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**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen/438948 "2008-04-01T11:40:37Z")
While in the US over the holidays I picked up Watchmen, it was the first graphic novel I have ever read. It was a nice, atmospheric work, dark and moody. But the blubs on the back claim it was one of the great works of f… --- ## [Rusty screw(head stripped) removal from gas stovetop burner.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rusty-screw-head-stripped-removal-from-gas-stovetop-burner/699101)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rusty-screw-head-stripped-removal-from-gas-stovetop-burner/699101 "2014-09-22T00:34:16Z")
I’ve done this a few months ago on my mom’s Amana gas stove(20 years old). Burners are held in place by two screws per burner–problem being, pots boil over through the years, screws rust. Original screws are rather sma… --- ## [Is Mad Cow Disease still a problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mad-cow-disease-still-a-problem/580644)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mad-cow-disease-still-a-problem/580644 "2011-05-06T20:38:04Z")
What is the story with this disease? Several years ago, around 2003 to 2006, it was in the news a lot as it had recently been discovered in America (up until that point, it was mostly a British phenomenon.) There was a l… --- ## ["But she's my mother!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-shes-my-mother/605861)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-shes-my-mother/605861 "2011-12-16T02:20:55Z")
\ These questions come up in my mind when I’ve spent all day watching a Law & Order marathon. On this show, people perjure themselves all the time to protect mothers, fathers, siblings, children (rarely spouses), a… --- ## [What is the scientific explanation for these observations? \[Lighthouses seen from a distance\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-scientific-explanation-for-these-observations-lighthouses-seen-from-a-distance/754424)
**Author:** [@Bones\_Daley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bones_Daley)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2016, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-scientific-explanation-for-these-observations-lighthouses-seen-from-a-distance/754424 "2016-05-12T11:23:25Z")
Assuming that at least some of these assertions are true, why are some objects visble at greater distance than geometry says they should be? The Port Nicholson Light in New Zealand is 420 feet above sea-level and visi… --- ## [To wrap or not to wrap? (Christmas presents)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-wrap-or-not-to-wrap-christmas-presents/603502)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-wrap-or-not-to-wrap-christmas-presents/603502 "2011-11-23T13:28:13Z")
Having just spent the past hour or so wrapping presents I recalled a bone of contention I have with my sister-in-law. Basically, she doesn’t believe in wrapping presents! She thinks is more fun for children to see all t… --- ## [Help me understand this variation of the recent protests.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-variation-of-the-recent-protests/706513)
**Author:** [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-variation-of-the-recent-protests/706513 "2014-12-20T12:56:33Z")
I see the news reports of the protests around the county sparked by grand juries not charging police officers. The protesters in Madison Wi. are asking that a new jail NOT be built and those committing “crimes of poverty… --- ## [Parents - would you sacrifice your life to save your child?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-would-you-sacrifice-your-life-to-save-your-child/439383)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2008, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-would-you-sacrifice-your-life-to-save-your-child/439383 "2008-03-02T08:02:25Z")
Inspired by this thread, where I read some disturbing and occasionally appalling things about a parent’s responsibility towards his/her child(ren). So parents, would you sacrifice your life to save the life of your chil… --- ## [Story about unexpectedly large steakhouse bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-unexpectedly-large-steakhouse-bill/846331)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-unexpectedly-large-steakhouse-bill/846331 "2020-01-22T19:09:57Z")
You might remember a story from about five years ago in which a diner at a steakhouse in New Jersey ordered a bottle of wine that he believed $37.50 but it actually cost $3,750. (The waitress said it was “thirty-seven fi… --- ## [What Percent Are You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percent-are-you/609882)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percent-are-you/609882 "2012-01-24T15:48:37Z")
