# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1565&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:** 1566 --- ## [¿Which 'Simpsons' moment will always make you laugh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-simpsons-moment-will-always-make-you-laugh/50805)
**Author:** [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2001, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-simpsons-moment-will-always-make-you-laugh/50805 "2001-01-29T03:33:52Z")
The thread title pretty much says it all. As for the moment from The Simpsons that will always make me laugh it has to be either when Groundskeeper Willy is a one man band in sings “I’m a Maniac” (Sherry Bobbins Episode… --- ## [How Do You MOTIVATE a 16-Year Old Girl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-motivate-a-16-year-old-girl/213699)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-motivate-a-16-year-old-girl/213699 "2003-11-29T00:17:01Z")
I am getting depressed about my teenage daughter-she is 16, and has no interest in school. Her world revolves around boys, rap music (she adores M&M), and partying. Her grades are mediocre-she gets Cs and Ds, and seems t… --- ## [Ideas for office mischief](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-office-mischief/195236)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-office-mischief/195236 "2003-10-18T03:28:58Z")
I am often tempted to move the keys around on the keyboards, or mess about with MS word’s autocorrect feature so that ‘the’ is replaced with ‘teh’ (or ‘I am watchingg youoo’) Those would probably backfire though. What … --- ## [A crumby jelly MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-crumby-jelly-mmp/964490)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-crumby-jelly-mmp/964490 "2022-05-23T13:43:52Z")
Starting the week with a rant - deal with it! :stuck\_out\_tongue: When my MIL makes toast, she’ll use the butter-and-crumb covered knife to dig into the jar of jelly! :open\_mouth: Who does that?? Don’t civilized people u… --- ## [Do you back into normal parking spaces? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-back-into-normal-parking-spaces-why/674733)
**Author:** [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-back-into-normal-parking-spaces-why/674733 "2013-11-27T04:00:25Z")
I don’t mean for some special reason, I just mean for your typical parking situation. It’s usually so much easier to go in forward and then back out when you leave, but a lot of people do it the other way. A lot of peopl… --- ## [Horrific discovery on deceased abortion doctor's property](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrific-discovery-on-deceased-abortion-doctors-property/840243)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrific-discovery-on-deceased-abortion-doctors-property/840243 "2020-02-15T06:58:07Z")
Dr. Ulrich Klopfer worked at a clinic that did abortions in South Bend, Indiana until his license was suspended in 2015, and he earlier this month. I have a feeling that this is going to be Dr. Gosnell all over again, a… --- ## [Gender Symbols... their origins... I was way off.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-symbols-their-origins-i-was-way-off/504333)
**Author:** [@Aelita\_Daystar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aelita_Daystar)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-symbols-their-origins-i-was-way-off/504333 "2009-07-28T01:55:33Z")
I only just now learned where the symbols for male and female comes from. I thought I knew, but looking back I just kind of assumed things. I just looked at them and speculated on what they meant. Now, the correct answer… --- ## [Don't planes fly AROUND storms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-planes-fly-around-storms/498837)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2009, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-planes-fly-around-storms/498837 "2009-06-06T07:37:11Z")
I didn’t see any earlier threads on this - hope it’s not redundant - but I thought the point of radar on airplanes was to allow them to fly around storms. And I thought they were always in radio contact with SOMEONE who… --- ## [Why did NASA stop faking moon landings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-nasa-stop-faking-moon-landings/421285)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2007, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-nasa-stop-faking-moon-landings/421285 "2007-10-05T06:09:33Z")
What’s the moon hoax crowd’s excuse? --- ## [Am I rude for never saying "bless you" in response to people sneezing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-rude-for-never-saying-bless-you-in-response-to-people-sneezing/504047)
**Author:** [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2009, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-rude-for-never-saying-bless-you-in-response-to-people-sneezing/504047 "2009-07-29T12:19:42Z")
Surely I’m not alone. I’ve never done it, nor do I intend do, especially when you consider the silly history of it all. But there are times when someone sneezes and an awkward silence follows, as if the person is expecti… --- ## [I need tricks to play on my best friend on his wedding day.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-tricks-to-play-on-my-best-friend-on-his-wedding-day/194250)
