# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1194&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:** 1195 --- ## [US or British jets intercepting Russian bombers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-or-british-jets-intercepting-russian-bombers/730732)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-or-british-jets-intercepting-russian-bombers/730732 "2017-05-21T16:49:05Z")
It seems that several times over the last few month Russian bombers have approached US and British air space. What exactly does it mean when the reports say the bombers have been “intercepted”? Do the US jets literally… --- ## [Is a Miata a chick car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-miata-a-chick-car/573122)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2011, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-miata-a-chick-car/573122 "2011-03-08T10:06:23Z")
Several lists found on line show the Mazda Miata as a chick car. Really? What if it’s black? What if it has a manual transmission? In fact, is there really such a thing as a chick car? --- ## [Two men cleared of rape by recording](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-men-cleared-of-rape-by-recording/772930)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-men-cleared-of-rape-by-recording/772930 "2016-11-27T20:26:26Z")
Many moons ago I started a hypothetical thread wherein someone was accused of rape and saved by his security system having accidentally recorded the sex. The accidental recording was roundly condemned. Well, truth is st… --- ## [Is 3% a good raise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-3-a-good-raise/455214)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-3-a-good-raise/455214 "2008-07-12T04:50:30Z")
I don’t want to editorialize, because I don’t want to sway anyone in a particular direction. What is your opinion? --- ## [Is There Such A Thing As "Canadian Food"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-canadian-food/555274)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-canadian-food/555274 "2010-10-01T03:01:43Z")
If I wanted to open a Canadian restaurant in, say, Dallas, Texas, what would I have on the menu? --- ## [Movie 3d: Winner or Flash in the pan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-3d-winner-or-flash-in-the-pan/604219)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-3d-winner-or-flash-in-the-pan/604219 "2011-12-02T19:11:42Z")
Roger Ebert hates the 3d format; he predicts that it will fade away as a fad. He also wrote that it was dying out and some filmakers decided not to go with 3d. Another source I read mentioned something like “This movie … --- ## [New Hampshire results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hampshire-results/432802)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hampshire-results/432802 "2008-01-11T18:16:32Z")
People are talking about the election in a bunch of different threads, but I though I’d open this one as sort of a center point to talk about the NH results. It’s now 8:21 eastern, the polls in New Hampshire have closed… --- ## [Daffodil5 I'm calling you out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daffodil5-im-calling-you-out/173101)
**Author:** [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daffodil5-im-calling-you-out/173101 "2003-05-07T00:57:10Z")
In this thread which I started, you walk in, make a pathetic attempt to understand the concepts within, then begin to sneer and throw around baseless accusations. This would be amusing due to your obvious lack of readin… --- ## [Base 12 advocacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/base-12-advocacy/557068)
**Author:** [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/base-12-advocacy/557068 "2010-10-17T19:21:20Z")
The discussion on pi vs. tau got me thinking about Base 12 (duodecimal) advocacy (Dozenalism) which seems reasonable to me. Base 10 has only two (non trivial) divisors: 2, 5, while base 12 has four: 2, 3, 4, 6, which is … --- ## [Why don't YOU run for political office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-run-for-political-office/530458)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2010, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-run-for-political-office/530458 "2010-02-27T08:21:14Z")
This is kind of a poll, but since there are no prefab multiple choice answers, we’ll try GD with the other political threads. Why not run for political office yourself? Have you considered it? I was talking to a friend… --- ## [Looking for volunteers for SDMB APAS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-volunteers-for-sdmb-apas/93751)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2001, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-volunteers-for-sdmb-apas/93751 "2001-11-20T00:42:06Z")
I want to recruit a panel of Dopers into the the SDMB Academy of Posting Arts and Sciences. I’d like to get two representatives from each of the nine forums here, so that’d be \[…counting on fingers… …now going to toes…\] … --- ## [Visiting the Biltmore Estate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-the-biltmore-estate/415590)
**Author:** [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-the-biltmore-estate/415590 "2007-08-17T02:26:20Z")
So my wife and I are stealing away to Asheville for a long weekend. We’ve been there a couple of times, but we’ve never actually been to the Biltmore, so this time we got a hotel package that included admission. There … --- ## [Explain this joke to me, I just don't get it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-joke-to-me-i-just-dont-get-it/526670)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-joke-to-me-i-just-dont-get-it/526670 "2010-01-29T21:19:03Z")
I was looking through this joke website: http://www.sickipedia.org/ (warning: adult content). People can post their jokes to this site and other people can vote if they think it is funny. One of the latest high scoring j… --- ## [Poll: Do you like hot cereal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2015, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561 "2015-01-13T06:27:50Z")
