# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1164&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:** 1165 --- ## [Ben Wa balls - urban legend or are they really used?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-wa-balls-urban-legend-or-are-they-really-used/570172)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-wa-balls-urban-legend-or-are-they-really-used/570172 "2011-02-06T00:12:47Z")
I’ve heard stories of Ben Wa balls since I was a teen. I can easily imagine them used a few times for sexual experimentation. But, every day? 24/7? Hard to imagine trying to work while these things are rolling around i… --- ## [Latest fraudulent, bullshit, manufactured outrage against Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-fraudulent-bullshit-manufactured-outrage-against-obama/462883)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-fraudulent-bullshit-manufactured-outrage-against-obama/462883 "2008-09-12T18:20:23Z")
The McCain campaign is accusing Barack Obama of caling Sarah Palin a \[. Obviously, Obama was not talking about Palin, and the McCain campaign fucking Goddamn well knows that, but Maverick just keeps sinking further and… --- ## [The "walkaway movement to abandon liberalism" is astroturf.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walkaway-movement-to-abandon-liberalism-is-astroturf/817206)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walkaway-movement-to-abandon-liberalism-is-astroturf/817206 "2020-09-01T20:32:09Z")
There’s a new “movement”, #walkaway, on Twitter that appears to be going viral. It’s called “the walkaway movement to abandon liberalism”. It appears to be obvious astroturf. Twitter account “New Knowledge” makes the ca… --- ## [Can anyone defend taxing Capital Gains at only 15%?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-defend-taxing-capital-gains-at-only-15/558555)
**Author:** [@Olfatbut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olfatbut)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-defend-taxing-capital-gains-at-only-15/558555 "2010-10-29T15:47:49Z")
It’s like this: No matter what income tax bracket you’re in, if you wait a year before selling your investment you only pay 15% on the profit (this goes up to 20% in 2011, a small step in the right direction). It’s not … --- ## [Giraffe, Best. Pit. Cleaner. Ever.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-best-pit-cleaner-ever/305781)
**Author:** [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-best-pit-cleaner-ever/305781 "2005-06-01T16:51:30Z")
Only took 5 minutes for Giraffe to save us from this mundane pointless thread: THANK YOU! --- ## [Dead Animal in Crawlspace, How Long Til Smell Goes Away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-animal-in-crawlspace-how-long-til-smell-goes-away/588418)
**Author:** [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-animal-in-crawlspace-how-long-til-smell-goes-away/588418 "2011-07-10T00:31:55Z")
Need answer fast. --- ## [Ever see a character an actor has played instead of the actor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-see-a-character-an-actor-has-played-instead-of-the-actor/688679)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-see-a-character-an-actor-has-played-instead-of-the-actor/688679 "2014-05-26T18:16:22Z")
I recall somewhere…a woman saying she has hated AH’nold ever since she saw him shoot a woman in cold blood in front of her crying child in Terminator.:mad: :stuck\_out\_tongue: My wife can’t watch anything Danny Glover i… --- ## [Refurbishing old laptops: viable side business?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refurbishing-old-laptops-viable-side-business/571249)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refurbishing-old-laptops-viable-side-business/571249 "2011-02-14T20:03:45Z")
My wife has an old laptop (maybe new in 2003?) that, at the time, was top of the line. It was plugged into the wall nearly its entire life, so the battery is still good. I can probably clean it up and sell it. I was thi… --- ## [Were Adam and Eve Jewish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-adam-and-eve-jewish/502303)
**Author:** [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2009, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-adam-and-eve-jewish/502303 "2009-07-14T08:37:44Z")
Simple theological question, but of wide breadth? Were the historical Adam and Eve of semitic, Middle Eastern, ancestry? Perhaps they were African? Ultimately their lineation led to speciation. The Arabs and the Jews, b… --- ## [Do BOSE Car Stereo Speakers Differ From Ordinary Speakers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-bose-car-stereo-speakers-differ-from-ordinary-speakers/512930)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-bose-car-stereo-speakers-differ-from-ordinary-speakers/512930 "2009-10-07T19:31:05Z")
