# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1184&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:** 1185 --- ## [Need Novelty Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-novelty-songs/690289)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-novelty-songs/690289 "2014-06-13T17:56:09Z")
OK, so I keep a kid’s playlist of fun rock and roll and novelty songs on my phone. I use it with my kids (14 and 9) when on long trips and we all have a good time. I’d like to expand it. Can you fine people recommend … --- ## [Crazy pecs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-pecs/518711)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-pecs/518711 "2009-11-26T02:33:35Z")
Is this guy serious? I mean, is it possible that he has no clue that his pecs look exactly like female breasts? Did he inject them with something? Or implants? He seems to think it looks like muscle. I can’t understa… --- ## [Campion, you sanctimonious pissant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campion-you-sanctimonious-pissant/364971)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campion-you-sanctimonious-pissant/364971 "2006-08-09T02:37:32Z")
Here’s the thread that inspired this pitting: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7589086#post7589086 I’m trying to be a helpful Doper, providing useful information to someone with a general question. … --- ## [Licking Cigs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licking-cigs/31248)
**Author:** [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2000, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licking-cigs/31248 "2000-08-30T20:08:45Z")
Saw my brother recently licking (along one edge) his cigarette before smoking it. He claims it burns slower. Any truth to this?? --- ## [Get bent. B-E-N-T. Bent.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-bent-b-e-n-t-bent/343573)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-bent-b-e-n-t-bent/343573 "2006-02-13T20:16:48Z")
Yes, it has come to this. Mom is ready to sue over a blown call at a spelling bee. A spelling bee. It must be terrible to have so little in your life that you have time to consider suing a school district over a fucking … --- ## [This is a friendly pitting: Apostrophes and plurals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-friendly-pitting-apostrophes-and-plurals/545880)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-friendly-pitting-apostrophes-and-plurals/545880 "2010-07-13T15:10:27Z")
This is in the pit, because I can’t figure out a better place to put it, but consider it a friendly pitting. Among recent examples, this: and this: The correct plurals in these cases are addresses and the Goldmans. … --- ## [What stage is the US empire's decline at?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stage-is-the-us-empires-decline-at/568194)
**Author:** [@Sablicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sablicious)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stage-is-the-us-empires-decline-at/568194 "2011-01-23T13:40:11Z")
Lecture Pretty pictures Rings very true for where the US seem to be now; over-stretched (waging wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan…), chaotic (Tea Party, gun laws, endemic violence…), desparate (kowtowing to India, Ch… --- ## [Do people in the UK, Australia, Canada, and Europe eat cornbread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-in-the-uk-australia-canada-and-europe-eat-cornbread/763158)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-in-the-uk-australia-canada-and-europe-eat-cornbread/763158 "2016-08-25T19:03:08Z")
Tried googling which countries eat cornbread This link list Caribbean islands that eat johnnycake. That’s similar. This link mentions Native Americans and the US. Nothing about other countries. What about Canada, UK… --- ## [Some Civilization questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-civilization-questions/524559)
**Author:** [@blinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkie)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-civilization-questions/524559 "2010-01-21T22:35:02Z")
Is Montezuma always a psychotic bastard? Is playing 8 hours a day normal, or am I developing a problem? What’s the best place to look for game tips? What game should I try next? I love the graphics and strategy of Civ a… --- ## [Sprinting for fat loss and muscle development](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprinting-for-fat-loss-and-muscle-development/745212)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprinting-for-fat-loss-and-muscle-development/745212 "2016-02-10T12:13:51Z")
I had a look at photos of sprinters on Google image search - they are very muscular - including their abs and arms. They have a better looking body than marathon runners who are typically very thin. Appearing muscular in… --- ## [New/Better Smilies And Emoticons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-better-smilies-and-emoticons/635116)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-better-smilies-and-emoticons/635116 "2012-09-28T03:00:27Z")
I am not a huge smilie guy…I do like to occasionally use them to accentuate a post, and I realize that this board is more cerebral than most out there…but can’t we get more and better smilies? We have a grand total of 13… --- ## [The WDBJ Shootings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wdbj-shootings/729038)
**Author:** [@Blackstock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackstock)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wdbj-shootings/729038 "2015-09-04T03:12:56Z")
I watched both videos; the station’s live broadcast as it happened, and the murderer’s mobile phone footage. In the second video, shot by the murderer, you could see him waving a gun within the eyesight of both Alison Pa… --- ## [Starving Artist, answer the fucking question, you pussy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-answer-the-fucking-question-you-pussy/462793)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-answer-the-fucking-question-you-pussy/462793 "2008-09-13T16:01:05Z")
