# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1656&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:** 1657 --- ## [Words that just sound dirty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728)
**Author:** [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2007, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728 "2007-01-11T04:47:50Z")
Can you think of any? Words that are totally innocuous, but when you say or hear them you think dirty things? Slit. Slit just sounds dirty. I’m not quite sure why. I think I may have seen it used in an erotica fic and i… --- ## [Why did I see red triangles? Visual hallucination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-see-red-triangles-visual-hallucination/919374)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-see-red-triangles-visual-hallucination/919374 "2025-09-09T12:54:35Z")
I had a fascinating experience last night in which I saw vivid, clear red triangles instead of singular red lights on the highway, on buildings, everywhere I looked. I had been to a nice dinner that included multiple co… --- ## [Time Warner is about to fuck you the fuck up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-warner-is-about-to-fuck-you-the-fuck-up/451664)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-warner-is-about-to-fuck-you-the-fuck-up/451664 "2008-06-11T12:43:23Z")
Time Warner is starting to experiment with capped bandwidth amounts and thorttled download speeds. From yahoo news: Also: The days of metered internet went out in the mid-90s, man! I feel that if TW deems this tria… --- ## [Hate speech and censorship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-speech-and-censorship/842871)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-speech-and-censorship/842871 "2022-07-03T02:33:56Z")
I’ve received a warning for “hate speech” in this thread : https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=884596 Specifically here : https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21950191&postcount=183 Cop… --- ## [How much weight can my false ceiling support?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-can-my-false-ceiling-support/668991)
**Author:** [@linuxthefish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/linuxthefish)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-can-my-false-ceiling-support/668991 "2013-09-17T20:50:04Z")
Hi, I’m thinking of moving into a new room with a false ceiling. I would like to be able to store stuff up here, and climb in to escape zombie invasions. How much weight do you think this ceiling will be able to hold? … --- ## [What redundant, inferior foods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-redundant-inferior-foods/564325)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-redundant-inferior-foods/564325 "2010-12-20T17:59:08Z")
What foods should never exist, since there are so many better alternatives? My 2 nominations: American cheese and iceberg lettuce. --- ## [World's Oldest Celebrity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-celebrity/542885)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-celebrity/542885 "2010-06-14T01:58:43Z")
After reading the thread Ralph started on the alleged 153-year-old Abkhazian, and the mention of Jeanne Calment in it, a question occurred to me that is tailormade for GQ: Who is the oldest person famous for something o… --- ## [Who makes the best Chicago deep dish pizza?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-makes-the-best-chicago-deep-dish-pizza/625278)
**Author:** [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2012, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-makes-the-best-chicago-deep-dish-pizza/625278 "2012-06-17T10:35:12Z")
There was a thread about a year ago, but it does not appear we have ever put it to poll. So here it is. Vote for your favorite! And though I know it’s a tendentious issue, please try to keep this thread out of the Pi… --- ## [Masking tape on ak47 clips. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masking-tape-on-ak47-clips-why/465687)
**Author:** [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masking-tape-on-ak47-clips-why/465687 "2008-10-02T03:01:35Z")
Just saw some photos of various Central African guerrillae sporting the usual mangled / customized assault rifles of Third World gunmen. On several of the AKs’ curved clips was lots of masking tape, wound around the clip… --- ## [Why was Lombard Street (San Francisco) built that way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-lombard-street-san-francisco-built-that-way/308254)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-lombard-street-san-francisco-built-that-way/308254 "2005-06-17T23:05:00Z")
Pictured here. More curves than… I don’t know how to finish that sentence. I usually say “Lombard Street”. Looks like a nightmare for your average driver, many of who have trouble keeping their cars within two paralle… --- ## [Thiings you'll never find at garage sales?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thiings-youll-never-find-at-garage-sales/582389)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thiings-youll-never-find-at-garage-sales/582389 "2011-05-23T18:01:08Z")
