# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=139&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:** 140 --- ## [Uvalde, Texas school shooting - the political thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-the-political-thread/965036)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 648\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-the-political-thread/965036 "2022-06-07T13:55:59Z")
This is the thread where I can ask the question, “How long will it take for Marjorie Taylor Greene to claim that this school shooting is fake news”? Fifteen people dead in latest school shooting --- ## [Which performer's physical appearance didn't match your mental image the most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-performers-physical-appearance-didnt-match-your-mental-image-the-most/619193)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-performers-physical-appearance-didnt-match-your-mental-image-the-most/619193 "2020-08-11T15:35:42Z")
Several of the “blue-eyed soul” artists come to mind. Dusty Springfield, Eric Burdon and probably Rick Astley. Wiki’s complete list is here although it’s easy to nitpick some of them. The Osmonds? Really? I know it’… --- ## [Have You Ever Had To Put Your Child In A Group Home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-to-put-your-child-in-a-group-home/609463)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-to-put-your-child-in-a-group-home/609463 "2021-08-27T15:46:28Z")
There has to be someone here that’s been through this. Please, og, I beseech you, let there be. I’m having a really hard time with my youngest son, 13, right now. I don’t want to go into too much detail, as he does ha… --- ## [Who Has The Best Butt You Have Seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-best-butt-you-have-seen/554664)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-best-butt-you-have-seen/554664 "2010-09-27T23:27:59Z")
As a companion thread to Who Had The Best Bust You Have Seen?. Who Has The Best Butt You Have Ever Seen? I’ll start out with a professional - Sasha Grey (not nude but these are pictures of a woman’s ass) --- ## [Clever hacks that you've never gotten to work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-hacks-that-youve-never-gotten-to-work/933692)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-hacks-that-youve-never-gotten-to-work/933692 "2022-06-10T22:33:58Z")
Millions of people swear by them, but you’ve never actually gotten it to work. For example: to get crystal clear ice cubes, boil the water first. Nope. Qualified example: light a match (back when strike-anywhere matches… --- ## [What bodily quirks/mutations/oddities do you have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104 "2014-02-25T19:00:50Z")
What bodily gifts (or curses!) did nature bequeath you? Or perhaps just some things which don’t affect you one way or another, but might still be a bit weird? Me, my GP pointed out to me a couple of years ago that my l… --- ## [You don't like tattoos, Clothahump. We get it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-like-tattoos-clothahump-we-get-it/602270)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-like-tattoos-clothahump-we-get-it/602270 "2011-11-21T23:52:22Z")
Now stop fucking threadshitting about it. I’m very glad that first was considered a warnable offense. Also, posts like this do nothing to highlight the strength of your character: Really classy. You don’t seem to have… --- ## [Glass Onion (a Knives Out Mystery) was in Theaters Nov. 23 -29, now on Netflix (Dec. 23, 2022)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 495\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388 "2025-12-01T17:29:03Z")
Just a note to remind people who like to see movies in a theater of its very limited theater run (I will wait until it streams) Note WP review is a repost on non-paywalled MSN: --- ## [Amanda Knox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-knox/654007)
**Author:** [@LisaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LisaB)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-knox/654007 "2021-08-14T19:09:07Z")
Trying Amanda again proves to me just how dumb the Italian government is. It is so obvious that the criminal who was convicted, Rudy, is the only guilty party involved. Why would they have reduced his original sentence?… --- ## [Here’s a list of reasons from various pundits about why the Democrats got whipped. Agree / Disagree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-a-list-of-reasons-from-various-pundits-about-why-the-democrats-got-whipped-agree-disagree/772562)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-a-list-of-reasons-from-various-pundits-about-why-the-democrats-got-whipped-agree-disagree/772562 "2016-12-24T00:53:13Z")
