# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1362&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:** 1363 --- ## [Is hemp economically viable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hemp-economically-viable/629390)
**Author:** [@Stoneburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoneburg)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hemp-economically-viable/629390 "2012-08-11T20:30:39Z")
In discussions about cannabis sometimes the argument veers into reasoning about whether industrial hemp is or would be economically viable, if laws were more permitting. This would then create an incitament for the theor… --- ## [Menstural cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menstural-cups/9357)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menstural-cups/9357 "2002-12-18T15:53:47Z")
This was inspired in the Greatest Person thread and directed towards Opalcat :slight\_smile: I read about Menstural cups (I’m spelling this wrong, does it make me less of a woman?) a couple years back and rarely hear ab… --- ## [Stories where stalking actually works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-where-stalking-actually-works/571316)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-where-stalking-actually-works/571316 "2011-02-21T10:39:06Z")
Is it ever played that way? I mean stories where the obsessed stalker gets the object of his/her affection in the end – gets as in “I have her/his heart in my keeping,” not “I have her/him chained up in the basement” – … --- ## [Will they have the guts to film "Princess of Mars" all-nude, as Burroughs intended?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-they-have-the-guts-to-film-princess-of-mars-all-nude-as-burroughs-intended/357604)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-they-have-the-guts-to-film-princess-of-mars-all-nude-as-burroughs-intended/357604 "2006-05-24T18:39:55Z")
I’m reading Burroughs’ Princess of Mars for the first time, and there’s a striking detail: Neither the green Martians nor the red Martians, male nor female, ever wear clothing. Not even a loincloth or cache-sex. They w… --- ## [Gender Abolition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-abolition/821345)
**Author:** [@Mumberthax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumberthax)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2018, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-abolition/821345 "2018-10-03T02:42:40Z")
I’ve read some opinion pieces from the radfem community regarding gender abolition. All gender roles abolished. Unisex everything. The whole ‘good girls’ and ‘real men’ crapola goes into the dustbin of history, never … --- ## [Moto: Loathesome Pustule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moto-loathesome-pustule/309370)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moto-loathesome-pustule/309370 "2005-06-23T22:24:15Z")
Man, do you ever suck! Wherein I expressed my concerns as to the extent of Israeli influence on American foreign policy. Valid concerns, in my estimation. Point of clarification: I admire the state of Israel, if a c… --- ## [Why should I care about the Olympics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-care-about-the-olympics/628560)
**Author:** [@tellthetruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellthetruth)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-care-about-the-olympics/628560 "2012-07-20T11:45:26Z")
Other than the patriotism of it…USA USA, our teams winning medals, who cares about the Olympics? When is the last time anyone scoured the channels looking for broadcasts on track and field and swimming? I wish our corpor… --- ## [What if GW Busch and crew refused to step down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-gw-busch-and-crew-refused-to-step-down/364016)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-gw-busch-and-crew-refused-to-step-down/364016 "2006-07-17T23:25:17Z")
Let’s say that GW and his staff and all the personel he’s appointed over the years are in it together. They agree, as a group, that they will not step down no matter who wins the next election. Screw it, let’s assume t… --- ## [What HISTORICAL figure would you assassinate, given the chance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-figure-would-you-assassinate-given-the-chance/470096)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-figure-would-you-assassinate-given-the-chance/470096 "2008-11-02T01:33:28Z")
First off, when answering please restrict yourself to HISTORICAL figures, by which I mean DEAD. In fact, let’s say dead at least 30 years. If people start saying that they’d murder anybody living, the mods will surely … --- ## [The great fall Steam giveaway!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-fall-steam-giveaway/635382)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-fall-steam-giveaway/635382 "2012-10-21T01:09:36Z")
