# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1400&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:** 1401 --- ## [Anything/one interesting in your family tree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-one-interesting-in-your-family-tree/547416)
**Author:** [@InterestedObserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InterestedObserver)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-one-interesting-in-your-family-tree/547416 "2010-07-23T12:33:06Z")
Just curious. My only “claim to fame”/anyone/thing interesting I know of is that a great, great, etc…“Aunt” of mine (that was how I have seen it traced in the maternal geneology…at any rate, a distant relative from Tenne… --- ## [Who are the 10% of voters who'd normally support a Republican for president, but won't support Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-10-of-voters-whod-normally-support-a-republican-for-president-but-wont-support-trump/769716)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-10-of-voters-whod-normally-support-a-republican-for-president-but-wont-support-trump/769716 "2016-11-07T17:30:16Z")
In another thread I mentioned how a decent gop candidate would probably be getting 50% of the vote, while Trump is getting about 40%. McCain got 46% and Romney got 47%. So I think 50% is a fair estimate, possibly high (… --- ## [Naw, Al Gore's son would never do anything like that...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naw-al-gores-son-would-never-do-anything-like-that/220288)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naw-al-gores-son-would-never-do-anything-like-that/220288 "2003-12-28T16:37:15Z")
Like what? Like getting busted for pot, that’s what. In addition, he had previously been busted for doing 94 (or 97, I’ve seen both) in a 55 and a DUI, for which he didn’t lose his license, according to this. So, how… --- ## [Joint Chiefs of Staff: Get over your damn selves. (Cartoon)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joint-chiefs-of-staff-get-over-your-damn-selves-cartoon/342778)
**Author:** [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joint-chiefs-of-staff-get-over-your-damn-selves-cartoon/342778 "2006-02-10T20:13:52Z")
Setting the groundwork, I consider much of what Ted Rail has done to be offensive and beyond the pale…so I “get” being offended by idiotic editorial cartoons. But then I look at what the Joint Chiefs are in a snit over … --- ## [Breaking Bad 03/21/10 - OPEN SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-03-21-10-open-spoilers/533307)
**Author:** [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-03-21-10-open-spoilers/533307 "2010-03-25T02:03:04Z")
Well, that was satisfying. I hate to criticize the best drama on TV, but I’m gonna anyway. Was there any reason other than shock (and a nice explosion) for the two guys to shoot everyone in the truck? I get that the k… --- ## [Porn questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-questions/675378)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-questions/675378 "2014-02-28T04:25:33Z")
Sheesh, what is with all the “what if” porn questions on the boards lately? --- ## [Mythbusters "NODOUDT" license plate - what does it mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566 "2011-03-13T20:18:42Z")
I wasn’t sure if this belonged in GQ or Cafe Society. I decided on the latter since it’s a question primarily about something on a TV show. In the Mythbusters show, you always see a California personalized license plat… --- ## [Why do translated poems still rhyme?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-translated-poems-still-rhyme/120164)
**Author:** [@RJH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RJH)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-translated-poems-still-rhyme/120164 "2002-07-22T19:56:07Z")
Why do translated poems still rhyme? Inferno is a good example but I’ve seen plenty others. --- ## [Improve the movie Event Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improve-the-movie-event-horizon/699083)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improve-the-movie-event-horizon/699083 "2014-10-02T23:36:43Z")
Personally I’m not a fan of horror films, and I especially dislike sci-fi horror films (Pandorum I’m looking at you, although that movie did have at least one very cool moment) but I’ve always had a soft-spot for Event H… --- ## [Early contender for mug shot of the year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749 "2015-01-10T03:09:53Z")
This guy cut off his mothers head with an axe. Because she nagged him. Not much to say but that mug shot is priceless. --- ## [Well, It's Always Nice to Know One Can Count on Wal-Mart (RO)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-always-nice-to-know-one-can-count-on-wal-mart-ro/443199)
**Author:** [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-always-nice-to-know-one-can-count-on-wal-mart-ro/443199 "2008-04-02T15:32:52Z")
I know the title is a cheap shot, but it’s so deserved. This woman, Debbie Shank, was a low-level employee with Wal-Mart, when she was profoundly injured in a traffic accident. At the time she was part of Wal-Mart’s he… --- ## [A radical idea: put down the rotten fruit, please \[Universal safety net proposal\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-radical-idea-put-down-the-rotten-fruit-please-universal-safety-net-proposal/627191)
**Author:** [@greenslime1951](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenslime1951)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-radical-idea-put-down-the-rotten-fruit-please-universal-safety-net-proposal/627191 "2012-07-07T15:21:37Z")
I’ve been met with a firestorm of rabid criticism by everyone that I have ever suggested this idea to: it apparently deeply offends the psyche of many, or possibly wounds them at the DNA level. To wit: Premise: That bei… --- ## [The Sherlock Scan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sherlock-scan/581647)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sherlock-scan/581647 "2011-05-16T19:02:34Z")
