# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1189&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:** 1190 --- ## [How much math do you do on a regular basis (for work and otherwise)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-math-do-you-do-on-a-regular-basis-for-work-and-otherwise/612840)
**Author:** [@Christopher\_Robin\_Davies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Christopher_Robin_Davies)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-math-do-you-do-on-a-regular-basis-for-work-and-otherwise/612840 "2012-02-18T16:56:03Z")
A friend of mine from high school just asked me if I could help her son with his trigonometry. Had to say no because though I made all A’s in that subject back in the day, and went as far as Calculus II in college, that … --- ## [Doctor Who Christmas Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-christmas-special/565353)
**Author:** [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-christmas-special/565353 "2011-01-04T14:22:54Z")
Tonight at 6pm GMT on BBC1, and in a promising development, at 8pm EST on BBC America. Woot! So what’s it all about? It called A Christmas Carol so at least part of the plot can be guessed, and after all it’s a pretty t… --- ## [Highest Possible One-Word Score in Scrabble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-possible-one-word-score-in-scrabble/204535)
**Author:** [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-possible-one-word-score-in-scrabble/204535 "2003-10-02T17:35:33Z")
My obsessed SO regularly hands me my ass when we play Scrabble. Last night, we started wondering what the maximum number of points possible in one play would be. She says it would have to involve both a “bingo”, the 50-p… --- ## [Is it necessary/prudent to use parking brake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-necessary-prudent-to-use-parking-brake/357844)
**Author:** [@xiix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xiix)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-necessary-prudent-to-use-parking-brake/357844 "2006-05-26T05:41:36Z")
I have an '06 car, curious if when parking on my flat driveway at home, or anywhere else for that matter, if I should be using my parking brake when leaving the car overnight? --- ## [whats the danger of butane gas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-danger-of-butane-gas/161355)
**Author:** [@C2lin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C2lin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-danger-of-butane-gas/161355 "2003-03-14T18:45:33Z")
hi readers.concerning of my health,if i was inhaling butane gas,what will the side effect be? will i have brain damage? and can you tell me how it will happen?and what is the other sympotms if you kept inhaling butane ga… --- ## [Explain this cartoon to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-to-me/649325)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2013, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-to-me/649325 "2013-02-09T05:59:52Z")
Can someone explain this cartoonto me? Like, what’s supposed to be funny about it? I do not get it. Usually I’m pretty good at this sort of thing, but this one’s flying right over my head. I know what an aphid is, and I… --- ## [Is the United Methodist Church moving towards acceptance of Homosexuals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-united-methodist-church-moving-towards-acceptance-of-homosexuals/124748)
**Author:** [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-united-methodist-church-moving-towards-acceptance-of-homosexuals/124748 "2003-03-02T21:04:01Z")
It seems so from the case of Rev. Karen Dammann. In February 2001, Dammann was wrote a letter to her conference bishop, Bishop Elias Galvan of the Pacific Northwest Conference, stating that she was ready to return to wo… --- ## [Gun Safety Instructor Accidentally Kills Himself Cleaning Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-safety-instructor-accidentally-kills-himself-cleaning-gun/662183)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-safety-instructor-accidentally-kills-himself-cleaning-gun/662183 "2013-07-05T20:38:49Z")
" Orser, 41, a former Marine Corps reservist whose home has a full-sized British amphibious tank in the backyard, was found in the house by his wife with a fatal shotgun wound in the chest about 11:35 p.m., Carmel police… --- ## [Wiki-walk to philosophy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-walk-to-philosophy/583178)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-walk-to-philosophy/583178 "2020-07-01T11:27:11Z")
According to today’s XKCD, “if you take any article, click on the first link in the article text not in parentheses or italics, and then repeat, you will eventually end up at ‘Philosophy.’” I just did it in 27 links sta… --- ## [Will President Pence pardon Donald Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-president-pence-pardon-donald-trump/786340)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-president-pence-pardon-donald-trump/786340 "2017-05-22T19:40:17Z")
