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**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2018, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-commercials/760886 "2018-02-02T00:18:57Z")
What commercials do you fondly (or not) remember from your childhood? I remember: The Folgers Dancers http://www.retrojunk.com/commercial/show/28666/folgers-a-dancers-morning Socker Boppers http://www.retrojunk.com/… --- ## [Well, well, It looks like the government CAN pick winners and losers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-well-it-looks-like-the-government-can-pick-winners-and-losers/704765)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-well-it-looks-like-the-government-can-pick-winners-and-losers/704765 "2014-11-18T19:59:56Z")
And they pick more winners than losers, with a better track record than most venture capital investors: Solyndra loan program vilified by Republicans turns a profit Federal investing in a clean energy future is entire… --- ## [Pillow talk - What's on YOUR bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pillow-talk-whats-on-your-bed/710379)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pillow-talk-whats-on-your-bed/710379 "2015-02-05T23:41:46Z")
I’ve never been terribly picky about my pillow, unlike my wife who cycles through them quicker than a Hollywood romance. I do require 2, though, pretty much regarless of the type. I was using a regular pillow under a c… --- ## [Now hear this, you whiney old farts: let me get my work done!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-you-whiney-old-farts-let-me-get-my-work-done/377878)
**Author:** [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2006, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-you-whiney-old-farts-let-me-get-my-work-done/377878 "2006-11-02T05:25:58Z")
Dear retirees with too much time on your hands who come into the town hall where I work, now hear this! We are short-staffed here and you are wasting our time. My co-workers and I do not want to hear about any of the fol… --- ## [Husband refuses to remove spider.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/husband-refuses-to-remove-spider/496617)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/husband-refuses-to-remove-spider/496617 "2009-06-01T18:08:48Z")
I’m very much afraid of spiders. Phobic, in fact. I did a training for spider-phobics a while back, but I’m still very afraid of them. There’s always the initial "GAAA–Whrgll-SPIDER!!!-reaction of my animal brain everyt… --- ## [How long has it been since you had sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-you-had-sex/49988)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-you-had-sex/49988 "2001-01-29T14:27:20Z")
To avoid any confusion here, for straight people “sex” is defined as “intercourse involving penile insertion in either the anus or vagina”. Gay dopers can define it any way they wish, since penile insertion is not always… --- ## [What is the justification for rioting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-justification-for-rioting/777648)
**Author:** [@HumbleThinker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HumbleThinker)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-justification-for-rioting/777648 "2017-01-31T21:42:27Z")
So according to NPR and other news sources, there was a/multiple riots on 12th Street near a security checkpoint during the inauguration event. As soberly as possible (as I know this can become a heated topic quite quic… --- ## [What made you decide to divorce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-you-decide-to-divorce/558416)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-you-decide-to-divorce/558416 "2010-11-23T15:49:47Z")
Before I start, I should qualify that my husband and I aren’t contemplating divorce. Things have been stressful for us lately for a number of reasons, which I won’t go into here in detail. Suffice to say that we tend to … --- ## [Why is my semen black and orange](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-semen-black-and-orange/274567)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-semen-black-and-orange/274567 "2004-11-13T19:25:10Z")
Okey dokey. When I masturbate I usually collect my semen in a paper towel, then put the paper towel in a ziploc bag. I have a reason for this mind you. Its because I don’t want to flush paper towels down the toilet and I… --- ## [Does America have public rights of way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-america-have-public-rights-of-way/668780)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-america-have-public-rights-of-way/668780 "2013-09-16T19:38:53Z")
In the UK we have public footpaths and bridleways across private land, which are both useful and pleasant for recreation. Very big with ramblers, dog walkers, horse riders, cyclists and so on. Land owners are required to… --- ## [Squirrel digging in my lawn - what was he finding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-digging-in-my-lawn-what-was-he-finding/597614)
**Author:** [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-digging-in-my-lawn-what-was-he-finding/597614 "2011-09-28T02:13:35Z")
This afternoon, I spotted a squirrel in the middle of my backyard frantically digging in my lawn, and occasionally stopping and finding something to eat (I also discovered why there were peanut shells in my garden - some… --- ## [Who do you think killed JFK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-killed-jfk/251238)
**Author:** [@saluki\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saluki_fan)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-killed-jfk/251238 "2004-06-25T17:41:45Z")
I am sure that there are millions of posts regarding this question, but who do you think killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy? --- ## [What video game will you never get tired of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-video-game-will-you-never-get-tired-of/632580)
