# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1287&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:** 1288 --- ## [You're sick. Want company?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sick-want-company/655859)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sick-want-company/655859 "2013-04-18T21:01:56Z")
My gf and I are polar opposites when we are ill. She wants me to fluff her pillow, make a fuss over her, bring her a glass of water, etc. I on the other hand want left alone until I am well. Any attempt to pamper me is … --- ## [NY Times Readers' 100 Top Movies of the 21st Century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-times-readers-100-top-movies-of-the-21st-century/1020441)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-times-readers-100-top-movies-of-the-21st-century/1020441 "2025-07-06T07:05:40Z")
What isn’t on here that should be? What is on here that should NOT be? What is way too high, way too low, or just right? Here is the list. Thoughts? --- ## [The word "cooter"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-cooter/280685)
**Author:** [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-cooter/280685 "2004-12-21T00:27:00Z")
Maybe I lead a sheltered life, but I have never heard the term “cooter” to mean vagina before reading this board. Can anyone explain the origins of this word? Is it a regionalism, not used in Canada? I must admit I fi… --- ## [Scary, unknown insect bite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-unknown-insect-bite/253185)
**Author:** [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-unknown-insect-bite/253185 "2004-07-03T15:36:59Z")
At least I think it’s an insect bite. I got 5 of them last month. Just appeared on me one morning, out of nowhere. I hadn’t been in any buggy areas outdoors in recent days, so I think something bit me while I was sleepin… --- ## [I have deep brown skidmarks on my underwear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-deep-brown-skidmarks-on-my-underwear/635225)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-deep-brown-skidmarks-on-my-underwear/635225 "2012-09-22T03:08:24Z")
Well, not really, but how often do you? --- ## ["It's in the store; you HAVE to sell it to me!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-in-the-store-you-have-to-sell-it-to-me/654070)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2013, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-in-the-store-you-have-to-sell-it-to-me/654070 "2013-03-30T07:36:13Z")
(This requires a lot of exposition, but trust me, there is a question at the end!) I’m currently working at a Blockbuster store that’s in its seventh week of a going-out-of-business sale. Shortly before the sale starte… --- ## [White Trash Appetizers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-trash-appetizers/218441)
**Author:** [@Trob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trob)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-trash-appetizers/218441 "2003-12-23T05:07:13Z")
What with all the parties this time of year I was wondering about the horid appetizers y’all have seen. I never cease to be amazed at what some people call food. If I bring a dish I usually try to put some thought and … --- ## [Nastygram on my car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nastygram-on-my-car/746057)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nastygram-on-my-car/746057 "2016-02-17T23:06:28Z")
A couple of days ago I was riding with someone to a location about 70 miles away. Since she and I don’t live very close together, it was most efficient for me to park for the day close to where she could pick me up on th… --- ## [Bite my sweet atheist fact-checking Bible-reading ass, Danielinthewolvesden!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bite-my-sweet-atheist-fact-checking-bible-reading-ass-danielinthewolvesden/45276)
**Author:** [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2000, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bite-my-sweet-atheist-fact-checking-bible-reading-ass-danielinthewolvesden/45276 "2000-12-28T09:02:00Z")
Now, here is Daniel’s original post: “Umm, altho there are verses in the OT which accept slavery;compared to the slavery which was prevelant in the times, the Jewish practice was very liberal. There were all sorts of li… --- ## [Who are the front runners for the next Pope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-front-runners-for-the-next-pope/536498)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-front-runners-for-the-next-pope/536498 "2010-04-21T04:34:50Z")
Not that I think that Benedict XVI will abdicate over the molestation contraversy but he is so very old and this certainly cannot be good for his health. So if for whatever reason Pope Benedict is no longer Pope before … --- ## [some assholes beat one of my coworkers to death last night.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-assholes-beat-one-of-my-coworkers-to-death-last-night/91102)
