# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1195&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:** 1196 --- ## [Origin of the term "wenis"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-term-wenis/578230)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-term-wenis/578230 "2011-04-14T22:36:44Z")
Just learned that the wenis is the loose skin around your elbow. Dictionary.com has no listing for it, although of course urbandictionary.com has page after page. I assume it’s jokey-slang to sound like the male reprod… --- ## [Hey Brits! What words should I NOT use when calling you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-brits-what-words-should-i-not-use-when-calling-you/634076)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-brits-what-words-should-i-not-use-when-calling-you/634076 "2012-09-15T19:56:04Z")
Or ones I should. God help me, but I’m now a telemarketer. At least I’m calling current customers and not at night. In the local AM I will be calling customers in Great Britain and those in the US in the PM. Sure, I … --- ## [Ongoing (?) Alzheimer's Support Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-alzheimers-support-thread/605329)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-alzheimers-support-thread/605329 "2012-02-20T00:46:18Z")
I’m starting this thread with hopes to create a gathering place for support for all those whose lives have been touched by Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia. I know I’m not the only Doper dealing with this on a daily basi… --- ## [The Feud List](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-list/459527)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-list/459527 "2009-07-03T00:58:07Z")
I thought it might be helpful to post The List of upcoming Feud themes, so as not to get many repeats. We have one special one - a reverse Feud - called “And the Least Popular Answer is:” coming up this Thursday. 5-4-… --- ## [Do people still say that it's cheaper to eat crap than fruits and veg? not true...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say-that-its-cheaper-to-eat-crap-than-fruits-and-veg-not-true/533809)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2010, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-say-that-its-cheaper-to-eat-crap-than-fruits-and-veg-not-true/533809 "2010-03-27T08:21:21Z")
For years I’ve been hearing about how poverty forces people to eat crap, because fresh fruits and vegetables are too expensive. well, I don’t know if all that bitching has changed reality, but I am WAY more cost conscio… --- ## [How so I unstick a stuck stopcock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-so-i-unstick-a-stuck-stopcock/379632)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-so-i-unstick-a-stuck-stopcock/379632 "2006-11-09T19:37:39Z")
My (water) stopcock is stuck. It’s in an awkward position (at arm’s length under the bath!) and turns all of approx 10 degrees and that’s it. I’ve tried applying penetrating oil without success. So how do I unstick it? --- ## [Dear Brother: Fuck Completely Off!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-brother-fuck-completely-off/261645)
**Author:** [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-brother-fuck-completely-off/261645 "2004-08-30T16:29:17Z")
I’m so goddamned angry right now I’m shaking. I just watched my stepson get arrested in front of my house. He had just driven up in my brothers car to visit his younger brothers, when a police cruiser pulled up behind … --- ## [Executor's obligation to estate's heirs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/executors-obligation-to-estates-heirs/499116)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/executors-obligation-to-estates-heirs/499116 "2015-07-28T17:01:39Z")
Is an estate’s executor required to provide an accounting to heirs of all the activity involved in settling the estate? This particular situation involves a relatively small estate of a parent, who divided his estate eq… --- ## [Flat earth clowns!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Danger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Danger)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934 "2017-01-03T16:30:21Z")
Why all of a sudden are there so many people now making youtube videos about the earth being flat? the money? the things they say are so easily disproved yet there are more everyday --- ## [South Park 4/16: Is J. Lopez known as a bitch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-16-is-j-lopez-known-as-a-bitch/169229)
**Author:** [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-4-16-is-j-lopez-known-as-a-bitch/169229 "2003-04-23T06:48:37Z")
I’m not up on my celebrity gossip, is Jennifer Lopez known as being a bitch as portrayed (perhaps with some hyperbole for effect) by South Park? --- ## [What do you women folk think of testicle size?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-women-folk-think-of-testicle-size/170946)
