# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1511&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:** 1512 --- ## [Jobless Folks Who Stand At Intersections With Signs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobless-folks-who-stand-at-intersections-with-signs/585257)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobless-folks-who-stand-at-intersections-with-signs/585257 "2011-06-18T14:10:01Z")
We always try to help if we have some change but a couple of days ago, D and I saw a guy with his sign asking for money, and we were a little taken aback. We didn’t mind the lawn chairs (wife and 2 kids sitting in the g… --- ## [Has anyone here ever seen someone in public and.......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-seen-someone-in-public-and/658011)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-seen-someone-in-public-and/658011 "2014-03-15T22:49:05Z")
…spent every minute of the rest of the day talking about them? :rolleyes: :confused: I’m mentioning this because there are a lot of people who are hesitant to go out in public, or take their kids out, because they beli… --- ## [Amazing Race 10.18.09: "I'm Like Ricky Bobby" Probable Football Delays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-18-09-im-like-ricky-bobby-probable-football-delays/514248)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-18-09-im-like-ricky-bobby-probable-football-delays/514248 "2009-10-20T18:45:14Z")
CBS has got the 4 pm football game, adjust DVRs accordingly. and the featured game is in New England, and it is snowing there, meanwhile, on The Amazing Race: --- ## [Let's talk stir-fry recipes, techniques and equipment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-stir-fry-recipes-techniques-and-equipment/579111)
**Author:** [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-stir-fry-recipes-techniques-and-equipment/579111 "2011-05-15T00:43:50Z")
For the life of me I can’t make a good stir fry. Do I need a wok? What kind of wok? Higher heat? Everything I make turns out lacking that delicious crisp-tender texture and forgoing the perfect salty-sweet-spicy trifecta… --- ## [When did you - if ever - realize there was nothing wrong with homosexuality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-if-ever-realize-there-was-nothing-wrong-with-homosexuality/416188)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-if-ever-realize-there-was-nothing-wrong-with-homosexuality/416188 "2007-08-22T23:10:09Z")
I don’t believe there is a country where homosexuality is seeing, at best, as not-so-bad, although some countries/societies/cultures may be more tolerant than others about it. Most of us must have received a dose of homo… --- ## [How do Chinese/Japanese typewriters work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-chinese-japanese-typewriters-work/568351)
**Author:** [@George11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/George11)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-chinese-japanese-typewriters-work/568351 "2011-01-23T20:52:30Z")
I’ve tried searching the internet for this but I can’t seem to find a definitive answer. Lots of pictures and historical information but no actual hard info on how they work. The straight dope website I’ve found address… --- ## [Something is slowing down. Is it Netflix or USPS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-is-slowing-down-is-it-netflix-or-usps/716757)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-is-slowing-down-is-it-netflix-or-usps/716757 "2016-07-21T19:29:34Z")
I subscribed to Netflix’ DVD mail service for the first time long ago. Maybe it was 8 years, although I have not subscribed continuously. First, the facts. I live about 150 miles from the nearest Netflix distribution … --- ## [Has anybody ever known a doctor who made house calls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-known-a-doctor-who-made-house-calls/570970)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-known-a-doctor-who-made-house-calls/570970 "2011-02-13T23:29:17Z")
Historically it used to be routine- the doctor came to his patients as often as the other way around before hospitals. It was a staple on TV well into the 1970s (All in the Family, Sanford & Son and The Brady Bunch are … --- ## [TV series that have fallen the farthest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-have-fallen-the-farthest/456089)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-have-fallen-the-farthest/456089 "2008-07-15T00:31:22Z")
I’m not looking for jump the shark moments here. Rather I’m thinking of shows that were great at one point in their live which someone became vile dreck, and yet lingered on for years until they were mere parodies of the… --- ## [Why doesn't butter rot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-butter-rot/551268)