BOSE audio equipment has been roundly criticized for being: expensive-sometimes 5-7 X the price of other comparable stuff not exception sound quality rather cheaply made My question: BOSE seems to have a good grip on … --- ## [People who don't understand technology continue to be frightened of it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dont-understand-technology-continue-to-be-frightened-of-it/521167)
**Author:** [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dont-understand-technology-continue-to-be-frightened-of-it/521167 "2009-12-21T03:01:02Z")
This woman apparently read something in the paper about facebook being used to catch a sexual predator, and she apparently took that to mean that anyone who uses facebook can be arrested as a sex offender. She tries to … --- ## [Did the FBI go too far in ensnaring pedophiles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-fbi-go-too-far-in-ensnaring-pedophiles/774691)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-fbi-go-too-far-in-ensnaring-pedophiles/774691 "2016-12-19T20:41:05Z")
Last year the FBI took over a child porn website on the dark web and exploited a weakness in the Tor browser to track the people who were downloading the porn. But in this year’s trial Judge Robert Bryan criticized the a… --- ## [I'm 22, getting married and you can suck it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-22-getting-married-and-you-can-suck-it/430246)
**Author:** [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-22-getting-married-and-you-can-suck-it/430246 "2008-01-11T18:31:05Z")
Inspired by this this thread. But first of all I would like to make it clear I am not pitting the thread, or the poster. It just reminded me of the crap some people have felt the need to share with me recently. I am pit… --- ## [Queen Elizabeth II is Not the Second Queen Elizabeth..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-ii-is-not-the-second-queen-elizabeth/620068)
**Author:** [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-ii-is-not-the-second-queen-elizabeth/620068 "2012-04-30T21:59:11Z")
Her mother was. But when she was crowned in 1952 she \*\*chose \*\*the regnal name Queen Elizabeth II. Could her mother have chosen that name when her husband became King and she his Queen Consort or does the consort posit… --- ## [Eyeglass frames: plastic, metal, or rimless?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeglass-frames-plastic-metal-or-rimless/640256)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeglass-frames-plastic-metal-or-rimless/640256 "2013-06-17T12:16:59Z")
What do you prefer to wear, plastic, metal, combo, or rimless? --- ## [The "gay lisp"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gay-lisp/170311)
**Author:** [@Qazzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qazzz)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gay-lisp/170311 "2003-04-27T21:13:49Z")
Hey there, I’m wary of asking this because I don’t want to perpetuate stereotypes or seem insensitive. I’m gay myself, so I hope that exempts me a little bit. :slight\_smile: But what’s with the “gay lisp” thing? And… --- ## [Japan - USA Olympic Final](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-usa-olympic-final/630991)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-usa-olympic-final/630991 "2012-08-20T02:30:44Z")
I’m not sure where the current commentary is going, so I thought I’d start this. A great match being played by some great athletes. The level of play is fantastic. USA leads 1-0, but is the beneficiary of a huge misse… --- ## [Homosexuality vs pedophilia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality-vs-pedophilia/575843)
**Author:** [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality-vs-pedophilia/575843 "2011-03-30T22:21:57Z")
Homosexuality used to be considered a personality disorder. Now scientists believe it is caused by a hormone imbalance while the child is in the womb. It is now becoming more and more acceptable to be gay. My question i… --- ## [Are the police a separate caste system then the general population and is that acceptable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-police-a-separate-caste-system-then-the-general-population-and-is-that-acceptable/683306)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-police-a-separate-caste-system-then-the-general-population-and-is-that-acceptable/683306 "2014-03-13T00:43:34Z")
Looking at this: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852\_3-57620082-71/man-arrested-for-wiretapping-after-filming-police-officer/ It appears that the police may have resorted to privileged status and there are many such other p… --- ## [Book to movie-Worst adaptation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-to-movie-worst-adaptation/805710)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-to-movie-worst-adaptation/805710 "2018-01-08T16:41:12Z")
