# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1586&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:** 1587 --- ## [Prediction: Trump won't contest a definitive election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-trump-wont-contest-a-definitive-election/924567)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-trump-wont-contest-a-definitive-election/924567 "2021-01-05T17:52:08Z")
Trump is your typical blustering bully: he’s really a coward underneath who will back down when he personally confronts resistance. If the election results are definitive he’ll whine and complain about how unfair everyt… --- ## [Yellowstone National Park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-national-park/490469)
**Author:** [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2009, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-national-park/490469 "2009-04-02T06:52:32Z")
There’s a programme currently being shown on UK TV about this park and a truly fascinating documentary it is. Part 1 started out with winter in Yellowstone and last Sunday, part 2 ,showed the park in summertime. I expec… --- ## [No Big Bang Theory 1/11 thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-bang-theory-1-11-thread/524613)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-bang-theory-1-11-thread/524613 "2010-01-16T20:12:45Z")
The Flatland bit was DEAD ON. And sadly, it seems to be the best world for Sheldon to go to. Sadder still, I could explain to my parents the joke. Solid episode tonight. One wonders if Sheldon will ever get a clue… --- ## [Coldfire, you're a liar.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-youre-a-liar/46566)
**Author:** [@Mu\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mu_Mu)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2001, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-youre-a-liar/46566 "2001-01-04T23:43:23Z")
\[list\]Let us count the lies \[li\]I’m not “back again”. I’ve been here as steadily as most users. Not like the “regulars”, but like few users are among the “regulars”. The last time it was calculated, my count put me in … --- ## [Attractive, slightly wall-eyed blonde women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409 "2013-08-08T20:00:05Z")
Anyone ever notice this? Heather Graham. Bridgette Bardot. Georgina Haig, from Fringe. Heidi Klum. What’s up with that, anyway? Being a stunningly attractive natural blonde, and having a touch of Marty Feldman, seem… --- ## [The Guitar that Broke Folk up for auction: Mike Bloomfield's Tele](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guitar-that-broke-folk-up-for-auction-mike-bloomfields-tele/735360)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guitar-that-broke-folk-up-for-auction-mike-bloomfields-tele/735360 "2015-10-27T02:27:46Z")
Saw this on a guitar board and thought I would share. Bloomfield used this Telecaster on Like a Rolling Stone, other classic Dylan and Paul Butterfield music and used it at the Newport Folk Festival when Dylan went Ele… --- ## [Useless crap that you want.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608)
**Author:** [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608 "2003-01-11T21:14:56Z")
For me, it is a green laser pointer. I have no idea what I would use it for, I just think that it would be cool. Next? --- ## [Massive Military Armored Tank Opened by Cheap Bolt Cutter??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-military-armored-tank-opened-by-cheap-bolt-cutter/46116)
**Author:** [@Adventurious82](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adventurious82)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-military-armored-tank-opened-by-cheap-bolt-cutter/46116 "2014-04-13T20:30:19Z")
I watched, for the Nth time, the footage of the guy who stole a tank and rampaged along city streets with police in chase, smashing up everything he could and so on. In the first showing of the footage, years (?) ago, th… --- ## [What is sour cream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sour-cream/589892)
**Author:** [@OldnCrinkly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldnCrinkly)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sour-cream/589892 "2011-07-26T18:50:17Z")
Is it just cream that is old? Heavy cream, light cream, half and half? If I buy it for coffee and it gets old can I just use it on a baked potato? And if it is just old cream, why does it expire? Also, how is it diff… --- ## [How dare the Grammys not give Beyonce every award!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-the-grammys-not-give-beyonce-every-award/779802)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-the-grammys-not-give-beyonce-every-award/779802 "2017-02-16T16:28:41Z")
I don’t even like Adele’s album much, but I’m streaming it now just on general principle. I’m so sick of the “Beyhive” (or the “Beygency”, as one of the greatest SNL bits ever called them). I’m sure her R&B-inflected d… --- ## [I Really Used to Like ATMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-used-to-like-atmb/630251)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-used-to-like-atmb/630251 "2012-08-06T16:08:40Z")
