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**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-ripped-off-by-a-new-york-cabdriver/591152 "2011-08-05T00:18:07Z")
This happened back at the end of June when I was in New York, but I must share it now because of a recent development. We had just gotten out of Penn Station and walked up to 34th St. We (GF and I) were out there at aro… --- ## [Has anyone taken the Miller Analogies Test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-taken-the-miller-analogies-test/430534)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-taken-the-miller-analogies-test/430534 "2007-12-20T20:06:20Z")
Over the past few weeks, the opportunity to continue my education has presented itself. I did not need either the GRE or the MAT to get into my master’s program, but I will for either of the doctoral programs I plan to … --- ## [The use of "party" as a verb.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-party-as-a-verb/614645)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-party-as-a-verb/614645 "2012-03-05T03:23:20Z")
Has been around for a while. From the Online Etymology Dictionary; I really don’t remember the verb usage being popular until the disco era, I guess the 70s or 80s. Up till then we said “go to” or “give” a party, or so… --- ## [Do you know these Nazi terms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-these-nazi-terms/699927)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-these-nazi-terms/699927 "2014-12-28T03:09:43Z")
A while back there was a thread on whether you knew what “Blitzkrieg” meant. Lots of people did (“lightning war”, if you didn’t). So let’s ramp up the difficulty a notch. Some terms you may know straight away, some may t… --- ## [Is guessing a password illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-guessing-a-password-illegal/528315)
**Author:** [@MitzeKatze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitzeKatze)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-guessing-a-password-illegal/528315 "2010-02-10T17:37:23Z")
The inspiration for this question is old and has been rattling around my head for months now, but I can’t find a concise answer. If the answer is, “It depends…” then so be it but I think there is probably a more clear-cu… --- ## [Why would it appear that hetrosexual men are discriminated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397)
**Author:** [@NarmSayin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NarmSayin)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397 "2013-05-15T18:05:50Z")
Why would it appear that hetrosexual men are discriminated against in the recruitment of airline cabin crew (excluding pilots or those involved in the piloting of the aircraft). I have done a fair bit of online research … --- ## [so..is King Kong a boy or a girl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-king-kong-a-boy-or-a-girl/336385)
**Author:** [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-king-kong-a-boy-or-a-girl/336385 "2005-12-20T21:08:07Z")
I guess Im wondering how they dance around this one, and if its right or not. I think they should show an anatomically correct Kong. I went to a kong website and asked the question on the chat room and was instantly ba… --- ## [Dumbest thing you've ever heard someone say.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-thing-youve-ever-heard-someone-say/80073)
**Author:** [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2001, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-thing-youve-ever-heard-someone-say/80073 "2001-09-14T17:32:28Z")
I’m still trying after 4 years to figure out what in the hell my 27 year old sister-in-law was thinking when this jewel came out; All three of my in-laws, mother, father and sister, we’re visiting my wife and I one spri… --- ## [Worst Natural Disaster You Have Experienced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-natural-disaster-you-have-experienced/585457)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-natural-disaster-you-have-experienced/585457 "2011-06-16T23:00:08Z")
I was living in California during the Northridge earthquake…that certainly scared the bejesus out of me and it was a horrible few days afterwards with aftershocks, lack of power and water, etc. Which natural disaster(s)… --- ## [So my brother was just arrested (a rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-brother-was-just-arrested-a-rant/159427)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-brother-was-just-arrested-a-rant/159427 "2003-04-02T19:17:28Z")
Disclaimer - I’m sure there are people on this board who are police officers by trade. Please take no offense to the sweeping generalizations I am about to make about cops. And I’m not looking for any legal advice, eit… --- ## [Does pure ethanol have a taste?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-pure-ethanol-have-a-taste/655004)
