# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1128&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:** 1129 --- ## [Steophan, your seat is now ready.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steophan-your-seat-is-now-ready/607810)
**Author:** [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steophan-your-seat-is-now-ready/607810 "2012-01-03T03:53:37Z")
Steophan, you are a sanctimonious TWIT! This is the first time I’ve ever started a thread in the Pit. No, that doesn’t sound quite right. Let’s try this… This is the first time that I’ve been compelled so strongly, t… --- ## [What souvenirs shall I bring you guys from my transdimensional raiding trip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-souvenirs-shall-i-bring-you-guys-from-my-transdimensional-raiding-trip/489382 "2009-03-17T14:28:30Z")
Mrs. Rhymer won’t be home till Sunday, and I’m bored, so I figure I’ll hop into my Burroughs-Libby continua scooter and go raiding various fictional universes for assorted goodies. I’m thinking I’ll grab the One Ring ri… --- ## [Watching Columbo on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-columbo-on-netflix/586995)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-columbo-on-netflix/586995 "2011-07-12T00:45:11Z")
In honor of the death of Peter Falk, I have been rewatching Columbo on Netflix. What a panoply of guest stars! Very fun to see people like Leslie Nielson and Eddie Albert. A young Valerie Harper playing a high class pro… --- ## [Your attempts at witty lines that bombed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-attempts-at-witty-lines-that-bombed/632250)
**Author:** [@YourAdHere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YourAdHere)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-attempts-at-witty-lines-that-bombed/632250 "2012-09-09T22:21:06Z")
Have you ever uttered what you thought would be an awesome/ witty/ hilarious come back, punch line, witty retort, zinger, etc. only to have it go unheard or unappreciated? Or maybe you had a line that you thought would b… --- ## [Is this "ritual" from The Wyoming Incident ARG really "dangerous"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ritual-from-the-wyoming-incident-arg-really-dangerous/758030)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ritual-from-the-wyoming-incident-arg-really-dangerous/758030 "2020-09-19T12:57:49Z")
The Wyoming Incident is an Alternate Reality Game that started almost a decade ago in 2006. It’s not really important to the question, but if you want background, there’s a 44 minute video on the subject by Night Mind he… --- ## [Electoral college](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-college/532435)
**Author:** [@vanotd21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanotd21)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-college/532435 "2010-03-20T20:04:50Z")
I don’t know if this one has been answered, but I 'm hoping it hasn’t. there is something in the U.S known as the electoral college. I think David Feldman explained this in one of his imponderable books, but I didn’t und… --- ## [the mess in Syria is about to get messier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mess-in-syria-is-about-to-get-messier/807835)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mess-in-syria-is-about-to-get-messier/807835 "2018-12-19T21:55:44Z")
Syria is already a fairly convoluted conflict, with all sorts of competing alliances and conflicting interests. Recently, Turkey launched an offensive into northern Syria aimed at the Kurds. Now, they’re moving towards t… --- ## [What Happens When You Quit Food Stamps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-you-quit-food-stamps/536201)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-you-quit-food-stamps/536201 "2010-04-15T23:13:22Z")
I went to the grocer this morning and there was a woman outside the store. She was trying to get people to give her money and she’d use her EBT (food stamps) to buy their groceries. She told me that she just got a job a… --- ## [Are we off the rails in "Elections"? Do we need corrective action?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-off-the-rails-in-elections-do-we-need-corrective-action/774974)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-off-the-rails-in-elections-do-we-need-corrective-action/774974 "2016-12-23T12:45:30Z")
This spread is split off from the discussion on trolling started in this thread. The issue has been raised that discussions in the Elections forum have become so partisan and absolutist that a) no real discussion is acc… --- ## [Movies with a cop living at the beach or marina (80's heavy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-cop-living-at-the-beach-or-marina-80s-heavy/743503)
