# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1577&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:** 1578 --- ## [No Wonder the Council of Nicaea Banned This Gospel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-wonder-the-council-of-nicaea-banned-this-gospel/714347)
**Author:** [@SeekerofTruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeekerofTruth)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-wonder-the-council-of-nicaea-banned-this-gospel/714347 "2015-03-07T18:09:21Z")
It’s called the Gospel of the Nazarene, alternate title “Gospel of the Holy Twelve” and you only have to read this to see why it was immediately banned from the Bible: More evidence the “Holy Bible” was just a politica… --- ## [In which I bid the Dope Adieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-bid-the-dope-adieu/418691)
**Author:** [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-bid-the-dope-adieu/418691 "2007-09-12T00:21:03Z")
My subscription is up tomorrow and I won’t be re-upping. Sure, there’s parts of the Dope I’ll miss, but mostly I won’t. The board is terrible about load times. It’s been brought up, pitted, explained, pitted again, rati… --- ## [What's with all of the gold foil on the Lunar Lander?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-of-the-gold-foil-on-the-lunar-lander/752335)
**Author:** [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-of-the-gold-foil-on-the-lunar-lander/752335 "2016-04-17T20:27:47Z")
Take a look at this picture. There’s gold even on the pads and legs; less so further up. What is the purpose of that? --- ## [How do karate guys chop through stacks of boards, concrete blocks, etc.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-karate-guys-chop-through-stacks-of-boards-concrete-blocks-etc/192348)
**Author:** [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-karate-guys-chop-through-stacks-of-boards-concrete-blocks-etc/192348 "2003-08-02T06:33:41Z")
Now, I don’t put much faith in the “official” explanations regarding “focusing of chi” and the like. Assuming it isn’t all just a big scam (pre-drilled perforations and such), how do those karate guys manage to chop thr… --- ## [Powerful New Weapon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerful-new-weapon/683983)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerful-new-weapon/683983 "2014-03-23T21:27:30Z")
This is purely hypothetical… Let’s say I’m a really smart scientist and I have invented a powerful, laser-based death ray in my garage. I now have a weapon that is more powerful than anything the US military has disclo… --- ## [Are we lying to ourselves about education?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-lying-to-ourselves-about-education/847819)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-lying-to-ourselves-about-education/847819 "2020-09-10T15:54:03Z")
When I think of education, specifically US K-12 education, both public and private, I think of kids learning things. With a school being defined as an institution for the teaching of children, this seems natural. I think… --- ## [What is Alina Habba's deep game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-alina-habbas-deep-game/995829)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-alina-habbas-deep-game/995829 "2025-03-30T15:36:51Z")
What is the deal with Alina Habba? She reminds one of a Fox news host. On the surface, she appears to be utterly incompetent as an attorney; (in)famously doing things like neglecting to request a jury trial for Trump’s … --- ## [What is the most bizarre tattoo you've seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-bizarre-tattoo-youve-seen/314382)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2005, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-bizarre-tattoo-youve-seen/314382 "2005-07-29T06:51:43Z")
Last week at work a coworker went to get something for me. Apparently she bent down a bit too far, revealing a cryptic message tattooed over her butt- “RAGE AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT” :confused: --- ## [Trump, Personal and Business Financing in Light of Current and Future Judgments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-personal-and-business-financing-in-light-of-current-and-future-judgments/996782)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-personal-and-business-financing-in-light-of-current-and-future-judgments/996782 "2024-04-01T23:22:03Z")
Continuing the discussion from Civil Trial: Trump v E. Jean Carroll (Carroll wins, awarded $5 million, plus 83.3 million): A thought that is specifically related to this judgement, but applies to Trump overall as well. … --- ## [Physically possible to cover every PowerBall number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physically-possible-to-cover-every-powerball-number/742699)