So impulse buys, sales, bundles, they all take their toll on our wallets. What’s more, often we end up with extra copies of games… or at least I do. I figure we should have a Steam trade/giveaway thread, specially after… --- ## [Your current Dog breed and it's name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-dog-breed-and-its-name/800463)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-dog-breed-and-its-name/800463 "2018-07-02T23:46:55Z")
Let’s hear about Fido! --- ## [Can You Force People to Be "Green"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-force-people-to-be-green/534333)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-force-people-to-be-green/534333 "2010-03-31T01:18:32Z")
Here in MA, we have a governor (Deval Patrick) who has challenged the laws of physics-he has signed a bill requiring MA electric utilities to buy a certain percentage of the ir electric power from solar energy plants. … --- ## [20 box office bombs of 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-box-office-bombs-of-2015/736309)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2016, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-box-office-bombs-of-2015/736309 "2016-11-11T11:53:14Z")
An interesting CNN slideshow: http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/08/entertainment/gallery/movie-bombs-2015/?iid=ob\_article\_entertainment\_pool&iref=obnetwork I’ve wanted to see Steve Jobs, Shaun the Sheep and The Walk, but haven… --- ## [Which popular TV shows have you not seen a single episode of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-popular-tv-shows-have-you-not-seen-a-single-episode-of/623880)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-popular-tv-shows-have-you-not-seen-a-single-episode-of/623880 "2012-06-06T03:18:54Z")
Even though I consider myself fairly culturally aware, I know there are a ton of television shows I have never seen. It was suggested that a poll be constructed along those lines, so here we go. I thought it best to keep… --- ## [Is Guy Fawkes an admirable figure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-guy-fawkes-an-admirable-figure/601923)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-guy-fawkes-an-admirable-figure/601923 "2011-11-08T03:48:51Z")
I ask because the masks are popular amongst activist types, including OWS. And since the fifth of November is nearly upon us, it seems an appropriate time to ask if Fawkes is someone the Occupy supporters would really wi… --- ## [Publix vs. Winn-Dixie? or, Grocery Shopping in Orlando, FL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publix-vs-winn-dixie-or-grocery-shopping-in-orlando-fl/507051)
**Author:** [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publix-vs-winn-dixie-or-grocery-shopping-in-orlando-fl/507051 "2009-08-22T02:47:56Z")
So in a little over a month I’m going to be Fearless Leader for a truckload of Norwegians who want to see Disney World. As the Resident Token American and Certified Control Freak, I’m the logical one to be in charge of p… --- ## [How many slices of pizza do you eat in one sitting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816 "2017-05-08T18:25:21Z")
And does it matter if it’s lunch or dinner? If so, give both. --- ## [Favorite Store Bought Salsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-store-bought-salsa/718446)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-store-bought-salsa/718446 "2015-04-29T00:15:20Z")
Yes, I fully expect the “Why buy salsa when it is so easy to till the soil, plant the garden, water, harvest, chop and make your own” but during the months when my garden is frozen over I still like to enjoy some salsa. … --- ## [Prevent World War I](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prevent-world-war-i/762166)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prevent-world-war-i/762166 "2016-08-13T21:23:59Z")
A hundred years ago Europe was in the middle of (to most of us) unimaginable horror - trench warfare, poison gas, millions of (mostly) men dying, countries bankrupted. From what I have read about it, most people seem to … --- ## [I am leaving SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856)
**Author:** [@Nomadic\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nomadic_One)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856 "2003-08-31T15:12:16Z")
I have given it some thought and I have came to the conclusion that I am leaving this message board. I have only been here for a few months and I have gained some knowledge from it. But I feel that it is holding me back … --- ## [what's wrong with getting drunk at 2pm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397 "2010-12-20T19:03:45Z")
vacation from school I am doing nothing all day why shouldn’t I do whatever I want why is the Internet so critical of my choices --- ## [Strawberry Shortcake Base: Biscuit, pound cake or other cake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strawberry-shortcake-base-biscuit-pound-cake-or-other-cake/523937)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strawberry-shortcake-base-biscuit-pound-cake-or-other-cake/523937 "2010-01-09T04:13:24Z")
