# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1443&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:** 1444 --- ## [Is there a faith (religion) with a female Jesus figure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-faith-religion-with-a-female-jesus-figure/550733)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-faith-religion-with-a-female-jesus-figure/550733 "2010-08-30T23:12:49Z")
A belief with someone perhaps directly identified as daughter of God (or of Goddess), or else directly related to God and does His/Her work hear on earth, possibly going through a great sacrifice to set things right. Or… --- ## [George Zimmerman agrees to celebrity boxing match](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178)
**Author:** [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178 "2014-02-10T12:40:42Z")
Didn’t know where to put this but since it’s entertainment and TMZ, Cafe Society seems right. Get your popcorn ready… Now’s your chance to kick\*\* George Zimmerman\*\*'s ass with zero legal repercussions – he just agreed… --- ## [Paul Krugman: Poverty is poison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-krugman-poverty-is-poison/438088)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-krugman-poverty-is-poison/438088 "2008-02-21T01:50:02Z")
In this column, Paul Krugman refers to a study showing that children growing up in poverty experience a high level of stress hormones, which can prevent their brains from developing along a normal course. He suggests th… --- ## [Phelps and family (WBC) to protest funerals of MN 35W bridge victims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phelps-and-family-wbc-to-protest-funerals-of-mn-35w-bridge-victims/414528)
**Author:** [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phelps-and-family-wbc-to-protest-funerals-of-mn-35w-bridge-victims/414528 "2007-08-14T21:18:40Z")
I am posting the pdf for any who want to read it. Reasoning (and I use the term loosely) is that God hates the US because we approve of homosexuality, so He punished us by causing the bridge to collaspe. http://www.go… --- ## [Can I safely wash my hair with Orange Joy Dishwashing liquid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-safely-wash-my-hair-with-orange-joy-dishwashing-liquid/267332)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-safely-wash-my-hair-with-orange-joy-dishwashing-liquid/267332 "2004-10-06T00:26:42Z")
I ran out of whatever flavor of Suave shampoo (coconut I think) I was using, and so I decided to use a squirt of “super concentrated” Orange Joy Dishwashing liquid. It seemed to work fine on my very short hair with the e… --- ## [Hydrogen, why not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hydrogen-why-not/580526)
**Author:** [@dam0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dam0)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hydrogen-why-not/580526 "2011-05-06T04:02:34Z")
This has been confusing me for some time. I understand hydrogen fuel is a realistic alternative to at least a better form of fuel for cars and at most a source of energy for homes. The preparation process while complex,… --- ## [TV shows in which the family has no last name.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-the-family-has-no-last-name/511877)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-the-family-has-no-last-name/511877 "2009-10-30T21:23:34Z")
In the 50s you had the Kramdens and the Nortons. The 60s had the Cleavers and the Petries. The 70s had the Bunkers and the Bradys. However, lately, there has been a tendency towards shows in which the characters are k… --- ## [Poll: Which Is The Girliest Girly Car Of All?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-is-the-girliest-girly-car-of-all/334015)
**Author:** [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-is-the-girliest-girly-car-of-all/334015 "2005-12-08T18:48:57Z")
Girl’s cars. Small. Rounded. Cute. Shiny. Little engines. Liable to be given names. The kind of car no red-blooded meat eatin’ beer swillin’ baccy spittin’ hairy chested he-man would be found dead in a ditch in. But whi… --- ## [Hundred-Year-Old Eggs on Fear Factor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hundred-year-old-eggs-on-fear-factor/275457)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hundred-year-old-eggs-on-fear-factor/275457 "2004-11-20T02:26:15Z")
I was watching a rerun of Fear Factor of FX last night. One of the stunts involved contestants eating a one hundred year-old egg. Where, exactly, does one find a hundred-year-old egg? I mean, if you find eggs lying arou… --- ## [Apo Naproxin (Alleve)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apo-naproxin-alleve/516420)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apo-naproxin-alleve/516420 "2009-11-14T01:19:31Z")
