# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1259&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:** 1260 --- ## [Most annoying theist arguments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-theist-arguments/681496)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-theist-arguments/681496 "2014-02-21T12:51:52Z")
Just straight off the bat I’d like to assure theists that I’m not trying to have a cheap shot at the almighty or an atheist circlejerk - rather pointing out what arguments shouldn’t be made to convert non-believers to th… --- ## [Fuck strip malls. Straight up the keister.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-strip-malls-straight-up-the-keister/576342)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-strip-malls-straight-up-the-keister/576342 "2011-04-04T02:33:19Z")
I’m in the military and have lived in 4 different places in the last 7 years and they all shared one thing in common. Excessive numbers of dilapidated strip malls. These fucking things are EVERYWHERE. They’ve spread li… --- ## [Trump and his "Cat License"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-his-cat-license/839713)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-his-cat-license/839713 "2019-09-10T00:38:15Z")
When I saw that Trump had faked an NHC map, I immediately thought of the Monty Python sketch… --- ## [What do people who advocate mental health reforms as a solution to mass shootings really envision?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-who-advocate-mental-health-reforms-as-a-solution-to-mass-shootings-really-envision/733379)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-who-advocate-mental-health-reforms-as-a-solution-to-mass-shootings-really-envision/733379 "2015-10-04T17:37:19Z")
Oregon Killer had mental health issues. He was described as shy, anxious, and withdrawn, and had been educated in a special school for the learning and emotionally disturbed. On an online forum, his mother described hi… --- ## [In praise of John Ashcroft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-john-ashcroft/404555)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-john-ashcroft/404555 "2007-06-02T22:14:40Z")
I’ve never before had anything good to say about former Attorney General John Ashcroft and I’m happy to be able to do so now. I know this story has been commented on somewhat in the Gonzales threads but I’m posting it a… --- ## [Who is on your state's Mt. Rushmore of musicians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-states-mt-rushmore-of-musicians/684033)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-states-mt-rushmore-of-musicians/684033 "2014-03-22T20:08:42Z")
Ground rules: Your selection must be an individual, not a group. We can be fairly flexible about which state may claim a musician. S/he may be born in Tupelo but raised in Memphis; I’d be OK with both Mississippi a… --- ## [The fucking world is fucking fucked!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677 "2020-08-27T23:41:17Z")
I truly believe that this will not end for a long, long time. The anti-maskers, anti-vaxers and whatever other conspiracy theorists are out there are like passengers on a sinking, but save-able ship, deliberately interfe… --- ## [Can anyone explain the significance of not giving the Boston Bomber his Miranda Rights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-the-significance-of-not-giving-the-boston-bomber-his-miranda-rights/656185)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-the-significance-of-not-giving-the-boston-bomber-his-miranda-rights/656185 "2013-04-22T14:41:12Z")
I understand the Feds are claiming urgent National Security. I guess just in case there’s anyone else out there that might do something. Obviously a guy in critical condition isn’t going to personally endanger the publ… --- ## [Stickers etc. I would put on my car if I were the kind of guy who put stickers etc. on his car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stickers-etc-i-would-put-on-my-car-if-i-were-the-kind-of-guy-who-put-stickers-etc-on-his-car/583965)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2011, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stickers-etc-i-would-put-on-my-car-if-i-were-the-kind-of-guy-who-put-stickers-etc-on-his-car/583965 "2011-06-04T06:14:49Z")
I don’t know how prevalent they are in your area, but around here a lot of people have these oval European-country-style stickers that reference beach resorts: CC for Cape Cod, OBXfor the Outer Banks, scuse me, Banx, OC … --- ## [What's the best thing for a sunburn? (Particularly the redness?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-thing-for-a-sunburn-particularly-the-redness/618708)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-thing-for-a-sunburn-particularly-the-redness/618708 "2012-04-14T17:32:32Z")
