# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1525&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:** 1526 --- ## [Foods that have gone away...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2001, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529 "2001-07-21T06:38:30Z")
What ever happened to those old foods that ruled, but are semingly impossible to get? I was at the store today and couldn’t find the spagettios with meatballs, there were regular, with calcium, and with franks, no meatb… --- ## [Trying Samuel Adams for the first time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-samuel-adams-for-the-first-time/649635)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-samuel-adams-for-the-first-time/649635 "2013-02-13T03:35:16Z")
Wife picked up some Sam Adams winter Lager from Sams Club. Rich fruity taste with cinnamon. This week she comes home with a Sam Adams variety pack. So far I tried the Irish Red (pretty good) and Double Agent (grapefruit … --- ## [Television shows which would be better/worse because of long-term story arcs. (Open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-shows-which-would-be-better-worse-because-of-long-term-story-arcs-open-spoilers/636494)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-shows-which-would-be-better-worse-because-of-long-term-story-arcs-open-spoilers/636494 "2012-10-07T18:02:09Z")
Recently I discovered The Mentalist on TNT, and I thought about making this thread an insane Rhymer-rant in which I feigned fury at all of you for not telling me about the show earlier and swore revenge on at least sixty… --- ## [A random thoughts thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809)
**Author:** [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2011, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-thoughts-thread/565809 "2011-01-11T08:32:50Z")
It occurred to me that while we have a thread for random rants and complaints, we don’t have anything similar for random thoughts that are not thread-worthy, but may nevertheless be interesting. It could be argued that … --- ## [How much does it cost to live where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-it-cost-to-live-where-you-live/716736)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-it-cost-to-live-where-you-live/716736 "2015-04-11T15:19:01Z")
Straight forward, how much household income per year would you say it costs a family of 4 to live comfortable where you live? In that I mean afford the average housing (house or apartment) afford transportation (car or p… --- ## [Presidential Knife Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-knife-fight/636768)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-knife-fight/636768 "2012-10-08T21:33:11Z")
Today in class I asked my professor who he thought would win in a fight: Theodore Roosevelt or Abraham Lincoln. Somehow, the conversation turned into who would win in a battle royal knife fight. Everyone is put into a g… --- ## [Magic: the Gathering -- The more things change...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-the-gathering-the-more-things-change/680446)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-the-gathering-the-more-things-change/680446 "2014-02-14T13:40:09Z")
\[Long, semi-rambling post. TL;DR I played M:tG again for the first time in maybe 16+ years and it was pretty fun\] Like so many others, I was part of the Magic: the Gathering scene back in the mid-90’s. I played from L… --- ## [Dead man sitting on motorcycle.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-man-sitting-on-motorcycle/538201)
**Author:** [@Marmite\_Lover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marmite_Lover)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-man-sitting-on-motorcycle/538201 "2010-05-11T03:01:24Z")
SICK or modern art? Yesterday and today, callers who stopped to pay their final respects to the late Mr. Colón got a bit of a surprise. Instead of the traditional presentation of the body in a casket, Mr. Colón’s corpse… --- ## [Chicken: white meat or dark meat? Which pieces? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-white-meat-or-dark-meat-which-pieces-why/632098)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-white-meat-or-dark-meat-which-pieces-why/632098 "2012-08-23T03:13:20Z")
Dark meat for me. Thighs are my favorite. I really don’t get the popularity of breasts- I find them dry and bland compared to thighs. What do you think? --- ## [Are some parents really that DENSE! Stupid ass book banning Parents!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-parents-really-that-dense-stupid-ass-book-banning-parents/321677)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-parents-really-that-dense-stupid-ass-book-banning-parents/321677 "2005-09-16T20:15:40Z")
