# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1598&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:** 1599 --- ## [Wal-Mart clerk tries to kick my sister and her seeing eye dog out of the store.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-clerk-tries-to-kick-my-sister-and-her-seeing-eye-dog-out-of-the-store/190561)
**Author:** [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-clerk-tries-to-kick-my-sister-and-her-seeing-eye-dog-out-of-the-store/190561 "2003-07-27T23:07:05Z")
Some people’s lack of common sense just has me baffled. So, two of my sisters go to Wally World in Podunk, Oklahoma. One of my sisters has about 5 percent vision in her left eye. If you don’t know how much that is, clos… --- ## [What Makes Gourmet Food "Gourmet?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-gourmet-food-gourmet/588457)
**Author:** [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-gourmet-food-gourmet/588457 "2011-07-13T02:26:33Z")
Well, the the title pretty much asks the whole question, but to expand; At what point does a (for example) burger become gourmet? If I personally pick out, slaughter, grind, and cook my own meat to perfection, is it gou… --- ## [Was Christopher Columbus acting on any tips from prior travellers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-christopher-columbus-acting-on-any-tips-from-prior-travellers/939123)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-christopher-columbus-acting-on-any-tips-from-prior-travellers/939123 "2021-11-18T21:22:32Z")
Is there any credible evidence that Christopher Columbus was tipped off to the possibility of reaching “Asia” via the Atlantic from someone who had been there, e.g. Portugese fishermen or a source familiar with them? Or … --- ## [Public health expert advocates that the Rio Olympics be cancelled due to Zika virus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-health-expert-advocates-that-the-rio-olympics-be-cancelled-due-to-zika-virus/754737)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-health-expert-advocates-that-the-rio-olympics-be-cancelled-due-to-zika-virus/754737 "2016-05-19T03:25:06Z")
Between this, all the pollution, lack of infrastructure, and the fact that Brazil is a political powder keg, I can’t say I disagree with him. I personally think the Olympics should be discontinued anyway; they are a c… --- ## [Eggs + Microwave = Always a Bad Idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-microwave-always-a-bad-idea/613671)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-microwave-always-a-bad-idea/613671 "2012-02-25T03:03:34Z")
I’ve been taking my own advice from hereand bringing hard-boiled eggs to work with me on occasion. However, there’s a flaw in my system: frequently I’ll get to work, sit down at my desk … and that’s when I remember the e… --- ## [Dumbass "Keep America Safe" group attacks DOJ attorneys as terrorist sympathizers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-keep-america-safe-group-attacks-doj-attorneys-as-terrorist-sympathizers/531556)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-keep-america-safe-group-attacks-doj-attorneys-as-terrorist-sympathizers/531556 "2010-03-13T18:41:28Z")
http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped\_archive?month=03&year=2010&base\_name=another\_bush\_official\_defends Did these people sleep through grade-school Social Studies classes? --- ## [Rock & Roll Trivial Feud II (75 players)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-roll-trivial-feud-ii-75-players/435737)
**Author:** [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-roll-trivial-feud-ii-75-players/435737 "2008-02-06T15:10:34Z")
Rules, in case you are new to this: DON’T READ THE THREAD BEFORE YOU POST! Back by popular demand, since the debut album had 50 players in 6 hours, I give it another try with 75 players. Post your responses to the ques… --- ## [Broun: I'm not sayin' he's Hitler, but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broun-im-not-sayin-hes-hitler-but/472160)
**Author:** [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broun-im-not-sayin-hes-hitler-but/472160 "2008-11-13T16:50:07Z")
Georgia Congressman decides it would be a fantastic idea to stir up the nutbags just a little bit more. Peace Corps? That’s exactly what Hitler would do…heh, heh, heh, heh. --- ## [Skydiver doesn't want to jump - lawsuit feasibility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skydiver-doesnt-want-to-jump-lawsuit-feasibility/698372)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skydiver-doesnt-want-to-jump-lawsuit-feasibility/698372 "2014-09-21T11:15:59Z")
Say a skydiver signs all the legal waivers for a tandem jump, but while at 7,000 feet suddenly has second thoughts and begins flailing about frantically, screeching for two minutes, “No, I don’t want to jump after all! I… --- ## [Law: What is the penalty for slavery in the United States today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-what-is-the-penalty-for-slavery-in-the-united-states-today/602231)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-what-is-the-penalty-for-slavery-in-the-united-states-today/602231 "2011-11-09T00:52:34Z")
