# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1277&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:** 1278 --- ## [Eyebrows: Threading vs. Waxing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyebrows-threading-vs-waxing/536374)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyebrows-threading-vs-waxing/536374 "2010-04-19T02:23:46Z")
I know, some people do both and some people do neither, and some tweeze or do a combination of tweezing/waxing/threading/drawing them on with a magic marker. But between just waxing and threading, what do you prefer? Li… --- ## [Now that I've reported him to HR, what happens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ive-reported-him-to-hr-what-happens/536291)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ive-reported-him-to-hr-what-happens/536291 "2010-06-18T22:50:09Z")
I had to make the very difficult decision to report my boss to HR today. After making many sexually-charged comments to me and others, berating me and other employees in his office and in public, I decided it was time to… --- ## [Worst Movie Experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-experience/853087)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-experience/853087 "2020-05-08T16:00:02Z")
I was asked today about my worst experience in a movie theater. Off hand, I could only think of two. The SECOND worst was that time back in '81 during the Rocky Horror Picture Show, when during the part where they’re si… --- ## [Battlestar Galactica 3.3: "Exodus, Part One" (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-3-3-exodus-part-one-spoilers/376368)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-3-3-exodus-part-one-spoilers/376368 "2006-10-19T17:55:38Z")
All of this has had spoilers before, and all of this will have spoilers again. Policy: If it’s been aired, or if it’s just speculation, no need for a spoiler box. If it’s from a future episode, as revealed in interviews… --- ## [David Stewart Found Not Guilty (Accused of the McDonald's Strip Search Con)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-stewart-found-not-guilty-accused-of-the-mcdonalds-strip-search-con/393153)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-stewart-found-not-guilty-accused-of-the-mcdonalds-strip-search-con/393153 "2007-03-01T21:55:23Z")
Previous thread on the topic here. In brief: a man claiming to be a cop calls a McDonald’s restuarant and talks the manager into detaining one of her employees, an 18-year-old girl, on suspicion of theft. The pseudo-cop… --- ## [My 89 year old father is still making lease payments on two rotary phones!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-89-year-old-father-is-still-making-lease-payments-on-two-rotary-phones/695560)
**Author:** [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-89-year-old-father-is-still-making-lease-payments-on-two-rotary-phones/695560 "2014-08-19T13:59:01Z")
:smack: I saw the bill he received from QLT Consumer Lease Services. God only knows what landfill these phones are at the bottom of. It must be 25 or 30 years since they were replaced. Any sage advice for dealing with… --- ## ["The Best Actor of His Generation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-actor-of-his-generation/680683)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-actor-of-his-generation/680683 "2014-02-10T14:55:16Z")
In the wake of Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s passing, he has been lauded as being the best actor of his (my) generation. With his departure, who takes the title? My vote is for Edward Norton, as Leo I see as Gen Y; if they … --- ## [Giant killer snails are attacking! Walk! Walk for the hills!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-killer-snails-are-attacking-walk-walk-for-the-hills/379551)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-killer-snails-are-attacking-walk-walk-for-the-hills/379551 "2006-11-14T15:12:23Z")
I won’t be going back to Barbados for some time . . . --- ## [Whole (Full) Nine Yards ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-full-nine-yards/520100)
**Author:** [@fishinclipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishinclipper)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-full-nine-yards/520100 "2009-12-23T15:19:42Z")
Nice conversation guys, all the above can be proved and unproved…the Real Deal is…no recorded evidence. And most stuff is not measured in yards, except fabric, as much as I love and admire our military, and as many sayin… --- ## [Isn't it time for Mornington Crescent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786)
**Author:** [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786 "2008-11-01T04:14:33Z")
Seems it has been a while, so if no one minds, I’ll start with the little seen Midlands Variant Opening. Queensway --- ## [Most annoying robot sidekick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962 "2011-06-04T23:43:24Z")