I really used to like About This Message Board, back when it was mainly about interesting technical issues. But nowadays – or is it just me? – it’s nothing but a bunch of whining. Now here I am whining! Ye gods! I know … --- ## [What's up with right-hand drive cars driving in a left-hand drive country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-right-hand-drive-cars-driving-in-a-left-hand-drive-country/587362)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-right-hand-drive-cars-driving-in-a-left-hand-drive-country/587362 "2011-06-30T20:56:01Z")
I see this around here quite often (I saw two right-hand drive cars just today, prompting this thread), and it got me wondering - is it safe for drivers to drive on the right-hand side of the car in a place where almost … --- ## [Michael McDonald's voice.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-mcdonalds-voice/167193)
**Author:** [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-mcdonalds-voice/167193 "2003-04-16T18:35:03Z")
He has a rather unique singing voice, no? Have many people attempted to sound like him since he started recording, or did he actually draw his influence from someone who sang the same way perhaps? And, is there actuall… --- ## [AA's "dirty little secret".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aas-dirty-little-secret/573861)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aas-dirty-little-secret/573861 "2011-03-13T14:50:56Z")
Another fact that is easily missed by people outside AA is what I and some other alcoholics JOKINGLY call “AA’s dirty little secret.” People outside AA (either because they are not alcoholics or because they are alcohol… --- ## [Are Han Solo/Indiana Jones "misogynist"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-han-solo-indiana-jones-misogynist/724618)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-han-solo-indiana-jones-misogynist/724618 "2015-07-10T18:04:08Z")
In response to this post. I have to admit, I cannot remember anything in any of the films which were to my mind “misogynistic”… unless you count being an action hero misogynistic on its own. --- ## [Little kids crack me up, vol. 1087](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kids-crack-me-up-vol-1087/790232)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kids-crack-me-up-vol-1087/790232 "2020-10-29T02:36:09Z")
I’m back at my summer job- assistant counselor at the camp petting zoo. It’s been an exhausting week, but the kids are adorable. The Bosslady has a whole spiel outlining the rules, why we have rules, why those specific … --- ## [Things You Might Not Have Thought Would Need An Egg On Them, But Did](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372)
**Author:** [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372 "2010-01-28T13:31:53Z")
A fairly trivial OP, but . . . I had fried rice topped with a fried egg this weekend, and it was good. Let’s see – I was well into my 20s before the concept of puncturing a poached egg over a frisee salad swam into my k… --- ## [Pre-Oscar Season Skullduggery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-oscar-season-skullduggery/476578)
**Author:** [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-oscar-season-skullduggery/476578 "2009-01-22T17:58:48Z")
It’s not even the end of the year yet, but it feels like the perfect time to start WAGing about which films are going to be up for what. To my mind, predicting nominations is way more fun than predicting the winners them… --- ## [Vengeance thy name is...Buffy 10/22 (SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vengeance-thy-name-is-buffy-10-22-spoilers/133450)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2002, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vengeance-thy-name-is-buffy-10-22-spoilers/133450 "2002-11-01T19:00:10Z")
Of course in the time it took this damn board to load this screen there’ll probably be 15 other Buffy threads started… Anyways, some random thoughts: Interesting how Willow went all mean and black-eyed while repelling … --- ## [Cool photgraphs with hidden/not so hidden stuff.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-photgraphs-with-hidden-not-so-hidden-stuff/639061)
**Author:** [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-photgraphs-with-hidden-not-so-hidden-stuff/639061 "2012-11-03T20:01:13Z")
http://now.msn.com/when-you-see-it-meme The answers appear if you hover your mouse over each image. SPOILER QUESTION: Can someone tell me exactly where Captain Jack Sparrow is in photo number 3? --- ## [Unneccesary plot elements in movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unneccesary-plot-elements-in-movies/658259)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unneccesary-plot-elements-in-movies/658259 "2013-05-15T20:41:16Z")
