# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1608&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:** 1609 --- ## [Navy buying Xbox 360 sex assault simulator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navy-buying-xbox-360-sex-assault-simulator/664766)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navy-buying-xbox-360-sex-assault-simulator/664766 "2013-07-31T03:32:04Z")
The Navy is using Xbox 360 Kinect to act out sex assault scenarios for training. Way to throw money away on random shit just to say you’re doing something. How about personal accountability? Or maybe a few of our flag of… --- ## [SNL fake commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-fake-commercials/103551)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-fake-commercials/103551 "2002-04-21T04:20:28Z")
Have they stopped doing them? I mean the ones that always followed the monologue? --- ## [Buying a property that includes wetlands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-property-that-includes-wetlands/7406)
**Author:** [@meara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meara)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2000, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-property-that-includes-wetlands/7406 "2000-02-17T14:56:00Z")
Does anyone have any experience buying a property that includes wetlands? My husband and I are about to (tomorrow) purchase a new home which backs up to a pond region that has been designated protected wetlands. Part of… --- ## [Let's predict what the Curiosity rover will discover on Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766 "2012-08-11T12:00:54Z")
Yep… it’s a pretty amazing feat, that rover thing, isn’t it? And now after the landing, it’s time to stop celebrating and …get to work. But who wants to wait for a year or two while NASA analyzes the data? So let’s a… --- ## [James Bond novels vs. movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-novels-vs-movies/245901)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-novels-vs-movies/245901 "2004-05-21T02:33:17Z")
First, I’ll say that I’ve never read any James Bond novel. Many years ago, someone told me that the reason that most of the Bond novels don’t resemble the movies is that the producers (or whoever) only licensed the titl… --- ## [Wall-to-wall carpet: Can you get down to bare floor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wall-to-wall-carpet-can-you-get-down-to-bare-floor/539629)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wall-to-wall-carpet-can-you-get-down-to-bare-floor/539629 "2010-08-20T18:46:14Z")
I’m nowhere near the house in question at this time; I’m just curious. There are hardwood floors in the bedrooms, so that may mean that there’s hardwood under the wall-to-wall in most of the rest of the house. Is it poss… --- ## [What is the best kitchen degreasing cleaner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-kitchen-degreasing-cleaner/626663)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-kitchen-degreasing-cleaner/626663 "2012-10-17T20:36:30Z")
This is a companion thread to my GQ thread Are common household cleaners “food grade” by default? since I figured that thread would draw a lot of opinions and/or recommendations about which cleaner works best. Most of t… --- ## [TMI: How would you rate your ass on a scale of 1 to 10?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-how-would-you-rate-your-ass-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/311672)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-how-would-you-rate-your-ass-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/311672 "2005-07-12T15:42:54Z")
Me, I’d probably rate it a 4. It’s not anything special. In fact, it’s a bit overweight and chubby. It’s got dimples, not smooth like some of those males in GQ (not…you know…that I look. Heh). And it’s slightly hairy. … --- ## [Am I wrong to view Guy Fawkes as a hero?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-view-guy-fawkes-as-a-hero/469473)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-view-guy-fawkes-as-a-hero/469473 "2008-10-28T13:41:31Z")
I watched “V for Vendetta” tonight and I realized that I had never thought of Guy Fawkes as a villain. Not necessarily competent, but Jacobean England was full of spies and stoolies and any conspiracy was likely to fail… --- ## [Is being short (and male) so terrible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-short-and-male-so-terrible/927870)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-short-and-male-so-terrible/927870 "2020-12-20T05:13:28Z")
There was a thread a couple/three weeks ago, where the OP was worried about hir son ending up “too tall”. Of course there were plenty of reassuring replies, but I noticed that several of them specifically said it was bet… --- ## [Does anyone actually eat chitterlings (chitlins)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-actually-eat-chitterlings-chitlins/278324)
