# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1456&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:** 1457 --- ## [Creating "The Chipmunks" Sound](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-the-chipmunks-sound/770996)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-the-chipmunks-sound/770996 "2016-11-17T13:20:55Z")
Wikipedia says that Chipmunk sound was created by recording at twice normal speed. However, in film, fast motion is created by recording at a slower speed and playing back at normal speed. So, by that logic, wouldn’t a v… --- ## [How can I take advantage of compound interest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-take-advantage-of-compound-interest/546065)
**Author:** [@With\_Rye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/With_Rye)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-take-advantage-of-compound-interest/546065 "2010-07-09T18:38:20Z")
In lots of finance books where they try to amaze you with the powers of compound interest, they use vague, academic examples to illustrate the calculations. Suppose you invest $10,000 at 7% interest and reinvest your gai… --- ## [Can anal sex cause pregnancy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anal-sex-cause-pregnancy/380222)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anal-sex-cause-pregnancy/380222 "2006-11-14T23:55:04Z")
Yes, I’m serious. What I’m wondering specifically is if, following unprotected anal sex between a male and a female, semen could leak out of the anus into the vagina and result in pregnancy. Are there any documented cas… --- ## [Lost Ice Age Civilizations...possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-ice-age-civilizations-possible/792051)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2017, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-ice-age-civilizations-possible/792051 "2017-08-01T07:03:07Z")
More a speculation thread than a GQ question, but I’ve been watching some shows about supposedly lost civilizations that ended when the ice age ended and melt waters caused large and dramatic sea level rise across the wo… --- ## [Manners: Who needs them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manners-who-needs-them/122150)
**Author:** [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2002, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manners-who-needs-them/122150 "2002-08-14T18:26:29Z")
Note: This post written at 3 am. Please forgive spelling and grammatical errors. (Inspired by this thread: How do I convince the hubby to follow a minor point of etiquette?) The Debate: I think the system of rules typ… --- ## [Fairies' fear of iron -- memory of Iron v. Bronze?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairies-fear-of-iron-memory-of-iron-v-bronze/497112)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairies-fear-of-iron-memory-of-iron-v-bronze/497112 "2009-05-23T04:06:15Z")
In Western European folklore, fairies cannot touch cold iron. I have a hypothesis about that: These “fairies” are distant cultural memories of Bronze Age peoples of Europe who were conquered by other peoples who had lea… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, February 21 2013 -- "The Monster Isolation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-february-21-2013-the-monster-isolation/650984)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-february-21-2013-the-monster-isolation/650984 "2013-02-25T15:21:03Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode! --- ## [Coen brothers' A Serious Man: anyone seen it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coen-brothers-a-serious-man-anyone-seen-it/513368)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coen-brothers-a-serious-man-anyone-seen-it/513368 "2010-02-15T19:02:33Z")
Has anyone seen this new movie yet? It’s gotten some good reviews. --- ## [What languages do you speak?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-languages-do-you-speak/634401)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-languages-do-you-speak/634401 "2012-09-17T15:08:55Z")
Above is a list of the top 100 World languages ranked by number of speakers. Which ones can you speak or write or read enough to be considered proficient in? Basically, conversationally. It need not be fluent, but you n… --- ## [Lunch with a co-worker, how would you handle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunch-with-a-co-worker-how-would-you-handle/560416)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunch-with-a-co-worker-how-would-you-handle/560416 "2010-11-15T13:07:18Z")
Tom and Jerry are co-workers. They do not socialize away from work, but have known each other for the past 5 years and will occasionally eat lunch together at a nearby restaurant. So one day, Jerry invites Tom to go to… --- ## [Does the Bible rule out extraterrestrials?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-bible-rule-out-extraterrestrials/553383)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-bible-rule-out-extraterrestrials/553383 "2010-09-12T23:12:02Z")
A poster in another thread said that the only extraterrestrials are God and the angels. Obviously, I’m assuming he bases this on biblical authority. But does the Bible specifically rule out the possibility of extraterre… --- ## [Is there a halfway-possible way for a warship to be salvagable, 30 years after sinking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-halfway-possible-way-for-a-warship-to-be-salvagable-30-years-after-sinking/686747)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-halfway-possible-way-for-a-warship-to-be-salvagable-30-years-after-sinking/686747 "2014-04-28T03:08:50Z")
It’s for a germ of a story—I want to take an Iowa class warship, sunk somewhere in the Atlantic, somehow raised and restored to operation about 30 years after being sunk. Without, y’know, just being a pile of rusty snot. … --- ## [Bank balks at cashing a payroll check - why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-balks-at-cashing-a-payroll-check-why/311200)
