# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1388&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:** 1389 --- ## [Snow on the Roof : A Public Service Rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-on-the-roof-a-public-service-rant/478448)
**Author:** [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-on-the-roof-a-public-service-rant/478448 "2009-02-03T00:25:49Z")
Hello public. I know you like vans. I know you like trucks. I know that it snows. Sometimes a lot. Like this last weekend. I know that sometimes it’s a pain in the patootie to reach up and brush the snow from off the to… --- ## [Return of the Wombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-wombat/647076)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-wombat/647076 "2013-01-31T20:57:33Z")
After a six-month sabbatical, I have returned to the Dope. Immediately upon my return, the admins grabbed me, performed a minimal goat/octopus re-initiation ceremony, and slipped the moderator harness back on. It seems t… --- ## [Barbara Walters' speech impediment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbara-walters-speech-impediment/140922)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbara-walters-speech-impediment/140922 "2002-12-14T03:45:07Z")
She has a problem pronouncing her "r"s. Is this due to a physical problem, or is there another reason? I suppose it’s testimony to her prowess as a journalist that she’s gotten as far as she has with such a speech impe… --- ## [Swedish prisoner's dilemma.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-prisoners-dilemma/645209)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-prisoners-dilemma/645209 "2012-12-29T23:02:07Z")
This is a hypothetical situation. Olaf The Innocent was convicted of a crime in 1990, when he was still young. Since then he lived in a Stockholm prison. Now he can be granted parole whenever he wishes. Nevertheless,… --- ## [Songs that reference other songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reference-other-songs/530622)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reference-other-songs/530622 "2010-03-03T17:02:37Z")
I have my car radio on a newer station in Atlanta. It’s platform is essentially Top 40, but it has older songs on heavy rotation. Tone Loc has two of his songs in the rotation. I was listening to Funky Cold Medina, and… --- ## [Ask the guy who's fasting for Ramadan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-fasting-for-ramadan/551665)
**Author:** [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-fasting-for-ramadan/551665 "2010-09-03T13:59:23Z")
I’ve been fasting for Ramadan since about the 11th of August and despite the usual challenges, it’s going pretty well. So if you’re curious about how it works or what the daily experience is like, shoot me a question! --- ## [What Made Certain Cities/Towns Funny to British Monty Python Fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-certain-cities-towns-funny-to-british-monty-python-fans/774876)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-certain-cities-towns-funny-to-british-monty-python-fans/774876 "2016-12-24T14:27:56Z")
Up front, knowing the answers will not make ANY Monty Python bit more funny. I just get curious occasionally. Sometimes, in old episodes of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus,” the troupe seemed to get laughs just by alludin… --- ## [Ask the white chick who has only ever dated black dudes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-white-chick-who-has-only-ever-dated-black-dudes/498852)
**Author:** [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-white-chick-who-has-only-ever-dated-black-dudes/498852 "2009-06-09T04:14:23Z")
Ask me anything :cool: People usually do without being invited to, anyway… --- ## [What's the deal with goths, anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-goths-anyway/181657)
**Author:** [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-goths-anyway/181657 "2003-08-01T14:29:24Z")
So, I’m walking down the street, minding my own. Three goths walking on the other side of the street. One of them shouts at me “I bet you like young boys!”, and they all laughed. I was so suprised that I couldn’t think o… --- ## [car question - battery removal of 2008 MKX](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-question-battery-removal-of-2008-mkx/598220)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-question-battery-removal-of-2008-mkx/598220 "2011-10-01T20:28:43Z")
I need some help in removing the battery. I’ve done this countless times on a number of different vehicles. However, this Lincoln MKX battery hookup does not look like any other battery hookup I’ve ever seen. The two … --- ## [Origin of "You don't know her. She's from Canada."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-you-dont-know-her-shes-from-canada/580168)