I guess I’m getting ahead of myself here so let me restate: Assuming Mike Pence is still Vice President when Donald Trump resigns to avoid impeachment will President Pence pardon Donald Trump? --- ## [Were you "once a cheater, always a cheater"? Or did you manage to reform?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-once-a-cheater-always-a-cheater-or-did-you-manage-to-reform/621874)
**Author:** [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-once-a-cheater-always-a-cheater-or-did-you-manage-to-reform/621874 "2012-06-17T18:35:55Z")
In my marriage, I was less than faithful (to put it mildly), and now that a suitable amount of time has passed since the divorce, I’m looking to get back out there and find a serious relationship. I don’t want to make t… --- ## [Songs: I Love Her, She Loves Him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805 "2012-09-18T18:13:03Z")
So in short succession, I heard on the radio “Watching Her Watching Him” by Eric Hutchinson and “Love Lies Bleeding” by Elton John, so it got me in a mood. What are songs about a singer singing about his/her love for an… --- ## [Do Most Pharmacies Normally Stock Virtually all Drugs and Sizes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-pharmacies-normally-stock-virtually-all-drugs-and-sizes/354536)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2006, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-pharmacies-normally-stock-virtually-all-drugs-and-sizes/354536 "2006-05-01T07:30:12Z")
I am mainly interested in manufactured pills rather than things that have to be custom compounded. I know that some pharmacies won’t keep drugs with street appeal like Oxycontin on hand but will order them for you in 24 … --- ## [Pro-Life - Is it about compassion or punishment.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-life-is-it-about-compassion-or-punishment/33163)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2000, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-life-is-it-about-compassion-or-punishment/33163 "2000-09-20T22:01:37Z")
When I ask why people are pro-life, they usually reply that abortion is murder and they are compassionately trying to save babies. But delveing a bit deeper, the inconsistancies show through. For example, many anti-abor… --- ## [Are black women looking better these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-black-women-looking-better-these-days/6118)
**Author:** [@Farmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2000, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-black-women-looking-better-these-days/6118 "2000-04-26T07:30:00Z")
Not to start a race war, but are some black women looking good? I seen the movie Woo, Clueless, and a few others and I like what I see, Tyra banks too. Is this an interracial thing since the seventies or what? --- ## [spanking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanking/29977)
**Author:** [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2000, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanking/29977 "2000-08-27T20:16:07Z")
For or against? Sme friends of mine say they will get the switch out and the kids behave. They say they never have to use it anymore. My other friend says she whacks her son with a belt. I don’t agree with this. Does… --- ## [Will fist fights in Congress happen soon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-fist-fights-in-congress-happen-soon/643937)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-fist-fights-in-congress-happen-soon/643937 "2012-12-17T01:43:27Z")
Has the hatred between Democrats and Republicans reached this point yet? Right now I’m so disgusted with both parties. The refusal to solve this budget crises yet again is beyond stupid. It’s time to clean out the knuckl… --- ## [Crazy things you or your freinds did in high school...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-things-you-or-your-freinds-did-in-high-school/308383)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-things-you-or-your-freinds-did-in-high-school/308383 "2005-06-17T03:42:41Z")
i went to high school back in the '80s One of my classmates was expelled for making napalm, and driving to school with it in the trunk of his car, nothing malicious, he just thought it was cool that he made napalm… did… --- ## [Things that rub you the wrong way, and you know it's stupid. Things where it annoys you that they annoy you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558 "2024-05-13T18:39:26Z")
There’s a thing that annoys me, and it also annoys me that it annoys me, because I know it’s stupid that it annoys me - I know that the problem is entirely in my head and that the perpetrators (which is the wrong word) o… --- ## [Your score for the Obama-Palin nuclear debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-score-for-the-obama-palin-nuclear-debate/535599)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-score-for-the-obama-palin-nuclear-debate/535599 "2010-04-12T00:40:28Z")
