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**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-los-angeles-vikings/562565 "2010-12-15T23:08:01Z")
Vikings Contacted by Two Owner Groups for Los Angeles Relocation It all hinges on whether the people of Minnesota will be suckers and pay for a new stadium for billionaire owner Zygi Wilf. As a Packer fan this gives m… --- ## [How important is majority rule?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-majority-rule/278135)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-majority-rule/278135 "2004-12-06T22:33:31Z")
In countless threads involving judicial activism, conservative posters have denounced the courts for striking down legislation (such as sodomy laws, same sex marriage bans, abortion laws) on constitutional grounds when t… --- ## [Blonde or Blond?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blonde-or-blond/548886)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blonde-or-blond/548886 "2010-08-04T04:14:52Z")
Recently somebody stole the “e” from blonde. :confused: Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe, and Doris Day were blondes. Any magazine or newspaper from the 1950’s and 60’s described them as blondes. I often misread blond … --- ## [Current views on tipping in restaurants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-views-on-tipping-in-restaurants/929607)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-views-on-tipping-in-restaurants/929607 "2026-05-01T20:56:07Z")
I don’t understand tipping in restaurants sometimes these days. Pre-COVID, if a youngster asked me why people tip in a restaurant, I might say… Sometimes they get you a good seat Sometimes they’re very quick getting t… --- ## [I like to get kissed before I get fucked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-to-get-kissed-before-i-get-fucked/443634)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-to-get-kissed-before-i-get-fucked/443634 "2008-04-07T19:55:16Z")
I just heard Leo DiCaprio say “I like to get kissed before I get fucked” (fucked as in, screwed over on a deal, not actual sex) in Blood Diamond. Al Pacino’s character says virtually the same exact thing (“Kiss me. When… --- ## [The three seashells, or, How do bidets work and not end badly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-seashells-or-how-do-bidets-work-and-not-end-badly/737475)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-seashells-or-how-do-bidets-work-and-not-end-badly/737475 "2015-11-17T17:18:34Z")
So, apparently, there’s an alternative device for the whole getting poop smear off your ass crack. The problem with toilet paper is it just smears it around, leaving a residue that is most definitely still there. (easy… --- ## [Why baseball now sucks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-baseball-now-sucks/411965)
**Author:** [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-baseball-now-sucks/411965 "2007-07-24T05:19:41Z")
Artificial turf Ticket prices Corporate ownership No revenue sharing Free agency Steroids Bud Selig Bowie Kuhn Pete Rose Everything is now a record (most season/career triples by a foreign born infielder etc.; ok that o… --- ## [What does it mean when a hornet circles you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-when-a-hornet-circles-you/265407)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-when-a-hornet-circles-you/265407 "2004-09-23T13:49:35Z")
In the woods around where I live there are hornets and when I find one it tends to fly around me in circles and follow me. I’ve never been stung though and its always a solitary hornet that does this. What is it doing ex… --- ## [Who owns the copyright to photos on Facebook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-copyright-to-photos-on-facebook/554837)
**Author:** [@Incref](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incref)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-copyright-to-photos-on-facebook/554837 "2010-09-24T22:13:30Z")
Completely hypothetical, I’m just curious. So let’s say you end up with some sort of notoriety and a magazine wants to put embarrassing pictures in their publication, they approach your Facebook friends and offer the re… --- ## [Jesse the Governor Ventura ,911 and conspiracies \[Conspiracy Theory show\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesse-the-governor-ventura-911-and-conspiracies-conspiracy-theory-show/521249)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesse-the-governor-ventura-911-and-conspiracies-conspiracy-theory-show/521249 "2009-12-16T11:18:08Z")
Ventura's 'Conspiracy Theory' show probes 9/11 mysteries - Raw Story This is show no. 2 on 911. Just when you thought it was safe, we get pulled back in there. His show will cover a conspiracy a week . They have done a … --- ## [Could you love a (former) professional killer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-love-a-former-professional-killer/692022)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-love-a-former-professional-killer/692022 "2014-07-05T00:40:39Z")
