# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1268&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:** 1269 --- ## [My Puppy Won't Stop Biting Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-puppy-wont-stop-biting-me/435109)
**Author:** [@BanjoPup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BanjoPup)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-puppy-wont-stop-biting-me/435109 "2014-01-03T19:24:01Z")
I’ve got a 10 month old Lab/Border Collie who loves to bite my hands. He never breaks the skin but it still hurts. I’ve tried a shake can, yelling at him, keeping my hands in my pockets, nothing works. Any suggestions? --- ## [How do you argue against someones dogma \[axiom--not necessarily religious\]?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-argue-against-someones-dogma-axiom-not-necessarily-religious/711860)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-argue-against-someones-dogma-axiom-not-necessarily-religious/711860 "2015-05-29T16:11:42Z")
I am a liberal squish, I have some views that some might consider conservative, but I am at my core fairly liberal. My problem when having arguments with conservatives (and some liberals where I disagree) is that I feel… --- ## [BLM antics like this at Depaul probably make Trump more popular](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blm-antics-like-this-at-depaul-probably-make-trump-more-popular/755720)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blm-antics-like-this-at-depaul-probably-make-trump-more-popular/755720 "2016-05-29T04:29:44Z")
Did you all see the latest idiocy of black lives matter? PS - I tried to find a video link of the chaos with a less racist title, but that’s all I could find that showed more of the event rather than broke… --- ## [I just discovered the Firefly series, it's a gorram shiny show for sure!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-discovered-the-firefly-series-its-a-gorram-shiny-show-for-sure/457210)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-discovered-the-firefly-series-its-a-gorram-shiny-show-for-sure/457210 "2008-07-30T03:50:16Z")
I’ve started watching Joss Whedon’s sci-fi show Firefly on Hulu, this is a frellin…err…frakkin…err…gorram, yeah, that’s the correct term, gorram great, I understand why the fans of the show are so rabid, great, fully rea… --- ## [How many macroscopic (naked-eye visible) single-celled beings are there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-macroscopic-naked-eye-visible-single-celled-beings-are-there/473807)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-macroscopic-naked-eye-visible-single-celled-beings-are-there/473807 "2010-10-26T04:16:41Z")
Inspired by a living fossil, the Gromia sphaerica, a grape-sized Protist. None of the reports I’ve read indicate that this wee beastie is the only macroscopic single-celled being, but I’ve never heard of any others. How… --- ## [Real Genius (1985)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-genius-1985/986270)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-genius-1985/986270 "2023-09-18T14:30:19Z")
I recorded Real Genius, and am watching it now. I loved it when it came out. Michelle Meyrink was so freakin’ cute! Even at the time, I don’t know if I could have been in a relationship with her character, since she w… --- ## [What's Good About Working In Fast Food Service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-about-working-in-fast-food-service/561895)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-about-working-in-fast-food-service/561895 "2010-12-03T23:31:01Z")
Never having worked in fast food, I wouldn’t know, but everyone seems to tell horror stories about how bad it is, how overworked and underpaid they were, how the bosses abused them and took advantage of their youth. I d… --- ## [What kind of sausage was this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-sausage-was-this/693245)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-sausage-was-this/693245 "2014-07-17T23:51:56Z")
Many, many years ago I was at a back yard cookout somewhere out of town, perhaps in Ohio or Pennsylvania—I no longer remember whose cookout it was and who was there. I didn’t really know the hosts or most of the people i… --- ## [Let's see how bad, bad, bad Beck can be confined to a hospital bed!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-bad-bad-bad-beck-can-be-confined-to-a-hospital-bed/843293)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-bad-bad-bad-beck-can-be-confined-to-a-hospital-bed/843293 "2019-11-17T23:47:39Z")
Well, I lived through admissions. That was thoroughly UN-fun. To much talking. Admt.Lady couldn’t locate my admission orders. 2 Doctors signed off on it. Lost to the underbelly of a huge hospital. No matter she’ll just … --- ## [Should free Public Libraries remain free?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-free-public-libraries-remain-free/627654)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-free-public-libraries-remain-free/627654 "2012-07-11T00:18:54Z")
