# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1115&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:** 1116 --- ## [Glenn Beck has Macular Degeneration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-has-macular-degeneration/548098)
**Author:** [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-has-macular-degeneration/548098 "2010-08-06T16:54:02Z")
I heard on Howard Stern of all places (don’t judge me, it’s a rental car with satellite radio) that Glenn Beck has a new diagnosis of Macular Degeneration. I don’t see any comment on the Dope about it, so I thought I’d m… --- ## [Colin Powell is NOT black!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-powell-is-not-black/156069)
**Author:** [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-powell-is-not-black/156069 "2003-02-21T21:26:17Z")
He’s the son of Jamaicans, who think they’re better than blacks, just like everyone else. Stop acting like he’s the black man everyone can agree on. --- ## [Best sitcom ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sitcom-ever/628677)
**Author:** [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sitcom-ever/628677 "2012-07-27T04:53:54Z")
Another pointless “best ever” thread that nobody will ever convince anybody else of :slight\_smile: --- ## [Whatever happened to hood ornaments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-hood-ornaments/648787)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-hood-ornaments/648787 "2013-01-30T20:41:39Z")
My Grandfather’s old Mercedes-Benz cars all had them. Spring loaded, so’s they wouldn’t break when hit. As late as 1980 or so, my dad’s Oldsmobile had one. Monte Carlos, Cutlass Salons - cars of the 80’s had them, but… --- ## [Stephen King's Dark Tower ending (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-dark-tower-ending-spoilers/589672)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-dark-tower-ending-spoilers/589672 "2011-07-23T14:51:27Z")
I just recently finished reading the Dark Tower series, and was left very disappointed by the way it ended. I loved the first 4 books, and thought the 5th was as good as the first 4, but that it was almost like the firs… --- ## [Looking for films with heroic/brave girls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311 "2012-06-21T20:01:20Z")
Format is unimportant…could be anything along the lines of Coraline, Winter’s Bone, Mulan, or Hanna. Sexualized heroines need not apply. Thanks. --- ## [Things you've found on the highway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-found-on-the-highway/772785)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-found-on-the-highway/772785 "2016-12-06T12:59:23Z")
When driving to work one day, I saw a shopping cart in the middle right lane of an elevated four lane interstate. I guess it came off of a truck but I’ve only seen them stolen to be made into makeshift bus stop benches … --- ## [Pitting Dog Owner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-dog-owner/441428)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2008, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-dog-owner/441428 "2008-03-23T05:01:57Z")
I love dogs and have three of 'em, but am terrified of pit bulls because my late labrador was attacked on three different occasions by (different) PBs and was nearly killed during one of these events (45 bites and 250+ s… --- ## [Has anyone here ever been in a gunfight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-in-a-gunfight/677413)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2013, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-in-a-gunfight/677413 "2013-12-31T05:41:46Z")
Here, I am specifically referring to fights where both sides shot or could shoot. I have a difficult time imagining what it feels like since it is so out of my experiences and I am not willing to try it out just to find… --- ## [Recommend cold, sterile, vaguely menacing artwork](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195 "2011-07-14T02:12:37Z")
I’ve recently moved into a new apartment, and I’d like to try something new in terms of decorating the place. I scored a lot of IKEA furniture when I moved in, and I accidently ended up with a sort of cold, sterile look … --- ## [One down, and it's too early in the day for me to need a drink.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-down-and-its-too-early-in-the-day-for-me-to-need-a-drink/489672)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-down-and-its-too-early-in-the-day-for-me-to-need-a-drink/489672 "2009-03-28T04:47:27Z")
Hello, Your Friendly Neighborhood Video Store here. How can I help you? Um, there’s a $60 charge on my credit card from your store, and I’m sure I never signed a charge for that amount. \ Right, that w… --- ## [Texas Crawfish Festival - MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-crawfish-festival-mmp/536601)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2010, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-crawfish-festival-mmp/536601 "2010-04-26T11:10:11Z")
We had a great time! The crawfish were good, but watching all the kidsandpeopledancingwas the best part. We scoped out a front row seat under the tent i the shade, and watched all the people. The zydeco band was da bo… --- ## [Amusing company names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-company-names/634709)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-company-names/634709 "2012-09-19T13:53:48Z")
I was on the highway the other day and saw a car with a sign saying Pale Rider Driving School. --- ## [Question about getting from Chicago O'Hare airport to downtown Hyatt Regency for less than $ 100.00](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-getting-from-chicago-ohare-airport-to-downtown-hyatt-regency-for-less-than-100-00/510363)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-getting-from-chicago-ohare-airport-to-downtown-hyatt-regency-for-less-than-100-00/510363 "2009-09-18T19:05:04Z")