Enter your household income and see how you rank in 344 zones across the country. See What Percent Are You? - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com Once you have your score, now complete the poll. --- ## [Increase minimum wage or establish a living wage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-minimum-wage-or-establish-a-living-wage/735770)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-minimum-wage-or-establish-a-living-wage/735770 "2015-10-30T12:04:28Z")
Minimum wage is not enough to live on. But is an across the board minimum wage increase standard across the country the best solution? Or should there be a mandated schedule that ties local minimum wages to calculated l… --- ## [New Beowulf movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-beowulf-movie/426439)
**Author:** [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-beowulf-movie/426439 "2007-11-28T21:45:15Z")
I know this film has not been released yet, but I’m looking for information - I’ve read a lot about it, but still just don’t understand why the director chose to go animated (or semi-animated or whatever you call his pr… --- ## [If you were a superhero...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-superhero/44990)
**Author:** [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2001, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-superhero/44990 "2001-07-30T19:46:39Z")
…what would be your powers, your limitations (these two are especially fun if you can relate them to your “day job”), what would your costume look like and what would you be called? My hubby George and I had this conver… --- ## [Topless discrimination law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-discrimination-law/642064)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-discrimination-law/642064 "2012-11-30T14:03:07Z")
You read in the news on a regular basis about some entrepreneur opening a topless barber shop or topless car wash or topless maid service. I assume that most of the women who apply for these jobs self-select for attract… --- ## [I called a 268 number back and got a busy signal--am I gonna pay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-called-a-268-number-back-and-got-a-busy-signal-am-i-gonna-pay/680742)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-called-a-268-number-back-and-got-a-busy-signal-am-i-gonna-pay/680742 "2014-02-11T19:33:14Z")
This is about the one-ring scam, which I just learned about. Sigh. I tried to call a 268 number back the other day. I just got a busy signal. Is that part of the scam, and will I still be charged? Or does the fact tha… --- ## [Do incest laws apply to gay marriage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-incest-laws-apply-to-gay-marriage/697098)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-incest-laws-apply-to-gay-marriage/697098 "2014-09-03T19:35:30Z")
Of course one function of incest laws is to prevent too close relatives from making babies. The reason the question occurred to me is that I knew two sisters who lived together their entire adult lives (I haven’t the fa… --- ## [Doper parents: do you get your kids Valentine's gifts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-parents-do-you-get-your-kids-valentines-gifts/570821)
**Author:** [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-parents-do-you-get-your-kids-valentines-gifts/570821 "2011-02-10T22:48:36Z")
I do, but I don’t know how common it is. Now, my two oldest kids are out on their own, and I won’t send them cards or anything. But when they were still at home, there was always a little something for them on V Day. The… --- ## [College hockey shakeup.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-hockey-shakeup/596874)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-hockey-shakeup/596874 "2013-10-29T16:48:10Z")
My previous discussion of college hockey have dropped like a rock and this one will probably be no different. But does anyone care about the death of the CCHA and WCHA? For anyone who doesn’t know, Penn State decided to… --- ## [Shut the fuck up and mind your own damn business](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-the-fuck-up-and-mind-your-own-damn-business/376975)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-the-fuck-up-and-mind-your-own-damn-business/376975 "2006-10-20T13:53:44Z")
I am loud mouth. Hell, I’ll fully admit that I’m one of those people who will call others out on their utter stupidity in public. Why? I don’t know, maybe I consider myself a defender of the sane, intelligent, and righte… --- ## [Is there any way to make a wool sweater bigger, without wrecking it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-make-a-wool-sweater-bigger-without-wrecking-it/154293)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-make-a-wool-sweater-bigger-without-wrecking-it/154293 "2003-02-12T00:08:32Z")
So, my BF just got back from Norway, and brought me a lovely “Dale of Norway” sweater. The blasted thing is worth about $350, and it’s a size XS!?!?! :frowning: Man, I can bairly get one boob into an XS. Is there anyway… --- ## [Electrical Question (enclosed trailer, generator, AC wiring, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-question-enclosed-trailer-generator-ac-wiring-etc/422094)
