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**Author:** [@theman\_31](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theman_31)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-perry/528212 "2010-02-10T22:51:52Z")
I am mesmerized with her… hands down, the best body in show business… i want to see if anyone can top her… because you can’t! http://www2.pictures.fp.zimbio.com/Katy+Perry+Fun+Mexico+08c484Xj1sol.jpg --- ## [I have achieved Gravy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-gravy/605133)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-gravy/605133 "2011-12-27T14:36:00Z")
I love gravy, but I’ve always sucked at making it. In the last couple of years, I have fallen on the crutch of letting my wife, or mother, or mother-in-law, or random encyclopedia salesmen make gravy for me. I had deve… --- ## [Night Guards for Bruxism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-guards-for-bruxism/605604)
**Author:** [@Patience\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patience_Jones)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-guards-for-bruxism/605604 "2013-09-08T21:22:51Z")
My problem with tooth grinding has become bad enough that my dentist wants me to use a custom made night guard. It will cost about $500. I don’t doubt that I need one, since I’m having quite a bit of gum recession becaus… --- ## [How would you respond to this high school student's question re torture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-this-high-school-students-question-re-torture/496830)
**Author:** [@JHE1967](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JHE1967)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-this-high-school-students-question-re-torture/496830 "2009-05-25T18:07:07Z")
My fiancee and I recieved the below email from a high school junior (my fiancee’s nephew). Really great kid and quite intelligent for his age. Unfortunately he has very little exposure to anything but extremely conservat… --- ## [Most successful predator besides us, statistics-wise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-predator-besides-us-statistics-wise/577588)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2011, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-predator-besides-us-statistics-wise/577588 "2011-04-12T08:03:06Z")
Lots of predators are smart and scary and fearsome… but that doesn’t mean they have a really high kill rate. And of course, they probably shouldn’t - if they always scored, they might be so successful they’d wipe out th… --- ## [Can A US State Change Its Name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-us-state-change-its-name/501043)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-us-state-change-its-name/501043 "2009-06-29T19:25:07Z")
While I’m almost certain that a state can change it’s name, I was wondering if there are any rules or any guidelines. Let’s say Illinois wanted to change its name to South Wisconsin or East Iowa, or Bob. I read that the… --- ## [Would Old School, long standing Republicans actually vote for Michelle Bachman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-old-school-long-standing-republicans-actually-vote-for-michelle-bachman/589753)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-old-school-long-standing-republicans-actually-vote-for-michelle-bachman/589753 "2011-08-12T15:52:16Z")
My dad fit into the “Old School” republican meme for many years while in the military yet now in his aging day has changed to somewhat of an independent - he still mainly votes R. The other day he was talking about Mich… --- ## [Issues of acceptance for transgendered people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issues-of-acceptance-for-transgendered-people/667775)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issues-of-acceptance-for-transgendered-people/667775 "2013-09-04T20:38:22Z")
First, I am very much for LGBTQ rights. I believe in accommodating people as much as possible in society and, contrariwise, am against making people feel like shit about their differences. As a person who has never been… --- ## [What were your gross yearly wages (2017)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121 "2018-03-24T03:59:31Z")
Please don’t include investment income. If you are paid by commission, tips, please include those. Bonuses if they are something you always expect normally. What you get from the daily grind in one year. --- ## [Will Trump attend Biden's inauguration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2021, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-attend-bidens-inauguration/925023 "2021-01-10T12:22:51Z")
poll --- ## [Whatever happened to jingles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-jingles/553796)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-jingles/553796 "2010-09-17T16:52:14Z")
When I was a kid, soft drinks, fast-food joints, candy, cereal, shoes\*, moving companies, insurance companies – they all had jingles in their commercials. I can’t remember the last time I heard a good jingle. What happ… --- ## [How do Tea Partiers feel about the War on Terror, immigration, and economic globalization?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-tea-partiers-feel-about-the-war-on-terror-immigration-and-economic-globalization/554652)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-tea-partiers-feel-about-the-war-on-terror-immigration-and-economic-globalization/554652 "2010-11-08T16:33:40Z")
Several fissures in the American conservative movement have become apparent in the past decade. One is between warhawkish neoconservatives, and isolationist paleoconservatives. The latter has been most clearly represen… --- ## [Gringo offensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gringo-offensive/339667)
