# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1463&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:** 1464 --- ## [The single worst design feature in a video game ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-worst-design-feature-in-a-video-game-ever/512954)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-worst-design-feature-in-a-video-game-ever/512954 "2009-10-22T18:51:43Z")
Battlefield 1942, specifically the desert combat mod, is probably my favorite game of all time. I’ve sunk hundreds of hours into it. So I should love BF2 - it’s essentially a professionally developed, more advanced, bigg… --- ## [songs forever spoiled or warped by a later movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-spoiled-or-warped-by-a-later-movie/489106)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-spoiled-or-warped-by-a-later-movie/489106 "2009-03-14T05:10:49Z")
Hope the title is clear enough… Some examples to get us started… Inspired by listening to the song Anything Goes, and realizing ever since Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom all I can think of is the song starting of… --- ## [Top Shot - how much is real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-shot-how-much-is-real/599232)
**Author:** [@Bosstrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstrain)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-shot-how-much-is-real/599232 "2023-12-13T13:37:43Z")
I understand that the soap opera drama part of it is over the edge and most likely staged, but is the contest itself real? Are the contestants actually making those shots and the victor is decided by their skill? Or is… --- ## [In which I pit Gordon Young of the Ku Klux Klan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-gordon-young-of-the-ku-klux-klan/360272)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-gordon-young-of-the-ku-klux-klan/360272 "2006-06-14T17:22:47Z")
The Bedsheeted Bigot Brigade apparently had a rally of some sort at Antietam. \[http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/10/klan.antietam.ap/index.html\](CNN article) Mr. Young contributed the following quote: \*Antietam carries po… --- ## [Oral Roberts dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-roberts-dies/521406 "2009-12-17T14:57:28Z")
Story here. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091215/ap\_on\_re\_us/us\_obit\_oral\_roberts --- ## [Best version of Canon in D?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-version-of-canon-in-d/671434)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-version-of-canon-in-d/671434 "2013-10-19T14:45:54Z")
Pachelbel’s Canon in D is probably my favorite classical piece, I’ve listened to a lot of versions but the ones below are my favorite. They’re all fairly different from each other so I enjoy the mix of styles and instru… --- ## [Best.Billboard.Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-billboard-ever/662711)
**Author:** [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-billboard-ever/662711 "2013-07-16T01:02:16Z")
I now get to see this every day on my way to work. I’m very surprised this got approval to be put up, especially in South Carolina! --- ## [why do Americans call petrol Gasoline?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-americans-call-petrol-gasoline/94045)
**Author:** [@Niobium\_Knight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Niobium_Knight)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-americans-call-petrol-gasoline/94045 "2001-11-19T02:55:58Z")
us in UK call it petrol. do you have different word for diesel and parafin too? --- ## [Will charging horses refuse to step on a carpet of bodies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-charging-horses-refuse-to-step-on-a-carpet-of-bodies/124530)
**Author:** [@Satyagrahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satyagrahi)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2002, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-charging-horses-refuse-to-step-on-a-carpet-of-bodies/124530 "2002-08-21T04:40:15Z")
In the movie Gandhi, fairly early, is a scene where Gandhi and his associates are marching on a mine in South Africa, protesting illegal arrests of workers, working conditions, etc. and are charged by a troop of armed po… --- ## [Zeus=Jove=Jupiter=Jehova?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zeus-jove-jupiter-jehova/358841)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zeus-jove-jupiter-jehova/358841 "2006-06-02T21:23:16Z")
I was going to post this on the Jesus’ dad thread, but then I realized my mistake, it was going to mention God’s father: Kronos-Saturn! If the World Wide Words guy is correct: But, how it is linked? is Michael Quini… --- ## [The Coolest T-Shirt You Own](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-t-shirt-you-own/237685)
**Author:** [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-t-shirt-you-own/237685 "2004-04-19T15:10:16Z")
For me, it’s gotta be a tie between my Oompa Loompa shirt and my Clockwork Orange shirt. The Loompas get more comments, but once I was out in my Clockwork Orange shirt and this guy showed me his nice, full-color Clockwo… --- ## [Questions about Sherlock S3E1 (open spoilers) \[US\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-sherlock-s3e1-open-spoilers-us/679536)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-sherlock-s3e1-open-spoilers-us/679536 "2014-01-29T23:21:44Z")
So the third season of Sherlock just started in the US. I have only seen the first two seasons and this first episode of season 3, so open spoilers for those episodes will be allowed, but please nothing from the second a… --- ## [Italian Rules for food and drink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-rules-for-food-and-drink/985824)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-rules-for-food-and-drink/985824 "2023-07-15T15:48:31Z")
