# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1606&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:** 1607 --- ## [What is the "21 foot rule?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-21-foot-rule/745119)
**Author:** [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-21-foot-rule/745119 "2016-02-11T19:32:54Z")
So I read this article http://news.sky.com/story/1633328/scots-police-teach-us-cops-how-to-avoid-gun-use) and there’s a part I don’t understand. This doesn’t really seem to tie in to the rest of the article. If it is … --- ## [Poems or lines that bring a lump to your throat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poems-or-lines-that-bring-a-lump-to-your-throat/102618)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2002, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poems-or-lines-that-bring-a-lump-to-your-throat/102618 "2002-04-13T11:15:40Z")
What’s your favourite saddest lines/poems that invariably set your waterworks going or put a lump the size of a baseball in your throat? Mine’s: Judgement is simply trying to reject A part of what we are, because it h… --- ## [Hygiene in the 1700's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hygiene-in-the-1700s/707203)
**Author:** [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2018, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hygiene-in-the-1700s/707203 "2018-04-23T12:24:19Z")
How often did people in the 1700’s in America and Europe wash their hair in the 1700’s --- ## [Ways of making a point that make you instantly lose interest in a thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-of-making-a-point-that-make-you-instantly-lose-interest-in-a-thread/537738)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-of-making-a-point-that-make-you-instantly-lose-interest-in-a-thread/537738 "2010-05-07T01:30:10Z")
I can be happily following a thread and the someone comes in and posts: What you are saying is: Inaccurate summation of what they are saying with bonus erroneous comparisons. And then a list of dot points. Followed b… --- ## [What does international law say about supplying electricity and water to Gaza?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-international-law-say-about-supplying-electricity-and-water-to-gaza/693455)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-international-law-say-about-supplying-electricity-and-water-to-gaza/693455 "2014-07-21T02:04:23Z")
As I understand it, Israel supplies a significant fraction of Gaza’s electricity and water. (Less than half, though). Prof. Avi Bell, a “Senior Fellow,” at the Kohelet Policy Forum, as well as a law professor at the San… --- ## [President Obama will be on the Tonight Show Thursday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-will-be-on-the-tonight-show-thursday/489644)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-will-be-on-the-tonight-show-thursday/489644 "2009-03-21T03:23:45Z")
Obama to appear on ‘Tonight Show’ Thursday This is good. It’s unusual, but it’s a great way to reach average Americans who don’t read political web sites or watch the whiny blow hards on the Sunday morning “news” shows… --- ## [What is the first song you (would) play on new speakers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-song-you-would-play-on-new-speakers/539390)
**Author:** [@Pseudocode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pseudocode)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2010, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-song-you-would-play-on-new-speakers/539390 "2010-05-20T11:15:13Z")
My new speakers arrived today, and I pondered a question that I have never before had the pleasure of pondering: What do I play first? Serious speakers deserve a serious consideration of inaugural music. Do I pick some… --- ## [I have too many books. Help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-too-many-books-help/600732)
**Author:** [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-too-many-books-help/600732 "2011-10-31T21:16:36Z")
This house is full of books. The room I’m in now has bookcases along every wall and most of them are double stacked. There are bookcases in the living room and the dining room. There are books in the kitchen. There ar… --- ## [Why does the sky look like a dome?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-sky-look-like-a-dome/482822)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-sky-look-like-a-dome/482822 "2009-01-25T13:50:04Z")
I mean, it’s not as if it’s a solid, curved object. Thoughts, anyone? --- ## [Questions about minor league baseball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-minor-league-baseball/622463)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-minor-league-baseball/622463 "2012-05-27T14:49:58Z")
I just attended a minor league game (AA), and some questions occurred to me. In no particular order: How much do the players generally get paid, at the various levels? Is it all according to some scale, or do contrac… --- ## [Non-biological parents: please share your stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-biological-parents-please-share-your-stories/532605)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-biological-parents-please-share-your-stories/532605 "2010-03-18T02:15:47Z")