I am a fan of Preston & Childs Pendergast series, and I happened across an adaptation of the first book-“Relic”. Imagine my surprise when I discover that, of all the characters in the book Aloysius Xingu Leng Pendergast… --- ## [I want to BUMP BUMP BUMP "Santa's" beautiful ass from behind. POUND IT!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-bump-bump-bump-santas-beautiful-ass-from-behind-pound-it/434780)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-bump-bump-bump-santas-beautiful-ass-from-behind-pound-it/434780 "2008-01-28T17:43:48Z")
I’ve said this recently; I’m not one of the fat acceptance crowd. But a round, beautiful, juicy ass that you could bite like a steak is a whole other matter. There’s a commercial out there right now that’s “heeelarious,… --- ## [What's the best way to cut wood veneer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-cut-wood-veneer/558417)
**Author:** [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-cut-wood-veneer/558417 "2010-10-26T18:53:02Z")
The cabinets in my kitchen have what I think is a cherry veneer. I have no idea what the wood under that is. I needed to cut about 3/8ths of an inch off the skirt of one cabinet to make room for a countertop dishwasher… --- ## [The Dixie Chicks, revisited](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dixie-chicks-revisited/508963)
**Author:** [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dixie-chicks-revisited/508963 "2009-09-08T16:44:42Z")
On March 10, 2003, during a show at Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London, Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks said: This set off one of the bigger shitfits of recent memory among the right. They were boycotted by stations … --- ## [Left-handed compliments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824)
**Author:** [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824 "2008-09-21T14:57:27Z")
You gotta love them. Those almost-compliments that are just so, so wrong. The ones where you know the person thought they were being nice, but they just missed the mark. What are the favorite ones you’ve recieved? He… --- ## [Michigan Republicans create "financial martial law"; appointees to replace elected local officials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-republicans-create-financial-martial-law-appointees-to-replace-elected-local-officials/574325)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-republicans-create-financial-martial-law-appointees-to-replace-elected-local-officials/574325 "2011-03-14T17:56:29Z")
See here and here Excerpt: I always knew Republican lip service supporting “local government” over centralized government was just hypocritical bullshit Topics for discussion: \[ul\] \[li\]Can this bill pass a court ch… --- ## [Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D S02E20: Scars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e20-scars/719349)
**Author:** [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e20-scars/719349 "2015-05-12T13:27:56Z")
“Scars” Directed by Bobby Roth Written by Rafe Judkins & Lauren LeFranc Last week Coulson sent stolen information to movie people. This week we’ll probably find out … Well, maybe we will find out stuff. But. First I w… --- ## [Need cheapest way to move queen size bed apx 125mi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-cheapest-way-to-move-queen-size-bed-apx-125mi/127576)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-cheapest-way-to-move-queen-size-bed-apx-125mi/127576 "2002-09-10T16:44:07Z")
If it weren’t for this bed I can move everything in my Outback a little at a time (I will be making many trips anyway) but the bed is the sticking point. I have thought of some options (I’ll list them below) but really … --- ## ["Lost in Translation" -- words that have no easy equivalent in English](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-translation-words-that-have-no-easy-equivalent-in-english/981032)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-translation-words-that-have-no-easy-equivalent-in-english/981032 "2023-07-15T18:00:48Z")
Provoked by this article on the NPR website Sometimes they describe an attribute. Or a moment. Or maybe just a vibe. These are the words from other languages that don’t have a direct equivalent in English, and yet ca… --- ## [Mispelt sines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460)
**Author:** [@moldybread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moldybread)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460 "2010-06-23T18:54:56Z")
So today Im driving in downtown New Orleans, where I happen to glance over at a small quik e mart store and read the towering sign at the roads edge. It reads, “SKIN MILK HALF GALLONE 1.99.” Wonderful. I had a hankerin… --- ## [Anyone had arthroscopic surgery on their shoulder? What's that like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-had-arthroscopic-surgery-on-their-shoulder-whats-that-like/542689)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-had-arthroscopic-surgery-on-their-shoulder-whats-that-like/542689 "2010-06-16T02:40:36Z")
