# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1665&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:** 1666 --- ## [I caught a Hornet. Now What?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2002, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748 "2002-11-27T10:46:04Z")
The Facts: This Hornet (hereafter referred to as “El Stingo”) was in the Lunch Room here at work, crawling around on the Paper Towels in a menacing fashion. I caught him, and have detained him in a glass coffee cup. E… --- ## [Plaxico ,anybody know anything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plaxico-anybody-know-anything/474978)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plaxico-anybody-know-anything/474978 "2011-06-06T22:22:21Z")
I saw 2 reports. One says Plaxico shot himself in the leg accidently . It said nothing about where it happened. Now I saw on ESPN that it was in a bar. He was not going to play tomorrow because of a hamstring. Does anyo… --- ## [Are netbooks dead? Staples no longer carries netbook PCs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-netbooks-dead-staples-no-longer-carries-netbook-pcs/593838)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-netbooks-dead-staples-no-longer-carries-netbook-pcs/593838 "2011-08-26T14:31:02Z")
I was wandering through Staples yesterday and saw a ton of tablet PCs, but no netbooks on display. Curious I inquired and was told they no longer carry netbooks. They carry one 11 inch portable, but at $ 600 and with an … --- ## [Silly Names: Nursing Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903 "2015-12-02T20:50:51Z")
Just pranking around with name possibilities for something to do on a Saturday. Cutting Bates Katt Fisher Norma Conquest Alice Forgiven Surely you can beat these lame attempts… --- ## [I'm really starting to hate women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-starting-to-hate-women/33661)
**Author:** [@Grimhacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grimhacker)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2000, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-starting-to-hate-women/33661 "2000-09-20T13:36:52Z")
I used to love them, but lately in my old age I’ve come to really despise them. I don’t know if it’s just the shallow way they think, or all the shitty headgames they play. I miss the good old days when I could date a br… --- ## [Breakfast burritos for all!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-burritos-for-all/664107)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-burritos-for-all/664107 "2013-09-27T23:18:45Z")
Those poor Downundrians! :eek: Something must be done! I suggest posting your favourite breakfast burrito fillings so our Antipodean friends can make them and spread the goodness that is the breakfast burrito – much … --- ## [Graham Norton hit a new low tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-norton-hit-a-new-low-tonight/162145)
**Author:** [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-norton-hit-a-new-low-tonight/162145 "2003-03-21T23:09:42Z")
His guests were Westlife, an Irish boy band. He had them posed as little leprechauns, singing “The Fields of Athenry” (Ireland’s unofficial national anthem) in a Chipmunks style rendition. To American dopers this might… --- ## [I tried Simply Sara's Pasta Salad......AND LIVED!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-simply-saras-pasta-salad-and-lived/646215)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-simply-saras-pasta-salad-and-lived/646215 "2025-04-10T16:24:34Z")
So, in another thread about the worst of American cooking, the recipe featured on this YouTube video was almost unanimously reviled. The worst of the worst, it was decided. I posted that an evil voice in my head was ur… --- ## [Is leaving the a/c on bad for your car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-leaving-the-a-c-on-bad-for-your-car/304094)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-leaving-the-a-c-on-bad-for-your-car/304094 "2005-05-18T02:58:29Z")
My wife has developed a habit that I think may be detrimental to the family vehicles. When she parks the car, she sets the auto transmission to park and turns off the key. She does not turn off the air conditioner or e… --- ## [Throwing apple cores out the window: littering?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-apple-cores-out-the-window-littering/101855)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2002, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-apple-cores-out-the-window-littering/101855 "2002-04-05T18:00:37Z")
My wife and I have an argument about this one. She always throws her apple cores out the window while driving, her rationale being that since it’s biodegradable, she’s not littering, she’s feeding nature. Animals will … --- ## [Bullshit you've been told](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-youve-been-told/390950)
