# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1526&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:** 1527 --- ## [bean beef and cheese burrito.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bean-beef-and-cheese-burrito/95765)
**Author:** [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2002, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bean-beef-and-cheese-burrito/95765 "2002-12-19T03:03:56Z")
I am looking at the frozen burritos at the supermarket an I ask myself, “where are the bean beef and cheese burritos?”. There does not seem to be any. Oh sure, there are bean and beef, or bean and cheese, but no bean bee… --- ## [Lime on a carcass: Straight Dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lime-on-a-carcass-straight-dope/403713)
**Author:** [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lime-on-a-carcass-straight-dope/403713 "2007-05-15T15:09:24Z")
I’m dealing with a small raccoon rabies epidemic at my house. There is a dead raccoon in my next door neighbors back yard, and they are currently away for a few weeks. It stinks. :frowning: This morning, I remembered … --- ## [Corner Crossing - Large portions of US public land inaccessible to public](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corner-crossing-large-portions-of-us-public-land-inaccessible-to-public/975691)
**Author:** [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corner-crossing-large-portions-of-us-public-land-inaccessible-to-public/975691 "2025-10-20T20:06:03Z")
I’ve been reading about the corner crossing controversy for a couple years now and don’t think it’s been brought up here. I live in an area of the US that has this patchwork of public and private land. Before I knew of t… --- ## [I'm firing one of my employees this morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-firing-one-of-my-employees-this-morning/709631)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-firing-one-of-my-employees-this-morning/709631 "2015-01-13T19:44:31Z")
He was supposed to be here at 11:00 to meet with me, but as of 11:15, there’s no sign of him. No email, no phone call, no nothing. --- ## [Can we connect a live video camera to a TV over WiFi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-connect-a-live-video-camera-to-a-tv-over-wifi/357183)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2006, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-connect-a-live-video-camera-to-a-tv-over-wifi/357183 "2006-05-22T12:41:49Z")
Let’s say I want to operate a portable video camera somewhere in or near a building and have the audio/video output show up on a TV screen somewhere else in the building or nearby. Let’s also say that while a wired Ethe… --- ## [The Duggars whelp again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-duggars-whelp-again/414187)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-duggars-whelp-again/414187 "2007-08-07T01:16:42Z")
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/02/america/NA-ODD-US-Seventeen-Children.php Just thought I’d help them media whore a little more. --- ## [Why the giant wheels on old locomotives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-giant-wheels-on-old-locomotives/779079)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-giant-wheels-on-old-locomotives/779079 "2017-02-24T13:47:38Z")
We were at the local train museum yesterday. They have some old locomotives that are enormous. The wheels on them are as tall as I am. Why were they so large? Was it a casting problem or because of an inferior alloy that… --- ## [Monkey With a Gun Needs to be Disarmed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-with-a-gun-needs-to-be-disarmed/569473)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-with-a-gun-needs-to-be-disarmed/569473 "2011-02-02T19:41:07Z")
Eh, I’ve been looking for somebody to Pit, and while Monkey With a Gun is really low hanging fruit, WTF, he/she (hereafter called “It”) pissed me off today. It called two of us liars in the same thread, and by implicati… --- ## [Did American Military violate any laws in the wikileaks video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-american-military-violate-any-laws-in-the-wikileaks-video/535032)
**Author:** [@shellyg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shellyg)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-american-military-violate-any-laws-in-the-wikileaks-video/535032 "2010-04-09T19:05:11Z")
http://collateralmurder.com/ "WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad – including two Reuters news staff. Reu… --- ## [some Mormon questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-mormon-questions/201237)
**Author:** [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-mormon-questions/201237 "2003-09-21T06:45:37Z")
Why do Mormon’s have such big temples? Also, why are their worship buildings called “temples” and not “churches?” --- ## [How can you keep eyeglasses from fogging up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-keep-eyeglasses-from-fogging-up/73931)