In innumerable threads you have pissed and moaned about how the “liberal mainstream media” is biased against poor John McCain and other right-wingers. In response, I have asked you to comment several times on this study … --- ## [Do people who lose their eyes see darkness? Or nothing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-lose-their-eyes-see-darkness-or-nothing/364724)
**Author:** [@Feces\_Of\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feces_Of_Death)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-lose-their-eyes-see-darkness-or-nothing/364724 "2006-07-18T11:40:46Z")
If you lost your eyes most people think it would be darkness. But I got to thinking…could you even see that? My hand or foot has no eyes, and they don’t see darkness. So if you lost your eyes what would you see? Blacknes… --- ## [Men, do you find women who can belch sexy or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-find-women-who-can-belch-sexy-or-not/188261)
**Author:** [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-find-women-who-can-belch-sexy-or-not/188261 "2003-07-16T20:30:28Z")
I am an experienced belcher, winner of many belching contests throughout my youth. However, my husband finds this less of an accomplishment and more of a gross habit. So I decided to see what my Male Doper counterparts… --- ## [Sunday Morning Lies: Cheney and Rice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-lies-cheney-and-rice/372182)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-lies-cheney-and-rice/372182 "2006-10-14T23:05:54Z")
While decent, respectable, God-fearing folks are at church, lefty secular slime watch the Sunday news shows. And a depressing spectacle it is, too… Advisory: links are posted to Think Progress, a center-lefty blog that… --- ## [Strange Versions of Traditional Christmas Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140 "2014-12-17T20:05:11Z")
I am doing a radio show in the very early am hours this Christmas morning on the local college station. I’m looking for traditional Christmas music performed in a very non-traditional way. Bonus points for eeriness. Exa… --- ## [Those little lexical gaps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-little-lexical-gaps/683473)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-little-lexical-gaps/683473 "2014-03-22T19:39:34Z")
First of all, I’m not really sure what to title this thread. Or which forum to put it in. Or even exactly what it should be about. I just wanted to share with you all the fact that the Norwegian language doesn’t have a … --- ## [Practicing medicine vs. advanced first aid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicing-medicine-vs-advanced-first-aid/705046)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicing-medicine-vs-advanced-first-aid/705046 "2016-06-17T14:19:56Z")
Prompted by tonight’s episode of NCIS, which is now on. A former corpsman with field experience renders more-than-first-aid at the scene of a car crash. She is taken into custody because she practiced medicine without … --- ## [Is it rude to tell another adult to blow their nose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-tell-another-adult-to-blow-their-nose/512558)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-tell-another-adult-to-blow-their-nose/512558 "2015-11-23T00:58:31Z")
OK. there’s a new person in my office. He keep sniffing. Once every fourteen seconds. AAAAAAARGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Would it be rude of me to ask him to blow his nose? --- ## [How Do Creationists Explain the Tower Of Babel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-creationists-explain-the-tower-of-babel/571865)
**Author:** [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-creationists-explain-the-tower-of-babel/571865 "2011-02-24T04:10:07Z")
Why Did God Destroy the Tower Of Babel, but not skyscrapers? After All, Bronze Age Technology cant reach any where near a 2 story building. And Why would God allow space shuttles? How Do Creationist explain them? --- ## [The Next Poster....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-poster/539927)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-poster/539927 "2010-05-28T02:10:05Z")
The next poster has played in this kind of Doper game before. --- ## [Are women more normative than man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-women-more-normative-than-man/686198)
**Author:** [@Qwertol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertol)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-women-more-normative-than-man/686198 "2014-04-20T14:23:30Z")
I’ve read somewhere that various standard deviations are usually much lower for women than men. For example while women usually score higher in IQ tests, it is more likely for a man to get an extreme (very high or very … --- ## [Why Aren't Porn Performers Arrested for Prostitution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-porn-performers-arrested-for-prostitution/2266)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 1999, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-porn-performers-arrested-for-prostitution/2266 "1999-08-02T14:30:00Z")
If getting paid to have sex is considered prostitution, why aren’t porn stars routinely arrested? Don’t they get paid to have sex? Tim “My hovercraft is full of eels.” --- ## [Things Normal People Do That You Never Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430 "2012-05-02T15:20:42Z")
I was just thinking today about the fact that I haven’t actually gone out and bought clothing in years. I’ve had clothing bought FOR me, and I have bought shoes (just not recently), but I haven’t actually bought shirts, … --- ## [Does a wound heal quicker without a plaster...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-wound-heal-quicker-without-a-plaster/592180)
