# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1428&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:** 1429 --- ## [Are there a lot more BS email rumors against Obama than there were against W. Bush? And if so, why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-a-lot-more-bs-email-rumors-against-obama-than-there-were-against-w-bush-and-if-so-why/537333)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-a-lot-more-bs-email-rumors-against-obama-than-there-were-against-w-bush-and-if-so-why/537333 "2010-04-26T19:13:44Z")
This guy thinks so: http://www.salon.com/news/politics/feature/2010/04/23/snopes\_rumors\_obama\_bush\_open2010/index.html Of course, there’s no arguing that Salon isn’t biased, what with them billing themselves as an “on… --- ## [Is it legal for me to look up someone’s criminal records?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-for-me-to-look-up-someone-s-criminal-records/313974)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-for-me-to-look-up-someone-s-criminal-records/313974 "2012-10-16T17:46:43Z")
I know someone who can look up anyone’s criminal records because she works in a court building (as a data clerk, but everyone that works in a court building can look up records). She still can’t look up sealed records. A… --- ## [How paranoid would you be if you won a huge lottery jackpot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-paranoid-would-you-be-if-you-won-a-huge-lottery-jackpot/642343)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-paranoid-would-you-be-if-you-won-a-huge-lottery-jackpot/642343 "2012-12-02T17:19:00Z")
Obviously inspired by the half billion dollar Powerball jackpot. We often ask ourselves what we’d do if we won. But that much money can make you a huge target, in many ways. So how paranoid would you be? For example,… --- ## [Heroes 5/14/07 - "Landslide" (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-5-14-07-landslide-spoilers/404091)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-5-14-07-landslide-spoilers/404091 "2007-05-22T01:01:34Z")
Last week: Sylar broke Hiro’s sword and his mother’s heart. OK, well not so much broke her heart as stabbed it. This week: stuff happens! Let’s watch! Comment about previews of future episodes: it has been requested th… --- ## [Military Retirement Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-retirement-questions/707303)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-retirement-questions/707303 "2014-12-17T22:42:58Z")
I always thought that if you enlisted in the US Armed Forces, and served a certain number of years, something like 20, you would be eligible for a retirement pension, meaning an ongoing payout of some amount of money for… --- ## [Big Hero 6 - SPOILERS AHEAD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-hero-6-spoilers-ahead/704279)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-hero-6-spoilers-ahead/704279 "2015-02-08T22:25:21Z")
Maybe I’m just not seeing it, but I’m surprised there’s not a thread on the newest Disney movie yet. I took my boys (12 and 6) to see it over the weekend, and we all loved it. I was a bit put off by the ending – it seem… --- ## [Which Bands are Better Live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-bands-are-better-live/610231)
**Author:** [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-bands-are-better-live/610231 "2012-01-28T14:59:47Z")
The companion thread to this one, what bands sound better live than recorded? I’d like to nominate The White Stripes. Many of their songs have a real edge to them live. For most of their songs, I prefer the versions on … --- ## [When Food Goes Bad. Then a restaurant serves it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-food-goes-bad-then-a-restaurant-serves-it/537904)
**Author:** [@Sorrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sorrel)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-food-goes-bad-then-a-restaurant-serves-it/537904 "2010-05-03T21:29:37Z")
You go to a restaurant and order a meal, the first course is just about edible but the main course arrives and you take one bite of the meat, it tastes rank, you spit it out, run to the door an throw up in the car park. … --- ## [Attention everyone: Duck genitals.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-everyone-duck-genitals/535834)
**Author:** [@General\_Derangement](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/General_Derangement)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-everyone-duck-genitals/535834 "2010-04-15T02:42:40Z")
So I sent this to Cecil, but Dex swatted it down in midair and told me to bring it here. Obviously I am being suppressed by the puritanical standards of those who run the various publications The Straight Dope appears in… --- ## [Which is more painful pregnancy and childbirth or a kick in the nuts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-painful-pregnancy-and-childbirth-or-a-kick-in-the-nuts/653099)