In the wake of the original “Star Wars” trilogy, pretty much every even remotely Sci-fi movie had to have a “cute” robot sidekick character as “comic relief.” By and large, they were all incredibly annoying. But which … --- ## [Songs that make you cry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870)
**Author:** [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2002, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870 "2002-03-15T14:39:31Z")
Along a similar line of threads like “movies that make you cry” and “favorite songs”, are there any SONGS that make you cry?? I have three in particular… Country Songs “Don’t Take The Girl” (don’t know who sings it) “… --- ## [Stars and Sand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-and-sand/547149)
**Author:** [@leroysyrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leroysyrop)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-and-sand/547149 "2010-07-26T16:52:17Z")
Hi Cecil, For most of my 75 years I’ve heard that there are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth. Perhaps so, but what are those numbers, who calculated them and how, and how widely… --- ## [Jury Duty is Lame (rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-duty-is-lame-rant/952028)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-duty-is-lame-rant/952028 "2022-06-02T17:04:04Z")
Civic duty, blah blah. For whatever reason-- let’s assume it really is random-- I’ve been summoned for jury duty 7 or 8 times in the last 20 years. My husband has been summoned 0 times during that same time period. I … --- ## [Military Dopers - How Did You Choose Your Military Branch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-dopers-how-did-you-choose-your-military-branch/575754)
**Author:** [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-dopers-how-did-you-choose-your-military-branch/575754 "2011-03-25T00:06:52Z")
I’m a lifelong civilian, and have never been interested in joining the military for a number of reasons. I’m a nonviolent person (don’t conflate this with being a pacifist, I just don’t want to shoot anyone), I like havi… --- ## [One more time: Are transsexuals really female or really still male?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-more-time-are-transsexuals-really-female-or-really-still-male/283433)
**Author:** [@Satyagrahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satyagrahi)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-more-time-are-transsexuals-really-female-or-really-still-male/283433 "2005-01-12T13:52:28Z")
The subject has come up again in this thread and a pitting based on it. I think it’s time to have another go-around on the topic: Is a man who feels female and therefore has an operation to achieve the physical likenes… --- ## [Pseudotriton ruber ruber: Nice Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pseudotriton-ruber-ruber-nice-guy/477856)
**Author:** [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pseudotriton-ruber-ruber-nice-guy/477856 "2008-12-23T03:42:29Z")
The evidence, a Nice Guy theme song of cynicism, entitlement, and misogyny. For those of you not enlightened as to prr’s entertaining blend of paralogia and self-righteousness, the thread centered first around his OP qu… --- ## [How low will Obama go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-obama-go/674356)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-obama-go/674356 "2013-11-23T08:12:03Z")
Eight years ago last month, I started a thread mocking George W. Bush for having a 37% approval rating. All agreed that this was quite low. Now Obama has reached 37% as well. Overall approval ratings for Obama in his … --- ## [Getting A Gay "Vibe" From Girlfriend's New Boyfriend.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-gay-vibe-from-girlfriends-new-boyfriend/358529)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-gay-vibe-from-girlfriends-new-boyfriend/358529 "2006-06-03T15:25:13Z")
I’m Gay and my SO and I have been together for over 25 years. Trust me when I say we are not trying to convert anybody to our team, nor are we projecting some fantasy that “something” will develop here. A female friend… --- ## [Is "String Theory" essentially just unprovable mathematical noodling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-string-theory-essentially-just-unprovable-mathematical-noodling/332737)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-string-theory-essentially-just-unprovable-mathematical-noodling/332737 "2005-12-01T20:13:34Z")
Does this physicist (Krauss) have a point? Theory of Anything? - Physicist Lawrence Krauss turns on his own. --- ## [Ask a Gun Enthusiast.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-gun-enthusiast/487865)
