# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1392&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:** 1393 --- ## [Is that the death rattle of the Euro I hear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-the-death-rattle-of-the-euro-i-hear/560918)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-the-death-rattle-of-the-euro-i-hear/560918 "2010-11-19T16:03:01Z")
Ireland is in deep economic doo-doo. they have instituted extreme austerity measures but to no avail. They are being pressured to seek help from the European partners lest their sickness infects other parts of Europe. … --- ## [You're stupid, now you're dead. (RO, I guess)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-stupid-now-youre-dead-ro-i-guess/464081)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-stupid-now-youre-dead-ro-i-guess/464081 "2008-09-21T02:12:44Z")
News link: Condensed story: two women pick a carrier bag full of indiscriminately assorted wild fungi, take them home and eat them. One is dead, the other is ‘conscious and stable’ (but will probably die, IMHO, due to… --- ## [Edgar Allen Poe - genius?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allen-poe-genius/637597)
**Author:** [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allen-poe-genius/637597 "2012-10-16T23:51:16Z")
Is/was EAP really that good or was he just the only one doing horror at the time? I like his stuff but it seems rather ordinary (except for the subject matter). If he was that good who else was a contemporary horror writ… --- ## [Shortest distance from the U.S. mainland to Hawaii](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-distance-from-the-u-s-mainland-to-hawaii/803746)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-distance-from-the-u-s-mainland-to-hawaii/803746 "2025-08-25T22:53:41Z")
Assume someone wants to fly a General Aviation aircraft from North America to Hawaii. Which airport on the U.S. mainland (including Alaska and its peninsula) or Canada is closest to the nearest airport in the Hawaiian i… --- ## [In England, can you still get fish wrapped in newspaper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-england-can-you-still-get-fish-wrapped-in-newspaper/693836)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-england-can-you-still-get-fish-wrapped-in-newspaper/693836 "2014-07-25T17:13:24Z")
I went to England in 1989 and one of my memories is getting actual fish and chips from a few local places. That stuff was awesome. I was in Bedford, if you are curious. Anyway, it came with newspaper as the outside wrap… --- ## [Exercise is not fun! Or, Am I doing it wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-is-not-fun-or-am-i-doing-it-wrong/529013)
**Author:** [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-is-not-fun-or-am-i-doing-it-wrong/529013 "2010-03-01T20:03:17Z")
This thread started from a hijack that I caused over here. Basically, I’ve started exercising recently, and as of yet, I have not started to feel better, feel less stress, or feel any of the benefits that my doctors and … --- ## [Will You Virtually Marry Me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-virtually-marry-me/36271)
**Author:** [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2000, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-virtually-marry-me/36271 "2000-10-24T13:45:06Z")
I’m feeling a little silly this morning (didn’t get enough sleep last night) and thought it might be fun to get married. So this is an open call to any female doper who is interested in tying the knot in a completely non… --- ## [Gun Control At Work (Sorta) Just Happened To Myself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-control-at-work-sorta-just-happened-to-myself/846152)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-control-at-work-sorta-just-happened-to-myself/846152 "2020-01-25T00:42:33Z")
Well- 45 minutes ago (now an hour, I AM long-winded), there was a knock at my apartment door. I live in the eastern time zone, so like 6:45. It’s dark. My son was alarmed at a tall stranger at the door. I’m obviously wo… --- ## [Latest Mafia Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-mafia-game/821586)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-mafia-game/821586 "2023-09-21T17:43:55Z")
We haven’t had much mafia around here lately. I was first exposed to the forum game over a decade ago in Werewolf a game Part 2 (this time with MAFIA!). What aggravating fun it was! Is there any interest in starting it … --- ## [I've stolen my first hubcap. OK, what do I do with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-stolen-my-first-hubcap-ok-what-do-i-do-with-it/680917)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-stolen-my-first-hubcap-ok-what-do-i-do-with-it/680917 "2014-02-11T21:38:19Z")