At a dinner party last night, a friend served strawberry shortcake with a pound cake base. I remarked that my New England mother always served it with a biscuit base. Theo ther people at the table looked at me like I had… --- ## [Do cats like to go for rides in cars the way some dogs do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cats-like-to-go-for-rides-in-cars-the-way-some-dogs-do/505722)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cats-like-to-go-for-rides-in-cars-the-way-some-dogs-do/505722 "2009-08-09T16:55:44Z")
Just curious. Do cats ever like to go for car rides the way some dogs do? --- ## [So the new Hobbit movie is out (pre-screening) for reviewers and celebrities. Anyone seen it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-new-hobbit-movie-is-out-pre-screening-for-reviewers-and-celebrities-anyone-seen-it/642933)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-new-hobbit-movie-is-out-pre-screening-for-reviewers-and-celebrities-anyone-seen-it/642933 "2012-12-07T17:18:58Z")
Heard some radio hosts (Opie and Anthony with Jim Norton) talking about the screening they saw the other night. They saw it in a new High Frame Rate D format and said it looked amazing. Any dopers see it yet? --- ## [Really practical housewarming care package ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-practical-housewarming-care-package-ideas/668992)
**Author:** [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-practical-housewarming-care-package-ideas/668992 "2013-11-04T18:30:17Z")
My niece and her sweetie will be setting up housekeeping in the next couple of months, and I’m sort of the parental figure for her, so I figured I’d play Good Mommy and put together a Giant Box o’ Crap that one needs fro… --- ## [Why do the GOP's most hard-line authoritarians call themselves the "Freedom Caucus"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-gops-most-hard-line-authoritarians-call-themselves-the-freedom-caucus/782967)
**Author:** [@Beren\_Erchamion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beren_Erchamion)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-gops-most-hard-line-authoritarians-call-themselves-the-freedom-caucus/782967 "2017-03-28T13:06:15Z")
What they advocate is essentially slavery: do what your capitalist masters demand or starve to death. Is this some Orwellian trick? --- ## [Which type of bird is considered to be the best flyer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-type-of-bird-is-considered-to-be-the-best-flyer/148045)
**Author:** [@Hermann\_Cheruscan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermann_Cheruscan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-type-of-bird-is-considered-to-be-the-best-flyer/148045 "2012-05-03T16:06:17Z")
Just curious as to which type of bird has the easiest time flying. The one that can take off and stay aloft with the least effort? The reason I ask is because in my area, I often see hawks just soaring around in circles… --- ## [Are modern space heaters safe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-modern-space-heaters-safe/520259)
**Author:** [@Blunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blunt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-modern-space-heaters-safe/520259 "2009-12-08T18:26:54Z")
I just moved into a new place, and have noticed that my bedroom is usually a lot colder than the other rooms. Rather than jack up the heat for the whole apartment, I thought it might be a good idea to try a small space … --- ## [Ya know that song "Like A Prayer" by Madonna?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-that-song-like-a-prayer-by-madonna/318247)
**Author:** [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-that-song-like-a-prayer-by-madonna/318247 "2005-08-24T15:51:27Z")
The woman in the office next door and our shared work-study student think it’s about blow jobs. I think that’s ridiculous and it’s only because the song refers to being down on one’s knees that they think that. Who’s r… --- ## [Cities around the world you loved and hated.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-around-the-world-you-loved-and-hated/690261)
**Author:** [@Caneknife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caneknife)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-around-the-world-you-loved-and-hated/690261 "2014-06-13T01:47:48Z")
My wife and I have been lucky enough to travel to 26 countries around the world, what cities did u hate or was disappointed in and loved, I didn’t like London, Los Angeles, but loved New York, Paris, Rome, Venice. What’… --- ## [Funny/distinctive names for pets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-distinctive-names-for-pets/752187)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-distinctive-names-for-pets/752187 "2016-04-16T08:42:53Z")