**Author:** [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-gun-enthusiast/487865 "2009-03-04T03:56:16Z")
About me: I’m a Gun Enthusiast. I’m 18 and I’ve been shooting since I was big enough to hold a gun. When I was small, I shot firearms that were comically large for my frame. .44 Magnum at 6 years of age. I’m a curren… --- ## [Will I like beer can chicken if I don't like beer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-like-beer-can-chicken-if-i-dont-like-beer/285540)
**Author:** [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-like-beer-can-chicken-if-i-dont-like-beer/285540 "2015-05-28T14:23:21Z")
As in, I do not like beer at all. I mean, I can drink it, but drinking something that tastes like watered down bitter vomit is not my idea of tasty. That said, I’m really curious about beer can chicken. okay, it’s the s… --- ## [Coloradan THC virgin: Should I try pot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coloradan-thc-virgin-should-i-try-pot/654941)
**Author:** [@spazurek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spazurek)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2013, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coloradan-thc-virgin-should-i-try-pot/654941 "2013-04-11T08:41:08Z")
I’m a proud resident of the state that’s forging new paths on the frontier of fundamental human rights. I’m not talking about gay rights or gun rights (though we’re moving in the right direction on both, namely “for” and… --- ## [Kanye West is $53 MM in debt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-is-53-mm-in-debt/746220)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-is-53-mm-in-debt/746220 "2016-02-19T16:57:30Z")
So, apparently Kanye West is broke. Really, really broke. To the tune of $53 million. And he wants Mark Zuckerberg to just give him a billion dollars because he’s such a damn genius :rolleyes: How the hell does a guy… --- ## [What gross stuff is in hot dogs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gross-stuff-is-in-hot-dogs/369644)
**Author:** [@Dead\_Pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Pete)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gross-stuff-is-in-hot-dogs/369644 "2006-08-24T15:59:51Z")
I know, the packages say beef, chicken, and turkey. But what part(s) of said animals is in your typical hot dog? Is it really disgustingly gross, or just ground up, pureed, artificially-colored hamburger? Am I eating … --- ## [Scenes were the good guy joins the bad guys when offered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-were-the-good-guy-joins-the-bad-guys-when-offered/650820)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-were-the-good-guy-joins-the-bad-guys-when-offered/650820 "2013-02-24T01:10:08Z")
We all know the scenario, the main bad guy has the hero cornered or otherwise at a disadvantage and offers to spare his life if he’ll join the bad guys cause. Its easy to see why the hero dramatically spurns the bad guy… --- ## [Explain Entropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-entropy/628766)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-entropy/628766 "2012-07-25T12:27:21Z")
My IQ is 100. Explain entropy to me, and why I should care about it. --- ## [Have to say that I like the new improved Banhammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-say-that-i-like-the-new-improved-banhammer/588211)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-say-that-i-like-the-new-improved-banhammer/588211 "2011-07-12T21:06:34Z")
One reason why I was tempted to drift away from this site is how much rope you guys would often give a putative troll to let him hang himself-miles and miles in some cases. Now it seems that you are a bit quicker on the… --- ## [Euthanasiast, you musically uneducated little shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euthanasiast-you-musically-uneducated-little-shit/379256)
**Author:** [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2006, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euthanasiast-you-musically-uneducated-little-shit/379256 "2006-11-10T10:54:56Z")
In this thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=394799 the debate of John Mayer’s lack of songwriting ability came up, and Euthanasiast, who is apparently incapable of understanding even the most basi… --- ## [Whence "pax" for "passengers" in the airline industry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-pax-for-passengers-in-the-airline-industry/620965)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2012, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-pax-for-passengers-in-the-airline-industry/620965 "2012-05-06T07:53:07Z")
I didn’t see an answer upon some cursory Googling. Is it an international convention? --- ## [Readers of ebooks: rejoice!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/readers-of-ebooks-rejoice/618560)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/readers-of-ebooks-rejoice/618560 "2012-04-16T17:22:08Z")
