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**Author:** [@harwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harwell)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neckbeards/674211 "2013-11-22T01:49:38Z")
Been surfin’ the internets since 1994, so thought I was familiar with every pejorative term in the human lexicon. But then I ran across “neckbeards” in Cecil’s column on (ick) that certain variety of cheese: Has anyone m… --- ## [We needs some flunkies!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-needs-some-flunkies/63490)
**Author:** [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2001, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-needs-some-flunkies/63490 "2001-07-02T12:25:37Z")
Problem: My business partner and I are tired of doing all the work. We want to hire some people to do the work for us while we sit back, drink scotch and smoke cigars! And some cute secretaries to wear short skirts and l… --- ## [Not all atheists are anti-religion.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-atheists-are-anti-religion/476297)
**Author:** [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-atheists-are-anti-religion/476297 "2011-08-17T23:14:16Z")
Not even here in Washington. On Saturday, I poked my head into the attic of the house I’m renting for the first time. Up there, I found a nice Craftsman claw hammer (mine, now) and a boxed-up nativity scene. The stable … --- ## [Need ideas for dealing with asshole neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-dealing-with-asshole-neighbor/738408)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-dealing-with-asshole-neighbor/738408 "2015-12-09T01:08:07Z")
To make a long story short, our upstairs neighbor is an asshole. One of the ways his assholishness manifests itself is that he likes to park his huge SUV in such a way that it blocks most of the back stairwell of the bui… --- ## [Another idea on how to get out of jury duty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-idea-on-how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/644087)
**Author:** [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-idea-on-how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/644087 "2012-12-16T20:29:09Z")
You just have to find a way to let them know that YOU know about jury nullification :slight\_smile: (Of course, that website is arguing that you should want to serve on a jury knowing that you have this power, but in the… --- ## [Girls Talking in High Pitched Voices--Molestation Link?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-talking-in-high-pitched-voices-molestation-link/416516)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-talking-in-high-pitched-voices-molestation-link/416516 "2007-09-03T00:05:48Z")
I know a lot of us listened to Loveline back in the day and heard this. That is, a girl with a high pitched voice would call in with some sex complaint and Dr. Drew would end up asking her if she’d been molested as a chi… --- ## [Sharia rape law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharia-rape-law/380562)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2010, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharia-rape-law/380562 "2010-11-16T11:24:26Z")
I don’t agree with Sharia rape law but I’d like to at least understand it. For those unfamiliar with it, Sharia (Islamic) law requires four male witnesses to a rape for it to prosecuted as a crime - otherwise the woman c… --- ## [Finally!!! Somebody Sticks Up For BP!! Hooray Republicans!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-somebody-sticks-up-for-bp-hooray-republicans/543563 "2010-06-21T18:47:49Z")
Here is Republican Joe Barton literally apologizing to BP CEO Tony Hayward. http://www.dailykos.com/tv/w/002738/ They Republicans are falling over themselves to attack Obama and feel sorry for BP. Not just this guy, … --- ## [Why are people making left turns passing on the drivers side?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-making-left-turns-passing-on-the-drivers-side/593218)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-making-left-turns-passing-on-the-drivers-side/593218 "2011-08-19T16:57:01Z")
I have been seeing this a lot more over the last year or so where two people making left hand turns make the turn by driving past each other and then making the turn instead of turning without passing each other. I’ve be… --- ## [How to handle an interrupter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-handle-an-interrupter/685397)
**Author:** [@watergallop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watergallop)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-handle-an-interrupter/685397 "2014-04-11T02:23:11Z")
I am training someone at work who has a very intense manner. He speaks very quickly, very excitedly, and I find myself being pulled into communicating like him, because if I pause between thoughts, he’ll jump in and inte… --- ## [Most Obscure Distilled Liquors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-obscure-distilled-liquors/634309)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-obscure-distilled-liquors/634309 "2012-09-14T02:44:58Z")