Here in Southern California, it’s been cold enough to convince me to have hot cereal for breakfast, most of the time, instead of dry cereal. I enjoy oatmeal and Malt-O-Meal. What do YOU like? :slight\_smile: --- ## [Why is health care still tied to employers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-health-care-still-tied-to-employers/505740)
**Author:** [@the\_first\_supraliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_first_supraliminal)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-health-care-still-tied-to-employers/505740 "2009-08-14T01:49:27Z")
Sure, I know how it started, with 18th century plantations and 19th century logging camps and company towns that had only one doctor, so the owner just paid him. Paternalism. The owner also supplied all the lodgings and … --- ## [What bras do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bras-do/497291)
**Author:** [@magpye100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magpye100)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bras-do/497291 "2009-07-19T19:48:07Z")
Mostly, they provide a culturally bound (no pun!) sexually attractive shape. They also can prevent the nipples from being visible through outerwear, for those of a more modest turn. As to preventing sagging, only while … --- ## [How can America prosecute Assange?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-america-prosecute-assange/562688)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-america-prosecute-assange/562688 "2010-12-06T20:18:46Z")
I’ve read variously that America wants to prosecute Assange over the release of American secrets by Wikileaks. But Assange is not an American citizen - he’s Australian - and the alleged offence was not committed on Ameri… --- ## [Co-signing on a kid's apartment lease?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-signing-on-a-kids-apartment-lease/615042)
**Author:** [@macinsomniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/macinsomniac)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-signing-on-a-kids-apartment-lease/615042 "2013-07-22T22:07:49Z")
Hello, My son is currently looking for work, and plans to move out with a roommate. I am waiting for the inevitable question of co-signing on the lease. He will be in a new job, and it will be his first rental. The r… --- ## [Why hexadecimal instead of base-32 or higher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hexadecimal-instead-of-base-32-or-higher/699765)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hexadecimal-instead-of-base-32-or-higher/699765 "2014-09-30T21:49:18Z")
In computing, what’s so special about base-16 that it’s used as the most common representation of binary numbers? Why didn’t we go with base-32, etc.? --- ## [Early Christmas presents are trashy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948 "2011-01-02T04:56:45Z")
See poll. --- ## [Folding dirty laundry: crazy or normal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folding-dirty-laundry-crazy-or-normal/563415)
**Author:** [@purple\_cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_cow)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folding-dirty-laundry-crazy-or-normal/563415 "2010-12-13T21:52:40Z")
So my girlfriend and i had just spent a nice week in a cabin we had rented from my Aunt in Maine. The cleaning people were coming soon to get the cabin ready for the next visitors coming in the afternoon. The direction… --- ## [Let's ban use of the word "retarded" as an insult here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-ban-use-of-the-word-retarded-as-an-insult-here/269421)
**Author:** [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2004, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-ban-use-of-the-word-retarded-as-an-insult-here/269421 "2004-10-23T11:53:55Z")
In light of an offensive flier distributed in Tennessee, the chairman and CEO of Special Olympics has made the following statement: Now, I don’t want to get into the politics involved here. I do think, though, that Mr… --- ## [Guitarists: Whom Do You Admire Most As A Player?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399 "2021-09-05T01:18:38Z")
Thought I’d get some music convo going. So like…my tastes have evolved a lot, especially recently. Where I would once rank Eddie Van Halen and Yngwie Malmsteen as the Gods of Rock, I would now replace them with Marcus Ki… --- ## [Could a good SF space series be done without FTL?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-good-sf-space-series-be-done-without-ftl/490694)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-good-sf-space-series-be-done-without-ftl/490694 "2009-08-09T16:52:03Z")
And yes, I know Firefly did it. But they kinda cheated by postulating an extended multiple-star system with scores of inhabitable worlds and moons. I guess what I mean is, could a series that accepted that interstellar t… --- ## [How Much is the UAW To Blame for the GM Meltdown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-the-uaw-to-blame-for-the-gm-meltdown/552912)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-the-uaw-to-blame-for-the-gm-meltdown/552912 "2010-09-09T03:23:43Z")
I was reading a book about the wreck of the US auto industry, and it seems that the UAW had acquired tremendous power over the firm. The union was (essentially) dictating the work environment to management-telling them : … --- ## [Creative works should be \*available\*, even if not \*free\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creative-works-should-be-available-even-if-not-free/687312)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creative-works-should-be-available-even-if-not-free/687312 "2014-04-30T21:29:54Z")