Well, not really. :wink: One of the things you hear in regards to the Beatles appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show on 2-9-64 is that not a single hubcap was stolen in NYC while the show was on. So I’ve heard of teens stea… --- ## [At what age (if ever) will Marisa Tomei cease to be insanely hot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-if-ever-will-marisa-tomei-cease-to-be-insanely-hot/774517)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-if-ever-will-marisa-tomei-cease-to-be-insanely-hot/774517 "2016-12-14T15:02:30Z")
In 2017, Marissa Tomei will again portray Spider-man’s Aunt May. Some on the internet get the idea that it makes sense that a teenager’s aunt would not likely be an old lady as Aunt May has traditionally been portrayed.… --- ## [Difference between "extra sharp" and "New York sharp"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-extra-sharp-and-new-york-sharp/780608)
**Author:** [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2017, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-extra-sharp-and-new-york-sharp/780608 "2017-02-26T06:20:14Z")
It’s the same brand (in our grocery), so I imagine one is sharper than the other. In googling I can’t find a distinction between these precise phrasings. Anybody know? --- ## [Senegal unveils 50m eyesore in Dakar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senegal-unveils-50m-eyesore-in-dakar/534936)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senegal-unveils-50m-eyesore-in-dakar/534936 "2010-04-07T17:00:17Z")
what an ugly, sexist, arrogant, massive and ultimately useless piece of iconography. Not surprisinglyNorth Koreans had a hand in building the eyesore. The president just comes off as an old, arrogant, fool who would do a… --- ## [What if a company bought all its own shares?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-company-bought-all-its-own-shares/473010)
**Author:** [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-company-bought-all-its-own-shares/473010 "2008-11-18T19:51:43Z")
Public companies purchase their own shares all of the time, “stock buybacks”. The shares become treasury stock, and the value of the shares on the market increases proportionally. What would happen if a company managed t… --- ## [Should companies profit share with all employees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-companies-profit-share-with-all-employees/705172)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-companies-profit-share-with-all-employees/705172 "2014-11-24T22:57:33Z")
Should there be a profit sharing among all employees at a company, even to contractors? Facebook hires a private bus company to operate buses that transport some of its employees to/from work from various commuter lots.… --- ## [Batwoman creators quit; say DC revoked their plans for gay marriage between characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batwoman-creators-quit-say-dc-revoked-their-plans-for-gay-marriage-between-characters/668154)
**Author:** [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batwoman-creators-quit-say-dc-revoked-their-plans-for-gay-marriage-between-characters/668154 "2013-09-08T17:37:43Z")
Batwoman has been one of the absolute best comic books out there ever since DC launched it at the start of the New 52 (the current DC universe reboot). It’s been critically acclaimed and won awards for its depiction of t… --- ## [Teen Week on Jeopardy sucks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-week-on-jeopardy-sucks/549091)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-week-on-jeopardy-sucks/549091 "2010-08-07T09:27:14Z")
I’m not a giant Jeopardy fan, but my wife and I do enjoy watching it a few times a week. Every year though when teen week comes along we have to find something else to kill time with because it’s just not fun to watch. … --- ## [Unofficial Mini-LonDope in January](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395)
**Author:** [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395 "2004-01-26T17:07:37Z")
Over here, Tir’s informed us that she’s leaving us to join her Twisty in Ireland, and has suggested a LonDope to bid her farewell in March. Now, some people, naming no names, have quite rightly, pointed out that March i… --- ## [Just curious how drowning a bunch of kids can be considered God's will](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-how-drowning-a-bunch-of-kids-can-be-considered-gods-will/1020860)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 396\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2025, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-how-drowning-a-bunch-of-kids-can-be-considered-gods-will/1020860 "2025-09-04T06:08:22Z")
So, I presume the folks who ran that camp in Texas are trying to figure out how it was that God saw fit to drown a bunch of little kids. They were at a Christian camp, clearly a setting with a powerful religious ethic. … --- ## [Is calling Muslims "Kebab" offensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-calling-muslims-kebab-offensive/647498)
