# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1234&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:** 1235 --- ## [Is it better for parents who hate each other to stay together (for the children)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-for-parents-who-hate-each-other-to-stay-together-for-the-children/503240)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-for-parents-who-hate-each-other-to-stay-together-for-the-children/503240 "2009-07-21T00:46:25Z")
This came up in some discussions of this article in The Atlantic: I’ve seen studies that suggest that children raised in single-parent families tend to do worse on a number of measures than those in two-parent familie… --- ## [Would you call for the 'check' or the 'bill' in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-for-the-check-or-the-bill-in-the-us/620422)
**Author:** [@Tayto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tayto)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-for-the-check-or-the-bill-in-the-us/620422 "2012-05-01T22:54:05Z")
Hi there, Am editing a piece with a restaurant scene and am wondering whether it would be more common to call for the ‘check’ or the ‘bill’, or whether both are used? We tend to use ‘bill’ here in Ireland but this part… --- ## [U.S. Dopers, are cot / caught pronounced the same to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dopers-are-cot-caught-pronounced-the-same-to-you/554823)
**Author:** [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dopers-are-cot-caught-pronounced-the-same-to-you/554823 "2010-09-24T23:24:24Z")
Every so often on the SDMB, people are astonished to hear that cot and caught (don/dawn, not/naught) are homophones or conversely, they have different pronunciations. You can read about the phenomenon hear on Wikipedia. C… --- ## [Stepdad wants to know what name stepchildren should call him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stepdad-wants-to-know-what-name-stepchildren-should-call-him/202274)
**Author:** [@Brad\_Amundsen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Amundsen)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stepdad-wants-to-know-what-name-stepchildren-should-call-him/202274 "2003-09-19T16:10:02Z")
This may be the wrong forum if it is feal free to change it I am thirty five years old and recently married a wonderful woman who is also thirty five.She has two children ages five(girl) and two(boy), that I have known … --- ## [Game of Thrones first season discussion thread \[No Spoilers!\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-first-season-discussion-thread-no-spoilers/587537)
**Author:** [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-first-season-discussion-thread-no-spoilers/587537 "2011-07-10T12:49:47Z")
\ As the other thread collapsed and was closed, I hope we might be able to continue the discussion of the first season - all episodes - in this one. This thread is for - and only for - content that has been sho… --- ## [Screw Muslim and Arab sensitivity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-muslim-and-arab-sensitivity/324873)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-muslim-and-arab-sensitivity/324873 "2005-10-09T18:49:31Z")
Time for England to change its national flag? …bah http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/04/britain.redcross/index.html Who gives a shit what you idiots think of the crusades, as far as I’m concerned they were … --- ## [The last part of a bottle of drink is 20% saliva?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-part-of-a-bottle-of-drink-is-20-saliva/66473)
**Author:** [@Mats\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mats_K)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2001, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-part-of-a-bottle-of-drink-is-20-saliva/66473 "2001-05-26T12:47:50Z")
My boss has this obsession of NEVER drinking the last gulp of a bottle of, say, coca-cola… He says that when he was younger with my his friends, and they were drinking a mixed 1.25 litre bottle (that’s a 40 ounce for the… --- ## [Why wooden houses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wooden-houses/462064)
**Author:** [@The\_Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Batman)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wooden-houses/462064 "2009-07-21T18:21:56Z")
Probably more for GQ or IMHO, but I want to give this new board a spin. Why are wooden houses so prevalent in the US? It seems to me that in most parts of the world - I know personally that in Mexico it is certainly the… --- ## [Who is on the Mount Rushmore of English Language Literature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-the-mount-rushmore-of-english-language-literature/610054)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-the-mount-rushmore-of-english-language-literature/610054 "2012-01-26T20:37:38Z")
I am thinking: William Shakespeare Charles Dickens James Joyce I am thinking an American author but I can’t decide between Mark Twain, Edgar Allen Poe, or Herman Melville. --- ## [Hydrogen Peroxide vs. Alcohol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hydrogen-peroxide-vs-alcohol/2850)