**Author:** [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-youve-been-told/390950 "2007-02-10T19:23:59Z")
I’m thirty today! The big three-oh. In order to fight the “women are over the hill after 30” meme, let’s list any false truisms you Dopers have encountered. Here’s mine: My first serious boyfriend told me he got “sp… --- ## [What's the most terrifying thing on the Internet you've seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-terrifying-thing-on-the-internet-youve-seen/732284)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-terrifying-thing-on-the-internet-youve-seen/732284 "2016-01-09T04:16:46Z")
I have to give my vote to the Station Nightclub fire footage in Rhode Island. That video will freaking haunt you. :eek: It’s so sad that so many had to die in such a horrible way just because of the stupidity and cowardi… --- ## [What is the plural of Phoenix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-phoenix/233382)
**Author:** [@ilikebluefood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ilikebluefood)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-phoenix/233382 "2004-03-12T00:27:31Z")
I have a group with Phoenix in the title, and we aren’t sure what the plural of Phoenix should be. Phoenixes? Phoenii? Thanks! --- ## [Imagine a world in which Russia is not the enemy .. oh wait!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-a-world-in-which-russia-is-not-the-enemy-oh-wait/771783)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-a-world-in-which-russia-is-not-the-enemy-oh-wait/771783 "2016-11-21T13:58:26Z")
What happens if Trump and Putin do build a sustainable alliance around fighting Syria and ISIS? I guess the first thing is to just get over ourselves in the west about what a dreadful person Assad is and how bad his hu… --- ## [Kuwaiti woman calls for global sex slave market](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kuwaiti-woman-calls-for-global-sex-slave-market/664910)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kuwaiti-woman-calls-for-global-sex-slave-market/664910 "2013-08-01T19:46:21Z")
http://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2013/07/12/kuwaiti-female-politician-men-should-be-allowed-sex-slaves-female-prisoners-could-serve-the-role/ Just… WTF??? My biggest :confused: is what kind of mentality would lead a w… --- ## [Beloved UK pop/rock acts that never caught on in the US... and vice versa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beloved-uk-pop-rock-acts-that-never-caught-on-in-the-us-and-vice-versa/949676)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2021, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beloved-uk-pop-rock-acts-that-never-caught-on-in-the-us-and-vice-versa/949676 "2021-09-16T12:23:52Z")
I was discussing with a friend which bands/performers were really acclaimed on one side of the Atlantic yet shockingly unknown on the other. Which ones would you say that applies to the most? --- ## [Odds on 2016 Presidential Nomination: Karachi Auction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odds-on-2016-presidential-nomination-karachi-auction/723053)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odds-on-2016-presidential-nomination-karachi-auction/723053 "2016-12-31T21:59:30Z")
The much awaited Karachi Auction game thread has begun! :cool: Imagine ourselves to be odds-makers trying to judge the true odds on the various candidates by making real bets. Whoever makes the high bid on the actual Pr… --- ## [The 2009 Grammys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2009-grammys/484985)
**Author:** [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2009-grammys/484985 "2009-02-09T09:24:30Z")
Whitney Houston is coked out of her gourd. Saadiq should have won. REM is irrelavent. \ --- ## [No smoking gun? NO SMOKING GUN?? \[in Iraq\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-smoking-gun-no-smoking-gun-in-iraq/151306)
**Author:** [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-smoking-gun-no-smoking-gun-in-iraq/151306 "2003-02-03T16:19:18Z")
Here is the full transcript of Hans Blix’s comments to the United Nations today. There is far too much damning evidence of Iraq’s lies, games and lack of cooperation to list all of the quotes here that I would like to. … --- ## [Lyricists' favorite words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyricists-favorite-words/622503)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyricists-favorite-words/622503 "2012-05-30T17:29:08Z")
Name five words that recur in some song-lyricist’s work, but don’t name the writer. Let us guess which songwriter you have in mind. It won’t do to list such words as “love” and or “you,” but rather words that this one … --- ## [Do you have a talent for something you take zero pleasure in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-talent-for-something-you-take-zero-pleasure-in/587402)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-talent-for-something-you-take-zero-pleasure-in/587402 "2011-07-05T23:58:44Z")
