# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1178&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:** 1179 --- ## [Does a Bench Warrant Expire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-bench-warrant-expire/487858)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Buttons)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-bench-warrant-expire/487858 "2009-03-02T01:25:10Z")
I’ve been pondering this for almost a year now. A friend of mine had a DUI around 2003, never showed to court, and no sheriff has shown up at his door (though he has moved since the initial violation). It’s been almost… --- ## [What does the "Half" In "Too Smart By Half" Mean](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-half-in-too-smart-by-half-mean/527766)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-half-in-too-smart-by-half-mean/527766 "2010-02-06T13:46:38Z")
I was watching the best soap opera in the world Prisoner (Prisoner: Cell Block H) and Bea, says about Joan (the evil warder), “She’s just too bloody smart by half.” Fair enough, I looked it up and it says “Too Smart By … --- ## [Best players ever traded? (at/near their prime)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-players-ever-traded-at-near-their-prime/736897)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-players-ever-traded-at-near-their-prime/736897 "2015-12-29T19:00:53Z")
This is about the player, NOT the trade (e.g. Herschel Walker). MVP-caliber players whose greatness was already established, who still had a significant amount of value left. Traded! Counts: Gretzky’s got to be near … --- ## [Did The Ancient Romans Have Restaurants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-ancient-romans-have-restaurants/595006)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-ancient-romans-have-restaurants/595006 "2011-09-04T17:09:08Z")
I am aware that Roman cities had many establishments that sold prepared foods-and there were bakeries. There were also food vendors at stadiums, sports, public events. But did the Romans have fine dining establishment… --- ## [Poll - What Brand of Coffee do you prefer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-brand-of-coffee-do-you-prefer/628123)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-brand-of-coffee-do-you-prefer/628123 "2012-07-16T01:26:04Z")
What brand of Coffee are you drinking? --- ## [Percentage Of People Who Have Never Flown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-of-people-who-have-never-flown/393204)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-of-people-who-have-never-flown/393204 "2007-02-23T14:21:57Z")
I cannot find the statistics, but I remember reading a few years ago that there was a surprising percentage of (adult) Americans who have never once flown in a plane. Does anyone have a good link/source to the current s… --- ## [Do you like the new Netflix Instant queue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-netflix-instant-queue/586908)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-netflix-instant-queue/586908 "2011-06-29T17:28:46Z")
Well, it’s no longer a queue at all, it’s now just a page of images arranged in random order. While I agree with Netflix’s assessment that having a queue for instant viewing was essentially pointless, I did like the abi… --- ## [The Generation X Cicadas Are Coming! The Generation X Cicadas Are Coming!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-generation-x-cicadas-are-coming-the-generation-x-cicadas-are-coming/241282)
**Author:** [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-generation-x-cicadas-are-coming-the-generation-x-cicadas-are-coming/241282 "2021-01-26T19:32:13Z")
Cicadas. Or as we say in my neck of the woods, "chick-ayduh bugs. It’s been 17 years since the last seasonal brood of cicada bugs emerged from their long subterranian slumber and paid a visit to the East Coast of the US… --- ## [The secret MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-mmp/822242)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2018, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-mmp/822242 "2018-10-08T11:05:23Z")
It’s now October & I’ve got lots of secrets this month. Though many of them won’t be secrets for much longer. Oh no, I won’t spill the beans, I’m good at keeping secrets; are you? Someone else, a cow-orker, is going t… --- ## [Man, wife and tramp killed by train (ca. 1900)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-wife-and-tramp-killed-by-train-ca-1900/652765)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2013, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-wife-and-tramp-killed-by-train-ca-1900/652765 "2013-03-16T05:37:53Z")
Robert Heinlein had a story that he told a few times in print, in both fiction and nonfiction. A man and woman were walking through a park when the woman got her foot caught in a railway switch. The husband could not w… --- ## [Landlord has new tenant moving in while apartment still under lease to me. Double dipping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landlord-has-new-tenant-moving-in-while-apartment-still-under-lease-to-me-double-dipping/726288)
**Author:** [@jmb819](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmb819)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landlord-has-new-tenant-moving-in-while-apartment-still-under-lease-to-me-double-dipping/726288 "2015-07-31T15:10:27Z")
The landlord to the apartment I had moved out of last week has a tenant that is moving in today. The apartment is under lease and paid for to me until the end of the month, July 31 (today is July 26). I had yet to return… --- ## [Places That You Would Live In Again In A Flash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-you-would-live-in-again-in-a-flash/603509)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-you-would-live-in-again-in-a-flash/603509 "2012-01-06T19:07:42Z")