I’ve seen just enough on Google news lately to know that former Alaska Governor Palin, during a rally this week, made a verbal swipe at President Obama over the nuclear weapons treaty he just signed, and over the nuclear… --- ## [No Halloween costumes at work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-halloween-costumes-at-work/424482)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-halloween-costumes-at-work/424482 "2007-11-01T20:44:11Z")
Just got an email from the corporate stooges. No costumes at work becuase some client is visiting on Wednesday. Business casual, same as always. Fucking assholes, the corporate stooges and the visiting clients. Every fu… --- ## [Terrorist attack in Barcelona](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-in-barcelona/793879)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-in-barcelona/793879 "2017-08-24T20:10:00Z")
At around 5:15PM local time, today (3:15PM GMT). A rented van ran over pedestrians in Las Ramblas boulevard (usually chock-full of tourists), in the very center of Barcelona. Two dead, “many” injured, according to local… --- ## [How did Shoemaker become an insult for crap work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-shoemaker-become-an-insult-for-crap-work/692237)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-shoemaker-become-an-insult-for-crap-work/692237 "2014-07-03T17:54:53Z")
Guys in the trades, carpenters, plumbers, masons, will often say “What shoemaker did this?”. Meaning the work was done very incompetently. Often jury rigged crap by someone with no training in the trades. How did the a… --- ## [Medieval Tactics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medieval-tactics/129792)
**Author:** [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medieval-tactics/129792 "2014-12-06T15:38:58Z")
I’ve been playing a demo of Medieval, which is meant to be a realistic medieval warfare simulator (for those who don’t know). One thing I’m curious about is, why is the wedge formation better for charges than a box forma… --- ## [Have any Oscar winners returned to series television?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-oscar-winners-returned-to-series-television/666982)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2013, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-oscar-winners-returned-to-series-television/666982 "2013-10-05T06:49:56Z")
Robin Williams’s new show has prompted me to start this thread. Williams has won an Academy award, for Best Supporting Actor in “Good Will Hunting.” (1997) Have there been any other series which have featured an Oscar w… --- ## [Do Southerners really speak like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-southerners-really-speak-like-this/620299)
**Author:** [@SDMBKL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SDMBKL)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-southerners-really-speak-like-this/620299 "2012-05-02T14:59:02Z")
My Childcraft book from 1975 about The Magic of Words was purchased (along with the whole series) by my parents from a local library’s book sale a decade ago, and as an avid reader, I read literally all of the books. The… --- ## [My boyfriend doesn't dig me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-doesnt-dig-me/688237)
**Author:** [@huitzilopochtli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/huitzilopochtli)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-doesnt-dig-me/688237 "2014-05-22T23:54:38Z")
My boyfriend and I have been together for 3 years. We had sex lots like you do when we first got together. But lately we don’t. At all. The last time was January. He would be happy if we never did it again it seems. I’ve… --- ## [What is (or was) for dinner tonight at your home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-or-was-for-dinner-tonight-at-your-home/555547)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-or-was-for-dinner-tonight-at-your-home/555547 "2010-10-07T06:17:37Z")
We haven’t had one of these in a little bit of a while, and I get good ideas each time someone does them, so … my turn to start one! :smiley: Anyway, we eat dinner \*late \*at Casa Horseshoe - the Other Shoe won’t be gett… --- ## [Why can the farsighted buy cheap glasses at Walgreens but not the nearsighted ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-the-farsighted-buy-cheap-glasses-at-walgreens-but-not-the-nearsighted/9801)
**Author:** [@lamerino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lamerino)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2000, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-the-farsighted-buy-cheap-glasses-at-walgreens-but-not-the-nearsighted/9801 "2000-04-06T04:47:00Z")
Why can the farsighted buy cheap glasses at Walgreens but not the nearsighted? I can get $10 reading glasses, but pay $75 or more for driving glasses. (And it’s not the quality, as Sixty Minutes pointed out.) --- ## [Love the music hate the lyrics (It has a good beat and the kids can dance to it.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130)