Everyone knows that slavery was, at one time, legal in the United States. There was a little conflict and slavery was made illegal. Given that slavery is now illegal in the US, it stands to reason that there is some me… --- ## [Generalizing the Evil Captor Rule.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generalizing-the-evil-captor-rule/527969)
**Author:** [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generalizing-the-evil-captor-rule/527969 "2010-02-10T16:31:07Z")
Because it came up in the case of Cesario and the pedophile thread. Would it make some sense to make a general rule of “Don’t drop the topic that obsesses you on every unrelated thread on the forums”? Or is it already … --- ## [A haunted TV in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-haunted-tv-in-the-mmp/827341)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-haunted-tv-in-the-mmp/827341 "2019-01-14T03:34:39Z")
It’s my first Moanday off on my new schedule. It has begun with the bedroom TV turning itself on 6 times within 30-ish minutes. WTF??? I’ve never really liked this TV anyway and now it’s giving me a reason to toss it. … --- ## [Birkenstocks (no lesbian jokes, please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkenstocks-no-lesbian-jokes-please/35531)
**Author:** [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2000, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkenstocks-no-lesbian-jokes-please/35531 "2000-10-05T16:32:44Z")
Yesterday I made purchase of a pair of Birkenstock clogs, the goofy-looking polyurethane ones popular among medical folk. (Trust me, to the med student, quality footwear can mean the difference between a good day and a w… --- ## [Warning: GTA IV for PC sucks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-gta-iv-for-pc-sucks/476860)
**Author:** [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-gta-iv-for-pc-sucks/476860 "2008-12-16T18:23:17Z")
Just a warning to any and all PC gamers out there. GTA IV, recently released for PC runs like a one-legged dog with a broken leg. It has it all: DRM, crapware, random crashes, glitches, et cetera. The install process is… --- ## [Any advice on having a \*ahem\* "special friend?" \](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advice-on-having-a-ahem-special-friend-slightly-adult-content/528883)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advice-on-having-a-ahem-special-friend-slightly-adult-content/528883 "2010-02-16T07:00:27Z")
So I moved to a new (smallish) town for school about 6 months ago, and found myself single about four months ago. I really am not at all interested in a serious relationship at this point, but I realized a few days ago t… --- ## [Why can't you pump your own gas in Oregon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-you-pump-your-own-gas-in-oregon/756350)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-you-pump-your-own-gas-in-oregon/756350 "2016-06-09T21:26:52Z")
Is this to artificially create jobs? Why not just set a state basic income and free people up to do more meaningful things? What’s the point of having someone stand around doing what any driver can do themselves? --- ## [What Happens When Fidel And Raul Die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-fidel-and-raul-die/658361)
**Author:** [@Jamie\_Gillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamie_Gillis)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-fidel-and-raul-die/658361 "2013-05-16T22:04:58Z")
Hello everyone. First post. Seriously though, how will the U.S. react when the Castro brothers are dead? Thank you in advance. --- ## [Successful/ known under both maiden and married name.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-known-under-both-maiden-and-married-name/629984)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-known-under-both-maiden-and-married-name/629984 "2012-08-07T06:12:06Z")
Needing to keep reputation earned with the original name has long been cited as a reason not to change your name after marriage. How many women have found success with both names? Victoria Beckham, as Victoria Adams. Ca… --- ## [Ginger snaps vs molasses cookies - what's the difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-snaps-vs-molasses-cookies-whats-the-difference/703997)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-snaps-vs-molasses-cookies-whats-the-difference/703997 "2014-11-12T03:32:25Z")
The last time I made ginger snaps, my husband said they were good, but they tasted more like molasses cookies. Just now, in search of another ginger snap recipe, I compared the ones I found to molasses cookie recipes - … --- ## [Ayn Rand―How bad could she really be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ayn-rand-how-bad-could-she-really-be/453299)
