# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1500&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:** 1501 --- ## [SDMB Weight Loss Club, Part Five: The Summer Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-five-the-summer-edition/238441)
**Author:** [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-five-the-summer-edition/238441 "2005-02-15T18:09:08Z")
Well, since GingeroftheNorth has asked me to take the reins, I’m starting a new thread for the SDMB Weight Loss Club. Doesn’t matter if you have 5 pounds to lose, or 50, or 150–everyone is welcome to be a part of this. … --- ## [Physiological effects of the morning-after pill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physiological-effects-of-the-morning-after-pill/582794)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physiological-effects-of-the-morning-after-pill/582794 "2011-05-23T11:57:26Z")
I’m wondering why women don’t take the morning-after pill as a matter of routine. We expect men to wear condoms, after all. But condoms aren’t 100% reliable. So I’m assuming there are significant physiological effects. … --- ## [Lady Antebellum is now Lady A](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-antebellum-is-now-lady-a/855486)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-antebellum-is-now-lady-a/855486 "2020-07-11T00:23:47Z")
But I will still have unclean thoughts about the girl. --- ## [Paranoid parents and Halloween candy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranoid-parents-and-halloween-candy/702694)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranoid-parents-and-halloween-candy/702694 "2014-11-01T19:54:51Z")
My daughter had a 5th grade friend who has a mother that’s a bit paranoid. When the daughter goes trick-or-treating, daughter is not allowed to eat any of the candy for 48 hours. During those 48 hours, mom checked to … --- ## [Web Pages That Suck selected my website.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-pages-that-suck-selected-my-website/321889)
**Author:** [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-pages-that-suck-selected-my-website/321889 "2005-09-19T00:29:28Z")
I had a feeling my website (www.1728.com) would be chosen sooner or later. Anyway, go to this link: Daily Sucker - Current examples of bad web design from Web Pages That Suck - Learn good web design by looking at bad w… --- ## [Can Obama Close Guantanamo Prison?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-obama-close-guantanamo-prison/473846)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-obama-close-guantanamo-prison/473846 "2008-11-24T18:14:02Z")
I know, he is on record, saying he will. But: a few problems: many countries WILL NOT take their people back (Algeria for one; they are facing a civil war, and DO not want more islamic terrorists) Afghanistan will tak… --- ## [A board of such delicate little flowers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-board-of-such-delicate-little-flowers/559363)
**Author:** [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-board-of-such-delicate-little-flowers/559363 "2010-11-04T18:18:50Z")
I think it was your president Obama that once said, “Just give it a rest you whiney bunch of fucknuggets”. Its become obvious that when he said that, he was actually talking about the Calander girls currently hanging o… --- ## [Melaleuca: Miracle or Marketing Ploy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melaleuca-miracle-or-marketing-ploy/72539)
**Author:** [@The\_Punkyova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Punkyova)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melaleuca-miracle-or-marketing-ploy/72539 "2014-04-09T14:40:04Z")
A friend of mine has given me the Melaleuca sales pitch. She is a good person, and obviously believes the whole thing sincerely. Clearly, this doesn’t preclude her being wrong. My doctor tells me that taking vitamins is… --- ## [Why do some champagne bottles explode/shatter in your hands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-champagne-bottles-explode-shatter-in-your-hands/543047)
**Author:** [@Logical\_Phallacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Logical_Phallacy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-champagne-bottles-explode-shatter-in-your-hands/543047 "2023-12-30T22:14:01Z")
I’ve recently become interested in the art of sabrage, that is, opening champagne (or beer, if you must) with a sabre or chef’s knife. Essentially, the technique involves applying a buncha pressure to the point of stres… --- ## [Fermi's Paradox and the 'Prime Directive'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fermis-paradox-and-the-prime-directive/930582)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fermis-paradox-and-the-prime-directive/930582 "2022-02-28T16:42:42Z")
I have to tell you, I often do wonder about things like Fermi’s Paradox and its possible solutions. I know in the fictional Star Trek universe, they have this thing called the Prime Directive. That they will not interfe… --- ## [You're hardcore Cred](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729 "2010-07-31T02:24:43Z")
I’ve noticed that there is an obligatory scene in every action movie where we learn just what a hardcore badass the protagonist is. The rules of this scene are pretty simple. It’s never delivered by the protagonist, bu… --- ## [China Guy is hanging up his chopsticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-guy-is-hanging-up-his-chopsticks/542521)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-guy-is-hanging-up-his-chopsticks/542521 "2010-06-30T01:04:25Z")
Yep, after having lived in China, HK, Taiwan and Japan since 1982 (with 3 years back in the US to complete 2 degrees), I’m moving the entire family back to the Seattle area. Should be quite the adventure since my wife an… --- ## [Dogs are superior to cats.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-are-superior-to-cats/530200)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-are-superior-to-cats/530200 "2010-02-25T23:47:53Z")
