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**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-election-results/804356 "2018-01-05T21:57:49Z")
It’s all over but the shouting. With 76% reporting, Moore is ahead by about 51% to 47% with 2% write-ins. I guess the racism overcame the pedophilia among the “Christians”. --- ## [To the loving stranger who shot my cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-loving-stranger-who-shot-my-cat/402255)
**Author:** [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-loving-stranger-who-shot-my-cat/402255 "2007-05-09T07:55:01Z")
Fuck you, you disgusting abomination of a human being. Fuck you in the ass sideways with a fork. That was four hundred dollars I didn’t have. That’s several more hundred dollars next week that I still won’t have. Tha… --- ## [Is kitfo safe to eat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kitfo-safe-to-eat/532380)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kitfo-safe-to-eat/532380 "2013-03-08T02:11:05Z")
I live in an area with a lot of Ethiopian restaurants. I’m not picky about food and my girlfriend likes it so, among other types of places, we frequent the Ethiopian joints occasionally. Most of these places seem clean… --- ## [US Sebate Lockerbie enquiry postponed as British Ministers refuse to attend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-sebate-lockerbie-enquiry-postponed-as-british-ministers-refuse-to-attend/548294)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-sebate-lockerbie-enquiry-postponed-as-british-ministers-refuse-to-attend/548294 "2010-08-10T15:39:24Z")
Making big splashes in the news in the UK today is the postponement of the Senate enquiry into alleged connections between BP oil contracts in Libya and the release of al-Megrahi, after the (now former) British Justice S… --- ## [Can we now all agree that Lance Armstrong cheated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-now-all-agree-that-lance-armstrong-cheated/582675)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-now-all-agree-that-lance-armstrong-cheated/582675 "2011-05-23T18:48:48Z")
Two of his former teammates have now reportedly said that they personally witnessed him using EPO. Does anyone still believe that he’s clean? But really the whole sport was dirty. With that in mind, I think he still d… --- ## [The Cosmos: Created , not by chance.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cosmos-created-not-by-chance/18133)
**Author:** [@pashley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pashley)\ **Replies:** 327\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2000, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cosmos-created-not-by-chance/18133 "2000-04-28T18:33:00Z")
Whatever begins to exist, has a cause for it’s coming into being (something cannot spontaeously come to be with a causing agent) 2)The cosmos began to exist. 3)Therefore, the universe has a cause for its coming into b… --- ## [K-L-M-N named streets (plus column by Cecil)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-l-m-n-named-streets-plus-column-by-cecil/524289)
**Author:** [@daveg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daveg)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-l-m-n-named-streets-plus-column-by-cecil/524289 "2010-06-28T03:50:36Z")
Many Chicago street names are not letter orderly named, if that’s the correct term to use, until one gets west of Pulaski a bit. The “K” streets start ( not in order - Kolin, Koster, Keating, Kilpatrick…) followed by th… --- ## [8 year old autistic boy killed in "exorcism"... how fucking deluded are these people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-year-old-autistic-boy-killed-in-exorcism-how-fucking-deluded-are-these-people/197668)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-year-old-autistic-boy-killed-in-exorcism-how-fucking-deluded-are-these-people/197668 "2003-08-27T19:42:21Z")
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/aug03/164632.asp Fuckheads. --- ## [Cashing out a whole-life insurance policy. How does this work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashing-out-a-whole-life-insurance-policy-how-does-this-work/668967)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashing-out-a-whole-life-insurance-policy-how-does-this-work/668967 "2013-09-17T14:00:40Z")
My mom bought a Prudential whole life insurance policy for me when I was a baby. I took over the payments in my early 20s. I’ve had superior employer-provided life insurance for 6 years, though, so I’ve decided I don’t n… --- ## [Woman kills young arab that snatched her purse; Dutch public opinion deeply divided.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-kills-young-arab-that-snatched-her-purse-dutch-public-opinion-deeply-divided/439356)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-kills-young-arab-that-snatched-her-purse-dutch-public-opinion-deeply-divided/439356 "2008-03-10T14:43:31Z")
