# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=166&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:** 167 --- ## [Can bar bouncers physically throw a drunk out without going to jail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-bar-bouncers-physically-throw-a-drunk-out-without-going-to-jail/647924)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-bar-bouncers-physically-throw-a-drunk-out-without-going-to-jail/647924 "2014-06-20T21:59:52Z")
Can a bar bouncer grab some drunk and run him out the door without going to jail for assault? I was at a bar once in which some drunk was refusing to leave. He wasn’t doing anything illegal that I was aware of, except fo… --- ## [Rick Warren. Rick fucking Warren.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-warren-rick-fucking-warren/477647)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Replies:** 363\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2008, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-warren-rick-fucking-warren/477647 "2008-12-31T07:42:04Z")
Yeah, that’s change. Rick Warren is delivering the invocation at Obama’s inauguration. Congress couldn’t find anyone who isn’t a homophobe? --- ## [How does Facebook know I know these people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-facebook-know-i-know-these-people/502462)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-facebook-know-i-know-these-people/502462 "2009-07-10T19:07:21Z")
Facebook has started recommending people to be friends with me who I have in fact interacted with–but never on Facebook. We have no mutual Facebook friends. Yet somehow, Facebook makes a connection between us. Examples … --- ## [Elbows, Come on down and finish this off. (weird guy at gym thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elbows-come-on-down-and-finish-this-off-weird-guy-at-gym-thread/595452)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elbows-come-on-down-and-finish-this-off-weird-guy-at-gym-thread/595452 "2011-09-17T05:37:15Z")
This is only in the Pit since it is a continuation of a closed thread, so don’t expect venom and vitriol. Restate the last post: Okay, I did. I asked my wife, Nashiitashii. She was never groped, or assaulted during he… --- ## [God forbid we teach our kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-forbid-we-teach-our-kids/138853)
**Author:** [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Replies:** 529\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2002, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-forbid-we-teach-our-kids/138853 "2002-11-30T04:23:29Z")
According to this piece that ran as the first story on Tucson’s own KGUN9 news today at 6pm, a local junior high school teacher has struck a blow for the Secret Gay Agenda. Here’s the gist of it: The teacher is apparen… --- ## [Judge prevents at-will hospital employees from quitting and working new jobs \[resolved: they may quit/start new jobs\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-prevents-at-will-hospital-employees-from-quitting-and-working-new-jobs-resolved-they-may-quit-start-new-jobs/958223)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 499\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-prevents-at-will-hospital-employees-from-quitting-and-working-new-jobs-resolved-they-may-quit-start-new-jobs/958223 "2022-02-17T21:06:48Z")
So a judge has ordered 7 employees at a hospital from quitting and working their new jobs. The employees were at-will, so they could have been fired without notice and they can quit without notice. Interestingly, some … --- ## [TV Shows Whose Theme Song Changed During The Show's Run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-whose-theme-song-changed-during-the-shows-run/710308)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-whose-theme-song-changed-during-the-shows-run/710308 "2017-03-29T20:02:27Z")
I can think of four. Gilligan’s Island - Not only do the lyrics change from “and the rest” to “The Professor and Mary Ann,” it seems that there are new vocalists singing the song. The later voices are deeper. The B… --- ## [The Mandalorian Season 3 \[Open Spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 468\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857 "2023-04-25T15:53:04Z")
One thread per season seems to work out. Open spoilers after the episode drops Episodes start March 1, 2023 Official Trailer: The Mandalorian | Season 3 Official Trailer | Disney+ - YouTube Guess we will see him try … --- ## [New cock-up theory on Russia and Trump/Clinton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cock-up-theory-on-russia-and-trump-clinton/781314)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cock-up-theory-on-russia-and-trump-clinton/781314 "2017-06-02T20:42:56Z")
Watched this last night and it’s just come online- it’s 4 minutes long. Basic idea is Russia wanted only to undermine Clinton’s legitimacy and to cause here domestic distractions. At no point did Russia support Trump. P… --- ## [Sims2 is Here! \[unboxed Spoilers!\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims2-is-here-unboxed-spoilers/264551)