I’m seeing an orthopedist on Tuesday, and I’m expecting that arthroscopic surgery on one or both shoulders is in my near future (I’ve seen the analysis of the MRIs, and then read up some online). Tears in the labrum and … --- ## [The Beach Boys are great/ awful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beach-boys-are-great-awful/783835)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beach-boys-are-great-awful/783835 "2017-04-17T02:24:45Z")
Has any other “significant,” “important,” “world-famous” band made so much \>\>\>bad\<\<\< music? Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy much of their output (even some less well known stuff from the 70s) but the good is often surrounded… --- ## [Why are breasts so variable in size?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-breasts-so-variable-in-size/758146)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-breasts-so-variable-in-size/758146 "2016-06-27T16:26:27Z")
What could account for the fact that human female breasts vary so widely in size, within a range that is considered normal? Everybody knows women whose breast size, from one individual to another, varies within a ran… --- ## [Dopers afraid of DC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-afraid-of-dc/516759)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-afraid-of-dc/516759 "2009-11-14T20:49:02Z")
I see it on this board all the time: Dopers saying things like “stay out of SE,” or “whatever you do, don’t live in SE.” Parts of SE are some of the most expensive real estate in America. Some of Capitol Hill. Let’s … --- ## [You picked a fine time to leave me,Lucille](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-picked-a-fine-time-to-leave-me-lucille/39797)
**Author:** [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-picked-a-fine-time-to-leave-me-lucille/39797 "2018-01-09T16:25:07Z")
Im sorry. I CAN’T be the only one. When I hear this song ( as I just did) I STILL add these lines to the chorus. “You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille.” and I addd " you bitch, you slut, you whore. You suck, you s… --- ## ["Obviate the need"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obviate-the-need/229963)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obviate-the-need/229963 "2013-03-20T22:38:44Z")
Grammar question: Is the phrase “obviate the need” redundant? When the word obviate is used I often see it in this phrase but my dictionary sez obviate means “to make unnecessary.” You wouldn’t say, “The horseless car… --- ## [Rivers Cuomo is a jerk-off...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rivers-cuomo-is-a-jerk-off/100512)
**Author:** [@Phlip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlip)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rivers-cuomo-is-a-jerk-off/100512 "2013-08-03T13:12:55Z")
I have always held a special corner of my heart for Weezer. They make awsome music. Then I got the new issue of guitar world… This guy is an ate up dips\*\*t. At the end of the article he goes on about how he hates fans a… --- ## [Comic Sans went into a bar...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-sans-went-into-a-bar/494157)
**Author:** [@wigwag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wigwag)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-sans-went-into-a-bar/494157 "2009-05-03T13:21:05Z")
and ordered a drink. The bartender looked him up and down and said, “We don’t serve your type.” A fried-egg sandwich went into a bar and ordered a drink. The bartender looked him up and down and said, “We don’t serve fo… --- ## [Doper Gals: Any of you dealt w/pelvic prolapse? (Boy howdy, TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-gals-any-of-you-dealt-w-pelvic-prolapse-boy-howdy-tmi/376890)
**Author:** [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-gals-any-of-you-dealt-w-pelvic-prolapse-boy-howdy-tmi/376890 "2012-02-27T00:32:47Z")
“You’re too young for this,” said the ER doctor, the nurse practitioner, and my OB. Thanks. Regardless, I am dealing with a prolapsed bladder. Squeamish, look aside. Curious, read on. Often in typically a) older wom… --- ## [This is why I fucking hate doctors!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-i-fucking-hate-doctors/640611)
**Author:** [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-i-fucking-hate-doctors/640611 "2012-11-11T01:44:52Z")
They never listen. Ever. When I went in last week for my annual blood test, I specifically reminded my doctor that my Rx would only last me through the rest of the week. I told her that I would need a refill as soon a… --- ## [Heroes 2/19 - "Unexpected" (SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-2-19-unexpected-spoilers/392872)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-2-19-unexpected-spoilers/392872 "2007-02-26T21:37:57Z")
Last week: (La Femme) Niki (ta) didn’t suck, Matt didn’t die and Hiro didn’t matter. This week: Let’s watch! --- ## [Hello?! I'm NOT gay!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-im-not-gay/220407)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-im-not-gay/220407 "2003-12-27T15:22:25Z")
