# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1612&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:** 1613 --- ## [Libertaria Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertaria-question/154585)
**Author:** [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertaria-question/154585 "2003-02-15T23:45:55Z")
I took that mini political orientation quiz someone mentioned in another thread and according to the test… I’m libertarian :eek: :smiley: not to be confused with Libertarian so I decided to do a little net research and… --- ## [List your pet peeves, technical support folks of the Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-pet-peeves-technical-support-folks-of-the-dope/405974)
**Author:** [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-pet-peeves-technical-support-folks-of-the-dope/405974 "2007-06-04T23:15:04Z")
Okay, I’ll preface this by saying I have a fantastic job and most of my customers by far are reasonable and nice people. That said, I have a headache and my body’s all sore from moving so here comes the bitching. Ple… --- ## [What is the Politically Correct Way to Refer to Blacks in Other Countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-politically-correct-way-to-refer-to-blacks-in-other-countries/106456)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-politically-correct-way-to-refer-to-blacks-in-other-countries/106456 "2002-05-02T23:32:52Z")
Here in America, we’re supposed to refer to blacks as African Americans. So what’s the most politically correct way to refer to a black in England? An African Briton? In France an African Frenchman? How about in a coun… --- ## [To cheat or not to cheat? Hmmm...let me consult my notes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-cheat-or-not-to-cheat-hmmm-let-me-consult-my-notes/672211)
**Author:** [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-cheat-or-not-to-cheat-hmmm-let-me-consult-my-notes/672211 "2013-10-30T20:30:33Z")
I have a math exam in a few days. We have been advised that we can take in one sheet of A4 paper. That paper can have anything on it - formulas, step by step notes for using the chain rule or the law of sines, a letter f… --- ## [Have you ever had casu marzu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-casu-marzu/633439)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-casu-marzu/633439 "2012-09-10T11:23:39Z")
What’s it like? --- ## [Did Margaret Thatcher actually kneel & kiss the Queen's hand when she was appointed Prime Minister?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-margaret-thatcher-actually-kneel-kiss-the-queens-hand-when-she-was-appointed-prime-minister/534280)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-margaret-thatcher-actually-kneel-kiss-the-queens-hand-when-she-was-appointed-prime-minister/534280 "2010-04-02T21:01:42Z")
I’m watching The Queen on AMC and just saw the scene where Tony Blair actually got down on one knee as part of the “Kissing Hands” (ie when Her Majesty invited him to form the government) and literally kissed her hand. … --- ## [Why do these apples stink like ass? Warning: gross!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-these-apples-stink-like-ass-warning-gross/230536)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-these-apples-stink-like-ass-warning-gross/230536 "2004-02-23T16:24:59Z")
Last night my wife came home from grocery shopping and was putting the Red Delicious apples she bought in the fruit bowl, when she called me into the kitchen. “Smell these apples” she said. Blech!:eek: They smell like … --- ## [Parents: Did You Raise / Are You Raising A Tomboy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-did-you-raise-are-you-raising-a-tomboy/233373)
**Author:** [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-did-you-raise-are-you-raising-a-tomboy/233373 "2004-03-11T02:57:33Z")
Subject: 9-year old daughter Siblings: A 7-year old sister Residence: Live w/Mother who works full-time Parents: Divorced 3 years. Attempting to raise daughters to be well-rounded in sports, reading, etc. Friends: A … --- ## [Obama being tested-How Should he Respond?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-being-tested-how-should-he-respond/488947)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2009, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-being-tested-how-should-he-respond/488947 "2009-03-12T09:53:45Z")
The Chinese are harassing a US Navy spy ship. N. Korea wants to launch a satellite (and warns of retaliation if interfered with). the Russians are saying that they will "not haggle’ with the USA. An Iran announces more u… --- ## [how much does wifi adapter inside laptop cost and why don't they sell equivalent usb ones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-wifi-adapter-inside-laptop-cost-and-why-dont-they-sell-equivalent-usb-ones/586351)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-wifi-adapter-inside-laptop-cost-and-why-dont-they-sell-equivalent-usb-ones/586351 "2011-06-23T04:19:06Z")
