# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1533&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:** 1534 --- ## [When Heroes jumped the shark? (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-heroes-jumped-the-shark-spoilers/508342)
**Author:** [@mecaenas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mecaenas)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-heroes-jumped-the-shark-spoilers/508342 "2009-09-03T19:49:40Z")
I’ve been watching Heroes as a marathon from the beginning of Season 1. I’ve just watched Season 3 Episode 3 and I get the feeling that Heroes has now jumped the shark. There’s been a few character changes that have sta… --- ## [Richard Nixon's secret gay lover!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-nixons-secret-gay-lover/607553)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-nixons-secret-gay-lover/607553 "2011-12-29T14:44:00Z")
A new bio of Richard Nixon is coming out next month that claims he has a longtime gay lover; a Cuban mafioso no less! Don’t know anything about this book or the claims that it makes, but the claim itself sounds so biza… --- ## [What are your thoughts on the felony murder rule?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-on-the-felony-murder-rule/819966)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-on-the-felony-murder-rule/819966 "2018-09-01T21:43:27Z")
I have a cousin, “Isaac,” about the same ages me, who has been in jail since we were 25 and will probably die there. The reason is pretty stupid. When we were young, Isaac needed money to impress some girl and so agreed … --- ## ["In the end, everybody breaks. It's biology"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-end-everybody-breaks-its-biology/648700)
**Author:** [@cultivar07](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cultivar07)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-end-everybody-breaks-its-biology/648700 "2013-01-30T23:30:20Z")
In Zero Dark Thirty, the CIA guy told the Al Qaeda terrorist who was being tortured for information, “In the end, everybody breaks, its biology”. How true is that statement? Is it really inevitable? --- ## [Anyone remember the early days of television?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-the-early-days-of-television/633956)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-the-early-days-of-television/633956 "2012-09-08T16:21:41Z")
For any of the Dopers around in the 40s and 50s, do you remember when you or your neighbors got their first TV? What were your viewing patterns? How do you compare the introduction of TV with the early days of VCRs or … --- ## [Arlo Guthrie is a Republican???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arlo-guthrie-is-a-republican/506755)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arlo-guthrie-is-a-republican/506755 "2009-08-20T03:21:36Z")
I would have never in a million years guessed that one. I have not really been paying attention, but I guess it just goes to show, never assume. --- ## [Community -- 2/17/2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-2-17-2011/571769)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-2-17-2011/571769 "2011-02-26T01:57:52Z")
Wow. A simply amazing episode. Troy’s reaction to Levar was priceless. --- ## [What should I know before I talk to a Marine recruiter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-know-before-i-talk-to-a-marine-recruiter/207628)
**Author:** [@whiteboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiteboy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-know-before-i-talk-to-a-marine-recruiter/207628 "2003-10-16T19:13:13Z")
I’m a junior in highschool, and I’m seriously considering signing up for the Marine Reserves once I graduate. I’m thinking of something along the lines of 4 years active and then 4 years reserve. Besides not to sign anyt… --- ## [When will the last of the Twinkies expire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-last-of-the-twinkies-expire/641188)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-last-of-the-twinkies-expire/641188 "2012-11-21T05:53:14Z")
So, Hostess is seeking permission from the bankruptcy court to liquidate. With the workers still on strike, we can assume no more twinkies are being produced right now. With a shelf-life of only 25 days, does this mean I… --- ## [Question from the game MindTrap regarding boiling water physics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-from-the-game-mindtrap-regarding-boiling-water-physics/503811)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-from-the-game-mindtrap-regarding-boiling-water-physics/503811 "2009-07-28T19:54:18Z")
Are any of you familiar with the game MindTrap? To quote Wikipedia on the game: “The puzzles are logical, trick-type questions. Some are simply riddles to be thought out, and some give unnecessary information in order to… --- ## [Marilyn Monroe has a threeway sex tape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-has-a-threeway-sex-tape/682835)
