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**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-macs-are-expensive/393009 "2007-02-23T02:40:51Z")
I went to the Apple store over the weekend and got a chance to mess with a few of the current macs. The way that they run and operate is just so GORGEOUS and smooth and flawless that I was almost immediately sold on gett… --- ## [Can a Republican explain this to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-republican-explain-this-to-me/760381)
**Author:** [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-republican-explain-this-to-me/760381 "2016-07-23T04:03:48Z")
So after Trump’s wife gave a speech blatantly plagiarizing one Michelle Obama gave eight years earlier, conservatives appear quick to excuse the whole thing. Christie says he didn’t see a similarity, which means he is e… --- ## [Would this make you cancel dinner plans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-make-you-cancel-dinner-plans/524023)
**Author:** [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-make-you-cancel-dinner-plans/524023 "2010-01-11T15:01:17Z")
My coworker’s family (husband and toddler daughter) came to meet her at work, and they went to a movie together. After the movie, they were going to stop at one of the nicer restaurants in the mall and have dinner. But s… --- ## [Best way to cook live lobster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-cook-live-lobster/363876)
**Author:** [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-cook-live-lobster/363876 "2006-07-21T18:43:34Z")
Greetings, I’m looking for some advice on cooking live lobsters. stainz and I are having some friends from Iceland over for dinner tomorrow night and since they can’t get live lobster in Iceland and they are going home i… --- ## [Obama's getting shot at! Ha-ha-ha! WTF?!?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-getting-shot-at-ha-ha-ha-wtf/449605)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-getting-shot-at-ha-ha-ha-wtf/449605 "2008-05-20T02:49:26Z")
I mean honestly… what the fuck?!!? --- ## [What historical events have slipped down the memory hole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-events-have-slipped-down-the-memory-hole/976478)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-events-have-slipped-down-the-memory-hole/976478 "2022-12-22T01:56:38Z")
I wasn’t sure where else to put this. I’ve been listening to Rachel Maddow’s podcast Ultra about the sedition trial of Nazi sympathizers in the United States in 1943. Is this common knowledge that I just never heard abo… --- ## [The legacy of President Barack Obama (2009-2017)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-legacy-of-president-barack-obama-2009-2017/737243)
**Author:** [@GloryDays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GloryDays)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-legacy-of-president-barack-obama-2009-2017/737243 "2015-11-12T18:50:09Z")
What will President Barack Obama’s legacy be when he leaves office in Jan. 2017? What will his legacy be regarding the economy, foreign policy, race relations, crime, etc.? --- ## [Looking for music recs: bass-heavy, female vocals, alt-rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742)
**Author:** [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742 "2011-10-02T01:09:35Z")
This is going to sound a bit silly, but I really enjoyed a song that appeared on the most recent episode of the cartoon Adventure Time. Here’s “I’m Just Your Problem” on Youtube. I can’t stop listening to this and am w… --- ## [Inter-Species Breeding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inter-species-breeding/617765)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inter-species-breeding/617765 "2012-04-07T13:26:23Z")
I visited Sea Life Marine Park in Honolulu today and saw the only living “Wolphin” in captivity. I later learned that a Wolphin is a cross between a False Killer Whale and an Atlantic Bottle-nosed Dolphin. When I was i… --- ## [Stupid Facebook Meme](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-facebook-meme/574748)
**Author:** [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-facebook-meme/574748 "2011-03-17T20:27:32Z")
I’m thinking of changing it to: The Girl you just called fat? She just ate two Big Macs. The Boy you just called stupid? He stayed up all last night drinking instead of studying for his test. The Girl you just called u… --- ## [How to track someone down with \*very\* little information about them...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-track-someone-down-with-very-little-information-about-them/550073)
**Author:** [@RedBloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedBloom)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-track-someone-down-with-very-little-information-about-them/550073 "2010-08-13T18:54:54Z")
I’ve been trying to do detective work for months now (to no avail) in trying to locate someone. Unfortunately, I only have her: name, former employer, email address, and city she lives/lived in as of 6 months ago, and t… --- ## [When TV gets it very wrong: spelling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-gets-it-very-wrong-spelling/676675)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-gets-it-very-wrong-spelling/676675 "2014-03-07T11:03:36Z")
So I’m kicking back with my coffee watching the most popular morning TV show in Aus when a report comes up about a bashing in Sydney overnight. Ever so common nowadays amongst the younger-bloke set, seems you can’t go o… --- ## [Should/can we prepare to rescue the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-can-we-prepare-to-rescue-the-sdmb/470004)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-can-we-prepare-to-rescue-the-sdmb/470004 "2008-11-01T03:26:17Z")