Several times over the past month, people have made comments about me being gay. No, I don’t mean in that childish “Yer so gay!” way, but rather, making the assumption that I am homosexual. :confused: Like tonight. I p… --- ## [GropeGate is the worst thing that could have happened to this election.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gropegate-is-the-worst-thing-that-could-have-happened-to-this-election/768568)
**Author:** [@arseNal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arseNal)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gropegate-is-the-worst-thing-that-could-have-happened-to-this-election/768568 "2016-10-17T03:45:13Z")
I don’t know if this sentiment has already been expressed in any of the many existing election threads. I think it deserves its own thread but if the mods disagree and want to merge it, so be it. GropeGate is the worst … --- ## [This is just wrong - no shuttle in Houston](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-wrong-no-shuttle-in-houston/578126)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-wrong-no-shuttle-in-houston/578126 "2011-04-14T15:53:05Z")
http://www.click2houston.com/news/27516647/detail.html# Pure politics of the lousiest kind. Houston should have been designated the first place to get a shuttle and everyone else could fight over the other two. What … --- ## [eyes watering in morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-watering-in-morning/232028)
**Author:** [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2004, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-watering-in-morning/232028 "2004-03-03T13:03:31Z")
Quite often, right after I wake up, my eyes water. Sometime sit lasts for hours. Then I must wait to put on make up. Does anyone else get this? --- ## [Think of a British city that isn't London](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2015, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298 "2015-10-29T08:23:12Z")
Since somebody was going to ask this question after this thread, if you exclude London what is the first British city you can think of? (I’m not doing a poll because image the options you’d have to put up.) I’d say Man… --- ## [Windows 10 is EVIL!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-is-evil/765760)
**Author:** [@Ruby\_Slippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby_Slippers)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-is-evil/765760 "2018-11-27T11:44:53Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever started a thread before, let alone in the Pit, but recent experience has moved me to pit Windows 10 – although perhaps I should just pit Microsoft for this evil. Sometime within the past year I up… --- ## [Which Star Wars DVD box set should I buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-star-wars-dvd-box-set-should-i-buy/681878)
**Author:** [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-star-wars-dvd-box-set-should-i-buy/681878 "2016-12-27T01:47:18Z")
I am incredibly confused. There appear to be more DVD box sets of the original (and only) Star Wars films than Gungans who died in battle. I know there’s much debate about which one to get, so I turn to you for advice. I… --- ## [100 euro fee to file police report in Greece?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-euro-fee-to-file-police-report-in-greece/631266)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-euro-fee-to-file-police-report-in-greece/631266 "2012-08-15T13:11:58Z")
I was stunned, and appalled, to hear this mentioned in a storyon NPR this morning. I can’t find any other info about it via Google. Anyone here know anything more about this? Is this all over the EU or just Greece? A… --- ## [Reform the Prime Directive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reform-the-prime-directive/577845)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reform-the-prime-directive/577845 "2011-04-18T15:25:56Z")
Lets say you have been made the Almighty master of the Star Trek universe. Top of your agenda, reform. How would you go about it? My own suggestion would be to add a proviso to the whole shall not interfere business and… --- ## [My baby might have hydrocephalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-might-have-hydrocephalus/553625)
**Author:** [@PeskiPiksi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeskiPiksi)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-might-have-hydrocephalus/553625 "2010-09-17T22:52:29Z")
When Will had his six-month checkup, the doctor noticed his head circumfrence was at the 90th percentile, which was quite large compared to his height and weight (5% and 25%, respectively). She debated sending him for a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1163&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1165&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)