**Author:** [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physically-possible-to-cover-every-powerball-number/742699 "2016-01-14T16:45:01Z")
So PowerBall is up estimated to be $$1.3 billion. If I had started buying tickets as soon as ticket sales for the next drawing opened last night, would it even be possible to physically process the 292 million tickets r… --- ## [Feminist theory is bogus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feminist-theory-is-bogus/149631)
**Author:** [@december](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/december)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feminist-theory-is-bogus/149631 "2003-04-08T00:49:52Z")
This new thread is a clarification of what was really intended in Why is Feminism AWOL on Islam? Here’s my thesis: As a result of effective politicking, people called “feminists” gained power in universities with the c… --- ## [English-language pop songs rendered in other languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-language-pop-songs-rendered-in-other-languages/720875)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-language-pop-songs-rendered-in-other-languages/720875 "2015-05-30T20:29:48Z")
Only seen a couple of songs with English-language lyrics that have been performed in other languages: White Rabbit, in Arabic Hotel California, in Spanish I also recall 99 Red Balloons from the 80’s, although the orig… --- ## ["Eugene Onegin" - howzit properly pronounced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eugene-onegin-howzit-properly-pronounced/113911)
**Author:** [@wireless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wireless)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2002, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eugene-onegin-howzit-properly-pronounced/113911 "2002-06-14T10:57:34Z")
Well, I think I know how to pronounce the “Eugene” part, but “Onegin”? I’ve read this name (title) over the years, but never heard it pronounced. (Obviously I’ve never been to a performance, either.) And because it’s a … --- ## [How to deal with this stupid apartment manager?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-this-stupid-apartment-manager/627446)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-this-stupid-apartment-manager/627446 "2012-07-12T03:24:11Z")
ARRGH!! I’m so pissed right now. A few days ago my son asked me if I could pay his rent for him as he didn’t get paid til today. (Friday) The deal was, I pay the apartment complex, he pays me. On the 1st, I stop by the… --- ## [Why the Ashton Kutcher hate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-ashton-kutcher-hate/569024)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-ashton-kutcher-hate/569024 "2011-01-28T15:02:15Z")
I liked him in “That 70’s Show”, but I have never seen any of his movies because the commercials make them look awful in my opinion. But I have no hard feelings towards Ashton himself. Yet in a recent thread many of yo… --- ## [Best/Worst director's cuts, deleted scenes, alternate endings, etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-directors-cuts-deleted-scenes-alternate-endings-etc/339858)
**Author:** [@Corporate\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporate_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-directors-cuts-deleted-scenes-alternate-endings-etc/339858 "2006-03-13T18:58:35Z")
What are some of the best, worst, or otherwise notable non-theatrical versions of movies? They can be director’s cuts, deleted scenes, alternate endings, alternate versions, international versions, extended versions… wha… --- ## [Is your Doper name used in real life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817 "2010-07-25T06:06:00Z")
Mine is. All my closest friends refer to me almost exclusively as Stoid and they have for probably 20 years. It dates all the way back to high school, it came from a distortion of my real name, which includes the the le… --- ## [So why is Sports a way of life for so many people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-is-sports-a-way-of-life-for-so-many-people/375229)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-is-sports-a-way-of-life-for-so-many-people/375229 "2006-10-21T04:00:23Z")
As many of you out there may know (yes, that’s right, you down in the back there), I’m not a huge sports fan. Having said that, I’m at a complete loss to understand how people can get so completely and passionately work… --- ## [From Hell's heart I stab at thee, LifeSavers®!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-hells-heart-i-stab-at-thee-lifesavers/205484)
**Author:** [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-hells-heart-i-stab-at-thee-lifesavers/205484 "2003-10-14T17:41:01Z")
I like LifeSavers. I’ve been enjoying them since I was a wee pup–and that’s been a long time. In that time, there have been changes. Various flavors came and went. Lemon had its own roll for a while. So did grape, w… --- ## [What non-physical traits do you find attractive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-physical-traits-do-you-find-attractive/367253)
