# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1301&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:** 1302 --- ## [What is this chord progression?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-chord-progression/510688)
**Author:** [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-chord-progression/510688 "2009-09-19T18:46:18Z")
When I played (drums) in a band, I wrote songs by humming the melodies/riffs to the guitar player, who’d play it 'til he got the sound I wanted. He would always laugh, though, because he said all my songs had the same ch… --- ## [30 Rock...LIVE! 4/26](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-live-4-26/620089)
**Author:** [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-live-4-26/620089 "2012-06-19T15:09:54Z")
Holy crap, that was funny. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed that much during a half hour sitcom. --- ## [1 in 4 Americans think the Sun goes around the Earth. Does it matter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-in-4-americans-think-the-sun-goes-around-the-earth-does-it-matter/682797)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-in-4-americans-think-the-sun-goes-around-the-earth-does-it-matter/682797 "2014-03-05T16:59:42Z")
– “A Study in Scarlet,” Arthur Conan Doyle I do not agree with Doyle’s assessment of the limitations of human knowledge and memory and recall, I’ve spent my whole life learning things for the sake of learning them and … --- ## [Man walks into Queens McDonald's with a knife in his back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-walks-into-queens-mcdonalds-with-a-knife-in-his-back/691697)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-walks-into-queens-mcdonalds-with-a-knife-in-his-back/691697 "2014-06-28T14:01:42Z")
No, it’s not the start of a joke, it really did happen! Cite. I know it’s terrible, but if I’d been the counter person, I would have been tempted to say “You want fries with that?” --- ## [Do I tell them or not? (An employment question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-tell-them-or-not-an-employment-question/589171)
**Author:** [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-tell-them-or-not-an-employment-question/589171 "2011-07-18T03:07:22Z")
Background: There is a certain position that I have been trying to get for years. This is my third time applying for the job. I always pass the pre-employment test and make it to the first interview stage. This time, I’… --- ## [Continuously variable transmission (CVT) and engine speed (RPM) fluctuations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuously-variable-transmission-cvt-and-engine-speed-rpm-fluctuations/678786)
**Author:** [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuously-variable-transmission-cvt-and-engine-speed-rpm-fluctuations/678786 "2014-01-15T01:10:57Z")
I was riding in a car recently and noticed the engine speed changing fairly erratically - first from the sound, then from the tachometer. The owner of the car, who was driving, told me that this is because it was equipp… --- ## [Who Is the Next Ebert?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-next-ebert/654971)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-next-ebert/654971 "2013-06-08T15:07:29Z")
Now that my favorite fim critic, Roger Ebert, has died, is there anyone out there who can fill the void? Ebert and I had the same taste in film, and I mean to a remarkable degree. Almost exactly the same, with very few e… --- ## [How well guarded was a typical castle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-guarded-was-a-typical-castle/660057)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-guarded-was-a-typical-castle/660057 "2013-06-07T16:34:51Z")
In video games, books and movies, strongholds like castles and such are constantly patrolled-day and night-by pairs of guards, armed and armored, with others at stations in front of important doorways. Of course, any no… --- ## [Girl Guides Canada cancels US travel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-guides-canada-cancels-us-travel/782165)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2017, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-guides-canada-cancels-us-travel/782165 "2017-03-25T07:09:07Z")
Girl Guides Canada Cancels All Trips To U.S. Over Trump’s Travel Ban http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/03/13/girl-guides-of-canada-cancelling-u-s-trips-due-to-uncertain-entry-rules\_n\_15345468.html Worried some of the g… --- ## [Is a wireless gateway and a wireless router the same thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-wireless-gateway-and-a-wireless-router-the-same-thing/576587)
**Author:** [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-wireless-gateway-and-a-wireless-router-the-same-thing/576587 "2011-04-01T04:16:18Z")
I’m going to get DSL for the first time and I want to buy my own equipment. The AT&T website says I need a DSL Modem and an AT&T Wireless Gateway. Is a wireless gateway what I have always been referring to as a wireles… --- ## [Admin's Attitude Towards People Who Can't Afford $5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admins-attitude-towards-people-who-cant-afford-5/235404)
