# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1655&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:** 1656 --- ## [You're beseiged by a merciless, sadistic enemy. Do you fight to the last, or take your own life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-beseiged-by-a-merciless-sadistic-enemy-do-you-fight-to-the-last-or-take-your-own-life/731267)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-beseiged-by-a-merciless-sadistic-enemy-do-you-fight-to-the-last-or-take-your-own-life/731267 "2015-09-18T01:26:09Z")
Due to circumstances I feel no need to contrive, you and a small group of people – let’s say 40–are in a remote settlement under attack by a merciless foe, far superior in both numbers and firepower You know from your ow… --- ## [How much should I spend on an engagement ring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-should-i-spend-on-an-engagement-ring/402220)
**Author:** [@gatorman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gatorman)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-should-i-spend-on-an-engagement-ring/402220 "2007-05-05T14:55:07Z")
Ok, so ever since I started talking about possible wedding plans with my girl the topics of rings have come up. She really wants a Tiffany’s Legacy ring, starting price around 18K (goes up to 50K). Which I think its ins… --- ## [Is age 40 considered "old"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-age-40-considered-old/238423)
**Author:** [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2004, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-age-40-considered-old/238423 "2004-04-14T06:16:05Z")
At what age must a person be before they are officially considered old? Some atheletes believe that its 35, most other people believe its between 40 and 50. Most teens think that its after 30. To you, ( viewers that I co… --- ## [Some motherfucker smashed my car window](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-motherfucker-smashed-my-car-window/530842)
**Author:** [@banjoDavid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/banjoDavid)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-motherfucker-smashed-my-car-window/530842 "2010-11-26T15:42:46Z")
Last night, I was visiting a friend a few miles from home. I left at 1:15 in the morning, and found the driver’s side window on my car smashed. The car parked behind me had the same damage, the 4 cars in front of me ha… --- ## [What do spies put on their resume?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-spies-put-on-their-resume/475681)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-spies-put-on-their-resume/475681 "2017-09-25T17:36:58Z")
Let’s say you do clandestine work at the CIA or NSA and you want a new job. What do you put on your resume? You can’t put down “Overthrew a government” or “Stole state secrets from ally”. What could you tell potential … --- ## [Fan mail from some flounder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fan-mail-from-some-flounder/277707)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fan-mail-from-some-flounder/277707 "2013-10-10T20:59:16Z")
What’s the origin of this phrase? The first concrete use I can recall is from the Pee-Wee Herman special on HBO in the 80s, but the crowd reaction indicates that it was already a known joke/phrase. --- ## [Why does my filtered water tastes so bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-filtered-water-tastes-so-bad/723181)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-filtered-water-tastes-so-bad/723181 "2015-07-10T22:25:59Z")
I’ve got one of those under-the-sink filters, made by Zuvo, and the water from it is just disgusting. It’s somehow worse than the tap water it’s filtering, and San Diego already has some of the worst tasting tap water in… --- ## [How do people who work in movies and TV get paid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-who-work-in-movies-and-tv-get-paid/530962)
**Author:** [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-who-work-in-movies-and-tv-get-paid/530962 "2010-03-02T19:00:41Z")
Not just actors, but the directors, technical/crafts and administrative people too – who pays them? Is it the production company? Do they get paid weekly, monthly, when the project is finished for the season? Who gets… --- ## [Which leading Democrats also thought Saddam had WMD programs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-leading-democrats-also-thought-saddam-had-wmd-programs/327569)
**Author:** [@Lynwood\_Slim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynwood_Slim)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2005, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-leading-democrats-also-thought-saddam-had-wmd-programs/327569 "2005-10-27T10:14:32Z")
This is really a just a question, but it will predictably turn into a debate, so I thought I would put it here to begin with. I am one of those who believes that the Bush Admin. did not lie, that is, purposely tell what… --- ## [TV \*characters\* you have wanted to date](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-you-have-wanted-to-date/106401)
