# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1578&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:** 1579 --- ## [My Kitchen Sink is Vomiting! Advice SVP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kitchen-sink-is-vomiting-advice-svp/252268)
**Author:** [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kitchen-sink-is-vomiting-advice-svp/252268 "2004-06-26T15:11:07Z")
About two weeks ago, my kitchen sink started impersonating the kid from The Exorcist and started heaving up this black decomposing gritty…stuff. I dunno what it’s composed of-doesn’t seem to be food-like, but it’s somew… --- ## [BritDopers: Tell me about barley water](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britdopers-tell-me-about-barley-water/452687)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britdopers-tell-me-about-barley-water/452687 "2008-06-16T22:13:21Z")
I’ve seen several references to barley water in books about the Royal Family. What is it, exactly? Is it something you mix yourself? Do you buy it in cans, like Coke or Pepsi? Is it still (or was it ever) a popular d… --- ## [The Amazing Race, 10/21/12](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-21-12/638524)
**Author:** [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-21-12/638524 "2012-10-24T14:10:46Z")
Really? No thread again this week? One of my favorite lines was from one of the twins. “We’re on a boat with the craziest couple on the race…They’re practically psychotic”—said completely deadpan and with no evidence … --- ## [What did you learn today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/790483)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/790483 "2017-08-30T13:20:59Z")
Or in the last couple of days? I learned that a white t-shirt has an SPF rating of about 5, with slightly higher ratings for a dark t-shirt. I thought clothing would be higher than that automatically! I learned that de… --- ## [Trump serving fast food to Clemson players during White House visit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-serving-fast-food-to-clemson-players-during-white-house-visit/827783)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-serving-fast-food-to-clemson-players-during-white-house-visit/827783 "2019-01-21T14:28:58Z")
With the government shutdown, I guess they’ve had to furlough some of the White House kitchen staff. So when the Clemson football team stopped by today, Trump served McDonalds, Burger King and Wendy’s. Here’s the story: … --- ## [Satisfying Salsas!\`](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satisfying-salsas/754511)
**Author:** [@txst16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txst16)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satisfying-salsas/754511 "2016-05-13T20:46:44Z")
My mother taught me Spanish basics when I was very young. Right around the first grade. I took an interest studying it from about 6th grade up through my junior year of high school. Myself and another kid in our grade we… --- ## [Political Compass #18: Better healthcare for those who can pay for it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-18-better-healthcare-for-those-who-can-pay-for-it/243436)
**Author:** [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2004, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-18-better-healthcare-for-those-who-can-pay-for-it/243436 "2004-05-07T10:28:13Z")
Many political debates here have included references to The Political Compass, which uses a set of 61 questions to assess one’s political orientation in terms of economic left/right and social libertarianism/authoritaria… --- ## [Senate Democrats' abortion vote shows they are determined to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-democrats-abortion-vote-shows-they-are-determined-to-snatch-defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory/830269)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-democrats-abortion-vote-shows-they-are-determined-to-snatch-defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory/830269 "2019-03-02T20:20:40Z")
Yes, it was a nasty little political trap the GOP set. That sucks. But it doesn’t mean you have to walk right into it! :smack: You should see the hyperbolic coverage this is getting on the local news here. FFS :m… --- ## [Obscure Movie / TV crushes from your youth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2007, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-tv-crushes-from-your-youth/410579 "2007-07-15T11:52:54Z")
By obscure, I mean let’s not discuss Princess Leia in her Jabba bikini, or Wilma Deering. I’m interested in more obscure crushes that you still recall with fondness. Some of my examples: The girl who pretended to be a… --- ## [What actors can you not watch for ethical reasons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actors-can-you-not-watch-for-ethical-reasons/197239)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actors-can-you-not-watch-for-ethical-reasons/197239 "2003-08-28T16:43:38Z")
I have trouble watching any movies with Jeffrey Jones since it was revealed he was an ephebophile and Michael Jackson almost physicall repulses me, though I don’t know if it’s his appearance or what I know about him. O… --- ## [Weird Rock Band Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-rock-band-names/188772)
**Author:** [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2003, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-rock-band-names/188772 "2003-07-20T10:14:54Z")
Some rock and roll bands have had really strange names. This probably started in the mid 1960’s and continues to this day. Consider bands such as “the Electric Prunes”, “the Strawberry Alarm Clock”, “Spooky Tooth”, “Fe… --- ## [Visiting England—driving advice needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-england-driving-advice-needed/817420)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-england-driving-advice-needed/817420 "2018-08-31T17:27:34Z")