**Author:** [@EverwonderWhy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EverwonderWhy)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-painful-pregnancy-and-childbirth-or-a-kick-in-the-nuts/653099 "2013-03-23T20:11:56Z")
This postgot me thinking which is more painful (since I have experienced neither myself) pregnancy and childbirth or swift kick in the nuts? If I had to speculate I would put a kick in the nuts more on par with severe m… --- ## [Bartender Tipping Etiquette - Taking money under assumption of tip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bartender-tipping-etiquette-taking-money-under-assumption-of-tip/598746)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bartender-tipping-etiquette-taking-money-under-assumption-of-tip/598746 "2011-10-10T03:00:42Z")
I ordered one draft pint of beer at a bar the other day. It was happy hour. It cost $3.50. I put a $5 bill down and finished the drink while he was doing other things. When he came back, he took the $5, put it in the r… --- ## [Dopers who've switched from PC to Mac: How difficult was the transition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-switched-from-pc-to-mac-how-difficult-was-the-transition/506910)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-switched-from-pc-to-mac-how-difficult-was-the-transition/506910 "2009-08-20T12:55:28Z")
I’ve always been a PC/Windows user- no prejudice really, just what I’m used to using. My PC is on its last legs so I’m in the market for a new one. I have a friend who can get me a great deal on a Mac (about $300 off t… --- ## [The Arlo Guthrie concert was great until...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arlo-guthrie-concert-was-great-until/579035)
**Author:** [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arlo-guthrie-concert-was-great-until/579035 "2011-04-24T02:40:44Z")
… he said goodnight and walked off without singing, “Alice’s Restaurant.” I mean, come on, how can Arlo Guthrie not sing his most famous song? He did start the concert by saying he’d been touring for 40 years and now o… --- ## [Pat Sajak to retire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-to-retire/985401)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-to-retire/985401 "2024-06-11T15:42:11Z")
‘Wheel of Fortune’ host Pat Sajak announces his retirement: ‘It’s been a wonderful ride’ Pat Sajak, the longtime host of TV’s Wheel of Fortune, announced Monday that next season will be his last. “Well, the time has c… --- ## [Did you get your dream job straight out of college?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-dream-job-straight-out-of-college/584213)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-dream-job-straight-out-of-college/584213 "2012-10-13T01:55:10Z")
I’m wondering this because my nephew just graduated, and is getting really frustrated that he can’t find a job. I’m wondering if he’s even considered looking at something not in his chosen field. So, did you step out of… --- ## [Survivor March 9 2011 "Don't You Work For Me?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-9-2011-dont-you-work-for-me/574114)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-9-2011-dont-you-work-for-me/574114 "2011-03-11T20:20:19Z")
New one tonight, folks. Russell is up for the axe tonight in the duel. --- ## [Food Items that make no sense to you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-items-that-make-no-sense-to-you/106924)
**Author:** [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-items-that-make-no-sense-to-you/106924 "2002-05-10T17:38:18Z")
I could come up with more examples, but the one I can’t grok on just now is Fat-Free Half and Half. What? Huh? How? But isn’t that-- I don’t get it. --- ## [Putting out the Sun with ice cubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-out-the-sun-with-ice-cubes/635359)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-out-the-sun-with-ice-cubes/635359 "2012-10-12T17:33:33Z")
Column: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3071/how-many-ice-cubes-would-it-take-to-put-out-the-sun This might be the best column of all time. A proper level of non-strained humor, with a real and surprising an… --- ## [Are poisonous water bottles an urban myth, marketing tool, or...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-poisonous-water-bottles-an-urban-myth-marketing-tool-or/538187)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-poisonous-water-bottles-an-urban-myth-marketing-tool-or/538187 "2010-05-05T16:39:57Z")
It’s a well-known (or, at least, oft-repeated) fact that bottled water in plastic bottles is not safe to drink after a few months or years, because PCB leeches out of the bottles into the water. Personally, I’m beginning… --- ## ["Hogg" by Samuel R. Delany](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hogg-by-samuel-r-delany/502505)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hogg-by-samuel-r-delany/502505 "2009-07-10T18:30:00Z")