I recall reading that Rakia (the vodka-like spirit drunk in many Middle Eastern countries) has been made from dates, and sometimes, coconuts. Has anyone ever tasted this? There are also the various fruit brandies (which… --- ## [What's the big deal about "Sharknado"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-sharknado/663948)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-sharknado/663948 "2013-08-07T23:52:14Z")
Full disclosure: I haven’t seen the movie. But… that being said, SyFy has come out with dozens of these stupid horror and/or sci-fi B-movies for the better part of a decade, with each more absurd than the last. What’s… --- ## [If the internet went down permanently would it be a net gain, or a net loss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-internet-went-down-permanently-would-it-be-a-net-gain-or-a-net-loss/987580)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-internet-went-down-permanently-would-it-be-a-net-gain-or-a-net-loss/987580 "2024-02-05T07:56:30Z")
Let us say the internet goes down, and can’t be fixed(the reason is unimportant to this conversation). What would the net effect be five, ten, twenty years down the road? How would politics be changed? Would newspaper… --- ## [What is a charter member and how do I become one.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-charter-member-and-how-do-i-become-one/584430)
**Author:** [@chiefwhitesr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiefwhitesr)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-charter-member-and-how-do-i-become-one/584430 "2011-06-11T01:39:08Z")
Why would I want to become a charter member? --- ## [What Do You Think God's Personality Is Like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-gods-personality-is-like/27368)
**Author:** [@FriendofGod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriendofGod)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2000, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-gods-personality-is-like/27368 "2000-08-16T15:50:49Z")
(Warning Sensitive subjects ahead) How do you picture God? What do you believe His thoughts are toward you? What kind of personality does He have? I want to point out an aspect of God you might not have thought of bef… --- ## [What are your strangest song titles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-strangest-song-titles/619972)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-strangest-song-titles/619972 "2012-05-09T16:06:18Z")
The strangest titles in my collection are from Man or Astro-Man? I 'd have to say this one is the strangest: Multi-Variational Stimuli Of Sub-Turgid Foci Covering Cross Evaluative Techniques But there are several other… --- ## [Fight to the death: which animal team would you choose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-to-the-death-which-animal-team-would-you-choose/692325)
**Author:** [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-to-the-death-which-animal-team-would-you-choose/692325 "2014-07-06T22:02:45Z")
your life is on the line. you have to choose a creature to represent you in a fight to the death in a colosseum. which would you choose? Rules: \[ul\] \[li\] only real, existing creatures allowed. \[/li\]\[li\] after both you… --- ## [Does anyone else NEVER guess twist/surprise endings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-never-guess-twist-surprise-endings/531358)
**Author:** [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-never-guess-twist-surprise-endings/531358 "2010-03-10T19:32:33Z")
Apropos of the two active threads about Shutter Island, I was thinking, surely I can’t be the only person who is always surprised by “twist” or surprise endings in movies, to the point of consistently never being able to… --- ## [The SD Pillow Fight!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sd-pillow-fight/34640)
**Author:** [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Replies:** 261\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2000, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sd-pillow-fight/34640 "2000-10-10T13:59:03Z")
:Silo brandishes large goose feather pillow: So who wants some? --- ## [What is there to taking care of guinea fowl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-there-to-taking-care-of-guinea-fowl/581227)
**Author:** [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2011, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-there-to-taking-care-of-guinea-fowl/581227 "2011-05-12T06:22:09Z")
I have been told by several people that the best way to control ticks on our property is to get some guinea fowl. I’m willing to give that a shot. We have about 10acres to take care of. How many do I need? Will they … --- ## [AOC has a formidable primary challenger in journalist Maria Caruso-Cabrera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aoc-has-a-formidable-primary-challenger-in-journalist-maria-caruso-cabrera/851148)