**Author:** [@schief2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schief2)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-assholes-beat-one-of-my-coworkers-to-death-last-night/91102 "2014-03-15T19:22:18Z")
I suppose I should first start off with an obligatory link, since it’s too painful to type out the particulars myself. For the surfing-impaired, the gist is that a coworker of mine, the sports editor at the newspaper i w… --- ## [Sweating virus's out... old wives tale or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweating-viruss-out-old-wives-tale-or-not/244710)
**Author:** [@LuckySevens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LuckySevens)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2004, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweating-viruss-out-old-wives-tale-or-not/244710 "2004-05-13T10:10:08Z")
Is there any truth to sweating a virus out of your system? --- ## [Stainless steel backsplash: How to install?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stainless-steel-backsplash-how-to-install/636863)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stainless-steel-backsplash-how-to-install/636863 "2014-03-18T18:54:26Z")
The stainless steel backsplash arrived today. Silly me, I thought it would come with installation instructions. I gather you just glue them up? The wall is drywall. It will be cleaned. Should it be sanded to rough… --- ## [Has anybody ever been head of state/government of two different countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-been-head-of-state-government-of-two-different-countries/403144)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-been-head-of-state-government-of-two-different-countries/403144 "2008-05-06T10:01:32Z")
I don’t mean individuals who, by virtue of an office, function as heads of state or government in two countries, such as the British monarch holding the crowns of many Commonwealth realms, or the French president being o… --- ## [An open letter to CG's Boss:Mullets aren't a crime!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-cgs-boss-mullets-arent-a-crime/147521)
**Author:** [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-cgs-boss-mullets-arent-a-crime/147521 "2003-01-20T04:16:37Z")
Dear asshat™boss person, Having a mullet in this day and extremely fashionable age is NOT a crime ya know.:)CG happens to be one of the few people I know who actually look good in a modified mullet.I like it when he has… --- ## [Parents lose settlement due to daughter's Facebook. Legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-lose-settlement-due-to-daughters-facebook-legal/682886)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-lose-settlement-due-to-daughters-facebook-legal/682886 "2014-03-08T17:20:05Z")
Basically, the guy won an age-discrimination lawsuit and were awarded an $80,000 lawsuit. Their teenager daughter then posted this on her public Facebook: “Mama and Papa Snay won the case against Gulliver. Gulliver is n… --- ## [Is lethal force a valid response to 'Are you threatening me? Yes'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lethal-force-a-valid-response-to-are-you-threatening-me-yes/550164)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lethal-force-a-valid-response-to-are-you-threatening-me-yes/550164 "2010-08-15T14:22:39Z")
I’m an ignorant Brit. Suppose I’m in America and get into a situation. I utter the line “Are you threatening me?” and receive a positive response. Am I entitled to use lethal force? What if the response were not negative… --- ## [New Shiba Inu Puppy Cam!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-shiba-inu-puppy-cam/525494)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-shiba-inu-puppy-cam/525494 "2010-02-04T22:56:47Z")
Meet the newest litter of the cutest puppies to ever have their own webcam! They were just born on Saturday, January 16 and right now they just mostly sleep, eat, and whimper, but one day, and one day soon, they will be… --- ## [Does This Look Like A Dick To Y'all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-look-like-a-dick-to-yall/591008)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-look-like-a-dick-to-yall/591008 "2011-08-05T05:04:02Z")
See that stain over my head in that picture (which I took for The Drum Forum I also post to)? It was here when we moved in and D thinks it’s a candle, but I think it’s a dick. She th… --- ## [Practical differences for having a flat or a nose front on a truck or a bus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practical-differences-for-having-a-flat-or-a-nose-front-on-a-truck-or-a-bus/939389)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practical-differences-for-having-a-flat-or-a-nose-front-on-a-truck-or-a-bus/939389 "2021-09-30T02:57:17Z")