**Author:** [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2004, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-actually-eat-chitterlings-chitlins/278324 "2004-12-09T07:47:47Z")
Is this a mythical food, or do some folks really eat pig intestines? I’m a resident of The South\[sup\]TM\[/sup\], and I’ve yet to meet anybody who’s ever seen them. You won’t find them on the menu at any restaurant that I’m… --- ## [Scylla is subhuman, or, worse, conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scylla-is-subhuman-or-worse-conservative/401842)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scylla-is-subhuman-or-worse-conservative/401842 "2007-04-30T02:12:43Z")
Has Scylla never been Pitted before?! No matter. His/her/its shamelessly and openly genocidal comments in this thread should be sufficient to justify the thread title, and I have no doubt many other Dopers can come up … --- ## [E.T.: Was this ever considered a good movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-t-was-this-ever-considered-a-good-movie/449778)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-t-was-this-ever-considered-a-good-movie/449778 "2008-05-20T14:14:37Z")
Did anyone actually consider E.T. to be a good movie? I recently watched E.T. for the first time in 20 years or so. This movie is terrible. How does this movie appeal to anyone over 10? --- ## [Getting back to traditional Judeo-Christian family values](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-back-to-traditional-judeo-christian-family-values/133876)
**Author:** [@John\_Zahn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Zahn)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-back-to-traditional-judeo-christian-family-values/133876 "2002-11-07T04:03:37Z")
Often in the US I hear politicians as well as some religious folk proclaim this: “We need to get back to our traditional family JC values” or something very close to this. What was so great about that time period? I’ve… --- ## [What is the origin of 'Hump Day'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-hump-day/661397)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-hump-day/661397 "2013-06-20T21:14:44Z")
I posted a thread in 2001 \[added link in quote\]: One person who replied said he’d heard ‘Hump Day’ around 1983 in Southern Ontario. Another poster said she’d heard it in 1984 in Texas. By the time of KMET’s demise in… --- ## [Best/Favorite Oz book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-oz-book/146565)
**Author:** [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-oz-book/146565 "2017-10-13T17:52:41Z")
What is your favorite Oz book? Or the best? Do you think Ruth Thompson can hold a candle to Baum? Isn’t the Woozy a cool character? What is your favorite character? As for me, i like Ozma of Oz the best, i think it … --- ## [Manning's sentence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mannings-sentence/666878)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mannings-sentence/666878 "2013-08-23T21:36:30Z")
You may be aware that former US soldier Bradley (or Chelsea) Manning has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for violations of the Espionage Act; namely the biggest leak of classified documents in US intelligence. Like … --- ## [Things you can't get your head around](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-cant-get-your-head-around/310129)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2005, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-cant-get-your-head-around/310129 "2005-07-03T05:49:08Z")
I know, in my logical and educated head, that the earth is round and it rotates in a variety of ways that ultimately ends up with seasons happening in various parts of the world. I even understand that said rotation caus… --- ## [U.S. Military cheats at war games. Surprise, surprise.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-military-cheats-at-war-games-surprise-surprise/128265)
**Author:** [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2003, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-military-cheats-at-war-games-surprise-surprise/128265 "2003-03-30T07:30:22Z")
Sorry if this has already been mentioned elsewhere (seems like it should have been) but I thought it might interest some here. This story from \* The Guardian \* describes how the U.S. military set up a huge war game to … --- ## [Anyone have any novel theories on why my utility bills are so high?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-any-novel-theories-on-why-my-utility-bills-are-so-high/834528)
**Author:** [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-any-novel-theories-on-why-my-utility-bills-are-so-high/834528 "2019-05-30T21:35:42Z")
For as long as I can remember in my current house, my utility bill has always been crazy high compared to my peers and neighbors, even though my house is smaller in comparison. Every month when I get my bill I get motiva… --- ## [When did you stop watching B&W TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-watching-b-w-tv/553385)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-watching-b-w-tv/553385 "2011-04-28T00:47:13Z")