**Author:** [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ayn-rand-how-bad-could-she-really-be/453299 "2008-06-23T03:55:25Z")
I am not talking about her ideas. I mean her prose. Is it really as bad as I have heard? I do think I have ever heard a person praise her writing. Even the fans I have met have said her prose is just awful. --- ## [Can a government compel a business to raise its prices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-government-compel-a-business-to-raise-its-prices/632503)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-government-compel-a-business-to-raise-its-prices/632503 "2012-08-27T23:56:42Z")
There is a sandwich shop where I work that has really good prices. A few months back, they raised the prices a bit. A soda that was 1.00 is now 1.15. A luch for under $5 is not really a thing there anymore. Now I get in… --- ## [Aeon Flux (animated), why so bizzare?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeon-flux-animated-why-so-bizzare/339210)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeon-flux-animated-why-so-bizzare/339210 "2006-01-09T23:35:41Z")
I like most animated shows, but there’s just something…disturbingly weird about Aeon Flux, it almost seems unfollowable a cow-orker let me borrow his AE-F DVD’s as i remember the show as rather cool from the old MTV “Li… --- ## [Let's send Snapple some more "Fun Facts" for their bottle tops.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760 "2003-10-03T23:45:50Z")
Snapple puts what are supposed to be trivia facts on their bottle caps. I never thought anything of them until I saw Fun Fact# 230-- A duck’s quack doesn’t echo. So I’ve made up a list of some facts that I wish to send S… --- ## [How often are you contacted through this message board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-you-contacted-through-this-message-board/749469)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-you-contacted-through-this-message-board/749469 "2016-03-24T02:41:41Z")
I have been here at The Dope for 16 years (missed a '99 registration date by thatmuch!) and I have had a total of 14 private messages sent to me. I have seen people who have their Skype account linked to their SDMB profi… --- ## [New book for kids: ""Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-for-kids-help-mom-there-are-liberals-under-my-bed/322777)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-for-kids-help-mom-there-are-liberals-under-my-bed/322777 "2005-09-24T01:13:39Z")
I’m not making this up. I mean, if I did, it would be such an obvious (to the point of stupidity) heavy-handed parody of conservative paranoia. But damned if it ain’t real. It’s even on Amazon. Awww, how kyoooot!!! … --- ## [My daughter isn't making friends. What should I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-isnt-making-friends-what-should-i-do/574213)
**Author:** [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-isnt-making-friends-what-should-i-do/574213 "2011-03-14T03:30:19Z")
So, our daughter came to live with us last year. She was 6 and is now 7. When she first came, she didn’t want to make any friends as she didn’t really in her heart feel that this was permanent. Well, she has now accepte… --- ## [Can red and gray squirrels interbreed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-red-and-gray-squirrels-interbreed/305852)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-red-and-gray-squirrels-interbreed/305852 "2017-05-09T21:29:40Z")
I’ve spent most of my life living in wooded areas, so I can tell the difference between a red squirrel and a gray one at a glance… until this week. Something has come to eat seeds, and I’m not sure what it is. Well, it’… --- ## [Any other songs like "One Night in Bangkok" ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-songs-like-one-night-in-bangkok/398290)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-songs-like-one-night-in-bangkok/398290 "2007-04-04T15:06:35Z")
… Not so fast there, I mean, are there other songs that talk about a game, but don’t come out and spell it out? And by game I mean a ‘classic’ board game. --- ## [Languages of which you know at least 10 words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/languages-of-which-you-know-at-least-10-words/636932)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/languages-of-which-you-know-at-least-10-words/636932 "2012-10-12T14:01:01Z")
Not counting English (if you post on this MB, you know 10 words of English) or made-up languages (Klingon, Esperanto, etc.). For me: Americas: Lakota Europe: Spanish Portuguese French German Dutch Danish Norwegian … --- ## [I'm tired of irresponsible people hitting me on the road!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-irresponsible-people-hitting-me-on-the-road/615512)