Here are several plain facts about buses and trucks: -Literally ALL modern city buses and motor coaches have flat fronts. -A good majority of school buses in North America, however, have nose fronts (where there is a b… --- ## [Are Green Bananas safe to eat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-green-bananas-safe-to-eat/650847)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-green-bananas-safe-to-eat/650847 "2013-02-21T23:45:46Z")
A lot of fruit will give you the shits if you eat them green. How about bananas? I’ve always waited until most of the green is gone before eating them. What would happen if you ate green (unripe) bananas? --- ## [Your favorite movie in which nothing happens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-in-which-nothing-happens/682379)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-in-which-nothing-happens/682379 "2014-03-01T17:27:04Z")
I just re-watched Nobody’s Fool and I had forgotten what a truly wonderful movie it really was. A small movie with hardly any plot, but full of terrific actors and lovely quirky characters. No explosions, no killings, … --- ## [Boiled Peanuts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boiled-peanuts/564140)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boiled-peanuts/564140 "2014-05-22T21:28:52Z")
When I am in Florida I always buy some boiled peanuts from a roadside vendor. I wanted to try to make my own, so I purchased some raw peanuts and cooked them in some salt water in a crock-pot. I wound up with boiled pe… --- ## [If dy/dx is not a fraction, then why am I allowed to multiply both sides of an equation by dx?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-dy-dx-is-not-a-fraction-then-why-am-i-allowed-to-multiply-both-sides-of-an-equation-by-dx/684914)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-dy-dx-is-not-a-fraction-then-why-am-i-allowed-to-multiply-both-sides-of-an-equation-by-dx/684914 "2014-03-31T22:34:55Z")
I can’t recall ever getting a satisfactory explanation of this, but it’s been more than a decade since I took calculus. --- ## [Audio-visual perception](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-visual-perception/682565)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-visual-perception/682565 "2014-03-12T01:04:50Z")
How do we know that we all perceive the same stimuli the same way? (barring brain damage due to trauma or stroke, of course.) How can I be sure that, what I perceive like this: Appears to you like this: … --- ## [What's going to happen to Trump and his family if Dems win next year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418 "2019-09-03T00:27:25Z")
I have no clue as to what the laws are, so I’ll leave it up to you smart folks here at the Dope to help educate me. I know there will be differences of opinion here so I didn’t ask it in GQ. Hope it’s not too contentiou… --- ## [Why are truckdrivers such assholes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-truckdrivers-such-assholes/950922)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-truckdrivers-such-assholes/950922 "2021-09-30T22:24:45Z")
I just finished a 1200 mile drive, mostly up I-95 and I-81, and kept noticing on two-lane highways (in the same direction) that often two gigantic trucks would be doing 65 or even 60 in a 70 MPH zone side-by-side for mil… --- ## [Favre tells Vikings he's not coming back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-tells-vikings-hes-not-coming-back/549012)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-tells-vikings-hes-not-coming-back/549012 "2010-08-20T02:49:09Z")
Brett Favre has reportedly told the Vikings that he’s actually going to retire this time. He says his ankle hasn’t responded to surgery. An official announcement from Favre and a press conference from Brad Childress are … --- ## [Walking Dead came back last night. Did you notice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461 "2020-05-04T11:51:41Z")
It was actually a very solid episode, something I do not say very often. Still, I feel like I’m looking at someone whose mind is gone. They are still alive, but just a shell of the person I used to know and care about. I… --- ## [Famous names that your brain just refuses to get right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-names-that-your-brain-just-refuses-to-get-right/614999)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-names-that-your-brain-just-refuses-to-get-right/614999 "2012-03-10T20:17:46Z")
For the life of me, I cannot pronounce Pedro Almodovar’s name, it always comes out “Pedro I’m a Dove Bar.” And the late Benazir Bhutto? Thanks to a reporter friend with an odd sense of humor, she will always be “Bazumba… --- ## [Republicans and Racist Candidates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-and-racist-candidates/627368)