**Author:** [@stpete\_macrtst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpete_macrtst)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 1999, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hydrogen-peroxide-vs-alcohol/2850 "1999-08-27T07:48:00Z")
Last night I cut myself and began to clean the wound with alcohol (the standard rubbing alcohol that you buy in a drugstore). My wife saw me cringe as I applied the alcohol to the cut and said that I should use hydrogen … --- ## [What was up with all the Satanic movies in the 70s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-all-the-satanic-movies-in-the-70s/527295)
**Author:** [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-all-the-satanic-movies-in-the-70s/527295 "2010-02-03T04:12:41Z")
Aside from The Exorcist and Rosemary’s Baby, there were a ton of lesser-known/B-movies about Satanic cults in the 70s - I’ve seen quite a few on AMC recently (The Devil’s Rain, To The Devil A Daughter, and The Touch of S… --- ## [Analogies banned in GD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-banned-in-gd/705192)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-banned-in-gd/705192 "2014-11-21T16:01:56Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17914586&postcount=202 One might disagree with my argument, or even think it is stupid, but it wouldn’t be the first stupid GD argument and my point is valid. We don’t… --- ## [Trazodone 150mg tablets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trazodone-150mg-tablets/677545)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2014, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trazodone-150mg-tablets/677545 "2014-01-04T05:47:31Z")
Trazodone is a medication I have been taking for several years. I have always had difficulty swallowing them and that difficulty has increased over the years. I currently cut these tablets in half but the difficulty in s… --- ## [Lightening Striking the Eiffel Tower](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightening-striking-the-eiffel-tower/594849)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightening-striking-the-eiffel-tower/594849 "2011-09-03T16:43:08Z")
In the news today this image of lightening striking behind the Eiffel Tower has been getting everyone drooling on Twitter. Now everyone is saying the lightening is striking the tower but I don’t believe that, it looks… --- ## [CV transmission fluid service, only at dealership :(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cv-transmission-fluid-service-only-at-dealership/598761)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cv-transmission-fluid-service-only-at-dealership/598761 "2013-04-09T19:44:10Z")
In the spirit of pet threads, I’d like to introduce you to my car. His name is Bluedio (rhymes with studio). This is a picture of Bluedio just after he was adopted in May of 2008. The rehoming fee was outrageous, but he … --- ## [Stupid fucking predatory mechanic assholes\* (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-predatory-mechanic-assholes-long/124409)
**Author:** [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-predatory-mechanic-assholes-long/124409 "2014-03-11T00:31:02Z")
I’m leaving UVH (animal hospital, I buy my cats’ food there) to go to the Tempe Petsmart when I notice my car is doing something odd. At first I thought it was the clutch because when I started out in first, it didn’t s… --- ## [Good rusting metal experiment for 4th grade science project?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-rusting-metal-experiment-for-4th-grade-science-project/639772)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-rusting-metal-experiment-for-4th-grade-science-project/639772 "2012-12-09T21:32:57Z")
So my son and I came up with a good science experiment for his fourth grade science fair project. He is going to see which type of water causes metal to rust more quickly? Ocean, pond, tap, mineral or soda water. I need … --- ## [PC retail now only ~20% of $13 Billion PC Gaming Market](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-retail-now-only-20-of-13-billion-pc-gaming-market/532075)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-retail-now-only-20-of-13-billion-pc-gaming-market/532075 "2010-03-18T02:28:36Z")
Wow, I was thinking more like maybe 40-50% but 80%! Wow. And apparently the PC gaming market is not doing half bad. Gloom and doom from some console gamers not withstanding - 13 Billion. Nice. --- ## [Chicken & waffles=huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-waffles-huh/654129)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-waffles-huh/654129 "2013-03-29T12:33:35Z")
I put this in GQ as there may be a factual answer to it. Went into a store yesterday and they were giving out little Dixie cup samplers of Lays chicken and waffle chips. I’ve been all over these United States and I do… --- ## [What is the current state of the Hell's Angels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-current-state-of-the-hells-angels/255376)
