# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1559&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:** 1560 --- ## [Why Can't Women Throw Properly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-women-throw-properly/152473)
**Author:** [@cart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cart)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-women-throw-properly/152473 "2003-02-04T20:57:34Z")
Sorry about the generalisation in the thread title. Why is it that most men can throw a ball overarm, and most women cannot (personally I have only ever met one that can). When women try, they tend to use a ‘shot puttin… --- ## [Famous one liners from kids.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-one-liners-from-kids/526047)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2010, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-one-liners-from-kids/526047 "2010-02-01T06:49:34Z")
So the other day my 11yo is wearing khaki pants along with a khaki jacket and brown shoes. He says to me: “Dad! I look like the khaki monster.” (A play off the cookie monster on Sesame Street for all you old farts out t… --- ## [What set Guns N' Roses apart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-set-guns-n-roses-apart/789671)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-set-guns-n-roses-apart/789671 "2017-06-30T11:26:13Z")
What, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, would you say set Guns N’ Roses apart from their peers? Why did they become as massively successful as they did? --- ## [IMPORTANT! If your user name has a space in it or a non-alphanumeric character READ THIS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-if-your-user-name-has-a-space-in-it-or-a-non-alphanumeric-character-read-this/855560)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-if-your-user-name-has-a-space-in-it-or-a-non-alphanumeric-character-read-this/855560 "2020-06-18T19:07:29Z")
Going to the new system (Discourse) we have noticed that user names with spaces or non-alphanumeric characters like apostrophes (anything that isn’t a letter or a number), that part of your user name will probably get co… --- ## [ALL this Political Talk...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-this-political-talk/530226)
**Author:** [@lurking\_guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurking_guest)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2010, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-this-political-talk/530226 "2010-02-26T07:24:38Z")
Don’t know if “Great Debates” is the Forum to post this, but… Really? What average person cares about the damn Republicans or Democrats in our Congress? We WANT things. Truth. Straightforwardness. WE want solutions… --- ## [Why does my water heater pilot light go out now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-water-heater-pilot-light-go-out-now/732306)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-water-heater-pilot-light-go-out-now/732306 "2015-10-04T16:50:11Z")
I’ve had this water heater for, I dunno, maybe six years now? Used to have the simple kind where relighting it meant a BBQ lighter but this one has the automatic light thing where there’s a knob that has “on pilot off”,… --- ## [Congratulations Michelle Wie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-michelle-wie/517875)
**Author:** [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-michelle-wie/517875 "2009-11-22T18:37:05Z")
The much maligned Michelle Wie won her first LPGA tournament at the weekend. She is still only 20. Let us hope that she has now overcome the mismanagement of her early career and can have more success. --- ## [Farewell, Pink Blankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-pink-blankie/299306)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2005, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-pink-blankie/299306 "2005-04-18T13:14:57Z")
When the Tiniest Minion of Sauron was born, we surrounded him with a bunch of the stuff you’re supposed to use to surround babies … spatially relative toys, soothing music, a small army of nannies who were under strict i… --- ## [Jeb Bush ends his campaign for POTUS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-ends-his-campaign-for-potus/746669)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-ends-his-campaign-for-potus/746669 "2016-02-27T04:45:20Z")
He has left the building --- ## [Hands Free Devices, Bluetooth & Douches. Get your damn vocabularly correct!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-free-devices-bluetooth-douches-get-your-damn-vocabularly-correct/543137)
**Author:** [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-free-devices-bluetooth-douches-get-your-damn-vocabularly-correct/543137 "2010-06-21T03:48:40Z")
Here’s your daily lesson from Professor fusoya. “Bluetooth” is a wireless communication protocol. That douchey thing you put in your ear to use with your cell phone is called a “hands free device” or “head set”. It is NO… --- ## [In which sport is there the least/greatest disparity between a professional and an average layman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-sport-is-there-the-least-greatest-disparity-between-a-professional-and-an-average-layman/854223)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-sport-is-there-the-least-greatest-disparity-between-a-professional-and-an-average-layman/854223 "2020-06-03T23:32:14Z")
From a \*\*skill \*\*perspective, that is, not about physical size or height - in any sport, an average layman (with little experience in the sport) would be utterly outmatched by a professional player of course, but in whic… --- ## [Han Solo...isn't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938 "2017-03-27T03:23:23Z")
Apparently that isn’t the name he was born with, according to the makers of the new “solo” Star Wars prequel. Any guesses as to his real name? How about “Napoleon Solo”? :smiley: --- ## [Would you agree to a year of blindness for half a million bucks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-agree-to-a-year-of-blindness-for-half-a-million-bucks/628721)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2012, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-agree-to-a-year-of-blindness-for-half-a-million-bucks/628721 "2012-07-21T07:39:59Z")