The publishing industry finally gets bitch-slapped for manipulating the prices of ebooks. We all knew this was going on, but couldn’t do anything about it except not read those high-priced downloads. This suit by the f… --- ## [Teresa Heinz Kerry implies being a teacher is not a real job ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teresa-heinz-kerry-implies-being-a-teacher-is-not-a-real-job/270241)
**Author:** [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teresa-heinz-kerry-implies-being-a-teacher-is-not-a-real-job/270241 "2004-10-22T18:08:35Z")
I guess being a teacher is not a real job to Teresa Heinz Kerry. Maybe someone should tell her about how teachers and school librarians work and how much good they do. http://usatoday.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt… --- ## [Things your parents told you that stuck with you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-your-parents-told-you-that-stuck-with-you/699446)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-your-parents-told-you-that-stuck-with-you/699446 "2014-10-04T20:32:08Z")
We’ve all been there as children and teenagers with parents yammering at us to do stuff, to not do other stuff, sit up straight, eat your vegetables, take out the garbage, yadda yadda yadda. Most of the things my parents… --- ## [Why does rectal bleeding not cause massive sepsis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-rectal-bleeding-not-cause-massive-sepsis/559469)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-rectal-bleeding-not-cause-massive-sepsis/559469 "2010-11-05T06:18:46Z")
Okay, so poo + wounds = not good. In the Vietnam war sharpened sticks smeared with feces were used as a weapon. But people having, ah, toilet troubles will sometimes bleed from the sewage pipe, with no noticable symptoms… --- ## [trip between Niagara Falls and Chicago (plus the UP and Wisconsin)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-between-niagara-falls-and-chicago-plus-the-up-and-wisconsin/635123)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-between-niagara-falls-and-chicago-plus-the-up-and-wisconsin/635123 "2012-09-26T12:10:37Z")
I’m planning a trip with the wife the first week of October. We want to take a circuituous trip basically from Chicago, to Door county in Wisconsin…through the U.P. of Michigan; down into Ontario, to Niagara falls. We … --- ## [I need a new excuse...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-excuse/764937)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-excuse/764937 "2016-09-16T08:48:59Z")
… or just more of them. My standard answer when I’m asked to do something I have absolutely no desire to do (like move cinderblocks from a friend’s basement Saturday afternoon) is “I’d love to but I’m washing my hair tha… --- ## [Price gouging during a hurricane? Them's the free market breaks, folks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-gouging-during-a-hurricane-thems-the-free-market-breaks-folks/795200)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-gouging-during-a-hurricane-thems-the-free-market-breaks-folks/795200 "2017-09-09T13:30:47Z")
And you thought $99 bottles of water was a bad thing. Silly rabbit, empathy is for nanny states. Let the Free Market Fairy wave her wand of supply-and-demand, and everything will be aaaall peachy. :mad: This shining exa… --- ## [Debate about the terms used in the abortion discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debate-about-the-terms-used-in-the-abortion-discussion/530220)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2010, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debate-about-the-terms-used-in-the-abortion-discussion/530220 "2010-03-05T06:13:21Z")
Since we can’t have a proper discussion in a poll thread for reasons unknown to me, here’s a thread for it. Original poll thread. The question was asked, My answer is yes indeed. I truly think the debate is over a wom… --- ## [Quoting Extremely Long Posts...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017 "2013-03-28T00:47:16Z")
There is currently a Pit thread where one of our newer members is trying out the Moon Hoax theory again. His OP is quite a screed - I can’t bring myself to read the whole thing, but it is many, many paragraphs long with… --- ## [What would you call this style of toilet in English?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-this-style-of-toilet-in-english/710285)
**Author:** [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-this-style-of-toilet-in-english/710285 "2015-01-24T02:27:58Z")
I’m helping someone with a translation, and I’m stuck on this. It’s what in Italian is called “la turca”, a “Turkish” toilet, a style you sometimes see in the south of Europe with two footsteps and a hole in the floor. Y… --- ## [How can I stop being a crybaby?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-stop-being-a-crybaby/352896)
