# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1574&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:** 1575 --- ## [50,000 reasons not to trust the USPS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-000-reasons-not-to-trust-the-usps/702768)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2014, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-000-reasons-not-to-trust-the-usps/702768 "2014-10-31T05:42:45Z")
In this New York Times article, it is revealed that the USPS . A little worrisome, but not enough evidence to accuse them of malfeasance, you say? As you read on, we find out that -in fact infamous Arizona sheriff J… --- ## [And the dumbest person on the planet is...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-dumbest-person-on-the-planet-is/546483)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-dumbest-person-on-the-planet-is/546483 "2010-07-13T21:31:14Z")
No mouse scroll overs \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* Erick Jhonson\[sic\] He comes home from Iraq, finds his wife pregnant, and pretty much believes her when she says it happened from watching 3D porn… --- ## [Do you have a favorite Sesame Street song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839)
**Author:** [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839 "2017-03-01T04:49:03Z")
It’s been years since I’ve seen the show, but my favorite song to this day is, “I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon.” It’s crazy at my age, but that song still does something for me. --- ## [origin of the phrase "space age polymer"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-phrase-space-age-polymer/468780)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-phrase-space-age-polymer/468780 "2008-10-22T13:51:53Z")
Any synthetic substance which I cannot identify is a “space age polymer”. I just bought a new coat with a shell made of something vaguely suede-like. The label probably lists the components, but to me it will always be… --- ## [The mid-Atlantic accent--would it be possible to cultivate it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mid-atlantic-accent-would-it-be-possible-to-cultivate-it/636773)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mid-atlantic-accent-would-it-be-possible-to-cultivate-it/636773 "2012-10-11T14:54:03Z")
Leaving aside whether it’d be a good idea or not… it’s always just struck me as an interesting idea. I’m told I’ve got a lovely voice, and sounding like Cary Grant surely couldn’t hurt anything, could it? --- ## [The GIVE Act (HR 1388): Expand opportunities to serve, or create Obama's Brownshirts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-give-act-hr-1388-expand-opportunities-to-serve-or-create-obamas-brownshirts/489741)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-give-act-hr-1388-expand-opportunities-to-serve-or-create-obamas-brownshirts/489741 "2009-03-30T13:30:55Z")
The right-wing blogosphere is buzzing with venom towards H.R. 1388, The GIVE Act (Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act), characterizing it as mandatory conscription into a leftist army aimed at destroy… --- ## [What's an "entitlement?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-entitlement/643795)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-entitlement/643795 "2012-12-13T20:47:28Z")
Republicans have turned “entitlements” into quite a negative thing, something that comes about because lazy and shiftless Americans feel “entitled” to something (that Republicans feel they don’t really deserve). But the… --- ## [Man trapped in air pocket in sunken boat rescued after 3 days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-trapped-in-air-pocket-in-sunken-boat-rescued-after-3-days/660646)
**Author:** [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-trapped-in-air-pocket-in-sunken-boat-rescued-after-3-days/660646 "2013-12-04T05:56:53Z")
A Nigerian crew member of a tug boat that sank was rescued three days later by a diver conducting a body recovery dive. He survived in an air pocket inside the boat which was 30m (100ft) below the surface. I’ve been t… --- ## [Is anyone getting weird mail at their SDMB e-mail ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996)
**Author:** [@SpaceDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceDog)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996 "2002-05-02T03:54:19Z")
In the last ten minutes or so I’ve got a bunch of mail to the e-mail in my sdmb account. That e-mail is private and I haven’t given it to anyone else. It looks like someone has subscribed me to newsletter@raraavisband.c… --- ## [What are your favorite slash pairings? (poss TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-slash-pairings-poss-tmi/285967)
