# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1424&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:** 1425 --- ## [Jeopardy Test Registration is Open!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-test-registration-is-open/615649)
**Author:** [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-test-registration-is-open/615649 "2012-03-29T15:13:42Z")
Didn’t see a post on this yet. If you got shut out of the last one like I did, they’re having another test later this month. Registration is now open. If you took the January test, you’re not eligible. Good luck! --- ## [Fuck those barbarians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-those-barbarians/313702)
**Author:** [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-those-barbarians/313702 "2005-07-26T17:59:28Z")
http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2005/07/21/1 Iran publicly executed two teenagers on Tuesday accusing them of raping a 13-year-old boy and having gay sex, according to Iran’s ISNA news agency. The two teenag… --- ## [Anyone else who doesn't get bothered by public speaking at all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-who-doesnt-get-bothered-by-public-speaking-at-all/753193)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-who-doesnt-get-bothered-by-public-speaking-at-all/753193 "2016-05-03T23:13:06Z")
Seriously, what’s the big deal? But everyone I meet is varying degrees of terrified about it. I don’t have any fear at all. Admittedly, I am fearless in most of my life, but it seems like a completely ridiculous fear - n… --- ## [Texas to require notarized parental consent for abortions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-to-require-notarized-parental-consent-for-abortions/371140)
**Author:** [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-to-require-notarized-parental-consent-for-abortions/371140 "2006-09-03T22:02:49Z")
Link. What a fucking despicable act. Forcing anyone to carry a child against her will is pretty bad already, but forcing teenage girls to do it just because of their age is pure evil. But the best part is this stunning … --- ## [Paul Ryan wants to phase out medicare again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-wants-to-phase-out-medicare-again/772292)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2016, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-wants-to-phase-out-medicare-again/772292 "2016-11-27T04:47:05Z")
I don’t know if they can get the 50 votes in the senate or a majority of the house to do it. Supposedly they will use budget reconciliation to convert it to a voucher program if they do. But if they do, it’ll mean every… --- ## [Why don't so many senior citizens "believe" in air conditioning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-so-many-senior-citizens-believe-in-air-conditioning/459050)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-so-many-senior-citizens-believe-in-air-conditioning/459050 "2008-08-13T17:07:14Z")
Returning to visit Dad back home, when I stepped into the house I immediately found it stifiling. No wondows were open, and the temperature insise was 88 degrees. Years ago, at the insistence of my mother (who is now i… --- ## [2025-26 NBA season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 295\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171 "2026-06-30T13:53:05Z")
After a tremendous 2025 NBA Playoffs and an eventful off-season, tonight marks the beginning of the 2025-26 season. Rockets/Thunder at 7:30; Warriors/Lakers at 10. Both games on NBC and Peacock, which gets the NBA back … --- ## [American Idol - Barry Manilow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-barry-manilow/241011)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-barry-manilow/241011 "2004-04-26T18:55:57Z")
For some reason, I see Diana excelling tonight. Manilow is just the sort of stuff for her — all belting all the time. No need for subtle nuance tonight. --- ## [Language Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-question/707124)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-question/707124 "2014-12-15T13:24:01Z")
Hi Everyone, I have a question about languages. Specifically, sentence construction and literal translation. I speak a lot of Spanish and am familiar with Hebrew, so I will use these languages as my context. In Spanish… --- ## [Do you get more right-wing as you get older?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-more-right-wing-as-you-get-older/626903)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-more-right-wing-as-you-get-older/626903 "2012-07-03T22:36:47Z")
“Not to be a republican at 20 is proof of want of heart; to be one at 30 is proof of want of head.” - François Guizot. Frequently bastardised as “If you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you’re not a conse… --- ## [Is white skin a Neanderthal trait?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-white-skin-a-neanderthal-trait/614915)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-white-skin-a-neanderthal-trait/614915 "2012-03-07T05:51:05Z")