**Author:** [@CheekyMonkey613](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheekyMonkey613)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2004, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admins-attitude-towards-people-who-cant-afford-5/235404 "2004-03-24T15:44:46Z")
How very fucking nice it must be to sit up in your white castle and preach down to the peasants. Nice fucking life you must have. Your attitude is despicable. Who the hell are you to tell people what they can afford… --- ## [Has a public figure ever been accused by multiple people of being gay, and it wasn't true?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-public-figure-ever-been-accused-by-multiple-people-of-being-gay-and-it-wasnt-true/555192)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-public-figure-ever-been-accused-by-multiple-people-of-being-gay-and-it-wasnt-true/555192 "2010-09-30T14:42:07Z")
Re the latest public figure accused of being gay (and a sexual predator) and denying it, I’m wondering if there has ever been one of these multiple accusation scenarios where the accusations were ultimately proved to be… --- ## [Antidepressant in non depressed people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressant-in-non-depressed-people/419078)
**Author:** [@ernesto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ernesto)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressant-in-non-depressed-people/419078 "2007-09-14T21:57:51Z")
I realize that on TV antidepressants are shown as “happy pills” or “uppers” so to speak. I was always told that antidepressants are not really happy pills because if you give an antidepressant to a person not suffering f… --- ## [Anybody going to watch GLOW on Netflix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-going-to-watch-glow-on-netflix/789688)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-going-to-watch-glow-on-netflix/789688 "2018-08-02T18:51:25Z")
My initial reaction to this show was: “Meh, it’s just a skin flick” But after watching some of the trailers, it looks like it might be pretty good. Definitely good for a couple of laughs. The show was released today. I’… --- ## [Enterprise Xindi spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-xindi-spoilers/200638)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-xindi-spoilers/200638 "2003-09-18T06:47:15Z")
Same lyrics, better music. Ms. Plant says she will watch it again. I am happy. Good: Archer kicks a guy in the teeth. Mostly decent alien looking aliens. Good story, obviously part of an arc. Bad: Stupid panda sce… --- ## [Panera Bread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panera-bread/499103)
**Author:** [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2009, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panera-bread/499103 "2009-06-10T12:12:16Z")
Such a great chain. It nearly matches fast-food pricing and efficiency but with a high-quality product, apparently. I find it almost too good to be true??:dubious: Whatever the case, I still think it’s a better produc… --- ## [Boiled Peanuts. I love them. How about you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boiled-peanuts-i-love-them-how-about-you/615811)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boiled-peanuts-i-love-them-how-about-you/615811 "2012-03-20T21:52:48Z")
I love boiled peanuts. They were a treat for me growing up in Florida. It’s difficult to find raw peanuts here in California so I don’t get to have them often. I find that people either love them or hate them. Of cours… --- ## [Taking NERF toy gun on plane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-nerf-toy-gun-on-plane/426220)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2007, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-nerf-toy-gun-on-plane/426220 "2007-11-15T01:52:25Z")
I got a silly work-related toy - a NERF dart shooter that has a chamber that shoots six NERF darts without reloading. Here’s a similar looking one. Since I’m only in the office for a few days, I only have a carry on ba… --- ## [Will waiting until marriage to have sex as a non-Christian severely limit my dating pool?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-waiting-until-marriage-to-have-sex-as-a-non-christian-severely-limit-my-dating-pool/713391)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2015, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-waiting-until-marriage-to-have-sex-as-a-non-christian-severely-limit-my-dating-pool/713391 "2015-03-02T09:57:33Z")
I am most nearly agnostic in terms of religion. Point being, if I was to choose to wait until marriage, it would not be on the basis of religion or even culture, but various other personal reasons. But I am worried thi… --- ## [Maximum workweek hours and have a family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-workweek-hours-and-have-a-family/642400)