poor quality of usb wifi adapters is a common complaint online, and also a problem that I personally have experienced on a $20 gadget. This makes me wonder, so how much do the high quality wifi adapters that we have insi… --- ## [Historic achievement most resembling fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historic-achievement-most-resembling-fiction/399642)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historic-achievement-most-resembling-fiction/399642 "2007-04-15T18:06:47Z")
I’m currently reading The Greatest Game Ever Played. It tells the story of the 1913 US Open (golf) where a 20-year old amateur - Francis Ouimet - goes head to head with arguably the greatest pro at the time - Harry Vard… --- ## [a man's wife and his mistress' menstrual cycles will sometimes sync](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mans-wife-and-his-mistress-menstrual-cycles-will-sometimes-sync/546742)
**Author:** [@jstacy4444](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jstacy4444)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mans-wife-and-his-mistress-menstrual-cycles-will-sometimes-sync/546742 "2016-11-21T05:06:18Z")
Is this true? Bring your A game. I do not believe it but I have gotten some interesting comments from a friends facebook. We debated until the next day…:slight\_smile: --- ## [New Fucking Jersey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fucking-jersey/347374)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2006, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fucking-jersey/347374 "2006-03-12T01:21:56Z")
Here in New York, cigarettes are about $8 a pack, so many people try to get them from alternate sources. About two years ago, I started buying cigarettes for my father (because he doesn’t have a credit card) from a com… --- ## [Any jigsaw puzzle fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-jigsaw-puzzle-fans/961634)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-jigsaw-puzzle-fans/961634 "2024-09-22T21:41:27Z")
We usually have one going at all times over the winter months. I just cracked open the number one rated puzzle from this site, which ranks the top 18 best 1000 piece puzzles. This is it: … --- ## [What is so great about the Turing test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-great-about-the-turing-test/478996)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-great-about-the-turing-test/478996 "2009-01-04T20:58:06Z")
As I understand it, Turning postulated that a (sight unseen) machine could be designed to respond intelligently enough to a random person, through writing, that it could fool that person into thinking it was an actual p… --- ## [What Bicentennial crap did you have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bicentennial-crap-did-you-have/61640)
**Author:** [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bicentennial-crap-did-you-have/61640 "2010-08-10T05:23:36Z")
As we approach the 25th anniversary of the bicentennial, I can’t help but fondly remember the outright ridiculous commercialization of the evert. I was 5 at the time, and remember having bicentennial sneakers (red, white… --- ## [BBC pronunciation of "Barack Obama"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-pronunciation-of-barack-obama/437483)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-pronunciation-of-barack-obama/437483 "2008-02-17T22:47:59Z")
I’m often amused by the occasional commonplace word that, when uttered by a BBC radio news announcer, jumps out at me because of its odd pronunciation. Well, odd to my US Inland Northern ears. Terrorist groups like El … --- ## [Airplane "black box" -----\> real time cloud storage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-black-box-real-time-cloud-storage/683479)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-black-box-real-time-cloud-storage/683479 "2014-03-14T02:05:44Z")
Why can’t the information that goes into the flight data recorder-- not sure what the official name is, but the “black box”-- be transmitted in real time to some kind of “cloud storage” by cell phone (or the like) so the… --- ## [Technical term for guitar rape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-term-for-guitar-rape/596247)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-term-for-guitar-rape/596247 "2011-09-18T17:11:12Z")
In Back to the Future Marty is rocking Johnny B Goode on his guitar, starts a solo, and then it turns into some kind of guitar molestation. I’ve been told Jimmy Hendrix was known for doing this too. Is there some officia… --- ## [Production and Risk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/production-and-risk/577434)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/production-and-risk/577434 "2011-04-09T23:06:53Z")