**Author:** [@Linden\_Arden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linden_Arden)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aoc-has-a-formidable-primary-challenger-in-journalist-maria-caruso-cabrera/851148 "2020-06-24T22:04:06Z")
MCC is a longshot but the way moderate Dems have been pounding DSA types don’t be surprised. --- ## [Exactly what does Volkswagen's "defeat device" do and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exactly-what-does-volkswagens-defeat-device-do-and-why/732231)
**Author:** [@Frankenstein\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankenstein_Monster)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exactly-what-does-volkswagens-defeat-device-do-and-why/732231 "2015-10-13T12:48:40Z")
So Volkswagen got caught using a “defeat device” in their diesel engines. Perhaps simplifying, I understand that the defeat device would detect when the car is on a dyno for emission testing and then keep the exhaust cl… --- ## [Men, women, and the word "cute"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-women-and-the-word-cute/454194)
**Author:** [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-women-and-the-word-cute/454194 "2008-06-26T10:37:54Z")
I can’t figure out what the word “cute” means to women. They rarely want to be called cute, but they spend that phrase on everything else: flowers, dresses, babies, animals, even their boyfriends. What the hell is “cu… --- ## [Wanted: Boat names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653 "2006-10-09T22:12:20Z")
We’ve just submitted a bid on a sailboat. If we can make a deal, it’ll be ours next month. But the name has to go. I mean, really - Sassafras?!?!? Other boats we’ve owned have been: Kyuquot, Talisman, Hocus Pocus, a… --- ## [I thought I had seen it all with religious shysters - but wow Peter Popoff ! Scum!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-i-had-seen-it-all-with-religious-shysters-but-wow-peter-popoff-scum/486955)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-i-had-seen-it-all-with-religious-shysters-but-wow-peter-popoff-scum/486955 "2009-02-25T02:08:48Z")
This dude sells\* Miracle Manna\*. It is by far the creepiest nutcase religious fanatic bullshit I have ever seen. --- ## [I just saw someone I know in porn!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-someone-i-know-in-porn/256027)
**Author:** [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-someone-i-know-in-porn/256027 "2004-07-22T02:48:38Z")
:eek: :eek: :eek: …hot girl-on-girl action, no less!!! And yes, she’s attractive… …mind you, “Charlotte” always did have a reputation for having an insatiable sexual appetite… …anyway, I suppose I should watch it a… --- ## [Please help me rebut this NPR story on reincarnation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-rebut-this-npr-story-on-reincarnation/678142)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-rebut-this-npr-story-on-reincarnation/678142 "2015-03-30T22:08:14Z")
I have a couple friends who have long differed sharply with me for my “materialist”, “empiricist” views. I do not know if they have caught wind of this story, but I would like to be prepared if and when they do. It sur… --- ## [I pit the asshole who drugged my wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-asshole-who-drugged-my-wife/943791)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-asshole-who-drugged-my-wife/943791 "2021-07-18T18:50:54Z")
Last Wednesday, my wife went to a bar in a nearby major city to see a band she likes. She went with some friends, but they flaked on her and left early. She stayed because she enjoyed the music. I didn’t go because I … --- ## [She asked me out, again. We went out, again. And once again...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-asked-me-out-again-we-went-out-again-and-once-again/651933)
**Author:** [@OurLordPeace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OurLordPeace)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-asked-me-out-again-we-went-out-again-and-once-again/651933 "2013-03-11T12:25:45Z")
Last weekend I was awakened by three text messages from B., with whom I had two awkward dates in the past. She told me that she was getting settled in at a new job, life was calming down, and she wanted to get together w… --- ## [Best #1 single of the year retrospective: 1989](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1989/702584)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1989/702584 "2014-10-30T00:19:26Z")
(Sorry this one’s going up so late, folks. Long night at work.) It’s time to round out the '80s with the last of the truly big lists. Like last year, 33 songs topped the Hot 100 this year, with Poison carrying over. Yo… --- ## [That battered chicken in Chinese restaurants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-battered-chicken-in-chinese-restaurants/504027)
