# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1618&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:** 1619 --- ## [If someone murders someone and then revives them, can they be charged with murder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-murders-someone-and-then-revives-them-can-they-be-charged-with-murder/644345)
**Author:** [@s0meguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/s0meguy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-murders-someone-and-then-revives-them-can-they-be-charged-with-murder/644345 "2012-12-19T17:16:26Z")
For example if they regret it right after and manage to revive them afterwards. Can you then get charged and imprisoned for first degree murder? (assuming it was premeditated) After all, you technically murdered someone.… --- ## [Gift Certificates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-certificates/677055)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2013, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-certificates/677055 "2013-12-26T07:20:58Z")
Maybe I am missing something, but how does Store “B” make money allowing Store “A” to sell their gift certificates? Or, maybe the question is how does Store “A” make any profit selling Store “B” gift certificates? For … --- ## [How hot do tear gas canisters get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-tear-gas-canisters-get/634945)
**Author:** [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-tear-gas-canisters-get/634945 "2012-09-17T21:05:27Z")
Anybody know how hot canisters of tear gas get? I’m seeing guys on the news who appear to be picking up the smoking canisters and holding on to them for a while while they run around. Just idle curiosity. --- ## [Two periods in one month?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-periods-in-one-month/434728)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-periods-in-one-month/434728 "2008-02-11T12:18:30Z")
I already had my period the first week of this month. It started again today. This has never happened to me. Has it ever happened to you? What in the world is the explanation for this? Thanks! --- ## [Is the content of PMs monitored, held against us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-content-of-pms-monitored-held-against-us/695726)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-content-of-pms-monitored-held-against-us/695726 "2014-08-18T21:44:10Z")
I just sent a PM to someone, mentioning that I was sending a PM because saying it here would get me suspended. --- ## [Restless Cat Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restless-cat-syndrome/557957)
**Author:** [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restless-cat-syndrome/557957 "2010-10-23T05:36:47Z")
I’ve got myself a restless cat named Becket. He’s a generally well-behaved, not-quite-two-years-old tabby that I adopted with his littermate sister (Ellie). He’s always been an active little guy, which is fine by me as… --- ## [668 Pull tabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/668-pull-tabs/608617)
**Author:** [@agessn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agessn)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/668-pull-tabs/608617 "2012-01-27T14:30:04Z")
Hi Cecil, Your answer that saving pull tabs is a waste is incorrect. The Shriners in Massachusetts collect tabs which are sold as scrap providing a fair amount of money to help pay for transportation of patients in the … --- ## [Conservatives labelling dissenters as "Unamerican"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-labelling-dissenters-as-unamerican/118825)
**Author:** [@Pythagoras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pythagoras)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2002, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-labelling-dissenters-as-unamerican/118825 "2002-07-27T20:17:12Z")
It really annoys me every time I turn on the tube and in some debate, a conservative is labelling those that disagree with them as “unamerican” and “unpatriotic.” This really disgusts me. It shows that the conservative c… --- ## [Whaling in Iceland. Wheres the argument?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaling-in-iceland-wheres-the-argument/197127)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2003, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaling-in-iceland-wheres-the-argument/197127 "2003-09-26T09:32:23Z")
For ‘scientific purposes’ huh? If they know how many fish the whales are eating why do they need to study how many fish the whales are eating? Simple math 380,000(mink whales worldwide) : 6,312,887,493 (humans world… --- ## [Worker Falling on Employers icy sidewalk, Workers Comp?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worker-falling-on-employers-icy-sidewalk-workers-comp/570137)
**Author:** [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worker-falling-on-employers-icy-sidewalk-workers-comp/570137 "2011-02-05T01:32:38Z")
A friend of mine was going to work the other day and slipped and fell on her back seriously injuring herself. The side walk at her employer was an ice sheet. My question, would this be a workers comp claim or handled by … --- ## [Blacklist Season 2 Thread - Lets Discuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacklist-season-2-thread-lets-discuss/699264)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacklist-season-2-thread-lets-discuss/699264 "2014-11-18T07:42:24Z")
New Season, same bad ass Red. Who’s he going to kill next? :smiley: They really should have named this the Red Reddington show. Wiki - with the major characters and plots from Season 1 Useful if you aren’t up on the… --- ## [Since the switch to digital TV can one use an antenna?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-the-switch-to-digital-tv-can-one-use-an-antenna/522574)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-the-switch-to-digital-tv-can-one-use-an-antenna/522574 "2009-12-29T01:22:04Z")
The old man at our local Radio Shack tells me no one can use an antenna anymore, that I must have satellite or cable or some such. --- ## [Crosby, Stills, Nash and (sometimes) Young.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crosby-stills-nash-and-sometimes-young/548779)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crosby-stills-nash-and-sometimes-young/548779 "2010-08-03T16:09:37Z")
