# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1472&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:** 1473 --- ## [In Memoriam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/665554)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/665554 "2013-08-11T16:06:06Z")
I preferred the In Memoriam thread when the notices were all in the OP, which was added to on the sad occasions the need arose. Separating the names into individual posts will make new notices more visible, as the threa… --- ## [Questions about Pop-Tarts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409 "2024-03-13T00:24:37Z")
Having recently watched the Pop-Tarts Bowl where many people were shown eating Pop-Tarts, I have some random questions. Toasted or un-toasted? What’s your favorite Pop-Tart? Do you break it in half before eating? My … --- ## [Pilots: why would flights be canceled due to cold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilots-why-would-flights-be-canceled-due-to-cold/677564)
**Author:** [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilots-why-would-flights-be-canceled-due-to-cold/677564 "2014-01-01T13:51:23Z")
I grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and so I was amused this morning to see the following headline: United Airlines cancels Winnipeg flights due to cold. This is the kind of headline that native Winnipeggers like … --- ## [Is what Westerners call "logic/logical" a matter of cultural perspective?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-what-westerners-call-logic-logical-a-matter-of-cultural-perspective/699970)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-what-westerners-call-logic-logical-a-matter-of-cultural-perspective/699970 "2014-10-05T00:14:58Z")
Is what Westerners call “logic/logical” a matter of cultural perspective? Whenever I hear non-Westerners talk about taking exams such as the GMAT or LSAT they often say how difficult it is to determine the best answer f… --- ## [Hanky Panky: Did Mitt Cheat At the Debate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanky-panky-did-mitt-cheat-at-the-debate/636930)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanky-panky-did-mitt-cheat-at-the-debate/636930 "2012-10-08T06:33:51Z")
It is a pretty serious allegation if it is true. --- ## [What should a used book shop be like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-used-book-shop-be-like/256587)
**Author:** [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-used-book-shop-be-like/256587 "2011-07-08T17:39:25Z")
I am currently in negotiations to buy a used book store. This shop is currently losing money, mostly because the owner inherited it from his late wife and he’s not a retail orienter person and he’s not a book person. I… --- ## [Leather strap from lapel to breast pocket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leather-strap-from-lapel-to-breast-pocket/664024)
**Author:** [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leather-strap-from-lapel-to-breast-pocket/664024 "2014-03-03T12:38:50Z")
Watching a few episodes of the Jeeves and Wooster TV series, I noticed Bertie Wooster often has some kind of leather strap or brown ribbon running from the label buttonhole of his sports coat, into the breast pocket. Wh… --- ## ["Dwarf Fortress" is totally blowing my mind out of my head and all over the wall.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwarf-fortress-is-totally-blowing-my-mind-out-of-my-head-and-all-over-the-wall/415746)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwarf-fortress-is-totally-blowing-my-mind-out-of-my-head-and-all-over-the-wall/415746 "2007-08-29T23:58:59Z")
Who knew? Seriously, who knew that a game so revolutionary would be so ridiculous in its presentation? Dwarf Fortress is completely mindblowing in its complexity, AI, persistent world existence, internal consistency…it’… --- ## [Amazon's $79 Kindle - bargain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-79-kindle-bargain/597884)
**Author:** [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2011, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-79-kindle-bargain/597884 "2011-10-01T06:37:04Z")
I’ve been working my way towards buying a Kindle (they are currently £111 or $174 in the UK), but I see that Amazon have today announced a 6oz non-touch-screen Kindle for $79, which is only £50. They have a few other of… --- ## [Steve Bannon: I see the hat, but are there any cattle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-i-see-the-hat-but-are-there-any-cattle/799083)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-i-see-the-hat-but-are-there-any-cattle/799083 "2017-10-19T16:21:39Z")
I’m putting this in the Elections forum because I’m mostly interested in the influence he actually will have on the 2018 midterm elections. I see him strutting around talking up a big game about how he’s starting a revo… --- ## [Al-taqiyya - Muslims are encouraged to lie to non-muslims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-taqiyya-muslims-are-encouraged-to-lie-to-non-muslims/552246)
