# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1434&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:** 1435 --- ## [Brushing up on my Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-up-on-my-shakespeare/763375)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-up-on-my-shakespeare/763375 "2016-08-26T22:26:52Z")
In the interest of acquiring myself some culture and upping my binge-watching game, I thought I’d make a project of working my way through as many films of Shakespearean plays as I can find. I’m not as knowledgeable abou… --- ## [Origin of "not by a dam/damn site/sight"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-not-by-a-dam-damn-site-sight/677404)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-not-by-a-dam-damn-site-sight/677404 "2019-10-25T23:34:28Z")
Is it “dam” or “damn”. Is it “site” or “sight”. To what are they referring? Where/how did this originate? Google was no help. --- ## [Archer's coming back! Who's excited?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archers-coming-back-whos-excited/645965)
**Author:** [@BeeDubU2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeDubU2)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archers-coming-back-whos-excited/645965 "2013-01-14T03:47:43Z")
I am! I am! According to my tv, new episodes start back up January 17. I can’t wait! --- ## [The classic commercial appreciation thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395)
**Author:** [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395 "2003-03-12T04:08:10Z")
Refresh our memories on those commercias we grew up with. I’m hoping someone will post a description here that we have me going, “Oh, yeah! I forgot about that! That was great.” Here’s the first few: “I’d like to te… --- ## [Kid Shoots Parents over Halo 3--Judge Says Kid Didn't Know They'd Be Dead Forever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-shoots-parents-over-halo-3-judge-says-kid-didnt-know-theyd-be-dead-forever/481088)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-shoots-parents-over-halo-3-judge-says-kid-didnt-know-theyd-be-dead-forever/481088 "2009-01-13T21:14:58Z")
I wasn’t sure which forum to post this on. I actually have kind of a factual question about it. On the other hand, merely posting the story is practically an act of RO in itself, making the Pit sound like an inviting spo… --- ## [Breaking A Baseball Bat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-a-baseball-bat/527319)
**Author:** [@UncleFred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleFred)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-a-baseball-bat/527319 "2011-10-08T04:41:27Z")
When I was a kid we were always told to hold the bat so the label would face a certain way (“up”, IIRC) at impact or the bat could break. Or maybe the rule was just “don’t hit it on the label.” Any truth to that? Maybe … --- ## [Nevada Republican Caucus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-republican-caucus/746919)
**Author:** [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-republican-caucus/746919 "2016-02-27T19:50:29Z")
Am I reading correctly that results will not begin coming in until Midnight? --- ## [I ate gefilte fish today for the very first time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-gefilte-fish-today-for-the-very-first-time/715767)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-gefilte-fish-today-for-the-very-first-time/715767 "2015-04-02T01:37:33Z")
For many years I’ve looked longingly at jars of gefilte fish on supermarket shelves, but never tried it. Back in my dating years, most of my girlfriends were Jewish, and I’m 1/16th Jewish myself, so I feel entitled to ea… --- ## [Is there a such thing as too PC and/or woke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-such-thing-as-too-pc-and-or-woke/952507)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-such-thing-as-too-pc-and-or-woke/952507 "2021-10-27T20:25:54Z")
So I was sort of surfing around, and ran across this article about the new movie adaptation of the book Dune. Dune should’ve been less Dune-y | The Week And the author’s essential contention is that the movie isn’t PC … --- ## [Which would last longer/be more prosperous: an all-male society, or an all-female one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-would-last-longer-be-more-prosperous-an-all-male-society-or-an-all-female-one/630090)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-would-last-longer-be-more-prosperous-an-all-male-society-or-an-all-female-one/630090 "2012-08-08T13:53:13Z")
Here’s the sitch: I have decided to conduct an experiment.\* Using the various technomagic resources at my disposal, I will be recruiting† 20,000 young Americans between the ages of 18 and 25. Half will be men and half w… --- ## ["Militarization of Police"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militarization-of-police/692167)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militarization-of-police/692167 "2014-07-05T13:32:57Z")
What does the term, “Militarization of Police”, mean to you? Is it actually a useful term? --- ## [Question about gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-gravity/666084)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-gravity/666084 "2013-08-27T19:28:50Z")
Suppose you’re in a cylindrical space habitat spun for 1g of “gravity.” Are the quotes necessary? Disregarding the internal curvature, any experiment you could perform would show that force to be gravity, wouldn’t it? B… --- ## ["Moulin Rouge" is a big foetid, stinking, steaming pile of crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moulin-rouge-is-a-big-foetid-stinking-steaming-pile-of-crap/243658)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moulin-rouge-is-a-big-foetid-stinking-steaming-pile-of-crap/243658 "2004-05-10T18:37:41Z")
That is all. --- ## [Do you refuse to say gimmick names for chain restaurant food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-refuse-to-say-gimmick-names-for-chain-restaurant-food/831280)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-refuse-to-say-gimmick-names-for-chain-restaurant-food/831280 "2019-03-29T13:52:31Z")