**Author:** [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-women-folk-think-of-testicle-size/170946 "2003-04-25T23:45:24Z")
I just got a spam today that was not about enlarging my breasts, penis, or clitoris, but was instead advertising testicle enlargement. I have heard of this procedure before, they basically just wrap your testes with a s… --- ## [Why are farmhouses set back from the road?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-farmhouses-set-back-from-the-road/556738)
**Author:** [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-farmhouses-set-back-from-the-road/556738 "2010-10-12T20:08:22Z")
I know not all of them are but quite a few are. Was there a special reason for this? It seems like there is some purpose to it but the long laneway would be a pain to maintain especially in the winter. --- ## [Any Boeing B-17 Fans out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-boeing-b-17-fans-out-there/497264)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-boeing-b-17-fans-out-there/497264 "2009-05-26T17:42:03Z")
I know there must be one or two of you… Last weekend, I succumbed to temptation and sprung for a ride on the Collings Foundation’s “Nine-O-Nine”. Every summer they tour the country to give people a chance to check out … --- ## [Things you should not find sexy, and yet do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-not-find-sexy-and-yet-do/448227)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-not-find-sexy-and-yet-do/448227 "2008-05-09T16:40:17Z")
I’m tired of talking about things that matter. The Dope needs another silly Skald thread. What things do you oppose intellectually, and yet find incredibly, horribly, distastefully sexy? When I say “distasteful,” by th… --- ## [Outrageous acts of Censorship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-acts-of-censorship/404809)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2007, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-acts-of-censorship/404809 "2007-05-29T10:13:22Z")
The title says all. What are the stupidest acts of censorship you’ve come across? This also extends into political correctness gone awry. I’ll give my own two cents. In the 4th grade, my class did a big probability unit … --- ## [Asshole at the St. Louis Arch-Diocese and the "Protect our Freedom Of Religion" movement.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asshole-at-the-st-louis-arch-diocese-and-the-protect-our-freedom-of-religion-movement/642653)
**Author:** [@cutman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cutman74)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asshole-at-the-st-louis-arch-diocese-and-the-protect-our-freedom-of-religion-movement/642653 "2012-12-30T17:55:21Z")
I hate to do this, I’m not very good at it, and I tend to give all people the benefit of the doubt, but around St. Louis I have been seeing billboards put up with a patriotic message: “Support Our Religious Freedom” (ob… --- ## [Muslims to Wikipedia: get rid of Mohammad pics!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslims-to-wikipedia-get-rid-of-mohammad-pics/436751)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslims-to-wikipedia-get-rid-of-mohammad-pics/436751 "2008-02-15T02:51:45Z")
Ah, they’re at it again… Wiki talk: Muhammad/images Information Week article My opinion: they need to get their own on-line 'pedia. --- ## [How "aggressive" is the English language, comparatively?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-aggressive-is-the-english-language-comparatively/502032)
**Author:** [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-aggressive-is-the-english-language-comparatively/502032 "2012-06-16T21:02:57Z")
Yes, yes, I understand this is a highly subjective question, but… How “agressive” or “mean sounding” is the English language when compared to other languages? For example, to me, German and Japanese sound more aggressi… --- ## [Rice has larger and more complex genome than humans. What does it mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rice-has-larger-and-more-complex-genome-than-humans-what-does-it-mean/101999)
**Author:** [@Parameter\_928\_178](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parameter_928_178)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2002, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rice-has-larger-and-more-complex-genome-than-humans-what-does-it-mean/101999 "2002-04-08T14:57:35Z")
Today’s Financial Times (page 5) reports that the “full genetic sequence of rice…has been decoded for the first time…by research teams from Syngenta, the Swiss based biotechnology company, and the Beijing Genomics Instit… --- ## [Where Does One Ocean End and Another Begin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-one-ocean-end-and-another-begin/512202)
**Author:** [@taffygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taffygirl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-one-ocean-end-and-another-begin/512202 "2009-10-01T19:42:28Z")
This is something I’ve always wondered about. Look on any world map, and you can see that the oceans are really one huge body of water. How is it determined exactly where, say, the Indian Ocean ends and the Pacific begin… --- ## [What is the most ridiculous way you've ever injured yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-ridiculous-way-youve-ever-injured-yourself/495318)