Ed Zotti says here that “the real question isn’t whether we’ll get this or that featured \[sic\] fixed, but whether we’ll continue at all,” because Creative Loafing, the parent company, is in bankruptcy proceedings. If so… --- ## [KY Resident requests "IM GOD" license plate. KY refuses, resident sues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ky-resident-requests-im-god-license-plate-ky-refuses-resident-sues/772842)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2016, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ky-resident-requests-im-god-license-plate-ky-refuses-resident-sues/772842 "2016-12-04T09:36:34Z")
Story HERE Short version, Bennie Hart requests vanity plate in Kentucky, ‘IM GOD’. The Godless heathens of Ohio granted him that plate 12 years before, but he now wants one as a KY resident. Kentucky refused, first sayi… --- ## [The bad thing about wimmins is...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781)
**Author:** [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2000, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781 "2000-09-21T01:42:25Z")
…they think they know everything, but they DON’T! They’re just dumb! …Grrrrr… --- ## [The scariest moments in video/computer games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scariest-moments-in-video-computer-games/248094)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scariest-moments-in-video-computer-games/248094 "2004-06-06T03:09:01Z")
No, I don’t mean that moment right after you’ve installed a game when your screen goes blank and up pops the Blue Screen of Death…I mean the moments in games when the game designers really succeeded in freaking you out o… --- ## [Who Do You Hate Less- Notre Dame or Alabama?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-hate-less-notre-dame-or-alabama/642862)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2012, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-hate-less-notre-dame-or-alabama/642862 "2012-12-25T06:44:39Z")
Speaking as a lifelong Subway Alumnus (as an Irish Catholic, I grew up rooting for Notre Dame even though I didn’t go there, nobody in my family went there, and I never even KNEW anyone who went there until I was in my 3… --- ## [why do rams like to, uh, ram things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-rams-like-to-uh-ram-things/680590)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-rams-like-to-uh-ram-things/680590 "2014-02-11T13:38:25Z")
Inspired by this bizarro encounter between a motorcyclist and a ram (skip the first 15 seconds). Why does the ram have such a bad attitude toward this rider and/or his bike? Are rams territorial? Does he somehow think… --- ## [Horribly embarrassing thread I'm gonna have closed as soon as it's answered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horribly-embarrassing-thread-im-gonna-have-closed-as-soon-as-its-answered/87247)
**Author:** [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2001, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horribly-embarrassing-thread-im-gonna-have-closed-as-soon-as-its-answered/87247 "2001-10-18T16:58:25Z")
Okay… apparently, I’m not as much a sex freak as the rest of you dopers out there are, so here goes… A bunch of strange sex terms have been used lately, and I would like to know what they mean so I won’t be the weirdo i… --- ## [Most disagreeable chocolate/candy bars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105 "2018-05-22T12:37:27Z")
No, these aren’t confections that are able to employ rhetoric and actually disagree with you; these are offensive little comestibles innocuously wrapped up all spiffy-looking but containing vomit fodder. Turkish Delight… --- ## [Your psychological theories about why people who shop at natural food stores are so damn rude](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-psychological-theories-about-why-people-who-shop-at-natural-food-stores-are-so-damn-rude/498834)
**Author:** [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-psychological-theories-about-why-people-who-shop-at-natural-food-stores-are-so-damn-rude/498834 "2009-06-11T21:29:10Z")
My pet theory: new agey value systems promote the extension of goodwill to the universe at large but not to actual people who are right in front of you. --- ## [Why don't skyscraper windows open?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-skyscraper-windows-open/195398)
**Author:** [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-skyscraper-windows-open/195398 "2012-05-12T03:04:37Z")
With the East Coast power outage, there have been numerous reports of NYC tourists locked out of their hotel rooms and being forced to sleep on the streets because the rooms would be too hot without power. DIscussing th… --- ## [Who was the most beautiful FEMALE celebrity of the 1950s-1960s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640 "2016-03-24T10:18:18Z")
See … Who was the most beautiful celebrity of the 1950s-1960s? … for background of this poll Comments welcomed here or in that other thread. ONE VOTE – anonymous – in this poll. The list: Pier Angeli Barbara Bain … --- ## [Do prarie dogs injure horses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-prarie-dogs-injure-horses/510789)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-prarie-dogs-injure-horses/510789 "2015-07-18T00:15:41Z")
All my varmit sniping buds insist that they work for the good of poor farmers by killing off prarie dogs (and any other burrowing creatures) because galloping horses step in the holes and have to be killed. Believe me, … --- ## [Magazine cover - Michele Obama as a slave. OMG!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazine-cover-michele-obama-as-a-slave-omg/632928)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazine-cover-michele-obama-as-a-slave-omg/632928 "2012-08-29T17:40:45Z")
