# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1398&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:** 1399 --- ## [Were the Japanese Banzai attacks in WWII part of their military doctrine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-japanese-banzai-attacks-in-wwii-part-of-their-military-doctrine/685200)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-japanese-banzai-attacks-in-wwii-part-of-their-military-doctrine/685200 "2014-04-08T02:37:41Z")
Hello Everyone, I’m currently reading a book by Patrick O’Donnell called Into the Rising Sun. It’s a very captivating book and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the Pacific War. The book is basically a colle… --- ## [Embarrassing urinary noise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-urinary-noise/763322)
**Author:** [@Woodrow\_W\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Woodrow_W_Smith)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-urinary-noise/763322 "2016-09-02T03:34:05Z")
The subject came up in my college years. You’ve been invited to your girlfriend’s parents’ home for dinner. You excuse yourself to use the bathroom. Where you find the commode so full of water, there is no “dry land” to … --- ## [Profitability of slavery vs. sharecropping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profitability-of-slavery-vs-sharecropping/754213)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profitability-of-slavery-vs-sharecropping/754213 "2016-05-16T00:47:14Z")
After the American Civil War, once it was no longer possible to own chattel slaves the south had to work out a new system of raising cotton. The northern idea that the freed slaves would become hired laborers turned out … --- ## [Doctor Strange](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-strange/762526)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-strange/762526 "2016-09-19T02:35:43Z")
I am SO hoping the post-credit scene will introduce us to Fin Fang Foom… THIS kind not this kind https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/Fin\_Fang\_Foom\_Gr… --- ## [The European Population Crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-european-population-crash/527396)
**Author:** [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-european-population-crash/527396 "2010-02-06T03:42:25Z")
\[QUOTE=whack-a-mole\] Is that a European population crash or just people abandoning a town? Presumably those people who left are still, by-and-large, in Europe somewhere. \[/QUOTE\] So is there a population crash act… --- ## [Urban legends - why do some people keep repeating them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-why-do-some-people-keep-repeating-them/571110)
**Author:** [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-why-do-some-people-keep-repeating-them/571110 "2011-02-15T13:06:46Z")
On another message board I frequent, 2 people have trotted out the “Lemonjello, Orangello” chestnut. One person says their fiance knew them. A separate person says they are a teacher and had these people in their school. … --- ## [I ate crayfish eggs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-crayfish-eggs/421798)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-crayfish-eggs/421798 "2007-10-08T13:16:11Z")
I went on another crayfish foray today - this time to the Basingstoke canal at Odiham - we had absolutely no luck dipping bait for them, but we found a few shallow spots where we could actually see the crustaceans walkin… --- ## [Do you like lima beans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-lima-beans/602834)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-lima-beans/602834 "2011-11-21T03:10:00Z")
In this thread it was suggested by one poster that “I think the number of people who actually like plain lima beans is pretty small.” In my experience lima beans are a pretty popular vegetable. So here is the poll to se… --- ## [Why do they call them "stock cars"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-call-them-stock-cars/362471)
**Author:** [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-call-them-stock-cars/362471 "2006-06-30T02:51:49Z")
Why do they call them “stock” cars? I mean the cars used in the races popular in the US such as NASCAR, where they look like ordinary street cars. What does the “stock” in “stock car” mean? I once had the mistaken imp… --- ## [The Cutting Off Of Gus's Legs in "Lonesome Dove"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cutting-off-of-guss-legs-in-lonesome-dove/53789)
**Author:** [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cutting-off-of-guss-legs-in-lonesome-dove/53789 "2001-02-10T15:09:35Z")
I watched “Lonesome Dove” for the past three nights. I love that movie. Probably the best western of all time. But I have a question. Why did the infection move to the other leg so the doc would have to amputate both le… --- ## [What share of those you know believe in Creationism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-share-of-those-you-know-believe-in-creationism/669708)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-share-of-those-you-know-believe-in-creationism/669708 "2013-09-29T03:30:18Z")
