# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1360&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:** 1361 --- ## [Mike Shelton: Conservative, Editorial Cartoonist, FUCKHEAD!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-shelton-conservative-editorial-cartoonist-fuckhead/393269)
**Author:** [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-shelton-conservative-editorial-cartoonist-fuckhead/393269 "2007-02-26T01:27:13Z")
Normally, when faced with a blatantly neo-conservative viewpoint, I am able to take it for the misguided propaganda that it is and move on. Until yesterday. I opened my local newspaper to the editorial page and came fa… --- ## [Driving is Only a Privilege, but Bearing a Gun is a Right.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-is-only-a-privilege-but-bearing-a-gun-is-a-right/498760)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-is-only-a-privilege-but-bearing-a-gun-is-a-right/498760 "2009-06-07T15:40:34Z")
Seems rather odd doesn’t it ? For most of us in today’s society, driving is essential for the pusuit of happiness while owning and/or bearing a gun is merely an option that most people don’t even bother exercise. If… --- ## [How would the police handcuff a one-armed man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-police-handcuff-a-one-armed-man/217151)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-police-handcuff-a-one-armed-man/217151 "2003-12-09T01:04:16Z")
That\`s it, well? --- ## [When mods mess up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-mods-mess-up/760182)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2016, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-mods-mess-up/760182 "2016-08-06T09:49:00Z")
In light of the controversy in this thread, there appears to be uncertainty about what’s supposed to happen when an SDMB moderator violates the board’s rules. The following is intended to clarify things: The mods are … --- ## [Are domestic cats really domesticated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-domestic-cats-really-domesticated/359208)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-domestic-cats-really-domesticated/359208 "2013-05-21T16:18:46Z")
I am not terribly familiar with animals, having never had a pet smarter than a goldfish, but it occurs to me that domestic cats seem to have a “wild” temperament. A cat that doesn’t receive human socialization will be ab… --- ## [Is poker gambling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-poker-gambling/687645)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-poker-gambling/687645 "2014-05-07T03:02:28Z")
I’m trying to convince people that it’s not, but I wanted to see what arguments are out there. Preferably, examples should be about hold 'em. My main argument is about odds. If you will make your hand 1 out of 3 times (… --- ## [Would you go to a libertine club?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-libertine-club/632951)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-libertine-club/632951 "2015-09-16T16:39:56Z")
I know they exist elsewhere, but I’ve only seen them and been in one while in Paris. Basicly they are sex clubs. Usually the requirement to be able to enter is to be a couple. One side of the club looks like a normal … --- ## [Teach me (and AudreyK) how to play Magic: The Gathering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-and-audreyk-how-to-play-magic-the-gathering/132287)
**Author:** [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-and-audreyk-how-to-play-magic-the-gathering/132287 "2003-02-25T00:01:54Z")
A combination of my watching Yu-Gi-Oh, our need to find an economical way of spending an evening, and a few other factors, have resulted in AudreyK (Best Roommate Ever\[sup\]TM\[/sup\]) and I developing a desire to learn how… --- ## [Types of people who only exist in movies and TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-people-who-only-exist-in-movies-and-tv/542616)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-people-who-only-exist-in-movies-and-tv/542616 "2010-06-10T18:39:59Z")
Inspiring post. The discussion was about hitmen, and Astoria points out that the popular imaginging of what a hitman is doesn’t really exist. Examples limited to human beings with normal mortal powers (obviously vampir… --- ## [Jeb requests DA probe of M. Schiavo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-requests-da-probe-of-m-schiavo/309838)
**Author:** [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-requests-da-probe-of-m-schiavo/309838 "2005-07-11T19:48:01Z")
Words fail me. You shit for brains worthless sack of goat turds. You sanctimonious son of a whore. You have sold your ass so many times to so many glad handers and bag men you have no fucking idea who owns it. After 1… --- ## [Pope says all animals go to Heaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-says-all-animals-go-to-heaven/706785)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-says-all-animals-go-to-heaven/706785 "2014-12-13T19:41:14Z")
According to Pope Francis, all animals are God’s creatures and will go to Heaven. I wonder if this includes all animals, including cockroaches? Will all the natural predatory animals be turned into vegetarians? Will sl… --- ## [End of Current Primary System](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-current-primary-system/696658)
**Author:** [@JesterX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JesterX)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-current-primary-system/696658 "2014-09-10T14:57:58Z")
I looked around for a thread with a similar topic but didn’t see one so apologies if this is a dupe. The current primary system where, in most jurisdictions, only registered party members can vote, tends to pick the mos… --- ## [What was donnie darko about exactly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-donnie-darko-about-exactly/252373)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-donnie-darko-about-exactly/252373 "2004-08-29T01:26:50Z")
