# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=136&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:** 137 --- ## [Why Do People Dislike Modern Architecture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-dislike-modern-architecture/433539)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-dislike-modern-architecture/433539 "2008-02-03T17:38:11Z")
I just saw a new house go up in my neighborhood-and it looks ancient. It has mullioned windows 9of a style from about AD 1600), a brick chimney (1400), and a front entrance withfaux-Greek columsn (300 BC). In short, this… --- ## [Asking an African-American woman to give up a bus seat in the handicapped section makes me racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-an-african-american-woman-to-give-up-a-bus-seat-in-the-handicapped-section-makes-me-racist/674137)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-an-african-american-woman-to-give-up-a-bus-seat-in-the-handicapped-section-makes-me-racist/674137 "2013-11-23T07:47:10Z")
So I was told Friday night. The bus was crowded, but there were some seats in the back. Being both elderly and handicapped, I asked two teenaged African-American girls to please let me sit down. They refused, saying “Th… --- ## [What's the fastest you've gone from really liking a new series to hating it/abandoning it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 314\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-youve-gone-from-really-liking-a-new-series-to-hating-it-abandoning-it/923966 "2022-07-09T16:27:53Z")
As in, a new TV show/book/podcast/website comes up, and you’re automatically hooked, eagerly wait for every new installment, only to see either the format change or the writing just get terrible really quickly and instan… --- ## [My letter slipped under a neighbor's door](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120)
**Author:** [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120 "2010-04-04T05:17:19Z")
1602, I should preface this I’m-sure-unusual note by pointing out (redundantly, now, I suppose) that I am aware of how unusual this note will be. The unusualness stems primarily from the fact that this is neither a comp… --- ## [How do we feel about teachers fired for posting homemade porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-feel-about-teachers-fired-for-posting-homemade-porn/994614)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 1022\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-feel-about-teachers-fired-for-posting-homemade-porn/994614 "2024-03-08T18:59:08Z")
Maybe you’ve seen this story or one related to it. I’m honestly not sure where I stand on this. On the one hand, adults have the right to free expression, and to make money by any legal means they like. It shouldn’t be… --- ## [Ordinary songs that no one notices are actually creepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639)
**Author:** [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Replies:** 287\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2005, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639 "2005-02-02T08:03:40Z")
Slithy Tove shocked me by his interpretation of \*Sad Eyes \*by Robert John: …“the singer’s wife/gf is returning, so he’s kicking out his short-term masterbation alternative, telling her to stop feeling bad… I don’t detec… --- ## [Does America spend too long electing a president?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-america-spend-too-long-electing-a-president/612152)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-america-spend-too-long-electing-a-president/612152 "2015-05-11T18:25:50Z")
I mean, it seems like we’ve been living and breathing presidential-election politics since November at least . . . and it’s another seven months yet just to the Republican Convention. --- ## [Which U.S. city has the most churches per capita?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-city-has-the-most-churches-per-capita/259112)
**Author:** [@bonhoeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonhoeffer)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-city-has-the-most-churches-per-capita/259112 "2013-09-21T17:44:42Z")
I live in Louisville KY and I have always heard that we have the most churches per capita. While hunting online to verify this fact, I saw that Las Vegas and Cincinnati also claim to have the most churches per capita. I … --- ## [Men Choosing to Disengage from Emotional Involvement with Women (... and Bears)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-choosing-to-disengage-from-emotional-involvement-with-women-and-bears/1001627)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 438\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-choosing-to-disengage-from-emotional-involvement-with-women-and-bears/1001627 "2025-03-25T21:47:36Z")