**Author:** [@hadleykeillor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hadleykeillor)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-has-a-threeway-sex-tape/682835 "2014-03-11T14:51:09Z")
Heh yea i agree that she is really hot chick but it is real her threeway sex tape with John and Robert Kennedy sex tape ? Is it real? I heard last news that someone wanted to sell it on auction but it was cancelled. In… --- ## [Glee: 3.08 "Hold on to Sixteen" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-08-hold-on-to-sixteen-open-spoilers/605320)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-08-hold-on-to-sixteen-open-spoilers/605320 "2011-12-11T14:31:02Z")
Sam’s back and working as a male stipper. :slight\_smile: I don’t care what else happens this episode. \[ul\] \[li\]ABC (The Jackson 5)\[/li\]\[li\]Control (Janet Jackson)\[/li\]\[li\]Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson)\[/li\]\[li\]R… --- ## [Civil war in Kirghizist-. . . Kyrgyz-. . . Elbonia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-in-kirghizist-kyrgyz-elbonia/535767)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-in-kirghizist-kyrgyz-elbonia/535767 "2010-07-09T15:45:47Z")
The former Soviet Republic of Kyrgyzstan was the scene of the “Tulip Revolution” five years ago. Now there’s upheaval again: Riots all over the country, the president fled from the capital, Bishkek, Foreign Minister Roz… --- ## [Burger King Has A New Porn Ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-has-a-new-porn-ad/500863)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-has-a-new-porn-ad/500863 "2009-06-26T04:04:39Z")
http://gawker.com/5301856/burger-king-shuns-subtlety-in-ads-for-super-seven-incher-sandwich You want thighs with that?? Have it your way!! --- ## [Donald Trump is going to win in 2020, are you happy about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-going-to-win-in-2020-are-you-happy-about-it/847098)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-going-to-win-in-2020-are-you-happy-about-it/847098 "2020-01-31T22:49:29Z")
I’m not looking for a debate, so please don’t fight the hypothetical. Anyway Betfaire currently has his odds around 54%; seems disappointingly likely to me. What I want to know is how you feel about it. Please imagin… --- ## [Potato chip bags and altitude.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-bags-and-altitude/566023)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-bags-and-altitude/566023 "2011-01-01T23:51:40Z")
Buy a bag of potato chips at sea level and drive up to the mountain, and the bag inflates and may even burst. Buy a bag at altitude, and it is normal. Do the chip manufacturers adjust the amount of air in the bag based o… --- ## [One piece of childrearing advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-piece-of-childrearing-advice/506016)
**Author:** [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-piece-of-childrearing-advice/506016 "2009-08-12T18:59:45Z")
So, my wife and I are going to have a child in the next few months. We’ve been trying for years, so it’s been pretty challenging, but we’re finally actually painting a nursery and getting supplies. Here’s the rub. I’v… --- ## [How dangerous are wolves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dangerous-are-wolves/754736)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dangerous-are-wolves/754736 "2016-05-21T17:14:08Z")
I know there’s no objective answer to this, but as a general point of discussion, are wolves more dangerous than, say, German Shepards? Or pit bulls? Is there some physical aspect of a wolf that sets it dramatically apar… --- ## [Celebs who are aging well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-who-are-aging-well/456735)
**Author:** [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-who-are-aging-well/456735 "2008-07-18T16:51:46Z")
Michelle Pfeiffer is 50! It almost doesn’t seem possible. She looks a full decade younger than that. I don’t know if its genes, pilates, or Dr. 90210, but whatever she’s doing it’s working. --- ## [Even been a legal code in history that punished criminals AND their families for the perps crimes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-been-a-legal-code-in-history-that-punished-criminals-and-their-families-for-the-perps-crimes/625907)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-been-a-legal-code-in-history-that-punished-criminals-and-their-families-for-the-perps-crimes/625907 "2012-06-24T04:24:48Z")
Has there even been a criminal code or legal practice that would not only punish the criminal, but also punish the family of the criminal for the perpetrators crimes? --- ## [Here we go again, Floridopers: Tracking Hurricane Frances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-go-again-floridopers-tracking-hurricane-frances/262414)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-go-again-floridopers-tracking-hurricane-frances/262414 "2004-09-13T02:34:59Z")
