# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1403&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:** 1404 --- ## [Appeals Court Strikes Down the Individual Mandate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appeals-court-strikes-down-the-individual-mandate/592508)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appeals-court-strikes-down-the-individual-mandate/592508 "2011-09-10T00:51:33Z")
Cite. The court said that this part of Obamacare “would imperil individual liberty, render Congress’s other enumerated powers superfluous, and allow Congress to usurp the general police power reserved to the states.” Q… --- ## [Modified Egg Mcmuffin - Healthy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modified-egg-mcmuffin-healthy/668985)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modified-egg-mcmuffin-healthy/668985 "2013-09-19T16:51:12Z")
I’m looking for opinions about something diet related. I’ve been slowly losing weight and doing fairly well at it as I’ve lost about 40 lbs since the beginning of the year. I like to have a big dinner so I’ve been eatin… --- ## [How effective are low/no carb diets for losing fat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-effective-are-low-no-carb-diets-for-losing-fat/653746)
**Author:** [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-effective-are-low-no-carb-diets-for-losing-fat/653746 "2013-03-30T20:41:15Z")
I have a lean body type with fast metabolism, and typically can(and do) eat loads of food without putting on much weight. I had a back injury a few months ago, and the resulting total lack of exercise means I have put on… --- ## [Where are all of the Native American restaurants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-of-the-native-american-restaurants/676787)
**Author:** [@Alzarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alzarian)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-of-the-native-american-restaurants/676787 "2014-03-12T15:05:50Z")
I recently had the opportunity to drive through Oklahoma and in passing through various Indian Reservations it suddenly occurred to me that I’ve never come across a restaurant devoted to the cuisine of the native tribes … --- ## ["Sorry we don't have Coke is Pepsi fine?" "Actually no it's not..." Do you refuse other brand colas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-we-dont-have-coke-is-pepsi-fine-actually-no-its-not-do-you-refuse-other-brand-colas/964398)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-we-dont-have-coke-is-pepsi-fine-actually-no-its-not-do-you-refuse-other-brand-colas/964398 "2022-06-15T21:53:57Z")
NOTE THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO DO DRINK COLAS WITH THEIR MEAL. I DON’T CARE IF YOU DRINK NEITHER Thanks to the Coke/Pepsi Wars most restaurants exclusively serve one cola or the other. But I’m curious, are there people who… --- ## [Has an Adult Victim of Child Porn Ever Given an Interview?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-an-adult-victim-of-child-porn-ever-given-an-interview/518039)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-an-adult-victim-of-child-porn-ever-given-an-interview/518039 "2009-11-22T17:57:21Z")
I’m asking about adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, and such abuse was filmed and disseminated via film/video/digital files, etc. Have there been any interviews with such people in the media? I’d love to read one… --- ## [Measured Mile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measured-mile/320458)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measured-mile/320458 "2005-09-08T14:52:11Z")
What is the point to having a measured mile along the highway? Like, is it any more accurate than the markers already in place to call out tenths of a mile on the very same interstate??? Can someone please answer that? … --- ## [Perfume, Story of a Murderer - biggest film orgy ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfume-story-of-a-murderer-biggest-film-orgy-ever/420303)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfume-story-of-a-murderer-biggest-film-orgy-ever/420303 "2007-09-25T15:29:19Z")
Last night the family sat down for some wholesome family film watching. The choice - Perfume, The Story of a Murderer. The whole family enjoyed it considerably. Had everything you might desire in good clean family ent… --- ## [Claustrophobic Inmates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claustrophobic-inmates/303953)
**Author:** [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claustrophobic-inmates/303953 "2005-05-17T17:56:58Z")
What happens to people sentenced to prison terms whose claustrophobia is intense enough that spending even a few hours in a typical cell is unbearable? I would expect that they would get some sort of psychiatric treatme… --- ## [Singers' Signature Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-signature-songs/568731)
