# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1230&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:** 1231 --- ## [Fictional things that became real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-things-that-became-real/613499)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-things-that-became-real/613499 "2012-02-26T23:24:39Z")
Inspector Spacetime was a fictional Dr. Who parody on the show Community. Now the actor who played him in the show within the show is trying to get funding to make it a real web series. The Necronomicon was a fictional … --- ## [I'm Not Giving You the Only Work Day of the Year Off! Cliche](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-you-the-only-work-day-of-the-year-off-cliche/613088)
**Author:** [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-you-the-only-work-day-of-the-year-off-cliche/613088 "2012-02-18T00:34:19Z")
Years ago I read a little bit of so-called humor regarding an employee asking for a day off. The boss shows that given all the weekends, holidays, etc., that there is only one actual work day per year, and declines to l… --- ## [Please explain the "if gays can get married my straight marriage is meaningless" argument to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-the-if-gays-can-get-married-my-straight-marriage-is-meaningless-argument-to-me/609536)
**Author:** [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-the-if-gays-can-get-married-my-straight-marriage-is-meaningless-argument-to-me/609536 "2012-01-23T23:08:31Z")
This isn’t a debate because I’m not interested in whether it’s true or not. I’ve heard referenced a lot of times in the SSM debate the position of straight married people who believe/feel that if gay people can get marri… --- ## [Please! Take those white socks off when wearing Tevas; or I'll cut your feet off!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-take-those-white-socks-off-when-wearing-tevas-or-ill-cut-your-feet-off/405543)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-take-those-white-socks-off-when-wearing-tevas-or-ill-cut-your-feet-off/405543 "2007-05-29T02:10:53Z")
Ok, no where in the Teva-wearing training manual does it say that you can wear white socks and tevas! Wool socks under jeans with Birkenstocks in Autumn…maybe. But Never, ever white socks pulled up and tevas. It just do… --- ## [Can somebody explain the Ready Player One issue to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-the-ready-player-one-issue-to-me/811757)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-the-ready-player-one-issue-to-me/811757 "2018-12-17T16:52:07Z")
I’m old. I don’t read YA books. I never read Ready Player One. I don’t think I ever heard of it until the movie came out. My awareness of it was basically “Okay, it’s another teen book that’s been made into a movie. Pass… --- ## [Should Droids be granted Sentient Rights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-droids-be-granted-sentient-rights/563380)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-droids-be-granted-sentient-rights/563380 "2010-12-13T15:00:16Z")
Inspired by this GD thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=322160&highlight=mutant+registration And This Fanfic: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5914015/1/Measure\_of\_a\_Droid Droids from the Galaxy F… --- ## [Police totaly out of control](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-totaly-out-of-control/548691)
**Author:** [@Methen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methen)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-totaly-out-of-control/548691 "2010-08-09T22:39:23Z")
I ve been watching this stuff on you tube below is just one example under police brutality on you tube My question is what can we do to protect our selfs from this type of stuff happening? --- ## [GW2 finally has a release date!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gw2-finally-has-a-release-date/626592)
**Author:** [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gw2-finally-has-a-release-date/626592 "2012-08-27T13:11:57Z")
Last BWE is July 20. Release is August 28! Man, I am SO ready for this game to be out and available to play when I want, instead of having to drool between BWEs! --- ## [Things that would be the start of something if they happened in a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-would-be-the-start-of-something-if-they-happened-in-a-movie/599817)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-would-be-the-start-of-something-if-they-happened-in-a-movie/599817 "2011-10-25T13:08:11Z")
In real life, sometimes strange or interesting things happen…but they don’t go anywhere. But in a movie, NOTHING happens without a reason. If someone coughs, it’s not because they just had a tickle in their throat. It’s … --- ## [Cop: Only pedophiles play Animal Crossing...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-only-pedophiles-play-animal-crossing/489854)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-only-pedophiles-play-animal-crossing/489854 "2009-03-20T14:11:44Z")