Examples: Fabulous singing voice, unusual natural athletic ability, great musical ability (revealed through forced lessons you excelled at without trying), amazing skills in some scientific/technological area, etc. I w… --- ## [Rants are Read, Vileness Abrew (February mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-are-read-vileness-abrew-february-mini-rants/1013747)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-are-read-vileness-abrew-february-mini-rants/1013747 "2025-03-02T04:29:50Z")
Continuing the discussion from Auld Lang Sighin' (January mini-rants): I’m giving a mini-rant against myself for being stupid. My wife informed me that our daughter needed a set of dry erase markers for school. I coul… --- ## [Why are Amazons shares doing so badly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-amazons-shares-doing-so-badly/687999)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-amazons-shares-doing-so-badly/687999 "2014-07-25T20:50:26Z")
Amazons share price back in January this year was close to $400 a share, they’re now below $300 in the space of 5 months, why? They’ve brought out a new TV box, they’re investing like crazy in infrastructure, what’s the… --- ## [Why aren't they ENORMOUS stars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-they-enormous-stars/441059)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-they-enormous-stars/441059 "2008-03-17T04:23:16Z")
Who should be megastars, but aren’t? Linda Fiorentino. Her performance inThe Last Seduction got Oscar buzz even though the film wasn’t ultimately eligible for Oscar consideration. She was totally genius brilliant in the… --- ## [Strangest meat you've eaten--poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-meat-youve-eaten-poll/371457)
**Author:** [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2006, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-meat-youve-eaten-poll/371457 "2006-09-17T06:02:09Z")
This occured to me as I was buying my beloved paarden rookvlees at a Granville market butcher today. I think the farthest afield I’ve gone in carnivorousness. . . isn’t very far, although I like to think of myself as da… --- ## [Which would you prefer: A half a barrel of dimes or a barrel of nickels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-would-you-prefer-a-half-a-barrel-of-dimes-or-a-barrel-of-nickels/291702)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-would-you-prefer-a-half-a-barrel-of-dimes-or-a-barrel-of-nickels/291702 "2005-02-25T03:31:49Z")
Is there a way to mathmatically determine the answer to the question: Which would you prefer: A half a barrel of dimes or a barrel of nickels? It seems to me that there isn’t enough information. But I haven’t had any m… --- ## [Countries represented on the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875)
**Author:** [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875 "2003-10-23T06:11:40Z")
I’m trying to compile all of the countries where we have regular posters. I think we’ve got somebody in every state in the U. S., and many all across Canada. One reg is in Puerto Rico. We used to have a reg in Mexico Cit… --- ## [How long do you wear clothes before washing them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-wear-clothes-before-washing-them/438032)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-wear-clothes-before-washing-them/438032 "2008-02-19T13:32:23Z")
Since not all clothes are washed at equal intervals, give me a time period for each of these items: Shoes Socks Underwear Pants/Jeans Shirts/Sweaters Jackets Bedsheets\* \*While they’re not clothes, I’m curious as … --- ## [Why is rape so emotionally devastating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-rape-so-emotionally-devastating/220445)
**Author:** [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-rape-so-emotionally-devastating/220445 "2013-03-26T02:13:10Z")
As far as I can tell, rape victims seem to almost always be more emotionally scarred than victims of other acts of violence. My question is, why do they care so much? If you look at it from a purely objective standpoint,… --- ## [LOTR: What happened to the dwarves in the Fourth Age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-what-happened-to-the-dwarves-in-the-fourth-age/654502)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-what-happened-to-the-dwarves-in-the-fourth-age/654502 "2013-04-02T14:09:11Z")
So, it’s the Age of Men; the music’s dying and the Elves are catching the last boats for the coast; what happened to the Dwarves? They can’t catch the boat ride (except for Gimli). Moira’s still a lost cause. Where d… --- ## [How ripe do you like your bananas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-ripe-do-you-like-your-bananas/653304)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-ripe-do-you-like-your-bananas/653304 "2013-03-23T01:28:51Z")