I am not at all one of those cyber-anarchist types who believes that all the creative content ever made should just flow freely online. I never used Napster (until it became a legitimate service, a precursor to Spotify)… --- ## [Share your best personally experienced coincidences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-best-personally-experienced-coincidences/603375)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-best-personally-experienced-coincidences/603375 "2011-11-27T15:23:00Z")
My best was the time that my ex-husband and I were trying to see if our new phone number spelled anything interesting. It didn’t. So we decided to think of words that would make a cool phone number. I picked two words th… --- ## [Are there video games where you can run too fast or jump too high?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-video-games-where-you-can-run-too-fast-or-jump-too-high/509743)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-video-games-where-you-can-run-too-fast-or-jump-too-high/509743 "2009-09-18T18:09:05Z")
I always seem to want to run faster and jump higher in platformer and adventure games. I was thinking back over some of my favorite games and I think every single one of them would be improved by some combination of one … --- ## [How Often Do You Pee in the Shower?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-pee-in-the-shower/589398)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-pee-in-the-shower/589398 "2011-07-19T16:38:59Z")
I have a feeling this has been discussed before, but a quick search did not produce anything. Questions are self-explanatory. mmm --- ## [Worn tires and rear differential](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worn-tires-and-rear-differential/619202)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worn-tires-and-rear-differential/619202 "2012-04-20T00:27:10Z")
After a crappy repair job by a garage to replace the rear differential, we were told that the were now officially frowarned that by having 2 new and 2 worn tires (new on front, worn on back but worn meaning about 2-3 yea… --- ## [Pronounciation of "aunt"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounciation-of-aunt/733593)
**Author:** [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounciation-of-aunt/733593 "2015-10-08T13:39:24Z")
I’ve been out of planet for a while and having returned I have noticed (in several American TV series) that the USA pronunciation of the word “aunt” seems to have changed, at least in my estimation. It used to be, for me… --- ## [Is there any effective OTC drug that will control appetite the way ephedra did?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-effective-otc-drug-that-will-control-appetite-the-way-ephedra-did/612148)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-effective-otc-drug-that-will-control-appetite-the-way-ephedra-did/612148 "2012-02-20T23:17:41Z")
Back when ephedra was legal I used it occasionally when dieting to get past the really tough initial hunger pangs. It worked great and would clamp appetite very effectively. Anything like that still around? --- ## [The (not so) Amazing Race (not around the world)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-not-so-amazing-race-not-around-the-world/999085)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-not-so-amazing-race-not-around-the-world/999085 "2024-06-13T18:22:52Z")
So last night I decided to prep for tonight’s episode of The Amazing Race by finding some publicity page about this season. You see, at the beginning of a new season there are just so many teams that I have trouble sort… --- ## [New drugs for obesity treatment. A good thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-drugs-for-obesity-treatment-a-good-thing/628583)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-drugs-for-obesity-treatment-a-good-thing/628583 "2012-07-22T05:19:17Z")
The newest is Qsymia. How it works. (Basically it hits on the brain’s reward circuits involved in appetite, which are known to be dysfunctional in many prone to obesity.) I think IMHO is appropriate for this but if a mo… --- ## [Very hard puzzle, enjoy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-hard-puzzle-enjoy/348760)
**Author:** [@Jessica\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jessica_Rabbit)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-hard-puzzle-enjoy/348760 "2015-01-12T03:25:53Z")
This has been bugging me for weeks, I’ve had a good try at it, and shown it to almost everyone I know. Here is what I’ve been told about it: It can be made in any size. Both parts can be made from any solid materia… --- ## [Corbyn is screwed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corbyn-is-screwed/734197)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corbyn-is-screwed/734197 "2015-10-15T09:13:45Z")
Looks like Jeremy Corbyn’s terrorist sympathies have been somewhat understated. The Telegraph has a piece running tomorrow that sheds some rather unwholesome light on exactly what his position on the IRA was (is?) It i… --- ## [NYC Dopers: On behalf of a Doper and a friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopers-on-behalf-of-a-doper-and-a-friend/249289)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopers-on-behalf-of-a-doper-and-a-friend/249289 "2004-06-12T13:49:26Z")
I’m writing this on behalf of Monkey Mule. Who is probably going to be upset at me for doing this, but damn, he needs some help. He recently went to England to see about his girlfriend . . . that didn’t quite work out,… --- ## [Worst place you've ever lived.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-place-youve-ever-lived/599619)
**Author:** [@Cap\_n\_Obvious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Obvious)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-place-youve-ever-lived/599619 "2011-10-21T16:10:57Z")
I recently moved into an old trailer in order to save money, and it’s a pretty crummy place. In an effort to make it seem less so, I got to thinking about horrid places I have lived in the past, which made me realize thi… --- ## [People appearing in public always in character](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-appearing-in-public-always-in-character/707591)