Sarah is an artist. She lives comfortably, holding a day job at the bank that pays well. She works on her art at night. She spends almost no money on her artworks. For the most part, she uses as her materials things she… --- ## [When did child abuse become a "bad" thing?...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-child-abuse-become-a-bad-thing/814774)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-child-abuse-become-a-bad-thing/814774 "2018-06-07T03:44:08Z")
Yes, child abuse is and has never been a “good” thing, but growing up in Hawaii in the 60’s and 70’s, my classmates (and I) would go to school with obvious welts and bruises especially after the weekend when parents had … --- ## [Chilled (not frozen) "ready meals" not popular in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chilled-not-frozen-ready-meals-not-popular-in-the-us/379440)
**Author:** [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chilled-not-frozen-ready-meals-not-popular-in-the-us/379440 "2006-11-09T17:46:20Z")
I was reading the Wikipedia article about microwave meals, as you do, which it defines as “prepackaged, frozen meals” (bolding mine). Well, yes, you can get frozen microwave dinners, but much nicer and more popular over … --- ## [wtf is a "triangular snowflake"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-a-triangular-snowflake/679161)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-a-triangular-snowflake/679161 "2014-01-22T19:26:00Z")
A poorly worded Common Core question is making the rounds, and grammar aside I don’t understand what the question is talking about: "“Tyler made 36 snowflakes which is a multiple of how triangular snowflakes he made. Ho… --- ## [Is it impossible to get rid of invasive starlings & sparrows at this point?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-impossible-to-get-rid-of-invasive-starlings-sparrows-at-this-point/495511)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-impossible-to-get-rid-of-invasive-starlings-sparrows-at-this-point/495511 "2009-05-09T00:43:51Z")
English sparrows and European starlings are invasive species that have outcompeted several native species liek bluebirds, hastening their eventual demise. If we really set our minds to it would it be possible to get rid … --- ## [infamous movies, never to be seen again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infamous-movies-never-to-be-seen-again/354264)
**Author:** [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infamous-movies-never-to-be-seen-again/354264 "2006-06-04T14:03:57Z")
inspired by this thread… what are some movies that will probably never be seen or heard from through legitamate means? IE: “song of the south” --- ## [Bought a house, now all I need is trees - Recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-house-now-all-i-need-is-trees-recommendations/615875)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-house-now-all-i-need-is-trees-recommendations/615875 "2012-07-04T22:00:39Z")
I really don’t like pine trees so they’re out, but I want to surround my new house with a small forest for privacy. I’m short on cash at the moment and I have some patience, but would like at least some eye level covera… --- ## [Films or TV that make you too uncomfortable to watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-or-tv-that-make-you-too-uncomfortable-to-watch/505209)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-or-tv-that-make-you-too-uncomfortable-to-watch/505209 "2009-08-13T13:27:49Z")
I imagine a hundred dopers rushing in here to say “The Office” right off the bat. I can handle 90% of the American Office, but the original is just too intense. I can’t be amused because I’m way too uncomfortable. In… --- ## [It Behooves Texas Rep. Betty Brown To Shut Up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-behooves-texas-rep-betty-brown-to-shut-up/492708)
**Author:** [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-behooves-texas-rep-betty-brown-to-shut-up/492708 "2009-04-21T01:21:11Z")
Texans, honestly, you cannot be as dumb as your state representative Betty Brown (R-Tarrell) thinks that you are. You can’t. (However, you might be if you let this woman get re-elected to office.) In a hearing about voti… --- ## [Tell me something I don't know - of dubious veracity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-i-dont-know-of-dubious-veracity/502200)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-i-dont-know-of-dubious-veracity/502200 "2009-07-18T22:12:05Z")
I’ll start you off: Tony Orlando was born in Houston, Texas, and Angelica Huston was born in Orlando, Florida. All rivers flow south. When all of that water reaches Antarctica, it enters a vast tunnel through the cente… --- ## [Current(ish) Songs for Old(ish) Farts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ish-songs-for-old-ish-farts/528178)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ish-songs-for-old-ish-farts/528178 "2010-03-01T18:23:16Z")