**Author:** [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-slash-pairings-poss-tmi/285967 "2005-03-19T01:56:28Z")
OK, we just had the thread where a whole bunch o’female Dopers came out of the closet and admitted finding guy-on-guy action hot. And that they liked slash fiction. (for the uneducated, it’s fanfiction written about tv,… --- ## [Radar detectors are illegal!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radar-detectors-are-illegal/443612)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radar-detectors-are-illegal/443612 "2008-04-08T00:12:58Z")
I don’t understand how it can be legal to criminalize radar detectors. Have such laws been challenged, or do they continue to exist simply because it’s just too much trouble to fight against them? So that’s my question… --- ## [What "instantaneous/painless" deaths are not instantaneous/painless?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-instantaneous-painless-deaths-are-not-instantaneous-painless/752063)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-instantaneous-painless-deaths-are-not-instantaneous-painless/752063 "2016-04-19T20:25:39Z")
The recent thread about Mount Saint Helens had me wondering: There often is this tendency, especially in the West, to dismiss the suffering associated with certain types of deaths and say that they were painless or inst… --- ## [After nearly 9 years, I've met the neighbour.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-nearly-9-years-ive-met-the-neighbour/630932)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-nearly-9-years-ive-met-the-neighbour/630932 "2013-07-09T05:35:36Z")
After living here nearly nine years, I’ve talked to the neighbour for the first time. A little background: I bought this house from my best fiend. When he bought it, he started fixing it up. There was a weird jog in … --- ## [Inactive moderators and administrators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inactive-moderators-and-administrators/629333)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inactive-moderators-and-administrators/629333 "2012-07-29T17:55:11Z")
I noticed that one SDMB administrator, Gaudere, hasn’t logged onto the board since last December. Looking at her posting history, she only made three posts in 2011 and nine in 2010; hardly an active member, let along an… --- ## [Big Bang Theory 10/13--The Russian Rocket Reaction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-10-13-the-russian-rocket-reaction/599549)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-10-13-the-russian-rocket-reaction/599549 "2011-10-18T00:37:33Z")
The return of Evil Wil Wheaton and a guest appearance by Brent Spiner!! --- ## [Is there anything to be gained by talking about 2012's College Football this early?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-to-be-gained-by-talking-about-2012s-college-football-this-early/616047)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-to-be-gained-by-talking-about-2012s-college-football-this-early/616047 "2012-06-27T19:18:20Z")
I need a CFB fix! What makes sense to talk about here in March? The NFL Draft? Recruiting? The new conferences? The 2012 schedules? Surely there’s something we can get into for all us die-hard CFB fans… --- ## [Sponsoring a friend's wife -- Need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sponsoring-a-friends-wife-need-answer-fast/613067)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sponsoring-a-friends-wife-need-answer-fast/613067 "2012-02-18T20:24:12Z")
My best friend married a Peruvian woman about three years ago, and they have been living in Peru. Now they want to move back to the States. My friend is in the US now, looking for a house to buy. His wife is in Peru a… --- ## [What's wrong with being a whore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-being-a-whore/180289)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-being-a-whore/180289 "2003-06-12T15:19:05Z")
In reading this thead I was interested in the diversity of doper opinion on the issue of whether it was good and reasonable thing for a financially constrained college student to agree to engage in sexual intercourse for… --- ## [2008 NFL Mini Camps and Offseason Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nfl-mini-camps-and-offseason-thread/448354)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nfl-mini-camps-and-offseason-thread/448354 "2008-08-26T13:49:32Z")
The Draft is passed and rookies and agents are working on getting contracts signed. Teams are starting to think about their Depth Charts and will be signing and releasing veteran players as salary cap cuts are made. Play… --- ## [Who do/should you love more - children or partner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-should-you-love-more-children-or-partner/711956)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-should-you-love-more-children-or-partner/711956 "2015-02-12T11:41:35Z")
