# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1482&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:** 1483 --- ## [Need a "Child Called It"ish movie for a middle school class](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-child-called-it-ish-movie-for-a-middle-school-class/443535)
**Author:** [@simply\_cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simply_cats)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-child-called-it-ish-movie-for-a-middle-school-class/443535 "2008-04-03T00:49:36Z")
Greetings, Dopers! I am looking for a movie to use in conjunction with the book “They Cage The Animals At Night”… which is a tamer kind of “Child Called It” story. These kids are seventh graders, and most of the class … --- ## [Share your good news (please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-good-news-please/579897)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-good-news-please/579897 "2011-04-30T05:01:27Z")
I’m feeling pretty low today. Never mind why. I’d love to hear people’s good news. Or fun news. Or just something to make me feel better. --- ## [If I found a couple million dollars......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-found-a-couple-million-dollars/714476)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-found-a-couple-million-dollars/714476 "2015-03-16T23:20:00Z")
I’d hide it as well as possible, never make a single outrageous purchase or show off, and just use it to finance a bare bones lifestyle without working. Honestly, that is totally what I’d do. I have no desire to show of… --- ## [The FE Exam: Why, oh why did I agree to take this fucking thing??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fe-exam-why-oh-why-did-i-agree-to-take-this-fucking-thing/89872)
**Author:** [@headshok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/headshok)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fe-exam-why-oh-why-did-i-agree-to-take-this-fucking-thing/89872 "2017-03-16T22:50:10Z")
I knew I was going to be busy this semester. Interview preparation, a monster senior design project that I’m doing solo, a couple of other classes I need for my minor, and I recently transferred to a new, more stressful … --- ## [Ethical to refuse treatment to Catholics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-to-refuse-treatment-to-catholics/614288)
**Author:** [@spankthecrumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankthecrumpet)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-to-refuse-treatment-to-catholics/614288 "2012-03-01T21:44:52Z")
I was thinking of stuff like this - could it ever be ethical for mainstream hosptials to deny treatment to catholics, on the basis it would make them either put pressure on their church to start acting reasonably with it… --- ## [Bengals receiver Chris Henry fatally injured](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bengals-receiver-chris-henry-fatally-injured/521631)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bengals-receiver-chris-henry-fatally-injured/521631 "2009-12-20T14:18:40Z")
This happened here in Charlotte, where his fiancee lives. Apparently it was some sort of domestic issue. He either jumped or was pushed from the bed of a moving pickup truck that the fiancee was driving. The word on the … --- ## [Fantasy Baseball 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-baseball-2010/528466)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-baseball-2010/528466 "2010-03-26T17:29:22Z")
Yahoo opened up their leagues yesterday, and there are some major developments. Namely, they implemented auction leagues. They also gave the commish the power to pause live drafts up to five times to get everyone on th… --- ## [Old-Timey card games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-timey-card-games/516870)
**Author:** [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-timey-card-games/516870 "2010-01-19T00:59:21Z")
A few years ago, when my wife and I bought her grandmother’s house, we discovered a cache of old games. Lots of old favorites - old copies of Scrabble, Monopoly, etc. But we also found a few neat old card game sets: R… --- ## [The Last Kingdom (possible spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-kingdom-possible-spoilers/735836)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-kingdom-possible-spoilers/735836 "2017-06-30T14:46:38Z")
Bit surprised to see there isn’t a thread about this yet. For our UK readers, they’re showing the first series here right now; not sure if you’re a year ahead of us or getting it at the same time. It’s fantastic. Brutal… --- ## [Retapping oil drain plug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retapping-oil-drain-plug/507713)
**Author:** [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retapping-oil-drain-plug/507713 "2009-08-27T18:54:22Z")
So my oil pan is leaking around the plug because the threads seem stripped out. I will need to replace or fix it to prevent oil leaks. It looks like it will be out of my price range to have someone retap the plug. Does … --- ## [How to talk to my son about porn...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-talk-to-my-son-about-porn/496291)
**Author:** [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-talk-to-my-son-about-porn/496291 "2009-05-15T07:45:53Z")
So, it turns out my nine year old has been using his computer to look at some rather age inappropriate material. My ex-wife has removed the computer to her study, and this weekend I have to have a conversation with him a… --- ## [What side of your mouth do you chew more food on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-of-your-mouth-do-you-chew-more-food-on/587849)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-of-your-mouth-do-you-chew-more-food-on/587849 "2011-07-06T12:46:54Z")
For reasons unknown to me, I preferentially use the right side of my mouth for chewing more than the left side. I don’t know if it has to do with the fact that I’m right-handed. Does anyone else have a preference like … --- ## [Airline Seating Policies are designed by monkeys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-seating-policies-are-designed-by-monkeys/553635)
