# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1423&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:** 1424 --- ## [NYC Thursday Night Bar Meeting Series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-thursday-night-bar-meeting-series/51466)
**Author:** [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2001, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-thursday-night-bar-meeting-series/51466 "2001-06-06T13:14:47Z")
After discussing this with several folks, we decided that it would be a good idea if we were to have set up a series of casual meetings in resturant/bars for dopers and friends every Thursday. It will be a just show up a… --- ## [Celebrities Who Have Died In Car Crashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-died-in-car-crashes/592140)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-died-in-car-crashes/592140 "2011-08-12T16:35:33Z")
This subject came up in conversation the other day and I could think of three: Jayne Mansfield James Dean Sam Kinnison --- ## [Why do companies buy back shares?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-companies-buy-back-shares/558436)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-companies-buy-back-shares/558436 "2010-10-31T13:06:05Z")
This article describes IBM as buying back $10 billion in shares. The article says Do any of you know why they would do this? --- ## [Food terminology v1. What is Casserole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-terminology-v1-what-is-casserole/585508)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-terminology-v1-what-is-casserole/585508 "2011-06-17T22:19:09Z")
What does the term ‘casserole’ mean to you? (this is a poll, not a debate) If it describes something specific, be as detailed as possible. If it describes a whole category of stuff, try to define the boundaries (and me… --- ## [What song was #1 on the day you were born](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820)
**Author:** [@Spiritinthesky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritinthesky)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820 "2008-08-11T22:28:28Z")
Some people believe our lives are profoundly influenced by whatever pop song was number one on the day we were born. On the day Heather Mills (the ex Mrs McCartney) was born (12th Jan 1968) it was Hello Goodbye by The B… --- ## [Ex-Lax brownies illegal? Prunes too slow? Have some gummy bears!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-lax-brownies-illegal-prunes-too-slow-have-some-gummy-bears/676939)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-lax-brownies-illegal-prunes-too-slow-have-some-gummy-bears/676939 "2014-01-27T03:37:21Z")
Stash some of these in your lunch bag if you expect it to be stolen. Haribo Gummy Candy, Sugarless Gummy Bears The customer reviews are pure comedy gold. Or is comedy brown? You would soon know who was pilfering the… --- ## [Your nominations, please, for the greatest mystery writer of all time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-nominations-please-for-the-greatest-mystery-writer-of-all-time/563373)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-nominations-please-for-the-greatest-mystery-writer-of-all-time/563373 "2010-12-12T13:32:56Z")
(You knew this was coming, right?) Rather like the recent poll about Science Fiction writers, there will eventually be a run-off poll and then a best of five. In the meantime, please post your nominations here in this … --- ## [What would be the ideal world population?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-ideal-world-population/715150)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-ideal-world-population/715150 "2015-05-31T13:21:51Z")
The usual ideal population preferred by people is quite small. If society is still to have airplanes, trains, electricity, government, etc., though, then the population would probably have to be moderately sized at least… --- ## [Bill Clinton Vs. Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-vs-obama/628178)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-vs-obama/628178 "2012-08-15T15:14:13Z")
The same as my Bush Vs. Romney thread Out of B. Clinton and B. Obama, who would you choose to be president and why? Ignore the question of constitutionality. --- ## [How was life under Hitler like for people who weren't in Danger of being killed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-life-under-hitler-like-for-people-who-werent-in-danger-of-being-killed/411869)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-life-under-hitler-like-for-people-who-werent-in-danger-of-being-killed/411869 "2007-08-13T22:52:59Z")
What I’m asking is what was everday life under Hitler like for a blue-eyed, blond-haired, Caucasian, heterosexual Christian of non-Jewish descent? People who didn’t belong to any of the groups he was persecuting. --- ## [What would UV or IR light look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-uv-or-ir-light-look-like/612309)
**Author:** [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-uv-or-ir-light-look-like/612309 "2013-05-15T19:17:25Z")
I realize there have been threads like this before, but from what I can tell none have covered my question as I’m asking it. Until recently I always assumed that if we could see UV or IR wavelengths they would look like… --- ## [Was a real "mermaid" discovered in Batroun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-a-real-mermaid-discovered-in-batroun/539610)
**Author:** [@Curious\_About\_Stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious_About_Stuff)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-a-real-mermaid-discovered-in-batroun/539610 "2010-05-17T20:57:35Z")
I was surprised that The Straight Dope didn’t have any pages on alleged real mermaid claims. There have been mermaid hoaxes, but I found a news report from a source of unknown validity about the body of a dead mermaid (… --- ## [so is a book racist if it doesn't explicitly mention that there are some minority characters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-a-book-racist-if-it-doesnt-explicitly-mention-that-there-are-some-minority-characters/655555)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-a-book-racist-if-it-doesnt-explicitly-mention-that-there-are-some-minority-characters/655555 "2013-04-17T01:07:16Z")