**Author:** [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-tricks-to-play-on-my-best-friend-on-his-wedding-day/194250 "2003-08-15T03:57:07Z")
My best friend is getting married next month and I’d like to make it as memorable as possible. To do this I need ideas for tricks and pranks to play on him. The two ideas that I have already are 1. To have all his grooms… --- ## [What does "I love you to death" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-i-love-you-to-death-mean/666853)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-i-love-you-to-death-mean/666853 "2025-11-29T00:18:26Z")
Just heard it on TV. Does it mean I will love you until one of us dies, then not so much? Seems like a strange expression. --- ## [How is it moral to proselytize?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-moral-to-proselytize/308224)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-moral-to-proselytize/308224 "2005-06-26T02:46:35Z")
I am asking this question because I genuinely want to know the answer. Thus, I may not participate that much, because I don’t have that much input. But this question has been on my mind for a long time. I can’t help but… --- ## [Why can't they say "Super Bowl" on the radio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-they-say-super-bowl-on-the-radio/341547)
**Author:** [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2006, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-they-say-super-bowl-on-the-radio/341547 "2006-02-05T05:45:29Z")
I understand it’s a copywritten name, but why can’t the local radio stations say “We’re giving away two tickets to the Super Bowl”? They all seem to have to resort to dancing all around the phrase, without actually utte… --- ## [The people you cook for/dine with won't be home. What do you make just for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-people-you-cook-for-dine-with-wont-be-home-what-do-you-make-just-for-you/637220)
**Author:** [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-people-you-cook-for-dine-with-wont-be-home-what-do-you-make-just-for-you/637220 "2012-10-16T22:56:01Z")
I’m not talking about “oh, it’s just me I’ll fix a sandwich or have a bowl of cereal.” Do you have a favorite that isn’t in your regular rotation in deference to people you share meals with? When I read the last senten… --- ## [Were Nazis always SOB's even to each other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-nazis-always-sobs-even-to-each-other/822354)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2018, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-nazis-always-sobs-even-to-each-other/822354 "2018-10-08T06:02:06Z")
Inspired by this thread. Every movie ever made showing Nazis, even in everyday life, to be the meanest, cruelest, most angry and suspicious fuckers ever. Not just to Jews or the enemy, but even to each other. Were they… --- ## [Was Thurgood Marshall senile in his last few years on the Supreme Court?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-thurgood-marshall-senile-in-his-last-few-years-on-the-supreme-court/496662)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-thurgood-marshall-senile-in-his-last-few-years-on-the-supreme-court/496662 "2009-05-23T13:20:03Z")
In college, I remember reading a scathing attack on Thurgood Marshall in a political magazine. I’m almost sure this would have been in 1987 or 1988 as Reagan’s presidency was coming to an end. The article attacked Marsha… --- ## [Did any radio or TV crime dramas ever go after gay people for being gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-radio-or-tv-crime-dramas-ever-go-after-gay-people-for-being-gay/740496)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-radio-or-tv-crime-dramas-ever-go-after-gay-people-for-being-gay/740496 "2018-08-05T13:03:37Z")
I’ve been listening to the web based old time Dragnet radio shows for a few weeks as referenced hereand it’s kind of a fascinating journey in the way back machine for the late 40’s and early 50’s. In listening the radio … --- ## [Stupidest ways you have been injured](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-ways-you-have-been-injured/759595)
**Author:** [@Hbk4894](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbk4894)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-ways-you-have-been-injured/759595 "2018-02-04T17:49:31Z")
Got to be being stabbed with a pen , got a cut from it --- ## [How'd you get those extra pounds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-you-get-those-extra-pounds/618200)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-you-get-those-extra-pounds/618200 "2012-04-21T14:30:20Z")