Wife and I will be flying to London, checking out the museums on foot and by train, then driving a rental car North, to Peak District National Park for a few days of trekking, then a few more in Lake District NP. Any ad… --- ## [Doctor Who: The Parting of the Ways \[open spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-the-parting-of-the-ways-open-spoilers/360169)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-the-parting-of-the-ways-open-spoilers/360169 "2006-06-19T16:25:43Z")
Whoa. That was a pretty intense episode! I’m really going to miss Christopher Eccleston… I hope the new guy is as good. I wonder if Rose and the Doctor will ever have a romantic relationship? I mean with that kiss… and … --- ## [Benazir Bhutto assassinated: Just how screwed is Pakistan? The rest of the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-assassinated-just-how-screwed-is-pakistan-the-rest-of-the-world/431388)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-assassinated-just-how-screwed-is-pakistan-the-rest-of-the-world/431388 "2008-01-02T23:45:34Z")
In a move guaranteed to hurt everyone and help nobody, someone has assassinated Benazir Bhutto. So what are the predictions? Will this consolidate Musharraf’s power and enable the Taliban to continue operating in wes… --- ## [Did Bush lie to justify invading Iraq for bad reasons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-bush-lie-to-justify-invading-iraq-for-bad-reasons/456368)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-bush-lie-to-justify-invading-iraq-for-bad-reasons/456368 "2008-07-17T04:00:43Z")
I asserted in the Tony Snow Pit thread that Bush’s government “deliberately manipulated facts in order to justify declaring specious but ruinous invasions of countries whose policies they opposed in a misguided attempt t… --- ## [Spree killer "crazy eyes"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spree-killer-crazy-eyes/644477)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spree-killer-crazy-eyes/644477 "2012-12-21T02:27:00Z")
Does anyone else notice a trend in spree killers having the “crazy eyes” in their photographs? Some examples: Batman shooter CTshooter --- ## [Is the era of malls over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-era-of-malls-over/753598)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-era-of-malls-over/753598 "2016-05-03T21:25:40Z")
Sports Authority has just announced that they will be closing all of their stores due to debt. However, the sporting goods industry as a whole is actually rising. Sears is also in an inescapable death spiral. I have a… --- ## [Obesity: Blame it on your 1950s mom.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obesity-blame-it-on-your-1950s-mom/608160)
**Author:** [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obesity-blame-it-on-your-1950s-mom/608160 "2012-03-19T11:46:40Z")
Eh? From the LAT Interested to what Dopers have to say. Not sold on the breast-feeding thing. (Disclosure: I sure didn’t.) I can see how restricting food in the womb could lead to bigger problems, but I’m no scientis… --- ## [Need help with a BBQ sauce question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-bbq-sauce-question/575667)
**Author:** [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-bbq-sauce-question/575667 "2011-03-25T16:48:07Z")
I’m at a pig roast about a year back. The ultimate in summer potluck fair, it’s seems to be kind of a traditional party up here in SE Alaska. As is usual with a potluck, all the arriving guests were bringing a dish to ac… --- ## [Gender identity and encouraging 'traditional' roles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-identity-and-encouraging-traditional-roles/578486)
**Author:** [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-identity-and-encouraging-traditional-roles/578486 "2011-05-02T23:26:43Z")
Very controversial article here from a psychiatrist. Personally I think that you should encourage boys to wear pink and girls to be tomboys. I was a tomboy but I have a daughter who is a ‘girly’ girl who wants to wear… --- ## [What's the StraightDope on 'oil pulling'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straightdope-on-oil-pulling/630055)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2012, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straightdope-on-oil-pulling/630055 "2012-08-02T10:14:23Z")
Basically, from what I can tell, ‘oil pulling’ is essentially rinsing your mouth out with vegetable oil before you go to bed. This is supposed to have some beneficial effects, and I have a friend who is considering tryi… --- ## [Do you keep up with current music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-up-with-current-music/600598)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-up-with-current-music/600598 "2011-10-25T20:00:52Z")
Poll coming. Just curious, do you listen to the latest songs? Not all of them of course, but enough to consider yourself fairly knowledgeable about modern music? I’m thinking mostly of songs played on terrestrial\* sta… --- ## [Parents of young children: what do you worry about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-of-young-children-what-do-you-worry-about/692570)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-of-young-children-what-do-you-worry-about/692570 "2014-07-19T15:56:52Z")
I have three living kids: a two-year-old daughter and twin boys born late last year. Along with my wife they are the best thing in my life. And yet they cost me a lot of sleep, and not just in the crying-babies-need-to-b… --- ## [Trivia thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628)
**Author:** [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628 "2010-03-11T21:56:55Z")
Post random factoids that you happen to know. Starting off: apparently, Barack Obama’s middle name is Hussein. --- ## [I Think My Son Might Be Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-son-might-be-gay/352042)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-son-might-be-gay/352042 "2006-04-14T00:42:23Z")