**Author:** [@Kalashnikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalashnikov)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2013, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-keep-eyeglasses-from-fogging-up/73931 "2013-04-01T09:34:45Z")
Its been so humid here lately, that everytime I go shooting my safety glasses fog up. It very annoying! So how do you keep eyeglasses,goggles, etc. from fogging. I know there are products sold for this purpose, can you … --- ## [McDonalds, give it a rest already, everyone knows that "Special Sauce" is....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-give-it-a-rest-already-everyone-knows-that-special-sauce-is/528095)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-give-it-a-rest-already-everyone-knows-that-special-sauce-is/528095 "2010-02-09T03:15:03Z")
People!!!.. …oops, sorry, was thinking about Soylent Green for a minute there… Anyway, why does Mickey D’s still insist on calling the condiment used on the Big Mac “Special Sauce”, when in all actuality it’s nothing m… --- ## [Anyone else think Sherlock Holmes will be bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-sherlock-holmes-will-be-bad/518196)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-sherlock-holmes-will-be-bad/518196 "2009-11-21T00:06:43Z")
I saw an extended trailer for the upcoming Sherlock Holmes yesterday and I’ve got a bad feeling. They’re apparently going for an action thriller/buddy film - there were scenes of Holmes and Watson trading wisecracks and… --- ## [WTF!!?? This is just a big bottle brush!! It's gotta be!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-this-is-just-a-big-bottle-brush-its-gotta-be/239824)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2004, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-this-is-just-a-big-bottle-brush-its-gotta-be/239824 "2004-04-21T12:58:51Z")
Over the last 10 years years of divorced, single guy living I’ve carved out a comfortable little routine in my kitchen cleanups. But one thing was always missing. A decent bottle brush! They would always break, or if a w… --- ## [Who are you boycotting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557)
**Author:** [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557 "2004-11-02T05:23:15Z")
Just a poll. No need to get into details. Nestlé Esso Microsoft General Motors --- ## [Jared Diamond's new book predicts the not to distant collapse of western civilization](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-diamonds-new-book-predicts-the-not-to-distant-collapse-of-western-civilization/283762)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-diamonds-new-book-predicts-the-not-to-distant-collapse-of-western-civilization/283762 "2005-05-30T20:37:28Z")
I thought this more suited for GD than Cafe so I am putting it here. Mods move if you must. Jared Diamond’s “Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies” was seen by many as a revelation in explaning why some s… --- ## [Mjolnir....in Space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mjolnir-in-space/665145)
**Author:** [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mjolnir-in-space/665145 "2013-08-06T18:41:06Z")
OK, so if Thor drops Mjolnir, you can’t pick it up unless you are considered worthy. But what happens if Thor drops his hammer while in space? Could an unworthy person grab it and use it to smite their enemies? Just wo… --- ## [International Day of Action for South Korean Dogs and Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-day-of-action-for-south-korean-dogs-and-cats/592577)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-day-of-action-for-south-korean-dogs-and-cats/592577 "2011-08-27T00:05:57Z")
It’s today (Saturday). In Cleveland: “People opposed to the eating of dogs and cats in South Korea will gather at 1 p.m. at the West Side Market, 1979 W. 25th St.” Presumably there will be refreshments. :dubious: Actu… --- ## [Ending the Culture Wars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-the-culture-wars/559222)
**Author:** [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-the-culture-wars/559222 "2010-11-04T20:09:19Z")
As I think more and more about the escalating tensions in the US, I sense that our battles are increasingly coming down to seemingly irresolvable philosophical differences between groups of people that posit very incompa… --- ## [Botticelli - January 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 258\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514 "2024-02-01T14:27:04Z")
I am G! Link to previous thread: Botticelli - December 2023 - #262 by Prof.Pepperwinkle --- ## [Is there a place for "Sanctity" in a modern society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-for-sanctity-in-a-modern-society/991028)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-for-sanctity-in-a-modern-society/991028 "2023-12-18T07:01:04Z")
