# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1140&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:** 1141 --- ## [Favourite obscure rock songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-obscure-rock-songs/659337)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-obscure-rock-songs/659337 "2013-05-31T17:05:45Z")
What are your favourite lesser-known rock songs? --- ## [Ann Coulter and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad USA Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-usa-today/257458)
**Author:** [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-usa-today/257458 "2004-08-01T22:24:51Z")
So, you may not have known, but USA Today had the ingenious idea to hire Ann Coulter to cover the DNC (and Michael Moore to cover the RNC, but we can talk about that when the convention is going on, I guess). Putting a… --- ## [Laced Cannabis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laced-cannabis/660072)
**Author:** [@rockn\_roller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockn_roller)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laced-cannabis/660072 "2013-06-05T22:30:32Z")
In today’s politically charged atmosphere, you hear a lot of discourse, and often contradictory information, on the properties of cannabis. I have heard plenty of people on one hand talk about the risk of accidentally p… --- ## [Has anyone ever pitted WillFarnaby ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-pitted-willfarnaby/810085)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-pitted-willfarnaby/810085 "2019-08-15T17:10:12Z")
We have the general jist of your peculiar economic philosophy, but where do you stand on Trump? The final three paragraphs seem fawning enough, it’s the 1st paragraph that confuses me. Can you restate the teaching of … --- ## [Id this recent men's hairstyle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-recent-mens-hairstyle/550570)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-recent-mens-hairstyle/550570 "2010-09-02T17:47:59Z")
And has it run its course? Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any images of hit, but to describe it: The hair is cut pretty short, but the very front of the head is cut just a little bit longer, so it’s like a small topkno… --- ## [A physicist talks about woo-woo misuse of quantum mechanics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-physicist-talks-about-woo-woo-misuse-of-quantum-mechanics/567265)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-physicist-talks-about-woo-woo-misuse-of-quantum-mechanics/567265 "2011-01-13T20:02:37Z")
A colleague of Mr. Neville’s wrote this article. Seems I’m not the only one who is offended when the woo-woos say that quantum mechanics justifies their latest bit of woo. I love the idea, from the latest woo-woo book,… --- ## [Building a space elevator would stimulate the economy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-space-elevator-would-stimulate-the-economy/488299)
**Author:** [@Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dilton_Doiley_Philosopher_King)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-space-elevator-would-stimulate-the-economy/488299 "2009-03-13T02:50:58Z")
It’s a wonder why we aren’t doing it already. Not only would it create a ton of new jobs to build the thing, it would promote stellar research, nano research and space research, just off the top of my head. And surely … --- ## [Whats your ethnic background?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238)
**Author:** [@Turk\_February](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turk_February)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238 "2010-07-27T16:17:59Z")
Both your mom and dad Mine is… Dad German Mom French --- ## [Texas Dopers: Given Names of Teenagers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-dopers-given-names-of-teenagers/646966)
**Author:** [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-dopers-given-names-of-teenagers/646966 "2013-01-20T06:40:53Z")
I write textbooks for a living. That means I write a lot of word problems (e.g., “Billy and Susie are designing an experiment to determine blah blah blah.”) When writing word problems, I try to come up with names that a… --- ## [Soldiers who properly execute their duties are not murderers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldiers-who-properly-execute-their-duties-are-not-murderers/392780)
**Author:** [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2007, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldiers-who-properly-execute-their-duties-are-not-murderers/392780 "2007-04-02T11:14:15Z")
I train soldiers to defend themselves. I train soldiers to obey commands. I do not train soldiers to commit crimes. Murder is a crime. I do not want to get into a PC arguement either, but a Soldier will be more wil… --- ## [Damn you, Bill Cinton.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-bill-cinton/373555)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2006, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-bill-cinton/373555 "2006-09-24T06:06:20Z")
Yes, this is what you think it is, sort of. I am taking Bill Clinton to task, and yes, the blowjob will rear its ugly head here, but that’s not exactly what this is about. You’ll see what I mean in a moment. This mornin… --- ## [Weren't the Mertzs rich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werent-the-mertzs-rich/530831)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werent-the-mertzs-rich/530831 "2010-03-09T15:33:31Z")
On I Love Lucy Fred & Ethel (well Ethel really) Mertz owned an entire Manhattan apartment building, filled with middle-class tenants. At least until they all went to Europe they didn’t have a mortage (or they’d paid th… --- ## [President Obama's daughters get healthy school lunches. Why don't I?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obamas-daughters-get-healthy-school-lunches-why-dont-i/506190)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obamas-daughters-get-healthy-school-lunches-why-dont-i/506190 "2009-08-13T17:11:15Z")