The usual eccentric billionaire is bored again. He wants to see how you’ll adapt to a year of blindness, or if you’ll be able to adapt at all. Here are the rules. \[ol\] \[li\]Before entering the program, you get 48 hours … --- ## [Sexual inadequacy and domestic violence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-inadequacy-and-domestic-violence/660249)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2013, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-inadequacy-and-domestic-violence/660249 "2013-06-09T08:05:15Z")
Is a big, macho, strong man likely to be a wife-beater? I read somehere–source not too reliable–that such a man has too much self-assurance to be inclined to physical violence. --- ## [Is Star Wars dead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-star-wars-dead/240540)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-star-wars-dead/240540 "2004-04-26T03:52:11Z")
Forgive me, I follow this just about none at all. Will there ever be another Star Wars movie? The last one (Episode Dueax) was so bad that it seemed to drive the stake into the heart of the franchise. It made my jaw dr… --- ## [A mathematical question about inbreeding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mathematical-question-about-inbreeding/499971)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mathematical-question-about-inbreeding/499971 "2009-06-23T02:55:17Z")
Hypothetical question (though I’m sure there’s an inbred part Eskimo Little Susie somewhere): Little Susie’s parents are happily married first cousins. (For the purposes of this I could make them brother and sister but… --- ## [Bad movie - get a refund?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-get-a-refund/78926)
**Author:** [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-get-a-refund/78926 "2001-09-06T01:51:06Z")
I was wondering how many people demand refunds for movies they don’t like. I know some do, but I never understood that. Personally, I don’t ask for refunds unless there was a technical problem with the showing. I figure … --- ## [Can a roulette croupier really hit a given section of the wheel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-roulette-croupier-really-hit-a-given-section-of-the-wheel/461916)
**Author:** [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-roulette-croupier-really-hit-a-given-section-of-the-wheel/461916 "2008-09-04T17:50:16Z")
I hear anecdotal evidence that skilled casino dealers can fairly accurately hit if not a given number, then certainly a section of the roulette wheel. I just can’t see it, seems like too many random variables to me. Also… --- ## [What was college like "back in the day?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-college-like-back-in-the-day/467970)
**Author:** [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-college-like-back-in-the-day/467970 "2008-12-26T00:29:44Z")
You choose how you define “back in the day.” I’m asking this because I was just watching Animal House and was reminded of how much college has changed. There seems to be this sort of mid-20th century collegiate archetype… --- ## [Why is my Air Mattress turning into a Water bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-air-mattress-turning-into-a-water-bed/388104)
**Author:** [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-air-mattress-turning-into-a-water-bed/388104 "2007-01-16T21:15:15Z")
Short story: The air mattress I used to sleep on (I’m cheap, and it’s comfy) began to leak air about 3 months after purchase. So I patched the hole, yet another puncture appeared the next day, and another the day after t… --- ## [Cat rearing advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-rearing-advice/993059)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-rearing-advice/993059 "2024-03-15T22:25:46Z")
I know this is often a contentious topic here, but hear me out. I recently divorced. My wife got my two dogs. One of the dogs is a cat killer. She has at least 7 to her name, so she needs to live in a cat free house. M… --- ## [People sure do age differently.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-sure-do-age-differently/652035)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-sure-do-age-differently/652035 "2013-03-06T14:34:11Z")
I’m 67, and people are always surprised that I’m that old. They say I look like I’m in my mid-to-late 50s. I think it’s because I still have hair on top of my head, and it’s still dark brown. It’s only my sideburns and g… --- ## [Help Me! (And Don't Tell Shodan)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-and-dont-tell-shodan/607974)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-and-dont-tell-shodan/607974 "2012-01-05T18:47:14Z")
This is Shodan’s grand dog. He doesn’t know it, but he wandered off and left his account logged in, and he doesn’t know I figured out how to type from watching him. Please excuse any typos, I am using my big adorable p… --- ## [Kick-Ass 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-ass-2/661874)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2013, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-ass-2/661874 "2013-09-11T05:57:50Z")
Kick-Ass 2 is coming out Aug. 16 in the U.S. I really enjoyed the first, and am looking forward to the sequel. Looks like Jim Carrey’s having second thoughts about his role, though: http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2013/… --- ## [Does this style of facial hair have a name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-style-of-facial-hair-have-a-name/593144)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-style-of-facial-hair-have-a-name/593144 "2011-08-19T23:45:44Z")
You’ve seen it hundreds, maybe thousands of times: someone’s got full facial hair in between two vertical lines on the face, about 1/4 inch either side of the corners of the mouth, and is clean-shaven outside those lines… --- ## [Does Amy Coney Barrett Belong to a Religious Cult(!)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-amy-coney-barrett-belong-to-a-religious-cult/923154)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-amy-coney-barrett-belong-to-a-religious-cult/923154 "2020-10-22T01:19:18Z")