Our family didn’t get our first color TV until 1985 when I was ten. I did occasionally watch b&w portables at my grandmothers house until it stopped working around 2000. When did you last see B&W television, and do you… --- ## [Highest Grossing Actor of All Time!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-grossing-actor-of-all-time/574964)
**Author:** [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-grossing-actor-of-all-time/574964 "2011-03-17T22:36:45Z")
I’m guessing it would be Alan Rickman or John Ratzenberger. No, really. Follow with me here. Rickman has been in every Harry Potter movie, plus a few others that made money (Die Hard, Robin Hood, etc) while Ratzenberg… --- ## [How many times a week do you guys eat spaghetti?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130)
**Author:** [@Cement](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cement)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130 "2012-08-14T16:02:40Z")
I’m up to 4 times a week now. 3 of those times do not have hamburger meat and that makes me sad. How about you guys? Do you guys love spaghetti because I do a quarter of the times. --- ## [Do you sleep well in hotel rooms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468)
**Author:** [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468 "2014-08-27T13:03:27Z")
Do you sleep well in hotel rooms? I’m curious. The endless combination of: different bed, different sheets, different pillow, different smells, stomping feet sounds, slamming door sounds, talking/yelling/squealing, diff… --- ## [Saudi judge seeks hospitals willing to injure man's spine in "eye for eye"-punishment.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saudi-judge-seeks-hospitals-willing-to-injure-mans-spine-in-eye-for-eye-punishment/551076)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saudi-judge-seeks-hospitals-willing-to-injure-mans-spine-in-eye-for-eye-punishment/551076 "2010-08-25T11:27:39Z")
From here: Yes, of course this is barbaric, medieval, shouldn’t happen, etcetera. But on the other hand, it also feels kind of unjust that the attacker just spends 14 months in jail, while the victim stays paralysed fo… --- ## [DaveBear ... have you started any non sex related threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593)
**Author:** [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593 "2003-05-03T15:24:07Z")
OK… first off, this is not a real pitting by me, I just was not sure where else to put it. I am actually entertained by reading all of the sex related threads you start, but, it seems to me to be at least the vast major… --- ## [Is a University degree better than a College degree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-university-degree-better-than-a-college-degree/365958)
**Author:** [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-university-degree-better-than-a-college-degree/365958 "2006-07-27T19:31:36Z")
I’m thinking of a bachelors degree here, would it be assumed by most people that my degree from Metro State College is inferior to a similar degree from CU? I had class sizes around 30, face to face interaction with the … --- ## [Zidane head butt thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zidane-head-butt-thread/363945)
**Author:** [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zidane-head-butt-thread/363945 "2006-07-14T14:37:26Z")
This is being discussed in another thread. But I wanted to see a thread just about Zidane. Taunting and abuse are wrong. But Zidane is not a 6 year old. He has no excuse -no matter what Matterazzi said. There would be … --- ## [Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri/777285)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri/777285 "2017-01-18T19:20:31Z")
Reference. This seemed to me to be beyond surreal. How can Colibri, one of the most admired and respected people on the SDMB, have said something so raw, so low, so coarse? Colibri is esteemed by all, a hero among me… --- ## [Who are the top ten hottest alien babes of film and TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-top-ten-hottest-alien-babes-of-film-and-tv/383033)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-top-ten-hottest-alien-babes-of-film-and-tv/383033 "2006-12-09T21:21:28Z")
I found a link on USA today to a web page which asks the question, “Who are the top ten hottest alien babes of film and TV?” http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2006/12/the\_hottest\_ali.html I’m afraid you’ll have to… --- ## [Jehova's Witnesses and Mental Illness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jehovas-witnesses-and-mental-illness/707243)