For me it was soda. Soda is my weakness. Soda day in and day out. Soda all the time. Soda for breakfast, lunch, and dinner…and then more soda. You’ve heard of chain smoking? This is chain soda-ing. What’s the cause of … --- ## [I pit elitism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-elitism/462661)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-elitism/462661 "2008-09-19T20:54:45Z")
Actually, I pit accusations of elitism, in whatever form they may take. I honestly think that the word doesn’t even carry any meaning at all anymore, having become nothing more than a code-word for “We don’t like you.” D… --- ## [The tremendous new burden of taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tremendous-new-burden-of-taxes/647670)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tremendous-new-burden-of-taxes/647670 "2013-01-19T17:15:36Z")
This graphic is from the WSJ and shows the impact of the new tax deal on singles, single parents and families. I guess these are typical WSJ readers? --- ## [How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918)
**Author:** [@Three\_Packs\_a\_Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Three_Packs_a_Day)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918 "2012-03-28T16:53:46Z")
If you wonder what my answer is, you must smoke something other than cigarettes. --- ## [Mogan David Wine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mogan-david-wine/672798)
**Author:** [@Vern\_Crocker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vern_Crocker)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mogan-david-wine/672798 "2013-11-01T21:02:52Z")
I have a question about Mogan David wine. I have a problem with peptic acid which always give me heartburn or indigestion problems. Recently I had a Problem getting my prescription filled at Walmart. So I decided that… --- ## [does Long John Silver care about Jim, or just use him to his benefit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-long-john-silver-care-about-jim-or-just-use-him-to-his-benefit/577983)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2011, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-long-john-silver-care-about-jim-or-just-use-him-to-his-benefit/577983 "2011-04-13T13:27:56Z")
my friend wants to know --- ## [Looking for examples of sentient spiders in fantasy literature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-examples-of-sentient-spiders-in-fantasy-literature/424162)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2007, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-examples-of-sentient-spiders-in-fantasy-literature/424162 "2007-11-02T00:58:00Z")
Of course, “fantasy” is probably redundant, given that we’re talking about sentiient spiders. I want to contrast menacing and beneficient figures. I’ve already thought of Shelob, Ungoliant, and Charlotte; can anybody els… --- ## ["Roe v. Wade" vs. "Roe against Wade"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roe-v-wade-vs-roe-against-wade/648393)
**Author:** [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roe-v-wade-vs-roe-against-wade/648393 "2013-01-28T21:12:56Z")
The 40th anniversary of the famous US Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion was this week, in the coverage of it most all journalists I’ve heard talking about it referred to the case as “Roe v. Wade”, which I though… --- ## [What Made You Join The Straight Dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-you-join-the-straight-dope/537420)
**Author:** [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-you-join-the-straight-dope/537420 "2010-05-03T19:35:13Z")
Perhaps this should be in ATMB - but it was more of a curiousity thing for me. I joined SDMB 2 years ago this month because I had just started dating kneadtoknow and he told me he posted here a lot. He would tell me ab… --- ## [So is television still considered a step down from film for actors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-television-still-considered-a-step-down-from-film-for-actors/595726)
**Author:** [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-television-still-considered-a-step-down-from-film-for-actors/595726 "2011-09-13T01:26:18Z")
This post prompted the question. Zooey Deschanel, indie queen and Manic Pixie Dream Girl archetype, is also starring in her own series. I also remember being surprised at Glenn Close getting a series. You hear about ac… --- ## [Dan Crenshaw: Porno hitman or disrespected wounded vet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-crenshaw-porno-hitman-or-disrespected-wounded-vet/824036)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-crenshaw-porno-hitman-or-disrespected-wounded-vet/824036 "2018-12-10T19:16:19Z")
So on Saturday Night Live this past week, Pete Davidson described Dan Crenshaw, a candidate for the US House in the Houston area as looking like a “hitman in a porno movie” Thing is, Crenshaw lost his eye as a SEAL in A… --- ## [Geographic drivers for political leanings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographic-drivers-for-political-leanings/543205)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographic-drivers-for-political-leanings/543205 "2010-06-18T20:31:02Z")