**Author:** [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-physical-traits-do-you-find-attractive/367253 "2006-08-28T03:15:02Z")
Inspired by the “Are funny women attactive?” thread, what other non-physical traits do you find attractive? For me, it’s, yes, a sense of humor, although it’s more of a, “she gets and enjoys my slightly oblique sense of… --- ## [Best first line (music)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826 "2009-07-22T21:21:16Z")
Yesterday I was driving to the golf course. Getting psyched to see Joan Jett this Saturday, I was cycling through her CDs and what should come on but the first song on the first side of her first solo album. I don’t gi… --- ## [Books you just couldn't finish, or almost couldn't finish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-just-couldnt-finish-or-almost-couldnt-finish/480531)
**Author:** [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-just-couldnt-finish-or-almost-couldnt-finish/480531 "2009-01-13T16:21:54Z")
Do you have any books you just could not finish? Or books that took seemingly forever—dozens of starts, stops, reshelvings and “…ok, let’s try this one more time”—to get through? I’ve had a few of both. I couldn’t fini… --- ## [The most aesthetically pleasing university campus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-aesthetically-pleasing-university-campus/292184)
**Author:** [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-aesthetically-pleasing-university-campus/292184 "2005-03-06T00:39:25Z")
I have visited probably close to 100 campuses in my travels. My choices would probably be … Wisconsin Chicago Harvard Colorado --- ## [Was there an Armenian Genocide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-an-armenian-genocide/369547)
**Author:** [@bostontea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bostontea)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-an-armenian-genocide/369547 "2006-09-21T00:08:55Z")
Cecil has given the straight dope on whether there was an Armenian genocide in http://www.straightdope.com/columns/050520.html But straight dope can only be provided if both sides of a story are fully investigated. Ceci… --- ## [Does the US Navy make sense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-us-navy-make-sense/720008)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-us-navy-make-sense/720008 "2015-05-18T15:23:24Z")
I just read this: So 10 in active service, 4 in reserve, 2 more being built and 8 more planned: why? I guess folks understand the cost of what goes on those vessels i.e. the planes, the insane cost of manning and supp… --- ## ["You Did Wrong" = Personal Insult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-did-wrong-personal-insult/722165)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-did-wrong-personal-insult/722165 "2015-06-12T20:00:58Z")
Personal insults aren’t appropriate in this forum, and you are receiving a warning for the insults in your post. Please don’t do this again. If anyone wishes to continue the breast-feeding discussion, please take it up… --- ## [Dune: first reading](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-first-reading/254357)
**Author:** [@Coelacanth\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coelacanth_Soup)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-first-reading/254357 "2004-07-10T18:42:14Z")
I just started reading Herbert’s Dune - the first book. I read sci-fi (spec-fic) regularly but I’ve never gotten around to this novel until now in spite of the dozens of recommendations I’ve had to read it. I haven’t s… --- ## [Condemned to an island paradise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condemned-to-an-island-paradise/569718)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condemned-to-an-island-paradise/569718 "2011-02-03T20:14:28Z")
You are being given enough money that you can retire. But the eccentric billionaire that gives you all this money has these unusual conditions: You have to live the rest of your life on an island. You are allowed to ta… --- ## [I don't like time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-time/704506)
**Author:** [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2014, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-time/704506 "2014-11-22T05:25:55Z")
In my universe, time does not exist. Beings with the ability to observe and remember, keep on talking about time as if it is a thing that exists apart from energy and mass doing things in proper proportion. Here and th… --- ## [What happens to the body when one "fills out"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-body-when-one-fills-out/575420)
**Author:** [@misterW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misterW)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-body-when-one-fills-out/575420 "2011-03-21T14:47:12Z")
What exactly happens to the body when one “fills out”? I’m talking about how one’s body supposedly changes from when one is 20 something to when one is 30 something – thicker chest, etc. Or are the changes simply a res… --- ## [Unintentionally disastrous childhood acts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-disastrous-childhood-acts/249066)