About the time I was a high-school senior, I helped a family catch their cat. I asked them what his name was. They said they had a dog named Rusty, so when they got a cat they named him Corroded. When we were kids a few… --- ## [Smoking. I can chose to have none of it, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-i-can-chose-to-have-none-of-it-right/383148)
**Author:** [@joazito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joazito)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-i-can-chose-to-have-none-of-it-right/383148 "2006-12-11T22:51:59Z")
Today I entered a magazine store to buy my favorite newspaper. I stayed longer as I was trying to spend some more money (I wanted to use the ATM card, and 2€ seems too cheap to do it. Some stores even forbid it, even tho… --- ## [Storing a battery jump starter in a cold place](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storing-a-battery-jump-starter-in-a-cold-place/609855)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storing-a-battery-jump-starter-in-a-cold-place/609855 "2012-01-18T16:01:42Z")
I just bought myself a portable battery jump starter. It says to store it at room temperature. Well, it doesn’t do me any good if I store it in my house. I kinda need it in my Jeep. This means that it will frequently be … --- ## [Most Egregious Modern Iteration of "The Girl"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-egregious-modern-iteration-of-the-girl/484376)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-egregious-modern-iteration-of-the-girl/484376 "2009-02-06T15:16:10Z")
“The Girl” is of course a classic role in which an actress is hired to play the role of a woman whom the hero is attracted to. She doesn’t have a specific identity, she is “The Girl” a role that’s pretty much the same in… --- ## [She keeps telling me she used to be in AS/400, I keep telling her I used to be a paratrooper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-keeps-telling-me-she-used-to-be-in-as-400-i-keep-telling-her-i-used-to-be-a-paratrooper/578286)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-keeps-telling-me-she-used-to-be-in-as-400-i-keep-telling-her-i-used-to-be-a-paratrooper/578286 "2011-04-19T13:56:06Z")
In Outlook, go to File, Data File Management, Add, OK, then paste the below link into the File name field: As most of you don’t know, when I’m not gladiating intergalactically, I’m an IT technician at a pretty big sales… --- ## [Hand-written contract legally binding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-written-contract-legally-binding/163037)
**Author:** [@sisenor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisenor)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-written-contract-legally-binding/163037 "2003-03-24T14:45:42Z")
What makes a hand-written contract legally binding? Does ‘I, Bob Bobley, agree to pay Joe Billy-Bob $500’ signed by Bob Bobley, Joe Billy-Bob, and a witness do the trick? --- ## [On a menu, is escargot meat or seafood? (nm)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-menu-is-escargot-meat-or-seafood-nm/124580)
**Author:** [@Princesshumble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princesshumble)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2002, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-menu-is-escargot-meat-or-seafood-nm/124580 "2002-08-20T22:48:38Z")
I know escargot are mollusks, but some snails have gills and others don’t. This begs the question of what category on a menu under which to place them. --- ## [Has anyone had success becoming a recluse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-success-becoming-a-recluse/494554)
**Author:** [@What\_the\_deuce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the_deuce)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-success-becoming-a-recluse/494554 "2009-04-30T12:21:41Z")
I’m so sick of all the politics and bullshit of human interaction. I hate having to deal with bosses. I hate dealing with the rudeness of strangers. I hate the stress of final exams (as is happening this week and next… --- ## [Alternate Endings of Movies that aren't Big](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843 "2022-04-24T06:07:30Z")
Okay, I was talking to my sister (not the one I just referenced in IMHO!), and she asked me if there was either an alternate ending to or director’s cut of the movie Shallow Grave. Because, she said, recently someone had… --- ## [So how much profit are the gas stations making per gallon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-profit-are-the-gas-stations-making-per-gallon/248146)
**Author:** [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-profit-are-the-gas-stations-making-per-gallon/248146 "2004-06-03T00:07:23Z")
Pretend I go to the local Speedway and pay $1.96 for one gallon of gas. About how much did Speedway pay for that gallon? How much profit did they probably make? --- ## [Is Freud Still Revered? Or are Most of his Theories Debunked Now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-freud-still-revered-or-are-most-of-his-theories-debunked-now/785153)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-freud-still-revered-or-are-most-of-his-theories-debunked-now/785153 "2020-05-07T21:25:53Z")