Polls show that 46% of Americans have creationist beliefs. I’m guessing that these beliefs vary by social strata. So there should be a fair number of Americans for whom 2/3+ of the people they know believe in creationism… --- ## [So this polish guy walks into a bar...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-polish-guy-walks-into-a-bar/785217)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-polish-guy-walks-into-a-bar/785217 "2017-04-27T18:12:01Z")
Why were polish jokes ever a thing (as they were in my adolescence in the late 60s/ early 70s)? --- ## [Is Fred Phelps a Plant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fred-phelps-a-plant/537700)
**Author:** [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fred-phelps-a-plant/537700 "2010-05-01T16:19:38Z")
In an effort to keep on top of the multitude of disinformation available as political parties continue to fight dirty I have this question. Recently I was checking on progress of some local issues and bumped into this i… --- ## [Do you dislike wine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dislike-wine/459744)
**Author:** [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dislike-wine/459744 "2020-02-25T21:01:32Z")
I dislike wine. Intensely. You know how there’s a gene that causes some folks to think cilantro tastes like soap? I think I have a gene that makes all wine taste like vomit. Seriously. I try other people’s wine all the… --- ## [How far can you get in modern America without debt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-can-you-get-in-modern-america-without-debt/784047)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-can-you-get-in-modern-america-without-debt/784047 "2017-04-17T23:45:17Z")
I’m not even talking about credit card debt. I’m talking about stuff like mortgages, student loans, and automotive loans. Once upon a time, you could work your way through college to pay for tuition relatively easily. … --- ## [Did Europeans believe that the world was flat in 1492?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-europeans-believe-that-the-world-was-flat-in-1492/423712)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-europeans-believe-that-the-world-was-flat-in-1492/423712 "2007-10-25T17:40:38Z")
I’ve always heard that was true. It’s always surprised me that the Greeks knew the world was round yet but in the 15th century that information was lost. Didn’t Columbus sail against contemporary thinking in that regard?… --- ## [Anyone use "The Ladders" for $100K job searches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-the-ladders-for-100k-job-searches/494356)
**Author:** [@Yarster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yarster)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-the-ladders-for-100k-job-searches/494356 "2009-04-26T23:07:07Z")
I’ve seen ads for a job board called “The Ladders” that claims to only do $100K/year and higher job postings. That is the range I would like to look in, but unlike Monster, Dice, and all the usual places, these guys want… --- ## [Creoturd Ken Ham whines again about those awful atheists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creoturd-ken-ham-whines-again-about-those-awful-atheists/666350)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creoturd-ken-ham-whines-again-about-those-awful-atheists/666350 "2013-08-19T12:46:09Z")
Aww, poor widdle Kenny-baby is having another hissy: so here’s the link: http://debunkingchristianity.blogsp…-museum-in.html Squeal, squeal, squeal l’il Hamboner. Kenny needs a nappy and a pacifier shoved up his rec… --- ## [Most underrated power ballad of the 80's.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-underrated-power-ballad-of-the-80s/544206)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-underrated-power-ballad-of-the-80s/544206 "2010-06-26T04:19:44Z")
Faster Pussycat - House of Pain Here Moderator Close Thread. No one can top this. --- ## [You may quantum leap into a fictional character's life for one week. Who do you choose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-quantum-leap-into-a-fictional-characters-life-for-one-week-who-do-you-choose/524990)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-quantum-leap-into-a-fictional-characters-life-for-one-week-who-do-you-choose/524990 "2010-01-17T00:41:31Z")
The thread title is pretty clear, I think. Only a madman would bother with the long boring justification. But since more than a few of us are madmen (or madwomen), I’ve put the rules in a spoiler box. You can answer w… --- ## [I Pit My Employer, The Cheap Millionaire!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-employer-the-cheap-millionaire/456920)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-employer-the-cheap-millionaire/456920 "2008-08-14T23:11:39Z")