If you don’t like these hypos, I’m mystified as to why you’re still reading. So here’s the sitch. One day you inadvertently discover a crime committed by a local drug gang, whose leader decides to ensure your silence by… --- ## [Details Please - How Do They Make Money on Gift Cards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/details-please-how-do-they-make-money-on-gift-cards/495270)
**Author:** [@UncleFred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleFred)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/details-please-how-do-they-make-money-on-gift-cards/495270 "2009-05-04T19:06:22Z")
Seeing a rack of gift cards, for dozens of local and chain stores, at the local pharmacy the other day got me wondering - what’s the model for making money on those? I can see some possible sources of profit - Cards t… --- ## [Fantasy for people who don't like Fantasy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-for-people-who-dont-like-fantasy/413174)
**Author:** [@Phantom\_Dennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phantom_Dennis)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-for-people-who-dont-like-fantasy/413174 "2007-07-27T16:45:26Z")
I’ve never considered myself a fantasy fan, but I’d like to give the genre another chance, considering how much I enjoyed the Harry Potter books. I guess I’ve always associated fantasy with negative connotations in my m… --- ## [Screw Coronovirus: what can we do about the current toilet paper crisis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-coronovirus-what-can-we-do-about-the-current-toilet-paper-crisis/850041)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-coronovirus-what-can-we-do-about-the-current-toilet-paper-crisis/850041 "2020-04-13T02:11:34Z")
Seriously? Toilet paper? The coronavirus doesn’t lead to greater consumption of TP. AFAIK, the factories are still turning it out at the usual rate. AFAIK, trucks are still able to carry it from factories to stores. The… --- ## [Who is the boss of the Director of the FBI?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-boss-of-the-director-of-the-fbi/759245)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-boss-of-the-director-of-the-fbi/759245 "2016-07-08T22:22:36Z")
I have Googled this and it is weirdly difficult to find. For instance: 28 U.S. Code § 532 - Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation says: “The Attorney General may appoint a Director of the Federal Bureau of I… --- ## [Staged a walk out of a Funeral](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staged-a-walk-out-of-a-funeral/716925)
**Author:** [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staged-a-walk-out-of-a-funeral/716925 "2015-04-08T14:58:58Z")
Last week my brother in law died. It was almost a suicide IMO. He was diabetic and he and I were diagnosed the same year and we are the same age. I changed my diet and went on Metformin. He went on Metformin and prayed. … --- ## [Survivor: China - Ep. 2: "My Mom Is Going To Kill Me!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-china-ep-2-my-mom-is-going-to-kill-me/420714)
**Author:** [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-china-ep-2-my-mom-is-going-to-kill-me/420714 "2007-10-04T17:50:58Z")
Previously on “Survivor”: Fe-mullets, Frosti, and female wrestlers! Gravediggers, God-whisperers, and gay Mormon flight attendants! Jeff Probst in yet another ridiculous hat! And … MONKEYS! For those of you playing the … --- ## [Convince me not to take steroids.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-not-to-take-steroids/387359)
**Author:** [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-not-to-take-steroids/387359 "2007-01-13T17:18:35Z")
Ok, maybe overstated, but convince me that steroids, in moderate doses, are harmful to healthy adult males. I remember this video from Real Sports on HBO from a few years ago. For those of you who don’t want to invest … --- ## [Sarah Palin - McCain's stroke of genius?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-mccains-stroke-of-genius/461683)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-mccains-stroke-of-genius/461683 "2008-09-03T04:09:36Z")
Ooh! The first thread in the new GD! Anyway, I’m in conspiracy mode. Some time ago I wondered if McCain intended serving a full term. Now I’m pretty sure he doesn’t. Consider that the troops will be out of Iraq in 2011.… --- ## [How did you meet your significant other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-meet-your-significant-other/577043)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-meet-your-significant-other/577043 "2011-04-09T13:09:21Z")