They are bigger and stronger. They can pull sleds. They can guide the blind. They can rescue kids from burning buildings. They can smell bombs. They can fetch dead ducks. --- ## [Plot holes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-holes/382059)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-holes/382059 "2006-11-30T03:45:22Z")
As distinguished from continuity errors or inaccuracies. I mean inconsistencies in the storyline. I can think of three: The Wizard of Oz: Dorothy runs away in Kansas to save Toto. When she meets Professor Marvel, he imm… --- ## [My G-G-Generational Ship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-g-g-generational-ship/659643)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-g-g-generational-ship/659643 "2013-06-17T18:06:12Z")
Premise: The world is going to end in ten years(the reason for the benefit of this exercise doesn’t really matter), and the governments decide to work together to build a generational ship in those ten years. This leave… --- ## [School Discipline and self defense - why can't kids protect themselves at school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-discipline-and-self-defense-why-cant-kids-protect-themselves-at-school/780114)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-discipline-and-self-defense-why-cant-kids-protect-themselves-at-school/780114 "2017-02-21T18:13:31Z")
The topic for the thread is whether or not children should be allowed to defend themselves at school if they are attacked by other students. Currently, most places will discipline both (or all) students involved in a ph… --- ## [Anyone looking forward to "Clerks 2"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-clerks-2/364347)
**Author:** [@powerjacob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/powerjacob)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-clerks-2/364347 "2006-08-02T01:24:56Z")
I’m a Kevin Smith fan. I love his movies and they are full of dialog, unlike many movies that are put out there every year. Does anyone feel the same way? --- ## [Is the American flag still on the moon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-american-flag-still-on-the-moon/418983)
**Author:** [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-american-flag-still-on-the-moon/418983 "2012-07-29T23:42:24Z")
…And if so, are there telescopes powerful enough that it would be visible? I’m just wondering if that would be a way to prove to the deniers that we’ve actually landed there. --- ## [Can all information be found online?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-all-information-be-found-online/802884)
**Author:** [@DkTrdGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DkTrdGuy)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-all-information-be-found-online/802884 "2017-12-12T01:39:24Z")
Is everything posted online? I would assume. It might not be in one place, though. People have the compulsive need to flap their lips. Even regarding really sensitive information. I find it hard to believe there’s inform… --- ## [When did Brits start saying "brilliant" all the time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-brits-start-saying-brilliant-all-the-time/336346)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2006, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-brits-start-saying-brilliant-all-the-time/336346 "2006-01-02T12:02:29Z")
Not quite a GQ, but more of an observation with a rhetorical question thrown in for good measure. Saturday afternoon, BBC America served as background noise while I was rebuilding my computer. One thing I noticed that … --- ## [Is Cold Fusion Making a Resurgence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-fusion-making-a-resurgence/680910)
**Author:** [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-fusion-making-a-resurgence/680910 "2014-02-12T00:32:26Z")
I recently stumbled on a video about Cold Fusion. It struck me as overblown and absurd with serious CT overtones. There was a reference to a series of talks given at MIT, so I checked them out. (LINK to the ~3 hour open… --- ## [Can you tell me what Klonopin is/does?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-me-what-klonopin-is-does/545361)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-me-what-klonopin-is-does/545361 "2010-07-04T03:23:59Z")
I have a few for anxiety, but I’m afraid to take them. They’re the little wafers, a low dosage, but I’ve heard they are horrendously addictive and you have to be on them for life…I was thinking I could cut one in half a… --- ## [My Brother Is Dead To Me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-is-dead-to-me/568076)
**Author:** [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-is-dead-to-me/568076 "2011-01-20T15:16:56Z")
My older brother, 53 years old. Lives with my mother. i see him once a week or so when I visit. I have, all my life, had a problem with his impulsive, violent, selfish behavior. Drugs and alcohol have taken a toll on… --- ## [Advice needed: sex worker rehab in Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-sex-worker-rehab-in-canada/562168)
**Author:** [@spice.mustflow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spice.mustflow)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-sex-worker-rehab-in-canada/562168 "2010-11-30T16:53:12Z")
I guess that title will get the right attention, but it’s actually a bit more complicated than that. Over the past month I have become good friends online with a 20-year old woman in Edmonton, Alberta; I’ll call her Gina… --- ## [Comments about "The Great Debates"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-about-the-great-debates/610959)
**Author:** [@SDMBKL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SDMBKL)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-about-the-great-debates/610959 "2012-02-03T03:42:10Z")
The description for “The Great Debates” is that “This is also the place for religious debates and (if you feel you must) witnessing.” I have two comments. Witnessing is not debating. In a courtroom, witnessing means t… --- ## ["Marry Our Daughter" -- Please tell me this is a joke ... .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marry-our-daughter-please-tell-me-this-is-a-joke/418626)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2007, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marry-our-daughter-please-tell-me-this-is-a-joke/418626 "2007-09-13T02:39:39Z")