Subject says it all really, but just to expand a little: It seems to me as a layman that whiteness is more likely to have evolved within the Neanderthals, who inhabited areas where white skin would be an evolutionary ad… --- ## [Are all religions anti-homosexuality.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-religions-anti-homosexuality/634801)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2012, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-religions-anti-homosexuality/634801 "2012-09-19T10:01:31Z")
I’m pretty sure that I know the answer is no but doesn’t hurt to make sure. Talking to people in scouting about the dichotomy (hypocracy?) that they complain that fewer boys and adults are joining but they are actively … --- ## [Bitten by a leech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitten-by-a-leech/498827)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2013, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitten-by-a-leech/498827 "2013-05-21T11:52:51Z")
I got a leech on my leg about three weeks ago. Unfortunately as I was washing the blood off (not realising what was causing the bleeding), I knocked the little bastard off, presumably leaving its jaws embedded in my skin… --- ## [Actors who died before people they played](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-died-before-people-they-played/794309)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-died-before-people-they-played/794309 "2017-09-16T22:18:16Z")
For example, Sam Shepard played Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff. Sam died last month, but Chuck is still going. That’s a pretty unusual situation, but it can’t be unique, right? What are some other examples? --- ## [Criticism of "cut and paste" style of arguments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criticism-of-cut-and-paste-style-of-arguments/707733)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criticism-of-cut-and-paste-style-of-arguments/707733 "2014-12-29T21:41:54Z")
In a Pit thread, my “cut and paste” style of post and argument was criticized. I’d never even considered this or heard this before – I thought it was the easiest way to both read and make arguments that involve multiple… --- ## [War Veterans who served in multiple wars, decades apart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-veterans-who-served-in-multiple-wars-decades-apart/621004)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2012, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-veterans-who-served-in-multiple-wars-decades-apart/621004 "2012-05-07T11:25:20Z")
Recently, I stumbled upon this news story from 2009: 70-Year-Old Reservist, Surgeon Returns To Iraq So there is a 70 years old man, a Colonel, who actually serves in a theater of war. This leads to an interesting que… --- ## [Is there a polite way of telling my ex wife to stop feeding our kid so much fast food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-polite-way-of-telling-my-ex-wife-to-stop-feeding-our-kid-so-much-fast-food/700535)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-polite-way-of-telling-my-ex-wife-to-stop-feeding-our-kid-so-much-fast-food/700535 "2014-10-07T21:26:34Z")
This year, the school my son goes to no longer offers bus rides to his school. (He’s in a special program, so he doesn’t go to the school that’s normally in his district.) So the deal my ex and I worked out was I would t… --- ## [Roma/Romani/Romania - origin of names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roma-romani-romania-origin-of-names/502631)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roma-romani-romania-origin-of-names/502631 "2009-11-04T06:58:37Z")
I’m writing a not-particularly-serious book which separately mentions both Gypsies/Roma and the country Romania. I don’t need to be factually rigourous but I’d like to get the broad outlines right. I’ve read up on the hi… --- ## [Things I learned from 1980s scifi movies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174 "2009-03-08T15:51:58Z")
This is of course the sequel to this thread: You never f\*\*\* with a single mother, of any species. (Aliens) After the nuclear holocaust, there will be a brisk trade in form-fitting, fetish-style black leather cloth… --- ## [Christmas dinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-dinner/521896)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-dinner/521896 "2009-12-22T02:10:43Z")
What are you having? I’ll start: For Christmas I make prime rib, Yorkshire pudding, boiled red potatoes, and brussels sprouts. Same thing every year, whether I’m alone or have guests. This year I think I’ll make that … --- ## [Passing a LEO vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passing-a-leo-vehicle/661073)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passing-a-leo-vehicle/661073 "2013-06-21T16:17:05Z")