I met my husband, Dan, at a juggling convention, in an acrobatics workshop. We went to lunch with a group after the workshop, and then I was tired and wanted to take a nap, but was complaining that the youth hostel I was… --- ## [Personal Zepplin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-zepplin/572193)
**Author:** [@Dominus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dominus)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-zepplin/572193 "2018-12-04T18:04:22Z")
With the rising fashion and awareness in steampunk and gaslamp fantasy, I, being a proactive and greenminded sort, want to invest in a personal aircraft. I was wondering about legal limitations, and if there are limits o… --- ## [Truly funny foreign comedies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-funny-foreign-comedies/413334)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-funny-foreign-comedies/413334 "2010-05-21T16:07:39Z")
Most people–myself included–prejudicially think of foreign films as nearly synonymous with ponderous and difficult. Most of them seem to be Russian or Swedish. But what are the great foreign comedies? Foreign language, … --- ## [Laundry Stations & Other Apt Sized Washer/dryer combos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laundry-stations-other-apt-sized-washer-dryer-combos/663994)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laundry-stations-other-apt-sized-washer-dryer-combos/663994 "2013-07-23T03:43:30Z")
I am pay $40/month doing my laundry, not counting soap, and I’m sick of it. I’m getting a closet-sized washer/dryer combo for my one bedroom condo. I’ve been looking at the LG ones, that combine washer & dryer into one… --- ## [How Do You "Unlove" Someone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-unlove-someone/532189)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-unlove-someone/532189 "2010-03-15T20:12:40Z")
I have asked myself this many times, and I keep coing up with the same answer: You (or I) can’t. Once one has opened himself to that feeling and that person it is there and it will remain there. I am not saying you sho… --- ## [The theological implications of Nancy Grace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-theological-implications-of-nancy-grace/545968)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-theological-implications-of-nancy-grace/545968 "2010-07-10T18:52:30Z")
Because I’m feeling petty. --- ## [The ketchup poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ketchup-poll/595068)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ketchup-poll/595068 "2011-09-06T14:34:40Z")
What are your feelings about ketchup? --- ## [Yet Another Tolkein Thread: Denethor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-tolkein-thread-denethor/606179)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-tolkein-thread-denethor/606179 "2011-12-16T13:04:14Z")
At the risk of turning Cafe Society into Tolkein Talk… What do you think of Denethor, son of Ecthelion, Steward of Gondor? I always liked him, at least as a character, and think he’s really quite interesting. I disliked… --- ## [Sports Talk Radio - favorites and most hated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-talk-radio-favorites-and-most-hated/579043)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-talk-radio-favorites-and-most-hated/579043 "2011-04-22T16:23:02Z")
I’ve been meaning to start this thread for some time. Every morning at 9 am, my blood pressure goes up when our local sports station switches from the morning show to Dan fuckin’ Patrick. I absolutely loathe him and his … --- ## [NBC Screws America Before It Starts - Olympic 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-screws-america-before-it-starts-olympic-2010/528663)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-screws-america-before-it-starts-olympic-2010/528663 "2010-02-15T20:39:01Z")
The opening ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC, Canada will begin at 6:00 pm PST. \*\*Yet NBC has chosen to TAPE DELAY the opening ceremonies for the West Coast. \*\* The Olympics are in our backyard, … --- ## [Religion was invented to control the masses (?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-was-invented-to-control-the-masses/653341)
**Author:** [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-was-invented-to-control-the-masses/653341 "2013-03-21T20:54:46Z")
This is a common cliché. Are there any good examples supporting this claim? --- ## [Sports fan demographics in multi-team markets like NY, Chicago, LA, SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fan-demographics-in-multi-team-markets-like-ny-chicago-la-sf/666589)
