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**Author:** [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-is-the-name-of-that-book-thread/477149 "2008-12-26T04:30:02Z")
Works like this: I say, damn, I cannot for the life of me remember that name of this book, please, in our combined infinite cache of wisdom oh Dopers, help me!!! And someone comes in to say, “hey maybe it’s this”. And… --- ## [Ferguson 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferguson-2015/727504)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferguson-2015/727504 "2015-08-15T07:08:05Z")
I just read at VICE that a State of Emergency™ has been declared for Ferguson and that there have been arrests. Yesterday the cops shot an 18 year old, though his father says that the police story of the incident is, an… --- ## [Are there any thoughts (with no action) that are morally/ethically wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-thoughts-with-no-action-that-are-morally-ethically-wrong/599104)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-thoughts-with-no-action-that-are-morally-ethically-wrong/599104 "2011-10-15T20:08:30Z")
Examples: Hoping your boss would die because he makes you work hard- Hoping a wealthy relative would hurry up and die so you can inherit- Hoping an athlete opposing your favorite team would be injured- Imagining/fant… --- ## [Name my Baby!/ Your fave name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248)
**Author:** [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248 "2010-11-15T23:47:15Z")
I’m only just at the end of my first trimester, but of course i’m making my baby name list. I could always use some help… especially with girl names… but i’m acceptiong boy names as well since we wont know the sex for an… --- ## [My .30-06 is even more fun now…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-30-06-is-even-more-fun-now/648625)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-30-06-is-even-more-fun-now/648625 "2013-05-08T15:25:51Z")
On Dec. 31, I picked up a used, but in decent shape, Pre-accutrigger Savage 111 in .30-06, beechwood stock with pressed checkering, 4 round blind magazine, and Williams iron sights, a good, solid basic rifle I’ve shot a… --- ## [Do you ever REALLY clean your dryer lint screen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-really-clean-your-dryer-lint-screen/596152)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-really-clean-your-dryer-lint-screen/596152 "2011-09-18T03:41:08Z")
I mean scrubbing it with a brush, soap and water, not just removing the lint. Supposedly, dryer softener sheets can cause an unseen buildup on your lint screen that can’t be seen. Snopes agrees. I had never heard of s… --- ## [Strings that Jewish men wear from their belts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strings-that-jewish-men-wear-from-their-belts/196324)
**Author:** [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strings-that-jewish-men-wear-from-their-belts/196324 "2003-08-20T21:45:34Z")
I’ve been told the answer to this one before, but I forget. What is the name and purpose of the strings that Jewish men wear from their belts? --- ## [This or That (Game)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-or-that-game/217065)
**Author:** [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-or-that-game/217065 "2003-12-25T23:33:03Z")
Rules are simple: answer the question (any way you want), then post your own “this or that.” Let’s start with this one: Fiction or non-fiction? F\_X --- ## [I do not like Yoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-like-yoni/297867)
**Author:** [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-like-yoni/297867 "2005-04-15T06:42:10Z")
Specifically, the term Yoni. Not griping at anyone specific here, but this term seems to be popping up around here of late (no pun, honest) and I have to say that it just strikes me as a very awkward, pretentious and som… --- ## [Obama is "Anticolonist," says D'Souza (and now Gingrich)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-anticolonist-says-dsouza-and-now-gingrich/553617)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-anticolonist-says-dsouza-and-now-gingrich/553617 "2010-09-14T20:15:56Z")
D’Souza condescendingly paints Obama’s father’s concern with, oh, about four centuries of world history, as naive and irrelevant, and even more bizarrely asserts that this has become the “worldview” of the president of t… --- ## [Foods that shouldn't taste good but do!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554 "2017-03-18T20:57:04Z")
Inspired by the ongoing opposite thread. I went to the store yesterday for some sardines in spring water. They were out so I bought the ones in mustard. Yummy! Who would have thunk it? --- ## [How do you cut and eat your steak?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-cut-and-eat-your-steak/557420)
**Author:** [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2010, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-cut-and-eat-your-steak/557420 "2010-10-22T10:17:29Z")
I cut with either hand and use the fork with either hand. It varies during the meal. --- ## [Shark Tank vs Dragon's Den](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-tank-vs-dragons-den/525170)
**Author:** [@BMada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMada)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-tank-vs-dragons-den/525170 "2010-01-30T04:33:13Z")
why does Shark Tank suck so bad compared to the Canadian version of Dragon’s den? is it the timing of the show and commercials? the actual entrepreneurs that are on? the venture capitalists that bid for the companies? … --- ## [Is it common in your area for people to leave cars/houses unlocked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-common-in-your-area-for-people-to-leave-cars-houses-unlocked/647288)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-common-in-your-area-for-people-to-leave-cars-houses-unlocked/647288 "2013-01-27T00:46:35Z")