Here’s a list of reasons from various pundits about why the Democrats got whipped. No specific ranking, just typing as they come to mind based on the articles and opinion pieces I have read over the past several weeks. … --- ## [Will the history books say we won or lost the War in Iraq?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-history-books-say-we-won-or-lost-the-war-in-iraq/538504)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-history-books-say-we-won-or-lost-the-war-in-iraq/538504 "2010-10-25T22:09:13Z")
Early in his presidency, Barack Obama stated he was going to start withdrawing American troops from Iraq, having most of them out by August of this year. Supposing that all goes to plan and we finally end our participat… --- ## [Survivor 39 (Island of the Idols) debuts 9/25/19!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-39-island-of-the-idols-debuts-9-25-19/840437)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 336\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-39-island-of-the-idols-debuts-9-25-19/840437 "2020-01-14T14:36:55Z")
Link to bios. Sandra and Boston Rob return as “mentors.” My cursory look at the tribes leaves me unimpressed. --- ## [Is it legal to wear a sword?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-wear-a-sword/272741)
**Author:** [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-wear-a-sword/272741 "2014-06-19T23:47:57Z")
I’ve done some searching, and the answers I’ve found are somewhat ambiguous. All I can tell for sure is that it can be illegal on a state-by-state basis to carry a concealed blade with length greater than X in/cm. That… --- ## [That's a nice VW plant you have there. Would be a shame if something happened to it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-nice-vw-plant-you-have-there-would-be-a-shame-if-something-happened-to-it/681073)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-nice-vw-plant-you-have-there-would-be-a-shame-if-something-happened-to-it/681073 "2014-02-23T13:18:17Z")
So say the thinly veiled threats of the Republican party in Tennessee, where workers at the VW plant in Chattanooga are going to vote this week on whether to join the UAW. \[QUOTE=State Sen. Bo Watson, R-Chattanooga\] Sh… --- ## [Governor Blagojevich Arrested, What Now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-blagojevich-arrested-what-now/476396)
**Author:** [@twhitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twhitt)\ **Replies:** 433\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-blagojevich-arrested-what-now/476396 "2009-01-12T06:11:25Z")
Link to ongoing developments in the Chicago Tribune Governor Blagojevich has been arrested by federal authorities on corruption charges, related to selling Obama’s senate seat in exchange for personal favors, and severa… --- ## [Is stage hypnosis real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-stage-hypnosis-real/480497)
**Author:** [@jakesteele](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jakesteele)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-stage-hypnosis-real/480497 "2018-10-21T20:42:08Z")
Most of us have seen stage hypnosis shows on tv where people are made to quack and acts like ducks, eat onions and think they are eating an apple. I was wondering if this is actually real or if is group conformity or no… --- ## [Why did my corn bread come out flat as a pancake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-corn-bread-come-out-flat-as-a-pancake/606309)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-corn-bread-come-out-flat-as-a-pancake/606309 "2012-04-01T21:08:01Z")
I got one of those packets where you just add milk and an egg. I followed the directions precisely. The only thing I can think of is; I mixed the ingredients, then realized I hadn’t turned the oven on yet. So the mixtur… --- ## [Is this racist? (Australian variety show skit)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-racist-australian-variety-show-skit/513146)
**Author:** [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-racist-australian-variety-show-skit/513146 "2019-02-06T13:22:13Z")
Can’t see a thread on this yet, apologies if it’s been done… On Wednesday night (October 7th), a television show called Hey Hey It’s Saturday went to air here in Australia. It’s intended to be a family friendly variety … --- ## [What's the conservative view on Iraq?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-conservative-view-on-iraq/647106)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-conservative-view-on-iraq/647106 "2013-02-03T20:54:32Z")
Eric Bolling, a Fox commentator, was speaking out against what he said is a liberal bias in school books. As an example he gave what a school book said about the 2003 Iraq invasion, “They were very, very liberally biased… --- ## [Nuclear Power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power/576752)
**Author:** [@Kneejerk\_Skeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneejerk_Skeptic)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power/576752 "2011-08-13T19:37:02Z")
I think NP is a potentially wonderful thing. I like to joke about how I will never be satisfied with my cordless drill until it’s powered by antimatter, and only needs to be recharged once every 1,000 years. Okay, that… --- ## [The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel-spoilers/803565)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 261\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel-spoilers/803565 "2023-07-01T00:49:03Z")
