# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1308&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:** 1309 --- ## [Don't Get Me Wrong But -- Should I Really Donate For Japan Quake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-me-wrong-but-should-i-really-donate-for-japan-quake/574443)
**Author:** [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-me-wrong-but-should-i-really-donate-for-japan-quake/574443 "2011-03-18T20:14:25Z")
I know and work with a lot of people in Japan. Fortunately after a flurry of messages they’re okay if shaken (eh). So I saw on Google, and got from a number of Japanese trade organizations whose mailing list I’m on, li… --- ## [MS Word, getting rid of bulleted lists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-getting-rid-of-bulleted-lists/616932)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-getting-rid-of-bulleted-lists/616932 "2012-03-28T04:49:46Z")
Friend sends me a Word .doc file (I’m using Office 2007) all nicely decorated with Bulleted Lists And I want to get rid of the bullets, and just have the text, without the magical active indented paragraph formats. I… --- ## [Misappropriation of Lost Property](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misappropriation-of-lost-property/537260)
**Author:** [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misappropriation-of-lost-property/537260 "2010-05-01T18:30:24Z")
I was reading that they are considering criminal charges in the case of the lost iPhone. I couldn’t see how criminal charges could be used when the iPhone was lost, not stolen, but the article mentioned a charge called “… --- ## [Ha! Sarah Palin caught using sockpuppet Facebook account](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-sarah-palin-caught-using-sockpuppet-facebook-account/572260)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-sarah-palin-caught-using-sockpuppet-facebook-account/572260 "2011-02-23T18:24:58Z")
Now that’s some funny shit. --- ## [There've been no squcky autopsy threads lately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thereve-been-no-squcky-autopsy-threads-lately/358298)
**Author:** [@gabriela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gabriela)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2006, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thereve-been-no-squcky-autopsy-threads-lately/358298 "2006-05-27T09:55:07Z")
So let’s start a new one, just for me. I need a volunteer for an autopsy. You get to hover above your body during it and look down, in approved Coming-to-the-light fashion. I’ll describe for you what I find. I hope Sam… --- ## [Should Employers Be Legally Obliged To Advertise Positions They've Already Filled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-employers-be-legally-obliged-to-advertise-positions-theyve-already-filled/513383)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-employers-be-legally-obliged-to-advertise-positions-theyve-already-filled/513383 "2009-10-15T04:23:17Z")
Anyone who has applied for jobs (particularly with Governments, it seems) will be familiar with the hoop-jumping and insane amount of paperwork to apply for a position that- it will often invariably turn out- has already… --- ## [Do European men like to look at naked women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-european-men-like-to-look-at-naked-women/167324)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-european-men-like-to-look-at-naked-women/167324 "2003-04-14T04:42:19Z")
In a recent debate with my brother-in-law who is British, born and raised in Cape Town SA though. We were talking about a calender released a few years ago with naked school teachers on every cover. They were not the i… --- ## [Which one of these, in your view, is the correct definition of the word "nation?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-of-these-in-your-view-is-the-correct-definition-of-the-word-nation/698533)
**Author:** [@ILikeForeignLanguages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ILikeForeignLanguages)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2014, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-of-these-in-your-view-is-the-correct-definition-of-the-word-nation/698533 "2014-09-28T11:46:58Z")
A sovereign state A people group with its own native language and identity --- ## [Suggest a good scotch for my drinks cabinet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-scotch-for-my-drinks-cabinet/567489)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-scotch-for-my-drinks-cabinet/567489 "2011-02-01T16:07:47Z")
Note that I said a good scotch, not a great one. Basically, what I’m looking for is the best of the American mass-market, commonly available brands out there. You may have a favorite bottle of truly magnificent, century … --- ## [Ph.D. vs M.D.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ph-d-vs-m-d/132433)