**Author:** [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-disastrous-childhood-acts/249066 "2004-08-06T15:57:09Z")
When I was very small, we had an “outside dog” named “Shivers”. I decided it would be fun to play hairdresser with him and put some rubber bands around his poor legs (fairly tightly) that were not noticed for quite some… --- ## [We don't get much foreign TV in the US. Do foreigners watch American TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-dont-get-much-foreign-tv-in-the-us-do-foreigners-watch-american-tv/282166)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-dont-get-much-foreign-tv-in-the-us-do-foreigners-watch-american-tv/282166 "2005-01-03T21:25:23Z")
Whenever I hear talk about the American “cultural hegemony” spreading over other countries, I note that very little of that seems to be flowing in the other direction, despite this being a “nation of immigrants.” We som… --- ## [Tough-Guy One-Liners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-one-liners/110752)
**Author:** [@tetsusaru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tetsusaru)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2002, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-one-liners/110752 "2002-05-29T20:47:03Z")
OK, youre a stalwart action hero. Your black partner has been killed three days before retirement, and your estranged wife has been abducted, forcing you to admit that you loved her all along. Its time to single-handedly… --- ## [They may turn Wonder Woman into Supergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-may-turn-wonder-woman-into-supergirl/678096)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-may-turn-wonder-woman-into-supergirl/678096 "2014-01-12T01:07:21Z")
It’s just a rumor right now but there is talk the script for Batman and Superman makes the Amazons of Paradise Island into Kryptonians and chalk up all WW’s power to her Kryptonian heritage. If true, yet another bad ide… --- ## [I'm thinking of sending this very LONG email to my partner's sister](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-sending-this-very-long-email-to-my-partners-sister/519352)
**Author:** [@fervour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fervour)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-sending-this-very-long-email-to-my-partners-sister/519352 "2009-12-03T21:50:42Z")
The names have been changed to protect identities. I would appreciate your feedback. Crystal, I received your greeting card Friday, and quite frankly, it was depressing. Nathan told you he was gay years ago. You are aw… --- ## [Beginning Programming-Writing an Algorithm: What's an algorithm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginning-programming-writing-an-algorithm-whats-an-algorithm/482834)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginning-programming-writing-an-algorithm-whats-an-algorithm/482834 "2009-01-28T01:18:42Z")
I have enrolled in a Beginning Programming class at the local CC. It has no prerequisites listed other than English comprehension, etc… I glanced at the first assignment and it says something to the effect of “Write an … --- ## [How well does 'Buffy' hold up after ten years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-does-buffy-hold-up-after-ten-years/401791)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-does-buffy-hold-up-after-ten-years/401791 "2007-05-01T21:47:23Z")
It dawned on me (sorry, couldn’t resist the pun!) that it’s been ten years since the much-beloved (by the SDMB Cafe Society anyway) series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” debuted. I haven’t seen it in at least a few years, a… --- ## [Jay Leno is doing OK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-is-doing-ok/578657)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-is-doing-ok/578657 "2011-05-01T11:47:08Z")
Remember last year after Conan was axed and Leno got his old job back there were people who claimed: No big name stars would go on Leno He would be crushed in the ratings by Conan , Letterman, etc. He would not last l… --- ## [Vanity Rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641)
**Author:** [@Vixenation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vixenation)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641 "2002-12-18T18:16:22Z")
I don’t know why it is that people choose to continuously spew falsehoods about my appearance. For a while I thought I was just deluded and seeing myself with a twisted view…but I’ve recently been assured that I am not. … --- ## [My sinuses are a barometer and a humidity gauge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sinuses-are-a-barometer-and-a-humidity-gauge/380449)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sinuses-are-a-barometer-and-a-humidity-gauge/380449 "2013-07-15T15:45:15Z")