Opening a new thread here in order not to hijack this one. I am one of them. And if that makes me a coward, fine. I’d much rather be a coward than an abuser, even an involuntary one. I’m curious, though. Would you say… --- ## [In which sports do men and women compete equally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-sports-do-men-and-women-compete-equally/509062)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-sports-do-men-and-women-compete-equally/509062 "2010-02-21T05:22:21Z")
I was just watching the Badminton Horse Trials and it struck me that the men and women were competing equally. Are there any other such sports? --- ## [We Have Lost A Friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-lost-a-friend/139658)
**Author:** [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2002, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-lost-a-friend/139658 "2002-12-17T18:26:25Z")
I have just had some REALLY bad news, and I don’t even know how to tell you all. One of my best friends poohpah chalupa was killed Wednesday night. His friend emailed me to let me know and I am so upset and in shock th… --- ## [Travesty on Final Jeopardy 2/5/2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travesty-on-final-jeopardy-2-5-2014/680637)
**Author:** [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travesty-on-final-jeopardy-2-5-2014/680637 "2014-02-16T15:13:08Z")
Today on Final Jeopardy, the category was “The Periodic Table”. The answer was “Of the elements whose symbols don’t match their English names, this element’s symbol comes first alphabetically”. The first guy answered cor… --- ## [Tolkien criticism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-criticism/710676)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-criticism/710676 "2015-02-20T00:30:28Z")
What do literary types complain about when they complain about Tolkien? Other than his descriptions of the plant-life, I mean. I have long suspected that the professor was making fun of himself when he described Bilbo:… --- ## [Cafe Society Confessions: What's yours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 243\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345 "2017-02-21T03:45:32Z")
I consider R.E.M. to be my “favorite band” simply for the amount of songs I enjoy by them. But I HATE ‘Losing My Religion’, and love ‘Shinny Happy People’. --- ## [Trump addresses Congress (2-28)- Doper real-time commentary thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029 "2017-03-03T00:25:17Z")
I don’t plan to watch it (as I’ve had some G.I. issues recently) but maybe some of y’all with strong constitutions will make the sacrifice for the good of the order, and will favor us with a blow-by-blow commentary on th… --- ## [Pitting Amateur Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554)
**Author:** [@Niterover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Niterover)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554 "2015-07-21T18:28:34Z")
First time poster, long time lurker. It was you Amateur Barabarian who moved me to finally register and post. Its your constantly harping on New England. First of all we yankees are pretty smart, stop lumping us all in t… --- ## [Most attractive actresses on TV Shows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881)
**Author:** [@femmejean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femmejean)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881 "2017-12-07T18:08:40Z")
Doesn’t necessarily have to be currently on a TV show but preferably an actress that people know. Hopefully this is gonna get good :D:D:D --- ## [Virginia strikes again - abortion clinics must pass hospital standards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-strikes-again-abortion-clinics-must-pass-hospital-standards/572521)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-strikes-again-abortion-clinics-must-pass-hospital-standards/572521 "2016-06-29T19:34:26Z")
Story here. Well, I know which one I believe. Subject for debate: why is Virginia such a bastion of backwards, reactionary, mealy-mouthed, god-bothering busybodies? Is everything else so rosy there that they have al… --- ## [Gun owners - would you support this compromise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-owners-would-you-support-this-compromise/569127)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 258\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-owners-would-you-support-this-compromise/569127 "2011-02-03T02:47:46Z")
In the wake of the incident in Tuscon, I have come to believe (and I never thought I’d say this) that it needs to be harder for mentally unbalanced people to obtain guns, especially handguns. Right now in many states, an… --- ## [Is it "End scene!" or "And......... Scene!"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-end-scene-or-and-scene/642851)