**Author:** [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2006, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gringo-offensive/339667 "2006-01-14T10:24:53Z")
Hell no. If you’re offended by being called a gringo, you’re a thin-skinned whiney idiot. Despite Webster calling it “often disparaging” it typically is not used as such. With a certain inflection, it can reflect a dismi… --- ## [Having been to a city's airport=visiting the city?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-been-to-a-citys-airport-visiting-the-city/653440)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-been-to-a-citys-airport-visiting-the-city/653440 "2013-03-23T23:33:04Z")
If you’ve been to only the airport of a certain city, would you count that as having been to that city? For example, I’ve been to an airport in Paris, but I haven’t been anywhere else in Paris. Can I say that I’ve been … --- ## [IF we allow gay marriages..(a different take. (I think))](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-allow-gay-marriages-a-different-take-i-think/253596)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-allow-gay-marriages-a-different-take-i-think/253596 "2004-07-11T17:21:45Z")
Disclaimer: I’m rarely in GD’s so if this has been hashes out already I apologize in advance. So if we pass into law saying that it’s ok for gays to get married; we’re basically saying that it’s ok and that these people… --- ## [Are There Any WWII Generals Still Alive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-wwii-generals-still-alive/742718)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-wwii-generals-still-alive/742718 "2016-01-14T04:51:19Z")
We are now 71 years on from the end of WWII-and the veterans are dying off quickly. Are there any general officers left? I think that once everyone who had personal experience with WWII is gone, we will see a big change … --- ## [Which movies got it wrong the most](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-got-it-wrong-the-most/465483)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movies-got-it-wrong-the-most/465483 "2008-10-10T23:14:00Z")
In your opinion which movies pissed on their source material the most? Not necessarily diverged in plot but screwed up the theme or just missed the entire point. My two off the top of my head. I Am Legend (Will Smith ve… --- ## [Practicality/legality of a Julian Assange helicopter extraction.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicality-legality-of-a-julian-assange-helicopter-extraction/631786)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicality-legality-of-a-julian-assange-helicopter-extraction/631786 "2012-08-18T14:28:37Z")
Julian Assange is holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in Britain. Police have surrounded the embassy to prevent Assange from escaping to Ecuador. Would it be possible to extract him by helicopter and fly him to a boat o… --- ## [Proposed constitutional amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-constitutional-amendment/618626)
**Author:** [@Bemused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bemused)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-constitutional-amendment/618626 "2012-04-21T18:30:37Z")
The rights enumerated, implied, or otherwise found to exist in this Constitution shall be construed as applying only to human persons. These rights specifically shall not be construed to apply to any non-living human co… --- ## [Wearing a hat indoors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-a-hat-indoors/508659)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-a-hat-indoors/508659 "2009-09-05T20:57:07Z")
I was taken to task last night for not removing my cowboy hat in the bar–actually a private club, but we were in the bar room at the time. At first, I laughed it off, but he was quite serious. When I asked him why, he s… --- ## [Flag at half mast used to mean something](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-at-half-mast-used-to-mean-something/574833)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-at-half-mast-used-to-mean-something/574833 "2011-03-22T13:57:57Z")
When I was a child if I saw a flag at half mast my first question was, “which ex president died?” Now I just wonder who’s cat has the sniffles. I suspect it’s some tribute to the soldiers losing their lives in Afghanis… --- ## [Haircuts in prison?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haircuts-in-prison/48837)
**Author:** [@Kalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalt)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haircuts-in-prison/48837 "2012-12-20T04:02:42Z")
I was just thinking… how do people in jail get haircuts? I’m sure they do not allow the inmates to keep sharp scissors in their cells to give themselves/their cellmate a trim when necessary. On the same token, it would b… --- ## [So Why are my favorite N.Y. celebs Mets fans, not Yankees fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-are-my-favorite-n-y-celebs-mets-fans-not-yankees-fans/684925)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-are-my-favorite-n-y-celebs-mets-fans-not-yankees-fans/684925 "2014-04-05T03:57:02Z")
Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart, etc. I recall an episode if the short-lived “Brooklyn Bridge” series depicting Brooklyn Dodgers fans as our downtrodden heroes and New York Giants fans as bullies. What is the current publi… --- ## [The Jinx: Robert Durst](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jinx-robert-durst/715089)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jinx-robert-durst/715089 "2024-04-20T21:53:54Z")
Anyone following this 6-part documentary series about the strange (and corpse-strewn) life of Robert Durst? It’s by the director who made the fictionalized account of Durst’s life, the disappearance of his wife, the murd… --- ## [American Idol - Judges Choice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-judges-choice/496073)
**Author:** [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-judges-choice/496073 "2009-05-15T14:04:44Z")
Well the rumour mills are grinding. They say that: Kris Allen will be singing “Apologize” by One Republic. Adam Lambert will be singing “One” by U2. Danny Gokey will be singing “Dance Little Sister” by Terence Trent … --- ## [Your credit card was declined. How do you react?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-credit-card-was-declined-how-do-you-react/671059)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-credit-card-was-declined-how-do-you-react/671059 "2013-10-14T19:58:54Z")