**Author:** [@Obsidian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obsidian)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2010, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-seating-policies-are-designed-by-monkeys/553635 "2010-09-25T11:23:58Z")
I usually fly Southwest. I love Southwest. I can get good seats just by being early instead of being elite, bags are free, etc. etc. If they flew non-stop to New York, I’d never fly another airline. But the travel time … --- ## [Ok all you low/no carb types - breakfast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-all-you-low-no-carb-types-breakfast/707737)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-all-you-low-no-carb-types-breakfast/707737 "2015-02-25T04:22:27Z")
I love my carbs and I don’t think I have the will to deny myself 100%, but I am trying not to make buttered toast my go-to when I need an easy snack or meal. Breakfast (which I must eat if I’m to function at all) is th… --- ## [What movie prop would you like to own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117)
**Author:** [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117 "2010-06-17T23:24:52Z")
I’d give my eyeteeth to own the bright blue ostrich-feather fans carried by Vera-Ellen and Rosemary Clooney as they’re singing “Sisters” in White Christmas. What movie prop would you love to own? --- ## [Fuck OutKast with a pool cue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-outkast-with-a-pool-cue/273444)
**Author:** [@PaulFitzroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulFitzroy)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-outkast-with-a-pool-cue/273444 "2004-11-10T19:04:40Z")
OutKast sucks. OutKast sucks because of this: \* I know you’d like to thank your shit don’t stank But lean a little bit closer See that roses really smell like poo-oo-ooo Yeah, roses really smell like poo-oo-ooo\* I… --- ## [Women Who Wear No Makeup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-wear-no-makeup/147109)
**Author:** [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-wear-no-makeup/147109 "2003-01-13T02:51:02Z")
I’m wondering what you all think when you see a woman who wears no makeup. Do you even notice? Do you think it makes her look less “put together?” Also, I know a lot of men don’t think women are wearing makeup when t… --- ## [Is all salt created equal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-all-salt-created-equal/487152)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-all-salt-created-equal/487152 "2009-02-27T18:00:38Z")
Well? Is it? Why would I go out of my way to buy Sea Salt or Kosher Salt ( unless I kept Kosher, of course ! ) opposed to the basic Morton’s salt? Are there flavors to it inherently from area of the earth to area? Is so… --- ## [welcome to the pit you annoying venue patrons.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-pit-you-annoying-venue-patrons/583450)
**Author:** [@pikey\_pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pikey_pete)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-pit-you-annoying-venue-patrons/583450 "2011-05-31T00:04:09Z")
Ok, as a professional photographer who makes a good segment of his income photographing bands at music venues, I have to pit women who make the duck face. Please, ladies (and I use that term quite liberally,) stop that … --- ## [Prepaid SIM cards in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepaid-sim-cards-in-the-us/540843)
**Author:** [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepaid-sim-cards-in-the-us/540843 "2010-06-08T01:49:29Z")
I’m in town (NY) visiting the folks for a month and I brought my cell phone with me. When I used to live here I’d always had a contract with my phone (as did just about everyone I knew who had a cell). In Europe, it seem… --- ## [Love Me Do, bitches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-me-do-bitches/544450)
**Author:** [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-me-do-bitches/544450 "2010-06-28T04:59:37Z")
Just wanted to say that The Beatles’ Love Me Do kicks ass - awesome harmonies and that harmonica…well, yeah. John knew a thing or two about music. And Paul too. And shit. --- ## [Mystery Bar on Old Phonographs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-bar-on-old-phonographs/532301)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-bar-on-old-phonographs/532301 "2010-03-20T14:39:06Z")
I snagged a picture off of a video telling me about the wonders of “Living Stereo” records by RCA. I am guessing this was made sometime in the fifties. What is the bar that is on the left hand side. I have seen this b… --- ## [Lynn Bodoni: Did I miss something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-did-i-miss-something/105705)
**Author:** [@Du\_Hast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Du_Hast)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2002, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-did-i-miss-something/105705 "2002-04-30T08:21:53Z")
1)I didn’t insert an image in my post. You CAN’T put images in posts last time I checked. 2)I gave ample warning that it was a disgusting picture, and that if you were at work, it would be a bad move to click it. You a… --- ## [Look what was just delivered to my office...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-was-just-delivered-to-my-office/356268)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-was-just-delivered-to-my-office/356268 "2006-05-17T23:45:19Z")
I just received a package by mistake, containing this: http://www.leather-temptations.com/page/L/PROD/BraSets/12-105 (not necessarily SFW). It is actually addressed to me, but I didn’t order it. Not too sure what to do… --- ## [Was sex anywhere near McCain's mind in selecting Palin as VP, in your view?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-sex-anywhere-near-mccains-mind-in-selecting-palin-as-vp-in-your-view/562931)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2010, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-sex-anywhere-near-mccains-mind-in-selecting-palin-as-vp-in-your-view/562931 "2010-12-11T08:51:36Z")
