# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1589&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:** 1590 --- ## [Household Servants in England](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-servants-in-england/752909)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-servants-in-england/752909 "2016-04-29T00:08:55Z")
I read somewhere “everybody had servants except the servants.” I assume that was not true but maybe servants were a lot more common in the past. (pre WW 2?) Did anyone outside the upper class have servants? --- ## [USA Founded on Deism.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-founded-on-deism/504749)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-founded-on-deism/504749 "2009-08-13T01:16:48Z")
You hear it every day, I don’t need to provide a source. Conservative Christians in the USA say the US was founded as a Christian nation. But what does the evidence from that time show? Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the d… --- ## [Think sticky thoughts; or, Ask the person who just had IVF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-sticky-thoughts-or-ask-the-person-who-just-had-ivf/546721)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-sticky-thoughts-or-ask-the-person-who-just-had-ivf/546721 "2010-08-03T00:55:28Z")
Hey everyone, As of approximately 1:00 PM PDT today, I had 4 embryos introduced into my uterus. (Embryos, this is uterus; uterus, these are the embryos.) With any luck, one will stick…hopefully one and only one! So p… --- ## [Racist tells superhero he'd rather die than be saved by black guy; super shrugs & lets him. Okay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racist-tells-superhero-hed-rather-die-than-be-saved-by-black-guy-super-shrugs-lets-him-okay/650638)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racist-tells-superhero-hed-rather-die-than-be-saved-by-black-guy-super-shrugs-lets-him-okay/650638 "2013-02-20T14:48:26Z")
The slacktivist superbeing from this old thread of mine–let’s call him Bob–is having some legal problems. Bob has powers & abilities roughly comparable to Superman in the late 80s, but he refuses to be called a super-her… --- ## ["Wait, what?" Actual or potential Obama disillusionment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-what-actual-or-potential-obama-disillusionment/474778)
**Author:** [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2008, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-what-actual-or-potential-obama-disillusionment/474778 "2008-12-04T11:09:50Z")
We are already seeing this on the SDMB. Obama supporters are being disappointed/enraged/whatever by his choices as he prepares to take office. E.g., his choices of longtime Beltway insiders as opposed to his promises of … --- ## [Why the recent trend to insta-close stuff in ATMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-trend-to-insta-close-stuff-in-atmb/673425)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-trend-to-insta-close-stuff-in-atmb/673425 "2013-11-10T03:51:59Z")
What is so freakin’ scary about threads in ATMB that the second they’re “answered”, they must be instantly closed? What harm is done by leaving them open? This is a discussion board: it behooves us to allow people to dis… --- ## [A Suggestion for a New Forum. (local sustainability)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-suggestion-for-a-new-forum-local-sustainability/543535)
**Author:** [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-suggestion-for-a-new-forum-local-sustainability/543535 "2010-07-19T22:15:52Z")
My first year on the Dope has been quite educational. I came here by way of Cecil’s Archives. Been thru ‘em all. I got it up to ask Cecil a math question on infinity which had been bugging me forever and was thrown to … --- ## [What sports will still be going on over the next month?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sports-will-still-be-going-on-over-the-next-month/849377)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sports-will-still-be-going-on-over-the-next-month/849377 "2020-06-11T09:47:45Z")
The PGA and the Masters have still insisted they will play without fans. NASCAR the same. Both as of now. If you consider wrestling a “sport” AEW is still moving forward with its weekly TNT show, though I believe they a… --- ## [How much denatured alcohol is safe to drink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-denatured-alcohol-is-safe-to-drink/790038)
**Author:** [@mikelopez630](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikelopez630)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2017, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-denatured-alcohol-is-safe-to-drink/790038 "2017-06-30T11:44:54Z")
Hi guys, I’m new to the forum, so if I’m posting this aomewhere I shouldn’t, just please tell me and I’ll change it. Okay, so I am 17, and have a little fetish about myself. I’ll call it… the drunk fetish. I get sexuall… --- ## [What's the best font to use in a document?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-font-to-use-in-a-document/652551)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-font-to-use-in-a-document/652551 "2013-03-11T01:45:35Z")
I read somewhere that Times New Roman was designed to squish the most text into newspaper columns with good appearence, but that it may not be the best font for documents that have a full page format, not columns. Is th… --- ## [Honest = Mean](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honest-mean/607241)
**Author:** [@Theophane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theophane)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honest-mean/607241 "2011-12-31T03:29:01Z")
Is it possible to be honest without being mean or abusive? Is unpleasantness the only form of intellectual currency? --- ## [Ads for non-logged-in users](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-for-non-logged-in-users/718914)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-for-non-logged-in-users/718914 "2015-06-06T00:43:50Z")
