# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1587&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:** 1588 --- ## [Why did people used to buy American products?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-people-used-to-buy-american-products/604607)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-people-used-to-buy-american-products/604607 "2011-12-04T23:01:37Z")
ABC News has been hammering on a “buy American products” theme for weeks now. A few times they have pointed out that in the 1960’s, something like nine out of ten products purchased were made in America, whereas lately… --- ## [Snorting White Powder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snorting-white-powder/352091)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snorting-white-powder/352091 "2006-04-12T20:56:45Z")
I just finished watching the movie Magnolia and it triggered a question I have always wondered. When actors are playing drug addicts, and they are required in a scene to snort some white powder that is supposed to look … --- ## [Social Security](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security/758663)
**Author:** [@Roky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roky)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security/758663 "2016-07-12T14:52:13Z")
\*\*I was just wondering if anyone knows the answer? If you start receiving social security at 62 do you ever receive full benefits after the age of 66? Thanks in advance. \*\* --- ## [Greatest TV Theme Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-tv-theme-song/26425)
**Author:** [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2000, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-tv-theme-song/26425 "2000-09-14T02:41:50Z")
Three Criteria. (like I’m the expert on this subject) Musicality. Must capture the spirit of the series in terms of a musical sense. Lyrics. Should sum up the essence of the series as a whole. Well…maybe there a… --- ## [Jessica Simpson "balloons" (sic) to size 8](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318 "2009-02-08T18:31:39Z")
Entertainment Tonight is reporting breathlessly that Jessica Simpson has put on a few pounds.. They’re not themselves calling her fat, though they are reporting that “some” (unspecified people) are doing so. Whaddya thi… --- ## [Hi, I would like to tell you about Jesus Christ, the only way to God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-would-like-to-tell-you-about-jesus-christ-the-only-way-to-god/788429)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-would-like-to-tell-you-about-jesus-christ-the-only-way-to-god/788429 "2017-06-09T18:29:43Z")
Hi guys. I don’t know where to post this, but the Lord has been laying it on my heart for the past few days to tell people about Jesus. This burden is so strong that I have felt sick and very desperate to reach out to o… --- ## [Theoretical Coldest Maximum Temperature in the Tropics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theoretical-coldest-maximum-temperature-in-the-tropics/481290)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theoretical-coldest-maximum-temperature-in-the-tropics/481290 "2020-10-24T20:06:52Z")
Could an arctic air blast (like what is currently punishing the upper midwestern US) theoretically plow through the US, into Mexico, down into Guatemala and Honduras and points south, plunging San José, Costa Rica into a… --- ## [Why are people so goddamn stupid? Obama should switch himself to public option, kuh'yuk!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140)
**Author:** [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140 "2009-08-22T03:19:15Z")
Why are conservative jeenyusses trying to make an issue about whether Obama would switch himself to the government-run public option insurance, should one ever get formed? Do they think they’re clever? Do they think t… --- ## [Greatest movie trailers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-trailers/584230)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-trailers/584230 "2011-06-27T20:55:13Z")
What are some of the greatest movie trailers you’ve ever seen? Trailers that just made your blood run cold when you first saw them. Some of my picks, in no particular order: Pineapple Express Watchmen 300 Where the W… --- ## [Stargirl Season 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargirl-season-2/948362 "2021-12-16T06:34:28Z")
The new season premieres Tuesday night, airing right before Superman & Lois. I have heard some rumors that they may be some multiversal shenanigans in the coming season, making this show an official part of the Arrowvers… --- ## [Are you a single-issue voter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-single-issue-voter/724193)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2015, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-single-issue-voter/724193 "2015-07-24T06:28:52Z")
Is there any one particular political issue that is of such importance to you that you would vote for or against a candidate solely on the basis of that issue, regardless of his/her stance on any other issues? For insta… --- ## [A Boy and his Dog-- spoilers, women hunting and talking canines.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boy-and-his-dog-spoilers-women-hunting-and-talking-canines/367319)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boy-and-his-dog-spoilers-women-hunting-and-talking-canines/367319 "2006-08-20T15:57:59Z")
I saw this movie for the very first time last night and thought it was a fine low-budget post-the-world-gone-to-shit movie but I’ve got a few questions. Since the movie really doesn’t explain the whys, perhaps people who… --- ## [Overweight People With Yellow Around Eyes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overweight-people-with-yellow-around-eyes/521707)
**Author:** [@Incref](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incref)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overweight-people-with-yellow-around-eyes/521707 "2009-12-19T03:11:41Z")
I have a couple of friends who are quite overweight, both are female, one is in her mid twenties the other early thirties, both carry their weight solidly and around the mid section. The thing I have noticed about both … --- ## [Survey - what band/performers would you go back in time to see?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-what-band-performers-would-you-go-back-in-time-to-see/612736)