You can raise your child however you see fit - that’s your right. But it’s my right to call you a moron on an internet message board. This woman says that a four passage exerpt in the book her 17 year old daughter is re… --- ## [Why does Scotland use the "not proven" verdict?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-scotland-use-the-not-proven-verdict/587477)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-scotland-use-the-not-proven-verdict/587477 "2011-07-13T18:30:15Z")
In Scotland, a jury can issue three types of verdicts. Two of them, “guilty” and “not guility” are self explanitory. But they can also issue a “not proven” verdict when there is strong but not conclusive proof that som… --- ## [Why are Japanese WWII War Crimes so "off the radar" in N. American Pop History?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-japanese-wwii-war-crimes-so-off-the-radar-in-n-american-pop-history/400290)
**Author:** [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-japanese-wwii-war-crimes-so-off-the-radar-in-n-american-pop-history/400290 "2007-04-22T03:23:20Z")
It seems to me that, for the most part, the average person in North America is largely ignorant to the extent of war crimes committed by Imperial Japan during the World War II era while being significantly more knowledge… --- ## [When the Hell is this Fuckin' Interview Going to be Over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-hell-is-this-fuckin-interview-going-to-be-over/937417)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-hell-is-this-fuckin-interview-going-to-be-over/937417 "2021-03-11T16:26:36Z")
If I hear one more mention of the Og-damned interview I’m going to puke. It’s not enough that it is a tedious who the fuck cares non-event. Oh no, we have to hear about it for seemingly months beforehand, pre-analysed,… --- ## [Harry Potter book seven speculations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-book-seven-speculations/313567)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-book-seven-speculations/313567 "2005-08-04T15:41:03Z")
The seven potions puzzle in Philosopher’s Stone are revealed as representing the seven Weasley children. In this book, the twins will be put under voldemort’s spell, and will betray Harry, thus : Ron = go forward potio… --- ## [TV Shows Your Parents Wouldn't Let You Watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-your-parents-wouldnt-let-you-watch/275074)
**Author:** [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-your-parents-wouldnt-let-you-watch/275074 "2004-11-20T22:58:22Z")
I have a 3-year-old, and I’m pretty sensitive about what I’ll let him see on TV. So I’ve gotten to thinking about what my parents wouldn’t let me watch when I was little. “Eight Is Enough” - Dad thought the kids disres… --- ## [Whats the Temp outside right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-temp-outside-right-now/520319)
**Author:** [@old\_joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/old_joe)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-temp-outside-right-now/520319 "2009-12-08T17:00:06Z")
Whats the temp where you live? I would love to hear from someplace warm cause its -27c (-17f) hear in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. --- ## [Restaurants that don't serve essential dishes/items](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-dont-serve-essential-dishes-items/1014451)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-dont-serve-essential-dishes-items/1014451 "2025-07-03T02:40:57Z")
Have you ever been to a burger restaurant that didn’t serve fries? A Chinese food joint that didn’t serve egg rolls? A chicken place that didn’t serve biscuits (I’m looking at you Gus’s)? Apparently there are Mexican re… --- ## [You latest and/or greatest kitchen disasters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-latest-and-or-greatest-kitchen-disasters/559370)
**Author:** [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-latest-and-or-greatest-kitchen-disasters/559370 "2010-11-07T23:52:43Z")
I got home from work starving. Scrounging for food and not properly packing a lunch is never the solution. Eggs and turkey bacon, however, are. So I assemble the ingredients - alas! No eggs. Perhaps the bacon in a who… --- ## [Is alcohol a banned drug for athletes at the Olympics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alcohol-a-banned-drug-for-athletes-at-the-olympics/548857)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alcohol-a-banned-drug-for-athletes-at-the-olympics/548857 "2010-08-03T21:42:20Z")
Not that it would help you, but I am curious if it on the list of banned substances? --- ## [Valid models for time travel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valid-models-for-time-travel/672562)
**Author:** [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valid-models-for-time-travel/672562 "2013-10-31T19:09:27Z")
We’ve all read the books and seen the movies with models of time travel that just plain make no sense. For example, “Back to the Future” is a great fun movie, but the part where our hero watches a photo from his origin … --- ## [Are Expensive Umbrellas Worth It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-expensive-umbrellas-worth-it/546089)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-expensive-umbrellas-worth-it/546089 "2010-07-17T03:32:10Z")