I really enjoy their albums and I was trying to piece together what made them tick. I came up with: David Crosby came from the Byrds. Neil Young and Stephen Stills were from Buffalo Springfield. Graham Nash was from … --- ## [How big is the creature that made the "Bloop"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-is-the-creature-that-made-the-bloop/481731)
**Author:** [@Rael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rael)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-is-the-creature-that-made-the-bloop/481731 "2009-01-19T15:51:21Z")
“According to scientists who have studied the phenomenon it matches the audio profile of a living creature but there is no known animal that could have produced the sound. If it is an animal, it would have to be, reporte… --- ## [Another "How'd he do that levitation trick" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-howd-he-do-that-levitation-trick-thread/485295)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-howd-he-do-that-levitation-trick-thread/485295 "2009-02-12T00:22:53Z")
Franz Harary floats a guy between two buildings. I looked at some of the old Criss Angel threads, and this trick looks a lot like those, but the twirling rope bit at 1:04 is what has me scratching my head on this one. A… --- ## [What is a yachts good for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-yachts-good-for/847534)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2020, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-yachts-good-for/847534 "2020-02-17T11:29:52Z")
I read in another thread a signature that left me perplexed: Elmer J. Fudd, Millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht. I am fine with rich people, this is not about envy: I am a millionaire myself in a valauble curren… --- ## [Recommend me a serial killer thriller.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-serial-killer-thriller/595380)
**Author:** [@Seamack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seamack)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-serial-killer-thriller/595380 "2014-06-03T13:33:50Z")
Hi, I’ve searched the book recommendations thread and I don’t see anything that deals directly with this sub genre of crime fiction. So please, Shoot! Recommend me some sinister and bloodthirsty villains just one step ah… --- ## [Is anybody else intimidated by hair salons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-intimidated-by-hair-salons/119338)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-intimidated-by-hair-salons/119338 "2002-07-22T00:51:00Z")
My rage is burning with the heat of a thousand curling irons - no, wait, I’m not really that worked up about this. Just a little miffed, and a little humiliated. Some back story - I went to a couple of fancier hair salo… --- ## [Did my job just get posted as an available position](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-job-just-get-posted-as-an-available-position/698643)
**Author:** [@NVME702-redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NVME702-redux)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-job-just-get-posted-as-an-available-position/698643 "2014-10-30T17:31:50Z")
Just the facts, ma’am…here goes… I have been in my current position for 10 months now, with a company that I had worked for prior to moving to Dallas. I left amicably, which is why I was eligible for rehire almost 3 yea… --- ## [Why do gas (petrol) prices always end in nine-tenths?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-gas-petrol-prices-always-end-in-nine-tenths/296752)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-gas-petrol-prices-always-end-in-nine-tenths/296752 "2005-05-04T19:49:37Z")
I don’t know if this happens elsewhere, but in my area, Southern California, gasoline prices always end in nine-tenths of a cent per gallon. The price per gallon isnever something like $2.45, but always $2.45 9/10. Wh… --- ## [Academy Award nominations (2009 for 2008 films)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-2009-for-2008-films/482452)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-2009-for-2008-films/482452 "2009-02-14T20:01:51Z")
Nominees for the 81st Academy Awards Best motion picture of the year \* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffi… --- ## [Just noticed evey single one of my threads has been locked.something ain't right here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-noticed-evey-single-one-of-my-threads-has-been-locked-something-aint-right-here/36088)
**Author:** [@2SexyForMyComputer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2SexyForMyComputer)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2000, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-noticed-evey-single-one-of-my-threads-has-been-locked-something-aint-right-here/36088 "2000-10-08T20:21:41Z")
what’s going on here? It’s a conspiracy. --- ## [A D Day MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-d-day-mmp/965733)
**Author:** [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-d-day-mmp/965733 "2022-06-13T04:31:17Z")
I’m old enough that my dad was in WWII (the big one according to Herbert T. Gillis). But are the young ‘uns aware of what happened on June 6, 1944? Still in England where it is dreary and rainy. We did not attend any … --- ## [Songs identifiable from two or three words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-identifiable-from-two-or-three-words/559435 "2010-11-05T14:08:00Z")
On another forum there’s a thread where you’re supposed to only post one, two, or three words. In that thread somebody posted “We can dance” which of course reminded me of the song Safety Dance. So I’ve been wondering … --- ## [Nerdy tattoos! mk. 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947)
