# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1229&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:** 1230 --- ## [It's Absurd to Have the Right To Start a Pre-emptive War.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-absurd-to-have-the-right-to-start-a-pre-emptive-war/646169)
**Author:** [@pchaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pchaos)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-absurd-to-have-the-right-to-start-a-pre-emptive-war/646169 "2013-01-07T20:26:38Z")
I wish that the U.S. had decided against the pre-emptive war in Iraq. These type of wars have been fought in the past but it is clearly bad precedent. If the right to a pre-emptive war became an established rule of pub… --- ## [What's the next big epic movie trilogy or series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-big-epic-movie-trilogy-or-series/384544)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-big-epic-movie-trilogy-or-series/384544 "2006-12-27T21:38:55Z")
so…since the completion of The Matrix The Lord of the Rings Star Wars and with Harry Potter only having a few books left, what’s the next big epic series that will have all the nerds dressing up and waiting in line … --- ## [What's so smart About The "Smart Car"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-smart-about-the-smart-car/450776)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-smart-about-the-smart-car/450776 "2008-06-05T08:37:03Z")
I was reading the review of this thing, and I am puzzled: -it doesn’t get as good gas mileage as a Honda Civic -it handles poorly -it is dangerous to drive on a highway -the little tires and poor brakes make it bad f… --- ## [What do you think was the strangest t.v show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-was-the-strangest-t-v-show/155254)
**Author:** [@bong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bong)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-was-the-strangest-t-v-show/155254 "2003-03-19T22:55:47Z")
What do you think? I have to say cybersix. It has the most ridiculous character ever( a robot that seems to have a gender identity crisis and is related to a robot panther.WTF?) who goes around killing just about everyt… --- ## [What do you think of straight girls who kiss each other...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-straight-girls-who-kiss-each-other/499132)
**Author:** [@Starring\_Emma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starring_Emma)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-straight-girls-who-kiss-each-other/499132 "2009-06-10T20:24:00Z")
…just for boy attention? Could you imagine two straight guys kissing while girls cheer them on? --- ## [Most Popular Athlete Who WASN'T a Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-athlete-who-wasnt-a-jerk/521733)
**Author:** [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-athlete-who-wasnt-a-jerk/521733 "2009-12-29T02:39:52Z")
As suggested by Thudlow Boink: stuthehistoryguy: wedgehed I’ll add Brooks Robinson. --- ## [I found this 'rock'... What is it? (link with pics)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-this-rock-what-is-it-link-with-pics/56612)
**Author:** [@Magnum\_s\_Mustache](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magnum_s_Mustache)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-this-rock-what-is-it-link-with-pics/56612 "2003-03-06T05:46:41Z")
Can anyone tell us what this ‘rock’ actually is? I found it around here last month and have been curious ever since. Because I had time on my hands, I took pictures with my Coolpix and made a web page (from my old domain… --- ## [Obama signs "Monsanto Protection Act" into law despite protests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-signs-monsanto-protection-act-into-law-despite-protests/654224)
**Author:** [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2013, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-signs-monsanto-protection-act-into-law-despite-protests/654224 "2013-04-04T08:35:51Z")
If anyone was starting to doubt that big corporations essentially own the US government… --- ## [If you were alive in the year 326 B.C....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-alive-in-the-year-326-b-c/633514)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-alive-in-the-year-326-b-c/633514 "2012-09-06T11:34:16Z")
what year would you consider it to be? Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t B.C. translate to “before Christ?” Not knowing there was going to be a Christ, what did people call the year(s) they were living in? --- ## [Have you ever changed your mind? What did it take?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-changed-your-mind-what-did-it-take/682793)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-changed-your-mind-what-did-it-take/682793 "2014-03-07T23:17:18Z")