Well, not me, specifically. I don’t get healthy school lunches because I’m not even in school. But a poster ad placed by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (warning: PDF file) asks that question of passer… --- ## [Fred Phelps takes it up the ass.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-takes-it-up-the-ass/424807)
**Author:** [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-takes-it-up-the-ass/424807 "2007-11-03T13:31:52Z")
Juror Awards Father $2.9M In Funeral Protesters Case I hope this breaks the motherfucker. --- ## ["That's The Truth, Truth" Commercial Pulled By Direct TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-truth-truth-commercial-pulled-by-direct-tv/592252)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2011, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-truth-truth-commercial-pulled-by-direct-tv/592252 "2011-08-13T10:47:34Z")
Please excuse (and go ahead and close) this thread, if it has been discussed before, but if it has I must be doing something wrong with our search engine. I haven’t seen this ad in a while and googled it and found quite… --- ## [Olives + pimiento = why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olives-pimiento-why/244922)
**Author:** [@pilot141](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pilot141)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olives-pimiento-why/244922 "2016-07-04T12:02:32Z")
I’ve done all kinds of searches of the database and Google on this, only to come up with many informative but useless histories of the olive. So. As I sat here tonight and ate a few very tasty jalapeno-stuffed olives, I… --- ## [Videotaping an arrest is a 1st Amend. Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videotaping-an-arrest-is-a-1st-amend-right/594633)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videotaping-an-arrest-is-a-1st-amend-right/594633 "2011-09-08T14:30:53Z")
In Glik v. Cunniffe, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit holds that a bystander videotaping an arrest by police is exercising rights protected under the First Amendment. The court also rules that the police o… --- ## [2019 Chicago Mayoral Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351 "2019-04-28T16:20:56Z")
I received my ballot on Saturday and still have no idea who to vote for. I enthusiastically voted for Rahm last time, but this election features so many candidates. There’s no doubt they’ll be a run off as the first elec… --- ## [Why does the US always dominate the Olympics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-us-always-dominate-the-olympics/762576)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-us-always-dominate-the-olympics/762576 "2016-08-15T19:04:33Z")
It seems the US always wins the most gold medals and most overall medals. I don’t really believe Americans are generally physically superior to others, so why does it win so many gold medals? --- ## [Saving Private Ryan and the Oscars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-private-ryan-and-the-oscars/331893)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2005, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-private-ryan-and-the-oscars/331893 "2005-11-23T07:14:23Z")
I saw this again on TV. How in the Hell did it lose the Best Picture Oscar to Shakespeare in Love? --- ## [What's the second worst government in the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-second-worst-government-in-the-world/655098)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-second-worst-government-in-the-world/655098 "2013-04-22T20:12:15Z")
I think we can all agree on which country has been cursed with the worst government in the world - it rhymes with ‘forth Maria’ and you’re probably sick of seeing threads about it. But which government is the runner up o… --- ## [the middle of winter mmp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-middle-of-winter-mmp/847043)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-middle-of-winter-mmp/847043 "2020-02-03T18:41:30Z")
here tis the middle of winter … and im ready for it to be over … and it doesn’t help its been actually almost 70 degrees here i know ts gonna get cold and possibly rainy so i say bring on the permanent warmth … anyway… --- ## ["Bosch" - new series on Amazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosch-new-series-on-amazon/712663)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosch-new-series-on-amazon/712663 "2017-07-31T15:14:36Z")
I’m always willing to try a new series, and i’m generally a fan of cop shows, so i sat down this morning and watched the first episode of Amazon’s new drama, “Bosch.” The show is based on a long-running and (by all accou… --- ## [Straight crease across palms in non-Down Syndrome individuals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-crease-across-palms-in-non-down-syndrome-individuals/362857)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-crease-across-palms-in-non-down-syndrome-individuals/362857 "2006-07-02T02:30:38Z")
(Inspired by this thread, for which I was researching Down syndrome. However, I couldn’t find a cite to substantiate what I wanted to post.) One of several diagnostic features of Down Syndrome is the straight crease a… --- ## [Help me find porn!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-porn/191804)
**Author:** [@October](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/October)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2003, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-porn/191804 "2003-08-02T10:30:13Z")
A friend of mine was on her boyfriend’s computer and discovered naked pictures of a high school friend that had been downloaded from the internet. If it had been Pamela Anderson, she wouldn’t have cared (I mean, who DOE… --- ## [How much garlic is too much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-garlic-is-too-much/625701)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-garlic-is-too-much/625701 "2012-06-24T23:03:46Z")