**Author:** [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-taqiyya-muslims-are-encouraged-to-lie-to-non-muslims/552246 "2010-09-10T12:54:04Z")
Disclosure - I am a progressive christian trending agnostic. Most of the information I am reading about Al-taqiyya is coming from conservative boards where the level of discourse does not attain quite the level we get h… --- ## ["Dated" lines in media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-lines-in-media/787087)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-lines-in-media/787087 "2026-09-21T22:08:00Z")
A few days ago, all the mentions of the American Gods series made me reread the novel, and one line in particular caught my eye, where someone being offered a payment in gold coins complained, saying something like “do y… --- ## [Debating Anti-Vaxxers: The Vaccine Court.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debating-anti-vaxxers-the-vaccine-court/671389)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Why_Bother)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debating-anti-vaxxers-the-vaccine-court/671389 "2013-10-18T18:35:29Z")
A new hobby of mine, masochistic though it may be, is trying to slap some sense into anti-Vaxxers I run into both in real life and Facebook (where, somehow, I’ve become “Friends” with several of them). One claim doing t… --- ## [SarahWitch, the premier expert on American law.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713 "2017-11-27T01:01:15Z")
Based on your ramblings in GD and your refusing to put forward your bona fides in a forum in which you are expected to back up your assertions, clearly you are not the premier expert on American law despite holding your… --- ## [Mounting a fire safe to the wall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mounting-a-fire-safe-to-the-wall/604823)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mounting-a-fire-safe-to-the-wall/604823 "2011-12-20T17:13:25Z")
I just bought this fire safe and want to bolt it so that it cannot be carried away by any would-be burglars. The safe came with a pre-drilled hole in the base and a bolt for attaching it to the floor. The problem is tha… --- ## [The Nutty-Ass (Ex) Coworker Strikes Again . . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nutty-ass-ex-coworker-strikes-again/268993)
**Author:** [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2004, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nutty-ass-ex-coworker-strikes-again/268993 "2004-10-16T17:18:15Z")
For those of you who were around for the Missing Coworker Fiasco, you will be pleased to know that the crazy bitch is filing a discrimination suit against my former employer, on the basis of “race and color”. Her claim … --- ## [Free speech is made in a forest with nobody around to hear it... Is it really speech?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-speech-is-made-in-a-forest-with-nobody-around-to-hear-it-is-it-really-speech/623310)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-speech-is-made-in-a-forest-with-nobody-around-to-hear-it-is-it-really-speech/623310 "2012-06-04T20:21:54Z")
We are all aware of the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling which held that the First Amendment prohibited the government from restricting independent political expenditures by corporations and unions. … --- ## [Dismalest movie ending (SPOILERS!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dismalest-movie-ending-spoilers/1007047)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dismalest-movie-ending-spoilers/1007047 "2025-01-18T19:12:56Z")
I just caught the last 15 minutes of the movie Cell, (though I’ve seen it a few times). Dayum, that ending is grim. The film in general is pretty meh, but the final scene is a really well done bummer. You think John Cuza… --- ## [What ever happened to Stroh's beer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-strohs-beer/302875)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-strohs-beer/302875 "2005-05-14T22:01:06Z")
Stroh’s was my favorite beer once, but I haven’t seen a bottle of it since the '80s. Did they stop making it? --- ## [I took vicodin for acute back pain and am feeling quite pleasant.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-vicodin-for-acute-back-pain-and-am-feeling-quite-pleasant/647725)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-vicodin-for-acute-back-pain-and-am-feeling-quite-pleasant/647725 "2013-01-20T20:20:12Z")
I have a chronic bad back (two herniated disks and sciatica) which is usually very manageable but occasionally flares up. Two days ago it started really hurting and I worked through it; I decided to curtail all activity … --- ## ['sex offender' hysteria - play along at home!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-offender-hysteria-play-along-at-home/310747)
**Author:** [@coleridge78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coleridge78)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2005, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-offender-hysteria-play-along-at-home/310747 "2005-07-06T10:17:18Z")
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-molest01.html He tries to give this dumb kid a lesson that’ll save her dumb life from being ended by her apparently underdeveloped survival instinct. And for his trouble, this… --- ## [Parental Consent for Medical Treatment & Abortion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parental-consent-for-medical-treatment-abortion/176708)