Season 1 of this Amazon Original serieswas released on 11/28, and I inhaled it over the weekend. I LOVED it. I actually can’t think of anything about it that I didn’t like. A high-level setup would be to say that in 195… --- ## [The politics of Quran burning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-politics-of-quran-burning/613754)
**Author:** [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-politics-of-quran-burning/613754 "2012-03-09T11:02:48Z")
I don’t support book burning, or Quran burning, or Bible burning. But, I find the images and descriptions of violent outrage shown by Muslim communities, in reaction to Quran burning, to be much more upsetting. There hav… --- ## [Mad-Men: 5.03 "Mystery Date" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-5-03-mystery-date-open-spoilers/618215)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-5-03-mystery-date-open-spoilers/618215 "2012-04-14T10:52:21Z")
Judging from the previews it looks like we get to see more of Joan and her beloved smother. --- ## [Kyle Rayner1 and his crap about cops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rayner1-and-his-crap-about-cops/320036)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 375\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rayner1-and-his-crap-about-cops/320036 "2005-09-09T16:20:13Z")
In this thread, Kyle Rayner1 goes on a couple of rants about police. Specifically he has asserted that most of them are “lazy bastards” and that they need to “pull away from Dunkin Donuts.” And he’s now offended that I… --- ## [So last night I found out my wife had an affair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-last-night-i-found-out-my-wife-had-an-affair/625856)
**Author:** [@fatmac98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fatmac98)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-last-night-i-found-out-my-wife-had-an-affair/625856 "2012-06-25T18:30:19Z")
I’ve been on the SDMB for years. I don’t post much, mostly lurk. Last night my wife left her email open. Things have been so good between us for the past month, it’s like we’ve reconnected after a couple months of some … --- ## [I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior drill instructor.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-gunnery-sergeant-hartman-your-senior-drill-instructor/611648)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-gunnery-sergeant-hartman-your-senior-drill-instructor/611648 "2012-09-20T16:26:09Z")
If you ladies leave my island, if you survive recruit training, you will be a weapon; you will be a minister of death, praying for war. But until that day you are pukes. You are the lowest form of life on Earth. You are … --- ## [How is this possible? (Mother shot by toddler at Walmart)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-possible-mother-shot-by-toddler-at-walmart/708569)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-possible-mother-shot-by-toddler-at-walmart/708569 "2015-01-06T20:00:16Z")
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2014/12/30/22156436.html Long story short, it seems that a two-year-old reached into their mom’s purse, pulled out a handgun, fired it and killed the mom. Now I’ve fired handguns a cou… --- ## [Teacher Reveals Former Prostitution in Support of Craigslist Adult Services Rights - Loses Job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-reveals-former-prostitution-in-support-of-craigslist-adult-services-rights-loses-job/555352)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-reveals-former-prostitution-in-support-of-craigslist-adult-services-rights-loses-job/555352 "2010-10-08T00:26:17Z")
The following was posted at Huffington Post: It was posted by Melissa Petro, who was at the time an art teacher at elementary school P.S. 70 in the Bronx, a job she’d held for three years. She’s since been reassigned t… --- ## [Ask The Buddhist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-buddhist/526623)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-buddhist/526623 "2014-05-10T01:06:20Z")
There was some interest in such a thread, so I thought I’d start it. I know I’m not alone (no really, I know I’m not alone… heh.) So let’s have a Buddhist free-for-all. I imagine it will involve lots of gong-ringing a… --- ## [Herpes (HSV) Cure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herpes-hsv-cure/618722)
**Author:** [@sorasan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sorasan)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herpes-hsv-cure/618722 "2013-06-27T20:43:22Z")
I have been reading up on the Herpes Simplex Virus and became curious as to why no cure has ever been developed. The best explanation I could find was: "Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infects epithelial cells (skin cells) a… --- ## [Serious thoughts requested on some 2016 candidates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-thoughts-requested-on-some-2016-candidates/704295)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-thoughts-requested-on-some-2016-candidates/704295 "2014-12-20T17:18:38Z")