OK. I run a pair of carwashes in Cincinnati for this guy, who is a multimillionaire many times over, and so are most of the members of his family. Carwashes like mine utilize a large moving chain (the conveyor) that ha… --- ## [Use of the title "Doctor"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-the-title-doctor/852341)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-the-title-doctor/852341 "2020-12-15T03:58:50Z")
I had a friend who got his PhD from a prestigious US university. He insisted on bring introduced (in social as well as professional settings) as “Doctor John Doe”. In my mind - at least in a social setting - the title “… --- ## [I'm a new lawyer with a 3.6 gpa in law school and unemployed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-new-lawyer-with-a-3-6-gpa-in-law-school-and-unemployed/636270)
**Author:** [@Smellyalater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smellyalater)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-new-lawyer-with-a-3-6-gpa-in-law-school-and-unemployed/636270 "2012-10-11T16:22:14Z")
Is there anyone on the straight dope who has any advice? I didn’t go to a law school with a super strong reputation but I got good grades. I never got a job in law school…it just didn’t happen so I “clerked” for my famil… --- ## [Bar Stool Economics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bar-stool-economics/467487)
**Author:** [@pinkyvee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkyvee)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bar-stool-economics/467487 "2008-10-14T05:17:54Z")
What is your opinion about this? Link to article Here is the tax system we have – explained with Beer Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the… --- ## [Where are the ordinary-looking gay men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-ordinary-looking-gay-men/302576)
**Author:** [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-ordinary-looking-gay-men/302576 "2005-05-09T15:52:47Z")
When the media wants to portray a gay man, he is almost always well-dressed, fit (or, at least, not overweight), and usually quite cute. Not to throw stones at my own glass house, but the gay media is especially guilty o… --- ## [Why Aren't Steel Beams Riveted Anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-steel-beams-riveted-anymore/738514)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-steel-beams-riveted-anymore/738514 "2015-11-27T16:04:44Z")
I was just watching a new highway overpass being built (Rt. 128). The steel I-beams are connected by plates with bolts aatching them to the beams. Why don’t they use rivets anymore? isn’t rivetting faster and stronger? --- ## [Dissolving bodies with acid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissolving-bodies-with-acid/68998)
**Author:** [@Sequent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sequent)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2001, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissolving-bodies-with-acid/68998 "2001-06-19T03:55:17Z")
You know the scene in \La Femme Nikita\. The Cleaner comes in and proceeds to dispose of the bodies by putting them in a bathtub and pouring acid all over them. Something very hard to swallow about this scene. Is i… --- ## [Stupid move by Nutella lawyers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-move-by-nutella-lawyers/658915)
**Author:** [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-move-by-nutella-lawyers/658915 "2013-05-25T15:55:36Z")
Really really stupid. So… She likes nutella. She encourages other people to try the stuff some of those people then buy the stuff. Then there is a website, then World nutella day - books recipes etc. and etc… lots of… --- ## [Asking out a workmate: should I do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-out-a-workmate-should-i-do-it/689959)
**Author:** [@The\_Mask\_behind\_the\_Mask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mask_behind_the_Mask)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-out-a-workmate-should-i-do-it/689959 "2014-06-06T05:37:01Z")
Greetings fellow Dopers, I’m way inexperienced in these matters, so I turn to the wisdom of the anonymous masses for advice. The premise is going to sound kinda clinical at first, so please bear with me. I’m a 26-year… --- ## [Ask the Guy Who Just Got Out of a Residential Detox Facility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-out-of-a-residential-detox-facility/626847)
**Author:** [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-out-of-a-residential-detox-facility/626847 "2012-07-07T18:48:06Z")
I normally don’t like these threads, they’re a bit self-indulgent, but my mind needs distractions. I guess to answer the most basic question, the only substance was alcohol. I think I might have been the only one there … --- ## [When ISIS is defeated, then what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-isis-is-defeated-then-what/738267)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-isis-is-defeated-then-what/738267 "2015-11-26T02:55:06Z")
