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**Author:** [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-you-threw-bullets-into-a-fire/566535 "2014-09-02T23:23:17Z")
Thread title basically says it all. Long ago I was in a cabin heated by a wood stove, and there was a box of .22 rounds nearby, and I felt one of those paradoxical urges to throw it in. (I didn’t, of course.) But I’ve… --- ## [Dangerous Creatures of Lake Michigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-creatures-of-lake-michigan/361346)
**Author:** [@Humble\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humble_Servant)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-creatures-of-lake-michigan/361346 "2006-06-22T02:33:52Z")
Ignoring zebra mussels, e coli, asian carp and the like, are there, or have there ever been, any dangerous creatures lurking in Lake Michigan? I primarily mean creatures immediately dangerous to humans, such as sharks, … --- ## [Teabaggers mock man with Parkinson's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teabaggers-mock-man-with-parkinsons/533009)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 304\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teabaggers-mock-man-with-parkinsons/533009 "2010-03-30T19:24:20Z")
…and throw dollar bills at him. Stay classy, assholes. --- ## [Portable generators: how long can they run nonstop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portable-generators-how-long-can-they-run-nonstop/319962)
**Author:** [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portable-generators-how-long-can-they-run-nonstop/319962 "2005-09-08T02:58:57Z")
I’m talking about the small, portable, roughly $600 gas-powered, air-cooled generators sold at Home Depot, Lowe’s, Sears, etc. These are light-duty generators, making me wonder whether, if needed, one could keep them re… --- ## [Is the existence of a Creator just more sensical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-existence-of-a-creator-just-more-sensical/481867)
**Author:** [@CalD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalD)\ **Replies:** 347\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-existence-of-a-creator-just-more-sensical/481867 "2009-01-22T17:29:40Z")
I’m too scared to put this in GD for a couple of reasons: GD is full of super-heavyweights, which is a class I am not sure I’m in I don’t want to appear pretentious So let’s start it in here and see how we go. I beli… --- ## [Marley: Gun Grabber is not restricted to the Pit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-gun-grabber-is-not-restricted-to-the-pit/647086)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-gun-grabber-is-not-restricted-to-the-pit/647086 "2013-01-28T15:37:21Z")
Seriously. WTF is this about? I did not even call a poster a gun grabber. I used the term in an obviously generic sense, in much the same way as others might use “Gun Nut” “God Botherer”, “Anti-Abortion”, “Bleeding He… --- ## [NCIS, the worst successful show ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncis-the-worst-successful-show-ever/598985)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncis-the-worst-successful-show-ever/598985 "2014-10-14T15:38:49Z")
My cousin loves this turd. Why I have no idea. He is not a stupid guy. Maybe he has a thing for the girl on there. How I hate thee, let me count the ways: The most cardboard cast of characters ever assembled: The to… --- ## [Am I somehow in the wrong for doing this at Subway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-somehow-in-the-wrong-for-doing-this-at-subway/813089)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 347\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-somehow-in-the-wrong-for-doing-this-at-subway/813089 "2020-12-10T14:16:06Z")
There’s something I do in Subway I have never ever had a proper response to. Every time I ask it the people working immediately start stammering or look at me in complete confusion, and I’ve been to dozens of different S… --- ## [What's the deal with "legal" size paper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-legal-size-paper/571622)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-legal-size-paper/571622 "2019-07-11T21:48:10Z")
Why do they need that extra (depending on where you are) 2 - 4"? 11" isn’t good enough? --- ## [Creepiest non-creepy song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-non-creepy-song/501627)
**Author:** [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-non-creepy-song/501627 "2010-06-12T17:50:38Z")
I am at work and the easy listening station just played Hello by Lionel Ritchie. That song creeps me out. I mean, it’s not a creepy song like Thriller or even Somebody’s Watching Me or whatever. Maybe it’s the music v… --- ## [So, does Doc Martin have Asperger's Syndrome?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-doc-martin-have-aspergers-syndrome/507950)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-doc-martin-have-aspergers-syndrome/507950 "2018-11-09T04:37:30Z")
I don’t know how many people here watch this excellent British television series. It’s about a brilliant London surgeon who moves to a small village in Cornwall to become a GP. Trouble is, he sucks at bedside manner, a… --- ## [Do many women actually use strap-on dildos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-many-women-actually-use-strap-on-dildos/456310)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-many-women-actually-use-strap-on-dildos/456310 "2008-07-17T03:12:58Z")
I was enjoying an adult film the other day which involved a scene (as many lesbian films do nowadays) involving the use of a strap-on dildo by one woman on her partner. Many lesbian porn films feature strap-ons (which I… --- ## [When did 11 pt font become the standard over 12 pt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-11-pt-font-become-the-standard-over-12-pt/579798)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-11-pt-font-become-the-standard-over-12-pt/579798 "2011-04-30T23:04:35Z")
