# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1366&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:** 1367 --- ## [Had you lived 500 years ago, what would your profession be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-you-lived-500-years-ago-what-would-your-profession-be/524918)
**Author:** [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2010, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-you-lived-500-years-ago-what-would-your-profession-be/524918 "2010-01-16T09:45:42Z")
A thought came to me this morning while driving to work: had I lived in medieval times, I would have no skill of any worth for that time period. My skills and interests are purely in the soft sector, but I doubt there wo… --- ## [Doctor Who Noob Here...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-noob-here/663117)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-noob-here/663117 "2013-07-15T04:33:17Z")
First off, my family’s television broke in 1976, when I was 10 years old, and as a result, aside from a brief 5-year period between 1991 and 1996, I’ve been effectively “not a TV watcher”. But I’ve been a Netflix streami… --- ## [The Velvet Underground and Nico sounds terrible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-velvet-underground-and-nico-sounds-terrible/299017)
**Author:** [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2015, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-velvet-underground-and-nico-sounds-terrible/299017 "2015-04-13T12:34:39Z")
I’m not talking about the actual music- the songs are excellent, but the sound quality. Just listen to Femme Fatale. It didn’t bother me when I had downloaded it because I figured they were just low quality mp3’s, but I… --- ## [Are scrappers a problem in your city?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scrappers-a-problem-in-your-city/777574)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scrappers-a-problem-in-your-city/777574 "2017-05-19T14:27:58Z")
Scrappers - miscreants who steal perfectly good infrastructure and/or raw materials and then sell them to scrap yards for cash - have been a plague on Detroit. If you’re trying to build something new or renovate somethi… --- ## [Tip the AAA driver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-the-aaa-driver/573974)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-the-aaa-driver/573974 "2011-03-10T04:55:18Z")
Should one tip the AAA driver when it comes to jump my battery? The guy didn’t seem to expect a tip, and he gave good service. He did try (not very hard) to sell me a battery, which I do need. Peace, mangeorge --- ## [Did Neanderthals have souls? (Souls and religion)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-neanderthals-have-souls-souls-and-religion/501054)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-neanderthals-have-souls-souls-and-religion/501054 "2009-07-05T17:00:32Z")
Many religions claim a metaphysical side to humanity - a soul - something that survives death and passes on to reward or damnation or to the next cycle or whatever. But if we have souls, and so did our ancestors, what … --- ## [The Recently Deflowered Girl, by Edward Gorey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recently-deflowered-girl-by-edward-gorey/480630)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recently-deflowered-girl-by-edward-gorey/480630 "2009-04-21T22:11:25Z")
This is an interesting find. It is a burlesque on etiquette books which purports to detail what a female should do when she is deflowered in various ways: By a marimba player, by a famous crooner, and so on. I love Edwar… --- ## [Just another reason why the punkfaggots must die!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-another-reason-why-the-punkfaggots-must-die/610686)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-another-reason-why-the-punkfaggots-must-die/610686 "2012-02-03T21:16:03Z")
The gophers won this one. --- ## [Can you look at your own eyeball?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-look-at-your-own-eyeball/532315)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-look-at-your-own-eyeball/532315 "2010-03-25T19:58:17Z")
Re: Is exposure to small amounts of radiation beneficial? In the “MEDICAL QUESTIONS WE’RE STILL THINKING ABOUT” section at the end of the article, a Donald Carr asks: Assume one can take one’s eyeball out of its socket… --- ## [Wait a sec... Is the SDMB on the verge of extinction???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905 "2008-11-02T04:26:35Z")
I guess I must be behind the times! In this thread, I see two posts that really surprise me: and CL bankruptcy is mentioned in another post, so I can guess what’s going on, but how serious is it for this board? Sho… --- ## [Care to speculate on our new puppy's breed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-speculate-on-our-new-puppys-breed/400286)