**Author:** [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Replies:** 381\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2005, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims2-is-here-unboxed-spoilers/264551 "2005-01-23T12:15:01Z")
I will share more in a bit. I want to know about what others are seeing in the Sims2. --- ## [In which Miller oversteps his bounds...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-miller-oversteps-his-bounds/590068)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-miller-oversteps-his-bounds/590068 "2011-07-27T15:11:37Z")
So I enter this thread to point out that Susanann did not quite say the stupid thing that ladyfoxfyre was trying to make it look like she said. What Susanann said was that one of the solutions to government debt would be… --- ## [Little things that you are irrationally picky about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2015, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309 "2015-01-28T05:29:00Z")
My e-mail program at work (Lotus) defaults to the “Courier New” font. Grrr. I hate, hate, hate Courier New. It is the ugliest font ever created! I will not use it for any message, no matter how short or trivial. I … --- ## [Was there strong opposition to the UK gun bans? Could the same happen in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-strong-opposition-to-the-uk-gun-bans-could-the-same-happen-in-the-us/464266)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 403\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2008, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-strong-opposition-to-the-uk-gun-bans-could-the-same-happen-in-the-us/464266 "2008-09-29T13:15:41Z")
I was originally going to make this a GQ but I think the potential for debate makes it more suited to be here. It’s my understanding that after two very brutal gun massacres in the United Kingdom, they basically banned a… --- ## [What is John Steinbeck’s best novel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-john-steinbeck-s-best-novel/510281)
**Author:** [@FlippyFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlippyFly)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-john-steinbeck-s-best-novel/510281 "2013-06-18T00:29:35Z")
I just finished Cannery Row and I really enjoyed John Steinbeck’s writing style. I am interested in reading more of his work. What is generally regarded as his best novel? I’m not a huge reader, so in the event of a t… --- ## [Pro-lifers asking: Why isn't the Gosnell trial bigger news in the traditional media?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-lifers-asking-why-isnt-the-gosnell-trial-bigger-news-in-the-traditional-media/655557)
**Author:** [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-lifers-asking-why-isnt-the-gosnell-trial-bigger-news-in-the-traditional-media/655557 "2013-04-18T17:11:05Z")
Have you heard of Kermit Gosnell? If you haven’t, you’re not the only one apparently. Kermit Gosnell is an abortion provider who is currently on trial for 8 counts of murder: 1 count for a woman who died after abortion,… --- ## [Shodan gives us all his regards.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825 "2012-07-13T07:04:56Z")
It’s a minor thing, but I think it’s incredibly polite of Shodan to sign off every single post with a kind word so that every Doper knows that Shodan really has regards for us. Knowing that he holds us in such regard ma… --- ## [Bands that are actually "Johnny and his guys"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-actually-johnny-and-his-guys/650037)
**Author:** [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-are-actually-johnny-and-his-guys/650037 "2013-02-19T16:14:55Z")
There are some bands that, despite the name “band”, are the personal projects of one person. My examples: The Cure (it’s Smith’s band, everyone else is replaceable) Dire Straits (Even though Knopfler had a solo career… --- ## [O.K., it is INSANE how gorgeous that Italian Actress from the Haagen Dazs commercial is.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-k-it-is-insane-how-gorgeous-that-italian-actress-from-the-haagen-dazs-commercial-is/689017)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-k-it-is-insane-how-gorgeous-that-italian-actress-from-the-haagen-dazs-commercial-is/689017 "2014-05-28T17:51:22Z")
Attention, Advertisers: wanna hold my attention as you pitch your product? Well, this is a commercial that I NEVER channel surf through, never switch over to another tab waiting for the show to return. In fact, if I am o… --- ## [What, for you, were the most unexpected things about aging?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-for-you-were-the-most-unexpected-things-about-aging/922620)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 359\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-for-you-were-the-most-unexpected-things-about-aging/922620 "2021-05-03T16:34:02Z")
