# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1173&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:** 1174 --- ## [Bringing Guns to Obama Appearances -- Trouble waiting to Happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-guns-to-obama-appearances-trouble-waiting-to-happen/506848)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2009, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-guns-to-obama-appearances-trouble-waiting-to-happen/506848 "2009-08-20T08:15:20Z")
This is a disturbing trend. People have been bringing open-carry guns to Obama appearances, saying that they’re simply exercising their constitutional tights. But bringing firearms to a highly-charged political situation… --- ## [I'm A Liberal But...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-liberal-but/454483)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-liberal-but/454483 "2008-07-04T15:45:17Z")
I support school vouchers, I can’t stand Jesse Jackson and Sharpton, I have not forgiven Bill Clinton for looking straight in to the camera and lying to me: “I did not have sex with that woman”, I have sympathy for p… --- ## [Hobbit 2 Full Movie Trailer released - SPOILERY!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbit-2-full-movie-trailer-released-spoilery/670143)
**Author:** [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbit-2-full-movie-trailer-released-spoilery/670143 "2013-10-09T16:23:39Z")
Official Trailer is up as of today - kind of shocked that I’m the first to put it up here. … … … … … … … … … … … Hover-over spoilers having hopefully been averted… I’m not surprised, but I am sad, that appar… --- ## [A Better Solution to Daylight Savings Time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-better-solution-to-daylight-savings-time/574621)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-better-solution-to-daylight-savings-time/574621 "2011-03-16T02:32:43Z")
The current Daylight Savings Time system is clunky. Proponents cite the benefit of having more waking hours of daylight. But most people dislike the hassle of changing clocks twice a year and having to adjust their bod… --- ## [Why does Mexican music sound the same now as it did 20 years ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-mexican-music-sound-the-same-now-as-it-did-20-years-ago/600917)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-mexican-music-sound-the-same-now-as-it-did-20-years-ago/600917 "2011-10-30T03:18:35Z")
Whenever I am around immigrants or in a heavily Mexican community,on both the east and west coasts, I constantly hear blaring Mexican music coming from any open window in a house or step side pickup truck within my sight… --- ## [New 4 minute Captain America 2 trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-4-minute-captain-america-2-trailer/683049)
**Author:** [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-4-minute-captain-america-2-trailer/683049 "2014-03-11T22:19:23Z")
http://www.fandango.com/movie-trailer/exclusive:\_captain\_america:\_the\_winter\_soldier\_\_secure\_the\_ship-trailer/155540/2440466900 Looks fucking incredible --- ## [Any confusion between Washington state and Washington DC then?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-confusion-between-washington-state-and-washington-dc-then/720053)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-confusion-between-washington-state-and-washington-dc-then/720053 "2015-05-18T02:17:10Z")
So I was just wondering if someone in America says that they are from Washington what does that mean? Is there ever any confusion over this and things to do with that? --- ## [replacing my stupid wire closet shelf & bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-my-stupid-wire-closet-shelf-bar/517207)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-my-stupid-wire-closet-shelf-bar/517207 "2009-11-12T03:49:30Z")
So this morning I’m getting something out of my closet and my clothes go crashing to the ground. I’ve ALWAYS hated wire closet shelving. This is just another reason why. Furthermore I think they’re ugly, and only used … --- ## [Welp, looks like the pandemic is over in Arizona](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-looks-like-the-pandemic-is-over-in-arizona/938717)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2021, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-looks-like-the-pandemic-is-over-in-arizona/938717 "2021-12-30T09:03:47Z")
Wanna go out for a drink or three? "Citing expanded vaccine distribution and declining case numbers, Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday lifted COVID-19 restrictions on Arizona businesses and events and prohibited, in most case… --- ## [HBO's Trueblood begins on Sunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-trueblood-begins-on-sunday/461740)
