# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1193&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:** 1194 --- ## [So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/526009)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/526009 "2010-02-02T04:50:02Z")
My subscription expires on Monday, but I won’t be renewing it. I think most of the Mods here do a fantastic job, but one of the newer ones has what I feel is rather a heavy-handed style, and that’s put me off somewhat. I… --- ## [Children of the 70s . . . what do you remember from Sesame Street?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498)
**Author:** [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498 "2003-07-22T03:19:57Z")
Some of my favorites: \*We all live in a capital I in the middle of the desert in the center of the sky . . . Daddy Dear, oh Daddy Sweet Do dandelions roar? Do daisies have feet? One two three four five Six seven … --- ## [Doug Stanhope makes fun of Palin's retard baby and giant stretched out cunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-stanhope-makes-fun-of-palins-retard-baby-and-giant-stretched-out-cunt/468989)
**Author:** [@Influential\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Influential_Panda)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2009, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-stanhope-makes-fun-of-palins-retard-baby-and-giant-stretched-out-cunt/468989 "2009-09-27T14:12:56Z")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdFJ-hFFdI8 (NSFW: language) …damn, Doug. You’re kind of a piece of shit. --- ## [eBay bidding strategy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-bidding-strategy/337106)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2006, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-bidding-strategy/337106 "2006-01-01T06:12:24Z")
I listed my super-8 version (four 400’ reels, marked Part 1/8 through 4/8) of King Kong on eBay. As of now there are an even dozen people with the auction on their Watch Lists. Given that they know there are a number o… --- ## [Do Spaniards sound posh to other Castillian speakers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-spaniards-sound-posh-to-other-castillian-speakers/467904)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-spaniards-sound-posh-to-other-castillian-speakers/467904 "2013-01-07T12:56:16Z")
Similarly does Metropolitan French sound la-de-da to a Québecois? --- ## [April Fool's joke about being pregnant - would you find this offensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-joke-about-being-pregnant-would-you-find-this-offensive/716440)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-joke-about-being-pregnant-would-you-find-this-offensive/716440 "2015-04-11T00:04:57Z")
I read something on Facebook that says you shouldn’t post an April Fool’s joke saying you’re pregnant when you’re not “just in case” someone on your friend’s list is going through IVF, or just miscarried, or for some oth… --- ## [Do clubs have to pay for the songs that they play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-clubs-have-to-pay-for-the-songs-that-they-play/368412)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-clubs-have-to-pay-for-the-songs-that-they-play/368412 "2006-08-17T12:19:03Z")
Aside from buying the record, do clubs have to pay for anything else when playing copyrighted music? --- ## [What's a screwed-over co-signer to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-screwed-over-co-signer-to-do/47514)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2000, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-screwed-over-co-signer-to-do/47514 "2000-12-28T22:59:19Z")
Long story short: I co-signed on a car loan a couple of years ago. I have no idea where this person is now so I can’t get in touch with him (it’s been more than a year; for all I know the guy is dead). Yesterday I got a … --- ## [Recommend me some decent crime novels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-decent-crime-novels/510759)
**Author:** [@alexandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alexandra)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-decent-crime-novels/510759 "2014-07-28T23:30:03Z")
I’ll admit to being taken in by a simplistic crime storyline on tv - Law and Order, Waking the Dead, etc. Yet the resolution is so often unsatisfying because of the nature of most TV - DNA helps everything along and it’s… --- ## [How I Feel Aboit The US These Days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-aboit-the-us-these-days/807874)
**Author:** [@Batano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batano)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-aboit-the-us-these-days/807874 "2018-02-06T02:37:13Z")
Imagine that you were in love with the girl next door. She is smart, kind to animals, and laughs at your jokes. She isn’t a supermodel, but has wholesome good look’s and a cute little gap between her front teeth. You are… --- ## [It is time for Jamaica to answer for its barbaric human rights record.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-time-for-jamaica-to-answer-for-its-barbaric-human-rights-record/423205)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-time-for-jamaica-to-answer-for-its-barbaric-human-rights-record/423205 "2007-10-25T17:47:42Z")