He just turned 13, but my gaydar’s been going off for the last couple of years. He’s never expressed any interest in girls, the way his older (by 2 years) has for several years now. And there are several other things-… --- ## [Why not demonetize old bills?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-demonetize-old-bills/464212)
**Author:** [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-demonetize-old-bills/464212 "2008-09-22T01:05:29Z")
Since our beloved dollar is currently unpopular, wouldn’t this be a great opportunity to demonetize all the old (non-watermarked, old design) paper money. Give a six month heads-up and then say they’re useless. This’ll… --- ## [We may truly be experiencing the end times.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461)
**Author:** [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2010, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461 "2010-02-22T09:26:36Z")
All the turmoil with the weather, climate change, Tsunamis, Earthquakes, un-ending wars, new wars starting, Conspiracy theorists and end times believers may just be right. We could truly be experiencing those things tal… --- ## [I don't vote.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-vote/327032)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2005, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-vote/327032 "2005-11-30T07:39:31Z")
My friend thinks that this is wrong about me. He insists that I SHOULD, nay NEED to vote. Me, I don’t see why…I, personally, don’t care who is president of the United States. It doesn’t really effect me or my life too m… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory 10/12/09- Bazonga!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-12-09-bazonga/513645)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-12-09-bazonga/513645 "2009-10-17T17:26:24Z")
Fourth episode in & they hit pay dirt! Leonard & Penny are going strong. Great use of Sheldon, Raj & Howard. And the montage of Sheldon & Raj hard at work had me laughing so hard I was gasping for air. --- ## [Snakes on a Plane \[at last!\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane-at-last/369192)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-a-plane-at-last/369192 "2006-08-21T22:11:21Z")
Anyone else go to a screening tonight? I just got home… brought my family and some rubber snakes. I was hoping for more humor, but the movie definitely had the unintentional self-parody you’d expect from Snakes on a Pl… --- ## [Do you rent coffins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rent-coffins/186072)
**Author:** [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rent-coffins/186072 "2010-07-08T21:30:27Z")
I just went to a funeral today where the casket was present during the service. It was my understanding that we didn’t go to the burial site because the body was being cremated later today. So my question is…if the bod… --- ## [Money safety pinned to your shirt.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-safety-pinned-to-your-shirt/657639)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-safety-pinned-to-your-shirt/657639 "2013-05-07T17:06:10Z")
Just back from NOLA. I’ve been there before, but this was the first time I noticed people with ones and fives safety pinned to their shirt. A waitress told me that meant it was their birthday. Anyone know about this? I… --- ## [Mythbusters - Pirate show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-pirate-show/388583)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-pirate-show/388583 "2007-01-24T22:13:52Z")
This week Mythbusters had a pirate show. One of the myths they tested was whether someone could safely descend from the top of a mast by stabbing the sail with a knife/sword and riding it down. The sail they used had ‘… --- ## [Spoil "The Natural" for me (spoilers, of course)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-natural-for-me-spoilers-of-course/257978)
**Author:** [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-natural-for-me-spoilers-of-course/257978 "2004-08-04T23:00:30Z")
The classic movie channel has been showing The Natural starring Robert Redford for a couple of weeks now. I’ve yet to see the whole thing, but the other night I caught the first third for the first time. What the hell i… --- ## [I used to be a lurker, now i'm a poster!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511)
**Author:** [@Not\_From\_Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_From_Here)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511 "2012-03-19T01:45:10Z")
Hi Dopers! I’m been lurking on these boards for about a year and finaly i decided to join and post! I’m from Brazil and still learning english, so please be nice with me! :slight\_smile: --- ## [4 yrs. of widespread wiretaps, torture, infiltrations. Domestic Al-Q caught:1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-yrs-of-widespread-wiretaps-torture-infiltrations-domestic-al-q-caught-1/337269)
**Author:** [@alaricthegoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alaricthegoth)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-yrs-of-widespread-wiretaps-torture-infiltrations-domestic-al-q-caught-1/337269 "2006-01-22T00:56:13Z")
Now that the staggering volume of data mined by the NSA has been revealed what inference are we to draw from the following facts? The number of “sleepers”(eg, the Erie County Yemenis) or eager recruits (eg, the Lodi Pa… --- ## ["It was a dark evening with only the feeble light of a waning crescent moon." How much basic astronomy is widely understood by those not specifically interested in the subject?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-dark-evening-with-only-the-feeble-light-of-a-waning-crescent-moon-how-much-basic-astronomy-is-widely-understood-by-those-not-specifically-interested-in-the-subject/974200)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-dark-evening-with-only-the-feeble-light-of-a-waning-crescent-moon-how-much-basic-astronomy-is-widely-understood-by-those-not-specifically-interested-in-the-subject/974200 "2022-11-17T14:37:56Z")