**Author:** [@Philly\_Style](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philly_Style)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parental-consent-for-medical-treatment-abortion/176708 "2003-06-03T22:23:17Z")
How come, except under extreme medical emergency, a hospital that wouldn’t give my daughter an aspirin, would perform a potentially life threatening procedure, abortion, without so much a notification, let alone consent? … --- ## [Share some surnames and let's see if we's kinfolk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-some-surnames-and-lets-see-if-wes-kinfolk/309101)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-some-surnames-and-lets-see-if-wes-kinfolk/309101 "2005-06-26T13:59:35Z")
I’ve been surprised several times to learn that a longtime friend or acquaintance is also a cousin (usually fairly distant, but no moreso than FDR & Eleanor), due usually to some 19th century ancestors who produced a new… --- ## [Ladies, what would you wear to a winter job interview?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-would-you-wear-to-a-winter-job-interview/636937)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-would-you-wear-to-a-winter-job-interview/636937 "2012-10-08T22:06:16Z")
I don’t have a job interview, but the expected dress for a November 30th work event prompted my boss, whose favorite shirt is tie-dyed, to say “we’ll need to be dressier than usual. Think job interview attire.” But I’ve … --- ## [An argument I think destroys the Conservative approach to the Great Recession](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-i-think-destroys-the-conservative-approach-to-the-great-recession/634482)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-i-think-destroys-the-conservative-approach-to-the-great-recession/634482 "2012-09-20T18:58:07Z")
The only ideas I hear from Mitt Romney and other Conservatives when it comes to getting out of the Great Recession are reduce taxes and reduce regulation. OK, let’s go back to 1929, before the Great Depression began: •… --- ## [Renaissance people in the arts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaissance-people-in-the-arts/789794)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaissance-people-in-the-arts/789794 "2019-02-23T21:04:42Z")
Recently I found out that the Sam Shepherd I’ve always enjoyed as an actor \[esp Chuck Yaeger in The Right Stuff\], is the same Sam Shepherd who is an accomplished playwright and author and whom I always assumed to be a d… --- ## [Why I believe in God, by XXX](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-believe-in-god-by-xxx/106343)
**Author:** [@Chekmate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chekmate)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-believe-in-god-by-xxx/106343 "2002-05-05T18:03:23Z")
I am an atheist, and I recently got into a conversation about God with one of my Christian freinds, and she proceeded to tell me about one of the instances where a prayer of hers came true, in an attempt to convert me. … --- ## [Ewww - I encountered a pervert in the men's room!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ewww-i-encountered-a-pervert-in-the-mens-room/501724)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ewww-i-encountered-a-pervert-in-the-mens-room/501724 "2009-07-07T01:01:09Z")
Yuck! I just got back from lunch hour. I went to the downtown food court, and stopped in the men’s room. I used a stall to urinate; when I was done I looked down and noticed the guy in the next stall appeared to be h… --- ## [Running barefoot? 18 hours a day? And Native Americans outrunning horses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-barefoot-18-hours-a-day-and-native-americans-outrunning-horses/244560)
**Author:** [@dre2xl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dre2xl)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2004, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-barefoot-18-hours-a-day-and-native-americans-outrunning-horses/244560 "2004-05-14T09:49:18Z")
As a seasoned runner, I REFUSE to believe this. But one of my friend is trying to convince me to run without shoes since I have to put up with so many injuries. http://www.runningbarefoot.org/Home.html So, what’s the S… --- ## [where did domesticated cats come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-domesticated-cats-come-from/633143)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-domesticated-cats-come-from/633143 "2012-09-03T14:50:29Z")
As I understand it, dogs are believed to have been derived from wolves, over time and with a lot of selective breeding. What wild animal did the domestic cat come from? does that wild animal still exist? --- ## [Do Adult children really live in basements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-children-really-live-in-basements/525002)