**Author:** [@TheCrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCrow)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-calling-muslims-kebab-offensive/647498 "2013-01-19T04:13:13Z")
A couple times I saw Muslims were called “Kebabs” and Islam was called “Kebabness” on the internet. I don’t know whether it’d be offensive IRL. Perhaps, it’s just an online joke, originated from 4CHAN or something simila… --- ## [Star Trek: Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-khan/715159)
**Author:** [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-khan/715159 "2015-03-25T00:33:13Z")
Ok, this is probably going to get my Trekkie card pulled but this has bothered me a long time. Ok well 3 years, but that’s long. Why do people think Star Trek Into Darkness is a reboot of Wrath of Khan? It’s obvious i… --- ## [Bad sitcom. Good joke.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-sitcom-good-joke/319260)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-sitcom-good-joke/319260 "2005-09-03T16:14:58Z")
Over the decades the airwaves have abounded with crap TV shows, so bad that most people won’t admit to watching them. I’m not talking Suddenly Susan, I’m talking Gilligan’s Island. Saved by the Bell. Small Wonder. ALF. B… --- ## [Mobile phones on a light aircraft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-phones-on-a-light-aircraft/600967)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-phones-on-a-light-aircraft/600967 "2011-10-29T20:00:49Z")
I thought of posting this in The Great Ongoing General Aviation Thread, but thought I’d get a factual answer here. Maybe this thread can be merged after there is an answer? Or else I could post a comment in the other t… --- ## [Did Soviet Communism Deliver on its Promises?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-soviet-communism-deliver-on-its-promises/554114)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-soviet-communism-deliver-on-its-promises/554114 "2010-09-22T17:31:04Z")
Lenin sold himself on Comunism, partly because he believed that it would turn Russia into a modern economy. He also believed that communism was a more efficient system than capitalism, and would result in no poverty. My… --- ## [Unintentionally funny signs/ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-funny-signs-ads/720695)
**Author:** [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-funny-signs-ads/720695 "2015-05-27T01:10:32Z")
Yesterday while driving out of the mini-mart parking lot I was confronted with a hand-lettered sign: FREE KIDS FOOTBALL WEEKEND Had to parse that for a moment, but to be fair it was early in the morning. Last summer … --- ## [Sucking eggs-with your RECTUM?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sucking-eggs-with-your-rectum/90669)
**Author:** [@cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynic)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sucking-eggs-with-your-rectum/90669 "2022-04-02T23:02:32Z")
OK, I was having a conversation with a co-worker and somehow we got onto the topic of what can happen to you when you overexert yourself sexually. He told me that in many Latin American countries (he’s Mexican-American),… --- ## [How Violent Are High-Functioning Aspergers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-violent-are-high-functioning-aspergers/571666)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-violent-are-high-functioning-aspergers/571666 "2011-12-30T05:16:59Z")
How violent are kids who are high-functioning but have Asperger’s from your own experience? For instance I have Asperger’s but I officially dropped any sort of “special ed” last year and am have normal status as a studen… --- ## [What's the densest liquid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-densest-liquid/213120)
**Author:** [@AndrewL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndrewL)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-densest-liquid/213120 "2003-11-14T21:18:03Z")
What liquid has the highest density at room teperature and pressure? I’m thinking mercury, but I’d like to know if anyone knws of any heavier. What about under higher pressures, or higher or lower temperatures? --- ## [Russki: impolite or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russki-impolite-or-not/681265)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russki-impolite-or-not/681265 "2014-02-17T18:03:57Z")
I always thought Russki was an impolite word for a Russian person. However, the Sochi Olympic ski jumping facility is called the Russki. So, what’s the straight dope? Is “Russki” rude, or is it acceptable? --- ## [When Safety Measures Kill You (5 Dead in Helicopter Crash in New York City)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-safety-measures-kill-you-5-dead-in-helicopter-crash-in-new-york-city/810462)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-safety-measures-kill-you-5-dead-in-helicopter-crash-in-new-york-city/810462 "2024-10-21T18:42:18Z")
Unlike the passengers the pilot wasn’t strapped in with this type harness and was able to escape. So inventive Dopers what is the solution? You have a design for a quick release harness which won’t be unlatched accid… --- ## [All-time Skating Rink Songs List (Warning: Bad Pop Music within)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865)