China has just announced it too is joining the war against ISIS: So we have a rare instance when the five permanent members of the UN security council agree unanimously on something. This article makes clear that ISIS… --- ## ["There are more Irish/Polish/Japanese/French in X city than in Dublin/Warsaw etc."?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-more-irish-polish-japanese-french-in-x-city-than-in-dublin-warsaw-etc/605151)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2011, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-more-irish-polish-japanese-french-in-x-city-than-in-dublin-warsaw-etc/605151 "2011-12-09T05:53:15Z")
That is, “There are more Irish in Boston than in Dublin”, “There are more Polish in Chicago than in Warsaw”, etc. Have any of these statements ever actually been true? I’m sure you’ve heard others. The only way I can th… --- ## [What planet/moon in the solar system is best one to colonize?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-planet-moon-in-the-solar-system-is-best-one-to-colonize/838126)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-planet-moon-in-the-solar-system-is-best-one-to-colonize/838126 "2021-06-19T03:25:27Z")
I’ve been watching a video on why not to colonize Mars and it struck me that SD would be a great spot to discuss solar system colonization. So let’s get to it. Assuming we are self-sufficient with food (hydroponics), w… --- ## [Pregnant Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-bones/601802)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-bones/601802 "2011-11-08T04:25:52Z")
I want it to go back to the way it was. :frowning: Not liking the new vibe. All the extra relationship baloney. This may be the season I bail on Bones. On the upside, I like Camille’s new hairstyle. --- ## [Songs that are technically/historically obsolete](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-technically-historically-obsolete/453626)
**Author:** [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-technically-historically-obsolete/453626 "2008-06-26T22:32:50Z")
As I somehow got the song “Operator” by Jim Croce stuck in my head today, it occurred to me that people hardly ever have to speak to an operator to make a call anymore and haven’t for some time. This got me to thinking a… --- ## [Tiger Woods and Barry Bonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-and-barry-bonds/471919)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-and-barry-bonds/471919 "2017-07-05T21:46:07Z")
I suspect this has already discussed, but… I just saw a TV commercial mentioning that Tiger Woods has had laser surgery on his eyes to improve his golfing skills. Why is this any different from a baseball player taki… --- ## [In which a fat guy takes up running](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-a-fat-guy-takes-up-running/764477)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-a-fat-guy-takes-up-running/764477 "2016-09-17T03:10:44Z")
I weigh 266 pounds, and I’m 39 years old. I was skinny as a teenager, started to put weight on in my 20s and have basically gained it ever since. There have been brief periods of dieting, but the trend has been upwards, … --- ## [Kaley Cuoco's tattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kaley-cuocos-tattoo/675619)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kaley-cuocos-tattoo/675619 "2013-12-08T16:19:30Z")
http://instagram.com/p/hbafhpOWeE# I know it is probably not “soup”. But what does that character mean? --- ## [How long must I lick a clit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738)
**Author:** [@Uniball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniball)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2001, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738 "2001-01-12T17:58:55Z")
Usually I stay there for 20 minutes. Too little? Too much? --- ## [Why so many Russians in Washington \[state\]?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-russians-in-washington-state/587912)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-russians-in-washington-state/587912 "2011-07-06T16:46:01Z")
There is a fairly large population of Russian immigrants in NW Washington. http://faculty.washington.edu/ellism/wa-immigration.pdf SOURCES OF IMMIGRATION TOP TEN SOURCE COUNTRIES FOR SELECT STATES, 1999: \*\*US … --- ## [Tip-toeing Trepidaciously into the Whedonverse (starting with Firefly)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-toeing-trepidaciously-into-the-whedonverse-starting-with-firefly/685817)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-toeing-trepidaciously-into-the-whedonverse-starting-with-firefly/685817 "2014-11-20T02:52:39Z")