I’m going to be arriving in Chicago tomorrow afternoon for a business conference and I’m bringing my adult daughter along so she can see Chicago. It appears that a limo bus ride from O’Hare to the downtown Hyatt at 151 E… --- ## [Which Biomass Is More Efficient: Grasslands or Forests?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-biomass-is-more-efficient-grasslands-or-forests/538904)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-biomass-is-more-efficient-grasslands-or-forests/538904 "2010-05-11T13:25:50Z")
There has been much talk about the impact of losing the tropical rainforests. Dire predictions have it that the disappearence of these forests would result in higher global temperatures, and reduced rainfall. But would t… --- ## [How to stop being afraid when playing scary computer games and watching horror movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stop-being-afraid-when-playing-scary-computer-games-and-watching-horror-movies/647339)
**Author:** [@TheCrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCrow)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stop-being-afraid-when-playing-scary-computer-games-and-watching-horror-movies/647339 "2013-01-21T07:54:03Z")
Well, this is rather serious questions. I’d also appreciate frivolousness, silly and not serious answers but I like serious ones. :slight\_smile: --- ## [What Shoud I Expect At A Bar Mitzvah](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shoud-i-expect-at-a-bar-mitzvah/508109)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shoud-i-expect-at-a-bar-mitzvah/508109 "2009-09-01T01:10:57Z")
I’ve been invited to a Bar Mitzvah of my friend so how should I behave and what should I expect. It’s at a Conservative Jewish synagouge and I’m not Jewish myself. --- ## [No Main Circuit Breaker in the Box?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-main-circuit-breaker-in-the-box/639169)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-main-circuit-breaker-in-the-box/639169 "2014-08-17T19:37:58Z")
Is it possible for a circuit breaker box for domestic use NOT have a main? What about apartment buildings? Could your breaker box be a sub-panel off a larger box? My sister swears her breaker box in her apartment has … --- ## ['Homosexual' v. 'Homoerotic'.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexual-v-homoerotic/671381)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexual-v-homoerotic/671381 "2014-01-20T16:30:31Z")
My Webster’s college dictionary lists them as synonyms. Under “homoerotic”, it simply says “HOMOSEXUAL” (i.e., look it up yourself). Freud seemed to use the terms interchangeably. But they are two different words, so the… --- ## [True Blood: "I Smell a Rat" 8/22/10 (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-i-smell-a-rat-8-22-10-open-spoilers/551138)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-i-smell-a-rat-8-22-10-open-spoilers/551138 "2010-08-29T22:31:42Z")
“I’m a fairy? That’s fucking lame.” I thought that was an inspired way to do that reveal. I kept wondering how they could tell the audience that Sookie was a fairy…excuse me, faerie, without sounding lame. Acknowledgin… --- ## [Creepy commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/309817)
**Author:** [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2005, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/309817 "2005-07-01T06:20:37Z")
Whenever I see the new Quiznos commercial featuring Bob, the talking baby, I get creeped out. Something about him just makes my skin crawl. The spongmonkeys were delights by comparison. The new Burger King commercials… --- ## [Chinese table "manners"...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-table-manners/261470)
**Author:** [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-table-manners/261470 "2004-10-01T14:47:50Z")
OK, this is going to be a rather weak rant… I am the only born-and-bred American in my group at work. Everyone else was born and raised in China, and emmigrated to the US no more than 15 years ago. There are loads of … --- ## [The Fabulous Year-end Holiday Double Entendre thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fabulous-year-end-holiday-double-entendre-thread/281014)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fabulous-year-end-holiday-double-entendre-thread/281014 "2014-02-07T23:49:52Z")
Who doesn’t love the holiday season? Who doesn’t love sexy double entendres? So who wouldn’t love sexy double entendres at the holiday season, about the holiday season? The rules: You provide a sexy double entendre in r… --- ## [Singer Johnny Mathis was an Olympic caliber athlete](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-johnny-mathis-was-an-olympic-caliber-athlete/377341)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-johnny-mathis-was-an-olympic-caliber-athlete/377341 "2011-01-12T23:44:33Z")
Interesting factoid - I never would have guessed it about him. --- ## [Ebook settlement - Scam or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebook-settlement-scam-or-not/668123)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebook-settlement-scam-or-not/668123 "2013-09-06T19:59:35Z")
I got this email yesterday from “State Attorneys General and Class E-book Settlement \” "Records indicate that you are eligible for a payment from Settlements reached by State Attorneys Genera… --- ## [Is there anything a human traveling at terminal velocity could land on that wouldn't injure them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-a-human-traveling-at-terminal-velocity-could-land-on-that-wouldnt-injure-them/674484)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-a-human-traveling-at-terminal-velocity-could-land-on-that-wouldnt-injure-them/674484 "2013-11-27T19:27:20Z")
If terminal velocity tends to be about 120mph, what if anything could a human being land on that would leave them uninjured? I doubt air bags work if so I’m guessing someone would’ve done it by now. I saw a video of some… --- ## [Heroes 9/22](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-9-22/464773)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2008, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-9-22/464773 "2008-10-10T09:29:29Z")