**Author:** [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-video-game-will-you-never-get-tired-of/632580 "2012-09-03T21:27:42Z")
Which game will you most likely come back to occasionally for the rest of your life? I’d like to limit it to one game, otherwise it’s too tempting to just list all your favorite games, which isn’t what I’m looking for h… --- ## [Is there any chance that these guys aren't gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-chance-that-these-guys-arent-gay/573585)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-chance-that-these-guys-arent-gay/573585 "2011-03-12T05:03:45Z")
Now, as I’ve said in other threads, I’m completely for gays in the military etc… so this isn’t about that. I’m asking, exclusively, what this guy is thinking when he tells this story and if he really expects anyone to… --- ## [Comic books you thought were terrible as a kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-books-you-thought-were-terrible-as-a-kid/671066)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2013, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-books-you-thought-were-terrible-as-a-kid/671066 "2013-10-28T08:26:51Z")
I’ve been doing a lot of collecting recently, and quite a few things that are valuable today weren’t very popular when they first came out. When I was young, I bought a lot of independent comics because I thought I might… --- ## [climate change in our lifetime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-in-our-lifetime/385737)
**Author:** [@momsgladiolas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/momsgladiolas)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-in-our-lifetime/385737 "2007-01-15T14:47:39Z")
assume changing mans behavior will have no effect on global climate change. 1.a. No more “When In Trouble Or In Doubt Run In Circles Scream And Shout” 1.b. the climate will change. assume that Climate is changing … --- ## [SDMB Weight Loss Club, November](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-november/424699)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-november/424699 "2007-11-30T13:14:08Z")
OK guys. I’m going to be busy tonight and was afraid I would forget to start the November thread, so here it is. As always good luck losing! Link to Oct thread --- ## [The One Ring: effect on animals and possible alternate delivery methods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-ring-effect-on-animals-and-possible-alternate-delivery-methods/394240)
**Author:** [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-ring-effect-on-animals-and-possible-alternate-delivery-methods/394240 "2007-03-08T15:02:02Z")
Or, an excuse to read a post from Qadgop and our other illustrious LotR fans :smiley: I have a bunch of questions, but since they all deal with the One Ring, I hope it’s ok if I just bunch them together here. First, wh… --- ## [Divorce and Custody](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorce-and-custody/560519)
**Author:** [@Kearsen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kearsen)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorce-and-custody/560519 "2010-11-22T17:03:38Z")
Why is the default position of the courts to allow the Mother custodial rights to the children and have the Father pay child support? Before I get a hundred different replies saying that isn’t the case, I understand tha… --- ## [Hope Solo shouldn't be allowed to play for team USA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hope-solo-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-play-for-team-usa/699416)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hope-solo-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-play-for-team-usa/699416 "2014-09-25T19:38:03Z")
Hope Solo, the goalie for US women’s soccer national team, was arrested for domestic abuse this past June. Unlike Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice, though, she is still playing for the team, and has even been designated as t… --- ## [Without Googling, do you know this Final Jeopardy question?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-do-you-know-this-final-jeopardy-question/537052)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-do-you-know-this-final-jeopardy-question/537052 "2010-04-23T21:31:29Z")
In today’s (4/22/10) Final Jeopardy, I thought this was super easy and can’t believe all three blew it. Category: Telecommunications Technology Answer: In 1992, New York City received the first one of these, 917. Ques… --- ## [NFL Week 5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/599071)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/599071 "2011-10-11T16:08:27Z")
Early: PHI @ BUF NO @ CAR OAK @ HOU KC @ IND CIN @ JAC ARI @ MIN SEA @ NYG TEN @ PIT Afternoon: TB @ SF SD @ DEN NYJ @ NE SNF/MNF GB @ ATL CHI @ DET Fairly boring lineup this week at first glance. Omni, g… --- ## [James Randi comes out...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-comes-out/533278)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-comes-out/533278 "2010-03-24T05:15:03Z")
…and why didn’t Sylvia Brown or Uri Geller (or any ‘psychic’) say anything over the years?? :confused: :wink: --- ## [Wilderness Living in Alaska](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilderness-living-in-alaska/427815)
**Author:** [@Tully\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tully_Mars)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilderness-living-in-alaska/427815 "2007-11-28T03:17:27Z")
I’ve seen some documentaries and read one book (recommended by someone here) about people choosing a life in the wilds in Alaska. I have some questions about the logistics of this lifestyle. The gentleman in the book b… --- ## ["I didn't pay for First Class just to sit next to a dead body!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-pay-for-first-class-just-to-sit-next-to-a-dead-body/396661)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-pay-for-first-class-just-to-sit-next-to-a-dead-body/396661 "2007-03-30T22:33:31Z")
Not a real quote, but nicely somes up what happened to some British Airways passengers :eek: . It was a nine hour international flight and the women was already dead before any possible emergency landing, but if she di… --- ## [I \_would\_ bash Bush for this, but i'm not allowed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-_would_-bash-bush-for-this-but-im-not-allowed/372460)