I’m going to give away the plot if anyone cares about that. Did Frank time travel back in time in an effort to make donnie darko die so he could save his own life? The way i see it 3 things that happened when Donnie Kil… --- ## [How long do you rest between each run?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-rest-between-each-run/568888)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-rest-between-each-run/568888 "2011-01-26T14:26:17Z")
How long to do you rest between each run, and how long/far do you run each time? Are there any recommended guidelines? --- ## [Yorkshire pudding with oil instead of beef drippings. Any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkshire-pudding-with-oil-instead-of-beef-drippings-any-good/731374)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkshire-pudding-with-oil-instead-of-beef-drippings-any-good/731374 "2015-09-20T13:59:45Z")
As an American, I’ve been toying with the idea of making Yorkshire pudding lately. The problem is that I almost never have beef drippings on hand as I never make roasts. The recipes that I’ve seen call for either dripp… --- ## [Fucking Republican Hypocrytes on Military records](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-republican-hypocrytes-on-military-records/461932)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-republican-hypocrytes-on-military-records/461932 "2008-09-10T04:20:41Z")
Holy Fucking Crap!! Fred Thompson last night gave a decent overview of McCain’s significant military record. He’s a hero, no doubt about it. But for the sake of honesty and reality , that was 40 years ago wasn’t it? Ther… --- ## [SDMB financial problems.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-financial-problems/720532)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-financial-problems/720532 "2015-05-24T23:26:42Z")
If I understand correctly, the buffering problem here isn’t going to get fixed because TPTB don’t want to spend the money. I’m not an IT guy so forgive me if I’m being incredibly naive, but if it’s just a matter of buyi… --- ## [How strange/inappropriate was this doctor's behavior?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-strange-inappropriate-was-this-doctors-behavior/667895)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-strange-inappropriate-was-this-doctors-behavior/667895 "2013-09-04T14:23:58Z")
My long-time primary care physician just retired. On Friday I had my first appointment with a new PCP. It’ll also be my last, for two reasons: one of which I’m certain is reasonable, one of which I’m not sure about. Fir… --- ## [Next energy scam, or is Cold fusion coming back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-energy-scam-or-is-cold-fusion-coming-back/605221)
**Author:** [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-energy-scam-or-is-cold-fusion-coming-back/605221 "2011-12-10T13:59:14Z")
http://pesn.com/2011/11/29/9601965\_A\_Week\_of\_E-Cat\_News\_Flurry/ Several sources are reporting that small fusion based power systems are going up for sale but that everything is quiet due to lack of patent protection. N… --- ## [EPA wants power companies to cut CO2 output by 30%](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epa-wants-power-companies-to-cut-co2-output-by-30/689862)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2014, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epa-wants-power-companies-to-cut-co2-output-by-30/689862 "2014-06-04T07:41:11Z")
An article in Monday’s WSJ talks about the EPA requiring a reduction in CO2 output by fossil fuel burning power companies. From my limited chemistry/physics, CO2 is a product of perfect combustion. It’s not a by-produc… --- ## [How do girls stand to wear mini-skirts in sub-zero temperatures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-girls-stand-to-wear-mini-skirts-in-sub-zero-temperatures/391032)
**Author:** [@Chasing\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chasing_Dreams)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-girls-stand-to-wear-mini-skirts-in-sub-zero-temperatures/391032 "2007-02-09T22:55:34Z")
Today I was at the bus stop waiting for my bus to go home. It was nighttime and the temperature was about freezing. There was some wind chill that I could feel. Out of one bus came a girl wearing a mini-skirt! In the mid… --- ## [It's my first day of law school!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-first-day-of-law-school/549747)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-first-day-of-law-school/549747 "2014-05-22T04:16:42Z")
Actually, it’s my first day of law school orientation, which for some reason is five days long. Still, it’s my first “first day of school” since 1999. I don’t remember there being required reading or assignments due last… --- ## [Mostly dead Republicans playing poker makes a place at the table for Sarah Palin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mostly-dead-republicans-playing-poker-makes-a-place-at-the-table-for-sarah-palin/619612)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mostly-dead-republicans-playing-poker-makes-a-place-at-the-table-for-sarah-palin/619612 "2012-04-24T15:39:19Z")
Original Now with Sarah Palin goodness! --- ## [Did Watson have a gambling problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-watson-have-a-gambling-problem/535682)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2010, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-watson-have-a-gambling-problem/535682 "2010-04-13T10:29:15Z")
I finally saw the movie Sherlock Holmes this week. About what I expected. But one question. In the movie Watson had a gambling problem. Was that something from Conan Doyle that I hadn’t know or was this something invent… --- ## [Why the medieval antipathy toward baths?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-medieval-antipathy-toward-baths/415533)