Pretty good, so far. Did they just change Hiro’s power from stopping time to “massively slowing it down”? If Peter wanted to get in the warehouse so badly in the beginning, why didn’t he teleport there? This is way be… --- ## [Do teams of professional thieves for hire really exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-teams-of-professional-thieves-for-hire-really-exist/609431)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-teams-of-professional-thieves-for-hire-really-exist/609431 "2012-01-14T02:27:04Z")
There is an entire genre of Hollywood movies which depict the activities of professional thieves for hire. Typically there is a gang of experienced, elite thieves, who might be in an ongoing association or perhaps assem… --- ## [How is religion "encroaching" on everyday life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-religion-encroaching-on-everyday-life/402991)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-religion-encroaching-on-everyday-life/402991 "2007-05-15T13:52:54Z")
People have been talking in the “What do you make of the trend in atheist proselytizing?” thread about how religion encroaches on their life and makeds being an athiest hard. I’ve heard this statement before and I just c… --- ## [Democratic Party Presidential Primary Calendar -SC now first (edited title)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-party-presidential-primary-calendar-sc-now-first-edited-title/844581)
**Author:** [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-party-presidential-primary-calendar-sc-now-first-edited-title/844581 "2022-12-11T12:28:45Z")
Julian Castro has been leading the demand for a change in future elections. While that might be seen as sour grapes as he’s not doing well even in his home state of Texas, I think on a generic basis his point stands t… --- ## [Refusing an offensive payment for a debt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refusing-an-offensive-payment-for-a-debt/600558)
**Author:** [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refusing-an-offensive-payment-for-a-debt/600558 "2013-09-08T13:31:28Z")
Let’s say an individual finds a debt objectionable and wants to pay it in the most offensive manor possible. So they use a marker like some stores do to mark larger bills and write out the dozens on every dollar bill us… --- ## [War with North Korea Imminent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-with-north-korea-imminent/799782)
**Author:** [@AI\_Proofreader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AI_Proofreader)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-with-north-korea-imminent/799782 "2017-11-07T22:34:22Z")
News this week below make me wonder, especially after “only one thing will work,” “have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea” and “fire and fury such as the world has never seen” statements from Trump, and the “w… --- ## [U.S. Bridge Federation slams its victorious team for "WE DID NOT VOTE FOR BUSH" sign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-bridge-federation-slams-its-victorious-team-for-we-did-not-vote-for-bush-sign/426566)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-bridge-federation-slams-its-victorious-team-for-we-did-not-vote-for-bush-sign/426566 "2007-11-20T15:37:43Z")
Story here. And here: “Treason”? “Sedition”? :rolleyes: Don’t get yer knickers in a knot, ladies! And what exactly, may I ask, is “bridge-related community service”? --- ## [Re-reading authors of your youth & realizing they are really hacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-reading-authors-of-your-youth-realizing-they-are-really-hacks/377333)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-reading-authors-of-your-youth-realizing-they-are-really-hacks/377333 "2006-10-27T20:03:42Z")
I was re-reading Asimov’s “Robots & Empire” the other day, and as I was reading I realized it was pretty paint by the numbers hack writing. I used to think this stuff was a masterwork. What happened? You ever re-read an… --- ## [Things You've Never Noticed, and Now You Can't Stop Noticing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-never-noticed-and-now-you-cant-stop-noticing/252368)
**Author:** [@usar\_jag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usar_jag)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2004, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-never-noticed-and-now-you-cant-stop-noticing/252368 "2004-07-02T23:03:01Z")
Have you ever been oblivious to something, and then all of a sudden someone points something out, then that’s all you see?? For me, I have never noticed the arrow in the Federal Express (FedEx) logo, until someone point… --- ## [So now we're going to "punish" the French](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-were-going-to-punish-the-french/170454)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-were-going-to-punish-the-french/170454 "2003-05-05T15:14:27Z")
I’m about ready to turn over leadership of this country to whichever fourth grader in the school across the street finishes his snack first. Is Bush TRYING to become the worst foreign-policy president of all space and t… --- ## [Do you take after your mother's, or father's, side of the family?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-after-your-mothers-or-fathers-side-of-the-family/599938)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-after-your-mothers-or-fathers-side-of-the-family/599938 "2012-04-29T13:50:22Z")
\*If \*either, of course. My mother’s people were hard-headed, self-centered survivors. My father’s were head-in-the-clouds idealists. I definitely fall on my mother’s side; my sister and I occasionally joke about it: “You… --- ## [Best scenes in the best movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scenes-in-the-best-movies/573610)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scenes-in-the-best-movies/573610 "2011-03-13T00:46:43Z")
