# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1629&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:** 1630 --- ## [If you touch bird eggs the mama bird will leave them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-touch-bird-eggs-the-mama-bird-will-leave-them/585179)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-touch-bird-eggs-the-mama-bird-will-leave-them/585179 "2011-06-13T04:04:43Z")
I was cleaning out the gutters tonight and came across a bird’s nest. There were five little eggs in there and I showed them to my daughter. I neatly placed them back in the nest and then I cleaned everything out, but… --- ## [Marvel: Why reboot NOW?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-why-reboot-now/728955)
**Author:** [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-why-reboot-now/728955 "2015-08-28T23:40:51Z")
So I’ve been out of the comics scene for a while now. It just became too expensive to keep up. But I keep tabs on things on the net, and I gather that Marvel is rebooting everything this fall, making the main character… --- ## [Catholicism, Geocentrism, and Galileo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholicism-geocentrism-and-galileo/191261)
**Author:** [@TVAA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVAA)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholicism-geocentrism-and-galileo/191261 "2015-04-21T01:13:59Z")
Why did the Catholic Church not only accept the claim that the Earth was at the center of the universe, but make it part of its doctrine? A site about Galileo and the Inquisition Here’s a brief selection from that site… --- ## [Why are Judaism & Islam never mocked or impugned in mainstream movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-judaism-islam-never-mocked-or-impugned-in-mainstream-movies/500537)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-judaism-islam-never-mocked-or-impugned-in-mainstream-movies/500537 "2009-06-24T01:34:15Z")
There have been a fair number of movies since the 70’s that have satirized, mocked or otherwise impugned Christian denominational beliefs and the church administration(s), but I don’t recall Judaism or Islam being taken … --- ## [Tourist killed by lion at SA lion park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourist-killed-by-lion-at-sa-lion-park/721377)
**Author:** [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourist-killed-by-lion-at-sa-lion-park/721377 "2015-06-05T01:02:58Z")
An American tourist sitting in a car with it’s passenger side window open was killed by a lioness at a South African lion park. The lion jumped through the open window and bit the woman fatally, wounding the driver in th… --- ## [Bigots of the world: please unite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigots-of-the-world-please-unite/660097)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigots-of-the-world-please-unite/660097 "2013-06-08T21:55:57Z")
and shut the fuck up! Seriously. What is wrong with you jackasses? Let’s run down some examples of your “incredible wisdom” (all of which I’ve heard in the last few weeks): \[ol\]\[li\]The robin doesn’t mate with the bluej… --- ## [Greatest Comic Genius of the Twentieth Century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-comic-genius-of-the-twentieth-century/358863)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-comic-genius-of-the-twentieth-century/358863 "2006-06-06T20:34:47Z")
So the jacket praise of Groucho - the Life and Times of Julius Henry Marx calls Groucho “perhaps the greatest comic genius of the twentieth century.” Now, I like Groucho as much as the next guy (and I like the next guy … --- ## [Labia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labia/499281)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labia/499281 "2009-06-11T23:23:48Z")
“Labia” sounds like a girl’s name. “This is Kayla, this is Laura, this is Labia. Say hi, Labia.” It also sounds like a type of flower. Can’t you see it? A boquet of labias. I’m going to the meadow to pick some labias. M… --- ## [Pit Etiquette, and relationships in other threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-etiquette-and-relationships-in-other-threads/679117)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-etiquette-and-relationships-in-other-threads/679117 "2014-01-22T20:43:18Z")
This is technically an IMHO question, but since it relates directly to the Pit, I think it may belong here. Mods can move it, but I think it should be here, because harsh language may occur. The question: if I’ve pitt… --- ## [How racist (if at all) do you think "The Princess and the Frog" will be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-racist-if-at-all-do-you-think-the-princess-and-the-frog-will-be/519646)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-racist-if-at-all-do-you-think-the-princess-and-the-frog-will-be/519646 "2009-12-04T20:26:16Z")
