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**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipotle-or-qdoba/700176 "2014-10-04T23:41:37Z")
What’s your preference? Wife and I used to eat at Qdoba years ago, but haven’t been back since discovering Chipotle. --- ## [Can A Router Get a Virus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-router-get-a-virus/622882)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2012, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-router-get-a-virus/622882 "2012-05-29T07:39:26Z")
Lately, our desktop PC has problems getting results from Google. Any suggested “hit” goes to some random website. Ok, we figured our desktop PC has a virus of some sort. But, even when I bring home my work laptop (whi… --- ## [Would big business not want a cure for cancer because the treatment brings in so much money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-big-business-not-want-a-cure-for-cancer-because-the-treatment-brings-in-so-much-money/665348)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-big-business-not-want-a-cure-for-cancer-because-the-treatment-brings-in-so-much-money/665348 "2013-08-05T22:42:51Z")
Human beings are not that selfish, are they? Just finished reading this interesting article: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/08/03/natural-cancer-treatment.aspx It is written by a medical docto… --- ## [Deodorizing a Moose Shed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892)
**Author:** [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892 "2012-06-12T22:25:27Z")
I just spent the week working outside of Yakutat and I found a pretty nice moose shed. It must have been a pretty recent shed because it still has good color. The shed is about 3.5’ x 1.5’. The one problem with the shed… --- ## [Why is there a Naval reserch base in Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-naval-reserch-base-in-nevada/465958)
**Author:** [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-naval-reserch-base-in-nevada/465958 "2008-10-02T13:50:46Z")
Decided, on a whim, to drive from Las Vegas to Reno. Came across a US Naval Undersea Warfare facility in Hawthorne. If you zoom in on the Google satellite image, you’ll see a strange series of low bumps with roads lead… --- ## [What REALLY caused John Denver's death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-caused-john-denvers-death/207287)
**Author:** [@ChocolateJesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChocolateJesus)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-caused-john-denvers-death/207287 "2003-10-15T17:58:13Z")
Everything I’ve heard said it was due to his experimental ultralight airplane. But was it ever determined to be pilot error, mechanical failure, weather or a little bit of everything? CJ --- ## [Why don't we bury our radioactive waste in an ocean trench?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-bury-our-radioactive-waste-in-an-ocean-trench/204636)
**Author:** [@ronbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ronbo)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-bury-our-radioactive-waste-in-an-ocean-trench/204636 "2016-07-14T15:11:30Z")
I apologize for my poor memory of a science show many, many years ago. I have no details or cites (or sites!) and some comments may be slightly misremembered. This is how I remember the program: A mini-sub descended i… --- ## [They put the wrong windshield washer fluid in!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-put-the-wrong-windshield-washer-fluid-in/563979)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-put-the-wrong-windshield-washer-fluid-in/563979 "2010-12-14T18:42:30Z")
I asked at the garage for them to fill up the reservoir with the orange stuff, and they used the regular blue stuff. :mad: Other than siphoning out the blue windshield fluid, or just using it up as much as I can, I was … --- ## [Brussels, Bruges & Amsterdam travel questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brussels-bruges-amsterdam-travel-questions/631680)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brussels-bruges-amsterdam-travel-questions/631680 "2012-08-22T21:24:54Z")
Since there are many very well traveled and knowledgeable Dopers out there, I hope some of you can help me out. I will be traveling to Brussels, Bruges, Amsterdam and Paris during the first two weeks of October to celeb… --- ## [Why is our House of Representatives fixed at 435 members?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-our-house-of-representatives-fixed-at-435-members/576166)
**Author:** [@Gilley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilley)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-our-house-of-representatives-fixed-at-435-members/576166 "2011-04-13T13:49:00Z")
As a political science graduate, and someone who’s concerned about voting rights and disenfranchisement, I am curious as to why the number of Representatives is fixed at a seemingly arbitrary 435 members. I remember tha… --- ## [What was this Halloween mask from the '70s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-halloween-mask-from-the-70s/601875)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-halloween-mask-from-the-70s/601875 "2016-04-28T05:56:26Z")