**Author:** [@RogueRacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogueRacer)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-question-enclosed-trailer-generator-ac-wiring-etc/422094 "2011-10-18T13:48:04Z")
A while back I purchased a new 24’ enclosed race car trailer. I’m finally getting around to installing cabinets, racks, and other things. I would also like it to have some 110v lighting and outlets. This will be power… --- ## [How valuable would Greenland be to the United States?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-valuable-would-greenland-be-to-the-united-states/838752)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-valuable-would-greenland-be-to-the-united-states/838752 "2019-08-22T14:25:45Z")
Let’s ignore for now how ridiculous it may look for the Trump administration to be expressing interest in buying Greenland from Denmark, or how much of a political non-starter it may be to the Danes. How valuable is Gre… --- ## [Halloween, Wallace & Grommit, and a Joke! ....Guest MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-wallace-grommit-and-a-joke-guest-mmp/328708)
**Author:** [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Replies:** 233\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-wallace-grommit-and-a-joke-guest-mmp/328708 "2005-11-07T01:10:01Z")
BOOO! Good morning all \[North American Continentals, that is\]. Tis Halloween! Everyone ready for the candy glut, upset stomachs and occasional fright? I am. :cool: (jack o’ lantern substitute). I took my sons to see … --- ## [Kate Middleton Pregnant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-pregnant/603201)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-pregnant/603201 "2011-11-21T19:21:54Z")
They’ve been reporting on the radio in Bangkok this morning that Kate Middleton is officially pregnant. Six weeks. But no mention on BBC TV, and all I can find online are rumors stretching back months. Anyone else hear t… --- ## [Ain't really said it before... sayin' it now: I fucking told you so.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-really-said-it-before-sayin-it-now-i-fucking-told-you-so/470544)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-really-said-it-before-sayin-it-now-i-fucking-told-you-so/470544 "2008-11-04T20:04:54Z")
Of course, I refer to a post…many posts, really, but I’m thinking of one in particular that I wrote in the misty past…way back in year 2000, maybe it was 2001. In that post, I predicted ruin at the hands of George W. Bu… --- ## [What Part Of Your Job Goes Against Your Grain Morally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-your-job-goes-against-your-grain-morally/586922)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-your-job-goes-against-your-grain-morally/586922 "2011-07-01T02:58:09Z")
OK let me start out by saying, I’m not judging or trying to be holier than thou. The next thing you’re probably all asking is “What rerun did Mark watch which made him think of this question.” The answer was “Becker” an… --- ## [German "Letters of Transit" (Casablanca)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-letters-of-transit-casablanca/641755)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-letters-of-transit-casablanca/641755 "2012-11-24T22:40:31Z")
I know in the movie they’re pretty much a McGuffin, but did such things really exist, and if so, how did they work? In the movie, we’re supposed to believe that, even though he’s the most wanted man in the Reich, Lazlo c… --- ## [Do you still have your high school class ring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-your-high-school-class-ring/524781)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-your-high-school-class-ring/524781 "2010-01-15T00:48:49Z")
I would, only I gave it to my ex-husband while we were dating and he lost it. As an aside, I happen to be class-ring-shopping right now. My daughter is president of the Spanish Honor Society and we can’t find any rings… --- ## [Which fictional warriors undergo the most brutal training?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-warriors-undergo-the-most-brutal-training/499621)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-warriors-undergo-the-most-brutal-training/499621 "2009-06-16T18:29:20Z")
You know, start with recruits who would already be special forces by real-life standards, and dump them into a hell with a 90%+ mortality rate, and the survivors only make it by killing and eating their comrades. Where t… --- ## [Movies or TV shows you only quote one line from](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817 "2017-02-16T19:14:00Z")
My wife and I quote tons of movies and TV shows, but we usually have a wide selection of quotes from each film or show. However, we have a few movies that only provide us with one quote and sometimes, those aren’t even m… --- ## [Another abortion debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-abortion-debate/367245)