**Author:** [@iamnotbatman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamnotbatman)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-butter-rot/551268 "2010-08-25T13:30:20Z")
Given that fat is a substance high in energy like carbohydrates, why don’t bacteria attack it the way they do starches and proteins, etc? Why doesn’t oil or fat go moldy before it goes rancid? In particular, why doesn’t … --- ## [Where do you get your online news? (pre-poll query)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-online-news-pre-poll-query/620985 "2012-05-10T01:55:28Z")
I’d like to put up a poll on which website(s) you visit for up-to-date and “real” news, but I don’t have a good feel for which sites to list. I have Yahoo! as my “home page” and thus get a large percentage of my news th… --- ## [What is the plural form of the word "orifice?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-form-of-the-word-orifice/194861)
**Author:** [@MrGrizz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrGrizz)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-form-of-the-word-orifice/194861 "2003-08-13T17:38:01Z")
What is the plural form of the word “orifice?” --- ## [Why was there hostility to the idea of quasi-crystals in the early 80s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-there-hostility-to-the-idea-of-quasi-crystals-in-the-early-80s/598803)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-there-hostility-to-the-idea-of-quasi-crystals-in-the-early-80s/598803 "2012-05-03T18:07:49Z")
A scientist won the Nobel in Chemistry for discovering quasi-crystals in the early 80s. I’ve seen several reports that when he first told people about it, his ideas weren’t just questioned or even simply rejected–people … --- ## [Answers to a couple of IQ-type questions please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-to-a-couple-of-iq-type-questions-please/500918)
**Author:** [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-to-a-couple-of-iq-type-questions-please/500918 "2009-11-05T22:50:10Z")
What do you reckon are the answers to these IQ-type questions: What two words do not belong with the other four words: malice, jealousy, greed, kindness, envy, stupidity tall, arrogant, timid, proud, fierce, boast… --- ## [Most Plausible Superhero?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-plausible-superhero/623827)
**Author:** [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-plausible-superhero/623827 "2012-06-07T18:55:06Z")
Who is the most plausible superhero, and why? I’d guess the answer to this question would be one of the non-superpower superheroes, like Batman or Iron Man, so as a bonus question who is the most plausible of the superpo… --- ## [Yet another bodyscanner Pit Thread (with pervs!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bodyscanner-pit-thread-with-pervs/561688)
**Author:** [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bodyscanner-pit-thread-with-pervs/561688 "2010-11-25T21:29:14Z")
So, with the holiday season, we have enormous amounts of air traffic and matching lines at the airport along with all the anger over the backscatter radiation bodyscanners. And, as seems inevitable in this world, some T… --- ## [My friend is "walking away" ; how long do I have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-is-walking-away-how-long-do-i-have/607927)
**Author:** [@Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mole)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-is-walking-away-how-long-do-i-have/607927 "2012-01-06T02:38:50Z")
I rent a room from a homeowner. He informed me today that he has decided to stop making payments. If he’s not making payments how much longer can I expect to live here? --- ## [How did you learn to use a computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-learn-to-use-a-computer/786818)
**Author:** [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-learn-to-use-a-computer/786818 "2017-05-21T20:27:31Z")
I work at a job where people can send information to us via computer. That is far more reliable than sending us info by the mail. Stuff gets lost! Unfortunately, I’m running into people younger than me (I’m in my thirti… --- ## [Funniest moments in video games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-video-games/365711)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-video-games/365711 "2006-07-27T23:25:08Z")
I was just playing Super Smash Brothers Melee with Zelda/Sheik against Level 4 Kirby and Roy, 3 stock on Jungle Japes (the old-style DK stage that has to be unlocked). Roy was knocked out, so it was me with one life and … --- ## ["The most important election of our generation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-important-election-of-our-generation/746427)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-important-election-of-our-generation/746427 "2016-02-19T21:43:18Z")
We’ve probably all heard people claim, “This presidential election is \*the most important \*election of our generation, America CANNOT afford for the wrong candidate to get elected!”…and then for people to repeat that sta… --- ## [Things you know too well to teach?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-too-well-to-teach/698801)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-too-well-to-teach/698801 "2015-01-17T01:12:18Z")