**Author:** [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-balks-at-cashing-a-payroll-check-why/311200 "2005-07-09T16:23:19Z")
It used to be that if a teller asked “Do you have an account with us?”, a “no” answer would provoke a spiel to open an account, but that was it. However, just this morning, a Bank of New York teller refused to cash a pa… --- ## [Pee play: how common](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-play-how-common/680336)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-play-how-common/680336 "2014-02-03T14:53:38Z")
Urolagnia - Wikipedia (also urophilia, undinism, golden shower and watersports) is a form of salirophilia (which is a form of paraphilia) in which sexual excitement is associated with the sight or thought of urine or uri… --- ## [Attending taping of BIG BANG THEORY](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attending-taping-of-big-bang-theory/515311)
**Author:** [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attending-taping-of-big-bang-theory/515311 "2009-10-30T01:57:21Z")
OK, I dunno, this maybe should go in MPSIMS, but I thought there’s more people will care here in Cafe Society. Anyhow, Mrs Haven and I have a VIP pass tonight for a taping of THE BIG BANG THEORY, and we’re very excited! … --- ## [What makes you nauseous during a hangover?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-nauseous-during-a-hangover/370731)
**Author:** [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-nauseous-during-a-hangover/370731 "2006-08-30T21:15:40Z")
What makes your stomach have the sick feeling? Not so much a terrible vomiting hangover, but a mild hangover, ones where you just feel queezy… --- ## [Can this judge order the Dept. of Justice to write a letter to him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-judge-order-the-dept-of-justice-to-write-a-letter-to-him/617777)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-judge-order-the-dept-of-justice-to-write-a-letter-to-him/617777 "2012-04-05T17:12:16Z")
Not sure if this will stay in GQ because the question will prolly beg for debate, but at the moment I’m more curious about a possible factual answer to my question. If things get lively, I know the mods will of course m… --- ## [It's my turn to be stumped by an XKCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-turn-to-be-stumped-by-an-xkcd/615597)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-turn-to-be-stumped-by-an-xkcd/615597 "2012-03-13T22:56:39Z")
I don’t think there are any references here I’m not getting. I’m simply stumped. It’s not just that I don’t get the joke, I don’t even understand what in the comic is supposed to constitute the joke in the first place. … --- ## [What animal has the most momentum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animal-has-the-most-momentum/299115)
**Author:** [@FlippyFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlippyFly)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animal-has-the-most-momentum/299115 "2005-04-16T03:17:12Z")
Inspired by this thread: What animal (other than humans) is able to generate the most momentum, as in mass \* velocity? I mean, the swift is a damn fast bird, but it doesn’t weigh a lot. Elephants weigh a lot, but ar… --- ## [What do I use for money when I travel back in time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-use-for-money-when-i-travel-back-in-time/570327)
**Author:** [@Frisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frisco)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-use-for-money-when-i-travel-back-in-time/570327 "2011-02-15T23:29:24Z")
I’m planning a trip back in time. I’d like to go back more than a few years but not sure what to take with me that would give me money to spend on room and board, etc., until I can get settled in or decide to come back. … --- ## [Fuck drugs and drug dealers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-drugs-and-drug-dealers/827774)
**Author:** [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-drugs-and-drug-dealers/827774 "2019-04-10T19:26:12Z")
Fuck drugs, drug dealers, and every who takes illegal and potentially dangerous drugs. --- ## [How much does it cost to divert an airliner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-it-cost-to-divert-an-airliner/697384)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2014, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-it-cost-to-divert-an-airliner/697384 "2014-09-08T11:16:43Z")
Three incidents lately involving passenger-passenger and/or passenger-crew conflicts (all in regard to reclining seatbacks) have resulted in pilots making unscheduled landings at the nearest airport so that they could ki… --- ## [Finally congress is doing something about illegal immigration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-congress-is-doing-something-about-illegal-immigration/335469)
**Author:** [@suezeekay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suezeekay)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2005, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-congress-is-doing-something-about-illegal-immigration/335469 "2005-12-16T12:31:44Z")
When my grandaughter was in first grade her class was filled with non-English speaking students. When they moved and she went to a new school she was behind because the teacher had had to devote so much time to these ch… --- ## [Anti-intellectualism inhibits learning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-intellectualism-inhibits-learning/420014)
**Author:** [@coberst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coberst)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-intellectualism-inhibits-learning/420014 "2007-10-01T16:12:57Z")
Anti-intellectualism inhibits learning A large percentage (studies suggest over 90%) of the meaning we derive from communication, we derive from the non-verbal cues that the other person gives. How does one communicate… --- ## [Resolved: tomndebb is a poopy-head.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-tomndebb-is-a-poopy-head/630984 "2012-08-15T01:56:24Z")
Link The jokers violated no rules other than the ones in tomndebb’s mind. A mod has no right to impose “humor-control” on a thread that hasn’t become onscene or hateful. I propose tomndebb be sentenced to 3 years of mod… --- ## [Computer game rants Part II (game-specific rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-rants-part-ii-game-specific-rants/252333)
