# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1150&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:** 1151 --- ## [Songs that can't do grammar no more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-cant-do-grammar-no-more/649536)
**Author:** [@coolbyrne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coolbyrne)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-cant-do-grammar-no-more/649536 "2013-02-13T13:02:31Z")
I heard a Maroon 5 song on the radio today (“One More Night”)and this particular line caught my eye (my ear?): You and I get sick, yeah I know that we can’t do this no more It got me thinking about other songs and thei… --- ## [Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Singers (of the Rock Era)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-list-of-100-greatest-singers-of-the-rock-era/472439)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-list-of-100-greatest-singers-of-the-rock-era/472439 "2008-11-16T03:09:30Z")
Here’s the list. Thoughts? It so very subjective, of course. I think Roger Daltrey should be much higher than 61. --- ## [Identify this style of Midwest farmhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-style-of-midwest-farmhouse/551290)
**Author:** [@Joe\_Kerrman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Kerrman)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-style-of-midwest-farmhouse/551290 "2010-08-29T21:25:14Z")
I couldn’t decide whether to post this in General Questions or here, but I thought this might be open to some discussion and artistic interpretation. I was born and raised on the East Coast and never made it farther tha… --- ## [visible bra straps--is it tacky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visible-bra-straps-is-it-tacky/178070)
**Author:** [@tadishi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tadishi)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visible-bra-straps-is-it-tacky/178070 "2003-05-31T05:27:22Z")
How do you feel about visible bra straps? Now that summer is here, I got into an “argument” with a friend over this most serious of subjects. She thinks it is so embarrassing that she never wears tank tops with thin sho… --- ## [Statehood for Puerto Rico?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statehood-for-puerto-rico/921465)
**Author:** [@razordance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/razordance)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statehood-for-puerto-rico/921465 "2022-07-02T15:53:41Z")
This move is not on the Dems’ platform but they’re clearly favorable to considering it, and PR is having yet another statehood referendum in November. This is not like DC statehood. There are two special problems: P… --- ## [Could a lactating woman survive on her own breast milk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-lactating-woman-survive-on-her-own-breast-milk/181209)
**Author:** [@relliksmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/relliksmom)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-lactating-woman-survive-on-her-own-breast-milk/181209 "2003-06-12T00:47:02Z")
While enjoying the dreamy state I entered while nursing my 8 month old son the other day, I pondered: If a lactating woman was stranded without food (but sufficient supplies of water), how long could she survive on her … --- ## [Unrealistic Hardee's biscuit commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrealistic-hardees-biscuit-commercial/698033)
**Author:** [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrealistic-hardees-biscuit-commercial/698033 "2014-09-14T23:39:00Z")
I just saw a Hardee’s commercial in which a woman is bragging about her skill as a biscuit maker. She lifts a sheet of biscuit dough off the biscuits she’s cut. There is about a half-biscuit’s diameter of dough left be… --- ## [nicole sullivan in a porno?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicole-sullivan-in-a-porno/590739)
**Author:** [@ghostknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghostknight)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicole-sullivan-in-a-porno/590739 "2011-08-04T23:09:30Z")
There are lots of rumors around that Mad TV actress Nicole Sullivan appeared in a eary 90’s porn film. Check IMDB was she in porn? and other boards. I’ve also heard these stories from a few insiders in the adult industry… --- ## [That character would NEVER say that!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-character-would-never-say-that/852080)
**Author:** [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-character-would-never-say-that/852080 "2020-04-24T18:19:16Z")
Just watched The Witches with my younglings. Bruno said he didn’t like sandwiches with margarine, which her pronounced MARjurin, not marjuREEN. An English kid (certainly one in the era of margarine’s existence) would nev… --- ## [I just got declined for a credit card and I am confused by it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-declined-for-a-credit-card-and-i-am-confused-by-it/599136)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-declined-for-a-credit-card-and-i-am-confused-by-it/599136 "2011-10-12T23:22:48Z")