not wanting to de-rail the Harry Potter thread --- ## [Patton vs Rommel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patton-vs-rommel/467674)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patton-vs-rommel/467674 "2008-10-15T17:34:15Z")
I keep running across the idea in movies and books that Patton and Rommel were arch-nemeses like Batman and the Joker. But looking at the actual historical record, I have to question how this idea got started. George Pa… --- ## [why don't we see the rise of China-based Amazon-type competitor to Walmart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-see-the-rise-of-china-based-amazon-type-competitor-to-walmart/576043)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-see-the-rise-of-china-based-amazon-type-competitor-to-walmart/576043 "2011-04-04T03:47:55Z")
AFAIK there are lots of items that sell in Walmart that could be bought without directly examining them in store, if good enough online info were provided to compare and contrast them to other items of a similar type. Al… --- ## [Is There Any Doubt We Are Heading for a Double-Dip Recession?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-doubt-we-are-heading-for-a-double-dip-recession/591521)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-doubt-we-are-heading-for-a-double-dip-recession/591521 "2011-08-08T02:35:04Z")
Unemployment still above 9%. Growth below 1/2%. Stock market losing the last 9 straight days, something that hasn’t happened since 1978, and oil plummeting, DESPITE Obama’s near trillion dollar stimulus, tax cuts on th… --- ## [The Devil Asks: What do you wish for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-asks-what-do-you-wish-for/931024)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-asks-what-do-you-wish-for/931024 "2023-02-23T07:34:28Z")
The Devil offers to grant you a single wish, and in exchange you forfeit your eternal soul (standard fare for a deal with the Devil). Of course, the boon granted always comes with a catch. In this thread game, your post… --- ## [Hand-washing clothes: As effective as a machine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-washing-clothes-as-effective-as-a-machine/413899)
**Author:** [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-washing-clothes-as-effective-as-a-machine/413899 "2007-08-03T14:58:01Z")
My plan for my upcoming trip to Europe is to pack extremely light and wash my clothes in the sink using Woolite soap packets. My question is, given a fair amount of elbow grease, will this get my clothes just as clean a… --- ## [What made Friedman believe real-life markets are rational?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-friedman-believe-real-life-markets-are-rational/472252)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-friedman-believe-real-life-markets-are-rational/472252 "2009-01-29T01:20:04Z")
I know little about economics in general and probably less about Milton Friedman, but what I keep hearing about him is that he believed that federal oversight of the market was unnecessary because an unregulated market w… --- ## [Horrible Commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-commercials/388159)
**Author:** [@badkittypriestess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badkittypriestess)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-commercials/388159 "2007-01-29T13:49:23Z")
clear blue easy This commercial is so bad!! The wording got changed since the video…showing “supposed” pee hitting the stick and he even said pee! Give me a break, women know how to use a pregnancy test! In the changed … --- ## [Son of Movie Chain-Link Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-movie-chain-link-game/99882)
**Author:** [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2002, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-movie-chain-link-game/99882 "2002-03-31T02:20:09Z")
Since the old thread is now 5 pages long, and since no-one else knew that Jaye Davidson was in The Crying Game, I’ll start another one. So, how about the great Robert Mitchum --- ## [Bread machine dough, oven bake - Help Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-machine-dough-oven-bake-help-please/556712)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-machine-dough-oven-bake-help-please/556712 "2010-10-12T15:04:06Z")
I have finally found the perfect white bread recipe and after making 5 loaves in the bread machine, I want to start using the oven. I have it going in the machine right now but on the dough cycle only. It wasn’t until a… --- ## [Will violent gay secular fascists impose their will on Christian America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-violent-gay-secular-fascists-impose-their-will-on-christian-america/473382)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-violent-gay-secular-fascists-impose-their-will-on-christian-america/473382 "2008-11-20T01:48:35Z")
That’s what Newt Gingrich predicts: \[QUOTE=Newt Gingrich\] “I think there is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us, is prepared to use violence, to use harassment. I t… --- ## [Ladies, what's in it for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-whats-in-it-for-you/352226)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-whats-in-it-for-you/352226 "2006-04-16T13:35:55Z")
The sexy Vickies or Fredricks lingerie that can’t be worn outside the boudoir with much comfort for extended periods of time. The lucite slipper or the black pattent stillettos that drive your mate wild with passion. T… --- ## [They're not serious, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-not-serious-right/305827)
**Author:** [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2005, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-not-serious-right/305827 "2005-06-06T11:41:17Z")
Apparently knife crime has gotten pretty bad in England Does anyone seriously think that this is a solution or enforceable? --- ## [Would a man actually go to these lengths to get laid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-man-actually-go-to-these-lengths-to-get-laid/197411)