**Author:** [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-_would_-bash-bush-for-this-but-im-not-allowed/372460 "2006-09-23T18:18:31Z")
So, I was readingthis interesting story about various Nato countries refusing or equivocating about sending troops to Afganistan, and having my daily “Oh god, everything’s going to hell in a handbasket, we’ll all die hor… --- ## [Songs where the live version is sooo much better than the studio version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-live-version-is-sooo-much-better-than-the-studio-version/650434)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-live-version-is-sooo-much-better-than-the-studio-version/650434 "2013-02-22T17:51:10Z")
Just about everything Genesis has done was better live, but Carpet Crawlers and Cinema Show off the Seconds Out album make the studio versions disappointing. Same with Todd Rundgren. The Last Ride off Back to the Bars i… --- ## [Who was the teddy (lingerie) named after?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-teddy-lingerie-named-after/420422)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-teddy-lingerie-named-after/420422 "2007-09-26T00:43:37Z")
The Teddy Bear (and by extension, Theodore Roosevelt?) Edward VII? (not a hottie, but still more sex attached to his personae than TR: one could imagine the Parisians coming up with a new design in his honor) Empress T… --- ## [Just cause I would kill a pet to save a human doesnt make me Hitler!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218)
**Author:** [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218 "2007-03-05T22:00:06Z")
A friend of a friend is a huge pet (dog) lover, I will call her Peta-bitch. Peta-bitch is, well, a bitch. I dont normally have to see her, but when I do, I always have to listen about how everything I do in life result… --- ## [How would you react to this wedding invitation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-react-to-this-wedding-invitation/455450)
**Author:** [@LucyInDisguise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucyInDisguise)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-react-to-this-wedding-invitation/455450 "2008-07-07T23:06:47Z")
How would you react to this wedding invitation? My eldest daughter is getting married this coming October. Last night I sat down with her and spent nearly six hours helping her layout and print her wedding invitations.… --- ## [Donald Trump: How did such a nutcase get so rich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-how-did-such-a-nutcase-get-so-rich/723903)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-how-did-such-a-nutcase-get-so-rich/723903 "2015-07-04T04:12:34Z")
How does someone like this also make such brilliant business decisions as to get to be a billionaire? (Maybe should be in IMHO but I’m hoping there is a factual answer of some kind.) --- ## [Ann Romney's "grown up" comment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-romneys-grown-up-comment/633369)
**Author:** [@Sekigahara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sekigahara)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-romneys-grown-up-comment/633369 "2012-09-25T17:22:40Z")
I thought the comment by Ann Romney belittling Obama by saying voters wanted a “grown up” for President was a nasty cheap-shot. Of course this is a tough campaign but the guy is the President, he did take out Bin Laden, … --- ## [Tropic Thunder - new Ben Stiller/Jack Black movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropic-thunder-new-ben-stiller-jack-black-movie/402823)
**Author:** [@Von\_Erich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Von_Erich)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropic-thunder-new-ben-stiller-jack-black-movie/402823 "2014-04-21T03:32:31Z")
Here is the article from the local paper. Kauai Garden Island News Big budget comedy with an interesting plot starts filming here this summer. “Described as “a movie within a movie,” the film’s plot follows a group of… --- ## [Prickly City - humor for conservative idiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prickly-city-humor-for-conservative-idiots/361026)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prickly-city-humor-for-conservative-idiots/361026 "2006-06-21T16:27:32Z")
This rant is about today’s Prickly City strip. I know, I shouldn’t even be reading this, it’s “just a cartoon”, it’s “just entertainment”, and why would I read it if I don’t agree with it? Well, it’s there, it’s right … --- ## [Your favorite ultra-simple/vulgar jokes (profanity warning)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-ultra-simple-vulgar-jokes-profanity-warning/154049)
**Author:** [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-ultra-simple-vulgar-jokes-profanity-warning/154049 "2003-02-14T21:52:02Z")
Everyone has em, right? The real short, to the point, and funny as hell little old jokes? Mine: An old bull and a young bull are standing on top of a hill above a grazing field. The young bull gets excited and starts tu… --- ## [About the South's glorious past](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-souths-glorious-past/914672)
**Author:** [@thdudescar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thdudescar)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-souths-glorious-past/914672 "2020-08-11T02:08:10Z")
First off, as a many generational southerner, I do feel it is past time for Confederate monuments to come down. However, as a southerner, I do take umbrage with the near consistent speak that southern pride is based in … --- ## [Coming soon, a new gender-neutral bathroom: David Koch's grave](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-a-new-gender-neutral-bathroom-david-kochs-grave/839103)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-a-new-gender-neutral-bathroom-david-kochs-grave/839103 "2019-09-09T00:04:03Z")
Yes, you heard right, folks. Half of the pair of brothers most grossly responsible for the propagation of anti-government and climate denialist propaganda is dead. The Koch brothers were best known – and vilified by D… --- ## [Pizza as a vegetable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-as-a-vegetable/603341)