**Author:** [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-abortion-debate/367245 "2006-08-08T12:56:57Z")
In light of this thread , I would like to ask a more (I hope) well thought out version of the question. I’m sure it has been discussed ad naseum but: At what point, if any, would you consider abortion murder? Babies bo… --- ## [Do Ukrainian Catholics Follow The Orthodox Calendar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-ukrainian-catholics-follow-the-orthodox-calendar/537554)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-ukrainian-catholics-follow-the-orthodox-calendar/537554 "2010-04-30T23:58:49Z")
I saw a UC church-it looked a lot like a Russian Orthodox church (golden domes, ikons, etc.). My question: do the UC’s follow the old Julian calendar (which places Orthodox Christmas about a week after the RC one?) O… --- ## ["Worst" movies of the 80s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-the-80s/451147)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-the-80s/451147 "2008-06-03T18:19:48Z")
Inspired from the same source that inspired me to start the “Top 100 songs of the 70s” thread. This is not intended to be a thread about the worst movies of the 80s. We could do something similar for any decade. The 80s… --- ## [Cooking Ranges- flattops versus all others](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-ranges-flattops-versus-all-others/645822)
**Author:** [@prbinusa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prbinusa)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-ranges-flattops-versus-all-others/645822 "2013-01-04T14:39:30Z")
Time for a new cooking range! I was a chef for years and am concerned about sauteing on a flatop/ glass suface. A good part of my cooking is rangetop and involves a lot of sauteing; i.e. shaking the pan across the burn… --- ## [Stargate Universe; 1.06, Water (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargate-universe-1-06-water-open-spoilers/515792)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargate-universe-1-06-water-open-spoilers/515792 "2009-11-02T20:30:27Z")
I figured I’d try starting a seperate thread for tonight’s episode. --- ## [WandaVision on Disney+ (spoilers after first post)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wandavision-on-disney-spoilers-after-first-post/930618)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wandavision-on-disney-spoilers-after-first-post/930618 "2021-01-21T03:43:25Z")
So, the first two episodes of “WandaVision” have dropped on Disney+. Anyone see this yet? I have. Spoilers and commentary after first post. --- ## [Wild West Question: Price of a Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-west-question-price-of-a-bullet/707335)
**Author:** [@slipster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slipster)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-west-question-price-of-a-bullet/707335 "2014-12-17T13:05:04Z")
In old western movies and television shows cowboys are often shown shooting away at empty bottles and the like with abandon. Did this get expensive? How much did a bullet cost back then, and how much, typically, did co… --- ## [Why would a commercial airplane leave earlier than scheduled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-commercial-airplane-leave-earlier-than-scheduled/583721)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-commercial-airplane-leave-earlier-than-scheduled/583721 "2011-06-02T16:41:39Z")
I’m not an experienced flyer so please forgive me if this is a particularly stupid question! Why would an airplane leave earlier – I mean, 20 minutes earlier, which seems to me a relatively significant amount of time – … --- ## [Will my student loan repayment scheme work? Is it the optimal move?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-student-loan-repayment-scheme-work-is-it-the-optimal-move/727981)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-student-loan-repayment-scheme-work-is-it-the-optimal-move/727981 "2015-09-06T17:18:02Z")
Due to some education misadventures I’m not going to discuss here, I have ended up with north of 100k in student loans but do not have the kind of degree that I took the loans out to get, and so I cannot realistically pa… --- ## [The Foundation Trilogy, directed by Roland Emmerich](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-foundation-trilogy-directed-by-roland-emmerich/528707)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-foundation-trilogy-directed-by-roland-emmerich/528707 "2010-02-17T20:10:47Z")
Because Asimov really wanted it to be an action film. In 3-D. :eek: Story here. --- ## [This is so incredibly assholish, I was certain it was an urban legend. It wasn't.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-incredibly-assholish-i-was-certain-it-was-an-urban-legend-it-wasnt/136404)