**Author:** [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-you-have-wanted-to-date/106401 "2003-02-09T03:24:33Z")
I mean that as literally as humanly possible. I’m not talking about the actors or actresses, but the actual characters. And I don’t mean just screw, or lick, or Eris knows what, but go on an actual, honest-to-god date. … --- ## [Tungsten used to counterfeit gold](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tungsten-used-to-counterfeit-gold/752154)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tungsten-used-to-counterfeit-gold/752154 "2016-05-15T01:00:40Z")
I just bought some tungsten darts, and my friend told me all these stories about how scammers will paint tungsten to look like gold, or plate it with gold. Apparently they have similar densities, and so a gold plated lu… --- ## [In the 1950s, was male on male sex regarded as something horny guys did when they couldn't get dates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-1950s-was-male-on-male-sex-regarded-as-something-horny-guys-did-when-they-couldnt-get-dates/962414)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-1950s-was-male-on-male-sex-regarded-as-something-horny-guys-did-when-they-couldnt-get-dates/962414 "2022-04-10T07:18:19Z")
Continuing the discussion from Why was this useage of "queer" offensive?: Older dopers, is this for real? ETA: What about you know, McCarthyism? ~Max --- ## [I pit my developing racism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-developing-racism/438799)
**Author:** [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2008, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-developing-racism/438799 "2008-03-02T08:15:44Z")
The past few weeks I have been substitute teaching which basically means babysitter for high school students. I went into this with basically no expectations of what it would be like. Over the past couple of weeks I have… --- ## [STFU and GTFA, Sarah Palin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984 "2009-06-27T04:11:15Z")
Palin hits back at ‘malicious’ photo I wish for once she’d make the news for, you know, governing, instead of pearl clutching and swooning when someone has the temerity to do anything less than give her the ultimate res… --- ## [Chimpanzees have much better photographic memory capability than humans. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimpanzees-have-much-better-photographic-memory-capability-than-humans-why/545672)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimpanzees-have-much-better-photographic-memory-capability-than-humans-why/545672 "2010-07-07T18:23:16Z")
Per this video and this Wiki notechimps are notably superior to humans in remembering flashed pattern number sequences. Why (evolutionarily or otherwise) would this be the case? --- ## [You ingrateful fucking peasants!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ingrateful-fucking-peasants/385605)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ingrateful-fucking-peasants/385605 "2006-12-31T01:26:10Z")
Thats right, you selfish, ingrateful, unwashed fuckwits, battering the shop door down first thing this morning in your brainless stampede to return all the Christmas presents that some friend or relative thoughtfully pic… --- ## [(Hog farming) Pregnant sow: what to expect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hog-farming-pregnant-sow-what-to-expect/461963)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hog-farming-pregnant-sow-what-to-expect/461963 "2008-09-19T19:00:07Z")
Hi y’all, I’m really glad to see this new forum here, and it’s here just in time for a very pressing question! I own a small family farm but up to now have always focused on crops. I’ve just started to branch into lives… --- ## [Things you know about HISTORY from movies, TV, and bad novels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-about-history-from-movies-tv-and-bad-novels/570686)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-about-history-from-movies-tv-and-bad-novels/570686 "2011-02-11T04:00:47Z")
We’ve done things you know about law and order and things you know about medicine and the like; what have you learned about history? During the days of arranged marriages, pretty much all women rebelled when it was a man… --- ## [Put up or shut up: tell us your plan to get the US out of Iraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-up-or-shut-up-tell-us-your-plan-to-get-the-us-out-of-iraq/371685)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2006, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-up-or-shut-up-tell-us-your-plan-to-get-the-us-out-of-iraq/371685 "2006-09-12T08:17:31Z")
Full disclosure: I’m in the camp that thinks (a) President Bush and his advisors were, to be polite, ill-advised to want to take us into Iraq, mendacious in their way of getting us there, and less than competent in their… --- ## [People thinking of having children, can you consider the following points?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-thinking-of-having-children-can-you-consider-the-following-points/795766)