I just saw the cover of the Steve Miller Band’s The Joker again and I was reminded of the mask being worn in the photograph. I had that mask, and I think I had the costume that went with it. But I never really knew what … --- ## [Is anyone watching Under the Gunn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-watching-under-the-gunn/680198)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-watching-under-the-gunn/680198 "2014-06-13T15:10:07Z")
Yes, it’s a Project Runway knock-off but I love Tim Gunn enough to watch it. Last night the 12 designers had to do Hollywood glam red carpet look and the winner – well, it looked like a set of bedazzled overalls to me b… --- ## [AAA gaming can suck a bag of dicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaa-gaming-can-suck-a-bag-of-dicks/748338)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2016, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaa-gaming-can-suck-a-bag-of-dicks/748338 "2016-03-15T05:17:01Z")
In November of 2014, I picked up an indie title for 15 bucks that I got several hundred hours out of and am still playing to this day. I gleefully bought the DLC, knowing that because the developer had to pretty much rel… --- ## [Star Wars: Release order or numerical order?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-release-order-or-numerical-order/605813)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-release-order-or-numerical-order/605813 "2011-12-14T15:37:07Z")
A friend of mine has, though a bizarre series of events far too complicated to attempt to explain here, has never seen any of the Star Wars films. She is roughly half my age, and wasn’t alive when the first trilogy was r… --- ## [Is the term "Jew" Derogatory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-term-jew-derogatory/928328)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-term-jew-derogatory/928328 "2021-01-07T20:31:12Z")
Really this is a factual question, but I have posted in GD for fear it might cause some excitement. Any word might be spat out as an epithet. In modern American usage, may I still use the word Jew as a neutral term? My … --- ## [The Search for Jimmy Hoffa: Why & How?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-search-for-jimmy-hoffa-why-how/647306)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-search-for-jimmy-hoffa-why-how/647306 "2013-05-16T13:53:04Z")
First, the latest: Mob Underboss Anthony Zerilli Says Hoffa Left In Shallow Grave. What interested me about this article was the remark that: Two questions: \[ol\] \[li\]Why is it of such overriding concern to find Hoff… --- ## [DavidB should resign or be replaced.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davidb-should-resign-or-be-replaced/4072)
**Author:** [@NewtonsApple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NewtonsApple)\ **Replies:** 380\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2000, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davidb-should-resign-or-be-replaced/4072 "2000-02-08T06:35:00Z")
In light of his behavior towards most anyone who doesnt agree with him, and his treatment in gereral of those around him, Im calling for his replacement. Recently many thread were opened regarding “frenzied attacks” and… --- ## [Buffy vs. Tarzan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-vs-tarzan/554726)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-vs-tarzan/554726 "2010-09-27T18:19:00Z")
Who would win in a fist fight, Buffy or Tarzan? feel free to elaborate :slight\_smile: Inspired by http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12932425#post12932425 --- ## [Greatest U.S. Peacetime President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-u-s-peacetime-president/608468)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-u-s-peacetime-president/608468 "2012-01-06T05:00:51Z")
Peacetime defined as absolutely no wars, and no military deployments/occupations/peace-keeping missions, etc. longer than two months or using more than 2000 troops. Troops stationed in international bases in friendly co… --- ## [Pakistan - better check your spelling. And then check it again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pakistan-better-check-your-spelling-and-then-check-it-again/599281)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pakistan-better-check-your-spelling-and-then-check-it-again/599281 "2011-10-17T22:28:17Z")
To the seemingly unending series of incidents demonstrating that barbarism (in the guise of fundamentalist Islam) is alive and thriving in Pakistan, we can add the following: a 13-year-old Christian girl committed the ap… --- ## [Why can't Christopher have any chocolate while in rehab for heroin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-christopher-have-any-chocolate-while-in-rehab-for-heroin/137357)