**Author:** [@Salad\_Smell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salad_Smell)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-cop-living-at-the-beach-or-marina-80s-heavy/743503 "2016-01-20T16:20:20Z")
I’ve noticed an odd trope lately - in many movies set in the 1980’s, a cop protagonist lives at the beach or at a marina. I’m not sure why this is so prevalent - I’m sure we could Baudrillard/Zizek it to death and tie it… --- ## [Evocative songs and the feelings they, um, evoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evocative-songs-and-the-feelings-they-um-evoke/715529)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evocative-songs-and-the-feelings-they-um-evoke/715529 "2015-03-28T18:21:01Z")
Sorry, I couldn’t think of an eloquent title. I’m thinking of songs that bring an immediate, strong mental picture / emotional response. Not particularly the personal memory the songs triggers, but rather what the sound … --- ## [I think it's fools, not racists (cross-racial identification of celebrities)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-fools-not-racists-cross-racial-identification-of-celebrities/747495)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-fools-not-racists-cross-racial-identification-of-celebrities/747495 "2016-03-04T21:28:49Z")
A couple years ago, Samuel L. Jackson chewed out a reporter who seemingly confused him with Laurence Fishburne. The reporter interviewing Jackson congratulated him on his then recent (Super Bowl XLVIII) commercial, appar… --- ## [Stoning in Iraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoning-in-iraq/404684)
**Author:** [@Fat\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat_Chance)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoning-in-iraq/404684 "2007-05-23T15:54:32Z")
Is there no pit thread about this? Maybe I missed it… I feel sick. I watched the clips on CNN. It goes beyond my distaste and rejection of religion. I am sickend by humanity. It just doesn’t process in my mind, ima… --- ## [What about climbing Everest in a spacesuit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-climbing-everest-in-a-spacesuit/616357)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-climbing-everest-in-a-spacesuit/616357 "2012-03-21T19:23:24Z")
In this thread, we discussed the risks of climbing Everest and the impossibility of building a lift to the summit. It occured to me that the main health risks of the death zone - hypothermia, lack of oxygen, and edema fr… --- ## [Box Of Mystery Unearthed: Buried Treasure Or A Dead Cat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540 "2012-05-17T04:53:58Z")
My girlfriend was just doing some digging in a corner of our yard, getting ready to do some planting. A foot or so down, she hit a small, cherrywood box, about 6"x4"x3", locked with a small padlock. There is no plaque or… --- ## [Windows 8 damaging PC Sales](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-8-damaging-pc-sales/655416)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-8-damaging-pc-sales/655416 "2013-04-20T15:33:02Z")
Wall Street Journal article is behind their freaking pay wall. :rolleyes: This Fox article quotes from it. This is no surprise to me. Adding tablet features to a PC is the stupidest move imaginable. I have zero interest… --- ## [Save my sanity - pull a vague cartoon character out of my mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-my-sanity-pull-a-vague-cartoon-character-out-of-my-mind/683664)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-my-sanity-pull-a-vague-cartoon-character-out-of-my-mind/683664 "2019-03-14T22:36:16Z")
This is really driving me nuts. I don’t think he has a name. I’m pretty sure he’s from an older cartoon - not quite black and white old but definitely before the 80’s, possibly a lot before. He is a white human. He has… --- ## [Favorite Star Trek uniform style?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-uniform-style/557869)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-uniform-style/557869 "2010-10-24T03:30:54Z")
Something I’ve been curious about for awhile, and it seems harmless enough…what’s your favorite Star Trek uniform style? In order of on-screen appearance (roughly): • Original pilot (and early episodes, w/modifications… --- ## [Mac people irritate me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-people-irritate-me/204011)
**Author:** [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-people-irritate-me/204011 "2003-10-06T21:50:22Z")
Except for Audrey. Audrey will always be cool in my book. But you other people, you people with this incessant need to interject complete bullshit into any thread computer related, saying such profound things as ‘Get a … --- ## [Survivor: South Pacific September 21 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-south-pacific-september-21-2011/597131)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-south-pacific-september-21-2011/597131 "2011-09-26T14:57:25Z")
Heh, I knew it. I’ll put it in the second post. --- ## [During deliberation, juror introduces argument not brought up at trial. Grounds for appeal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-deliberation-juror-introduces-argument-not-brought-up-at-trial-grounds-for-appeal/645725)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2013, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-deliberation-juror-introduces-argument-not-brought-up-at-trial-grounds-for-appeal/645725 "2013-01-05T10:12:24Z")