This won’t go down well. :dubious: I’m just thankful it wasn’t an American publisher. Why did they have to make her half nekkid? :rolleyes: I’m pretty sure slaves wore proper clothing. --- ## [Rat or mouse? N.A.F.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rat-or-mouse-n-a-f/529489)
**Author:** [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rat-or-mouse-n-a-f/529489 "2010-02-23T17:02:41Z")
can anyone help with a discussion me and my sister are having? I say Mouse she says Rat http://s1016.photobucket.com/albums/af283/willthekitten/sdmb/?action=view¤t=ratormouse.jpg euhm …and no I’m not talking ab… --- ## [This is what gets you a warning these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635)
**Author:** [@damuriajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/damuriajashi)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635 "2023-05-23T22:53:11Z")
Wtf? This gets you a warning these days? Sure I don’t drop by every day but I thought the Dylan Mulvaney thing was topical and worthy of discussion. --- ## [Fun with Colors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101 "2003-06-22T04:51:44Z")
Sky Blue Silver Royal Blue Teal Blue Chocolate Dark-Blue Sienna Orange Sandy Brown Orange-Red Burlywood Crimson Indigo Red Purple Firebrick Coral Dark Red Tomato Green Deeppink Limegreen Sea-green --- ## [Survivor: South Pacific November 2 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-south-pacific-november-2-2011/601693)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-south-pacific-november-2-2011/601693 "2011-11-07T20:33:00Z")
Wow. I won’t say more in the OP. --- ## [Space/Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-time/116254)
**Author:** [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2002, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-time/116254 "2002-07-16T14:28:57Z")
What would be the easiest way to destroy all of space/time? Can I do this for under $83? Thank you. --- ## [SDMB RPG Setup Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766)
**Author:** [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766 "2014-09-04T07:13:58Z")
This is the official setup thread for the SDMB RPG. This thread is for lengthy out-of-character discussions, off-topic conversations, questions about the game mechanics or the (a)historical setting, and the like. In addi… --- ## [How is my washer putting holes in my shirts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-my-washer-putting-holes-in-my-shirts/107689)
**Author:** [@Theios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theios)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-my-washer-putting-holes-in-my-shirts/107689 "2016-08-05T15:17:20Z")
Okay. I’ve either got tiny, rabid beavers in my laundry basket, or something with my washer/dryer is putting pin holes in my t-shirts. These holes are fairly small. Most are pin holes, but some are slightly larger than … --- ## [Why are the edges of paperback books colored?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-edges-of-paperback-books-colored/694715)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-edges-of-paperback-books-colored/694715 "2014-08-05T14:20:20Z")
Just curiosity, we were trying to figure out if it had any meaning? --- ## [Best way to dissolve powdered milk into regular milk? (Yogurt-making)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-dissolve-powdered-milk-into-regular-milk-yogurt-making/591058)
**Author:** [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-dissolve-powdered-milk-into-regular-milk-yogurt-making/591058 "2011-08-03T01:45:13Z")
I’ve started making yogurt at home again, and the recipe I used recommends starting with 1/4-1/2 c powdered milk, dissolved in 4 c (liquid) milk. I’ve been having problems getting the powdered milk fully dissolved, thoug… --- ## [$65,000 wedding: what do you think?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/65-000-wedding-what-do-you-think/398732)
**Author:** [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/65-000-wedding-what-do-you-think/398732 "2007-04-09T15:18:24Z")
What do you think about a bride’s parents spending $65,000 on a wedding? My brother is getting married in June and his fiancee’s parents are dropping $65,000 on the affair. I was stunned by the amount. What are your rea… --- ## [Crying at work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-work/455363)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-work/455363 "2008-07-11T17:19:22Z")
What’s your reaction to someone who cries in a professional environment – that is, at work? I don’t have any heartburn with a once-in-a-blue moon episode that’s occasioned by something non-job-related. If you’re at your… --- ## [Newsmax blogger John Perry dreams of military coup against Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsmax-blogger-john-perry-dreams-of-military-coup-against-obama/512680)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsmax-blogger-john-perry-dreams-of-military-coup-against-obama/512680 "2009-10-15T13:41:20Z")
From this week’s Democratic Underground “Top 10 Conservative Idiots”: Yeah, that’s the ticket! Toss out all those useless democratically-elected civilians and replace then with “skilled, military-trained, nation-builde… --- ## ["Finding Bigfoot"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-bigfoot/608867)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2023, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-bigfoot/608867 "2023-01-21T05:07:46Z")
Seriously, how can this be a show? What do they do for an hour every week? I’m no snob. I’ve watched and enjoyed reality shows about pawn shops, exterminators, and parking enforcement. I watched “Tool Academy.” Bein… --- ## [You're doing it wrong.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-doing-it-wrong/491437)