I’ve lived with pain all over my body since the late eighties when I first went to a doctor about it. I’ve coped, got used to it, tried all the pain remedies without any significant pain reduction. I heard about Alleve,… --- ## [Poll: Thoughts of sex with acquaintances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128 "2008-10-09T16:11:11Z")
Consider the number of people from the opposite sex you have met more that a few times: acquaintances, colleagues, etc. With how many of them has the thought of sex with them crossed your mind? (Not necessarily somethi… --- ## ['Slippery slope' steepens: Netherlands registers civil union of three people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-slope-steepens-netherlands-registers-civil-union-of-three-people/324189)
**Author:** [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-slope-steepens-netherlands-registers-civil-union-of-three-people/324189 "2005-10-06T00:15:00Z")
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/301 I know there are defenders and advocates of polygamy on this board, so I guess this isn’t really addressed to them because they must view this as welcome progress. Within the de… --- ## [Appalachian St over Michigan! Biggest college football upset ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appalachian-st-over-michigan-biggest-college-football-upset-ever/417747)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appalachian-st-over-michigan-biggest-college-football-upset-ever/417747 "2007-09-10T14:09:07Z")
A Division I-AA team beat #5 Michigan at their 100,000 home stadium. I would say this is the biggest upset in recent college football history. While it’s true App State won the D-IAA championship, I cannot think of too … --- ## [JET, you disgusting nonhuman offal.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jet-you-disgusting-nonhuman-offal/68184)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2001, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jet-you-disgusting-nonhuman-offal/68184 "2001-06-14T22:06:51Z")
In this thread, http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=73595, you polluted dthe ether with this inane comment: to which JonScribe replied: Scribe: Thank you. JET: I think it’s high time you hit … --- ## [To my fan club](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2006, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226 "2006-05-05T12:05:04Z")
So that y’all won’t have to keep bringing up your creepy obsessions in other threads, here’s a place to do it: catsix. I don’t know how you can fit so many delusions and persecution complexes in a single head. Are you… --- ## [Can you break an egg's yolk without breaking the shell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-break-an-eggs-yolk-without-breaking-the-shell/314262)
**Author:** [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-break-an-eggs-yolk-without-breaking-the-shell/314262 "2005-07-27T16:19:04Z")
I don’t even know if it’s easy or impossible since I’ve never tried, but I am curious about it. --- ## [UK politics question: Where do the Liberal Democrats stand on the political spectrum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-politics-question-where-do-the-liberal-democrats-stand-on-the-political-spectrum/537634)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-politics-question-where-do-the-liberal-democrats-stand-on-the-political-spectrum/537634 "2010-05-05T01:45:43Z")
The news coverage I’ve been hearing about the upcoming UK General Election says that the Liberal Democrats are making a stronger showing than ever before. So, if this is the LibDem moment – just who are these LibDems (a… --- ## [What is a good idea for a temporary mattress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-idea-for-a-temporary-mattress/611028)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-idea-for-a-temporary-mattress/611028 "2012-01-30T00:09:17Z")
I will be needing a temporary mattress soon until I can get a new bed. However I can’t use air mattresses because I get severe insomnia and/or back problems when I sleep on anything that is too soft. I can’t even sleep o… --- ## [Pedophile in my home.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedophile-in-my-home/239678)
**Author:** [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedophile-in-my-home/239678 "2004-04-21T23:04:51Z")
The thread title gives the punchline away, so skip the build-up if you don’t like long stories. At the beginning of March, I hired P. (for pedophile, ha!) to be my caretaker. I’m disabled, and having quit my job over a… --- ## [Recommend some good books for a budding young skeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-books-for-a-budding-young-skeptic/471467)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-books-for-a-budding-young-skeptic/471467 "2008-11-10T15:20:14Z")