Someone posted this on FB: When I lived in L.A., I passed CHP cars all the time when they were driving under the speed limit. Is there any place in the U.S. where it is illegal to pass a law enforcement vehicle? I’m … --- ## [Advetising gimmicks that should be punishable by death.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advetising-gimmicks-that-should-be-punishable-by-death/241049)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advetising-gimmicks-that-should-be-punishable-by-death/241049 "2004-04-25T18:49:02Z")
I was driving into work this morning, and the radio played a commercial for a certain home improvment store. This particular commercial promised that they’ll have everything you need to “take your bathroom to the next l… --- ## [Why is Windows so popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-windows-so-popular/205315)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-windows-so-popular/205315 "2003-10-07T14:51:30Z")
I run Windows 2000 on my computer. I could have had a Mac but felt that I was more fimiliar with Windows. Some people say that Macs are easier to use and I could run Linux, which is free or UNIX. These operating systems … --- ## [AT&T is sending me a phone unsoliticited, activating it, and disabling my current phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-t-is-sending-me-a-phone-unsoliticited-activating-it-and-disabling-my-current-phone/946406)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-t-is-sending-me-a-phone-unsoliticited-activating-it-and-disabling-my-current-phone/946406 "2022-03-15T21:03:02Z")
I’ve gotten the texts that say “AT&T is shutting down our 3G network and your phone will be toast when we do,” blahblahblah. I’ve researched this and apparently my BlackBerry (unlocked and bought by me at amazon) is fine… --- ## [Need objective opinions on a baby name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-objective-opinions-on-a-baby-name/449716)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2008, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-objective-opinions-on-a-baby-name/449716 "2008-05-25T05:47:25Z")
We’ve got baby number three due to arrive in October. I’ve got an idea for a baby name I think would work for either a boy or a girl. I’ve run it by my wife and gotten positive results, but I would like some objective fe… --- ## [How close to Nazism is US , really ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-to-nazism-is-us-really/734483)
**Author:** [@Alkash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alkash)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-to-nazism-is-us-really/734483 "2015-10-14T18:35:07Z")
Inspired by How close to fascism is Russia, really ? thread, where, as \*\*Ravenman \*\* correctly pointed out there were only 18 anti-Semitic incidents in Russia in one year, while the same number in the US was a stunning… --- ## [How did Scotland come to be more liberal than England?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-scotland-come-to-be-more-liberal-than-england/698714)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-scotland-come-to-be-more-liberal-than-england/698714 "2014-09-18T18:05:31Z")
In the run up to the Scottish independence vote, there’s been much chatter about how Scotland is both more liberal and more wealthy than England and that this is the chief source of tension precipitating the push for ind… --- ## [Is NPR biased?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-npr-biased/309339)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-npr-biased/309339 "2005-07-06T18:29:55Z")
Inspired by the debate on the “Pubbies try to muzzle NPR” thread on Great Debates started by a great American, I thought I’d start a thread in which people can drop by and report examples of biased reporting they’ve hear… --- ## [can you "teach yourself" how to whistle, or is it a thing where "you either have it or you don't"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-teach-yourself-how-to-whistle-or-is-it-a-thing-where-you-either-have-it-or-you-dont/644490)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-teach-yourself-how-to-whistle-or-is-it-a-thing-where-you-either-have-it-or-you-dont/644490 "2012-12-20T06:32:02Z")
For the life of me, I’ve never been able to whistle “for shit”. Whether it’s the “bend your tongue funny, and do it through your top two teeth (or is it through your bottom two teeth?)”, or sticking your thumb and ring-… --- ## [Always forget where to ask about bannings...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/always-forget-where-to-ask-about-bannings/483523)
**Author:** [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/always-forget-where-to-ask-about-bannings/483523 "2009-02-02T01:25:20Z")
I can’t remember if I’m supposed to post in the pit, ATMB, or to PM a mod. So if I’m wrong feel free to jackboot this thread off to the netherworld. That said, what happened to Merkwurdigliebe? Didn’t get any warnings… --- ## [Good bye, Mark and Brian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783 "2012-08-21T16:24:51Z")
