# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1429&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:** 1430 --- ## [Historical reality of French Maid & Slavegirl Costumes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-reality-of-french-maid-slavegirl-costumes/192996)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-reality-of-french-maid-slavegirl-costumes/192996 "2003-08-06T12:33:40Z")
I was watching a sterling mystery movie the other day called “The Naked Detective,” and in it there’s a maid wearing the stereotypical French maid outfit. You know what I’m talking about – short black dress that ends not… --- ## [Dog olfactory data/Reclining during heart attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-olfactory-data-reclining-during-heart-attack/593427)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-olfactory-data-reclining-during-heart-attack/593427 "2011-09-02T21:13:27Z")
Doing my part for our nation’s stressed economy, I’m practicing economy by combining my two unrelated questions into one thread. (If someone can find a relationship between these two topics, I will put a special sticker … --- ## [What would happen if the British monarch publicly declared him/herself an atheist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-the-british-monarch-publicly-declared-him-herself-an-atheist/602106)
**Author:** [@lew\_cody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lew_cody)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-the-british-monarch-publicly-declared-him-herself-an-atheist/602106 "2011-11-14T14:35:17Z")
The new reforms to the rules of succession to the British throne got me wondering about another possible situation: what would happen if a future monarch, or one in immediate line of succession, announced that he/she did… --- ## [Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-vetoes-stem-cell-bill/365218)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-vetoes-stem-cell-bill/365218 "2006-07-24T16:09:57Z")
Pathetic THOSE EMBRYOS WERE GOING TO BE THROWN AWAY ANYWAY! What the fuck does this accomplish other than to to hinder science!?!?! --- ## [What's the weirdest taste you've ever encountered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-taste-youve-ever-encountered/540544)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-taste-youve-ever-encountered/540544 "2010-05-27T04:23:03Z")
Not necessarily the worst, but the weirdest. For me, it’s Sprite Green Tea. Hey, I like Sprite. I like green tea, too. But mixing the two flavors together is the oddest damn thing I’ve ever tasted. --- ## [News: Guy has sex with McChicken sandwich. How much would I have to pay you to have sex with one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-guy-has-sex-with-mcchicken-sandwich-how-much-would-i-have-to-pay-you-to-have-sex-with-one/764393)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-guy-has-sex-with-mcchicken-sandwich-how-much-would-i-have-to-pay-you-to-have-sex-with-one/764393 "2016-09-08T14:27:46Z")
Sex with a McChicken sandwich, that is…not the guy. --- ## [Why Do Whites Have More Diverse Hair and Eye Colour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-whites-have-more-diverse-hair-and-eye-colour/618869)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-whites-have-more-diverse-hair-and-eye-colour/618869 "2012-04-17T23:21:33Z")
Why is it that most other races such as Asians and Africans have almost uniformly black hair and black or dark brown eyes while whites have several hair and eye colours? I know there are a few minor exceptions such as so… --- ## [Thoughts while recovering from Nasal Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-while-recovering-from-nasal-surgery/726692)
**Author:** [@ssgenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssgenius)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-while-recovering-from-nasal-surgery/726692 "2015-10-28T20:42:04Z")
I am sitting here at home try to rest and recover up on a Friday night after having deviated septum surgery and pondering on life in general. Of note, I am 47 years old If it was a Friday night 2o- 25 years ago, I woul… --- ## [Did your parents ever give you "the talk"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-ever-give-you-the-talk/574237)
**Author:** [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-ever-give-you-the-talk/574237 "2011-03-13T04:11:56Z")
I was watching Glee this week and there was a great scene where Burt and his son Kurt had “the talk.” And while Burt didn’t really tell his son about the actual mechanics of things, he gave him pamphlets to read and told… --- ## [Longest Word with All Unique Letters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-word-with-all-unique-letters/358395)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-word-with-all-unique-letters/358395 "2006-05-30T23:39:38Z")
What is the longest English word with all unique letters (i.e. no letter can appear more than once)? --- ## [Parenting advice sought: 9 year old and Facebook.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parenting-advice-sought-9-year-old-and-facebook/570704)