A few months ago I listened to the outstanding Passage trilogy by Justin Cronin, which, like James Howard Kunstler’s World Made By Hand series, turned out to be thoroughly enjoyable and has made me reconsider my supposed… --- ## [Chicago - Willis or Hancock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-willis-or-hancock/695988)
**Author:** [@mcott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcott)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-willis-or-hancock/695988 "2014-08-24T16:05:40Z")
Title says it all - first time visiting in October, only want to pop for one tall building. Thoughts on which is better? --- ## [Paltrow introduces vagina scented candle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314 "2021-01-19T03:12:34Z")
Have we sniffed this out yet? Gwyneth Paltrow’s $75 vagina scented candles are already sold out. The scent is based on, “…geranium, citrusy bergamot and cedar”. That’s one herbaceous lady! Dennis --- ## [United Football League?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-football-league/512663)
**Author:** [@Shig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shig)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-football-league/512663 "2009-12-01T16:33:02Z")
So the UFL’s first season begins in three days. Anyone looking forward to it or planning on following it? Four teams, eight weeks, hideous jerseys. I was just looking at the rosters and there’s a lot of players that w… --- ## [Poll: Your view of sales tax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-your-view-of-sales-tax/671683)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-your-view-of-sales-tax/671683 "2013-10-23T18:53:55Z")
Simple question: how do you view sales tax? USAian answers preferred but Canadians and others are welcome to add comments relevant to their locale. --- ## [Driving with bifocals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-with-bifocals/647698)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-with-bifocals/647698 "2018-09-12T16:06:02Z")
For those of you who wear bifocals while driving: Do you look at the instrument panel through the distance or close-up area? With my old glasses, I looked through the close-up part. With my new glasses, it’s sharper thro… --- ## [Does this count as littering?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-count-as-littering/757160)
**Author:** [@scoots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scoots)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-count-as-littering/757160 "2016-06-22T18:25:51Z")
You’re eating a bunch of grapes in a forest. You finish all the grapes and are left with the twiggy bit so you drop it on the ground. I would say no. You’re just adding more wood to what is already a very woody situatio… --- ## [Call me a skeptical asshole, but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-a-skeptical-asshole-but/643499)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-a-skeptical-asshole-but/643499 "2013-01-14T13:53:43Z")
…what are the odds that \*\*nothanks \*\*is just another \*\*umkay \*\*waiting to happen? I mean… even the usernames seem oddly similar in a fashion. When umkay was asked what her username meant, she just responded something lik… --- ## [Bold words in comic book dialouge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold-words-in-comic-book-dialouge/159603)
**Author:** [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold-words-in-comic-book-dialouge/159603 "2003-03-07T16:41:26Z")
I’m currently rereading The Watchmen. I never have been a big comic book fan, but Moore’s brilliance is undeniable. I plan to start a thread on the merits of the book once I’m done. Meanwhile, I have a question for comic… --- ## [What are you wearing right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-wearing-right-now/539294)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2010, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-wearing-right-now/539294 "2010-05-17T06:19:43Z")
You’ve changed clothes since the last time we did this thread, right? --- ## [Nintendo DS Doesn't Support WPA?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-ds-doesnt-support-wpa/458250)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-ds-doesnt-support-wpa/458250 "2008-08-01T02:15:44Z")
Hi, I’m Bricker Jr.'s dad. You may remember me from such threads as “What the Hell is ‘Pokemon’?” and “Why is my wallet suddenly empty?” For those that missed these earlier classics, my son, age 6, has discovered Pokemo… --- ## [Racism and my failure to stop it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-and-my-failure-to-stop-it/450226)
**Author:** [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-and-my-failure-to-stop-it/450226 "2008-05-27T12:28:23Z")
I have had a rough few days, my friends. (The ones I have left here after being such an ass) I did something the other day that was so heinous that I tried to hide it even from myself. I am ashamed and disappointed in wh… --- ## [God bless Tennessee congressman, Joe Armstrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-tennessee-congressman-joe-armstrong/591465)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-tennessee-congressman-joe-armstrong/591465 "2011-08-07T18:12:02Z")
Without the work of this vigilant civil servant the bookstore at the University of Tennessee would still be selling dangerous propagandist contraband called Obama DisappointMINTS. Without his good work, some college stud… --- ## ["Jap" Offensive/inoffensive Term.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jap-offensive-inoffensive-term/428628)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jap-offensive-inoffensive-term/428628 "2009-05-04T22:04:00Z")
In this locked thread about national nicknames it was said that the term Jap is offensive. I think it might have come up before on this board but in Ireland the term isn’t considered offensive (sign near my house “Jap Ca… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1577&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1579&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)