I am sitting here listening to the very last Mark and Brian Show. I’ve been a fan for over twenty years, and I’m damnsad that all I have to listen to every morning from now on is traffic reports and Rush Limbaugh wannab… --- ## [Let's build a Straight Dope Christmas Spotify list](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749 "2025-12-15T10:28:39Z")
If this is like all the other Spotify threads I’ve started, it will go nowhere. I’m going to build a Christmas playlist for the Straight Dope and need your help to build it. You can pick at most 3 songs to add. “Chri… --- ## [Our opinion on the United Church of Christ's controvertial advertisement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-opinion-on-the-united-church-of-christs-controvertial-advertisement/281750)
**Author:** [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-opinion-on-the-united-church-of-christs-controvertial-advertisement/281750 "2005-01-08T16:06:26Z")
In this thread, an issue was mentioned regarding a controversial advertisement by the United Church of Christ that a TV network/some TV networks refused to air. This advertisement was regarding how the UCC was welcoming … --- ## [Fuck, some of you are so goddamned narrow minded...politics, bullshit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-some-of-you-are-so-goddamned-narrow-minded-politics-bullshit/206428)
**Author:** [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2003, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-some-of-you-are-so-goddamned-narrow-minded-politics-bullshit/206428 "2003-10-09T07:34:52Z")
I am writing this in protest to those that think that the Caleefornia election was the end all and be all of life. You know what is worse? A woman, 33 years old that had her life cut short because of a brain anomoly (s… --- ## [Eastern North Carolina style barbeque sauce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastern-north-carolina-style-barbeque-sauce/306405)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eastern-north-carolina-style-barbeque-sauce/306405 "2017-11-10T14:56:58Z")
Do any of you food mavens know how to make the vinegar based barbeque sauce that is popular in eastern North Carolina? I’m having a gastric bypass Monday, and when everything heals, the heavy tomato and sugar/molasses b… --- ## [Mileage Tax: Is it such a bad idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mileage-tax-is-it-such-a-bad-idea/486810)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2009, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mileage-tax-is-it-such-a-bad-idea/486810 "2009-03-01T12:26:04Z")
LaHood floated an idea for a mileage tax to replace the gas tax and it was immediately shot down by the rest of Team Obama. But long term is it such a bad idea? What if a large number of cars end up having a large port… --- ## [If Utah make polygamy legal.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-utah-make-polygamy-legal/754631)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-utah-make-polygamy-legal/754631 "2016-05-18T12:58:59Z")
Utah was denied admission as a state until it outlawed polygamy and in fact the Edmunds Act makes polygamy a Federal crime. Given the state of affairs that SSM is now legal in all 50 states and federally, what would hap… --- ## [Paramount won't show critics 'G.I. Joe'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paramount-wont-show-critics-g-i-joe/505313)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paramount-wont-show-critics-g-i-joe/505313 "2009-08-06T21:30:57Z")
I saw in another recent thread that is was expected that GI Joe was going to suck the big one. I just saw this article on MSNthat says Paramount isn’t going to let critics see the movie. I had such high hopes for this … --- ## [I pit the "F.Y.I. Obama" email and provide a rebuttal - Please send it around](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-f-y-i-obama-email-and-provide-a-rebuttal-please-send-it-around/432712)
**Author:** [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-f-y-i-obama-email-and-provide-a-rebuttal-please-send-it-around/432712 "2008-01-14T15:00:18Z")
Fellow American Dopers: There is yet another ugly, racist mass email making the rounds again, this time spreading vicious lies about and attacking Barack Obama as a Muslim, a traitor, a member of some “black power” grou… --- ## [What would be a good ecig to buy for my dad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-a-good-ecig-to-buy-for-my-dad/644673)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-a-good-ecig-to-buy-for-my-dad/644673 "2014-12-10T06:28:02Z")
I want a easy to use model but that is basic and cheap, because I’m not sure he won’t dismiss it out of hand. He is a two pack a day smoker who can’t quit to save his life literally, he has been hospitalized and even wi… --- ## [Throwing a Rod/Piston](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-a-rod-piston/295531)