**Author:** [@End\_Racism\_Now](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/End_Racism_Now)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2012, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-and-racist-candidates/627368 "2012-07-06T06:10:46Z")
You won’t hear this from the racist, but corporate-owned media, of the six Republican candidates since 1980, four chose to join officially racist organizations. Three joined the officially segregated US military, and Ro… --- ## [To the bed-wetting Hillary Clinton "supporters" in the Elections Forum... a moment of your time, pls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-bed-wetting-hillary-clinton-supporters-in-the-elections-forum-a-moment-of-your-time-pls/765681)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-bed-wetting-hillary-clinton-supporters-in-the-elections-forum-a-moment-of-your-time-pls/765681 "2016-09-20T05:09:17Z")
(I originally wrote this in response to the Hillary has lost this election thread, but decided it was too “pitty” (to coin a Buffy-ism), so here it is. I didn’t bother with editing it, so it will sound like a reply. Y’al… --- ## [Dick Clark... Can we stop this now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-clark-can-we-stop-this-now/479441)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2009, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-clark-can-we-stop-this-now/479441 "2009-01-03T04:33:02Z")
Hey, I love the guy as much as you do… but what they are doing to him is just tragic. My question is why? I know I can turn the channel… that’s not the point. It’s almost as if ABC thinks its viewers won’t believe the… --- ## [Conservatives deserting the Republican Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-deserting-the-republican-party/826168)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-deserting-the-republican-party/826168 "2018-12-23T16:08:05Z")
The Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, Tani Cantil-Sakauye, has renounced her Republican registration citing partisan misbehavior by Trump, and by the Senate during the Brett Kavanaugh hearing. Kansas State … --- ## [HELP —How can we compel my niece to come back to her family?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-how-can-we-compel-my-niece-to-come-back-to-her-family/581002)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-how-can-we-compel-my-niece-to-come-back-to-her-family/581002 "2011-05-08T03:24:26Z")
My niece has cut herself off from her family and I don’t exactly know why. She’s always struck me as a happy, mature-for-her-age, well-adjusted, Mensa-smart kid. She’s in her mid-twenties now and lives in a town far awa… --- ## [The Onion's best films of the decade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onions-best-films-of-the-decade/519931)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onions-best-films-of-the-decade/519931 "2009-12-11T19:01:42Z")
I love top X lists from any source, but this is an unusually good one, with a wide variety of films listed and interesting and well thought out descriptions of each one: The Onion’s top 50 films of the 00’s. Pretty much… --- ## [Big rich companies doing wrong by their employees, customers or other stakeholders during COVID-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-rich-companies-doing-wrong-by-their-employees-customers-or-other-stakeholders-during-covid-19/850232)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-rich-companies-doing-wrong-by-their-employees-customers-or-other-stakeholders-during-covid-19/850232 "2020-05-10T13:51:06Z")
I’ll leave it up to “Big rich” as obviously its hard to blame small or struggling businesses but here’s three examples: Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils, both simultaneously owned by 3 billionaires and the Six… --- ## [How come Christians eat pork ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-christians-eat-pork/477007)
**Author:** [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-christians-eat-pork/477007 "2008-12-16T16:37:05Z")
Or rather, why do they not \*not \*eat pork (or meat+milk etc…) ? May seem like an odd question, but it just hit me. Unless I’m mistaken, the various dietary laws observed by Jews are laid down in the Old Testament. I r… --- ## [Amy Adams as Janis Joplin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-adams-as-janis-joplin/651946)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-adams-as-janis-joplin/651946 "2013-06-04T23:34:04Z")
According to the IMDB, a film about Joplin is in the works, with Adams as the lead. Anybody can be uglied up with prosthetics and makeup, but I don’t find any evidence that she has the vocal chops for this. I suppose t… --- ## [What's a good sauce for ground turkey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-sauce-for-ground-turkey/453654)
**Author:** [@Can\_Handle\_the\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Can_Handle_the_Truth)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-sauce-for-ground-turkey/453654 "2008-06-27T17:38:41Z")
When I eat ground beef or ground chicken I like to eat it with spaghetti sauce, but ground turkey has too strong a flavor for that. So what is a good sauce for ground turkey? --- ## [Help us choose a hockey team to root for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-choose-a-hockey-team-to-root-for/566102)