I have to tell you, I just first heard it on Real Time with Bill Maher (on HBO) just now. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett belongs to a extremist religious cult. This is the only cite I could find. Bill Maher w… --- ## [Do PBA Cards work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pba-cards-work/344328)
**Author:** [@Fat\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat_Chance)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pba-cards-work/344328 "2006-02-14T21:01:35Z")
Does anyone know if having a PBA card/sticker really gets you out of tickets? It always seemed like a silly myth to me, but a friend who is cop gave my girlfriend and I a couple of cards to use. Apparently (I wasn’t th… --- ## [There is a roach in my shoe...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-roach-in-my-shoe/402027)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2007, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-roach-in-my-shoe/402027 "2007-05-01T07:13:55Z")
and he won’t come out! I’ve tried throwing the shoe on the ground and poking pencils down the shoe. The little bastard is under the cushion which isn’t removeable of course. I’m just going to have to wait him out… --- ## [Why do Ukranian refugees look so well off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-ukranian-refugees-look-so-well-off/960385)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-ukranian-refugees-look-so-well-off/960385 "2022-03-19T05:23:57Z")
Weird, Video of people escaping Ukraine shows a lot of people who appear to be wearing moderately expensive clothes. Certainly, they are better dressed than many other refugees from other countries that we have seen on… --- ## [Dems want Hillary Clinton to leave spotlight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-want-hillary-clinton-to-leave-spotlight/788133)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-want-hillary-clinton-to-leave-spotlight/788133 "2017-06-07T13:35:26Z")
So reports The Hill. Before I’m jumped on by the usual crowd let me say first that I’m not a liberal, I have no strong feelings at this point about Clinton or her future activities and I do not particularly enjoy watchin… --- ## [Religious types: what does your church, etc. teach that you don't believe, and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-types-what-does-your-church-etc-teach-that-you-dont-believe-and-why/542463)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-types-what-does-your-church-etc-teach-that-you-dont-believe-and-why/542463 "2010-06-15T15:13:18Z")
Contrariwise, what do you believe that your church, synagogue, mosque, or other worship center does not teach? Note that, by religious types, I mean persons who regularly attend services of an organized religion. If yo… --- ## [Welcome our newer new moderator, Idle Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newer-new-moderator-idle-thoughts/585646)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newer-new-moderator-idle-thoughts/585646 "2011-06-18T15:50:34Z")
RickJay now makes history for having the shortest time as “new guy” in the mod loop. (He still has to take out the trash and buy beer for all the older mods.) Please welcome Idle Thoughts, our newest MPSIMS moderator. … --- ## [Examples of formal vs. non-formal speech in non-English language?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-formal-vs-non-formal-speech-in-non-english-language/693670)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-formal-vs-non-formal-speech-in-non-english-language/693670 "2014-07-25T03:49:51Z")
A friend and I have recently been discussing language, specifically “standard English” and “American slang” or vernacular. We came to a general agreement that standard English has an important role to play, especially in… --- ## [Weird thing in the sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-thing-in-the-sky/553481)
**Author:** [@Testy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Testy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-thing-in-the-sky/553481 "2010-09-22T19:08:59Z")
There’s never an astronomer around when you need one!:stuck\_out\_tongue: I’m in central WA and it’s a;most 2300. There is something that looks like a star, but it flickers in different colors. It doesn’t move like an air… --- ## [Did anyone see Trump on "60 Minutes"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-see-trump-on-60-minutes/771939)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-see-trump-on-60-minutes/771939 "2016-11-15T14:59:07Z")
Yeah, I actually watched the whole thing and lived to tell about it. And I also realized what his domicile reminds me of: A Third World tinhorn dictator who acquires massive wealth through corruption, while his (or pos… --- ## [A collection agency called me and left a message about my neighbor's debt. Isn't that illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-collection-agency-called-me-and-left-a-message-about-my-neighbors-debt-isnt-that-illegal/587582)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-collection-agency-called-me-and-left-a-message-about-my-neighbors-debt-isnt-that-illegal/587582 "2011-07-05T05:20:59Z")
I’m not entirely sure what to do about it. On the one hand, she should probably know that they called her neighbor (or possibly neighbors) so she can take action against them. On the other hand I don’t want to embarrass… --- ## [Where in the U.S. is the least likely to have an earthquake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-u-s-is-the-least-likely-to-have-an-earthquake/529106)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-u-s-is-the-least-likely-to-have-an-earthquake/529106 "2010-02-16T03:33:42Z")
I am absolutely phobic about earthquakes. They horrify me to no end and cause me too much stress. I was feeling pretty good about living in relatively earthquake-free southern Arizona until I found out the information S… --- ## [Husband lusting for Mother-in-law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/husband-lusting-for-mother-in-law/38657)