**Author:** [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-what-band-performers-would-you-go-back-in-time-to-see/612736 "2012-02-17T00:14:51Z")
Missus Coder and I had 2 other couples over for dinner over the weekend, and this subject came up. What 3 performers, bands, or groups that no longer perform or exist would you go back in time to see? They might no l… --- ## [Travelling to the States with a DUI?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelling-to-the-states-with-a-dui/323098)
**Author:** [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelling-to-the-states-with-a-dui/323098 "2005-09-25T15:52:18Z")
A couple of friends and I are planning a trip down to California around Christmas time. One of the girls (no, honestly, not me) recieved a DUI in the spring; her license was suspended for a month and has since been reins… --- ## [What is an example of a theory that everyone can understand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-example-of-a-theory-that-everyone-can-understand/582783)
**Author:** [@IanPal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IanPal)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-example-of-a-theory-that-everyone-can-understand/582783 "2011-05-24T19:30:56Z")
What is an example of a theory that everyone can understand? --- ## [Black Hole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hole/532469)
**Author:** [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2010, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hole/532469 "2010-03-16T07:17:55Z")
Is there a black hole the size of the Solar System out there? And are we heading for it? A black hole that size just boggles my mind, and probably a couple of other minds also. How “much” gravity will this have? What w… --- ## [Another Question RE: Another Warning.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-re-another-warning/722740)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-re-another-warning/722740 "2015-06-19T09:56:20Z")
Okay, so now we’ll have a thread that really doesn’t need to be, all because I’m obeying a moderator’s instruction and not including this question in the original thread. Referencing this post… Which gets this warnin… --- ## [does it make sense to say "effect an accent"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-make-sense-to-say-effect-an-accent/537062)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-make-sense-to-say-effect-an-accent/537062 "2010-04-27T17:25:16Z")
like something an actor might do? cause I say it does make sense and is a perfectly fine phrase. That accent isn’t real; he is effecting it. and my friend says it is wrong who is right? --- ## [The Most Important Scientific Tool Ever Invented Is...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-important-scientific-tool-ever-invented-is/732350)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2015, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-important-scientific-tool-ever-invented-is/732350 "2015-09-29T05:04:00Z")
I just read a comic strip in which the Hubble Space Telescope is called the most important scientific tool ever invented. I disagree; I would put the microscope first. My husband, Doper Andy L, says it should be the no… --- ## [Thanks "Team"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-team/560967)
**Author:** [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-team/560967 "2010-11-19T20:02:00Z")
Thanks “Team” Every member of my office team gets a card and a cake or some savoury nibbles on their birthday. We usually take a little time-out from work in the afternoons to say “Happy Birthday” whilst people wander o… --- ## [Should penalty for DUI + killing people be worse than penalty for just DUI?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-penalty-for-dui-killing-people-be-worse-than-penalty-for-just-dui/742678)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-penalty-for-dui-killing-people-be-worse-than-penalty-for-just-dui/742678 "2016-01-27T01:27:53Z")
Should the law punish drunk drivers more heavily in cases where they kill other people while doing the drunk driving? I ask because at first blush it seems like the same crime, except for the random chance of whether a … --- ## [Personal training session: how sore should I be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-training-session-how-sore-should-i-be/663821)
**Author:** [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-training-session-how-sore-should-i-be/663821 "2013-07-20T12:20:27Z")
First off, I am a cycle commuter who rides 5 miles round trip to work as often as I can (last two weeks, I only missed one day of 10). I’m pretty active and work on my feet walking, climbing ladders, carrying heavy thing… --- ## [I pit Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-namkcalb/696363)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2014, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-namkcalb/696363 "2014-08-26T08:07:52Z")
When responses get too hot, he runs away from a thread. He seems to use a manatee tank to come up with thread ideas:smack: --- ## [What makes you doubt your faith...in evolution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-doubt-your-faith-in-evolution/560570)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-doubt-your-faith-in-evolution/560570 "2010-11-17T22:24:12Z")
I know that life evolved…David Attenborough tells me so, and I listen to whatever David says…indeed. Plus I find the whole notion of an all-poweful creator just pure crazyass…especially as a substitute for wrapping one’… --- ## [Ask Hitler a question or punch him in the mouth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-hitler-a-question-or-punch-him-in-the-mouth/698303)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-hitler-a-question-or-punch-him-in-the-mouth/698303 "2014-09-18T16:49:23Z")