Argh! I volunteered as a storyteller at a library thing this morning outside, and I didn’t even think about the sun because it was so cold when I got up this morning! Halfway through my session I snuck off and got a ha… --- ## [I pit the Taliban](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-taliban/637271)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-taliban/637271 "2012-10-15T05:00:16Z")
As much as I think these douchebags deserve scorn, derision, contempt and eradication, they keep coming up with new reasons to hate them: \[ \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS\_PAKISTAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEM… --- ## [Pilonidal cyst question (TMI, ugh...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilonidal-cyst-question-tmi-ugh/494282)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilonidal-cyst-question-tmi-ugh/494282 "2009-05-05T14:20:48Z")
.-=|TMI warning|=-. I have what is likely to be a Pilonidal cyst. I don’t know for sure- the earliest I can see my doc is Tuesday morning. Basically it hurts to sit and I can definitely feel some kind of little ‘bump’ n… --- ## [Lowbrow foods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowbrow-foods/391255)
**Author:** [@Young\_Scrappy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Young_Scrappy)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowbrow-foods/391255 "2007-02-21T23:03:32Z")
I don’t know highbrow or lowbrow are the right words but I’m sure you get my point. I know certain types of restaurants are considered lowbrow like McDonald’s or Burger King. And I suppose certain foods are considered … --- ## [Were you aware of the Special Ed kids when you were in school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-aware-of-the-special-ed-kids-when-you-were-in-school/695699)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-aware-of-the-special-ed-kids-when-you-were-in-school/695699 "2014-08-19T23:32:17Z")
I went to school in the 70’s and was never aware of the special ed classes. I’m not even sure if they were held at my high school. They might of been held off campus somewhere. That also meant I never really knew which s… --- ## [Etiquitte for conversing with a pedophile.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquitte-for-conversing-with-a-pedophile/542855)
**Author:** [@Dostoyevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dostoyevsky)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquitte-for-conversing-with-a-pedophile/542855 "2010-06-14T16:10:47Z")
This is a true life scenario and I’d like some input. I have a friend, we’ll call him Dave, who confessed seven years ago to homosexual contact with a fourteen year old boy. (Dave was twenty at the time of the incident… --- ## [Anal Sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex/515690)
**Author:** [@Shig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shig)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex/515690 "2009-11-02T14:45:02Z")
Just curious to hear from both genders on why they do or do not enjoy. Thanks. =) (If this belongs in the opinion area, I’m sorry moderators, I couldn’t decide.) --- ## [Rules for a street fight, when to stop..?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-for-a-street-fight-when-to-stop/723178)
**Author:** [@Dibbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dibbs)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-for-a-street-fight-when-to-stop/723178 "2015-06-30T19:01:00Z")
Around here where I’m living at the current time, there’s a fair amount of crime and violence. So it got me to wondering, if – God forbid – some thug should decide to take me on (like one did my neighbor a couple of week… --- ## [Found an Injured Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-injured-turtle/591767)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-injured-turtle/591767 "2011-08-16T17:50:43Z")
I normally stop for turtles on the road and move them to the other side. Today, in a pouring rain, I came a across a box turtle who wasn’t so lucky. He’s had on leg cut off and his shell is broken, but her still seems pr… --- ## [Best all-time SNL commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-all-time-snl-commercials/502897)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-all-time-snl-commercials/502897 "2009-07-17T18:18:02Z")
Okay, after this thread and this thread and especially this thread, let’s get down to specifics – SNL’s best commercial parodies. For purposes of discussion, let’s define a commercial parody as those bits that were actu… --- ## [Invisible Wombat is Gary Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-wombat-is-gary-robson/518912)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-wombat-is-gary-robson/518912 "2009-12-01T05:14:41Z")
I’ve been using this here Internet thing for a long time now, and the Straight Dope Message Board is the only place of any significance where I don’t use my real name. Even in articles published in computer hacker magazi… --- ## [Hi Opal!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-opal/154924)