**Author:** [@moocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moocher)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ph-d-vs-m-d/132433 "2002-10-26T06:35:43Z")
Hello all–newbie here. Don’t know if this is the right forum for this question, but I want to make sure my account is working. I was wondering which is the higher degree: a Ph.D. or a M.D. . My brother went to Hopkins… --- ## [Celebrities who have killed people (in a non-military context)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-killed-people-in-a-non-military-context/380910)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-killed-people-in-a-non-military-context/380910 "2006-12-04T15:13:39Z")
I’m trying to think of celebrities who have killed people, either deliberately or accidentally. The only stipulations here are that the celebrity in question is not famous for being a criminal (people with a criminal pas… --- ## [Demons aren't making you take drugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demons-arent-making-you-take-drugs/533920)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demons-arent-making-you-take-drugs/533920 "2010-04-01T15:35:22Z")
I was reading an obituary of Corey Haim yesterday and there were three seperate uses of the phrase “fighting his personal demons”. Corey Haim was not fighting demons. He had a drug addiction. I understand that the peopl… --- ## [Kerry's Acceptance Speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerrys-acceptance-speech/257517)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerrys-acceptance-speech/257517 "2004-08-02T00:48:45Z")
What do you want to hear Kerry say tongiht? I’d like to hear him clearly state his views on the Iraq war. Was it the right thing to do or not? No wishy-washy BS blather, was it right or wrong? Then tell me what you’… --- ## [Seriously guys, does this kind of thing ever work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-guys-does-this-kind-of-thing-ever-work/413310)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-guys-does-this-kind-of-thing-ever-work/413310 "2007-07-29T22:51:44Z")
This morning as I was walking to the Metro North station to get to work I came to an intersection and paused, waiting for the red hand to turn into a little blinking man. Across the street was this guy who was staring a… --- ## [The Return of the White Elephant!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316)
**Author:** [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316 "2001-09-05T21:01:43Z")
That’s right, kiddies, clean your closets, scour that attics and dig deep in that dark, spider-webby corner of the garage: The White Elephant rides again! With the \[sub\]somewhat\[/sub\] wild success of the inaugural White… --- ## [Where is the EU heading?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-eu-heading/597546)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-eu-heading/597546 "2011-10-04T01:05:32Z")
Where is the EU heading in the short to medium term? A good percentage of the EU countries are now tied to a currency that seems to be beset with fundamental problems (and arguably, was beset with these problems from th… --- ## [Are there any European countries that are particularly easy for an American to move to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-european-countries-that-are-particularly-easy-for-an-american-to-move-to/507011)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-european-countries-that-are-particularly-easy-for-an-american-to-move-to/507011 "2009-08-23T15:06:07Z")
I’m not considering emigrating myself (though one never knows down the road and all), but I’m just curious. I know that it’s very difficult for an American to become a citizen of England or France or, per my understandi… --- ## [The latest in slimy saleshole tactics. Have you encountered any new sales trickery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-in-slimy-saleshole-tactics-have-you-encountered-any-new-sales-trickery/843766)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-in-slimy-saleshole-tactics-have-you-encountered-any-new-sales-trickery/843766 "2019-12-06T21:04:48Z")
Yesterday someone knocked on the door and on the security cam I saw an apparent utility worker. Some type of uniform, hard hat, and a hi-visibility vest. Normally I ignore anyone at the door, but decided it might be im… --- ## [The Bomber Always Gets Through-Why Were Allied Air Chiefs So Naive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bomber-always-gets-through-why-were-allied-air-chiefs-so-naive/616403)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bomber-always-gets-through-why-were-allied-air-chiefs-so-naive/616403 "2012-04-01T12:52:24Z")
Both the RAF and USAAF bomber proponents thought that the lumbering bombers could defend themselves from fighter attack. Yet, the sad experience was otherwise-RAF bomber losses were so high, that the RAF switched to ni… --- ## [Show me the funny!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-the-funny/635899)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-the-funny/635899 "2012-10-02T16:11:03Z")
Be it cartoon, photo, joke, skit or song, what is the funniest thing you have ever seen or heard? One per customer-no lists please. Mine would have to be Tim Conway’s elephant story from The Carol Burnett Show. --- ## [Costa Concordia Salvage Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costa-concordia-salvage-question/669117)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costa-concordia-salvage-question/669117 "2019-04-24T17:45:07Z")