**Author:** [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2009, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-doing-it-wrong/491437 "2009-04-03T06:35:50Z")
Yes, you, over there, with the treadmill incline cranked up to 25, walking at a brisk clip while HOLDING ON to the treadmill (and not just lightly grasping the heart monitor handles, I am talking about holding on like yo… --- ## [Anachronistically Modern People](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anachronistically-modern-people/560263)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anachronistically-modern-people/560263 "2010-11-18T06:22:41Z")
Were there any people who lived centuries or millennia ago who (isolated) argued for such modern ideas as human equality, abolition of slavery, democracy, and so on? Mo Tzu sounded for instance very much like a Christian… --- ## [I love the smell of Karma in the morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-smell-of-karma-in-the-morning/477186)
**Author:** [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-smell-of-karma-in-the-morning/477186 "2008-12-18T22:13:15Z")
Not wanting to bring a Zombie to life, I would like to update you on the dickhead doctor that put two bicyclists in the hospital with his car back in August. Original thread here. Well he had his preliminary hearing the… --- ## [Bill Maher on Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-on-obama/499822)
**Author:** [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-on-obama/499822 "2009-06-24T13:15:43Z")
I’m not American so this doesn’t impact me directly, well the enviromental part may, but I’ve a big interest in US polictics and follow the stuff here and elsewhere closely. I was watching RealTime with Bill Maher yeste… --- ## [Memes!.... In Other Words.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memes-in-other-words/587261)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memes-in-other-words/587261 "2011-07-31T12:15:49Z")
I tried this elsewhere, and it didn’t work. Hopefully the Dope can pull through for me. Guess the inspiration for the following: Imitate my incantation; 'The hind leg thigh meat of a pig!" And like all memes, copy th… --- ## [Indian Food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-food/631486)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-food/631486 "2012-08-16T12:47:14Z")
Eating leftover Indian cuisine for lunch right now. Last night was the first time I had ever tried it. My god. I loved every single bite of everything I had. It’s complex. It’s spicy. It’s full of flavors that I’m n… --- ## [My feet stink: advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-feet-stink-advice/555244)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-feet-stink-advice/555244 "2010-09-29T21:33:08Z")
OK. We went to a model home on the weekend and we were asked to take off our shoes and then cart them around with us in plastic bag. When I removed said shoes from the plastic bag my daughter just about barfed. And to… --- ## [Democracy dying in Michigan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democracy-dying-in-michigan/618224)
**Author:** [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democracy-dying-in-michigan/618224 "2012-04-14T02:30:30Z")
I was on Reddit this morning and someone linked to this clip from Rachel Maddow. It’s 15 minutes long, plus a second clip that’s about a minute and a half long so I’ll try to write a short summation for those without th… --- ## [If state of Israel had never been created, would we have peace in the Middle East?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-state-of-israel-had-never-been-created-would-we-have-peace-in-the-middle-east/369988)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-state-of-israel-had-never-been-created-would-we-have-peace-in-the-middle-east/369988 "2014-09-19T19:44:25Z")
I know its not a popular thing to question anything about the existence of the Israeli state, but I figured if I couldn’t ask here then where the heck could I ask. Frankly, most Iranians and Iraqis I run into have not r… --- ## [Can courts dictate how much money parents spend on their kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-courts-dictate-how-much-money-parents-spend-on-their-kids/564340)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2010, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-courts-dictate-how-much-money-parents-spend-on-their-kids/564340 "2010-12-23T09:39:28Z")
The recent thread about child support reminded me about a question I’ve had for a while. It seems that, when a couple gets divorced, the court has the legal authority to tell the parents exactly how much they need to pay… --- ## [Woman who ran down Bennigan's waitress gets 30 years in prison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-ran-down-bennigans-waitress-gets-30-years-in-prison/190164)
**Author:** [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-ran-down-bennigans-waitress-gets-30-years-in-prison/190164 "2024-05-04T02:32:09Z")
In case you don’t know the story, 19-year-old Sarah Foust and three of her buddies got shnookered at a Bennigan’s one night (I assume fake IDs were involved), running up a $130 tab in the process. They didn’t have the mo… --- ## [February Mini-Rants. Look on the bright side - it's the shortest month of the year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-mini-rants-look-on-the-bright-side-its-the-shortest-month-of-the-year/958742)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-mini-rants-look-on-the-bright-side-its-the-shortest-month-of-the-year/958742 "2022-03-02T23:27:34Z")
Highest snowfall in seven years predicted for Detroit area. My neighbor has had a concern with snow melt entering his basement - so I’m trying to NOT pile snow against his house on that side of the driveway. Instead I’… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1250&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1252&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)