**Author:** [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-children-really-live-in-basements/525002 "2010-09-25T19:47:14Z")
Being in a state where basements are rare, I’d like to know if the old film/TV cliche of adult children who live with their parents or return to them after moving out are consigned to the basement is real? --- ## [Why doesn't driving a car in reverse gear reverse the odometer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-driving-a-car-in-reverse-gear-reverse-the-odometer/576440)
**Author:** [@GlennRayinTroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GlennRayinTroy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-driving-a-car-in-reverse-gear-reverse-the-odometer/576440 "2011-03-30T18:16:57Z")
A car in reverse gear does not make the odometer go backward. I had thought the rotation of the tires was the measure by which an odometer calculates mileage, but, if so, how does going in reverse still add miles to the… --- ## [Why not combine Fridge and Air Conditioner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-combine-fridge-and-air-conditioner/659680)
**Author:** [@Jiptastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jiptastic)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-combine-fridge-and-air-conditioner/659680 "2016-07-18T20:06:25Z")
I have an RV that needs both a refrigerator and an air conditioner. Maybe I’m missing something, but don’t these two devices work pretty much exactly the same way. They both use the same process of cooling through freo… --- ## [To pay for Medicare For All (MFA) the average worker would pay $23,000 in annual Medicare taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-pay-for-medicare-for-all-mfa-the-average-worker-would-pay-23-000-in-annual-medicare-taxes/826707)
**Author:** [@Linden\_Arden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linden_Arden)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-pay-for-medicare-for-all-mfa-the-average-worker-would-pay-23-000-in-annual-medicare-taxes/826707 "2018-12-29T16:51:16Z")
MFA proponents never get specific on how to pay for such a program so I did a little cost analysis myself. First some basics: So this worker now sees a $769 Medicare deduction on their paycheck (the employer matche… --- ## [Truly evil invention. Unpoppable Bubble Wrap.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-evil-invention-unpoppable-bubble-wrap/602567)
**Author:** [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-evil-invention-unpoppable-bubble-wrap/602567 "2011-11-15T14:38:10Z")
What sort of crazy, mean, spoilsport invented this stuff? Got a sheet of this in a delivery today, and was giddy…I really needed to pop some bubble wrap! And then I discovered that it was unpoppable bubble wrap, which I … --- ## [What's the longest you've gone without pooping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-pooping/61719)
**Author:** [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-pooping/61719 "2001-04-13T16:02:56Z")
Gross topic, huh? I bring this up because I was recently on a trip…and uh,…did the deed on a Sunday morning and then not again until maybe Thursday or Friday. My mother was travelling with me at the time and I told her … --- ## [How long to become physically dependant upon alcohol?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-to-become-physically-dependant-upon-alcohol/637148)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-to-become-physically-dependant-upon-alcohol/637148 "2012-10-10T17:04:29Z")
Could someone who was a binge drinker but in no way physically dependant upon alcohol who decided to drink almost every night for two months have made themselves physically dependant upon it to the extent it would be dan… --- ## [Amy Klobuchar Presidential Campaign Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-klobuchar-presidential-campaign-thread/847810)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-klobuchar-presidential-campaign-thread/847810 "2020-03-03T00:58:33Z")
Amy Jean Klobuchar (/ˈkloʊbəʃɑːr/; born May 25, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Minnesota. Previously she seemed to be an also-ran in the Democratic President… --- ## [Are people allowed to drive in NYC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-allowed-to-drive-in-nyc/711040)
**Author:** [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-allowed-to-drive-in-nyc/711040 "2015-01-31T19:41:07Z")
My father who lives in the Bronx is telling me about this snow storm that’s happening. He is telling me that no one is allowed to drive in NYC, and if you get caught driving you can get a ticket. This doesn’t seem r… --- ## [Trump reveals secret information](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-reveals-secret-information/786692)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-reveals-secret-information/786692 "2017-05-17T03:06:01Z")
According to this Washington Post article I know this is not illegal (the article later states that as POTUS he can declassify government secrets) but it strikes me this if it happened is very concerning. OK, it scare… --- ## [Am I totally nuts? Or is my GF totally self-centered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-totally-nuts-or-is-my-gf-totally-self-centered/282319)