I turned 36 this year, not exactly ancient but no longer young, either. I am just starting to feel the beginnings of joint pains in my knees, barely. That’s to be expected, I suppose. Unexpectedly – just because I never… --- ## [An interesting thought about science denialists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-thought-about-science-denialists/595940)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-thought-about-science-denialists/595940 "2011-09-21T17:20:17Z")
Something just hit me about those who deny scientific advancements that they disagree with, find unintuitive, or just don’t like. Creationists. Climate denialists. HIV/AIDS denialists. Germ Theory denialists. The whole b… --- ## [Solution to Ethics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solution-to-ethics/791610)
**Author:** [@Forest\_Green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forest_Green)\ **Replies:** 374\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solution-to-ethics/791610 "2017-07-21T17:50:28Z")
The Solution to Ethics Is to Translate Wealth - Objectively Measured by that which causes no suicide when suicide is as humane as possible (curing disease, having infinite space etc…); illuminating why destroying or encr… --- ## [Why the Writer's Strike pisses me off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-writers-strike-pisses-me-off/425665)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 345\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2008, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-writers-strike-pisses-me-off/425665 "2008-01-18T08:02:42Z")
With the realization that we may not get any more Heroes episodes after December, a severely shortened 24 season or any Lost episodes period, I have come to the realization that I despise everyone involved in the writer’… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' - February 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-february-2014/680211)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-february-2014/680211 "2014-03-01T00:22:55Z")
Welcome, everyone! My New Year’s resolution to make more time for reading hasn’t worked out as well as would have liked, and yet, the time I have made and the books I have read so far in 2014 have been very rewarding, i… --- ## [Stuff Sheldon Cooper is wrong about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-sheldon-cooper-is-wrong-about/693752)
**Author:** [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-sheldon-cooper-is-wrong-about/693752 "2017-09-12T13:27:22Z")
Obviously, that needs to read\*\* Stuff Sheldon Cooper is wrong about\*\*. The obvious counterpoint to Stuff Sheldon Cooper is right about thread. For starters… \[ol\] \[li\]Leslie Winkle solves a problem Sheldon had been str… --- ## [Miss. police: Open carry laws kept us from arresting shotgun-toting man who terrorized shoppers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-police-open-carry-laws-kept-us-from-arresting-shotgun-toting-man-who-terrorized-shoppers/723257)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-police-open-carry-laws-kept-us-from-arresting-shotgun-toting-man-who-terrorized-shoppers/723257 "2015-07-06T22:56:01Z")
So we have idiots racking shells in a Walmart and the police are (or at least think they are) powerless. The opponents of open carry laws haven’t been successful in getting these laws repealed. It may instead be the … --- ## [Mafia Reunion - Day 9](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-9/781651)
**Author:** [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-9/781651 "2017-03-15T18:33:50Z")
So, you all have seen the godfather right? Like, I’m not worried about spoiling anyone? I remember when I saw the godfather the first time I was like 13 or 14 watching it at home on vhs or maybe brand new DVD and I’m ab… --- ## [How do "spas" get to open and stay in business?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-spas-get-to-open-and-stay-in-business/623566)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-spas-get-to-open-and-stay-in-business/623566 "2012-06-01T14:47:59Z")
Over the weekend, I drove past a sign advertising a “spa” a few miles up the road (this was I-65 in Kentucky). There seem to be quite a few of these, largely near major highways or in sketchy areas of cities. It is obv… --- ## [I love this British shit and I move move to England!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 393\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998 "2021-09-23T17:58:34Z")
(horrific failure to add a gif from Major League II) My wife and I have been binging English stuff for a while now. We started with Sherlock and Death in Paradise on Netflix We have now moved on to Midsomer Murders and… --- ## [The "What are your summer plans?" MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-are-your-summer-plans-mmp/688261)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 364\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-are-your-summer-plans-mmp/688261 "2014-05-19T15:50:23Z")
As kids, we always knew exactly what we wanted to do when school was out and summer was ours. Funny how that changes when you become a bill-paying adult. Still, summer is traditionally vacation time. Do you have plans… --- ## [US Army War College Considers Removing Paintings of Lee & Jackson and that is a good thing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-army-war-college-considers-removing-paintings-of-lee-jackson-and-that-is-a-good-thing/676742)