There was a recent thread about “evil books” - some of the ones mentioned were the Turner Diaries, Mein Kampf and other Nazi works, and something called “Hogg.” Whoever mentioned it didn’t say much about it other than th… --- ## [WTF is my husband reacting to in Chinese food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-my-husband-reacting-to-in-chinese-food/556834)
**Author:** [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-my-husband-reacting-to-in-chinese-food/556834 "2010-10-19T00:22:57Z")
Four or five times, my husband’s had a weird reaction to Chinese food. It happens during or just after the meal. He gets light-headed, hot and flushed - he has to go splash cold water on his face - and he says ‘everythin… --- ## [Charlie Wayne, are you trolling or just stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-wayne-are-you-trolling-or-just-stupid/847020)
**Author:** [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-wayne-are-you-trolling-or-just-stupid/847020 "2020-02-02T17:48:08Z")
He started this thread about the Chinese coronavirus asking if people are worried about it. The consensus seems to be that it is a good idea to be aware of the situation, but governments and healthcare workers managed t… --- ## [Electronic voting machines cheat another Democrat out of an election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronic-voting-machines-cheat-another-democrat-out-of-an-election/368007)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2006, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronic-voting-machines-cheat-another-democrat-out-of-an-election/368007 "2006-08-16T01:44:42Z")
Only this time it was to another Democrat. I love it how now whenever a Democrat doesn’t win, the first thing they tend to do now is to claim that someone rigged the electronic voting machines. I suppose Diebold had a… --- ## [Fuck You, Universe.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-universe/660144)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-universe/660144 "2013-06-12T14:24:31Z")
So last week, my best friends son’s girlfriend died in a dune buggy accident. Last Friday, my friend Fred, a mentor for Scott, the son, who had been turned down for his third heart transplant, opted to unplug his pump an… --- ## [Bush Admin wants to narrow the scope of the War Crimes Act](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-wants-to-narrow-the-scope-of-the-war-crimes-act/368979)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-wants-to-narrow-the-scope-of-the-war-crimes-act/368979 "2006-08-24T00:15:02Z")
The War Crimes Act of 1996 makes it a crime for anyone, military or civilian, to violate the Geneva Conventions. The Bush Admin is proposing amendments: Anyone care to make a case in support? Here’s an interview with… --- ## [How Old Were Mary and Joseph?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-mary-and-joseph/563397)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-mary-and-joseph/563397 "2010-12-09T20:39:27Z")
Google Image results for Mary and Joseph Note how, excluding cartoons and other silliness, they’re consistently portrayed as adults. However, more than once I’ve heard it suggested that Mary & Joseph were probably in th… --- ## [Insulted by a handshake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulted-by-a-handshake/656716)
**Author:** [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulted-by-a-handshake/656716 "2013-04-29T15:01:58Z")
My husband was deeply offended the other day by a man who, when shaking his hand, grasped his (my husband’s) fingers rather than his palm. I’m pretty sure it was not an issue of a finger-crushing grip, just the fact that… --- ## [Religious Education](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-education/552218)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2010, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-education/552218 "2010-09-16T08:51:32Z")
OK, all you nonreligious dopers, how much religious knowledge ought a well-educated person in the modern era have? Any literate American ought to know who ‘Paul Revere’ was. Everyone should understand who “Leonardo Da V… --- ## [Woman crashes car while shaving her coochie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-crashes-car-while-shaving-her-coochie/531841)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2010, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-crashes-car-while-shaving-her-coochie/531841 "2010-03-15T10:05:54Z")
This story has it all. Shaving while driving, has ex-hubby steer in the process, all the while she’s on the was to see a different boyfriend. Linky. --- ## [What up G?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-up-g/130779)