I never used to use fresh garlic (just a pain to peel and mince). Well, I’ve started trying to use it more (and bought a press), but I really have no working point on how much is too much. For instance, I’m making a bo… --- ## [What will it be like in the year 2050?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-it-be-like-in-the-year-2050/684096)
**Author:** [@Earth001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earth001)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-it-be-like-in-the-year-2050/684096 "2014-03-28T16:26:52Z")
I have often thought about this topic. But I would like to know: What will civilization be like around the year 2050? In terms of: Science Technology Politics Pop culture How will we live and what will we do in the y… --- ## [SDMB bandwidth is STILL lacking and should be sued](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bandwidth-is-still-lacking-and-should-be-sued/407821)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bandwidth-is-still-lacking-and-should-be-sued/407821 "2007-06-17T22:57:06Z")
Sorry, this is meaner than David’s thread and should be treated accordingly. Holy fuck, I’ve never seen such fuckin fear and pussyfooting around the fact that The Straight Dope website is run by incompetent morons. Feel… --- ## [Coronavirus Information, Maps, Trackers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-information-maps-trackers/849623)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-information-maps-trackers/849623 "2021-09-25T18:08:09Z")
Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for System Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University Thanks to Cardinal Fang for the fix. Coronavirus Dashboard Supposedly run by a high school student … --- ## [Enterprise: Dead Stop 1/1/03 \[Spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150)
**Author:** [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Replies:** 263\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150 "2003-06-16T19:56:25Z")
I’ve just watched 15 minutes so far, but I thought I’d take the chance to start the thread on it. Nothing much has happened, except that they actually talked to some Tellarites. Sure, it was full of static and audio onl… --- ## [Can rocks/stones heal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-rocks-stones-heal/187315)
**Author:** [@purrtygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrtygirl)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-rocks-stones-heal/187315 "2013-07-06T11:56:22Z")
How many of you believe that stones and rocks have energy in them that can change your life? :confused: I have researched this topic and cannot get a straight or credible answer from anywhere that this is actually possi… --- ## [Wakanda Forever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakanda-forever/968469)
**Author:** [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wakanda-forever/968469 "2023-02-08T03:11:05Z")
Teaser trailer here That’s a heck of a trailer. --- ## [Atheists and Unitarian church?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-and-unitarian-church/584484)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-and-unitarian-church/584484 "2011-06-13T18:17:40Z")
I’ve heard that atheists are welcome at UU church services/functions, and was wondering if anyone here either is/was an atheist who attended UU church, or interacted with one. How was it? What would an atheist get out of… --- ## [Can you be found through GPS on your cell phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-be-found-through-gps-on-your-cell-phone/645526)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-be-found-through-gps-on-your-cell-phone/645526 "2013-01-03T19:42:23Z")
Hi all, I think that emergency personnel can find people through their cell phones if they have GPS. BUT, can this be done by anyone at all, or just by people who have specialized equipment/clearance/God knows what? I’m… --- ## [Is masturbation cheating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-masturbation-cheating/96298)
**Author:** [@Twilight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twilight)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-masturbation-cheating/96298 "2017-11-28T02:27:20Z")
Yup, thats it. That’s the whole question right there folks. But of course we can embellish: Do you know if your partner masturbates? Does it bother you? If so, why? Is it worse when pornography is involved? If so, why? W… --- ## [Coca-Cola worker fired for drinking a Pepsi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-worker-fired-for-drinking-a-pepsi/181882)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-worker-fired-for-drinking-a-pepsi/181882 "2003-06-22T21:57:33Z")
I am a hard core coke fan myself, but this is unbelievably stupid. --- ## [Japanese professor: "If people in Japan see that you have tattoos..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-professor-if-people-in-japan-see-that-you-have-tattoos/569950)
**Author:** [@mookieblaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mookieblaylock)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-professor-if-people-in-japan-see-that-you-have-tattoos/569950 "2011-02-06T00:00:32Z")
“…they’ll think you’re Yakuza. Except for you.” points to me “At your size, they’ll think you’re three Yakuza.” Normally I don’t like her very much, but that was really funny. --- ## [Cool Guitar Solos/Playing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-guitar-solos-playing/637165)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-guitar-solos-playing/637165 "2012-10-12T18:52:43Z")
Show me your best geetar solos/licks/riffs I like early Steve Vai for these discussions. Steve Vai - Call It Sleep - YouTube --- ## [Iraqi pits peace protester on radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraqi-pits-peace-protester-on-radio/162144)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraqi-pits-peace-protester-on-radio/162144 "2003-03-20T12:42:24Z")