**Author:** [@FixMyIgnorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FixMyIgnorance)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-as-a-vegetable/603341 "2011-11-20T21:33:47Z")
What gives? I’m really not sure what’s going on here. --- ## [Prohibition does not reduce supply. That is marketing bullshit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prohibition-does-not-reduce-supply-that-is-marketing-bullshit/516786)
**Author:** [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prohibition-does-not-reduce-supply-that-is-marketing-bullshit/516786 "2009-11-11T22:40:43Z")
Where did people get this idea that prohibition reduces the supply of narcotics? All the data in the world supports the fact that the supply of almost every major drug has increased over the past 30 years. It’s incontr… --- ## [Why is incest illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-incest-illegal/72572)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2001, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-incest-illegal/72572 "2001-07-18T15:50:16Z")
So why? I know that in terms of biology and evolution, incest is very ineffective because it allows genetic diseases to spread throughout generations and doesn’t provide the mixture of genes necessary to improve a speci… --- ## [Abortion: a different take on the debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-a-different-take-on-the-debate/299057)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-a-different-take-on-the-debate/299057 "2005-04-19T20:12:32Z")
Recently, there has been a Pit thread that did the abortion debate for the umpteenth time on this board. If you want to rehash the standard arguments for either side, please go there. What makes those arguments standard… --- ## [Women-only world: Are there wars? How are they fought?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-only-world-are-there-wars-how-are-they-fought/791008)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-only-world-are-there-wars-how-are-they-fought/791008 "2017-07-22T19:53:56Z")
Couple of years ago, the blog Radical Wind posted a radical-feminist utopia manifesto(which reads essentially like a modern day SCUM Manifesto). Discussion of the Radical Wind blog and this post (the poster who runs the… --- ## [In your Last Will and Testament, how much can you screw with your heirs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-last-will-and-testament-how-much-can-you-screw-with-your-heirs/518671)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-last-will-and-testament-how-much-can-you-screw-with-your-heirs/518671 "2017-10-04T20:13:28Z")
A common trope in TV and movies is an inheritance with strings attached. In order to collect the money, the heir must first get married, or finish college, or scatter the decedent’s ashes in Kathmandu, or something. In… --- ## [anybody masterbated in car while driving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-masterbated-in-car-while-driving/111708)
**Author:** [@yo\_han\_go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yo_han_go)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2002, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-masterbated-in-car-while-driving/111708 "2002-06-10T07:49:13Z")
I haven’t. Yet. You see there is good 20 min drive from my home to my working place and vice versa. I do not own a car radio so the drive is a little borring. But thera are a lot of stop lights on the way, and those hug… --- ## [How Do You Say "Insurance"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-insurance/593667)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-insurance/593667 "2011-08-23T15:51:38Z")
Do you stress the first or second syllable? --- ## [limericks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123)
**Author:** [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2001, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks/30123 "2001-06-13T11:09:24Z")
There once was a lady named Emily Whose orgasms were merely fascsimile. To use metaphor: She moaned like a whore, Though that last phrase was really a simile. --- ## [Public surprise military family reunions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-surprise-military-family-reunions/694232)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-surprise-military-family-reunions/694232 "2014-08-04T19:31:54Z")
It’s been in vogue for several years now: a soldier/airman/marine/sailor quietly returns from his/her tour of duty and surprises one or more family members in a public setting with TV cameras rolling. The result, as o… --- ## [I juts had a nice plate of fish & chips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434)
**Author:** [@MrQwertyasd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrQwertyasd)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434 "2015-10-26T01:32:42Z")
With a sprinkling of balsamic vinegar, sea salt and dollop of blue cheese mayonnaise. --- ## [Do building codes require an exhaust fan for a cooktop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-building-codes-require-an-exhaust-fan-for-a-cooktop/505484)
**Author:** [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-building-codes-require-an-exhaust-fan-for-a-cooktop/505484 "2009-08-06T19:18:30Z")
We are replacing our cooktop, which currently has a downdraft type of exhaust fan (there is a grill-covered opening down the middle of the cooktop, with a filter and fan underneath, leading to a vent to the outside of th… --- ## [How could people in the past not have known or guessed these things?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-people-in-the-past-not-have-known-or-guessed-these-things/630260)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-people-in-the-past-not-have-known-or-guessed-these-things/630260 "2012-08-09T22:28:59Z")
I was inspired by this part of a post: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15327393&postcount=6 I see such claims all the time, and they just don’t wash when even a little bit of observation could dispe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1143&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1145&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)