If you’ve seen the photos/video of the salvage operation you’ve seen the bank of cables and pulleys on the port side of the ship. Anyone know to what these cables are anchored? --- ## [Sibling Disparity - Did your parents treat you and your siblings equally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sibling-disparity-did-your-parents-treat-you-and-your-siblings-equally/352005)
**Author:** [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sibling-disparity-did-your-parents-treat-you-and-your-siblings-equally/352005 "2006-04-11T17:56:13Z")
I have a strange family tree. 1 brother, 3 sisters, and all of them are half siblings. Only two of my sisters are actually full siblings to each other. My oldest sister, I never met until last year. I spent most of m… --- ## [\*gasp!\* Cuban Model might not be working?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasp-cuban-model-might-not-be-working/553141)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasp-cuban-model-might-not-be-working/553141 "2010-09-12T01:13:06Z")
I know…shocking. It seems that the Cuban Model (Cuban Communist system I presume) isn’t working ‘anymore’…even for the Cuban’s. Well, if you can believe the source, which is the notorious right wing conservative and an… --- ## [In this driving situation at an intersection, which one should yield?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-driving-situation-at-an-intersection-which-one-should-yield/811158)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2018, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-driving-situation-at-an-intersection-which-one-should-yield/811158 "2018-04-18T03:49:07Z")
Suppose two roads cross, one with stop signs and the other without. This is in the US, where we drive on the right. The road without stops is busy. One car on the stop road comes to the intersection and stops, waiting to… --- ## [Always Hungry, Always Eating, No Weight Gain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/always-hungry-always-eating-no-weight-gain/55451)
**Author:** [@OneChance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneChance)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2001, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/always-hungry-always-eating-no-weight-gain/55451 "2001-02-23T09:10:24Z")
All right, I know this is a problem that many people wish they had, but I’m actually trying to put on weight (I’m 5’10", 150 lbs) so maybe putting this out there will help. I am almost always hungry. What I mean is, I c… --- ## [Have you heard of the Iditarod?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-the-iditarod/836697)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-the-iditarod/836697 "2019-08-03T02:18:45Z")
I was playing Taboo last night with my family, all of whom have college educations. The word was “Sled”. I had a list of words I could not say. So I said, “In the Iditarod, the animals race by pulling these…” (dog was n… --- ## [Schools being offered bribes to force kids to see Ben Stein's Creationism movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-being-offered-bribes-to-force-kids-to-see-ben-steins-creationism-movie/435290)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-being-offered-bribes-to-force-kids-to-see-ben-steins-creationism-movie/435290 "2008-01-31T00:03:04Z")
In an effort to artficially inflate box office numbers for Expelled, Ben Stein’s stupid-ass Creationist/Christian persecution film, they’re offering cash kickbacks to Christian schools who force their students to pay for… --- ## ["You can't be a Conservative and a Comedian" - What does this even mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-be-a-conservative-and-a-comedian-what-does-this-even-mean/823994)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2018, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-be-a-conservative-and-a-comedian-what-does-this-even-mean/823994 "2018-11-13T05:25:03Z")
I hear variations of this all the time (for clarification, you can replace conservative with right-wing or some other variation of that word) , “Conservative comedy isn’t funny”, “There’s no such thing as a conservative … --- ## [Okay, THAT'S IT, I'm getting the shovel (v. long, and v. strange)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-thats-it-im-getting-the-shovel-v-long-and-v-strange/125221)
**Author:** [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2002, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-thats-it-im-getting-the-shovel-v-long-and-v-strange/125221 "2002-09-16T07:31:16Z")
Some of you may remember my averse reaction to the most morbid Christmas ornament ever to grace this planet, the Disembodied Santa Head (Of Death). For those of you who are unfamiliar with this abomination, it is a depic… --- ## [In Your Opinion, what is the nastiest flavor of medicine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-what-is-the-nastiest-flavor-of-medicine/736658)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel_Boone_Fanatic)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-what-is-the-nastiest-flavor-of-medicine/736658 "2015-11-09T06:33:33Z")