**Author:** [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-choose-a-hockey-team-to-root-for/566102 "2011-01-06T23:33:07Z")
My son and I are watching the Winter Classic right now; I’m typing during intermission. This is kind of fun so my son suggests that after tonight we choose a team to root for. I have no idea where to start other than t… --- ## [1 = 999...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-999/187615)
**Author:** [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-999/187615 "2004-04-21T04:40:25Z")
This post is regarding the article concerning the following paradox: If 1/3 = 0.333… and 2/3 = 0.666… then 3/3 = 0.999… but 3/3 is equal to 1 so 1 = 0.999… How can that be? OK, that’s the problem, here’s my e… --- ## [Does Israel really need US support?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-israel-really-need-us-support/693673)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-israel-really-need-us-support/693673 "2014-07-23T18:06:38Z")
Seems like each year the conflict resumes in some barely modified form. How big a contributor is the United States to this regional instability with our foreign aid and arms sales? Would Israel be fine without US support… --- ## [Should I get a flu shot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-flu-shot/646210)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-flu-shot/646210 "2013-01-21T03:50:24Z")
I’m wondering whether to get the flu shot. I don’t want to get the flu. I haven’t had the flu in many years. But this flu season is supposed to be especially bad, and I don’t want to get sick, so I was thinking that mayb… --- ## [What's so great about Blizzard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-blizzard/575338)
**Author:** [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2011, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-blizzard/575338 "2011-03-23T11:02:51Z")
“it” being a character unit in a game. Blizzard has skipped over at least 2 (playable) games now instead of releasing a half-assed product. looking at the Valve thread, it seems that all the reasons they gave also appl… --- ## [Acceptable compromise on voters' rights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acceptable-compromise-on-voters-rights/944397)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2021, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acceptable-compromise-on-voters-rights/944397 "2021-06-19T06:09:47Z")
It’s clear HR1 is not going to pass the Senate. So I put on my rose-colored centrist glasses the other day and got to wondering … what if it included a voter ID? (Let’s leave aside for this conversation the fact that Se… --- ## [How to use an "old work" gang box? (electrical question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-an-old-work-gang-box-electrical-question/263355)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2004, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-an-old-work-gang-box-electrical-question/263355 "2004-09-07T11:18:54Z")
Ok, I saw these two kinds of gang boxes, some labeled “old work” and some labeled “new work”. Using the new work boxes is obvious, you just hammer in the two nails jutting on the side. But now I’m wondering about these… --- ## [Did they ever find the little boy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-ever-find-the-little-boy/346307)
**Author:** [@danhughes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danhughes)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-ever-find-the-little-boy/346307 "2009-06-21T05:48:03Z")
The June 9, 1956 issue of the Saturday Evening Post carried an article called “Have You Seen This Baby?,” about a child who disappeared from his mother’s grocery cart while she was shopping in the next aisle. This story… --- ## [Partying like it's 1859: let's break up families just like we did in the slave days!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partying-like-its-1859-lets-break-up-families-just-like-we-did-in-the-slave-days/814965)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partying-like-its-1859-lets-break-up-families-just-like-we-did-in-the-slave-days/814965 "2018-06-29T01:30:20Z")
I guess everybody’s heard by now that the Trump Administration is separating children - even as young as just over one year old - from their parents when they try to cross into the U.S. And of course, Trump’s blaming it… --- ## [firemen hours of work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hours-of-work/677197)
**Author:** [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hours-of-work/677197 "2013-12-27T04:41:36Z")
After watching ‘chicago fire’, I wonder what sort of shift schedule these folks actually have. Do they work 24 straight hours, every other day? Four or five twelve hour shifts, each week? Do they get paid for all ho… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1286&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1288&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)