**Author:** [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-wound-heal-quicker-without-a-plaster/592180 "2011-08-12T00:50:47Z")
I cut my finger a day or two ago doing a bit of DIY and have since had a plaster in it, for protection and (it was a deep cut) to help hold it all together until it heals over. But I remember I was always told as a kid … --- ## [Help identify this noise my house is making.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-noise-my-house-is-making/63990)
**Author:** [@MinkMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinkMan)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2001, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-noise-my-house-is-making/63990 "2001-06-30T07:27:35Z")
I come seeking the collective domestic experience of the dopers regarding a problem that is creating a great deal of discontent in my household. For the past five or so days, every day sometime between 6 and 7 a.m., a lo… --- ## [What's the first movie you recall seeing that made you cry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047 "2011-02-27T04:56:24Z")
I was about the same age as the protagonist when I saw the movie My Girl, and I left the theater sobbing. Watched it again last night for the eleventy billionth time, and yup, still gets to me. What was the first film… --- ## [Great stuff \[regarding the Washington Post and the Mueller investigation\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-stuff-regarding-the-washington-post-and-the-mueller-investigation/825280)
**Author:** [@Chip\_Dundas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chip_Dundas)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-stuff-regarding-the-washington-post-and-the-mueller-investigation/825280 "2018-12-02T17:34:46Z")
One thing I have learned the past 2 years with the russiagate nonsense is how the washington post and some other outlets are not legitimate independent news services but are essentially arms of federal bureaucrats instit… --- ## [Do Grown People Really Still Believe In Astrology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918 "2004-11-15T14:48:11Z")
Actual discussion I just overheard between two adult (20- and 3-something) editors in my office: “So, you’re, like, an Aries, right?” “No, I’m a Pisces. Why, do I act like an Aries?” “You totally do. You must be on t… --- ## [Could women play on MLS soccer teams and compete?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-women-play-on-mls-soccer-teams-and-compete/721537)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-women-play-on-mls-soccer-teams-and-compete/721537 "2015-06-07T01:24:58Z")
In the weird way minds work I was thinking of the Women’s World Cup coming up soon, then how many the US won, then the amount of goals scored in each cup, then who the stars were, then about American club teams, then rem… --- ## [Tapered vs Straight drill bits. How do you know which is which?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapered-vs-straight-drill-bits-how-do-you-know-which-is-which/810346)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2018, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapered-vs-straight-drill-bits-how-do-you-know-which-is-which/810346 "2018-03-11T10:19:47Z")
This chart gives the pilot hole needed for wood screws. A #8 requires 5/32 or 7/64. Taper vs Straight bit. 5/32 is 10/64. They are saying a tapered bit makes a hole 3/64 larger. Pr… --- ## [Recommend a stealth sci-fi type novel for my book club](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-stealth-sci-fi-type-novel-for-my-book-club/629990)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-stealth-sci-fi-type-novel-for-my-book-club/629990 "2012-08-03T11:44:24Z")
I am a sci-fi/ fantasy/ what if type of reader. The last thing I read that I couldn’t put down were all ten Novels of the Company by Kage Baker. Thank you Doper I can’t remember right now for recommending those! My bo… --- ## [Share your stories about bad teachers/professors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-stories-about-bad-teachers-professors/436797)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-stories-about-bad-teachers-professors/436797 "2008-02-13T00:10:33Z")
It’s Mr. Neville’s first semester teaching a basic astronomy class. He’s feeling like he’s not a very good teacher. I have been trying to tell him that there are many, many teachers and professors out there who are wor… --- ## [How about some Halloween Music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-some-halloween-music/557937)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-some-halloween-music/557937 "2010-11-01T03:41:49Z")
Last year for Halloween, my wife and I allong with some neighbors hung out in our front yard with a firepit and a few beers during the candy distribution ceremonies. A good time was had by all but after it was all done, … --- ## [Pentagon Office of Special Plans (OSP): What's the Deal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-office-of-special-plans-osp-whats-the-deal/190084)
**Author:** [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-office-of-special-plans-osp-whats-the-deal/190084 "2007-02-10T02:03:45Z")
I just heard the name of this group tonight. A quick google turned up a little: What’s the deal? Fellow Dopers, ( I hope that I’m worthy of the appellation Doper), what do you know about this group and when did … --- ## [Botticelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli/447932 "2008-05-06T00:01:57Z")
How to play I’m SH. --- ## [Is Nader going to screw up another election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nader-going-to-screw-up-another-election/230275)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nader-going-to-screw-up-another-election/230275 "2004-02-29T02:42:39Z")
Fox News is reporting that Nader will enter the '04 election as an independent. I’m worried- really worried- that he’ll pull more votes this time than he did last time, and keep Bush in the White House. Obviously, to s… --- ## [I want to start a thread, but I think I will need moderator support](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-a-thread-but-i-think-i-will-need-moderator-support/980583)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2023, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-a-thread-but-i-think-i-will-need-moderator-support/980583 "2023-08-12T10:00:23Z")