Whenever a chain decides to have a “fun” name for a staple menu item do you say that name or just use a generic term for it? For example do you order at Denny’s the “Moons Over My Hammy sandwich” or just the ham and eg… --- ## [How did the very basics of Soviet Communism work at all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-very-basics-of-soviet-communism-work-at-all/714978)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-very-basics-of-soviet-communism-work-at-all/714978 "2015-03-18T07:35:31Z")
Some professions take more labor and are harder, or require more talent, than others. Does this mean doctors were actually paid the same as bakers in Communist Russia? For that matter, how did money work? Assuming you… --- ## [Why minor keys so sad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-minor-keys-so-sad/52923)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-minor-keys-so-sad/52923 "2013-05-15T19:37:37Z")
And not just D Minor, the saddest of all keys. --- ## [Bamadope III? (AL and surrounding states)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bamadope-iii-al-and-surrounding-states/87275)
**Author:** [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2001, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bamadope-iii-al-and-surrounding-states/87275 "2001-12-07T02:09:18Z")
It’s been two months since the last Bamadope, and I figured I’d start the ball rolling on a simple discussion of when a good time for the next one would be. So just start tossing out ideas. Being the little college stud… --- ## [Do you have mixed socioeconomics in your family?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-mixed-socioeconomics-in-your-family/682749)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-mixed-socioeconomics-in-your-family/682749 "2014-03-21T21:25:59Z")
Are you significantly richer or poorer than your parents, siblings, aunts/uncles, and cousins? Is there someone else in your family who is the financial outlier? How do mixed income levels complicate family matters? O… --- ## [News reports say they found porn in Bin Laden's hideout. What titles did he have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-reports-say-they-found-porn-in-bin-ladens-hideout-what-titles-did-he-have/581818)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-reports-say-they-found-porn-in-bin-ladens-hideout-what-titles-did-he-have/581818 "2011-05-20T14:03:28Z")
Debbie Does Damascus Suicide Boner What else? --- ## [God, Shrimp and Gays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-shrimp-and-gays/350118)
**Author:** [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2006, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-shrimp-and-gays/350118 "2006-04-16T07:27:01Z")
http://www.towardtradition.org/article\_Shrimp\_Homosexuality.htm One of the arguements used for same-sex marriage is the fact that the right wing christians do not enforce the other laws in the Bible like praying to idol… --- ## [For the last time, I will NOT have sex with you until your wife leaves the room!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-i-will-not-have-sex-with-you-until-your-wife-leaves-the-room/188687)
**Author:** [@October](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/October)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2003, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-i-will-not-have-sex-with-you-until-your-wife-leaves-the-room/188687 "2003-07-25T11:37:05Z")
Can someone explain to me what the deal is with married men hitting on women while their wives are in the room??? I was at a party this weekend, and we were all a little drunk and hanging out in the hot tub. This marri… --- ## [Cold sores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-sores/87517)
**Author:** [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2001, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-sores/87517 "2001-10-19T03:05:37Z")
Hello people… I never come to this section really but I felt this needed to be asked (since I couldn’t find anything on it by searching here). Today in class one of the guys in my group mentioned that cold sores are a t… --- ## [Tell me about Up With People](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-up-with-people/611547)
**Author:** [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-up-with-people/611547 "2012-02-06T00:12:37Z")
Back in the early 90s, my family hosted a couple of Up With People performers. We went to their show, and it was a lot of fun. They encouraged my to audition for the group, and I did. The interviewer told me they accept … --- ## [Help My 79 chevy Luv truck is overheating.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-79-chevy-luv-truck-is-overheating/565055)
**Author:** [@hammerman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammerman)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-79-chevy-luv-truck-is-overheating/565055 "2011-02-04T10:13:44Z")
I first noticed some funny things going on about 4 weeks ago wile driving my 79 truck would start to overheat after i first started it in the morning the needle on the gouge would go to 7/8s hot or so and then all of a s… --- ## [Could a grizzly bear smash through a brick wall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-grizzly-bear-smash-through-a-brick-wall/443422)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-grizzly-bear-smash-through-a-brick-wall/443422 "2008-04-03T01:22:40Z")
Would a brick wall (just a standard brick wall that you would find in an ordinary home) offer any protection against a charging grizzly bear? I figure that a determined bear could probably smash through a wall, but I cou… --- ## [People, chill! (financial/economic troubles)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-chill-financial-economic-troubles/464144)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2008, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-chill-financial-economic-troubles/464144 "2008-09-20T05:01:00Z")