**Author:** [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-opal/154924 "2003-02-16T08:04:07Z")
\[ol\] \[li\]passé\[/li\]\[li\]wretched\[/li\]\[li\]dull\[/li\]\[/ol\] --- ## [Saving an animal's life vs. saving a human's life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-an-animals-life-vs-saving-a-humans-life/715520)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-an-animals-life-vs-saving-a-humans-life/715520 "2015-03-30T20:47:21Z")
Are there situations in which you think society should prioritize saving an animal’s life over saving a human’s life, assuming that it’s an either-or situation and that the saving of one must result in the death of the o… --- ## [Computer/Video Games Most People Don't Remember](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-video-games-most-people-dont-remember/998594)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-video-games-most-people-dont-remember/998594 "2024-03-26T21:30:17Z")
Being an odd duck, I was thinking about 1950s monster movies, like you do, and I suddenly remembered a computer game I played circa 1990 called It Came from the Desert. (Wiki Link) In ICFTD, you play as a geologist who… --- ## [Can you give a police officer who pulls you over collateral?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-give-a-police-officer-who-pulls-you-over-collateral/740834)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2016, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-give-a-police-officer-who-pulls-you-over-collateral/740834 "2016-01-02T06:39:09Z")
I am a musician and am always running to concerts, at which I have to arrive by a certain time. In my line of work, I accompany choirs so a whole lot of people depend on me to be on time. I haven’t been pulled over by … --- ## [You vs. the Spartan army.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-vs-the-spartan-army/700010)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-vs-the-spartan-army/700010 "2014-10-03T18:10:53Z")
You’ve always wanted to see Ancient Greece, right? Unfortunately a malfunction with your DeLorean sends you back July 6, 371 B.C. You hide it in a cave and go exploring. You find yourself on a field sandwiched between tw… --- ## [Why do so many people care more about animals (mostly dogs) more than people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-people-care-more-about-animals-mostly-dogs-more-than-people/692696)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2014, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-people-care-more-about-animals-mostly-dogs-more-than-people/692696 "2014-07-13T12:03:36Z")
I dislike animal abuse as much as the next person but seriously? Some people will straight faced say they’d save their dog over another human being - even someone else’s kid. I don’t understand that at all. I love my ca… --- ## [Actual Yodelling in Pop Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-yodelling-in-pop-songs/459936)
**Author:** [@KRSOradio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRSOradio)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2008, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-yodelling-in-pop-songs/459936 "2008-08-18T10:52:54Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone yodel for real. I looked on the web, but I keep finding things like Pop star Jewel, while not truly yodeling incorporates the style into her music. Or the last note of the song “Bl… --- ## [Vera Stanhope, the most unlikeable detective on TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vera-stanhope-the-most-unlikeable-detective-on-tv/695866)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vera-stanhope-the-most-unlikeable-detective-on-tv/695866 "2016-05-01T19:24:06Z")
I’ve binge-watched all the British cop series that I like (some of them a couple of times) so I’ve been scraping the bottom of the barrel and that has brought me to Vera. What a bitch that woman is. Holy cow- I thought … --- ## [Would You Betray Your Nation For Personal Reasons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-betray-your-nation-for-personal-reasons/541590)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-betray-your-nation-for-personal-reasons/541590 "2010-06-06T03:21:34Z")
Would you betray your nation’s secrets for a friend or lover? Some variables: A national secret that is extremely valuable and would be devestating if revealed to an enemy. A national secret not as vital but still will… --- ## [The internet DOES NOT WORK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-does-not-work/592401)
**Author:** [@Flying\_Saucer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flying_Saucer)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-does-not-work/592401 "2011-08-18T23:30:18Z")
Foursquare NEVER KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE. I can be sitting at a pizza place and Foursquare says “YOU ARE 273 FEET AWAY FROM THE PIZZA PLACE.” Foursquare’s ONE SINGLE PURPOSE is to KNOW WHERE YOU ARE and it DOESN’T EVER DO TH… --- ## [I'm so sick of those Brinks Security Ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672 "2010-01-22T05:07:44Z")
