# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1165&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:** 1166 --- ## [What's up with all the dumb jokes about Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-all-the-dumb-jokes-about-canada/26894)
**Author:** [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-all-the-dumb-jokes-about-canada/26894 "2000-07-29T04:02:35Z")
Over the past year or two, I’ve noticed a lot of really stupid jokes about Canada, mainly on american television. It’s usually a minor gag (but not a funny one, really) on a show like the Simpsons or Titus, although the … --- ## [How good are stainless steel swords?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-are-stainless-steel-swords/305882)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2005, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-are-stainless-steel-swords/305882 "2005-05-29T10:59:30Z")
I was looking through movie memorabilia and came across a site selling movie swords, made in China and of stainless steel. Now, these obviously wouldn’t last against a modern real sword (I’ve been to the Wilkinson Sword… --- ## [Cat food for an older cat losing weight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-food-for-an-older-cat-losing-weight/465968)
**Author:** [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-food-for-an-older-cat-losing-weight/465968 "2008-10-03T03:59:50Z")
My aging cat is disappearing before my eyes. when she was 17 she had lost considerable weight and the vet did a blood test with no conclusive results. He wanted to do exploritory surgery which I declined. Due to her a… --- ## [The treatment of Romney gave us Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-treatment-of-romney-gave-us-trump/794197)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2017, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-treatment-of-romney-gave-us-trump/794197 "2017-08-25T11:16:12Z")
So I doubt much of anyone would disagree that Romney would be preferable as president over Trump. Yet the treatment of Romney in 2012 showed to many that no Republican would get a fair chance from the media. I’m not say… --- ## [Surprisingly dark moments in comedies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-dark-moments-in-comedies/979639)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-dark-moments-in-comedies/979639 "2023-03-06T00:13:12Z")
The other night @Dendarii\_Dame and I were watching “Big Brown Eyes” a Cary Grant comedy featuring fast talk and snappy dialogue - but at the end of the first act or so, the villains have a gunfight in a city park, and ki… --- ## [What tips off police to drug possession?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tips-off-police-to-drug-possession/611343)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2013, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tips-off-police-to-drug-possession/611343 "2013-06-03T06:19:15Z")
As I was reading the daily crime report from my town this morning, I saw a couple of instances where police arrested people for drug possession. One was pills, another was coke, and one was weed. One was stopped in their… --- ## [Clearing a plugged up toilet by pouring water into the bowl--can it damage anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-a-plugged-up-toilet-by-pouring-water-into-the-bowl-can-it-damage-anything/674945)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-a-plugged-up-toilet-by-pouring-water-into-the-bowl-can-it-damage-anything/674945 "2013-12-04T03:01:46Z")
A few months ago I happened on a trick for clearing a stopped-up toilet. I fill up a pasta pot from the bathtub tap, and carefully pour it into the bowl either until the water level reaches the rim or until the blockage… --- ## [How does a person with a PhD end up teaching in high school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-with-a-phd-end-up-teaching-in-high-school/287147)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-with-a-phd-end-up-teaching-in-high-school/287147 "2014-07-19T23:57:55Z")
I have had two teachers before college that have had the title Dr. in front of their name. The saddest is a man who has a PhD in chemistry and is now teaching junior high earth science. Though I always somehow suspected … --- ## [Unwilling to give oral- should I dump him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwilling-to-give-oral-should-i-dump-him/359966)
**Author:** [@astorian82](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian82)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwilling-to-give-oral-should-i-dump-him/359966 "2006-06-17T16:41:02Z")
I need advice! Back story: When I first starting seeing the current boyfriend, he was very keen on going down on me- just about every time, really. And, of course, I reciprocated with pleasure, because I enjoy it (not t… --- ## [What are the most conservative and most liberal cities in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-conservative-and-most-liberal-cities-in-the-us/686999)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-conservative-and-most-liberal-cities-in-the-us/686999 "2014-05-01T16:02:21Z")