**Author:** [@Cleophus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cleophus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2009, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-battered-chicken-in-chinese-restaurants/504027 "2009-07-25T09:24:07Z")
I’m been experimenting with making simple Chinese restaurant foods, like sesame chicken, where the dish is basically a flavored sauce and battered chicken stir-fried together. I have trouble replicating the batter, thoug… --- ## [What Advertising Slogan Has Been Around the Longest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-advertising-slogan-has-been-around-the-longest/170566)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-advertising-slogan-has-been-around-the-longest/170566 "2003-04-26T21:33:57Z")
While driving through the Mark Twain National Forest with Mrs. HeyHomie last weekend, upon entering the forest we noticed a sign with Smokey Bear on it. It said: “Only YOU can prevent forest fires.” That slogan (not rea… --- ## [Corporations to the rescue in Georgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporations-to-the-rescue-in-georgia/750468)
**Author:** [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporations-to-the-rescue-in-georgia/750468 "2016-03-30T11:50:41Z")
It seems the governor of Georgia plans to veto the discrimination bill in Georgia. That’s great news, but I think it’s funny to see so many liberals thanking corporations for threatening to pull their business out of the… --- ## [Worst hotel you've ever stayed in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-hotel-youve-ever-stayed-in/733755)
**Author:** [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-hotel-youve-ever-stayed-in/733755 "2015-10-14T02:54:15Z")
I’m fascinated by sketchy hotels. Is prostitution really the only thing keeping them in business? What percentage of the guests are packing a gun at any given time? I’m not brave enough to go stay in one, though, so my … --- ## [So who has been injured by a texter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-been-injured-by-a-texter/810883)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-been-injured-by-a-texter/810883 "2018-03-25T15:22:12Z")
Yesterday morning I was standing at the bus stop, looking in one direction to see if the bus was coming. A walking and texting person crashes into me from behind, sending me flying and falling. I ended up with two scrape… --- ## [Do you think those two chipmunks from the Looney Tunes cartoons were a gay couple?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080)
**Author:** [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2000, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080 "2000-07-14T19:50:35Z")
You know the ones; very neat and polite, and they talk with snobbish accents and are always trying to out-do the other in being kind to one another. Were they life partners? Just where were they “storing those nuts for… --- ## [What causes that one ear to go out on a set of headphones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-that-one-ear-to-go-out-on-a-set-of-headphones/339331)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-that-one-ear-to-go-out-on-a-set-of-headphones/339331 "2006-01-10T22:59:52Z")
Or, even more annoying, to go out and come back and go out and come back. . . It doesn’t matter how cheap or expensive the headphones are-- one ear just stops working. The correlation between price and malfunction is ju… --- ## [Do Babies Really Stare At Attractive Faces Longer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-babies-really-stare-at-attractive-faces-longer/170609)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-babies-really-stare-at-attractive-faces-longer/170609 "2003-04-24T14:37:46Z")
A few years ago, I saw a program on ‘The Learning Channel’ that stated that studies proved that newborns will stare at faces that adults judge to be ‘attractive’ for longer periods of time than they stare at unattractive… --- ## [Police and EMT's scuffle after police stop ambulance transporting patient (video) - who is at fault](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-and-emts-scuffle-after-police-stop-ambulance-transporting-patient-video-who-is-at-fault/498287)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-and-emts-scuffle-after-police-stop-ambulance-transporting-patient-video-who-is-at-fault/498287 "2009-06-27T04:23:40Z")
Per this storywho is at fault in this scenario? Written statements after the fact by EMTs I originally saw this on FARK and some members making comments blame the police for being jerks and others blame the EMTs for ar… --- ## [What Prevents Trees From Growing in the Falkland Islands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-prevents-trees-from-growing-in-the-falkland-islands/614017)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-prevents-trees-from-growing-in-the-falkland-islands/614017 "2012-02-28T19:52:29Z")