**Author:** [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-irresponsible-people-hitting-me-on-the-road/615512 "2012-03-16T22:12:11Z")
I moved to Dallas nearly a year ago. Before that, I had only been in one minor collision when I was 17. In the past three or four months, I’ve been in two more minor collisions with people who shouldn’t be on the street … --- ## ["What's a normal sleep cycle?" Don't ask the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-normal-sleep-cycle-dont-ask-the-mmp/855235)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-normal-sleep-cycle-dont-ask-the-mmp/855235 "2020-06-15T02:51:45Z")
Good morning, Dopers and lurkers. It’s not even 5:30 am but the birds have been warming up their tunemakers for half an hour already. It is that murky predawn sky, but c’mon it’s not like the sun is up yet! I knew acade… --- ## [Capitalizing God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capitalizing-god/537534)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capitalizing-god/537534 "2010-04-28T04:56:46Z")
So, I wrote a little note on my facebook page the other day quoting Fox Mulder, I think, about the “When you talk to god it’s prayer, when god talks to you its schizophrenia”. A couple of days later, an old friend comme… --- ## [What is the source of the "I'm from the Internet!" photo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-source-of-the-im-from-the-internet-photo/539903)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-source-of-the-im-from-the-internet-photo/539903 "2010-05-19T23:20:28Z")
I recently saw the photo of a rather obese young man in full battle rattle with a caption that says “Don’t worry sir, I’m from the Internet!” What was the source of this photo? Thanks, Rob --- ## [Why do my cookies take 2x the minutes to cook as the recipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-cookies-take-2x-the-minutes-to-cook-as-the-recipe/487940)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-cookies-take-2x-the-minutes-to-cook-as-the-recipe/487940 "2009-03-02T14:38:35Z")
Why does it take twice as long for me to cook cookies as the recipes call for? My oven temp, by the way, IS accurate (that was the first thing I checked). It’s happened with both chocolate chip and oatmeal cookies. It… --- ## [Your Top 5 Elements from the Periodic Table of Elements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-elements-from-the-periodic-table-of-elements/700225)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-elements-from-the-periodic-table-of-elements/700225 "2014-10-03T20:52:30Z")
Okay, let me head the obvious off at the pass, no need to vote for Oxygen, Nitrogen, Carbon, those are givens :wink: So, what are your Favorite 5 from the PToE? (Bonus if you actually possess them) My top 5, in no part… --- ## [The proportional Electoral College](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proportional-electoral-college/771349)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proportional-electoral-college/771349 "2016-11-26T17:09:51Z")
Oft discussed threads in this forum ponder alternative voting systems and their effect on the success of third/minor parties. So for the sake of the exercise I have calculated what the EC might look like were the delega… --- ## [How do you impress your time-traveling visitor from 1978?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-impress-your-time-traveling-visitor-from-1978/460278)
**Author:** [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-impress-your-time-traveling-visitor-from-1978/460278 "2008-08-24T18:04:14Z")
They were actually aiming for the year 2000, but they misdialed the year on their cryogenic capsule. It happens. Anyhoo, they’re really eager to see all the amazing technological advances made in the last 30 years-- th… --- ## [Well, Looks Like This May Be One Of My Final Posts Here...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2007, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567 "2007-08-18T07:58:10Z")
…because I see no way that I’ll be surviving the next 24 hours. But before I meet my fate, let me tell you of how I stared down Death, and fucked up royally: I had just pulled a load of my daughter’s clothes from the dr… --- ## [The Feud: Stephen King by Candide \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2011, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170 "2011-04-20T12:34:58Z")
Object of the game: Give the most popular answer for each category. Rules: No reading the thread before answering. This is on the honor system. Formatting rules must be followed (see below). Joke answers will not be … --- ## [What stupid memories keep coming back to haunt you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-memories-keep-coming-back-to-haunt-you/475825)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-memories-keep-coming-back-to-haunt-you/475825 "2008-12-09T03:45:11Z")