**Author:** [@boozilu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boozilu)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130 "2013-09-16T04:04:52Z")
I had never heard Blurred Lines before the VMA coverage (because I’m an old fart) but geez louise – I wish there were different lyrics because I could listen to the music all day. (Yes, I’ve seen the parody/role reversa… --- ## [The Constitutional Argument Against SSM that the lawyers are missing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-constitutional-argument-against-ssm-that-the-lawyers-are-missing/697644)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-constitutional-argument-against-ssm-that-the-lawyers-are-missing/697644 "2014-09-08T18:08:55Z")
As some of you know, I keep up on the legal happenings on constitutional issues. I can’t help but see how some of the best lawyers in the country that are defending same sex marriage bans are tripping over their own dic… --- ## [Why does Aldebaran get so much stick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-aldebaran-get-so-much-stick/263498)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-aldebaran-get-so-much-stick/263498 "2004-09-18T22:35:31Z")
This is kind of a reverse pitting, if you like. Why the hell does Aldebaran come in for so much flaming on these boards? The most recent example was in the thread about the Russian school siege, where several people atta… --- ## [Do they still use stenographers in US courts, and if so why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-use-stenographers-in-us-courts-and-if-so-why/702651)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-use-stenographers-in-us-courts-and-if-so-why/702651 "2014-10-30T00:32:03Z")
Of course you see them all the time in old movies and TV but do courts still use stenographers? Wouldn’t recordings be more, or at least equally, accurate, and a hell of a lot cheaper? Or is there some legal reason that … --- ## [Is that really Darva Conger in Playboy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-really-darva-conger-in-playboy/24493)
**Author:** [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2000, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-really-darva-conger-in-playboy/24493 "2000-07-07T00:22:54Z")
Doesn’t really look like her does it? Where would she can an all around perfect tan? Pssssssst! There are pictures of her on the net if you’re too cheap to buy the Playboy : http://www.liquid2k.com/greatowl/conger/ At… --- ## [Skyrim: HTF do you apply a perk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skyrim-htf-do-you-apply-a-perk/641227)
**Author:** [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skyrim-htf-do-you-apply-a-perk/641227 "2012-11-19T01:20:41Z")
I am not a very experienced gamer, but I got Skyrim on my PC recently and have been playing for a few days. I have even leveled up a couple of times and been granted a “perk”. The trouble is I can’t figure out what I am … --- ## [Would the human race die out if we only "did it" like the bible says you're supposed to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-human-race-die-out-if-we-only-did-it-like-the-bible-says-youre-supposed-to/535434)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-human-race-die-out-if-we-only-did-it-like-the-bible-says-youre-supposed-to/535434 "2010-04-14T12:08:13Z")
Pure speculation, I know, but my guess would be yes. So as a shameless sinner: YOU’RE WELCOME Christians. Enjoy living in a society. :smiley: --- ## [Are there any ideas for why a proton's radius is smaller than predicted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-ideas-for-why-a-protons-radius-is-smaller-than-predicted/650127)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-ideas-for-why-a-protons-radius-is-smaller-than-predicted/650127 "2013-07-03T16:32:45Z")
This isn’t exactly news since the first experiment to indicate a discrepancy was done in 2010. However the new experiment, done by the same group is even more precise and uses a different technique that should allow even… --- ## ['Mallard Fillmore' cartoonist does not understand satire, apparently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mallard-fillmore-cartoonist-does-not-understand-satire-apparently/312090)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mallard-fillmore-cartoonist-does-not-understand-satire-apparently/312090 "2005-07-19T17:03:45Z")
http://www.gawker.com/news/media/commentary/political-cartoonist-meet-satire-111789.php How bizarre that a cartoonist would not “get” that the cartoon was not meant to deceive the reader into thinking it was a genuine e… --- ## [Ford v Ferrari -- I haven't seen it yet.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192 "2020-03-14T12:56:55Z")
But it’s a bullseye in my wheelhouse. Spoiler: The good news is that THERE IS NO CGI! It’s real cars making really loud noises and back then scaring the bejeezus out of Henry II. It’s getting good reviews and I regr… --- ## ["Comical OCD pattern of argumentation" is a personal insult? Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comical-ocd-pattern-of-argumentation-is-a-personal-insult-really/764436)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comical-ocd-pattern-of-argumentation-is-a-personal-insult-really/764436 "2016-09-26T23:51:01Z")