Inspired by this thread: DUI question: would this fool the judge/police?. First I’ll quote the OP: Here was my response: And now the setup for my question. Suppose Cliff Clavin is on trial for killing Carla ManyLas… --- ## [Abortion after 24 weeks - good enough reason?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-after-24-weeks-good-enough-reason/217082)
**Author:** [@Herge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Herge)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-after-24-weeks-good-enough-reason/217082 "2003-12-16T18:59:30Z")
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3247916.stm Is a cleft palate reason enough to abort a baby after 24 weeks of pregnancy? The lady who made the complaint to police was herself born with a severe facial deformity, and … --- ## [Botticelli - May 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 398\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098 "2021-06-02T04:16:27Z")
I am Link to April thread: Botticelli - April 2021 - #408 by Prof.Pepperwinkle --- ## [Was the "other" Empire Strikes Back reveal a surprise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-other-empire-strikes-back-reveal-a-surprise/617159)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-other-empire-strikes-back-reveal-a-surprise/617159 "2012-05-22T00:35:09Z")
Not gonna apologize for spoiler for movies that are 30+ yrs old and kinda huge. I was born in 1978… so while I’m a fan of the Star Wars movies, I never had the benefit of really NOT knowing that Vader was Luke (and Leia… --- ## [Girls talking in baby voices.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-talking-in-baby-voices/410131)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-talking-in-baby-voices/410131 "2007-07-11T02:52:53Z")
My cousin’s girlfriend has this really annoying habit of talking in this fake baby sounding voice nearly all the time. I know it isn’t her normal voice because I’ve heard her speak completely normally in certain conversa… --- ## [Liberals, are you ready to abandon the public option?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-are-you-ready-to-abandon-the-public-option/508938)
**Author:** [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-are-you-ready-to-abandon-the-public-option/508938 "2009-09-08T10:46:26Z")
I guess I’ll put this in GQ since I’m not looking for yet another health care debate so much as an understanding of how an ideological base adjusts when their party’s president comes up short of a stated goal. I could ju… --- ## [Could you breed a group of chihuahuas back into wolves given enough time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-breed-a-group-of-chihuahuas-back-into-wolves-given-enough-time/637064)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-breed-a-group-of-chihuahuas-back-into-wolves-given-enough-time/637064 "2012-10-17T19:27:06Z")
Given that dogs are essentially domesticated wolves bred for various selected characteristics over time would it be possible to reverse the process? If you started with a pack of say 10 chihuahuas (5 male and 5 females… --- ## [Wyatt Cenac on WTF: Huge fight with Jon Stewart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wyatt-cenac-on-wtf-huge-fight-with-jon-stewart/726076)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wyatt-cenac-on-wtf-huge-fight-with-jon-stewart/726076 "2015-07-30T12:48:06Z")
So during Wyatt Cenac’s recent interview with Marc Maron, he says that he and Jon Stewart had a huge fight. Jon was doing one of his skewed accents, this time of Republican Candidate and sayer of “Uzbecki-becki-becki-st… --- ## [Tenant's Rights and Non-Rent-Paying Young Adult Children in Parents' Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tenants-rights-and-non-rent-paying-young-adult-children-in-parents-home/724937)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tenants-rights-and-non-rent-paying-young-adult-children-in-parents-home/724937 "2015-07-13T08:18:57Z")
My Roommate and I have been having troubles recently with my roommate’s daughter’s boyfriend. It has not become unmanageable yet but it’s getting progressively worse and I’m not sure we see an end in sight. There’s no … --- ## [Thoughts on AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-awb/489785)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-awb/489785 "2009-03-21T19:49:09Z")
I was thinking about the Assault Weapons Ban and the reasons behind it. What occurred to me is that the AWB was an emotional reaction to the repugnace by many in society to the proliferation of long guns that looked like… --- ## [What will happen if Trump actually gets the nomination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-trump-actually-gets-the-nomination/727935)