**Author:** [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2008, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-trueblood-begins-on-sunday/461740 "2008-09-24T08:51:03Z")
Anybody else planning to watch this? It’s based on Charlaine Harris’s Southern Vampire series of books, about a telepathic barmaid in a small town in Louisiana. She gets involved with a bunch of vampires, who have recent… --- ## [Experiences with Paypal transaction disputes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-paypal-transaction-disputes/550235)
**Author:** [@Aversin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aversin)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-paypal-transaction-disputes/550235 "2010-08-17T19:18:09Z")
I recently attempted to file a transaction dispute with paypal. I checked the status a few minutes after posting the dispute and it was already closed because it did not meet the filing requirements. I sent payment via p… --- ## [Mathematics: "the handmaiden of the sciences"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mathematics-the-handmaiden-of-the-sciences/444819)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mathematics-the-handmaiden-of-the-sciences/444819 "2011-11-01T18:43:37Z")
I know I’ve heard and read this turn of phrase before. So has my wife, who is a research mathematician, who finds it irritating (and thus increases my occasional use of it). But where does it come from? A Google searc… --- ## [Honors mathematics student has only 10% of normal brain volume. How can this be true?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honors-mathematics-student-has-only-10-of-normal-brain-volume-how-can-this-be-true/444989)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honors-mathematics-student-has-only-10-of-normal-brain-volume-how-can-this-be-true/444989 "2008-04-14T19:09:25Z")
Per the linked article this claim is made. How in the world is this possible? Seems like borderline BS. Is the Brain Really Necessary? --- ## [I work late, I'm a Night Owl, and I'm SICK of people waking me up in the morning!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-work-late-im-a-night-owl-and-im-sick-of-people-waking-me-up-in-the-morning/25806)
**Author:** [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-work-late-im-a-night-owl-and-im-sick-of-people-waking-me-up-in-the-morning/25806 "2016-07-14T12:58:38Z")
It’s a small rant. Not worthy of serious profanity. It’s like this. I’ve always been a Night Owl. Ever since I was a kid. Sure, if I forced myself, I could get up early, but it was always an effort. I have managed to ac… --- ## [So I need to replace my windshield?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-need-to-replace-my-windshield/714523)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-need-to-replace-my-windshield/714523 "2015-03-12T17:30:59Z")
Woke up the other day to a cracked windshield. Don’t know if it had to do with the snow and temps that day or what. Pics: Is this something that… --- ## [Botticelli, Oct. 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 387\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516 "2022-10-31T20:24:21Z")
Previous thread: Botticelli, Sept. 2022 An updated list: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #96 by Elendil\_s\_Heir And our new letter is D --- ## [Ark Of The Covenant = Big Capacitor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ark-of-the-covenant-big-capacitor/40945)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ark-of-the-covenant-big-capacitor/40945 "2014-06-28T20:04:36Z")
Is it possible that the Ark Of The Covenant was an electrical capacitor? This somewhat cheesy interactive web page at Discovery.com presents the theory: I see this as a General Question, discussing technical reasons … --- ## [My new cell phone was stolen yesturday. I'm an idiot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-cell-phone-was-stolen-yesturday-im-an-idiot/675892)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-cell-phone-was-stolen-yesturday-im-an-idiot/675892 "2013-12-12T18:36:29Z")
So I met a woman on an online dating site. She said her name was Nicki and she was very pretty and seemed like a nice person. She invited over to her place the very day that we met online. We exchanged numbers, called… --- ## [Our Opal...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-opal/652974)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-opal/652974 "2013-03-17T01:07:51Z")
I didn’t interact with Opal much, but she certainly had an impact on me as a poster here. She is an extremely memorable and unique poster, and I adore that. She also gave me much fodder for laughter…sometimes laughing … --- ## [Shodan, I know you're too dumb for this Pitting to do any good, but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-i-know-youre-too-dumb-for-this-pitting-to-do-any-good-but/446570)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2008, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-i-know-youre-too-dumb-for-this-pitting-to-do-any-good-but/446570 "2008-04-28T08:51:45Z")