I was surprised by my single Christian sister when she said that she’d love her husband more than her children… what do you think? --- ## [Brevity - I hate it when I don't understand cartoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brevity-i-hate-it-when-i-dont-understand-cartoons/533343)
**Author:** [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brevity-i-hate-it-when-i-dont-understand-cartoons/533343 "2010-03-24T01:27:27Z")
Not that I’m proud to demonstrate my own ignorance, but I don’t get this one. Brevity I could go into what I think it means, but I’ll just shut up and admit I don’t get it. A little help, please? Hell, it took me a mi… --- ## [Guns and bullets in military nomenclature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-and-bullets-in-military-nomenclature/468752)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-and-bullets-in-military-nomenclature/468752 "2008-10-23T15:12:45Z")
I didn’t serve in the military, but I am pretty sure that they get pretty bent out of shape if you refer to a rifle as a gun. Do they have a similar reaction if you call a cartridge a bullet? Thanks, Rob --- ## [How Seinfeld changed TV.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-seinfeld-changed-tv/845795)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-seinfeld-changed-tv/845795 "2020-01-09T02:55:56Z")
I’ve been getting into watching TV shows and analyzing them lately. I’ve been reading that Seinfeld is the most influential TV show of all time. I was just a kid when Seinfeld ran, so I didn’t watch it growing up. For t… --- ## [Is Windows Phone dead in the water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-windows-phone-dead-in-the-water/594746)
**Author:** [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-windows-phone-dead-in-the-water/594746 "2011-09-13T00:31:17Z")
Since I have been using, and working in, Windows all my adult life, I was curious where Microsoft is in the iPhone - iPad - Android - Xoom generation. Wiki says that Microsoft developed a version of Windows for touch-scr… --- ## [Cell phone camera crashes entire phone, but only when photographing certain things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-camera-crashes-entire-phone-but-only-when-photographing-certain-things/532753)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2010, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-camera-crashes-entire-phone-but-only-when-photographing-certain-things/532753 "2010-04-29T07:12:44Z")
I’ve got a Palm Treo Pro and the camera on it is mostly used for photographing lost gloves. Once in a while, I’ll take a picture and when it tries to save the image, the whole phone will crash, recoverable only by pushi… --- ## [The left and right nut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-left-and-right-nut/693788)
**Author:** [@lava400](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lava400)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-left-and-right-nut/693788 "2014-07-27T14:37:13Z")
I could easily just Google this question, but I want to hear what TSD has to say. Why do males have two testicles? Does one make girls and one make boys? Did girls give it to us so when they kick us in the balls it hurts… --- ## [Doomsday Preppers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doomsday-preppers/612362)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doomsday-preppers/612362 "2014-05-21T20:24:53Z")
Did anyone else watch this show? This was a reality show on NGC about survivalists preparing for Doomsday. The first segment was the most awesome: A retired couple and their little community of hangers-on who have buil… --- ## [JFK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jfk/591128)
**Author:** [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jfk/591128 "2011-08-05T04:01:14Z")
Another thread and it’s options reminded me of a converstation I’ve heard over and over again. That is JFK is overrated. This from people who were alive when he was elected. (I wasn’t.) Why do people like him so much? I… --- ## [What language is spoken at the beginning of "Let Me Ride" by Dr. Dre?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-language-is-spoken-at-the-beginning-of-let-me-ride-by-dr-dre/580577)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-language-is-spoken-at-the-beginning-of-let-me-ride-by-dr-dre/580577 "2013-03-17T04:54:35Z")
Pretty straight forward. For the album version at least, before the music starts, a woman is speaking in a language that (to my totally untrained ears) might be Swahili. Can anyone confirm the language? --- ## [The Ugliest/Funniest Looking Cars You Have Ever Seen!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ugliest-funniest-looking-cars-you-have-ever-seen/750106)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ugliest-funniest-looking-cars-you-have-ever-seen/750106 "2016-03-29T16:22:53Z")