**Author:** [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-trump-actually-gets-the-nomination/727935 "2015-08-19T14:59:36Z")
It seems like either Trump is a cat on his 8th life (after Birther, “Rapists,” John McCain, Obama and future black prez remarks, 3rd party threat, Megyn Kelly, etc.) ready to use up his 9th, or he’s simply unstopped beca… --- ## [Warrantless wiretapping extended by Senate with Obama's blessing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warrantless-wiretapping-extended-by-senate-with-obamas-blessing/645409)
**Author:** [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warrantless-wiretapping-extended-by-senate-with-obamas-blessing/645409 "2013-01-03T00:12:59Z")
Yet another example of the encroachment of authoritarianism in the name of protecting freedom. --- ## [New SyFy show, Heroes of Cosplay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-syfy-show-heroes-of-cosplay/667000)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-syfy-show-heroes-of-cosplay/667000 "2013-09-24T06:15:04Z")
Geek that I am, I am interested in this new show. I wanna see great new costumes wonderfully executed, hopefully modeled by hot chicks. Yay Cosplay! This new seriesis not the standard competition format. We don’t hav… --- ## [Pregnant without having sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-without-having-sex/520)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-without-having-sex/520 "2004-10-25T14:11:47Z")
What are the chances of a woman getting pregnant without having sex? Let’s say two people are making out with their clothes on and there’s some “leakage”…what’s the chance of that causing pregnancy? Consider these questi… --- ## [Name for eraser shavings??!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-eraser-shavings/110171)
**Author:** [@irishman\_connelly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishman_connelly)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-eraser-shavings/110171 "2002-05-23T22:06:57Z")
This is driving me insane! Could someone PLEASE come up with the name of the little leavings left after using an eraser? Thanks in advance… --- ## [How will we pay for the Syria quagmire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-we-pay-for-the-syria-quagmire/667972)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-we-pay-for-the-syria-quagmire/667972 "2013-09-07T03:21:58Z")
If there is to be war, there will be bills. Note the US is scheduled to hit its controversial debt ceiling sometime in October. How can the US pay for even ‘limited strikes’? I’d rather not cut anything to bomb Syria- I… --- ## [Songs whose meaning changes WITHIN the song.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-meaning-changes-within-the-song/469220)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-meaning-changes-within-the-song/469220 "2008-12-08T20:49:53Z")
Inspired by the recent thread on cover versions of songs that change the meaning, I was thinking about songs in which the meaning of the verse or chorus or lyric changes as the song goes on. A few examples: “Nothing,” … --- ## [Do American School Children Leave Class When the Bell Rings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-american-school-children-leave-class-when-the-bell-rings/735707)
**Author:** [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-american-school-children-leave-class-when-the-bell-rings/735707 "2022-06-28T22:53:31Z")
Just something I’ve always wondered. In American tv shows going back to Happy Days and even My Three Sons, when the bell rings there is a great heave of movement as children erupt and leave the classroom. Never mind tha… --- ## [Why did this fish make our mouths itchy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-this-fish-make-our-mouths-itchy/576640)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-this-fish-make-our-mouths-itchy/576640 "2011-04-01T01:29:30Z")
On Saturday, we picked up some “shad planks” at the fishmonger’s and kept them refrigerated until Sunday evening, when I baked them with olive oil, salt, and spices. When we started eating them, however, we noticed that… --- ## [Dream cast for "Dune"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-cast-for-dune/502814)
**Author:** [@SmashTheState](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmashTheState)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-cast-for-dune/502814 "2009-07-17T15:59:18Z")
If you were in charge of casting for a new Dune movie and had as much money as required, whom would you cast in each of the major roles? For the record, my choices would be: Duke Leto Atreides – Edward James Olmos Lady… --- ## [Marvel comics question: The powers of Ant-Man/Giant Man (Henry Pym)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-comics-question-the-powers-of-ant-man-giant-man-henry-pym/556740)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-comics-question-the-powers-of-ant-man-giant-man-henry-pym/556740 "2010-10-15T00:05:44Z")
