# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1593&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:** 1594 --- ## ["Give up your password." A Fifth Amendment violation or valid law enforcement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-up-your-password-a-fifth-amendment-violation-or-valid-law-enforcement/433756)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-up-your-password-a-fifth-amendment-violation-or-valid-law-enforcement/433756 "2009-03-01T02:53:56Z")
If a password is required to access your personal collection of computer files, can the government force you to reveal it? Or would that be self-incrimination and a violation of the 5th Amendment? Sebastien Boucher was… --- ## [How do you make real authentic Italian lasagna?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-real-authentic-italian-lasagna/386036)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-real-authentic-italian-lasagna/386036 "2006-12-30T23:23:41Z")
I know how to make regular American lasagna - my mom makes a good one. This is a horse of an entirely extremely different color. When I was in Florence we went to a very homestyle restaurant (La Galleria, near the Pont… --- ## [Houston police beating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-police-beating/570096)
**Author:** [@Kilmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilmore)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-police-beating/570096 "2011-02-05T21:29:21Z")
Here’s the video link. It’s pretty graphic. http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/13\_undercover&id=7936228 These guys are a total disgrace to police everywhere for the following reasons. The kid knew when to… --- ## [Explain Dungeons&Dragons to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-dungeons-dragons-to-me/634041)
**Author:** [@Scathach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scathach)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-dungeons-dragons-to-me/634041 "2012-09-12T15:19:27Z")
To be more clear - I’m aware of the generalities of how it works, I’ve played and enjoyed single player CRPGs like Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights and Planescape Torment, but I don’t understand how the face to face asp… --- ## [Wonder Pets : "The phone! the phone is ringing!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-pets-the-phone-the-phone-is-ringing/626840)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-pets-the-phone-the-phone-is-ringing/626840 "2012-09-29T12:56:51Z")
Piper Cub has discovered WonderPets, the most sacahrine child’s program known. In addition to the unbearable cuteness, it relies heavily on ear worms. what tune is the opening song, “The phone! the phone is ringing!”… --- ## [Half-naked children in restaurants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-naked-children-in-restaurants/380916)
**Author:** [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-naked-children-in-restaurants/380916 "2006-11-24T15:29:56Z")
While out to dinner at Olive Garden tonight, we noticed something odd at another table. There was a family out to dinner, with two girls. They appeared to be about ages 2 and 5. Both girls had removed their shirts. T… --- ## [Should we increase the age at which people become entitled to Medicare/SS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-increase-the-age-at-which-people-become-entitled-to-medicare-ss/647303)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-increase-the-age-at-which-people-become-entitled-to-medicare-ss/647303 "2013-01-16T17:46:00Z")
Should we gradually increase the age at which you can receive your SS/Medicare benefits to, say, age 70 by, say, 2020? This is really general question, but it remains controversial. It seems like a good idea to me, but… --- ## [Military bars & underage soldiers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-bars-underage-soldiers/271351)
**Author:** [@Hadrian0117](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hadrian0117)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-bars-underage-soldiers/271351 "2004-10-29T13:39:02Z")
In the US the drinking age is 21 in the 50 states and Washington DC, but you only have to be 17 to join the military. So can servicemembers 17-20 drink in bars/canteens on military bases? I know Navy ships are dry but … --- ## [Management types - help me solve a workplace problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/management-types-help-me-solve-a-workplace-problem/566576)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/management-types-help-me-solve-a-workplace-problem/566576 "2011-01-07T13:42:48Z")
I’m going to be purposely vague, but I think you’ll have enough info to understand the situation. The workplace: a hundred or so employees, which I will divide into ‘professionals’ and ‘non-professionals’. The pro/non-p… --- ## [North of the north pole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954)