It’s a pretty good bet that at your typical spring or summer garage sale you’ll find plenty of drinking glasses and coffee mugs, clothing, kid’s toys in various states of wear and tear, books, old cassette tapes or LPs, … --- ## [Long fingernails...REEEALLY long](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-fingernails-reeeally-long/390111)
**Author:** [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-fingernails-reeeally-long/390111 "2007-08-10T12:35:38Z")
I work with a woman who has long fingernails. Long. Really long. Verrrrrry long. I’d say with conviction they are at least 5 inches long. No, really. Maybe 6 inches. I swear. Long enough that they curl under on t… --- ## [The Old 'The Stand' Mini-series casting and a couple of observations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-the-stand-mini-series-casting-and-a-couple-of-observations/850717)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-the-stand-mini-series-casting-and-a-couple-of-observations/850717 "2020-12-17T19:01:45Z")
Haven’t watched since it came out. I rewatched about the first 30 minutes. That part was pretty good. The gulf between TV actors and movie ones is pronounced. The small part that Ed Harris plays is fantastic. And hilari… --- ## [My awesome friend has a tumor in her head](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-awesome-friend-has-a-tumor-in-her-head/591582)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-awesome-friend-has-a-tumor-in-her-head/591582 "2011-09-08T13:19:24Z")
One of my best friends is going to die of brain cancer. It’s just a matter of time. She’s 31 years old and speaks three languages, plays the piano, and has explored a dozen countries in hiking boots by day and 4-inch he… --- ## [Pin-up calendar of monarchs - who would be in it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pin-up-calendar-of-monarchs-who-would-be-in-it/546173)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pin-up-calendar-of-monarchs-who-would-be-in-it/546173 "2010-07-15T21:59:19Z")
I was re-reading one of my Dumas (Three Musketeers author) novels this week-end, and I noticed, not for the first time, that when he describes a member of the royalty, he often focuses on their positive qualities - e.g. … --- ## [No cat for YOU!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cat-for-you/462229)
**Author:** [@spaceweft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spaceweft)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cat-for-you/462229 "2008-09-09T02:45:52Z")
My first OP. Please, be gentle. :slight\_smile: I just had to share. This weekend Littlest and I spent some time at the Humane Society playing with the cats. We do that every once in a while; it gives the animals some… --- ## [A minor nit on parachutes \[in airplanes\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minor-nit-on-parachutes-in-airplanes/677255)
**Author:** [@ThisOneGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisOneGuy)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minor-nit-on-parachutes-in-airplanes/677255 "2014-01-07T19:59:20Z")
In the latest column on parachutes parachutes for airliners, Cecil quoted weights and costs of 37 lbs and $600. In my experience they are more like 15 lbs and $2000 or so. see: http://www.softieparachutes.com/mini-sof… --- ## [How did WWII affect "the rest of the world"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-wwii-affect-the-rest-of-the-world/604712)
**Author:** [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-wwii-affect-the-rest-of-the-world/604712 "2011-12-02T23:48:54Z")
When I think of the parts of the world most affected by WWII, I think of Europe, East Asia, North Africa, and the US. (Within Europe, some nations were presumably affected less than the others – specifically, the “neutr… --- ## [Which version of Blade Runner should I buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-version-of-blade-runner-should-i-buy/610146)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-version-of-blade-runner-should-i-buy/610146 "2012-01-26T16:32:18Z")
The Director’s Cut or the Final Cut? I’m only buying this thing once, dammit! I have it on an old VHS but I’m not even sure my VCR still works. I’m not sure which version that is, it’s likely the Director’s Cut. Does… --- ## [I would like to fight this fine. Advice appreciated.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-fight-this-fine-advice-appreciated/405816)
**Author:** [@teemingONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teemingONE)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-fight-this-fine-advice-appreciated/405816 "2007-06-01T19:50:03Z")
Over the weekend, I recieved an underage drinking ticket. Now, I’m not going to fight that I had been drinking over the weekend. I would like to fight the fact that I was issued the ticket when I was sober. I will try… --- ## [Help me remember this math puzzle about a rolling wheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-math-puzzle-about-a-rolling-wheel/540934)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-math-puzzle-about-a-rolling-wheel/540934 "2010-05-28T17:50:49Z")