I’ve not yet started a “controversial” topic when it comes to my threads, so I figure this might be a good starting point. After seeing some extended trailers for the movie it seems like Disney is trying to atone for th… --- ## [Any instances of former POWs going after former captors for "payback"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-instances-of-former-pows-going-after-former-captors-for-payback/718780)
**Author:** [@1kBR\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1kBR_Kid)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-instances-of-former-pows-going-after-former-captors-for-payback/718780 "2015-05-02T04:25:25Z")
I mean individual soldiers or a small group of soldiers, acting on their own, rather than war crimes trials. I wondered about that while watching documentaries about the true story of the bridge on the river Kwai and abo… --- ## [Registering an out-of-state car in California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registering-an-out-of-state-car-in-california/435562)
**Author:** [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registering-an-out-of-state-car-in-california/435562 "2008-01-30T23:00:41Z")
Okay, so here’s the deal, I’ve lived in California for about a year and a half now and never got around to registering my vehicle locally – yeah, I’m a gambling man. Anyway, my out of state tags are now expired as well, … --- ## [What is (or what should be) the purpose of the National Guard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-or-what-should-be-the-purpose-of-the-national-guard/266188)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-or-what-should-be-the-purpose-of-the-national-guard/266188 "2012-09-15T17:04:20Z")
Until this latest deployment, I always assumed the purpose of the National Guard was to provide for the defense of the United States–and by defense, I mean defense. Not going off to stop threats in foreign lands, but rat… --- ## [what happens to fish when they die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-fish-when-they-die/58119)
**Author:** [@zub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zub)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2001, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-fish-when-they-die/58119 "2001-03-20T04:33:15Z")
my question is just that… do they sink or float? my guess is that once they die they stop breathing and so they sink! what say? --- ## [Strange Call from AT&T](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-call-from-at-t/669690)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-call-from-at-t/669690 "2013-10-04T16:11:36Z")
I just got a very odd phone call, claiming to be from AT&T. They say my phone line connection is going to be discontinued. Not because of payments, but because they are discontinuing the service. Discontinuing DSL? I… --- ## [I get the idea, you guys are tired of flirt threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-the-idea-you-guys-are-tired-of-flirt-threads/294706)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-the-idea-you-guys-are-tired-of-flirt-threads/294706 "2005-03-23T21:31:57Z")
Several people have been scolded or yelled at regarding flirt threads, myself included. From what I can see we’ve all toned it down drastically or completely so SHUT THE FUCK UP and stop bringing it up in every freakin’ … --- ## [Resolutely Striding into the New Year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824)
**Author:** [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824 "2005-01-08T01:37:53Z")
It’s that time of year again. Time to promise yourself you’ll be better. Notice how I say “yourself” and not “myself”? That would be because I don’t, personally, make New Year’s Resolutions. That’s not to say there’s not… --- ## [The Great Northwest Dopefest!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-northwest-dopefest/235410)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-northwest-dopefest/235410 "2004-08-14T22:54:53Z")
Proposal: A combination Seattle-Portland Dopefest. Time: Sometime in June. The Place: Halfway between the two metropoli, in Centralia. The Format: Either in a resturant like The Country Cousin, or a potluck in one of … --- ## [The NYT Ethicist and Dueling Donations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyt-ethicist-and-dueling-donations/664113)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyt-ethicist-and-dueling-donations/664113 "2013-08-17T01:13:43Z")
Via The Volokh Conspiracy, I was led to this NYT feature, in which The Ethicist answers ethical questions. Briefly: Being a legal-focused blog, Volokh commentator Will Blaude points out that their agreement is in fact… --- ## [The Entire Industry of Corporate Recruiting and HR is Ridiculous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-entire-industry-of-corporate-recruiting-and-hr-is-ridiculous/508752)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-entire-industry-of-corporate-recruiting-and-hr-is-ridiculous/508752 "2009-09-14T14:29:29Z")