From the Why can’t Obama close the deal thread. Shodan, if you aren’t willing to tell me the post numbers of the rebuttal you imply is there (“You might want to read the thread” was your exact wording), then I must conc… --- ## [John McCain says he's not a Maverick, never was one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-says-hes-not-a-maverick-never-was-one/535072)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-says-hes-not-a-maverick-never-was-one/535072 "2010-04-08T18:21:04Z")
John McCain is now facing a tough primary challenge from a hard Right conservative, and in a desperate attempt to keep his senate seat he has chosen to abandon his signature slogan from his 2008 campaign, now he’s making… --- ## [Explain your understanding of four way stops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-understanding-of-four-way-stops/508208)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-understanding-of-four-way-stops/508208 "2009-09-01T17:51:20Z")
First, don’t read the replies to this thread. Post what you think are the rules regarding four way stops. In the spoiler box below, I’ll type the rule according the to State of Oregon, as taken from the Oregon Driver M… --- ## [Worst band names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-band-names/427888)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-band-names/427888 "2007-12-10T19:51:20Z")
Realizing, of course, that it’s quite subjective and that the name may have nothing to do with the relative skills of said band… I nominate the following bad band names: Jimmy Eat World Spoon Franz Ferdinand Modest… --- ## [What was food like in Eurasia in pre-Columbian days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-food-like-in-eurasia-in-pre-columbian-days/540750)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-food-like-in-eurasia-in-pre-columbian-days/540750 "2010-06-01T20:40:51Z")
Specifically, how did the cuisines of places that are now so heavily associated with plant imports from the Western Hemisphere—such as peppers, tomatoes, and potatoes—differ pre-contact and post-contact? What was the fo… --- ## [Animal surnames](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-surnames/851902)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-surnames/851902 "2020-04-19T03:16:39Z")
For some reason I was thinking about this today. There are, in English at least (don’t know about other languages), certain animal-related surnames that are common, and others that just don’t seem to exist at all. The m… --- ## [What happens what a fraudulent credit charge is caught.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-what-a-fraudulent-credit-charge-is-caught/667578)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-what-a-fraudulent-credit-charge-is-caught/667578 "2013-09-01T15:16:16Z")
So yesterday someone used my card number to buy something online. I called my bank and as usual got excellent customer service. The my card was immediately cancelled and the charge was reversed within 12 hours. But no… --- ## [I get along better with guys than girls. Is this weird?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-along-better-with-guys-than-girls-is-this-weird/265161)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2004, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-along-better-with-guys-than-girls-is-this-weird/265161 "2004-09-22T11:53:37Z")
Straight female here, FTR. All my life I’ve liked guys better. I can count the number of “real” girlfriends I’ve got on one hand, and I’ve known them all for years. Nearly all the mutual friends my SO and I have are mal… --- ## [Casablanca: Madeleine LeBeau still alive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casablanca-madeleine-lebeau-still-alive/521600)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casablanca-madeleine-lebeau-still-alive/521600 "2016-05-18T03:55:02Z")
I’ve just watched Casablanca on TCM. What’s-his-name – Robert Osborne – said that Joy Page, who died last year, was the last surviving member of the cast. But I’d looked up Madeleine LeBeau (‘Yvonne’) earlier, and Wiki… --- ## [Can you bring alcohol on planes (US)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bring-alcohol-on-planes-us/457752)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bring-alcohol-on-planes-us/457752 "2008-07-25T21:20:00Z")
Somebody told me you can bring those little bottles (what are they called?) of alcohol on an airplane still. (You just have to treat them like any other liquid.) I’m sort of getting conflicting info on the TSA website. … --- ## [Gangsta shooting pose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangsta-shooting-pose/520196)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangsta-shooting-pose/520196 "2009-12-16T19:20:16Z")
You know what I’m talking about. Whenever you see a movie or TV show about African American gangsters they’re always holding the gun sideways, even when they’re shooting something from afar. I’m not a shooting expert by… --- ## [Dating Website and the weight question...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-website-and-the-weight-question/467818)