Preferably no “he’s evil personified”, or “he’s crazy”. I’m actually interested in people’s thoughts on some of the lesser known contenders who might be running for President. Democrats: Howard Dean Martin O’Malley J… --- ## [What kind of fish does Long John Silver serve](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-does-long-john-silver-serve/297475)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-does-long-john-silver-serve/297475 "2005-04-04T16:04:36Z")
What kind of fish is their batter dipped fish? Is it cod? --- ## [The New Haven Firefighter Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-haven-firefighter-case/498268)
**Author:** [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Replies:** 332\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-haven-firefighter-case/498268 "2009-07-16T20:23:05Z")
http://newmexicoindependent.com/28292/sotomayors-connecticut-firefighter-decision-upheld-civil-rights-law-stanford-prof-argues This case makes absolutely no sense to me. How can a test discriminate against black and hi… --- ## [dog vs. cat - who would win in a steel-cage death match?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-vs-cat-who-would-win-in-a-steel-cage-death-match/550462)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-vs-cat-who-would-win-in-a-steel-cage-death-match/550462 "2010-08-18T14:03:13Z")
Yesterday in conversation I stated that if you locked up a pet dog and a pet cat, and made them fight to the death, the dog would win because of its superior size. In real life (e.g. gray wolf or similar, in the wild, v… --- ## [Was Killing Osama Bin Laden Lawful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-killing-osama-bin-laden-lawful/580474)
**Author:** [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-killing-osama-bin-laden-lawful/580474 "2011-05-09T20:31:21Z")
What is the legal justifications for killing OBL? If there is no ‘war’ against Al Qaeda, and OBL is not a combatant, then I don’t see how his intentional targeting for killing\* is legally justified when he’s living in a… --- ## [Let's Debate Afghanistan In The Pit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-debate-afghanistan-in-the-pit/546812)
**Author:** [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Replies:** 305\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-debate-afghanistan-in-the-pit/546812 "2010-08-29T01:18:52Z")
I say, fuck anyone who thinks we should be there. Let’s start here. \[my answer, with some editing\] Anyone who has the US military at their disposal to secure it. And if that were our only purpose, we could immediate… --- ## [Support for the parent of a gender-questioning child? Please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-the-parent-of-a-gender-questioning-child-please/705204)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-the-parent-of-a-gender-questioning-child-please/705204 "2016-04-14T13:28:22Z")
I’ve been hesitant to post this, but I’m floundering and need some input and support. Background: My 13 year old daughter has identified as a lesbian since she was 10 or so, as I’ve noted on the board before. Her brothe… --- ## [What the hell is Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" supposed to represent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-kafkas-the-metamorphosis-supposed-to-represent/615886)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-kafkas-the-metamorphosis-supposed-to-represent/615886 "2012-03-21T14:25:21Z")
Spoilers, major and minor, for this story. It’s just a novel in which a man named Gregor one day wakes up turned into a giant bug. His family, whom he had been supporting entirely, don’t know what to make of it of cours… --- ## [Basements in Florida (or lack thereof)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basements-in-florida-or-lack-thereof/601550)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basements-in-florida-or-lack-thereof/601550 "2021-02-01T17:38:41Z")
When we moved here from Ohio, I noticed very early on that few in any homes down here had basements. When I pressed my engineer neighbor, he said that the high water table would leak into your basement and you’d have a … --- ## [Any Mammalian Milk That Humans SHOULDN'T Drink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mammalian-milk-that-humans-shouldnt-drink/514391)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mammalian-milk-that-humans-shouldnt-drink/514391 "2009-10-29T16:13:05Z")
