# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1223&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:** 1224 --- ## [California State-wide Propositions 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-state-wide-propositions-2016/767841)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-state-wide-propositions-2016/767841 "2016-11-09T20:11:39Z")
Yes, it’s time again for Californians to wade through the mess of our direct democracy. This year we have seventeen state-wide propositions. I’m still reading up on a lot of these, but I’ve compiled the list and what the… --- ## [food places you avoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-places-you-avoid/475102)
**Author:** [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-places-you-avoid/475102 "2008-12-03T06:35:37Z")
Are there any places you’ve eaten at or got food from that was bad enough that you never want to eat there again? That you acively avoid now. I was going through my mail today and found a coupon for pizza deals from Papa… --- ## [My Long Lost Sister](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-long-lost-sister/392942)
**Author:** [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2007, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-long-lost-sister/392942 "2007-09-14T10:39:40Z")
During WW2 my mother, now deceased, had an American serviceman based in England as a “friend”. This friendship resulted in the birth of a baby girl. My father who was on active duty in the Western Desert returned home a… --- ## [Non-vegetarians - how often do you eat vegetarian meals? How 'bout vegan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-vegetarians-how-often-do-you-eat-vegetarian-meals-how-bout-vegan/516371)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-vegetarians-how-often-do-you-eat-vegetarian-meals-how-bout-vegan/516371 "2009-11-07T05:27:54Z")
Obviously the answer for vegetarians is always, but I’m wondering about the non veggies in the crowd. How often, if ever, do you choose to eat a vegetarian meal as an actual active choice? How about vegan? Any particula… --- ## [The coolest product I've seen for sale in a while](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-product-ive-seen-for-sale-in-a-while/561217)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-product-ive-seen-for-sale-in-a-while/561217 "2010-11-24T14:36:27Z")
Blue Canary Night Light (Note to mods: I receive no proceeds from any orders of this item, and do not know who is selling it. This is not spam, just a REALLY cool idea.) --- ## [Fucking Ticketmaster!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-ticketmaster/630187)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-ticketmaster/630187 "2012-08-05T20:53:37Z")
So I log on to Ticketmaster to get Great American Beer Festival tickets this year. For starters the sale is supposed to start at ten mountain time. The page isn’t availble until ten after ten, so I’m sitting here refres… --- ## [What would "giving up" look like for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-giving-up-look-like-for-you/420693)
**Author:** [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-giving-up-look-like-for-you/420693 "2007-10-05T20:42:55Z")
This thread was inspired by a headline about Hurricane Katrina survivors sinking into depression and “giving up.” The obvious sense is that people stop bathing and toning their abs, and end up in the gutter. But “givin… --- ## [Will a casino kick me out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-casino-kick-me-out/647192)
**Author:** [@mjtull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjtull)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2014, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-casino-kick-me-out/647192 "2014-01-11T08:33:21Z")
I am a new craps player and winner so far. I read two books on it. I am small time. My table buy in is 500 or so. The last 4 times I went to the local casino I won. I always play the no pass with full 5x odds. I often… --- ## [errors in movies - only nutcases would detect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/errors-in-movies-only-nutcases-would-detect/343854)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/errors-in-movies-only-nutcases-would-detect/343854 "2006-02-19T01:26:10Z")
being an avid off-roader: Johnny and June (story of Johnny Cash) the scene where he is at the wooden house near the lake (playing around 1968 or so) … when the family shows up for Tgiving … the old pickup truck has a … --- ## [Why Doesn't Evolution Explain the Origin of Life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-evolution-explain-the-origin-of-life/579623)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-evolution-explain-the-origin-of-life/579623 "2011-04-26T20:57:39Z")
It seems to be a simple extension to me: Chemicals react with one another. In any given environment, the chemicals with the best conditions to synthesize will be more prevalent, possibly using up molecules that could h… --- ## [Is that a machete?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-machete/766345)
**Author:** [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-machete/766345 "2016-09-26T18:57:18Z")
Do I have a misunderstanding of what machetes are, or is this really a machete? I thought machetes had much larger blades. The linked item looks like something you stab with rather than swing with. --- ## [You fucked up, home-schooling, Jehovah Witness, MURDERING pieces of shits.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucked-up-home-schooling-jehovah-witness-murdering-pieces-of-shits/93139)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2001, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucked-up-home-schooling-jehovah-witness-murdering-pieces-of-shits/93139 "2001-11-16T09:26:21Z")
Larry Slack is a 23 year employee of the Chicago Transit Authority, described as a “good machinist and a hard worker”. His wife, Constance, is a registered nurse at a FUCKING children’s hospital. They, and their 6 kids l… --- ## [Are literature classes intentionally designed to make books suck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-literature-classes-intentionally-designed-to-make-books-suck/693562)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-literature-classes-intentionally-designed-to-make-books-suck/693562 "2014-07-22T18:55:51Z")