At least, if you’re an adult. Rather than waste time swearing, I have to wonder: as the first generation of video gamers get older, and game companies expand their demographics to keep up with the economy and said aging… --- ## [Do you think a normal guy would ever wear women's undies ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-a-normal-guy-would-ever-wear-womens-undies/249200)
**Author:** [@Robin73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robin73)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-a-normal-guy-would-ever-wear-womens-undies/249200 "2020-05-02T04:03:36Z")
My roomate and I threw a big costume party last weekend and she and her new boyfriend came as June and Ward Cleaver ( Leave it to Beaver). Except he came as June in a Pretty dress and high heels. They talked about doing … --- ## [Homosexuality and the ELCA Churchwide Assembly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality-and-the-elca-churchwide-assembly/507044)
**Author:** [@ragerdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ragerdude)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality-and-the-elca-churchwide-assembly/507044 "2009-08-23T16:40:03Z")
What does everyone think of this news: Lutherans move toward more open view on gays There will be a series of votes on Friday dealing with the permissibility of same-sex blessings and clergy in same-sex relationships. … --- ## [Mosquitoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquitoes/629290)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquitoes/629290 "2012-07-28T04:14:52Z")
Those awful Oedipal vampiric agents of Satan can go die under a giant flaming flyswatter. --- ## [Do in-home cellphone signal boosters work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-in-home-cellphone-signal-boosters-work/636162)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-in-home-cellphone-signal-boosters-work/636162 "2018-10-26T07:03:14Z")
I asked a similar question about ten years ago, but back then there were no products on the market. Now, it looks like Newegg has a fair number (but no substantial reviews). Do these things work? Since moving out to the… --- ## [Comic strips that you wish would just fade away.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-you-wish-would-just-fade-away/42927)
**Author:** [@Rich\_G7subs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_G7subs)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2001, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-you-wish-would-just-fade-away/42927 "2001-05-22T22:10:31Z")
Everyone has their favorites in the Daily paper Comic section.I’ve noticed I’m skipping more and more lame comics to read MY favorites.IMHO I wish these strips would DIE a horrible flaming death! 1)Cathy…This is THE mos… --- ## ["Tropic Thunder" final credits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropic-thunder-final-credits/490355)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropic-thunder-final-credits/490355 "2017-11-12T19:07:25Z")
So we see the Hollywood agent played by Matthew McConnaguaheeeyyamalamadingdongjeyhey on his Gulfstream G-5 jet, kicking back with a martini and a smile as he flies back from Vietnam. Did he betray the Les Grossman (Tom… --- ## [Republicans itching to use Hammer & Sickle logo against Sanders. Best response?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-itching-to-use-hammer-sickle-logo-against-sanders-best-response/744898)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-itching-to-use-hammer-sickle-logo-against-sanders-best-response/744898 "2016-02-03T12:57:07Z")
Let’s say Sanders wins the nomination. I have heard that Republican groups have ads ready to go branding Sanders with the hammer and sickle logo. What would be his best response? My first inclination is for Bernie to giv… --- ## [It's Ulster Day! \[09-29-2012\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-ulster-day-09-29-2012/636249)
**Author:** [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-ulster-day-09-29-2012/636249 "2012-10-19T18:44:19Z")
I was interested to see that today is the 100th anniversary of Northern Ireland’s covenant with the UK (a.k.a. Ulster Day). Apparently, 30,000 celebrants marched thru Belfast earlier today not counting spectators. Any … --- ## ["I'd rather have been BEATEN than see you spit in God's face." REALLY??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-have-been-beaten-than-see-you-spit-in-gods-face-really/549319)
**Author:** [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-have-been-beaten-than-see-you-spit-in-gods-face-really/549319 "2010-08-08T20:12:49Z")
That’s a direct quote. From my mother. Yep, she’s at it again. The sanctimonious, melodramatic, wounded-heart, flagellant martyr act, again. It gets SO fucking old and annoying! I’ve posted in other threads about ho… --- ## [Irish Drinking Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-drinking-question/469954)
