# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1575&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:** 1576 --- ## [Really, head scratchingly, stupid things that people do.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-head-scratchingly-stupid-things-that-people-do/478430)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-head-scratchingly-stupid-things-that-people-do/478430 "2009-01-03T03:50:44Z")
Today is the cheap day to fill up your car in Sydney, so I did. The guy next to me, when the pump cut out, pulled the nozzle out a bit and drizzled in another cup of juice. I said to him, "I have to ask. Are you planning… --- ## [So... any idea why we're selling music on vinyl again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-any-idea-why-were-selling-music-on-vinyl-again/621801)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-any-idea-why-were-selling-music-on-vinyl-again/621801 "2012-05-15T23:19:29Z")
I was at Fry’s Electronics the other day and something caught my eye – it was a display shelf of new, shrink wrapped records. And not old “The Monkees” albums either, they had stuff like a recording of a recent Green Day… --- ## [The storytelling case against Deckard being a replicant. And a couple of other things on Bladerunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-storytelling-case-against-deckard-being-a-replicant-and-a-couple-of-other-things-on-bladerunner/729011)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-storytelling-case-against-deckard-being-a-replicant-and-a-couple-of-other-things-on-bladerunner/729011 "2015-09-04T17:14:52Z")
SPOILERS derr. What’s the point other than a clever thing for the audience to figure out. IMHO…Batty rescuing a human is much more important than the trick of Deckard being a replicant. It’s the ultimate expression of … --- ## [Are clean houses becoming rare?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-clean-houses-becoming-rare/696594)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-clean-houses-becoming-rare/696594 "2014-08-31T03:05:50Z")
It seems to me that unless the person or family makes a major effort to keep their house/apartment/flat or whatever clean and tidy, or they hire a maid, that most people just dont keep their homes that clean anymore. Or … --- ## [What was the worst "gimmick" fast food item you ever consumed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-worst-gimmick-fast-food-item-you-ever-consumed/836076)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-worst-gimmick-fast-food-item-you-ever-consumed/836076 "2019-07-10T23:17:53Z")
Note: I don’t want people coming in here and listing stuff that got them sick or food poisoning or things where it was bad because of something out of the ordinary, the item in question has to be bad regularly and not ju… --- ## [Scott Adams, full blown climate denier.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-full-blown-climate-denier/786554)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-full-blown-climate-denier/786554 "2017-05-17T19:40:23Z")
Not having a Sunday paper, we get the Sunday comics on Saturday. I had sort of known that Scott Adams had joined the dark side, but didn’t realize until I saw today’s Sunday Dilbert strip to what extent he had. It not … --- ## ["Foreign" products which don't exist in their home country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-products-which-dont-exist-in-their-home-country/403980)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-products-which-dont-exist-in-their-home-country/403980 "2007-05-16T21:05:00Z")
Thinking back to the recent thread on Outback Steakhouse and then inspired by the new thread about British bitters, I thought up this thread. IIRC there’s at least one German beer which you can’t find in Germany proper. … --- ## [The Complete Military History of France](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-complete-military-history-of-france/164539)
**Author:** [@Obvious\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obvious_Guy)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-complete-military-history-of-france/164539 "2003-04-03T22:33:55Z")
satire humor below, posted from other sites Gallic Wars - Lost. In a war whose ending foreshadows the next 2000 years of French history, France is conquered by of all things, an Italian. Hundred Years War - Mostly lost… --- ## [A spot has appeared on my thumb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spot-has-appeared-on-my-thumb/474956)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spot-has-appeared-on-my-thumb/474956 "2016-08-02T04:11:08Z")
I have a few freckles in random places. But I’ve never had one appear on my hands. And particularly never right in the middle of my thumb. I had thought I had made a mark accidentally with a Sharpie, but this has survive… --- ## [Raw songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492 "2011-03-16T15:48:44Z")
Sometimes the pain is obvious. What are some more example? Thrown Down Layla --- ## [Ever had an MRI?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-an-mri/732871)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2015, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-an-mri/732871 "2015-10-05T07:08:20Z")
I recently had an MRI on my neck. What stood out about the experience was I had a weird pulsing through my head in synch with the throbbing sounds of the machine. In particular, I was fighting to keep my jaw from moving… --- ## [Classic authors with best/worst grammar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-authors-with-best-worst-grammar/657004)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-authors-with-best-worst-grammar/657004 "2013-05-02T14:38:31Z")
I was reading a grammar thread when I started thinking about classic literature. Which literary figures had the worst and best grammar? (Let’s exempt avant-garde writers like James Joyce.) I know Jane Austen has been … --- ## [Should "old" Books Be Re-Written](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-old-books-be-re-written/502774)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-old-books-be-re-written/502774 "2009-07-17T16:58:20Z")