By “non-biological,” I mean adoptive parents and step-parents, and also persons raising, say, nieces & nephews, cousins, grandchildren, etc… If you feel yourself to be the parent of a person who is not your genetic chil… --- ## [Was Antarctica Ever Inhabited By Humans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-antarctica-ever-inhabited-by-humans/192536)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-antarctica-ever-inhabited-by-humans/192536 "2003-08-03T01:17:18Z")
A few years back, a University of Connecticut archaeologist was doing some work in the Falkland Islans…he had found evidence of human habitation , from 5-6000 years ago. Now, the Falkland Islands are more than 300 miles … --- ## [are homeless people allowed to go to war?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-homeless-people-allowed-to-go-to-war/588287)
**Author:** [@chowching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowching)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-homeless-people-allowed-to-go-to-war/588287 "2011-07-13T21:50:14Z")
I mean beggars. Those people who sleeps in rags and always ask for spare change. I’ve seen a lot lately and it makes me ask a lot of questions. If a war broke, are they allowed to join the army? And if they are allowed, … --- ## [What do you spare no expense with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-spare-no-expense-with/432017)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-spare-no-expense-with/432017 "2008-01-11T06:13:18Z")
Sure you may buy the cheapest kind of x or get whatever y is on sale…but what do you never cheapen out on? What are you willing to pay more or even a lot more for to get a better product of? This topic was made a few mo… --- ## [Who are some of your favorite Classical or Pop Sopranos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491 "2013-11-01T19:20:23Z")
They are called the voices of the Angels. I find the purity of the soprano voice relaxing after a stressful day. I can’t stay in a foul mood for long when they sing. It helps that sopranos no longer come in 350 lb packa… --- ## [Why not move tax day to Oct. 15?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-move-tax-day-to-oct-15/702334)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-move-tax-day-to-oct-15/702334 "2014-11-02T15:26:09Z")
Republicans often joke that if election day was Apr. 15, they’d never lose an election. But while you can’t move election day, you can move tax day. And in an era when Democrats are doing everything they can to set the e… --- ## [The Amazing Race - 4.4.10 (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-4-10-open-spoilers/534968)
**Author:** [@Southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southpaw)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-4-10-open-spoilers/534968 "2010-04-06T13:52:10Z")
Random thoughts (for mouseover): Dan/Jordan didn’t bicker; Louie is out of shape; Brent/Caite are still annoying and can leave my TV screen any time now. Now on to the show: Good leg from the Cowbros. The early bunch… --- ## [First Post: Funeral Processions In South: Am I Only One Who Keeps On Moving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-funeral-processions-in-south-am-i-only-one-who-keeps-on-moving/746234)
**Author:** [@shyguylh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shyguylh)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-funeral-processions-in-south-am-i-only-one-who-keeps-on-moving/746234 "2016-02-23T09:18:00Z")
This is my first post. I’m trying this place out coming from another place (ahem, CData) which, to me, is way too heavy-handed with the level of moderation. I like to debate the issues passionately, not looking to be ugl… --- ## ["Difficult" Languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficult-languages/594524)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficult-languages/594524 "2011-09-03T21:17:02Z")
When people are considering learning or discussing foreign languages, there are frequently assessments made that such-and-such language is an easy language to learn versus such-and-such other language being harder. My qu… --- ## [Do supermarket customers have an obligation to bag their own groceries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-supermarket-customers-have-an-obligation-to-bag-their-own-groceries/118296)
**Author:** [@Church\_Key\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Church_Key_Kid)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2002, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-supermarket-customers-have-an-obligation-to-bag-their-own-groceries/118296 "2002-07-17T01:39:06Z")
Do you think that you have an obligation to bag your own groceries at the supermarket? The grocery store I go to does have baggers, however many times there is not a bagger at the register I am at. This means that the c… --- ## [How Do You Feel About The CHAZ / Seattle Take Over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-the-chaz-seattle-take-over/855551)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-the-chaz-seattle-take-over/855551 "2020-08-10T16:33:11Z")