I’m not sure if I should have put this here or IMHO. If this is the wrong place, would a Mod please move it? One of the local council members wants to make our wonderful Public Library into a paying concern. He has di… --- ## [What does this mean? - "Race didn't create racism, but racism created race."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-race-didnt-create-racism-but-racism-created-race/752005)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-race-didnt-create-racism-but-racism-created-race/752005 "2016-04-21T16:37:45Z")
I think I understand what she’s getting at. But not sure. The distinction of common descent based upon ancestry dates back to the middle ages and was considered a scientific concept. Blumenbach was the first to divid… --- ## [Famously owned guitars with names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famously-owned-guitars-with-names/672532)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famously-owned-guitars-with-names/672532 "2013-11-10T12:38:05Z")
Eric Clapton: Blackie, a black Strat pieced together from other strats. Brownie, a brown-burst Strat bought at a pawn shop. Lucy, a '57 Les Paul gold top that was refinished red, later given to George Harrison. Clapto… --- ## [What does a forensics club do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-forensics-club-do/641759)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-forensics-club-do/641759 "2021-03-06T18:37:55Z")
On The Simpsons, a flashback reveals that a teenage Marge Bouvier (future Simpson) did poorly at a competition with her “forensics club” because she had stayed up most or all of the night with Homer. If I recall correct… --- ## [World record sky dive (today)...why was his freefall time less than the previous record?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-record-sky-dive-today-why-was-his-freefall-time-less-than-the-previous-record/637740)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-record-sky-dive-today-why-was-his-freefall-time-less-than-the-previous-record/637740 "2012-10-19T15:04:40Z")
Today Felic Baumgartner broke a world record for the highest skydive by jumping from a bit over 24 miles up (~128,000 feet). The previous record was set in 1960 by Joseph Kittinger jumping from a bit over 100,000 feet. … --- ## [Why does Wal-Mart want to expand into inner-city neighborhoods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-wal-mart-want-to-expand-into-inner-city-neighborhoods/351489)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-wal-mart-want-to-expand-into-inner-city-neighborhoods/351489 "2006-04-14T02:15:15Z")
Heard on All Things Considered today that Wal-Mart has plans to build 50 new stores in inner-city neighborhoods – while at the same time providing “seminars” to existing store owners on how to compete with Wal-Mart. Pub… --- ## [Dry Counties? Wait, what century is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-counties-wait-what-century-is-this/300779)
**Author:** [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-counties-wait-what-century-is-this/300779 "2005-04-30T14:53:41Z")
\[mild and mostly confused-- educate the west coast kid\] So I’ve been looking into a temporary (1 year) relocation to a certain county in a certain state in that area that’s not quite midwest and not quite deep south. On… --- ## [What’s the deal with state flags?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-deal-with-state-flags/943252)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-deal-with-state-flags/943252 "2021-06-12T01:40:16Z")
I have been reading the National Geographic Almanac when otherwise busy. It shows the 195 flags of various countries, the history of different American flags and the state flags. I’m familiar, of course, with the provi… --- ## [What Do You Believe is True Even Though You Cannot Prove It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-believe-is-true-even-though-you-cannot-prove-it/283480)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-believe-is-true-even-though-you-cannot-prove-it/283480 "2005-01-15T20:46:00Z")
This question was asked of 14 scientists. Their answers are given here (free registration required): I’d love to hear Doper responses. I need to think about this for a while so I’ll post my opinion later. --- ## [My husband has lymphoma and needs a stem cell transplant \[Update, Condolences\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-has-lymphoma-and-needs-a-stem-cell-transplant-update-condolences/745956)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-has-lymphoma-and-needs-a-stem-cell-transplant-update-condolences/745956 "2016-06-03T14:35:35Z")
This is hard for me to do as I’m not used to reaching out to people for help, but we’re in a bind, so here goes… I’ve been with the SDMB since the AOL days, so you don’t need to worry I’m some random spammer, and this ha… --- ## [Does Padme ruin Star Wars continuity/story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-padme-ruin-star-wars-continuity-story/503571)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2009, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-padme-ruin-star-wars-continuity-story/503571 "2009-07-22T09:58:43Z")
