# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1435&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:** 1436 --- ## [Michigan Pre-Dopefest: Ann Arbor \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340 "2011-06-15T16:26:03Z")
That’s right. All you Ann Arbor, Lansing and Kzoo punks. You’re hauling your ass to the hardboiled suburbs of Detroit; where there’s an Olive Garden on every corner and shady neighborhood kids who play basketball in thei… --- ## [Did anyone take "A Modest Proposal" seriously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-take-a-modest-proposal-seriously/635113)
**Author:** [@Hellestal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hellestal)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-take-a-modest-proposal-seriously/635113 "2012-09-23T13:40:19Z")
Seems terribly unlikely, but in our Poe’s Law age, I’m wondering if it could actually have happened. So, any records of people accepting Swift’s solution? If so, any indication that those people were serious, and not jus… --- ## [Most people are politically retarded](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-people-are-politically-retarded/508214)
**Author:** [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-people-are-politically-retarded/508214 "2009-09-07T01:45:50Z")
I’ve spoken to enough people and heard enough cookie-cutter stock opinions to realize that most people suffer from political retardation. I’m not talking about ideology, there will always be a wide variety of political v… --- ## [Yamamoto and sleeping giant quote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yamamoto-and-sleeping-giant-quote/66600)
**Author:** [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2001, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yamamoto-and-sleeping-giant-quote/66600 "2001-05-29T00:02:01Z")
This question inspired by reading the reviews of the movie PEARL HARBOR… I’d always been lead to believe that Admiral Yamamoto did in fact say, “I fear we have awoken a sleeping giant” after the attack on Pearl. And ind… --- ## ["Bill and Ted: Face the Music" out this summer. Will it be excellent or heinous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-and-ted-face-the-music-out-this-summer-will-it-be-excellent-or-heinous/855297)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-and-ted-face-the-music-out-this-summer-will-it-be-excellent-or-heinous/855297 "2020-12-27T19:20:52Z")
Trailer here: That trailer is inconclusive, but I get a little bit of a bogus vibe. Maybe because 50-somethings acting like teenage stoners is just, kinda sad? I want to like it, because Keanu. --- ## [People, Eskimo != Inuit !!!1121](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eskimo-inuit-1121/414823)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2007, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eskimo-inuit-1121/414823 "2007-08-17T05:38:41Z")
Over in the CLuba Baby seal thread, someone spouted a line about Inuit being a more aceptable term than Eskimo. Get this straight: It’s not the same thing. Eskimo is a name for any of the peoples who live in the more-o… --- ## [Should I send this message? (Via Facebook)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-send-this-message-via-facebook/652590)
**Author:** [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-send-this-message-via-facebook/652590 "2013-03-13T00:06:36Z")
Ok, so there’s this girl I’ve had a crush on for a long time. I want to contact her but I know it’s not a good idea. Logically, I tell myself “she probably doesn’t feel the same way as you. She probably has a boyfriend. … --- ## [Most famous newspaper headlines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991 "2007-06-03T04:11:13Z")
Not so much the stories themselves, but what is the most famous headline, where the newspaper itself is the iconic image? I nominate: Chicago (Daily) Tribune: Dewey Defeats Truman NY Daily News: Ford to City: Drop Dead … --- ## [Send one piece of technology back in time to freak people out and turn history on its ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-one-piece-of-technology-back-in-time-to-freak-people-out-and-turn-history-on-its-ear/557976)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-one-piece-of-technology-back-in-time-to-freak-people-out-and-turn-history-on-its-ear/557976 "2010-10-24T01:14:15Z")
I was just gazing at my HTC Hero smartphone and idly wondering what would people make of it if it were somehow sent back in time to, say, just after World War II. I think anyone picking it up would be thoroughly mystifie… --- ## [Could I make myself immune to electrocution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-make-myself-immune-to-electrocution/51881)
**Author:** [@KV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KV)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-make-myself-immune-to-electrocution/51881 "2001-01-28T19:41:13Z")
I read that distilled water doesn’t conduct electricity, so If I replaced the 70% or so of my body’s water with it, would I be immune to electricity? Is there a way to remove all of the electrolytes from my system and st… --- ## [Hopefully, my last Bush Bashing pit thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-my-last-bush-bashing-pit-thread/477401)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-my-last-bush-bashing-pit-thread/477401 "2008-12-29T18:01:20Z")