**Author:** [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-signature-songs/568731 "2015-06-11T17:00:03Z")
Inspired by another thread, and not finding this topic with a quickie search… Of singers who were known for a wide repertoire (i.e., not one-hit wonders), which ones had a definitive signature song? For example: Wayne… --- ## [Lurker poll:Why don't you post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurker-poll-why-dont-you-post/431241)
**Author:** [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2007, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurker-poll-why-dont-you-post/431241 "2007-12-31T07:01:51Z")
I’ve been a lurker here for about 5 years. Some of the regular posters almost feel like old friends. I almost never post, though. I suspect there are a flock of us like that. So why is it? Are we all social voyeurs?… --- ## [X-Men: Days of Future Past trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551)
**Author:** [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551 "2013-11-06T00:16:13Z")
Thoughts? --- ## [What was the first election you voted in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-election-you-voted-in/788662)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-election-you-voted-in/788662 "2017-07-24T01:59:30Z")
What was the first election you voted in, and if you care to volunteer, for who? Myself it was 2012 and Barack Obama. --- ## [Web Comics--Recommend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-comics-recommend/516948)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-comics-recommend/516948 "2010-01-29T15:43:50Z")
I’m sure this has been done before on the board, but stuff like this is always fun so I don’t think anyone will mind. I like XKCD and I like that one with the dinosaurs that’s the same images each installment. Please r… --- ## [Seinfeld says pilots and finales are usually the two worst shows - any exceptions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-says-pilots-and-finales-are-usually-the-two-worst-shows-any-exceptions/425082)
**Author:** [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-says-pilots-and-finales-are-usually-the-two-worst-shows-any-exceptions/425082 "2007-11-08T18:37:33Z")
In an interview in the Nov. 9 Entertainment Weekly, Jerry Seinfeld says “Writing a movie is like doing the pilot episode and series finale all in one. And those are usually the two worst episodes of a TV show.” Well, he… --- ## [Archaeologists unearth perfectly preserved WWI German Trenches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaeologists-unearth-perfectly-preserved-wwi-german-trenches/612454)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaeologists-unearth-perfectly-preserved-wwi-german-trenches/612454 "2012-02-16T20:36:48Z")
Incredible photos. Its like a time capsule going back to 1918. Everything in remarkable condition. They found most of the wood structures, beds, tools, newspapers, and even guns. The construction is amazing. Wood floor… --- ## ["Colonel's Honey Sauce." KFC is Replacing HONEY?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonels-honey-sauce-kfc-is-replacing-honey/419659)
**Author:** [@Yeeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeeter)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonels-honey-sauce-kfc-is-replacing-honey/419659 "2007-09-20T18:30:29Z")
I went to KFC for lunch today, and for my biscuit, I grabbed what I though was honey. Upon inspection of the packet it labeled itself as “Colonel’s Honey Sauce.” If it wasn’t for the word “Sauce” on the packet, I would… --- ## [Clueless Car Salesmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-car-salesmen/552234)
**Author:** [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2010, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-car-salesmen/552234 "2010-09-04T10:43:25Z")
“What would it take to get you into this car today? … Now, I’m going to write down a number…” Just when I thought I was in the 21st century, I stepped back into the attitudes of the 70s by making the mistake of trying t… --- ## [Is the Lipstick lesbian a mythical creature? (more or less)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-lipstick-lesbian-a-mythical-creature-more-or-less/676113)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2013, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-lipstick-lesbian-a-mythical-creature-more-or-less/676113 "2013-12-13T05:59:11Z")
I’m thinking she has to be. The local neighborhood bar I go to isn’t a gay bar. Except on Wednesday nights and Friday nights they have a gay (female) bartender. On the nights that she bartends, the clientele goes from b… --- ## [I hate Rush](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-rush/150984)
**Author:** [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-rush/150984 "2003-01-26T22:02:20Z")
I’m sorry. But Rush is the worst band I’ve ever heard. Neil Pert is a rediculously overrated drummer, and his vocals sound like an 80’s metal band gone horribly, horribly wrong (Oh wait, Rush is and 80’s metal band gone … --- ## [GPS differs on route for return trip; why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gps-differs-on-route-for-return-trip-why/574788)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gps-differs-on-route-for-return-trip-why/574788 "2011-03-17T18:06:47Z")
