’t spoken to for some time. My cousin and I had a conversation about old cartoons we used to watch and he… --- ## [Feeling depressed about dating fails. Obviously I'm doing something wrong, but not sure what it is.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-depressed-about-dating-fails-obviously-im-doing-something-wrong-but-not-sure-what-it-is/664282)
**Author:** [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-depressed-about-dating-fails-obviously-im-doing-something-wrong-but-not-sure-what-it-is/664282 "2013-07-31T22:35:27Z")
Long story short: I’m not ugly, I have friends, an active social life, I’m employed, and so on, yet I find it impossible to date. I have gone on dates in the literal sense, kissed guys, and had sex. I just can’t make it… --- ## [Why is conservative media obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-conservative-media-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/824906)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 417\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-conservative-media-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/824906 "2018-12-02T04:06:33Z")
Especially since the election, the conservative media has been obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, running stories about her almost daily. Even, humorously, a story on Breitbart about Ocasio-Cortez pointing out how … --- ## [On introversion and socialising](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-introversion-and-socialising/665575)
**Author:** [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Replies:** 275\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-introversion-and-socialising/665575 "2013-09-30T02:41:01Z")
Buzzfeed have done a post called 27 problems only introverts will understand and it generated a bit of discussion with some Facebook friends. I’m interested to hear what Dopers think about a particular aspect of this, r… --- ## [Vein injury after I.V. line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vein-injury-after-i-v-line/489928)
**Author:** [@KnitWit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KnitWit)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vein-injury-after-i-v-line/489928 "2009-03-20T20:04:21Z")
I have a sort of nagging concern. I was in the hospital about 2 weeks ago for a kidney stone. At the time, a nurse put in an I.V. line, which was relatively uneventful for me…they sometimes have trouble finding my veins … --- ## [bad idea pregnancies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-idea-pregnancies/620833)
**Author:** [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-idea-pregnancies/620833 "2012-06-11T20:05:27Z")
I wasn’t sure if this should go here or MPSIMS but here goes. I honestly don’t understand why it is that people are so happy when a woman/girl gets pregnant at a really bad time. She can be unemployed and unmarried but… --- ## [If I hear the words "I only date tall guys" one more time...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hear-the-words-i-only-date-tall-guys-one-more-time/548498)
**Author:** [@dmatsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dmatsch)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hear-the-words-i-only-date-tall-guys-one-more-time/548498 "2010-08-08T19:58:59Z")
I’m going ballistic on some poor, shallow, self-centered female. Look, I’m 5’6". Not that tall, and not that short. I’m not hideous looking, job/car/house and I make people laugh. In other words, I am completely date… --- ## [I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 2594\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396 "2026-10-31T19:38:32Z")
New thread! In play: Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone Only darkness every day Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone And this house just ain’t no home Anytime she goes away --- ## [Is 6months to early for promise ring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-6months-to-early-for-promise-ring/663009)
**Author:** [@H\_dog\_3\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H_dog_3_13)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-6months-to-early-for-promise-ring/663009 "2013-07-11T23:43:22Z")
I want to get my girlfriend a promise ring for our 6 month aniversry this wednesday. i believe that i am truly in love with her but my mom and sister say its to early. is it? im 18 --- ## [Cliches you'd like to see subverted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliches-youd-like-to-see-subverted/776339)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliches-youd-like-to-see-subverted/776339 "2017-02-14T20:19:03Z")
Character A decides to believe Character B: “Either she was a professional actor, or she was telling the truth.” Just once, for a change, when A makes that sort of statement, I’d like B to turn out to be a professional … --- ## [Humorous Allusions to Actors' Previous Roles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-allusions-to-actors-previous-roles/928191)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 324\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-allusions-to-actors-previous-roles/928191 "2025-01-06T20:34:21Z")