**Author:** [@buddyholly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddyholly)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954 "2007-02-03T16:02:26Z")
What is the north of the north pole? --- ## [50+50-25x0+2+2=?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-50-25x0-2-2/948423)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-50-25x0-2-2/948423 "2021-08-15T16:35:26Z")
Why is the answer 104? My brain tells me it’s 4? --- ## [Why aren't Asian men sexy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-asian-men-sexy/36591)
**Author:** [@Turpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turpentine)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2000, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-asian-men-sexy/36591 "2000-10-20T23:56:36Z")
Yeah, in that tv vs. real life thread, Jovius’s remarks made me wonder- Why is it that Asian women are all portrayed as so beautiful and exotic, and it’s all the rage these days to have a fetish for them, yet the media… --- ## [How can this be right? \[child support\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-this-be-right-child-support/639652)
**Author:** [@squeekster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeekster)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-this-be-right-child-support/639652 "2012-11-03T15:14:42Z")
First off, if this is in the wrong place, please move it. Thanks. I have 2 friends who got divorced. There is a child from the marriage. They had an equal custody divorce. The father never offered any help by way of… --- ## [Can someone explain this phenomenon \[problem seeing glow in the dark stickers\]?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-phenomenon-problem-seeing-glow-in-the-dark-stickers/628653)
**Author:** [@Crab007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab007)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-phenomenon-problem-seeing-glow-in-the-dark-stickers/628653 "2012-07-19T17:54:19Z")
I have recently put these little glow in the dark stickers around my house, to see where key points are in case the power goes out, like torches, doorways what not. Now I have found, standing there in the dark, that the … --- ## [First commandment - suggestion of polytheism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-commandment-suggestion-of-polytheism/401238)
**Author:** [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-commandment-suggestion-of-polytheism/401238 "2007-04-26T21:51:39Z")
I was glancing at the ten commandments the other day in front of the local city offices and it occured to me that it says “Thou shalt have no other gods before me,” not “Thou shalt have ho other gods.” This to me suggest… --- ## [Why don't red lights function as alternating stop signs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-red-lights-function-as-alternating-stop-signs/819910)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-red-lights-function-as-alternating-stop-signs/819910 "2018-08-29T17:43:30Z")
My son asked me this question the other day and I don’t have an answer. (Perhaps it belongs in IMHO, but I’m guessing that traffic issues are studied enough such that the answer should be known. Perhaps not.) His idea i… --- ## [Have we gained anything by banning "cowboys & indians"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-gained-anything-by-banning-cowboys-indians/580750)
**Author:** [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2011, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-gained-anything-by-banning-cowboys-indians/580750 "2011-05-08T10:55:31Z")
Beginning in the Seventies, there was a concerted effort by moms in America to make sure that their boys never played with toy guns. No games of “Army” or “Cowboys & Indians”. Many banned little green soldiers and GI J… --- ## [When leaders from 2 non-English speaking countries meet, what language do they speak?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-leaders-from-2-non-english-speaking-countries-meet-what-language-do-they-speak/672404)
**Author:** [@lazarus86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazarus86)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-leaders-from-2-non-english-speaking-countries-meet-what-language-do-they-speak/672404 "2015-06-02T20:31:31Z")
Say the leaders of Japan and China meet, and they have a tense history and territorial dispute. Obviously the members from their respective countries want to hear what they’re saying. But what language do they speak? D… --- ## [Portent of the end for Walker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portent-of-the-end-for-walker/731030)
**Author:** [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portent-of-the-end-for-walker/731030 "2015-09-22T16:10:29Z")
Scott Walker pulls out of California Republican event Walker’s campaign has been foundering and floundering since the last FOX News Republican debate and he is seemingly in free-fall in the polls. With his constant mi… --- ## [Why half-life and 1 standard devation = 68%?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-half-life-and-1-standard-devation-68/587710)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2011, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-half-life-and-1-standard-devation-68/587710 "2011-07-05T11:12:05Z")