Depending on your political slant and newsource of choice this is either a hostile domestic terrorist takeover of a portion of Seattle, a peaceful commune/street festival or something in between. Living in the midwest, … --- ## [What was the earliest published song with the f-word?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-earliest-published-song-with-the-f-word/540263)
**Author:** [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-earliest-published-song-with-the-f-word/540263 "2011-02-28T23:25:20Z")
Yesterday while I was out mowing my MP3 player shuffled onto a Marylin Manson cover of “Working Class Hero.” I wasn’t familiar with the song and figured it was a cover, and traced it back with John Lennon in 1970. Grea… --- ## [With the naked eye, can one identify a comet that might impact earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-the-naked-eye-can-one-identify-a-comet-that-might-impact-earth/508776)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2009, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-the-naked-eye-can-one-identify-a-comet-that-might-impact-earth/508776 "2009-09-10T05:33:27Z")
Say you’re the Professor on Gilligan’s Island. You have a thorough knowledge of orbital mechanics, but don’t have a telescope or computer. One day in the sky, you spot a comet. Over many months, you track and record its … --- ## [Trump firing Nielsen, head of homeland security](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-firing-nielsen-head-of-homeland-security/824459)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-firing-nielsen-head-of-homeland-security/824459 "2019-04-09T12:41:56Z")
another day another cabinet member axed. Need a database to keep track of them all. --- ## [The 1960s Food Shortage & Overpopulation Scare?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1960s-food-shortage-overpopulation-scare/766032)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1960s-food-shortage-overpopulation-scare/766032 "2021-10-01T01:40:36Z")
Although this is before my time, I do recall seeing clips of hippies from the 1960s concerned about overpopulation and mass food shortages. Recently, I was speaking to an economics major who said “yeah, that was our \[ec… --- ## [Rumsfeld's Iraq Options in Leaked Memo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumsfelds-iraq-options-in-leaked-memo/382617)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumsfelds-iraq-options-in-leaked-memo/382617 "2006-12-10T21:25:51Z")
See: Rumsfeld’s Memo of Options for Iraq War - The New York Times Looks like some good ideas. Whaddya ya’ll think? I found this one particularly innovative: I’m surprised we’re not already doing that. --- ## [Should this veterinarian lose her license to practice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-veterinarian-lose-her-license-to-practice/718833)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-veterinarian-lose-her-license-to-practice/718833 "2015-05-02T07:45:24Z")
Sidewalk Dogis a Twin Cities based service which provides a directory of events, places, and services for the urban dog. It’s been good to find out what stores allows dogs or restaurants with pup friendly patios, and all… --- ## [A preemptive Thanksgiving rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-preemptive-thanksgiving-rant/276312)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2004, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-preemptive-thanksgiving-rant/276312 "2004-11-27T07:06:23Z")
This rant is directed to many various and sundry sub-par chefs, but mainly to my girlfriend’s sister, with whom I’ll be spending the holiday. Stuffing should contain no meat. Period. There’s a reason it’s called bread s… --- ## [Recreational outrage Dan Patrick's tweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208 "2016-06-21T13:10:57Z")
I am breaking my self imposed post exile from posting anything remotely resembling substance or a rant or remotely personal on SDMB because I’m so fucking pissed at Texas Governor Dan Patrick and had to quickly vent: Yo… --- ## [Yes. Because I'm gay I'm just a cum-dripping manwhore. Nice to know.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-because-im-gay-im-just-a-cum-dripping-manwhore-nice-to-know/175248)
**Author:** [@Potter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potter)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-because-im-gay-im-just-a-cum-dripping-manwhore-nice-to-know/175248 "2003-05-21T03:12:32Z")
Old-Fart Doctor: Well, Mr. Potter, you’ll be glad to hear all tests came back negative. Me: Yes? w00t! OFD: But I think we need to have a chat about preventing the need for such tests in the future. Me: Uh, sure? OFD… --- ## [Is there anyone else who'd rather stay in a chain hotel than a B&B?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-else-whod-rather-stay-in-a-chain-hotel-than-a-b-b/462316)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-else-whod-rather-stay-in-a-chain-hotel-than-a-b-b/462316 "2008-09-10T19:31:50Z")