**Author:** [@MerryMagdalen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerryMagdalen)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-medieval-antipathy-toward-baths/415533 "2007-08-17T23:39:07Z")
I’m reading a book on the Black Plague right now, and one of the risk factors was that medieval people lived in filthy areas and didn’t bathe. I’ve also read other histories where high-born people actually bragged about… --- ## [What are Mexicans????](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-mexicans/63599)
**Author:** [@kgriffey79](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kgriffey79)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2001, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-mexicans/63599 "2001-06-01T02:22:20Z")
Okay, I was wondering how Mexicans are classified racially. I know that some mexicans are spanish while others are indian and others are mestizo. I also know that there are three main racial branches, Negroid, Caucasiod,… --- ## [Strobe Lights on School Buses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strobe-lights-on-school-buses/329827)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strobe-lights-on-school-buses/329827 "2012-02-01T00:18:16Z")
Over the last year or two, I’ve noticed school buses driving along with a flashing strobe light on the top of the bus. My first assumption (and this just shows I’ve read way too many bad thrillers) was that this was to s… --- ## [AC/refrigeration is perhaps the greatest invention of modern times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-refrigeration-is-perhaps-the-greatest-invention-of-modern-times/689958)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-refrigeration-is-perhaps-the-greatest-invention-of-modern-times/689958 "2014-06-10T07:04:10Z")
Better, for my money, than automobiles, jet air travel, radio, TV, even the Internet. Yet I don’t often see it listed among “modern marvels”. Seems a lot of people kind of take it for granted. (It’s fair, isn’t it, to… --- ## [MLB: September 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2021/950347)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2021/950347 "2021-10-05T18:30:07Z")
Already a week into September and I forgot to start a new thread. Some interesting playoff battles along with a bunch of teams playing out the season after trading away everyone. Keeping my eye on the NL West and the Y… --- ## [English nobility speaking french in the middle ages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-nobility-speaking-french-in-the-middle-ages/245175)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-nobility-speaking-french-in-the-middle-ages/245175 "2004-05-16T13:48:48Z")
I saw this post on another message board. It’s admittedly a far less ‘clever’ message board than this one and is mostly populated by ill-informed teenagers. But this did make me wonder. It’s the type of ‘fact’ that… --- ## [Why no nationwide hot dog chains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-nationwide-hot-dog-chains/959259)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-nationwide-hot-dog-chains/959259 "2022-02-18T23:27:57Z")
I love hot dogs, as most Americans do, whether at backyard BBQs or baseball stadiums, but why no nationwide chains. I know there’s Der Wienerschnitzel in Cali, and Nations on East Coast, but other than them, what? --- ## [Military Dopers: Do soldiers/marines/airmen like Obama's military policy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-dopers-do-soldiers-marines-airmen-like-obamas-military-policy/489225)
**Author:** [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-dopers-do-soldiers-marines-airmen-like-obamas-military-policy/489225 "2009-03-18T16:47:38Z")
Do they like him as a leader? If not, why not? --- ## [Can't hear the announcers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-hear-the-announcers/765073)
**Author:** [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-hear-the-announcers/765073 "2017-08-29T01:47:45Z")
I sitting here watching the Uinv of Texas vs. Notre Dame game on ABC and they have the background noise so loud that you cannot hear the announcers. You can make out what the color guy is saying if you try, but the play… --- ## [The Revised One Hundred Most Influential People Elimination Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808 "2010-04-21T03:48:34Z")
After some though I’ve decided to create a new game based on Hart’s list with clarified rules. I request the mods to close the old one. In accordance with Left Hand of Darkness suggestions the new rule is the net negat… --- ## [I must say I adhere to this definition of liberal.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-say-i-adhere-to-this-definition-of-liberal/216099)
**Author:** [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-say-i-adhere-to-this-definition-of-liberal/216099 "2003-12-21T17:50:37Z")
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/35\_kennedy/psources/ps\_nyliberal.html Should not everyone? --- ## [Let's talk about going to the drive-in movie theater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-going-to-the-drive-in-movie-theater/834094)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-going-to-the-drive-in-movie-theater/834094 "2019-05-22T20:21:51Z")
My parent were not fun people. We didn’t have people over. Didn’t take vacations. Didn’t eat out. Didn’t go to the movies much, but we did occasionally go to the drive-in, probably because it was cheap and comfortable. T… --- ## [Lover filmed sex w/o consent...illegal? Options?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lover-filmed-sex-w-o-consent-illegal-options/715522)
**Author:** [@Chetumal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chetumal)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lover-filmed-sex-w-o-consent-illegal-options/715522 "2015-03-26T16:18:01Z")
I have a friend with a complete asshole for a new boyfriend. She was in the process of getting ready to dump him for good when he revealed that he had secretly taken video of them in bed. He claims that they (he) can ma… --- ## [I'm back in the MMP!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-in-the-mmp/800215)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-in-the-mmp/800215 "2017-11-06T04:42:29Z")