I decided to give Moby Dick a try (I “read” it in High School\*) and loathed it. I’ve poked through it a few times since, but other stuff has always come up. However, I’m reading it now and it’s a blast. Forget all that … --- ## [Kudos to Mississippi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-to-mississippi/62467)
**Author:** [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2001, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-to-mississippi/62467 "2001-05-04T23:47:07Z")
Don’t let others decide what your flag should be. Decide for yourselves. A 2-1 margin for keeping the old one! Don’t let the hate mongers steal your heritage. Way to stand by your guns! --- ## [Glenn Close vs. Meryl Streep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-close-vs-meryl-streep/529582)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-close-vs-meryl-streep/529582 "2010-02-20T03:27:23Z")
I just realized that Glenn Close and Meryl Streep are two different people! Do we really need both of them? They never appear together. Both are homely, middle-aged, highly-talented actresses who play the same type of … --- ## [Care to share your computer's "wallpaper"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218 "2015-09-24T17:34:02Z")
Earlier this month in Pictures of Castles I mentioned that I had just put up this picture as my “wallpaper.” It’s still up and I really like looking at it. Heretofore I have relied on this source for periodic changes to… --- ## [Why are natural laws called "laws?" (What about other languages)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-natural-laws-called-laws-what-about-other-languages/636466)
**Author:** [@bourbon-soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bourbon-soda)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-natural-laws-called-laws-what-about-other-languages/636466 "2012-10-08T05:59:57Z")
Calling natural principles “laws” seems to imply that someone promulgates and enforces them them rather than that they just happen. Do all languages and cultures call them “laws?” When did this usage of “law” start? Was … --- ## [medical question - blood alcohol result](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-blood-alcohol-result/574989)
**Author:** [@Flipshod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipshod)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-blood-alcohol-result/574989 "2015-10-30T16:29:43Z")
This is obviously not a quest for medical advice, but help on a mystery. I’ve had a friend over for the last two days and pretty much been with him the whole time. Yesterday he had stuffy nose, sore throat, and felt ba… --- ## [I wasn't asking for medical advice, Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920)
**Author:** [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920 "2005-10-15T02:22:58Z")
I understand that the SDMB does not want its members giving one another medical advice. I even understand why, being a lawyer myself. But Christ on a crutch, when I say that I’m under a doctor’s care, and ask for anecd… --- ## [How's come kids get the hiccups so much more often than adults do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-come-kids-get-the-hiccups-so-much-more-often-than-adults-do/531624)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2010, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-come-kids-get-the-hiccups-so-much-more-often-than-adults-do/531624 "2010-03-10T10:06:10Z")
I went out with my cousins last night to try and catch up, and halfway through my first beer I got a terrible case of the hiccups. It was awful and painful and people could hear me hiccupping from outside, and then it e… --- ## [Choosing a password.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-password/621428)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-password/621428 "2012-07-09T21:30:44Z")
There’s several methods, for general security, in creating a password for online accounts. I hate passwords that mix caps and numerals. The height of annoying. I mixed names and dates and a string of random words (yes, … --- ## [What the HELL is with St. Louis ?????](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-with-st-louis/413551)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-with-st-louis/413551 "2007-08-04T03:27:46Z")
The gal at the gas station is rude and coarse. I go for dinner in the hotel restaurant the other night. The server comes over when I am barely HALF WAY through eating my dinner. She: Hi. Can I get you anything else? A b… --- ## [I just learned that Martin Lawrence made these phrases popular in mainstream US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-that-martin-lawrence-made-these-phrases-popular-in-mainstream-us/325531)
**Author:** [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-that-martin-lawrence-made-these-phrases-popular-in-mainstream-us/325531 "2005-10-10T20:28:38Z")
“You go girl!” “Don’t go there!” Oh, and if you didn’t know: “Get to steppin’!” Of course, Lawrence didn’t originate the first two (or the last AFAIK)- African Americans had used them for at least a decade before his s… --- ## [Legal Obligation to Shovel Snow on Public Sidewalks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-obligation-to-shovel-snow-on-public-sidewalks/682119)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-obligation-to-shovel-snow-on-public-sidewalks/682119 "2014-02-28T20:23:02Z")
It’s apparently pretty common for municipalities to impose an obligation on people to shovel the snow on the sidewalks in front of their houses. My question is on what legal or constitutional basis does the ability to im… --- ## [ICU only available to patients who have a good chance of surviving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icu-only-available-to-patients-who-have-a-good-chance-of-surviving/523579)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icu-only-available-to-patients-who-have-a-good-chance-of-surviving/523579 "2010-01-06T21:44:31Z")