**Author:** [@Qwertol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertol)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-pure-ethanol-have-a-taste/655004 "2019-09-18T20:11:47Z")
When you’re drinking vodka or other similar alcohols the taste comes mostly form contamination. But does a pure ethanol (like in laboratory pure - 99% or more) have a taste itself? --- ## [What do the units of energy measurement mean in E=mc^2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-units-of-energy-measurement-mean-in-e-mc-2/685104)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2014, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-units-of-energy-measurement-mean-in-e-mc-2/685104 "2014-04-06T05:43:07Z")
If c is meters/second, then the units of measurement of E=mc^2 are E=(mass)(meter^2/second^2). But what does a mass meter squared per second squared mean? I can understand F=ma as (mass)(meter/second^2) as the amount o… --- ## [How does a person remember and learn how to use every statement, method, class, library, OS of any t](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-remember-and-learn-how-to-use-every-statement-method-class-library-os-of-any-t/716568)
**Author:** [@Mr.Insaneo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Insaneo)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-remember-and-learn-how-to-use-every-statement-method-class-library-os-of-any-t/716568 "2015-04-04T23:26:54Z")
I’m currently learning Java, and I’m completely mind blown about all of the things you can use to create programs. What I don’t get is how do you learn a programming language if there’s so much you can learn? I’m not s… --- ## [Ohio Nurses's home mistakenly cleared out by bank.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-nursess-home-mistakenly-cleared-out-by-bank/664682)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-nursess-home-mistakenly-cleared-out-by-bank/664682 "2013-08-03T01:35:19Z")
I’m amazed at the stupidity of banks. They go to the wrong house, break in, and throw out a family’s stuff? Then expect receipts before they pay the woman restitution? They should have paid the $18,000. I suspect that a … --- ## [Im not sorry and it is a fact](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246)
**Author:** [@PHILLIP\_KALAVERAS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PHILLIP_KALAVERAS)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246 "2010-11-30T06:57:13Z")
A hysterical break. How and win you going to die has everything to do with your genetic make up how FAT you are and ware you live and work, NOTHING to do with tobacco, You may now return to your hysterical state. --- ## [Ronald Reagan is GOD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronald-reagan-is-god/53365)
**Author:** [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronald-reagan-is-god/53365 "2001-02-16T04:16:48Z")
Well not really, but all I saw this morning on FoxFriends was tributes to the man. Is being 90 years old that amazing? What IS the average age for people to live nowadays? I know its a lot longer than olden days. How… --- ## [The Extreme Nipple Pinch - Ain't That a Kick in the Balls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-extreme-nipple-pinch-aint-that-a-kick-in-the-balls/508131)
**Author:** [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-extreme-nipple-pinch-aint-that-a-kick-in-the-balls/508131 "2009-09-01T16:16:25Z")
I know the anatomical references are a little messed up but the pain of an extreme full body nipple pinching has to at least come close to a kick in the junk. How does one do the Extreme or Full Body Nipple Pinching, yo… --- ## [Is this Christmas Party Invitation Rude?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-christmas-party-invitation-rude/429994)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Thalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Thalia)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-christmas-party-invitation-rude/429994 "2007-12-17T16:50:22Z")
Here’s the deal. My boyfriend and I were invited to a Christmas party, and I read the invitation and got a little miffed, whereas his neck hair didn’t bristle quite as much as mine did. A little background. The people… --- ## [Which species will you uplift?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-species-will-you-uplift/565513)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-species-will-you-uplift/565513 "2011-01-04T15:10:32Z")
Suppose mankind discovers the technology to ‘uplift’ a species, giving it almost human-like intelligence and awareness, for the purpose of working/living alongside us. What is your species of choice? --- ## [Tell me if this behavior I am contemplating is creepy, controlling, or manipulative](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-if-this-behavior-i-am-contemplating-is-creepy-controlling-or-manipulative/505550)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-if-this-behavior-i-am-contemplating-is-creepy-controlling-or-manipulative/505550 "2009-08-10T20:18:06Z")
As mentioned in an another thread, I am in the midst of some marital difficulties. Mrs. Rhymer has announced her desire to – well, that’s iffy. She won’t say, or can’t say, whether she wants a divorce or a separation.… --- ## [What do all those beeps on the airplane mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-all-those-beeps-on-the-airplane-mean/269413)