We’re going to start running a couple new ad series in a day or two. Since these are more in your face than the ones we’ve been running up till now, \*\*we’re only showing these ads to non-logged-in users. \*\* If you are (a… --- ## [How does a power plant work? (Question is related to electric vehicles)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-power-plant-work-question-is-related-to-electric-vehicles/966439)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-power-plant-work-question-is-related-to-electric-vehicles/966439 "2022-09-15T16:29:22Z")
One of my Facebook friends is dead-set against electric vehicles (EVs), at least as they currently (ha!) exist. Yesterday, he posted a cartoon that shows a Tesla plugged into a coal-burning generator. The point of the … --- ## [Upstairs condo's pipe leaking behind downstairs units wall - who pays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upstairs-condos-pipe-leaking-behind-downstairs-units-wall-who-pays/556270)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upstairs-condos-pipe-leaking-behind-downstairs-units-wall-who-pays/556270 "2010-10-07T21:06:33Z")
My mother-in-law has a leak behind her wall that was partially repaired (still leaks downstream from repair) and will require tearing out of wall and shower to get at the problem. The offending pipe is the sewage from th… --- ## [Is it legal to charge people to play console games?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-charge-people-to-play-console-games/399822)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-charge-people-to-play-console-games/399822 "2007-04-14T03:26:27Z")
Within the terms of the licenses, I mean. My boyfriend (and I guess I) is starting to think about starting an arcade business (well, an interactive arcade offering stuff kids don’t have at home) and he was thinking that… --- ## [Is the average woman capable of having 19 children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-average-woman-capable-of-having-19-children/771035)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-average-woman-capable-of-having-19-children/771035 "2016-11-10T16:12:53Z")
In light of some women who have given birth to 19 children in contemporary history, I wanted to ask the medical question as to whether this reflects what the \*\*average \*\*woman’s reproductive system would be capable of do… --- ## [In what country do you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-country-do-you-live/700853)
**Author:** [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-country-do-you-live/700853 "2014-10-18T00:51:04Z")
This thread did pretty well; 49 out of 50 US states accounted for so far and I’m still hopeful we will get someone from Delaware to post. But now it’s time to find out just how diverse we are here at the SDMB and how mu… --- ## [Automotive types — what is my car window's problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-types-what-is-my-car-windows-problem/668000)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-types-what-is-my-car-windows-problem/668000 "2013-09-05T16:02:40Z")
I have a 2005 Nissan Sentra. Recently, I noticed that the rear passenger window no longer responds to the switch to move it up or down. I can hear the motor making noises like normal, but the window just doesn’t move. Th… --- ## [The origin of Book of Mormon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-book-of-mormon/132633)
**Author:** [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-book-of-mormon/132633 "2002-10-30T15:01:01Z")
In this thread Monty wrote Since the original thread is now locked I wish to continue the discussion here. If there is a previous thread on the same topic please point me to it. Anyway, my contention was Joe Smith mad… --- ## [Do you physically size people up when you meet them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-physically-size-people-up-when-you-meet-them/738808)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-physically-size-people-up-when-you-meet-them/738808 "2015-12-12T20:12:50Z")
Maybe this is more a male thing or maybe it’s just the way my brain works but when I meet or interact with new people I often size them up based on how they physically look and try to figure out if I would be able to def… --- ## [I just walked in on my parents.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-walked-in-on-my-parents/146289)
**Author:** [@d12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d12)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-walked-in-on-my-parents/146289 "2003-01-17T13:51:33Z")
Ugh. What the hell. Yuck. --- ## [Where do all these pop stars come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-all-these-pop-stars-come-from/564200)
**Author:** [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-all-these-pop-stars-come-from/564200 "2010-12-21T03:19:15Z")
So I was browsing through images of Katy Perry earlier today on google and it hit me, “how exactly did she get famous and where did she come from?”. Because a year or so ago I would not have had the slightest clue who sh… --- ## [i want to change my username](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-change-my-username/573205)
**Author:** [@garion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garion)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-change-my-username/573205 "2011-03-08T20:40:03Z")
how do i go about changing my user name? --- ## [Moderators Moderating Versus Just Posting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-moderating-versus-just-posting/501913)
**Author:** [@ashman165](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashman165)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2009, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-moderating-versus-just-posting/501913 "2009-07-11T09:50:18Z")
Given the recent to-do over the ambiguity that sometimes creeps up when a moderator is merely posting versus moderating and how we sometimes don’t know which hat it is they’re wearing, particularly when they do both in a… --- ## [I Guess There Needs To Be A MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-there-needs-to-be-a-mmp/962235)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 275\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-there-needs-to-be-a-mmp/962235 "2022-04-11T05:46:09Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 48 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 82 and partly N.O.S. whatever that means. I suppose it could also mean mostly cloudy. TWPTB are bein’ cryptic. I envis… --- ## [Stuff that no longer exists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-no-longer-exists/208431)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-no-longer-exists/208431 "2003-10-23T19:49:48Z")