I recently came across an article about lab-grown meat, and a quote from an Italian lady about one-third through the article made me laugh. She was one of a few people to test lab-grown chicken in a dish with orecchiette… --- ## [What do you use your smartphone for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-smartphone-for/661043)
**Author:** [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2013, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-smartphone-for/661043 "2013-06-20T11:41:13Z")
I am thinking whether or not to get a smartphone. I know there are a zillion apps that can do all sorts of things, but I’m not sure what I would actually use it for. What apps do you all find most useful? I don’t have a… --- ## [Where can I get dry ice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-dry-ice/377798)
**Author:** [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-dry-ice/377798 "2006-10-25T15:53:01Z")
I’ve got a halloween party on Saturday and my girlfriend wants to make a Witches Brew type thing. First tell me where to get it, then tell me about the logistics of handling and using dry ice. Is it expensive? How abo… --- ## [What's the Toughest College Course You Passed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-toughest-college-course-you-passed/757069)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-toughest-college-course-you-passed/757069 "2016-06-21T19:21:07Z")
For me it was Chaucer. (I was a double major, English and Elementary Education.) The most difficult part was learning to recite four lines of it with appropriate pronunciation. --- ## [64-year old great-great-grandmother? That can't be right.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/64-year-old-great-great-grandmother-that-cant-be-right/299810)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/64-year-old-great-great-grandmother-that-cant-be-right/299810 "2011-08-01T18:17:51Z")
From this news story over the weekend. Unless I’m doing my math wrong, that’s about four straight generations of having kids at around age 15. Not that it isn’t possible, it’s just… wow. :eek: --- ## [My friend the junkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-the-junkie/658794)
**Author:** [@Crime\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crime_Scene)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2013, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-the-junkie/658794 "2013-07-25T06:28:44Z")
It’s past the midnight hour. My friend arrived around at 7:25 this evening with yellow eyes and false enthusiasm. He performed quite the show to prove his state of sobriety by walking around the lake with me and chatti… --- ## [Do we have enough immigrants in the US? If not should there be a limit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-enough-immigrants-in-the-us-if-not-should-there-be-a-limit/542371)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-enough-immigrants-in-the-us-if-not-should-there-be-a-limit/542371 "2010-06-11T02:12:11Z")
Simple question. Do you think there are enough immigrants in the US? If so why? If not do you think there should be a formal limit to the number of people allowed to immigrate into the US? Should ther be a limit with cr… --- ## [Sneaking into a movie: theft or mooching? (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneaking-into-a-movie-theft-or-mooching-long/201440)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneaking-into-a-movie-theft-or-mooching-long/201440 "2003-09-15T22:54:12Z")
I’m sorry this is so long – it’s actually a condensed version of a debate I had with a coworker yesterday. I’m curious to see what the general opinion on the matter is. Cheap Coworker (hereafter CC) has Tuesday/Wednesd… --- ## [I think I'm in love with the Overstock.com girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-in-love-with-the-overstock-com-girl/327227)
**Author:** [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-in-love-with-the-overstock-com-girl/327227 "2005-10-27T16:12:13Z")
Yep. I’m pretty sure I’m in love. Or it could be the alcohol talkingf. I think its be awhile since the last “TV personalities that Dopers are in love with thread”.\\ So… Who are you in love with? --- ## [Great article about Woodrow Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-article-about-woodrow-wilson/738239)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-article-about-woodrow-wilson/738239 "2020-12-08T20:38:17Z")
If you are rolling your eyes at the recent news of rallying Princeton students, I point you to this enlightening article: Woodrow Wilson was extremely racist, even by the standards of his time. --- ## [Why can't we vote on issues at the Federal level?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-vote-on-issues-at-the-federal-level/648525)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-vote-on-issues-at-the-federal-level/648525 "2013-01-29T02:28:05Z")
Obvious answer: Because that’s what we elect our congresscritters to do. I know. But there are certain issues that are so polarizing (gun control, gay marriage), it seems the most democratic thing to do is let the peopl… --- ## [Is there anything a person with only one kidney can't do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-a-person-with-only-one-kidney-cant-do/562049)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-a-person-with-only-one-kidney-cant-do/562049 "2010-11-30T20:43:55Z")
Working on a sketch for a Christmas show. We want to put together an homage to The Gift of the Magi, wherein each of us sells a possession in order to buy a gift for the other- but, like in the classic tale- we both hav… --- ## [A question for the medical types. Splinter Hemorrhages.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-the-medical-types-splinter-hemorrhages/423864)