I’m currently rewatching The Abyss (great movie btw!) and one plot thread has Michael Biehns character, the leader of the Navy SEAL team crack up due to some sort of disorder caused by the unusual conditions of the facil… --- ## [Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-the-plan-open-spoilers/515216)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-the-plan-open-spoilers/515216 "2010-01-15T16:13:13Z")
Netflix just shipped my copy so I should be getting it tomorrow or Wednesday. I’ve managed to avoid most of the internet spoilers and haven’t downloaded the leaked copy. As much as I loath how BSG ended (“God did it… --- ## [Did a show ever improve after the departure of a star?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-show-ever-improve-after-the-departure-of-a-star/453308)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-show-ever-improve-after-the-departure-of-a-star/453308 "2008-06-24T00:41:36Z")
I can think of several TV shows that were destroyed when a star left: Good Times (they should have promised John Amos all new writers and doubled his salary to stay), Happy Days (not that it was that good before Richie … --- ## [asian body temperature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asian-body-temperature/124098)
**Author:** [@regnad\_kcin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/regnad_kcin)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2002, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asian-body-temperature/124098 "2002-08-20T11:16:20Z")
My Japanese girlfriend tells me that Asians have a lower body temperature than honkies. Is this true? Sounds like a lot of hooey to me, but who knows? Perhaps someone here does! RK --- ## [National Liberal Raido Goes Dark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-liberal-raido-goes-dark/240228)
**Author:** [@Milum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milum)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-liberal-raido-goes-dark/240228 "2004-04-22T19:56:26Z")
Either… (1) President Bush has pulled the plug on free speech. Or… (2) Liberal thinking is an antiquated artifact of a time long past. Or… (3) Liberal thoughts are out of step with the thinking of mainstream America… --- ## [Tattling on the new girlfriend's kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattling-on-the-new-girlfriends-kid/572720)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattling-on-the-new-girlfriends-kid/572720 "2011-02-28T20:17:10Z")
I have a new girlfriend, who has a ten-year-old daughter. Last night was the second time I’ve hung out at their place while Daughter was still awake, so I’m just starting to get to know her. I’ve never had any kids. W… --- ## [When did men's shorts get longer???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-mens-shorts-get-longer/351526)
**Author:** [@ZeroZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZeroZero)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-mens-shorts-get-longer/351526 "2012-12-03T04:16:51Z")
I noticed on an old rerun of “Three’s Company” how short Jacks short pants were. They only went down to mid-thigh. I also looked a pictures of the old show “The Love Boat” and they were mid-thigh too. I also saw Larry B… --- ## [High school rings: Passe or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-rings-passe-or-not/632188)
**Author:** [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-rings-passe-or-not/632188 "2012-08-24T01:48:49Z")
Pundit Lisa mentioned high-school rings in a tangential way yesterday, noting that these overpriced things are not only still in existence, despite the fact that most parents are aware that they’re ripoffs, but that her … --- ## [Blot pizza with napkin and reduces calories and fat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blot-pizza-with-napkin-and-reduces-calories-and-fat/733091)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blot-pizza-with-napkin-and-reduces-calories-and-fat/733091 "2015-10-07T19:34:33Z")
I’ve done this for years anytime the pizza looks very greasy. Helps me avoid indigestion and heartburn. Heck why not? Everybody puts bacon on a paper towel to soak up grease. Only takes a few seconds to press a napkin on… --- ## [Fucking ping-pong tables and the fucking fucks who fuck with them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-ping-pong-tables-and-the-fucking-fucks-who-fuck-with-them/473716)
**Author:** [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2008, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-ping-pong-tables-and-the-fucking-fucks-who-fuck-with-them/473716 "2008-11-23T06:28:08Z")
Dear titular fucking-fucks, You may not have noticed, but we only have one microwave here at the office. And that one microwave happens to be about 6 inches from the titular fucking ping pong table which you titular fu… --- ## [Firearms in the space age](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firearms-in-the-space-age/675329)