**Author:** [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2002, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-up-g/130779 "2002-10-07T01:30:18Z")
What up G? What does the G stand for? --- ## [OMG, is this it? Beta-chan, are you coming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-is-this-it-beta-chan-are-you-coming/466123)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-is-this-it-beta-chan-are-you-coming/466123 "2008-10-07T14:52:57Z")
It may be labor, it may not, but we moved far enough away from the hospital, (about 90 min.) that everyone thinks it’s better to be safe than sorry. I’m leaving work to take her in for what may be a birth, or may be jus… --- ## [Why it isn't evolution - proof against Darwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-it-isnt-evolution-proof-against-darwin/34159)
**Author:** [@HideoHo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HideoHo)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2000, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-it-isnt-evolution-proof-against-darwin/34159 "2000-10-04T03:10:21Z")
Many people on the board continually argue that there is no proof for Creationism while there is plenty of proof for Evolution. While there isn’t any way to prove Creationism, evolution certainly has very little proof fo… --- ## [Oh No, Not Rolf Harris Too! (sex crimes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-not-rolf-harris-too-sex-crimes/656142)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-not-rolf-harris-too-sex-crimes/656142 "2014-07-03T00:25:17Z")
BBC Is reporting the arrest of Rolf Harris as part of a followup to the Jimmy Savile stuff. I am disappoint. --- ## [1984 - More about linguistic tyranny than totalitarianism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1984-more-about-linguistic-tyranny-than-totalitarianism/662379)
**Author:** [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1984-more-about-linguistic-tyranny-than-totalitarianism/662379 "2013-07-05T23:17:20Z")
1984 is one of the most personally influential novels I have ever read but I disagree with the standard interpretation of it. Now I doubt I’m saying anything that hasn’t been said before but what the hell. I believe tha… --- ## [Is McDonald's "McCafe" concept actually producing greater profits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mcdonalds-mccafe-concept-actually-producing-greater-profits/543635)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mcdonalds-mccafe-concept-actually-producing-greater-profits/543635 "2010-06-18T17:01:38Z")
I humbly admit that when when I am traveling on the road I will stop at a McDonalds for lunch. That being said, I see that every one I go to has a McCafe coffee bar that I presume is intended to compete with Starbucks. … --- ## [Homemade mouse feed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-mouse-feed/532263)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-mouse-feed/532263 "2010-03-19T18:46:11Z")
Say you have a couple of pet mice, and for some reason you know you won’t be able to get any commercial rodent food for about a week. What do you need to put in your homemade seed mix? What are their basic nutritional ne… --- ## [Why do people open a thread, learn it's not what they thought, and STILL POST!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2010, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010 "2010-09-20T09:25:53Z")
Your post adds NOTHING to the conversation! --- ## [Bees On Holly Trees - How to stop/control?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-holly-trees-how-to-stop-control/243004)
**Author:** [@larsenmtl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/larsenmtl)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-holly-trees-how-to-stop-control/243004 "2004-05-03T03:20:11Z")
Growing in the front of my town house, right next to our stoop, are two beautiful, tall, currently blooming Holly Trees. With the blooming, however, has come the bees. There are tons of them and of all varieties. I’d… --- ## [Grossed out by perfume... anyone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossed-out-by-perfume-anyone-else/537247)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossed-out-by-perfume-anyone-else/537247 "2010-04-29T17:07:28Z")
I hate perfume. HAAAAATE it. I can’t stand it when I’m in public and end up walking around in someone’s scent trail. I’m not allergic to it or anything, but I have a really sensitive nose and I can almost taste it when I… --- ## [Hell is now taking the souls of Canadians. Whom shall we damn first?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hell-is-now-taking-the-souls-of-canadians-whom-shall-we-damn-first/559338)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hell-is-now-taking-the-souls-of-canadians-whom-shall-we-damn-first/559338 "2010-11-07T03:48:56Z")