**Author:** [@PaulFitzroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulFitzroy)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-current-state-of-the-hells-angels/255376 "2004-07-26T16:40:59Z")
Are the Hell’s Angels still numerous in rank and riding regularly, or have their numbers thinned out due to fewer people willing to make the commitment? My impression is that most riders today are recreational cyclists … --- ## [Conservapedia's Greatest Conservative Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedias-greatest-conservative-songs/586962)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedias-greatest-conservative-songs/586962 "2011-06-28T16:32:13Z")
Maybe this should go in the Pit, but since nobody around here has much good to say about CP, I don’t think that’s necessary. Anyway, most of the songs are pretty good. It’s the brief descriptions that made me chuckle. … --- ## [9/11, In my humble opinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-in-my-humble-opinion/372490)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2006, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-in-my-humble-opinion/372490 "2006-09-18T23:16:40Z")
In my humble opinion, there is no conspiracy regarding the US government involvement in 9/11. In my humble opinion, George W. Bush didn’t know about the hijacked planes. In my humble opinion, the attacks on 9/11 were c… --- ## [The Apprentice 12/16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-12-16/279971)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-12-16/279971 "2004-12-21T15:16:06Z")
Okay, the big finale is tomorrow night – and apparently The Donald is completely up in the air on who he’ll pick. Sounds like it comes down to whether he prefers “tough” or “manipulative.” My prediction: What happens in… --- ## [What was your Hypnagogic Hallucination ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-hypnagogic-hallucination/602143)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-hypnagogic-hallucination/602143 "2014-06-13T18:20:43Z")
So I ran across this phrase in another thread, and I realised I’ve had a couple of these in the past, one in particular I still get ridiculed by my wife for. I ‘dreamt/hallucinated’ whatever you want to call it, that th… --- ## [Confused about the status of Detroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confused-about-the-status-of-detroit/669405)
**Author:** [@TashaKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TashaKitty)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confused-about-the-status-of-detroit/669405 "2014-01-06T19:32:24Z")
I know that Detroit filed for bankruptcy but I’m a bit confused about what the entails. I have very little knowledge of economics because it’s not my cup of tea, so I don’t even understand why Detroit wound up in such d… --- ## [Fuck the fucking power outage. Fuck!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-fucking-power-outage-fuck/588747)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-fucking-power-outage-fuck/588747 "2011-07-14T13:37:55Z")
I don’t know if there’s another thread about this already. There are probably several. But I wanted to bitch about this bullshit loudly and with reckless abandon, so I figured the Pit was more apropos than MPSIMS. Mods, … --- ## [Plumbers - Copper Pipe, Shut-Off Valves, and Compression Rings - Kinda Fast? Please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plumbers-copper-pipe-shut-off-valves-and-compression-rings-kinda-fast-please/675416)
**Author:** [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plumbers-copper-pipe-shut-off-valves-and-compression-rings-kinda-fast-please/675416 "2013-12-06T04:11:48Z")
Need to replace the shut-off for the toilet. In addition to not working, the old one is badly rusted, as is the little chrome ring behind it. Yeah, it is a 1/2" rigid pipe and the valve is a compression type. How do I … --- ## [Does the Koran Say That It is Ok to Kill Non Muslims?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-koran-say-that-it-is-ok-to-kill-non-muslims/81397)
**Author:** [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2001, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-koran-say-that-it-is-ok-to-kill-non-muslims/81397 "2001-09-21T04:46:04Z")
I just heard this at lunch from a coworker. So I thought I would get the Straight Dope on it. Is it true or not? --- ## [On the Reality of the Existentialist Lifestyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-reality-of-the-existentialist-lifestyle/435767)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-reality-of-the-existentialist-lifestyle/435767 "2008-02-08T17:48:21Z")
This post is about existentialism, not as a philosophical concept but as a way of life. If one were to say, ‘‘What is your religion?’’ I would respond that I am Buddhist. But underlying that sense of devout belief in B… --- ## [electronic cigarettes--how bad are they?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronic-cigarettes-how-bad-are-they/556273)