ABC-News link. In the Netherlands is currently on trial a 46-year old lady, Germaine X. The Dutch DA has demanded 30 months in prison. Dutch public opinion is deeply divided, with as much a 70 % of Dutch population thi… --- ## [My husband was attacked last night...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-was-attacked-last-night/425857)
**Author:** [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-was-attacked-last-night/425857 "2007-11-14T15:00:35Z")
He was out walking the dog around 7 or so and had been gone about 15 min. when he called me and said he had been jumped by five or six men. They pulled into a driveway as if they lived in the house or something, and as m… --- ## [How to remove return duct on A/C? Advisable DIY?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-return-duct-on-a-c-advisable-diy/552206)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-return-duct-on-a-c-advisable-diy/552206 "2010-11-18T23:45:46Z")
I have a York furnace/AC unit. There is water puddling from underneath, which appears to be an issue with a clogged floor drain (I am assuming that condensation is not draining properly, can’t imagine why else water woul… --- ## [Do Palin's leaked speeches alter your opinion of her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-palins-leaked-speeches-alter-your-opinion-of-her/516486)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2009, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-palins-leaked-speeches-alter-your-opinion-of-her/516486 "2009-11-18T04:31:17Z")
Story here Here’s her concession speech. Pretty good, I think. Being at a great distance, I’m aware that I have a rather more lenient view of her than many here, but these speeches do give me a slightly more positive… --- ## [Where does haute couture meet the "real world?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-haute-couture-meet-the-real-world/669593)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-haute-couture-meet-the-real-world/669593 "2013-10-01T13:00:22Z")
Don’t ask me why I’ve been thinking so much about fashion but I have… I completely understand the function of haute couture in the sense that it stretched the limits. It is strictly made to show what’s possible in the f… --- ## [Carly Fiorina is just as full of shit as any other politician. News at 11.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carly-fiorina-is-just-as-full-of-shit-as-any-other-politician-news-at-11/557469)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carly-fiorina-is-just-as-full-of-shit-as-any-other-politician-news-at-11/557469 "2010-10-20T02:05:02Z")
I just watched Chris Wallace interview Carly Fiorina. She’s running against Barbara Boxer and her 28 years in Washington. She claims to be different. Of course she talked about cutting spending and waste, which is all fi… --- ## [How is privatization supposed to save money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-privatization-supposed-to-save-money/502648)
**Author:** [@Category5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Category5)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-privatization-supposed-to-save-money/502648 "2009-07-13T02:52:17Z")
There was a discussion about the State of Florida leasing out Alligator Alley to a private firm to save money. Now, unless the state is wasting gobs of money on excess maintenance, or the private firm ups the tolls, how … --- ## [Adding a third storey - insane, or feasible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-a-third-storey-insane-or-feasible/536614)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-a-third-storey-insane-or-feasible/536614 "2010-05-27T15:40:10Z")
For reasons which I won’t bore you with (well, unless you want me to :)) I’m exploring the idea of adding some extra rooms to our house. This is an old brick terrace house (“row house” I think you call them?) which was o… --- ## [I'm sick to death of my sister's wedding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-to-death-of-my-sisters-wedding/393063)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-to-death-of-my-sisters-wedding/393063 "2007-03-01T08:03:01Z")
Two long months to go before the BIG DAY and I’m sick to death of it. I got defaulted into being the matron of honour. She calls me daily to ask me about something or try to get me to go somewhere with her and sit and wa… --- ## [I burning your song!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-burning-your-song/707045)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-burning-your-song/707045 "2014-12-17T19:17:32Z")
Looking for songs where the lyrics include a reference to burning something down. Tom Waits - Mr. Siegal : “If I can find a book of matches, I’m going to burn this hotel down.” The Decemberists - O Valencia : “Valencia… --- ## [Why are car alarms legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-car-alarms-legal/535319)