Previous conversationI agree with everything he says so far, but his conclusion seems exactly backwards to me. Haidt is arguing that because most people would be offput by a man having sex with a chicken despite nobody… --- ## [Dental Hygiene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-hygiene/285180)
**Author:** [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-hygiene/285180 "2005-01-22T23:31:31Z")
There’s this one commercial, maybe you’ve seen it. It has mouthwash in it and the mouthwash is so good, it’ll clean between your teeth as good as battery acid… I mean, “as good as dental floss”. That’s what they say: “Ou… --- ## [Enjoying something that you aren't the target audience for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-something-that-you-arent-the-target-audience-for/491822 "2009-04-08T17:18:32Z")
Even though I’m male, and, at the time, I was just a kid, I watched Murder She Wrote, Golden Girls, and Designing Women. And, at the time at least, I actually enjoyed them. So, what TV shows or movies do you watch, or … --- ## [Wisconsin Supreme Court Lets Collective Bargaining Law Stand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-supreme-court-lets-collective-bargaining-law-stand/585510)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-supreme-court-lets-collective-bargaining-law-stand/585510 "2011-06-28T18:06:41Z")
Readers may recall this thread, which contained an extensive back-and-forth between me and several other posters on the legality of the Wisconsin judge’s orders enjoining the publication and effect of the collective barg… --- ## [Pick a god, any god](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-god-any-god/449863)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-god-any-god/449863 "2008-05-26T00:25:12Z")
This is a “what-if” question, so if you don’t wish to participate in good faith, please go elsewhere. A Voice From Above tells you that you have been given the one-time power to make any already established religion rea… --- ## [Mylar screens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mylar-screens/638079)
**Author:** [@filmyak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmyak)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mylar-screens/638079 "2012-10-19T17:13:49Z")
Anyone know anything about Mylar screens for projections? I believe it’s what was used for the Madonna/gorillaz Grammy performance, plus the tupac pepper’s ghost “hologram” at coachella. Are the screens actually transpa… --- ## [Why do people pay to be walking billboards, and other clothing rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-pay-to-be-walking-billboards-and-other-clothing-rants/173770)
**Author:** [@birdgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/birdgirl)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-pay-to-be-walking-billboards-and-other-clothing-rants/173770 "2003-05-14T18:27:35Z")
Inspired by this thread: If the Shirt fits, read the words first: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=182453 Why do people pay $39.95 to buy a T-shirt emblazoned with “Hilfiger,” “Nautica,” “A… --- ## [Best way to blow up the Pyramids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-blow-up-the-pyramids/794469)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-blow-up-the-pyramids/794469 "2017-09-08T20:00:11Z")
Well it had to happen eventually, the international community has decided it has finally had enough of the Pyramids sitting there, mocking them, like a giant middle-finger to the rest of the world, and by unanimous vote\*… --- ## [Popular Vote vs. Electoral College](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-vote-vs-electoral-college/640444)
**Author:** [@gloduff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gloduff)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-vote-vs-electoral-college/640444 "2012-11-13T08:00:48Z")
Dear Cecil: In the U.S. a Presidential candidate can win the “popular vote” but lose the election due to not winning the “electoral vote.” Would you please explain what the Electoral College really is and how this syste… --- ## [Stealing Condiments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-condiments/537369)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Maple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Maple)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-condiments/537369 "2010-04-27T05:29:56Z")
Lindsay was clearly advocating illegal acitivity Why are the modes allowing it?. --- ## [The first fictional book you remember reading & loving on your own. What do you think of it now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-fictional-book-you-remember-reading-loving-on-your-own-what-do-you-think-of-it-now/649413)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-fictional-book-you-remember-reading-loving-on-your-own-what-do-you-think-of-it-now/649413 "2013-02-10T23:59:37Z")