**Author:** [@Pandoranoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandoranoid)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronic-cigarettes-how-bad-are-they/556273 "2014-10-15T19:51:05Z")
How harmful are smokeless, electronic cigarettes containing nicotine? I can’t find anything on the web that discusses why they’re a BAD idea-most of the sites I found were propaganda sites made by the manufacturers of sa… --- ## [Have you ever faked not having an orgasm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-faked-not-having-an-orgasm/553672)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2010, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-faked-not-having-an-orgasm/553672 "2010-09-16T07:52:49Z")
Have you ever had an orgasm and then denied having had it to any/all individuals who had been intimately involved in the proceedings? Feel free to elaborate on the circumstances that caused you to do so, if you did. --- ## [Worst presidential campaighn ever?/](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-presidential-campaighn-ever/813837)
**Author:** [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-presidential-campaighn-ever/813837 "2018-06-04T22:47:00Z")
What would you call the worst presidential campaign by either Democratic or Republican?? --- ## [Why have my cars had a tachometer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-my-cars-had-a-tachometer/660155)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-my-cars-had-a-tachometer/660155 "2013-06-07T15:02:23Z")
Why is precious dashboard space so often reserved for a tachometer? Knowing when to shift a manual? What casual driver uses the tachometer and not the engine’s sound? Avoiding red-lining a car? Again, sound communicates … --- ## [Organ donation is switching to opt-out in the UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-donation-is-switching-to-opt-out-in-the-uk/840063)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-donation-is-switching-to-opt-out-in-the-uk/840063 "2019-09-18T19:53:34Z")
I know we’ve debated this on the board before now, but it’s actually happening here in the UK, but I posted this in MPSIMS because I thought it’s interesting, but I don’t see the need for another argument. Next year, or… --- ## [Programmers: How many dead languages do you know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programmers-how-many-dead-languages-do-you-know/524563)
**Author:** [@El\_Zagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Zagna)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2010, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programmers-how-many-dead-languages-do-you-know/524563 "2010-01-20T09:27:31Z")
Over on GQ, they’re trying to decide which programming language would be best for someone just starting in the field. Some of the languages they are sugesting I’ve never heard of, e.g., Haskell, F#, lua; others seem like… --- ## [The Memorial Day MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959 "2018-06-04T18:39:46Z")
Where are all y’all slackers today? Happy Moonday! It’s cool and cloudy this morning. It’s 66 degrees now and supposed to get up to 77. I hate starting the MMPs cause I never have much to say. I \*could \*say a lot, w… --- ## [Anti-Natalism and the case for human extinction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-natalism-and-the-case-for-human-extinction/476433)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-natalism-and-the-case-for-human-extinction/476433 "2008-12-16T19:38:36Z")
In this post I will outline the reasons why creating new human beings is wrong. If everybody followed my moral philosophy, the human race would go extinct. However, I will argue that this is the most preferable outcome f… --- ## [Insane Clown Posse vs. the RNC.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-clown-posse-vs-the-rnc/593281)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-clown-posse-vs-the-rnc/593281 "2011-08-23T13:53:15Z")
I’ll sent this to the Pit before it gets sent there although it might be a GQ, GB or an Election thread. My question: Should Insane Clown Posse http://www.insaneclownposse.com/icp2010/ sue the Republican National Commi… --- ## [Trivia Challenge: Famous septets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-challenge-famous-septets/520632 "2009-12-30T19:03:03Z")
Each famous seven-sized set has its own hint idea. Hints are shown for each of the seven elements. Septet A: doctor farmer lawyer midwife realtor soldier tinker Septet B: bullet pan spoon switch watch will … --- ## [Help me understand why "reverse passing off" is a legal tort.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-why-reverse-passing-off-is-a-legal-tort/547876)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-why-reverse-passing-off-is-a-legal-tort/547876 "2010-07-28T16:11:42Z")
First off, this is not a request for legal advice. There exists a tort in many jurisdictions in the US (and I would guess other Common Law countries) called “reverse passing off”, which basically consists of buying a pr… --- ## [Serious massacre prevented on train by 3 US and 1 Brit passengers in Europe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-massacre-prevented-on-train-by-3-us-and-1-brit-passengers-in-europe/728473)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-massacre-prevented-on-train-by-3-us-and-1-brit-passengers-in-europe/728473 "2018-02-14T03:23:04Z")