First of all, this isn’t really a rant about my job search. It’s going well enough precisely because I have more or less been avoiding the entire Corporate Recruiting-HR-Job Search Industrial Complex as much as possible… --- ## [Serbian Widower Has Late Wife’s Vulva Engraved on Her Tombstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serbian-widower-has-late-wife-s-vulva-engraved-on-her-tombstone/638560)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serbian-widower-has-late-wife-s-vulva-engraved-on-her-tombstone/638560 "2012-10-26T17:05:52Z")
Really.:eek: Comments are hilarious, but feel free to add your own Dope-Flavored version. --- ## [Where does "Black people don't eat mayo/Mayonnaise is a white people food" come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-black-people-dont-eat-mayo-mayonnaise-is-a-white-people-food-come-from/852662)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-black-people-dont-eat-mayo-mayonnaise-is-a-white-people-food-come-from/852662 "2020-04-29T21:10:22Z")
It wasn’t something I’ve ever heard at all well until the last decade, and I literally can’t find anything about it before the 2002 film “Undercover Brother” uses it extensively as a joke where a black man refuses to eat… --- ## [Sci Fi Original Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467)
**Author:** [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2010, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467 "2010-04-27T07:33:30Z")
Am I the only one who thinks they come up with the names first and then write the movies? They’re hilariously bad, and would almost be campy if they didn’t take themselves do seriously. --- ## [Rome stays Pagan in 300 AD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome-stays-pagan-in-300-ad/494370)
**Author:** [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome-stays-pagan-in-300-ad/494370 "2009-04-27T21:59:48Z")
Christianity doesn’t get a foothold in Europe through the Roman Empire’s decree. How does this alternate timeline turn out? Does it get a foot hold later? If so what form does it take? How does this change the future of … --- ## [Jambalaya help...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jambalaya-help/670632)
**Author:** [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jambalaya-help/670632 "2013-10-15T17:30:24Z")
So I made jambalaya last night. I basically made a riff off of one of Emeril’s recipes on food network. His chicken and sausage jambalaya. Based on the reviews, I added a few ingredients. Everything came out great, b… --- ## [The Great Summer 2021 Doper Postcard Exchange!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355 "2021-09-12T17:02:41Z")
Northern Piper, melodyharmonius and jayrey have run them in the past, and they’re always fun, but it’s been awhile. Here’s how it works (as adapted from NP’s previous thread). Our rules, by the numbers, and written wit… --- ## [Etiquette for house showing..am I suppose to evacuate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-for-house-showing-am-i-suppose-to-evacuate/632090)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-for-house-showing-am-i-suppose-to-evacuate/632090 "2012-08-22T21:22:55Z")
What is the etiquette when a realtor is showing my house in the evening, or on the weekend when I would otherwise be home? I just got a notifiction that they are showing my house between 6 and 7 this evening. I don’t r… --- ## [An Income Tax Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-income-tax-question/565977)
**Author:** [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2011, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-income-tax-question/565977 "2011-01-08T08:11:00Z")
Consider, if you will, two identical twins, living identical lives. Each is given a piece of paper and a pencil, and each draws a picture. The drawings are NOT identical. And so at auction one sells for $100, the other… --- ## [Pick a TV Gothamite, and tell us how they reacted to the AVENGERS movie Battle of New York.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-tv-gothamite-and-tell-us-how-they-reacted-to-the-avengers-movie-battle-of-new-york/673842)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-tv-gothamite-and-tell-us-how-they-reacted-to-the-avengers-movie-battle-of-new-york/673842 "2013-11-18T16:42:16Z")
Against my better judgment I saw THOR: THE DARK WORLD this weekend. My opinion of it may be inferred by my many glowing remarks in the thread dedicated to it. I did enjoy Kat Dennings, though. And when she slapped Loki f… --- ## [Movies that don't tell you who the villain is](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-dont-tell-you-who-the-villain-is/627060)
**Author:** [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-dont-tell-you-who-the-villain-is/627060 "2012-07-08T23:13:29Z")
I’ve noticed a pattern with movies that don’t tell you who the villain is beforehand e.g. in the trailers. They generally don’t turn out so well, and tend to be underwhelming. Look at the latest Spider-Man’s trailer. So… --- ## [The Amazing Race 3/11: "Taste Your Salami"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-3-11-taste-your-salami/615509)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-3-11-taste-your-salami/615509 "2012-03-15T16:41:02Z")