**Author:** [@BrknButterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrknButterfly)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-website-and-the-weight-question/467818 "2008-10-17T20:18:11Z")
I had this weird thing happen to me today. I joined a couple different dating websites to get a feel for what is out there. POF and Match.com and I have been a member for a few months now. When I signed up I thought I wa… --- ## [Do the horses (or greyhounds) know they're racing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-horses-or-greyhounds-know-theyre-racing/586004)
**Author:** [@Dr.Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Love)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-horses-or-greyhounds-know-theyre-racing/586004 "2011-06-20T03:08:35Z")
Ok, it’s impossible to read an animal’s mind, but as I’m watching a show about horse racing, I can’t help but wonder if the horses know that they’re supposed to cross the finish line before the others. Is there any evid… --- ## [Genetic Test: Hidden Japanese ancestry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetic-test-hidden-japanese-ancestry/677559)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetic-test-hidden-japanese-ancestry/677559 "2014-01-02T14:31:08Z")
I just got my 23andMe results back (got in just before the FDA letter). My health results were reassuring- I am at lower risk for Alzheimer’s and macular degeneration, two of my big worries. My ancestry results were pre… --- ## [I think my friend is abusing her animals. Please help.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-friend-is-abusing-her-animals-please-help/204387)
**Author:** [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-friend-is-abusing-her-animals-please-help/204387 "2003-10-02T21:52:48Z")
Before I begin, let me tell you that Katie is a really nice person. She is sweet and loyal, kind and generous. But someone, somewhere did not tell her how to treat animals. This is really funny, because she says she l… --- ## [Just why \*don't\* people like David Caruso?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-why-dont-people-like-david-caruso/214247)
**Author:** [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-why-dont-people-like-david-caruso/214247 "2003-11-22T15:09:43Z")
I watched CSI: Miami the other night and the next day came to Cafe Society to read the comments about the show and I didn’t find any. In past threads, some posters have stated they don’t watch CSI:M because they don’t… --- ## [“Terrible Maps”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-maps/916946)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-maps/916946 "2022-07-27T14:55:26Z")
I love this article on terrible maps. But many of them are cool, and I’ll never have trouble finding Kentucky again. --- ## [Best self defense weapon thats legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-self-defense-weapon-thats-legal/726623)
**Author:** [@justjake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justjake)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-self-defense-weapon-thats-legal/726623 "2015-08-03T15:17:41Z")
Just out of curiousity. I’m thinking about getting something as a “just in case” for self defense and not sure what to get? I don’t want something that can easily become lethal so that rules or things like knives/switch… --- ## [Another proposed constitutional amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-proposed-constitutional-amendment/618746)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-proposed-constitutional-amendment/618746 "2012-04-16T18:34:19Z")
The rights enumerated in this Constitution, shall not be construed to extend to the spending of moneys by persons campaigning for office under the United States or the several states, or spending of moneys by third par… --- ## [Nihilism Award To Linda Carlson: She's Here, She's Queer & She's In eHarmony's Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nihilism-award-to-linda-carlson-shes-here-shes-queer-shes-in-eharmonys-face/406431)
**Author:** [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nihilism-award-to-linda-carlson-shes-here-shes-queer-shes-in-eharmonys-face/406431 "2007-06-06T20:39:32Z")
Someone’s got sand in their vagina. We all know there’s not enough real discrimination that needs to be addressed. Linda Carlson feels it necessary to keep her California attorneys busy by suing eHarmony for not offering… --- ## [British are taking children away from obese mom's who will not control their weight - Is this just?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-are-taking-children-away-from-obese-moms-who-will-not-control-their-weight-is-this-just/515131)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-are-taking-children-away-from-obese-moms-who-will-not-control-their-weight-is-this-just/515131 "2009-10-28T01:33:05Z")
Seems pretty draconian. Is having obese children tantamount to child abuse? --- ## [White Spots in the Fingernails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-spots-in-the-fingernails/406248)