**Author:** [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-ridiculous-way-youve-ever-injured-yourself/495318 "2009-05-11T20:47:44Z")
I’m talking crazy, off-the-wall stories that become the stuff of legend. These two are not my stories, but I will share just the same as I try to come up with my most ridiculous injury. This one just occurred last week… --- ## [Dopers born before 1964 -- Master List -- Updated Oct/10/2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-born-before-1964-master-list-updated-oct-10-2013/670902)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-born-before-1964-master-list-updated-oct-10-2013/670902 "2013-11-07T22:07:33Z")
For background see Dopers born before 1964 – Master List which ran from 05-02-2013, 11:17 AM until Today, 12:58 PM ================================================== = deceased \<\<\<\< 1922: David Simmons\* \<\<\<\< 192… --- ## [Should I pay for my daughter's college education?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-pay-for-my-daughters-college-education/308707)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2005, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-pay-for-my-daughters-college-education/308707 "2005-06-19T02:37:11Z")
And if so, why? Before I run down the basics, let me just say that this matter is probably going to be decided in court this summer (she entering college in the fall), and I’m trying to figure out my moral responsibilit… --- ## [Drive-ins in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-ins-in-the-us/600156)
**Author:** [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-ins-in-the-us/600156 "2011-10-26T12:42:34Z")
Dont know if that is the right forum for it, but am looking more for Cafe Society answers than GQ ones. I sometimes see people on this very forum (obviously people from NA), when talking about films they saw, saying tha… --- ## [The Worst Album By A Band U like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-album-by-a-band-u-like/921058)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-album-by-a-band-u-like/921058 "2021-05-27T21:30:49Z")
For me its the Doors Soft Parade. It features this ‘tribute’ to Otis Redding… One of the weirdist songs ever. Yet it also has The Soft Parade which I love. What are other examples? --- ## [How will robotics transform the Army?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-robotics-transform-the-army/701405)
**Author:** [@IMfez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMfez)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-robotics-transform-the-army/701405 "2014-10-24T18:46:40Z")
Earlier this year news articles mentioned that the Army plans to replace about a quarter of its people with robots. U.S. Army general says robots could replace one-fourth of combat soldiers by 2030 - CBS News My questio… --- ## [Ask The Underwear Sales Girl!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-underwear-sales-girl/325003)
**Author:** [@notsosmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notsosmart)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2005, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-underwear-sales-girl/325003 "2005-10-07T13:14:53Z")
Hi everyone. I’ve been lurking on these boards for at least two years now, and I’ve always seen the obligatory “Ask the …” threads and wished that I, the college dropout, would eventually come up with some area of expert… --- ## [How does "Intelligent Design" account for ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-intelligent-design-account-for/319986)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-intelligent-design-account-for/319986 "2005-09-16T21:41:51Z")
How does “Intelligent Design” account for the (rapid) development of resistance to certain antibiotics by bacteria? Oversimplifying, I think it would be pretty easy to take a culture of, say, Strept. faecalis and add a … --- ## [Women: do you have hairy forearms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-have-hairy-forearms/631994)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2012, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-have-hairy-forearms/631994 "2012-08-24T09:57:59Z")
I see these hair-removal ads on infomercial TV sometimes, and they kind of puzzle me. I understand (sorta) why women feel the social need to eliminate mustaches or unibrows and leg hair and underarm hair, but I totally d… --- ## [Do you use Wheelchair Accessible stalls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-wheelchair-accessible-stalls/554684)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-wheelchair-accessible-stalls/554684 "2011-06-14T18:15:58Z")
There’s a nice side debate going on over in Maybe you shouldn't park in handicapped spaces? (mild) - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board about able-bodied people using stalls desi… --- ## [Poll:Should adult children knock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-adult-children-knock/411036)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-adult-children-knock/411036 "2007-07-11T14:27:07Z")