Today, I got an offer from my Mazda dealer to buy their snow tires and to get a chance to win a trip to . . . . . Jamaica! In other words, they are offering me and my same-sex spouse a chance to travel to one of the w… --- ## [Restarting martial art training after 30 - possible? How would it work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restarting-martial-art-training-after-30-possible-how-would-it-work/601334)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restarting-martial-art-training-after-30-possible-how-would-it-work/601334 "2013-03-18T23:10:08Z")
I practiced martial arts as a teenager. I’m now over 30 and haven’t practiced in 10 years. As a teen, I reached purple belt in Shotokan Karate. Is it practical to restart training after 10 years? How much am I likel… --- ## [On-hold "we care about you" message frequency - intended to be annoying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-hold-we-care-about-you-message-frequency-intended-to-be-annoying/534220)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-hold-we-care-about-you-message-frequency-intended-to-be-annoying/534220 "2010-04-02T14:28:15Z")
So I’m on hold waiting for my corporate help desk. I don’t mind putting the line on speakerphone and getting other work done to the sound of pleasing classical music. However, they make an announcement “All analysts are… --- ## [I need advice about forgiving a friend.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-about-forgiving-a-friend/544522)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-about-forgiving-a-friend/544522 "2010-06-28T23:44:42Z")
In this thread I was looking for advice and trying to decide if I should date my friend; I decided not to. I figured it wasn’t something a solid, long term relationship could be built upon and in the meantime I’d lose a … --- ## [Help Me Conceptualize a "Third Gender"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-conceptualize-a-third-gender/463406)
**Author:** [@KRSOradio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRSOradio)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-conceptualize-a-third-gender/463406 "2008-09-16T19:12:24Z")
OK we have men and women, (male and female) pretty easy so far. I was reading in Wikipedia… OK I guess I am trying to visualize a “third sex” and having problems with that concept. I never really thought about it befo… --- ## [Believers in faith healing: why doesn't God restore amputated limbs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believers-in-faith-healing-why-doesnt-god-restore-amputated-limbs/475741)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believers-in-faith-healing-why-doesnt-god-restore-amputated-limbs/475741 "2008-12-07T23:01:25Z")
A few days back I started a post about my brother-in-law’s attempt to treat his high blood glucose with the power of prayer; here’s a link. In that thread, \*\*kanicbird \*\*has asserted that God may, in fact, answer my bro… --- ## [Do animals actually innately fear humans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-actually-innately-fear-humans/357832)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2006, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-actually-innately-fear-humans/357832 "2006-05-25T07:54:06Z")
Or at least more so than they do any other random animal of the same approximate size? It’s a theme I’ve heard often enough that animals, particularly mammals and especially predators, have a particular wariness of huma… --- ## [What if you don't like your stepchild?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-dont-like-your-stepchild/759675)
**Author:** [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-dont-like-your-stepchild/759675 "2016-07-15T20:34:20Z")
Sorry in advance for length. I’ve been in a relationship with a single mom, and I love her very much. The issue is her daughter (7 yo), who is very challenging to deal with. I used to think that stepkids would be like t… --- ## [Buying meat off a truck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-meat-off-a-truck/522747)
**Author:** [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-meat-off-a-truck/522747 "2009-12-29T22:48:20Z")
Last Wednesday, as I simultaneously sank into vacation mode and revved up for holiday mode (i.e. had a vodka gimlet), my doorbell rang. The handsome dude at the door informed me that he’d been in my neighborhood deliver… --- ## [Potentially embarrassing combinations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potentially-embarrassing-combinations/49243)
**Author:** [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2001, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potentially-embarrassing-combinations/49243 "2001-03-25T20:28:09Z")
A nagging cough, intestinal gas, and a training room full of customers. --- ## [Who are the sexiest celebrities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-sexiest-celebrities/638337)