**Author:** [@Xavier\_Breath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier_Breath)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-workweek-hours-and-have-a-family/642400 "2012-12-06T01:50:18Z")
So I recently saw a job description for a position in my line of work (professional, creative, graduate degree required) that had a work load expectation of 62 hours a week. Yikes! I do a similar job with similar results… --- ## [Fellow scientists: Tell me if I'm nuts about this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-scientists-tell-me-if-im-nuts-about-this/723823)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-scientists-tell-me-if-im-nuts-about-this/723823 "2015-08-01T18:51:46Z")
My agency has contracted with an independent researcher. We’ve given him a lot of money to synthesize different datasets and provide some recommendations based on the findings. This study has a high visibility (as far … --- ## [The government should study the role of religion in gun violence.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-government-should-study-the-role-of-religion-in-gun-violence/647470)
**Author:** [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-government-should-study-the-role-of-religion-in-gun-violence/647470 "2013-01-20T21:23:13Z")
Obama laid out a plan to reduce gun violence today, which in part proposed studying the effects of violent video games on crime and lifting the CDC “ban” on gun violence studies. I propose that since religious texts are… --- ## [When do you realize you're old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-realize-youre-old/510943)
**Author:** [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-realize-youre-old/510943 "2009-10-10T01:54:44Z")
It started for me innocent enough at work yesterday. I saw some dude dressed in what could best be described as visual cacophony, He looked like he was wearing a mismatched set of PJs. His hair was just as bad. He had vo… --- ## [Tolkienites: Did you recognize the Christian subtext in LotR when first you read it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkienites-did-you-recognize-the-christian-subtext-in-lotr-when-first-you-read-it/607747)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkienites-did-you-recognize-the-christian-subtext-in-lotr-when-first-you-read-it/607747 "2012-01-02T19:18:33Z")
If so, does it make the work more or less enjoyable for you? For that matter, do you even grant that the book\* has Christian subtext? I’ll link to this essay to help y’all prime your points. Suggested by a PM from the… --- ## [Why is maple flavor by far the most popular flavor for breakfast syrups in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-maple-flavor-by-far-the-most-popular-flavor-for-breakfast-syrups-in-the-us/815924)
**Author:** [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-maple-flavor-by-far-the-most-popular-flavor-for-breakfast-syrups-in-the-us/815924 "2018-06-28T00:01:51Z")
Across the US, maple syrup pretty much comes as a standard side with any order of pancakes, waffles, or French toast. Other toppings may be available but aren’t nearly as popular, particularly when you’re talking about s… --- ## [lung capacity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lung-capacity/9419)
**Author:** [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2000, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lung-capacity/9419 "2000-03-31T06:02:00Z")
Okay, so my mom had to go into the hospital to have some fluid removed from her left lung. (It’s a somewhat long story). Anyway, they took out a quart of fluid. That sounds like an awful lot to me. So, how much would the… --- ## [Is it just me or does Hillary Clinton look insanely hot in this picture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-hillary-clinton-look-insanely-hot-in-this-picture/418162)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-hillary-clinton-look-insanely-hot-in-this-picture/418162 "2007-09-10T18:47:07Z")
Hillary Rodham c. 1968 I saw this on Drudge’s page today. I think she was about 21 at the time. Damn. I think it’s partly the angle of the photo, but it’s also the insouciant facial expression, the slight curl of the mo… --- ## [Help! My heart is bleeding liberally! \[Conservative poster question\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-heart-is-bleeding-liberally-conservative-poster-question/192012)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-heart-is-bleeding-liberally-conservative-poster-question/192012 "2003-08-05T04:15:31Z")
There certainly seem to be a lot of posters (new and old) lately throwing around the terms “bleeding heart” and “liberal” as if these are terms which automatically score bonus points if you use them first, and they… --- ## [Best way to go about getting a helicopter flying license?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-go-about-getting-a-helicopter-flying-license/424345)
**Author:** [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-go-about-getting-a-helicopter-flying-license/424345 "2007-11-05T14:56:16Z")
A long time goal of mine is to get a helicopter flying license. I have no background in it, and really no idea of how to even start. Yes, I am doing some research on it, and researching various schools, but I was wonde… --- ## [How quickly we forget (antiwar protesters)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-we-forget-antiwar-protesters/149660)