**Author:** [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-speculate-on-our-new-puppys-breed/400286 "2011-04-13T17:32:49Z")
Harborwolf and I recently adopted a puppy from the humane society, and we keep hearing new speculations as to what our dog might be. The official papers from the adoption list her as being a German shepherd mix, but I do… --- ## [What's a weird thing that you have personally witnessed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-weird-thing-that-you-have-personally-witnessed/955938)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-weird-thing-that-you-have-personally-witnessed/955938 "2021-12-26T18:48:12Z")
Two come to mind for me: I was in my car in a parking lot waiting for someone in a store. I glanced up and noticed a light fixture hanging by a wire and swaying in a mild wind. A few seconds after I saw it, it lost its … --- ## [Do I have Asperger's, or is this joke not that obvious?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-aspergers-or-is-this-joke-not-that-obvious/552623)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-aspergers-or-is-this-joke-not-that-obvious/552623 "2010-09-09T13:37:33Z")
“Sneed’s Feed and Seed (fomerly Chuck’s)” So I say to myself “Chuck’s Feed and Seed”. :confused: Finally I Google it: Even in hindsight, it doesn’t seem that obvious to me. Maybe if the name had been “Cheed’s Feed a… --- ## [My new-found hatred of United Airlines (long, insufficient swearing).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-found-hatred-of-united-airlines-long-insufficient-swearing/520314)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-found-hatred-of-united-airlines-long-insufficient-swearing/520314 "2009-12-15T04:53:39Z")
My wife booked us two tickets to Sydney, Australia for what was to be essentially a long weekend (3-1/2 days on the ground). Yes, it’s a long way to go for a relatively short time, but she found decent airfares, and the… --- ## [Rich Liberals OPPOSE Cape Cod Windmills-Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-liberals-oppose-cape-cod-windmills-why/187215)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-liberals-oppose-cape-cod-windmills-why/187215 "2022-07-24T02:17:48Z")
WEll, here we have one of the most progressive proposals to harness the wind…and save the earth! A company (Cape Cod Windfarms) wants to place windmills in the nantucket Shoals area, off cape Cod. These giant windmills w… --- ## [Are there public places where a woman should not breastfeed her child?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-public-places-where-a-woman-should-not-breastfeed-her-child/451462)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-public-places-where-a-woman-should-not-breastfeed-her-child/451462 "2008-06-05T04:09:26Z")
Yeah, I know it’s natural, it’s legal, yada, yada, yada, but there is a heated discussion going on on a theatre board about a woman who was breastfeeding her child during “The Little Mermaid.” People were against it, poi… --- ## [A Question Regarding the Beatles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-regarding-the-beatles/586797)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-regarding-the-beatles/586797 "2011-06-28T18:19:20Z")
My father, born 1946, told me that before the Beatles, the album itself was not considered that big a deal. He said that musicians made their names almost solely on the quality/success of their singles, and that while al… --- ## [Demonstrators killed in Bahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demonstrators-killed-in-bahrain/571498)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demonstrators-killed-in-bahrain/571498 "2011-03-25T17:36:11Z")
Funnier still, one was killed a funeral service for a dude killed in the protests yesterday! :slight\_smile: The king went on TV and apologized. In Bahrain’s case, the protests apparently are about a controversial elec… --- ## [why do some people think the Holocaust didn't happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-think-the-holocaust-didnt-happen/241472)
**Author:** [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-think-the-holocaust-didnt-happen/241472 "2012-01-28T02:04:29Z")
this may be end up in Great Debates, but I figured I’d put it here since I’m looking more for actual answers than any real debates. I’ve heard of people (never met any), who deny the existence of the Holocaust. Can any… --- ## [The U.S. lacking UHC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-lacking-uhc/626652)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-lacking-uhc/626652 "2012-07-02T00:49:29Z")
Is the US the only 1st world nation that lacks UHC? --- ## [Where's the B drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-b-drive/361223)
**Author:** [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-b-drive/361223 "2006-06-26T01:59:55Z")
My A: drive is the floppy disk drive, C: is the hard disk, D: and E: are CD drives. Most computers i’ve seen have those names for those drives. So what happened to the B: drive? --- ## [Could I Be Convicted of Murder If I Encourage Someone To Commit Suicide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-be-convicted-of-murder-if-i-encourage-someone-to-commit-suicide/544335)