**Author:** [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-sexiest-celebrities/638337 "2012-10-25T15:17:37Z")
She or he could be model\\actor,actress\\politician…anyone but not a pornstar. Give me your list and some info about who they are. dont keep the list too long pls. --- ## [Big Bang Theory 3/10--The Prestidigitation Approximation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-10-the-prestidigitation-approximation/574180)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-10-the-prestidigitation-approximation/574180 "2011-03-16T05:25:58Z")
Leonard must choose between new girlfriend Priya and his friendship with Penny. Meanwhile, Howard drives Sheldon crazy with a magic trick. --- ## [Most Eighties-ish Eighties Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-eighties-ish-eighties-song/348210)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-eighties-ish-eighties-song/348210 "2006-03-19T19:11:52Z")
On the way into work, I was contemplating what the most Eighties-ish song of the 1980s is - that is, what song screams “This totally awesome tune was written and performed in the radical 1980s!” more so than any other so… --- ## [Indecent exposure law outside of the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indecent-exposure-law-outside-of-the-us/588049)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2011, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indecent-exposure-law-outside-of-the-us/588049 "2011-07-08T11:13:26Z")
I was reading updates to sex offender registry laws and realized that someone convicted of indecent exposure is subjected to some pretty serious penalties even after serving their sentence. While indecent exposure is ce… --- ## [Is it true that nudity is more offensive than violence in America? If so why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-nudity-is-more-offensive-than-violence-in-america-if-so-why/643830)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-nudity-is-more-offensive-than-violence-in-america-if-so-why/643830 "2012-12-15T01:36:33Z")
It seems to be common knowledge that Americans are more offended at the sight of a nipple than at, say, the sight of somebody getting shot to pieces in the name of entertainment. The Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction de… --- ## [Abandoned book series you wish would get finished](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoned-book-series-you-wish-would-get-finished/395628)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoned-book-series-you-wish-would-get-finished/395628 "2007-03-19T04:36:07Z")
My (least) favorite example is the Morgaine Saga by C. J. Cherryh, which at the moment stands at 4 books. The last one ended on a sort of cliffhanger, with a few people joining Morgaine and Vayne as they journey to th… --- ## [Will the SD go dark this Wednesday, January 18th?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-sd-go-dark-this-wednesday-january-18th/609737)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-sd-go-dark-this-wednesday-january-18th/609737 "2012-01-19T20:47:08Z")
A number of websites including Wikipedia are as protest of the SOPA. Just wondering if anyone has given any thought to this. --- ## [Hi, I'm A Dumbass And My Dog Is Dead...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-a-dumbass-and-my-dog-is-dead/249631)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-a-dumbass-and-my-dog-is-dead/249631 "2005-12-23T13:40:52Z")
…or, The Cast Of Friends Pointed Out That My Mom Is A Filthy Liar So a bunch of us are watching Friends recently, and this scene comes on: Ok, ha ha. I turn to my friends and say “Heh…funny stuff. Ya know, my folks re… --- ## [Why would someone need a gun on a college campus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-someone-need-a-gun-on-a-college-campus/777599)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2017, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-someone-need-a-gun-on-a-college-campus/777599 "2017-01-26T05:29:45Z")
The bill I am wondering about is this: “Rep. Richard M. Cebra, R-Naples, proposes legislation to “enhance safety on college and university campuses” by allowing firearms to be carried on the campuses of public colleges… --- ## [Education, Middle-class identification, and those who claimno religion in Politics. This might sur](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/education-middle-class-identification-and-those-who-claimno-religion-in-politics-this-might-sur/819068)
**Author:** [@Silver\_lining](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_lining)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/education-middle-class-identification-and-those-who-claimno-religion-in-politics-this-might-sur/819068 "2018-08-13T22:31:29Z")
According to this article by the Washington Post, the following is true. 1 ) Democrats trail Republicans in that have some college, or advanced college degrees. You’d hardly guess that by reading the press, yet the dat… --- ## [Washing Oil Stained clothes in boiling gasoline. Why didn't it blow up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washing-oil-stained-clothes-in-boiling-gasoline-why-didnt-it-blow-up/694076)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washing-oil-stained-clothes-in-boiling-gasoline-why-didnt-it-blow-up/694076 "2014-07-30T21:06:07Z")