Inspired by the other thread on Hitler and the question on time-travel virus saving. So I’ve got a faulty time travel device that can send one of two things back to Hitler’s office any time after January, 1933. Either a… --- ## [What is the most "transgressive" food you've eaten?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-transgressive-food-youve-eaten/923464)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-transgressive-food-youve-eaten/923464 "2020-12-01T20:47:11Z")
Let’s be generous in our definition of “transgressive” - if a food could shock you and/or people whose opinions you care about, for cultural, religious, health, aesthetic, or other reasons, it counts. I ate endangered s… --- ## [Movies you love that no one else has even heard of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-no-one-else-has-even-heard-of/117571)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2002, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-no-one-else-has-even-heard-of/117571 "2002-07-24T12:25:23Z")
My movies in this category are The Zero Effect --Bill Pullman–in a lead role!–as a modern day Sherlock Holmes. Ben Stiller as his Watson–and Joe Versus the Volcano Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan on a journey involving some ver… --- ## [Which old-timer has never been pitted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631)
**Author:** [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631 "2004-12-25T04:22:51Z")
Being pitted is a rite of passage here, especially for those who post on Great Debates or in the Pit itself. I got to thinking as I scrolled through the latest characters being put in the stocks, are there any long-term… --- ## [What is the correct pronounciation of Gogh, as in the one-eared painter.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-correct-pronounciation-of-gogh-as-in-the-one-eared-painter/583366)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2011, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-correct-pronounciation-of-gogh-as-in-the-one-eared-painter/583366 "2011-05-31T05:53:17Z")
I grew up always hearing it pronounced the same as “go,” but nowadays I usually hear it pronounced like “gauf” (sorta like golf but without the L) or like “gau-vague gurgling noises.” What’s the right way? --- ## [Porn question: Why are the women so much noisier than the men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-why-are-the-women-so-much-noisier-than-the-men/559586)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-question-why-are-the-women-so-much-noisier-than-the-men/559586 "2010-11-13T05:44:34Z")
The guy can get through a scene with a few barely audible grunts, or not even that, but the woman has to moan or even scream the whole time. Why is that? --- ## [Corrupt a saying by inserting the word "porn"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupt-a-saying-by-inserting-the-word-porn/511513)
**Author:** [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupt-a-saying-by-inserting-the-word-porn/511513 "2009-09-28T22:37:21Z")
Exactly what it says on the tin. My friends and I started playing this at lunch today, and I was so amused (yes, maturity, I know) I’ve decided to share it with you! Some of the better ones I remember: Home is where t… --- ## [The best (?) and worst (!) Sci-Fi Channel Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-sci-fi-channel-movies/447028)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-sci-fi-channel-movies/447028 "2010-11-28T04:04:04Z")
Having nothing better to do, I’m watching The Insatiable this evening. The vampire-ette is sorta cute, and the scene where Harry buys a rabbit is an interesting twist. The fake Doors music when the Vietnam Vet tells hi… --- ## [Let's take Christ out of Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-take-christ-out-of-christmas/565362)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2010, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-take-christ-out-of-christmas/565362 "2010-12-29T09:45:34Z")
Why don’t we just celebrate the winter solstice by exchanging gifts, putting up lights, dressing as Santa, putting up stockings, having office parties, sing non-religious seasonal songs, etc.? This could be a really wond… --- ## [Underage sex, is it rape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underage-sex-is-it-rape/957944)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underage-sex-is-it-rape/957944 "2022-01-21T18:20:46Z")
I was reading stories about the “baby groupies” of the 70s, such as Sable Starr and Lori Maddox. They were having sex with older rock stars. Was this rape, technically? Why was it never prosecuted? When Don Johnson was 2… --- ## [Dear Mr. Jesus. Please. Let me hurt the children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-jesus-please-let-me-hurt-the-children/335359)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2005, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-jesus-please-let-me-hurt-the-children/335359 "2005-12-17T05:54:12Z")
I heard a song today that enraged me. It was worse than “Christmas Shoes,” and that’s saying something. You may listen to it hear: http://www.dayofthechild.org/dc98/dmj.htm Or, you may read the lyrics here: http://w… --- ## [Is the US Overpopulated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-overpopulated/363317)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-overpopulated/363317 "2006-07-09T22:14:42Z")
This morning CNN had a story that people are feeling the pressure of the recent increase in the US population. I presume this is because the population is about to reach 300 million. (Fourth largest nation in the world!) … --- ## [The human-centricism of morals. Any good justification beyond "a gut feeling"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-human-centricism-of-morals-any-good-justification-beyond-a-gut-feeling/528903)
**Author:** [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-human-centricism-of-morals-any-good-justification-beyond-a-gut-feeling/528903 "2010-03-02T02:04:49Z")
If dine on a hamburger, you’d pass for an average American, but dine on a American and you’re Hannibal Lector. If you experiment on lab rats, that can not give consent, you’re a scientist, but if you experiment on scient… --- ## [Self driving cars, kill one of me or two of them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-driving-cars-kill-one-of-me-or-two-of-them/802345)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-driving-cars-kill-one-of-me-or-two-of-them/802345 "2017-11-26T01:55:58Z")