**Author:** [@Da\_Cissy\_Pimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Da_Cissy_Pimp)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2004, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-rants-part-ii-game-specific-rants/252333 "2004-07-14T10:42:19Z")
Well, as promised in “Computer game rants Part I”, here are some rants of mine that relate to specific games. Apologies if the games on this list are getting a bit dated by now; I’m still using Windows 98 as my OS, and … --- ## [Mrs. Obama's dress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-obamas-dress/681505)
**Author:** [@dflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dflower)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-obamas-dress/681505 "2014-02-17T16:26:12Z")
I need the facts. Who paid for that dress? Yes the one she wore to the state dinner for the French president. It seems to have angered many people that she wore and expensive ball gown to a formal dinner. Why? One pers… --- ## [British slang question: "Pull the other one"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-slang-question-pull-the-other-one/230097)
**Author:** [@Thrillhouse15](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thrillhouse15)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-slang-question-pull-the-other-one/230097 "2004-02-20T05:57:13Z")
I may already know the answer to this, but I wanted to ask to be sure. What is the meaning of the phrase “Pull the other one” as in the following exchange from Monty Python’s Search for the Holy Grail: ARTHUR: It is I… --- ## [Why is there air?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-air/712624)
**Author:** [@Sizzlefry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sizzlefry)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-air/712624 "2015-02-15T12:32:32Z")
Bill Cosby asked this WAYYY back, but all he could come up with is: " To blow up basketballs". That just isn’t gonna cut it. Why is there air, and why do I have to breathe it? And the ad, what about the ad? “Biggest Ch… --- ## [Fuck you MSM. Just fuck you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-msm-just-fuck-you/345519)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-msm-just-fuck-you/345519 "2006-02-25T01:07:51Z")
I’ve had it. 3 days of riots in Nigeria over the cartoons. 35 (non-muslims) confirmed dead, some set on fire, 30 churches burned down as well as western-associated hotels. Others have counted 50 dead in one city. No… --- ## [Do horses know the names humans give them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-horses-know-the-names-humans-give-them/645355)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-horses-know-the-names-humans-give-them/645355 "2012-12-29T19:15:16Z")
Dogs do, and answer to them. Cats (unless they’re just fucking with us, which is always a possibility with cats) don’t. What about horses? --- ## [Indifferent to the 2nd Amendment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indifferent-to-the-2nd-amendment/545165)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indifferent-to-the-2nd-amendment/545165 "2010-07-06T23:02:42Z")
Am I the only person who is indifferent to the subject of gun rights? In theory I believe everyone has the right to defend themselves . . . and in theory I believe that we need to aim toward a society in which people don… --- ## [What else should people who live in glass houses not do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-should-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-not-do/709938 "2015-01-29T20:05:34Z")
Last night, after Fang tried to reprimand his little brother’s table manners, my wife told him “People in glass houses should not throw stones.” Fang thought about this for a minute, and said they also shouldn’t place h… --- ## [General Grammy Awards thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699 "2012-02-16T21:16:24Z")
Sorry if I missed one that already exists … Who were the two guitar players with Sir Paul at the beginning of the last number before everyone else joined? Were some of the vocals prerecorded? Specifically Marroon … --- ## [What do you like that you wouldn't have thought you would like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-that-you-wouldnt-have-thought-you-would-like/954190)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-that-you-wouldnt-have-thought-you-would-like/954190 "2021-11-29T15:38:18Z")
It can be anything. A type of food, movie, book, music. For me, it has to be my latest obsession with metal music. I never used to like metal, but lately, I love metal music, and especially Viking metal. What’s funny i… --- ## [Why do we stop taking stairs quickly.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-stop-taking-stairs-quickly/581497)
**Author:** [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-stop-taking-stairs-quickly/581497 "2011-05-13T02:25:01Z")
I have always run up and down any stairs I take. Not sprint mind you, but a rapid pop, pop, pop when going down, and the same or two at a time on the way up. I am 42 and I notice many of my peers just walk on stairs, an… --- ## [How much does making plurals with apostrophes bother you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-making-plurals-with-apostrophes-bother-you/603158)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-making-plurals-with-apostrophes-bother-you/603158 "2011-11-21T16:37:57Z")
We’ve all seen it: writing sandwich’s when we mean sandwiches, table’s for tables, and so forth. I suspect the practice had its origin in the creation of plurals for numbers – the 1900’s and so forth. But whatever its pr… --- ## [What might this Russian woman's scam be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-this-russian-womans-scam-be/563316)