Now, I certainly not going to attack Lucas for bringing Natalie Portman into Star Wars, she is after all the lady who has single handedly restored the honour of Israeli women after Golda Mier, but the character seems to … --- ## [Can we filter out all the 'nice guy' posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-filter-out-all-the-nice-guy-posts/291490)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-filter-out-all-the-nice-guy-posts/291490 "2005-03-04T18:11:10Z")
As a recovered ‘nice guy’ who stopped blaming my relationship problems on women and finally looked to see what I could improve about myself to attract women, I’m getting more and more sick of seeing these ‘why do women h… --- ## [Why aren't pregnant women supposed to lift heavy things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-pregnant-women-supposed-to-lift-heavy-things/433694)
**Author:** [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-pregnant-women-supposed-to-lift-heavy-things/433694 "2008-01-19T12:46:25Z")
One of my co-workers just found out that she was pregnant and her doctor told her she couldn’t lift anything heavy. I obviously don’t mind carrying things for her, but today she asked if I knew why she couldn’t? This se… --- ## [Little mysteries at your house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-mysteries-at-your-house/553434)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-mysteries-at-your-house/553434 "2010-09-18T04:57:38Z")
Nothing big, but odd little things that happen at your house that are mysterious. In one of the bathroom there is a bottle of liquid hand soap. The soap that comes out of there is FREEZING! None of the other hand so… --- ## [WHO Has SAVED Christmas? Also, who HASN'T, but SHOULD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-saved-christmas-also-who-hasnt-but-should/643211)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-saved-christmas-also-who-hasnt-but-should/643211 "2012-12-19T19:15:55Z")
When one takes a moment to contemplate how many \[del\]franchised\[/del\] beloved TV and movie characters have saved Christmas over the years, one might be forgiven for thinking it’s a wonder Santa Claus ever managed to get … --- ## [China and North Korea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-and-north-korea/728407)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-and-north-korea/728407 "2015-08-26T19:20:03Z")
Does China have a mutual defense agreement with North Korea just like the US has with South Korea? If North Korea unilaterally attacked South Korea, and the US came to the defense of South Korea, is it likely China woul… --- ## [Lawyers--Contractor screwed up, endangered my family, I need suggestions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-contractor-screwed-up-endangered-my-family-i-need-suggestions/555637)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-contractor-screwed-up-endangered-my-family-i-need-suggestions/555637 "2010-10-07T06:47:58Z")
This is not quite a request for legal advice, it’s a request for you to think rationally while I cannot. Here’s the situation: I contracted to have a new water heater installed. This is a reputable local firm, recomme… --- ## [Anyone else use "benchmark dishes" for a new restaurant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-use-benchmark-dishes-for-a-new-restaurant/621959)
**Author:** [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-use-benchmark-dishes-for-a-new-restaurant/621959 "2012-07-29T17:39:30Z")
Whenever I try out a new Chinese place I either order Szechuan Chicken or Chicken Lo Mein, and sometimes Kung Pao chicken. I then gauge them based on how well they hold up to previous favorites. I tend to order either of… --- ## [Actresses whose careers you'd like to see tank so they would do porn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-careers-youd-like-to-see-tank-so-they-would-do-porn/255222)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2004, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-careers-youd-like-to-see-tank-so-they-would-do-porn/255222 "2004-07-29T11:43:28Z")
OK, this isn’t exactly a NICE thread, but I suspect it’s a thought a lot of people who watch movies have had: “God, she/he is so hot! I sure with her/his career would tank so I could see her/him naked and doing some heav… --- ## [Cleavage: Sexy or tacky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleavage-sexy-or-tacky/96881)
**Author:** [@abidude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abidude)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleavage-sexy-or-tacky/96881 "2002-03-27T15:51:10Z")
I’m all for big breasts and all but whenever I see a girl’s cleavage hanging out of her tanktop or something it just seems trashy to me. And those girls that put those stick-on fake diamonds there are just terrible. I ju… --- ## [TV Show theme songs that are not just "Theme from\_\_\_\_\_"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-theme-songs-that-are-not-just-theme-from_____/489337)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-theme-songs-that-are-not-just-theme-from_____/489337 "2009-03-16T01:18:41Z")
I haven’t even tried to Google for it, but does the theme for Craig Ferguson’s late night show have a name? This thread is for questions and answers about such theme music. I do know that MAS\*H’s theme is Suicide is Pa… --- ## [Um, Czarcasm, WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-czarcasm-wtf/516308)
