# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1134&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:** 1135 --- ## [Thanks to the non-US'ers for your patience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-the-non-users-for-your-patience/533493)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-the-non-users-for-your-patience/533493 "2010-03-25T20:22:18Z")
Now that we’ve finally jumped the big hurdle here in the US, and brought the largest remaining portion of our society out of the 19th century and into the 20th (we still have some catching up to do yet, but later), it’s … --- ## [American Military Scum Killer Deserves to Die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-military-scum-killer-deserves-to-die/393344)
**Author:** [@William\_Strunk\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/William_Strunk_Jr)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-military-scum-killer-deserves-to-die/393344 "2007-02-26T15:40:05Z")
Not be eligible for parole in 10 years. The military looks out for its own again. These people are scum. How about some justice. This scum should have been tried in Iraq by Iraqis. Then justice would have been done. He… --- ## [Avatar holdouts: going to stick to your guns or eventually get one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022 "2021-04-24T03:12:55Z")
\[Hybrid topic, but I’ve seen avatar threads often go here and not into one of the top two subforums up there. If it needs to be moved there then que sera sera\] It’s a shame because in a lot of cases I can envision some… --- ## [Lame, face-saving euphemisms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-face-saving-euphemisms/530275)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-face-saving-euphemisms/530275 "2010-02-26T21:30:01Z")
I visited Vicksburg, Miss. not long ago. The historical markers placed around the Civil War battlefield by the United Daughters of the Confederacy repeatedly use the same phrase, saying this or that Confederate unit occ… --- ## [Why don't police cars have hubcaps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-police-cars-have-hubcaps/480917)
**Author:** [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-police-cars-have-hubcaps/480917 "2009-01-15T19:20:52Z")
Most police cars that I see (here in the U.S.) don’t appear to have hubcaps. That’s what it looks like, anyway – I haven’t looked at their wheels up close. Is this just to save money? Is it for convenience, since they pr… --- ## [You can't make this stuff up: the Mooch is out already](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2017, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527 "2017-08-03T06:43:25Z")
Link: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/31/politics/anthony-scaramucci/index.html My head is spinning. --- ## [Today's Star Trek Google Doodle.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012 "2012-09-08T00:11:06Z")
It’s interactive and pretty clever. --- ## [Something thing that always bothered me about Die Hard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-thing-that-always-bothered-me-about-die-hard/773038)
**Author:** [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-thing-that-always-bothered-me-about-die-hard/773038 "2016-12-14T00:17:25Z")
So now that the annual “is Die Hard a Christmas movie?” thread has reappeared I want bring up a line dialogue that always irks me when I watch the film. Right after Guber shot Takagi he goes to the hostages and informs t… --- ## [Are there depression 'attacks'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-depression-attacks/351366)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-depression-attacks/351366 "2006-04-05T23:49:07Z")
With panic there is a low key, constant feeling of anxiety known as GAD and there are short lived bursts known as panic attacks. Has anyone studied this same kind of emotional response in depression? For example, during… --- ## [MH370 went missing on 08 March 2014. Aviation’s biggest mystery continues. Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mh370-went-missing-on-08-march-2014-aviation-s-biggest-mystery-continues-amazing/980835)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mh370-went-missing-on-08-march-2014-aviation-s-biggest-mystery-continues-amazing/980835 "2025-07-10T06:14:39Z")
Tomorrow it’ll be nine years (9!) since MH370 took off and disappeared. It still hasn’t been found, although some evidence of a crash has washed on shore, most notably the flaperon found on Réunion back in 2015. 227 pas… --- ## [Beautiful women, wealthy men and "the rules of the game"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-women-wealthy-men-and-the-rules-of-the-game/768088)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-women-wealthy-men-and-the-rules-of-the-game/768088 "2016-10-13T23:00:39Z")
In this thread about people defending Trump’s “grab them” comments there was this post quoted below by \*\*up the junction \*\*which was kind of interesting. Re these “rules of the game” in the beautiful woman / wealthy ma… --- ## [Pitting all those fuckers that ask "Cite ?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-all-those-fuckers-that-ask-cite/218344)
**Author:** [@Achilles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achilles)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-all-those-fuckers-that-ask-cite/218344 "2004-01-28T03:00:08Z")
Stop pissing all over some perfectly good posts because someone can’t produce a “cite” for a “fact” that is indeed a fact. What, do you think we all live in fucking libraries? Anyway. Not to say that citing isn’t valua… --- ## [Why do you want to work for us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-want-to-work-for-us/555033)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-want-to-work-for-us/555033 "2011-09-16T22:10:18Z")