Took a trip this weekend. I knew how to get to the general area I was heading, but could think of two possible ways to go. Wanting the “best route” and unsure of the exact location of the address, I used my Garmin. Whe… --- ## [Gofundme mooches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gofundme-mooches/745668)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gofundme-mooches/745668 "2016-02-14T10:10:59Z")
My husband has cancer, and it’s an unusual variety. We’re trying to raise some funds via a gofundme page in order to afford treatment as the costs have drained our savings down to the last nickel, and there are so many p… --- ## [Has anyone ever made a living from poetry alone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-made-a-living-from-poetry-alone/667696)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-made-a-living-from-poetry-alone/667696 "2013-09-05T09:52:34Z")
It seems that even the most successful poets also do professional activities other than writing poetry - teaching, for example, or writing novels/plays/other literature in addition to poetry. So, in all of history, has a… --- ## [Women who like to rub/squeeze men's shoulders during sex - why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-like-to-rub-squeeze-mens-shoulders-during-sex-why/672344)
**Author:** [@DataX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataX)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-like-to-rub-squeeze-mens-shoulders-during-sex-why/672344 "2013-10-27T21:29:16Z")
I’m curious. I notice some women I have been with like to rub my shoulders in a similar, but almost automatic and unconscious manner. I’d say maybe 40% do this. I don’t have particularly nice shoulders, but I am curio… --- ## [america you evil piece of shit... fuck you!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-you-evil-piece-of-shit-fuck-you/105170)
**Author:** [@im\_a\_loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/im_a_loser)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-you-evil-piece-of-shit-fuck-you/105170 "2002-04-24T04:05:29Z")
you dumb assed yankee pieces of shit bombed canadian soldiers on a training mission, in a designated training area. you got smart bombs, but can you get some smart pilots maybe? now the pentagon is saying the pilot was… --- ## [Does a full dryer work faster/better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-full-dryer-work-faster-better/479907)
**Author:** [@Sassafrass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassafrass)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-full-dryer-work-faster-better/479907 "2009-01-05T15:05:06Z")
I was always told that a dryer full of damp clothing actually dries faster and more evenly than just a few items dried at a time. In other words, a full dryer would finish the job sooner than a quarter-full dryer. Seems… --- ## [Can you really take an xray with Scotch tape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-take-an-xray-with-scotch-tape/575996)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-take-an-xray-with-scotch-tape/575996 "2011-03-28T13:30:47Z")
Okay, so I know almost everything I see on Bones is so ludicrously far from true it ceases to be funny and just passes in one ear and out the other, even (and especially) stuff that sort of comes from something real, oka… --- ## [WHY? \[baby cut from womb of woman answering craigslist ad\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-baby-cut-from-womb-of-woman-answering-craigslist-ad/715578)
**Author:** [@Cole33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cole33)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-baby-cut-from-womb-of-woman-answering-craigslist-ad/715578 "2021-01-13T18:21:01Z")
Craigs List , fake mom cut out baby. news I don’t care what you say…:mad: --- ## [The Avocado Gene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-avocado-gene/850537)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-avocado-gene/850537 "2020-04-02T05:24:07Z")
Is there a genetic component to how an avocado tastes to someone? I know avocados are adored, but I also know more than a few folks who say it doesn’t really taste like anything to them. I’m one of those people. I don’t … --- ## [The General GOOGLE+ Thread for tips, tricks, questions, etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-general-google-thread-for-tips-tricks-questions-etc/588595)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-general-google-thread-for-tips-tricks-questions-etc/588595 "2018-10-08T20:25:11Z")