You know the ad. Pretty lady playing on the patio with her kids. They go inside, set the alarm and seconds later the big bad guy kicks in the door. Brinks calls to see if there’s trouble. Or, jogger goes by house as hub… --- ## [The Right Wing Daily Show Is Coming!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-right-wing-daily-show-is-coming/390941)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-right-wing-daily-show-is-coming/390941 "2007-02-09T01:10:37Z")
And the peasants rejoice! http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117958651.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 And thats not all! You get the ginsu knife set, the electric kiwi shaver, Mallard Fillmore, Dennis Miller (and his monkey!… --- ## [Has a TV show or film ever upset you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-tv-show-or-film-ever-upset-you/446741)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2008, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-tv-show-or-film-ever-upset-you/446741 "2008-05-01T04:47:40Z")
I don’t mean that it gave you a few thrills and chills that were over a few minutes later, or that it sucked so bad that you were unhappy about wasting your time. I mean the kind of upset that comes only from seeing som… --- ## ["Early Onset Alzheimer's".......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-onset-alzheimers/574075)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-onset-alzheimers/574075 "2011-07-29T16:25:35Z")
… doesn’t mean we shit or piss ourselves, okay? It just means that we don’t remember things as the rest of y’all do, or as quickly. We take drugs to help ourselves, we play memory games, and we communicate with each ot… --- ## [The top 100 paintings of all time.. OF ALL TIME.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-100-paintings-of-all-time-of-all-time/596112)
**Author:** [@lokij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lokij)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2011, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-100-paintings-of-all-time-of-all-time/596112 "2011-09-20T05:51:43Z")
I read Skald the Rhymer’s thread here where he asked a very thought provoking question. If you could save only 100 paintings in the world, which would they be? I gave the answer quite a bit of thought and came up with a … --- ## [What do you think of this solution to bullying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-solution-to-bullying/712319)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-solution-to-bullying/712319 "2015-02-15T01:49:46Z")
Here are my proposals. Obviously this isn’t realistic at all, but in a truly just world this is how it would go down IMO. \*Teachers should be required to bear arms in school and authorized to use lethal force to protect… --- ## [I think The Simpsons just used a word I kind of invented!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-simpsons-just-used-a-word-i-kind-of-invented/643557)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-simpsons-just-used-a-word-i-kind-of-invented/643557 "2015-02-23T16:51:43Z")
The new ep. of The Simpsons just had a hipster character use the word “humblebrag”. I think ‘humblebrag’ was stolen from me. I made ‘sneakbrag’. I think someone much savvier with social media saw my new word, tweaked … --- ## ['Cock' can be 'rooster', 'dick' = Richard, yet 'f\*ck' and 'c\*nt' are never non-dirty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cock-can-be-rooster-dick-richard-yet-f-ck-and-c-nt-are-never-non-dirty/675584)
**Author:** [@Throbert\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throbert_McGee)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cock-can-be-rooster-dick-richard-yet-f-ck-and-c-nt-are-never-non-dirty/675584 "2013-12-11T17:01:17Z")
In a recent conversation with a native Russian friend about the obscenities of our native languages, I pointed out that “Russian has several words for crap, but no word for sh!t”. (Not an observation original to me; I’m … --- ## [What is the largest standard currency note available worldwide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-standard-currency-note-available-worldwide/419919)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-standard-currency-note-available-worldwide/419919 "2014-01-24T16:21:52Z")
What is the largest standard currency note available worldwide? Meaning what note, that is a standard form of currency, had the largest value in US $'s? For example, in the US that would be the $100 bill - which is a s… --- ## ["I haven't received a raise in 5 years. Thanks Obama".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-a-raise-in-5-years-thanks-obama/638125)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-a-raise-in-5-years-thanks-obama/638125 "2012-10-20T17:09:36Z")