I know what both a half-life and a standard deviation are, but I’m curious about the “why” underlying them: why is the half-life considered the key measure as opposed to, say, the 99.9th-life (the point at which 99.9% … --- ## [Does any industrialized nation allow "competing currencies"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-industrialized-nation-allow-competing-currencies/600122)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-industrialized-nation-allow-competing-currencies/600122 "2011-10-20T18:08:12Z")
As mentioned in this thread, it’s a belief of Ron Paul and his cronies that legal tender laws should be abolished and anyone should be allowed to set up their own currency. I’m rather baffled by this idea, as I can’t th… --- ## [Interesting observation about female attractiveness and gender obsession.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-observation-about-female-attractiveness-and-gender-obsession/679596)
**Author:** [@kstarnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kstarnes)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-observation-about-female-attractiveness-and-gender-obsession/679596 "2014-01-25T22:10:34Z")
Generally speaking, as I was researching for the 2013 nominations for the most attractive female journalist I noticed that the there is an inverse relationship between attractiveness and how much gender and feminism figu… --- ## [My son will never see the Gulf Coast the way I did.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-will-never-see-the-gulf-coast-the-way-i-did/538165)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-will-never-see-the-gulf-coast-the-way-i-did/538165 "2010-06-07T03:48:32Z")
I just find that incredibly sad. The Gulf Coast has been declining for decades, of course. The insistence of people building gigantic condos on the beach, wiping out dune and wetland habitat, has seen to that. But the… --- ## [How does lightning "know" the shortest path to the earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-lightning-know-the-shortest-path-to-the-earth/629077)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-lightning-know-the-shortest-path-to-the-earth/629077 "2012-07-24T02:53:37Z")
I recognize that its final path may not be the absolute shortest, but it’s awfully close. You never see lightning go parallel to ground, for example (or, do you?). So how does it “know” which direction to take, and follo… --- ## [DEA Agent Creates Fake Facebook Page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dea-agent-creates-fake-facebook-page/701404)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dea-agent-creates-fake-facebook-page/701404 "2014-10-22T04:17:32Z")
The latest Stupid Police Trick – online identity theft: Now that the case has become public knowledge, it is “under review by Justice Department officials”. I’m not holding my breath waiting for Sinnigen to be punished… --- ## [Firearm discharge by a cop: "paperwork?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firearm-discharge-by-a-cop-paperwork/705250)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firearm-discharge-by-a-cop-paperwork/705250 "2014-11-23T03:57:20Z")
It’s a worn-out trope in cop shows, at least the realistic procedurals, that the worst part of actually discharging a firearm is some inhumanly large amount of paperwork. I believe that; I am just curious what this paper… --- ## [Wow, George Takei just came out.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259)
**Author:** [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259 "2005-10-30T04:56:45Z")
In Frontiers magazine: Just to keep you up to date. Unless I’m grievously mistaken, he’s the first regular Trek cast member (any series) to come out. Anyhow, I predict a lot of conference bookings in the very near fut… --- ## [600 yrs of human selective breeding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/600-yrs-of-human-selective-breeding/148984)
**Author:** [@rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rabbit)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/600-yrs-of-human-selective-breeding/148984 "2003-01-18T03:43:30Z")
Was watching a program on the history of the spartans, and it got me wondering if the 600 or so years that the Spartans were doing their “survival of the fittest” thing (including exposing their newborns to the elements,… --- ## [Best/worst celebrity career management](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-celebrity-career-management/362217)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-celebrity-career-management/362217 "2006-06-28T18:53:30Z")
Some actors are very BAD at managing their careers, or at choosing people to do so for them. A prime example is David Caruso, whose head was so swelled after one year at the lead of \*\*NYPD Blue \*\* that he bugged out on h… --- ## [Was Clarence Thomas unqualified to be nominated to the Supreme Court?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-clarence-thomas-unqualified-to-be-nominated-to-the-supreme-court/460684)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-clarence-thomas-unqualified-to-be-nominated-to-the-supreme-court/460684 "2008-08-23T19:52:53Z")