He was practically worshiped as I was growing up. But does anyone take any of his theories about repressed incestual sexuality and dreams seriously anymore? Or is he just sort of honored for being the first to try to a… --- ## [Casey Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-jones/500316)
**Author:** [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-jones/500316 "2009-08-19T14:54:06Z")
\*\*Elendil’s Heir \*\* has turned in a first rate staff report on Casey Jones. Nice work! --- ## [Can shampoo be used as soap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-shampoo-be-used-as-soap/736733)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-shampoo-be-used-as-soap/736733 "2015-11-11T17:14:21Z")
I finished moving last weekend, and after an exhausting day I wanted to take a shower in my new home. I couldn’t find the soap and only had shampoo available. Being so tired, I didn’t want to go to the store so told my… --- ## [Need tips on passing my road test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-tips-on-passing-my-road-test/126992)
**Author:** [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-tips-on-passing-my-road-test/126992 "2002-09-06T17:22:57Z")
Hi there. I am finally getting my driver’s license (something I’ve never bothered with becuz we don’t drive in this town), and my road test is in a couple of weeks. What happens? I hear inspectors are evil :frowning: … --- ## [How was it established that there are more real numbers than rational numbers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-it-established-that-there-are-more-real-numbers-than-rational-numbers/632972)
**Author:** [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-it-established-that-there-are-more-real-numbers-than-rational-numbers/632972 "2012-09-01T02:18:42Z")
Cantor’s diagonal argument proves that there is not a one-to-one correspondence between the rationals and reals (actually between reals and all countably infinite sets), but how does he get from there to concluding that … --- ## [Awesome decision, Supreme Court! With an additional "fuck you" to New London and Pfizer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-decision-supreme-court-with-an-additional-fuck-you-to-new-london-and-pfizer/517341)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-decision-supreme-court-with-an-additional-fuck-you-to-new-london-and-pfizer/517341 "2009-11-14T16:25:30Z")
Those who were around on this board 4 years ago will remember the lively discussion we had about the US Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Kelo v. City of New London 545 U.S. 469 (2005). This was a case in which th… --- ## [What Are The Yiddish Words For Jewish Woman, Gentile Woman, Or Woman Of Undetermined Identity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-yiddish-words-for-jewish-woman-gentile-woman-or-woman-of-undetermined-identity/941843)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-yiddish-words-for-jewish-woman-gentile-woman-or-woman-of-undetermined-identity/941843 "2023-08-16T14:40:05Z")
Is “shiksa” (gentile woman) like a pejorative or a slang term? Or is it just a general term for non-Jewish women? What do you call a Jewish woman in Yiddish? What do you call just a woman in Yiddish, if you can’t determi… --- ## [OH, so if he were a 400lb WHITE man on PCP it would be OK if 6 Black cops used force?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-so-if-he-were-a-400lb-white-man-on-pcp-it-would-be-ok-if-6-black-cops-used-force/216499)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-so-if-he-were-a-400lb-white-man-on-pcp-it-would-be-ok-if-6-black-cops-used-force/216499 "2003-12-05T17:55:06Z")
The story is unfolding about the black man in Cincinnati who died after being put in custody two days ago. The whole incident was caught on tape and it shows initially, two officers trying to subdue a large black man co… --- ## [Would YOU support driving restrictions for the elderly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-support-driving-restrictions-for-the-elderly/329260)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2005, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-support-driving-restrictions-for-the-elderly/329260 "2005-11-24T06:35:45Z")
It happened again. An 80-year-old man mistook the gas pedal for the brake and plowed into four parked cars (link). I think it’s time that state DMV’s start doing a bit more rigorous and frequent testing for those ove… --- ## [Do you have government issued I.D.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-government-issued-i-d/615644)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-government-issued-i-d/615644 "2012-03-18T02:40:11Z")
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