There is already a thread for getting invites, I figured it might be nice to have a thread for other things. For one thing, for linking to your Google+ profile so we can find each other. Also for figuring out how to do s… --- ## [Utterly mundane and pointless - I feel like a new name. Suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utterly-mundane-and-pointless-i-feel-like-a-new-name-suggestions/627218)
**Author:** [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utterly-mundane-and-pointless-i-feel-like-a-new-name-suggestions/627218 "2012-07-12T12:21:09Z")
When I first signed up to the Dope, my head was in a bad place (as was my life), and as an admitted agarophobic shut-in, I picked hermette as my female hermit identity for this place. Two and half years later, life’s a … --- ## [Per "Space Reporter" Saturn will be directly between Earth and the Sun this weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769 "2014-05-09T21:26:40Z")
According to the usually reputable Space Reporter, Saturn will be directly between Earth and the Sun this weekend. Bwuh? This should be interesting… --- ## [Largest counter example to a mathematical conjecture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-counter-example-to-a-mathematical-conjecture/518106)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-counter-example-to-a-mathematical-conjecture/518106 "2009-12-01T21:45:09Z")
The most recent Abstruse Goose had me wondering whether there’s ever been a case of a mathematical conjecture in which a the first counter example has been very very large. For example, something like Goldbach’s Conject… --- ## [In my day, we \[blanked\].](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-my-day-we-blanked/507913)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-my-day-we-blanked/507913 "2009-09-29T02:09:13Z")
\[ul\]Played records that we cut off the backs of cereal boxes.\[/ul\] \[ul\]Took our lunch to school in bread wrappers and got in trouble if we didn’t bring the wrapper home.\[/ul\] \[ul\]Walked all over the neighborhood and ou… --- ## [The most Pittable event in your own personal history/lifetime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-pittable-event-in-your-own-personal-history-lifetime/523129)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-pittable-event-in-your-own-personal-history-lifetime/523129 "2010-01-08T22:52:35Z")
Almost put this in the You-Know-Where, but felt it more properly belonged here. I’ll limit this to events which you personally endured, not so much political/worldwide occurences which you found disfavorable (unless the… --- ## [Boycott of Arab products and brands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-of-arab-products-and-brands/342189)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2006, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-of-arab-products-and-brands/342189 "2006-02-06T03:03:00Z")
A number of Arab countries have started boycotting Danish products (as well as burning the Danish flag and threatening with terrorist attacks and all the rest that goes with the territory of not promptly apologising when… --- ## [Kansas City Royals 2015 World Series Champions!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-city-royals-2015-world-series-champions/736396)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-city-royals-2015-world-series-champions/736396 "2015-11-08T14:47:21Z")
GO ROYALS! Strangest ending to a World Series I’ve ever seen. --- ## [Is recording songs playing on the radio legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-recording-songs-playing-on-the-radio-legal/419623)
**Author:** [@bstenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bstenger)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-recording-songs-playing-on-the-radio-legal/419623 "2007-09-19T02:08:08Z")
I’m pretty sure it is, but if I’m right, why? Why is it legal to tape songs that a radio station is playing, but it’s not legal (I’m pretty sure) to record songs your friend is playing? --- ## [2011 NFL Coaching Carousel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-nfl-coaching-carousel/566623)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-nfl-coaching-carousel/566623 "2011-02-08T21:49:03Z")
Head Coaches fired mid-season: Dallas Cowboys - Wade Phillips Minnesota Vikings - Brad Childress Denver Broncos - Josh McDaniels San Francisco 49ers - Mike Singletary Head Coaches fired after the season: Cleveland … --- ## [Why won't C. Rice testify under oath at the 9/11 Investigation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-c-rice-testify-under-oath-at-the-9-11-investigation/236154)
**Author:** [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-c-rice-testify-under-oath-at-the-9-11-investigation/236154 "2004-03-30T15:57:47Z")
The Democrats are making a big issue of Condoleezza Rice ducking the matter. So, what does she know that would be so damaging to the administration if she had to give honest answers to the Commissioners’ questions? I k… --- ## [Daniel Boone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-boone/704354)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-boone/704354 "2014-11-12T08:07:55Z")