For the longest time I had the impression that 12 point font was “standard” for most documents, and many people still seem to have that impression. But nowadays Microsoft Word’s default font size is 11 pt (and the font i… --- ## [July like a rug! This month's mini rants.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251)
**Author:** [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-like-a-rug-this-months-mini-rants/790251 "2017-08-03T21:54:47Z")
Who arranged for my basement pump to die the evening of our heaviest rainstorm in months? --- ## [What makes one sushi chef better than another?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-one-sushi-chef-better-than-another/606694)
**Author:** [@doubled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doubled)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2012, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-one-sushi-chef-better-than-another/606694 "2012-07-29T06:57:44Z")
There’s a sushi place in japan called Sukiyabashi Jiro that’s supposed to be the best sushi in the world. Anthony Bordain has a segment on it: and there’s even a documentary coming out called “Jiro Dreams O… --- ## [Home Owners Association questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-owners-association-questions/552044)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-owners-association-questions/552044 "2010-09-04T02:27:26Z")
A friend of mine is being harassed by his local Home Owners Association for putting up a shed in his side yard and for building a fence extension on one side of his block wall (to shade his yard from the sun in the after… --- ## [Worst Tasting/Least Favorite Breakfast Cereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212 "2021-11-28T16:42:19Z")
I’m assuming worst tasting and least favorite would be the same for most folks, but who knows? Hot or cold… Some may take issue with this choice, but the worst cereal I ever tried was Peanut Butter Cap’n Crunch…40+ yea… --- ## [Did you ever write a letter to your favorite celebrity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-write-a-letter-to-your-favorite-celebrity/623901)
**Author:** [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-write-a-letter-to-your-favorite-celebrity/623901 "2012-07-10T21:08:04Z")
I just recently started a thread about celebrity encounters,so I thought now I’d tackle a slightly similar subject.The question I’m asking all of you is,did you ever have the courage to actually contact the person you mo… --- ## [Stephen Collins, say it ain't so!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-collins-say-it-aint-so/700654)
**Author:** [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-collins-say-it-aint-so/700654 "2014-10-15T23:45:29Z")
Except your wife secretly taped your confession during therapy sessions and released the tapes rather conveniently right now, during your extremely bitter divorce instead of when she first learned of the incidents. He’s… --- ## [VP Debates Thread, or "Beauty and the Beast"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vp-debates-thread-or-beauty-and-the-beast/267649)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 448\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vp-debates-thread-or-beauty-and-the-beast/267649 "2004-10-07T22:46:44Z")
I’ll be watching with trepidation tonight (he’ll be spending the night). I fear Cheney will chew up and spit out Edwards—I saw Edwards right after the Presidential debates, and he was stumbling all over himself at some p… --- ## [Handy sets of facts to memorize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handy-sets-of-facts-to-memorize/525548)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2010, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handy-sets-of-facts-to-memorize/525548 "2010-03-22T12:22:29Z")
Rote memorization gets a bum rap, but sometimes it can be useful. I’m glad I was made to memorize the times tables up to 12, for example; I can’t remember whether I knew exactly how the process of multiplication worked … --- ## [Equipose, we know you're a movie snob, get over yourself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874 "2012-09-10T05:21:48Z")
Once again, Equipose can’t help but criticize people for their heathen movie tastes. He’s taking people to task fo having audacity to complain that Broadway is following movie’s lead of retreading material. --- ## [Jesus gave up a weekend for our sins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-gave-up-a-weekend-for-our-sins/239244)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-gave-up-a-weekend-for-our-sins/239244 "2017-05-06T19:55:13Z")
Props to gobear for introducing me to this concept. I admit it’s made me think. Essentially if the Trinitarian view is taken when discussing Christ’s Passion and Resurrection, then what we are dealing with is an omnisc… --- ## [Eye Need Some Eyeball Puns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-need-some-eyeball-puns/475153)
**Author:** [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-need-some-eyeball-puns/475153 "2008-12-01T23:35:22Z")
And maypea pod puns too. So, TikkiSis’s birthday is coming up in a few days. I got her a card with a peapod full of eyeballs on the front. It’s delightfully surrealistic. Inside it says: For your birthday, I got you … --- ## [To some of the assholes at the local dog park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-some-of-the-assholes-at-the-local-dog-park/582499)
**Author:** [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-some-of-the-assholes-at-the-local-dog-park/582499 "2017-04-16T12:22:55Z")
You, you fucking cocksuck, why the fuck are you bringing your aggressive, un-neutered dog to an off-leash park? Was it a total lack of common sense? Or did you miss the large sign posted at the front gate warning that it… --- ## [Classist Wall Street occupiers refuse to share food, bridge gaps with marginalized homeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classist-wall-street-occupiers-refuse-to-share-food-bridge-gaps-with-marginalized-homeless/600956)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 263\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classist-wall-street-occupiers-refuse-to-share-food-bridge-gaps-with-marginalized-homeless/600956 "2011-11-05T03:25:42Z")