One of the tropes of the Sherlock Holmes stories is Holmes’ ability to instantly determine a person’s profession by the clues he gathers in just a moment’s glance as he meets them. TVTropes (no link provided, TVTropes is… --- ## [I want a pet fox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-pet-fox/654799)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-pet-fox/654799 "2013-04-11T18:23:30Z")
Just look: EEEEEEEEEEEEEE…I would give her such an epic snuggle! Don’t get me wrong…I KNOW wild foxes aren’t tame, they love to tear up the joint, and they SMELL BAD. --- ## [There is no Santa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-no-santa/337234)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-no-santa/337234 "2006-01-01T02:35:49Z")
Evil Johnny Angel, whom you may recognize by his goatee, thinks this is hillarious: http://www.ldnews.com/fastsearchresults/ci\_3334327 However, Chaotic Neutral Johnny Angel is merely saddened. Personally, it burns me … --- ## [Funny Little Brainfarts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-little-brainfarts/489755)
**Author:** [@Arglefraster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arglefraster)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-little-brainfarts/489755 "2009-03-22T01:25:08Z")
The other day my husband and I are headed to the grocery store. Him: Dome sticks? Me: :confused: Him: That sign, it … oh … uh, nevermind. I look over in the direction he was looking, and see a liquor store with a sig… --- ## [Why I will never go into science](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922)
**Author:** [@Three\_Packs\_a\_Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Three_Packs_a_Day)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922 "2012-03-28T06:27:58Z")
I will never go into science because I just couldn’t play that game. The problem with science is that it’s full of centuries-worth of beauracrucy, red-tape, ego, tradition, pomp, busywork, constraint, heirarchies, power … --- ## [Crap, my tenant died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-my-tenant-died/738583)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-my-tenant-died/738583 "2015-12-16T23:58:52Z")
In the hospital, not in the house, but this was my hoarder. I had her mostly under control by forcing her to hire a maid as a condition of renting my property. Which she did. So the place isn’t dirty, but my god the clut… --- ## [2011 CFL Season Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-cfl-season-thread/585658)
**Author:** [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-cfl-season-thread/585658 "2011-11-26T06:25:50Z")
I think one thread will be enough. We can start another one if not! Currently watching BC beat Calgary - the score is 24-0 with 2 mins to go at the end of the third - in the first (as far as I know) preseason game of th… --- ## [Antique Cedar Chest - Clean/Restore/Refinish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antique-cedar-chest-clean-restore-refinish/196833)
**Author:** [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antique-cedar-chest-clean-restore-refinish/196833 "2015-09-01T00:03:26Z")
I recently got an antique (I think) cedar chest from my mom that was once my great-aunt’s hope chest. I’m not sure how old it is, but my great aunt would be in her late 90s if she were alive, and she may not have even go… --- ## [How to resolve conflict with your conservative Korean parents after moving in with your SO.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-resolve-conflict-with-your-conservative-korean-parents-after-moving-in-with-your-so/738233)
**Author:** [@sarahkb23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sarahkb23)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-resolve-conflict-with-your-conservative-korean-parents-after-moving-in-with-your-so/738233 "2015-11-30T19:06:29Z")
I am not sure where to begin but the main concern I have is how to deal with my conversative Korean parents and if I should go home for Thanksgiving. The problem is that recently I told my parents that I moved in with my… --- ## [shining a flashlight through your hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shining-a-flashlight-through-your-hand/130729)
**Author:** [@waldenfont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waldenfont)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shining-a-flashlight-through-your-hand/130729 "2002-10-04T22:36:25Z")
Hi all - If I press a flashlight against my fingers, I see them glowing in a eerie red light. I see dark lines, which are veins - but I see no bones. Please try this in a dark room to see what I mean. Why do my phalang… --- ## [Are you willing to rub my nipples during an interview?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-willing-to-rub-my-nipples-during-an-interview/360173)
**Author:** [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-willing-to-rub-my-nipples-during-an-interview/360173 "2006-06-16T23:54:28Z")
It began innocently enough. One 18 year old with one simple request: earn some money this summer to not have to eat what the homeless people throw away after getting the good stuff from the dumpsters first while you are… --- ## [Clerks vs Clerks 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-vs-clerks-2/543831)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-vs-clerks-2/543831 "2010-06-23T22:14:33Z")
In a thread about sequels, the issue the relative merits of Clerks and Clerks II came up. Rather than sidetrack that thread, I figured I’d start a new one. Feel free to add comments about your choice. --- ## [Actors / comedians who played a worse version of themselves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-comedians-who-played-a-worse-version-of-themselves/997737)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-comedians-who-played-a-worse-version-of-themselves/997737 "2026-05-01T01:12:58Z")
