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**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2012, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-middle-aged-fart-understand-twitter/610398 "2012-01-28T07:15:42Z")
Spinoff of Help an Old Fart Understand Texting, natch. I like message boards (duh.) I Facebook, I text, I email. I can’t seem to grok Twitter. I mean, I know what it is and what it does, what I can’t figure out is what … --- ## [The Very Best Rock Album Of The 1990's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-very-best-rock-album-of-the-1990s/799478)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-very-best-rock-album-of-the-1990s/799478 "2017-10-26T18:52:52Z")
I would like your opinions. Generally speaking, a great album is usually listenable from beginning to end without much, if any skipping of songs. You can put it on at a party and just let it go and people will love it. P… --- ## [Is this a real conspiracy theory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-conspiracy-theory/658730)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-conspiracy-theory/658730 "2013-05-24T23:41:47Z")
I was reading about Pete Santilli, a website host who’s saying that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama should be shot. And he’s rambling on about all the things he’s claimed they did. There was the stuff I expected about B… --- ## [What's the REAL issue with the Senate's judicial confirmation process?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-real-issue-with-the-senates-judicial-confirmation-process/301179)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2005, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-real-issue-with-the-senates-judicial-confirmation-process/301179 "2005-05-07T08:51:28Z")
As I understand it, Senate Repubs are set to use the nuclear option to close off the Dems ability to filibuster to block the more odious judicial nominees coming from the White House. But I can’t buy the notion that the … --- ## [If you're following the World Cup...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-following-the-world-cup/361096)
**Author:** [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-following-the-world-cup/361096 "2006-06-28T06:31:35Z")
Who are you rooting for? I’m England, all the way. --- ## [Let's all have a good week in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-have-a-good-week-in-the-mmp/972238)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-have-a-good-week-in-the-mmp/972238 "2022-10-03T23:25:05Z")
I just un-bagged my cream cheese and found a whipped and creamy cheese spread. It does taste nice, much like it should, but I never would have thought that adding extra rennet (cornstarch in gravy) would have made it so … --- ## [Hey baby, wanna dry hump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-baby-wanna-dry-hump/491641)
**Author:** [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-baby-wanna-dry-hump/491641 "2009-04-03T17:03:49Z")
God I could go for a good dry hump right about now. OK not really. The concept of dry humping just crossed my mind for basically no reason and I sat here for a good minute laughing my ass off (and no one came into my of… --- ## [But Why Is the USA So Unpopular In Russia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-why-is-the-usa-so-unpopular-in-russia/748382)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-why-is-the-usa-so-unpopular-in-russia/748382 "2016-03-12T13:41:54Z")
I was really surprised, when I recently read this Wikipedia article on Antiamericanism. Wikipedia isn’t always perfect, I know. But these statistics, so they should be accurate. Anyways, as you can see, we have one of t… --- ## [The Old Twin "Switcheroo"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-twin-switcheroo/581693)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-twin-switcheroo/581693 "2011-05-15T16:56:09Z")
I’ve only known one set of identical twins and they were different enough physically not to food anyone. My question is have you ever known any set of twins (or triplets, etc) that was identical and physically close eno… --- ## [Selective Service and an immigrant family...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selective-service-and-an-immigrant-family/535214)
**Author:** [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selective-service-and-an-immigrant-family/535214 "2010-04-10T14:41:53Z")
One of my officemate’s son is now trying to fill out a FAFSA form, and it asks about selective service. At 27, he never registered. He’s an American citizen, but as a family, they had no idea he was supposed to registe… --- ## [Impoverished rape victim offered payoff not to prosecute un-remembered assault. Should she?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impoverished-rape-victim-offered-payoff-not-to-prosecute-un-remembered-assault-should-she/567521)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impoverished-rape-victim-offered-payoff-not-to-prosecute-un-remembered-assault-should-she/567521 "2011-01-16T15:22:37Z")
Another Rhymer hypothetical. The backstory is somewhat darker than usual, but just as long as is typical. Today’s tale is about Zöe, a rising college sophomore in an expensive private school. With a mother who stocks gr… --- ## [Same-gender hostility in the workplace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-gender-hostility-in-the-workplace/570499)
**Author:** [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2011, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-gender-hostility-in-the-workplace/570499 "2011-02-09T06:54:16Z")
There’s a young woman at work who’s been irritating me with her snotty attitude. That in itself is not so remarkable, except she treats all the female employees with coldness, if not downright hostility. However, she g… --- ## [Is Asperger syndrome real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-asperger-syndrome-real/474288)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-asperger-syndrome-real/474288 "2008-11-29T19:56:02Z")