**Author:** [@Blown\_Injected](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blown_Injected)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-we-forget-antiwar-protesters/149660 "2003-01-25T05:55:51Z")
It is a bunch of crap to hold people who are upset at all the antiwar people as pro-war. Who IS pro-war? Are we gonna wait until Saddam has the time to help the real hateful bunch to mount another attack on the US? It… --- ## [2015 Economic Depression?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-economic-depression/708834)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-economic-depression/708834 "2015-01-06T18:24:38Z")
My friend has been telling me that various people, including Warren Buffett, have been predicting the US going into economic depression in 2015. Here are 2 articles I found about it: http://moneymorning.com/ext/article… --- ## [Was Ancient Greek pederasty damaging to the participants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-greek-pederasty-damaging-to-the-participants/461127)
**Author:** [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-greek-pederasty-damaging-to-the-participants/461127 "2008-08-26T03:54:14Z")
I was just reading a discussion on another bulletin board about paedophilia, and one of the participants essentially claimed that boys in Ancient Greece suffered no ill effects from pedestry, since culturally, it was ok,… --- ## [Cats And Cigarette Smoke In Fur](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-and-cigarette-smoke-in-fur/609319)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-and-cigarette-smoke-in-fur/609319 "2012-01-14T23:25:02Z")
My son (a smoker) is staying with us for a while to help me take care of his mother. Both he and his wife go outside to smoke, but don’t realize that the stink remains on them, and Bert is so loving he’ll get up into an… --- ## [Turning 21 in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-21-in-the-mmp/929626)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-21-in-the-mmp/929626 "2021-01-12T12:27:52Z")
It’s been a while for most of us, but here in the US, turning 21 is a major milestone of life - mostly because it’s the legal drinking age. So, in honor of the new year being 21, let’s wander down Memory Lane to when we … --- ## [Do you like actual storylines with your porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-actual-storylines-with-your-porn/467203)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-actual-storylines-with-your-porn/467203 "2008-10-12T07:44:32Z")
Suggested by this thread. I say yea. I can’t stand the vast, vast, vast, pretend-I-wrote-vast-200-times majority of video porn because there’s no story, and story is what keeps my attention. I need plot. Non-inspid di… --- ## [Mid-air collision at Dallas air show (Breaking news: Nov 12. 2022)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-air-collision-at-dallas-air-show-breaking-news-nov-12-2022/974812)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-air-collision-at-dallas-air-show-breaking-news-nov-12-2022/974812 "2025-05-12T17:32:03Z")
“A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided and crashed at the Wings Over Dallas airshow around 1:20 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.” As a layman having seen on… --- ## [The Climate Nightmare is Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-climate-nightmare-is-here/946242)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-climate-nightmare-is-here/946242 "2021-08-03T11:35:16Z")
This isn’t an anomaly; this is proof of climate change. The Western U.S. has a very, very bleak future, which includes temperatures that humans will simply not be able to survive. --- ## [I'm thinking of commuting by boat--am I crazy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-commuting-by-boat-am-i-crazy/487538)
**Author:** [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-commuting-by-boat-am-i-crazy/487538 "2009-03-04T17:14:17Z")
I work in a town on the Westchester, NY coast. My husband just got a job in eastern Long Island. We both want to live in the Stony Brook area (we’re thinking Port Jefferson), on or near Long Island’s north coast, if at a… --- ## [Change of seasons in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-of-seasons-in-the-mmp/840690)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-of-seasons-in-the-mmp/840690 "2019-09-30T02:42:09Z")
It’s autumn, at least according to the calendar. Locally, we’re expecting temps in the low 90s. That’s so wrong!!! I’m ready to put away the shorts and pull out the hoodies. But, of course, there’s no climate change - … --- ## [North Dakota Voter ID Law Bars Native Americans from Polls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-dakota-voter-id-law-bars-native-americans-from-polls/822839)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-dakota-voter-id-law-bars-native-americans-from-polls/822839 "2018-10-18T13:26:34Z")
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe slammed the Supreme Court’s decision allowing North Dakota to enforce a voter ID law. The law requires voters to present identification that includes a current residential street address … --- ## [Are there any real advantages to a bank over a credit union for an individual](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-real-advantages-to-a-bank-over-a-credit-union-for-an-individual/536296)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-real-advantages-to-a-bank-over-a-credit-union-for-an-individual/536296 "2010-04-19T07:27:54Z")