I’ve been watching the final season of ‘Curb your Enthusiasm’, and I’m currently listening to Larry David being interviewed on Conan O’Brien’s podcast. Conan (half?) jokes to Larry at one point that he’s supposed to be … --- ## [What's the point of prayer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-prayer/412797)
**Author:** [@NobodyNumberSeven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NobodyNumberSeven)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2007, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-prayer/412797 "2007-08-04T10:58:06Z")
Let’s try to avoid all debates about whether or not there is a God, and assume for purposes of this question that there is. Now, what exactly is the point of prayer? What rational reason could anyone have for doing it? … --- ## [Why are drones suddenly so popular? New Technology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-drones-suddenly-so-popular-new-technology/707060)
**Author:** [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-drones-suddenly-so-popular-new-technology/707060 "2014-12-15T19:49:52Z")
Here in the UK it seems that drones have suddenly (in the last 6 months or so) become big news. Appearing at sporting events, questions about their legality, stories on the BBC. I’m wondering if there is some recent new… --- ## [Linda Ronstandt's breasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-ronstandts-breasts/51214)
**Author:** [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-ronstandts-breasts/51214 "2001-01-27T20:01:54Z")
Does Linda Ronstandt have breast implants? --- ## [Man gets stuck in vagina, Firefighters called.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-stuck-in-vagina-firefighters-called/691507)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-stuck-in-vagina-firefighters-called/691507 "2014-06-27T14:25:37Z")
I never thought I’d type a thread title like that. :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: Vaginas are enticing, scintillating, and can trap a careless guy just looking for some fun. :stuck\_out\_tongue: :cool: --- ## [MLK monument on Stone Mountain: Yea, Nay or Eh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlk-monument-on-stone-mountain-yea-nay-or-eh/734633)
**Author:** [@KAndre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KAndre)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlk-monument-on-stone-mountain-yea-nay-or-eh/734633 "2015-11-20T15:57:40Z")
From an LA Times article: Time to honor Martin Luther King at Confederate memorial in Georgia? - The group that runs Stone Mountain Park wants to put a bell tower honoring Dr. King by referencing the line line his “I Ha… --- ## [What do you think about the simulation theory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-simulation-theory/924042)
**Author:** [@JBlackstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBlackstone)\ **Replies:** 263\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-simulation-theory/924042 "2020-11-23T23:09:22Z")
The simulation theory is the idea that we’re living in a simulation like a computer game. The argument goes like this One day scientists will invent a computer that’s so powerful that it’ll be able to build a perfect … --- ## [Scary things you have done](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-things-you-have-done/705764)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-things-you-have-done/705764 "2014-12-05T03:28:03Z")
For the purposes of this thread, I’m not interested in accidents or near-accidents; I’m interested in things that people chose to do for one reason or another. Maybe you didn’t realize how scary something would be until… --- ## [What to do about the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-about-the-capitol-hill-autonomous-zone/855456)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-about-the-capitol-hill-autonomous-zone/855456 "2020-06-27T17:01:15Z")
It’s hard to find reliable information about what exactly the CHAZ in Seattle even is – apparently the police have abandoned the precinct station there and are only responding in a limited fashion to emergency calls. Co… --- ## [Poorly explain a musical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-explain-a-musical/777917)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-explain-a-musical/777917 "2017-01-29T11:09:01Z")
For example, The Sound of Music could be “Nazis vs nuns”. Can be any medium, Broadway, movie, TV show or episode. Mine: Celebrity’s betrayer is misunderstood Patriotic puppets 30 something’s deserve free city apartmen… --- ## [Do Dead Brand Names Have Any Value?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dead-brand-names-have-any-value/741039)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dead-brand-names-have-any-value/741039 "2016-02-23T20:34:02Z")
I ask because good brand names have considerable value-people trust a product that they believe in, and will pay premium prices for products of that brand. whaht about brand names that have been allowed to die. tke th… --- ## [MLB & One-Armed Pitchers and others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-one-armed-pitchers-and-others/310754)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-one-armed-pitchers-and-others/310754 "2005-07-02T15:52:54Z")
How many one-handed or one-armed pitchers have there been in MLB? There was one in recent years, but I forget for whom he played. If he was NL, did he ever bat? Also, I seem to recall hearing of another from yester-ye… --- ## [Why is espresso better than coffee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-espresso-better-than-coffee/202123)
**Author:** [@juan2003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/juan2003)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-espresso-better-than-coffee/202123 "2003-09-18T16:05:56Z")
I’m sitting here at work in the morning drinking bad coffee, and I’m wishing that we had an espresso machine. But isn’t espresso just strong coffee? Could it be possible to make cappuccino from this lousy office coffee? --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 10, Episode 6 (October 27, 2016) -- "The Fetal Kick Catalyst"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882 "2016-10-31T16:16:09Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Anyone dissapointed by glorified stuff, too?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-dissapointed-by-glorified-stuff-too/741129)