My mom’s dad worked in the oilfields from the mid 1920’s through early 60’s. During my mom’s early childhood granddad was a roustabout. Basically that means any shit job on the well he did. He came home covered in oil m… --- ## [Moving: 12-hour drive with two cats - HELP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-12-hour-drive-with-two-cats-help/233795)
**Author:** [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-12-hour-drive-with-two-cats-help/233795 "2004-03-12T14:04:57Z")
I’m freaking out with the idea of moving with two cats and several fish. S.o. and I plan to move within six months from D.C. metro area to Jacksonville, Florida, area – about a 12-hour drive. The fish are the least of … --- ## [\[Game\] tag for thread games.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-tag-for-thread-games/700062)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-tag-for-thread-games/700062 "2015-01-27T19:20:42Z")
In order to hopefully make it a little easier for those who browse this forum on a daily or regular basis, we have added a prefix to all threads that are for the sole purpose of playing a board game or such. \[GAME\] (wit… --- ## [What if all the election-fixing suggested against Trump is proven true?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-all-the-election-fixing-suggested-against-trump-is-proven-true/807768)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-all-the-election-fixing-suggested-against-trump-is-proven-true/807768 "2018-02-02T02:34:52Z")
I know it’s a long shot, but let’s say that: Enough evidence is produced to confirm that Trump & co colluded with the Russians and/or others to influence the election AND It is deemed (somehow? By someone?) that tha… --- ## [What do hot flashes feel like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-hot-flashes-feel-like/633425)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-hot-flashes-feel-like/633425 "2013-06-09T23:35:40Z")
I’m 44, but my mother and sister both went through menopause early, so maybe it’s near my time. It’s OK, as I have 4 kids and certainly won’t miss my fertility. Today while in Target I suddenly got really hot. Now, I l… --- ## [Mary Ann, Bailey Quarters, and the rest: when the sidekick is hotter than the lead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-ann-bailey-quarters-and-the-rest-when-the-sidekick-is-hotter-than-the-lead/369794)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-ann-bailey-quarters-and-the-rest-when-the-sidekick-is-hotter-than-the-lead/369794 "2006-09-08T01:36:45Z")
Glancing over the front page of CS, I see that there is no currently active thread objectifying women OR men. This must stop, lest the SDMB implode upon itself in a singularity of moral rectitude. Thus I am opening this … --- ## [Will port forwarding mess up anyone else's internet services](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-port-forwarding-mess-up-anyone-elses-internet-services/568516)
**Author:** [@Saganist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saganist)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-port-forwarding-mess-up-anyone-elses-internet-services/568516 "2011-02-03T18:46:01Z")
My PC is sitting behind a wireless router and I’m interested in using it as a server of various flavors. Assuming that no one else in the house is doing anything similar, will configuring the router to forward traffic o… --- ## [Ever had a loaded gun pointed at you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689 "2021-07-01T14:35:53Z")
Have you ever looked upon the business-end of a loaded gun? I did. It almost ended up as one of those childhood tragedies. When I was about 10 or 12, I was spending the night at my friend’s house. He wanted to show me h… --- ## [Yet Another Work Place Fairness Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-work-place-fairness-question/639672)
**Author:** [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-work-place-fairness-question/639672 "2012-11-06T23:09:44Z")
Why can’t things just be simple? Every employee performs his or her job to the best of their ability day after day without asking for special shoes, or chairs or weeks off in the Caribbean to mourn their second cousin t… --- ## [When did "You're not the boss of me!" begin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-youre-not-the-boss-of-me-begin/652916)
**Author:** [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-youre-not-the-boss-of-me-begin/652916 "2013-03-21T02:29:29Z")
Thread title says it all. I do not remember this phrase from my childhood at all. Seems to me I started hearing it in the 80’s when my kids were little. Heard it in a comedy routine the other day and started wondering (a… --- ## [Top 10 reasons beer is better than Jesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-reasons-beer-is-better-than-jesus/71457)