**Author:** [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2006, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-stop-being-a-crybaby/352896 "2006-04-20T06:48:28Z")
I hate crying in front of people. It’s embarrassing, it makes me feel completely infantile, and it guarantees that nobody will listen to me or take me seriously. My problem is mostly that I cry when I’m angry, and more … --- ## [A crazy gunman starts shooting up your school or workplace. What's your plan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-crazy-gunman-starts-shooting-up-your-school-or-workplace-whats-your-plan/480900)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-crazy-gunman-starts-shooting-up-your-school-or-workplace-whats-your-plan/480900 "2009-01-15T16:39:50Z")
Every so often in the news you see a story where some disturbed person with a gun is running around a school, office building, factory or other public area picking off people like flies and meeting little resistance. A… --- ## [I can't believe I watched the whole thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-watched-the-whole-thing/506164)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-watched-the-whole-thing/506164 "2009-08-21T01:13:43Z")
I picked up a few movies in the library the other day, and for reasons I can’t now reconstruct, I settled in last night with my knitting and You Don’t Mess with the Zohan. I thought it might be, yanno, funny. What the h… --- ## [What are your five favorite sitcoms of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-favorite-sitcoms-of-all-time/665487 "2013-08-23T19:48:21Z")
No, no, not the best. Just your favorites. Try to put them in order. Mine: My Name is Earl MAS\*H Night Court That 70’s Show Titus --- ## [Can We Conclusively Prove That Life Exists On Mars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-conclusively-prove-that-life-exists-on-mars/734173)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-conclusively-prove-that-life-exists-on-mars/734173 "2015-10-15T17:32:55Z")
More promising news about the “potential” for life on Mars comes in by the day - evidence of ancient lakes, flowing salt water, etc. Do whatever probes we have up there have the capability of concluding yay or nay, howev… --- ## [If you're lazy and you know it, then just sit there. If you're lazy and you know it..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-lazy-and-you-know-it-then-just-sit-there-if-youre-lazy-and-you-know-it/164592)
**Author:** [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-lazy-and-you-know-it-then-just-sit-there-if-youre-lazy-and-you-know-it/164592 "2003-04-26T00:16:37Z")
…then just sit there. If you’re lazy and you know it, And don’t care to whom you show it, If you’re lazy and you know it, then just sit there. \[sub\]Now you come up with one!\[/sub\] If you’re loony and you know it, go… --- ## [Critical Reasoning in the USA, Teaching Thereof](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical-reasoning-in-the-usa-teaching-thereof/985961)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical-reasoning-in-the-usa-teaching-thereof/985961 "2023-11-17T16:04:43Z")
I was reading Meteorologist victim of domestic terrorism, and I wondered, “how does someone get to the point where making death threats to a meteorologists seems like it will accomplish anything?” That led me to wonder … --- ## [Contradictory philosophies by the same artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contradictory-philosophies-by-the-same-artist/648165)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contradictory-philosophies-by-the-same-artist/648165 "2013-12-03T23:54:24Z")
The Beatles said: I don’t care too much for money For money can’t buy me love The Beatles also said :\* Money don’t get everything it’s true. What it don’t get I can’t use. Now gimme money (that’s what I want)\* Any… --- ## ["Better Off Ted" to die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-off-ted-to-die/521846)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-off-ted-to-die/521846 "2010-06-17T20:11:20Z")
Say it ain’t so!! http://www.hitfix.com/articles/2009-12-18-abc-set-to-burn-off-scrubs-and-better-off-ted --- ## [The end of "Cats in the Cradle"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-cats-in-the-cradle/556693)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-cats-in-the-cradle/556693 "2010-10-13T23:49:14Z")
I’ve always interpreted it as,“You were never around when I was a kid, and NOW you want ot bond?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1276&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1278&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)