I remember seeing a math problem, in more than one place over the years, about a rolling wheel. You are given the radius of the wheel and asked to determine how far the hub of the wheel moves forward in one rotation of … --- ## ["But this one goes to 11!" Spinal Tap appreciation and more.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-this-one-goes-to-11-spinal-tap-appreciation-and-more/161202)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-this-one-goes-to-11-spinal-tap-appreciation-and-more/161202 "2019-02-18T21:16:47Z")
“This is Spinal Tap” is one of my all-time favorite movies, and I swear I’ve seen it 30 or more times. I figured I knew all there was to know about it, but as always, the last time I watched it (this time with my girlfr… --- ## [Ask the man who evades the question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579)
**Author:** [@Alonzo\_John\_Blitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alonzo_John_Blitz)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579 "2015-10-26T18:48:31Z")
I do not accept the premise; so how could I possibly respond? --- ## [Net benefits of the housing bubble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/net-benefits-of-the-housing-bubble/631851)
**Author:** [@greenslime1951](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenslime1951)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/net-benefits-of-the-housing-bubble/631851 "2012-08-21T01:52:47Z")
Yes, I know that the evil, stupid greedy banks blah blah blah. I’d like to examine some positive consequences of their evil stupid greedy blah blah blah actions. For the duration of the boom, there were high wages and… --- ## [Most pilot-unfriendly aircraft (cool or not)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pilot-unfriendly-aircraft-cool-or-not/498682)
**Author:** [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pilot-unfriendly-aircraft-cool-or-not/498682 "2009-06-08T03:20:50Z")
Prompted by the F-104 being the first in the ‘Coolest fighter’ thread. It seems to me that some military aircraft go into service with shall we say idiosyncratic flight characteristics that would have a civilian plane gr… --- ## [Motorcycle Commercial Jingles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycle-commercial-jingles/86426)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycle-commercial-jingles/86426 "2013-12-15T02:17:46Z")
For some reason I started thinking about the motorcycle commercials that were aired when I was a kid. I wish there were more (and better) bike ads being shown on teevee today. Yamaha Get aboard the Silver Bird, It’s a… --- ## [Why does Amazon Prime default to many little shipments? (instead of grouping items together)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-amazon-prime-default-to-many-little-shipments-instead-of-grouping-items-together/607600)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-amazon-prime-default-to-many-little-shipments-instead-of-grouping-items-together/607600 "2012-03-12T18:09:38Z")
Amazon Prime members get free 2nd day UPS shipping for everything that is labelled Amazon Prime (which is almost everything that Amazon sells directly, a lot of stuff. If you get more than one thing, however, you are gi… --- ## [How weird would this be (Romney/Biden)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-weird-would-this-be-romney-biden/638674)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-weird-would-this-be-romney-biden/638674 "2012-11-01T00:13:04Z")
I realize that this is a highly unlikely and improbable scenario, but how freaky would it be to have Romney as president and Biden as VP? How would that work, if it happened? I realize that the VP doesn’t have a large … --- ## [I mean, like, you know, just stop talking.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mean-like-you-know-just-stop-talking/544011)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mean-like-you-know-just-stop-talking/544011 "2010-06-23T22:54:02Z")
There is nothing, nothing at all, that is more painful than listening to professional athletes doing an interview. I can live with the cliches, I can live with the fact that they have learned how to say absolutely nothin… --- ## [What do you have to do to get the death penalty? \[in the US\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-do-to-get-the-death-penalty-in-the-us/178995)
**Author:** [@7\_up\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7_up_yours)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2003, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-do-to-get-the-death-penalty-in-the-us/178995 "2003-06-02T09:54:09Z")
Since I’m Canadian, I’m not 100% sure of the states’ law. I hear from my american friends that killing one person won’t mean death penalty. Proof that the victim was tortured MAY earn death penalty. Serial killing def… --- ## [Curse the sun, curse my family's skin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-the-sun-curse-my-familys-skin/615566)
