# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1420&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:** 1421 --- ## [How would my life be different if the U.S. had no budget deficit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-my-life-be-different-if-the-u-s-had-no-budget-deficit/737729)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-my-life-be-different-if-the-u-s-had-no-budget-deficit/737729 "2015-11-20T22:06:57Z")
I’m not sure if this is a General Question or a Great Debate…I figure that there is a factual answer, but I’m also pretty sure that this is fraught with political beliefs. So, I’m trying here. Anyway, a little research … --- ## [Playboy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy/746442)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy/746442 "2016-02-21T15:28:58Z")
Playboy is going PG13, so that’s the end of naked girls. And an era. \[Mod comment: NSFW links in spoiler.} Funny to see the change over time. Currently I’m trying to determine the most impressive bush. --- ## [Are the dittoheads taking over The Straight Dope too? Cecil makes a factual error](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-dittoheads-taking-over-the-straight-dope-too-cecil-makes-a-factual-error/155138)
**Author:** [@DRomm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRomm)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-dittoheads-taking-over-the-straight-dope-too-cecil-makes-a-factual-error/155138 "2003-02-23T21:13:46Z")
In the column Was Bush’s great grandfather a Nazi? http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030214.html , Cecil not only sounds like a mindless dittohead but gets his facts wrong. The questioner was right, and Cecil was wro… --- ## [Morally who are you stealing from when you steal from a corperation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morally-who-are-you-stealing-from-when-you-steal-from-a-corperation/561272)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morally-who-are-you-stealing-from-when-you-steal-from-a-corperation/561272 "2010-11-23T15:07:20Z")
A corporation is a legal construct, a fictitious person, basically a fantasy. The share holders have invested in this person as a person, like putting all their money in a pile and saying that money is a person, legally… --- ## [Pancakes!!! How do you like 'em?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-how-do-you-like-em/257491)
**Author:** [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-how-do-you-like-em/257491 "2004-08-03T18:14:29Z")
Maybe this belongs in IMHO? I dunno. Anywho. I made pancakes for dinner last night. How do you eat your pancakes? I eat mine with chocolate chips and I always dip in fake maple syrup (Log Cabin Brand), never pour ove… --- ## [Dammit!! If ya' don't want me starring at your boobs; don't put glitter on them!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-if-ya-dont-want-me-starring-at-your-boobs-dont-put-glitter-on-them/349689)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-if-ya-dont-want-me-starring-at-your-boobs-dont-put-glitter-on-them/349689 "2006-03-26T23:10:00Z")
So I stopped by the pub toninght. It wasn’t very crowded so me and the bartender spent a lot of time just talking to each other. The bartender herself is very well endowed upstairs. Not only that, but she was wearing a … --- ## [Why did they start putting movie credits at the end of movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-start-putting-movie-credits-at-the-end-of-movies/521679)
**Author:** [@Mr.Lahey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Lahey)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-start-putting-movie-credits-at-the-end-of-movies/521679 "2009-12-19T19:28:15Z")
Up until around the 70s I notice most movies had credits at the beginning and when the movie was over it just said “The End”. At some point this changed to where the credits are mostly at the end. Why did this change? Wh… --- ## [Movies that should never be rebooted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-never-be-rebooted/559852)
**Author:** [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-never-be-rebooted/559852 "2010-11-11T01:08:35Z")
How many of you get uneasy when you hear the word “reboot”? I immediately think "Okay, shallow movie exec has no new ideas, so spins the big wheel in his office, and when the pointer stops at Goonies yells ‘I’ve got it!… --- ## [4 things Employers Look For](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-things-employers-look-for/685157)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-things-employers-look-for/685157 "2014-04-07T16:58:25Z")
In Sundays KC Star a woman writes a column for job seekers and one time she shared this. Its the 4 basic things an employer looks for whether that’s in an interview or even on a job application. Please feel free to comm… --- ## [How much money to last me till I die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-to-last-me-till-i-die/679486)