**Author:** [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-you-dont-know-her-shes-from-canada/580168 "2011-05-01T04:13:49Z")
Usage: I do too have a girlfriend. You don’t know her. She’s from Canada. Any ideas? Anyone ever heard a different country used? --- ## [Why are Democratic presidential candidates so dull?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-democratic-presidential-candidates-so-dull/725460)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2015, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-democratic-presidential-candidates-so-dull/725460 "2015-07-24T05:21:10Z")
Many here have commented on the GOP’s supposed clown car of candidates, but many of those running are at the very least entertaining. Maybe not on purpose, and I have difficulty telling them apart, but with their, um, i… --- ## [How bad has the New Year's resolutioners crowd been at your gym?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-has-the-new-years-resolutioners-crowd-been-at-your-gym/567110)
**Author:** [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-has-the-new-years-resolutioners-crowd-been-at-your-gym/567110 "2011-02-03T00:33:46Z")
Just wondering. The crowd hasn’t been too bad hereabouts, at least in comparison to previous years. Most of the newcomers are just painful to watch, though. (Terrible form, a huge amount of lollygagging, and so forth.… --- ## [George Washington's Axe & Band Member Changes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-washingtons-axe-band-member-changes/533993)
**Author:** [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2010, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-washingtons-axe-band-member-changes/533993 "2010-03-29T08:40:44Z")
George Washington has an axe, it consists of a blade and a handle. He dies and its ownership passes on to someone else. The blade breaks and a new one is fitted to the original handle. Shortly thereafter, the original ha… --- ## [List of smurfs names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-smurfs-names/149153)
**Author:** [@quasar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasar)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2003, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-smurfs-names/149153 "2003-01-21T08:50:00Z")
As the thread’s title states, I want to know the all of the smurfs’ names. Lest you be thinking I might be planning on misusing this fundamental knowledge—or worst perhaps, that I am a smurfs-obsessed freak :eek:–allow … --- ## [Would you drive from London to New York?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-from-london-to-new-york/715948)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-from-london-to-new-york/715948 "2015-03-27T18:23:17Z")
Was reading this CNN article about a (fantasy) road proposal from Russia that would connect the US via Alaska to eastern Russia, then traverse Russia via an (fantasy proposed) road system that follows the trans-Siberian … --- ## [“My son is learning four letter words."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-is-learning-four-letter-words/633314)
**Author:** [@blueslipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueslipper)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-is-learning-four-letter-words/633314 "2012-09-03T22:58:45Z")
“My son is learning four letter words.” I asked my work colleague whether her son could read. She said yes, “My son is learning four letter words.” I responded with “He is learning what?!” She said he has learnt 3 let… --- ## [At what point do I become concerned about a permanent tooth not coming in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-do-i-become-concerned-about-a-permanent-tooth-not-coming-in/668231)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-do-i-become-concerned-about-a-permanent-tooth-not-coming-in/668231 "2013-09-08T19:20:08Z")
Daughter is 8. She had an orthodontist consult less than a year ago, and he had her x-rays and did a visual exam and declared that she would probably need braces at some point, but nothing worth intervention now. Her den… --- ## [Doper women: Do twins excite you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-women-do-twins-excite-you/474895)
**Author:** [@Thalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thalion)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-women-do-twins-excite-you/474895 "2008-12-02T02:35:34Z")
In this month’s Playboy, the playmates are identical twin sisters. Playboy has done this several times over the years (and twice they have featured identical triplets, but that’s another story). We all know that many (… --- ## [What if senators represented people by income?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-senators-represented-people-by-income/528060)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-senators-represented-people-by-income/528060 "2010-02-26T03:47:21Z")
Today’s Washington Post has an editorial “What if senators represented people by income or race, not by state?” by Anne Lowry: So, what would happen? Would anything change? Do senators really “represent” their states… --- ## [About Cats rescued by Fire Brigade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cats-rescued-by-fire-brigade/524148)