On the celebratory occasion of my first-ever warning, I’m posting this on the general principle that if a poster is genuinely surprised at getting a warning, then there is some disconnect between understandings and expec… --- ## [The Cheese Gods decree you only get two for the rest of your life...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheese-gods-decree-you-only-get-two-for-the-rest-of-your-life/559051)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheese-gods-decree-you-only-get-two-for-the-rest-of-your-life/559051 "2010-11-05T15:15:27Z")
Which? --- ## [Is it safe to handle liquid mercury?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe-to-handle-liquid-mercury/78398)
**Author:** [@Ski\_the\_Soo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ski_the_Soo)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2001, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe-to-handle-liquid-mercury/78398 "2001-09-04T19:11:53Z")
In highschool chemistry class we smeared mercury over dimes with our fingers, to show how it created a super-thin film. Lots of fun. But were we exposing ourselves to danger? --- ## [What's His Ethnicity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230)
**Author:** [@IndianStones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IndianStones)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2018, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230 "2018-01-14T10:10:23Z")
--- ## [What size sphere of copper, silver, gold or platinum could you have for one million dollars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-size-sphere-of-copper-silver-gold-or-platinum-could-you-have-for-one-million-dollars/746752)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-size-sphere-of-copper-silver-gold-or-platinum-could-you-have-for-one-million-dollars/746752 "2016-02-26T22:16:54Z")
I askeda similar questionsome time ago re mounting deformation and how much you would have to spend to get a ball of gold one meter in diameter. I’m watching ESPN’s “Broke” By Billy Corben re how athletes blow all their … --- ## [Ever confronted a stranger when they did something really stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confronted-a-stranger-when-they-did-something-really-stupid/632046)
**Author:** [@thebenn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thebenn)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confronted-a-stranger-when-they-did-something-really-stupid/632046 "2012-08-21T14:43:02Z")
So, I was filling up my car at a gas station on the way to work this morning. As I was finishing up, I noticed that the man at the pump on the other side of mine was smoking a cigarette. :eek::eek: I was absolutely liv… --- ## [To the Troll who keeps starting new "woe is me" threads: get a new hobby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629)
**Author:** [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-troll-who-keeps-starting-new-woe-is-me-threads-get-a-new-hobby/710629 "2015-02-05T12:16:50Z")
Can we please do a bit more about this extremely persistent troll? There are several active threads in IMHO and MPSIMS started or bumped by the same troll under different identities, all about their relationship woes an… --- ## [Why are 3D printers so relevant to plastic gun making?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-3d-printers-so-relevant-to-plastic-gun-making/674270)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-3d-printers-so-relevant-to-plastic-gun-making/674270 "2019-05-13T15:22:25Z")
I hear 3D printers are creating a new threat because they facilitate making plastic guns that aren’t detectible with metal detectors. I don’t get it. Ordinary guns are made using machining methods, and plastic guns coul… --- ## [Cancel Comcast in person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-comcast-in-person/716645)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-comcast-in-person/716645 "2015-04-04T15:35:39Z")
I recently moved, and decided to go with FIOS at my new place. Now I have to close my Comcast account, which I’m dreading. I’m torn on whether I want to attempt it over the phone, or go to the local office in person. … --- ## ["Bouncing off the atmosphere"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bouncing-off-the-atmosphere/538745)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bouncing-off-the-atmosphere/538745 "2010-05-09T01:30:17Z")
It’s a common trope in sci-fi that atmospheric re-entry of a spacecraft must be very precisely controlled. If you enter at too steep an angle you’ll burn up (of course). If you enter at too shallow an angle you’ll “bo… --- ## [Dumbest song lyrics in recent memory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017)
**Author:** [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017 "2008-11-03T20:55:44Z")
I nominate “Sex on Fire” by Kings of Leon. If your sex is on fire, you need to see a doctor about some antibiotics, pronto. Your nominations? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1188&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1190&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)