**Author:** [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-czarcasm-wtf/516308 "2009-11-06T21:39:23Z")
A few days ago Curtis LeMay wanted some advice on how to pass himself off as British on another message board for a prank. I was enjoying the show and about to weigh in with some pointers (basically, “you won’t get away … --- ## [Ladies, tell me about your standard hair and beauty routine and how long it takes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-tell-me-about-your-standard-hair-and-beauty-routine-and-how-long-it-takes/573368)
**Author:** [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-tell-me-about-your-standard-hair-and-beauty-routine-and-how-long-it-takes/573368 "2011-03-08T04:37:30Z")
Mods, not sure where the best place for this was, so please move if necessary! Inspired by this thread, which I haven’t participated in, partly because only male opinions are sought, and partly because I tend to agree w… --- ## [How is the Civil War taught in the south?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-civil-war-taught-in-the-south/742752)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-civil-war-taught-in-the-south/742752 "2016-01-14T14:28:54Z")
Spin-off of this thread about the Japanese narrative of WWII. Basically, as the title - what does/did the education system in members of what was the Confederacy teach about the Civil War (the War Between the States I p… --- ## [Well, well well, look at what funeral Fred Phelps and Co. plan to picket next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-well-well-look-at-what-funeral-fred-phelps-and-co-plan-to-picket-next/471556)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2008, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-well-well-look-at-what-funeral-fred-phelps-and-co-plan-to-picket-next/471556 "2008-11-16T08:13:40Z")
Westboro Baptist Church will Picket Obama’s Grandmothers Funeral Of course, this time, with all Secret Service swarming all over the place, I’d like to see them get NEAR. --- ## [Trump's upcoming turnaround](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-upcoming-turnaround/794128)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-upcoming-turnaround/794128 "2017-09-07T20:19:26Z")
Yesterday I was inwardly chortling about Bannon’s ouster, thinking it a further sign of an inexorable downward spiral for Trump, his administration and - hopefully - the Repubs’ future. Then I had a horrible thought, wh… --- ## [How do you honestly feel about interracial relationships?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-honestly-feel-about-interracial-relationships/166772)
**Author:** [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-honestly-feel-about-interracial-relationships/166772 "2003-04-13T08:26:56Z")
Consider the following hypothetical scenario (don’t worry, this one doesn’t involve golf clubs): Your daughter starts dating a guy. He has a good job, and is about the same age as her. Your daughter tells you that he tr… --- ## [The Education Numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-education-numbers/672320)
**Author:** [@cornopean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornopean)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-education-numbers/672320 "2013-10-30T02:48:30Z")
Check out this chart: Isn’t it clear that spending more money is not going to fix education? or perhaps better, isn’t it clear that spending more money has not fixed education? --- ## [How to support academia and view much academic work as nonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-support-academia-and-view-much-academic-work-as-nonsense/648766)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-support-academia-and-view-much-academic-work-as-nonsense/648766 "2013-02-05T02:39:36Z")
In the recent thread on Biblical scholarship I posted this link to an article by Richard Dawkins. It’s not unique, of course. One of my favorite essays is How to Deconstruct Almost by Chip Morningstar. The point of bo… --- ## [I Shook a Jar of Pasta Sauce and it Exploded!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shook-a-jar-of-pasta-sauce-and-it-exploded/517347)
**Author:** [@hobscrk777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobscrk777)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shook-a-jar-of-pasta-sauce-and-it-exploded/517347 "2009-11-13T22:42:56Z")
I just made an Italian pasta dish. As I was preparing to dispense the marinara sauce, I shook the jar to thoroughly mix the contents. This is a jar that I had opened previously and then returned capped to the refrigerato… --- ## [Get your milk and cookies ready. Iranian warships coming to US coast.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-milk-and-cookies-ready-iranian-warships-coming-to-us-coast/680873)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-milk-and-cookies-ready-iranian-warships-coming-to-us-coast/680873 "2014-02-11T15:38:17Z")
Lets welcome them with milk and cookies shall we. :stuck\_out\_tongue: They came such a long distance to \[del\]annoy\[/del\] visit and embrace us. Perhaps we should host a barbeque? I’ll bring the beer. http://hosted.ap.org… --- ## [i pit harvard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-harvard/443471)