**Author:** [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-army-war-college-considers-removing-paintings-of-lee-jackson-and-that-is-a-good-thing/676742 "2014-01-09T16:39:18Z")
News article I admit it. I hate the hole Confederacy. I loathe the ‘Lost causers’, I have no love or sympathy for antebellum despite being 1/2 Southern by birth. But even without that I would have trouble honoring these… --- ## [Way to go, UAW!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-go-uaw/476855)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 348\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-go-uaw/476855 "2009-01-03T01:15:41Z")
Looks like the UAW wants 100% of nothing. I don’t care how they got to this point, but the US automakers are dead and buried without this. They may be dead and buried anyway, but this is their last, best chance to make… --- ## [Rush, Rush, Rush... liberals are equivalent to murderers and rapists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-rush-rush-liberals-are-equivalent-to-murderers-and-rapists/486680)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-rush-rush-liberals-are-equivalent-to-murderers-and-rapists/486680 "2009-02-23T19:50:19Z")
Your desperation would be heartbreaking if you weren’t such a vile excuse for a human being. An edited sample from this I’d love to come up with some clever and scathing remark, but all I can do is shake my head and w… --- ## [Tomndebb--rules question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-rules-question/557455)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-rules-question/557455 "2010-10-25T14:03:58Z")
From the latest cop bashing thread, currently in the Pit: You will refrain from describing anyone as a “cunt” on this board. \[ /Modding \] Has there been another rules change? My understanding has been that cunt ma… --- ## [Music Alphabet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022)
**Author:** [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Replies:** 826\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022 "2003-09-05T15:26:30Z")
A game where you post a name by letter, alphabetically. For example, Audioslave would be followed by B-52s. No repeating of the same name, the game can’t continue until a new name is guessed by the person who repeats th… --- ## [the Roy Rogers Show-----Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roy-rogers-show-huh/691237)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roy-rogers-show-huh/691237 "2016-06-20T17:32:24Z")
For the first time in half a century, I just watched 2 episodes of the Roy Rogers Show. And now I need help understanding just how stupid the human race was back in the 1950’s… Now, let me tell ya— I was a BIG fan of R… --- ## [Stuck out like a ... / alternatives to common phrases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-out-like-a-alternatives-to-common-phrases/311764)
**Author:** [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-out-like-a-alternatives-to-common-phrases/311764 "2005-07-11T19:20:06Z")
So I broke my poor pinky toe last Saturday and I got to thinking that “stuck out like a sore toe” would be just as good as “stuck out like a sore thumb”. Which reminded me of mr.stretch’s alternative to that common phra… --- ## [Why is the Debt/Deficit issue #1 for so many people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-debt-deficit-issue-1-for-so-many-people/624297)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-debt-deficit-issue-1-for-so-many-people/624297 "2012-06-22T06:15:40Z")
I am having a hard time understanding why some folks seem to think it is so vitally important, in the middle of a week recovery, to get our federal government finances in order? I can understand if folks think the Gover… --- ## [I'm calling you a liar, Sir/Madam.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-calling-you-a-liar-sir-madam/723174)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-calling-you-a-liar-sir-madam/723174 "2015-07-02T13:08:19Z")
That’s right. A liar. Do not for a second try to tell me that you don’t know who Kim Kardashian is or pretend that you only have some vague notion about the Kardashians in general. Unless you have been living in a cav… --- ## [Khadaji's What'cha reading -- May 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-may-2014/687445)
**Author:** [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-may-2014/687445 "2014-06-02T14:50:56Z")
May 1 – the anniversary of my first kiss – 1954, age nine, George brought a May basket to my door, knocked and ran away slowly. I caught him and my reward was a kiss on the cheek, or maybe it was his reward – I can’t re… --- ## [My fellow blacks: You are not Native American](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fellow-blacks-you-are-not-native-american/461889)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fellow-blacks-you-are-not-native-american/461889 "2011-04-23T02:58:13Z")