**Author:** [@Marcus\_Flavius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marcus_Flavius)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-thinking-of-having-children-can-you-consider-the-following-points/795766 "2017-09-11T02:32:52Z")
This is for people thinking of procreating at some point in the future: -Your future child does not need to be born Your future child is not asking to be born There is no pain, suffering, or deprivation in the realm … --- ## [Unarmed Man Shot by Deputies Inside His Own Car Outside His Own Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unarmed-man-shot-by-deputies-inside-his-own-car-outside-his-own-home/664834)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unarmed-man-shot-by-deputies-inside-his-own-car-outside-his-own-home/664834 "2013-07-31T03:19:23Z")
I’m sure this story will get larger and more problematic the more people hear it. Unlike what the writer - not journalist - writes, he was not shot reaching for cigarettes. That was sarcasm or an outright lie to get yo… --- ## [3rd 4th & 5th Most Pleasurable Sensations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3rd-4th-5th-most-pleasurable-sensations/587924)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2011, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3rd-4th-5th-most-pleasurable-sensations/587924 "2011-07-11T09:57:00Z")
As I see it there would be much dispute about 1 (orgasm) and 2 (defecation). Well, maybe someone would question #2. Anyway, how about 3, 4 & 5? --- ## [Horizontal sliding window air gap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horizontal-sliding-window-air-gap/702943)
**Author:** [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horizontal-sliding-window-air-gap/702943 "2014-11-10T02:42:00Z")
I just purchased a late 70’s split level with fairly nice wooden horizontal sliding windows. In preparation for winter I’m trying to close up any gaps in the windows and doors to make the house a little more efficient. I… --- ## [Why was bolt action accepted over lever action?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-bolt-action-accepted-over-lever-action/217853)
**Author:** [@MrTuffPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrTuffPaws)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-bolt-action-accepted-over-lever-action/217853 "2003-12-10T12:50:19Z")
The bolt action rifle was widely used as a main battle rifle through WWII until replaced by the gas powered rifle, but why? If I recall correctly, the first, non single shot rifles used in war (American civil war) were … --- ## [Poll: Do you/should you use the toilet if your partner is in the bathroom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-should-you-use-the-toilet-if-your-partner-is-in-the-bathroom/688525)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-should-you-use-the-toilet-if-your-partner-is-in-the-bathroom/688525 "2014-05-20T19:16:09Z")
An Onion article today is about a couple who’ve finally reached the point that they are comfortable having one take a pee or drop a deuce while the other is in the bathroom. My fiancee and I have already had this discus… --- ## [Sex at the workplace. Are there situations where its ok?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-at-the-workplace-are-there-situations-where-its-ok/713019)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-at-the-workplace-are-there-situations-where-its-ok/713019 "2015-02-20T01:14:19Z")
Purely hypothetical. Gender neutral. A wealthy business owner wants to hire an executive assistant. The job typically pays 60k. The boss is willing to pay 75k and the job includes a 5k clothing allowance a year. Full … --- ## [Prerequisites for the Presidency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prerequisites-for-the-presidency/806197)
**Author:** [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prerequisites-for-the-presidency/806197 "2018-02-10T14:23:00Z")
The Presidency of the US is not the type of job that you want to hand to someone who is a complete amateur at politics and statecraft. We’ve all seen how the current occupant of the White House is fumbling, and now ther… --- ## [Atheists and Life's Foxholes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-and-lifes-foxholes/933234)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-and-lifes-foxholes/933234 "2021-03-01T22:27:47Z")
In one of my earlier threads I posted my declaration of atheism, using a lot of profanity to sever my last links with my deism. I still have my lack of belief in the supernatural, but I still at stressful times cry out … --- ## [Chicago alderman to block Chick-fil-A expansion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-alderman-to-block-chick-fil-a-expansion/629482)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-alderman-to-block-chick-fil-a-expansion/629482 "2012-07-28T04:37:16Z")
And the mayor of Boston is doing the same there. --- ## [That teenage sound again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-teenage-sound-again/765618)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-teenage-sound-again/765618 "2016-09-24T21:08:22Z")