So as a complement to OpalCat’s thread It’s nice to visit but I could never live there again, I thought I’d start the opposite thread. What are some places that you’ve lived in before, and have moved away from, but love… --- ## [Resolved: The American Pledge of Allegience is immoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-american-pledge-of-allegience-is-immoral/512534)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-american-pledge-of-allegience-is-immoral/512534 "2009-10-11T14:55:22Z")
Mind you, I’ve never even voted Democrat. I guess I’m coming off more Libertarian or Cardinal Party than Conservative. Argument for the affirmative: The Pledge demands that the user be loyal to the political state, reg… --- ## [What's the deal with concrete geodesic dome houses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-concrete-geodesic-dome-houses/669581)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-concrete-geodesic-dome-houses/669581 "2013-09-26T15:04:34Z")
A specific company, called “American Ingenuity”, manufactures geodesic dome kits. The kits are reinforced concrete panels bonded to foam insulation, and the edges are cut at the appropriate angles so that they assemble … --- ## [If you cry over politics, you're a pansy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cry-over-politics-youre-a-pansy/471394)
**Author:** [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cry-over-politics-youre-a-pansy/471394 "2008-11-07T18:31:32Z")
Or a bullshitter. So, either you’re a melodramatic asshole, or you really need to get a life. Maybe both. This applies to pansies/melodramatic assholes on political talk shows, in real life, and those posting on messa… --- ## [Why do they put prescriptions in too big bottles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-put-prescriptions-in-too-big-bottles/688197)
**Author:** [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-put-prescriptions-in-too-big-bottles/688197 "2014-05-20T12:40:59Z")
Title says it. When I get a prescription filled, the pharmacy always puts it in a bottle that is too big. I know it isn’t because that is the only bottle they have; they have smaller bottles. Even big pills, the bottl… --- ## [Glee: 3.07 "I Kissed a Girl" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-07-i-kissed-a-girl-open-spoilers/604511)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-07-i-kissed-a-girl-open-spoilers/604511 "2011-12-04T17:18:18Z")
The school election comes to end an end and some is caught trying to fix the results. Sue & Coach Bieste are comepeting for the same man. And Santana’s coming out to her family. \[ul\] \[li\]I Kissed a Girl (Katy Perr… --- ## [What are your favorite store-bought cookies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2018, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132 "2018-03-05T04:23:46Z")
The ones that if you sit with a bag/box you might accidentally eat the whole thing. Mine are Mother’s Iced Animal crackers. --- ## [He becoming She: How's it done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-becoming-she-hows-it-done/258284)
**Author:** [@kwikwitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kwikwitty)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-becoming-she-hows-it-done/258284 "2004-08-14T04:42:11Z")
Following a discussion with a friend regarding this year’s BigBrotherUK, namely concerning a post-op transexual named Nadia, I am interested as to what happens when one surgically transfers from he to she. What happens … --- ## [Botticelli - March 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004 "2020-04-13T20:20:21Z")
I am G! Previous thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=889499 --- ## [Doper Demographics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-demographics/970834)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-demographics/970834 "2022-10-27T19:00:30Z")
What is the age ranges of the Dopers? Who’s represented most? Are there more males than females? --- ## [Rum and Cocacola... and prostitution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rum-and-cocacola-and-prostitution/26386)
**Author:** [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2000, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rum-and-cocacola-and-prostitution/26386 "2000-07-24T17:12:49Z")
I was thinking of the song “Rum and Coca Cola” and, if my interpretation of the \[lyrics\](http://www.lyrics.scarlet.nl/andrews/andrews.html#rum acc) is not mistaken, it seems to be a description of Trinidad as a place whe… --- ## [So "We speak English" is racist, but "Hablamos Espanol" isn't? Uh huh then...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-speak-english-is-racist-but-hablamos-espanol-isnt-uh-huh-then/331089)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2005, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-speak-english-is-racist-but-hablamos-espanol-isnt-uh-huh-then/331089 "2005-11-29T06:04:36Z")
(Not a lot of vulgarity on my behalf here, but I figure most things about racism and such end up here anyway-- plus everybody involved is a flaming fucktard…well, except me :smiley: ). This evening, I made the fatal mi… --- ## [The Silence of the Mods: manhattan and the Loyalty Day thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-silence-of-the-mods-manhattan-and-the-loyalty-day-thread/243386)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-silence-of-the-mods-manhattan-and-the-loyalty-day-thread/243386 "2004-05-06T14:25:44Z")
I seem to be having more than the usual amount of trouble with my reading comprehension lately. But that still doesn’t exactly justify manhattan’s posts in my Loyalty Day thread in GD, especially this post, but also to … --- ## [New book by Jay Paterno](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-jay-paterno/697090)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-by-jay-paterno/697090 "2014-09-04T14:03:48Z")
He wrote a book, largely to resurrect his Dad’s legacy, by poking holes in the Freeh Report. Any interest in reading? --- ## [Roger Ailes of Fox News goes full Godwin about NPR](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-of-fox-news-goes-full-godwin-about-npr/561118)