If so, is it as common as some people claim? Because it seems to me that it is mostly self-diagnosed by people who want a justification for their PITA behavior. Posted here because I think it will become a debate, if n… --- ## [Have you ever experienced a time slip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-experienced-a-time-slip/621096)
**Author:** [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-experienced-a-time-slip/621096 "2013-06-26T13:01:58Z")
Have you ever for example been somewhere and found something such as a cafe or an old looking area of a building, but when you leave and return to the same area, that area in the place has gone and it turns out to have n… --- ## [Experiences with Washington DC Metro Rail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-washington-dc-metro-rail/594527)
**Author:** [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-washington-dc-metro-rail/594527 "2011-09-02T01:20:11Z")
I start a new job (woo hoo!) this week, and will be taking the Metro for the first time. My only mass transit experience involves the Boston system, over 20 years ago, so I don’t think I have much of a frame of reference… --- ## [Jennifer Lopez](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-lopez/142617)
**Author:** [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-lopez/142617 "2002-12-17T16:35:08Z")
Excuse me but, can I go ONE Mother-Fucking day of my life without hearing about, or seeing a picture of, or seeing a movie trailer with this bitch in it? Hasn’t she heard of OVER EXPOSURE? I mean, don’t get me wrong, I… --- ## [Easiest language to learn.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-language-to-learn/702333)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Why_Bother)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-language-to-learn/702333 "2014-11-01T23:30:38Z")
I want to learn a foreign language, but I don’t want to have to work to hard. What’s the easiest foreign language to learn for a native English speaker? P.S. - I know some people say German because it’s structured very… --- ## [Survey for study on relation between personality traits and philosophical views:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-study-on-relation-between-personality-traits-and-philosophical-views/493412)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-for-study-on-relation-between-personality-traits-and-philosophical-views/493412 "2009-04-23T18:04:21Z")
For funsies, you can take the survey here. --- ## [Should the US Supeme Court Allow Video Cameras?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-supeme-court-allow-video-cameras/605319)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-supeme-court-allow-video-cameras/605319 "2011-12-08T20:15:34Z")
Can Congress Force Supreme Court to let in Cameras? The pro forces are getting stronger, and suggesting that Congress should pass a law requiring SCOTUS to allow video. While that would bust the sanctity of the Court’s… --- ## [Is the Democratic party headed in the wrong direction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-democratic-party-headed-in-the-wrong-direction/579187)
**Author:** [@Whambulance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whambulance)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-democratic-party-headed-in-the-wrong-direction/579187 "2011-05-04T00:34:24Z")
A little background here. I am a middle-of-the-road Libertarian with some far left as well as far right tendencies so I am by no means bashing Democrats in general. The reason I am posting this is that it occured to me… --- ## [What was the context of Lord Kelvin's infamous statement about flying machines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-context-of-lord-kelvins-infamous-statement-about-flying-machines/456558)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2008, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-context-of-lord-kelvins-infamous-statement-about-flying-machines/456558 "2008-07-17T08:45:48Z")
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (often referred to as ‘Lord Kelvin’) infamously stated (apparently during the time he was president of the Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge) that “Heavier… --- ## [Obama's executive amnesty will cost taxpayers $1.3 trillion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-executive-amnesty-will-cost-taxpayers-1-3-trillion/715445)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-executive-amnesty-will-cost-taxpayers-1-3-trillion/715445 "2015-03-23T14:44:02Z")
I read this claim without citation: ‘Obama’s executive amnesty will cost taxpayers $1.3 trillion.’ Searching on that phrase turns up right-wing sites using ‘illegals’ as a descriptor, so I don’t trust their objectivity.… --- ## [Known weight of a household item](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-weight-of-a-household-item/561113)
**Author:** [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-weight-of-a-household-item/561113 "2010-11-23T01:10:49Z")
We have a digital scale in our master bathroom which I use pretty infrequently, maybe once every 3-4 months. My weight doesn’t fluctuate much- for the past 5 or 6 years I’ve been anywhere from 161-165, or somewhere in b… --- ## [The ''fade'' in popular songs: a useful technique, or lazy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fade-in-popular-songs-a-useful-technique-or-lazy/647182)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fade-in-popular-songs-a-useful-technique-or-lazy/647182 "2013-01-16T17:19:56Z")
Something’s been bothering me about songs lately: the ‘‘fade’’. That is, when a song ends with a fade. Don’t get me wrong - there are many songs I like which do end in fades. But sometimes it just seems to be a lazy way… --- ## [What's the Point of Even/Odd Gas Rationing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-even-odd-gas-rationing/639979)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-even-odd-gas-rationing/639979 "2012-11-13T04:51:41Z")