the OWS kitchen staff are resisting the efforts of the most vulnerable to better their diet and redress past inequities, as classism rears its ugly head. Through ruthless propaganda at the street hall meetings these priv… --- ## [Van der Sloot's killed again!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-der-sloots-killed-again/541683)
**Author:** [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-der-sloots-killed-again/541683 "2012-01-14T03:46:48Z")
The main suspect in the Natalee Holloway disappearance had a murdered young lady in his hotel room in Peru–:eek: http://cnn.com --- ## [cassandra peterson (elvira's) boobies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cassandra-peterson-elviras-boobies/270133)
**Author:** [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cassandra-peterson-elviras-boobies/270133 "2004-10-23T12:45:35Z")
i need a cite to prove to my fiance that elviras breasts are the real deal and not implants. anything would be a big help --- ## [Define 25% Travel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-25-travel/418192)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-25-travel/418192 "2007-09-10T22:18:54Z")
Would you say that 25% travel for a job is once every 3 months, on average? --- ## [Why do the male cows on "Back at the Barnyard" have udders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-male-cows-on-back-at-the-barnyard-have-udders/444194)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-male-cows-on-back-at-the-barnyard-have-udders/444194 "2008-04-08T14:41:25Z")
My kids are watching “Back at Barnyard” right now. I find it irritating to the point of distraction that the male cows have udders. Not only that but they don’t have horns. I believe the show has also sometimes shown nor… --- ## [ISIS captures Ramadi...now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-captures-ramadi-now-what/720328)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-captures-ramadi-now-what/720328 "2015-10-30T21:37:02Z")
I’m surprised by the lack of threads on this subject, especially right now when it looks like ISIS/ISIL is doing a major offensive push and putting them the closest they have been to the capital (less than 70 miles). :e… --- ## [Why didn't Art Garfunkel play any instruments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-art-garfunkel-play-any-instruments/614738)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-art-garfunkel-play-any-instruments/614738 "2023-04-24T06:17:25Z")
According to Wikipedia, Art Garfunkel is “a multi-instrumentalist \[who\] plays guitar, piano, and violin”. There’s certainly no shortage of evidence for this; in a 1998 interview on his own website he claims that he learn… --- ## [Why do my eyes smell like ass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-eyes-smell-like-ass/201152)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-eyes-smell-like-ass/201152 "2011-05-12T13:24:42Z")
Smell your fingers. Go on, smell 'em. Now rub your eyes for a few seconds. Smell 'em again. Notice the vaguely fecal odor?\[sup\]\*\[/sup\] What is that? I can understand the concept of the liquid in your eyes having a … --- ## [Can I Use My (American) Cell Phone in Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-my-american-cell-phone-in-canada/560027)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-my-american-cell-phone-in-canada/560027 "2010-11-10T15:54:30Z")
I’m going to Montreal for a few days next summer. Will I be able to use my cell phone (AT&T is my carrier) to call locally within Montreal (like for a cab or something)? How about to call home and talk to Mrs. Homie? An… --- ## [Faint natural gas smell: Should I worry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faint-natural-gas-smell-should-i-worry/383499)
**Author:** [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faint-natural-gas-smell-should-i-worry/383499 "2016-06-08T20:41:46Z")
Just moved into a tiny apartment in Manhattan. There is a faint odor of natural gas emanating from around the stove, but the pilot light seems to be working, as all four burners and the oven are operational. Being new … --- ## [April R, we need to talk. Well no, I need to talk. To you. Because I'm fed up.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-r-we-need-to-talk-well-no-i-need-to-talk-to-you-because-im-fed-up/729472)
**Author:** [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-r-we-need-to-talk-well-no-i-need-to-talk-to-you-because-im-fed-up/729472 "2015-09-06T19:30:21Z")
April, ypu dizzy bitch, you have gotten on my very last nerve with this happy horseshit. You make narcissism look like a positive character trait after witnessing your over the top, pathetic attention whoring. You walk… --- ## [Polish insult](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polish-insult/500802)
**Author:** [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polish-insult/500802 "2009-07-23T19:28:34Z")
How come there’s been no uproar about the insult to Polish people that was said by Will Ferrells character in the Land of the Lost movie? I don’t know the exact line, but it was something about the intelligence of Polish… --- ## [Example "Dangerous Trees" Certified Letter - Need Answer Fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/example-dangerous-trees-certified-letter-need-answer-fast/682091)
**Author:** [@Orionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orionizer)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/example-dangerous-trees-certified-letter-need-answer-fast/682091 "2014-02-25T18:10:07Z")
I have a neighbor that has a lot of trees that are dead. I’ve told them several times over the past 3-4 years about them, but they’ve done nothing about them. :mad: Over the recent snowstorm, one of them fell and is b… --- ## [Do you use the term "oak tag" or know what it means?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-the-term-oak-tag-or-know-what-it-means/574630)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-the-term-oak-tag-or-know-what-it-means/574630 "2017-12-24T01:04:22Z")