**Author:** [@Gus\_Handsome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Handsome)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-be-convicted-of-murder-if-i-encourage-someone-to-commit-suicide/544335 "2010-06-25T16:16:00Z")
Suppose I said to someone, “Kill yourself by tomorrow or I will go and kill your entire family”. The person goes out and kills himself based on my threat. What would/could I be charged and convicted of? I heard of th… --- ## [Social Security: I hate it when there’s a kernel of truth from the Republican opposition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-i-hate-it-when-there-s-a-kernel-of-truth-from-the-republican-opposition/980946)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-i-hate-it-when-there-s-a-kernel-of-truth-from-the-republican-opposition/980946 "2023-03-31T17:50:27Z")
On one hand, you have Democrats saying “The Evil Republicans are coming for your social security! It’s your right! You paid into it!” And on the other hand, you have a system where the money people paying in TODAY is go… --- ## [Books that sold way more copies than you would have thought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-sold-way-more-copies-than-you-would-have-thought/662522)
**Author:** [@andrew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrew_1)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-sold-way-more-copies-than-you-would-have-thought/662522 "2013-07-12T02:15:00Z")
Anyone know of any good ones? Badly written books that sold a million copies? Books you’d think only ten or twenty people on Earth would be interested in that it turns out a hundred thousand times that many people were? … --- ## [Guitar amp shopping!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-amp-shopping/532308)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-amp-shopping/532308 "2010-03-29T17:10:06Z")
OK, I’ve started a quest for a small amp. This thread probably won’t be as fun as the Guitar Shopping thread, but I thought it might be interesting to give it a spin. My quest began in the Reload this Page Guitar Heads … --- ## [Computer experts? Can people on Youtube really track me down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-experts-can-people-on-youtube-really-track-me-down/412450)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-experts-can-people-on-youtube-really-track-me-down/412450 "2007-07-20T20:51:21Z")
This may sound like a cowardly question, so it may help if I explain the context. I have been pissing off a number of rather burly and violent racist skinheads on YouTube by posting comments that rile them, under their … --- ## [Limp home mode kicking in on motorway, what should I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limp-home-mode-kicking-in-on-motorway-what-should-i-do/661889)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limp-home-mode-kicking-in-on-motorway-what-should-i-do/661889 "2013-06-26T10:43:03Z")
I live in the UK. Whilst driving about, my car went into limp-home mode, putting the engine light on the dash and restricting it to 20mph. When I parked and started the engine again it went back to normal. I’ve had my g… --- ## [How often has an airliner failed at cruising altitude?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-has-an-airliner-failed-at-cruising-altitude/683218)
**Author:** [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-has-an-airliner-failed-at-cruising-altitude/683218 "2014-03-12T15:16:51Z")
Has anything disastrous ever happened to a commercial airliner at cruising altitude that was not caused by a deliberate human act? I can’t think of very many at all. I remember reading about a case in which a large porti… --- ## [Tell me about Catholic wedding ceremonies, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-catholic-wedding-ceremonies-please/514620)
**Author:** [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-catholic-wedding-ceremonies-please/514620 "2009-10-24T16:41:45Z")
My older daughter is getting married next week in a Catholic ceremony (she embraced the religion a few years ago). I have never been to any kind of Catholic ceremony in my life, nor have I been to any christian services… --- ## [Is "Because I Got High" pro- or anti-drug?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-because-i-got-high-pro-or-anti-drug/78105)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-because-i-got-high-pro-or-anti-drug/78105 "2001-08-30T13:51:51Z")
This is probably going to be more of a poll than a debate, so I didn’t put it in GD. I’ve heard Afroman’s “Because I Got High” on the radio a few times, and I’m still not sure what to make of it (after some laughter, of… --- ## [Movies you'd have to be kind of an asshole not to like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youd-have-to-be-kind-of-an-asshole-not-to-like/458680)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youd-have-to-be-kind-of-an-asshole-not-to-like/458680 "2008-08-07T17:53:26Z")