During some interviews I’ve been on the interviewer will ask me why I want to work for that specific company. Since “I need a job and you have a position available.” probably isn’t what they’re looking for I have to com… --- ## [Never again pay for french fries. Free forever!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-again-pay-for-french-fries-free-forever/674010)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-again-pay-for-french-fries-free-forever/674010 "2013-11-22T20:12:42Z")
On the receipt from the McDonald’s dollar meal (which costs $1.06), it said I could have a free, superduperblooper size french fry if I entered a code number. Only one per customer, per visit. So I went to the web site,… --- ## [Why is a paystub preferred over a paycheck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-paystub-preferred-over-a-paycheck/557720)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-paystub-preferred-over-a-paycheck/557720 "2010-10-22T00:29:32Z")
I’m not going to go into more detail than that, so if you can’t answer the question, that’s fine. But I figure if you work in the right industries, you know what I’m talking about and can share your knowledge. Much obl… --- ## [Origin of "Today would be a good day to die"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-today-would-be-a-good-day-to-die/190849)
**Author:** [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-today-would-be-a-good-day-to-die/190849 "2003-07-27T20:00:48Z")
I’ve heard variations of this quote in numerous movies and TV shows (my favorite is from ST:NG where Worf says, “Today would indeed be a good day to die… but the day is not yet over!”) Anybody know where this quote orig… --- ## [Why do people with shaved heads look intimidating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-with-shaved-heads-look-intimidating/336250)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-with-shaved-heads-look-intimidating/336250 "2005-12-20T15:51:41Z")
I don’t know if there is a definitive answer to this question but it seems to me that people with shaved heads look more intimidating. One thing I’ve noticed is it seems to make them look bigger for some reason. :eek: --- ## ["How do I get to Poo-yallup?" - "You're new here, ain'tcha?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2006, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424 "2006-03-14T23:43:35Z")
AKA, the common mispronunciations of place names and other local features that identify somebody as a visitor or recent transplant. The word in the thread title is the classic for Pacific Northwesterners. “Puyallup” is … --- ## [Best #1 single of 2013?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-2013/676703)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-2013/676703 "2014-11-23T18:32:38Z")
Now that the final charts for 2013 have been posted, it’s time once again for that fine tradition that’s been going on ever since last year. The options in the above poll comprise the songs that made #1 on the Billboard… --- ## [What color were the first humans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-were-the-first-humans/634473)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-were-the-first-humans/634473 "2012-09-14T17:47:17Z")
Is there any way to know what color skin the first Homo Sapiens had? How long did humans exist before major variations in skin color appeared? Is the variation in skin color among different people due to environmental pr… --- ## [Where in Florida does it stop being "Southern", culturally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-florida-does-it-stop-being-southern-culturally/699255)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-florida-does-it-stop-being-southern-culturally/699255 "2018-04-06T18:41:40Z")
The question was raised in the other southern thread:http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17752405&posted=1#post17752405 As Zeldar says, the Panhandle is unquestionable Southern. I will add that Boynton… --- ## [Non de plume...non de why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-de-plume-non-de-why/605788)
**Author:** [@Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dennis_Arthur_PERRETT)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-de-plume-non-de-why/605788 "2011-12-17T18:18:11Z")
What is it with psuedonyms? If one stands for truth and is willing to fight ignorance then why must one feel to use or have a psuedonym?. I realise privacy must be protected from the teeming billions, we dont want any st… --- ## [US tries again to extradite Roman Polanski, this time from Poland.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-tries-again-to-extradite-roman-polanski-this-time-from-poland/710614)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-tries-again-to-extradite-roman-polanski-this-time-from-poland/710614 "2015-11-01T14:17:37Z")
Once again, the US has filed a formal extradition request to obtain Roman Polanski. Polanski is in Poland, filming, and the US has filed a formal request. The Polish government has forwarded the request to the Polish c… --- ## [Worst drives in The US/Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-drives-in-the-us-canada/717465)
**Author:** [@Hetzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hetzer)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-drives-in-the-us-canada/717465 "2015-04-15T18:10:08Z")
I’ve driven throughout many states in the Western US and have come to the conclusion that the worst drive is a tie between I-80 through Nebraska and I-5 from LA to Redding. I-80 through Nebraska is 450 miles of primaril… --- ## [Why do some people have to be huge nasty bitches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-have-to-be-huge-nasty-bitches/429934)