**Author:** [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-totally-nuts-or-is-my-gf-totally-self-centered/282319 "2005-01-04T13:09:56Z")
I know, I know - yet another I-need-a-hug type of thread, but for me this is much more of a I-just-have-to-vent-to-someone-or-I-am-going-to-go-completely-buggo thread. Firstly, some history. My girlfriend and I have bee… --- ## [Futurama just made me cry.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-just-made-me-cry/395857)
**Author:** [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futurama-just-made-me-cry/395857 "2007-03-15T04:24:26Z")
Hey everyone, I just finished watching for the first time the Futurama episode where Fry discovers the petrified fossil of his dog. The episode has a lot of sentimental moments, but the ending really really got to me. … --- ## [WALMART Stuff That Pleasantly Surprised You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-stuff-that-pleasantly-surprised-you/563054)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-stuff-that-pleasantly-surprised-you/563054 "2010-12-27T16:18:28Z")
Normally, I don’t shop Walmart-because most of the stuff they carry is not really good. However, I did have a few pleasant surprises: -Faded Glory brand bluejeans-great fit and dirt cheap ($9)-as good as any other -Mo… --- ## [Could off-the-shelf pharmaceuticals help a Civil War doctor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-off-the-shelf-pharmaceuticals-help-a-civil-war-doctor/709485)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-off-the-shelf-pharmaceuticals-help-a-civil-war-doctor/709485 "2015-01-13T19:59:43Z")
As I was looking at all the junk in my medicine cabinet this morning, for some reason my mind went to wondering if a Civil War doctor would find it useful. So picture this. It’s the day after a large battle in the Ameri… --- ## [Tapeworm removal GIF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapeworm-removal-gif/642935)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapeworm-removal-gif/642935 "2012-12-06T11:26:06Z")
An animated GIF of a tapeworm being pulled out of a human. Looks like it was in a male’s left upper arm, and it looks like it was removed by a female nurse in a clinical setting. It amuses me that, to this day, sometimes… --- ## [If TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD were just now being adapted to a movie today, how would they screw it up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-to-kill-a-mockingbird-were-just-now-being-adapted-to-a-movie-today-how-would-they-screw-it-up/576545)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-to-kill-a-mockingbird-were-just-now-being-adapted-to-a-movie-today-how-would-they-screw-it-up/576545 "2011-03-31T20:37:57Z")
Imagine, if you will, that for whatever reason, no cinematic or television adaptation of Harper Lee’s great work had ever been made, or even greenlighted. Imagine further that someone has recently acquired the rights to… --- ## [Where can I buy some Coal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-some-coal/372826)
**Author:** [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-some-coal/372826 "2006-09-16T15:59:44Z")
I thought a sack of coal would look cool by the fireplace. Is it OK to burn now-and-then and/or if the power goes out? Never minding that at one time just about everyone had a coal chute on their house, and everyone ha… --- ## [Make up the worst possible opening line.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-the-worst-possible-opening-line/367276)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-the-worst-possible-opening-line/367276 "2006-08-06T22:30:05Z")
Blatantly stolen from the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. Here is the canonical ancient example, also the first usage of a classic cliché: And here are some past winners, to prime the pump: Also blatantly stolen fr… --- ## [How welcome (or not) are non-Jewish immigrants in Israel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-welcome-or-not-are-non-jewish-immigrants-in-israel/552059)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-welcome-or-not-are-non-jewish-immigrants-in-israel/552059 "2010-08-31T15:11:54Z")
Let’s say I, a typical American of European ancestry, nominally Protestant Christian and of no particular Jewish heritage, decided it would be great to become a citizen of Israel. How welcome- or not- would I be? --- ## [Catching Fire (Hunger Games sequel movie) Spoilers Boxed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-fire-hunger-games-sequel-movie-spoilers-boxed/674628)
**Author:** [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-fire-hunger-games-sequel-movie-spoilers-boxed/674628 "2013-12-28T01:49:39Z")
Anyone else seen it? We were bored last night, so we went out for it. I have to say, it’s a LOT better than the first one. The lack of shaky-cam alone was enough to make it 300% better, but even the direction and char… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1471&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1473&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)