From my personal experience, Orange Citrus takes the cake as the worst flavor of medicine --- ## [Any old movies about the future that got it right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-old-movies-about-the-future-that-got-it-right/493075)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-old-movies-about-the-future-that-got-it-right/493075 "2009-04-18T03:12:55Z")
Yahoo has this slideshow about movies that were pretty off in predicting what the future would be like. Are there any examples where the filmakers got it right (or at least parts of it right)? Any movies made prior to … --- ## [Do most people actually realize you reelect Congress every two years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-people-actually-realize-you-reelect-congress-every-two-years/643185)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-people-actually-realize-you-reelect-congress-every-two-years/643185 "2012-12-16T05:10:56Z")
I mean, holy fuck…You hear all this hooplah about the government doing this and that and how no one likes them on the whole (somehow they have climbed back to a 16% approval rate). Yet, you rarely see an huge shifts in C… --- ## [Love songs with no specified gender](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-songs-with-no-specified-gender/662403)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-songs-with-no-specified-gender/662403 "2017-12-12T14:01:09Z")
I was listening to the radio today and the Jason Derulo song The Other Side came on and it struck me that he never specifies the gender of the person he’s singing it about. That got me thinking about love/relationship/b… --- ## [2006 Weight Loss Club - October](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2006-weight-loss-club-october/374776)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2006, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2006-weight-loss-club-october/374776 "2006-11-01T12:33:47Z")
In an effort to keep this thread from becomming too large, here is the October Weight Loss Thread. Good luck losing. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Fictional works of fiction.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-works-of-fiction/328337)
**Author:** [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-works-of-fiction/328337 "2005-11-01T18:16:56Z")
No, I’m not being redundant. I’m reading A Fall of Moondust and wondering once again exactly how I got to this age having read so little Arthur C. Clarke. Anyway, in the book, some of the characters pass the time by re… --- ## [How many home runs will Barry Bonds hit this season?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-home-runs-will-barry-bonds-hit-this-season/68231)
**Author:** [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-home-runs-will-barry-bonds-hit-this-season/68231 "2001-10-09T17:51:01Z")
If he stays healthy, I say the guy has a chance of hitting more than 70. (Remember when 61 seemed unbreakable?) He already has 32 HRs with 101 games left to play. He plays in a relatively small ball park (Pac Bell measur… --- ## [Relationship thing: Should I be annoyed at my girlfriend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relationship-thing-should-i-be-annoyed-at-my-girlfriend/322187)
**Author:** [@wasson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wasson)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relationship-thing-should-i-be-annoyed-at-my-girlfriend/322187 "2005-09-22T18:57:47Z")
So, I’m dating a girl. We’ve been dating about 2.5 months now, but have been friends for more than a decade. A week or 2 ago, I asked her if she’d go with me to a wedding-reception-type-event (the wedding was in another… --- ## [alcohol and consent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-and-consent/608358)
**Author:** [@abluetile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abluetile)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-and-consent/608358 "2012-01-07T01:37:39Z")
what amount of alcohol renders the drinker incapable of giving consent to sex? is it visibly intoxicated? or if one observes or is informed that another has had a sip of alcohol, that other person is incapable of givin… --- ## [Stainless bolts in cast aluminum. Corrosive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stainless-bolts-in-cast-aluminum-corrosive/492350)
**Author:** [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stainless-bolts-in-cast-aluminum-corrosive/492350 "2013-12-16T01:11:29Z")
One of my grease zerks got knocked out of the rocker arm assembly on my motorcycle. It’s poor design, the fittings hang low like the teats on a sow and a pot-hole or a curb is perfect for snapping them out. I’m one of … --- ## [Great athletes prior to 1955 that could still dominate their sport today\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-athletes-prior-to-1955-that-could-still-dominate-their-sport-today/663460)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2013, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-athletes-prior-to-1955-that-could-still-dominate-their-sport-today/663460 "2013-07-17T06:36:45Z")