**Author:** [@NigelWaring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NigelWaring)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cats-rescued-by-fire-brigade/524148 "2010-01-19T01:44:05Z")
About 20-25 years ago in UK the firemen were on strike and army personnel took over their duties. One crew of soldiers rescued a cat, the little old lady was so pleased that she gave them tea and scones. As they left t… --- ## [Weird customers at closing time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-customers-at-closing-time/504354)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-customers-at-closing-time/504354 "2009-07-30T21:05:48Z")
Why is it that the weirdest customers arrive 2 minutes before closing time and make the most absurd requests? I operate a gas station and have several such examples. Just yesterday an older guy came and asked tar coatin… --- ## [Chiropractors-yea or nea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropractors-yea-or-nea/586642)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropractors-yea-or-nea/586642 "2011-07-02T21:34:12Z")
Ok, I’m not sure if this should be here in great debates or in general questions, but I feel this is probably the appropriate locale, so here it goes… How many of the board members here believe in chiropractic practice?… --- ## [Who put that stick up Diane's ass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-put-that-stick-up-dianes-ass/172921)
**Author:** [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-put-that-stick-up-dianes-ass/172921 "2003-05-08T19:46:32Z")
Ok, it probably doesn’t merit a pit thread, given that Canuck closed the thread himself. And I never start threads let alone pitting anybody so I’m totally shocking myself, but… Diane’s comments at the end of Canuck’s D… --- ## [Name the Las Vegas football team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-las-vegas-football-team/696634)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-las-vegas-football-team/696634 "2014-08-30T17:57:47Z")
I heard on the radio this morning that the NFL is going to be putting an expansion team in Las Vegas. They’ll need a name, of course. Let’s see… The Vegas Hookers ? :smiley: --- ## [How many people have at least three paychecks saved in case something goes wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-have-at-least-three-paychecks-saved-in-case-something-goes-wrong/673742)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-have-at-least-three-paychecks-saved-in-case-something-goes-wrong/673742 "2013-11-22T20:40:23Z")
Note: In the bank or under your mattress either way is acceptable. Question #1 How many people have at least three paychecks saved in case something goes wrong? Question #2 How many people don’t have three paychecks sa… --- ## [Brits must have a kettle on the stovetop at all times...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-must-have-a-kettle-on-the-stovetop-at-all-times/802698)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-must-have-a-kettle-on-the-stovetop-at-all-times/802698 "2017-11-30T23:50:34Z")
As I took the kettle out of the up-high cabinet where I never go (which ended up holding many things I didn’t remember I own) to have my biannual hot chocolate, I wondered, do British people get in trouble if a kettle is… --- ## [You'll never guess how I got out of debt!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youll-never-guess-how-i-got-out-of-debt/586926)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2011, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youll-never-guess-how-i-got-out-of-debt/586926 "2011-07-02T08:34:56Z")
Around this time last decade, I was pretty much screwed. My debt was more than 100% of my annual income and I was having trouble keeping up with it. It really looked like my whole future was on the line. Did I cut my sp… --- ## [they can say shit on tv now!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-can-say-shit-on-tv-now/69578)
**Author:** [@ssj\_man2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssj_man2k)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2001, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-can-say-shit-on-tv-now/69578 "2001-06-23T22:11:05Z")
I just watched southpark, and they said the word “shit” like 160 times (they had a counter at the bottom of the screen). They also said the word “fag” a number of times, but only Mr. Garrison could say it, because he is … --- ## [Gifts idea - 18 year old HS senior headed to college](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gifts-idea-18-year-old-hs-senior-headed-to-college/704708)
**Author:** [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gifts-idea-18-year-old-hs-senior-headed-to-college/704708 "2014-11-18T00:09:43Z")
I’m struggling to come up with a unique gift idea for my 18 year old son who is likely headed to college next year. He is a t-shirt and jeans kind of kid and doesn’t go to concerts. He had a good phone and a laptop. I’m… --- ## [Help us name the roomba!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-the-roomba/590787)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-the-roomba/590787 "2011-08-05T21:13:46Z")