**Author:** [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-car-alarms-legal/535319 "2010-04-08T13:15:25Z")
Why are car alarms legal? Presumably if I stood out on the street at 3 a.m. and honked an airhorn for twenty minutes, I could get some sort of citation for disturbing the peace. So why is it okay that an alarm does it? T… --- ## ["He doesn't know he is gay, yet" -- What does this mean, exactly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-doesnt-know-he-is-gay-yet-what-does-this-mean-exactly/719966)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-doesnt-know-he-is-gay-yet-what-does-this-mean-exactly/719966 "2015-05-17T00:05:05Z")
Well, I’ve done it again – overheard a conversation which leaves me quite perplexed! I was at Subway, near Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, USA, and two college-age guys were talking about a mutual friend. I was … --- ## [All you snowflakes can just go to hell.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-snowflakes-can-just-go-to-hell/777660)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-snowflakes-can-just-go-to-hell/777660 "2017-01-23T22:20:20Z")
I’m sorry do you need a safe space? Well too friggin’ bad! You guys got REALLY annoying round December, now I’m just sick and tired of seeing all of you. I see your ilk at the park, on the sidewalk, blocking the streets… --- ## [You want a romantic break. Which city is better - Paris or Venice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-a-romantic-break-which-city-is-better-paris-or-venice/612866)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2012, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-a-romantic-break-which-city-is-better-paris-or-venice/612866 "2012-02-15T11:42:02Z")
Apropos of an ad I just heard cashing in on Valentine’s Day - “Win a trip to the most romantic city in the world!” I thought that was a contentious statement, time to put it to the Dope. If you wanted to spend a good old… --- ## [The news Excitedly reporting SNL is adding a "Black" Cast member. Isn't that a bit insulting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-excitedly-reporting-snl-is-adding-a-black-cast-member-isnt-that-a-bit-insulting/676293)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-excitedly-reporting-snl-is-adding-a-black-cast-member-isnt-that-a-bit-insulting/676293 "2013-12-18T20:49:14Z")
I remember headlines like this 35 years ago as various institutions rushed to fill their token black quotas. http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/snl-plans-add-black-female-cast-member-21202070 Have we regre… --- ## [When you order chicken nuggets to be delivered to your house, the sauce is always in the bag soooo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411)
**Author:** [@7e42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7e42)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411 "2014-08-14T22:04:25Z")
why the hell does the cashiers at Mcdonald’s always ask…"what kind of sauce instead of just putting it in the damm back and letting us make the decision of what sauce to use?:confused: --- ## [favorite Woody Allen movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993 "2013-08-10T02:46:47Z")
what are yours? I haven’t seen many and want to get one from Netflix (DVD, not streaming, if it matters) --- ## [Who Is Making All This PCP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-making-all-this-pcp/633733)
**Author:** [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-making-all-this-pcp/633733 "2012-09-07T23:32:15Z")
Two recent, horrible acts in Camden, NJ, have been attributed to the use of “wet,” marihuana joints laced with PCP. “Wet” has led to a small resurgence in PCP use, from what little I could see online. Is there any eviden… --- ## [Is 'pussy' an obscenity (as in 'he's a pussy')](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pussy-an-obscenity-as-in-hes-a-pussy/745644)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pussy-an-obscenity-as-in-hes-a-pussy/745644 "2016-02-12T19:34:00Z")
Mr. Trump is being taken to task for using “a vulgar insult”! Why, CNN even had to bleep him. All for using the word ‘pussy’ as in “He’s a pussy”. Is ‘pussy’ obscene when used in that manner? I don’t think so. Although … --- ## [Bolding user names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-user-names/535166)
**Author:** [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-user-names/535166 "2010-04-10T17:46:12Z")
Brought up in another (now closed) thread that at the SDMB we usually bold usernames in replies. I asked: I was directed to ask here (as was my original suspicion) so I’m asking here. Why do we bold usernames in repl… --- ## [Is this rude or am I old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-rude-or-am-i-old/547341)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-rude-or-am-i-old/547341 "2010-07-21T20:47:24Z")
It hardly matters, because I think everybody else felt the same way (hella rude) and that’s what counts, but imagine this: Small office - not, like, one of those big New York skyscrapers where nobody knows anybody. Cou… --- ## [Who am I working for anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-working-for-anyway/653748)