Every time a storm front moves in or the humidity changes from damp to dry or vice versa, my sinuses announce the event by giving me a MF’ing giant headache. Advil Cold & Sinus helps a bit, but keeps me up half the nigh… --- ## [Best Lawn Mowers for about 5000 sq' of grass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-lawn-mowers-for-about-5000-sq-of-grass/922442)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-lawn-mowers-for-about-5000-sq-of-grass/922442 "2022-04-29T16:20:32Z")
So my new home will have a nice small yard, only about 5100 square feet. Early research is showing that battery operated mowers aren’t a good deal at this point. Also as the yard is mostly flat, no need for self-propell… --- ## [I think I just felt an earthquake!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-felt-an-earthquake/544255)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-felt-an-earthquake/544255 "2010-06-25T17:51:25Z")
About ten minutes ago, the house started to shake. I thought maybe a large truck was going by outside, but we’re on a small dead-end road south of Bancroft and there was nothing outside. It was definitely the whole house… --- ## [My father came out to me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-came-out-to-me/516602)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-came-out-to-me/516602 "2009-11-12T02:40:02Z")
The day after Thanksgiving, my father came to my apartment unannounced. He does not do this, ever. He suggested we have coffee. I hadn’t showered yet and didn’t want to go out in public. I asked him if he’d like to c… --- ## [Whay Was The Human Orgasm Designed The Way It Is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whay-was-the-human-orgasm-designed-the-way-it-is/540471)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whay-was-the-human-orgasm-designed-the-way-it-is/540471 "2010-05-26T00:20:15Z")
An evolutionary biologist might say that the pleasure of the orgasm is designed to stimulate people to reproduce as much as is possible. But for humans, why is the orgasm configured as it is? There is the period of fore… --- ## [Dumb Design in Household Electronics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-design-in-household-electronics/429166)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-design-in-household-electronics/429166 "2007-12-13T03:25:31Z")
A few months ago I bought a DVD recorder. (Yes, I know, they’re pretty obsolete what with hard-disk PVRs and all, but it was cheap and I don’t record much.) The other day I wanted to record an hour-long show. I set the … --- ## [Can you still do long division?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-do-long-division/605342)
**Author:** [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-do-long-division/605342 "2011-12-08T22:00:59Z")
It’s been a while for most of us. Do you still have it, or are you lost without a calculator? If you’re not sure, divide 102468 by 12 and see if you get 8539. --- ## [I Pit UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ultravires/944477)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ultravires/944477 "2021-07-25T14:27:28Z")
Ultra Vires is a vile human being and a waste of oxygen Why is this decades-long racist troll still permitted to post here? --- ## [Grilling steaks. What am I doing wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilling-steaks-what-am-i-doing-wrong/666568)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilling-steaks-what-am-i-doing-wrong/666568 "2013-08-20T21:07:32Z")
I have a standard (non-gas) charcoal grill, and I’ve been trying to grill steaks on it. Usually ribeyes or sirloins. I say “try to,” because I just have no talent for cooking or grilling. I am a total newbie at it. Any… --- ## [MSNBC: it’s the media’s job to “control exactly what people think.”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbc-it-s-the-media-s-job-to-control-exactly-what-people-think/780561)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbc-it-s-the-media-s-job-to-control-exactly-what-people-think/780561 "2017-02-26T05:14:10Z")
I’ve seen variations of this article on a number of right-wing American sites. (Bolding mine.) Naturally, it seems to be entirely absent from left-wing sites. Though I don’t know how the Chicago Tribune leans. I’ve … --- ## [Traffic Question — Right Turn Etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-question-right-turn-etiquette/678043)
**Author:** [@citizenzen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/citizenzen)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-question-right-turn-etiquette/678043 "2014-01-08T00:08:28Z")
When is it permissible to pull up alongside another car to turn right when they are presumably going straight? Years ago my sister got a traffic ticket for doing that, and the cop said there was no right turn lane where… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1576&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1578&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)