**Author:** [@Kazo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kazo)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-to-last-me-till-i-die/679486 "2014-01-25T18:26:36Z")
My co-worker and I generally end the work day with random ideas and problem-solving. Yesterday we thought of a question that neither of us could figure out how to solve. It’s a math problem. Hypothetically, I want to st… --- ## [Nice Going, Obama! (Brazil Chooses SAAB over Boeing)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780 "2013-12-22T15:43:00Z")
One of the consequences of the NSA spying on Brazil has surfaced. Brazil was looking to replace its old Mirage fighter planes, with new planes. The order is worth $4.5 billion. The Brazilian government had been looki… --- ## [Question about 'the 'windfall clause' in the military](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-windfall-clause-in-the-military/437904)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-windfall-clause-in-the-military/437904 "2008-02-29T18:35:38Z")
In this thread, there’s a brief mention of the military’s so-called ‘windfall clause’: if you come into money suddenly, you are supposedly forced to leave the military. I’m a civilian employee of the DOD, and have heard… --- ## [Charles Darwin was a Racist and Eugenicist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-darwin-was-a-racist-and-eugenicist/460021)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-darwin-was-a-racist-and-eugenicist/460021 "2008-08-20T04:43:52Z")
This thread originates from an article in New Scientist, originally linked to in the recent thread by j666. Apparently new scientists are still trying to deny that Charles Darwin promoted racism and Eugenics. j666 want… --- ## [Help Me Help My Wife Buy a Bra](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-help-my-wife-buy-a-bra/458923)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-help-my-wife-buy-a-bra/458923 "2008-09-07T20:27:09Z")
Okay, well, here’s the deal. My wife hates shopping. My wife will not “consult” an expert herself. My wife wants a more comfortable bra. She knows my interest in breasts and has tasked me with finding out how to go about… --- ## [Musicians - questions about transposing music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-questions-about-transposing-music/806046)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2018, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-questions-about-transposing-music/806046 "2018-01-12T04:39:37Z")
I’ve been playing piano for decades, all self-taught. As a consequence, I think I’ve avoided some shortcuts that might have made my learning easier. One of these is that I’ve always learned music in the key it was presen… --- ## [Why do so many people drive intoxicated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-people-drive-intoxicated/709122)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-people-drive-intoxicated/709122 "2015-01-10T02:47:53Z")
Inspired by being behind a guy last night doing 4 miles an hour or so, on a two lane road creating a real hazard because everyone was having to pass him in the other lane a accident waiting to happen. I assume the guy wa… --- ## [Dear Walmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-walmart/703554)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-walmart/703554 "2015-03-25T14:46:28Z")
It is not convenient to order online if you won’t ship the item to my house even when my order exceeds 50 dollars… Do not make me traipse 3 days by camel to the extreme back corner of your 109 degree store to pick up my … --- ## [Croker Sacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croker-sacks/394455)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croker-sacks/394455 "2007-03-05T22:37:47Z")
Before someone has the urge to convince the rest of us that there’s no such thing, here’s a definition of croker sack that squares up with my usage of the term. Burlap bag (or sack) is a reasonable synonym, too. But I g… --- ## [James Howard Kunstler: mainstream tattoos = social dysfunction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-howard-kunstler-mainstream-tattoos-social-dysfunction/465549)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-howard-kunstler-mainstream-tattoos-social-dysfunction/465549 "2008-09-30T22:46:28Z")
(Not sure if this is Great enough for Great Debates; please move to IMHO if it’s better there.) A statement by the famed Peak Oil author that I thought was interesting: Many people, to some extent, agree with Kunstler… --- ## [Mrs. Slocum's Pussy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511)