I’m guessing Eugene Oregon as the most liberal, and the Mississippi delta region (not a city though, but still) as the most conservative. Or is it just splitting hairs after a while? Can anyone say Eugene is more libera… --- ## [TV series set in Chicago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-set-in-chicago/653733)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-set-in-chicago/653733 "2013-04-28T03:35:37Z")
If it’s a big-city setting, whether drama or sitcom, it always seems to be NY or LA. Or sometimes Seattle, San Francisco, Miami, Philadephia, Baltimore, or Boston. But I can’t think of any set in Chicago. Can you? --- ## ["Gilligan's Island" burning question...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-burning-question/362401)
**Author:** [@internetslacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/internetslacker)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-burning-question/362401 "2006-07-08T13:45:39Z")
Hello Straight Dope nice peoples! I’ve just joined, partly to find assitance in a question that has been burning in the back of my mind for years now… If the castaways on “Gilligan’s Island” began to reproduce, how man… --- ## [First it was the elderly. Then it was disabled children. Then it was Republicans...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-the-elderly-then-it-was-disabled-children-then-it-was-republicans/508593)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-the-elderly-then-it-was-disabled-children-then-it-was-republicans/508593 "2009-09-05T14:01:12Z")
Now it’s breast cancer victims. The predicted death toll from “Obamacare” continues to grow. Share The Love: Valentines Cards :rolleyes: --- ## [transporting dead bodies for funeral](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transporting-dead-bodies-for-funeral/147036)
**Author:** [@dp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dp)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transporting-dead-bodies-for-funeral/147036 "2003-01-07T05:44:32Z")
when someone dies and they are a long way from home, how do they get the body home? i assume airplanes are used for great distances. do they use passenger planes? do they just put the body in the cargo hold? do they … --- ## [Dish network/Direct TV subscribers - a question?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dish-network-direct-tv-subscribers-a-question/620685)
**Author:** [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dish-network-direct-tv-subscribers-a-question/620685 "2012-05-04T18:27:42Z")
We are planning to replace our TV provider, and ONLY our TV provider. We already have excellent internet and voice and have no plans to change that, so let’s leave that aside for this discussion. What we are considering… --- ## [I'm addicted to Crack(ed)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-crack-ed/604567)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-crack-ed/604567 "2011-12-08T07:46:27Z")
Can’t… stop… reading… --- ## [What if Hitler was your Uncle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hitler-was-your-uncle/691346)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hitler-was-your-uncle/691346 "2014-07-02T20:50:41Z")
You go to bed in 2015, but awake seeing through the eyes of Geli Raubel, Adolf Hitler’s beloved niece in 1029. You can insert ideas into her head, and she will pursue and follow them like they were her own. What would … --- ## [I've been selected for jury duty next week - circuit court.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-selected-for-jury-duty-next-week-circuit-court/569977)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-selected-for-jury-duty-next-week-circuit-court/569977 "2025-03-16T19:42:17Z")
I answered my first juror questionnaire online a few months ago and last month I received a summons. I am to report to the courthouse for the juror pool Monday morning. --- ## [When will people realize that Obama is not a die-hard liberal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-people-realize-that-obama-is-not-a-die-hard-liberal/578550)
**Author:** [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-people-realize-that-obama-is-not-a-die-hard-liberal/578550 "2011-04-17T22:39:36Z")
I mean, seriously. Obama is a status-quo centrist. Anyone who doesn’t realize this is an idiot. That applies to the morons who think he’s a Marxist who hates America and also to the morons who can’t understand why he … --- ## [Moon Knight - Disney Plus show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-disney-plus-show/962017)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-disney-plus-show/962017 "2022-05-06T15:55:39Z")