**Author:** [@Giant\_Spongess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giant_Spongess)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947 "2006-02-27T15:04:49Z")
I think I killed a hamster the first time I tried to post this (I anticipated a low number of responses, but I didn’t expect it to be that low). Anyway, here it is, hopefully it will actually work this time. I know peo… --- ## [Any TV Shows That Feature Fictionalized Versions Of Living Persons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tv-shows-that-feature-fictionalized-versions-of-living-persons/826581)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tv-shows-that-feature-fictionalized-versions-of-living-persons/826581 "2019-03-08T22:25:19Z")
The Goldbergs is one of only two TV shows that I can think of that features fictionalized versions of real, living people. Adam F. Goldberg, the narrator and star of the show, is still alive, as are his brother Barry and… --- ## [Tom Hanks: Great Actor? Greatest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-hanks-great-actor-greatest/354038)
**Author:** [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-hanks-great-actor-greatest/354038 "2006-04-27T23:17:47Z")
I had this brief discussion with my wife over the weekend. We saw the “Da Vinci Code” preview over the weekend, and while my wife is excited to see it, I am kind of bleh about it. She thinks Tom Hanks is a great actor… --- ## [Better for an asteroid to hit water or land?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-for-an-asteroid-to-hit-water-or-land/502877)
**Author:** [@Altair33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Altair33)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-for-an-asteroid-to-hit-water-or-land/502877 "2009-07-22T21:24:54Z")
Assume that a 1 mile diameter asteroid is heading to earth and nothing can be done to stop it. Would it be better for the earth for it to land in the ocean or on land? Which location on earth would cause the most damage … --- ## [Answer the funny foreigners' questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-the-funny-foreigners-questions/591036)
**Author:** [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-the-funny-foreigners-questions/591036 "2011-08-03T13:05:49Z")
Okay, so some of you might remember me as that Singaporean guy who dopers often mistake for being a girl. I did this thread like, 8 years ago (dayum, 8 years ago?!). The funny thing about the US/UK is that we (meaning t… --- ## [Male strippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-strippers/33126)
**Author:** [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2024, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-strippers/33126 "2024-11-05T04:28:32Z")
Seeing as how I’ve never watched a male stripper, I do not know the answer to this question, so I’ll put it bluntly. Do male strippers generally strip with an erection? If not, why would someone pay to see a shrivled up… --- ## [Neighbours borrowing cooking ingredients - how often does/did it happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbours-borrowing-cooking-ingredients-how-often-does-did-it-happen/676953)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbours-borrowing-cooking-ingredients-how-often-does-did-it-happen/676953 "2013-12-24T17:56:56Z")
I’ve seen in some older books and comics (from the 1960s or so, maybe a bit earlier/later, though I could be wrong) that characters (usually mothers) will sometimes be cooking something, and then they’ll realize that the… --- ## [How Does A Direct Deposit Bounce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-direct-deposit-bounce/595430)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-direct-deposit-bounce/595430 "2011-09-09T15:22:39Z")
OK I lost my job recently. My final pay check was supposed to be Sept 2nd, last Friday. So today I decide to go check my blance in my bank account to make sure they paid me all my vacation pay I had unused. Now I don’t… --- ## [How much are colors used as surnames in other languages? (Green, White, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-are-colors-used-as-surnames-in-other-languages-green-white-etc/124793)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-are-colors-used-as-surnames-in-other-languages-green-white-etc/124793 "2002-08-21T19:11:43Z")
(Info on any language is welcome – extra credit given for scoop on "color"ful surnames in non-European languages) In English, there are some fairly common ones: Green, White, Gray, Brown, and to a lesser extent, Black. … --- ## [New Press Law in the UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-press-law-in-the-uk/672740)
**Author:** [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2013, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-press-law-in-the-uk/672740 "2013-11-02T08:55:00Z")
Today a form of voluntary regulation of the press became law in the UK. This allows the Press to seek protection from libel cases by agreeing to a system of regulation and rebuttal. How much of an inroad to Press Free… --- ## [New way to kill 5 minutes at work: How well do you know your SDMB nextdoor neighbors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545)
**Author:** [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545 "2003-05-12T20:33:46Z")
A long time back, with nothing better to do while I babysat the server during an upgrade, I decided to fiddle around on the SDMB. While I was humming Bob Seger’s “I Feel Like A Number” to myself, I came up with the idea … --- ## [Indiana Jones and The...um, Empire of the... uh something something](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-um-empire-of-the-uh-something-something/510134)
**Author:** [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-um-empire-of-the-uh-something-something/510134 "2009-09-18T01:11:35Z")
Harrison has announced he is willing to do Indy 5, if… The script is good. Is it possible to make this condition retro-active? --- ## [A Capella Top 40 Hits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-capella-top-40-hits/79577)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-capella-top-40-hits/79577 "2016-07-20T17:33:46Z")
Is Because I Got High the only a capella song to make the Top 40? I’m thinking real hard right now, and I’m drawing a blank… --- ## [Do Men's Aftershaves Actually Improve Skin Health/Look? \[NEED ANSWER FAST!\*\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-aftershaves-actually-improve-skin-health-look-need-answer-fast/631713)