**Author:** [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-this-russian-womans-scam-be/563316 "2010-12-09T14:15:28Z")
Sometime back I posted an on craigslist, men looking for women. And was inundated with spam and scam in reply. One reply was from an amazingly hot-looking redhead in Russia. (or from someone with a lot of photos of sai… --- ## [Who wants to explore the galaxy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-explore-the-galaxy/706674)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-explore-the-galaxy/706674 "2014-12-17T03:31:01Z")
First the short version. Your dear friend Suzie–hypergenius and former Rhymer Enterprises technomage, fired for being insufficiently evil–has built a small starship, ship’s company of thirty-four. She has also located ab… --- ## [I'd NEVER pay for sex, but if \[insert celebrity name here\] was available, that'd change!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-never-pay-for-sex-but-if-insert-celebrity-name-here-was-available-thatd-change/562850)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-never-pay-for-sex-but-if-insert-celebrity-name-here-was-available-thatd-change/562850 "2010-12-09T01:46:06Z")
My entry remains blank now, but in my single days: Helen Hunt She has always fascinated me. And I guess I have to include Leelee Sobieski, because, quite frankly, she looks just like Helen Hunt did. --- ## [If it's so important to you, YOU do it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-its-so-important-to-you-you-do-it/640837)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-its-so-important-to-you-you-do-it/640837 "2012-11-21T20:46:02Z")
Girl Scouts. They are known for the cookie sale. But for every troop doing the sale, there needs to be a Cookie Mom - someone insane enough to take on the inventory storage, sorting, and tracking, book balancing, and p… --- ## [Is the heart a pump or a vortex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-heart-a-pump-or-a-vortex/775597)
**Author:** [@sleepyrice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleepyrice)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-heart-a-pump-or-a-vortex/775597 "2020-02-09T05:39:57Z")
A certain Dr. Thomas Cowan recently asserted (with a new book) that the heart is not a pump but a vortex. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2016/12/18/heart-disease-treatment-options.aspx He goes on to… --- ## [I'm not a robot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-robot/1023287)
**Author:** [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-robot/1023287 "2026-08-02T12:47:16Z")
If you’re like me you sure as hell aren’t a robot and you’re willing to prove it. https://neal.fun/not-a-robot/ In this you’ll have to prove it over 48 levels. Waldo is confounding me currently --- ## [Which extra-curricular activities are a waste of time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-extra-curricular-activities-are-a-waste-of-time/690686)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-extra-curricular-activities-are-a-waste-of-time/690686 "2014-07-17T11:09:12Z")
Either from your own experiences or speaking as a parent, which extra-curricular activities do you think are or were a waste of time? If you could do it all over again knowing what you know now… I was involved in a chil… --- ## [Your food "NO WAY!"'s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-food-no-way-s/559070)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-food-no-way-s/559070 "2010-11-12T13:20:42Z")
Aside from offal and weird fish, it’s gotta be wet bread and fruity meat. I’m so freaky on the subject of wet bread that I will remove any squishy bread from a burger, and I can’t eat anyone’s stuffing but mine, because … --- ## [Churchill was a genocidaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/churchill-was-a-genocidaire/795607)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/churchill-was-a-genocidaire/795607 "2021-04-06T18:58:51Z")
Winston Churchill is still revered as a hero of the Second a World War and one of the saviors of democracy. That’s debatable. He gave a few good speeches and it’s questionable whether those speeches were really necessary… --- ## [Sexual Harassment Accusations from one person, dangerous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-accusations-from-one-person-dangerous/801614)
**Author:** [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-accusations-from-one-person-dangerous/801614 "2017-12-18T06:10:41Z")
This came up in an IMHO thread where a guy was worried about sexual harassment allegations, and his solution was to never do one-on-one discussions with subordinates so there would always be a witness. I, and several oth… --- ## [What countries are better than the U.S.A.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-countries-are-better-than-the-u-s-a/832334)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-countries-are-better-than-the-u-s-a/832334 "2019-04-15T12:59:48Z")
Using your own definition of “better”(elaborate if your wish), what countries are better to live in than the United States of America? --- ## [Proverbs that should be changed to make them more literal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proverbs-that-should-be-changed-to-make-them-more-literal/358635)
**Author:** [@tofergregg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofergregg)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proverbs-that-should-be-changed-to-make-them-more-literal/358635 "2009-08-31T13:00:58Z")
I tried something this afternoon: I watched my pot until it boiled! Ah-ha! I think the proverb should read something more like: “A watched pot boils eventually, but psychologically it seems to take a really long time… --- ## [finding a Pythagorean triple of a given size](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-pythagorean-triple-of-a-given-size/610335)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-pythagorean-triple-of-a-given-size/610335 "2012-11-28T21:55:11Z")
Pythagorean triples are any whole numbers that meet the famous formula A²+B²=C². I’d like to be able to find an example where C is close to but not over a certain value; let’s say 1000 for example. Ideally it should also… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1455&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1457&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)