I almost didn’t do it. I figured it’s almost over. A little over a month to go. No need to get all head-explody about it. It’s Bush, there’s a reason why journalists hurl shoes at his fucking head. But when I keep it bu… --- ## [Why are so-called "violent" video-games demonized too much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-called-violent-video-games-demonized-too-much/619910)
**Author:** [@Otkakonmiskilic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otkakonmiskilic)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-called-violent-video-games-demonized-too-much/619910 "2012-04-27T22:29:18Z")
I have playing these things since I was 5 or 6, for hours in a day, at least 3-4. But I don’t even want to handle a gun, or keep it in my home. And, in the media I often see people (especially experts) accuse these games… --- ## [Torture? Meh, who gives a crap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torture-meh-who-gives-a-crap/706800)
**Author:** [@Chetumal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chetumal)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torture-meh-who-gives-a-crap/706800 "2014-12-10T17:10:52Z")
How about those thousands of people who burned to death or were forced to jump from the twin towers? THAT’s torture. These murderous Muslim ragheads made their beds, they can lie in 'em and rot. --- ## [Am I the only one disturbed by this Microsoft ad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-disturbed-by-this-microsoft-ad/557965)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-disturbed-by-this-microsoft-ad/557965 "2010-10-23T05:08:35Z")
See the ad here. Basically this woman generated a photo of something that never existed because to her presenting the image of a perfect family is more important than living in reality. It just seems wrong to me and a l… --- ## [I would vote for Trump if the other candidate were ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-vote-for-trump-if-the-other-candidate-were/836348)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-vote-for-trump-if-the-other-candidate-were/836348 "2019-07-06T20:26:21Z")
At a gathering this weekend some people were playing a game and I thought it was amusing. The challenge was to propose a person that would motivate the group to vote for Trump. To set some ground rules to make it a bit… --- ## [What if you're wearing a chastity belt, and you're in a car wreck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-youre-wearing-a-chastity-belt-and-youre-in-a-car-wreck/64985)
**Author:** [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2001, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-youre-wearing-a-chastity-belt-and-youre-in-a-car-wreck/64985 "2001-05-11T15:02:51Z")
I stumbled across the Web’s selection of chastity belts for sale yesterday, while looking up something for GQ. Now, I’m no stranger to the idea that people like to play with sex toys like this, but what I can’t get out o… --- ## [True or False: Calvin and Hobbes was the best daily comic strip ever.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false-calvin-and-hobbes-was-the-best-daily-comic-strip-ever/338537)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2006, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false-calvin-and-hobbes-was-the-best-daily-comic-strip-ever/338537 "2006-01-08T12:35:01Z")
True. If you disagree, that’s fine. Just make sure to include which one would take that title in your opinion. If this is better suited for IMHO, feel free to move it. :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [Why has “Brokeback Mountain” affected me so much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-brokeback-mountain-affected-me-so-much/373338)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-brokeback-mountain-affected-me-so-much/373338 "2016-08-24T19:00:34Z")
Let’s try this again - Now with Content! I watched “Brokeback Mountain” a couple of months ago, and I have never been affected by a movie as deeply and as long as I have been by “Brokeback Mountain.” I am having a hard … --- ## [Poll: Most Americans say the rich don't pay enough in taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-most-americans-say-the-rich-dont-pay-enough-in-taxes/632851)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-most-americans-say-the-rich-dont-pay-enough-in-taxes/632851 "2012-09-05T14:35:19Z")
Poll by the Pew Research Center: “We’re not taxed enough!” is quite a remarkable polling result! Does this represent a problem for Romney? --- ## [Health care law question (no political jabs allowed)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-care-law-question-no-political-jabs-allowed/626595)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-care-law-question-no-political-jabs-allowed/626595 "2012-06-30T22:28:47Z")