**Author:** [@megaza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/megaza)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-harvard/443471 "2008-04-05T14:07:40Z")
now, im a senior in high school, just got back my decision results: into carnegie mellon and a couple other places. i’ll probably end up at carnegie, which i’m fine with. now for the most part i’ll be content, congratul… --- ## [How to raise religiously skeptical, yet sensitive children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-raise-religiously-skeptical-yet-sensitive-children/513834)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2009, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-raise-religiously-skeptical-yet-sensitive-children/513834 "2009-10-19T04:56:25Z")
Since both of us are atheists, we are attempting to raise our children to inquire, question, and figure things out, rather than teaching them a religion. But we don’t want to simply indoctrinate them to accept the concl… --- ## [What are your thoughts on the "Opal Mehta" story/scandal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-on-the-opal-mehta-story-scandal/354715)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-on-the-opal-mehta-story-scandal/354715 "2006-05-06T19:45:46Z")
I haven’t read the book written by the then-17-year-old Kaavya Viswanathan (now a Harvard sophomore) but it’s pretty big news here in Cambridge. Essentially, she is being accused of lifting passages from another book by … --- ## [Wait... what happened to Lexicon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-what-happened-to-lexicon/79122)
**Author:** [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2001, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-what-happened-to-lexicon/79122 "2001-09-02T01:24:55Z")
Truly banned? What happened? --- ## [Daily Show 3/9: Interesting interview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-3-9-interesting-interview/531949)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-3-9-interesting-interview/531949 "2010-03-12T23:39:06Z")
So Jon’s guest tonight was former Bush speechwriter and author of the book “Courting Disaster,” Marc Theissen. It got pretty contentious. I’ve never actually seen Jon get that fired up, emotional and argumentative. Thei… --- ## [Did UK officially recognize USA's independence? How? Is USA still a UK colony?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-uk-officially-recognize-usas-independence-how-is-usa-still-a-uk-colony/290140)
**Author:** [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2005, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-uk-officially-recognize-usas-independence-how-is-usa-still-a-uk-colony/290140 "2005-02-17T09:45:08Z")
It is well known that Americans got together and unilaterally declared the independence of the United States of America. The British did not like this: what ensued was the War of Independence. How was the independence o… --- ## [Trying to make sense of this Rebecca Black thing...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-make-sense-of-this-rebecca-black-thing/594151)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-make-sense-of-this-rebecca-black-thing/594151 "2020-02-12T01:11:34Z")
…and not having a whole lot of success. Still, whenever I run into a truly baffling mystery, I can be very persistent in my attempts to unravel it (see also: Mike Tyson and Tiger Woods; how much fracking debt do they go… --- ## [Does absinthe show up on drug tests?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-absinthe-show-up-on-drug-tests/319712)
**Author:** [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-absinthe-show-up-on-drug-tests/319712 "2005-09-03T17:48:04Z")
A friend of mine drank absinthe this past weekend. (I’ve had a little bit before and its awful!) A conversation arose over the composition of the drink and how the chemical compisition is similar to THC. Now he’s worr… --- ## [What could cause constant chiming in my car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-cause-constant-chiming-in-my-car/543950)
**Author:** [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-cause-constant-chiming-in-my-car/543950 "2010-06-21T14:56:42Z")
I have a 2002 Dodge Durango and for the past few days its been chiming/dinging constantly at me. It seems pretty random. When it first started my windshield wiper fluid light was on so I filled it, thinking maybe it woul… --- ## [There He Goes Again - And No One Cares \[Bush / search and seizure\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-he-goes-again-and-no-one-cares-bush-search-and-seizure/386849)
**Author:** [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2007, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-he-goes-again-and-no-one-cares-bush-search-and-seizure/386849 "2007-01-10T00:49:47Z")
Yesterday the New York Daily News reported the latest outrage from the Crawford Crawdad - Bush’s signing statement to a postal reform bill asserting his power to open mail without a warrant “under emergency conditions” (… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1267&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1269&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)