OK I usually buy the umbrella at Walgreens that cost $5.00. It lasts about one or two months depending how much rain in Chicago is on that month. Then the umbrella folds the wrong way and is ruined. So I wait umbrella-l… --- ## [Ramadan came and went...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramadan-came-and-went/835047)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramadan-came-and-went/835047 "2019-06-13T14:07:17Z")
it ended yesterday. Now, I didn’t read every post in every thread, but I guess I must have missed the SDMB’s coterie of angry atheists making puerile jokes at the expense of the Muslim holiday. Surely you must have do… --- ## [Skills and facts average Englishman of today could teach to Englishman of 1015 AD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skills-and-facts-average-englishman-of-today-could-teach-to-englishman-of-1015-ad/728986)
**Author:** [@dr\_zippermeyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dr_zippermeyer)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skills-and-facts-average-englishman-of-today-could-teach-to-englishman-of-1015-ad/728986 "2015-08-31T13:31:56Z")
An Englishman from year 2015 is somehow catapulted one thousand years back in time. Given they don’t burn him as a witch, what could he teach to those people? Let’s say he is not very intellectual guy but he has an avera… --- ## [Why don't suspects on "Cops" ever mention the cameras?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-suspects-on-cops-ever-mention-the-cameras/360625)
**Author:** [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-suspects-on-cops-ever-mention-the-cameras/360625 "2006-06-15T16:14:13Z")
This question has been bothering me for some years. On the show Cops, police often arrest many angry, drunken suspects who curse and scream and struggle and are otherwise physically or verbally abusive. Yet, I’ve never n… --- ## [Would an advanced alien civilization need oil to reach us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-an-advanced-alien-civilization-need-oil-to-reach-us/545462)
**Author:** [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-an-advanced-alien-civilization-need-oil-to-reach-us/545462 "2010-07-06T20:16:43Z")
Not oil per se but and equally energy dense and versatile substance. I just watched a fascinating program about oil. I had no idea it and it’s byproducts are so prevalent in our society. It literally touches almost ever… --- ## [How did they apply the sodomy law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-apply-the-sodomy-law/673880)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-apply-the-sodomy-law/673880 "2013-11-16T19:08:24Z")
I mean… In the US it was illegal to have anal sex. Ok, weird laws… but how did they enforce it? If two willing adults wanted to do it in the butt it would still be a crime, but I really don’t think there would be a cop h… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory 2/24--"The Toast Derivation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-2-24-the-toast-derivation/572461)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-2-24-the-toast-derivation/572461 "2011-03-03T23:40:27Z")
Sheldon struggles to cope when he realizes it’s actually Leonard who is the center of their social group. --- ## [Getting into a Family Dollar in Michigan was worth killing the security guard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-into-a-family-dollar-in-michigan-was-worth-killing-the-security-guard/853162)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-into-a-family-dollar-in-michigan-was-worth-killing-the-security-guard/853162 "2020-05-09T14:56:04Z")
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/flint-family-dollar-security-guard-killed-after-turning-away-customer-without-mask/ar-BB13ALXu?li=BBnbfcL So the killers are still at large, but the female shopper is in custody. I … --- ## [What makes these two math tricks work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-these-two-math-tricks-work/763998)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-these-two-math-tricks-work/763998 "2016-09-04T17:56:30Z")
Cracked has an article on mentalist tricks. The one guessing a person’s age has me stumped. The algorithm they give works. Age 32 3 (1st digit) x 5 = 15 + 3 = 18 x 2 = 36 + 2 (2nd… --- ## [Frequently misused words: Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequently-misused-words-why/838586)