Over the last couple of years, I keep hearing people in their forties and fifties (and sixties) decrying how there is no good music anymore, there hasn’t been any good music made since the seventies, and at first it soun… --- ## [So I've decided to run for pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-decided-to-run-for-pope/652736)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-decided-to-run-for-pope/652736 "2013-03-18T03:05:01Z")
I know it’s a bit last minute, and I don’t speak Latin, and I’m not a Cardinal, and I’m married, and I’m not Catholic, and not one voting Cardinal even knows my name, and there’s just no way I could sell my house and mov… --- ## [Whats high school drivers Ed like these days?Anyone take it in the last 10 yrs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-high-school-drivers-ed-like-these-days-anyone-take-it-in-the-last-10-yrs/588547)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2011, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-high-school-drivers-ed-like-these-days-anyone-take-it-in-the-last-10-yrs/588547 "2011-07-14T07:12:16Z")
Ah… Summertime and drivers ed was a sophomore ritual during the summer before we started or junior high school year. At least that’s when most of us turned 15 or 16 and were eligible for learner permits. I remember the… --- ## [Most punk song of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021)
**Author:** [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2007, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021 "2007-12-18T06:50:28Z")
I know that attempting to quantify “punk” is a messy thing, so this is more of a gut feeling kind of thing. What song or even album would be the first that you reach for when someone says “Play some punk rock”? --- ## [You Don't Know Me, and I Have a Gun!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-know-me-and-i-have-a-gun/325740)
**Author:** [@TheEggman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheEggman)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2005, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-know-me-and-i-have-a-gun/325740 "2005-10-14T09:36:47Z")
You Don’t Know Me, and I Have a Gun! You don’t know me, or maybe you just don’t know that you do. I am your neighbor, doctor, clergyman, nurse or just another nameless, faceless stranger in the crowd. I have a state aut… --- ## [Anyone else lose their Charter Member status?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777 "2008-09-29T00:40:30Z")
I did, for some reason … Join Date: 11-22-2000 Never lapsed in paying the annual subscription fee. --- ## [The best movie no one ever heard of.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-no-one-ever-heard-of/312922)
**Author:** [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-no-one-ever-heard-of/312922 "2005-07-24T03:15:11Z")
My vote (for the moment) goes to The Sadist. Starring that star of stars…Arch Hall Jr! Who went on to fame as an airline pilot. His biggest claim to fame before this flick was Eegah co starring with a young Richard “Jaw… --- ## [Is it possible for a dog to not be able to sit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-a-dog-to-not-be-able-to-sit/646553)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-a-dog-to-not-be-able-to-sit/646553 "2013-01-19T07:30:09Z")
A dog that seems otherwise ordinary (if spectacularly ugly), I mean. Gets around just fine and at high speed. Leaps onto the goddamned dining room table. Flies like a speeding bullet to start shit with cats. I had th… --- ## [Did you attend church today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-attend-church-today/553505)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2010, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-attend-church-today/553505 "2010-09-14T12:43:10Z")
If you did, what time did the service start? How long did it last? What was the message of today’s sermon? I’m just curious, is all. --- ## [What's to be done with Zimbabwe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-to-be-done-with-zimbabwe/452257)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-to-be-done-with-zimbabwe/452257 "2008-06-14T18:57:22Z")
So, Mugabe’s recently banned aid workers from operating within Zimbabwe, citing the “fact” that they’re conspiring with the opposition. Reports suggest that government run aid stations require an ID card, which handily … --- ## [Potluck food that doesn't need refrigeration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potluck-food-that-doesnt-need-refrigeration/745206)
**Author:** [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potluck-food-that-doesnt-need-refrigeration/745206 "2016-02-16T23:16:00Z")
I’m planning a potluck where most of us will arrive at 12:00, but the food won’t be served until 6 to 7 hours later. We can store the dishes inside, but we won’t have access to a refrigerator. What are some things we ca… --- ## [Actors who have successfully played TWO characters on television](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-successfully-played-two-characters-on-television/84867)