This is a relatively mild pitting. In the name of Holy Jesus, chill out. Yes, some financial services companies, and not even all the parts of those companies, have had some trouble. Yes, a couple big boys went under. B… --- ## [So, Are We About To Go To War?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-are-we-about-to-go-to-war/785226)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-are-we-about-to-go-to-war/785226 "2017-06-15T19:52:25Z")
Someone at work just asked that. I’m not sure how to answer them. On one side, any world leader would have to be Bat Shit Crazy to try to play the Brinkmanship game with a certifiably insane world leader with nuclear w… --- ## [I don't know how to read a simple clock, please help me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-to-read-a-simple-clock-please-help-me/537988)
**Author:** [@Logical\_Phallacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Logical_Phallacy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-to-read-a-simple-clock-please-help-me/537988 "2010-05-05T16:50:42Z")
I recently came across this clock, but I do not understand how to read it. Can anyone with a computer-science background break it down for me? It is called an “LED Binary Clock” and an image that is supposed to help e… --- ## [How does one get to the Shetland islands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-get-to-the-shetland-islands/675220)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-get-to-the-shetland-islands/675220 "2013-12-07T23:55:30Z")
Is there commercial air traffic? Chartered air traffic only? Ferry? Could there possibly be a very, very long bridge? --- ## [Movie franchise with the highest numbered sequel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496 "2015-01-22T00:52:59Z")
The other day I was reading yet another article that mentioned 2015 as the “future” year that Marty McFly visits in BTTF2, and what we don’t have yet in the actual 2015. One of the things mentioned was that we haven’t ma… --- ## [Girls — do you like long hair on guys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-do-you-like-long-hair-on-guys/173023)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-do-you-like-long-hair-on-guys/173023 "2014-03-19T14:34:22Z")
This is the natural complement to the thread Guys - do you like long hair on girls? All I can tell you is, I like long hair on myself. I’ve now grown it past my shoulders and it’s starting to go down my back. People t… --- ## [Is now the time to sell my sealed copy of Madonna's aluminum bound "SEX" book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-now-the-time-to-sell-my-sealed-copy-of-madonnas-aluminum-bound-sex-book/186267)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-now-the-time-to-sell-my-sealed-copy-of-madonnas-aluminum-bound-sex-book/186267 "2003-07-09T06:17:13Z")
I bought two of these aluminum covered beasts about 10 years ago when the first came out, one to look at and one to sell as a sealed collectors item. The sealed ones are running 100. to 200. or so on Ebay with first … --- ## [Recipe questions: Burgers and flour..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-questions-burgers-and-flour/518504)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2009, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-questions-burgers-and-flour/518504 "2009-12-02T12:27:32Z")
I have a pound of ground beef that I’m thinking of making into burgers. This would be my first time making my own. I’d like to ask for recipes. The simpler and fewer ingredients, the better. Minimum of crunchiness … --- ## [Ask The Teenager II !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-teenager-ii/61319)
**Author:** [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-teenager-ii/61319 "2001-04-16T21:18:09Z")
After the success of the initial “Ask The Teenager” thread (at the height of all the “Ask The \[noun\]” Threads) and due to a very complimentary e-mail I recently received, I have decided to start it up again. I’m on spri… --- ## [Ever Been Ripped Off By An ATM Or Profited Incorrectly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-ripped-off-by-an-atm-or-profited-incorrectly/545703)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2010, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-ripped-off-by-an-atm-or-profited-incorrectly/545703 "2010-07-11T05:30:57Z")
ATM being Automated Teller Machine. I was watching a rerun of Mama’s Family where Mama get’s ripped off by the ATM at her bank. So she starts wailing on the ATM and it spits out $800.00 I have never been ripped off by … --- ## [Describe your favorite movie in the most boring manner possible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962 "2022-07-24T20:37:08Z")
I saw this idea on Stephen King’s Twitter. I haven’t come up with my own answer yet, but Steve’s was “A group of old outlaws vacation in Mexico” and his son Joe’s was “Three men spend the weekend fishing”. I feel li… --- ## [What would happen if cosmonauts landed in the USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-cosmonauts-landed-in-the-usa/753386)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-cosmonauts-landed-in-the-usa/753386 "2016-05-03T02:47:02Z")
Let’s say that during the cold war the USSR messed up quite a few calculations and sent cosmonauts back home landing them in US soil. What would happen to them? Would they be killed on the spot? Would they be arrested? … --- ## [so where do you keep your porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-keep-your-porn/486933)
**Author:** [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-keep-your-porn/486933 "2009-02-27T00:08:23Z")
Mines in a folder cleverly named…not porn so where do you hide it? do you hide it? --- ## [David Hasselhoff is broke... how the hell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-hasselhoff-is-broke-how-the-hell/755260)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-hasselhoff-is-broke-how-the-hell/755260 "2016-05-27T14:34:46Z")