Old timers may nominate the art-deco styled Kaiser Frazier as the ugliest car. Then there’s the “CUBE,” with its funny asymmetrical rear view. And the modern VW which looks from the rear as though it’s going backwards. … --- ## [If you were going to a super-hero costume party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751 "2012-04-30T15:03:21Z")
Who would you dress as? :smiley: --- ## [What were these old grand ceramic heaters called and how did they work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-these-old-grand-ceramic-heaters-called-and-how-did-they-work/568473)
**Author:** [@Rusalka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rusalka)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-these-old-grand-ceramic-heaters-called-and-how-did-they-work/568473 "2011-01-27T13:44:01Z")
I’ve seen pictures of these fancy ceramic heaters Castle Photo Archive but they seem to only exist in old castles. I don’t ever remember seeing one in person. I connect them with eastern and northern Europe. What is … --- ## [What's your favorite microbe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413 "2009-01-24T16:23:46Z")
I’ve got to make a laboratory notebook for Microbiology, and I thought I should find a neat microbe (bacteria, virus, helminth, fungi, etc.) picture for the cover. What’s you’re favorite germ? This invading flu virus is… --- ## [Is "The right to Choose" real without reasonable access?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-right-to-choose-real-without-reasonable-access/785722)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-right-to-choose-real-without-reasonable-access/785722 "2017-05-04T20:13:23Z")
Link. At this time there are seven states that have only one abortion provider each: Both Dakotas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, West Virginia and Wyoming. If Republican Governor Matt Bevin gets his way, Kentucky wi… --- ## [Ladylike & gentlemanly - offensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladylike-gentlemanly-offensive/450266)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladylike-gentlemanly-offensive/450266 "2008-05-26T18:56:53Z")
I thought about this thread last night, mostly because I was having trouble with the gender stereotype comments about ladylike and gentlemanly. I get that both have baggage, but I’ve always firmly believed that there’s a… --- ## [The Office: "Money" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-money-open-spoilers/423264)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-money-open-spoilers/423264 "2007-10-23T16:56:20Z")
This was the last of the hour long episodes and I thought it was the strongest. The cold open with Michael imitating whatever netflix move he happened to be watching at the moment (“He’s watching Million Dollar baby…he’s… --- ## [Sochi Bathroom Sign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-bathroom-sign/680665)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-bathroom-sign/680665 "2014-02-09T03:45:46Z")
This sign: Sochi Winter Olympics snowboarder reveals 'bathroom rules' - with athletes banned from fishing in toilets | The Independent | The Independent It seems to me to be a parody. Does anyone know if it is real? --- ## [Jehovah's Witnesses tell people to stop masturbating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jehovahs-witnesses-tell-people-to-stop-masturbating/635546)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jehovahs-witnesses-tell-people-to-stop-masturbating/635546 "2012-09-25T02:26:18Z")
Amusing ASL video produced by Jehovah’s Witnesses to tell deaf people to stop masturbating: Jehovah's Witnesses Tell Deaf People to Stop Masturbating - YouTube --- ## [Soccer - "Flip" Throw-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-flip-throw-in/516818)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2009, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-flip-throw-in/516818 "2009-11-18T13:01:30Z")
I was watching a little womens college soccer this morning, Notre Dame against Marquette. There is a girl on Notre Dame team that does a “flip” throw-in as an inbound play. She can really launch the ball using the angu… --- ## [Places known for bad reasons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-known-for-bad-reasons/374314)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2006, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-known-for-bad-reasons/374314 "2006-10-04T12:11:05Z")
Whilst passing the time in Topeka, Kansas last evening, I went and wandered around downtown. (I should have listened to the desk clerk. “There’s nothing there,” she said. “Everybody beats feet at five.” She was right. Ev… --- ## [White House to Hubble..So long..it's been nice.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-to-hubble-so-long-its-been-nice/286363)