Here it is. This is the tone that supposedly only people under 25 can hear. Now, I’m aware that my hearing is a little but better that average, but I’m going to be 50 in January, and I can still hear this with no proble… --- ## [Would y’all like to be in my porn film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-y-all-like-to-be-in-my-porn-film/675427)
**Author:** [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-y-all-like-to-be-in-my-porn-film/675427 "2013-12-08T08:11:38Z")
Here’s the dilio, yo. I am making a mega-budget blockbuster film about lust among the Intertube geeks. It’s called The Sphincter of Our Heart’s Content. Casting call is open to any Doper with more than 100 posts. Pretty … --- ## [How does the state recognizing gay marriage infringe on religious freedom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-state-recognizing-gay-marriage-infringe-on-religious-freedom/492560)
**Author:** [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-state-recognizing-gay-marriage-infringe-on-religious-freedom/492560 "2009-04-14T19:43:52Z")
I was listening to NPR’s talk of the nation on they way back from lunch today and the topic was the tactics used in the battle for legalizing gay marriage. The host was having a hard time keeping anyone on topic, but ga… --- ## [Romney v. Big Bird Huh?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-v-big-bird-huh/637308)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-v-big-bird-huh/637308 "2012-10-17T21:53:01Z")
I keep seeing jokes and such about Romney threatening Big Bird. When I try to search, I only get more jokes. Has this been created whole cloth? Or did Romney actually weigh in on a Sesame Street character? --- ## [Actors/Musicians/Luminaries ya just plain can't look at](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157 "2021-10-09T11:58:33Z")
Here’s to where you cop to your ridiculously unfair biases against the OP subjects simply because of the way they look, especially irrespective of the truckloads of talent said target(s) may possess. Because of the obvi… --- ## [Please welcome our new moderators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2021, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645 "2021-01-11T04:25:18Z")
We’re pleased to announce the appointment of four new SDMB moderators. They are: Hari\_Seldon - Great Debates, Politics & Elections, MPSIMS Puzzlegal - Cafe Society, IMHO, MPSIMS Raventhief - Great Debates, Politics & … --- ## [How do I get started smoking a pipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-started-smoking-a-pipe/660525)
**Author:** [@Quarter\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quarter_Girl)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-started-smoking-a-pipe/660525 "2013-06-13T17:53:21Z")
Okay, I have never smoked…anything. At all. Not counting all the second-hand smoke I got as a child, cigarettes and joints. But I LOVE, love the smell of pipe tobacco and think it would be nice to smoke a pipe while rela… --- ## [Avatars/User Names Explained](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-user-names-explained/843829)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-user-names-explained/843829 "2020-01-22T20:05:38Z")
One avatar I’ve seen here appears to be a man (face obscured), molesting a marionette. Someone else has a user name that must be something to do with video games, or anime, but when I looked it up, this is all I got…“Ye… --- ## [Can people who don't pay for classes sit in on lectures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-people-who-dont-pay-for-classes-sit-in-on-lectures/299701)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-people-who-dont-pay-for-classes-sit-in-on-lectures/299701 "2005-04-18T12:42:57Z")
Can a retiree with free time on his/her hands sit in on college lectures and learn the material for free or are there rules against that? Naturally they wouldn’t get a grade and may not be allowed to take tests but what … --- ## [What TV Show Character Did You Have A Crush On When You Were A Kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-character-did-you-have-a-crush-on-when-you-were-a-kid/354163 "2006-04-27T02:26:03Z")
When I was about 12, I do freely confess that I had a crush on Holly Marshall, from Land Of The Lost. :o And, if the LOTL fansites I’ve checked are any indication, so did a lot of other little boys. Holly seems to have… --- ## [Do other languages have the equivalent of a "come to Jesus" talk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-languages-have-the-equivalent-of-a-come-to-jesus-talk/616360)
**Author:** [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-languages-have-the-equivalent-of-a-come-to-jesus-talk/616360 "2012-03-22T03:11:00Z")
So like … do people in India sit down their friends or family for a “come to Ganesh” talk? It doesn’t have to invoke a deity, of course … I wonder though that most languages probably have some kind of expression that de… --- ## [Protests happening around the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protests-happening-around-the-world/598554)