In pictures of the capital city/town (Stanley), trees are growing in people’s yards. So why don’t trees grow on the open land? Is it the high winds that prevent trees from establishing roots? The island’s climate is n… --- ## [No mammograms until 50?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mammograms-until-50/518024)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mammograms-until-50/518024 "2009-11-22T15:02:44Z")
The US Preventative Services Task Force has come out with new guidelines for breast cancer screening, saying mammograms do not need to be done until age 50, that self-exams do not work, and women over 74 do not need mamm… --- ## [WOW i can post again!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-can-post-again/461687)
**Author:** [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2008, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-can-post-again/461687 "2008-09-06T09:26:04Z")
/me dances the happy dance Hi all!, you will not remember me at all but i posted a few years ago, just when i was getting the hand of it the board went pay-to-post, 14 dollars is not much to you but for me it was around… --- ## [New Kitty! (Wanna suggest names?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450 "2021-12-29T02:53:04Z")
I have adopted a talkative little baby house panther and I’m so excited I can barely form a coherent sentence. He’s handsome and special, and the first kitty I chose for my very self on my own, for me with absolutely no… --- ## [Inheireted house advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inheireted-house-advice/537635)
**Author:** [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inheireted-house-advice/537635 "2010-05-11T13:54:24Z")
My girlfreind’s mother died several months ago, and left her a house, or at least equity in one, and we’re trying to figure out what to do with it. Neither one of us has ever owned a house before, so we’re both a bit at… --- ## [Use of jargon when posting questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-jargon-when-posting-questions/683962)
**Author:** [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-jargon-when-posting-questions/683962 "2014-03-18T03:49:53Z")
So as to not further hijack this thread, what is board policy/position/tradition of using jargon while posting questions on the Dope? This thread unfortunately was hijacked quite severely by responders complaining about … --- ## [Resolved: Donald Trump did not dodge the draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-donald-trump-did-not-dodge-the-draft/761648)
**Author:** [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-donald-trump-did-not-dodge-the-draft/761648 "2016-10-17T16:52:32Z")
Notwithstanding the inanity of getting into an argument with the family of Gold Star Family, it seems to me that the Khan family has made one clearly unsupported allegation. As reported in the Huffington Post, Khizr Kahn… --- ## [Lord of the Rings MOVIE fans: What sort of being did you assume Sauron was?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-movie-fans-what-sort-of-being-did-you-assume-sauron-was/603059)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-movie-fans-what-sort-of-being-did-you-assume-sauron-was/603059 "2011-11-23T00:02:10Z")
I put movie in all caps above because I wish to distinguish between persons who watched at least one of the movies before delving into the work of the Greater Perfesser, JRR Tolkien. Watching Fellowship and its sequels, … --- ## [My soil is alkaline and I'm completely incompetent....what do I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-soil-is-alkaline-and-im-completely-incompetent-what-do-i-do/619103)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-soil-is-alkaline-and-im-completely-incompetent-what-do-i-do/619103 "2012-04-19T23:23:23Z")
Well, not completely incompetent. More like broke, and unknowledgeble. Basically, I’ve been removing “grass” (we grow weeds and moss) from a long strip of my yard and I just tested the soil using 2 methods (a soil tester… --- ## [Gay Men: Public Toilets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-men-public-toilets/378835)
**Author:** [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-men-public-toilets/378835 "2006-11-05T17:17:50Z")
Public toilets? I mean, what is that about? I myself have some difficultly conceiving the erotic charge that these venues appear to offer. And that whole ‘peephole drilled in the cubicle wall’ thing? If you need to s… --- ## [Sell me on your electric kettle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-on-your-electric-kettle/671218)
**Author:** [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-on-your-electric-kettle/671218 "2013-10-17T14:31:12Z")
I have a coffeemaker that I hate. It works fine, but it’s a huge pain to clean, and it’s way too big for my needs. I’m the only person in my household who drinks coffee, and I get jittery after more than a couple of cups… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1157&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1159&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)