I know we’ve had numerous threads about great scenes in movies before. I was watching The Godfather again and I had forgotton just how great the baptism scene was. There were a lot of great scenes (the diner with the … --- ## [George Allen and the deer head?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-allen-and-the-deer-head/374389)
**Author:** [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2006, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-allen-and-the-deer-head/374389 "2006-09-30T06:16:06Z")
Here is the article. Sorry, it’s Salon, and if you aren’t a subscriber, you have to view a stupid advert for a few moments to read. To put it plainly: George “macaca” Allen has been accused of putting the severed head… --- ## [How does AmeriCorps look on a resume?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-americorps-look-on-a-resume/487443)
**Author:** [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-americorps-look-on-a-resume/487443 "2009-03-02T18:56:40Z")
Also, any experiences/anecdotes/etc are welcome. I’m in the process of applying to AmeriCorps, for next year - the NCCC program. I’m interested in that program specifically because, unlike other AmeriCorps options, you… --- ## [What color are the walls in your house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-the-walls-in-your-house/600402)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-the-walls-in-your-house/600402 "2011-10-24T13:00:59Z")
We’re choosing inside house paint colors (possibly buying a new house and painting all the rooms). My wife tells me she has already made up her mind and chosen some boring color like Whispering Wheat or Tranquil Splendor… --- ## [Does anyone else think Nancy Grace is kind of a dipshit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-think-nancy-grace-is-kind-of-a-dipshit/409577)
**Author:** [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-think-nancy-grace-is-kind-of-a-dipshit/409577 "2007-07-03T14:09:21Z")
I only watch her show when I’m traveling and stuck in a hotel without any good channels, but she seems to take lots of illogical positions in crime of the moment type stories. For example, tonight she’s on about the mur… --- ## [You know, Brussels sprouts really aren't that bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-brussels-sprouts-really-arent-that-bad/648644)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-brussels-sprouts-really-arent-that-bad/648644 "2013-02-11T16:38:02Z")
In an attempt to get more fruit and veg into our diet, my wife and I discovered Brussels sprouts. Both of us essentially spent our entire lives avoiding these vegetables, subscribing to the notion that they’re slimy and… --- ## [You're in the forest and a bear passes by. Assume no baby bears, and he's not hungry. How dangerous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-in-the-forest-and-a-bear-passes-by-assume-no-baby-bears-and-hes-not-hungry-how-dangerous/811042)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-in-the-forest-and-a-bear-passes-by-assume-no-baby-bears-and-hes-not-hungry-how-dangerous/811042 "2018-03-31T04:59:20Z")
See query. Paused infantile movie on Prime Video to ask this–ie, I don’t think I need answer fast. Father sees bear, his kid. Yells “don’t run, don’t make any sudden movements.” Kid runs, exits, pursued by a bear (a Win… --- ## [question for ladies (TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-ladies-tmi/532483)
**Author:** [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-ladies-tmi/532483 "2010-03-17T13:09:15Z")
so, due to circumstances beyond my control (aka, I was squeamish) I’ve gone my entire menstruating life without using tampons or anything similarly insertable. After some failed attempts, I finally worked up the nerve t… --- ## [Just the Punchlines, Please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-the-punchlines-please/305261)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-the-punchlines-please/305261 "2005-06-04T13:10:41Z")
How he got in my pajamas, I’ll never know. --- ## [Does the Fact that Something Exists mean that Nothing is Impossible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-fact-that-something-exists-mean-that-nothing-is-impossible/495518)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-fact-that-something-exists-mean-that-nothing-is-impossible/495518 "2009-05-11T19:04:20Z")
That’s all there really is to it. Why is there something, rather than nothing? --- ## [My Gym, My Rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-gym-my-rules/313346)
**Author:** [@Lockseer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockseer)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-gym-my-rules/313346 "2005-07-30T21:01:57Z")
What? I just got handed the ownership of the 24 Hour Fitness to which I belong as a member? Listen up, punks…the following changes get implemented IMMEDIATELY: It’s a narrow staircase up to the second floor of 24 Ho… --- ## [Why can't I mail playing cards to Germany?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-mail-playing-cards-to-germany/244052)
**Author:** [@sterwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sterwill)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-mail-playing-cards-to-germany/244052 "2004-05-27T03:42:38Z")
I was calculating postage for a letter to Germany using the USPS’s web site, and I was curious what I was specifically prohibited from mailing. This page (from the USPS) lists, among other reasonable things like radioac… --- ## [The speed of light squared](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-speed-of-light-squared/540773)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-speed-of-light-squared/540773 "2010-05-26T22:10:33Z")
I understand how to square a number, but how do you square a speed? :confused: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1114&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1116&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)