Poll coming. As for me, I prefer them yellow with a few brown spots. If you don’t like bananas, this isn’t the thread for you. --- ## [Breathing Neccessary while Skydiving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breathing-neccessary-while-skydiving/231922)
**Author:** [@tubbytreats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tubbytreats)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breathing-neccessary-while-skydiving/231922 "2004-03-01T21:11:26Z")
I have a friend who told me that when skydiving, people do not need to breathe because during their freefall, their skin folicles open up and allow oxygen to get to the bloodstream. I told him that this was untrue, but … --- ## [Your body holds toxins from smoking, hamburgers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-holds-toxins-from-smoking-hamburgers/472526)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-holds-toxins-from-smoking-hamburgers/472526 "2008-11-14T23:17:45Z")
I was at Weight Watchers last night and one of the women there mentioned that she had done some sort of GNC Women’s Slim Colon Cleanse thingie. A nutritionist told her that toxins build up from smoking, drinking, every … --- ## [Henry Blake's plane was shot down over the Sea Of Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-blakes-plane-was-shot-down-over-the-sea-of-japan/806031)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-blakes-plane-was-shot-down-over-the-sea-of-japan/806031 "2022-03-04T20:42:42Z")
This famous event in the TV Series MAS\*H… how likely was it? I will preface this by saying I am not a war or Korean War expert in any way. So feel free to correct me if necessary! However, based on what I know, it wou… --- ## [Security at "Peace Arch Park" on Can/USA Border](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-at-peace-arch-park-on-can-usa-border/649286)
**Author:** [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-at-peace-arch-park-on-can-usa-border/649286 "2013-02-05T22:59:07Z")
First I’ll point out that I am just asking out of curiosity. I’m not establishing a plan to hop the border. :slight\_smile: Poking around with Google Earth, I see that there is a park right on the Can/US border, right be… --- ## [Other than the war, how great a President was Lincoln?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-the-war-how-great-a-president-was-lincoln/622322)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-the-war-how-great-a-president-was-lincoln/622322 "2012-05-20T04:22:01Z")
Leaving aside winning the Civil War, how do historians view Lincoln’s presidency? Did he have other domestic policies worthy of praise or discredit? --- ## [Washington Post Reports the Russians are Backing Bernie.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-post-reports-the-russians-are-backing-bernie/848334)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-post-reports-the-russians-are-backing-bernie/848334 "2020-02-24T04:41:59Z")
Bernie Sanders briefed by U.S. officials that Russia is trying to help his presidential campaign This certainly gives me no pleasure to report. The idea seems to be that Bernie is the weakest opponent to The Donald. The… --- ## [Why do people get married?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-get-married/642206)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-get-married/642206 "2012-11-27T23:16:16Z")
Why do people get married? More specifically why did you or someone(s) you know get married? I married at 22 because I was in love and he asked me to marry him. After almost 8 years of marriage I still love him, but I o… --- ## [Is hearing damage a problem for soldiers in a war zone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hearing-damage-a-problem-for-soldiers-in-a-war-zone/513648)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hearing-damage-a-problem-for-soldiers-in-a-war-zone/513648 "2009-10-16T13:13:57Z")
This morning I was thinking about what I’ve been told about firing a gun in an actual self-defense situation - that it’s going to be much louder in your bedroom than it is with hearing protection on in a shooting range, … --- ## [I'm Looking for Scary/Terrifying Movies That Aren't Drenched in Blood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925)
**Author:** [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925 "2006-05-03T23:20:36Z")
What I want: Recommendations for movies that are very scary or even terrifying. Alien is a good example, but I don’t mind going beyond a few steps beyond this. I thought The Village was lame. Ditto The Blair Witch. Psych… --- ## [How to fix carpet after dog has peed on it. Help...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fix-carpet-after-dog-has-peed-on-it-help/575974)