We’ve just got a roomba 770 and it needs a name. We are looking for butler themed ones but anything you might think of is good. Thoughts? Shorter is better; while stanford bigglesworth the fourteenth is amusing, it’s far… --- ## [Post 25 mundane, pointless facts about yourself.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-25-mundane-pointless-facts-about-yourself/483772)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-25-mundane-pointless-facts-about-yourself/483772 "2009-02-12T17:59:10Z")
OK, so it’s Friday afternoon, I don’t feel like doing actual work, but I’m stumped for a topic to start a new thread on. So, I’ll just steal an idea for a thread that tends to get recycled every month or so on Facebook … --- ## [Do many people in your area get ashes on Ash Wednesday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-many-people-in-your-area-get-ashes-on-ash-wednesday/574089)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-many-people-in-your-area-get-ashes-on-ash-wednesday/574089 "2011-03-11T04:34:38Z")
It’s a very common sight here although much less so than in the past. I’ve never been in another country on Ash Wednesday so I dunno how common a sight it is elsewhere. --- ## [Colony on Venus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colony-on-venus/479650)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colony-on-venus/479650 "2009-01-06T02:30:27Z")
Seems more like a technological debate than a general factual question, so if the mods want to move it please do. Could humans colonize Venus? Not teraform it, beside the obvious requirement for liveable living space … --- ## [Is it possible to breed humans for very high intelligence AND exellent physical health?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-breed-humans-for-very-high-intelligence-and-exellent-physical-health/606310)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-breed-humans-for-very-high-intelligence-and-exellent-physical-health/606310 "2011-12-20T00:12:23Z")
I realize this would not be a good thing to go ethically etc, but I’ m wondering if the mechanics of it are even possible. Specifically the question is can you focus in a genetic trait like a combination of very high in… --- ## [We must all trust The Cloud! Good or bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-must-all-trust-the-cloud-good-or-bad/643254)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-must-all-trust-the-cloud-good-or-bad/643254 "2013-01-29T04:21:17Z")
Inspired by this CNN article about the Impending Demise of the Optical Drive \. I’m a little leery about this. All our data on the cloud, without physical copy? All our software downloaded, where it can be altered … --- ## [The SDMB 2012 Gardening Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-2012-gardening-thread/616155)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-2012-gardening-thread/616155 "2012-05-31T16:45:29Z")
Haven’t seen any others yet, so I’ll start. Last fall, thanks to my lawn-service business, I was able to cover all my garden plot about 3-4 inches deep in grass and leaf mulch. This was a great thing, as now I just hav… --- ## [Were there still a lot of Model Ts on the roads in the 1970s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-still-a-lot-of-model-ts-on-the-roads-in-the-1970s/403801)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-still-a-lot-of-model-ts-on-the-roads-in-the-1970s/403801 "2007-05-16T16:17:46Z")
I was just looking at a vintage auto ad for the 1972 Ford Pinto - the theme was, “we’ve come a long way.” (Kind of ironic considering what a horrible car the Pinto is remembered as.) Anyway, the ad began with the line, “… --- ## [How to deal with someone who is hyper-obsessed with you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-someone-who-is-hyper-obsessed-with-you/734409)
**Author:** [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-someone-who-is-hyper-obsessed-with-you/734409 "2015-10-14T19:32:00Z")
I never ever ever thought in a million years that I would be making this post, considering the asinine stupidity of some of the stuff I’ve said in the past. But this is frank and real and I really really need your help. … --- ## [I think I've identified a new genre](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-identified-a-new-genre/508927)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-identified-a-new-genre/508927 "2009-09-09T02:52:36Z")
Well, not a new genre; only I’ve never come across it being labeled as such. Man Fantasy We have High Fantasy–unicorns, fairies, etc.–and all those other fantasy subgenres, including everything from LOTR to Neverending… --- ## [Are the people of Liberia doomed at this point due to Ebola and all that comes with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-people-of-liberia-doomed-at-this-point-due-to-ebola-and-all-that-comes-with-it/698538)