I’ve heard that “milkmen” used to bring milk to people’s houses, and that the milk was in glass bottles. All my life, milk has come in cardboard or plastic containers, and you have to go to the store to pick it up yours… --- ## [Deadwood dialogue -- F'ing bad writing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadwood-dialogue-fing-bad-writing/360423)
**Author:** [@Jombi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jombi)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadwood-dialogue-fing-bad-writing/360423 "2006-06-13T19:21:31Z")
I know there are plenty of Deadwood fans here, so let me ask what you think of the dialogue. When the series first started I watched it a while, and I really wanted to like it, but I finally had to quit watching when I c… --- ## [What is the meaning of "Oh, Snap"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-oh-snap/142089)
**Author:** [@PolskiKing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PolskiKing)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2002, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-oh-snap/142089 "2002-12-12T01:35:15Z")
Ive been hearing this phrase more and more. Its even written in graffiti on my study hall desk and its being said more n more by some of my classmates. But what exactly is the meaning of “Oh snap” and when would you u… --- ## [Atheism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheism/385652)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheism/385652 "2007-01-06T05:12:41Z")
Is the claim that there is no such thing as a god falsifiable ? If it is fasifiable, how? If it isn’t falsifiable, why is it more reasonable to assume there is no god than that there is? --- ## [Do you like "stupid" characters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-stupid-characters/960908)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-stupid-characters/960908 "2022-03-31T14:02:13Z")
In the thread about The Marvelous Ms. Maisel, I commented that I really got tired of what I considered her father’s “stupidity” - which other people considered to be comedy gold. I realize “stupidity” didn’t really desc… --- ## [Why did it take 3 days to get to the moon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-it-take-3-days-to-get-to-the-moon/358428)
**Author:** [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-it-take-3-days-to-get-to-the-moon/358428 "2012-07-12T05:32:10Z")
I thought that the Apollo spacecraft would have to have accelerated up to at least the escape velocity of the Earth, which is around 25,000 mph. The moon is approximately 240,000 miles from the Earth, so they should have… --- ## [Did the dwarves ever reoccupy Moria?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-dwarves-ever-reoccupy-moria/669512)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2013, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-dwarves-ever-reoccupy-moria/669512 "2013-10-04T12:50:38Z")
(This has probably been answered before, but if so I couldn’t find it.) After the events of LotR, the Balrog, “Durin’s Bane” was gone, slain by Gandalf. So did the dwarves come back, clear out the orcs and reestablish t… --- ## [Actors/Actresses you avoid.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989)
**Author:** [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989 "2007-02-02T17:20:22Z")
Sort of inspired by the Genre thread. After Eddie Murphy made The Golden Child I pretty much decided to never pay to see one of his movies again. I think history backs up that decision. I 've heard Adam Sandler has so… --- ## [Why aren't traffic tickets different for wealthy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-traffic-tickets-different-for-wealthy/309564)
**Author:** [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-traffic-tickets-different-for-wealthy/309564 "2015-05-01T01:17:44Z")
:smiley: Well, I already know the answer to that: they can’t be. If we lived in a country that penalized people differently like they tax them based on income, I’d move. But you get what I mean. A $70 ticket and $70 cou… --- ## [Thanksgiving Horrors: you mean Everyone Else had a Happy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-horrors-you-mean-everyone-else-had-a-happy/604347)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-horrors-you-mean-everyone-else-had-a-happy/604347 "2011-11-30T18:28:43Z")
I started this thread because it seems like everyone else had a perfect & flawless Thanksgiving. C’mon… all the guests have gone. They can’t see you typing. Fess Up: tell us about your Horror Show (with bread stuffing … --- ## ["Illegals" as a descriptor of people -- considered hate speech or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegals-as-a-descriptor-of-people-considered-hate-speech-or-not/838934)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegals-as-a-descriptor-of-people-considered-hate-speech-or-not/838934 "2019-08-21T21:44:22Z")
I searched but couldn’t find any past ruling – is “illegals” (the plural noun) considered hate speech? I think it should be – it’s an inherently dehumanizing descriptor, IMO, akin to calling immigrants vermin. If this … --- ## [Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) - Obama's failure in leadership](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-ask-dont-tell-dadt-obamas-failure-in-leadership/554858)