I know they still won’t have a clear picture until Sept 1 on where this one is going to hit, but it doesn’t look good. Well, we all know what to do. Let’s get busy. --- ## [Songs that need to be put out of their misery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533 "2004-03-18T23:28:52Z")
I’m not talking about the latest and greatest hit that’s currently playing ad nauseum, nor even slightly-old songs that we hate but never hear anymore (ala “My Heart Will Go On”), but those “standards” that are played ev… --- ## [The origins of white trash fashions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origins-of-white-trash-fashions/408389)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origins-of-white-trash-fashions/408389 "2007-06-19T03:28:38Z")
I’d love to know the origins of white trash fashion; wallets with chains, black t-shirts with airbrushed depictions of wolves and Indians and the like, among other things. It seems to be enduring; it’s not as if airbrush… --- ## [The SDMB Hall of Fame Project: Third Basemen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-third-basemen/776956)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-third-basemen/776956 "2017-02-07T16:27:51Z")
Welcome back to the SDMB Baseball Hall of Fame Project. In this round we will be voting on third basemen. (We did second basemen in the last vote, and are doing shortstops next. Why? Well, why not?) If you’d like to… --- ## [Animal knees vs. human knees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-knees-vs-human-knees/479866)
**Author:** [@hamishritchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hamishritchie)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-knees-vs-human-knees/479866 "2009-01-05T19:36:21Z")
Whose knees are backwards: mine or my cat’s? --- ## [Is the administration playing politics with federal money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-administration-playing-politics-with-federal-money/711185)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-administration-playing-politics-with-federal-money/711185 "2015-03-25T16:31:09Z")
Brookings isn’t exactly part of the right-wing conspiracy, neither is Reuters. I’ve got mixed feelings about this. On one hand, it’s more of the same old-school political crap from a guy who promised us change. He’ll … --- ## [Is Hillary Clinton a Neocon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hillary-clinton-a-neocon/695282)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hillary-clinton-a-neocon/695282 "2014-08-14T00:38:57Z")
She just gave an interview published in Atlantic: Other than her not supporting the massive war in Iraq I see little difference between her views and conservative neocons. I have a quite negative view of the way she h… --- ## [Good actor in a bad movie. Do you pity them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-actor-in-a-bad-movie-do-you-pity-them/634536)
**Author:** [@Abortion\_Fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abortion_Fanatic)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-actor-in-a-bad-movie-do-you-pity-them/634536 "2013-06-04T11:26:45Z")
You turn on the TV. Nothing you want to watch is on, so you start flipping through the channels. It’s two in the morning, or you end up on some channel you didn’t even know you received, whatever, anyway. All of a sudden… --- ## [Name that entertainment thingy from this vague reference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-entertainment-thingy-from-this-vague-reference/470426)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-entertainment-thingy-from-this-vague-reference/470426 "2008-11-04T20:48:04Z")
A co-worker asks, “Whose the guy? The black guy-- with the freckly face. . . with Brad Pitt’s wife’s head.” Three people instantaneously shout “Morgan Freeman!” That had to be the one of the vaguest descriptions of Mor… --- ## [Prison guard kills Fed sent to arrest him.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-guard-kills-fed-sent-to-arrest-him/361644)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-guard-kills-fed-sent-to-arrest-him/361644 "2006-06-27T04:54:19Z")
Link. My condolences to the family of the dead Justice Deprtment agent, and prayers for the wounded employee. May the arrested guards rot in Hell. I hope they get 20 years hard, and are put in General Pop, where they w… --- ## [The Lakota have declared independence from the U.S. \[ed. title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lakota-have-declared-independence-from-the-u-s-ed-title/430699)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lakota-have-declared-independence-from-the-u-s-ed-title/430699 "2008-01-02T17:59:42Z")