**Author:** [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequently-misused-words-why/838586 "2019-08-21T00:01:03Z")
In this case, “stigmatism.” I’ve heard people use it in contexts that make it clear they are not talking about optometry. Today, it was at a public school system Professional Learning speech by one of the district admi… --- ## [Christian dopers...would a Pagan "heaven" be a Hell to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-dopers-would-a-pagan-heaven-be-a-hell-to-you/217824)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-dopers-would-a-pagan-heaven-be-a-hell-to-you/217824 "2003-12-15T13:32:08Z")
A very silly little topic for “debate” that just popped into my head. Say you, a Christian, die after leading a fairly good and virtuous life. However, after death, you wake up in the heaven of a pagan religion…like the… --- ## [Is there any legitimate reason for \*not\* forgiving third world loan debts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-legitimate-reason-for-not-forgiving-third-world-loan-debts/527080)
**Author:** [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-legitimate-reason-for-not-forgiving-third-world-loan-debts/527080 "2010-01-31T22:40:49Z")
The debts owed by third world countries to first world a countries a major source of theirpoverty. Most of these countries have debt that was incurred by colonial governments, and then later by corrupt regimes. Not only … --- ## [Is Hobby Lobby a gift shop or hobby shop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hobby-lobby-a-gift-shop-or-hobby-shop/542773)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hobby-lobby-a-gift-shop-or-hobby-shop/542773 "2010-06-14T12:29:22Z")
I went by a hobby lobby today. First time in at least 15 years. I wanted to buy some ceramic paint and brushes. Nearly 80% of the store was decorator and gift items. Their “hobby” stuff was way,way in the back. I didn’… --- ## [Things that are illegal in one state/subjurisdiction but contraband in another part of the country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-illegal-in-one-state-subjurisdiction-but-contraband-in-another-part-of-the-country/613851)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-illegal-in-one-state-subjurisdiction-but-contraband-in-another-part-of-the-country/613851 "2012-02-28T17:32:58Z")
Other than firearms and medical marijuana, what are some things that are illegal in one state, province, city, county, town, etc. to the extent that possession of the item is substantially illegal/contraband, but are leg… --- ## [American Idol 4/5-6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-5-6/297863)
**Author:** [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-5-6/297863 "2005-04-09T22:06:47Z")
“Starland Vocal Band hits” --- ## [The Association: Along Comes Mary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-association-along-comes-mary/590352)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-association-along-comes-mary/590352 "2011-08-04T22:53:43Z")
I haven’t thought about these guys or this song in decades, but for some reason I found myself humming the melody to Windy (yes, “Windy”, not Wendy - don’t know why that is) the other day, and in looking it up on Youtube… --- ## [Athletes with the most appropriate names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athletes-with-the-most-appropriate-names/460762)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athletes-with-the-most-appropriate-names/460762 "2008-09-05T13:31:29Z")
The newly-crowned Fastest Man in the World has what must be the best name for a sprinter ever: Bolt. How cool is that? I never heard that surname before. Maybe there’s a John Lightning or Mary Dash out there tearing … --- ## [All in the family...son died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-in-the-family-son-died/706483)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-in-the-family-son-died/706483 "2014-12-09T17:45:19Z")
I was pretty young when I saw this tv episode that I really think was an early “All in the Family.” But it appears i may have made it up. The episode involves the parents bustling around and calling their children down… --- ## [What old horror movie should my friends and I watch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541 "2014-04-22T20:09:22Z")
It’s become something of an annual tradition with myself and a few friends that we get together on New Year’s Day, have dinner and watch some hoary old horror movie. Usually from the 70s grind-house era, but not strictl… --- ## [Songs about food that aren't really about food...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492 "2010-04-16T20:36:02Z")
I’m sure there are a ton of these… songs that reference food as a metaphor? Example: Cherry Pie (referring to a woman, not an actual pie) --- ## [Why do actresses get puffed up lips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-actresses-get-puffed-up-lips/406383)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2007, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-actresses-get-puffed-up-lips/406383 "2007-06-04T03:38:11Z")