I don’t like B&Bs. You wouldn’t believe how many people think I’m weird when I say this. I was told today that “You must just like blandness”, which isn’t true, though I do like guaranteed quality. Yes, I know they’r… --- ## [If your parents had arranged your marriage, do you think they would've done a good job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-parents-had-arranged-your-marriage-do-you-think-they-wouldve-done-a-good-job/580364)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-parents-had-arranged-your-marriage-do-you-think-they-wouldve-done-a-good-job/580364 "2011-05-03T17:13:28Z")
I recently told someone that I am grateful I was not born in an era, social status, or culture that practices forced and/or arranged marriages because I know my mother, and she would’ve chosen the sorriest sumbitch she c… --- ## [Are Mormons Protestant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mormons-protestant/808087)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mormons-protestant/808087 "2018-02-26T20:10:25Z")
This is spinning off from a thread about evangelical Christians over on GQ. Are Mormons Protestant? Do they consider themselves Protestant? I’m neither Protestant nor Mormon and may not understand the theological issue… --- ## [Ideas for a 40th birthday surprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-a-40th-birthday-surprise/438732)
**Author:** [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-a-40th-birthday-surprise/438732 "2008-06-25T16:48:49Z")
I want to do something really cool for Mrs. Rainy’s 40th b-day coming up. I’m thinking a big surprise party with a bunch of her friends invited would be a blast. If I do that I’d definitely want a theme, something fun … --- ## [How common is it to have your crossed legs twitch in because of your pulse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-it-to-have-your-crossed-legs-twitch-in-because-of-your-pulse/689364)
**Author:** [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-it-to-have-your-crossed-legs-twitch-in-because-of-your-pulse/689364 "2014-05-29T13:25:25Z")
Inspired by this thread on visible wrist pulses, (I have no visible wrist pulse, FTR) something I’ve always been aware of is my top leg jumping slightly when I sit with my legs crossed. How common is this? My leg twitch … --- ## [Has the horse bolted on China's annexation of the East China Sea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-horse-bolted-on-chinas-annexation-of-the-east-china-sea/740503)
**Author:** [@iLemming](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iLemming)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-horse-bolted-on-chinas-annexation-of-the-east-china-sea/740503 "2016-02-26T22:39:32Z")
Audio reveals RAAF’s ‘freedom of navigation’ flight over South China Sea(BBC c/o ABC Aust.) This exchange proceeded earlier communications between a Filipino single-engine passenger plane carrying a BBC reporter and th… --- ## [Sen. Grassley to AIG Execs: Resign or Kill Yourselves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sen-grassley-to-aig-execs-resign-or-kill-yourselves/489746)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sen-grassley-to-aig-execs-resign-or-kill-yourselves/489746 "2009-03-20T01:46:50Z")
Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), has suggested that AIG’s executives should follow the Japanese example and resign or commit suicide. What are the chances that any of them will take them up on it? Okay, but seriously,… --- ## [food you never tried because you don't know how to eat it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-never-tried-because-you-dont-know-how-to-eat-it/803540)
**Author:** [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-never-tried-because-you-dont-know-how-to-eat-it/803540 "2017-12-08T22:10:53Z")
There are so many food I have never tried because I don’t know how to eat it or if parts are edible. Soft shell blue crabs are one, I see them on a buffet at the chinese food place and they are deep fried but the shell … --- ## [Fuck you Brad Pitt!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brad-pitt/661663)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brad-pitt/661663 "2013-06-25T02:25:53Z")
You owe me $8.25 and 2 hours of my life back. :mad: --- ## [In 2016, all states adopt a model exactly like Maine & Nebraska; what happens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-2016-all-states-adopt-a-model-exactly-like-maine-nebraska-what-happens/640023)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-2016-all-states-adopt-a-model-exactly-like-maine-nebraska-what-happens/640023 "2013-01-29T16:13:41Z")