I know zero about Moon Knight, not having even heard of this superhero before this show was announced. The first episode was really excellent. I still have zero clue what is going on, but I said to my wife, “Hey, this i… --- ## [Opening scene of The Godfather: does the undertaker get his wish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-scene-of-the-godfather-does-the-undertaker-get-his-wish/125257)
**Author:** [@Jimbrowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimbrowski)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2002, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-scene-of-the-godfather-does-the-undertaker-get-his-wish/125257 "2002-08-24T11:55:52Z")
In the opening scene, the undertaker asks Don Corleone to exact “justice” on the man (men?) who raped his daughter. He apparently asks Don Corleone to have him (them?) killed, to which the Don replies (something to the … --- ## [Do you think politicians really hate each other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-politicians-really-hate-each-other/638507)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-politicians-really-hate-each-other/638507 "2012-11-04T19:35:24Z")
This is something I’ve often wondered about since I was a teen. When the doors are closed and the cameras are off; is there a certain sense of comradery that binds both sides of the isle together? I mean, I’m sure they… --- ## [The Office, 2/4 (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-2-4-open-spoilers/527793)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2010, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-2-4-open-spoilers/527793 "2010-02-21T06:41:12Z")
So Kathy Bates is the new CEO after Wallace’s character takes a Jan-like nosedive, (in that his character did a 180). I’m looking forward the changes Saber can bring. If Bates is a regular fixture on the show, I think … --- ## [Ads that hope we're stupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-hope-were-stupid/288708)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-hope-were-stupid/288708 "2005-02-12T02:10:07Z")
I recently saw a razor commercial- didn’t pay attention to which brand. It went something like “if you shave in the morning, by evening when you’re on a date five o’clock shadow can be a problem. Use our super-duper razo… --- ## [Who's sexier with a snake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-sexier-with-a-snake/539233)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-sexier-with-a-snake/539233 "2010-05-16T01:13:12Z")
Inspired by both the Kaylee, Bailey thread and the funny comedy line thread. My pick is Nastassja Kinski. I was going to post links to all of them but the Lucy Liu one is, well, pornographic. For a look google Lucy Liu F… --- ## [Where is the cheapest place to buy Charmin toilet paper? (need answer fast-ish)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cheapest-place-to-buy-charmin-toilet-paper-need-answer-fast-ish/588627)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cheapest-place-to-buy-charmin-toilet-paper-need-answer-fast-ish/588627 "2011-07-12T20:55:26Z")
Lame question, but hopefully it has a quick and simple answer. I alternate buying TP with my roommate, and she refuses to wipe her sparkling fanny with anything but Charmin. I try to buy the red (double roll? maybe) 20-p… --- ## [What gods did the Trojans worship? What language did they speak?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gods-did-the-trojans-worship-what-language-did-they-speak/246685)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gods-did-the-trojans-worship-what-language-did-they-speak/246685 "2004-05-25T02:35:56Z")
In the Iliad, Homer assumes that the Trojans worship the same gods as the Greeks. (Not only worship them, but sometimes talk to them face-to-face and make bargains with them, as when Paris accepted Helen as a bribe from… --- ## [Anybody For Ice Cream? What's Your Favorite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-ice-cream-whats-your-favorite/547204)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-ice-cream-whats-your-favorite/547204 "2010-07-22T00:58:52Z")
Simple vanilla? Hot fudge sundae? Ice cream bar or ice cream sandwich? Cold Stone or Dairy Queen or Baskin Robbins? In the Chicago area, we had something called the “Boston Shake” that I believe nobody in Boston (or any… --- ## [What are your favorite one-hit wonders? (gathering nominations for a possible poll)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-one-hit-wonders-gathering-nominations-for-a-possible-poll/821602)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-one-hit-wonders-gathering-nominations-for-a-possible-poll/821602 "2018-11-09T20:20:33Z")
What are your favorite one-hit wonders? If I get ambitious enough I will turn this into a poll one day. Please submit no more than 5 of your own nominations and/or second any already nominated you feel are worthy (max 5… --- ## [The French Toast MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-french-toast-mmp/821095)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-french-toast-mmp/821095 "2018-09-17T03:30:06Z")