**Author:** [@Camus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Camus)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-ask-dont-tell-dadt-obamas-failure-in-leadership/554858 "2010-10-09T00:49:55Z")
Just to echo the CNBC townhall meeting that Obama participated in recently, the latest developments in repealing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law demonstrate a pretty clear failure of Obama’s leadership, both in fulfillin… --- ## [Which government functions can we do without? (Tim R. Mortiss)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-government-functions-can-we-do-without-tim-r-mortiss/827090)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-government-functions-can-we-do-without-tim-r-mortiss/827090 "2019-01-06T05:20:06Z")
So let’s play a fun little game, shall we? :slight\_smile: The attached poll contains the 9 departments that have been shut down completely due to the government shutdown. It’s on you to decide which should be shut do… --- ## [Where to find Lowenbrau beer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-find-lowenbrau-beer/814907)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-find-lowenbrau-beer/814907 "2018-06-01T23:23:15Z")
Up until the 1990’s it was made under contract by Miller brewing. Then for a while it was made in Canada. I haven’t seen it anywhere in the U.S. for well over a decade. Do they still make it in Canada? In fact, the las… --- ## [What's Cheez Whiz Got Ta Do, Got Ta Do With It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-cheez-whiz-got-ta-do-got-ta-do-with-it/235721)
**Author:** [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-cheez-whiz-got-ta-do-got-ta-do-with-it/235721 "2004-03-28T03:02:08Z")
What’s Spam, but a pork product inna can? Not that this has anything to do with Spam, but the song just kept going, so i put it here. As a service to you, the reader. You’re welcome. So I do most of the grocery shopping… --- ## [What's your favorite planet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186 "2012-12-08T22:50:00Z")
And why? --- ## [ISO \[in search of\] Fish Recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iso-in-search-of-fish-recipes/492745)
**Author:** [@abderian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abderian)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iso-in-search-of-fish-recipes/492745 "2009-04-14T22:17:52Z")
I am trying to upgrade my diet, for health benefits and also weight loss; ergo, I’m trying to eat more fish. Unfortunately, I find fish rather … meh. I don’t love it or hate it. It’s just meh. Still, I bought some froz… --- ## [OH-12 Special Election 8/7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-12-special-election-8-7/813227)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2018, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-12-special-election-8-7/813227 "2018-08-14T11:50:00Z")
This one’s to fill GOP Rep. Pat Tiberi’s vacant seat. Special election August 7, primaries May 8. It’s been in GOP hands since 1983, and has a R+7 Cook PVI. But the Cook Political Report just moved this race from Lean… --- ## [Will You Drink "Flat" Soda?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-drink-flat-soda/524705)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-drink-flat-soda/524705 "2010-01-14T04:48:10Z")
I found it makes little difference to me if the pop is flat or carbonated. I really don’t care. I know some people though will toss the pop even if it slightly goes flat. So which are you? --- ## [How to fix an outdoor drain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fix-an-outdoor-drain/693244)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fix-an-outdoor-drain/693244 "2014-07-19T04:50:13Z")
Our house has an outdoor stairway leading to a basement door. The bottom of the stairway is 4 or so inches below the door’s bottom, and has a drain in it. Unfortunately, in heavy rain the drain has trouble keeping up wi… --- ## [Anyone else think the Hudson river plane crash isn't that big of a deal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-hudson-river-plane-crash-isnt-that-big-of-a-deal/485193)
**Author:** [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-hudson-river-plane-crash-isnt-that-big-of-a-deal/485193 "2009-02-11T12:02:10Z")
I am sorry but I am not really impressed by this whole thing. I mean birds got sucked into the engines and after that everything happened perfectly, the way it should have. I mean like from what I have read everybody did… --- ## [Lunch theives, I need a way to lock my lunch.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunch-theives-i-need-a-way-to-lock-my-lunch/339488)
**Author:** [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunch-theives-i-need-a-way-to-lock-my-lunch/339488 "2013-06-07T20:39:23Z")
Here’s the scenario. I buy frozen dinners that I have for lunch every day. I buy 5 or more at a time, then keep them in my work freezer. Without fail, even though I have writing all over it, someone has been stealing … --- ## [New "Naked Gun" movie starting Liam Neeson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-naked-gun-movie-starting-liam-neeson/1016612 "2025-11-17T17:02:14Z")
I loved the originals growing up. It will be hard to recreate that combination of deadpan and total absurdity of the originals, but I think there are some promising signs in this teaser. One thing I think … --- ## [Car Rental: Didn't get what I paid for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-rental-didnt-get-what-i-paid-for/687187)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-rental-didnt-get-what-i-paid-for/687187 "2014-05-07T15:44:54Z")
Seems like I always have issues with car rentals. Last time I didn’t fill it up properly when I returned it and went over a toll bridge unexpectedly. Both times I paid more than I otherwise would have had I paid better… --- ## [Hi Disney, Whar my toy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-disney-whar-my-toy/746306)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-disney-whar-my-toy/746306 "2016-02-22T21:48:00Z")
Dear Disney, How come I can walk into a Target or Walmart and buy a 20" Ezra Bridger, Kanan Jarrus, Darth Vader or even a generic Tie Fighter Pilot, but I cannot find the same for a single female character? Where are t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1588&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1590&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)