**Author:** [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parenting-advice-sought-9-year-old-and-facebook/570704 "2011-02-11T21:11:42Z")
This may sink without a trace but if it doesn’t then I’ll say up front: I asked for input, come what may. :slight\_smile: (And why it’s in IMHO rather than MPSIMS). Last night as my wife and I were watching a movie in t… --- ## [Examples of straight actor playing gay role?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-straight-actor-playing-gay-role/157063)
**Author:** [@sundog66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sundog66)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-straight-actor-playing-gay-role/157063 "2003-03-17T19:48:45Z")
I’d like to do a linguistic analysis of gay identity in the media. Can anyone think of a movie in which a straight actor portrays an openly gay character, along with another movie in which the same actor plays a straight… --- ## [ANOTHER Ft Hood Shooting...Jesus Christ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ft-hood-shooting-jesus-christ/685204)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ft-hood-shooting-jesus-christ/685204 "2014-04-06T16:54:27Z")
What in the world? --- ## [Technology affecting human evolution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-affecting-human-evolution/628702)
**Author:** [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-affecting-human-evolution/628702 "2012-07-21T21:37:05Z")
I was thinking recently about how humans could only have evolved to be relatively hairless if they developed clothes at the same time. That got me thinking about other examples of evolution that required some form of tec… --- ## [Ask the wildland firefighter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-wildland-firefighter/483503)
**Author:** [@HellsBreezeway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HellsBreezeway)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-wildland-firefighter/483503 "2009-01-31T14:47:36Z")
After years of lurking it has occurred to me that I have something interesting to contribute. I graduated from college last year and worked one season on an engine in the Pacific Northwest. This season I will be working … --- ## [Best movie duology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-duology/739177)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-duology/739177 "2015-12-05T22:04:54Z")
There are tons of “best movie trilogy” threads and lists, but what about series with only 2 movies? For reference, here’s a handy list (wikipedia). There’s a whole lot of “major release flop, low-budget straight-to-vid… --- ## [Would you be offended if your partner wanted you to sign a prenup (gender poll)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-offended-if-your-partner-wanted-you-to-sign-a-prenup-gender-poll/557701)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-offended-if-your-partner-wanted-you-to-sign-a-prenup-gender-poll/557701 "2010-10-24T20:01:05Z")
Created after reading this thread. The previous poll was fine and dandy but I’m curious to see how it breaks down by gender. I think it’s ridiculous to be offended at the idea of signing a prenup. People are saying that… --- ## [Heroes 10/20/08 "Dying of the Light"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-10-20-08-dying-of-the-light/468830)
**Author:** [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-10-20-08-dying-of-the-light/468830 "2008-10-30T15:07:17Z")
Let’s just assume that Matt put the mind-whammy on Customs to carry his turtle-buddy into the US, eh? --- ## [Thanks Microsoft, anything else you'd like to jam up my ass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-microsoft-anything-else-youd-like-to-jam-up-my-ass/769475)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-microsoft-anything-else-youd-like-to-jam-up-my-ass/769475 "2016-10-29T03:20:46Z")
Long ago, I attempted to upgrade my laptop to W8.1. I was only able to recover from the resulting catastrophic crash and BSOD by ultimately reinstalling W8.0. Functionality has been okay, but usable and stable. I immedi… --- ## [New kitties need names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitties-need-names/688792 "2014-06-17T22:28:29Z")
I have lot’o pictures, but none are great. They just move so fast! Breakfast, He, He too and trouble. They are a boy and a girl. The person I got them from told me they were identical twins, both girls. Not even. The b… --- ## [Why weren't the Mercury astronauts more prominent in the moon missions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-werent-the-mercury-astronauts-more-prominent-in-the-moon-missions/613755)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-werent-the-mercury-astronauts-more-prominent-in-the-moon-missions/613755 "2013-10-16T14:25:58Z")
I was reading about Neil Armstrong recently and I got to wondering why they used him instead of one of the surviving Mercury 7 as the first man on the moon. Were they getting too old for the program? --- ## [Are there any places where the population isn't nice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-places-where-the-population-isnt-nice/792591)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-places-where-the-population-isnt-nice/792591 "2017-08-06T13:55:41Z")