**Author:** [@FlippyFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlippyFly)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2004, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-all-those-beeps-on-the-airplane-mean/269413 "2004-10-19T10:59:40Z")
Whenever I fly, there are always a series of beeps or tones in the airplane. Sometimes, these correspond to the seatbelt sign coming on, but not always. Any flight staff out there that can decode the message for me? I… --- ## [Where is Ray Barone's house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-ray-barones-house/558397)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-ray-barones-house/558397 "2015-03-15T22:07:15Z")
I would like to find the houses that were the exterior houses of Ray and Ray’s parents on “Everybody Loves Raymond”. I have looked on Google and on Google Earth to no avail. I know the houses are in North Merrick, Long … --- ## [Tolkien fans: was Eowyn valorous or suicidal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-fans-was-eowyn-valorous-or-suicidal/606077)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-fans-was-eowyn-valorous-or-suicidal/606077 "2011-12-19T20:59:24Z")
I thought about making this a poll. But then I realized that, me being me, I’d have to distinguish between BOOK Eowyn and MOVIE Eowyn, and that would lead to me writing an interminable, boring, profane, and stupid rant i… --- ## [Do you still use "attached please find"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-use-attached-please-find/696637)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-use-attached-please-find/696637 "2014-09-04T15:06:53Z")
Even in writing emails, when it’s any sort of business setting I feel compelled to use the expression “attached please find” rather than “attached is”. I know it’s a lingering formality from letter writing, but I feel l… --- ## [The most diabolically clever thing an evil character ever did](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-diabolically-clever-thing-an-evil-character-ever-did/520396)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-diabolically-clever-thing-an-evil-character-ever-did/520396 "2009-12-10T02:04:55Z")
So what’s the greatest stroke of twisted genius an evil character ever had? Specifically I’m thinking of something “wonderfull awful” that works precisely because few non-psychotic people could ever have imagined it bef… --- ## [Any Indian (Hindi, etc.) or Farsi names cognates of common European names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-indian-hindi-etc-or-farsi-names-cognates-of-common-european-names/290423)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-indian-hindi-etc-or-farsi-names-cognates-of-common-european-names/290423 "2011-05-27T21:29:47Z")
The languages of Iran (Farsi), and Northern India (Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, etc.) are philologically related to the languages of Europes in the Indo-European linguistic family. Though the Asian Indo-European languages a… --- ## [If a Court Room can tell if my cell phone is on, why can't an airplane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-court-room-can-tell-if-my-cell-phone-is-on-why-cant-an-airplane/550658)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2010, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-court-room-can-tell-if-my-cell-phone-is-on-why-cant-an-airplane/550658 "2010-08-20T08:57:07Z")
A few years ago, I was in court for my divorce. The clerk asked everyone to turn our cell phones off. I had just gotten a new blackberry, and assumed it was off. In reality, I only turned the display off and didn’t kn… --- ## [People who know about purses: how to describe the features I want, and where to find them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-know-about-purses-how-to-describe-the-features-i-want-and-where-to-find-them/591221)
**Author:** [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-know-about-purses-how-to-describe-the-features-i-want-and-where-to-find-them/591221 "2011-08-05T13:31:50Z")
So I’m in the market for a new purse. I had the perfect purse, almost, but it wore out and our evil cat pissed on it to boot. Now I need a new one, but I’m picky, and that one has been out of production for a decade and … --- ## [Condoms - do they hold your load?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condoms-do-they-hold-your-load/8448)
**Author:** [@siva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/siva)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2000, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condoms-do-they-hold-your-load/8448 "2000-03-12T06:56:00Z")
The tips on condoms are tiny. As far as I know the tips are their to catch your load. My problem is that when I ejaculate the tip isnt large enough to hold everything. When I take the condom off there is cum(sorry for th… --- ## [Imprison Katie Hopkins!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328)
**Author:** [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328 "2017-05-28T18:56:19Z")
In the wake of the Manchester bombing, this poisonous creature has taken to twitter to publicly call for genocide. In a contemptible effort to backtrack, it claims its call for a “final solution” was a typo. I suggest th… --- ## [Shoplifter shot and killed at Walmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoplifter-shot-and-killed-at-walmart/619555)