This goes out to all of my black friends, family members, co-workers and associates that eventually work into the conversation that they are “part Blackfoot”, or “part Cherokee”. No, you’re not. You are black. Period. … --- ## [Keep your fingers crossed Aereo customers. Today's our day in the SCOTUS.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-your-fingers-crossed-aereo-customers-todays-our-day-in-the-scotus/686664)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-your-fingers-crossed-aereo-customers-todays-our-day-in-the-scotus/686664 "2014-12-01T03:23:50Z")
I really hope they win. I waited for these guys to come to my city before I cut the cable. I don’t know what I’ll do if they lose! --- ## [Monkey on a Rope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-on-a-rope/663327)
**Author:** [@kkellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kkellman)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-on-a-rope/663327 "2014-03-04T17:20:50Z")
A rope is suspended on a pulley. At one end is a monkey is holding on to the rope. At the other end is a bucket of sand with equal weight - equilibrium. If the monkey started to climb the rope - what would happen? --- ## [Arousal in Professional Massage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arousal-in-professional-massage/406835)
**Author:** [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arousal-in-professional-massage/406835 "2007-06-08T17:48:41Z")
I am studying to be a Massage Therapist. In my neurology class today, we talked about Sympathetic and Parasympathetic reactions. In the Reproductive System, a Sympathetic reaction can cause orgasm, and a parasympatheti… --- ## [Lady Gaga denies Weird Al](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-denies-weird-al/579118)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-denies-weird-al/579118 "2011-06-25T03:31:54Z")
Weird Al wanted to do a parody of “Born This Way” but Gaga denied it Summary of the very nicely written blog post from Al’s blog: Al got 11 of 12 songs ready for his new album but didn’t have his “hit” yet. He waited u… --- ## [Hating on Star Trek: The Next Generation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hating-on-star-trek-the-next-generation/689871)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hating-on-star-trek-the-next-generation/689871 "2016-09-18T01:54:36Z")
Ok, so somebody resurrected a thread about hating Deanna Troi (a.k.a. Counselor Cleavage). But some of the posts seem to be drifting into all-purpose hating on the series itself. So I thought an all-purpose ‘hating on TN… --- ## [The New Zealand Accent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-zealand-accent/676449)
**Author:** [@Ben-wynyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ben-wynyard)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-zealand-accent/676449 "2013-12-23T23:21:17Z")
On many of my overseas trips, I have often been mistaken as South African, English, but mainly Australian. Which for a New Zealander is very offensive. For you Americans, how do you mistake us for Australians??? Do we no… --- ## [My birth certificate bond is worth billions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-birth-certificate-bond-is-worth-billions/720363)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-birth-certificate-bond-is-worth-billions/720363 "2015-05-21T07:16:05Z")
My brother posted something on Facebook the other day, and, while it seems to be the sort of thing that a lot of paranoid nutters fall for hook, line, and sinker, I’m not even sure of where to start debunking his post, a… --- ## [Do adult southerners in the US call their father "Daddy"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-southerners-in-the-us-call-their-father-daddy/493469)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-southerners-in-the-us-call-their-father-daddy/493469 "2009-04-23T18:00:02Z")
I’ve seen this usage from time to time in novels and movies set in the south: a reference to someone as “your daddy” or “my daddy”, when the child in question is a full adult. It sounds odd to me, because to me, “Daddy… --- ## [Do you believe in ghosts and the paranormal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-in-ghosts-and-the-paranormal/456871)
**Author:** [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Replies:** 306\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-in-ghosts-and-the-paranormal/456871 "2008-07-26T15:34:51Z")
Ghosts, poltergeists, ouiji boards, voices from beyond the grave. Whats your opinion? Ever seen a ghost? Has anyone ever taken a genuine photograph of a ghost? Has there ever been evidence that we can commincate with sp… --- ## [World's largest pane of glass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-largest-pane-of-glass/503752)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-largest-pane-of-glass/503752 "2017-03-17T21:33:22Z")
Is this the sort of thing for which world records are kept? What/where is the largest single pane of glass? No reason for asking; just curious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=165&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=167&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)