I read a lot about people traveling to other countries, regions and \[American\] states and the general take-away is that people are really nice everywhere. The people in Russia are great. The people in Syria are great. T… --- ## [Ignorance, War, Lies, and Fox News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorance-war-lies-and-fox-news/205959)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorance-war-lies-and-fox-news/205959 "2003-10-11T03:18:37Z")
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/special\_packages/iraq/6918170.htm Study: Wrong impressions helped support Iraq war "A majority of Americans have held at least one of three mistaken impressions about the U.S.-led … --- ## [How do you break an apartment lease due to a smoking neighbor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-break-an-apartment-lease-due-to-a-smoking-neighbor/513379)
**Author:** [@magmais4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magmais4)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-break-an-apartment-lease-due-to-a-smoking-neighbor/513379 "2009-10-22T14:43:59Z")
I have recently had a new neighbor move in downstairs. She is an indoor chain smoker and now my apartment stinks. She moved in at the beginning of September and it was warm so she would smoke on her patio in the evening… --- ## [Should Biden take the Montreal Cognitive Assessment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-biden-take-the-montreal-cognitive-assessment/849205)
**Author:** [@Tigers2B1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tigers2B1)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-biden-take-the-montreal-cognitive-assessment/849205 "2020-04-01T08:32:21Z")
Or some other cognitive test that measures mental function. You have to know this is going to be brought up during the general election and the debates. A preemptive strike. I mentioned the Montreal Cognitive Assessment … --- ## [Survival of the fittest... a Darwinian view of post counts.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survival-of-the-fittest-a-darwinian-view-of-post-counts/91838)
**Author:** [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2001, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survival-of-the-fittest-a-darwinian-view-of-post-counts/91838 "2001-11-12T21:19:39Z")
As a newbie, my gut reaction is to “second this emotion”… but there is another perspective I’ve long considered… First, a disclaimer… while I voraciously read anything Stephen Jay Gould writes, I am not, nor claim to b… --- ## [Exxon On The Run turns down money](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-on-the-run-turns-down-money/627293)
**Author:** [@ScarletNumber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScarletNumber)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-on-the-run-turns-down-money/627293 "2012-07-09T16:39:16Z")
My local Exxon On The Run offers self-serve soft drinks for 79c up to 44 oz. The catch: they only provide cups up to 32 oz. I had a 44 oz cup in my car from a visit to a different Exxon On The Run. I used this to get … --- ## [I'm going to be a girl.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-be-a-girl/316193)
**Author:** [@Seren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-be-a-girl/316193 "2005-10-07T00:11:38Z")
Well, I’ve always biologically been a girl. Now I’m going to start dressing/acting like one. I’ve just had this urge recently to start wearing makeup, carry a purse, wear skirts, hang out with girls, etc. I even found… --- ## [ABC's film critic walks out of Clerks II screening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abcs-film-critic-walks-out-of-clerks-ii-screening/365196)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abcs-film-critic-walks-out-of-clerks-ii-screening/365196 "2006-07-24T03:22:09Z")
Apparently, you can’t talk about sexing up a donkey in front of Joel Siegel, lest his delicate sensitivities get assaulted. From the NY Post Page Six: Smith was less than amused with Siegel’s display and wrote a respo… --- ## [Women like pockets, but fashionable dresses, etc, don't have them, why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-like-pockets-but-fashionable-dresses-etc-dont-have-them-why/968277)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-like-pockets-but-fashionable-dresses-etc-dont-have-them-why/968277 "2023-02-27T13:57:05Z")
Down around post 826 or so (of this very well moderated thread) we get into the fascinating topic of why women’s dresses, etc don’t have pockets. My wife has made the same complaint, and so she loves those Disneyland… --- ## [Why can't you flush kitty litter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-you-flush-kitty-litter/318109)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-you-flush-kitty-litter/318109 "2005-08-23T16:36:58Z")