\[Demonic bureaucrat hat on\] This morning an interesting memo appeared on my desk. The LowerArchy has changed its policy regarding the souls of Canadians. No longer shall the wicked of the Great White North be denied th… --- ## [Anybody have collectibles they use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-have-collectibles-they-use/711356)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-have-collectibles-they-use/711356 "2015-02-02T19:09:23Z")
In my case, I have a Randall #14 knife that I use as a general purpose outdoor knife. It’s a great knife and I get greater enjoyment out of using it than I would out of keeping it pristine for future sale. Anybody dr… --- ## [And while I'm at it, quit fucking up GQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002)
**Author:** [@ivn1188](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivn1188)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002 "2009-11-14T16:51:52Z")
So really, there are only two forums worth shit on here. GQ and the Pit. The rest is just a waste of space, but it keeps the tards busy, so I guess they do serve some purpose. But as with the Pit, people are fucking u… --- ## [Why is it all SUVs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-all-suvs/998476)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2024, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-all-suvs/998476 "2024-03-27T04:26:41Z")
Back in, I think, '18 or '19, the major American auto manufacturers dropped almost all of their car lines, in favor of pickups and SUVs. Apart from the sportiest models, you cannot buy an American car from the biggest co… --- ## [Surnames associated with a particular ancestry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surnames-associated-with-a-particular-ancestry/416899)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surnames-associated-with-a-particular-ancestry/416899 "2007-08-30T20:25:21Z")
What are surnames associated with a certain ancestry? Here are some of my guesses. Wolfe, Adams- English Mac-anything- probably Scottish Jones- Welsh O’anything- Irish (O’Malley, O’Kelly, O’Neill, etc…) Mc-anything-… --- ## [Was Helen Keller exceptionally intelligent, or was Annie Sullivan a great teacher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-helen-keller-exceptionally-intelligent-or-was-annie-sullivan-a-great-teacher/546323)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-helen-keller-exceptionally-intelligent-or-was-annie-sullivan-a-great-teacher/546323 "2010-07-12T21:54:39Z")
I just watched this video of Anne Sullivan describing how Helen Keller learned to speak. Together with her writing, which is excellent, and considering the fact that she did not acquire any kind of communication ability… --- ## [How many months a year do you have to mow your lawn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-months-a-year-do-you-have-to-mow-your-lawn/354417)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-months-a-year-do-you-have-to-mow-your-lawn/354417 "2006-04-29T01:52:58Z")
Here in southern California its year round, but what about places where it snows? If you hire a gardener to do it, what do they do for work the rest of the year when the grass isn’t growing? --- ## [Idiosyncratic Political Views](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiosyncratic-political-views/531242)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiosyncratic-political-views/531242 "2010-03-17T10:58:49Z")
What are some political issues where you disagree with most people of your political orientation? I, contrary to many conservatives: Support the legalization and regulation of marijuana for revenue purposes. Support t… --- ## [Texas bashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335 "2005-11-24T23:28:36Z")
In this thread Clothahump said: Of course I had to say: I didn’t start this thread to bash Texas and/or Texans, but I have a feeling it will get heated. What I wanted to do is make a suggestion or two (or three… or … --- ## [Concorde Blues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concorde-blues/760316)
**Author:** [@bobohula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobohula)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concorde-blues/760316 "2016-07-30T11:25:10Z")
I really wanted to fly in the Concorde. But now it is extinct–all because one of them hit a piece of debris on the runway and crashed. Couldn’t that happen to any plane? There have been umpteen causes of airplane crashes… --- ## [Death from Exhaustion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-from-exhaustion/146031)
**Author:** [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-from-exhaustion/146031 "2003-01-05T01:30:13Z")
I’ve wondered about this for a while… Can you work yourself so hard, tire yourself out so much that you run a significant risk of never waking up once you fall asleep? This assumes no extremes of tempreture involved,an… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1427&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1429&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)