My two step-daughters have moved out of our house to their own dwellings, and they still have keys to our house. When they come over, they just walk in. This upsets my wife, and she told them to knock or ring the doorb… --- ## [A trend away from answering "yes" or "no"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trend-away-from-answering-yes-or-no/613731)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trend-away-from-answering-yes-or-no/613731 "2012-03-08T21:16:14Z")
This is so impossibly nit-picky that I will probably be laughed or drummed out of here. Although… Dopers CAN be picky, too… so we shall see. I have observed a trend such that when person A asks person B a yes-or-no ques… --- ## [Why do guys like breasts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-guys-like-breasts/270154)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2004, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-guys-like-breasts/270154 "2004-10-23T10:49:41Z")
When I see a woman with nice tits, it’s like her nipples shot out Hellraiser chains and hooked onto my eyelids. (Sorry for putting that image into your head . . .) But why, I couldn’t tell you. It just happens. I mea… --- ## [Wharever Happened to the Killer Bees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wharever-happened-to-the-killer-bees/606729)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wharever-happened-to-the-killer-bees/606729 "2012-02-25T08:17:13Z")
In the 70s, we were repeatedly warned that killer bees from south of the border were inexorably on their way to the US. Did they ever arrive? --- ## [How do I fake my way through a super bowl party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fake-my-way-through-a-super-bowl-party/569957)
**Author:** [@automagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/automagic)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fake-my-way-through-a-super-bowl-party/569957 "2011-02-05T02:14:58Z")
I could not care less about sports, including football. How do I fake my way through a superbowl party. By the way I’m a guy, and I think I’m expected to be somewhat excited. --- ## [Commonly Accepted TV Legends That Are BS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commonly-accepted-tv-legends-that-are-bs/278070)
**Author:** [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2004, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commonly-accepted-tv-legends-that-are-bs/278070 "2004-12-09T12:35:42Z")
I’m a fairly knowledgeable, regular watcher of the original Star Trek, and over the years have watched one or two scenes with Kirk and guest actresses get blown up into CAPTAIN KIRK BANGED LOTSA GREEN ALIEN CHICKS! No, … --- ## [Can a defense lawyer knowingly allow the defendant to perjure themselves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-defense-lawyer-knowingly-allow-the-defendant-to-perjure-themselves/529657)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-defense-lawyer-knowingly-allow-the-defendant-to-perjure-themselves/529657 "2010-02-21T23:26:34Z")
Let’s say I abduct 11 wayward teams, behead them, mount their heads on mahogany plaques, and dissolve the rest of the corpse in a vat of nitric acid. I tell my lawyer I did all these things and laughed while I did it. … --- ## [Squirrels Acting Squirrel-y?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrels-acting-squirrel-y/628142)
**Author:** [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrels-acting-squirrel-y/628142 "2012-07-14T05:18:42Z")
I live in a small (Maybe 200 residents) town in west central Indiana. It’s very dry here. Maybe that is the problem with the squirrels. I don’t know. There is a squirrel out in the front yard. It is acting, well, squirr… --- ## [The evolution of wimp rock - suggestions, please!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evolution-of-wimp-rock-suggestions-please/311070)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evolution-of-wimp-rock-suggestions-please/311070 "2016-07-20T16:40:58Z")
I am planning an illustrated history of “wimp rock.” By this, I mean the type of music epitomized by The Postal Service, Iron And Wine, Grandaddy, some of Wilco and Ben Folds Five, and similar bands. The qualifications I… --- ## [Bermuda Triangle - may have claimed another victim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bermuda-triangle-may-have-claimed-another-victim/733402)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bermuda-triangle-may-have-claimed-another-victim/733402 "2017-10-06T01:46:29Z")
It’s been awhile since a plane or ship vanished in the Bermuda Triangle. Looks like the old girl woke up hungry. The thing is, for a true Bermuda Triangle incident, there won’t be any wreckage. Its happened quite a few… --- ## [Are the Rhymers unique in not wanting to live in a house? What's your ideal living situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-rhymers-unique-in-not-wanting-to-live-in-a-house-whats-your-ideal-living-situation/658847)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-rhymers-unique-in-not-wanting-to-live-in-a-house-whats-your-ideal-living-situation/658847 "2013-05-29T11:41:43Z")