SUMMARY: For far too long our people have suffered at the hands of the colonial apartheid system imposed on the Lakota Sioux. Our treaties with the United States government are nothing more than worthless words on wort… --- ## [Goddam CATS are fucking SHITTING in my vegetable seedlings!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddam-cats-are-fucking-shitting-in-my-vegetable-seedlings/347146)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddam-cats-are-fucking-shitting-in-my-vegetable-seedlings/347146 "2014-05-11T17:30:51Z")
If I ever catch one of those fucking neighborhood cats digging up my carefully-nurtured vegetable seedlings, I’m going to pepper its ass with rock salt! I ordered up from Franchi seeds (a wonderful Italian vegetable see… --- ## [Don't throw towels into the laundry soaking fucking wet!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-throw-towels-into-the-laundry-soaking-fucking-wet/496034)
**Author:** [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2009, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-throw-towels-into-the-laundry-soaking-fucking-wet/496034 "2009-05-16T00:31:51Z")
Hang them up to dry! And when I mention it, don’t act like I am repeating a message that’s been received. Clearly I am repeating a message that has not been fucking received!!! --- ## [Can you be religious and be a doper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-be-religious-and-be-a-doper/588192)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-be-religious-and-be-a-doper/588192 "2011-07-08T14:28:01Z")
For the sake of this debate, I’m going to limit the argument and define the two terms as such: Religious: Belonging to one of the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam and their offshoots such as Mormonism e… --- ## [What is the word for a 'reverse pedophile'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-word-for-a-reverse-pedophile/242284)
**Author:** [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2004, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-word-for-a-reverse-pedophile/242284 "2004-04-28T05:34:09Z")
That is, a youngster who fancies older people? --- ## [The HORROR of The Warning To Humanity Statement!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-of-the-warning-to-humanity-statement/123813)
**Author:** [@David\_Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Wilson)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2002, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-of-the-warning-to-humanity-statement/123813 "2002-08-24T19:33:48Z")
World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity From the Union of Concerned Scientists We are on a collision course to disaster if we continue to damage the planet. Editor’s Note: Some 1,700 of the world’s leading scientists, i… --- ## [Would you have been an abolitionist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-been-an-abolitionist/477116)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-been-an-abolitionist/477116 "2009-01-28T16:07:47Z")
This will take some imagining, because of course “you” wouldn’t be “you” living in the 1840s and 1850s, but if you had been alive in that period, would you have devoted your life to abolishing slavery? Would you have fel… --- ## [Does a wireless company know if you're tethering?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-wireless-company-know-if-youre-tethering/547654)
**Author:** [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2011, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-wireless-company-know-if-youre-tethering/547654 "2011-05-13T10:00:22Z")
so I have a data plan on my phone. I have a need to tether veryinfrequently and with very small data use. Just a once-in-a-while thing where I need to use my laptop and I can’t get a wi-fi signal. Is there something abo… --- ## [So what's YOUR problem with drugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-problem-with-drugs/88151)
**Author:** [@Kaje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaje)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2001, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-problem-with-drugs/88151 "2001-10-20T17:11:42Z")
This thread is really getting on my nerves. Granted, much of it is perfectly rational, and many people in there have perfectly good reasons why they dont want to do drugs. I can respect that. HOWEVER, I find some stateme… --- ## [Banning knives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-knives/982137)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-knives/982137 "2023-08-14T03:58:44Z")
We’re all familiar here with the endless debate about banning some types of firearms- let’s not go there today. But I did get to thinking about an analogous situation: banning some types of knives. Switchblades, gravity … --- ## [News flash: Non Christians are OK with being wished 'Merry Christmas (really!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-non-christians-are-ok-with-being-wished-merry-christmas-really/478065)