As I mention in this post, I have a female cousin in her mid-teens who got into trouble a couple of weeks back for refusing to budge on her skepticism at church. In addition to grounding her, her parents confiscated all… --- ## [Why Cards Against Humanity sucks...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cards-against-humanity-sucks/719541)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cards-against-humanity-sucks/719541 "2015-05-13T16:31:41Z")
At least, according to these people. I admit, I’ve played the game, and giggled, but this review definitely gives me food for thought, especially their points about the almost reverent status it’s gained even in the boa… --- ## [Which Way Did They Go? \[Vanished explorers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-did-they-go-vanished-explorers/561357)
**Author:** [@FrankieDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrankieDee)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-did-they-go-vanished-explorers/561357 "2010-11-26T15:17:31Z")
During the Age of Exploration and Discovery, were there any explorers who left Europe, and disappeared without a trace, unlike Magellan or Cook? --- ## [Dick Haiku](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-haiku/11143)
**Author:** [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 1999, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-haiku/11143 "1999-11-18T00:38:00Z")
I was watching some celebrity roast on Comedy central (I think it was for Drew Carrey) and Margaret Cho was doing some Haiku about his dick… struck me as funny (in a juvinile vodka addled moment). So let’s hear some goo… --- ## [RIP Tony Curtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2010, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585 "2010-10-05T05:41:49Z")
Tony Curtis has died at 85. What can I say . . . he was one of the great ones, and will be sorely missed. --- ## [Would You Let Your Child Pick His/Her Own Religion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-let-your-child-pick-his-her-own-religion/533178)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-let-your-child-pick-his-her-own-religion/533178 "2010-03-26T23:44:37Z")
I am referring to underage children living in your home. Supposing you are say a Baptist and your son wants to go to the Catholic church. Or supposing you’re an agnostic and your son wants to be a Methodist. Or you’re J… --- ## [Judicial activism and conservative judges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judicial-activism-and-conservative-judges/328835)
**Author:** [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judicial-activism-and-conservative-judges/328835 "2005-11-03T01:08:40Z")
From the NY Times: Is voting to overturn a law passed by Congress a reasonable measure of “legislating from the bench”? If not, how does one define “activist judge”? Or is this just one of those conservative facts th… --- ## [Whence the overuse of the apostrophe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-the-overuse-of-the-apostrophe/404960)
**Author:** [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2012, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-the-overuse-of-the-apostrophe/404960 "2012-11-29T07:26:42Z")
I seem to recall that grammar threads get rather heated, but let’s try to keep it civil, folks. :smiley: In my short time on the planet, I have noticed a large increase in the incorrect use of the apostrophe. I’m not ta… --- ## [Songs that could be made into movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-be-made-into-movies/524569)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-be-made-into-movies/524569 "2010-01-15T17:20:35Z")
Right now there’s a thread about songs about movies (and this one). Flipping that around, what songs do you think could be a good basis for a movie? I’d like to see a vampire movie based on “Closer” by Kings of Leon. I … --- ## [Favorite Movie Lines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245)
**Author:** [@DLurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DLurker)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2003, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245 "2003-01-23T08:15:37Z")
I was recently informed that it is mostly guys that remember movie lines, well ok, almost complete movies, but can’t remember other simple conversations. I can’t remember what else the conversation was about but it did … --- ## ["Some people say that cucumbers taste better pickled"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-say-that-cucumbers-taste-better-pickled/469735)
**Author:** [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-say-that-cucumbers-taste-better-pickled/469735 "2008-10-28T03:41:21Z")
The thread title comes from a rather hilarious Chappelle show sketch where Chappelle responds to a trial prosecutor’s question with this hilarious non sequitur. So firstly, what are your favorite non sequiturs? Two, do… --- ## ["The covers they didn't want you to see" - Banned album covers - Very interesting!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-covers-they-didnt-want-you-to-see-banned-album-covers-very-interesting/246512)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-covers-they-didnt-want-you-to-see-banned-album-covers-very-interesting/246512 "2004-05-29T02:08:17Z")