**Author:** [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865 "2006-03-23T22:07:59Z")
So, I’m doing some manual labor with a guy who likes to burn CDs. It’s a strange mix, but there are a few songs that, in my mind, belong in the Roller Rink Hall of Fame: “Saturday Night” by the Bay City Rollers “Littl… --- ## [Having dry cleaners launder shirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-dry-cleaners-launder-shirts/506065)
**Author:** [@sharding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sharding)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-dry-cleaners-launder-shirts/506065 "2009-08-12T14:54:43Z")
I have a bunch of shirts that I don’t wear nearly as often as I’d like because they always need to be ironed, and I hate ironing. I’ve been thinking about looking into outsourcing it. I think at least some dry cleaners d… --- ## [You "fought for my freedoms"? which ones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fought-for-my-freedoms-which-ones/155885)
**Author:** [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fought-for-my-freedoms-which-ones/155885 "2003-02-28T15:42:55Z")
In these days of polarized war talk, there’s a line of thinking I’ve been hearing a lot lately and it has crawled into my subconsious and taken root. Generally it comes from someone who is pro-war and/or pro-Bush, but de… --- ## [What goes good with cinnamon applesauce if you don't eat pork?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-good-with-cinnamon-applesauce-if-you-dont-eat-pork/359249)
**Author:** [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2006, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-good-with-cinnamon-applesauce-if-you-dont-eat-pork/359249 "2006-06-05T09:19:56Z")
I recently had a roommate move out who left a jar of cinnamon applesauce in the fridge. Snce I was a mite peckish just now, I had two big spoonfuls. And it was gooo-OOOoooo-ooood. Now I haven’t eaten applesauce in at le… --- ## [American Idol 2/25-26](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406 "2009-03-01T14:30:11Z")
More singers compete and a few more finalists will be picked this week. But…tonight’s ep. runs into the LOST time slot, so I will miss the last half hour unless I get off my lazy arse and tape it. Or maybe I’ll just re… --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1796](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1796/680109)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1796/680109 "2014-02-06T07:12:01Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1796 Voting for John Adams --- ## [Would you stop seeing a doctor because of their belief in quackery, even if not related to field?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-stop-seeing-a-doctor-because-of-their-belief-in-quackery-even-if-not-related-to-field/683248)
**Author:** [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-stop-seeing-a-doctor-because-of-their-belief-in-quackery-even-if-not-related-to-field/683248 "2014-03-14T00:11:17Z")
Meaning, would you stop seeing a doctor who has non-mainstream beliefs, even if those beliefs are not directly related to whatever their field of medicine is or to how they are treating you? Two things inspired this ques… --- ## [A question about the Hilary Clinton email business.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-hilary-clinton-email-business/830229)
**Author:** [@Steven\_Estes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Estes)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-hilary-clinton-email-business/830229 "2019-03-01T22:56:36Z")
I understand that what Hilary Clinton did that was undoubtedly wrong was (1) to mix her personal email with her official, sometimes confidential, government email. What I have never understood (though perhaps everyone e… --- ## [Let's play a game (and at the same time learn interesting things about each other)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-a-game-and-at-the-same-time-learn-interesting-things-about-each-other/335702)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-a-game-and-at-the-same-time-learn-interesting-things-about-each-other/335702 "2005-12-24T19:38:13Z")
2 truths and a lie. That is what you must put in your post in here. It’s up to the other members to guess which one is the lie. Try to make your two truths as outlandish as possible…so when you do reveal if people are… --- ## [It's been a really shitty month.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-really-shitty-month/770068)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-really-shitty-month/770068 "2017-03-17T15:29:06Z")