And who told them it looks good? Example: Jessica Simpson may not be a good actor but she was always rather pretty. So why did she get her lips puffed up? It’s GROSS! Fortunately, as she told Glamour, “I had that Re… --- ## [What artist made the biggest career out of one song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-artist-made-the-biggest-career-out-of-one-song/412079)
**Author:** [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-artist-made-the-biggest-career-out-of-one-song/412079 "2007-07-23T22:09:10Z")
My vote- Macy Gray. This no talent hack had one fluke out of left field novelty hit ten years ago. That’s it. Albums don’t even make the Top 40 anymore, which is unthinkable- the are literally hundreds of shitty artists … --- ## [Why Are Conservatives So Evil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-conservatives-so-evil/82655)
**Author:** [@JDM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JDM)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2001, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-conservatives-so-evil/82655 "2001-10-14T00:29:10Z")
http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2001-09-15&id=1081 There’s a lot of stuff that I find disgusting in this article but when he uses the WTC horror as an excuse to attack people in w… --- ## [Fast food/chain resturant items that were recently removed that you now miss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-chain-resturant-items-that-were-recently-removed-that-you-now-miss/918215)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-chain-resturant-items-that-were-recently-removed-that-you-now-miss/918215 "2022-02-05T01:40:42Z")
Due to COVID and other factors many resturants are either streamlining their menus or limiting menu items to certain times. McDonald’s all day breakfast was reverted back to only-morning breakfast most famously, but also… --- ## [Finally saw "The Hours" over the weekend ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-the-hours-over-the-weekend/201963)
**Author:** [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-the-hours-over-the-weekend/201963 "2003-09-18T19:43:10Z")
Now I am wondering -why- I wasted my time on it! The performances were all excellent, btw–I don’t have any quarrels with them (I certainly didn’t recognize Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolfe), but … well, the movie was jus… --- ## [What's the biggest human skeleton ever found?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-human-skeleton-ever-found/716540)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-human-skeleton-ever-found/716540 "2015-04-04T13:08:40Z")
What is the biggest legitimate human skeleton ever verified? I know there have been plenty of hoaxes involving gigantic human remains; there are some ridiculous Youtube videos showing the “evidence” for biblical giants,… --- ## [French toast assistance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-toast-assistance/665944)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-toast-assistance/665944 "2014-03-09T18:30:00Z")
I’m a pretty good cook, and I can make pancakes that will make you weep. But we very seldom make French toast and it never seems to come out right, for some reason. I’ve tried different breads, dried, fresh, whatever; … --- ## [Working with the public totally sucks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-public-totally-sucks/203238)
**Author:** [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-public-totally-sucks/203238 "2003-09-29T18:52:12Z")
Please explain to me why people are such @$$holes??? Why??? Why is it that people feel the need to pee on clothes in the dressing room? It’s like, “Mommy mommy I have to pee!” And the mother says, “Oh ok honey why do… --- ## [Is there a profession that it's a great time to be right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-profession-that-its-a-great-time-to-be-right-now/842597)
**Author:** [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-profession-that-its-a-great-time-to-be-right-now/842597 "2019-11-06T00:52:48Z")
I was talking with a colleague last week about how most of our fellow doctors are pretty miserable. Over the last couple of decades we’ve ceded a lot of the control to big corporate entities, so we’re just widget-generat… --- ## [mhendo, stop assigning grades to other posters!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mhendo-stop-assigning-grades-to-other-posters/298178)
**Author:** [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mhendo-stop-assigning-grades-to-other-posters/298178 "2005-04-10T02:32:59Z")
Professor mhendo, I’m writing to kindly request that you stop giving these smarmy assed grades out to other posters. I realize that you may have a position in real life where you have power and control over others and y… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1524&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1526&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)