Excluding that which comes from momma humans, most of the milk consumed by humans comes from cows. I get that there are some cultures that drink the milk of other mammals such as goats, but are there any that are strictl… --- ## [What exactly does "semi-automatic" mean in U.S. gun terminology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-does-semi-automatic-mean-in-u-s-gun-terminology/645876)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-does-semi-automatic-mean-in-u-s-gun-terminology/645876 "2013-01-09T05:49:17Z")
I have a factual question about firearms terminology. Please keep it in GQ. I was reading an article about the AR-15 rifle: Bushmasters Flying off Shelvesand there was a discussion about “semi-automatic” that confused… --- ## [Anyone excited about the Torchwood Debut?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-excited-about-the-torchwood-debut/588363)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2011, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-excited-about-the-torchwood-debut/588363 "2011-09-17T10:46:12Z")
Tonights the big start. :smiley: I hope this time they can keep the original humor from the early seasons. I stopped watching after season 2 because it got to dark. Too depressing. I’m giving the reboot a chance. I li… --- ## [Guys: what's YOUR take on the VPL (visible panty line)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-whats-your-take-on-the-vpl-visible-panty-line/74096)
**Author:** [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-whats-your-take-on-the-vpl-visible-panty-line/74096 "2015-09-14T20:20:34Z")
There’s in article in Friday’s Washington Post re footless pantyhose, and now pantyhose cut off just below the knee. It says in part “The wearer supposedly looks slimmer, more toned, and without an unsightly panty line.”… --- ## [Are the Beatles overrated as musicians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-beatles-overrated-as-musicians/689246)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2015, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-beatles-overrated-as-musicians/689246 "2015-03-13T03:49:41Z")
I love the Beatles, but as far as technical talent goes, were they really that good? I think if they didn’t have such awesome production, they wouldn’t be nearly as acclaimed as they are now. --- ## [Rediscovering obscure old songs from your youth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rediscovering-obscure-old-songs-from-your-youth/737234)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rediscovering-obscure-old-songs-from-your-youth/737234 "2025-03-30T00:47:38Z")
Isn’t it fun when you do that? I’m thinking about that because several days ago, I stumbled onto this wonderful song that I used to hear late at night on the AOR station as a tween in the late 1970s; they would play wha… --- ## [The going to work early MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 395\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625 "2013-08-26T04:27:11Z")
I don’t even have time to get coffee, I have to be to work early. Baking nevers waits. Barely enough time to get “purified” for “irk” and feed the dog and cat,(Nathan and Atilla), so they don’t eat me when I get home. … --- ## [Brainglutton, I am so tired of your BS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-i-am-so-tired-of-your-bs/425669)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 477\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-i-am-so-tired-of-your-bs/425669 "2007-11-16T14:53:39Z")
I’m awful sick of leftists who loudly declare that America is a has-been, or that it’s weak, or that it can’t succeed - who then demand that America attempts the actually impossible with a 100% success rate and that it m… --- ## [Women who don't like cunnilingus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-dont-like-cunnilingus/397270)
**Author:** [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-dont-like-cunnilingus/397270 "2007-03-28T19:19:36Z")
Have I been lied to and misinformed my entire life? I didn’t really think these existed, but apparently they do. Are they as rare as guys who don’t like blowjobs? I solicit your stories, perspectives, anecdotes, and ill… --- ## [John Travolta's Son Dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travoltas-son-dies/479648)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travoltas-son-dies/479648 "2009-01-07T21:12:21Z")
Story here. He apparently hit his head in the bath tub after having a seizure. --- ## ['Lens marks' on brand new spectacles - WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lens-marks-on-brand-new-spectacles-wtf/498092)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2009, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lens-marks-on-brand-new-spectacles-wtf/498092 "2009-05-31T08:10:48Z")
I just stopped postponing the inevitable and spent a painful amount of money on some new spectacles. I have quite a high prescription (about +6 dioptres), so I have to go for the extra-spendy high index optical plastic,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=138&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=140&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)