Last U.S. election we all heard about red and blue states. There seem to be definite patterns to the political leanings of geographic areas, but is there any explanation for this other than birds of a feather flock toge… --- ## [Are there places where whites are an oppressed minority?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-places-where-whites-are-an-oppressed-minority/526572)
**Author:** [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-places-where-whites-are-an-oppressed-minority/526572 "2010-02-03T03:21:19Z")
Ok. I don’t want to quibble about “oppressed”. it’s just a catchy word for the title. Are there any countries or significant-sized regions where whites are on the social bottom? Where people of European descent live i… --- ## [GM have still not learned their lesson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gm-have-still-not-learned-their-lesson/505522)
**Author:** [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gm-have-still-not-learned-their-lesson/505522 "2009-08-10T21:43:30Z")
This is mind bogglingly stupid: With this attitude I think GM is headed for oblivion. They are making the same mistake they have made over and over again since the early 70s. Here’s the full article: http://www.theau… --- ## [Ethernet: Hot swapping? Length? Hot cable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethernet-hot-swapping-length-hot-cable/612653)
**Author:** [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethernet-hot-swapping-length-hot-cable/612653 "2012-02-13T18:59:16Z")
s it safe to “hot swap” an ethernet connection like you can with USB, or does everything have to be powered down? What about if the computer in question is in sleep mode? Do the same considerations apply to unplugging th… --- ## [What lesson did you learn from the Iraq war?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lesson-did-you-learn-from-the-iraq-war/810877)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lesson-did-you-learn-from-the-iraq-war/810877 "2018-03-30T22:48:49Z")
Question inspired by this opinion article: I learned that the Middle East is inherently unpredictable, and it’s impossible to know in advance what the short term and long term impact of US military involvement will be… --- ## [How creepy is this? (Guy fondles woman's hair on public transportation)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-creepy-is-this-guy-fondles-womans-hair-on-public-transportation/646021)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-creepy-is-this-guy-fondles-womans-hair-on-public-transportation/646021 "2013-06-16T16:49:22Z")
A guy fondling a woman’s hair is caught on video on public transportation in Calgary. How creepy is this? It’s pretty high on my creep-o-meter, but maybe it’s not so bad? It seems like the kind of thing that guys who en… --- ## [Pre-emptive bricker pitting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-emptive-bricker-pitting/471193)
**Author:** [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-emptive-bricker-pitting/471193 "2008-11-11T02:42:55Z")
Leave the poor guy alone. I’ve found major disagreement with the dude in the past, but this election is turning into karma enough for him. Just a public service announcement in case anyone gets any ideas. --- ## [The worst super hero to make love with](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-super-hero-to-make-love-with/543885)
**Author:** [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-super-hero-to-make-love-with/543885 "2010-06-21T22:44:04Z")
My wife and I got to talking about this last night…you don’t want to know what brought it up, or maybe you do, but I’m not telling. My wife brought up the Flash because she felt in the thros of passion the movement of t… --- ## [An Easy Question for PS4 Owners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-question-for-ps4-owners/780416)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-question-for-ps4-owners/780416 "2017-03-11T03:41:33Z")
As we are officially only one month away from the newest edition of my beloved Mass Effect, I have a question for the PS4 people in the audience. I want the new game, and I will definitely sell my 3 (and my games) to ge… --- ## [Are all obituaries bullshit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-obituaries-bullshit/593657)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-obituaries-bullshit/593657 "2011-08-26T05:09:24Z")
My father died recently, and although he was a real jerk, his obituary makes it sound like he was a virtual saint. It seems to be less outright lies than voluminous lies of omission. It lists the time he made a large d… --- ## [Regarding the Holstein at the Concert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-the-holstein-at-the-concert/180661)