I would like to start a thread in Politics And Elections titled “Why are you currently a Republican?”. I do not want snark, mocking, parody etc. from those that are not Republicans, I do not want “I used to be a Republi… --- ## [Mitt Romney would 'respect' Israel strike on Iran, aide says](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-romney-would-respect-israel-strike-on-iran-aide-says/629793)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-romney-would-respect-israel-strike-on-iran-aide-says/629793 "2012-08-19T21:06:05Z")
One more reason to vote for Mitt. He’s just full of respect. --- ## [My lawnmower won't start.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lawnmower-wont-start/719154)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lawnmower-wont-start/719154 "2015-05-19T15:40:20Z")
My husband swore a few years ago that if I bought him a lawnmower he’d mow the yard and we could stop paying somebody to do it. Every year something happens when it’s time to start it up and we get a letter from the city… --- ## [A new "Finish the" story will start this Wednesday, use this thread for Q&A](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-finish-the-story-will-start-this-wednesday-use-this-thread-for-q-a/262090 "2004-11-09T02:32:03Z")
The third story in Baker’s amazing Finish the Sci-Fi Story series will be starting Wednesday evening when I post the first installment of the new story. (Please don’t jump the gun.) Why the advance notice? To give peopl… --- ## [Lab/Terrier Mix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lab-terrier-mix/578365)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lab-terrier-mix/578365 "2011-04-19T12:10:02Z")
I’m thinking of adding a one-year old lab/terrier mix to my dog herd. Has anyone had this type of mix before? I have two labs and a border collie and haven’t had experience with a terrier mix. He’s about 30lbs, neutered… --- ## [Anyone else hate St. Patrick's Day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-st-patricks-day/575012)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-st-patricks-day/575012 "2011-03-20T15:08:38Z")
Ugh, St. Patrick’s Day again. Yes, I’m wearing a green shirt today, because I don’t want to hear it at work. No, you wouldn’t catch me at a bar today if you offered me a free bar tab. I don’t need to hear any bad phony … --- ## [German WWI trenches designed with perfect 90 degree corners? Did it offer Shrapnel protection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-wwi-trenches-designed-with-perfect-90-degree-corners-did-it-offer-shrapnel-protection/638569)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-wwi-trenches-designed-with-perfect-90-degree-corners-did-it-offer-shrapnel-protection/638569 "2012-10-24T02:57:06Z")
Mythbusters covered this just last night. But they focused on the concussive shockwave. They proved that sharp right hand corners inside the trenches did shield men from the shockwave. The shockwave would run the length … --- ## [Wait, this image of an F15 over Afghanistan can't be a photo, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-image-of-an-f15-over-afghanistan-cant-be-a-photo-right/668988)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-image-of-an-f15-over-afghanistan-cant-be-a-photo-right/668988 "2013-09-19T15:42:39Z")
See subject. I followed the link to the 2008 DOD photo site. Same thing. Revised opinion: call me next time you see eyes and a nose profile in an air to air shot in the evening with cockpit opposite lighting and massiv… --- ## [If you created a sock on SDMB, what would it do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-created-a-sock-on-sdmb-what-would-it-do/716499)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-created-a-sock-on-sdmb-what-would-it-do/716499 "2015-04-05T07:41:56Z")
In the spirit of the day, this made me think about socks on SDMB. If you were to create a sock, what would it do or say? Argue with yourself in GD? Agree with yourself? Insult the mods? Ask all the questions you were t… --- ## [If Biden wins, should he aggressively prosecute the previous administration...including Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-biden-wins-should-he-aggressively-prosecute-the-previous-administration-including-trump/912212)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 277\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-biden-wins-should-he-aggressively-prosecute-the-previous-administration-including-trump/912212 "2020-07-19T03:54:11Z")
It has been a hallmark of presidents in the US to never, ever, go after the previous administration legally for whatever infractions may have occurred. It is a gentlemen’s agreement but one that serves them all well. E… --- ## [One bourbon, One scotch, One beer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-bourbon-one-scotch-one-beer/754746)
**Author:** [@StuckinNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuckinNJ)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-bourbon-one-scotch-one-beer/754746 "2016-05-16T19:27:17Z")
Is this not a truly brilliant song? The lines, the rhythm, the beat. I was definitely too young to have noticed when this this was released, but it had to be somewhat revelotionairy. Maybe that’s an over reach, but th… --- ## [What plays are performed in high schools nowadays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plays-are-performed-in-high-schools-nowadays/611549)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plays-are-performed-in-high-schools-nowadays/611549 "2012-02-04T21:04:17Z")
When I was in high school, we did Something’s Afoot, The Wizard of Oz, Up the Down Staircase and Harvey. The other night I watched an old screwball comedy with Rosalind Russell called My Sister Eileen which was original… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1183&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1185&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)