Vacation over. Alarm woke me at 5. Rainy morning. Crap on my desk. Yep, I’m back and it’s Moanday. :smiley: Happy Moanday, fellow Mumpers! --- ## [Once Upon A Time - Nov. 4, 2012 - "Tallahassee"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-nov-4-2012-tallahassee/639894)
**Author:** [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-nov-4-2012-tallahassee/639894 "2012-11-07T03:57:53Z")
Episode 206 Last week’s episode about Regina and Doctor Whale/Frankenstein was kind of meh. Hopefully this will be better. Two-line description of tonight’s episode from Wikipedia: I believe the guest star will be … --- ## [Those coachman statues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-coachman-statues/528410)
**Author:** [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-coachman-statues/528410 "2011-08-02T21:52:54Z")
Is there a formal name for those statues, usually about two to four feet high, of a servant holding a lamp, that used to be found on the driveways of suburban homes ? I’m trying to find pictures of them, but I can’t thin… --- ## [Foods You'll Eat Frozen But Shouldn't Be Frozen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-youll-eat-frozen-but-shouldnt-be-frozen/506353)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-youll-eat-frozen-but-shouldnt-be-frozen/506353 "2009-08-20T22:01:54Z")
I was coming out of the grocery store today and a couple (man and woman) were ahead of me (we had both paid and heading toward the exit) and the guy stops, pauses, grabs a package of link sausages and pops it open and pu… --- ## [What genres do you not read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-genres-do-you-not-read/651079)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-genres-do-you-not-read/651079 "2013-02-23T16:43:34Z")
What genres do you not read, and why? I usually shy away from Biographies: I don’t want to find out bad stuff about people I admire. I read a biography of James Herriot which nearly ruined his books for me, because i… --- ## [What's the deal with black candles? Why can't I find them anywhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-black-candles-why-cant-i-find-them-anywhere/541435)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-black-candles-why-cant-i-find-them-anywhere/541435 "2010-06-03T19:07:56Z")
I need black candles for a project of mine. I’ve been to a dozen chain stores, literally. I didn’t find ANY black candles. Some of the clerks said they often have people looking for them, especially around Halloween. I… --- ## [Is Edward Snowden just a Russian spy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-edward-snowden-just-a-russian-spy/688133)
**Author:** [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-edward-snowden-just-a-russian-spy/688133 "2014-05-14T21:30:48Z")
Edward Epstein of the Wall Street Journal has put together a compelling opinion piece suggesting Edward Snowden was most likely a spy working for either China or Russia (or both), and that whistleblowing is just a public… --- ## [24: Season 7: Episodes 11-12 (6:00pm - 8:00pm)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episodes-11-12-6-00pm-8-00pm/488069)
**Author:** [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2009, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episodes-11-12-6-00pm-8-00pm/488069 "2009-03-07T07:04:27Z")
FAQ Bauer (aka Thread Rules) 1) What can be discussed in plain text, unboxed? A: Any events in episodes, once aired on the east coast – as well as any speculation based on these already-aired events. 2) What should I … --- ## [Fuck YOU, Daddy..Maybe you should have loved me more...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-daddy-maybe-you-should-have-loved-me-more/650896)
**Author:** [@Nobody\_sMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody_sMama)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-daddy-maybe-you-should-have-loved-me-more/650896 "2013-02-28T05:33:24Z")
Oh my God. I just went off on my father and I am at once sad, glad that I said what I did and sad that he made me say what I did. My dad (and I have LOVED him so much for my whole life) has become a ignorant racist as… --- ## [Has homosexual behavior ever been observed in invertebrates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-homosexual-behavior-ever-been-observed-in-invertebrates/681712)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-homosexual-behavior-ever-been-observed-in-invertebrates/681712 "2014-03-14T14:32:32Z")
I know there are gay penguins, and that homosexual behavior has been observed in many other species, but always vertebrate AFAIK. Are there such things as gay insects, arachnids, mollusks, etc.? --- ## ["Parking for XYZ only - All Others towed .." - legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-for-xyz-only-all-others-towed-legal/673152)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-for-xyz-only-all-others-towed-legal/673152 "2013-11-07T15:10:07Z")
A friend of mine told me that any traffic sign (such as the above) that does not have the DOT (Dept of Transportation) sticker behind it, is not legal and they cannot enforce it legally (if enforced, if you can take them… --- ## [did celibacy harm the gene pool in medieval Europe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-celibacy-harm-the-gene-pool-in-medieval-europe/663543)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-celibacy-harm-the-gene-pool-in-medieval-europe/663543 "2013-07-20T01:37:49Z")
During the medieval period, most of Europe was illiterate. I imagine that if a family had a particularly intelligent son, who showed a liking to reading, he would have been encouraged to join the clergy (since they’re th… --- ## [Mid-July Botticelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-july-botticelli/663447 "2013-07-26T14:10:05Z")
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