George H.W. Bush could have nominated Bozo the Clown to the Supreme Court in 1991 and gotten him confirmed. Bush was coming off his post Gulf War I victory and enjoying high approval ratings. Unfortunately, Clarence Tho… --- ## [It's Official - "Saving Jesssica Lynch"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-saving-jesssica-lynch/193565)
**Author:** [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-saving-jesssica-lynch/193565 "2003-08-17T04:08:08Z")
Here we have it. http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/06/television.lynch.reut/index.html They have found some Canadian actress I’ve never heard of, who starred in a film I never heard of, to portray this poor kid tha… --- ## [I pit people who care for 'cute' animals over human suffering (weak)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-care-for-cute-animals-over-human-suffering-weak/407265)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-care-for-cute-animals-over-human-suffering-weak/407265 "2007-06-12T03:27:25Z")
Weak rant… but godammit! Prosthetic dolphin tail? WTF? What the fuck is wrong with people? OK, good for the dolphin. But why aren’t these people helping with the numerous problems facing actual humans these days. It’s… --- ## [Do you prefer your SF with aliens or without?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-sf-with-aliens-or-without/692903)
**Author:** [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-sf-with-aliens-or-without/692903 "2014-07-21T23:52:10Z")
I write science fiction and I was thinking about it the other day and only one of my books features living aliens. A couple have the remains of long-dead alien civilizations, but only one has aliens and those aliens are… --- ## [Need April Fools workplace gag (that won't get me sent to HR)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-april-fools-workplace-gag-that-wont-get-me-sent-to-hr/716025)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-april-fools-workplace-gag-that-wont-get-me-sent-to-hr/716025 "2015-04-01T12:52:47Z")
Last year I circulated an e-mail that the IRS, combatting abuse of non-taxable perks such as dinners, junkets, etc.; has instituted new rules requiring everyone to log every cup of coffee and cookies they take from the b… --- ## [Abu Ghraib was awful, I had no idea that worse things happened in the US.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abu-ghraib-was-awful-i-had-no-idea-that-worse-things-happened-in-the-us/416613)
**Author:** [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abu-ghraib-was-awful-i-had-no-idea-that-worse-things-happened-in-the-us/416613 "2007-08-24T17:05:20Z")
http://tv-links.co.uk/listings/9/4758 Those that have a strong opinion should watch, then post. Discussion should only include those that have reviewed the video that I linked to, otherwise, it’s just wild speculation,… --- ## [Vandalizing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial does your cause no good, fucker!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandalizing-the-vietnam-veterans-memorial-does-your-cause-no-good-fucker/419535)
**Author:** [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandalizing-the-vietnam-veterans-memorial-does-your-cause-no-good-fucker/419535 "2007-09-18T21:58:11Z")
Oily substance splashed over the memorial. Initially park police were cagey about calling it vandalism, but are now clearly saying that it was. Now, I’d like to call this an isolated act of an isolated loon - but I rea… --- ## [parking in someone's driveway.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-in-someones-driveway/561256)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-in-someones-driveway/561256 "2010-11-20T01:43:30Z")
I know that it’a illegal to park your car in someone’s driveway. I wonder if it’s illegal to block your own driveway. What I’m talking about is parking a car accross the street entrance to a private driveway. My (ex) ne… --- ## ["Bobby's World" Accent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobbys-world-accent/172779)
**Author:** [@gypsymoth3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsymoth3)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobbys-world-accent/172779 "2003-05-10T04:21:38Z")
does anybody remember this old cartoon? you know that funny accent his mom had? what is that? my sister says one of her professors talks kinda like that. --- ## [(Perhaps Surprising) Things That Make a Girl Sexy To You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074)
**Author:** [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2001, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074 "2001-10-08T21:11:08Z")
Equal time, boys, equal time. I’ll start with one I hear from no other men. I like a small, dainty, milky-white…wrist. I love to look at, to hold, to lightly squeeze a woman’s wrist, and to lightly massage the inside of… --- ## [Is Israel's killing of Hamas leaders a good strategy in the long run?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-israels-killing-of-hamas-leaders-a-good-strategy-in-the-long-run/240636)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-israels-killing-of-hamas-leaders-a-good-strategy-in-the-long-run/240636 "2004-04-23T21:01:09Z")