I have read numerous studies and surveys lately that paint humans - but especially Americans - as impervious to facts. Whether it’s the anti-vaccine crowd, creationists, climate change denialism, those holding certain p… --- ## [Where Prostitution Is Legal (Or Looked-the-other-way at), How Much Does A "Visit" Cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-prostitution-is-legal-or-looked-the-other-way-at-how-much-does-a-visit-cost/714007)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2017, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-prostitution-is-legal-or-looked-the-other-way-at-how-much-does-a-visit-cost/714007 "2017-07-12T07:55:35Z")
Assume it’s completely legal - licensed, taxed, and regulated (Carson City or Amsterdam); or at least, it goes on openly and the police look the other way (Seoul, Tokyo). Assume penetrative intercourse, and not just a b… --- ## [Why did Communism mean dictatorship and mass murder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-communism-mean-dictatorship-and-mass-murder/793745)
**Author:** [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2017, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-communism-mean-dictatorship-and-mass-murder/793745 "2017-09-16T11:16:35Z")
The basic principles of Communism, I understand them, are straightforward. Instead of private individuals owning the “means of production” (all the factories and land in a nation), the citizens collectively own everythi… --- ## [Do we as citizens have a societal obligation to be productive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-as-citizens-have-a-societal-obligation-to-be-productive/521660)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-as-citizens-have-a-societal-obligation-to-be-productive/521660 "2010-01-01T05:22:00Z")
Although this isn’t at all related to Gestalt’s thread on the ethics of being childless, I found that one sentence in his OP stood out and made me think. I turned this around a bit tho, and now would ask: Do we as cit… --- ## [Getting really tired of the Westboro Baptists fuckers...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-really-tired-of-the-westboro-baptists-fuckers/561339)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-really-tired-of-the-westboro-baptists-fuckers/561339 "2010-11-21T04:54:33Z")
I try to be big minded about our freedoms and understand that my freedoms must allow others I disagree with to say their thing. But seriously. This bunch takes asshole to a new level. As someone noted on Reddit (wher… --- ## [Lottery and Ping Pong Balls -- Truly Random?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-and-ping-pong-balls-truly-random/231550)
**Author:** [@Stanislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislav)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-and-ping-pong-balls-truly-random/231550 "2012-02-29T22:38:56Z")
Most, if not all, state lotteries use those ping pong ball machines for their televised drawings. Just what degree of randomness can be acheived with these? I mean, the balls go into the bin in the same order every tim… --- ## [What scenes always bring tears to your eyes, for non plot / acting reasons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scenes-always-bring-tears-to-your-eyes-for-non-plot-acting-reasons/515896)
**Author:** [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scenes-always-bring-tears-to-your-eyes-for-non-plot-acting-reasons/515896 "2009-11-17T21:23:12Z")
For me it’s the chariot race in Ben Hur. I don’t think I’ve even see the whole film but if it’s on I’ll always watch the race. It’s so freaking awesome - the constant rumble of hooves and wheels, the portrayal of the ter… --- ## [How can my orange juice have 120% Vitamin C?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-my-orange-juice-have-120-vitamin-c/231519)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-my-orange-juice-have-120-vitamin-c/231519 "2004-02-29T13:02:28Z")
Am I missing something here or just not in the know how anything can have more then 100 percent of something? I mean, I was under the impression that 100 percent was, well, basically all of it. So how can it have more th… --- ## [Venting...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venting/591484)
**Author:** [@Woeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Woeg)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venting/591484 "2011-10-02T04:19:13Z")
Where to start? Fuck the universe, how’s that? I don’t believe in god, but if I were suddenly proven wrong, were I to die and be confronted with my maker, I’d do my very best to kick him in the balls, as hard and as of… --- ## [Likelihood of Bill Clinton being arrested for violating election laws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likelihood-of-bill-clinton-being-arrested-for-violating-election-laws/748116)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2016, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likelihood-of-bill-clinton-being-arrested-for-violating-election-laws/748116 "2016-04-03T06:27:30Z")
He went into polling stations to campaign for his wife during the MA primary. This is a felony. There is a petition with over 100k signatures that will be sent to the attorney general asking for Bill to be arrested. H… --- ## [Scheduled C-section – in need of advice and support (long and TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scheduled-c-section-in-need-of-advice-and-support-long-and-tmi/457992)