I don’t have much credit history (I pay my bills on time and everything, but don’t take out much debt. I think student loans are the only debt I’ve had) so I decided to start using a credit card instead of my debit card.… --- ## [How Would You Fight A Terminator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-fight-a-terminator/493093)
**Author:** [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-fight-a-terminator/493093 "2009-04-16T23:32:49Z")
More specifically, a liquid metal model. It seems like they are next to indestructible. The other thing I have an issue with is, I can believe that a terminator-esque machine might one day be invented but a liquid metal … --- ## [What would happen if hardcore porntapes with Obama leaked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520)
**Author:** [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520 "2010-07-26T22:12:40Z")
Here is a rather hypothetical hypothetical Me and a friend discussed this over a couple of cold ones, a rather hypothetical hypothetical. What if a bussload of extreme, really disturbing porn tapes starring Obama sudde… --- ## [So how did/do rock stars party (booze and drugs) so much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-did-do-rock-stars-party-booze-and-drugs-so-much/728817)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-did-do-rock-stars-party-booze-and-drugs-so-much/728817 "2015-09-02T12:21:16Z")
You hear all the time about rock stars partying with booze and drugs to the point of ODing and dying–sometimes with alcohol alone. Now I play piano and sing, and if I’m on my second drink, I really can’t play any more. … --- ## [Rough idle, loss of power. Water in gas line?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rough-idle-loss-of-power-water-in-gas-line/307786)
**Author:** [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rough-idle-loss-of-power-water-in-gas-line/307786 "2005-06-11T18:50:36Z")
It’s been unseasonably hot here lately, and I’ve been using the AC more and more in my 98 Ranger. Today, the idle was very rough and it feels like I have very little power in it anymore. Could I somehow have gotten wa… --- ## [What are the, er, wall nipples in old British homes on TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-er-wall-nipples-in-old-british-homes-on-tv/533620)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-er-wall-nipples-in-old-british-homes-on-tv/533620 "2010-03-26T05:51:46Z")
We’ve seen them in All Creatures Great and Small and Foyle’s War, both set in the 30’s and 40’s (but in older buildings, obviously.) We also spotted them in the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes. And I can’t find a picture. … --- ## [Judging people with unfortunate tattoo choices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judging-people-with-unfortunate-tattoo-choices/816502)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judging-people-with-unfortunate-tattoo-choices/816502 "2018-08-07T03:09:22Z")
I’m hoping this doesn’t turn into another “I hate all tattoos and don’t think anyone should get them at all” threads, but I just ran across this localish Mensa member and am thinking about the chances of his ever having … --- ## [Odd or incomprehensible things your parents said to you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-or-incomprehensible-things-your-parents-said-to-you/804721)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-or-incomprehensible-things-your-parents-said-to-you/804721 "2017-12-28T00:43:27Z")
I was showing my wife how to crack two eggs at once this morning: one in each hand, tap both on the counter and break into a bowl. She was suitably impressed. Anyway, in reminded me of my step-father, who, upon seeing me… --- ## [Feuding Rock Bands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feuding-rock-bands/591625)
**Author:** [@OtisCampbellWasRight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtisCampbellWasRight)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feuding-rock-bands/591625 "2011-08-09T14:49:03Z")
There seem to be several music related threads of late, so I thought I might throw this one out for discussion. Most have heard of the Lynard Skynard song “Sweet Home Alabama,” where they diss Neil Young for his "Southe… --- ## [Why does it cost $10 million to run Wikipedia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-cost-10-million-to-run-wikipedia/566045)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-cost-10-million-to-run-wikipedia/566045 "2011-01-07T05:50:30Z")
Preamble: I probably take Wikipedia too much for granted, and I know that server space, bandwidth, site administration, etc. don’t come for free. But according to this appeal page… How can it cost $10 million? Doesn… --- ## [Google your SDMB Screen Name, and click on "Images"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184 "2013-04-25T23:29:51Z")