On Frasier, Laurie Metcalf as a frustrated “Nanny G” asks the titular character if he has “any idea what it’s like to play the same character for 20 years,” an allusion to Kelsey Grammar’s role on Cheers! On The Beverly… --- ## [How easy is it, practically, to flunk out of graduate school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-is-it-practically-to-flunk-out-of-graduate-school/615179)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-is-it-practically-to-flunk-out-of-graduate-school/615179 "2012-09-27T04:49:24Z")
From casual conversations I’ve had, it seems that, at least in the US, grad school is generally a piece of cake as long as you put in decent effort. I know someone personally who seemed to sail through, almost getting a… --- ## [Corbyn Labour leadership the disaster everybody knew it would be](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corbyn-labour-leadership-the-disaster-everybody-knew-it-would-be/738698)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corbyn-labour-leadership-the-disaster-everybody-knew-it-would-be/738698 "2016-08-17T13:43:12Z")
Labour had, perhaps, their worst week in history last week with, amongst other things, Corbyn seeming to suggest he wouldn’t authorise a shoot-to-kill response to ongoing terrorist atrocities, a la the Bataclan siege, on… --- ## [Any ideas? Water stopped running in kitchen, but still works in bathroom.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-ideas-water-stopped-running-in-kitchen-but-still-works-in-bathroom/500785)
**Author:** [@Dusty\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty_Rose)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-ideas-water-stopped-running-in-kitchen-but-still-works-in-bathroom/500785 "2009-06-25T00:39:37Z")
I have never seen nor heard of such a thing. The water worked in the kitchen when I got home from work a couple of hours ago. The water is working in the bathroom… but no water coming from the kitchen faucet? Anyone hav… --- ## [Who do the Democrats run in 2020?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-the-democrats-run-in-2020/771207)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-the-democrats-run-in-2020/771207 "2016-11-19T05:49:56Z")
So any care to speculate on who the Democratic presidential candidate will be in 2020? And for the sake of argument let’s try avoid sparky comments about the election being cancelled, a nuclear apocalypse, etc. Sent fro… --- ## [why do straight guys find girl-on-girl action hot, almost universally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-straight-guys-find-girl-on-girl-action-hot-almost-universally/538046)
**Author:** [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-straight-guys-find-girl-on-girl-action-hot-almost-universally/538046 "2011-01-20T18:33:20Z")
So last night I watched David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive (one of the very few in his ouevre that I hadn’t seen yet). There’s a pretty steamy scene between Naomi Watts and Laura Elena Harring (granted, Lynch being seated b… --- ## [IS UPS Ground really ground?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ups-ground-really-ground/520822)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ups-ground-really-ground/520822 "2009-12-14T15:31:02Z")
I have some computer parts coming from Illinois via UPS Ground. Will it really be on trucks from Hodgins to Phoenix or does it get on a plane at some time? --- ## [Longest running yet most forgotten (or forgettable) TV Show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-running-yet-most-forgotten-or-forgettable-tv-show/652064)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-running-yet-most-forgotten-or-forgettable-tv-show/652064 "2013-03-21T01:26:36Z")
This is a pretty subjective question, but what do you think the show that is both the most forgettable or forgotten and also the longest running? To try and be objective about this, consider things like how it scored in… --- ## [How to stop someone from jaywalking: punch them in the face.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stop-someone-from-jaywalking-punch-them-in-the-face/543557)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 330\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stop-someone-from-jaywalking-punch-them-in-the-face/543557 "2010-06-23T18:29:32Z")
My friend posted this link to Facebook this morning. Watch the video embedded in the story, the face punching comes in pretty early. From the article: What? WHAT? This is over jaywalking? Now, I’m not advocating b… --- ## [Is talking in a foreign language rude at work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-talking-in-a-foreign-language-rude-at-work/660141)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-talking-in-a-foreign-language-rude-at-work/660141 "2016-06-07T18:58:05Z")
Two anecdotes addressing either side of this issue: My mom complained that her filipina co workers are always talking in tagalog. They speak/understand english fine, but talk amongst each other in tagolog. She thinks th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=110&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=112&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)