According to this wikipedia article on Intensive-Care Medicine… If this is true, where do the patients whose condition is irreversible and does not have much chance of surviving go to? I was always under the impression… --- ## [Occupy movement: two-year evaluation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-movement-two-year-evaluation/665404)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-movement-two-year-evaluation/665404 "2013-09-18T04:35:32Z")
Next month it will have been two years since the first Occupy Wall Street march. And I see that HBO’s “Newsroom” is using it as a subplot. So can we evaluate this event on retrospect. What was it? Was it a movement? Did… --- ## [Horrible Writing In Otherwise Good, or Tolerable, Books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-writing-in-otherwise-good-or-tolerable-books/463772)
**Author:** [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-writing-in-otherwise-good-or-tolerable-books/463772 "2008-09-19T23:24:36Z")
If given time, I could easily come up with more, but: A good friend of mine recently convinced me to read his beloved fantasy series, The Wheel Of Time by Robert Jordan. I am three books in, and while fantasy is not rea… --- ## [Free Will is a Bug, not a Feature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-will-is-a-bug-not-a-feature/735236)
**Author:** [@Stoneburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoneburg)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2015, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-will-is-a-bug-not-a-feature/735236 "2015-10-24T07:04:25Z")
The Game of Life is about moving up different ego developmental levels to achieve unity with Ultimate Reality (some call this Spirit or Godhead). Along the way we learn many valuable lessons as our cognitive and emotiona… --- ## [Would We Find Medieval Dining Habits Gross?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-we-find-medieval-dining-habits-gross/530574)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-we-find-medieval-dining-habits-gross/530574 "2010-03-02T17:05:08Z")
I always wondered how I would react, if I were transported to a banquest, ca. 1300 AD or so. I know that people ate mostly with their fingers (forks were not yet common), and people would wipe their greasy hands on the … --- ## [Why a buckle on a hat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-a-buckle-on-a-hat/645788)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2017, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-a-buckle-on-a-hat/645788 "2017-09-17T11:05:37Z")
It’s a US Thanksgiving meme - pilgrims wearing tophats with a buckle on them. Why a buckle on a hat? --- ## [Slow Horses (careful about spoilers, please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-horses-careful-about-spoilers-please/994207)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-horses-careful-about-spoilers-please/994207 "2026-10-26T23:43:11Z")
I don’t think this ever had a thread of its own, but I think it deserves one. It is midway through season three now, and I’m still enjoying it. A nice mix between serious spy drama and humor. Kinda depressing to see Oldm… --- ## [ID the band by 5 acronym'd song titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-band-by-5-acronymd-song-titles/423443)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-band-by-5-acronymd-song-titles/423443 "2015-02-14T20:03:59Z")
I’ll start off with an easy(?) one:\[ol\] \[li\]YRGM\[/li\]\[li\]ADAAOTN\[/li\]\[li\]WS\[/li\]\[li\]A\[/li\]\[li\]L\[/li\]\[/ol\] --- ## [worst types of episodes from any series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-types-of-episodes-from-any-series/731837)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel_Boone_Fanatic)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-types-of-episodes-from-any-series/731837 "2015-09-28T22:34:47Z")
Mine The episode where the cast sings the entire episode and nothing else. The dream sequence episodes are usually bad Those fantasy ones. Boring. The one where the cast goes back and pretends to live in different t… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, May 15, 2014 -- "The Status Quo Combustion"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-15-2014-the-status-quo-combustion/688533)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-15-2014-the-status-quo-combustion/688533 "2014-05-20T00:18:45Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [We have two tiny kittens!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085)
**Author:** [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085 "2006-12-22T02:22:53Z")
My husband and I are involved with a pet rescue organization, and more than once we’ve been called upon to raise motherless, abandoned kittens. Four of our past “rescues” are now large, handsome, healthy cats. When you b… --- ## [Advice for getting a reduced HOA fine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-getting-a-reduced-hoa-fine/499131)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-getting-a-reduced-hoa-fine/499131 "2009-06-29T23:03:15Z")
So it’s been a hectic few weeks at the Hollow residence - semester just ended, Hippy Jr. is going through a phase where all of the life processes, especially eating and sleeping, are big to-dos. And the pile of letters t… --- ## [Who listens to yacht rock anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-listens-to-yacht-rock-anyway/918414)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2021, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-listens-to-yacht-rock-anyway/918414 "2021-04-17T10:46:04Z")
While listening to comedy radio, there are ads for a yacht rock channel. This refers to heavily synthesized music coming out of (Southern) California at the end of the 70s and beginning of the 80s. (They always emphasi… --- ## [The Night of The Doctor Mini-episode (Open Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-night-of-the-doctor-mini-episode-open-spoilers/673908)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-night-of-the-doctor-mini-episode-open-spoilers/673908 "2013-11-17T18:45:19Z")
Carrying over from the 50th Anniversary thread. . Mini Episode here: . . A little more space to prevent mouse overs. . A little more space. . That ought to do it. . That was great seeing Paul McGa… --- ## [Origin of "A Cotton-pickin' minute" and other funky phrases..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-a-cotton-pickin-minute-and-other-funky-phrases/129191)