New kittens, and new things to learn. My wife says I shouldn’t flush the scooped excrement and litter, as it will in some way screw up the pipes. The stuff isn’t that big, and the water moves through the sewer pipes at a… --- ## [Lutefisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lutefisk/520242)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lutefisk/520242 "2010-01-01T04:24:59Z")
At the market yesterday I saw that they had locally-produced lutefisk in the fish case. Now, I’ve been called ‘adventurous’; but do I really want to buy two pounds of the stuff? And how do you cook it, and what do you … --- ## [Actors who stole the show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-stole-the-show/382857)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-stole-the-show/382857 "2006-12-18T02:14:46Z")
I just finished watching The School of Rock and thought Miranda Cosgrove was superb as Summer Hathaway,the bands manager. That got me thinking of other movies and shows I find enjoyable mostly because of one of the smal… --- ## [House raises the age to buy semi-automatic rifles to 21 (but unlikely to pass in the Senate)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-raises-the-age-to-buy-semi-automatic-rifles-to-21-but-unlikely-to-pass-in-the-senate/965901)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-raises-the-age-to-buy-semi-automatic-rifles-to-21-but-unlikely-to-pass-in-the-senate/965901 "2022-06-16T17:38:25Z")
I searched on ‘gun’ and didn’t see a relevant thread. In the closed threads, it’s said that there are existing threads but nobody bothers to post links. So… Per the article, this has little chance of passing the Sena… --- ## [Why isn't geothermal energy more common?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-geothermal-energy-more-common/577023)
**Author:** [@automagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/automagic)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2011, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-geothermal-energy-more-common/577023 "2011-04-05T11:30:13Z")
No matter where you are on Earth, if you dig deep enough you will reach molten rock or at least very hot rock. Why isn’t this energy used? In my idea of a geothermal power plant you have a U shaped pipe that goes into a… --- ## [Odd things your family did](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-your-family-did/390916)
**Author:** [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2007, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-your-family-did/390916 "2007-02-12T08:50:29Z")
List a few things that were part of the routine in your family growing up, that you discovered later on other people simply did not do. Two things come to mind for me. First, my family never put bread in the fridge. W… --- ## [How hard is it for you to suspend disbelief?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-for-you-to-suspend-disbelief/599009)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-for-you-to-suspend-disbelief/599009 "2011-10-10T18:38:45Z")
In this thread, people are saying that Third Rock from the Sun was a shitty sitcom because it was unrealistic. :dubious: Uh, yeah – so what? It was a funny show and I enjoyed it. Similarly, people regularly get peeved w… --- ## [I missed my exam this morning.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-my-exam-this-morning/644484)
**Author:** [@Animastryfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Animastryfe)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-my-exam-this-morning/644484 "2012-12-21T00:08:33Z")
I had a final exam this morning, but I thought that the exam was supposed to be tomorrow, on Wednesday. I only realized my mistake when a classmate called me when I was about to miss my second exam of the day. I have pro… --- ## [Whatcha Doin' Next Week When the Rapture Comes? (May 21, 2011)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806)
**Author:** [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806 "2011-05-22T04:50:33Z")
On May 21, I’ll be on a plane coming back from St. Louis. It’d kind of suck if my pilot was suddenly raptured. :slight\_smile: I wasn’t going to post in any of the End of the World/May 21/Rapture threads, but I admit I’v… --- ## [Give little posters a chance!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-little-posters-a-chance/135356)
**Author:** [@Montezuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montezuma)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-little-posters-a-chance/135356 "2002-11-12T15:58:27Z")
In spite of recent attacks on me and other posters who have just started, maybe with radical ideas, however stupid, do not need more antagomism and ridicule by threads directly aimed at them and their own stupidity. The… --- ## [Would you blow off your student loan, if you thought you could?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-blow-off-your-student-loan-if-you-thought-you-could/544565)