**Author:** [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2002, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511 "2002-07-04T06:55:29Z")
Did Mrs. Slocum’s (Are you being Served?) pussy have a name? Was it ever mentioned on any episode? :confused: --- ## [Joshua Boyle and Caitlin Coleman are not heroes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joshua-boyle-and-caitlin-coleman-are-not-heroes/799053)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joshua-boyle-and-caitlin-coleman-are-not-heroes/799053 "2017-11-07T00:19:12Z")
So a Canadian and his pregnant American wife decide to go backpacking in Afghanistan and, surprise, their little idealistic holiday goes rather south. Now the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), or as a good friend… --- ## [Her exboyfriend is a total jerk loser and it bugs me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-exboyfriend-is-a-total-jerk-loser-and-it-bugs-me/484516)
**Author:** [@ready29003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ready29003)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-exboyfriend-is-a-total-jerk-loser-and-it-bugs-me/484516 "2009-02-06T22:55:08Z")
Hey I am dating a nice gal. Her exboyfriend…from a year ago is an alcoholic controlling loser (those are all technical terms)… And i run in to the guy once in a while at work. (We cross paths)… Anyways, I saw him tod… --- ## [The Crown; season 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crown-season-4/925643)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crown-season-4/925643 "2021-05-14T14:52:14Z")
Season 4 came out today and I’ve been binge-watching all day. I can see why Prince William loathes this show. Charles comes off as a spoiled asshole (in contrast to last season) and Diana is a basket case surrounded by… --- ## [What's the biggest change to your life since you joined the Dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353 "2015-05-10T15:30:34Z")
Many of us have been around here awhile. Long enough to have gone through some major life changes. Some of us just recently found the dope via Google and revived a long dead thread. No matter, what big life change has… --- ## [Opt-out Organ Donation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opt-out-organ-donation/749981)
**Author:** [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opt-out-organ-donation/749981 "2016-04-05T14:56:54Z")
Full disclosure up-front, I’ve recently been given some test results which suggest that a kidney transplant in the next five years isn’t beyond the realm of possibility. So I do have something of a personal stake in thi… --- ## [Sixties fashion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-fashion/596638)
**Author:** [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-fashion/596638 "2011-09-22T02:49:51Z")
I’m going to be a hippie for Halloween this year, and I’m having trouble finding a site that shows true hippie fashion…I get a lot of the typical tie-dye, Lennon glasses, headband stuff but I want to be true to life as p… --- ## [Is smokeless tobacco illegal in Australia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-smokeless-tobacco-illegal-in-australia/403588)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-smokeless-tobacco-illegal-in-australia/403588 "2007-05-11T15:07:12Z")
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21709656-2,00.html Can this be true? One can light up a cigarette or cigar, or pipe tobacco, but one can’t chew it or dip snuff? Can Aussies confirm/deny? Color me surprised, if … --- ## [Bringing Store Brand Chips to Office Potluck, am I a jerk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-store-brand-chips-to-office-potluck-am-i-a-jerk/956525)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-store-brand-chips-to-office-potluck-am-i-a-jerk/956525 "2021-12-28T00:06:35Z")
Office is having a company potluck and I was assigned to bring chips and dip since I wasn’t willing to make anything myself. It’s for about 30 other people. We were given no money amount required so my immediate response… --- ## [So, the use of the word "So" in the US.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-use-of-the-word-so-in-the-us/709278)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-use-of-the-word-so-in-the-us/709278 "2015-01-13T23:30:22Z")
I have noticed over the course of the last 8 months to a year, that the word “so” has become more and more prevelent in spoken conversation. It seems to be used as a subconsious pause, just as “like” has been over-used … --- ## [Statins for all men of a certain age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statins-for-all-men-of-a-certain-age/968921)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statins-for-all-men-of-a-certain-age/968921 "2025-08-27T02:08:05Z")
Yes, I know you are not my doctors, and apologies for yet another thread about statins/cholesterol. But I just got back from my annual checkup, and am casting a wide net for information/opinions. First the stats: Age … --- ## [Mini-pitting: Marco Rubio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-pitting-marco-rubio/709934)