My wife & I are looking to move into a larger apartment in the next few months; we may buy if possible but aren’t opposed to renting. Upon hearing this news, my cousin & dear friend “Sam” was somewhat surprised; he think… --- ## [Why no, I don't really need to be able to get to my car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-i-dont-really-need-to-be-able-to-get-to-my-car/655321)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-i-dont-really-need-to-be-able-to-get-to-my-car/655321 "2013-04-14T05:50:23Z")
Fuckin’ HOA. OK, I know for many, those two words say it all, but really, our HOA is generally not bad. Except when they need to do things to the street we live on. Twice within 12 months. See, this requires that EVER… --- ## [Do NASCARs use jet fuel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nascars-use-jet-fuel/614257)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nascars-use-jet-fuel/614257 "2012-03-01T23:28:37Z")
I ask because I read this story of a crash and fire at the Daytona 500, in which a car hit a truck that was circling the track and purportedly carrying 200 gallons of aviation kerosene. WTF was a truck carrying this fue… --- ## [What is the Democrats' strategy behind not supporting McCarthy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-democrats-strategy-behind-not-supporting-mccarthy/991075)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-democrats-strategy-behind-not-supporting-mccarthy/991075 "2023-10-08T19:45:46Z")
I understand the general, “I’m not going to vote for a Republican”, but I don’t follow why the Democrats would vote against McCarthy and throw things into dissarray. Do they think with McCarthy out, that they can get an… --- ## [What was the first TV show to have a "Simpsons Couch Gag"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-tv-show-to-have-a-simpsons-couch-gag/697246)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-tv-show-to-have-a-simpsons-couch-gag/697246 "2014-12-01T04:14:33Z")
By this I mean have a piece of the opening credits that changes every episode/from time to time. I know it’s a bit chic to do it now between Simpsons, Frasier, American Dad, etc. but how far does this trope go back? --- ## [Reading books improve your brain, watching movies/TV shows rots it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-books-improve-your-brain-watching-movies-tv-shows-rots-it/613512)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-books-improve-your-brain-watching-movies-tv-shows-rots-it/613512 "2012-07-19T10:40:23Z")
I’m sure everyone has seen this “gem” of wisdom over the years from all sorts of places, TV and films no matter how thought provoking or engaging rot your brain and books no matter how badly written or banal the plot hel… --- ## [Where is the "standard Spanish" accent from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-standard-spanish-accent-from/314287)
**Author:** [@Thrillhouse15](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thrillhouse15)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-standard-spanish-accent-from/314287 "2014-08-21T09:20:46Z")
I heard a story on NPR the other night about the increasing number of Spanish language television and radio channels in the US. The reporter talked about how networks and companies are starting to market to a sort of mo… --- ## [How would Coca Cola even prevent someone from ripping off their product?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-coca-cola-even-prevent-someone-from-ripping-off-their-product/557256)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-coca-cola-even-prevent-someone-from-ripping-off-their-product/557256 "2010-10-17T19:06:08Z")
Coke has a supposedly secret formula locked away in some underground bunker where only 2 people in the whole world knows about, or some crazy thing like that. I don’t know how they get away with not telling the FDA what… --- ## [Why are all the Flash videos I watch in Chrome zoomed in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-the-flash-videos-i-watch-in-chrome-zoomed-in/630663)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2012, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-the-flash-videos-i-watch-in-chrome-zoomed-in/630663 "2012-08-11T11:48:15Z")
For some reason, suddenly all Flash videos and images I look at in Chrome are zoomed in. If I right click and choose Show All or Zoom Out nothing happens. It looks like all I’m seeing is the upper left corner of the vide… --- ## [Vomit scenes in movies and tv; funny or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomit-scenes-in-movies-and-tv-funny-or-not/727460)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomit-scenes-in-movies-and-tv-funny-or-not/727460 "2015-08-17T12:21:58Z")
Bathroom humor has been a comedy staple for years. Goodness knows there’s nothing funnier than a fart joke - well, not to me, but apparently to many people. For the last several years there’s been an awful lot of barfing… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1194&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1196&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)