**Author:** [@Shooby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shooby)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-people-of-liberia-doomed-at-this-point-due-to-ebola-and-all-that-comes-with-it/698538 "2014-10-12T20:37:10Z")
The first world is probably safe from Ebola, but at this point, it seems like Liberia is facing an existential crisis. The international relief effort is notable, but this is all happening in a country of about 150-200 … --- ## [Dems Dumb For Making Repubs SecDef](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-dumb-for-making-repubs-secdef/646265)
**Author:** [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-dumb-for-making-repubs-secdef/646265 "2013-01-08T03:20:13Z")
The Hagel nomination is dumb. Democratic presidents shouldn’t nominate Republicans as Secretary of Defense. The perception is that their party is soft. The more prominent Democrats with solid security credentials the bet… --- ## [What Is That Jazz Song With The Exceptionally Weird Time Signature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-jazz-song-with-the-exceptionally-weird-time-signature/697156)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-jazz-song-with-the-exceptionally-weird-time-signature/697156 "2014-09-04T12:28:09Z")
I have a vague memory of hearing about a jazz musician who composed music in ridiculously weird time signatures, just for the lulz. One of his more unusual bits had a time signature of 15/13 or something. Any idea who t… --- ## [Hot Water from Cold Water Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-water-from-cold-water-faucet/453248)
**Author:** [@SeanArenas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeanArenas)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-water-from-cold-water-faucet/453248 "2008-06-20T23:13:18Z")
Shower and bathroom sink: Turn on cold water faucet, hot water comes out. Hot water = 100+ degrees, like water from water heater. You cannot take a shower in water this temperature. Water runs for 15+ sometimes up to… --- ## [Lab-based scientists: is this normal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lab-based-scientists-is-this-normal/545538)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lab-based-scientists-is-this-normal/545538 "2010-07-08T23:34:35Z")
My girlfriend is doing a PhD in a subfield of biology. She’s just phoned me up in tears as her supervisor has apparently “stolen” her work. Whilst browsing a journal website, she’s come across one of her supervisor’s p… --- ## [Make your own Tabasco Sauce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-tabasco-sauce/544566)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-tabasco-sauce/544566 "2010-06-27T21:43:37Z")
Not that I would, since I’m lazy and it’s easier to just buy it. But I’d still like to know how to make it, just to know how to make it. Tabasco Sauce is made with ‘just three ingredients’, according to the Tabasco web… --- ## [Hen eggs, wheat bread, bee honey and hog sausage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hen-eggs-wheat-bread-bee-honey-and-hog-sausage/559325)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hen-eggs-wheat-bread-bee-honey-and-hog-sausage/559325 "2010-11-08T23:04:49Z")
What are your favorite redundant expressions and phrases like these? Can you present examples that make these redundancies more than just lazy language? --- ## [Is it me or is Jon Stewart's act getting old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-jon-stewarts-act-getting-old/532309)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-jon-stewarts-act-getting-old/532309 "2010-03-16T17:39:04Z")
At least three of the last five times I’ve watched the Daily Show, he’s led with one of his “Look how hypocritical FOX News is!” bits, wherein he shows clips of Glenn Beck and the other FOXies saying contradictary things… --- ## [What's the Deal with Headlights on/Taillights off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-headlights-on-taillights-off/343450)
**Author:** [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-headlights-on-taillights-off/343450 "2016-02-01T23:05:55Z")
I drive a lot. And thought I was noticing lately that people don’t put their headlights on when it’s foggy, raining, or just plain getting dark out. Sometimes, when you go to pass, you discover the headlights ARE on! … --- ## [childhood food surprise trauma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-food-surprise-trauma/115981)
**Author:** [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2002, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-food-surprise-trauma/115981 "2002-08-01T07:04:38Z")
a) your mom is making cake frosting and tells you not to take any from the big mixer. She leaves the room briefly and you of course swipe some. At this point, though, the frosty white stuff is still PURE CRISCO! b) bake… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1387&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1389&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)