**Author:** [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-pitting-marco-rubio/709934 "2015-02-03T21:01:12Z")
I got five minutes before work, so I’ll just be brief: He talks about how raising the minimum wage will eliminate jobs, jobs he notes will be eliminated anyway by technology. So he’s already undermined his own argumen… --- ## [Famous people that everyone knows that no one knows.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-everyone-knows-that-no-one-knows/527016)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-everyone-knows-that-no-one-knows/527016 "2010-02-02T15:03:50Z")
There are a bunch of people I know that, if I say “I got the aXXo version of…,” know exactly who I am talking about. Look up aXXo in google and you get 32 million hits. But no one I know has any idea who aXXo is. Aussie… --- ## [Grammar question: ME or MY?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-question-me-or-my/189732)
**Author:** [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-question-me-or-my/189732 "2013-01-11T20:46:26Z")
This one has long vexed me, and cropped up again this morning. Which is correct: (a) I hope you don’t mind ME emailing you (b) I hope you don’t mind MY emailing you. I usually plump for (b) but I’m always unsure if th… --- ## [Actors That Defied Typecasting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-defied-typecasting/529228)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-defied-typecasting/529228 "2010-02-22T20:17:48Z")
There’s a thread dealing with actors so strongly identified with their hit roles that it’s difficult to see them as anything else. This is the flipside of that thread: identify actors who were well-known in particular r… --- ## [Cold and snow stories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-and-snow-stories/774930)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-and-snow-stories/774930 "2016-12-22T01:23:15Z")
Anyone have any good ones? Example: Coldest or deepest snow you ever camped out in? Worst blizzard your car or other transportation ever got stuck in? Worst winter weather you ever had to WORK outside in? Have you ev… --- ## [Michele Bachman halts Presidential campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390 "2012-01-10T22:14:11Z")
An action that surprises absolutely nobody. Bachman is batshit crazy thinking she could be a candidate, much less get elected. --- ## [Why did the craft brewing revolution in the US (and elsewhere) take so long to happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-craft-brewing-revolution-in-the-us-and-elsewhere-take-so-long-to-happen/757588)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-craft-brewing-revolution-in-the-us-and-elsewhere-take-so-long-to-happen/757588 "2016-06-30T14:41:06Z")
It’s easy to see the technological component in so much of what’s going on in our world, but one can’t excuse the late arrival of craft brewing (i.e., the arrival of good beer in the US) based on a need to wait for techn… --- ## [I am really supposed to LIKE being married?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-really-supposed-to-like-being-married/91201)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-really-supposed-to-like-being-married/91201 "2001-11-06T21:28:03Z")
Before I get started, let me clear up a few things. I love my wife. We have been married for 3 years and we went out for 7 years before that. She is 28 years old, stunningly beautiful (really), comes from a wealthy famil… --- ## [Popular songs where the backup singers are more famous than the lead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-where-the-backup-singers-are-more-famous-than-the-lead/943467)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-where-the-backup-singers-are-more-famous-than-the-lead/943467 "2021-06-10T01:59:12Z")
I’m thinking of songs like Mick Jagger singing backup on Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain.” I’m not talking about one-off live performances where a star will make an appearance as a cameo. I also just mean singers, not mu… --- ## [Why Don't They Sell Garam Masala in the Grocery Store?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-sell-garam-masala-in-the-grocery-store/444843)
**Author:** [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-sell-garam-masala-in-the-grocery-store/444843 "2008-05-22T14:59:22Z")
Seems like there’s plenty of space on the spice aisle - surely we can’t need 4 different brands of garlic! Any of the grocery chains known to carry this? --- ## [Foods that don't seem to ever expire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-seem-to-ever-expire/710419)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2015, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-seem-to-ever-expire/710419 "2015-01-28T05:36:13Z")