**Author:** [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fan-demographics-in-multi-team-markets-like-ny-chicago-la-sf/666589 "2013-08-22T20:31:45Z")
A lot of larger metro areas have two teams playing one sport. We can all think of obvious examples. Sometimes the teams serve different geographies (Dodgers vs Angels), sometimes there seems to be a white collar/blue col… --- ## [Is same-sex marriage in trouble?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-same-sex-marriage-in-trouble/774158)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-same-sex-marriage-in-trouble/774158 "2016-12-09T20:36:13Z")
With the election of Donald Trump, who for sure will be able to put at least one person on the Supreme Court, is it alarmist for me to anticipate (or at least fear) a reversal of the same-sex marriage ruling in Obergefel… --- ## [Rock, paper, scissors - dynamite? bird? Spock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-paper-scissors-dynamite-bird-spock/141800)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-paper-scissors-dynamite-bird-spock/141800 "2002-12-12T23:26:42Z")
It seems I missed the recent Rock, Paper, Scissors world championship in Toronto. The \[Boston Globe article\](http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/342/focus/ The\_rock\_heard\_round\_the\_world+.shtml) quoted the rules (found he… --- ## [Fluorescent light fixture not working---bulbs glowing a faint orange?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluorescent-light-fixture-not-working-bulbs-glowing-a-faint-orange/953484)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluorescent-light-fixture-not-working-bulbs-glowing-a-faint-orange/953484 "2021-11-08T14:14:43Z")
I have a fluorescent tube lighting fixture in my basement—it’s quite old (it was here when I moved in 18 years ago, and it looked old then, so who knows when it was put in). Both bulbs went out at the same time–just a f… --- ## [Adam and Jamie or Build Team?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-and-jamie-or-build-team/624028)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-and-jamie-or-build-team/624028 "2012-06-05T14:44:20Z")
Who do you like better, the “original” Mythbusters Adam and Jamie, or the “Build Team,” Kari, Grant, and Tory? --- ## [New Urban legend? Printer 'black boxes'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-urban-legend-printer-black-boxes/708860)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-urban-legend-printer-black-boxes/708860 "2015-01-05T03:53:52Z")
I work in a medical office. Yesterday a patient saw a printer waiting to be disposed of after replacement, and she started spouting off about there being a ‘black box’ inside printers that stored copies of ALL documents… --- ## [Republican debate and Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-and-trump/988979)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-and-trump/988979 "2023-09-21T15:11:21Z")
I haz no tv, so am hoping someone will take one for the team and make a thread informing us what was said in the Debate tonight and also the Trump/Carlson interview. --- ## [Weld or solder to repair wire-rimmed glasses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weld-or-solder-to-repair-wire-rimmed-glasses/327503)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weld-or-solder-to-repair-wire-rimmed-glasses/327503 "2005-10-26T01:45:51Z")
I am not really repairing the glasses. I have decided that it is a complete waste of time to try and buy the sunglasses that I want (me head is larger than the standard for the really cool shades), so I have induced that… --- ## [Songs with a nostalgic sound](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-nostalgic-sound/688569)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2014, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-nostalgic-sound/688569 "2014-05-31T11:13:34Z")
If you stick with it, I think this song performed by Iggy Pop ends up creating a nostalgic atmosphere. Maybe if I could understand the French lyrics I wouldn’t think so, but it doesn’t matter. They don’t have to be in a… --- ## [The name Olive for a girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-olive-for-a-girl/736173)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-olive-for-a-girl/736173 "2015-11-13T23:06:55Z")
In the past year, I know two couples who either named their daughter Olive, or would have named their daughter Olive had the baby been a girl. I’m a little confused by this. Some questions for the Teeming Millions: -H… --- ## [How would Trump's muslim ban be implemented?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-trumps-muslim-ban-be-implemented/754550)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-trumps-muslim-ban-be-implemented/754550 "2016-05-13T18:00:39Z")