Wow! I just did this, and it’s like a visual history of my years on these boards. Ok, there are some images that I can’t figure out, but there are a whole lot that are reminiscent of many threads and posts, like: That s… --- ## [BCS bowls (5 Games - 10 Teams -- Pick Teams to LOSE)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bcs-bowls-5-games-10-teams-pick-teams-to-lose/677368)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bcs-bowls-5-games-10-teams-pick-teams-to-lose/677368 "2014-01-08T18:16:02Z")
Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif. - 5 p.m. ET, Jan. 1 Michigan State vs. Stanford Fiesta Bowl Glendale, Ariz. - 8:30 p.m. ET, Jan. 1 Baylor vs. Central Florida Sugar Bowl New Orleans, La. - 8:30 p.m. ET, Jan. 2 Alab… --- ## [Red Heads in Advertising](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-heads-in-advertising/525393)
**Author:** [@n2sobr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/n2sobr)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-heads-in-advertising/525393 "2010-01-22T17:35:03Z")
Dear Cecil: I have always had a special place in my heart for red heads. Gosh, I even married one. However, lately I have observed a rather growing trend of using red headed women in TV commercials as well as in mag… --- ## [Wash your mouth out with soap or I didn't know it was about "that"!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wash-your-mouth-out-with-soap-or-i-didnt-know-it-was-about-that/317647)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wash-your-mouth-out-with-soap-or-i-didnt-know-it-was-about-that/317647 "2005-08-21T02:56:07Z")
When I see a 6 year old singing Eminem or Missy Elliot, I inwardly cringe. Does that kid even know what he’s saying? And then I think back on the songs I used to belt when I was a wee little one. And I mean belt out beca… --- ## [Is Coerced Conversion to Buddhism Unknown to History?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coerced-conversion-to-buddhism-unknown-to-history/655425)
**Author:** [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coerced-conversion-to-buddhism-unknown-to-history/655425 "2013-04-25T14:01:11Z")
I’m reading What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula. In his opening chapter, Dr. Rahula claims that “there is not a single example of persecution or the shedding of a drop of blood in converting people to Buddhism, or i… --- ## [Let's have a dumbest cat competition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-dumbest-cat-competition/345062)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-dumbest-cat-competition/345062 "2006-03-10T19:57:38Z")
So, Lady, one of our pair of nearly 15-year-old cats, really digs the fire place. We use it a lot in the winter, and her usual MO is to get about 1 foot from the hearth and stare into the flames. Until last night. Now, … --- ## [How early should someone lose their virginity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-early-should-someone-lose-their-virginity/192083)
**Author:** [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-early-should-someone-lose-their-virginity/192083 "2013-07-15T05:45:06Z")
I’m curious as to what people think is the youngest age one should lose their virginity at, with no accounting for age of consent. Assume that the age of consent is whatever age you think is young enough to lose your vir… --- ## [OK, Liberal, fess up...the over-the-top Obama love is a put on, isn't it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-liberal-fess-up-the-over-the-top-obama-love-is-a-put-on-isnt-it/480933)
**Author:** [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2009, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-liberal-fess-up-the-over-the-top-obama-love-is-a-put-on-isnt-it/480933 "2009-01-15T04:24:23Z")
This isn’t really a pitting, but I thought this would be the best forum for this kind of a question. Sure, I was a little surprised that a self-described Classical Liberal/Libertarian type was backing Obama. But it did… --- ## [Fox News employee advocates assassination of Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597 "2008-06-16T14:31:21Z")
Here’s the clip. It’s Liz Trotta in a discussion of Hillary’s gaffe regarding RFK’s assassination. She says: “and now we have what … uh … some are reading as a suggestion that somebody knock off Osama … uh … um … Obam… --- ## [Verdict in Anthony Trial to be announced at 2:15 Eastern](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verdict-in-anthony-trial-to-be-announced-at-2-15-eastern/587917)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verdict-in-anthony-trial-to-be-announced-at-2-15-eastern/587917 "2011-07-07T01:31:21Z")
Figured anyone following the trial would want to know. I think she’s gonna be found guilty of Capital Murder… --- ## [Iron Chef America is rigged. What about the original?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-america-is-rigged-what-about-the-original/438524)