**Author:** [@nylaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nylaw)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firearms-in-the-space-age/675329 "2013-12-11T18:21:55Z")
If humanity ever truly expanded into space and private space travel would become common, such as with firefly or many other science fiction stories, do you think that firearms as we know them would still be used? Are the… --- ## [Sgt. Pepper's - What's the "audience" laughing at?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sgt-peppers-whats-the-audience-laughing-at/597091)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sgt-peppers-whats-the-audience-laughing-at/597091 "2011-09-24T22:28:33Z")
You know what I mean. During the “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” intro before “A Little Help From My Friends,” they inserted crowd noises and applause to simulate a live performance. At one point, there’s a burst… --- ## [Why are cardinals (birds) so obvious?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-cardinals-birds-so-obvious/548930)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-cardinals-birds-so-obvious/548930 "2010-08-12T02:38:48Z")
It seems like the coloration of many animals either allows the animals to hide from predators, or at least to deceive predators. But the northern cardinal is extremely obvious in its bright red coloration, its tendency… --- ## [If you don't send jobs overseas you'll be run out of business. Hah.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-send-jobs-overseas-youll-be-run-out-of-business-hah/579400)
**Author:** [@Le\_Jacquelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Jacquelope)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-send-jobs-overseas-youll-be-run-out-of-business-hah/579400 "2011-04-29T12:56:18Z")
Yeah, free traders despise me. But if I cared what y’all free trade fanatics thought then I wouldn’t be posting this, now would I? The “if you don’t send jobs overseas you’ll be out-competed by cheap labor” crowd deserv… --- ## [WTF? it's freakin Orange](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375 "2006-04-29T20:23:40Z")
I had heard about the new 10. Supposedly they were going to have some color variations. Okay no big deal the other changes wern’t to bad. But now I hold a crisp shiny new 10 dollar bill. It’s not a color variation, It’s… --- ## [So why, exactly, is polygamy illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-exactly-is-polygamy-illegal/413165)
**Author:** [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-exactly-is-polygamy-illegal/413165 "2007-08-01T03:52:04Z")
Prompted by this story in Slate.com: The article is about a Muslim American woman, highly educated, an editor who works from her home, who has written a book about being one of two wives who share a husband. All are Musl… --- ## [Is this a cult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-cult/429719)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-cult/429719 "2007-12-13T17:22:08Z")
I’m trying to find my mother’s sister. Her husband is a lay minister, and so far, this is as close as I can track them. http://rosecreekvillage.com/ I’m freaking out right now, and pissed that I can’t tell her that he… --- ## [New 11th Doctor Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-11th-doctor-trailer/529960)
**Author:** [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-11th-doctor-trailer/529960 "2010-04-01T13:09:11Z")
Don’t know if this link works outside the UK, but here is the latest trailer for the new series of Doctor Who from the BBC. Link. Not sure what it is showing, either a clip or an illusion of some kind, but it looks goo… --- ## [Can a nuclear explosion set off in the eye of a hurricane disrupt its intensity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-nuclear-explosion-set-off-in-the-eye-of-a-hurricane-disrupt-its-intensity/756425)
**Author:** [@mewmd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mewmd)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-nuclear-explosion-set-off-in-the-eye-of-a-hurricane-disrupt-its-intensity/756425 "2016-06-08T17:30:16Z")
Notwithstanding the radiation fallout, theoretically, can a nuclear explosion purposely set of in a mature severe hurricane disrupt the forces that propagate this weather phenomenon? This question may be moot if the radi… --- ## [I'm from Connecticut -- what's my accent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-from-connecticut-whats-my-accent/544103)
**Author:** [@Recliner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Recliner)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-from-connecticut-whats-my-accent/544103 "2010-06-25T02:26:35Z")
The title about says it. I was born in Pennsylvania, lived there for two years; moved to Boston – for nine months. Moved to Western Connecticut (right on the New York border) when I was three, and I’ve lived there ever… --- ## [Help! Did My Student Pawn Off A Plagiarized Paper To Me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-did-my-student-pawn-off-a-plagiarized-paper-to-me/396168)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2007, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-did-my-student-pawn-off-a-plagiarized-paper-to-me/396168 "2007-08-16T09:56:28Z")