**Author:** [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2010, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-of-fox-news-goes-full-godwin-about-npr/561118 "2010-12-24T10:31:33Z")
So Fox News’s boss Roger Ailes gave an interview to Howard Kurtz of the Daily Beast, which is weird enough in and of itself. And he called Jon Stewart “crazy” in the interview, which is really par for the course these d… --- ## [Kamikazes in the U.S. military, and the implications](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamikazes-in-the-u-s-military-and-the-implications/782418)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamikazes-in-the-u-s-military-and-the-implications/782418 "2017-03-29T00:45:57Z")
I was musing about kamikazes in WWII and began to wonder: Is there any conceivable situation in which the U.S. military might require kamikazes or suicide missions (that is, missions specifically entailing suicide, no… --- ## [Poll: Are people Ruder now than they Used to be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-people-ruder-now-than-they-used-to-be/540360)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-people-ruder-now-than-they-used-to-be/540360 "2013-04-30T17:21:39Z")
This isn’t about Tipping hats, or holding doors. Over in MSPIMS we have a thread going about Fistfighting and whether it’s a net benefit to society to allow it. We need some data points from you guys. So How often do yo… --- ## [How Did Your Parents Meet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-parents-meet/662316)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-parents-meet/662316 "2013-07-09T16:07:21Z")
So how did your parents meet? As for mine, it will always be a bit of a mystery. My father was from California, mother from Arkansas, and all I know is it had something to do with an Army buddy of my father’s during his … --- ## [Did people love obese women in the past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-love-obese-women-in-the-past/626920)
**Author:** [@Standarduser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standarduser)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-love-obese-women-in-the-past/626920 "2012-07-03T19:31:26Z")
Is it a myth, or a fact? --- ## [How tall are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639 "2007-09-23T00:47:27Z")
I know we’ve had these threads before, but I was just noticing the other day when I was at my son’s school (he’s now in middle school) that it’s becoming less and less the case that I’m taller than my son’s classmates. I… --- ## [Heroes 5/7/07 - "The Hard Part"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-5-7-07-the-hard-part/403160)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2007, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-5-7-07-the-hard-part/403160 "2007-05-11T22:59:51Z")
Last week: Nathan is dead! Ando is dead! DL and Micah, dead! Claire, dead! The Haitian, dead! Hiro, dead! Hey, what’s this button? ::: reset ::: This week: Hiro’s back from the future with only a couple of episodes le… --- ## [Can a men's chorus exclude gays? Exclude straights? How about a basketball league?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-mens-chorus-exclude-gays-exclude-straights-how-about-a-basketball-league/616405)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-mens-chorus-exclude-gays-exclude-straights-how-about-a-basketball-league/616405 "2012-03-28T16:15:39Z")
Can an amateur men’s chorus exclude gay men – that is, make a rule that membership is open only to straight men? Can that same chorus exclude straight men? How about a basketball league? Can they make a rule excluding … --- ## [What makes you buy an ebook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-buy-an-ebook/660314)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-buy-an-ebook/660314 "2013-06-08T17:55:37Z")
I’m an author (self-published), and I’m trying a few different tactics for marketing my novel. I expect most of the sales to be ebooks, so I’m wondering how ebook readers typically make decisions to buy or not to buy a … --- ## [Explain "source code" to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-source-code-to-me/552317)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-source-code-to-me/552317 "2010-09-03T01:52:40Z")
I think I sorta get the concept. I’ve been using Ubuntu and I know that the guts of the OS is freely available and can see how that would make writing apps easier. But, in what way is Windows source code not available? … --- ## [The Office 1/24 - "Customer Loyalty"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-24-customer-loyalty/648321)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-24-customer-loyalty/648321 "2013-02-05T17:14:14Z")
Wow… Interesting one. What did you all think? --- ## [Help me with my dry, scratchy elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-dry-scratchy-elbows/617829)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2012, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-dry-scratchy-elbows/617829 "2012-04-11T09:54:38Z")
It was on the Dope I discovered the usefulness of the Pedi-Egg, which has done wonders for my feet - they are smooth and nice all the time now. Now i need something for my elbows. Anybody have any neat tricks? I can’t u… --- ## [Annie-Xmas is injured.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annie-xmas-is-injured/530994)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annie-xmas-is-injured/530994 "2010-05-21T22:05:36Z")
Just heard from Annie – she fell down and broke her left arm and will be in a cast for the next six weeks. As you might expect she’s feeling pretty miserable and could use some cheering up. So I’ve opened this thread. … --- ## [Der Trihs should have SOME qualifications...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-should-have-some-qualifications/631758)