**Author:** [@Torontonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torontonian)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-dissapointed-by-glorified-stuff-too/741129 "2015-12-30T23:17:54Z")
Things associated with rich people must be good, right? Lobsters, food of the poor now eaten by rich Oysters, food of the poor now eaten by rich, too. tastes like salty mucus and slime Caviar tastes like salted margar… --- ## [I need to know facts about gallbladder removal and weight gain!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-know-facts-about-gallbladder-removal-and-weight-gain/258641)
**Author:** [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-know-facts-about-gallbladder-removal-and-weight-gain/258641 "2004-08-08T17:46:09Z")
I’ve got a problem, a big problem. It’s a problem I’ve had for a few years now. When I was 19, I developed gallstones, and they made me very ill. I could eat nothing but 2 soda crackers and half a bowl of chicken soup o… --- ## [How to make the guilty party confess?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-the-guilty-party-confess/624496)
**Author:** [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-the-guilty-party-confess/624496 "2012-06-10T17:29:00Z")
I have a situation at work to deal with and could use some advice. Some one on my team is engaging in behavior that isn’t allowed and in fact violated their terms of employment. I’m not able to tell which of several peo… --- ## [Jap's Fried Chicken fast food chain in Trinidad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280 "2012-05-07T22:40:49Z")
So I’m guessing this place won’t be moving into the USA market? Oh and if the name isn’t bad enough their logo is an asian man, see here: --- ## [Beards during World War II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beards-during-world-war-ii/592643)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beards-during-world-war-ii/592643 "2011-08-16T15:33:14Z")
It seems to me that full beards were pretty much out of style in the World War II era. Even mustaches seem pretty damn rare (I know, except for THAT guy). Were there any notable people of the time - important political. … --- ## [The things we love that may soon be 'innovated' out of existence...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-love-that-may-soon-be-innovated-out-of-existence/610174)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-love-that-may-soon-be-innovated-out-of-existence/610174 "2012-01-25T10:00:57Z")
You know the feeling - there’s something that you enjoy or appreciate that you feel in your bones is out of step with the modern world and probably on its way out. Maybe it’s a brick and mortar store, maybe it’s a softw… --- ## [The Dueling Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dueling-thread/60197)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2001, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dueling-thread/60197 "2001-04-08T06:32:39Z")
Your very existence offends my sensibilities, you lily livered coward and son of a whore. I’ve been rubbing the likes of you off the bottom of my shoe while you were still puking on the fetid milk from your mother’s sagg… --- ## [Enterprise-Carpenter Street spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carpenter-street-spoilers/215315)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carpenter-street-spoilers/215315 "2004-01-03T21:51:12Z")
Neyh. Better if Bakula could act, but worth it for the ending. Driving scene rip off from A Piece of the Action. “Why can’t you tell me if you are a Time Traveler?” beaten into the ground. Stay for the ending. … --- ## [Latest McCain Desparation: Obama Wants Reparations for slavery...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-mccain-desparation-obama-wants-reparations-for-slavery/469767)
**Author:** [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-mccain-desparation-obama-wants-reparations-for-slavery/469767 "2008-10-28T21:23:35Z")
The evidence is a radio program from several years ago in which Obama says reparations to descendants of slaves aren’t remotely possible. The logical gap there is part of the despair, but note that this pushes the race e… --- ## [Correct pronunciation of Japanese family name "Uehara"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronunciation-of-japanese-family-name-uehara/659489)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronunciation-of-japanese-family-name-uehara/659489 "2013-05-30T23:43:46Z")
I’m a fan of Japanese jazz pianist Hiromi Uehara. There is also a Uehara who plays Major League baseball. Unfortunately, I’ve never actually heard the name spoken by a native Japanese speaker. It has long been my under… --- ## [lame 'naked archelologist' pitting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-naked-archelologist-pitting/481588)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-naked-archelologist-pitting/481588 "2009-01-24T00:08:00Z")
what a fucking jackass … heis in some turquoise mine looking for grafitti … so he fids some, he claims to be alphabetical, and mentioning the single diety ‘el’ … so there he is pointing it out. Oddly enough, it is wri… --- ## [What is the greatest Vietnam War movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-greatest-vietnam-war-movie/555183)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-greatest-vietnam-war-movie/555183 "2010-09-29T09:43:37Z")
Partly from my “what did you take the wrong thing from” thread where people were surprised that I thought 2/3 of Full Metal Jacket was a shitty movie (and Kubrick just lucked out for the other third that he had R. Lee Er… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1399&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1401&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)