**Author:** [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scheduled-c-section-in-need-of-advice-and-support-long-and-tmi/457992 "2008-08-06T19:03:58Z")
I’ve not been around the boards lately. I have been anxiously anticipating the birth of my son. My due date was July 17th. I am now 11 days overdue and the doctor says she doesn’t believe that I will go into labor bef… --- ## [Has anyone ever hooked up via the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-hooked-up-via-the-sdmb/479168)
**Author:** [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-hooked-up-via-the-sdmb/479168 "2009-01-06T21:35:03Z")
I was reading jujuju’s thread in which the topic of random hookups came into play and was wondering if anyone ever had taken up any offers like the one made (jokingly, I assume) in that thread to hook up with the OP. So… --- ## [Real Estate Law: Does The Seller Have Any Say in Who Buys the Property?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-law-does-the-seller-have-any-say-in-who-buys-the-property/610123)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-law-does-the-seller-have-any-say-in-who-buys-the-property/610123 "2012-01-25T06:50:14Z")
Not seeking legal advice, you are not my lawyer, this is all hypothetical. Can a home seller legally refuse a sale of a home to prospective buyer for whatever reason? Probably not if it’s a bad reason (he’s black), but … --- ## [Katana vs. rapier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katana-vs-rapier/575892)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katana-vs-rapier/575892 "2011-03-31T02:53:18Z")
Two swordsmen: One, an expert with the katana. The other, an expert with the rapier. They square off with their weapons. Who kills whom? --- ## [Fans of Stephen King's "The Stand".....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fans-of-stephen-kings-the-stand/233241)
**Author:** [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2004, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fans-of-stephen-kings-the-stand/233241 "2004-03-13T01:02:33Z")
I have always loved Stephen King’s early work “The Stand”. Every couple of years I read it again, even after reading most of his later stuff, some of which drains the life out of me as the plots become more and more ove… --- ## [How much money in a 'wad'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-in-a-wad/473296)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-in-a-wad/473296 "2008-11-19T06:37:46Z")
(This is for my NaNoWriMo novel.) Situation: main character searches a man’s body and finds (and takes, naughty, naughty) a ‘wad’ of cash. Later on he counts it and finds it amounts to…what? Basically, the main chara… --- ## [That newspaper publishes Rorschach's journal. What happens? \[Watchmen Spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-newspaper-publishes-rorschachs-journal-what-happens-watchmen-spoilers/512865)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-newspaper-publishes-rorschachs-journal-what-happens-watchmen-spoilers/512865 "2009-10-08T21:56:46Z")
(Got the idea from TV Tropes) Apparently, the New Frontiersman is not a quality mainstream journalistic entity. Rorsharch doesn’t know about the details, other than “Whatever it is, Ozy is behind it”. He learned “it” wa… --- ## [I dont like hilary i dotn like trump either](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-hilary-i-dotn-like-trump-either/758657)
**Author:** [@escaped](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/escaped)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-hilary-i-dotn-like-trump-either/758657 "2016-07-02T04:50:09Z")
neither Hilary nor trump light my fire. I wish we could bring Lincoln back. --- ## [What are the pros and cons of a very high inheritance tax.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-a-very-high-inheritance-tax/653483)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-a-very-high-inheritance-tax/653483 "2013-03-24T18:53:19Z")
I am following a certain blogger who holds the view that inheritance tax should be raised to 90-100%. If one cannot pay the tax, the assets will go to the state. According to him, society will be better off in the long r… --- ## [How deadly would Longbows be in the age of modern medicine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deadly-would-longbows-be-in-the-age-of-modern-medicine/533431)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deadly-would-longbows-be-in-the-age-of-modern-medicine/533431 "2010-03-26T05:33:09Z")
Supposing that we still were fighting Agincourt, with scores of sturdy English longbows, and little to no gunpowder weapons. However, we have modern medicine, completely up to date c2010. How deadly would the longbow be… --- ## [So Bush is Satan/Nazi/Worst Thing to Happen to Mankind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-bush-is-satan-nazi-worst-thing-to-happen-to-mankind/230627)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-bush-is-satan-nazi-worst-thing-to-happen-to-mankind/230627 "2004-03-23T15:53:52Z")