I’m totally confused about the health care deal, that we’ve been fighting over. The one thing I want to know is: Can I quit my $100k a year crap job, take up subsistence organic farming for very little income and get ex… --- ## [I need a fat, page-turner book(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-fat-page-turner-book-s/495377)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2009, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-fat-page-turner-book-s/495377 "2009-05-09T08:00:13Z")
I’m going to be in Germany for 3 months and won’t have ready access to books in English. I want to take with me a couple of real page-turners with enough heft and length to keep me satisfied. Some lovely long books I’v… --- ## [\No matter how much I wipe...\](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-no-matter-how-much-i-wipe-tmi/157726)
**Author:** [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-no-matter-how-much-i-wipe-tmi/157726 "2003-02-28T14:44:11Z")
Let me start out by saying that I do not believe I suffer from constipation. I mean, I move my bowels on a daily basis and don’t have any particular discomfort when doing so. It’s just that, no matter how long I sit th… --- ## [Why do people keep confusing victim and hero?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-keep-confusing-victim-and-hero/701373)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-keep-confusing-victim-and-hero/701373 "2014-10-20T05:45:45Z")
For that matter, why do they confuse evil and cowardice? When a hostage gets executed by terrorists, that hostage is a victim, not a hero. When a terrorist executes a hostage, that makes them evil, not cowards. The wo… --- ## [Like button](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-button/724099)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-button/724099 "2015-07-05T18:52:01Z")
Has anyone ever toyed with the idea of installing a like button option on individual posts. I got spoiled by it with facebook. --- ## [What did Stephen Hawkings just say about black holes? Is it a big thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-stephen-hawkings-just-say-about-black-holes-is-it-a-big-thing/679674)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2014, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-stephen-hawkings-just-say-about-black-holes-is-it-a-big-thing/679674 "2014-01-31T07:47:08Z")
See subject. His submission: \*Information Preservation and Weather Forecasting for Black Holes\*. Good stuff? (Less importance: he’s an, if not The, official Famous Physicist. Has he been publishing with normal regularit… --- ## [Who Beat Spock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-beat-spock/648733)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-beat-spock/648733 "2013-02-02T00:49:25Z")
In the movie Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country, there is this exchange: Captain Spock: The lieutenant was the first Vulcan to be graduated at the top of her class. Captain James T. Kirk: You must be very proud. Lie… --- ## [Britain's Norovirus Explosion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britains-norovirus-explosion/645854)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britains-norovirus-explosion/645854 "2013-01-04T18:38:11Z")
Wow. 1.1 million reported cases. Plus all the unreported cases. I hope all our British dopers are all right and not stuck in the loo! With a general population of 64 million and change, that is one hell of an epidemic:e… --- ## [Two-minute warning and other stupid things...(NFL etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-minute-warning-and-other-stupid-things-nfl-etc/87387)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2001, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-minute-warning-and-other-stupid-things-nfl-etc/87387 "2001-10-18T16:25:47Z")
I’ve lived in the US for just over a year now, and i really enjoy watching the football. My first season over here was helped by the fact that i live in Baltimore and my adopted team took out the Superbowl. But much as … --- ## [Should I use the home inspector that my realtor is recommending?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-use-the-home-inspector-that-my-realtor-is-recommending/641712)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-use-the-home-inspector-that-my-realtor-is-recommending/641712 "2012-12-05T21:45:10Z")
I’m buying a home, and have to have a home inspection prior to signing the next round of papers. My realtor has recommended an inspector and promises that he’s very thorough (like she’d promise that he’s sloppy and writ… --- ## [What are the "secrets" you have uncovered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-secrets-you-have-uncovered/224298)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_B.Goode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_B.Goode)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-secrets-you-have-uncovered/224298 "2004-01-26T19:31:23Z")