**Author:** [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-blow-off-your-student-loan-if-you-thought-you-could/544565 "2010-07-06T22:22:11Z")
I’m currently in grad school. I have a colleague who did his undergrad at an international university and funded it all, as many students do, with student loans. He told me today that since he has now left that country… --- ## [OK to cheat in this circumstance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-to-cheat-in-this-circumstance/512553)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-to-cheat-in-this-circumstance/512553 "2009-10-13T23:04:24Z")
I’m not sure how great a debate this might be, so if a mod deems to toss it over to IMHO, so be it. Hypothetical situation: You love your wife very much, and would never even think of divorcing her. But she’s in a coma,… --- ## [Seeking book recommendations: real history (non-fiction) that reads like fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-book-recommendations-real-history-non-fiction-that-reads-like-fiction/770672)
**Author:** [@Miss\_Gnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Gnomer)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-book-recommendations-real-history-non-fiction-that-reads-like-fiction/770672 "2016-12-05T17:49:51Z")
I love all sorts of obscure pieces of history, especially the books that include realistic portrayals of life at certain times (not necessarily kings/queens/important people). I like reading books that have a storyline … --- ## [Books never written.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-never-written/761958)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-never-written/761958 "2016-08-19T03:42:32Z")
I was perusing past threads and ran into this one by Darth Nader, which got zero replies. So let’s try it again: What “teased but never written” books would you like to read? Personally, I want the missing chapters of H… --- ## [14th Amendment and Due Process](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-amendment-and-due-process/545434)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2010, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-amendment-and-due-process/545434 "2010-07-08T11:27:43Z")
\[QUOTE=the 14th Amendment\] nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law \[/QUOTE\] How have the Courts used this vehicle to incorporate so much of the Bill of Rights a… --- ## [Arturo's open letter to Lynn, et al](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arturos-open-letter-to-lynn-et-al/86608)
**Author:** [@ArturoBandini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArturoBandini)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2001, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arturos-open-letter-to-lynn-et-al/86608 "2001-10-13T23:03:06Z")
This is in regards to: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=92125 I have mailed the following to Lynn Bodoni. I then decided to post it, for God knows what reason. It will probably offend some of… --- ## [Wall streeters...explain what happens in Trading Places](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wall-streeters-explain-what-happens-in-trading-places/165660)
**Author:** [@TigoleBitties](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TigoleBitties)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wall-streeters-explain-what-happens-in-trading-places/165660 "2003-04-02T22:11:31Z")
I know a lot but I unfortunatly cant keep up with what exactly occurs when Ackroyd and Murphy buy up the orange juice concentrate shares. Just explain the whole line. How did they bankrupt the Brothers and make money d… --- ## [Examples of failed democracies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-failed-democracies/760061)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-failed-democracies/760061 "2016-08-01T22:35:13Z")
There is a quote attributed to Robert Heinlein "…when the plebs discover that they can vote themselves bread and circuses without limit and that the productive members of the body politic cannot stop them, they will do s… --- ## [Asian Mom, White Dad: C-Section More Likely](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asian-mom-white-dad-c-section-more-likely/466433)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asian-mom-white-dad-c-section-more-likely/466433 "2008-10-08T04:14:23Z")
Story here. My Thai wife and whitey I are childless by choice, so this has never come up, but I know there are a few Dopers out there also married to Asian ladies and who have had children with them. In Thailand, or at l… --- ## [Buffy 02/04/03 - The Killer in me (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-02-04-03-the-killer-in-me-spoilers/152674)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-02-04-03-the-killer-in-me-spoilers/152674 "2003-02-07T20:27:38Z")
Wow. A very, very good episode. \[spoiler\] Just some quick thoughts, since I gotta rush. Quite a few things are resolved in this ep. and we’re left with a coule of new cliffhangers. Re-appearances by some old fiends are … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1428&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1430&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)