How has he affected your life in a bad way? No WMD hysterics, no slaughtering of babies rhetoric. YOU. How is YOUR life worse today than before Jan 2001? We’re not rich, but we paid less in taxes than we did 3 years ago… --- ## [What nation do you consider the greatest on earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nation-do-you-consider-the-greatest-on-earth/517623)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nation-do-you-consider-the-greatest-on-earth/517623 "2009-11-23T14:49:04Z")
Greatest, being subjective, means there is technically no right or wrong answer since one person’s definition of greatest is the same as someone else. But I would say Britain is the greatest nation on earth. The reason … --- ## [Rate the presidents a different way: who was hottest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939 "2010-05-14T22:35:00Z")
Folk are always ranking presidents on stupid stuff like foreign policy or environment progressiveness. But let’s get serious: Which American president was best looking? Oh I know styles have changed, but ignore the ru… --- ## [People shouldn't cook meat on Friday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741)
**Author:** [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741 "2003-11-06T23:47:56Z")
First of all, cooking isn’t a foolproof method of preventing food poisoning. Not all germs are killed by cooking, many people don’t cook their food properly, and some isntances of food poisoning come from chemical, rath… --- ## [I predict that Donald Trump will not serve a second term as POTUS.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-that-donald-trump-will-not-serve-a-second-term-as-potus/774482)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-that-donald-trump-will-not-serve-a-second-term-as-potus/774482 "2016-12-14T23:29:16Z")
There; I said it. One and done for Mr. Trump. Hell, I’m not even sure he’ll actually finish serving one term. But I am certain that he will not serve a second term as POTUS. Who agrees? Who disagrees? --- ## [Your kid's getting a B in math -- oh, and he's fat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-kids-getting-a-b-in-math-oh-and-hes-fat/285592)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-kids-getting-a-b-in-math-oh-and-hes-fat/285592 "2005-01-23T01:37:26Z")
According to CNN.com, Texas school districts would be required to include the body mass index of students as part of their regular report cards under a bill introduced yesterday by a lawmaker seeking to link healthy mind… --- ## [Why are produce boxes made by idiots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-produce-boxes-made-by-idiots/571787)
**Author:** [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-produce-boxes-made-by-idiots/571787 "2011-02-22T06:46:42Z")
As a restaurant kitchen manager, I see lots of produce every day. It all comes in boxes of various sizes and designs. Some cases are designed specifically for the produce contained within, to protect it from shipping d… --- ## [Curvature of the Earth as viewed at altitude](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curvature-of-the-earth-as-viewed-at-altitude/475840)
**Author:** [@hamishritchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hamishritchie)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curvature-of-the-earth-as-viewed-at-altitude/475840 "2008-12-08T07:24:04Z")
Teeming Millions, In a television interview I saw a few weeks ago, French performance artist Philippe Petit noted how he could still vividly recall that during his 1974 high-wire walk between the twin towers of the Worl… --- ## [Austin Texas, Proposition B](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-texas-proposition-b/940755)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-texas-proposition-b/940755 "2021-05-26T17:05:48Z")
I don’t live there, but this is a very interesting ballot initiative that could definitely have a national effect. It will reinstate a camping ban in downtown Austin. This will help prevent large homeless camps from d… --- ## [Another Julius Caesar question: any cities, towns, geographical features named for him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-julius-caesar-question-any-cities-towns-geographical-features-named-for-him/745789)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-julius-caesar-question-any-cities-towns-geographical-features-named-for-him/745789 "2016-02-22T19:23:48Z")
I thought of this question when talking about Mark Twain and his hometown, Hannibal, MO. If there’s a town named for Hannibal, what is there named for Julius Caesar? Apart from the month of July and the Julian calendar? --- ## [I need pictures of Doper's cats!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-pictures-of-dopers-cats/498522)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-pictures-of-dopers-cats/498522 "2009-06-11T15:22:52Z")
Please? There’s a thread in Cafe Society about songs from the point of view of animals. There’s a wonderful song I’d like to submit, but I want it to be on YouTube so that folks can actually listen to it if they want (w… --- ## [Does a prescription expire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-prescription-expire/620186)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-prescription-expire/620186 "2012-04-30T22:03:55Z")