**Author:** [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoplifter-shot-and-killed-at-walmart/619555 "2012-04-26T20:25:13Z")
Story here. http://www.kbtx.com/news/local/headlines/CSPD\_Investigating\_Shooting\_At\_College\_Station\_WalMart\_148322355.html A guy was trying to take unpaid for merchandise from Walmart, was detained by “loss prevention … --- ## [German car commercial, The worst.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-car-commercial-the-worst/797624)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-car-commercial-the-worst/797624 "2018-03-28T03:32:11Z")
Okay, the 1960’s VW Bug commercials may have been edgy and innovative. Still, they were promoting a cute car that was basically a POS. At least it was durable. Then VW went to the Dasher, the Sirocco and the Rabbit. They… --- ## [Religious proselytizers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-proselytizers/700592)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-proselytizers/700592 "2014-10-16T05:20:21Z")
There’s a guy who goes to Boston sporting events (and other crowds) and has a sign that advises me to believe in Jesus or I will spend eternity in Hell. This guy claims that God told him to do this, yet he can’t explain… --- ## [Ocean Marketing vs Penny arcade, seen this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ocean-marketing-vs-penny-arcade-seen-this/607712)
**Author:** [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ocean-marketing-vs-penny-arcade-seen-this/607712 "2012-01-02T03:01:58Z")
How many lessons can be learned from this amusing trainwreck? Lessons about the importance of good customer service, to be sure. About the power of the internet in exposing your (you hoped it was private) idiocy, sure. … --- ## [Should I trade my car for a motorcycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-trade-my-car-for-a-motorcycle/49814)
**Author:** [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2001, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-trade-my-car-for-a-motorcycle/49814 "2001-01-15T20:09:45Z")
I don’t know if I am the only one, but the older I get the more fed up with cars I am becoming. Cars are getting more and more expensive with more and more options I do not want but have to get, which add to the cost. Th… --- ## [Persons planning to vote for Clinton: Are you really just voting against Trump?s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persons-planning-to-vote-for-clinton-are-you-really-just-voting-against-trump-s/759110)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persons-planning-to-vote-for-clinton-are-you-really-just-voting-against-trump-s/759110 "2016-07-09T00:42:06Z")
In other words, are you motivated by a desire to keep Trump out of office more than any wish to see Clinton in? My answer’s is…not exactly. That is, I didn’t especially want Secretary Clinton to be the nominee, even th… --- ## [Bathroom pipes connected to Kitchen pipes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-pipes-connected-to-kitchen-pipes/352230)
**Author:** [@mazinger\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mazinger_z)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-pipes-connected-to-kitchen-pipes/352230 "2006-04-11T22:00:08Z")
My friend at work lives in a high rise condo, it’s old, but not that old, probably 1960’s. She was out with us when this incident occured. Apparently, her neighbor had a blockage in his bathroom, I’m guessing sink, but… --- ## [Pro abortionists: Multiple abortions ok?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-abortionists-multiple-abortions-ok/467286)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-abortionists-multiple-abortions-ok/467286 "2008-10-13T22:30:19Z")
I have been wanting to have this conversation for a while, but didn’t feel like checking to make sure it has never been discussed before, recently, or something. So, I am just going to go for it, because I am really cur… --- ## [Trump says Clinton leads global conspiracy against him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-says-clinton-leads-global-conspiracy-against-him/768515)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-says-clinton-leads-global-conspiracy-against-him/768515 "2016-10-17T15:26:26Z")
\[del\]Heil\[/del\]Holy Jewish Banking Cabal, Batman! I especially love this oh-so-subtle touch: --- ## [Final Fantasy IX strategy guide is worthless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-ix-strategy-guide-is-worthless/58200)
**Author:** [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-ix-strategy-guide-is-worthless/58200 "2015-05-11T19:04:08Z")
All right, so I eagerly awaited FF9, and told my husband that this was the ONE thing I wanted for Xmas. No, I don’t want jewelry or clothes, I want the latest Final Fantasy. And it’s a great game, so far. I only play abo… --- ## [Does your car have a Blind Spot Monitor or Warning system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-car-have-a-blind-spot-monitor-or-warning-system/658219)