**Author:** [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-incredibly-assholish-i-was-certain-it-was-an-urban-legend-it-wasnt/136404 "2002-11-21T23:45:00Z")
This sordid tale can be found in more detail at the Ernie’s House of Whoop-Ass site. www.ehowa.com/home.html Scroll down to the story headed, “Sometimes Sorry Just Doesn’t Cut It.” A cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy … --- ## [Movie so bad you had to keep watching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-so-bad-you-had-to-keep-watching/925848)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-so-bad-you-had-to-keep-watching/925848 "2021-01-14T10:37:18Z")
Sometimes I fall asleep with the TV in the bedroom on and wake up to a really bad movie. So bad that I can’t tear my eyes away from it. Or weird. Weird enough that I’ve come here to ask if perhaps I hallucinated it. Two … --- ## [Women in the LA area better double bolt their doors and set their alarms systems beginning July 7.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-in-the-la-area-better-double-bolt-their-doors-and-set-their-alarms-systems-beginning-july-7/689156)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-in-the-la-area-better-double-bolt-their-doors-and-set-their-alarms-systems-beginning-july-7/689156 "2014-05-29T14:31:52Z")
The bumbling fools in our judicial system are releasing the pillowcase rapist. He admitted to 38 rape and the number may be closer to 70 in a ten year period. Maybe with a little luck he can rack up an even 100 before … --- ## [Annihiliationism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annihiliationism/593591)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annihiliationism/593591 "2011-08-24T05:26:22Z")
Annihilationism is the belief that in the afterlife non-Christians’ souls are simply destroyed rather than punished in Hell forever. Do you think the idea is more tolerable-after all for atheists its no worse than what y… --- ## [Man fired gun to scare away fiancee’s attackers; then promptly arrested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-fired-gun-to-scare-away-fiancee-s-attackers-then-promptly-arrested/657909)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-fired-gun-to-scare-away-fiancee-s-attackers-then-promptly-arrested/657909 "2013-05-18T00:27:39Z")
"…Walker told police his fiancée had walked outside their house and yelled across Dean Avenue for their neighbors to quiet down. A group of juveniles ran across the street and attacked the woman, Walker told officers. T… --- ## [Fuck Attention-Seeking Worker Bees, Fuck Nepotism.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-attention-seeking-worker-bees-fuck-nepotism/673925)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-attention-seeking-worker-bees-fuck-nepotism/673925 "2017-07-13T03:15:17Z")
I’m sick of not getting a raise for doing a damned good job and saving the place tons of money and getting no credit for it. I’m tired of the fuckwits screaming all day long how busy they are instead of shutting the fuck… --- ## [Can Humans and Chimps Breed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-humans-and-chimps-breed/59163)
**Author:** [@Humble\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humble_Servant)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2001, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-humans-and-chimps-breed/59163 "2001-03-27T15:12:22Z")
Matt Ridley, in his book, Genome, which I am reading with pleasure, discusses the fact that humans and chimpanzees have make-ups that, genetically, are 98% the same. Then he say, about human ancestors, I searched and f… --- ## [Does your ancestry matter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-ancestry-matter/688447)
**Author:** [@Maeganspop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeganspop)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-ancestry-matter/688447 "2014-05-16T18:42:02Z")
This morning on my way to work I was thinking, “Ancestry.com, who gives a shit?”. Does it really matter where your ancestors came from? I live in the US. I was born in the US and so were my parents. I can figure that ou… --- ## [NFL: "Shuttle Pass" or "Shovel Pass" ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-shuttle-pass-or-shovel-pass/92961)
**Author:** [@djbdjb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djbdjb)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2001, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-shuttle-pass-or-shovel-pass/92961 "2001-11-13T01:25:03Z")
I thought shovel pass was correct, my friend the other. I did a yahoo search and found both references. Anybody have any evidence on which is correct? --- ## [People who can't defend themselves and the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-cant-defend-themselves-and-the-pit/304016)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-cant-defend-themselves-and-the-pit/304016 "2005-05-19T16:49:09Z")
Giraffe closes this thread discussing milroyj’s banning: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=316359&page=5 saying “It’s gauche to attack a banned poster when they can’t defend themselves.” It’s probabl… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1146&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1148&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)