**Author:** [@KnitWit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KnitWit)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-drinking-question/469954 "2008-10-30T23:35:04Z")
Not to be confused with an Irish Drinking Song. This is a weird question for me to ask, since I live with an Irishman and could simply ask him. Which I did. And his answer just didn’t satisfy me. My question, to be spe… --- ## [2 Stroke motorcycle engines-why dont they use a spark advance curve like 4 strokes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-stroke-motorcycle-engines-why-dont-they-use-a-spark-advance-curve-like-4-strokes/666184)
**Author:** [@breakneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breakneck)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-stroke-motorcycle-engines-why-dont-they-use-a-spark-advance-curve-like-4-strokes/666184 "2016-05-19T11:52:30Z")
Why do 2 stroke motorcycle engines not have a spark advance like a 4 Stroke? the advance is to compensate for saturation of the coils at higher rpms right? so why is this not needed on a 2 stroke? --- ## [Russia and Prussia: related etymologically, or just a coincidence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-and-prussia-related-etymologically-or-just-a-coincidence/393179)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-and-prussia-related-etymologically-or-just-a-coincidence/393179 "2007-02-22T16:50:39Z")
I’ve always wondered if the names “Russia” and “Prussia” had any relationship to each other, or if it was just a coincidence that two countries close to each other had such similar names. Anyone know? --- ## [Teachers/professors: Ever hear from former students?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-professors-ever-hear-from-former-students/399779)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2007, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-professors-ever-hear-from-former-students/399779 "2007-05-16T11:56:08Z")
I mean, I’m sure you do, but I was wondering. Actually, more to the point, I’m wondering about one of my former teachers. Last week, I called my old high school, asking about this guy, who I figured would have retired b… --- ## [Little Dogs Are NOT Fashion Accesories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-dogs-are-not-fashion-accesories/358797)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-dogs-are-not-fashion-accesories/358797 "2006-06-03T15:40:03Z")
I was at the Glendale Galleria yesterday (a big mall near Los Angeles) and i saw not one, but two women (actually one woman one girl) carrying around a little dog, like a chi-hua-hua or little terrior or some other rat/d… --- ## [Why is it that the super-rich are given breaks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-that-the-super-rich-are-given-breaks/613723)
**Author:** [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-that-the-super-rich-are-given-breaks/613723 "2012-02-28T20:03:52Z")
Tax breaks, for example. In the above article he states on numerous occasions that he is taxed a lot less than he should be, and that many men wealthier than him pay even less. Why? --- ## [What's it like to have a penis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-have-a-penis/26795)
**Author:** [@Opulence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opulence)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2000, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-have-a-penis/26795 "2000-07-28T01:11:12Z")
I keep having this dream where I have a penis and get very aroused and have sex with women. I’m sure there’s some phsycological meaning behind this, but as a girl, I have always wondered what it would be like. In the dre… --- ## [Ikea - Yea, Nay or Meh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ikea-yea-nay-or-meh/787222)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2017, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ikea-yea-nay-or-meh/787222 "2017-12-23T10:45:08Z")
I think I may be in the vast minority on this one, but I have been to Ikea exactly one time and absolutely hated it. I hated that the store was like a gigantic maze with only one way in and one way out, virtually forcin… --- ## [Microsoft buys Minecraft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-buys-minecraft/698553)
**Author:** [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2014, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-buys-minecraft/698553 "2014-09-16T08:30:51Z")
Link I can’t see this being a good thing. When you spend 2.5 billion on something, it means you’re expecting to extract 3-4 billion plus out of it. Say hello to downloadable content, or Minecraft 8 with a ‘cool’ new me… --- ## [Are you supposed to drop everything when you hear your spouse puking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-supposed-to-drop-everything-when-you-hear-your-spouse-puking/194869)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-supposed-to-drop-everything-when-you-hear-your-spouse-puking/194869 "2016-02-12T18:27:38Z")