I was reading the old Uncle Remus books and I found a version where they were “re-written” so the dialect used is easier to understand. Unfortunately most of the book was also rewritten to make it more politically corre… --- ## [Who are "some homosexual activists" and WTF is their "agenda"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-homosexual-activists-and-wtf-is-their-agenda/184680)
**Author:** [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-homosexual-activists-and-wtf-is-their-agenda/184680 "2003-07-08T18:50:18Z")
Justice Scalia’s opinion in Lawrence v. Texas is so pittable that one hardly knows where to start. But I keep fixating on the following sentence: I keep trying to deconstruct this sentence, without success. Perhaps t… --- ## [Poll: How old were you when you stopped believing in Santa Claus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-were-you-when-you-stopped-believing-in-santa-claus/564013)
**Author:** [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-were-you-when-you-stopped-believing-in-santa-claus/564013 "2010-12-20T01:59:09Z")
To enlarge on the theme a bit, if you want to chime in with a similar anecdote about a different religious or cultural folk belief similarly aimed at little kids, go right on ahead and take the poll, and post your story. … --- ## [The Amazing Race 11/7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829)
**Author:** [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829 "2010-11-09T16:38:44Z")
This is a placeholder :slight\_smile: So – the preview I saw for this week is something about a circus performance, a bunch of teams misreading a clue, and one of the Team Home Shopping accidentally (I hope!) thwacking P… --- ## [Why don't the Harry Potter books feel like fantasy novels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-the-harry-potter-books-feel-like-fantasy-novels/685725)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-the-harry-potter-books-feel-like-fantasy-novels/685725 "2014-04-11T14:48:46Z")
As a general rule, I don’t like fantasy fiction. My eyes gloss over the moment someone recommends a book or movie with wizards and glowing orbs on the cover. Even something as popular as Lord of the Rings doesn’t do it… --- ## [Sex at thirteen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-at-thirteen/301054)
**Author:** [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-at-thirteen/301054 "2005-04-30T02:27:38Z")
Inspired by plnnr’s thread here, just so nobody mucks around and hijacks it anymore. What do you think of the situation? Parents, what would be your reaction–and why? --- ## [My brother committed suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-committed-suicide/479145)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-committed-suicide/479145 "2009-01-22T01:37:33Z")
My beloved brother, who has shared my journey through life since I was 3 1/2, shot himself in his bathroom on Dec. 17. He was 35, an archaeologist, a husband and a father of 3, with his wife expecting the 4th. Everyone… --- ## [What's in a submarine's 'sail'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-submarines-sail/517594)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-submarines-sail/517594 "2009-11-17T14:35:49Z")
The ‘sail’ of a submarine is the raised portion above the pressure hull. What’s in it? I know the periscope, antennas, sensors, and whatnot are in there, as well as a tunnel joining the observation platform to the pres… --- ## [The Sum of All Human Knowledge.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sum-of-all-human-knowledge/447845)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sum-of-all-human-knowledge/447845 "2010-10-13T00:02:40Z")
I am curious, has anyone ever tried to compile the sum of all human knowledge in one place? I know the sum is always changing, because more knowledge is always being discovered. Still, though hard, it would not be imposs… --- ## [How do non-English-speaking jerks make fun of how Americans talk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-non-english-speaking-jerks-make-fun-of-how-americans-talk/509464)
**Author:** [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-non-english-speaking-jerks-make-fun-of-how-americans-talk/509464 "2009-09-11T23:22:27Z")
So, it occurred to me recently that I’ve heard several cliched ways to babble in “foreign languages.” To speak “Spanish,” you basically add an o to the end of words, and use “el” and “de” a lot. To speak “German,” you … --- ## [fluiddruid is stepping down as Pit mod](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109)
**Author:** [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-is-stepping-down-as-pit-mod/486109 "2009-02-18T20:02:40Z")
She already announced it in my resignation thread, but it really deserves a thread of its own. fluiddruid was critical to the Pit running as smoothly as it did for the last few years. She moderated with a deft touch, b… --- ## [The Edge of the Universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-edge-of-the-universe/808637)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-edge-of-the-universe/808637 "2018-02-24T00:14:12Z")
Assuming the Big Bang, that the Universe popped out like a rapidly expanding bubble in all directions, what would the edge of the Universe look like? I’m thinking that even as mass coalesced from the primorial quantum o… --- ## [How Do You Define Sobriety?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-sobriety/681384)
**Author:** [@Meloy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meloy)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2014, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-sobriety/681384 "2014-02-18T06:45:35Z")
I quit drinking on July 28, 2013 and didn’t have a drop to drink until this past January, when I had one pint of 5% ABV beer that didn’t give me a buzz. I’ve not had a drink since then. Would you consider me to still be… --- ## [This job opportunity looks like a scam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-job-opportunity-looks-like-a-scam/640288)