**Author:** [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-reasons-beer-is-better-than-jesus/71457 "2001-08-15T01:31:11Z")
No one will kill you for not drinking Beer. Beer doesn’t tell you how to have sex. Beer has never caused a major war. They don’t force Beer on minors who can’t think for themselves. When you have a Beer, yo… --- ## [Stories about when your boss got fired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-about-when-your-boss-got-fired/746743)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-about-when-your-boss-got-fired/746743 "2016-02-29T19:32:39Z")
On another message board I read there’s a thread about people quitting their job, and bad management is a recurrent theme. So I’d like stories about when your manager got fired. I have no direct experience myself of th… --- ## [Contacting a long-lost ex-girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contacting-a-long-lost-ex-girlfriend/236460)
**Author:** [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contacting-a-long-lost-ex-girlfriend/236460 "2004-04-04T13:23:31Z")
Lately, I’ve had the idea of tracking down and contacting a long-lost ex-girlfriend. The idea won’t go away for some reason. I think I’m going to go through with it. I already have a couple leads. I have no illusions ab… --- ## [Well, the fucking religion of peace strikes again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-fucking-religion-of-peace-strikes-again/174818)
**Author:** [@Testy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Testy)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-fucking-religion-of-peace-strikes-again/174818 "2003-05-13T17:34:40Z")
Well, its 0200 on Tuesday morning here in Riyadh and the ambassadors from the Religion of Peace\[sub\]TM\[/sub\] have just paid us a visit. Representatives of Allah the merciful, the compassionate; have machine-gunned variou… --- ## [My Coke vs. Pepsi test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-coke-vs-pepsi-test/683862)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-coke-vs-pepsi-test/683862 "2014-03-22T11:48:13Z")
When I drink a cola, it’s usually Diet Dr. Pepper or Diet Cherry Coke or Diet Cherry Pepsi. The Dr. Pepper has a distinctive taste, but I’ve never done a comparison between Coke and Pepsi. So I decided to do a taste test… --- ## [we should be able to say whatever we want about the mods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-be-able-to-say-whatever-we-want-about-the-mods/558615)
**Author:** [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-be-able-to-say-whatever-we-want-about-the-mods/558615 "2010-11-04T23:52:05Z")
Let’s be honest, alright? Some of the mods are idiots and/or make idiotic decisions. Many of them make stupid judgement calls and interperet the rules of the board in a bizarre and completely random manner. Some of them … --- ## [one-word synonym for a disco ball?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-synonym-for-a-disco-ball/488775)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-synonym-for-a-disco-ball/488775 "2009-05-27T04:34:04Z")
My mom insists that she used to know another term for a disco ball that was one word. She hasn’t been able to think of what it was and it’s been kind of bugging her for years. Anyone know what she might be thinking of? --- ## [In this life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-life/218939)
**Author:** [@Kurdt\_Kobain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kurdt_Kobain)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-life/218939 "2003-12-16T20:54:13Z")
Well, I’ve tired of being like this. One long moment spent with thoughts drifting turns to months of things naught, of ideas retooled, broken, recombobulated, shattered and reformed like hand kick batter turns to months… --- ## [Why do so many police forces use blue uniforms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-police-forces-use-blue-uniforms/583425)
**Author:** [@DrGarry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrGarry)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-police-forces-use-blue-uniforms/583425 "2011-05-31T00:04:34Z")
Hi All: Watching the images of the Serbian police arrest Mr Mladic, I was struck by how a light blue/dark blue combo seems to be a common theme amongst the world’s police. Their uniforms are the same combo as in my home… --- ## [Are there no more "warbrides" in the US military?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-no-more-warbrides-in-the-us-military/623667)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-no-more-warbrides-in-the-us-military/623667 "2012-06-08T06:24:42Z")
Warbrides refers to soldiers marrying local civilian spouses in the country they are serving in, it is such a well known phenomenon there was even legislation which used the term. My maternal grandmother was a WW2 warbri… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1192&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1194&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)