Not the written prescription and not the drugs themselves. If a doctor prescribes something for me, is it mine to take forever? Eg: Suppose my doc prescribes something for pain because I broke my leg. If I don’t use all… --- ## [The Smug Style in American Liberalism and the 2016 Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smug-style-in-american-liberalism-and-the-2016-election/752877)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smug-style-in-american-liberalism-and-the-2016-election/752877 "2016-04-26T20:42:47Z")
Vox published a truly superb piece on what it calls the “smug style” in American liberalism I found the article remarkably insightful and congruent with my own thoughts on these matters. There is very much a tendency i… --- ## [Hilariously bad rhymes in songs, part IX](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilariously-bad-rhymes-in-songs-part-ix/333927)
**Author:** [@La\_Llorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/La_Llorona)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilariously-bad-rhymes-in-songs-part-ix/333927 "2006-02-05T20:27:19Z")
This has been done before, I feel certain of it–so certain, in fact, that I need not even check the archives. However, as there’s nothing new under the sun, etc.: What is the worst rhyme you’ve ever heard in a song? (… --- ## [How does life insurance for old people work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-life-insurance-for-old-people-work/832167)
**Author:** [@Garak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garak)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2019, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-life-insurance-for-old-people-work/832167 "2019-04-20T07:26:26Z")
Like the commercials Alex Trebek does for 80 year olds. Aren’t they basically guaranteed to lose money once the person dies? --- ## [Whatcha Reading, Spring Has Sprung Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-reading-spring-has-sprung-edition/395734)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-reading-spring-has-sprung-edition/395734 "2007-04-20T02:55:04Z")
I’m almost done with Paul Quarrington’s The Boy on the Back of the Turtle: Seeking God, Quince Marmalade, and the Fabled Albatross on Darwin’s Islands, which might have been a Doper recommendation at some point – or not,… --- ## [Proposal: No tax withholding, everyone pays quarterly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-no-tax-withholding-everyone-pays-quarterly/674731)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-no-tax-withholding-everyone-pays-quarterly/674731 "2013-12-03T02:38:42Z")
just like small businesses. Instead of your employer withholding federal and state income tax, and social security and Medicare taxes, every employee gets a full paycheck. Every quarter, the employee must send quarterl… --- ## [Neighbors leaving puppy in yard. What can I do about this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-leaving-puppy-in-yard-what-can-i-do-about-this/627618)
**Author:** [@listedmia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/listedmia)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-leaving-puppy-in-yard-what-can-i-do-about-this/627618 "2012-07-14T00:18:32Z")
Several other people’s yards abut onto ours. The residents have been leaving a puppy in one of them. It looks like a pit bull, maybe 2 or 3 months old. It is on a maybe 5 foot long leash. It has a small table to hide und… --- ## [Explain Canadian politics to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-canadian-politics-to-me/955227)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-canadian-politics-to-me/955227 "2023-09-08T01:45:47Z")
Just as if I were an idiot, which I basically am. I’m a Canadian citizen, passport and certificat du citoyenete and everything, but I’ve spent my life living in the U.S. and only recently discovered that I’d been born a… --- ## [Will the original Star Wars trilogy still be talked about in 100 or 500 years time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-original-star-wars-trilogy-still-be-talked-about-in-100-or-500-years-time/594751)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-original-star-wars-trilogy-still-be-talked-about-in-100-or-500-years-time/594751 "2011-09-04T23:21:54Z")
Well, what do you think? --- ## [First Democratic presidential-candidates debate 10/13/15 -- what can we expect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-democratic-presidential-candidates-debate-10-13-15-what-can-we-expect/733151)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-democratic-presidential-candidates-debate-10-13-15-what-can-we-expect/733151 "2015-10-17T01:34:45Z")
The first debate will be held October 13 at the Wynn, a casino-hotel in Las Vegas. Don’t ask me why. Biden won’t be in it. Not in the first one, anyway. That leaves Clinton, Sanders, and supporting cast. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1228&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1230&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)