Before we begin, a few brief stipulations: I stipulated fiction because that’s what I want to talk about. Poetry’s fine; adaptations of myth are fine; novels are fine. But no biographies, science texts, etc. Let’s … --- ## [If mankind lost the Bible, could we reproduce it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-mankind-lost-the-bible-could-we-reproduce-it/551680)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-mankind-lost-the-bible-could-we-reproduce-it/551680 "2010-08-31T22:40:47Z")
Inspired by this topic: I’ve always wondered if, supposing some ironically specific divine catastrophe, all recorded copies of the Bible were lost (This includes any copies written down, chisled, or in electronic form. … --- ## [Kebabs won't stay on their skewers- what am I doing wrong ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kebabs-wont-stay-on-their-skewers-what-am-i-doing-wrong/501413)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kebabs-wont-stay-on-their-skewers-what-am-i-doing-wrong/501413 "2009-06-30T23:33:41Z")
Made kebabs for the BBQ at the weekend using this random receipe I found on Google (despite it not being the most coherent set of instructions I’ve encounters, I like how it says what to do with HALF the bread crumbs, bu… --- ## [Beagle gets hurt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beagle-gets-hurt/491445)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2009, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beagle-gets-hurt/491445 "2009-04-16T04:35:29Z")
My 12 year old beagle ,Quincy, took off after a squirrel yesterday. He took a sharp turn rolled over and let out a couple screams. He can not power either of his back legs now. He has to drag himself around. The vet gave… --- ## [What is the purpose of shelf paper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-shelf-paper/508026)
**Author:** [@Lillith\_Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lillith_Fair)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-shelf-paper/508026 "2009-09-01T01:05:19Z")
Why go to all the trouble to measure it and put it in your cabinets? --- ## ["Oh really?" "Are you sure?" "I didn't know that" ... JHC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-really-are-you-sure-i-didnt-know-that-jhc/631145)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2012, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-really-are-you-sure-i-didnt-know-that-jhc/631145 "2012-08-18T08:24:51Z")
“Oh really” --\> my reaction: if you don’t trust me, then don’t ask me again. “Are you sure” --\> yes, I’m fucking positive, and my mind hasn’t changed in the span of 1.2 seconds. “I didn’t know that” --\> well, no shit, … --- ## [Grammar Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-question/565863)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2011, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-question/565863 "2011-01-04T05:45:49Z")
One of the biggest issues I am having with being an ESOL tutor is that my student asks me “Why” a lot. She wants to know why we do things we do and say the things we say. The trouble is, I am not a teacher. I am a regula… --- ## [If you could date anyone on this board, who would it be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-date-anyone-on-this-board-who-would-it-be/13318)
**Author:** [@ENC\_Heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENC_Heel)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2000, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-date-anyone-on-this-board-who-would-it-be/13318 "2000-02-01T16:52:00Z")
I just began posting on this board, so I don’t know everyone’s personalities. However, from what I’ve seen, the posters seem like a relatively tight group. If everyone on this board were single/divorced/widowed/uninvolv… --- ## [Can we have a ruling on spoilers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-a-ruling-on-spoilers/484997)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2009, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-a-ruling-on-spoilers/484997 "2009-02-14T08:43:55Z")
The latest Office thread has devolved into a threeway pissing match over who does and who does not care about spoilers from the “Next time on…” commercials being posted unspoiler-boxed in episode threads. Can we (fina… --- ## [As soon as a decent e-reader is created paper books are dead. Get over it bookworms!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-soon-as-a-decent-e-reader-is-created-paper-books-are-dead-get-over-it-bookworms/391042)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-soon-as-a-decent-e-reader-is-created-paper-books-are-dead-get-over-it-bookworms/391042 "2007-02-10T15:47:03Z")
Seriously, paper books are so wasteful. Once a decent e-reader is invented paper will die as quickly as cassettes did when the CD came out. Look at newspapers, The death rattle of paper based news is growing louder and… --- ## [Why is barn siding vertical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barn-siding-vertical/255039)