http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/arras-coups-de-feu-dans-un-thalys-la-piste-terroriste-ia0b0n3001636 US Marine on leave and a British soldier hear a man in the train bathroom loading heavy weapons. Ambushed him as he c… --- ## [My new book on the purpose of Stonehenge and Indigenous memory systems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-book-on-the-purpose-of-stonehenge-and-indigenous-memory-systems/781496)
**Author:** [@lynne-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynne-42)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-book-on-the-purpose-of-stonehenge-and-indigenous-memory-systems/781496 "2017-04-10T01:02:28Z")
I have just published a new theory for the purpose of Stonehenge and other ancient monuments around the world. The Memory Codeis all about the incredible memory methods used by non-literate cultures dependent on memory t… --- ## [Scary Christian Encounter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-christian-encounter/115009)
**Author:** [@Chekmate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chekmate)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2002, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-christian-encounter/115009 "2002-07-04T23:17:07Z")
Here’s my expreience: My first time meeting my Girlfriends Fundy Sister’s new boyfriend. Sister: Hi, this is (boyfriend) Me: Hi (boyfriend) Girlfriend: Hi (boyfriend) Boyfriend grabs me by the shoulders, and looks … --- ## [When does the Bible stop being myth, lineage wise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-the-bible-stop-being-myth-lineage-wise/821764)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-the-bible-stop-being-myth-lineage-wise/821764 "2018-10-11T14:20:43Z")
I understand that, for the most part, the story of Adam and Eve is meant to be a parable/story told to make religious points, but does that mean that Cain and Abel are also mythological and, if so, how far down the line … --- ## [What innocuous thing happened to you in school that might cause a parent to go apeshit today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocuous-thing-happened-to-you-in-school-that-might-cause-a-parent-to-go-apeshit-today/609187)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocuous-thing-happened-to-you-in-school-that-might-cause-a-parent-to-go-apeshit-today/609187 "2012-01-14T01:29:43Z")
Inspired by the Colorado teen who submitted a cheesecake shot to the yearbook, had it rejected, and then somehow became national news. What “not really a big deal” thing happened to you in school that would send parents… --- ## [What prehistoric oddity did I just pull out of my garden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-prehistoric-oddity-did-i-just-pull-out-of-my-garden/552424)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-prehistoric-oddity-did-i-just-pull-out-of-my-garden/552424 "2010-09-04T19:55:02Z")
I was tending the garden trying to eradicate the voles that have recently taken up housing in the garden…they are creating these enormous mounds and I have recently found an enormous squash plant completely dead from hav… --- ## [Homosexuality and the Old Testament](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality-and-the-old-testament/635023)
**Author:** [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality-and-the-old-testament/635023 "2012-12-03T03:43:20Z")
Okay so many people today will invoke the Books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy to justify anti-gay attitudes. What I’m really curious about is this: did gays back in the Old Testament get mistreated the way they sometime… --- ## [Idiots With Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-with-guns/716801)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2015, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-with-guns/716801 "2015-04-16T03:49:13Z")
Found this on Youtube. If you advocate “safe, responsible gun ownership” you have to explain this video: Idiots With Guns --- ## [Why VENUS flytrap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-venus-flytrap/728712)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-venus-flytrap/728712 "2015-08-28T23:17:12Z")
Why is a Venus flytrap a VENUS flytrap? There is nothing about a bug-eating plant that makes me look at it and think “oh, yes, Roman goddess of love!”. Seriously, these things are small, but their traps look downright … --- ## [Ocular migraine/Scintillating scotoma - ever have one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ocular-migraine-scintillating-scotoma-ever-have-one/681360)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ocular-migraine-scintillating-scotoma-ever-have-one/681360 "2014-02-17T15:34:36Z")
I had an odd visual problem the other day that was kind of disconcerting. the symptoms fit both of these conditions but I didn’t think at the time to determine if it was one or both eyes being affected. There was some ki… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1233&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1235&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)