I live in a lower-middle to plain middle-middle class suburb and I don’t notice unlocked cars anymore. When I was a kid I’m pretty sure they were more common. Having said that I don’t be going around checking if cars are… --- ## [If a home sump pump fails, how urgent of an issue is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-home-sump-pump-fails-how-urgent-of-an-issue-is-it/539400)
**Author:** [@Blunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blunt)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-home-sump-pump-fails-how-urgent-of-an-issue-is-it/539400 "2010-05-14T17:59:02Z")
I’m sure the answer is “it depends”, here’s my situation: I’m a first time homeowner, and I live a condo with a basement. There are actually two units per building, with only one having a sump pump, and it happens to b… --- ## [Man loses his head after drinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262 "2004-09-03T06:59:21Z")
How drunk do you have to be to not notice your buddy has just been decapitated? From CNN. What a fucking slimeball. --- ## [You're On Death Row: What Is Your Last Meal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070 "2009-01-11T13:23:01Z")
And no, you cannot order some endangered/missing species to be grilled in order to prolong the inevitable execution. I am sort of boring and would probably go for a medium-well cheeseburger (no fries, but thanks for ask… --- ## [Anyone seen gabriela lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-gabriela-lately/381702)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2006, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-gabriela-lately/381702 "2006-12-03T06:34:30Z")
Did I miss anything? Any post saying she was going away for a bit? There have been a couple of threads lately I’m just itching for her input on, but she seems to be MIA for almost two weeks, and she’s usually an every da… --- ## [College Football week 11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-week-11/641338)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-week-11/641338 "2012-11-25T20:34:19Z")
Devin Gardner looks good. He looks real good. Granted Iowa is not a defensive powerhouse, but still nice to see. And of course as a Real Football Fan™ all it does is piss me off. What this season could have been if Gardn… --- ## [Do you get sleepy when you have something stressful to deal with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-sleepy-when-you-have-something-stressful-to-deal-with/577200)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-sleepy-when-you-have-something-stressful-to-deal-with/577200 "2011-04-07T20:11:23Z")
This came up in a recent ADDopers thread, and now I wonder if it’s an ADD thing, or a general thing. When I have something stressful that I need to do, I often get to feeling sleepy. I always thought that it was normal… --- ## [Dealing with the "Jovial Dick"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-the-jovial-dick/477070)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-the-jovial-dick/477070 "2008-12-19T04:09:13Z")
I’m not putting this in The Pit, although it may end up there. My definition, recently created; Jovial Dick (noun); a person who acts and speaks in a very friendly and happy way, but whose speech and behavior contains … --- ## [Orinoco Flow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113 "2010-06-03T02:24:25Z")
OK, dammit. I’ll admit it. I like Enya. Orinoco Flow, anyway. And I have an old Clannad CD. There. I said it. So Orinoco Flow popped up on the iPod. I’m thinking I should make a playlist with similar music. But … --- ## [Handicap the Dem nomination race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-the-dem-nomination-race/430256)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-the-dem-nomination-race/430256 "2008-02-07T19:49:01Z")
Followup/counterpart to this thread. As Iowa approaches, Clinton seems to have lost some of her aura of “inevitability,” opening the door to serious discussion of alternatives. Who will the nominee be? (Not, who do yo… --- ## [Miss Universe: Wrong Contestant Crowned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-wrong-contestant-crowned/740975)
**Author:** [@yorick73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yorick73)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-wrong-contestant-crowned/740975 "2015-12-23T22:39:22Z")
Oh man…did anyone else see this? How humiliating for Miss Colombia. I can’t believe Steve Harvey screwed up that badly. --- ## [Mountain Dew Speech: Yay or Nay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mountain-dew-speech-yay-or-nay/731326)
**Author:** [@brovolone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brovolone)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mountain-dew-speech-yay-or-nay/731326 "2015-10-24T23:27:45Z")
This is my first post. Excuse me if I am off-base and in the wrong thread— or even the wrong forum. My public speaking professor stated that we must present an introductory speech (2.5-3 mins in duration) on either a pe… --- ## [Himmler's Posen speech - what was his thinking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/himmlers-posen-speech-what-was-his-thinking/734208)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/himmlers-posen-speech-what-was-his-thinking/734208 "2015-10-23T01:08:47Z")
In the first week of October 1943, Heinrich Himmler gave two speeches in the Polish city of Posen in which he acknowledged explicitly “the extermination of the Jewish people”. What I find most remarkable about them is no… --- ## [The double standard regarding divorce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-double-standard-regarding-divorce/657893)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-double-standard-regarding-divorce/657893 "2013-05-23T23:44:11Z")