**Author:** [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-end-scene-or-and-scene/642851 "2022-01-22T03:18:02Z")
It originated as the signal an actor used to tell the casting person that he/she has concluded his audition scene. But this piece of thespian jargon has gone mainstream in the past 20 or so years. In television shows and… --- ## [Gone With The Wind after 75 years - still watchable? Still relevant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gone-with-the-wind-after-75-years-still-watchable-still-relevant/699560)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gone-with-the-wind-after-75-years-still-watchable-still-relevant/699560 "2014-11-14T18:29:01Z")
I was proselytized for this movie many years ago by an ex, who insisted that we attend an original version with the real original credits etc. I thought it was a vast, sprawling soap opera with some very good cinematic m… --- ## [Could a cable channel like HBO show real sexual penetration, oral sex etc. in it's shows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-cable-channel-like-hbo-show-real-sexual-penetration-oral-sex-etc-in-its-shows/622781)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-cable-channel-like-hbo-show-real-sexual-penetration-oral-sex-etc-in-its-shows/622781 "2012-05-26T21:56:47Z")
Just curious. Not clear of what the content limitations of cable TV are. Could you have real explicit penetrative sex depicted on “Game of Thrones” for example? --- ## [Federal judge blocks President's executive order: how?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-judge-blocks-presidents-executive-order-how/778953)
**Author:** [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-judge-blocks-presidents-executive-order-how/778953 "2017-02-12T20:43:52Z")
OK, the actual news headline is “Federal judge in Seattle blocks Trump’s travel ban” but that isn’t the point of the question. Please make this nonpartisan. What is the legal process (or precedent) by which a judge can… --- ## [Bow and Arrow used by Green Berets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-and-arrow-used-by-green-berets/657760)
**Author:** [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-and-arrow-used-by-green-berets/657760 "2017-11-01T19:35:05Z")
I was just browsing Youtube music and ran into this rendition of The Ballad of the Green Beret. One of the pictures (1 minute in) shows a couple of them using bows and arrows. If that is realistic, under what circumstanc… --- ## [Did anybody ever raise their wife's libido?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-ever-raise-their-wifes-libido/546891)
**Author:** [@Ladymarmalade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ladymarmalade)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-ever-raise-their-wifes-libido/546891 "2010-07-21T15:34:57Z")
Just wondering, has anybody ever done anything that worked to make their wife want sex more often, or have any women ever raised their libido themselves? If so, what did you do? --- ## [How do poor people afford everything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-poor-people-afford-everything/641018)
**Author:** [@CEOofPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CEOofPolar)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-poor-people-afford-everything/641018 "2012-11-16T19:31:39Z")
my sister said that she is having trouble paying the bills and she makes 60,000 a year so shes middle class i was wondering about the lower class of like 20 or 30,000 a year how can they afford everything?(mortgage,tv,ph… --- ## [Are we all at most 50th cousins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-all-at-most-50th-cousins/635637)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-all-at-most-50th-cousins/635637 "2018-05-01T12:08:58Z")
I’ve seen the figure 50 tossed around. Is it true? If not, then what is the actual number? An estimate would be fine. (I wanted to share this odd factoid with my girlfriend but I decided that I better get it fact-chec… --- ## [Help me dominate my wife (BDSM?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-dominate-my-wife-bdsm/366793)
**Author:** [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2006, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-dominate-my-wife-bdsm/366793 "2006-08-03T04:34:59Z")
My wife has expressed some interest in some mild bondage games. I was thinking that, for fun, I’d stop by the local Fascinations store & pick up some soft rope. She’s expressed interest in a soft whip (flail? multi-st… --- ## [I Pit the Pampered Chef Party I went to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451)
**Author:** [@badkittypriestess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badkittypriestess)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451 "2007-02-19T16:58:36Z")
I went to a Pampered Chef party a few weekends ago at a friends house, had loads of fun filled out my order, (about $200 worth) hung out with my friend went home later. Got my stuff on Sunday-whoo hoo! So I get a call to… --- ## [What is the most awesome stupid movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-awesome-stupid-movie/704363)