I need your help. I have students turning in term papers this week and have already caught one turning in a paper that was blatant plagiarism. She eventually fessed up to it, but I had hoped announcing the fact that I … --- ## [Isn't it ALWAYS foolish to run from the police?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-always-foolish-to-run-from-the-police/726601)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2015, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-always-foolish-to-run-from-the-police/726601 "2015-08-04T07:32:42Z")
Many of the recent flaps with law enforcement that have plastered the news with some white cop killing some black guy seemed to be instigated with a ratcheting up of stakes where the suspect looked ratty as hell then jus… --- ## [I'm glad that gay/lesbian spouses are becoming husband/wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-glad-that-gay-lesbian-spouses-are-becoming-husband-wife/704948)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-glad-that-gay-lesbian-spouses-are-becoming-husband-wife/704948 "2014-11-22T02:11:47Z")
I always HATED crap like life partner, life mate, significant other, and all those other euphemisms. I’m glad the media is finally just calling the spouse of a gay man his husband, or the spouse of a lesbian her wife. E… --- ## [Marilyn Monroe nude in Playboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-nude-in-playboy/770444)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2016, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-nude-in-playboy/770444 "2016-11-04T08:13:30Z")
Marilyn Monroe appeared nude as the first Playboy centerfold in the mid-1950s, after her career as an actress was firmly established. Why did she take this step towards such sensational exposure? Certainly this centerfo… --- ## [Can Anything Be Done Afterwards To Reduce The Odds Of Getting An STD Thru Oral Sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anything-be-done-afterwards-to-reduce-the-odds-of-getting-an-std-thru-oral-sex/300235)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anything-be-done-afterwards-to-reduce-the-odds-of-getting-an-std-thru-oral-sex/300235 "2005-05-12T22:12:34Z")
If a male were to receive oral sex from a partner of undetermined STD status without the use of a condom, are there any measures that he could take immediately after the fact to reduce the probability that he might contr… --- ## [How to calculate average time between events in Excel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-calculate-average-time-between-events-in-excel/495309)
**Author:** [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-calculate-average-time-between-events-in-excel/495309 "2009-05-05T19:01:54Z")
Okay, here’s a description: The rows are made up of unique individuals. The columns are week numbers. The data is saying whether a certain event occurred with an individual during a particular week (1 if yes, 0 if no). … --- ## [Why strippers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-strippers/591813)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-strippers/591813 "2011-08-08T16:32:42Z")
Why strippers? I don’t get it. Yeah, novelty factor OK. Bachelor party fine. But to stay in the black they must need some repeat customers. It’s just a tease, isn’t it? I mean, sure it gets you hard. But if you can’t je… --- ## [Wedding gift for a conceited, materialistic blowhard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-gift-for-a-conceited-materialistic-blowhard/598379)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-gift-for-a-conceited-materialistic-blowhard/598379 "2011-10-04T00:04:47Z")
Sorry if this has been brought up before. I did a quick search and didn’t find anything. A quasi-friend of mine, whom I’ve known since childhood is getting married next year. Now, we aren’t particularly close, but we se… --- ## [Staff Staph infection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staff-staph-infection/535162)
**Author:** [@Niteowl255](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Niteowl255)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staff-staph-infection/535162 "2010-04-11T15:16:17Z")
Where do Staph infection come from? Why are they so frequent in hospitals? When I first heard of it I though it was a “Staff” infection. Some sort of infection that hospital staff had be were immune to but that they kept… --- ## [Tsunami’s 300,000 dead versus 9/11’s 3,000 dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-s-300-000-dead-versus-9-11-s-3-000-dead/282231)
**Author:** [@Wake\_up\_call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wake_up_call)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-s-300-000-dead-versus-9-11-s-3-000-dead/282231 "2005-01-05T22:58:17Z")
Why is it that the death of 3,000 people in NY in 2001 required allocation of billions of dollars, including going to war in Afghanistan and Iraq. And yet, here is a death of more than 100,000 people, and no one gives a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1585&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1587&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)