**Author:** [@buzzz\_kill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buzzz_kill)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2002, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-christopher-have-any-chocolate-while-in-rehab-for-heroin/137357 "2002-11-20T14:54:23Z")
Last night on the Sopranos the nurse took away Christopher’s Snicker bars before admitting him into rehab. Why? I know coco leaves are used to make chocolate, but what does that have to do with a heroin detox? Cocaine … --- ## [Who is getting rich from health issurance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-getting-rich-from-health-issurance/554834)
**Author:** [@Jonie\_Kipling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonie_Kipling)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-getting-rich-from-health-issurance/554834 "2010-10-04T16:51:58Z")
I just moved to California and I’m trying to find health insurance for our family here on th west coast. I couldn’t believe the cost of the premiums from all of the different insurance companies. Now I’m hearing that i… --- ## [Someone Is Stealing My Picture For Commerical Purposes. What Can I Do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-stealing-my-picture-for-commerical-purposes-what-can-i-do/608953)
**Author:** [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-stealing-my-picture-for-commerical-purposes-what-can-i-do/608953 "2012-01-12T20:27:14Z")
In the last few years, I’ve taken up photography as a hobby. In that time, I’ve generated a number of images that have generally been praised by friends and family. Lately, I’ve noticed that my pictures are also good e… --- ## [Ever run into a pot (marijuana) plant in the wild?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-run-into-a-pot-marijuana-plant-in-the-wild/251342)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-run-into-a-pot-marijuana-plant-in-the-wild/251342 "2004-06-21T23:33:56Z")
Just wondering if anyone was ever hiking or just cutting across a dirt lot and stumbled upon a pot plant. I really don’t know a pot plant from a hole in the wall, so I would not notice, but am curious just how many are … --- ## [Your ONE favorite song from the decade you were born](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-song-from-the-decade-you-were-born/681586)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-song-from-the-decade-you-were-born/681586 "2014-06-12T14:17:30Z")
What’s your favorite song that was released the decade you were born? You may only pick one song. If you were born in a decade with a lot of good music I guess this will be a tough decision. But I was born in the 70s, s… --- ## [Any fans of the old sitcom "SOAP" out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-the-old-sitcom-soap-out-there/215333)
**Author:** [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-the-old-sitcom-soap-out-there/215333 "2013-12-06T03:15:40Z")
Recently, I’ve rediscovered the wonderful series “Soap” from the late 70s and early 80s. Look!ninjas, harborwolf and I have been watching it like it’s video crack. Why is it that this show isn’t still popular today? I kn… --- ## [Why did it take so long for the US to accept Texas in to the union?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-it-take-so-long-for-the-us-to-accept-texas-in-to-the-union/544590)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-it-take-so-long-for-the-us-to-accept-texas-in-to-the-union/544590 "2010-06-28T04:00:54Z")
After all the resources the US spent on getting Texas its independence from Mexico, why did it take them ten years to accept Texas in to the union? --- ## [Does anybody still cover their furniture any more? Why did they ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-still-cover-their-furniture-any-more-why-did-they-ever/497193)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-still-cover-their-furniture-any-more-why-did-they-ever/497193 "2009-05-21T19:09:09Z")
I remember seeing (in older movies) people coming back from a vacation or something like that and pulling big white sheets off all the furniture. As I was spreading bedsheets over my sofas this morning (my dryer works w… --- ## [What would happen if the US decided to punt the FED?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-the-us-decided-to-punt-the-fed/760279)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-the-us-decided-to-punt-the-fed/760279 "2016-07-28T16:28:36Z")
I don’t want to get into a debate about whether or not the US will ever be able to pay off its debt in the current system. What I want to discuss is, what would actually happen? A couple of scenarios I can think of (fe… --- ## [Authors you wish would/could write another book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-you-wish-would-could-write-another-book/514001)
**Author:** [@pharris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pharris)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-you-wish-would-could-write-another-book/514001 "2009-10-21T17:36:11Z")
I find myself constantly yearning for my favorite living authors to write their next book, and lamenting the fact that some of my favorites who’ve passed away will never be able to. Living, and I can’t wait for the next… --- ## [Dotting the tops of fruit pies with butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dotting-the-tops-of-fruit-pies-with-butter/589601)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dotting-the-tops-of-fruit-pies-with-butter/589601 "2011-07-25T06:30:21Z")