I currently use a bank for my checking and savings. I’ve looked a some of the credit unions in my area. Less fees, better interest rates. Am I missing something? Is there a reason I shouldn’t move to a credit union? --- ## [So, why did L.A. become the biggest city on the West Coast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-did-l-a-become-the-biggest-city-on-the-west-coast/402786)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-did-l-a-become-the-biggest-city-on-the-west-coast/402786 "2007-05-07T17:00:15Z")
In reference to California’s historical water battles, you often hear the argument that the choice are either that we divert the relatively abundant water of Northern California to Southern California, or that we bring a… --- ## [Is "Toe-rag" Racist/Ethnicist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-toe-rag-racist-ethnicist/723423)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-toe-rag-racist-ethnicist/723423 "2015-06-29T03:08:13Z")
I mentioned having a nasty blister and having to wrap it up in a toe-rag t’other day, and my correspondent said that I shouldn’t use that term, as it is racist. Is it? I always thought “You toe-rag” was nasty without a… --- ## [Prolifers, in what situation is it morally acceptable for a woman to abort pregnancy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prolifers-in-what-situation-is-it-morally-acceptable-for-a-woman-to-abort-pregnancy/279755)
**Author:** [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prolifers-in-what-situation-is-it-morally-acceptable-for-a-woman-to-abort-pregnancy/279755 "2004-12-18T20:12:18Z")
Inspired by this thread: So, pro-lifers, in what situations does a woman have a right to obtain an abortion? I’ll agree that cases where the safety of the woman is at stake should certainly be okay. And of course, ra… --- ## [Love Quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-quotes/35225)
**Author:** [@Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fairy_Princess_Kitty)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-quotes/35225 "2017-06-06T01:17:11Z")
Well, you see I was at the mall recently and I saw all sorts of cute asian stationary. You know, the type with the adorable little asian girls that play every sport known to man and look CUTE while doing it? The type wit… --- ## [Has Creative Labs stopped selling Mp3 Players?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-creative-labs-stopped-selling-mp3-players/612285)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2012, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-creative-labs-stopped-selling-mp3-players/612285 "2012-02-11T07:22:45Z")
Has Creative Labs stopped selling Mp3 Players? I got a heck of a shock tonight. I went to Amazon to get another Zen Mozaic 8Gb mp3 player. Nothing was for sale except outside vendors that wanted outrageous $150 prices… --- ## [I Pit Jesse Leigh: A Witnesser and an Ass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jesse-leigh-a-witnesser-and-an-ass/477989)
**Author:** [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jesse-leigh-a-witnesser-and-an-ass/477989 "2008-12-23T03:45:25Z")
In this thread, Jesse Leigh (whose homepage link leads to a discussion forum called ‘Christian Viewpoint’), posted one of the most infuriatingly moronic things I’ve seen in IMHO in some time: followed by In other wor… --- ## [Saruman cut from "Return of the King" theatrical release?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saruman-cut-from-return-of-the-king-theatrical-release/213000)
**Author:** [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saruman-cut-from-return-of-the-king-theatrical-release/213000 "2003-11-18T17:21:15Z")
If true, this is weird. I’m a bit shocked as well. There’s quite a bit left up in the air for Saruman, especially considering what was left out of the end of The Two Towers. I can’t imagine that they’d just ignore it… --- ## [Why are lips red?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-lips-red/510582)
**Author:** [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-lips-red/510582 "2009-09-22T06:11:25Z")
After watching my fiancee get horrendously seasick on his parents sailboat this past weekend, I noticed that right before the gastrointestinal pyrotechnics ensued, his lips turned very pale white. This got me thinking. … --- ## [Civil war soldier hygiene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-soldier-hygiene/675931)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-soldier-hygiene/675931 "2013-12-14T00:20:24Z")
Anyone know a book I could read that goes over this sanitary conditions of the average soldier? How often they were able to bathe, did they have access to soap, how often did they get to shampoo their hair, etc? Seeing… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1300&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1302&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)