Lets say your a professor of mathematics and you 12 year old is just starting algebra. You of course know so much your explanations get too long winded or you just dont have the patience for when your kid cannot grasp wh… --- ## [Songs sung from the perspective of the opposite gender](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-from-the-perspective-of-the-opposite-gender/828565)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-from-the-perspective-of-the-opposite-gender/828565 "2021-10-30T22:04:01Z")
The Belle & Sebastian song “The Chalet Lines” is a song that is sung by a man, but the lyrics are clearly from the POV of a woman. “He raped me in the chalet lines I had just said no for the final time Although it’s l… --- ## ["American women suck"--writing off half of 300 million people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-women-suck-writing-off-half-of-300-million-people/468380)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-women-suck-writing-off-half-of-300-million-people/468380 "2008-10-20T12:16:47Z")
I came across this website, which claims to be a “rebuke to the sadistic feminist pig bastards,” and I was wondering how many people (men) actually feel this way. If a man feels this way, then what country would be diffe… --- ## [Tea Party group skips out on $500,000 bill at Vegas hotel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-group-skips-out-on-500-000-bill-at-vegas-hotel/589743)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-group-skips-out-on-500-000-bill-at-vegas-hotel/589743 "2011-07-21T17:36:19Z")
I tried to resist, but the snark potential was just too great for me not to post this. Here’s the story: http://gawker.com/5823097/las-vegas-resort-sues-tea-party-group-for-unpaid-bills Some of the comments on that s… --- ## [Things that have been done to death in movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-have-been-done-to-death-in-movies/165272)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-have-been-done-to-death-in-movies/165272 "2003-04-09T19:08:13Z")
…and should not be done anymore! Falling down to get a laugh: why are movies still doing this?? It was mildly amusing the first 5000 times but let’s try something else! Others?? --- ## [unravel the mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unravel-the-mystery/552056)
**Author:** [@T.Zone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Zone)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unravel-the-mystery/552056 "2010-09-02T17:27:03Z")
When does the future, become the past? --- ## [So... the gas-powered car isn't going anywhere soon, is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-gas-powered-car-isnt-going-anywhere-soon-is-it/502099)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-gas-powered-car-isnt-going-anywhere-soon-is-it/502099 "2009-07-10T16:22:48Z")
Wouldn’t be a terrible thing if it did, I guess, but here’s why I ask: My car exploded about a month ago, and I figured before the winter comes (you do NOT want to be without a vehicle during a Minnesota winter), I’d fi… --- ## [Why do many people, AFTER coming out of the closet, suddenly change their style androgynously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-many-people-after-coming-out-of-the-closet-suddenly-change-their-style-androgynously/667157)
**Author:** [@the\_apples\_fell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_apples_fell)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-many-people-after-coming-out-of-the-closet-suddenly-change-their-style-androgynously/667157 "2013-08-30T05:07:01Z")
I don’t mean this in an offensive way, and I am gay myself, but it is something I have always wondered and still wonder. I have known many girls who dressed stereotypically “feminine” with long hair, makeup, and looked … --- ## [Does anyone like Yoko Ono's music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-yoko-onos-music/341934)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-yoko-onos-music/341934 "2006-02-04T17:20:20Z")
Do her CD’s actually sell? Does she have a record contract? (I don’t have anything against Yoko. I don’t think she had anything to do with the Beatles breaking up.) But I don’t get her music. --- ## [Okay I lied....C K Dexter Haven I have a problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381)
**Author:** [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-lied-c-k-dexter-haven-i-have-a-problem/140381 "2002-12-05T17:02:03Z")
You posted a thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=147909 …blah, blah, blah. This was posted at 12-03-2002 10:16 PM MST (my time) Previously in MPSIMS, Opal had posted: To which your … --- ## [Straight people: have you "come out" as straight in the workplace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-people-have-you-come-out-as-straight-in-the-workplace/627283)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-people-have-you-come-out-as-straight-in-the-workplace/627283 "2012-07-06T22:54:45Z")