**Author:** [@suezeekay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suezeekay)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-man-actually-go-to-these-lengths-to-get-laid/197411 "2003-08-31T01:49:51Z")
Okay, I’m much older now and I am removed many years from the man/woman game, but I just can’t believe a man would do this. am I naive? The story: My ex-daughter in-law (age 38) moved to a new apartment and on the fir… --- ## [Seriously, how much bacon do you guys eat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-how-much-bacon-do-you-guys-eat/697113)
**Author:** [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2014, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-how-much-bacon-do-you-guys-eat/697113 "2014-09-02T10:12:22Z")
Now, I know this bacon meme that’s been going on for the last, I dunno, decade is partly jocular, but also partly sincere. Reading some of the bacon threads here, I get the feeling people really love the stuff perhaps a … --- ## [Obama's hypocrisy over election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-hypocrisy-over-election/774925)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-hypocrisy-over-election/774925 "2016-12-20T16:36:22Z")
President Obama in what may be his last White House press briefing got really hot under the collar over alleged Russian interference in the US election. How dare a foreign country interfere in another country’s election? … --- ## [Songs with incorrect basic premises](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-incorrect-basic-premises/741371)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-incorrect-basic-premises/741371 "2015-12-31T11:52:47Z")
For instance, Aretha sings, “Your love is like a seesaw, moving up, down and all around …” Sorry, Aretha, I don’t know what love is like, maybe a rollercoaster (?), but if it moves all around it ain’t a seesaw. … --- ## [How much is the MA election a national statement/referendum on anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-the-ma-election-a-national-statement-referendum-on-anything/525652)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-the-ma-election-a-national-statement-referendum-on-anything/525652 "2010-01-21T19:57:05Z")
Obama, health care reform, the economy… Whatever you feel like bringing into this. They say “all politics are local.” Does this prove it wrong? --- ## [Stupid Untrustworthy fiance... now ex-fiance!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-untrustworthy-fiance-now-ex-fiance/505595)
**Author:** [@SimonMoon5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SimonMoon5)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-untrustworthy-fiance-now-ex-fiance/505595 "2009-08-12T16:21:09Z")
I can’t believe this woman. We were going to get married. We were engaged for a year. We bought a house together. She told me that I never had anything to worry about as far as the relationship was concerned, that we’d n… --- ## [Question about 'Full Metal Jacket'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-full-metal-jacket/653448)
**Author:** [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-full-metal-jacket/653448 "2013-03-27T15:25:25Z")
At one point in the boot camp portion of the movie it shows Gunny Hartman marching the recruits in formation and it sounds like he’s saying ‘Hail Colic, Hail Colic’ which I know isn’t right :). What is he actually sayin… --- ## [How do rape and sexual assault victims cope with the psychological after effects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-rape-and-sexual-assault-victims-cope-with-the-psychological-after-effects/624731)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-rape-and-sexual-assault-victims-cope-with-the-psychological-after-effects/624731 "2012-06-13T19:05:27Z")
I’d like to know what psychological after effects rape and sexual assault victims tend to suffer from and how they handle them. For example, I presume that a fair number of rape victims are more fearful of men or of bei… --- ## [Ladies, do you suffer from BRF - "Bitchy Resting Face"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-suffer-from-brf-bitchy-resting-face/662583)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-suffer-from-brf-bitchy-resting-face/662583 "2013-07-10T16:46:21Z")
Wow… everything’s a syndrome these days. This link has the best bitchy face pics in the world! Bitchy Resting Face research --- ## [Experience required... experience required... experience required...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-required-experience-required-experience-required/405042)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2007, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-required-experience-required-experience-required/405042 "2007-05-27T11:39:56Z")
2 - 3 years of experience required. 5 years experience required. Only 1 year experience required, but in five different things. Apparently, all people looking for jobs have sprung out of the AEther with all experience… --- ## [My Awesome New Robot Book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-awesome-new-robot-book/837571)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-awesome-new-robot-book/837571 "2020-03-31T17:22:43Z")
The biggest and best book of my career is finally out in public where people can see it, read it, and even buy it. Robots in American Popular Culture (by someone named Steve Carper) is the first comprehensive history of … --- ## [Do you usually have green bean casserole at your Thanksgiving dinner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-have-green-bean-casserole-at-your-thanksgiving-dinner/738885)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-have-green-bean-casserole-at-your-thanksgiving-dinner/738885 "2015-12-04T18:32:53Z")
I just had to dedicate a topic soley to this amazing, delicious dish which is, by far, my favorite at Thanksgiving (although I’ve made topics about it on here in previous years). I love the stuff. It’s a must have for T… --- ## [Whats the name of the song playing in the currently-airing Chase ad with the animals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-the-song-playing-in-the-currently-airing-chase-ad-with-the-animals/798020)