**Author:** [@Lachrymologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lachrymologist)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-the-medical-types-splinter-hemorrhages/423864 "2007-10-26T20:26:01Z")
I’ve been sick for a very long time with a number of symptoms not visible to most. No doctor has been able to (or been kind enough to) find out what’s wrong with me. I do, however, have one visible symptom and they are s… --- ## [What do you think of when you think of passive aggression?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-when-you-think-of-passive-aggression/566147)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2011, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-when-you-think-of-passive-aggression/566147 "2011-01-05T06:22:05Z")
I think of someone saying “I’m just mad at myself.” I think of someone prefacing an obviously personal remark with “don’t take this personally.” What epitomizes passive aggression, to you? What do you think of when you… --- ## [I found a man guilty of murder last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-man-guilty-of-murder-last-night/472860)
**Author:** [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-man-guilty-of-murder-last-night/472860 "2008-11-19T20:09:56Z")
I just finished 3 days of jury duty on a case where a man was accused of running over his wife with a truck while she was out walking. Story here. I’ll post more details about the case and the trial later, if you want … --- ## [What is the top speed of a Grumman LLV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-top-speed-of-a-grumman-llv/652324)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-top-speed-of-a-grumman-llv/652324 "2013-03-09T20:32:31Z")
Grumman LLV --- ## [Climate change: what if it's a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-what-if-its-a-big-hoax-and-we-create-a-better-world-for-nothing/572983)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-what-if-its-a-big-hoax-and-we-create-a-better-world-for-nothing/572983 "2011-03-01T22:11:06Z")
This comic made me smile so I thought I’d share. I don’t know the original source, unfortunately. --- ## [Older Car Triangular Windows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-car-triangular-windows/515233)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-car-triangular-windows/515233 "2009-10-29T22:16:07Z")
Back in the day, I remember cars having little triangular venting windows you could pop open for when you wanted some air in the car but didn’t want the wind from opening the main window. Is there a particular reason th… --- ## [new KFC commercial kids playing baseball...OH SNAP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kfc-commercial-kids-playing-baseball-oh-snap/541273)
**Author:** [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kfc-commercial-kids-playing-baseball-oh-snap/541273 "2010-06-03T18:09:11Z")
so the new KFC commercial comes on and its kids high fiving after a ball game, then it cuts to moms high fiving as well over the dinner stuff they brought then it cuts to 2 kids eating some KFC when one says to the other… --- ## [What should be done about police violence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-done-about-police-violence/701324)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-done-about-police-violence/701324 "2014-10-16T22:37:12Z")
First off, the disclaimer: there are many people who say there’s no issue here. Any incidents are just a normal part of law enforcement that’s being overblown by the media. Obviously if you don’t think there’s a problem,… --- ## [Rescind this warning, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668 "2021-08-02T23:56:48Z")
@Hari\_Seldon warns @Pinecone for a post where Pinceone says: The artwork does not merit the price. This is to buy influence with the President or fund a political movement - clearly. The donors names are kept secret… --- ## [Psychiatrist billed my insurance $495 for consultation. Is that anywhere near reasonable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychiatrist-billed-my-insurance-495-for-consultation-is-that-anywhere-near-reasonable/685176)
**Author:** [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2014, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychiatrist-billed-my-insurance-495-for-consultation-is-that-anywhere-near-reasonable/685176 "2014-04-04T12:00:13Z")
I’m on the hook for $200 of that. I did some google searching and it appears that around $150 an hour is standard. I saw him for about 30 minutes and he wrote a prescription for me. Is that standard cost correct or am I… --- ## [Who throughout history has believed they were a deity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-throughout-history-has-believed-they-were-a-deity/273581)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-throughout-history-has-believed-they-were-a-deity/273581 "2004-11-09T21:56:43Z")
I don’t know who definitively believed it, but off the top of my head I can guess Jesus Christ, Hercules, Alexander the Great. I know at least one modern day psycho, was it Charles Manson? Cites if possible! --- ## [The Zombie Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-zombie-thread/687439)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-zombie-thread/687439 "2014-05-05T21:37:39Z")
For discussion about zombies, vampires, lycanthropy, and other supernatural sexually transmitted diseases. If you can drink AIDS infected sperm and not become infected, can you drink vampire blood or eat zombie meat? … --- ## [King Arthur Fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-arthur-fiction/671115)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-arthur-fiction/671115 "2013-10-17T02:00:46Z")
So I’ve been watching Merlin on Hulu Plus. Good show by the way, I highly recommend it. Anyway, it has gotten me interested in reading some fiction of that time frame and genre. That’s where you guys come in. Is there … --- ## [The Queen was in Hospital: 2021-10-21](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-queen-was-in-hospital-2021-10-21/952951)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-queen-was-in-hospital-2021-10-21/952951 "2022-06-06T00:10:04Z")