I make about half a dozen fruit pies a year–not enough to have expertise, but enough to have a pattern. Part of my pattern goes like this: -Make my awesome pie crust. -Fill it with sugared/tapioca’ed/etc. fruit. -Put… --- ## [How Do I Get A Dumb-ass To Stop Calling/Texting Me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-a-dumb-ass-to-stop-calling-texting-me/609502)
**Author:** [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-a-dumb-ass-to-stop-calling-texting-me/609502 "2012-01-29T00:15:05Z")
Some idiot we don’t know has accidentally entered our phone number into his address book and now calls and texts us regularly. No amount of explaining to the guy will penetrate his thick skull. He thinks we’re a friend o… --- ## [Comet Pizza incident.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comet-pizza-incident/773955)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comet-pizza-incident/773955 "2025-01-10T23:09:21Z")
Yesterday I’m on the L2 bus going north on Connecticut Avenue when the bus driver announces everyone has to get off. I exit the bus and see a swarm of police, the ones not doing crowd control and traffic re-direct are cr… --- ## [Your "how did we do anything in the days before Google" moments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-how-did-we-do-anything-in-the-days-before-google-moments/625167)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-how-did-we-do-anything-in-the-days-before-google-moments/625167 "2012-07-09T13:23:10Z")
My car is in the shop since my recent car accident, and I have a rental car. It’s a VW Jetta. When I got this car, I couldn’t find a lever inside for opening the gas cap door, like my Honda Civic has. The gas cap door… --- ## [My Brother Andy was found dead tonight.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-andy-was-found-dead-tonight/741789)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-andy-was-found-dead-tonight/741789 "2016-02-08T02:04:30Z")
I don’t have any clear info. He and I had not communicated since 2013. No sign of violence or suicide. The police & medical examiner have not filed reports. His online social media use had ended in 2013. He had left… --- ## [Take a modern movie back to 1930](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-modern-movie-back-to-1930/563794)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2010, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-modern-movie-back-to-1930/563794 "2010-12-22T06:50:41Z")
OK, I have another one of those crazy hypotheticals. Pick a movie made some time in the last 20 years. I will take it back to 1930s America and release it. Your objective is to pick a movie that will do two things: (a)… --- ## [Rootbeer: America vs. the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rootbeer-america-vs-the-world/403863)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rootbeer-america-vs-the-world/403863 "2007-05-16T18:08:26Z")
While I was growing up, my family belonged to one of the International Student Exchange programs. We hosted students from England, Venezuela, France, Sweden, and Greece at various times. None of them had had rootbeer b… --- ## [Car smells like burning oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-smells-like-burning-oil/636028)
**Author:** [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-smells-like-burning-oil/636028 "2012-10-01T10:57:47Z")
2001 Ford Focus. Six months and 10,000 miles ago I had a whole bunch of work done. New timing chain, new water pump, new transmission filter, etc. Since then when the engine is warmed up I’m getting the smell of burni… --- ## [What is the Most Common Bad Dream on the Dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-common-bad-dream-on-the-dope/390585)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-common-bad-dream-on-the-dope/390585 "2007-02-16T18:39:14Z")
It’s the day of the Final Exam and either a) I can’t find the class or b) I suddenly realize that I haven’t attended class since the beginning of the term and don’t have a clue what’s to be on the test. While in … --- ## [Survivor 4/17/13 Zipping Over the Cuckoo's Nest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-17-13-zipping-over-the-cuckoos-nest/655932)
**Author:** [@CrabRangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrabRangoon)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-17-13-zipping-over-the-cuckoos-nest/655932 "2013-04-22T01:38:45Z")
Well, since Michael got voted out last week - who cares who goes next?? I guess it’s worth watching Dawn implode. And hopefully there will be some backstabbing good fun on the favorites side. --- ## [So now atheists can't adopt!?! \[circa 1970 - ed. title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-atheists-cant-adopt-circa-1970-ed-title/432295)