**Author:** [@Clarence01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clarence01)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-the-song-playing-in-the-currently-airing-chase-ad-with-the-animals/798020 "2017-10-10T23:01:35Z")
Like my other ‘ad song question’ I just posted, I didn’t get the answer through google… Thanks for any help… In the ad, this lady is using a 3d printer to make prosthetics for various animals. What’s the name of the so… --- ## [Fear the Walking Dead: 2.01 "Monster" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-2-01-monster-open-spoilers/751849)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-2-01-monster-open-spoilers/751849 "2016-04-16T04:05:15Z")
\[QUOTE=\] The families flee Los Angeles on Strand’s yacht and find yet more danger at sea. \[/QUOTE\] Season premiere tonight, and it looks like the writers are sending them out to sea sooner rather than later. Cliff Cu… --- ## [Waste of Ammunition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waste-of-ammunition/470648)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waste-of-ammunition/470648 "2008-11-04T05:14:33Z")
Well atrick or treateris dead. Apparently 29 rounds were fired from an AK-47. What a tragic waste of expensive ammunition. Time for the gun cognescenti to post one-handed about how much better a shotgun is for home prote… --- ## [Illegal driving lesson with dad. So how can somebody learn to drive then?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-driving-lesson-with-dad-so-how-can-somebody-learn-to-drive-then/670691)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-driving-lesson-with-dad-so-how-can-somebody-learn-to-drive-then/670691 "2013-10-10T21:51:54Z")
Teaching the kid how to drive is a tradition. I taught both my daughters. My uncle taught me. I can’t think of anyone that I know that didn’t learn from a relative. This guy screwed up royally letting his kid learn in a… --- ## [Most offensive words in English speaking countries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-offensive-words-in-english-speaking-countries/384273)
**Author:** [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-offensive-words-in-english-speaking-countries/384273 "2006-12-20T00:03:35Z")
So what are they for different countries? I was just having a discussion about this with a friend and the point came up that in England they throw the word cunt around fairly easily whereas in the states that is still c… --- ## [100 new words added to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary in 2009](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-new-words-added-to-merriam-websters-dictionary-in-2009/502517)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-new-words-added-to-merriam-websters-dictionary-in-2009/502517 "2009-07-10T20:39:15Z")
Here’s a list of 25 from m-w.com. How many can do you know the meaning of? acai carbon footprint cardioprotective earmark fan fiction flash mob frenemy goji green-collar haram locavore memory foam missalette naproxen n… --- ## [Movies that begin at the end](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-begin-at-the-end/575934)
**Author:** [@Peanut7316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut7316)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-begin-at-the-end/575934 "2011-04-19T15:38:12Z")
I’m sure there will need to be spoiler alerts in this thread so I’ll just start off. I was watching this evening and after reaching the end, I realized that the opening scene of the movie was actually the aftermath of … --- ## [Do you talk fast? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-fast-why/503743)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-fast-why/503743 "2009-07-22T20:20:52Z")
Just curious as to whether it’s cultural, intellectual, occupational, or neurological. Particularly intriguing (to me) is some folks’ habit of speeding up dramatically near the end of a thought or sentence - often with … --- ## [Is This a British Expression?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-british-expression/235559)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-british-expression/235559 "2004-03-23T01:38:52Z")
My question comes from lyrics of a song, but I seek a factual answer here, so I purposely did not post this on the Cafe Board. In the song “Heat of the Moment” by Asia (circa 1980) - a band comprised of established Brit… --- ## [Sen. Crapo arrested for DUI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sen-crapo-arrested-for-dui/645016)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2013, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sen-crapo-arrested-for-dui/645016 "2013-01-05T10:51:51Z")
Sen Crapo (R-ID) was arrested for DUI in Virginia on Sunday morning. Story He isn’t the first nor will he be the last Senator to drive drunk. This was rather mild DUI arrest, his BAC was .11 and there was no accident o… --- ## [Very bad gas pain.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-bad-gas-pain/206754)
**Author:** [@Kewk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kewk)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-bad-gas-pain/206754 "2003-10-12T02:43:22Z")
Not terribly often but more than occasionally I get these awful gas pains. They start out in my back around chest high and slowly works around the radius of my body so that I can feel it from my chest to my back. Twice … --- ## [Most exotic weapon you've ever used.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2003, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981 "2003-03-19T06:46:08Z")
What is the most exotic weapon, firearm or not, you have ever used? (Yes, I’m fully expecting this to be taken over by Ren Faire people and military personnel/veterans. I’m looking forwards to it. :)) I have fired an AK… --- ## [Contraception ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contraception-ideas/508912)
**Author:** [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contraception-ideas/508912 "2009-09-10T03:13:51Z")
Sorry, I know, kind of an old discussion. About as old as mankind! :o Was wondering if Dopers had any ideas about contraception. My girlfriend and I (I’m a male widower 44, she’s divorced, 37,no kids between us), are … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1422&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1424&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)