Anderson Cooper’s recent announcement that he was gay had me thinking about the difference between being in the closet and seeking privacy and how there seems to be a double standard between gay and straight people. A st… --- ## [I don't understand what Republican senators are afraid of.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-republican-senators-are-afraid-of/847138)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-republican-senators-are-afraid-of/847138 "2020-02-01T22:29:26Z")
Let’s say that I’m a Republican senator who is not a big fan of Trump. However, I have all the other usual conservative bonafides: hate gays, hate abortion, wants to bomb brown people, pro-business, pro tax cuts, etc. … --- ## [I suppose it's recreational outrage, but I want this man hurt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suppose-its-recreational-outrage-but-i-want-this-man-hurt/709070)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suppose-its-recreational-outrage-but-i-want-this-man-hurt/709070 "2015-01-08T20:56:16Z")
And hurt very badly. I can’t imagine the type of person who would do this to a baby. I hope whoever killed this baby experiences all the pain, and more, that she did. Whoever is behind it had better turn themselves … --- ## [Agents of SHIELD - Season 7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-shield-season-7/855097)
**Author:** [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-shield-season-7/855097 "2020-08-21T03:08:42Z")
Didn’t see a thread here. Correct me if I missed it. Spoilers ahead… I love this show greatly, and was really excited by the season premiere. Seemed a big step up from season 6, which was kind of hit or miss. But t… --- ## [I will stab the next fuckwit that says socialist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-stab-the-next-fuckwit-that-says-socialist/675956)
**Author:** [@Dumbguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumbguy)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-stab-the-next-fuckwit-that-says-socialist/675956 "2013-12-15T21:29:05Z")
Fuck every dipshit that says socialism with an eye roll and a valley girl ‘whatever’ voice. You know who is a socialist country that’s not so bad? We are. The United States. We good and righteous defenders of free market… --- ## [Tell me about: Phoenix, Arizona!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-phoenix-arizona/535043)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-phoenix-arizona/535043 "2010-04-15T16:16:42Z")
In case you didn’t read this thread I made I am seriously considering, and probably going to, move to Phoenix sometime in the next 8-10 months. Somewhere in the responses to my initial question someone suggested making … --- ## [Why Is The S Emulating Soviet Communism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-s-emulating-soviet-communism/588616)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-s-emulating-soviet-communism/588616 "2011-07-12T19:17:05Z")
The insane decisions coming out of Washing defy explanation-it seems that the government doesn’t believe in the free market anymore. We get crazy edicts like the “low flush” toilets (that didn’t work), the banning of inc… --- ## [If you aren't absolutely sure what it means, rethink the tattoo.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-arent-absolutely-sure-what-it-means-rethink-the-tattoo/368549)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-arent-absolutely-sure-what-it-means-rethink-the-tattoo/368549 "2006-08-17T12:23:13Z")
I love News of the Weird, it can be so informative. You’d think people would make an effort to be sure the ideogram they had permanently afixed to themselves means what they think it means. :smack: --- ## [Stuck in a dream loop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-in-a-dream-loop/689492)
**Author:** [@ricolokoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricolokoy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-in-a-dream-loop/689492 "2014-05-30T00:03:39Z")
Hi guys, well this is my first time to register in any forum sites. I’ve been having these dream loops for a while and it is kind of hard to find a straight answer. I searched a lot about it and all i got was same result… --- ## [Rex Ryan and wife in a real toe jam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-ryan-and-wife-in-a-real-toe-jam/565123)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-ryan-and-wife-in-a-real-toe-jam/565123 "2011-01-03T07:55:25Z")
In what is sure to provide fodder for late-night comedians everywhere, Rex Ryan is claiming “no comment” after foot fetish videos of his wife - with him apparently commenting in the background - turn up on YouTube. The… --- ## [I cannot cook rice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-cook-rice/514727)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-cook-rice/514727 "2009-10-26T16:56:18Z")