When I was a kid and I had some school project I had to do that required posterboard, my dad would always say, “let’s go to the store and we’ll get you some oak tag” or something along those lines. By “oak tag,” what he … --- ## [How to create a Message Board like SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-create-a-message-board-like-sdmb/91205)
**Author:** [@One\_Cell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_Cell)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2001, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-create-a-message-board-like-sdmb/91205 "2001-11-03T20:42:57Z")
Can anyone tell me how would I go about setting up a message board similar to Straightdope.com? and how much would it cost? Do I have to hire someone to run, monitor and maintain it? Is there a book: “starting and mainta… --- ## [AshenLady....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashenlady/570469)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashenlady/570469 "2011-02-11T16:13:39Z")
Today I went out and hugged a Muslim in your honor. It was fun :slight\_smile: --- ## [What are things Americans find rude that other cultures do not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-americans-find-rude-that-other-cultures-do-not/412670)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2007, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-americans-find-rude-that-other-cultures-do-not/412670 "2007-07-30T06:15:57Z")
There are long lists and a few books of things to avoid doing when around people of various nationalities or ethnicities: never show the bottom of your shoe/foot towards an Arab (it’s extremely disrespectful), do not exc… --- ## [Are male gynecologists professionals or perverts?--this guy says "Perverts!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-male-gynecologists-professionals-or-perverts-this-guy-says-perverts/508533)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-male-gynecologists-professionals-or-perverts-this-guy-says-perverts/508533 "2012-03-10T02:55:10Z")
It’s the same pastor who called for Obama to get brain cancer and die, but this is much funnier than that. On the plus side, maybe he’s okay with women becoming doctors, to save men from SIN! --- ## [Things NOT to say during sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-not-to-say-during-sex/734896)
**Author:** [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2016, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-not-to-say-during-sex/734896 "2016-12-12T09:36:34Z")
This time I want to be the woman Have you accepted Jesus yet? Whats that awful smell? etc etc --- ## [The more efficient way to build muscle: Reps or weight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-more-efficient-way-to-build-muscle-reps-or-weight/536414)
**Author:** [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-more-efficient-way-to-build-muscle-reps-or-weight/536414 "2011-03-22T20:09:39Z")
I think there might be a factual answer here, so that’s why I put it in GQ. If I’m looking to build muscle tone (I guess that’s the right term), is it more efficient to do several reps on a resistance that is quite a bi… --- ## [Help me think of songs similar to "Hey There Delilah"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-songs-similar-to-hey-there-delilah/411408)
**Author:** [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2013, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-songs-similar-to-hey-there-delilah/411408 "2013-04-14T05:39:06Z")
I am very taken with the song “Hey There Delilah” by the Plain White T’s. I want to put together a mix of similar songs of the same type of genre, which I think of as alternative-rock ballads, with just an acoustic guit… --- ## [How much did it cost (in 2004 dollars) to purchase a slave in the antebellum south?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-it-cost-in-2004-dollars-to-purchase-a-slave-in-the-antebellum-south/247980)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-it-cost-in-2004-dollars-to-purchase-a-slave-in-the-antebellum-south/247980 "2013-01-14T13:52:41Z")
Was reading this review in Salon Soul by Soul - Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market and wondered what a slave might cost in 2004 dollars. There was supposedly a huge price spike after the African slave trade was clo… --- ## [Ripped men and attractiveness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripped-men-and-attractiveness/487869)
**Author:** [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2012, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripped-men-and-attractiveness/487869 "2012-12-17T09:39:52Z")
Inspired partly by this thread to give it some counterbalance, but also by a conversation I overheard in the gym last night. If we men were to believe magazines and advertising as correct representations of reality we m… --- ## [Why don't they make People Kibble?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-people-kibble/48543)
**Author:** [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-people-kibble/48543 "2010-08-13T18:31:11Z")
I find myself getting jealous of my dogs. I mean, they’ve got this miracle foodstuff, that provides them with all the nutrition, fiber, vitamins, etc. that they need, and keeps their coat shiny and their teeth clean as w… --- ## [Prince Harry and Meghan "Quitting " royal family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-harry-and-meghan-quitting-royal-family/846139)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 330\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-harry-and-meghan-quitting-royal-family/846139 "2021-03-23T14:57:31Z")
And will spend a lot of time in North America mostly Canada Can’t say I blame them wanting a normal life [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=158&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=160&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)