**Author:** [@Schrodinger\_s\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schrodinger_s_Platypus)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-the-sun-curse-my-familys-skin/615566 "2012-03-16T22:47:59Z")
Once upon a time, I was an extremely white kid who loved to swim. Naturally, any kid who is swimming all the time might be a bit sunburned every once in a while. It used to be no big deal, and by adulthood my arms and… --- ## [Reconciling knowing God with a limitless God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reconciling-knowing-god-with-a-limitless-god/573870)
**Author:** [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reconciling-knowing-god-with-a-limitless-god/573870 "2011-03-13T17:26:14Z")
In this thread, a question about reconciling free will with an omniscient God was presented to theists, and the discussion that ensued inspired me to post this: The idea that God can be/do whatever he wants because he … --- ## [Big Brother 17 -- Winners and Losers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-17-winners-and-losers/723717)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2015, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-17-winners-and-losers/723717 "2015-09-12T05:19:14Z")
Check out Big Brother Cast for Season 24 for refresher’s sake. This thread could be a week-to-week thing if desired, but for the moment, before the first eviction(s), who’s your best hope for Ultimate Winner and who’s t… --- ## [Explain this joke please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-joke-please/666745)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-joke-please/666745 "2013-08-26T12:52:57Z")
I generally like math jokes; but I came across this one today and I don’t get it. “What happened to your girlfriend, that really cute math student?” “She no longer is my girlfriend. I caught her cheating on me.” “I do… --- ## [Do you have what it takes intellectually for the military? Check out the ASVAB review questions!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-what-it-takes-intellectually-for-the-military-check-out-the-asvab-review-questions/546456)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-what-it-takes-intellectually-for-the-military-check-out-the-asvab-review-questions/546456 "2010-07-19T21:03:46Z")
ASVAB Test Online Course These are not rocket science, but a good slice of the American public who consider themselves reasonably bright would be failing a lot of these questions if they were asked them cold. --- ## [double bug bites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-bug-bites/65823)
**Author:** [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2001, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-bug-bites/65823 "2001-05-21T01:57:56Z")
Just this morning I noticed my son had three sets of seemingly bug bites on him. But there were two next to each other in each case? What does this mean? --- ## [Ever get insulted by a celebrity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772)
**Author:** [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-insulted-by-a-celebrity/252772 "2004-07-03T02:12:14Z")
My friend got hold of the personal email address of a minor UK celebrity. She found it while reading through my dad’s old stuff, which included a copy of “Who’s Who On Television” with various agent and personal contact … --- ## [Uh oh, the Colonials lost the war to the British! Now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-the-colonials-lost-the-war-to-the-british-now-what/678442)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2014, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-the-colonials-lost-the-war-to-the-british-now-what/678442 "2014-01-13T09:17:05Z")
So Mr. Washington and his rabble-rousing cohorts are defeated & rounded up and and hanged like common criminals. The Continental Army is annihilated & disbanded, and the remaining movers & shakers in the North American c… --- ## [I hate being that white guy, but learn English!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-being-that-white-guy-but-learn-english/839033)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-being-that-white-guy-but-learn-english/839033 "2019-09-03T13:58:10Z")
As some of you know, I currently reside in a nursing and rehabilitation home. The state is on management to hire more nurses and aides because it’s woefully understaffed, but it’s a shifty place to work so, rather than … --- ## [Are speed limits really that low?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-speed-limits-really-that-low/775945)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-speed-limits-really-that-low/775945 "2017-01-03T02:15:44Z")