poll to come. Also link. --- ## [The 2-man luge---what were they thinking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2-man-luge-what-were-they-thinking/332462)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2-man-luge-what-were-they-thinking/332462 "2006-02-21T23:20:32Z")
I’m flipping channels , and I suddenly see two guys trying not to have sex with each other . Oh, sorry, that’s a SPORT! HUH? Who invented this, and what was he smokin’? Sure, I was a kid once, and loved sledding down… --- ## [Advice on el cheapo gaming system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-el-cheapo-gaming-system/574986)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-el-cheapo-gaming-system/574986 "2011-04-10T17:18:47Z")
So I’m almost done with a major year-long work project, and my reward to myself is that I’m replacing my buggy slow annoying old 2007 computer (that I bought when I got hired at my job). I use my computer for gaming, bu… --- ## [Most badass-looking Medieval armor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-badass-looking-medieval-armor/491130)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-badass-looking-medieval-armor/491130 "2009-03-30T16:18:42Z")
For some reason, lately, I’ve been really into Medieval knights. I am not sure exactly what brought this on - I was never really interested in that stuff before, and I never studied the history of it in any kind of detai… --- ## [New Report: Abstinence Only Education Works!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-report-abstinence-only-education-works/527597)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-report-abstinence-only-education-works/527597 "2010-02-12T22:37:05Z")
From CNN. Researches recruited African-American young people from the northeastern United States and gave them an eight-hour abstinence-only sexuality course. The average age of the participants was 12.2 years. One th… --- ## [Who on earth is designing the clothes for women these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-on-earth-is-designing-the-clothes-for-women-these-days/813386)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-on-earth-is-designing-the-clothes-for-women-these-days/813386 "2018-05-19T00:23:47Z")
Everything is absolutely hideous and I wouldn’t want to be caught dead wearing any of it. Especially if you’re into the plus sizes. My God. Sister and I just walk through the stores and laugh at everything. It’s a good t… --- ## [Does Trump get indicted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-get-indicted/974085)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-get-indicted/974085 "2022-11-13T22:05:08Z")
The poll is what you believe will happen, not what you want to happen. poll This is for potential crimes committed as of 10-31-2022. Not future crimes. --- ## [Explain Six Sigma to me (in this context)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-six-sigma-to-me-in-this-context/307738)
**Author:** [@joemama24\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemama24_98)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-six-sigma-to-me-in-this-context/307738 "2016-01-30T04:35:42Z")
I understand the premise of Six Sigma - if you engineer something such that the rate defects in your resulting product falls within six standard deviations of some established norm (which works out to 99.8% error-free, o… --- ## [Can a broken femur lead to Cardiac Arrest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-broken-femur-lead-to-cardiac-arrest/633356)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-broken-femur-lead-to-cardiac-arrest/633356 "2012-09-06T13:09:40Z")
I was having lunch with a person today and she mentioned that her father had suffered Cardiac Arrest after a fracture of his femur. Something to do with seepage of bone marrow…I find myself sceptical. Not that cardiac ar… --- ## [How do you become a small-town cop in America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-become-a-small-town-cop-in-america/435515)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2008, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-become-a-small-town-cop-in-america/435515 "2008-01-30T06:40:30Z")
The small-town cop is a cliche in films, both American and elsewhere, but particularly in America. But how do people become small-town cops? I know that Sheriffs are elected, but if I were in One-horse-dorp, Arizona (or … --- ## [2018 Rowan County (KY) County Clerk election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rowan-county-ky-county-clerk-election/800998 "2018-11-08T18:27:21Z")
Kim Davis will seek re-election. What a coward; I hope not everyone in Rowan County is so disposed. The question now is “who will step up?” --- ## [Democrats who don't support Bernie Sanders as the frontrunner are the people who put Trump in office](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-dont-support-bernie-sanders-as-the-frontrunner-are-the-people-who-put-trump-in-office/824159)
**Author:** [@Barack\_Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barack_Obama)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-dont-support-bernie-sanders-as-the-frontrunner-are-the-people-who-put-trump-in-office/824159 "2018-11-11T17:34:25Z")
So I recently had something interesting occur. I said Bernie Sanders was the strongest person democrats could run for the 2020 election. I was met with a few responses that I didn’t expect. So I pushed them, why don’t yo… --- ## [Pacifist's boyfriend kills someone in self-defense. Is breaking up a reasonable response?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pacifists-boyfriend-kills-someone-in-self-defense-is-breaking-up-a-reasonable-response/555913)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pacifists-boyfriend-kills-someone-in-self-defense-is-breaking-up-a-reasonable-response/555913 "2010-10-05T18:34:46Z")