Tonight, the racers go to Italy or, as Bopper puts it, “someplace tropical!” And he’s not the least of the Olive Gardeners in this episode of…the Amazing Race! The racers leave Paraguay for Turin, Italy, where their fir… --- ## [What would be the best way to mine ice from Pluto?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-best-way-to-mine-ice-from-pluto/716826)
**Author:** [@TheCozyMicrobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCozyMicrobe)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-best-way-to-mine-ice-from-pluto/716826 "2015-04-08T01:02:49Z")
Hey there! My name is Cozy, and I’m writing a science-fiction book. The problem is, I want it to be a lot more heavy on the science than most similar books, but I’m not particularly knowledgeable. So I’m looking for eith… --- ## [What else (not terrorist related) things happened on Sept 11 20 and the ensuing two weeks01](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199)
**Author:** [@zeno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeno)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199 "2011-09-06T13:51:43Z")
Just curious about what else happened on that infamous day and the ensuing two weeks while the news was taken up with the attacks. I know Freddie Decordova, the producer of the Tonight Show, died a few days after. --- ## [Best bike for recreational street riding - $ 300 - $ 500](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bike-for-recreational-street-riding-300-500/654060)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bike-for-recreational-street-riding-300-500/654060 "2013-04-05T00:18:06Z")
Rider is a young twenty something woman 5’11" approx 220 lbs. Most of her height is in her waist so she does not have super extra long legs. Her inseam is 31-32 inches. Price range $300 - $500 Use is recreational street… --- ## [Can A Soldier Refuse A Decoration For Valour?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-soldier-refuse-a-decoration-for-valour/485750)
**Author:** [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-soldier-refuse-a-decoration-for-valour/485750 "2009-02-15T05:56:01Z")
Can a soldier refuse a decoration for valour? Has it ever occurred? A slightly odd question, but I was thinking of Corporal Willie Apiata, who won the Victoria Cross in Afghanistan: since then the poor bugger, who seems … --- ## [The lovely Alexis Arquette: First openly trans reality TV star?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lovely-alexis-arquette-first-openly-trans-reality-tv-star/349450)
**Author:** [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lovely-alexis-arquette-first-openly-trans-reality-tv-star/349450 "2006-03-26T00:05:25Z")
Arquette sister Alexis is now appearing on VH1’s The Surreal Life. I was nervous when I heard this, because I was afraid she would be used for endless tranny jokes and mistreated in editing. Well, having seen the first e… --- ## [Was Russia a word during the Soviet era?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-russia-a-word-during-the-soviet-era/704249)
**Author:** [@IMfez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMfez)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-russia-a-word-during-the-soviet-era/704249 "2014-11-14T14:11:46Z")
If so, what did the word Russia mean back then? Were there other competing terms for the new country that would replace the majority of the Soviet territory? --- ## [Legal Experts: US DOJ vs NC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-experts-us-doj-vs-nc/754005)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-experts-us-doj-vs-nc/754005 "2016-05-25T17:37:05Z")
North Carolina says it will defy feds over LGBT law; ‘We’re not going to get bullied’ I’m interested in the legal handicapping as to these two possibilities (or any other possibilities that might be out there). --- ## [How does one use a PC without a mouse? Can one...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-use-a-pc-without-a-mouse-can-one/752085)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-use-a-pc-without-a-mouse-can-one/752085 "2016-04-26T16:25:13Z")
I just dropped my mouse. No harm done. But, suddenly I recalled that I had never used a PC without a mouse. Somewhere there must have once been instructions on how to navigate and enter without a mouse. Quickest way t… --- ## [Early twists in films (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-twists-in-films-open-spoilers/624080)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-twists-in-films-open-spoilers/624080 "2012-06-15T23:35:19Z")
We’re all familiar with twists at the end of films, but what about those near the start - say the first quarter of the film? I’m not talking about division points, though I expect the two will largely coincide, or stand… --- ## [Which Losing Major Party Candidates Would Have Been Good Presidents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-losing-major-party-candidates-would-have-been-good-presidents/629929)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-losing-major-party-candidates-would-have-been-good-presidents/629929 "2012-10-20T15:35:47Z")