In ascending order of general shitiness: My brother-in-law finally fucking died. While his friends are sad about it, his family is rejoicing. Miserable, abusive shit that he was his entire life. I had to have the l… --- ## [Recommend kids books with strong female character, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-kids-books-with-strong-female-character-please/146892)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-kids-books-with-strong-female-character-please/146892 "2003-01-13T16:59:33Z")
I know how much dopers love their books. I need recommendations for books for children (3-late teen in age) to keep as a reference for my growing library. Any genre. If you have a particular story that you are passio… --- ## [Political Compass #48: A mother's first duty is to be a homemaker.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-48-a-mothers-first-duty-is-to-be-a-homemaker/286392)
**Author:** [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-48-a-mothers-first-duty-is-to-be-a-homemaker/286392 "2005-01-27T22:33:48Z")
Many political debates here have included references to The Political Compass, which uses a set of 61 questions to assess one’s political orientation in terms of economic left/right and social libertarianism/authoritaria… --- ## [What is the worst computer game you've ever played?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-computer-game-youve-ever-played/439668)
**Author:** [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-computer-game-youve-ever-played/439668 "2008-03-30T03:47:47Z")
We’re used to talking about the best and why they rock, but for a change let’s do the worst and why they suck. Not just bad, but the absolute opposite of best. The one game you actually regret even playing, the one with … --- ## [Your favorite version(s) of A Christmas Carol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-version-s-of-a-christmas-carol/775002)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-version-s-of-a-christmas-carol/775002 "2016-12-25T17:36:05Z")
There are many versions of Dicken’s classic tale. I’m wondering which ones are Doper favorites. Some are so different that it’s hard to pick just one, so in the following poll you can pick up to three versions. I’ve i… --- ## [I'm fed up with anti-antisemitism and pro-antiarabism on this board.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-fed-up-with-anti-antisemitism-and-pro-antiarabism-on-this-board/372997)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-fed-up-with-anti-antisemitism-and-pro-antiarabism-on-this-board/372997 "2006-09-21T17:36:48Z")
I’m not fond of opening pit threads (it will be the second one in 5 years), and I’m not particularily good at rants, so I’ll keep this short. Following the thread about the museum of tolerance to be built in Jerusalem a… --- ## [Aphids in my Coriander/Cilantro](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphids-in-my-coriander-cilantro/648506)
**Author:** [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphids-in-my-coriander-cilantro/648506 "2013-05-03T02:42:54Z")
I am growing some coriander ( cilantro if you will) in a window box inside as it get pretty chilly outside overnight around here. The first batch was growing pretty well then we discovered it was smothered in little gre… --- ## [Jay-Z's got 99 problems, and they're itemized right here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-zs-got-99-problems-and-theyre-itemized-right-here/732914)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-zs-got-99-problems-and-theyre-itemized-right-here/732914 "2015-10-08T13:54:45Z")
\*Your help in fleshing out the list is greatly appreciated, but bear in mind that a bitch should NOT be included. \* -Ticking from the wind-up clock his grandmother gave him makes it difficult to fall asleep some nights. … --- ## [The Retail Kiss of Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-retail-kiss-of-death/212501)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-retail-kiss-of-death/212501 "2003-11-14T18:26:28Z")
Retail businesses of America, you are of course free to engage in whatever practices you wish. If they include the following, though, the odds that you will gain or keep me as a customer are extremely low. #1: Grudging … --- ## [Singapore Vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singapore-vacation/659161)
**Author:** [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singapore-vacation/659161 "2014-05-08T03:25:27Z")
It’s that time again. My wife and I have started to plan for our next adventure. Last vacation destination was Hawaii. It was great. And being able to get by speaking English or Japanese was amazing. If we could move to… --- ## [In which RTFirefly pits self for being unfair to Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723 "2006-07-15T01:56:31Z")
I have been unfair to Weirddave. I’ve been irrationally attacking him over what was clearly nothing more than an accidental omission of a word on his part. This occurred in the Lieberman may bolt from Dems GD thread. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1391&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1393&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)