When a man leaves his wife, he’s pond scum, whereas if a woman leaves her husband, she’s strong and heroic and escaping a toxic situation, and pretty much gets confetti thrown at her. :confused: :rolleyes: My issue wit… --- ## [Should police SWAT protocol be revised?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-police-swat-protocol-be-revised/604293)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-police-swat-protocol-be-revised/604293 "2011-12-01T16:34:40Z")
Relevant article here. In summary, Pima County SWAT arrived early in the morning to execute a search warrant, and were met by a man with an assault rifle. SWAT shot him a bunch of times, killing him. In retrospect, it lo… --- ## [Were You Made to Memorize Long Passages in Your Literature Classes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-made-to-memorize-long-passages-in-your-literature-classes/544663)
**Author:** [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-made-to-memorize-long-passages-in-your-literature-classes/544663 "2010-07-06T03:30:13Z")
I attended public schools in Tennessee, and graduated in 2000, and had to memorize portions of The Canterbury Tales, the “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks….” monologue from Romeo and Juliet, and Edgar Al… --- ## [I pit the retard who was driving in the bike lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-retard-who-was-driving-in-the-bike-lane/515893)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-retard-who-was-driving-in-the-bike-lane/515893 "2009-11-06T17:26:21Z")
Hey bitch, yeah you in the shiny necklace and the silver Jaguar. What, you think that just because you drive a fancy car that you don’t need to obey traffic laws like the rest of us slobs? That just because that day ha… --- ## [My husband tried to die last night.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-tried-to-die-last-night/439982)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2008, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-tried-to-die-last-night/439982 "2008-03-29T09:33:07Z")
Hubby was at work yesterday. It was a slow day. About 6:30 PM he went to the store to get something to eat. He bought a variety of healthy food, including some mixed nuts. He called me at 7:30 PM to say he didn’t feel g… --- ## [staff vs staffs vs stave vs staves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staff-vs-staffs-vs-stave-vs-staves/176659)
**Author:** [@regnad\_kcin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/regnad_kcin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staff-vs-staffs-vs-stave-vs-staves/176659 "2003-05-27T21:11:13Z")
Is “staves” the plural of “staff”? (And, by the way, I am talking about the music notation term, not a group of employees). In the Straight Dope Staff Report they seem to be interchangeable: “Staffs once had as few as… --- ## [Cake...Cold or room temp?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-cold-or-room-temp/549425)
**Author:** [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-cold-or-room-temp/549425 "2010-08-09T17:24:59Z")
Last night we celebrated Suburban Plankton’s birthday. My sister brought a traditional bakery layer cake, chocolate w/ chocolate frosting. It was very yummy, but as I was eating the celebratory slice, I was thinking to m… --- ## [The food pyramid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-food-pyramid/750185)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-food-pyramid/750185 "2016-03-26T20:00:28Z")
Often in paleo diets (and my “Belly Fat Cure” diet) they don’t eat ANY of the “most important” part of the pyramid… the bottom part (bread, cereal, rice, pasta) We’re meant to have 6… --- ## [How survivable is prison for wrongfully convicted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-survivable-is-prison-for-wrongfully-convicted/776653)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-survivable-is-prison-for-wrongfully-convicted/776653 "2017-01-12T15:09:39Z")
My question is predicated on the assumption that the wrongfully convicted isn’t a street-smart thug but is a male, joe-blow office dweeb who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. I’m talking about someone … --- ## [Magic Money and the IRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-money-and-the-irs/707041)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-money-and-the-irs/707041 "2014-12-15T21:31:21Z")
No idea if this is the right forum - mods, please move as necessary or appropriate. Here’s the scenario - one Saturday afternoon, you are cleaning out the basement and you notice a lamp that wasn’t there before. You pi… --- ## [Cost efficiency: Central cooling vs. window units](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-efficiency-central-cooling-vs-window-units/656971)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-efficiency-central-cooling-vs-window-units/656971 "2013-04-30T04:59:01Z")
What’s a more cost-efficient way to cool a house—central air conditioning or a couple of window units? Say we’re talking about a one-story house, with a half-basement. Total area 1,000 square feet, and the window units … --- ## [Eviction moratorium and unpaid rents, are people doomed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eviction-moratorium-and-unpaid-rents-are-people-doomed/947253)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eviction-moratorium-and-unpaid-rents-are-people-doomed/947253 "2021-09-04T02:01:47Z")
In general, I think the eviction freeze was a bad idea, although well intended. Most people will have dig themselves a hole that they just won’t be able to get out of. Unlike a car payment or mortgage, you can’t just p… --- ## [Is there anyway this isn't gross incompetence by Chevrolet of GM engineers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyway-this-isnt-gross-incompetence-by-chevrolet-of-gm-engineers/626830)