**Author:** [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jehovas-witnesses-and-mental-illness/707243 "2015-01-07T03:54:00Z")
Okay, JWs. You want to stand around every train station in Boston and hand out flyers? Fine. More power too you. Anyone who wants to find out “Is Satan Real” and “What is the Truth about Jesus” can ask for your pamphlet.… --- ## [Temporal Paradoxes and the Possibility of Time Travel.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temporal-paradoxes-and-the-possibility-of-time-travel/802307)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temporal-paradoxes-and-the-possibility-of-time-travel/802307 "2017-11-29T23:43:55Z")
I guess like many people, my knowledge of physics doesn’t go much beyond high school. And then there is a lot I’ve learned from PBS and the Science Channel. I’m serious. Anyway, my question is simply this: Do temporal p… --- ## [Amusingly hyperbolic article about the concentrated AWESOME of the iPhone 5.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusingly-hyperbolic-article-about-the-concentrated-awesome-of-the-iphone-5/586967)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2011, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusingly-hyperbolic-article-about-the-concentrated-awesome-of-the-iphone-5/586967 "2011-07-02T06:00:20Z")
GAME OVER - Five Reasons the iPhone 5 Will Dominate None of the stated reasons go very far in persuading me to accept the premise, but reason #4 seems more like a over-the-top parody of a stereotypical Apple fan than an… --- ## [In Defense of Quidditch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defense-of-quidditch/825871)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defense-of-quidditch/825871 "2018-12-13T23:22:52Z")
Every so often, people complain about quidditch (the wizarding sport from the Harry Potter books) being illogical. I’d like to say a few words in its defense. Now, I’m not going to try to argue that it makes sense. Ho… --- ## [Facts Which Sound Fake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-which-sound-fake/972473)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2022, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-which-sound-fake/972473 "2022-10-29T05:19:31Z")
Enjoyed this list of probably true stuff from Bored Panda. But you can do better. --- ## [What would it take for not tipping to become socially acceptable in North America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-for-not-tipping-to-become-socially-acceptable-in-north-america/937963)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-for-not-tipping-to-become-socially-acceptable-in-north-america/937963 "2021-03-21T22:46:19Z")
As I have already stated in one or two threads, I belong to the camp that dislikes the social custom of tipping and would like to see it end. Specifically, my gripe is that in (for example) North America, tipping is requ… --- ## [Joke etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke-etiquette/637854)
**Author:** [@HardlySanguine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HardlySanguine)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2012, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke-etiquette/637854 "2012-10-25T07:00:47Z")
So if you know the punch line to a joke someone is telling you, what’s the proper etiquette? I’m mostly thinking of jokes that start off with a question – like, “What do you call a steer that ate a bomb?” --- ## [Women, would you go to a male prostitute?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-go-to-a-male-prostitute/526527)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-go-to-a-male-prostitute/526527 "2010-01-27T22:50:38Z")
The thread on the male gigolo got me to thinking. Would you go to a gigolo? Duece Bigalow was a silly, stupid movie, but it had one thing bang on-target - the girls may have hired the gigolo for sex, but what they reall… --- ## [Strange highway signs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-highway-signs/505926)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-highway-signs/505926 "2009-08-10T23:10:52Z")
There are about 5 sets of signs with numbers on the side of I-40 west of Asheville NC. The numbers run from 0 to 9 and are spaced about 30 feet apart , the signs are brown with white numbers. (1 number per sign) … --- ## [Should this marine be rewarded for defying orders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-marine-be-rewarded-for-defying-orders/596454)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-marine-be-rewarded-for-defying-orders/596454 "2011-09-23T17:24:04Z")
I ask because he was in fact given the medal of honor for actions he undertook in defiance of orders. I find this interesting, and possibly worth debating? But I know it has aggravated dopers in the past when I started … --- ## [The first storyline patent has been applied for.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-storyline-patent-has-been-applied-for/329866)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-storyline-patent-has-been-applied-for/329866 "2005-11-12T00:53:10Z")