This quote is from a friend of mine. He is a blue collar worker. How would you respond to this? --- ## [How big would a daddy longlegs have to be to kill people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-would-a-daddy-longlegs-have-to-be-to-kill-people/215263)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-would-a-daddy-longlegs-have-to-be-to-kill-people/215263 "2003-11-27T23:15:48Z")
I have often heard that the daddy longlegs spider is one of the most poisonous, if not the most poisonous, animals on Earth, but that it’s harmless because its mouthparts are too small to penetrate human flesh. My wife … --- ## [A light in the sky in northern Norway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-light-in-the-sky-in-northern-norway/520578)
**Author:** [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-light-in-the-sky-in-northern-norway/520578 "2009-12-10T17:51:22Z")
This morning at around 7:50 local time a light was seen in the sky in large parts of northern Norway. According to Norwegian newspapers the light could be seen for around 2 minutes - far too long for it to be a meteorite… --- ## [Car maintenance: Necessary, or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-maintenance-necessary-or-not/587145)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-maintenance-necessary-or-not/587145 "2011-07-07T05:22:14Z")
Paging Rick! My coworker took her car to a Mazda dealer, and they recommended the following: Power steering system flush, $130.00 Air induction system service, $220.00 Brake system flush, $130.00 Automatic transmiss… --- ## [Television Villian Hall of Fame](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252)
**Author:** [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252 "2005-06-14T19:16:22Z")
J.R. Ewing Dallas \*\*Dr. Miguelito Loveless \*\* The Wild, Wild West Nellie Oleson Little House on the Prairie \*\*Louie DePalma \*\* Taxi \*\*Q \*\* Star Trek: the Next Generation \*\*Miles Drentrell \*\* thirtyso… --- ## [The FAA will not be amused (Biplane buzzes people on runway)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faa-will-not-be-amused-biplane-buzzes-people-on-runway/648259)
**Author:** [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faa-will-not-be-amused-biplane-buzzes-people-on-runway/648259 "2013-01-28T18:44:50Z")
I don’t normally start the “check out this crazy video” threads, but I couldn’t resist with this one. Holy shit! “Those crazy Texans,” indeed! Stupid is more like it. But seriously, what’s the FAA likely to do in thi… --- ## [My TVs turned on by themselves.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tvs-turned-on-by-themselves/598543)
**Author:** [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tvs-turned-on-by-themselves/598543 "2011-10-07T14:28:43Z")
So I am home alone with my daughter who is 3 and we are sleeping in one bedroom. And I get up to pee at midnight and walk down the hall and everything is off. So I getup to pee again at 4am and I notice there is light … --- ## [Miracle Whip "There's a party in my mouth." - WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miracle-whip-theres-a-party-in-my-mouth-wtf/587227)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miracle-whip-theres-a-party-in-my-mouth-wtf/587227 "2011-06-30T19:59:29Z")
There’s a new Miracle Whip commercial on TV in which a guy is eating a sandwich and declares that Miracle Whip is like a party in his mouth…and everyone’s going to be there. Dear Og, what were they thinking? Yeah, guy, … --- ## [Someone ruined my lawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-ruined-my-lawn/532651)
**Author:** [@Morgis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgis)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-ruined-my-lawn/532651 "2010-03-18T17:56:07Z")
Yesterday, I came home from work to find that someone had driven a large piece of machinery through my side yard and across the backyard. Whoever it was dug a large hole in the backyard and then partially filled it back … --- ## [Thoughts on the Second Amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-second-amendment/839920)
**Author:** [@kirkrapine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirkrapine)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-second-amendment/839920 "2019-09-11T17:02:23Z")
“A well-regulated \[which in 18th-Century parlance meant, “well armed”\] militia being necessary to the security of a free state . . .” But, it isn’t. The militia, in the 18th-Century sense (a non-professional volunteer … --- ## [Maximum Death For Nuclear Bomb in USA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-death-for-nuclear-bomb-in-usa/474581)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-death-for-nuclear-bomb-in-usa/474581 "2009-01-20T16:39:37Z")
I was reading how the A-Bomb at Nagasaki was less destructive due to the fact there are mountains which somewhat mitigated the damage. So I was thinking if some country wanted to attack the USA the obvious choices are N… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1258&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1260&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)