Hurricane’s a’comin’ towards the east coast of the US. All Mumpers east of the Mississippi need to rush out and stock up on bread, milk, and eggs! You have been warned!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: Happy Moanday! … --- ## [Limericks, cont'd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks-contd/32214)
**Author:** [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2001, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks-contd/32214 "2001-06-13T15:58:37Z")
Gentlemen, give this some thought: Bedroom manners aren’t for naught. So if lovemaking’s messy Be a good chap, ye see: Always offer to sleep on the wet spot. --- ## [What do you shower with, if not soap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-shower-with-if-not-soap/673821)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-shower-with-if-not-soap/673821 "2013-11-18T09:27:35Z")
My girlfriend thinks I’m a dinosaur because I shower with a bar of Ivory soap (after all, it’s 99 44/100% pure!). I can’t even tell you what she uses; her 90% of the shower caddy is filled with enough lotions and potions… --- ## [Mafia: Evil Dead - DAY/NIGHT TEN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-evil-dead-day-night-ten/485048)
**Author:** [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-evil-dead-day-night-ten/485048 "2009-02-24T23:03:37Z")
Sorry, all. Continue your discussion here. --- ## [Lets look to the future: What is the next great civil rights movment in America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-look-to-the-future-what-is-the-next-great-civil-rights-movment-in-america/476774)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-look-to-the-future-what-is-the-next-great-civil-rights-movment-in-america/476774 "2008-12-29T17:35:07Z")
While prejudice can never truly be eradicated as long as there are different people with different beliefs, this country has taken large steps in the past to reduce bigotry. Many of these steps can be seen within their … --- ## [Why is racial grouping of diverse ethnicities with different backgrounds still considered acceptable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-racial-grouping-of-diverse-ethnicities-with-different-backgrounds-still-considered-acceptable/991662)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-racial-grouping-of-diverse-ethnicities-with-different-backgrounds-still-considered-acceptable/991662 "2024-01-13T00:09:25Z")
To me as a European who never went to America and living in a country where 95% of people are caucasian, race never mattered nearly as much as ethnicity did, because a Norwegian and Irish or Portuguese and Turkish person… --- ## [3 Q's for Brady Bunch Fans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354 "2013-04-08T22:03:20Z")
a) On the show, who was younger? “Bobby” or “Cindy”? b) In real life, who was younger? Lookinland or Olson? c) What did Robert Reed die from? A recent article said it was colon cancer, although he was HIV positive. … --- ## [TV Shows That Should Be Remade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-should-be-remade/670777)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-should-be-remade/670777 "2013-10-13T14:56:02Z")
How about It Takes A Thief. I can see Michael Weatherly as Alexander Mundy, with perhaps Robert Wagner as his father Alister Mundy. --- ## [So I'm heading over the world where all the inexplicably lost stuff goes. Can I grab y'all anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-heading-over-the-world-where-all-the-inexplicably-lost-stuff-goes-can-i-grab-yall-anything/533035)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-heading-over-the-world-where-all-the-inexplicably-lost-stuff-goes-can-i-grab-yall-anything/533035 "2010-04-18T05:23:28Z")
For reasons that would be otiose to rehearse, but which certainly do NOT involve a foiled attempt to sell May Parker to the Sultan of Brunei as his latest wife, I find it needful to briefly relocate to a world where Spid… --- ## [Ageing up in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ageing-up-in-the-mmp/822647)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ageing-up-in-the-mmp/822647 "2018-10-15T00:56:01Z")
aka Medal Monday MMP Most world class athletes are in their 20’s or even early 30’s (with the exception of the invertibrates who do gymnastics). In general, as you age you slow down & lose muscle mass. To keep the pub… --- ## [The Euro 2008](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-euro-2008/451453)