**Author:** [@postmodernleaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postmodernleaper)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-working-for-anyway/653748 "2013-03-27T02:02:41Z")
Is there any way to determine if we all are living in servitude to an unknown group humans or to another species. There seems to be little information available to us about why we exist & what the results of our existe… --- ## [Bad guys attacking one at a time?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-guys-attacking-one-at-a-time/752024)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-guys-attacking-one-at-a-time/752024 "2016-04-25T20:40:12Z")
It’s an action film cliche, its even spread into video games like the Batman Arkham series or the\* Assassins Creed\* series. The hero is surrounded by enemies and instead of the enemies attacking in groups, they wait and… --- ## [Irritating Words and Word Usage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irritating-words-and-word-usage/46168)
**Author:** [@Melpomene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melpomene)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2001, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irritating-words-and-word-usage/46168 "2001-02-08T09:05:34Z")
Things like “Future Forecast” I was watching the weather last night and noticed that on this particular station, it’s titled “Future Forecast”. Can somebody please explain what that means?! Isn’t a “Forecast” future eno… --- ## [Jeopardy: That's not Gneiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341 "2012-02-24T18:34:00Z")
I’m a Jeopardy junky, and can usually do pretty well playing at home. But I was completely taken by surprise on Friday by the category in DJ: “That’s not Gneiss”. I had never heard of that word, Gneiss, and had no ide… --- ## [Mike's hard lemonade with vodka?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mikes-hard-lemonade-with-vodka/713639)
**Author:** [@theo112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theo112)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mikes-hard-lemonade-with-vodka/713639 "2015-02-26T21:31:13Z")
Would mixing Mike’s Hard Lemonade with Vodka be good? would it work or no? :confused: --- ## [Access to medical care or "Do you really want a doctor who can't afford a Ferrari?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-medical-care-or-do-you-really-want-a-doctor-who-cant-afford-a-ferrari/786115)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-medical-care-or-do-you-really-want-a-doctor-who-cant-afford-a-ferrari/786115 "2017-05-11T01:16:21Z")
In this National Review opinion piece The ‘Right’ to Health Care Kevin Williamson lays out an argument regarding access to medical care that basically says (if I am interpreting it correctly) “Life is unfair- resources… --- ## [Things you think you know, but you do not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-think-you-know-but-you-do-not/1002166)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-think-you-know-but-you-do-not/1002166 "2024-10-06T20:31:41Z")
Many lies and half truths are spread around- Gibbons wrote that the Library of Alexandria was destroyed by the Christians- Nope, it was the Romans, first under Julius Caesar. Cleopatra was Egyptian, not Greek- Well.… --- ## [England (rugby)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/england-rugby/419223)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2007, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/england-rugby/419223 "2007-10-21T08:27:07Z")
You’ve got 11 minutes to score thirty four fucking points. Fuck’s sake, at least score THREE points otherwise you will crash out for NIL! And Robinson’s off injured. You are a bunch of bumbling adolescents and South Afr… --- ## [Amazon wanting me to answer customers questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-wanting-me-to-answer-customers-questions/943858)
**Author:** [@breakneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breakneck)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-wanting-me-to-answer-customers-questions/943858 "2022-10-11T00:41:28Z")
has anybody else been asked by an amazon customer to answer a question about a product? I am not getting paid by amazon to do customer service work for them . Then when I wrote an email to them stating that the richest m… --- ## [Is McDonalds making a big mistake with ads that respond to the "Super Size Me" movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mcdonalds-making-a-big-mistake-with-ads-that-respond-to-the-super-size-me-movie/251195)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mcdonalds-making-a-big-mistake-with-ads-that-respond-to-the-super-size-me-movie/251195 "2004-06-27T14:44:25Z")
Re the ad campaign started in McDonalds Australia to respond to this film. I have not seen the movie “Super Size Me”, but I have read enough reviews of it to get the flavor. IMO if McDonalds had just kept their mouth … --- ## [Unintentionally absurd encyclopaedic works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-absurd-encyclopaedic-works/600923)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2011, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-absurd-encyclopaedic-works/600923 "2011-12-27T06:26:40Z")