You are in Walmart with a cart full of stuff. At checkout, you use your credit card, and it returns declined. No idea why. You have no other way to pay. How would you react? Is the personal inconvenience, or the embarras… --- ## [Why is the 1st Amendment absolute and people want to limit the 2nd Amendment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-1st-amendment-absolute-and-people-want-to-limit-the-2nd-amendment/645017)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-1st-amendment-absolute-and-people-want-to-limit-the-2nd-amendment/645017 "2012-12-27T12:41:00Z")
A friend at work brought this up at work today. The press is attacking the NRA for its unyielding position. Saying they lost an opportunity. Yet we tolerate all sorts of 1st Amendment abuses. A-holes burning our flag, N… --- ## [Private School in Miami warns staff to not get COVID-19 vaccine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839 "2023-03-14T00:24:26Z")
Yep, you read that right: A private school with two campuses in Miami has warned its staff against taking vaccines that prevent COVID-19, saying it will not employ anyone who has been inoculated and spreading misinform… --- ## [\[atheists/theists\] what's the best argument you've encountered against...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-theists-whats-the-best-argument-youve-encountered-against/250227)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-theists-whats-the-best-argument-youve-encountered-against/250227 "2004-06-22T04:15:08Z")
…\[atheism/theism\]? Atheists - what is the best argument you’ve encountered against atheism? theists - what is the best argument you’ve encountered against theism? Be honest! (I know this may be cause for argument but… --- ## [Paranormal, telepathy, one million price from James Randi, telepathic Vinko and spoon bender Uri Gel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranormal-telepathy-one-million-price-from-james-randi-telepathic-vinko-and-spoon-bender-uri-gel/612345)
**Author:** [@neurostudop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neurostudop)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranormal-telepathy-one-million-price-from-james-randi-telepathic-vinko-and-spoon-bender-uri-gel/612345 "2012-02-10T16:27:37Z")
James Randi is offering 1 000 000 US$ to any person that can give evidence to paranormal. Things like telepathy , moving and bending objects using brain power. Over 50% of people believe in paranormal , some people lik… --- ## [Obama absolutely beating the snot out of McCain in early voting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-absolutely-beating-the-snot-out-of-mccain-in-early-voting/468100)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-absolutely-beating-the-snot-out-of-mccain-in-early-voting/468100 "2008-10-24T01:12:33Z")
In polls of 5 states with early voting, Barack Obama is walloping John McCain to the tune of an average lead of 23 points. In every one of the 5 states surveyed, Obama is massively out performing his statewide polls. He… --- ## [Underground child porn rings? The fucking bastards even have webpages!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underground-child-porn-rings-the-fucking-bastards-even-have-webpages/66674)
**Author:** [@Morrison\_s\_Lament](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morrison_s_Lament)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2001, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underground-child-porn-rings-the-fucking-bastards-even-have-webpages/66674 "2001-05-31T06:19:38Z")
I just got an e-mail that disturbed me. It concerned the fact that these “underground child porn rings” we hear about operating in great secrecy, actually operate very openly on the web. I got a link (which I have delet… --- ## [I pit people who don't train their big dogs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-dont-train-their-big-dogs/612075)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-dont-train-their-big-dogs/612075 "2012-02-09T23:39:07Z")
I’m a cat person, but I love dogs too. Small dogs are usually manageable, but if you’re going to get a big dog, don’t expect me to enter your home unless you’ve trained it. I don’t want it to bite me, I don’t want it t… --- ## [Oh my goodness - FBI response to Nigerian scams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-goodness-fbi-response-to-nigerian-scams/574668)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-goodness-fbi-response-to-nigerian-scams/574668 "2011-03-17T16:34:45Z")
Check this thing out I just got in my inbox: As if the FBI would contact me via e-mail. And not even have my name on it! And the grammar and the spelling positively hurt. --- ## [Amish Romance Books-Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amish-romance-books-why/539056)
**Author:** [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amish-romance-books-why/539056 "2010-06-17T20:15:36Z")
Friends while browsing the book store the other day I have noticed an explosion in what only can be called "Amish Romance books. They all seem to have the same cover, a woman in a white bonnet with a vapid expression sta… --- ## [Murder-suicide prompted by medical expenses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-suicide-prompted-by-medical-expenses/838473)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-suicide-prompted-by-medical-expenses/838473 "2019-08-19T21:30:59Z")
This happened near me, between here and Bellingham. Elderly couple found dead from murder-suicide after they couldn’t afford wife’s healthcare \[NB: The video in the article is a different occurrence, in California.\] T… --- ## [What's your favorite REALLY oldie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-really-oldie/633854)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-really-oldie/633854 "2012-09-13T06:27:03Z")