The covers they didn’t want you to see --- ## [How fractional reserve banking and M0 work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fractional-reserve-banking-and-m0-work/823134)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fractional-reserve-banking-and-m0-work/823134 "2018-10-19T15:47:31Z")
Based on this thread which got a little off the rails and was closed. I just want to see if we’re all clear on the concepts involved. Fractional Reserve Banking is a system that requires a bank to keep a portion of the … --- ## [How do they get those signs deployed behind the planes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-get-those-signs-deployed-behind-the-planes/511796)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-get-those-signs-deployed-behind-the-planes/511796 "2009-09-28T23:59:37Z")
I doubt that the guys in the little planes that drag signs behind them take off with the signs attached. But how do they actually deploy those signs? I’m guessing that there’s only one pilot in those planes. How do th… --- ## [How is it that "Earth Girls are Easy" doesn't show up on more Greatest Films of All Time lists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-that-earth-girls-are-easy-doesnt-show-up-on-more-greatest-films-of-all-time-lists/712212)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-that-earth-girls-are-easy-doesnt-show-up-on-more-greatest-films-of-all-time-lists/712212 "2015-02-13T01:25:06Z")
Last night I watched Earth Girls are Easy for the first time in over 20 years. I figured, yeah this probably won’t be as good as I remember it being but it should still be pretty good. Wow! I did not give it enough cred… --- ## [Why does this trigger so much anger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-trigger-so-much-anger/748109)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-trigger-so-much-anger/748109 "2016-03-09T02:03:50Z")
For the most part I am extremely easy going and have a very high tolerance for most everything. I am 67 years old and have never experienced even the most minor form of road rage. Yet I have a couple of triggers that jus… --- ## [Which state is the most messed up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-the-most-messed-up/476931)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-the-most-messed-up/476931 "2008-12-15T14:44:09Z")
(This is a sister thread to the one asking for which state has its act the most together. All positive comment should go there) Which of the 50 states in America is just the most overall messed up? I mean things like … --- ## [Get your damn noisy kids out of the movie theatre!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-damn-noisy-kids-out-of-the-movie-theatre/313849)
**Author:** [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-damn-noisy-kids-out-of-the-movie-theatre/313849 "2005-08-02T15:11:40Z")
Yes, this is another fucking Don’t-bring-your-damn-children-to-the-movies rant. Deal with it or get the hell out of the thread. You. Yeah, You. The one in the back row that saw fit to bring 4 (or five- I don’t know w… --- ## [Thank you, Christina Applegate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-christina-applegate/569823)
**Author:** [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-christina-applegate/569823 "2011-02-04T06:37:18Z")
For actually giving your Hollywood baby a normal name: Sadie Grace. I shudder to think of what could have happened… Apple Applegate? Gates Applegate? Applecart Applegate? Walla Walla Applegate? Anyway, thanks for b… --- ## [What should I look for in a vacuum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-look-for-in-a-vacuum/678071)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-look-for-in-a-vacuum/678071 "2014-01-27T20:17:20Z")
Besides sucking power? Is that even a thing that can be measured? Background: We’ve had the same vacuum for like over 10 years. We haven’t had as many reasons to use it since we switched from carpet to floorboards a w… --- ## [The Fat Gail Center for Hot Boy Studies: The Conundrum: Javier Bardem.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-gail-center-for-hot-boy-studies-the-conundrum-javier-bardem/435329)
**Author:** [@fatgail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fatgail)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-gail-center-for-hot-boy-studies-the-conundrum-javier-bardem/435329 "2008-01-30T02:10:22Z")
I’m torn on this ladies and gay men and men who are man enough to admit having a man crush on men. I present Javier Bardem, excellent actor no doubt, but is he hot or is he hideous? On the one hand we have the eh, appe… --- ## [What's the one food you can eat all day, every day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-food-you-can-eat-all-day-every-day/691778)