**Author:** [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fix-carpet-after-dog-has-peed-on-it-help/575974 "2011-03-28T13:53:48Z")
This is driving me insane. The dog peed in the corner of our new carpet, I immediately took out the detergent and warm water and scrubbed the hell out of it. I dried it with a fan and it’s been dry for days. But the car… --- ## [Bumper Sticker: "Don't laugh, your daughter might be in here"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-dont-laugh-your-daughter-might-be-in-here/395258)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-dont-laugh-your-daughter-might-be-in-here/395258 "2007-03-12T17:00:28Z")
Anyone know what that bumper sticker is supposed to mean? I saw it the other day and can only think of two possibilities: “Don’t make fun of a person driving a car this crappy, because your kid might be driving it.” … --- ## [What ramifications will my scientific breakthrough have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ramifications-will-my-scientific-breakthrough-have/496889)
**Author:** [@straggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straggler)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ramifications-will-my-scientific-breakthrough-have/496889 "2009-05-20T17:06:04Z")
A thought occurred to me today, and I did a quick bit of Googling but couldn’t find anything on the subject. I am wondering if my hypothesis has already been suggested and dismissed by physicists. I propose that space i… --- ## [How much nicotine until you're addicted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-nicotine-until-youre-addicted/118832)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-nicotine-until-youre-addicted/118832 "2002-07-16T01:14:26Z")
Here’s an odd question, but I’m considering becoming addicted to nicotine just to quit. Don’t ask. If I did so, however, is there some sort of rough estimate of the amount of cigarettes I’d have to smoke in order to actu… --- ## [Ab initio airline pilot training programs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ab-initio-airline-pilot-training-programs/718919)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ab-initio-airline-pilot-training-programs/718919 "2015-05-11T18:11:36Z")
It would be an understatement to say that I really want to get into an ab initio airline pilot training program at the moment - the “from zero hours to first officer” type of program. It’s becoming a fixation. I’ve long… --- ## [2012 overload-](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188 "2009-10-03T04:22:15Z")
History channel is running a series, " the Nostradamus Effect", which somehow ties him into 2012, the end of the world. There have been several specials of Myan Prophesy and 2012. Do we have to have 3 years of this? How… --- ## [Eurovision 2009](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673)
**Author:** [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673 "2009-05-19T15:40:41Z")
I can’t seem to see a thread on this anywhere. Most shocking thing so far: Sweden’s television commentators are talking over the Russian on-stage presenters. Maybe it is just me being too rude, but by golly that’s rude.… --- ## [Liberal capital cities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-capital-cities/622044)
**Author:** [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-capital-cities/622044 "2012-05-17T16:09:32Z")
Is it just my imagination, or do capital cities seem to be the most (or close to the most) liberal place in the areas they govern? Austin is well-known for being a liberal bastion in red-state Texas. The capital of Can… --- ## [So who will actually leave due to banner ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160)
**Author:** [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2007, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-will-actually-leave-due-to-banner-ads/428160 "2007-12-01T00:37:37Z")
Argue/Debate in the PIT. This is strictly a poll. Just so TPTB know how bad of a problem they might be looking at I’d like to see how many people are really thinking of leaving if the current status quo remains i.e. b… --- ## [TV shows that got worse as they became more popular](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-got-worse-as-they-became-more-popular/1017305)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-got-worse-as-they-became-more-popular/1017305 "2025-11-29T20:57:50Z")
Right now we are watching the TV show Spin City. We were quite impressed with the writing and characters right off the bat. But we just started the second season, and it looks to be going in a direction we disfavor. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1664&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1666&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)