**Author:** [@Molly\_Coddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molly_Coddle)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-a-cotton-pickin-minute-and-other-funky-phrases/129191 "2002-09-24T15:56:19Z")
Where did they come from? Examples\> “A cotton-pickin’ minute” “Mind your P’s and Qs” “Over the hill” --- ## [Ask the Messiah. No really he came here to answer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-messiah-no-really-he-came-here-to-answer/433552)
**Author:** [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-messiah-no-really-he-came-here-to-answer/433552 "2008-02-07T03:48:09Z")
Mods, I know I am not allowed to share my account, but I have a guest who claims to have been waiting about 2000 years for the rise of the SDMB. He would like to entertain questions from the best minds in the world, but… --- ## [can i drive a car with no fender in CA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-drive-a-car-with-no-fender-in-ca/680176)
**Author:** [@Dman53](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dman53)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-drive-a-car-with-no-fender-in-ca/680176 "2014-02-01T10:55:25Z")
my 74 buick is missing one fender. all the lights work. but its missing a fender and the bumper is and hood are a bit bent. you can not see the engine or anything. will i get pulled over? --- ## [Your life is just not that important, asshole.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-just-not-that-important-asshole/663881)
**Author:** [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-just-not-that-important-asshole/663881 "2013-07-27T17:48:50Z")
This one is about two months overdue. But for legal reasons, I was told I shouldn’t talk about the accident. On May 30th of this year, as I was waiting at a red light, a person who was not even looking in the direction … --- ## [What makes you cry topic....What is the saddest song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630)
**Author:** [@Bjork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bjork)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630 "2019-01-29T06:13:29Z")
I was just listening to Tori Amos “me and a gun” and it inspired me to conjure up the question…what is the saddest song you know? Keeping in mind that there are two types here…Theres songs that are sad to you because em… --- ## [Really, Twickster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-twickster/666183)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-twickster/666183 "2013-08-15T21:15:20Z")
This thread. Bullshit moderating by Twickster. It’s a thread about Hanoi Jane Fonda. Prior board precedent allows negative comments about non-posters. Cite to any rules violated, please. --- ## [What's the point of Celsius?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-celsius/331987)
**Author:** [@DuhCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DuhCow)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-celsius/331987 "2005-11-24T00:51:03Z")
What’s the justification for degrees Celsius? It fails both at being a scientific and an everyday standard. Sure, the freezing and boiling points of water are important, but are they important enough to base a temperatur… --- ## [Why is T-Mobile about to go under?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-t-mobile-about-to-go-under/544095)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2010, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-t-mobile-about-to-go-under/544095 "2010-06-26T03:56:43Z")
Or is it? In another thread about failed companies, TMobile was listed as one that may go under soon. I did a brief search of the headlines for T-Mobile and didn’t see anything alarming. So what’s up? (I have T-Mobile B… --- ## [What does it feel like to be old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-feel-like-to-be-old/380091)
**Author:** [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-feel-like-to-be-old/380091 "2006-11-15T17:52:04Z")
I had a little flu bug last week, just enough illness to keep me down, but not quite fully sick. My body was tired, my joints ached intensely, but I wasn’t nauseated and I had an appetite. My head throbbed a bit but ne… --- ## [How hard is it to physically quit opiates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-physically-quit-opiates/359711)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-physically-quit-opiates/359711 "2006-06-11T18:18:24Z")
From what I know of opiates and the druggies I’ve known online, the consensus was that opiates are not extremely hard to quit physically, it is more the mental addiction that is hard to quit. So how hard is it to quit an… --- ## [Parading victims of tragedy out to call for mob justice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parading-victims-of-tragedy-out-to-call-for-mob-justice/648703)
**Author:** [@Condescending\_Robot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Condescending_Robot)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parading-victims-of-tragedy-out-to-call-for-mob-justice/648703 "2013-02-05T16:06:18Z")
I hate the Oprahfication of politics where issues that need to be discussed rationally are reduced to a contest to see who can emote the hardest. Eventually elections will be replaced with scales where we weigh the volum… --- ## [Why say no to God?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-say-no-to-god/29980)
**Author:** [@im\_a\_squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/im_a_squirrel)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2000, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-say-no-to-god/29980 "2000-09-03T21:52:00Z")
Ok. This is mostly an opinion question for all you who enjoy good stimulating debate. I am a born again Christian, so there are certain things (viewpoints, etc) that come from atheists and others that I don’t understand.… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1222&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1224&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)