Well, broke-ish. Most of us would trade places with him income and net worth wise, but considering how much he’s earned it’s practically broke. Story Hasselhoff famously owned his show BAYWATCH, which flopped on networ… --- ## [Am I being mean to my cat for not letting him outside?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-mean-to-my-cat-for-not-letting-him-outside/372858)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-mean-to-my-cat-for-not-letting-him-outside/372858 "2006-09-18T15:40:42Z")
Okay, first, let me say that I’m not really a cat person and I’ve never had a cat before. So it’s possible that I’m totally fucking up my kitten Max. (That picture’s about a month old, his ears don’t look so giant for … --- ## [Spanish Words Beginning with Ñ, Ll, or Rr](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-words-beginning-with-n-ll-or-rr/286915)
**Author:** [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-words-beginning-with-n-ll-or-rr/286915 "2005-02-03T21:08:26Z")
Are there any? I don’t remember any in my three years of Spanish but I didn’t exactly pay as much attention as I could have, hence my taking three years instead of the two I would haveve preferred. If there are none, is… --- ## ["There's a fine line between clever and stupid" - who would you argue is clever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-fine-line-between-clever-and-stupid-who-would-you-argue-is-clever/762204)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-fine-line-between-clever-and-stupid-who-would-you-argue-is-clever/762204 "2016-08-25T18:17:36Z")
Or so says Nigel Tufnel. Or was it David St. Hubbins? In this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=800528 Folks are arguing whether Sonic Youth played “microtonal, non-dodecaphonic music with no… --- ## [How can I block telepathy? (In fiction, of course)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-block-telepathy-in-fiction-of-course/217699)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-block-telepathy-in-fiction-of-course/217699 "2003-12-12T21:03:02Z")
No, I haven’t joined the Tinfoil Hat Guild. Not yet, anyway. :wink: I’m just wondering what methods and technologies, in fiction, are able to block telepathy (ESP, Psychic powers, whatever). NOT including “Another telep… --- ## [Pat Buchanan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-buchanan/480169)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-buchanan/480169 "2009-01-08T21:43:06Z")
I think this is a debate and not an IMHO. It may drift between the two. What think ye of Pat Buchanan? He comes from a long line of cave dwellers (natives of DC who are not political), I like that. He worked as Nixon’s… --- ## [Worst "Classic" Book Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-classic-book-ever/79185)
**Author:** [@Qwertyasdfg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertyasdfg)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2001, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-classic-book-ever/79185 "2001-09-05T20:21:30Z")
My vote is for “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Theres about 50 pages of decent writing, but the rest is garbage. I don’t understand why it got all the praise, especially, winning a Pulitzer. --- ## [How frequently do you wear deodorant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-frequently-do-you-wear-deodorant/559340)
**Author:** [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-frequently-do-you-wear-deodorant/559340 "2010-11-05T22:01:07Z")
A few questions… Are you male or female? How frequently do you wear/put on deodorant? And how frequently do you shower? What age are you? Where do you live? I’m not trying to be scientific, but it’d be nice to contro… --- ## [What if there's no dark matter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-theres-no-dark-matter/739681)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-theres-no-dark-matter/739681 "2015-12-22T20:30:32Z")
An article in today’s Toronto Star talked at length of a lab deep in a Sudbury mine trying to find dark matter, the stuff that is supposed to make up most of the matter in the universe which for some reason you cannot de… --- ## [Miller Lite has the stupidest ad campaign ever right now.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-lite-has-the-stupidest-ad-campaign-ever-right-now/558207)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-lite-has-the-stupidest-ad-campaign-ever-right-now/558207 "2011-10-29T07:58:22Z")
All of these commercials are driving me apeshit. “Do you want more taste or less taste?” WTF is that even supposed to mean? Who says “Less taste please!”? Apparently women and Nancy boys do if you believe these commerci… --- ## [Worldwide Dopers: do you take aspirin for headaches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-dopers-do-you-take-aspirin-for-headaches/511767)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-dopers-do-you-take-aspirin-for-headaches/511767 "2009-10-08T17:11:03Z")
I just thought of a conversation I had a few years ago and thought I would see what you think about this. In 2006, I was taking intensive Bulgarian because I hate myself or something, and I had a headache. I mentioned … --- ## [Electrical switch rated for 20Amps at 220VAC. What is the max equivalent DC voltage/current?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-switch-rated-for-20amps-at-220vac-what-is-the-max-equivalent-dc-voltage-current/655314)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-switch-rated-for-20amps-at-220vac-what-is-the-max-equivalent-dc-voltage-current/655314 "2013-04-14T13:10:36Z")
I have a 220VAC, 20A rated switch and want to use it on a 12VDC, 3A circuit. Is there a rule of thumb on what is the maximum equivalent DC voltage of an AC rated switch? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1433&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1435&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)