**Author:** [@expat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expat)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2004, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barn-siding-vertical/255039 "2004-07-16T10:46:19Z")
OK, silly question, but I was driving through the countryside recently, and noticed that the siding on the barns are consistently vertical. I’ve never seen vertical siding on a house. The only thought I have is that fo… --- ## [I've never seen Dr Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-seen-dr-who/791577)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-seen-dr-who/791577 "2017-09-05T15:23:29Z")
But I believe I understand the basic premise. What I’m curious about is where it fits on a scale with slapstick and cartoons on the left, and serious drama on the right. It started out as a droll Brit comedy of sorts, di… --- ## [Where is the biggest concentration of idiots on the internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-biggest-concentration-of-idiots-on-the-internet/413982)
**Author:** [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-biggest-concentration-of-idiots-on-the-internet/413982 "2007-08-05T01:34:43Z")
Where on the internet does greatest concentration of idiots congregate? My vote is YouTube. The “comments” sections of most video clips posted there are simply jaw-dropping. That goes triple for music videos and boxin… --- ## [Ever been to a concert where the headliner did not play an encore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-to-a-concert-where-the-headliner-did-not-play-an-encore/748935)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-to-a-concert-where-the-headliner-did-not-play-an-encore/748935 "2016-03-18T04:38:22Z")
At a Wilco concert I saw last summer, as the band walked off the stage at the end of their set a woman next to me asked “Do you think they’ll come out for an encore?” I said “I’m sure they will,” but what I was really th… --- ## [What causes 'Grass Itch'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-grass-itch/68365)
**Author:** [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2001, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-grass-itch/68365 "2001-06-13T19:04:08Z")
…and I don’t mean jonesin’ for some spliff. I’d forgotten about ‘Grass Itch’ until it struck today. I was on a neighbor’s front lawn with my daughter earlier today (she seems more manageable when we’re outside) and in … --- ## [What old sci-fi movie had this sexist scene?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-sci-fi-movie-had-this-sexist-scene/670520)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-sci-fi-movie-had-this-sexist-scene/670520 "2013-10-08T18:13:00Z")
There was a movie I saw maybe around 1970 that already looked a bit old. It was black and white. A small band of scientist and astronaut types were in trouble - their spaceship was lost, or they’d crashed, or somebody el… --- ## [Tiffany and Debbie Gibson Cat Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiffany-and-debbie-gibson-cat-fight/568822)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiffany-and-debbie-gibson-cat-fight/568822 "2011-02-01T13:43:20Z")
It’s about time, dammit. --- ## [Would nominating Sherrod Brown checkmate Trump in the Electoral College?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-nominating-sherrod-brown-checkmate-trump-in-the-electoral-college/829950)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2019, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-nominating-sherrod-brown-checkmate-trump-in-the-electoral-college/829950 "2019-03-09T05:35:14Z")
My answer: close, but not quite. Here’s the only losing map for Brown I could even squint at and kindasorta imagine as semi-plausible: https://twitter.com/SlackerInc/status/1098502220939780096 Zero margin for error for… --- ## [Have you ever had a condom break?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-condom-break/458124)
**Author:** [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-condom-break/458124 "2008-08-03T23:38:59Z")
Maybe it’s my average endowment or maybe it’s their relative infrequency of use, or maybe it’s just blind luck. I’ve never had a condom break. I’ve seen them inflated to the size of a basketball and they seem John Wayn… --- ## [Three More Expressions To Be Retired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-more-expressions-to-be-retired/494377)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2009, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-more-expressions-to-be-retired/494377 "2009-05-02T11:52:36Z")
I would much prefer never again to hear any of the following three expressions which seem to be everywhere lately. “I’ve got your back” “Back in the day.” “This (plan, project, whatever) is shovel ready.” Any others? … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1525&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1527&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)