**Author:** [@NathanForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NathanForce)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-a-rod-piston/295531 "2005-03-23T05:40:42Z")
I have a friend who claims that his dad did something to the family car several years back that caused a piston/rod to be ejected through the hood and onto the pavement while driving on the freeway. I have a hard time be… --- ## [Can Trader Joe's Coffee REALLY be this much better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-trader-joes-coffee-really-be-this-much-better/616014)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-trader-joes-coffee-really-be-this-much-better/616014 "2012-03-17T18:47:53Z")
I love coffee, and I buy a LOT of it, always in search of The One. I usually drink a different kind each day, and probably have…oh, 10 different varieties on hand right now (a few more than usual). After a very long peri… --- ## [Plea for help: Oakminster has a sandy vagina](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plea-for-help-oakminster-has-a-sandy-vagina/667442)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plea-for-help-oakminster-has-a-sandy-vagina/667442 "2013-08-30T09:50:08Z")
As can be plainly seen by even the most occasional visitor to ATMB, friend Oakminster suffers from a vast quantity of sand in his vagina. Since it would be improper to dole out medical advice in that forum, it follows th… --- ## [Lost snacks of your childhood...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-snacks-of-your-childhood/825196)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-snacks-of-your-childhood/825196 "2018-12-18T08:12:10Z")
I’m starting this thread in the hopes of finding those lost snack treasures of our childhood. Japanese chocolate umbrellas - Last seen mid-late 70’s - Long coned shapes like Astropops, but they’re Japanese chocolate (wh… --- ## [What to do with trees full of ornamental oranges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-trees-full-of-ornamental-oranges/529409)
**Author:** [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-trees-full-of-ornamental-oranges/529409 "2010-02-18T18:48:08Z")
What do I do with two big trees absolutely bursting with ripe, more or less inedible oranges? These are very, very sour. So sour that I’ve substituted them for the lemons that I put in my tea, which is marginally accepta… --- ## [Disposal of old cooking oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposal-of-old-cooking-oil/616749)
**Author:** [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposal-of-old-cooking-oil/616749 "2012-03-30T02:09:15Z")
I have a deep-fryer containing about 3 liters of cooking oil that is now getting old and nasty. We are always told not to pour it down the sink. What would be the consequences if I did? Can anyone suggest another, better… --- ## [So I opened mail that wasn't really addressed to me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-opened-mail-that-wasnt-really-addressed-to-me/512255)
**Author:** [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-opened-mail-that-wasnt-really-addressed-to-me/512255 "2009-10-06T02:20:08Z")
I own the house that my grandparents owned and raised a family in. This house has been in our family for over 60 years now. Yes, this is important. Today, I brought in the mail. Several items for my husband (all bori… --- ## [What's the quality of an exotic sports car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-quality-of-an-exotic-sports-car/782765)
**Author:** [@dirty\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirty_hippie)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-quality-of-an-exotic-sports-car/782765 "2017-03-28T02:15:22Z")
I was wondering what the quality of an exotic sports car is in terms of materials used and craftsmanship. When you’re paying $200k or up to half a million dollars, exactly what do you get other than a race-inspired, supe… --- ## [Undercooked ground pork? Problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undercooked-ground-pork-problem/514830)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undercooked-ground-pork-problem/514830 "2009-10-24T16:50:24Z")
I decided to make some mapo tofu with ground pork and some premade mix (brown the pork, put in sauce, heat to simmer, put in tofu, heat 'til it’s all warm). The ground pork was sticky and hard to “crumble,” so the cooke… --- ## [So what happened to tablets (electronic devices)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-tablets-electronic-devices/802925)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-tablets-electronic-devices/802925 "2017-12-23T22:24:49Z")
The iPad launched in 2010. It was made out to be a BFD. Tablets have arrived, ohmyjesus!!! People commenced to play Angry Birds on a bigger screen than that of an iPhone. Fast forward to 2017. The iPhone X comes out, an… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1423&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1425&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)