So, I’ve yet to really explore Joss Whedon’s work. I liked the movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer when it first came out. Not one of my all time favorites, but I found it quite enjoyable and Paul Reubens had one of the best… --- ## [Question for non-US native English speakers (Brits, Aussies, Irish, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-non-us-native-english-speakers-brits-aussies-irish-etc/585720)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-non-us-native-english-speakers-brits-aussies-irish-etc/585720 "2011-06-20T03:38:46Z")
Do you hear a significant difference between what US citizens think of as standard American English as spoken by news anchors and so forth, and our regional accents, and do you perceive our SAE as relatively unaccented? … --- ## [Stupid Corporate Buzzword - 'Learnings'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-corporate-buzzword-learnings/584912)
**Author:** [@Chen019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chen019)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-corporate-buzzword-learnings/584912 "2011-06-13T18:25:43Z")
I want to throw a pen at anyone who uses this term- “Learnings” http://www.learnings.org/learn.asp?word=learnings&d=178 --- ## [What movie? "They're real and they're spectacular."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-theyre-real-and-theyre-spectacular/185767)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-theyre-real-and-theyre-spectacular/185767 "2003-07-06T20:11:10Z")
Some woman in some movie said this line regarding her breasts. For the life of me I can’t remember what movie. --- ## [CGI special effects vs the old fashioned kind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cgi-special-effects-vs-the-old-fashioned-kind/425206)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cgi-special-effects-vs-the-old-fashioned-kind/425206 "2007-11-06T17:16:12Z")
There’s a commercial for Sprint mobile phones that shows various simple animations in a city park. I never paid much attention to it until someone here linked to a video showing how it had been done; by people who stood … --- ## [Energy requirements of walking uphill vs downhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/energy-requirements-of-walking-uphill-vs-downhill/736799)
**Author:** [@psythe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psythe)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/energy-requirements-of-walking-uphill-vs-downhill/736799 "2015-11-19T15:46:47Z")
Original Link While I concur with Cecil, it got me wondering why this question should have come up in the first place. \[substitute “you” with "the original poster’s wife\] My guess is that when you’re walking downhill, … --- ## [Turbo Tax removes Schedule D from desktop program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turbo-tax-removes-schedule-d-from-desktop-program/710420)
**Author:** [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turbo-tax-removes-schedule-d-from-desktop-program/710420 "2015-02-09T16:34:56Z")
Last year the folks at Intuit (makers of Turbo Tax) removed support for schedules C and D from the on line and download versions of the Deluxe version of the program. This year they removed it from the CD box (which I’m… --- ## [Can a Trump supporter explain to me how fake news works?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-trump-supporter-explain-to-me-how-fake-news-works/823919)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-trump-supporter-explain-to-me-how-fake-news-works/823919 "2018-11-07T19:06:21Z")
Some recent statements by President Trump: So I’m attempting to understand what he is claiming. Is the President saying that recent events like the mail bombs, the Kentucky supermarket shootings, and the Pittsburgh… --- ## [Why do IndyCar/CART drivers fail in F1?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-indycar-cart-drivers-fail-in-f1/681170)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2014, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-indycar-cart-drivers-fail-in-f1/681170 "2014-03-29T09:54:14Z")
A follow on from this thread. Why do so few IndyCar racers have so little success in F1. F1 is the pinnacle of motorsports. However all F1 drivers come from lower series, such F3, A1 etc. The same should be the case with… --- ## ["Conventional oven OK, no broiler" -- what about an oven on broil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conventional-oven-ok-no-broiler-what-about-an-oven-on-broil/300539)
**Author:** [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conventional-oven-ok-no-broiler-what-about-an-oven-on-broil/300539 "2005-04-22T20:22:39Z")
I have some glass cookware that says it’s safe for conventional ovens, but not “broilers.” Can I use it in my conventional oven when it’s set to broil? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1397&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1399&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)