**Author:** [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-job-opportunity-looks-like-a-scam/640288 "2013-09-08T14:25:52Z")
I’m searching for a job right now and found a lead that I think is a somewhat obvious scam but perhaps not. The company name is Inctor CCL. They have no online presence at all. There is an inctor.com but it is a totally… --- ## [A sad commentary on the state of book selling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sad-commentary-on-the-state-of-book-selling/945206)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sad-commentary-on-the-state-of-book-selling/945206 "2023-03-03T18:05:53Z")
I was cleaning up around the house and I found an old advertising pamphlet. It was for used book stores in the Rochester, NY area. It was dated 2011 and it listed seventeen used book stores. I checked online. Only eight… --- ## [Mafia de Cuba game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-de-cuba-game/739490)
**Author:** [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-de-cuba-game/739490 "2015-12-10T15:45:44Z")
Now that the latest Mafia/Werewolf game has been completed and it looks like we probably will not have another one until after the holidays, I thought we might try something a bit shorter and lighter in the social deduct… --- ## [What'cha gonna buy me in the MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-gonna-buy-me-in-the-mmp/927454)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 267\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2020, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-gonna-buy-me-in-the-mmp/927454 "2020-12-14T10:17:11Z")
I’ve used my magical FairyChatPowersTM to grant you a buttload of money, but you have to spend it on another Mumper in this season of love and giving. Who do you choose and what do you give them? You can pick multiple pe… --- ## [Teach me to fry chicken (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-to-fry-chicken-need-answer-fast/682690)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-to-fry-chicken-need-answer-fast/682690 "2014-03-10T02:44:29Z")
I’ve never prepared fried chicken. These past few weeks I have had the desire to expand my home menu with this, and on Friday a kind soul gave me a big ol’ cast iron skillet. It is time to do this! But now talk has turn… --- ## [Please explain different UK accents to me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-different-uk-accents-to-me/330888)
**Author:** [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-different-uk-accents-to-me/330888 "2005-11-16T19:16:10Z")
It’s easy enough for me to identify what a British/English accent is supposed to sound like, versus an Irish or Scottish accent. But there are so many subtle and not-so-subtle variations that UK citizens are always iden… --- ## [So, the Vatican has absolved the Beatles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-vatican-has-absolved-the-beatles/535910)
**Author:** [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-vatican-has-absolved-the-beatles/535910 "2010-04-16T05:15:14Z")
Just saw this and thought it was interesting. I’m neither a Catholic nor a Beatles fan, (the band’s heyday years were a few decades before my time), but I’m very much appreciative of the affect they’ve had on pop music … --- ## [At what point does potential personal harm trump personal freedom, if ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-potential-personal-harm-trump-personal-freedom-if-ever/547108)
**Author:** [@peledre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peledre)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-potential-personal-harm-trump-personal-freedom-if-ever/547108 "2010-07-25T17:40:47Z")
I’m thinking in terms of drug usage, but I suppose it could apply to other potentially personally dangerous activities as well. In the US, our drug laws aren’t really based on any objective measures, but if we were to r… --- ## ["Andy Griffith Show" question...what was Opie's "real" name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-griffith-show-question-what-was-opies-real-name/176032)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-griffith-show-question-what-was-opies-real-name/176032 "2003-05-19T02:49:25Z")
It’s perhaps a silly question, but it’s pretty much covered in the thread title. Well, thanks for your time, Ranchoth (“Wait a second…in the title of “CHiPS,” what did the ‘s’ stand for?”) --- ## [Are you on the NRA "list"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-on-the-nra-list/207361)
**Author:** [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-on-the-nra-list/207361 "2003-10-20T17:27:50Z")
My position on gun control has moderated over the past few years. 10 years ago, I would have been a strong proponent of Handgun Control Inc. Over time, while I’m not personally a gun owner (or plan to be), I can recogni… --- ## [Place names that were better before they changed them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-names-that-were-better-before-they-changed-them/991353)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-names-that-were-better-before-they-changed-them/991353 "2023-10-18T14:54:22Z")
Zaire is a great name. Unique, cool sounding. You know what’s not cool sounding? Democratic Republic of the Congo. MAJOR LAME! Byzantium is better than both Constantinople (too long) and Istanbul (an ugly word). Offer… --- ## [What's wrong with income inequality if everyone is well off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-income-inequality-if-everyone-is-well-off/938044)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-income-inequality-if-everyone-is-well-off/938044 "2021-04-06T16:23:14Z")
Suppose the following hypothetical society: Everyone has universal basic income whether they work or not - quite generously so. Nobody is homeless, nobody is poor, everyone gets free high-quality healthcare if needed, e… --- ## ["So You Think You Can Dance"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-can-dance/358299)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-can-dance/358299 "2006-07-03T02:57:28Z")