Digging in the pantry for a snack… what do you know, an unopened bag of dates! I love dates. They look disturbingly like cockroach husks, but they’re very tasty. Open it up, munch away – nice, chewy, sticky sweetness.… --- ## [Have their reactions to Trump raised or lowered your opinion of the Republican establishment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-their-reactions-to-trump-raised-or-lowered-your-opinion-of-the-republican-establishment/756764)
**Author:** [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-their-reactions-to-trump-raised-or-lowered-your-opinion-of-the-republican-establishment/756764 "2016-06-11T04:18:55Z")
I’m solidly liberal, and I didn’t have a very high opinion of the Republican establishment to begin with. (Higher than some folks on the SDMB seem to have, though – I generally think of them as more misguided than outri… --- ## [Tom Clancy - Grant Blackwood? Clive Cussler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-clancy-grant-blackwood-clive-cussler/563280)
**Author:** [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-clancy-grant-blackwood-clive-cussler/563280 "2011-01-11T23:42:36Z")
So the new Tom Clancy book is coming out, and this time he’s gone ahead and admitted right on the cover that he’s phoning it in - “Dead or Alive” by Tom Clancy (with Grant Blackwood). I was curious about Grant Blackwood… --- ## [Your hair color/eye color combination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hair-color-eye-color-combination/537344)
**Author:** [@Troubles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troubles)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hair-color-eye-color-combination/537344 "2010-04-28T14:08:03Z")
A simple question - what is your hair color and eye color? This poll was sorta/kinda inspired by John DiFool’s recent eye color poll. It’s a fairly interesting thread, and it got me thinking about what eye color/hair co… --- ## [Christian loyalty to the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-loyalty-to-the-us/707906)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-loyalty-to-the-us/707906 "2014-12-26T18:17:29Z")
I’m continuing to try to understand religion in general and Christianity in the U.S. specifically, and I appreciate those who endeavor to educate me. So now I come to another bit of confusion that I’d like help on. My … --- ## [What do Brits call episodic television across all years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-brits-call-episodic-television-across-all-years/537277)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-brits-call-episodic-television-across-all-years/537277 "2010-04-28T10:24:24Z")
In the US, we call a TV show with multiple episodes a “series”, referring to all episodes, across years. Each new year of shows is called a “season”. In the UK, they refer to each season as a “series”. So what do the… --- ## [History Channel says all U.S. battleships are now retired. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-says-all-u-s-battleships-are-now-retired-why/180576)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-says-all-u-s-battleships-are-now-retired-why/180576 "2003-06-10T22:10:55Z")
Well… why did they decommission all the big battleships that were so crucial during WWII? Did cruise milssiles put them out of business? --- ## [What were the \*easiest\* NES games?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-easiest-nes-games/700946)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-easiest-nes-games/700946 "2014-10-29T17:54:31Z")
At this point we’ve all read so much about how ridiculously difficult the NES’s games were, and “Nintendo Hard” is even a trope of its own. (Which I think is a bit unfair, as a few other companies have more than their s… --- ## [If you had to pick a small country to live in {Small for this thread is less than 3 million people}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-a-small-country-to-live-in-small-for-this-thread-is-less-than-3-million-people/986170)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-a-small-country-to-live-in-small-for-this-thread-is-less-than-3-million-people/986170 "2023-09-12T16:11:03Z")
I’ve been reading the thread on famous people from small countries, and was idly thinking that it might be quite nice to live in a (stable, democratic, socially liberal) small country, unfettered by a history of colonial… --- ## [Superheroes that wear hats.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superheroes-that-wear-hats/457667)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superheroes-that-wear-hats/457667 "2008-07-26T22:04:50Z")
Not masks that wrap the head…hats. I can think of a few– \[ul\] \[li\]The Golden Age Sandman\[/li\]\[li\]The Golden Age Flash\[/li\]\[li\]The Spirit\[/li\]\[/ul\] Can anybody name some more? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1419&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1421&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)