**Author:** [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-awesome-stupid-movie/704363 "2014-12-07T23:50:35Z")
Screen Junkies says it’s this. But I think The Warriors. Maybe Point Break? Independence Day? Bettin’ we could get quite a list together. --- ## ["A female's intelligence etc. is irrelevant to me..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-females-intelligence-etc-is-irrelevant-to-me/634556)
**Author:** [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-females-intelligence-etc-is-irrelevant-to-me/634556 "2013-10-04T13:24:49Z")
“…I don’t even care if she talks to me. All that matters to me is that I’m physically attracted to her and she is nice.” A guy I have been dating for a month or so told me this on Sunday. This actually wasn’t the first … --- ## [What's the funniest YouTube clip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-youtube-clip/587707)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-youtube-clip/587707 "2011-07-19T04:11:38Z")
Please link to it. --- ## [Popular bands everyone loves but you hate.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527 "2014-05-07T02:40:11Z")
Popular band means a group or solo artist that has had multiple hit albums, not one hit wonders. So no saying Men Without Hats. And hate means you dislike everything, or close to everything they’ve done, not just certai… --- ## [Delay in prosecution of Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delay-in-prosecution-of-trump/950708)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 276\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delay-in-prosecution-of-trump/950708 "2023-04-25T15:44:00Z")
Perhaps the wheels of justice move very slowly, but am I alone in being concerned by the length of time that has passed since Trump left office with NO federal criminal charges being filed against him for either his busi… --- ## [I pit Ms. Tara Reade for putting our country through this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ms-tara-reade-for-putting-our-country-through-this/853020)
**Author:** [@Carla.Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carla.Liz)\ **Replies:** 355\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ms-tara-reade-for-putting-our-country-through-this/853020 "2020-05-22T19:30:21Z")
I am not claiming that her account of assault is false, there is no way to be certain of that. Even if she confessed tomorrow that she conjured up (made up) the assault element to her previous allegation of unwanted touc… --- ## [What's the shortest sentence that uses all letters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-shortest-sentence-that-uses-all-letters/313481)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-shortest-sentence-that-uses-all-letters/313481 "2016-08-30T09:45:01Z")
Our typing teacher introduced us to “The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog” because it is a sentence that has all the letters of the alphabet. Useful, that, in a typing class. But what inefficiency! Redundant D,… --- ## [Was that kid really sucking that girls teet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-kid-really-sucking-that-girls-teet/585893)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-kid-really-sucking-that-girls-teet/585893 "2013-04-29T01:06:50Z")
Watching Game of Thrones and Grown Ups (Adam Sandler). In both instances a kid of about 9ish appears to be breast feeding off of a grown woman. Not mad or anything, but I’m sure there’s a double standard in there somewh… --- ## [Best glue to repair a broken guitar neck??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-glue-to-repair-a-broken-guitar-neck/554856)
**Author:** [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-glue-to-repair-a-broken-guitar-neck/554856 "2012-04-29T14:00:05Z")
My 10 year old niece dropped her guitar and the neck broke. It’s not completely broken off, but pretty close. My first impression is to take the strings off, glue it back together, set a few calipers on it and let it s… --- ## [Shot while cuffed and prone - justification?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shot-while-cuffed-and-prone-justification/480234)
**Author:** [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Replies:** 318\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shot-while-cuffed-and-prone-justification/480234 "2010-11-07T01:43:17Z")
I just ran across this video (warning - violence) of a man being shot while under restraint in Oakland, CA. The victim - Oscar Grant - had been detained as part of a response to a reported fight on BART, although as I un… --- ## [Clueless Idiots: The Nobel Committee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 368\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175 "2009-10-26T15:29:40Z")
Or, maybe they should be call the “I Hate George Bush club” What a bunch of crap! How could they possible give the Peace Prize to Obama? Maybe this was their reasoning: He’s increased the troop levels in Afghanistan… --- ## [Need an idea for a Safety Meeting topic. \](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-idea-for-a-safety-meeting-topic-blech/612197)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-idea-for-a-safety-meeting-topic-blech/612197 "2012-02-12T22:42:48Z")