Go back, back, back, … past the 70s, 60s, before Doo Wop, … What is your favorite music from the years of the Big Bands and crooners? I think the best Big Band song, and in general one of the best songs overall, ever, w… --- ## [What kind of car would a ghetto street dealer drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-would-a-ghetto-street-dealer-drive/584833)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-would-a-ghetto-street-dealer-drive/584833 "2013-03-25T18:35:42Z")
Someone feared and respected, making more money than the rest in the ghetto, but still ghetto. What kind of car would he drive? It has to suggest he has more money than the average guy in the area but not stand out as ou… --- ## [Chris Hansen has to take himself a seat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hansen-has-to-take-himself-a-seat/587344 "2011-07-07T17:27:52Z")
Ah well… Hidden Camera Catches Host of To Catch a Predator Cheating on Wife --- ## [To my fellow lefties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fellow-lefties/405267)
**Author:** [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fellow-lefties/405267 "2007-05-26T17:07:23Z")
I very rarely participate in political discussions on these boards, mainly because they tend to be US-centric and I have neither the knowledge nor, frankly, the interest to go up against some of the well-informed people … --- ## [Oddest home inspection stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-home-inspection-stories/750675)
**Author:** [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-home-inspection-stories/750675 "2016-04-14T04:30:28Z")
We put in a bid on a house last week and today we went through the home inspection. Seller said there was no attic access he knew of, but we found a little panel in one of the closets, just about big enough for a person … --- ## [Brits, comment on Engelbert song for Eurovision 2012.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-comment-on-engelbert-song-for-eurovision-2012/618937)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-comment-on-engelbert-song-for-eurovision-2012/618937 "2012-05-29T19:40:00Z")
1.Love will set you free. Is this a winnable song? Wrong choice of singer? BBC journalist Mark Beaumont says Engelbert is cheesy inherently.( scroll down to middle of page). Is it so? Please elaboarate. Non-Brits also… --- ## [Why don't Christians follow Jewish beliefs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-christians-follow-jewish-beliefs/677401)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-christians-follow-jewish-beliefs/677401 "2014-01-04T20:11:21Z")
I know it’s easy to say “Well we’re not Jewish because we believe in Christ.” I mean Christ obviously followed Jewish traditions, at least at one time. So when did it change? Why? --- ## [Men at Arms and the origin of the word 'Politican'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-at-arms-and-the-origin-of-the-word-politican/260830)
**Author:** [@Just1Lurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just1Lurk)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-at-arms-and-the-origin-of-the-word-politican/260830 "2004-08-26T18:08:50Z")
From Terry Pratchett’s Men At Arms: Earlier in the book, Carrot had made a big deal about the fact that policeman comes from the world ‘polis’, i.e., a policeman is a ‘man of the city.’ What is the point Vetinari tryi… --- ## [A plastic glass, an online paper, and other material contradictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plastic-glass-an-online-paper-and-other-material-contradictions/962836)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plastic-glass-an-online-paper-and-other-material-contradictions/962836 "2022-05-06T09:20:23Z")
I was chatting with my daughter over lunch today about how she was drinking water from a “glass,” even though it was made of plastic. I got to thinking: are there other objects named after the material they’re made from,… --- ## [Songs recorded with alternate lyrics to the original but not for humor or satire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-recorded-with-alternate-lyrics-to-the-original-but-not-for-humor-or-satire/973199)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-recorded-with-alternate-lyrics-to-the-original-but-not-for-humor-or-satire/973199 "2024-02-16T22:45:25Z")
I know satirical versions of songs are a dime a dozen ala Weird Al but are there a lot of songs recorded, either by the original artist or someone else, that changed the lyrics into a different song but not done for humo… --- ## [Groaners. The really bad joke thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groaners-the-really-bad-joke-thread/264875)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groaners-the-really-bad-joke-thread/264875 "2004-09-25T15:35:46Z")
This joke is bad on a couple of levels, not the least of which it requires knowledge that many younger people might not have. A zoo receives a gnu as a gft. Since the new gnu was not expected, they had to scramble to f… --- ## [What inanimate object do you support for president?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526)
**Author:** [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526 "2008-02-05T18:41:46Z")
My first thought is for my magazine rack because I like how it stands with the issues, but I’m torn because my right shoe has a proven track record. Moreover, my left shoe would make a perfect running mate for my right … --- ## [What is your favorite Pink Floyd album?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pink-floyd-album/554851)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pink-floyd-album/554851 "2010-10-01T16:32:07Z")
If you don’t like Pink Floyd, just ignore this thread rather than threadshitting–thanks :wink: If you do like Pink Floyd, what is your favorite album and why? --- ## [What did Hillary accomplish as Secretary of State?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-hillary-accomplish-as-secretary-of-state/727734)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-hillary-accomplish-as-secretary-of-state/727734 "2015-10-04T03:26:00Z")
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