The first show of the new season was last night – two hours of auditions. Pretty entertaining. Last year I watched the first few weeks, then lost interest – I think it ended up being on against Dancing with the Stars? I… --- ## [Questionable Minnesota Ballots: YOU Make the Call!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-minnesota-ballots-you-make-the-call/473651)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-minnesota-ballots-you-make-the-call/473651 "2008-11-21T17:23:39Z")
Courtesy of Minnesota Public Radio, which also links to the applicable statutes. (Mods, I realize this is a little IMHOey for GD, but I’d be surprised if a debate didn’t break out. But your call, as always.) Here’s th… --- ## [Hiding weapons in hair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-weapons-in-hair/542716)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-weapons-in-hair/542716 "2010-06-18T14:02:23Z")
I was thinking about some of the old scifi novels I’ve read. In Heinlein’s Puppetmasters and possibly others, he talks about a woman hiding a small gun in her hair. Is that even possible? What would hold it up? --- ## [If You Could Live in Any Existing House in the World as a Prize, Which One Would Be and Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-any-existing-house-in-the-world-as-a-prize-which-one-would-be-and-why/560389)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-any-existing-house-in-the-world-as-a-prize-which-one-would-be-and-why/560389 "2010-11-15T15:43:16Z")
A famous company gives you an unusual prize as part of a contest. You can have any existing house in the world to live in full-time and it is leased for you and your immediate family for the rest of your life. The lease … --- ## [How do I get my wife to stop worrying about our son so much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-my-wife-to-stop-worrying-about-our-son-so-much/699311)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-my-wife-to-stop-worrying-about-our-son-so-much/699311 "2014-09-26T16:40:17Z")
My wife worries about our four year old son to a degree that annoys me, and him I think. If he slips and falls she freaks out no matter whether he bawls for 2 seconds or 2 minutes. I say if he doesn’t even shout or cry … --- ## [Thread Move Dispute](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-move-dispute/786201)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-move-dispute/786201 "2017-05-12T01:01:40Z")
My thread to debate the morality of the passage of the AHCA was moved into the Pit - http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=825688 Bricker’s thread to debate the proposition that he likes that the AHCA pas… --- ## [Riboflavin, the question man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riboflavin-the-question-man/154940)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riboflavin-the-question-man/154940 "2003-02-19T14:17:09Z")
What exactly is your problem with me? Why do I impress you as a witless fuck who banged his head on a brick wall yesterday and suddenly conceived the Most Evil Philosophy ® in the history of man? Why do you debate with n… --- ## [SDMB All-Pro Fantasy Football 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570 "2017-12-27T16:49:28Z")
Last year’s thread This is the 12th year of this league. Yahoo is still doing the auto opt in thing on renewals, so I had to boot everyone from the league manually and send an invite to your normal yahoo address. Pleas… --- ## [Carp: Esteemed in Europe, Loather in USA-Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carp-esteemed-in-europe-loather-in-usa-why/490864)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carp-esteemed-in-europe-loather-in-usa-why/490864 "2009-04-09T18:51:53Z")
My BOL is from the Czech Republic. He says tha back home, carp is an esteemed food fish. It is a traditional Christmas dinner item, and people eat the fish regularly. Here in the USA, I don’t know anyone who eats carp. I… --- ## [Marriage advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marriage-advice/591666)
**Author:** [@ribbit25](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ribbit25)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marriage-advice/591666 "2011-08-19T13:16:28Z")
I am in need of a neutral third party perspective on my marriage. We have been together 3 years, married 3 months, and have a one year old. We’ve had a pretty rocky relationship but things got better around the wedding. … --- ## [Notarize this, you fucking bitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notarize-this-you-fucking-bitch/383744)
**Author:** [@Roboto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roboto)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notarize-this-you-fucking-bitch/383744 "2006-12-14T23:36:12Z")
Notary publics are not by law allowed to turn down a notarization . . . but they sure can be fucking bitches when you ask them for one! And since I can’t say it to her face . . . FUCK YOU, YOU MISERABLE BITCH! My nota… --- ## [How do gun ricochets work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gun-ricochets-work/231064)
**Author:** [@conczepts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conczepts)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gun-ricochets-work/231064 "2004-02-29T15:36:06Z")
Are there any general rules to help avoid a ricochet? I’m sure they’re not very common (if they even happen at all?) Do soldiers get any instructions on how to avoid a ricochet? If I fire at a steal door with a handgu… --- ## [Aussie Senator "Embarassed" to be Canadian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-senator-embarassed-to-be-canadian/791580)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-senator-embarassed-to-be-canadian/791580 "2017-10-27T04:43:19Z")
Come on - “embarrassed”?!? A bit harsh. Puzzled, surprised, taken aback, sure, but “embarrassed”? Australian Senator Resigns After Learning She’s Also Canadian Looks like her parents fell for that urban legend that … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1574&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1576&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)