**Author:** [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2008, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-america-is-rigged-what-about-the-original/438524 "2008-02-22T08:46:10Z")
A mildly disturbing piece in the Village Voice has brought me from not bothering to watch Iron Chef America to actively avoiding it. Apparently no on-the-spot creativity is involved whatsoever, as the chefs have all the … --- ## [Things to do in Austin, TX this September](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-austin-tx-this-september/584341)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-austin-tx-this-september/584341 "2011-11-21T21:46:36Z")
I’m going to the Pecan Street Festival. At least that’s my plan. But that will just make for a few hours of fun. I need some other things to do. I already have Mount Bonnell on my list. Are there any other cool natu… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory 2/10--"The Benefactor Factor"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-2-10-the-benefactor-factor/570896)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-2-10-the-benefactor-factor/570896 "2011-02-15T15:47:36Z")
A wealthy donor to the university makes Leonard consider how far he’s willing to go for the sake of science. --- ## [Judicial Killing- Newspapers launch lawsuit to force disclosure of methods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judicial-killing-newspapers-launch-lawsuit-to-force-disclosure-of-methods/688534)
**Author:** [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judicial-killing-newspapers-launch-lawsuit-to-force-disclosure-of-methods/688534 "2014-05-17T16:31:16Z")
"The growing secrecy adopted by death penalty states to hide the source of their lethal injection drugs used in executions is being challenged in a new lawsuit in Missouri, which argues that the American people have a … --- ## [I'm Wesley Clark, 24, and have never had a girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-wesley-clark-24-and-have-never-had-a-girlfriend/252249)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-wesley-clark-24-and-have-never-had-a-girlfriend/252249 "2004-08-12T00:47:15Z")
In a way i feel stupid for writing that, and i don’t know why. Either its because i don’t think its important enough to be an issue or because i think that other people will really, really look down on me for it. Probabl… --- ## [Was PE class in school good or bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-pe-class-in-school-good-or-bad/848137)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-pe-class-in-school-good-or-bad/848137 "2020-08-11T20:00:15Z")
What did you think of PE class when you were in school? Interestingly last Sunday on NPR a lady was discussing her experience while researching the idea is if PE classes in school were worth it? (in todays test driven s… --- ## [Household lighting circuit diagram](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-lighting-circuit-diagram/626427)
**Author:** [@supery00n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supery00n)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-lighting-circuit-diagram/626427 "2012-06-28T18:30:10Z")
I took the physics for scientists and engineers course sequence in college and know the fundamentals of electricity but don’t really know anything about circuits beyond the basic laws (KCL, KVL, capacitors, inductors, re… --- ## [Take your wind chill and blow it out your ass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-your-wind-chill-and-blow-it-out-your-ass/678126)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-your-wind-chill-and-blow-it-out-your-ass/678126 "2014-01-13T00:52:18Z")
The weather people are going absolutely apeshit about wind chill - so much so that sometimes they forget to tell you the actual air temperature. Moreover, one dipshit reporter on ABC News was so excited about the amazin… --- ## [How much emphasis do casting directors give wrt to resemblance between puported family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-emphasis-do-casting-directors-give-wrt-to-resemblance-between-puported-family/636464)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-emphasis-do-casting-directors-give-wrt-to-resemblance-between-puported-family/636464 "2012-10-10T15:25:46Z")
…and examples where they either did or did not place such emphasis. In Star Wars they obviously did not with Luke and Leia (despite Lucas’s claims that thet they were always meant to be twins) although in the prequels t… --- ## [Things you've wanted to say that you DID.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-wanted-to-say-that-you-did/616198)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-wanted-to-say-that-you-did/616198 "2012-03-23T05:51:10Z")
So I wouldn’t be threadshitting, here’s this one. When have you spoken your mind? Here are some of my examples: In the grocery store—Hey! Would you move your basket? You’re blocking everybody’s way. (They move it.) … --- ## [10/15/11 - All illegal aliens leave the U.S.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-15-11-all-illegal-aliens-leave-the-u-s/598926)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-15-11-all-illegal-aliens-leave-the-u-s/598926 "2011-10-12T00:13:19Z")