**Author:** [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-to-hubble-so-long-its-been-nice/286363 "2005-01-29T23:23:38Z")
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4197505.stm Hubble will be missed. By most anyway. Mars? Right. --- ## [Let's all have a better week in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-have-a-better-week-in-the-mmp/973695)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-have-a-better-week-in-the-mmp/973695 "2022-10-31T06:01:43Z")
Today I watched the last boil of Turkey Buzzards on their way south. Winter is really here darkness will rule for forever. Thankfully I was able to fill a bowl with cherry tomatoes today and our Romas are doing pretty we… --- ## [How much, how nice, how soon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-how-nice-how-soon/540562)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-how-nice-how-soon/540562 "2010-05-26T05:13:04Z")
What would a new week be without another thread about me meddling in my kids’ business? :stuck\_out\_tongue: Well, not meddling at all, just kinda curious (and a tad disappointed). Oldest kid finished college and will s… --- ## [The way things are looking why isn't the GOP scrambling to approve SCOTUS nominee Merrick Garland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-way-things-are-looking-why-isnt-the-gop-scrambling-to-approve-scotus-nominee-merrick-garland/757443)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-way-things-are-looking-why-isnt-the-gop-scrambling-to-approve-scotus-nominee-merrick-garland/757443 "2016-06-27T18:55:52Z")
Trump is apparently dedicated becoming a literal human garbage fire which does not bode well for his POTUS chances. Hillary as POTUS is not likely to nominate someone MORE conservative than Garland who is generally corpo… --- ## [Psycho bitch ruins a little girls life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psycho-bitch-ruins-a-little-girls-life/312060)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psycho-bitch-ruins-a-little-girls-life/312060 "2005-07-18T17:43:46Z")
What the Hell is wrong with this woman? She ruined a little girl’s life, as well as her family’s, and many other children and their families were quite distraut from her actions as well. I cannot fathom what would dr… --- ## [How do I stop the police from harassing me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-the-police-from-harassing-me/396839)
**Author:** [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-the-police-from-harassing-me/396839 "2007-03-23T13:32:43Z")
I work part time for a water treatment company. I’ve been with them for 16 years or so. Right now I work 2 hours a day 6 days a week operating a regeneration plant for ion exchange resin bed. It is one of my 4 jobs so I … --- ## [Do we need the lies of childhood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-need-the-lies-of-childhood/528991)
**Author:** [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-need-the-lies-of-childhood/528991 "2010-02-19T14:42:26Z")
Tooth fairy, Santa Claus, etc. Do they add anything to a child’s experience? Would the world be a better place if we never told kids those stories? --- ## [How do we like Mutants & Masterminds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-like-mutants-masterminds/448709)
**Author:** [@Omi\_no\_Kami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omi_no_Kami)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-like-mutants-masterminds/448709 "2008-07-26T13:55:38Z")
Despite being a fan of the superhero genre, Mutants & Masterminds I somehow managed to carry out without knowledge that it existed until I found an old copy of the 2nd Ed. sourcebook yesterday. With that in mind, I’m won… --- ## [Is there a reason the industrial/information revolution could not have happened thousands of years earlier?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-reason-the-industrial-information-revolution-could-not-have-happened-thousands-of-years-earlier/980951)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-reason-the-industrial-information-revolution-could-not-have-happened-thousands-of-years-earlier/980951 "2023-03-19T18:05:27Z")
Not sure if FQ or IMHO, mods can decide: For millennia, humans basically lived an agrarian lifestyle, until the past few hundred years when suddenly things skyrocketed upwards exponentially. There was very little differ… --- ## [Bass Reeves deserved a better movie than Quentin Tarantino’s Django.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bass-reeves-deserved-a-better-movie-than-quentin-tarantino-s-django/647738)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bass-reeves-deserved-a-better-movie-than-quentin-tarantino-s-django/647738 "2013-01-21T06:26:58Z")
Bass Reeves and Judge Parker are an important part of my state’s history. Bass lived an incredible life. He is way over due for a movie of his life. Instead we get Quentin Tarantino’s Django. Five years from now it wil… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1573&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1575&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)