Set aside the political/moral indignity associated with this plan, and help me understand how it would actually be implemented. Muslims are adherents of the Islamic religion. They are not a race or an ethnic background… --- ## [Black Friday and other crazy consumerism in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-friday-and-other-crazy-consumerism-in-the-mmp/824780)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-friday-and-other-crazy-consumerism-in-the-mmp/824780 "2018-11-26T03:24:29Z")
In light of the pending shopping insanity, I’m moved to ask about the times you risked life and limb to get a great deal… or to be the first one to own \[x\], be it a giant TV or tickets to see a favorite performer. I’ll… --- ## [Reasons why bigfoot might exist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-why-bigfoot-might-exist/211599)
**Author:** [@Raythe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raythe)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2003, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-why-bigfoot-might-exist/211599 "2003-11-10T09:26:19Z")
Eight Reasons Why Bigfoot Might Be Real: Jane Goodall is a believer. 30 \[?\] policemen have reported seeing a Bigfoot. Over 1000 good-quality sightings have been reported. Sightings go back 200 years—Native Americans’ f… --- ## [Parents do you make peanut butter sandwiches for your kids? What kind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-do-you-make-peanut-butter-sandwiches-for-your-kids-what-kind/690796)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-do-you-make-peanut-butter-sandwiches-for-your-kids-what-kind/690796 "2014-06-24T17:27:13Z")
Peanut butter sandwiches were a huge staple for Baby Boomer kids and kids in the 70’s. I carried a peanut butter and banana or pb & jelly sandwich to school every day in my lunchbox. I still love them and have one a cou… --- ## [Quantifying the Stupid: Polls that make you go "Wha?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantifying-the-stupid-polls-that-make-you-go-wha/556413)
**Author:** [@Olfatbut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olfatbut)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantifying-the-stupid-polls-that-make-you-go-wha/556413 "2010-10-18T23:29:22Z")
Stunning or sad, either way we are doomed, doomed I say. I collected a few of my favorite poll results from the last year or so in one place just for grins. Did I miss any? August 2010 poll of Americans: What is Obama… --- ## [Your favorite sushis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-sushis/542502)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-sushis/542502 "2010-06-12T05:20:41Z")
I’m making sushi at home tomorrow. I’m not a particularly good cook. Given that, I’d like to know what your favorite sushis are and what are generally good ingredients to use besides rice and salmon. --- ## ["Ten Ways Obama Could Reduce Gas Prices Now"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-ways-obama-could-reduce-gas-prices-now/614310)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-ways-obama-could-reduce-gas-prices-now/614310 "2012-03-02T22:17:39Z")
The President, and many economists, have claimed that the President can do little to reduce gas prices. One conservative blogger begs to differ, and offers his ideas on how he believes Obama can do it by Election Day. … --- ## [Monuments Men {some people liked, some people didn't: edited title}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monuments-men-some-people-liked-some-people-didnt-edited-title/680993)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monuments-men-some-people-liked-some-people-didnt-edited-title/680993 "2014-02-18T22:13:32Z")
Did anyone else waste money to see this piece of crap too? George Clooney just cannot act, I expected that. But Matt Damon is front and center on the cover and you also have Bill Murray, John Goodman and Bob Balaban. … --- ## [Why do the spam attacks come in the middle of the night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-spam-attacks-come-in-the-middle-of-the-night/702876)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-spam-attacks-come-in-the-middle-of-the-night/702876 "2014-11-28T00:03:04Z")
We have a few spam attacks lately where somebody is posting a spew of threads. And I’ve noticed that they’re occurring in the middle of the night. (I realize it’s only the middle of the night here in the United States bu… --- ## [Mold or quirky nature of oatmeal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-or-quirky-nature-of-oatmeal/401480)
**Author:** [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-or-quirky-nature-of-oatmeal/401480 "2011-04-29T14:04:51Z")
I made some steel cut oatmeal according to the overnight-soak method on the box. (IOW, add one cup steel cut oats to four cups boiling water, turn off heat, cover pan, let soak over night on the stovetop.) This morning… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1464&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1466&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)