**Author:** [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-the-holstein-at-the-concert/180661 "2003-06-13T19:59:31Z")
So, I went to the Journey, Styx and REO Speedwagon concert. It was, as expected a mass of white trash-- hereinafter WT. So aside from the late-thirties women with huge teased bleached white hair throwing their size XXL… --- ## [Can you still see the divide between East/West Germany?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-see-the-divide-between-east-west-germany/763671)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-see-the-divide-between-east-west-germany/763671 "2016-12-22T17:19:45Z")
Inspired by reading about the…shall we say, problematic idea of Korean reunification and the comparison with German reunification, the problem being that the North just lags so far behind the south it’s difficult to know… --- ## [The Really Big Questions Don't Matter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-big-questions-dont-matter/596463)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-big-questions-dont-matter/596463 "2011-09-17T15:20:13Z")
I heard an interesting viewpoint. The viewpoint contends that the really big questions that we fight about and debate don’t matter at all. Abortion, pro-life or pro-choice? Should we have invaded Iraq? Things like t… --- ## [CA residents - Do you ever refer to the state you live in as "Cali"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-residents-do-you-ever-refer-to-the-state-you-live-in-as-cali/627648)
**Author:** [@The\_Evil\_Prince\_Zorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Evil_Prince_Zorte)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-residents-do-you-ever-refer-to-the-state-you-live-in-as-cali/627648 "2012-07-12T17:54:06Z")
We have a friend from NJ coming to visit, and she keeps referring to her “trip to Cali”. I find the term a bit grating, the kind of thing you only hear in rap music. I never hear people who live here call CA “Cali” but… --- ## [What do folks in other countries think about US election craziness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-folks-in-other-countries-think-about-us-election-craziness/924480)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-folks-in-other-countries-think-about-us-election-craziness/924480 "2020-11-09T14:23:20Z")
Do people in countries other than the US look at our election craziness and think it’s the Republicans fault? Or do they think both sides are crazy? Or do they think there isn’t anything crazy about our elections? Does a… --- ## [Is dolomite limestone safe to use as a supplement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dolomite-limestone-safe-to-use-as-a-supplement/626320)
**Author:** [@posskb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/posskb)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dolomite-limestone-safe-to-use-as-a-supplement/626320 "2012-06-28T02:43:56Z")
It is made of calcium and magnesium in close to equal amounts but is it safe to use as a supplement? Thank you… --- ## [What cities will forever be known for one specific thing/event?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759)
**Author:** [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759 "2004-10-24T18:25:31Z")
As in, whenever I see Waco, Texas mentioned, I think of… well, I’m sure you know. Same goes for Brentwood, CA. “…blood found at Simpson’s Brentwood estate…” Columbine, CO Pretty much any town named Springfield Local… --- ## [What happens if two identical winning lottery tickets are submitted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-two-identical-winning-lottery-tickets-are-submitted/561392)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-two-identical-winning-lottery-tickets-are-submitted/561392 "2010-11-28T17:03:46Z")
By “identical”, I mean the timestamp, location, and any other identifying information on the ticket is identical. The buyer paid cash and there is no other way to trace the buyer’s identity. (Clerk doesn’t remember, no… --- ## [Kokomo-Chuck Berry or Mike Love?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kokomo-chuck-berry-or-mike-love/397156)
**Author:** [@Professor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Professor)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2007, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kokomo-chuck-berry-or-mike-love/397156 "2007-03-26T07:49:07Z")
Forty years ago Chuck Berry sang in ‘No Particular Place To Go’ “…so we parked way out on the kokamo”.This was long before the Beach Boys hit(‘Kokomo’)when Mike Love said HE just made the word up to describe a mythical p… --- ## [Countries that are totally landlocked by ONE other country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-that-are-totally-landlocked-by-one-other-country/467199)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-that-are-totally-landlocked-by-one-other-country/467199 "2008-10-12T22:42:00Z")
Take for example, if somehow Tennesee became a country to its own. The only way for it to do any trade or be involved in anything foreign outside of the US would be to a) use US airspace b) Travel across US ground So … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1564&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1566&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)