There are many things in life that take experience, maturity and learning before you get the hang of them. Sometimes, you get an epiphany, other times you work it out slowly and over time. Often, success all boils down… --- ## [How do you feel about taxidermy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-taxidermy/657832)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-taxidermy/657832 "2013-05-10T20:13:02Z")
Inspired by this weeks Bates Motel episode. Taxidermy was very popular in the mid 20th century. A lot of amateurs did it as a hobby. Even today hunters will get a prized animal head done. If I killed a prized buck with … --- ## [Bleeped (I think) Red Skelton joke - what did he say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleeped-i-think-red-skelton-joke-what-did-he-say/971459)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleeped-i-think-red-skelton-joke-what-did-he-say/971459 "2026-07-18T12:51:52Z")
I came across this Tonight Show clip from 1983 where Red Skelton is Johnny Carson’s guest. Skelton tells a Delorean joke that seems to have been censored. The audio stumbles at the punchline, but, by the look on Johnny’… --- ## [How many great athletes are an accident of interest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-great-athletes-are-an-accident-of-interest/569614)
**Author:** [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-great-athletes-are-an-accident-of-interest/569614 "2011-02-04T14:03:39Z")
Ok - slightly cryptic title (didn’t want it to be too long) The question is, how many athletes that are at the absolute top of their sports would have been a success in a different sport had their interest, environment,… --- ## [Diogenes the Cynic, I think we need to discuss this a little bit more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-the-cynic-i-think-we-need-to-discuss-this-a-little-bit-more/313517)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2005, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-the-cynic-i-think-we-need-to-discuss-this-a-little-bit-more/313517 "2005-07-24T08:02:35Z")
I’m putting this in the Pit because that is the appropriate place, not because I want to see you tarred and feathered or piled-on. In the interest of fighting ignorance, I think we need to discuss this post (near the bo… --- ## [Teacher Placed On Leave For Hanging Foreign Flags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-placed-on-leave-for-hanging-foreign-flags/370043)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-placed-on-leave-for-hanging-foreign-flags/370043 "2006-08-28T19:03:59Z")
I figure the reactions to something this stupid are going to get this thread into the Pit, so I might as well just put it there… Teacher Placed On Leave For Hanging Foreign Flags --- ## [Businesses/police tracking bills by serial number in the past - feasible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-police-tracking-bills-by-serial-number-in-the-past-feasible/644839)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-police-tracking-bills-by-serial-number-in-the-past-feasible/644839 "2012-12-24T05:21:15Z")
Some time ago, I read a children’s book that had, as a plot device, money being tracked by serial number. I believe this was an Enid Blyton book from the 1950’s or 1960’s. What more or less happened in the book was tha… --- ## [Why Do People Mow Their Lawns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-mow-their-lawns/110103)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2002, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-mow-their-lawns/110103 "2002-05-22T13:22:38Z")
Why does everybody seem to believe that it is absolutely necessary to mow your lawn? What purpose does this serve?? How did this bizarre practice become a cultural norm??? Seems really pointless to me. Thanks. --- ## [You may go to hell, I'm going to Texas. Suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-go-to-hell-im-going-to-texas-suggestions/512974)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-go-to-hell-im-going-to-texas-suggestions/512974 "2009-11-08T01:06:39Z")
Not the first place someone from Hawaii would go for a vacation, but we’re a-goin’. My wife is having a conference and I’ll be accompanied by my two little ones (yep, I got another one). Her conference is in Dallas, but… --- ## [Car washing OCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-washing-ocd/581417)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-washing-ocd/581417 "2011-05-13T00:42:04Z")
I googled it and there are numerous hits, so it’s not as uncommon as I originally thought it was. Do any of you have or know someone with this condition? My neighbor apparently has it. He washes his and his wife’s car… --- ## [Bush signs "finding" authorizing wider covert offensive v. Iran](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-signs-finding-authorizing-wider-covert-offensive-v-iran/448140)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-signs-finding-authorizing-wider-covert-offensive-v-iran/448140 "2008-07-10T15:18:58Z")
The only source I’ve found for this so far is Alexander Cockburn at Counterpunch, but that’s more than good enough for a Pitting: :dubious: GIVE IT UP, W. Remember that “political capital” you resolved to “spend” aft… --- ## [90 days in jail!? - Can't a man make love to a pumpkin in his basement in peace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90-days-in-jail-cant-a-man-make-love-to-a-pumpkin-in-his-basement-in-peace/131961)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90-days-in-jail-cant-a-man-make-love-to-a-pumpkin-in-his-basement-in-peace/131961 "2004-03-22T13:47:31Z")