\-=Link=- Seems the Queen spent Wednesday night in (the) hospital. She was released about noon on Thursday. She is 95 years old, and frankly hardly needs a reason. The other day, the Palace cancelled a trip to Northern I… --- ## [What can I do with a 50 year old encyclopedia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-50-year-old-encyclopedia/701830)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-50-year-old-encyclopedia/701830 "2014-10-29T00:23:20Z")
I’m slowly trying to declutter my home and have decided to get rid of an 1965 Britannica encyclopedia set. I can’t imagine that anyone would want to use this now that we have the internet. Any suggestions on what I ca… --- ## [American Heroes 1800-1900...or earlier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-heroes-1800-1900-or-earlier/423699)
**Author:** [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-heroes-1800-1900-or-earlier/423699 "2007-10-25T21:59:19Z")
Who were they? Daniel Boone Davy Crocket The guys at the Alamo Gen. Custer Crazy Horse Geronimo Sitting Bull Robert E Lee Abe Lincoln Wyatt Earp Buffalo Bill Cody This is just a few I can think of but you mer… --- ## [Which 60s rock star's death would make the biggest splash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-60s-rock-stars-death-would-make-the-biggest-splash/986997)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-60s-rock-stars-death-would-make-the-biggest-splash/986997 "2023-07-24T23:58:49Z")
“I get up every morning and read the obituary column. If my name’s not there, I eat breakfast.” - Carl Reiner Most the 60’s stars are getting up toward Reiner’s age. They’re all pre-Boomers. Most still tour, remarkably.… --- ## [Will men ever give up suits and ties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-men-ever-give-up-suits-and-ties/760640)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-men-ever-give-up-suits-and-ties/760640 "2016-07-25T07:33:53Z")
For formal events they still pretty much are stuck with a suit and tie. Women have many more options now . they can wear pants at most events . BTW, I am talking about the US /Europe/Japan/Australia/Canada and similar … --- ## [What the HELL is biting me at night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-biting-me-at-night/723355)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-biting-me-at-night/723355 "2015-06-25T22:37:20Z")
Okay, enough. For about three weeks, I have been waking up with a bug bite on one arm or the other. Just one, once a night, maybe every other night. It’s intensely itchy, bordering on painful, and even if I resist scratc… --- ## [Was Jesus's divinity determined by vote at the Council of Nicaea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jesuss-divinity-determined-by-vote-at-the-council-of-nicaea/286345)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jesuss-divinity-determined-by-vote-at-the-council-of-nicaea/286345 "2005-01-27T15:59:37Z")
I’ve heard that in the early church the issue of Jesus’s being either the living incarnation of God on Earth, or just a really, really wise man and prophet, was kind of up in the air among various Christian groups until … --- ## [What's the True Cost of Mass Immigration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-true-cost-of-mass-immigration/131396)
**Author:** [@Kukulkon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kukulkon)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-true-cost-of-mass-immigration/131396 "2002-10-15T18:07:15Z")
Whats the TRUE COST OF MASS…IMMIGRATION??? First of all I dont “hate” Immigrants! I stand against Mass Immigration for very simple…very logical reasons! This post is a bit long…but read it…check it out…look through th… --- ## [Unattended Space Heaters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unattended-space-heaters/261183)
**Author:** [@Pyrrhonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyrrhonist)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unattended-space-heaters/261183 "2004-08-24T23:24:18Z")
My sister-in-law, call her Sue, rents a suite of rooms the basement of our house. She pays, but not the commercial value, and doesn’t chip in for utilities. She claims the rooms are uncomfortably cold all seasons of th… --- ## [The Battle of the Alamo: Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-battle-of-the-alamo-why/566550)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-battle-of-the-alamo-why/566550 "2011-01-12T09:35:53Z")
So, there we were, watching that venerable John Wayne flick. The Alamo (Yeah, yeah, I know. But to quote another John Wayne movie, “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”) DesertRoomie suddenly asked, Why wer… --- ## [I Pit Cats In General](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cats-in-general/473787)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cats-in-general/473787 "2008-11-22T20:59:39Z")
My 6 year old daughter who is still reeling from the death of her little sister a few years ago wanted a pet of her own to help comfort her. We got her a kitten named Domino because he had tuxedo coloring. She loved Domi… --- ## [exploding pyrex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exploding-pyrex/741958)
**Author:** [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exploding-pyrex/741958 "2016-01-06T15:45:23Z")
Good evening all and Happy New Year All of our extended family had other plans the season, so Christmas dinner was just my wife, two daughters and me. I decided that it should be a spaghetti day. I did well at the but… --- ## [Almost Unbelievable Coincidences that Really Happened](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-unbelievable-coincidences-that-really-happened/234044)
**Author:** [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-unbelievable-coincidences-that-really-happened/234044 "2004-04-16T23:57:24Z")
I don’t believe in synchronicity or any of that mumbo-jumbo, but sometimes things happen that really make you wonder what’s going on. I went to Ohio State. One weekend I’m back at home watching an Ohio State football g… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1462&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1464&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)