**Author:** [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-car-have-a-blind-spot-monitor-or-warning-system/658219 "2013-05-21T13:15:29Z")
I’m curious to see if anyone else on here has a Blind Spot Monitoring System or Blind Spot Warning System on their vehicle? If so, did you find it useful immediately or did it take time to acclimate to the way it works? … --- ## [How to stop static shock from my new car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stop-static-shock-from-my-new-car/656036)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stop-static-shock-from-my-new-car/656036 "2013-04-19T16:15:21Z")
I just got a new 2013 Honda CR-V, I’ve had it about 3 months. It creates a tremendous amount of static charge for the occupants. Enough that its uncomfortable. Every time I get out of my car I can expect a shock. Same th… --- ## [What was popular in 1944?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-popular-in-1944/275918)
**Author:** [@Sockmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sockmonkey)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-popular-in-1944/275918 "2004-11-22T20:33:21Z")
I’m trying to put together a birthday present for my Father In Law’s 60th birthday, and we’re getting together some “Time Capsule” like stuff. So far I’ve got: Life Magazine from the week he was born Sears Catalog C… --- ## [Wild West Tuesday, 3/22/16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-west-tuesday-3-22-16/749737)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-west-tuesday-3-22-16/749737 "2016-03-23T23:45:58Z")
Up for grabs on the GOP side tomorrow are: \[ul\] \[li\]Arizona (58 delegates)\[/li\]\[li\]Utah (40 delegates)\[/li\]\[li\]American Samoa (9 delegates)\[/li\]\[/ul\] Doesn’t seem like much compared to other recent Tuesdays, but it ge… --- ## [Is Narcissism treatable? How effectively?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-narcissism-treatable-how-effectively/546918)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-narcissism-treatable-how-effectively/546918 "2010-07-18T05:52:06Z")
Long story short, I’ve been trying to work out a romantic relationship with a woman I care about deeply, who every time we date for a few weeks, abruptly breaks up with me, telling me with scary repetition that she’s not… --- ## [What, no pitting for Alex or Jon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-pitting-for-alex-or-jon/605680)
**Author:** [@OtisCampbellWasRight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtisCampbellWasRight)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-pitting-for-alex-or-jon/605680 "2011-12-12T21:02:02Z")
The fact that no one has said a word about the recent activities of Alex Baldwin nor Jon Corzine is very, very telling here. Jon Corsine, or as he is known here in NJ, Jon Corslime. He buttraped the economy by promisin… --- ## [Belligerent covid patients frustrate ER personnel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belligerent-covid-patients-frustrate-er-personnel/958068)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belligerent-covid-patients-frustrate-er-personnel/958068 "2022-01-27T19:09:54Z")
My ER Nurse daughter is exhausted dealing with belligerent COVID patients. This is not the infrequent nut case running thru the ER. These are routine patients who won’t accept a Covid diagnosis. They reject the diagnosi… --- ## [Thanks for ruining the Westminster Dog Show thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-ruining-the-westminster-dog-show-thread/571583)
**Author:** [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-ruining-the-westminster-dog-show-thread/571583 "2011-02-18T20:01:01Z")
This thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597017 appears to have been set up to comment on the dog show and individual dogs. I think it was light-hearted and intended to have lots of comments abou… --- ## [Charter Members: help me understand! Why do you pay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-help-me-understand-why-do-you-pay/520592)
**Author:** [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-help-me-understand-why-do-you-pay/520592 "2009-12-12T01:59:20Z")
This is a difficult subject since many of my favorite posters here are “Charter Members.” I just don’t understand the motivation to pay for posting to a message board. To me, paying to create content on the internet just… --- ## ["That'll go over like a Led Zeppelin" And other Origins of Band names.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thatll-go-over-like-a-led-zeppelin-and-other-origins-of-band-names/159230)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2003, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thatll-go-over-like-a-led-zeppelin-and-other-origins-of-band-names/159230 "2003-03-11T12:02:21Z")
I was listening to the best radio station on the planet out of the Hamptons - Long Guyland - for those who don’t know. And they were talking about Origins of Band names. I was, of course, first thinking about one of th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1284&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1286&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)