**Author:** [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-aftershaves-actually-improve-skin-health-look-need-answer-fast/631713 "2015-08-03T16:27:36Z")
Or do they just make your face smell good? I ask because if aftershaves actually improve skin quality, I’m in the market for your recommendations. When my face isn’t being a bitch and going through an acne breakout, I l… --- ## [esophageal spasm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esophageal-spasm/578862)
**Author:** [@Lorski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorski)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esophageal-spasm/578862 "2012-03-24T13:17:51Z")
Started about 8:00 last night. Every time I take a drink or try to eat something, it’s like I get a charley horse in my lower esophagus, right at the top of my breastbone. Hurts like hell. I googled it when I got to … --- ## [What are microwave doors made of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-microwave-doors-made-of/181535)
**Author:** [@Swoop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swoop)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2003, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-microwave-doors-made-of/181535 "2003-06-24T11:15:21Z")
and how effective are they at trapping the emissions? --- ## [Request for Thread Re-Open](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-thread-re-open/612322)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-thread-re-open/612322 "2012-02-10T21:26:03Z")
DCnDC’s only crime was starting a Kids in the Hall quoting thread in the middle of the work day. It wasn’t even given a chance to blossom before being mercilessly cut down. I request the thread be re-opened. --- ## [Uncle Toby -- Take a Loooong Walk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncle-toby-take-a-loooong-walk/127300)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncle-toby-take-a-loooong-walk/127300 "2002-09-10T17:05:32Z")
The esteemed asshole who posted this is of the opinion that marriage is " a special contract to promote social good" and that the sole purpose of marriage is to have children. He’s on record there and elsewhere as desc… --- ## [Heroes 10/29/07 - "The Line" (SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-10-29-07-the-line-spoilers/424505)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-10-29-07-the-line-spoilers/424505 "2007-11-04T00:06:48Z")
Last week: Peter got his name and passport back just in time to prognosti-paint a trip to Montreal with Colleen O’Lassy or whoever. Nathan and Matt met the men of their dreams and beat the piss out of them. Mohinder blew… --- ## [Stupid Arguments You Never Want To Hear Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-arguments-you-never-want-to-hear-again/334846)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-arguments-you-never-want-to-hear-again/334846 "2005-12-15T01:01:03Z")
“I don’t do drugs/drink alcohol because I can have fun at parties without it.” Huh?? You can have fun at parties without drinking Pepsi either, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t drink Pepsi. Just say what you mean: … --- ## [So a couple of guys tried to get me to pull over tonight...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-couple-of-guys-tried-to-get-me-to-pull-over-tonight/566863)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-couple-of-guys-tried-to-get-me-to-pull-over-tonight/566863 "2011-01-18T04:45:33Z")
I went for a drive tonight (1 a.m. actually) and was driving down a major artery, but with virtually no traffic, when these two young guys behind me in a pickup truck started flashing their lights and then pulled up next… --- ## [Israel strikes Syria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-strikes-syria/205728)
**Author:** [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-strikes-syria/205728 "2003-10-17T19:49:08Z")
for the first time in a long time. As MOTO (master of the obvious) I would like to point out that Syria and Israel are now in a de facto state of war. Maybe they were already? Meanwhile Tony Snow is talking to Peter K… --- ## [Should chili have beans? Let's settle this once and for all!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-chili-have-beans-lets-settle-this-once-and-for-all/335459)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-chili-have-beans-lets-settle-this-once-and-for-all/335459 "2013-05-02T22:12:56Z")
The thread title, of course, is facetious . . . the beans/no beans debate has been raging for more than a hundred years. As I understand it, in Texas it even has political implications . . . http://en.wikipedia.org/wik… --- ## [Artists (and others) - Do people want your services for too cheap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-and-others-do-people-want-your-services-for-too-cheap/556046)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-and-others-do-people-want-your-services-for-too-cheap/556046 "2010-10-06T14:17:45Z")
I remember reading a thread about this years ago, but I can’t find it. Must have been on a different board. I don’t have many stories like this, though there was a time when a “singer” wanted me to help him record a dem… --- ## [Fourth hijacked flight shot down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-hijacked-flight-shot-down/146431)
**Author:** [@wabe0x90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wabe0x90)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-hijacked-flight-shot-down/146431 "2003-01-11T04:33:54Z")
What is the chances of a flight crashing into the Pennsylvania countryside due to some sort of internal fight? Doesn’t that seem weird? Wouldn’t hijackers, if they win, keep the flight towards DC, and passengers, if they… --- ## [Ask the guy who just ate some hakarl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-ate-some-hakarl/574966)
**Author:** [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-ate-some-hakarl/574966 "2011-03-18T20:43:38Z")
I just ate two chunks of hakarl and survived. Ask away if you’re interested in this mundane feat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1617&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1619&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)