We have monthly safety meetings where I work. (Hey, an office building can be a dangerou place). We rotate between who gives them and the topics are usually things like winter driving tips, back safety, the dangers of … --- ## [Male rock singers with the highest or most feminine voices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-rock-singers-with-the-highest-or-most-feminine-voices/497452)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-rock-singers-with-the-highest-or-most-feminine-voices/497452 "2009-06-04T16:50:06Z")
I just found out that the song Hot Child In The City was sung by a man, Nick Gilder. This is like a mind blowing revelation to me. My whole life I’ve heard this song, since I was 5, and I always assumed it was a woman si… --- ## [Vive Charlie Hebro! French mag publishes naked Muhammad cartoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vive-charlie-hebro-french-mag-publishes-naked-muhammad-cartoons/635160)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vive-charlie-hebro-french-mag-publishes-naked-muhammad-cartoons/635160 "2012-09-27T22:05:20Z")
Link to story This is just what the crazy Muslim protesters need, a vigorous fuck you instead of sniveling apologies for free speech (which, alas, the French government instantly resorted to in response.) Mods: I wasn… --- ## [LOST 6.11 "Happily Ever After"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-6-11-happily-ever-after/535170)
**Author:** [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-6-11-happily-ever-after/535170 "2010-04-12T21:29:13Z")
Mouseover spoiler space. Desmond is back on the island. Richard is back with Team Jacob. And I’m not convinced that the episode title is entirely acurate. Join me in eyeing it suspiciously as we prepare for tonight’s… --- ## [The Ashes 2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ashes-2013/663013)
**Author:** [@rhysf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhysf)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ashes-2013/663013 "2014-02-06T13:00:57Z")
Not long now till the start of the first test. As an Australian, I can’t help feeling a lot more positive about this than I was a few weeks ago, although I’m extremely sceptical that Darren Lehman will make much differe… --- ## [The Trump Recession](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-recession/1014592)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 524\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-recession/1014592 "2026-03-12T23:30:59Z")
I’m surprised that the stock markets aren’t anticipating a recession in the next few months. Everything Trump/Musk are doing should cause a reduction in economic activity: firing lots of workers, reducing government spen… --- ## [The early morning MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204 "2015-02-16T14:45:23Z")
“It’s five o’clock in the morning You’re lying in your bed. You wonder why it’s not morning in your head…” Good morning! Here’s your shiny new MMP. I’m not usually up this early. What time do you usually get up in t… --- ## [Scots: The New Dewar's Ad featuring an Englishwoman doing a Scots accent - okay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scots-the-new-dewars-ad-featuring-an-englishwoman-doing-a-scots-accent-okay/643727)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scots-the-new-dewars-ad-featuring-an-englishwoman-doing-a-scots-accent-okay/643727 "2013-01-01T18:53:18Z")
YouTube here, but if you clicked on this thread, you probably know the ones I am talking about: - YouTube Claire Forlani, is indeed beautiful - but she is English. Given how aggressively she is throwin’ down a Scottis… --- ## [Why do men marry women who don't really satisfy them sexually?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-marry-women-who-dont-really-satisfy-them-sexually/559138)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-marry-women-who-dont-really-satisfy-them-sexually/559138 "2011-11-07T22:53:07Z")
Seriously. I hear about it all the damn time. I’m amazed by the number of men I’ve known and heard about who decided to marry a woman who is pretty far apart from themselves in terms of what they want and enjoy sexuall… --- ## [Scum and villainy: Republicans already throwing Palin under the bus.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scum-and-villainy-republicans-already-throwing-palin-under-the-bus/471420)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 303\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scum-and-villainy-republicans-already-throwing-palin-under-the-bus/471420 "2008-11-12T00:51:53Z")
Please pardon the egregious use of this election cycle’s most onerous political cliche, but it’s particularly appropriate here. Fox News is running the following story: …in which the Republicans give the … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=135&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=137&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)