**Author:** [@David\_G.Underhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_G.Underhill)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2007, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-spots-in-the-fingernails/406248 "2007-06-21T10:16:52Z")
In most cases white spots in the fingernails indicates a zinc deficiency. You cannot eat “right” and obtain enough zinc. Everyone in America that does not take a zinc supplement is zinc deficient to some extent. (If r… --- ## [South Park question: Is there a real Terrance & Phillip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-question-is-there-a-real-terrance-phillip/222603)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-question-is-there-a-real-terrance-phillip/222603 "2004-01-06T23:37:06Z")
In the movie South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, the action is driven by a pair of Canadian comedians, “Terrance and Phillip,” who speak very with a very elegant accent, and whose material consists mainly of fart jokes… --- ## [Question for homosexual men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-homosexual-men/598763)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-homosexual-men/598763 "2011-10-10T19:22:53Z")
This is a serious question, and I’ve always wanted to ask it. I find that the folks on this board are generally honest and thoughtful when asked a question about their sexuality, as long as the question is asked in a re… --- ## [Evolutionary fitness and attractiveness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolutionary-fitness-and-attractiveness/630296)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2012, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolutionary-fitness-and-attractiveness/630296 "2012-08-18T08:20:50Z")
If evolution is all about survival of the fittest, why are we attracted to the cutest? Cecil’s column fixated mostly on male attraction to females based on hip ratios and body mass indexes, which misses out on most of a… --- ## [Cultural appropriation gone humorously wrong.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cultural-appropriation-gone-humorously-wrong/839809)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cultural-appropriation-gone-humorously-wrong/839809 "2019-09-14T22:28:38Z")
I went to a teppanyaki restaurant where the (non-Japanese) hostesses were dressed in kimonos. Being women, they wore their kimonos in the traditional western female style of the right side over left. The problem is tha… --- ## [If someone is clearly guilty, why would they plead not guilty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-is-clearly-guilty-why-would-they-plead-not-guilty/741284)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-is-clearly-guilty-why-would-they-plead-not-guilty/741284 "2015-12-31T02:04:17Z")
Hi SD, Recently Oliver Lee, the man who shot one person while attempting to steal an $18000 watch from a Long Island Mall, pled not guilty in his first court appearance. Why would he do this? Everyone saw him do it. … --- ## [manhattan: losing touch with reality, and following in Lib's cryptic footsteps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-losing-touch-with-reality-and-following-in-libs-cryptic-footsteps/290691)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2005, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-losing-touch-with-reality-and-following-in-libs-cryptic-footsteps/290691 "2005-02-21T04:30:30Z")
manhattan is of the belief that: But oddly enough, he can’t find a cite to back up his claim that the President believes that. More oddly still, he calls those who disagree with him idiots and liars for doing so. Des… --- ## [Is my co-worker's car what he claims it is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-co-workers-car-what-he-claims-it-is/789127)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-co-workers-car-what-he-claims-it-is/789127 "2017-06-23T19:27:21Z")
He claims that what he has is a 2005 Holden Monaro CV8 Z, a limited edition vehicle of which only 1100 were made. Monaros were sold in the U.S with left hand drives and rebadged as Pontiac GTOs. What makes me suspiciou… --- ## [When does a joke go too far?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-a-joke-go-too-far/651761)
**Author:** [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-a-joke-go-too-far/651761 "2013-03-02T22:17:35Z")
We’ve had several joke controversies in recent memory. There was Tracy Morgan’s homophobic flap. Daniel Tosh’s rape joke controversy. Dane Cook made a joke about the Aurora, Co. mass shooting. Sarah Silverman’s “I love c… --- ## [Notable Quotes (Nonreligious)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457 "2017-12-09T22:10:47Z")
I thought we could use a thread featuring quotes that offered insight or inspiration. And since this is my thread, I am prohibiting religious guff. I’m reading John Steinbeck’s East of Eden now, and last night I came ac… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1172&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1174&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)