I.e. the idea, currently instituted in parts of NJ, that only people with even/odd license plates can buy gas on even/odd days of the month. (I believe this was also done during the oil crisis of the late 70s.) I don’t … --- ## [Opening Flood Gates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-flood-gates/581978)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-flood-gates/581978 "2011-05-17T13:13:13Z")
Am I missing something in the news story about opening flood gates on the mighty Mississippi upstream of New Orleans? How does opening these gates help save New Orleans? The water STILL has to go somewhere, and New Ore… --- ## [What would happen if you put a platypus and a cat in a room together?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-you-put-a-platypus-and-a-cat-in-a-room-together/612565)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-you-put-a-platypus-and-a-cat-in-a-room-together/612565 "2012-02-16T22:19:28Z")
Say you had a completely empty room. What if you put a typical domestic cat, and a platypus, in it? Let’s assume that the door is closed. Would they fight? Would they be friendly with each other? Would they just run as … --- ## [Frying a frozen hamburger patty.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frying-a-frozen-hamburger-patty/296725)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frying-a-frozen-hamburger-patty/296725 "2005-03-31T00:45:41Z")
Is there a secret I don’t know about? I’ve tried thawing first, not thawing, salt, no salt, and different temps. They always finish tough. All the way from med rare through well makes no difference. They fare slightly b… --- ## [I went on ancestory.com...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-on-ancestory-com/617149)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-on-ancestory-com/617149 "2012-04-05T14:16:18Z")
…and find out my great grandmother had 6 children but all died in infancy. My luck sucks. --- ## [Trump is morphing into Hillary Clinton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-morphing-into-hillary-clinton/775673)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-morphing-into-hillary-clinton/775673 "2016-12-28T17:46:00Z")
Gee, the stuff he blasted her for over and over… the Hypocrite-Elect is doing it himself now. Will his people notice? No. (My emphasis) If he completes the transformation into Hillary, maybe he will be our first transg… --- ## [Is entitlement illogical? Unethical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-entitlement-illogical-unethical/602917)
**Author:** [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-entitlement-illogical-unethical/602917 "2011-11-21T04:22:40Z")
Accusing young people of entitlement is a buzzword of our times. But what philosophical argument is typically used to justify the negative connotation? Why doesn’t the world owe me, or you, or anyone else a living? --- ## [Norm MacDonald's Sports Show On Comedy Central](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612 "2011-06-21T00:32:03Z")
Is it just me, or is this a remarkably unfunny program? Somehow I get the impression he is reading other people’s lines and doesn’t quite buy into them. --- ## [why do horses wear jackets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-horses-wear-jackets/606535)
**Author:** [@zombiemommy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombiemommy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-horses-wear-jackets/606535 "2011-12-19T01:33:52Z")
In our neck of the woods the people who own horses put jackets on them when it gets around 45 degrees F. Horses are outside animals and are presumably used to outside temperatures, so why would they need jackets? Also… --- ## [Zooey Deschanel and her divorce.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-deschanel-and-her-divorce/601673)
**Author:** [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-deschanel-and-her-divorce/601673 "2011-11-05T03:50:03Z")
Does anyone else think this will hurt her show? I think part of her drawing power was her indie image (not just in music). How so, by being right or wrong, it looks like she had a highly talked about show, doing well, w… --- ## [I need a Nazi! A grammar Nazi.... ;)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-nazi-a-grammar-nazi/583968)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2011, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-nazi-a-grammar-nazi/583968 "2011-06-04T09:24:23Z")
As far back as I can remember, I’ve used an apostrophe when I’ve talked about items I’m abbreviating in the plural form (ie. DNA’s, PC’s, CD’s, etc.) but it occured to me that it may not be right. This was how I learned… --- ## [I got deuced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-deuced/349204)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2006, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-deuced/349204 "2006-03-25T05:08:12Z")
Last Thursday I got called to the VP’s office. The lady from Human Resources was present. He had several pages printed out, and I recognized the icon in the upper corner. It’s the userpic from my LiveJournal. “Is this yo… --- ## [The Amazing Race April 13: The Gladiators are Here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-april-13-the-gladiators-are-here/686059)
**Author:** [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-april-13-the-gladiators-are-here/686059 "2014-04-18T15:14:46Z")
I love the remote-control chariot racing!!! I also had to :dubious: when Jessica said she couldn’t look at John fighting the gladiator. Um…he’s not going to actually slay your man there. --- ## [You know what, Microsoft? Fuck you. That's what.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-microsoft-fuck-you-thats-what/723247 "2016-06-14T16:15:22Z")