**Author:** [@The\_Mask\_behind\_the\_Mask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mask_behind_the_Mask)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-food-you-can-eat-all-day-every-day/691778 "2014-07-01T22:43:04Z")
Or, to put it another way . . . If you had to choose only one food to eat for the rest of your life, what would it be? Assume that your nutritional needs would magically and automatically be met regardless of choice, a… --- ## [Discounting the Near Omnipotent/Invincible, Who's the Most Powerful DC & Marvel Hero?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discounting-the-near-omnipotent-invincible-whos-the-most-powerful-dc-marvel-hero/274650)
**Author:** [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2004, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discounting-the-near-omnipotent-invincible-whos-the-most-powerful-dc-marvel-hero/274650 "2004-11-16T23:35:44Z")
It’s hard to say what’s near-invincible and/or near-omnipotent… it’s one of those cases where you know it when you see it, I guess. I’d include people like Superman, Apocalypse, Hulk, Xavier, or anyone that’s generally c… --- ## [NFL Week 2 Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2-discussion/554292)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2-discussion/554292 "2010-09-22T00:03:13Z")
1pm: BUF @ GB BAL @ CIN TB @ CAR KC @ CLE PIT @ TEN CHI @ DAL ARI @ ATL PHI @ DET MIN @ MIA 4pm: SEA @ DEN STL @ OAK HOU @ WAS NE @ NYJ JAC @ SD SNF: NYG @ IND MNF: NO @ SF Don’t have time to find the… --- ## [CBS..NBC..Church of Christ commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-nbc-church-of-christ-commercial/277432)
**Author:** [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-nbc-church-of-christ-commercial/277432 "2004-12-08T18:07:19Z")
CBS and NBC are refusing to carry a commercial from the Church of Christ because they invite all peoples. Any gender, sex or sexual orientation. It’s to “contriversial.” What the hell are we coming to?? http://www.wf… --- ## [Modern Family Returns Tonight! 9-26-12](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880)
**Author:** [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880 "2012-10-01T03:05:49Z")
Gloria’s preggers. Haley’s a college student. …I can’t wait! --- ## [Who Cut Their teeth on A Commodore 64?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-cut-their-teeth-on-a-commodore-64/232834)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-cut-their-teeth-on-a-commodore-64/232834 "2021-09-28T21:14:55Z")
Inspired by another thread, who actually learnt their computer skills on a Commodore 64? I had one that didn’t have a disc drive- it had to be loaded via a tape. Even the simplest programme took twenty minutes. … --- ## [College costs, loans and value](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-costs-loans-and-value/680759)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-costs-loans-and-value/680759 "2014-03-30T22:51:15Z")
This is a partially-formed synthesis of some recent reading and a few related threads here on the SDMB. Feel free to post supporting and contrary data. The mother lode of info for this would appear to be USN&WR’s Colleg… --- ## [I Hate Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-batman/495020)
**Author:** [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-batman/495020 "2009-05-05T20:12:13Z")
There, I said it. It had to be sad. Okay, maybe hate is a little strong because both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are amazing movies, but I hate the near-omnipotent and omniscient “Batman, if he’s prepared” demigo… --- ## [How effective is corporal punishment in correcting children's misbehavior?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-effective-is-corporal-punishment-in-correcting-childrens-misbehavior/587845)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-effective-is-corporal-punishment-in-correcting-childrens-misbehavior/587845 "2011-07-07T01:30:12Z")
There is a wide spectrum of attitudes about the efficacy of using corporal punishment on children. Some people claim that it is quite effective, and when they were kids the use of corporal punishment on them corrected th… --- ## [Which of the dispossessed royal families has the best chance to regain its throne?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-dispossessed-royal-families-has-the-best-chance-to-regain-its-throne/558170)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-dispossessed-royal-families-has-the-best-chance-to-regain-its-throne/558170 "2010-10-27T22:40:03Z")
Over the last few hundred years, but especially since the two World Wars, a number of ruling houses of Europe were dethroned, exiled, and/or massacred (the Romanovs come to mind). Although most of these former royal fami… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1442&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1444&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)