I came across the article and it does raise an interesting point, I hadn’t thought about it. Situations like this happen all the time today of course, but I don’t believe in the vast majority of cases people really have… --- ## [Do I need parents' permission to fly with a child?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-parents-permission-to-fly-with-a-child/566511)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Luongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chris_Luongo)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-parents-permission-to-fly-with-a-child/566511 "2011-01-06T20:47:09Z")
Soon I’ll be accompanying my girlfriend’s nephew to his gymnastics competition. We’ll be flying from Boston to Las Vegas. Do I need any kind of document or letter from his parents, giving permission for him to travel w… --- ## [There be kitten!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619)
**Author:** [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-be-kitten/594619 "2011-09-15T18:34:28Z")
i have a brand, spankin’ new, four-week-old female scrap of fur!! :smiley: the backstory: da niece, who is a junior at ball state, took in this abandoned three-week old scrap of fur last week, after the university put o… --- ## [What came first The Graduate or Mrs. Robinson?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-came-first-the-graduate-or-mrs-robinson/409177)
**Author:** [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-came-first-the-graduate-or-mrs-robinson/409177 "2012-03-29T02:16:31Z")
I just got done watching The Graduate and now I’m wondering whether the soundtrack was created for the film or if the film was created for the soundtrack. And yes, as a soon-to-be PhD in chemistry, I know all about plas… --- ## [I'm either a suspicious jerk or I don't understand Downs Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-either-a-suspicious-jerk-or-i-dont-understand-downs-syndrome/638724)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-either-a-suspicious-jerk-or-i-dont-understand-downs-syndrome/638724 "2012-11-01T01:21:46Z")
Ann Coulter implied that the president is a ‘retard’ in a tweet. This man wrote an article taking her to task for it. The article is so articulate and well written that I find myself doubting that a man with Downs Synd… --- ## [How old is the Christian concept of a young earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-the-christian-concept-of-a-young-earth/591766)
**Author:** [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-the-christian-concept-of-a-young-earth/591766 "2011-08-09T01:59:30Z")
While listening to the Don Johnson Radio Show, I heard Don Johnson mention that the biblical idea of a young Earth is a modern protestant idea and that many early church fathers, including Augustine, believed in an “old”… --- ## [Blood test: Alternate explanations for high iron serum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-test-alternate-explanations-for-high-iron-serum/401018)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-test-alternate-explanations-for-high-iron-serum/401018 "2007-04-26T13:59:09Z")
First of all, let me say that I am seeing a medical professional about this. In fact, I wouldn’t even know about it otherwise. I know that the opinions of random people on the Internet are no substitute for a doctor, a… --- ## [You had SEX in my car??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-had-sex-in-my-car/154274)
**Author:** [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2003, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-had-sex-in-my-car/154274 "2003-02-13T12:20:32Z")
I went out to dinner tonight with my parents, brother, and brother’s fiance. Somehow, because my boyfriend who lives in another state is coming to visit me in a couple of weeks, the subject drifted to what the sleeping … --- ## [How long could an atheist society last?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-an-atheist-society-last/441000)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-an-atheist-society-last/441000 "2008-03-14T17:44:13Z")
Imagine that an uninhabited island the size of Ireland appears, Brigadoon-like, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean (and that the very miraculousness of its appearance is explained by science). The land is sufficently fe… --- ## [Internet Without Cable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-without-cable/651947)
**Author:** [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-without-cable/651947 "2013-12-19T15:30:20Z")
From time to time I see articles on tech sites mentioning people who have dropped cable in favor of Netflix or some other service. I don’t know if I’m understanding this correctly. Are they getting internet without cable… --- ## [What criteria must a person meet for you to consider them rich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-criteria-must-a-person-meet-for-you-to-consider-them-rich/761545)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-criteria-must-a-person-meet-for-you-to-consider-them-rich/761545 "2016-08-29T17:22:42Z")
What’s the dividing line between rich & middle class? Please try to give a numberic answer; don’t just say “owning a boat.” Is a married couple with $250K shared income, a two-story house they own free and clear, no stu… --- ## [I Need To Shave My Pussy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-shave-my-pussy/526225)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2010, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-shave-my-pussy/526225 "2010-01-29T11:49:12Z")
Perverts! I am a guy anyway, but my Blue Persian has become so furry that it needs to have a good shave. It is summer here and the temperature is over 90 degrees in your currency most days. It will be far more comforta… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1586&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1588&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)