**Author:** [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-have-to-be-huge-nasty-bitches/429934 "2007-12-17T19:18:12Z")
This is pretty minor but still pissed me off. You may or may not remember how I complain about never receiving random compliments from strangers/never ever get hit on by strangers. Apparently I’m the only female doper … --- ## [Encyclopedia Britannica stops printing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encyclopedia-britannica-stops-printing/615708)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2012, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encyclopedia-britannica-stops-printing/615708 "2012-03-19T11:52:25Z")
There will be no more printed editions of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Henceforth, it will be online only. Only 8,000 sets were sold of the final 2010 edition. Top sales were in 1990, when they sold 120,000. I’m surp… --- ## [All drugs are in our heads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-drugs-are-in-our-heads/535147)
**Author:** [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-drugs-are-in-our-heads/535147 "2010-04-10T20:59:32Z")
I know this might be a stupid question, but that, in part, is why I’m asking it. I was listening to this fascinating Radiolab podcast the other day, and one of the statements in there really caught my attention. Essent… --- ## [Fast Food Wifi: how?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-wifi-how/719912)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-wifi-how/719912 "2015-05-21T15:30:37Z")
I’m not very technical… Say I’m in Carl’s Jr., where they have a banner that says Free Wifi. How do I connect? Do I need to ask them the login name and password? Or is it the same in all Carl’s Jr. restaurants? I lo… --- ## [Dopers on Trading Spaces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-trading-spaces/384798)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-trading-spaces/384798 "2007-01-15T23:14:01Z")
This past August, Mrs Lebeef and myself shot an episode of Trading Spaces with our friends down the street. After four looooong months of hearing from friends and family every week, “When is your show going to air, when … --- ## [Driving Don'ts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-donts/829269)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-donts/829269 "2019-02-13T21:28:56Z")
I’ve been meaning to write this thead for quite a while; just a collection of “things you shoudl not do while driving, or at least be damn careful, you absolute coke bottle.” Sort of a Venting for my Mental Health. PLeas… --- ## [Expected gift from Ireland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expected-gift-from-ireland/687703)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expected-gift-from-ireland/687703 "2014-05-12T17:01:45Z")
As we speak, my gf is in a pub in Dublin, Ireland. She is with her best friend and their mothers, the moms were gifted the trip since neither had ever left the US. So, I’m holding down the fort. I know next to nothing a… --- ## [How I Met Your Mother - Who's getting married???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-whos-getting-married/596498)
**Author:** [@Dustin\_Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dustin_Jake)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-whos-getting-married/596498 "2011-09-24T14:48:35Z")
I’m a huge “How I Met Your Mother Fan” and I can’t wait till season 7 starts on Monday! So here’s the million dollar question this season for all of you HIMYM fans… but first, for those who haven’t seen season 6… SPOIL… --- ## [Where are the rewards in being a good person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-rewards-in-being-a-good-person/385395)
**Author:** [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-rewards-in-being-a-good-person/385395 "2007-01-09T19:32:30Z")
I try my hardest to be a good person. I try to be kind to everyone. I try to be honest, honorable, ethical, selfless, tolerant, patient, socially aware, helpful, understanding, diligent, generous, and so on… But often, … --- ## [Re: Female breasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-female-breasts/681338)
**Author:** [@valleyJim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/valleyJim)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-female-breasts/681338 "2014-02-25T21:33:19Z")
Hi Cecil, I am sorry to say that you missed the mark a little in your response to this one. All of the points you brought up were valid, however you missed one, that I think may be more important than all of the others… --- ## [Or you could just turn it off.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/or-you-could-just-turn-it-off/420793)
**Author:** [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/or-you-could-just-turn-it-off/420793 "2007-10-02T15:49:12Z")
I hope this disease is not contagious. Or at least enough people have a natural immunity that it doesn’t become pandemic. Why do people feel unable to turn their dam phones off ? “But someone might need me!”. Really. … --- ## [History Channel - The Bible (series thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-the-bible-series-thread/652273)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-the-bible-series-thread/652273 "2013-04-01T14:21:58Z")
I watched for the first time tonight. Moses asking the Pharaoh to “let my people go”. The famous scene with the Nile turning red was well done. I like the actor playing Moses. The scene with the water rising and killin… --- ## [How do we actually address rampant income inequality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-actually-address-rampant-income-inequality/746303)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-actually-address-rampant-income-inequality/746303 "2016-02-22T16:07:31Z")
First, do you think it’s a problem at all? I used to not be overly concerned about it. I was extremely sympathetic to this thatcher sort of argument here: Now in her example, the poor were still better off, just not a… --- ## [Can there ever be a stop in the retribution cycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-there-ever-be-a-stop-in-the-retribution-cycle/816830)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-there-ever-be-a-stop-in-the-retribution-cycle/816830 "2018-07-06T05:15:29Z")