My primary email address has been an msn.com address I’ve had for about 15 years. Today I haven’t been able to check email. Would you like to know why? Because as soon as I get to the email, an ad for Skype pops up cove… --- ## [So did Donald Eugene Ivens ever materialise? (Follow-up to "found wallet from the 70's" thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-donald-eugene-ivens-ever-materialise-follow-up-to-found-wallet-from-the-70s-thread/536097)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2014, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-donald-eugene-ivens-ever-materialise-follow-up-to-found-wallet-from-the-70s-thread/536097 "2014-08-08T08:15:19Z")
I googled and it doesn’t appear he did but ya never know. --- ## [Weighted pushups as percentage of equivalent bench press](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weighted-pushups-as-percentage-of-equivalent-bench-press/721242)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weighted-pushups-as-percentage-of-equivalent-bench-press/721242 "2015-06-01T01:52:38Z")
I read that a pushup is 70% of body weight as a bench press equivalent (forgive the tangled syntax!). Thus, if you weight 200 lbs., then doing a pushup is like benching 70% of that, or 140 lbs. This sounds reasonable to … --- ## [What am I entitled to in a divorce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-entitled-to-in-a-divorce/481837)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2009, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-entitled-to-in-a-divorce/481837 "2009-01-20T05:47:51Z")
Should it come to that, I intend to be perfectly reasonable. We would have been married 5 years come June. The total of the accounts I know about is around 40 grand. I’ve been driving my Late MIL’s car for over 2 year… --- ## [Free steaks at Outback](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-steaks-at-outback/593996)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-steaks-at-outback/593996 "2011-09-25T03:37:05Z")
Outback steakhouse is giving away 1,000,000 free steak dinners tonight. I got mine! Server load is extremely heavy, but you can get through with enough tries. Took me about 10 minutes. If it “crashes” on you after you… --- ## [All those gears on bicycles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-those-gears-on-bicycles/625312)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-those-gears-on-bicycles/625312 "2012-06-22T02:44:12Z")
I have a pretty nice bicycle- Trek’s entry leve road bike. It has like 24 speeds, but I only use about 3 of them. Granted the chain falls of the front derailleur every time I try to switch it, but mainly I just find a fe… --- ## ["Here's your sign" moments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-your-sign-moments/467907)
**Author:** [@masterofnone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/masterofnone)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-your-sign-moments/467907 "2008-10-17T21:56:20Z")
I raised a few hogs this year since money is tight. They went to hog heaven (aka my freezer) this last weekend. My neighbor came over with his backhoe to dig a hole to bury the guts + stuff, and some relatives from Mas… --- ## [Don't wear Halloween costumes to school--or else!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-wear-halloween-costumes-to-school-or-else/329239)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-wear-halloween-costumes-to-school-or-else/329239 "2006-01-05T13:45:38Z")
Over the past few years, we’ve seen any number of stories about the idiotic attempts by public schools to stifle or neuter observance of Halloween. However, the method allegedly employed by this teacher in Tulsa easily … --- ## [What is the longest series of fiction books you've read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-longest-series-of-fiction-books-youve-read/471419)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-longest-series-of-fiction-books-youve-read/471419 "2008-11-08T04:26:42Z")
What series of books is the longest you’ve read? I count as a series books that have either a continuing story line or continuing characters and all told by the same author or author(s). So, no Hardy Boys or Dune. I t… --- ## ["Officer = prick" stereotype in various militaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officer-prick-stereotype-in-various-militaries/805774)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officer-prick-stereotype-in-various-militaries/805774 "2018-01-05T23:02:14Z")
Question from a civilian: Is there a stereotype that “officers are pricks” in most militaries worldwide; especially commissioned officers (as opposed to NCOs?) Do most militaries ignore, or even, in fact, approve o… --- ## [Help me cook the perfect roast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cook-the-perfect-roast/524590)
**Author:** [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cook-the-perfect-roast/524590 "2011-05-17T13:40:58Z")
I am not a bad cook but I am very bad with meat. Every roast I cook comes out dry and tough. My girlfriends mother cooks the best roast. I suppose I could ask her but she is deaf. Here’s what I know. choose a well … --- ## [Which TV show should I watch next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-should-i-watch-next/480394)
**Author:** [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-should-i-watch-next/480394 "2009-10-26T16:46:03Z")
So over the last few years abroad, I basically only watch TV shows in complete sets (bought or downloaded). Now I’ve run out of shows and would appreciate any recommendations for my next episodic fixation (I generally on… --- ## [Help me build up a spice collection. . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-up-a-spice-collection/552874)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-up-a-spice-collection/552874 "2010-09-09T05:16:07Z")
. . . and without breaking the bank, please. :smiley: For a while now, I’ve been getting more into cooking and all the while using my lil grocery store bottles of spices. I know this is not only one of the more expensiv… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1651&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1653&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)