**Author:** [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-euro-2008/451453 "2008-06-27T00:23:51Z")
Actually a two part question… First, for you yanks and aussies: Do you even know we´re playing the Euro 2008 and do you care? And secondly, for you brits: How much do you care, since Smiling Steve failed? And please c… --- ## [When do children learn to read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-children-learn-to-read/518849)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-children-learn-to-read/518849 "2009-12-02T01:13:30Z")
In this thread Should daycare teach children? - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board most people are saying that children shouldn’t be expected to learn their alphabet, numbers, etc. at 2 or 3. This seems … --- ## [Charging minors as adults](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charging-minors-as-adults/486985)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charging-minors-as-adults/486985 "2009-03-03T16:06:57Z")
A boy aged 11 has been charged with the murder of his father’s pregnant girlfriend in Pennsylvania. The article says that there were ‘issues with jealousy’. Apparently. I’ve heard that children can have such issues w… --- ## [Has any mythological creature or phenomina been later proved real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-mythological-creature-or-phenomina-been-later-proved-real/830643)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-mythological-creature-or-phenomina-been-later-proved-real/830643 "2019-03-30T03:02:19Z")
A lot of people believe aliens, crypt-zoological creatures and various paranormal phenomena based on anecdotal evidence that currently are believed to be mythological by the scientific community at large due to lack of … --- ## [Diversity Casting & the LOTR movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diversity-casting-the-lotr-movies/786482)
**Author:** [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diversity-casting-the-lotr-movies/786482 "2018-12-27T21:14:02Z")
Recently I read am interesting criticism of Peter Jackson’s Tolkien movies - the writer was amazed that the films, made after the year 2000 as they said, were cast with all white actors. I had honestly never given this … --- ## [A simple explanation on why planets stay in orbit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-explanation-on-why-planets-stay-in-orbit/697735)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-explanation-on-why-planets-stay-in-orbit/697735 "2014-09-24T18:03:47Z")
Why don’t they fly off into space? Why don’t they fall into the sun? --- ## [Best small pocket knife.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-small-pocket-knife/381804)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-small-pocket-knife/381804 "2006-12-02T03:59:13Z")
For my brother in law. This is for a gift exchange. My BIL is 60± years old. He was a shop teacher. He knows his tools. He is losing his sight. He can no longer drive. I carry a small Buck lock blade with a plast… --- ## [Dollhouse 4/10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dollhouse-4-10/492717)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dollhouse-4-10/492717 "2009-04-22T02:39:50Z")
Boyd, under questioning: “We’re pimps and killers, but in a philanthropic way”. Haw. Simply effing brilliant from beginning to end. At least three stupendous scenes: Mellie’s return to Paul, the reveal of Victor’s “Miss… --- ## [Ask the Bariatric (weight loss) surgery Guy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bariatric-weight-loss-surgery-guy/101559)
**Author:** [@FunLvnCriminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FunLvnCriminal)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bariatric-weight-loss-surgery-guy/101559 "2003-02-19T15:48:55Z")
First off, this is my first post. My wife, Rez, is on this board sometimes and told me that she started a thread about the surgery on the temp board (sorry for everyones temp. loss). She said that everyone was very posit… --- ## [US Open (other than you-know-who)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-other-than-you-know-who/500169)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-other-than-you-know-who/500169 "2009-06-24T15:31:43Z")
So, who ELSE is most likely to win the Open this week? I’ll go with Ogilvy. Thought of Zach Johnson and Furyk. One thing for sure, I think that promotion of a free driver should Sergio win is a safe bet! … --- ## [Celebrities who always appear as a fictional alter-ego](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-always-appear-as-a-fictional-alter-ego/491435)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-always-appear-as-a-fictional-alter-ego/491435 "2009-08-31T17:53:16Z")
An example is Dan Whitney aka Larry the Cable Guy. For the past decade or so his interviews, movies, PSAs, etc., are all as Larry the Cable Guy. He basically lives the character whenever cameras are rolling (presumabl… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1164&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1166&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)