Not clear from this Wikipedia article. As Ant-Man, Henry Pym still had the same strength as he had at normal size, right? That was part of the superpower. So, as Giant-Man, did he still have . . . the strength of a hu… --- ## [Women has face transplant after Chimpanzee attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-has-face-transplant-after-chimpanzee-attack/585049)
**Author:** [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-has-face-transplant-after-chimpanzee-attack/585049 "2014-03-22T13:42:27Z")
Link So,… Uh, you wake up one morning and get a call from a friend for some help and end up with your face and hands torn off by a rogue chimpanzee… Quoting a poster on the CNN site: oleg16: “nothing is preventable. d… --- ## [Hurricane Florence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-florence/821003)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-florence/821003 "2018-10-04T17:33:26Z")
It’s days away and may not even hit the United States at all, but I am nervous. We live in Faber, Virginia in Nelson County at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains. All summer it has rained and the ground is saturated. A… --- ## [Ian Thorpe isn't fit to lick vegemite off Michael Phelps' ass.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ian-thorpe-isnt-fit-to-lick-vegemite-off-michael-phelps-ass/259722)
**Author:** [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2004, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ian-thorpe-isnt-fit-to-lick-vegemite-off-michael-phelps-ass/259722 "2004-08-21T07:02:24Z")
I’m piling on those roo-eaters while they’re sleeping away their winter night while the rest of us are getting ready to watch the Summer Olympics. In a fortnight, the whole world will forget that the “thorpedo” ever exi… --- ## ["That Shit Don't Float"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shit-dont-float/490577)
**Author:** [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shit-dont-float/490577 "2010-06-14T18:37:42Z")
We’ve all probably heard the phrase, “that shit don’t float,” meaning something is unacceptable. But this got me to wondering, should shit float? In my experience, sometimes shit floats and sometimes it doesn’t. If sh… --- ## [Why Is/Was Trump So Popular](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-was-trump-so-popular/929987)
**Author:** [@songsearch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/songsearch)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-was-trump-so-popular/929987 "2021-01-14T18:37:54Z")
It’s certainly not a personality cult - the man definitely does not radiate charisma. It worries me that nobody is asking the question. What caused the events of Jan. 6? For that many people to be unhappy with the el… --- ## [The World Is On Fire and In Extreme Drought: When And Where WIll The Future Water Wars Be Fought?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-is-on-fire-and-in-extreme-drought-when-and-where-will-the-future-water-wars-be-fought/948398)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-is-on-fire-and-in-extreme-drought-when-and-where-will-the-future-water-wars-be-fought/948398 "2021-09-13T15:25:23Z")
Title says it all. I have to imagine with ever increasing populations of people worldwide coupled with climate change driven water extremes that water scarcity will create conflicts and wars. And probably already has. I… --- ## [What do "PK." and "N" and "E" mean on a land plan or survey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-pk-and-n-and-e-mean-on-a-land-plan-or-survey/478325)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-pk-and-n-and-e-mean-on-a-land-plan-or-survey/478325 "2008-12-23T13:27:15Z")
What do “PK.” and “N” and “E” mean on a land plan or survey? The N and the E are followed by large numbers - perhaps they are Northing and Easting, which are Cartesian coordinates limited to some local area relative to … --- ## [Help an atheist understand how the Israel-Palestine conflict is \*not\* a religious war.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-an-atheist-understand-how-the-israel-palestine-conflict-is-not-a-religious-war/724570)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-an-atheist-understand-how-the-israel-palestine-conflict-is-not-a-religious-war/724570 "2015-07-11T19:24:14Z")
“The conflict in the Middle East is not a religious conflict.” That’s how an article starts out about the history of the area. It then goes into a list of the religions of people who have lived in the area. The Christia… --- ## [Heroes 1/22 - "Godsend" (SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-1-22-godsend-spoilers/389013)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-1-22-godsend-spoilers/389013 "2007-01-29T19:47:55Z")
Does anyone remember where we left off? Oh right, Peter had a vision of apocolyptic something or other and collapsed in a twitchy heap on the steps of the sheriff’s department. Claire and the Haitian got acquainted. Zack… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1127&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1129&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)