I’m intending to slowly build a collection of books that are (or purport to be) encyclopaedic on a topic that is for one reason or another absurd - perhaps because of obsolescence, perhaps just the esoteric or selective … --- ## [How "The Big Bang Theory" should end.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-big-bang-theory-should-end/630628)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-big-bang-theory-should-end/630628 "2012-08-12T17:24:05Z")
Mrs. Wolowitz visits Amy Farrah Fowler’s lab and is killed when her voice incites an attack by a group of enraged howler monkeys. Howard and Bernadette realize that between the two of them they have all the skills and r… --- ## [Adam Sandler's panned films - Who is spending their money to see these things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-sandlers-panned-films-who-is-spending-their-money-to-see-these-things/738198)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-sandlers-panned-films-who-is-spending-their-money-to-see-these-things/738198 "2015-12-01T22:47:46Z")
This Quora post linked below makes the point that despite mediocre to awful reviews many Adam Sandler films are surprisingly successful at the box office. Who is spending their date money to see these things? Why does S… --- ## [The original Chilly Willy song ... where can I hear it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-chilly-willy-song-where-can-i-hear-it/273251)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-chilly-willy-song-where-can-i-hear-it/273251 "2021-08-02T15:33:56Z")
Note, I am looking for the ORIGINAL song. It goes something like: At least, that’s how I remember it from my childhood. I am NOT looking for the other version, which includes the line “What about the crocodiles along … --- ## [How many forum posters does it take to change a light bulb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-forum-posters-does-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/197907)
**Author:** [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-forum-posters-does-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/197907 "2003-09-17T13:04:04Z")
1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed 16 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently 6 to caution about the dang… --- ## [Miller for President, 2016.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329 "2015-10-23T17:17:32Z")
I just want to say, and I won’t say why, that Miller, you really needs to run for POTUS. You totally have my vote Mr. President. In the event you’re unwilling to accept this nomination, we, the undersigned, would li… --- ## [NYC apartment- I moved out 15 years ago, but roommate stayed- Now being evicted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-apartment-i-moved-out-15-years-ago-but-roommate-stayed-now-being-evicted/719033)
**Author:** [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-apartment-i-moved-out-15-years-ago-but-roommate-stayed-now-being-evicted/719033 "2015-05-06T17:30:47Z")
I leased a rent stablized apartment in NYC while I was in college from 1997-2001. Mid-lease, I moved across country, with intention to return the following year, and my roommate stayed. I never returned though, and room… --- ## [AI Dungeon - the infinite storytelling generator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-dungeon-the-infinite-storytelling-generator/845080)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-dungeon-the-infinite-storytelling-generator/845080 "2021-05-03T13:39:43Z")
AI Dungeon is a game which generates an adventure based on your inputs. It is… surprisingly good. It will react to your commands and will remember some of what you’ve input in previous commands. In my first adventure, i… --- ## [Do you remember the book 'Sir Machinery' by Thomas E. McGowen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-book-sir-machinery-by-thomas-e-mcgowen/623493)
**Author:** [@rconard131](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rconard131)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-book-sir-machinery-by-thomas-e-mcgowen/623493 "2015-11-21T01:33:53Z")
Hello All. Do any of you remember Thomas E. McGowen’s great book- ‘Sir Machinery’? Most of you were probably introduced to it in the 1970’s through the books promoted by Scholastic at your elementary or middle school. … --- ## [Does Alma Mater Namedropping Impress You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-alma-mater-namedropping-impress-you/620802)
**Author:** [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-alma-mater-namedropping-impress-you/620802 "2012-05-04T15:02:50Z")
I really thought that after senior year in high school, no one cared. Does this impact your view of someone? What context would you even ask? Do you present this yourself, in a conversation–as in, where YOU went to schoo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1430&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1432&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)