Per the story linked below, other government’s are generally dismayed with Israel’s targeting and killing of Hamas leaders as being unhelpful and provocative in solving the terror issue. Are Israel’s selective targeting … --- ## [Best alternatives to gmail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-alternatives-to-gmail/573955)
**Author:** [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-alternatives-to-gmail/573955 "2011-03-11T23:42:18Z")
Google is now demanding that I link my Google and YouTube accounts and that I give them my phone number. That ain’t gonna happen. I suppose the next step is that they start demanding a phone number to access gmail accou… --- ## [Biweekly or semi-monthly payroll - which do you prefer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biweekly-or-semi-monthly-payroll-which-do-you-prefer/618780)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biweekly-or-semi-monthly-payroll-which-do-you-prefer/618780 "2012-04-15T14:33:37Z")
The company I work for was recently acquired by another company. As part of the acquisition, we moved from our payroll system, which was semi-monthly, to their system, which is biweekly. Now while I realize it’s just a … --- ## [Anger over 9th and 10th Amendments: Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anger-over-9th-and-10th-amendments-why/496989)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anger-over-9th-and-10th-amendments-why/496989 "2009-05-22T18:57:58Z")
Lately, some of the folks who are steamed at president Obama are accusing him of violating the 10th and/or 9th amendments of the US Constitution. I looked them both up, but I couldn’t figure out what they are angry about… --- ## [sarah jessica parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-jessica-parker/364680)
**Author:** [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-jessica-parker/364680 "2006-07-24T21:16:33Z")
Can anyone please tell me what is so great about this woman? Can someone please list some redeeming qualities she has other than “Sex in the city” struck a chord by portraying philandering, professional women, implying … --- ## [Good Ideas Killed By Association](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-ideas-killed-by-association/706552)
**Author:** [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-ideas-killed-by-association/706552 "2014-12-15T19:02:28Z")
Being a bit of an American history buff, I’ve often read about states’ rights. The context is usually negative, typically involving slavery and civil rights. Thing is, I think states’ rights is a great idea. Cogent argu… --- ## [Who was the first Playboy Magazine featured centerfold "Playmate" with implants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549 "2006-10-07T19:46:10Z")
Just curious. The Playboy Magazine of my youth in the 70’s seemed to be mostly natural women, but many of the ladies in the 80’s forward seemed to be quite obviously silicone stuffed and enhanced. When did this trend st… --- ## [Washington, Jefferson & hemp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-jefferson-hemp/520887)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-jefferson-hemp/520887 "2018-07-08T01:24:50Z")
linky: Did George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grow marijuana? - The Straight Dope It seem pretty obvious to me that the Founding Fathers were trying to grow a fiber crop. My question is, just when did Europeans beco… --- ## [What is the dumbest wedding music you've ever heard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898)
**Author:** [@hyperspaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyperspaz)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898 "2015-02-07T00:39:02Z")
Several weeks ago, we attended a wedding where the bride walked down the aisle to the Morris Albert song “Feelings.” Lyrics can been seen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyBcHUe4WeQ Aside from the weirdness of hea… --- ## [What should a new U.S. motto be? (instead of "In God We Trust")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080 "2023-09-02T15:27:58Z")
A recent Pit thread about Louisiana requiring the above national motto to be displayed on all school classroom walls (presumably only publicly funded schools, but I don’t think that point was raised in the part of the th… --- ## [Encores at concerts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encores-at-concerts/838661)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encores-at-concerts/838661 "2019-09-01T08:36:39Z")
I can’t remember a concert that I’ve been to, other than opening acts, where the headliner didn’t do an encore. You know where the performer ends the performance says “thank you” and they all leave the stage. The audie… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1592&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1594&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)