**Author:** [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2002, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-successfully-played-two-characters-on-television/84867 "2002-10-23T08:04:32Z")
Usually when an actor plays one character on a TV Show, then people can’t really buy into them playing someone else. Michael Richards found this to be true. Inevitably, they’ll get a new show, but it will fold after a se… --- ## [how many orgasms could you have in a week?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-orgasms-could-you-have-in-a-week/405592)
**Author:** [@pinkfrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfrog)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-orgasms-could-you-have-in-a-week/405592 "2007-06-07T00:16:31Z")
I can manage 5 in one day but it would be difficult to keep thast rate up for a week. --- ## [Los Angeles: City of Little Girly Men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-city-of-little-girly-men/594990)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-city-of-little-girly-men/594990 "2011-09-05T03:17:32Z")
At least according to the Board of Manliness, which contains Lou Ferrigno, a former WWE star, and someone who’s taken home the title of World Beard Champion twice. Their criteria included things such as “manly occupation… --- ## [Ask the hugely pregnant chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hugely-pregnant-chick/573489)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hugely-pregnant-chick/573489 "2011-04-03T23:19:35Z")
It has been done before by another Doper, in month-by-month installments, but as per the current “Ask the … Doper” thread, \*\*BaconandEggs \*\*wants this… and I want something to pass the time, so voila! I am 38 weeks and … --- ## [So I finally read Ender's Game (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-read-enders-game-open-spoilers/599954)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-read-enders-game-open-spoilers/599954 "2011-10-21T20:32:44Z")
While I liked the book, I don’t think I’m going to be reading any of the sequels. The personalities of the main characters bugged me. While I forgive Ender’s whininess due to his age, I kept waiting for him to go back … --- ## [What does VHS stand for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-vhs-stand-for/158204)
**Author:** [@Malaflam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malaflam)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-vhs-stand-for/158204 "2003-03-03T05:11:57Z")
What does VHS stand for? As in the tape format…not Vermont Historical Society or Virtual High School. --- ## [Can you explain why me Dad didn't get Social Security?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-why-me-dad-didnt-get-social-security/577834)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-why-me-dad-didnt-get-social-security/577834 "2011-04-12T00:13:47Z")
My mom’s visiting, and she told me something today that really surprised me that I’d never heard before. My dad died in 1999 at the age of 93. He was an American citizen his whole life. He was briefly in the military (L… --- ## [Converting house from baseboard electric to propane heat would INCREASE cost by 55.6%?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-house-from-baseboard-electric-to-propane-heat-would-increase-cost-by-55-6/654468)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-house-from-baseboard-electric-to-propane-heat-would-increase-cost-by-55-6/654468 "2013-04-01T16:35:57Z")
I’ve had baseboard electric heat for years and assumed it was the worst possible heating method as far as expense, and heard propane was best. I got interested enough to try to calculate it carefully and it looks like pr… --- ## [Baseball thrown further than football?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-thrown-further-than-football/128099)
**Author:** [@Bob\_Gaughan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Gaughan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-thrown-further-than-football/128099 "2002-09-14T00:27:36Z")
My daughter (12 years old) came up with the theory that a football can be thrown further than a baseball because a football is streamlined. I pointed out that there are other factors- size, weight, etc. But it did star… --- ## [Why does water cost more than soda?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-water-cost-more-than-soda/190051)
**Author:** [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-water-cost-more-than-soda/190051 "2003-07-22T14:42:44Z")
You can buy a 20 ounce Coke or Pepsi for less money than you can buy a 20 ounce Dasani(bottled water from Coca Cola) or Aquafina(bottled water from Pepsi). Why does the bottled water cost more? I would think it should … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1611&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1613&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)