Inspired by the other thread. Please don’t include incumbents who lost but people who lost in the primaries can be included. --- ## [Can you lose weight by eating celery or drinking water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-lose-weight-by-eating-celery-or-drinking-water/2353)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 1999, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-lose-weight-by-eating-celery-or-drinking-water/2353 "1999-08-06T15:11:00Z")
I have heard that you burn more calories than you take in when you eat celery. If this is true, couldn’t you eat large quantities of celery to lose weight? Also, water contains no calories, so wouldn’t drinking water hel… --- ## [Need to buy a decent, inexpensive violin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-buy-a-decent-inexpensive-violin/519668)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-buy-a-decent-inexpensive-violin/519668 "2009-12-03T01:56:46Z")
I want to get a violin for my 14-yr-old daughter for Christmas - it’s on her wish list. It will be her first one. She is a good musician, and I think she’ll stick with it. Even if she doesn’t, the rest of us are musical … --- ## [Week 2 CFB -- Which AP Top 25 team(s) will lose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-2-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/697282)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-2-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/697282 "2014-09-07T18:24:13Z")
Please see Week 1 CFB – Which BCS Top 25 team(s) will lose? — \<\< corrected poll \>\> – especially starting at Post #25 (08-20-2014, 08:53 AM) – for background information. Source data for this thread: AP Top 25 NCA… --- ## [Tea partiers in Oklahoma want to start their own militias](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-partiers-in-oklahoma-want-to-start-their-own-militias/535928)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-partiers-in-oklahoma-want-to-start-their-own-militias/535928 "2010-04-15T03:00:18Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100413/ap\_on\_re\_us/us\_tea\_party\_militia The reasons given for the desire to form militias are already taken care of by organizations like the national guard. The only real, true goal of the… --- ## [Three Days and Three Nights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-days-and-three-nights/635886)
**Author:** [@rstrats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rstrats)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-days-and-three-nights/635886 "2016-09-15T14:44:20Z")
Does anyone have documentation from the first century or before that shows that the phrase “three days and three nights” has been used where it absolutely doesn’t refer to at least parts of three nighttime periods and at… --- ## [What do recovering addicts do for anesthesia/painkillers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-recovering-addicts-do-for-anesthesia-painkillers/450186)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2014, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-recovering-addicts-do-for-anesthesia-painkillers/450186 "2014-05-06T07:25:24Z")
I’m reading Anthony Kiedis’s autobiography, Scar Tissue, and he talks mostly about his struggle with addiction. At one point, he managed to get clean in 1988, only to relapsed in 1994, after an operation to have his wis… --- ## [LOTR Party at LOBSANG'S PLACE !!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-party-at-lobsangs-place/267049)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-party-at-lobsangs-place/267049 "2004-10-06T04:27:26Z")
:: Knock Knock Knock :: HEY! You Lobsang? Cool. Thought you’d have been taller…oh well, no matter. Inigo Montoya here. What? Yeah, from The Straight Dope boards? Yes, that’s right. A bunch of us Dopers decided … --- ## [If you finda police bug can you remove/destroy it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-finda-police-bug-can-you-remove-destroy-it/550718)
**Author:** [@Xenocrates](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xenocrates)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-finda-police-bug-can-you-remove-destroy-it/550718 "2010-08-21T01:40:10Z")
Basically just as the title says. If police get a warrant and everything to bug your car (for instance) and you find it can you legally remove/destroy it? Also, if you found a bug could you then ask the police why they a… --- ## [Can some people make watches lose time simply by wearing them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-some-people-make-watches-lose-time-simply-by-wearing-them/359716)
**Author:** [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-some-people-make-watches-lose-time-simply-by-wearing-them/359716 "2006-06-07T23:46:01Z")
My mother doesn’t wear watches because she swears they speed up on her and end up 10 to 15 minutes off. I find other people claim to have this happen to them, too. But is this just a myth or what? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1628&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1630&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)