From the USPTO website itself: So it’s finally come to this. First there were software patents, where Fraunhofer could patent the MP3 file format, and business method patents, where Amazon could patent one-click shoppi… --- ## [My Beautiful Mommy -Why Mommy's boom-booms are bigger & her tum-tum is smaller](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-beautiful-mommy-why-mommys-boom-booms-are-bigger-her-tum-tum-is-smaller/445677)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-beautiful-mommy-why-mommys-boom-booms-are-bigger-her-tum-tum-is-smaller/445677 "2008-04-19T00:42:43Z")
God bless this modern world! My Beautiful Mommy --- ## [Cop killer gets death sentence in PA-12 thumbs up to the jury!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-killer-gets-death-sentence-in-pa-12-thumbs-up-to-the-jury/381115)
**Author:** [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2006, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-killer-gets-death-sentence-in-pa-12-thumbs-up-to-the-jury/381115 "2006-11-22T10:24:06Z")
I’ve been following this case ever since the piece of excrement who calls himself Robert Flor spread himself around in the county of my upbringing. He shot a police officer, wounded another, and an ER worker. Some year… --- ## [Who the hell uses their baby as a weapon??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Push_Up_Bra)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023 "2006-10-17T21:10:42Z")
lissener in this thread pointed this out to us and dared us to pit it. Here goes. (first pit thread) How fucking drunk do you have to be to not notice that you picked up a 4 week old infant by the legs and swing him i… --- ## [Mina Loy: self-indulgent masturbatory cunt of a "poet"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mina-loy-self-indulgent-masturbatory-cunt-of-a-poet/341585)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2006, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mina-loy-self-indulgent-masturbatory-cunt-of-a-poet/341585 "2006-01-31T22:44:13Z")
I’m sitting in my girlfriend’s room as she reads aloud a ten-page “poem” by a clearly schizophrenic woman named Mina Loy. She claims she needs to read poems out loud to understand them. I wouldn’t have a problem with th… --- ## [In SF Award News: Hugos Still Controversial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-sf-award-news-hugos-still-controversial/996538)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-sf-award-news-hugos-still-controversial/996538 "2024-08-06T00:54:42Z")
Apparently the 2023 Hugos (held in Chengdu, China) were as much of a shitshow as the Puppies version. TL:DR - a couple of Chinese diaspora authors, among others, were declared “not eligible” for completely spurious rea… --- ## [Sexuality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491)
**Author:** [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491 "2009-10-13T03:27:29Z")
Since we’ve got a religion poll that’s coming along nicely, and we’ve got a political party poll out there that’s going well, I thought I’d make one up about the sexuality of the Dope. And don’t worry, your answers will… --- ## [Most Successful Star Trek Alumnus/ae?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503)
**Author:** [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503 "2014-08-15T21:26:12Z")
I was watching a couple of Voyager episodes and realized that there weren’t a lot of recognizable household names on the show. Now, I realize most ST guys don’t go on to stellar careers but the guys like Nemoy, Shatnery,… --- ## [Question for UK Dopers: What famous Americans did you learn about in your history classes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-uk-dopers-what-famous-americans-did-you-learn-about-in-your-history-classes/674602)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-uk-dopers-what-famous-americans-did-you-learn-about-in-your-history-classes/674602 "2013-11-28T00:05:53Z")
The 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination made me think of this. I’m guessing history classes in British schools are rather Anglocentric. That being said, I was wondering how much American history makes into a typi… --- ## [NYC pastor obsessed with semen, demons, and latte. Oh, my!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-pastor-obsessed-with-semen-demons-and-latte-oh-my/725373)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-pastor-obsessed-with-semen-demons-and-latte-oh-my/725373 "2015-07-21T04:42:12Z")
Last year, he freaked out over Starbucks and their alleged propensity for putting gay semen in their lattes: Now, he says that this same demon semen (“the cream of the blood”–WTF?) will cause insanity, make you gay, a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1607&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1609&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)