**Author:** [@shallora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shallora)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-non-christians-are-ok-with-being-wished-merry-christmas-really/478065 "2008-12-31T04:39:14Z")
Oh my Liberal guilt-o-meter detector just went to 11 when I read this on another thread. Is this person suggesting that saying “Merry Christmas” to someone would be offensive? To whom? To someone whom isn’t Christian? … --- ## [Convince me to get a Kindle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-get-a-kindle/569780)
**Author:** [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-get-a-kindle/569780 "2011-02-09T17:15:54Z")
I would like a Kindle but I can’t convince myself that it’s worth getting one. They’re pretty cheap now but I still don’t really want to drop £150 on something that I don’t need. Below is how I see them comparing to pap… --- ## [Extant premier discussion thread (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extant-premier-discussion-thread-spoilers/692819)
**Author:** [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extant-premier-discussion-thread-spoilers/692819 "2014-09-24T03:25:06Z")
I have to say I’m into it. There’s a lot going on with the out of control and possibly evil android son, the ghost pregnancy with her dead ex, the shady corporate CEO/big bad spying on the family, the possible android u… --- ## [24: Season 5: Episode 13 (7:00pm - 8:00pm)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-13-7-00pm-8-00pm/348246)
**Author:** [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-13-7-00pm-8-00pm/348246 "2006-03-18T20:01:32Z")
Kim’s back, and trouble has follwed her, in the form of a deadly gas cloud that’s trapped them all in a glass box. And she’s driven off Chase and picked up the new pre-requisite Annoying Boyfriend\[sup\]TM\[/sup\]. Meanwh… --- ## [looking for a good logic/analytical interview question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-logic-analytical-interview-question/90386)
**Author:** [@rustymaize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rustymaize)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2001, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-logic-analytical-interview-question/90386 "2001-10-31T04:19:17Z")
I am looking for a good logic question that I can use in an interview. I was asked one years ago that I thought was effective; unfortunately, I can’t remember what the question was. Ideally, it will take some time to fig… --- ## [Is growing my own avocados indoors a pipe dream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-growing-my-own-avocados-indoors-a-pipe-dream/385549)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2006, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-growing-my-own-avocados-indoors-a-pipe-dream/385549 "2006-12-27T04:24:53Z")
Years ago my mother would sometimes get an intact avocado pit, stick some toothpicks in it, and leave it partially submerged in water, and often a plant would start growing. I don’t recall them ever getting much past a … --- ## [Girls gone Wild](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-gone-wild/402049)
**Author:** [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-gone-wild/402049 "2007-05-02T19:04:35Z")
What is it with these girls who get their tits out for a string of coloured beads. Jeezus :confused: --- ## [Hey! I had a vasectomy - The bible says I'm going to hell. John Bobbit, too!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-had-a-vasectomy-the-bible-says-im-going-to-hell-john-bobbit-too/203095)
**Author:** [@Dragline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragline)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-had-a-vasectomy-the-bible-says-im-going-to-hell-john-bobbit-too/203095 "2003-09-26T22:19:10Z")
It looks like I’m gonna have a lot of company: Deuteronomy 23, King James Version 1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. 2 A bastard sh… --- ## [Taking the Fifth - in real life.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-the-fifth-in-real-life/608920)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-the-fifth-in-real-life/608920 "2012-01-12T13:52:20Z")
There’s a recent thread in which the OP asks about refusing to testify against someone else. It seems to be the case that you aren’t allowed to take the Fifth unless your testimony would incriminate you yourself. When … --- ## [What dialect, the Geico Gecko?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dialect-the-geico-gecko/594478)
**Author:** [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dialect-the-geico-gecko/594478 "2011-08-30T17:56:30Z")
I know the real voice actor is quite the secret. He always reminded me of Ricky Gervaise in accent. Perhaps a Berkshire lizard? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1532&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1534&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)