I like to think I am a pretty good amateur chef. I can confit fowl; I can make the best, thinnest short pastry you’ve ever had; my chilli con carne is the best anyone I know has ever tasted; I make Thai curries that tast… --- ## [What's the best way to buy legos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-buy-legos/675751)
**Author:** [@cornopean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornopean)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-buy-legos/675751 "2013-12-14T05:20:18Z")
My kids love legos. I love legos for the way they make my kids think and engineer things. What’s the best way to buy them? brand new they are obscenely expensive. ebay doesn’t seem much better. any tips? --- ## [Ted Haggard is a Big Fat Hypocrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-haggard-is-a-big-fat-hypocrite/483442)
**Author:** [@outside\_artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outside_artist)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-haggard-is-a-big-fat-hypocrite/483442 "2009-01-30T15:10:24Z")
Oh, so… you had impulses toward men but you’re NOT GAY??? Well, I had a relationship with a man before but I’m NOT GAY! I have temptations but they’re not compulsive. I have spiraled into the lowest point in my life as… --- ## [How Did They Measure Lat & Long?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-measure-lat-long/425530)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-measure-lat-long/425530 "2025-07-28T19:20:33Z")
Thinking back before GPS…we know latitude can be readily determined using Polaris, the pole star, for locations above the equator. But, below the equator? There is no obvious marker on the celestial hemisphere. Also, … --- ## [Which cars perform better; manual or automatic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cars-perform-better-manual-or-automatic/279123)
**Author:** [@LoganF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoganF)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cars-perform-better-manual-or-automatic/279123 "2004-12-17T04:11:29Z")
So I’m a 20-something guy who is in the process of learning how to drive. I have no serious problem in driving cars with either manual or automatic transmissions. However in order to master the handling of a manual car, … --- ## [Can you safely burn dried corn cobs in a regular fireplace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-safely-burn-dried-corn-cobs-in-a-regular-fireplace/337674)
**Author:** [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2005, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-safely-burn-dried-corn-cobs-in-a-regular-fireplace/337674 "2005-12-30T11:29:36Z")
In my never ending quest to beat the heat (or cold) was wondering if I could buy dried corn to burn in my indoor fireplace. Is this safe? Or is there some tangible benefit to buying a specially designed stove I’m unaware… --- ## [Greek Porno Titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-porno-titles/188029)
**Author:** [@October](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/October)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-porno-titles/188029 "2003-07-17T17:41:19Z")
So we’re having a party, sitting around in our swimsuits in a hot tub drinking margaritas, and for some reason we get on the topic of Greek porno titles. Here’s what we came up with: Helen does Troy Oedipus Sex Antig… --- ## [To all the, "Trump is the peace candidate, Hillary will get us in to war," people...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-the-trump-is-the-peace-candidate-hillary-will-get-us-in-to-war-people/846107)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-the-trump-is-the-peace-candidate-hillary-will-get-us-in-to-war-people/846107 "2020-01-13T17:59:02Z")
Go fuck yourselves. --- ## [AirForce Vs. Navy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airforce-vs-navy/57486)
**Author:** [@Freedom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freedom)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2001, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airforce-vs-navy/57486 "2001-03-15T17:19:27Z")
Ok… I have this friend who claims that the US Navy has more airplanes than the US Airforce. I skeptically offered a possible compromise postition that the Navy might have more fighter planes, but no way did it have mor… --- ## [American Loonie!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-loonie/676527)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-loonie/676527 "2013-12-18T15:02:54Z")
My cousin in Florida sent me an example of a US “golden dollar” coin, the equivalent of the Canadian one-dollar “loonie” coin. I received it today. I’d never seen one before. The US coin is quite good looking, in a chun… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1510&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1512&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)