**Author:** [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyway-this-isnt-gross-incompetence-by-chevrolet-of-gm-engineers/626830 "2012-07-02T15:08:08Z")
I a have a 2002 Sebring automatic. Up until owning it, every automatic I’ve driven, including many old rust buckets from the 80s, is if the car isn’t in park, it won’t let you take the key out of the ignition. However, … --- ## [Do Holocaust Deniers Deny Other Nazi Travesties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-holocaust-deniers-deny-other-nazi-travesties/562357)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-holocaust-deniers-deny-other-nazi-travesties/562357 "2010-12-04T16:55:22Z")
I was wondering if there is a factual answer to know how Holocaust deniers think. Do they deny Crystalnacht? How the Nazis bombed the hell out of England? What the Nazis did to the Louvre? To the Palace of Versailles… --- ## [50 Greatest Straight Dope Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-greatest-straight-dope-rants/318997)
**Author:** [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-greatest-straight-dope-rants/318997 "2005-09-04T13:51:09Z")
Best of lists are everywhere- whether for greatest films, greatest songs, greatest stand-ups, greatest tv moments, or VH1 productions on everything from greatest one-hit wonders to 50 greatest bowel movements of the pop … --- ## [25 Skills Every Man Should Know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-skills-every-man-should-know/419000)
**Author:** [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-skills-every-man-should-know/419000 "2007-09-22T17:33:36Z")
Hey-I just copied the headline-don’t shoot! :smiley: Personally, I think a handful of these are essential skills for either sex. Full article here. If you just want to peruse the list, here it is, from the above artic… --- ## [Amazing Race Apr 8th, Delays probable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-apr-8th-delays-probable/618203)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-apr-8th-delays-probable/618203 "2012-04-13T18:02:08Z")
Due to the Masters Golf Championship. Plan accordingly --- ## [worthless piece of shit excuse for a father](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthless-piece-of-shit-excuse-for-a-father/64234)
**Author:** [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthless-piece-of-shit-excuse-for-a-father/64234 "2010-11-13T03:10:02Z")
Ok. I know I don’t like my ex-husband. Hence the term “ex”. I expect to not appreciate a good portion of what he does/says, etc. Hence the term ex. However. When he does shit to our son, it becomes unfuckinfathomable. W… --- ## [Have you had a migraine aura without a headache?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-a-migraine-aura-without-a-headache/661982)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-a-migraine-aura-without-a-headache/661982 "2013-07-07T23:33:54Z")
I experienced one of these several years ago. I’ve never known anyone else who has. Then this morning a co-worker started telling me about an experience she had last night. As she was describing it, I pulled this up … --- ## [First Contact Scenario](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-contact-scenario/553360)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-contact-scenario/553360 "2010-09-21T16:17:04Z")
Suppose out of nowhere extraterrestrials appeared out of nowhere and broadcast their arrival on all radio, TV, and Internet networks. Their basic message is the following: They are highly advanced aliens who form one mem… --- ## ["I drink every day but I'm not an alcaholic"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-drink-every-day-but-im-not-an-alcaholic/475880)
**Author:** [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-drink-every-day-but-im-not-an-alcaholic/475880 "2008-12-09T20:45:34Z")
Oh pur-leez! OK, so you are holding down a full time job. OK, so you don’t need a drink in the morning before work. OK, you’re not a funky bum in the local park scaring the kids with your wild eyes and frowzy beard. Howe… --- ## [Math question: Continuity at a point](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-question-continuity-at-a-point/598368)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-question-continuity-at-a-point/598368 "2011-10-15T04:36:53Z")
In Goedel Escher Bach, Douglas Hoffstadter discusses a function which has a jump discontinuity at every rational value of x, and is continuous at every irrational value. My question is, basically, what does “continuous”… --- ## [Did Scarlett get Rhett back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-scarlett-get-rhett-back/681710)
**Author:** [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-scarlett-get-rhett-back/681710 "2014-02-22T14:49:34Z")
Not too ashamed to say I rewatched “Gone with the Wind” with my daughter this weekend. The storytelling, the acting, the music all make it quite watchable despite its despicable depiction of slavery & inaccurate retelli… --- ## [How do I print half-letter-size pages on letter-size printer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-print-half-letter-size-pages-on-letter-size-printer/728064)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-print-half-letter-size-pages-on-letter-size-printer/728064 "2015-08-22T15:16:53Z")
I know what the intended output is, but I don’t know how to obtain it, what setting in what dialog would make it happen… I have a 300 page document. After it is printed and collated, I want each page to be 5.5 inches t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1374&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1376&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)