I have one memory that upsets me every time it comes back. The plan is to share it on an online message board and hopefully it will lose it’s power. When I was younger I went to an apple farm. They had a policy where y… --- ## [Re: the closing of Czarcasm - why are you still a mod?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-closing-of-czarcasm-why-are-you-still-a-mod/593759)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-closing-of-czarcasm-why-are-you-still-a-mod/593759 "2011-08-24T20:44:04Z")
The last two posts in that thread were by \*\*C K Dexter Haven \*\*and Gary “Wombat” Robson, who closed the thread. The former said I have re-read the thread, and I can see no insults or unnecessarily agressive action by … --- ## [English long bow VS Oriental composite bow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-long-bow-vs-oriental-composite-bow/245700)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-long-bow-vs-oriental-composite-bow/245700 "2004-05-19T21:21:52Z")
For reasons unclear to me, the composite horn-wood-sinew bow widely used in the East never made it to Europe, at least not until after firearms made bows militarily obsolete. How did it compare as a weapon to the simple … --- ## [Energy needs of UNIVAC type computers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/energy-needs-of-univac-type-computers/993501)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/energy-needs-of-univac-type-computers/993501 "2023-12-31T21:02:09Z")
What are/were the energy needs of the old UNIVAC type computers verses, say, a new iMac? If the difference is a lot, how much less energy will future computers need? --- ## [Big pop culture landmarks of this decade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-pop-culture-landmarks-of-this-decade/492365)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-pop-culture-landmarks-of-this-decade/492365 "2009-04-10T20:51:57Z")
Hard to believe the first decade of the 2000s will be over in just a few months. I’m trying to think of the big styles, fashions, movies, songs, tv shows, etc, that people are going to remember 20 or 30 years from now. I… --- ## [How old were you/did you turn in 3rd grade?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-did-you-turn-in-3rd-grade/317711)
**Author:** [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-did-you-turn-in-3rd-grade/317711 "2005-08-21T17:49:47Z")
Tonight I learned that someone I know will be teaching 3rd grade this year. I commented that I couldn’t imagine her being in charge of a group of 9 year olds. Two friends then argued with me that her students would be … --- ## [Why did the 22nd Amendment pass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-22nd-amendment-pass/584288)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-22nd-amendment-pass/584288 "2011-06-04T21:57:32Z")
The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution prohibits a President from serving more than two terms. It was passed shortly after FDR’s four consecutive terms as President. Considering FDR’s four wins were all by comfortable … --- ## [14 year old "comes out"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-year-old-comes-out/690055)
**Author:** [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-year-old-comes-out/690055 "2014-06-09T21:10:30Z")
A 14 year old boy has declared that he was gay. Asked why, he couldn’t really place a finger on a specific reason to believe he is gay. He’s not sexually active and has never had a girlfriend or boyfriend in a romantic… --- ## [The English word 'Police' in common usage worldwide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-word-police-in-common-usage-worldwide/478270)
**Author:** [@Buran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buran)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-word-police-in-common-usage-worldwide/478270 "2008-12-25T23:18:33Z")
Just something that struck me when watching the news recently, on most footage of local police forces worldwide the officers/equipment have the word ‘Police’ in English either in addition to the word in their own languag… --- ## [What Type Are You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-are-you/524340)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-are-you/524340 "2010-01-15T06:23:24Z")
Literally! This website asks you four questions, in an amusing way I might add, and determines your typeface. I am Cooper Black Italic- something about being comfortable with my love handles! I like it- as the guy sa… --- ## [Who could use the Ring to successfully overthrow Sauron?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-use-the-ring-to-successfully-overthrow-sauron/847647)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-use-the-ring-to-successfully-overthrow-sauron/847647 "2020-03-22T16:26:00Z")
So I’m rereading LotR and reminding myself of various issues. I vaguely recalled that only folks like Galadriel, Gandalf, Saruman, and Elrond were threats to Sauron (of course, they’d become dark lords themselves, but l… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1597&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1599&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)