**Author:** [@cool\_chic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cool_chic)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2000, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/husband-lusting-for-mother-in-law/38657 "2000-10-28T20:56:29Z")
First of all, I don’t know if this belongs here, but it is really burning a hole in my side. My husband has fantasies of being with my mother. MY mother. He keeps going on and on about these little fantasies he has abou… --- ## [Ways to screw-up a job interview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-screw-up-a-job-interview/268776)
**Author:** [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-screw-up-a-job-interview/268776 "2004-10-15T23:53:05Z")
My boss did five interviews today. I did the reference checks. Here is my list of things not to do on an interview. Show up in jeans and a college sweatshirt for a job that requires business casual. Bring your boyf… --- ## [Racial sterotypes in Europe (Re: Sergio Garcia)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-sterotypes-in-europe-re-sergio-garcia/659368)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-sterotypes-in-europe-re-sergio-garcia/659368 "2013-05-31T22:28:47Z")
In the last few weeks, a major media controversy has been caused by golfer Sergio Garcia’s mentioning that he would have Tiger Woods over for dinner and feed him fried chicken. A European PGA official then tried to stic… --- ## [Is it possible to have a "touch" of food poisoning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-touch-of-food-poisoning/581234)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-touch-of-food-poisoning/581234 "2011-05-13T14:58:43Z")
My wife and I had supper at my Sister and Brother-in-Laws house tonight for Mothers Day. Whole chicken (made on a smoker) 7 layer salad, mashed potatoes, green beans, 3 bean salad. My B-I-L and my wife have a little riva… --- ## [Is there anything that never freezes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-that-never-freezes/283231)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-that-never-freezes/283231 "2005-01-10T17:19:49Z")
Absolute zero is -273 C and hydrogens freezing point is -259 C, is there anything that will not freeze at even -273 C? --- ## [Is this chiropractor a charlatan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-chiropractor-a-charlatan/777407)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-chiropractor-a-charlatan/777407 "2017-12-09T22:34:09Z")
I’ve never been to a chiropractor before, but I’m having some pain in my shoulder, and I have several friends who swear by their chiropractor so I thought I’d give one a try. I know I should have asked for a recommendat… --- ## [How to rid a house of Monsters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-rid-a-house-of-monsters/627590)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-rid-a-house-of-monsters/627590 "2012-07-11T21:25:43Z")
My son doesn’t like monsters. Apparently they come out of his closet, play with/break/lose his toys, mess up his room and sleep in his bed. Normally, I wouldn’t worry too much about this monster activity, but it’s star… --- ## [What is your favorite musical innuendo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897)
**Author:** [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2006, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897 "2006-04-21T10:59:51Z")
The Meatloaf thread got me thinking about some of his other songs. Meatloaf is the master of the musical innuendo, but there have been other artists with that talent. What are the best, or your favorites? Mine two fa… --- ## [Book/Movie titles that give away the ending \[SPOILERS\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120 "2010-02-16T18:30:53Z")
My niece recently complained that whenever she watches “The Way We Were” she’s sad at the ending. My reply was “That’s why it’s not ‘The Way We Are.’” What other book or movie titles give away the ending? --- ## [Will my Sprint Iphone 4 work on another carrier without jailbreaking it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-sprint-iphone-4-work-on-another-carrier-without-jailbreaking-it/667684)
**Author:** [@Linden\_Arden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linden_Arden)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-sprint-iphone-4-work-on-another-carrier-without-jailbreaking-it/667684 "2014-01-28T01:29:36Z")
And I mean one of the low cost carriers like Page Plus or Straight Talk. Thanks. --- ## [Why is the last actor credited in intros listed as "\[Actor\] as \[Character Name\]"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-last-actor-credited-in-intros-listed-as-actor-as-character-name/512898)
**Author:** [@Bobalude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobalude)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-last-actor-credited-in-intros-listed-as-actor-as-character-name/512898 "2016-09-09T23:22:57Z")
I have noticed this for quite a while now and have always wondered. When you see trailers, or the intro credits for a movie or tv show, often the last person credited will have it formatted as: \[Actor\] as \[Character Na… --- ## [Is Lisa Simpson an atheist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lisa-simpson-an-atheist/133551)
**Author:** [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lisa-simpson-an-atheist/133551 "2002-10-24T17:30:47Z")
I watched an episode of The Simpsons in which Homer gets an illegal hookup. Lisa gets advice from Rev. Lovejoy and decides to silently protest her father’s thievery. She says she want to go to heaven and that her soul … --- ## [Am I the only one with an old school TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-with-an-old-school-tv/566812)
**Author:** [@lisalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisalan)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-with-an-old-school-tv/566812 "2011-08-24T18:29:01Z")
Everyone I know has a flat screen TV. My FIL has 2 of them. I still have the big old school TV’s. Now I don’t mean the ones from the '80’s that were made of wood and looked like a piece of furniture but the ones they we… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1558&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1560&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)