I like to have the TV on when I work from home. But I don’t want to watch it. Northwest Cable News repeats every five minutes (OK, it might be half hour) and it starts getting into my consciousness. I don’t want anyth… --- ## [Begging the question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begging-the-question/747779)
**Author:** [@f.coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/f.coli)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begging-the-question/747779 "2016-03-07T02:07:15Z")
Regarding topic #2 at http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2393/would-i-find-vaudeville-on-a-map: I think insisting on the original meaning of “to beg the question” is a lost cause. It is just too common for people… --- ## [Wrong item recieved in shipping - what are my obligations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-item-recieved-in-shipping-what-are-my-obligations/393346)
**Author:** [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-item-recieved-in-shipping-what-are-my-obligations/393346 "2007-02-23T23:09:53Z")
I got a nifty new phone the other day, and decided that damnit, I want to put more music on it, and I’ll need a micro SD card. Off to my favorite discount computer online retailers I browse, and find a 2GB one for $20. C… --- ## [I OWE money on my taxes? God damn it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-owe-money-on-my-taxes-god-damn-it/346722)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-owe-money-on-my-taxes-god-damn-it/346722 "2006-03-09T04:54:42Z")
So tonight I decided to do my taxes online so I can get a quick refund, since I’m jobless as of Friday and the few extra dollars could come in handy. Not having any fanchy-schmancy itemized deductions, I took the standa… --- ## [Straight Dope 4/21/2023: Is Canada poised for world domination due to climate change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-4-21-2023-is-canada-poised-for-world-domination-due-to-climate-change/983027)
**Author:** [@Cecil\_Adams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cecil_Adams)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-4-21-2023-is-canada-poised-for-world-domination-due-to-climate-change/983027 "2023-05-08T13:40:28Z")
Is Canada poised for world domination due to climate change? You think this is a joke, don’t you? That’s what the Canadians want you to think. But make no mistake. Someday they’ll run it all. Well, maybe not all. But t… --- ## [bushblackout.com and Pals: What a bunch of losers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushblackout-com-and-pals-what-a-bunch-of-losers/285817)
**Author:** [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushblackout-com-and-pals-what-a-bunch-of-losers/285817 "2005-01-26T01:38:51Z")
From www.bushblackout.com. What a bunch of losers. Well, maybe it’s just one loser. I don’t know. What do they hope to accomplish? Do they think Bush, Cheney and Rove are all sitting around shaking their fists at a … --- ## [Electoral college tie and House/Senate tie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-college-tie-and-house-senate-tie/639202)
**Author:** [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-college-tie-and-house-senate-tie/639202 "2012-11-06T15:18:51Z")
We’ve all read the news stories over the past few weeks about what happens if the U.S. Electoral College is tied in the upcoming election: the House picks the President (one vote per state, not one vote per district) an… --- ## [That's It! I'm Leaving! (Plus Spline)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-it-im-leaving-plus-spline/249086)
**Author:** [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-it-im-leaving-plus-spline/249086 "2004-06-13T02:05:40Z")
I mean it! You won’t have Rue DeDay to kick around anymore! I’m taking my ball and going home! Only, if I took my ball and went home, I’d still be hear and that would mean I wouldn’t be going anywhere. If I didn’t go an… --- ## [Help me name my baby parrotlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-baby-parrotlet/531085)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-baby-parrotlet/531085 "2010-07-22T01:58:30Z")
Female, green, three weeks old. My last parrotlet never really got named; I tried a few, but always just called him “bird.” So I decided that was his name and called him Byrd. I’m tempted just to call her Burd or someth… --- ## [What does "95% fat free" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-95-fat-free-mean/647984)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-95-fat-free-mean/647984 "2013-01-24T22:22:49Z")
I really feel like I should already know this but I am having a hard time understanding something. I was reading the label on this package of small, low-carb wraps and it prominently displayed “95% fat free” on the back… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1402&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1404&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)