http://www.kvi.com/x2977.xml?ParentPageID=x3259&ContentID=x3503&Layout=KVI.xsl&AdGroupID=x3248 You’ll see a link entitled “Click Here” about a caller named Mohammed. Whether or not you “support” the war, holier-than-th… --- ## [Cleaning a cast-iron skillet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-a-cast-iron-skillet/523489)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-a-cast-iron-skillet/523489 "2010-01-05T21:30:08Z")
We have a skillet which lately seems difficult to clean. We go through the usual cleaning routine with soap and water (and sometimes scouring pads), and consider the skillet clean; but lately we dip a paper towel in cook… --- ## [disappearing TV characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-tv-characters/26318)
**Author:** [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2000, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-tv-characters/26318 "2000-12-01T20:59:53Z")
Just got to thinking about this. Don’t ask me why. What original TV characters were dropped out of their series without anyone really bothering to explain what happened to them? I can think of three. Tiger from the Br… --- ## [Can you name a single movie where a genius is not depicted as being "damaged" in some way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-single-movie-where-a-genius-is-not-depicted-as-being-damaged-in-some-way/546096)
**Author:** [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-a-single-movie-where-a-genius-is-not-depicted-as-being-damaged-in-some-way/546096 "2010-07-12T05:08:19Z")
I was reading a very interesting paper about how society views and recognizes genius and the author-- in my opinion, correctly-- states that we have a very strong tendency to attribute genius or preternatural intelligenc… --- ## [Let Madame Zyada read the Tarot for you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967 "2001-10-22T21:01:06Z")
I read the Tarot for fun, but it gets boring reading it for myself. So I’d like to do it for my friends. So ask me a question, and tell me your hair color, sex (male or female, not how often! :smiley: ) and approximate … --- ## [No Super Bowl Commercials thread yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-super-bowl-commercials-thread-yet/436151)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-super-bowl-commercials-thread-yet/436151 "2008-02-05T21:48:12Z")
They had quite a few good ones last year, in my opinion. I wonder what to expect this year. --- ## [Gentlemen in Training - Current Theories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-in-training-current-theories/598958)
**Author:** [@surrounded\_by\_literalists](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surrounded_by_literalists)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-in-training-current-theories/598958 "2011-10-13T21:25:08Z")
I have been trying to introduce the concept, and practice, of gentlemanly behavior to my two teenage boys. Some of the rules of being a gentleman have remained the same for over time, such as holding open a door, helpin… --- ## [Cookware: Silverstone-vs-stainless steel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookware-silverstone-vs-stainless-steel/8733)
**Author:** [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookware-silverstone-vs-stainless-steel/8733 "2010-06-30T22:56:07Z")
This past weekend, my wife and I bought a decent set of stainless steel cookware. I like the appearance of stainless cookware, but I would much rather have a non-stick surface,like Silverstone, to cook on. My wife wanted… --- ## [Williams Sonoma, Restoration Hardware, Pottery Barn: who has the money to spend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/williams-sonoma-restoration-hardware-pottery-barn-who-has-the-money-to-spend/322612)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/williams-sonoma-restoration-hardware-pottery-barn-who-has-the-money-to-spend/322612 "2005-09-27T18:53:47Z")
God, I hate these places. Yes, they have good products (Williams Sonoma, I’m looking at you,) but they charge so ridiculously much more than the shit is actually worth. A plain metal barware martini shaker for $50? Dr… --- ## [Federal workers: anyone get a furlough notice yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-workers-anyone-get-a-furlough-notice-yet/652030)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-workers-anyone-get-a-furlough-notice-yet/652030 "2013-08-06T17:15:27Z")
DoD contractor here. Nothing as of yet. We’ve been previously told it could be until the 15th of March before we are notified, but really it could be anytime. Have you received a furlough notice yet? --- ## [5 year old getting undressed at school with boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-year-old-getting-undressed-at-school-with-boy/570221)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-year-old-getting-undressed-at-school-with-boy/570221 "2011-02-08T14:52:46Z")
Well it seems that my daughter has come to the age where she wants to ‘play doctor’. It seems that some time this week my almost 5 year old daughter went into the bathroom with an almost 5 year old boy. It then seems the… --- ## [About The Legal, Recreational Pot Trade in Colorado](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-legal-recreational-pot-trade-in-colorado/708947)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-legal-recreational-pot-trade-in-colorado/708947 "2015-03-06T18:03:34Z")
Before \[del\]I\[/del\] my friend gets on I-70 and heads west for a 12-hour drive, he would like to know if buying pot at legal pot shops in Colorado is as easy as it seems at first blush. Does he just walk in to a dispensar… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1139&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1141&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)