(With thanks to the Scarecrow Video Movie Guide for the topic idea.) So this rich white plastic surgery victim came in the other night, holding a copy of \*Be Kind Rewind \*with her fingertips, like it was crawling with e… --- ## [What If: The USA went communist during the Great Depression](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-usa-went-communist-during-the-great-depression/546997)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-usa-went-communist-during-the-great-depression/546997 "2010-07-24T20:16:32Z")
This is my favorite intriguing alternate history scenario: What would have happened if America had gone communist during the Great Depression (1929-1939)? I chose the Great Depression because I feel that is the only peri… --- ## [IF McCain is elected, reactions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-mccain-is-elected-reactions/462011)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-mccain-is-elected-reactions/462011 "2008-09-07T02:48:26Z")
Putting this in the Pit to save time because I’m sure that is where it will eventually end up… If Senator Obama wins, as I believe he may very well do, I’ll pout a wee bit, watch for any action I am really against & con… --- ## [Independence Day. Terrorist propaganda?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-terrorist-propaganda/737620)
**Author:** [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-terrorist-propaganda/737620 "2015-11-17T22:41:13Z")
Not seen it in a while, but here’s what I remember. A technologically superior alien race attempts to invade Earth and is initially looking pretty successful. Two main characters (an airforce pilot and a scientific gen… --- ## [That's IT, I GIVE UP!! \[pool repair job foiled by unions\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-it-i-give-up-pool-repair-job-foiled-by-unions/395626)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-it-i-give-up-pool-repair-job-foiled-by-unions/395626 "2007-03-19T12:03:57Z")
OK, now I understand why nothing ever gets done in government. A while back, i organized a bunch of concerned fathers, to help fix the citie’s delapidated swimming pool -hasn’t been open for 4 years-due to “budget cuts”.… --- ## [Some people are too damn stupid to live!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-are-too-damn-stupid-to-live/463227)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-are-too-damn-stupid-to-live/463227 "2008-09-18T18:51:26Z")
I’m sitting here waiting for a major hurricane to hit. I look and one of the local news wienies is down on the beach at Galveston. Ok, he’s stupid but he’s getting paid to be stupid. He’s going on and on about how man… --- ## [I Watched a star explode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-star-explode/650236)
**Author:** [@My\_sight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_sight)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-star-explode/650236 "2013-02-20T19:50:15Z")
In 2006 in june between 13-17 at around 11.45pm - 0100am i watched a star in NewZealand explode. i saw every detail of the colours it turned what angle the atomic ring around it was how many bits of debery came off that … --- ## [The Thing question: Why flamethrowers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-question-why-flamethrowers/603552)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-question-why-flamethrowers/603552 "2011-11-22T16:00:37Z")
I’ve watched the original and the prequel, and never thought to ask WHY both camps have flamethrowers handy lying round to be used? --- ## ["Organic sodium"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organic-sodium/114197)
**Author:** [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organic-sodium/114197 "2012-10-09T01:19:03Z")
During a conversation with some “raw food” vegans tonight, the claim arose that the body cannot process inorganic sodium such as table salt, only organic sodium which is found in foods such as celery (and, no doubt, sold… --- ## [Oh, Dear Lord, Brandine wants to Be Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-lord-brandine-wants-to-be-friends/247739)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-lord-brandine-wants-to-be-friends/247739 "2004-06-10T04:27:34Z")
My downstairs neighbor Brandine done throwed Cletus out (got a restrainin’ order and all). She, having, umm, over-enjoyed herself earlier this evening, dragged little Brandi-Sue Condoleezza up here to Chat. I was the per… --- ## [Le Lekatt its been 11 years and it seems like only yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/le-lekatt-its-been-11-years-and-it-seems-like-only-yesterday/673631)