Another Rhymer hypothetical, obviously. Here’s the sitch: Today’s story stars Robert and Avery and is set, oh, sometime in the last decade, during the height of opposition to the Iraq War. Both Robert & Avery are very a… --- ## [Public Schools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-schools/419430)
**Author:** [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-schools/419430 "2007-09-22T12:55:04Z")
I would like some clarification as to the various issues associated with public school education in the US. Are public schools doing a mediocre-to-poor job of teaching across the board? Or is there wide school-by-schoo… --- ## [A letter to my ex-wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-letter-to-my-ex-wife/537631)
**Author:** [@Pduol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pduol)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-letter-to-my-ex-wife/537631 "2010-05-01T23:25:58Z")
Dear Lori\*, Once more, you’ve hurt one of your kids, made a promise that you didn’t keep. Jenny’s wedding was yesterday. Did you totally forget or did you once more decide that you’re latest romantic flame is more imp… --- ## [why are deaths dropping but infection rate stabilizing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-deaths-dropping-but-infection-rate-stabilizing/855779)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-deaths-dropping-but-infection-rate-stabilizing/855779 "2020-07-19T17:06:00Z")
I get my information from Worldometers United States COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer In spite of the weekly spikes we’ve been seeing the infection rate in the US has stabilized at about 20,000 per day. THis… --- ## [The hardest and/or worst news you ever had to break to someone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-and-or-worst-news-you-ever-had-to-break-to-someone/662980)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-and-or-worst-news-you-ever-had-to-break-to-someone/662980 "2013-07-10T21:10:31Z")
Maybe you had to share the news of an unexpected death, or fire someone, or divorce someone, or come out to your parents - any number of things. So: what was the news, who did you have to tell, what was your method, and… --- ## [They're called "bl\*w job" boots for a reason!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-called-bl-w-job-boots-for-a-reason/504600)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-called-bl-w-job-boots-for-a-reason/504600 "2009-08-04T17:07:07Z")
They’re called ‘bl\*w job’ boots for a reason, ladies! I put on leather combat boots, along with skintight jeans and a sombrero, and dragged my butt out of the house to the park. I noticed you by the fountain and I appro… --- ## [Legal status of conjoined twins.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-status-of-conjoined-twins/395048)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2007, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-status-of-conjoined-twins/395048 "2007-03-12T10:09:50Z")
Here’s a question that’d been danced around in other threads, but FWIK hasn’t been directly asked. I know legal jurisdictions vary, but I figure there’s gotta be some sort of precedent. Anyways, tonight on TLC, there w… --- ## [Famous Last Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409 "2015-02-13T01:24:21Z")
Lines of dialogue that are pretty much guaranteed to get you killed in a movie/TV thriller/mystery: \[ul\]\[li\]“We should split up!”\[/li\]\[li\]“I need to change my will.”\[/li\]\[li\]“I’m going to the police!”\[/li\]\[/ul\] --- ## [dry-erase marker boards vs. traditional chalkboards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-erase-marker-boards-vs-traditional-chalkboards/76234)
**Author:** [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2001, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-erase-marker-boards-vs-traditional-chalkboards/76234 "2001-08-18T01:00:15Z")
Okay, I want to know the Straight Dope on why dry-erase marker boards are “taking over” and the traditional slate style chalkboards seem to be going to the wayside. One used to be able to buy a chalkboard at office suppl… --- ## [Cost to turn rocks into gravel for home use.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-to-turn-rocks-into-gravel-for-home-use/725922)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-to-turn-rocks-into-gravel-for-home-use/725922 "2015-07-25T17:13:58Z")
I bought a house and the previous owner has borders made with rocks. They range from pebbles to stones but most are about fist-size. There is nothing ornamental about these rocks, they’re not river rocks or even color … --- ## [McCabe firing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccabe-firing/810774)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccabe-firing/810774 "2018-04-14T01:24:15Z")
Sorry if this is already being addressed in another thread. If so, I didn’t see it. Much is being made of McCabe’s dismissal and laying blame at Trump’s feet. What doesn’t seem to be getting much play is the fact that t… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory 1/3--The Egg Salad Equivalency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995 "2013-01-11T15:54:46Z")
Sheldon gets accused of sexual harassment at the University and winds up getting Leonard, Raj and Wolowitz in trouble. --- ## [Cilantro: Soapy or Bliss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cilantro-soapy-or-bliss/513662)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cilantro-soapy-or-bliss/513662 "2009-10-18T17:55:01Z")
I’m a “soap-taster” when it comes to cilantro (aka coriander) and even the tiniest of molecule of it will ruin any dish for me. How 'bout you? --- ## [The Jonny Quest Appreciation Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111)
**Author:** [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111 "2014-01-22T20:43:55Z")
Some of the posters on the 1960s thread, http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=149156 mentioned how they were fans of Jonny Quest. I don’t remember if we have ever had a JQ thread on SDMB so I de… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1481&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1483&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)