\*If cloned and brought up with modern nutrition, facilities, and training. Why? Because the classic answer is you can’t compare a Babe Ruth with a slugger of 2013 or even 1980. Too much has changed in sport, and too m… --- ## [Song identification, PLEASE help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-identification-please-help/549406)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-identification-please-help/549406 "2011-06-06T00:12:33Z")
I heard a distinctive song when I was at CVS. CVS is a 24 hour pharmacy. The song playing was an adult-contemporary type song. There was a female vocalist. She had the Sarah McLachlan type voice, quite distinct sounding … --- ## [What would be a historically accurate costume for one of the Wise Men (aka Magi)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-a-historically-accurate-costume-for-one-of-the-wise-men-aka-magi/477795)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-a-historically-accurate-costume-for-one-of-the-wise-men-aka-magi/477795 "2018-12-27T02:13:38Z")
In my church’s little Christmas pageant I was volunteered to be one of the Magi ( CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Magi - 1917 Catholic Encyclopedia ). It’s my choice whether I will be Gaspar, Balthasar or Melchior. If I understan… --- ## [Was I an asshole (to a guy in a wheelchair)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-i-an-asshole-to-a-guy-in-a-wheelchair/747639)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-i-an-asshole-to-a-guy-in-a-wheelchair/747639 "2016-03-11T05:50:01Z")
Got a domestic squabble I need input on. Shopping in the supermarket with the missus, there’s a guy in a wheelchair reaching for something on a higher shelf, I say “Want me to get that for ya?”, he just says “No thanks”… --- ## [What does the Swedish Chef say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-swedish-chef-say/213196)
**Author:** [@aurelian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurelian)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-swedish-chef-say/213196 "2003-11-18T13:18:09Z")
Help me settle a bet - is it ‘Mork mork mork’ or ‘Bork bork bork’? I’m going with bork bork bork. --- ## [Let (Me / the Right One) In](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-the-right-one-in/600638)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-the-right-one-in/600638 "2011-10-29T15:25:08Z")
Just watched both back to back, American one first then the Swedish one. Turns out this may be the longest unsearchable title in SDMB history, since the only word longer than three letters is disallowed for being too com… --- ## [Fuck buddies: Yay or nay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-buddies-yay-or-nay/207040)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-buddies-yay-or-nay/207040 "2003-10-18T02:29:47Z")
From my last rant, I kinda broadened my opinion about sex and how people approach it in different ways; http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=216155 Now, after hearing about how three of my fri… --- ## [When did the 21st century begin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-21st-century-begin/725495)
**Author:** [@SeniorCitizen007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeniorCitizen007)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-21st-century-begin/725495 "2015-07-21T12:15:32Z")
Here in the UK almost everybody believes that it began on 1st Jan 2000 When the oldest person born in Britain (born 1899) died she was described as ‘the last person born in the 19th century’ … but there was someone bor… --- ## [xkcd: Umwelt--web browsers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-umwelt-web-browsers/617896)
**Author:** [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-umwelt-web-browsers/617896 "2012-04-06T23:51:37Z")
I read the mouse-over text on this comic using IE. It mentioned that, “everything about you shapes the world you inhabit” including your web browser. So I thought to check the same page using Safari; no difference. Bu… --- ## [Amber Tamblyn, 28, to marry David Cross, 47](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amber-tamblyn-28-to-marry-david-cross-47/593091)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amber-tamblyn-28-to-marry-david-cross-47/593091 "2011-08-20T14:20:22Z")
I wish them well, but I have to say the matchup surprises me, for the age difference if nothing else. --- ## [Defiance (new SyFy series/game/something) - any chance this is going to be good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defiance-new-syfy-series-game-something-any-chance-this-is-going-to-be-good/636368)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defiance-new-syfy-series-game-something-any-chance-this-is-going-to-be-good/636368 "2013-06-27T15:43:13Z")
http://defiance.com/en/ Apparently it’s a combination of TV series and multiplayer online game, set on Earth, after a (seemingly somewhat botched) alien invasion/colonisation attempt. I like the mix of spaceships and w… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1307&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1309&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)