on 10/15/11, all illegal aliens leave the U.S., either by choice or by force. Let’s iclude those who are incarcerated. They are released and deported. This is neither pro- nor anti-immigration, take it as a given with no… --- ## [Do you shower every day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-shower-every-day/712378)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-shower-every-day/712378 "2015-02-17T20:19:18Z")
Or bathe I suppose. I do not. I take a shower roughly every other day unless I did something that made me sweaty/gross or have a reason to be freshened up like a date. I do make sure I am clean on non shower days by clea… --- ## [Is this normal or disgusting? (Office men's room; gross)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935 "2011-06-23T14:22:17Z")
Stop reading if you don’t like to read about bodily functions. I can’t decide - Let’s say you’re in the men’s room at the office. You’re a man, at the urinal. A co-worker enters the men’s room and steps up to the uri… --- ## [Random thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-thoughts/842234)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2019, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-thoughts/842234 "2019-11-21T07:51:07Z")
Please feel free to post your own mental detritus here. What is up with people painting around switchplates? I can’t understand why someone would put all the effort into painting a room to make it look nicer, but not t… --- ## [Could humans nuke themselves into extinction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-humans-nuke-themselves-into-extinction/684987)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-humans-nuke-themselves-into-extinction/684987 "2014-04-03T23:34:52Z")
It used to be a common theme thrown around, that nuclear war would wipe us all out. More realistically, even if during the Cold War the US and USSR engaged in a full nuclear exchange humanity would survive. But would a … --- ## [Will You RO haters shut the fuck up!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-ro-haters-shut-the-fuck-up/401811)
**Author:** [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-ro-haters-shut-the-fuck-up/401811 "2011-12-31T15:02:51Z")
Yanno, I really am sick of the people who come into a pit thread with no purpose other than to shit all over by being jerks. I can see the point some Dopers have had about the uselessness of RO threads. But, let’s be h… --- ## [Religion based on rational belief? Then why the geographic variation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-based-on-rational-belief-then-why-the-geographic-variation/390955)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-based-on-rational-belief-then-why-the-geographic-variation/390955 "2007-02-09T03:50:19Z")
I realize that this is my fourth or fifth thread propagating my militant atheism. But please bear with me. As I explained in another thread, Satan gives prizes for the most zealous efforts. I already have two bronzed Re… --- ## [What are your superstitions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-superstitions/576943)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-superstitions/576943 "2011-05-18T21:50:00Z")
This thread inspires me to go ahead and ask something I’ve been meaning to ask here for a while – for those who do have superstitions , what are they? I’m thinking of starting a poll, and need to figure out what to inclu… --- ## [Space questions from my son](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-questions-from-my-son/515187)
**Author:** [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-questions-from-my-son/515187 "2009-11-02T20:21:27Z")
What happens when you shoot air into the space? If there’s no oxygen in space, how can the sun burn? --- ## [Glossary Of SDMB Terms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glossary-of-sdmb-terms/289205)
**Author:** [@todd33rpm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/todd33rpm)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2005, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glossary-of-sdmb-terms/289205 "2005-05-14T07:55:05Z")
Inspired by this thread. I also have this vague unease that this may have been discussed before, but I’m not exactly sure how to search for the topic. I’m thinking about the idea of having a sticky which includes a com… --- ## [Stupid/obvious crossword clues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-obvious-crossword-clues/605428)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-obvious-crossword-clues/605428 "2011-12-15T17:32:27Z")
I came across this outstanding example doing the crossword in the free commuter rag while waiting for my train home last night: 14 Down: Pertaining to America (8) By the time I got to it I had AM—C-N Any other example… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1149&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1151&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)