Right now we have democrats saying its ok to harass people who work for the Trump administration such as going to their homes, refusing to serve them at restaurants, etc… In a few years a democrat will most likely take … --- ## [Demagnetized debit card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demagnetized-debit-card/453441)
**Author:** [@erleichda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erleichda)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demagnetized-debit-card/453441 "2008-06-22T01:59:07Z")
How can I tell if my debit card has become demagnetized? Can it be fixed or do I have to get it replaced? --- ## [SDMB Poker: Dead in the water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poker-dead-in-the-water/513796)
**Author:** [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poker-dead-in-the-water/513796 "2010-01-04T04:44:21Z")
No thread for this quarter, some players unable to access the game. Last week it was just Dag and myself registered to play. Are we dead? Does anyone know of a place where we can play? What will I do with open Thursda… --- ## [So Michael Jackson's whole body was white - how?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-michael-jacksons-whole-body-was-white-how/599573)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-michael-jacksons-whole-body-was-white-how/599573 "2011-10-15T20:21:17Z")
It’s now confirmed from the autopsy photos (available on TMZ and elsewhere) that Jackson’s whole body was white. Or maybe just his front…but I’m thinking his whole body. What I want to know is how. --- ## [Justice League vs. Watchmen - Who would win?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-league-vs-watchmen-who-would-win/505535)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2009, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-league-vs-watchmen-who-would-win/505535 "2009-08-09T10:17:31Z")
I just saw Watchmen last night and it got me thinking about this. On the one hand most members of the Justice League have genuine superpowers. On the other hand the Watchmen have a godlike being capable of vaporizing m… --- ## [If you won the lottery....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-won-the-lottery/530809)
**Author:** [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-won-the-lottery/530809 "2011-01-10T17:06:47Z")
what would you do? I haven’t bought a lottery ticket for a few years, but I got one this week. Didn’t win, but no one else did. The jackpot is about 112 mil right now, I believe. I know the chances of winning are ridicu… --- ## [Affirmative Action Bake Sale: Offensive or Funny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affirmative-action-bake-sale-offensive-or-funny/598090)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affirmative-action-bake-sale-offensive-or-funny/598090 "2011-10-04T15:26:55Z")
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/25/us/california-racial-bake-sale/index.html Personally I find it to be just political satire (and very funny satire at that) but apparently people of intelligence seem to be offended by it. S… --- ## [Having Sex With A Child In The Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-sex-with-a-child-in-the-room/200285)
**Author:** [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-sex-with-a-child-in-the-room/200285 "2003-10-08T01:53:43Z")
My friend was telling me about a romantic encounter he had with his wife. It all sounded so hot and erotic UNTIL when I asked him who was watching the baby, he said she was right there in the room with them playing in h… --- ## [PBS Sticks it to the Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-sticks-it-to-the-man/368523)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-sticks-it-to-the-man/368523 "2006-08-19T00:39:32Z")
BULLSHIT! The word for today is BULLSHIT! We are allowed to say it on a message board: BULLSHIT! There is a Pink Floyd concert on public television right now. They are playing the most popular songs in front of us, t… --- ## [Is this really Joseph Stalin as a young man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-joseph-stalin-as-a-young-man/677675)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-joseph-stalin-as-a-young-man/677675 "2014-01-04T23:19:06Z")
Age 15: Age 23: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Stalin\_1902.jpg Age 32: One of these things is not like the other… I don’t… --- ## [Best #1 single of the year retrospective: 1969](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1969/698636)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1969/698636 "2014-09-23T13:56:14Z")
Ah, 1969. If you remember it, you weren’t there. :slight\_smile: There were 18 songs to hit the top of the charts this year, including I Heard It Through the Grapevine, which is currently #2 in the 1968 poll, but I’ll in… --- ## [Things you want to eat wrong.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-want-to-eat-wrong/575353)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-want-to-eat-wrong/575353 "2011-03-28T21:12:51Z")
I woke up today with a wired craving for something I haven’t had in a long while. Beef Stroganoff. But the problem is I don’t like it the real way. It was one of those fast and cheep dishes my mom would make when she ha… --- ## [Where can you smoke medical marijuana?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-you-smoke-medical-marijuana/575597)
**Author:** [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-you-smoke-medical-marijuana/575597 "2011-03-26T16:57:23Z")
Now that I have your attention, let me add, I’m not asking what states in the US have legalized medical marijuana. I can Google for that info, thanks. The local news this morning had the anchorman directly ask the medi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1133&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1135&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)