**Author:** [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-atheists-cant-adopt-circa-1970-ed-title/432295 "2008-01-07T23:19:51Z")
According to this story in Time a New Jersey judge has decided a decent couple who’ve already raised one adopted child are not to be allowed to adopt another because This is apparently based on the New Jersey constitut… --- ## ['Tom Cruise is gay': a homophobic statement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-is-gay-a-homophobic-statement/314163)
**Author:** [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-is-gay-a-homophobic-statement/314163 "2005-07-31T03:19:27Z")
A friend of mine was upset by a recent convo she had on another message board. There was a discussion of Tom Cruise going on, and she said she thought he was gay (so do I, for that matter). Inevitably, someone asked fo… --- ## [To Geeze or not to Geeze...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-geeze-or-not-to-geeze/694710)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-geeze-or-not-to-geeze/694710 "2014-08-05T23:28:29Z")
Within the past few days or weeks, the notion of geezing has come into focus – as if it hadn’t before. :slight\_smile: In a nutshell, geezing is what geezers do and it’s either to geez or to geeze but it’s definitely not… --- ## [Sigh. My cats hate each other. What to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-my-cats-hate-each-other-what-to-do/569737)
**Author:** [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-my-cats-hate-each-other-what-to-do/569737 "2011-02-02T02:39:19Z")
First, the kitties: Wallaby(aka Wally): Female, 3 years old, spayed for a long time, small, sweet, never aggressive before now, gets along great with the dogs, has gotten along well with other foster cats in the past. T… --- ## [More talk about cousins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-talk-about-cousins/683921)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2014, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-talk-about-cousins/683921 "2014-03-19T11:40:51Z")
The interest and participation in the thread How many First Cousins have you had? (which I started last Friday) has me wondering if there are other related topics about our cousins that might not be too private to discus… --- ## [Brits: What is a Two Up Two Down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-what-is-a-two-up-two-down/452568)
**Author:** [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-what-is-a-two-up-two-down/452568 "2008-06-11T17:02:32Z")
So I’m listening to Herman’s Hermit’s song “No Milk Today” (underrated classic by the way) and he mentions the following: But all that’s left is a place dark and lonely A terraced house in a mean street back of town B… --- ## [I've been watching Conan the Barbarian - what am I missing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-watching-conan-the-barbarian-what-am-i-missing/989481)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-watching-conan-the-barbarian-what-am-i-missing/989481 "2023-09-25T22:16:32Z")
I recently read a couple of articles about the aging Arnold, and realized I had never seen CtB. So I decided to correct this gap in my cinematic experience. Is it that this is considered good by people who liked pulp c… --- ## [Hobbit question concerning the death of Smaug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbit-question-concerning-the-death-of-smaug/674271)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbit-question-concerning-the-death-of-smaug/674271 "2013-11-22T18:39:08Z")
Figure I don’t need a spoiler warning for a 76 year old book. Did Tolkien ever say why he decided Bard would get to kill Smaug and not one of the Dwarves? Seems like Thorin should have gotten the kill. --- ## [do you do the dish and other "women work" ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-the-dish-and-other-women-work/357745)
**Author:** [@Minotaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minotaurus)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-the-dish-and-other-women-work/357745 "2006-05-25T16:15:12Z")
do you do the dish and other “women work” like washing the floor etc ? I can’t remember the last time i did the dish or washed a floor I consides this to be womens work and not something a real man do far more men do … --- ## [Vikings in North America: Considered a fringe theory before 1960?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-in-north-america-considered-a-fringe-theory-before-1960/666565)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-in-north-america-considered-a-fringe-theory-before-1960/666565 "2013-08-21T04:25:39Z")
Inspired by an earlier thread, I’d like to present this question to the learned community. At present, there are all sorts of theories concerning pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contacts. Most, if not all of them, are reject… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1125&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1127&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)