**Author:** [@Oglomott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oglomott)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-appearing-in-public-always-in-character/707591 "2014-12-23T19:16:52Z")
Per the title, people who appear in public (or on TV), that are always “in character”. The first one that comes to mind is Dan Whitney, aka Larry the Cable Guy. Every time I see him on TV it is always as Larry. Haven’… --- ## [Looks like Mt. Gox might be gone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mt-gox-might-be-gone/682231)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mt-gox-might-be-gone/682231 "2014-03-07T15:58:06Z")
Bitcoins are having some trouble. Again. The Mt. Gox exchange has gone offline. Supposedly, the CEO is laying low, and nobody was at their Tokyo-based offices today. Rumor has it that 740,000 Bitcoins were stolen fro… --- ## [Bag my own groceries!?! What could you POSSIBLY be saying?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bag-my-own-groceries-what-could-you-possibly-be-saying/176553)
**Author:** [@Qazzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qazzz)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bag-my-own-groceries-what-could-you-possibly-be-saying/176553 "2003-05-23T19:01:44Z")
Ugh, so this kind of really pissed me off yesterday. Not because it was an inconvenience to me, necessarily, but because of the oblivious attitude and sense of entitlement that people exude these days. I was in line at… --- ## [Hormonal anger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hormonal-anger/541842)
**Author:** [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hormonal-anger/541842 "2010-06-23T20:49:12Z")
My wife told me today that she’s angry. “Angry at what?” Just world-hating, unfocused, anger. Starts the moment she wakes up. She’s feeling she has to keep the throttle on, so to speak, to keep from going balistic ab… --- ## [Blue Laws and ways businesses got around them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-laws-and-ways-businesses-got-around-them/565970)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-laws-and-ways-businesses-got-around-them/565970 "2011-01-06T20:41:53Z")
Blue Laws were in force in many states. They prohibited the sale of practically anything on the sabbath, (Sunday). The rare exceptions were emergency pharmacy refills. By the late 1970’s the rules got relaxed a tiny bit… --- ## [Help a SmartPhone Idiot Buy an iPhone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-smartphone-idiot-buy-an-iphone/615992)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-smartphone-idiot-buy-an-iphone/615992 "2012-03-27T03:40:11Z")
I think I’m finally ready to accept the holy spirit of Jobs into my heart, and break down and buy a smart phone. I’m in a good spot financially to afford one and I’ve had the same phone for about four years now. It’s not… --- ## [Classic novels that have aged well.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-novels-that-have-aged-well/420599)
**Author:** [@Dunawake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunawake)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-novels-that-have-aged-well/420599 "2007-09-27T20:56:52Z")
I want to become a more well-rounded reader, my current diet of sci-fi/fantasy literature is fun to read, but doesn’t make for great chat at cocktail parties. :stuck\_out\_tongue: So, name me some books that are considere… --- ## [Why is Europe/EUs economy doing so poorly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-europe-eus-economy-doing-so-poorly/708641)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-europe-eus-economy-doing-so-poorly/708641 "2015-07-28T15:29:49Z")
Was just reading through some predictions for 2015 and reflections on 2014 and I saw a short blurb about how the lower price of gas is going to be a benefit to the US (overall…obviously our shale oil companies are going … --- ## [First day revenue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-day-revenue/235736)
**Author:** [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-day-revenue/235736 "2004-04-21T16:05:26Z")
Since the registration form has gone up, I’ve seen quite a few people with the ‘Charter Member’ title. I, myself, am going to register on Friday when I get my direct deposit. :slight\_smile: Out of curiosity, though, i… --- ## [What would make you abandon your team?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-make-you-abandon-your-team/627690)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-make-you-abandon-your-team/627690 "2012-07-23T20:30:52Z")
So sports fans, what (if anything) would make you abandon your team? I was sitting in Citifield on the hottest day of the year and I was thinking about it. I am a Yankee fan who also follows the Mets. I love going to gam… --- ## [Why is Mars undergoing global warming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-mars-undergoing-global-warming/350778)
**Author:** [@Flash\_Dancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flash_Dancer)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2006, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-mars-undergoing-global-warming/350778 "2006-04-12T05:58:16Z")
SUV’s, pollution, etc. … ? --- ## [I don't drink beer - what kind should I buy for company?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-drink-beer-what-kind-should-i-buy-for-company/833667)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-drink-beer-what-kind-should-i-buy-for-company/833667 "2019-06-15T13:50:57Z")
We’re going to have an open house and I know some of the attendees like beer. I’m not looking to impress, but I don’t want to buy crap, either. What’s a decent brand that most people are likely to enjoy? And how do I … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1193&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1195&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)