A little while ago, I was downstairs eating my “dinner” (I’m on a very odd schedule). In fact, I was on my first bite, when I heard the bedroom door open. Followed immediately by the sound of vomiting. Well, I was real… --- ## [origins of the British two finger insult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-the-british-two-finger-insult/9394)
**Author:** [@Abe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-the-british-two-finger-insult/9394 "2010-11-04T16:05:52Z")
in http://www.straightdope.com/columns/980904.html cecil confirms our suspicions that the pathetic little story about frenchmen failing to cut off the middle finger of English soldiers so they could not draw the longbo… --- ## [Unanswered Questions from TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328 "2014-02-16T19:10:36Z")
\[ul\]\[li\]Did the police ever figure out that it was Jack McGee that caused the explosion at Dr. Banner’s lab that killed Dr. Elaina Marks?\[/li\]\[li\]Did the state ever apologize to Dr. Richard Kimble for wrongly convicting … --- ## [Tell us something you hate about an author you love.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-you-hate-about-an-author-you-love/680167)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-you-hate-about-an-author-you-love/680167 "2014-02-01T10:18:28Z")
In which we discuss the flaws in the writing of authors we otherwise adore. Hate, in the thread title, is something of an overreach. The flaw in question needn’t be something that ruins the author’s work; in fact it pro… --- ## [Ascertained: Yahoo is guilty of a highly-crafted Liberal bias.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ascertained-yahoo-is-guilty-of-a-highly-crafted-liberal-bias/229602)
**Author:** [@Milum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milum)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2004, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ascertained-yahoo-is-guilty-of-a-highly-crafted-liberal-bias/229602 "2004-02-24T09:08:36Z")
Ascertained: Yahoo is guilty of a highly-crafted Liberal bias. I don’t know why Yahoo slants reality towards the left, but it has been my objective observation that in fact they do. I base this opinion upon a private … --- ## [Greatest movies never made](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735 "2019-09-07T12:23:32Z")
Adam Sandler’s tribute to Chris Farley on SNL last week got me thinking. Farley was slated to star in a biopic of Fatty Arbuckle as his first serious role, but obviously never got the chance. I really would love to see… --- ## [elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator/328230)
**Author:** [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2005, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator/328230 "2005-10-31T06:50:28Z")
I am sick of you constantly shitting in GD and fucking up the debates for the rest of us. You accuse anyone that has the slightest inclination of conservatism on this board of being Bush lackeys and scream about it at e… --- ## [Best Dutch Oven Recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dutch-oven-recipes/645301)
**Author:** [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dutch-oven-recipes/645301 "2013-01-01T16:53:31Z")
My husband got me an enameled cast-iron Dutch oven (5 qt.) for my Christmas present. I’ve always wanted one. Now I have to decide what I’m going to cook to break it in. So, I am calling on you, SDMB, to share with me … --- ## [What are your least favorite places that you've traveled to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-least-favorite-places-that-youve-traveled-to/810740)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-least-favorite-places-that-youve-traveled-to/810740 "2018-03-23T14:52:30Z")
Let’s do the opposite of this thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=851040 Discuss places that you’ve gone to on vacation for a leisure trip that you were disappointed in or even hated. Business … --- ## [I'm sick and tired of Boy Scout bashing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of-boy-scout-bashing/74780)
**Author:** [@SpaceGhostofArrakis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceGhostofArrakis)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2001, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-and-tired-of-boy-scout-bashing/74780 "2001-08-07T18:20:23Z")
Having lived in the SF Bay area when the whole Gays in Boy Scouts “Controversy” blew up, I know a bit about Boy Scout bashing. Now living in the Washington DC area, I was more than a little disappointed when I saw This A… --- ## [Kid/family pics on walls at work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-family-pics-on-walls-at-work/728418)
**Author:** [@wisernow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wisernow)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-family-pics-on-walls-at-work/728418 "2015-08-28T16:57:04Z")
This is something I noticed that is quite common in the US and Canada - people adorning the walls of their office/pod whatever, with drawings made by their kids/grandkids, photographs of wife and kid, other family membe… --- ## [Statutory Rape. How deep does the rabbit hole go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statutory-rape-how-deep-does-the-rabbit-hole-go/246135)