From the Smoking Gun Picture of Perverted Perpetrator --- ## [Why isn't the 'market' regulating Goldman Sachs? \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-market-regulating-goldman-sachs-edited-title/538254)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2010, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-market-regulating-goldman-sachs-edited-title/538254 "2010-05-05T10:47:33Z")
The concept of unregulated free market is championed by Wall Street, tax payers have paid for that concept first hand, why isn’t Lehman Brothers paying as well? While the smug CEO’s and that cocksure punk (forget his na… --- ## [Wheat Thins - UK equivalent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-uk-equivalent/633703)
**Author:** [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheat-thins-uk-equivalent/633703 "2012-09-06T20:21:55Z")
I am not sure if this belongs in GQ or CS. When I lived in the USA I became quite fond of the crackers known as Wheat Thins, which seem to be more or less an American staple. That is the main brand name, but there are a… --- ## [When did Eric Cartman become a sociopath? (South Park)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-eric-cartman-become-a-sociopath-south-park/355626)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-eric-cartman-become-a-sociopath-south-park/355626 "2013-12-14T14:22:19Z")
I’ve been “out of the loop” as it were between Seasons 3 and 10, i saw a smattering of S4 eps, but for the most part, i’m familiar with Cartman being an antisocial, spoiled little brat, but in S10, he actually seems…Evil… --- ## [Video Games For Fun & Enlightenment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-for-fun-enlightenment/702948)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-for-fun-enlightenment/702948 "2014-11-04T18:56:58Z")
Initial Note: Open spoilers are likely in this thread if it takes off since games used as examples are likely to be plot heavy. In the Pit, the Gamergate thread has spun off into a discussion about “fun” in games and ho… --- ## [people who are always late v. people always on time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-always-late-v-people-always-on-time/77660)
**Author:** [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2001, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-always-late-v-people-always-on-time/77660 "2001-08-30T15:00:49Z")
Who has it worse? Mrs. Chalupa and I disagree. When we need to be somewhere (movie, doctor’s appt., etc.) one of us is ready on time and one of us is always late. The person who is usually ready (type A personality) ge… --- ## [King of the Hill SERIES FINALE (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-hill-series-finale-open-spoilers/509974)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-hill-series-finale-open-spoilers/509974 "2010-01-11T03:51:34Z")
It’s on right now. Was this intended as a series finale (or at least a backdoor finale) or not? P.S. I know he has good intentions and the girls are treaing, but the line Hank just said “You’re not going anywhere unt… --- ## [Ask a car salesman!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-car-salesman/369744)
**Author:** [@FormerMarineGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FormerMarineGuy)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-car-salesman/369744 "2006-08-29T19:56:03Z")
So I am sitting at my desk waiting for a customer to come in and pay my mortgage, so by request, I am starting this thread. I have been in the business for a few years and work in both regular sales and internet sales. … --- ## [Is Raising An Exceptionally-Intelligent, "Gifted" Child Difficult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-raising-an-exceptionally-intelligent-gifted-child-difficult/846909)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-raising-an-exceptionally-intelligent-gifted-child-difficult/846909 "2020-01-30T20:12:33Z")
Watched a new TV show (Outmatched) last night about parents, three of whose four children are exceptionally intelligent. The parents are portrayed as, well, kind of dim, and in over their heads in parenting the little ge… --- ## [Past tense of "blow dry"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-tense-of-blow-dry/88922)
**Author:** [@gwar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwar)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2001, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-tense-of-blow-dry/88922 "2001-10-23T05:28:09Z")
Some friends and I were trying to decide the past tense of “blow dry”, as in drying one’s hair with the blow dryer. Any thoughts? I kind of thought it was “blow-dried”, but no one agreed with me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1434&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1436&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)