While checking out the latest at Dark Roasted Blend, I stumbled on Marry Our Daughter. Ick, ick, ick. It’s a fundamentalist matchmaking site where Christian parents can post pics and bios of their teenage daughters (so… --- ## [Windshield Lady Goes on Trial!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-lady-goes-on-trial/183780)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-lady-goes-on-trial/183780 "2003-06-30T12:17:57Z")
Ah, yes, remember this, from two years ago? FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A former nurse’s aide pleaded guilty to a lesser count Monday before she went on trial on a murder charge, accused of hitting a man with her car and l… --- ## [Will you vote for Santorum just to mess with Romney's numbers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-vote-for-santorum-just-to-mess-with-romneys-numbers/614501)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-vote-for-santorum-just-to-mess-with-romneys-numbers/614501 "2012-03-07T20:19:05Z")
Think about your answer and wait for the poll to appear. Your call is very important to us and will be answered in the order received… --- ## [Women stay angry longer..Yes or No](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-stay-angry-longer-yes-or-no/124551)
**Author:** [@OliverTwistofLime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OliverTwistofLime)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2002, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-stay-angry-longer-yes-or-no/124551 "2002-08-21T11:07:23Z")
With obvious exceptions, it appears to me that women carry their “mad” with husband, father, boyfriend far longer than men do. If I have a disagreement or a shouting match with my wife, I make my point and about 5 minu… --- ## [How do you throw away a garbage can??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-throw-away-a-garbage-can/345303)
**Author:** [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-throw-away-a-garbage-can/345303 "2006-02-24T14:53:35Z")
Well, the stupid trash collectors have broken my garbage can. It is the kind that has wheels on the bottom, they some how broke the wheels off so now it is damn near impossible to move. We are going to be getting a new … --- ## [The world laughs at Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-laughs-at-trump/821930)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-laughs-at-trump/821930 "2018-10-07T23:13:04Z")
Well, maybe not the whole world but certainly the UN: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/people-actually-laughed-at-a-president-at-un-speech-trump-suffers-the-fate-he-always-feared/2018… --- ## [Most attractive villians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-villians/555332)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2010, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-villians/555332 "2010-10-01T10:43:11Z")
The good guys no longer wear white hats and the bad guys black, but the villians usually look evil, don’t they? But not always. Sometimes the bad guy/gal is pretty hot. What movies and TV shows have the hottest villians? … --- ## [Wristwatch: What does "chronometer" signify?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wristwatch-what-does-chronometer-signify/952632)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2021, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wristwatch-what-does-chronometer-signify/952632 "2021-11-20T04:03:03Z")
Of course, I tried looking this up. Wikipedia says: In Switzerland, only timepieces certified by the Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (COSC) may use the word certified chronometer or officially certified chro… --- ## [What are the UK's "Ivy League" universities now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-uks-ivy-league-universities-now/529428)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-uks-ivy-league-universities-now/529428 "2010-02-19T18:42:14Z")
From The Times & The Sunday Times: breaking news & today's latest headlines Whether head teachers, parents and pupils like it or not, A grades are increasingly influential in deciding whether a candidate gets an offer a… --- ## [Do shrimp need to be deveined to be edible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-shrimp-need-to-be-deveined-to-be-edible/358475)
**Author:** [@Queuing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queuing)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-shrimp-need-to-be-deveined-to-be-edible/358475 "2006-05-28T19:23:16Z")
Thats about it. Do they? If so, how do you do this? I am having a dinner party tonight, shrimp is the appetizer and the only shrimp I could find did not come prepared in any way. I have managed to deshell them, do the… --- ## [Most unlikely action stars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unlikely-action-stars/616593)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unlikely-action-stars/616593 "2012-03-24T03:49:35Z")
When you think of “action stars,” Arnold, Sly, and Bruce would be the Big 3, at least of the last 30 years or so, then there’s more recent high-profile guys like Christian Bale, Will Smith, and Russell Crowe, then there’… --- ## [Santa Reads The Doper Mailbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-reads-the-doper-mailbag/94583)
**Author:** [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-reads-the-doper-mailbag/94583 "2001-12-06T20:14:13Z")
Dear Santa, I’ve sent along a catalog that really only you should look at. Please note that the shackles on page 24 are NOT padded, and do not bring the shackles pictured below them which are. Also, do you whip the rei… --- ## ["I'm not a racist! I voted for Herman Cain!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-i-voted-for-herman-cain/600999)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-i-voted-for-herman-cain/600999 "2011-10-28T14:34:35Z")