EDIT: Errr, I meant 2016. But you can still talk about how it would effect the election tomorrow if it somehow magically happened. If the entire country switched to the model that Maine and Nebraska use, 2 votes for sta… --- ## [I was terminated. Was it unfair? Should I pursue the issue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-terminated-was-it-unfair-should-i-pursue-the-issue/488848)
**Author:** [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-terminated-was-it-unfair-should-i-pursue-the-issue/488848 "2009-03-11T20:23:37Z")
I was terminated. Was it unfair? Should I pursue the issue? At the end of December of last year, I was terminated from my bartending job at the Hotel DuPont after 10 and a half years of employment. I want to know if it … --- ## [Tactlessness on Social Media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tactlessness-on-social-media/701644)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tactlessness-on-social-media/701644 "2014-10-21T15:36:25Z")
Short backstory. I’m hosting a birthday party tonight, and have invited about 20 friends to dinner at a Thai restaurant followed by a private movie screening, all of which I’m paying for. The thing that raised my eyebro… --- ## [Longest spelled-out lyric?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-spelled-out-lyric/545984)
**Author:** [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-spelled-out-lyric/545984 "2010-07-10T02:00:28Z")
What is the longest spelled-out word or lyric in popular music? At first I thought “S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night!” from KC and the Sunshine Band. But then the Squirrel Nut Zippers Hell has “D and the A and the M and the N and… --- ## [Strength of solid versus hollow cylinders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strength-of-solid-versus-hollow-cylinders/90949)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2001, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strength-of-solid-versus-hollow-cylinders/90949 "2001-11-05T14:22:05Z")
For a cylinder or tube made from a given material, and of fixed diameter, is it ever the case that a hollow cylinder is stronger than its solid counterpart? By stronger I mean more resistant to bending. If the answer is … --- ## [So, I ignored her and it worked. Now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-ignored-her-and-it-worked-now-what/651740)
**Author:** [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2013, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-ignored-her-and-it-worked-now-what/651740 "2013-03-03T11:08:23Z")
Brief context: There’s a girl(henceforth referred to as the girl) I think is cute. I know her enough to say hello when we meet, and occasionally exchange a few sentences. Just about acquaintance level. A couple of months… --- ## [Bullying? Or over-reaction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullying-or-over-reaction/636635)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullying-or-over-reaction/636635 "2012-10-05T17:47:08Z")
This story came up on npr.org today, concerning a local (young female) newscaster who received a letter from a viewer telling her she was fat and a bad example to local youth, especially girls. The link goes to a story, … --- ## [The Nerdity Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nerdity-test/318221)
**Author:** [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2005, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nerdity-test/318221 "2005-08-31T11:21:41Z")
Nerdity Test I scored 40.6%… Who’s the nerdiest of us all? --- ## [New server even slower than the old one? Temporary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-server-even-slower-than-the-old-one-temporary/388687)
**Author:** [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-server-even-slower-than-the-old-one-temporary/388687 "2007-01-28T14:51:32Z")
It took me six minutes (at 1:00 EST on a Saturday morning) just to get to ATMB, then another three minutes to begin to start a new thread. Who knows how long it will take to submit it. Is this a temporary thing or will … --- ## [Free Trade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-trade/611914)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-trade/611914 "2012-02-07T20:32:54Z")
What is your opinion of free trade both as to whether you support it or not and why so. It is interesting in my opinion that many of the same socialists/leftists who would like some sort of world government or at least … --- ## [Shows that weren't picked up as a series/never came to be.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-werent-picked-up-as-a-series-never-came-to-be/849024)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-werent-picked-up-as-a-series-never-came-to-be/849024 "2020-03-25T01:18:36Z")
One thing I think some people don’t realize is how many TV shows never make it past the pilot. Even getting a network to greenlight a pilot for your show is a major accomplishment, as sometimes, a show will be scrapped b… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1605&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1607&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)