**Author:** [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2004, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statutory-rape-how-deep-does-the-rabbit-hole-go/246135 "2004-05-28T11:20:31Z")
Is being a victim of fraud a sufficient argument against statutory rape? Not of the “Well, I met her in a bar and she was drinking, so I guess she had to be 21, right?” variety. I’m talking that you’ve done the improba… --- ## [Oops: Smallpox found in Maryland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-smallpox-found-in-maryland/692695)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-smallpox-found-in-maryland/692695 "2014-07-12T16:13:36Z")
Article here. Oops. I wonder how many other sites are quickly checking their stores? --- ## [What Heinlein Book Should Be Made a Movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-heinlein-book-should-be-made-a-movie/523748)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-heinlein-book-should-be-made-a-movie/523748 "2010-01-08T19:16:13Z")
Robert A. Heinlein arguably shaped the course of science fiction after his 1939 advent on the scene. He wrote either the first full treatment or the definitive treatment of things that became staples, from convoluted ti… --- ## [What food item can't you do without in your pantry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-item-cant-you-do-without-in-your-pantry/178832)
**Author:** [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-item-cant-you-do-without-in-your-pantry/178832 "2003-06-02T00:30:34Z")
I’ve been doing up my grocery shopping list and it occured to me that there are several items that I always get, things that I just couldn’t live without. Examples: Milk Eggs Butter Coconut Milk Rice Garlic So wh… --- ## [Obama's son](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267)
**Author:** [@A\_nice\_guy\_with\_an\_opinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_nice_guy_with_an_opinion)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267 "2014-09-12T19:00:04Z")
Ray Rice Micheal Brown Trayvon You pick em. Beer summit if this gets ugly. --- ## [Classic One-Liners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-one-liners/598533)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-one-liners/598533 "2011-10-12T16:01:43Z")
Finish the line started in the previous post, then start a new one. “Take my wife…” --- ## [Israel Folau, freedom of speech, and employer rights.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-folau-freedom-of-speech-and-employer-rights/835954)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-folau-freedom-of-speech-and-employer-rights/835954 "2019-07-07T12:23:33Z")
There is a major furore happening here in Aus at the moment, with a rugby player, Israel Folau mounting a court action to dispute his dismissal by Rugby Australia as a player. Succinct version, Folau is a fundamentalist… --- ## [Closest guess on Geoguessr?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closest-guess-on-geoguessr/666279)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closest-guess-on-geoguessr/666279 "2013-09-16T13:50:32Z")
I suppose the game room is the correct choice for this thread. I just discovered Geoguessr and played 4 times. The closest I got was 292 km (Nevada instead of Utah). I got twice the correct country with an absurdly larg… --- ## [Samurai and other sword fighting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samurai-and-other-sword-fighting/742039)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samurai-and-other-sword-fighting/742039 "2019-08-09T20:52:46Z")
I can’t believe in the sword fights I see. Are these just cinematic conventions? I would think they don’t reflect real world results. They seem to be dancing and not fighting. It’s not credible that they lock swords and… --- ## [Ethics of dating in mid-life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics-of-dating-in-mid-life/448005)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics-of-dating-in-mid-life/448005 "2009-02-23T16:08:38Z")
Met a woman last night; got her phone number. This was no small feat for me. I’m 45 and it should be something in my repertoire but it isn’t. Background: Had a bad breakup about a year ago. I’m cool with it, having d… --- ## [I want to learn Japanese or Mandarin, but which?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-learn-japanese-or-mandarin-but-which/362737)
**Author:** [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-learn-japanese-or-mandarin-but-which/362737 "2006-09-20T15:51:21Z")
I took a few Korean classes a couple months ago, which I really had fun with as I enjoy many Korean films, television shows and music. I would like to continue but it was a free class that didn’t go beyond a certain leve… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1229&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1231&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)