I can see it now. The old defense against being accused a racist was once, “I’m not a racist, I have a black friend!” Soon it will be, “I’m not a racist, I voted for Herman Cain!” Here’s a newsflash for you, you ignora… --- ## [6 Degrees of separation, vs. "historical figures"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-separation-vs-historical-figures/539681)
**Author:** [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-separation-vs-historical-figures/539681 "2010-06-02T01:18:01Z")
The “Bacon” or whatever it’s called separation between you and someone else, who’s an important historical figure… Can you make a 6 (or less) degree separation between you and an important historical figure? If so, whom… --- ## [What's the strangest/most unique thing you own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-most-unique-thing-you-own/373837)
**Author:** [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-most-unique-thing-you-own/373837 "2006-09-29T15:00:47Z")
Inspired by this thread where someone is asking about the possibility of buying a shrunken head I thought I would see what strange items my fellow dopers have picked up along the way. In that thread Hide Thine Eyes says … --- ## [Anyone Up For A Doper Orgy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-doper-orgy/69942)
**Author:** [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-doper-orgy/69942 "2001-07-06T02:29:27Z")
Just kidding! :smiley: ROTFLMAO!! I made you look! LMAO!! \[sub\]Sorry, I’m bored tonight! ;o\*)\*\[/sub\] ROFL!! --- ## [Your most frequently used phone features in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-frequently-used-phone-features-in-the-mmp/961419)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-frequently-used-phone-features-in-the-mmp/961419 "2022-03-28T04:08:04Z")
I heard a comedian - I think it might have been Gary Gulman - saying the least-used app on his phone was the phone. It seems people don’t really want to talk on the phone, but they won’t be without theirs for reasons. As… --- ## [Looking for clever mnemonic devices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-clever-mnemonic-devices/380702)
**Author:** [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-clever-mnemonic-devices/380702 "2006-11-18T16:59:56Z")
My fifth grade teacher taught me the phrase “she made Harry eat onions”, which one may use to help recall the west-to-east order of the Great Lakes: She = Superior Made = Michigan Harry = Huron Eat = Erie Onions = O… --- ## [In Defense of Lower Education.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defense-of-lower-education/702409)
**Author:** [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defense-of-lower-education/702409 "2014-11-03T00:26:23Z")
The title is meant to be shtick. :slight\_smile: But, seriously, some commentators declare that higher-education is the next bubble to burst, with reports of $1 trillion dollars in student loans out there, and a good po… --- ## [Paying off the National Debt - Why won't this work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-off-the-national-debt-why-wont-this-work/548758)
**Author:** [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-off-the-national-debt-why-wont-this-work/548758 "2010-08-10T12:47:35Z")
Let’s say congress passes a bipartisan bill that will enact a tax of twenty dollars, once per year, for every American. Assuming we have 330 million Americans, and also assuming they can pay (I acknowledge that many Am… --- ## [Will the center of the earth ever cool?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-center-of-the-earth-ever-cool/97619)
**Author:** [@Chekmate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chekmate)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-center-of-the-earth-ever-cool/97619 "2002-03-13T19:52:16Z")
If so, how long will it take? If not, why not?:confused: --- ## [What was opposition to Hitler like in Germany?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-opposition-to-hitler-like-in-germany/778388)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-opposition-to-hitler-like-in-germany/778388 "2017-02-04T08:59:50Z")
I am not sure if this should be a GQ or GD thread…I will leave it to the Mods to decide. With the election of Donald Trump there is no shortage of comparisons of Trump to Hitler’s rise to power. I am wondering what, if … --- ## [Why do nipples stick out when its cold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-nipples-stick-out-when-its-cold/132354)
**Author:** [@gingersnap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gingersnap)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-nipples-stick-out-when-its-cold/132354 "2002-10-16T15:58:21Z")
When its cold, body parts that stick out like fingers, toes, ears and noses are in danger of frostbite. So why do nipples harden and protrude when it’s cold out? Doesn’t this make them suceptible to frostbite? --- ## [Why do parents feel the need to say such things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-parents-feel-the-need-to-say-such-things/733921)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-parents-feel-the-need-to-say-such-things/733921 "2015-10-11T13:53:34Z")
First of all, I know it’s not ALL parents. Yesterday, I was having a conversation with my colleagues. Sadly, one of them has a very ill dog, that is going to cost thousands of dollars in vet bills, or maybe has to be pu… --- ## [Great movies that need better titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-that-need-better-titles/852751)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-that-need-better-titles/852751 "2020-05-10T14:04:08Z")
Lots of movies have terrible titles, but this thread is specifically about really good movies which have terrible titles. So, for example, The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-up Zombies i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1499&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1501&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)