I notice that most people don’t follow the speed limit and it’s become more of a minimum than a maximum culturally. On various forums, some people are even starting to openly say that there’s nothing wrong with breaking… --- ## [What is your highest level of education?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-highest-level-of-education/519550)
**Author:** [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-highest-level-of-education/519550 "2009-12-04T19:52:48Z")
Just wondering… --- ## [Yes, cigarette butts are litter.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-cigarette-butts-are-litter/83058)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2001, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-cigarette-butts-are-litter/83058 "2001-10-01T21:21:17Z")
Hey, asshole in traffic in front of me! I know you’re not going to believe this, but I don’t give a flying fuck if you smoke! I am not out to get you and take away your precious right to light up. I just don’t care. B… --- ## [Would America have been better off never learning about Watergate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-america-have-been-better-off-never-learning-about-watergate/619609)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-america-have-been-better-off-never-learning-about-watergate/619609 "2012-04-26T18:25:12Z")
I am not an historian or political scientist, but I’ve heard the sentiment often expressed that the Watergate scandal did a lot of damage to American’s faith in government that stretches even to today. Of course there ha… --- ## [What's the coldest you've ever been?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coldest-youve-ever-been/335996)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2005, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coldest-youve-ever-been/335996 "2005-12-24T07:48:12Z")
I was cogitating on this as I was walking doggies today and the temp dropped quite suddenly. This being a planned outing, I was toasty warm in my LL Bean stuff but it made me remember other times I wasn’t so smart: In h… --- ## [Vasili Blokhin- Is He The Most Disgusting Bastard I will Find?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vasili-blokhin-is-he-the-most-disgusting-bastard-i-will-find/526511)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vasili-blokhin-is-he-the-most-disgusting-bastard-i-will-find/526511 "2010-01-29T22:15:52Z")
Cite. I had never heard of him before today. I wish I had never heard of him at all. --- ## [Olmert's parting shot: Israel must withdraw from West Bank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olmerts-parting-shot-israel-must-withdraw-from-west-bank/465891)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olmerts-parting-shot-israel-must-withdraw-from-west-bank/465891 "2008-10-02T20:03:43Z")
Story here: Is he right? (I say of course, but there are more than 275,000 Israeli settlers in the WB and 200,000 in East Jerusalem who see the matter differently.) Since he’s resigning in disgrace, how much impa… --- ## [Why did I get pulled over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-get-pulled-over/578689)
**Author:** [@CastleAnthrax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastleAnthrax)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-get-pulled-over/578689 "2011-04-20T17:30:19Z")
A little while ago, I was driving home from work, when to my great surprise, the truck behind me turned on police lights and pulled me over. The policeman said there was a problem with my insurance that showed me as bei… --- ## [Is this too exaggerated of is it perfectly accurate: anti-capitalist rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-too-exaggerated-of-is-it-perfectly-accurate-anti-capitalist-rant/718429)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-too-exaggerated-of-is-it-perfectly-accurate-anti-capitalist-rant/718429 "2015-04-27T00:22:38Z")
One could make a very strong case that once the Civil War ended, Lincoln’s concerns about corporatization materialized. Gold was discovered in California in 1848 but the great middle of the nation remained untamed. After… --- ## [Talk to me about fist-fighting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-fist-fighting/539778)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-fist-fighting/539778 "2010-05-21T23:09:39Z")
There’s a MPSIMS thread over here regarding fist-fighting, which is getting me to finally pose a question I’ve been wanting to ask for a while now. I’m a guy who has been in no serious fist-fights in my life. I once go… --- ## [Warning in Positive Gun News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-in-positive-gun-news/825585)
**Author:** [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-in-positive-gun-news/825585 "2018-12-09T17:48:11Z")
Here’s the link Is there some “Positive” standard that we have to go by to post in the “Positive Gun News” thread? Who’s judgement should we use to determine if a story is a “Positive Gun News” story? Is there someone… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1655&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1657&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)