**Author:** [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/le-lekatt-its-been-11-years-and-it-seems-like-only-yesterday/673631 "2013-11-17T01:29:40Z")
I was browsing through GD when I stumbled across a zombie from a few years ago wherein Lekatt was busy being himself when I realized even though it was from several years back it was the exact same brainless drivel he co… --- ## [How likely is it for a non-licensed person to be caught practicing law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-likely-is-it-for-a-non-licensed-person-to-be-caught-practicing-law/716457)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-likely-is-it-for-a-non-licensed-person-to-be-caught-practicing-law/716457 "2015-04-09T15:25:44Z")
The mix of a recent thread where I asked what prevented people from writing their own prescriptions and some TV shows like Better Call Saul and Suits have made me wonder: How likely is it that 1) someone who hasn’t pass… --- ## [Evolved from what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolved-from-what/610319)
**Author:** [@axolotyl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/axolotyl)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolved-from-what/610319 "2012-01-24T02:48:35Z")
If we evolved from “lower” primates, why do those species still exist? If we evolved from a particular species, then it would now be extinct, right? So, what did that species evolve from? Do certain species have an evolv… --- ## [Freddy got Fingered is literally the absolute worst movie ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freddy-got-fingered-is-literally-the-absolute-worst-movie-ever/65245)
**Author:** [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2001, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freddy-got-fingered-is-literally-the-absolute-worst-movie-ever/65245 "2001-05-18T10:29:14Z")
I tortured myself the other day, when an acquaintance downloaded a pirated copy of the recent Tom Green movie Freddie Got Fingered. No, I am not dumb enough to actually spend money to see this travesty. I was forewarned.… --- ## [Why do AT-ATs trip so easily?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-at-ats-trip-so-easily/268264)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-at-ats-trip-so-easily/268264 "2004-10-15T15:03:57Z")
Ok, everyone knows how the rebels were able to bring down the AT-ATs in Empire Strikes Back by flying around them with their speeders and wraping the legs in tow-cable. But why did they trip so easily? It stands to rea… --- ## [Is this sample ACT question for real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-sample-act-question-for-real/556849)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-sample-act-question-for-real/556849 "2010-10-13T00:48:41Z")
There were several paragraphs and two charts before the question, but my 15-year-old only read the question, got it in seconds, and said the other three were preposterous. I only saw two alternatives that were preposter… --- ## [I think it's time to embrace women not shaving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-embrace-women-not-shaving/737163)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-embrace-women-not-shaving/737163 "2015-11-14T00:49:53Z")
These (NSFW) pictures from Huffpost article linked in the spoiler box the show just how erotic and beautiful a woman’s unshaven legs and body can be. It’s a garden, you need to let it grow. Huffpost article here --- ## [Is it possible to sneak up on a deer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-sneak-up-on-a-deer/637561)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2012, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-sneak-up-on-a-deer/637561 "2012-10-16T10:14:19Z")
I live in Ohio, and have hunted whitetail deer for a couple decades. When the subject of hunting comes up, I have often heard it claimed that “an Indian (Native American) hunter was so skilled in his art that he could wa… --- ## [Teaching how to think, not what to think - Total BS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-how-to-think-not-what-to-think-total-bs/449307)
**Author:** [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2008, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-how-to-think-not-what-to-think-total-bs/449307 "2008-05-25T09:44:14Z")
In reading the Test anxiety: I call B.S. thread, I read this comment by Diogenes the Cynic on the high school curricula: When I read this I could not agree more, but it made me think of an approach to teaching I see us… --- ## [Why no United States of Latin America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-united-states-of-latin-america/662264)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-united-states-of-latin-america/662264 "2013-07-04T14:17:37Z")
I need y’all to help a clueless gringo out - I have a massive historical blind spot when it comes to the past of those south of the border and beyond into South America. When the Spanish Empire collapsed like a flan in … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1365&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1367&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)