**Author:** [@rozzybear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rozzybear)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protests-happening-around-the-world/598554 "2011-10-05T16:14:51Z")
You may or may not be aware of the protests that started in NY on September 17. The purpose of this protest, and others that have started around the U.S. and world, is to finally stand up to corporate greed that has been… --- ## [GF got a DUI. What can she expect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gf-got-a-dui-what-can-she-expect/440234)
**Author:** [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gf-got-a-dui-what-can-she-expect/440234 "2008-03-10T22:18:05Z")
\[Preface\] This is not a solicitation for legal advice. \[/Preface\] Well, GF got popped for DUI in West Palm Beach, FL and spent the day in jail last week. I’ve been reading about FL DUI law and the penalties. Basical… --- ## [The best electric bassist of all time. Carol Kaye?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-electric-bassist-of-all-time-carol-kaye/703396)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-electric-bassist-of-all-time-carol-kaye/703396 "2014-11-06T01:42:08Z")
I’m chagrined that I didn’t know her name. This skinny blonde white gal did the funky Shaft bass lines. :stuck\_out\_tongue: learn something new every day. :eek: :eek: Yeah that’s an impressive resume. :cool: http://… --- ## [Is it OK to prop a car up on bricks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-prop-a-car-up-on-bricks/376537)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-prop-a-car-up-on-bricks/376537 "2006-10-18T13:49:47Z")
I know it’s a cliché to see a car propped up on bricks after the wheels have been stolen, but I was just wondering if it does any damage to the car? The reason I ask is that my house was broken into last night and my gi… --- ## ["Fantasy" style stories but without magic and monsters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-style-stories-but-without-magic-and-monsters/509108)
**Author:** [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2009, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-style-stories-but-without-magic-and-monsters/509108 "2009-09-14T09:44:13Z")
Like the title says- I’m looking for examples of traditional fantasy stories (y’know vaguely medieval setting, sword play, kings and barbarians, etc) but without any actual mythic fantasy things like magic or monsters. --- ## [Laws that Murphy forgot to write down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laws-that-murphy-forgot-to-write-down/541360)
**Author:** [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laws-that-murphy-forgot-to-write-down/541360 "2010-06-04T17:06:40Z")
For me, at work as a hotel night auditor: It doesn’t matter what time you run the audit, someone will come to check in just as you’re putting away the paperwork. In life: The softer the fabric of your clothing, the ha… --- ## [Hitchens Proof of God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchens-proof-of-god/553965)
**Author:** [@yokan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yokan)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchens-proof-of-god/553965 "2010-09-21T14:55:50Z")
Christopher Hitchens has recounted more than once a dream he had. In it, a Jew came over and asked him to join their minyan (prayer quorum which only Jews – and in Orthodox circles, only Jewish men – can join). Hitchens … --- ## [Name some completely "unremarkable" movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-completely-unremarkable-movies/743289)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-completely-unremarkable-movies/743289 "2016-01-21T21:21:29Z")
A friend and I were trying to think of the most middle-of-the-road, “unremarkable” movies of all time. Here’s the definition we came up with: Neither a very good or bad film Nothing in particular stands out about t… --- ## [The funniest off the cuff remark you've ever said](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funniest-off-the-cuff-remark-youve-ever-said/163059)
**Author:** [@DasUnterMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DasUnterMensch)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funniest-off-the-cuff-remark-youve-ever-said/163059 "2003-03-26T12:17:36Z")
The DasUberWench is crashed and I’m sick of listening to the fools on tv constantly repeating what they don’t know about the war, and am frankly feeling a bit maudlin. (but that may have more to do with the six and … --- ## [Immigration--Why not just let anyone become a citizen who wants to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigration-why-not-just-let-anyone-become-a-citizen-who-wants-to/587990)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2011, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigration-why-not-just-let-anyone-become-a-citizen-who-wants-to/587990 "2011-07-09T06:40:37Z")
What are some good reasons for having controls on immigration? Strongly preferred are posts citing actual findings from actual empirical observation of masses of people–rather than posts citing intuitions about what peop… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1654&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1656&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)