**Author:** [@lurking\_guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurking_guest)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-should-have-some-qualifications/631758 "2012-09-01T18:58:03Z")
Let’s listen to Der Trihs versus two particle and theoretical physicits… John Polikinghorne or John Lennox. I doubt Der Trhis can rub two mathematical systems together and exlude all Christian ‘takers.’ But he tries, a… --- ## [Perfectly ordinary things that strike you as marvelous when you think about them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-ordinary-things-that-strike-you-as-marvelous-when-you-think-about-them/490588)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-ordinary-things-that-strike-you-as-marvelous-when-you-think-about-them/490588 "2009-03-29T16:53:54Z")
Well, maybe not marvelous. You can just say “cool” if you want. I’ll start with kinesthesia. The fact that I can, without seeing either hand, flawlessly lead my right index finger to any knuckle on my left land, or gu… --- ## [Guys: Will you purchase tampons & the like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-will-you-purchase-tampons-the-like/360552)
**Author:** [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-will-you-purchase-tampons-the-like/360552 "2006-06-18T04:41:22Z")
Girls, feel free to answer on behalf your SO/whoever. I overheard a discussion in line for my too-hot-chocolate a few mornings ago. A woman complained to a friend that she had to come all the way back into town simply b… --- ## [A Nice Set Of Melons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-set-of-melons/186229)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-set-of-melons/186229 "2003-07-26T20:19:41Z")
I once knew a guy who was into fruit. So to speak. He’d bored a hole in one end of a watermelon, inserted his dingle, and let fly. He apparently found the sensation interesting, and began experimenting. He found that … --- ## [President Obama's Mouth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obamas-mouth/663574)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obamas-mouth/663574 "2013-07-24T19:15:17Z")
I could be wrong, but ISTM that President Obama has a habit of making poorly thought out, off-the-cuff public remarks about matters, without enough consideration of the situation and the import of his words. One example… --- ## [Do I need a car if I live in Chicago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-car-if-i-live-in-chicago/483580)
**Author:** [@What\_the\_deuce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the_deuce)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-car-if-i-live-in-chicago/483580 "2009-01-30T21:47:13Z")
Let’s say I moved to Chicago or a nearby suburb such as (specifically) Evanston. Do I need a car, or is it like New York City where you can use public transportation and just rent a car on the relatively rare occasions … --- ## [The Sopranos -- 6/3/07 (there will be open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sopranos-6-3-07-there-will-be-open-spoilers/406628)
**Author:** [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sopranos-6-3-07-there-will-be-open-spoilers/406628 "2007-06-08T18:53:26Z")
This week’s episode is entitled “The Blue Comet.” Since I was so good (not) at guessing where the “Kennedy and Heidi” episode title came from, I’ll say this one’s about a 1964 Mercury automobile. :slight\_smile: The Di… --- ## [A Scottish MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scottish-mmp/815404)
**Author:** [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scottish-mmp/815404 "2018-06-11T03:43:52Z")
Go me!I get to start the MMP cuz I am awake overseas. We are in Edinburgh having a wonderful time. Discuss UK vs USA electrical stuff. There are no outlets in bathrooms here, outlets have to be turned on, and the plug… --- ## [Thalidomide "joke" - really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thalidomide-joke-really/583050)
**Author:** [@Zotlerg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zotlerg)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thalidomide-joke-really/583050 "2011-05-31T14:27:35Z")
What were you thinking!?! http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/520/is-procter-gamble-run-by-satanists It makes you sound so ignorant. . . . Laters. --- ## [Average Everyday European's view of the Average Everyday American?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-everyday-europeans-view-of-the-average-everyday-american/260087)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-everyday-europeans-view-of-the-average-everyday-american/260087 "2004-08-23T15:26:13Z")
Well the question speaks for itself? What is the Average everyday European’s view of an average everyday American? One of the reasons I ask, is that I have a student this year who just got back from a year abroad, I rec… --- ## ["British-style" tea - how do you take it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-tea-how-do-you-take-it/607740)
**Author:** [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-tea-how-do-you-take-it/607740 "2012-01-02T18:27:16Z")
Inspired by this thread, UK Dopers: Tell Me About British Tea - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board, I’m keen to find out how the tea-drinking Dopers … well… take it (fnarr). This applies to bog-standard tea from… --- ## [Vladimir Putin, President Pedophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-president-pedophile/363425)
**Author:** [@Kebert\_Xela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kebert_Xela)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-president-pedophile/363425 "2006-07-09T21:41:48Z")
Putin kissed boy ‘like a kitten’ “People came up and I began talking to them, among them this little boy. He seemed to me very independent, sure of himself and at the same time defenseless so to speak, an innocent boy … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1177&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1179&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)