# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1670&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:** 1671 --- ## [Sen. Murkowski Will Vote to Confirm Barret](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sen-murkowski-will-vote-to-confirm-barret/923795)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sen-murkowski-will-vote-to-confirm-barret/923795 "2020-10-31T19:04:54Z")
I suppose there will be backlash, since she has said that she thought the vote should wait until after the election. But I agree with her reasoning. Barrett is qualified, even if I don’t agree with her positions, or at… --- ## [Help me manage my oral herpes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-manage-my-oral-herpes/657638)
**Author:** [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-manage-my-oral-herpes/657638 "2013-05-10T20:37:08Z")
I’m at my wit’s end (okay, I admit, not a particularly long trip). I am now getting my third cold sore within the last two months. I just get one cleared up and within a few days, another one starts. :frowning: I’ve be… --- ## [Objective proof that my wife yells?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objective-proof-that-my-wife-yells/841265)
**Author:** [@The\_Sheikh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Sheikh)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objective-proof-that-my-wife-yells/841265 "2020-01-06T16:03:07Z")
My wife yells all the time; at the kids, at me, and at house objects. Whenever I complain, she denies my claims and I have to go through a worse experience: fact-free argument. I need a device with an alarm that would go… --- ## [How long will a housefly live without food or water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-a-housefly-live-without-food-or-water/759332)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-a-housefly-live-without-food-or-water/759332 "2016-07-12T01:56:59Z")
Lately there have been a few houseflies buzzing around and bugging me (bad pun of course intended). At lunch 2 big ones were beating against the screen in the kitchen window. So I closed the window and trapped them. T… --- ## [The Women's Medical Fund has Renamed Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388 "2021-11-22T16:42:24Z")
\-=Linky=- Here in Pennsylvania, the Woman’s Medical Fund provides financial aid to people who want to have an abortion. Cool. They have just renamed themselves the Abortion Liberation Fund of Pennsylvania. OK, I can di… --- ## [What's under your bed right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-under-your-bed-right-now/638012)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-under-your-bed-right-now/638012 "2012-11-04T18:27:15Z")
fcAHasp.lpo. po --- ## [Help with co-worker situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-co-worker-situation/638690)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-co-worker-situation/638690 "2012-10-25T13:07:49Z")
Including some armchair diagnosis if necessary. I think I briefly dropped some hints on the Dope as to the following here and there over the past year, but have never gone into full detail about it here. No longer, sin… --- ## ["Don't Move Firewood" -- "Stop Forest Pests" (stupid highway signs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-move-firewood-stop-forest-pests-stupid-highway-signs/631659)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-move-firewood-stop-forest-pests-stupid-highway-signs/631659 "2012-08-19T18:33:46Z")
You know those big signs over the highway that can show messages about traffic jams, road work, etc – in letters with lit-up lightbulbs so the message can change? The signs in our area now flash two messages: \*\*DON'T … --- ## [Long-Time Members](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-members/495041)
**Author:** [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-members/495041 "2009-05-14T18:03:30Z")
It just doesn’t seem right to me to read a post by a Board member who has been posting here for years and years labeled a “Guest.” Can we change that? We now have “Member”, “Charter Member” and “Guest.” Perhaps for some… --- ## [Worker fired for Kerry sticker---sigh.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worker-fired-for-kerry-sticker-sigh/264316)
**Author:** [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worker-fired-for-kerry-sticker-sigh/264316 "2004-09-21T16:31:51Z")
Linky link. From the article: No, it’s not a free speech issue. And yes, you can be fired for basically any reason. Still, it’s just sad. --- ## [Why do we need pillows for sleeping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-need-pillows-for-sleeping/672412)
**Author:** [@BambaSaysMamba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BambaSaysMamba)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-need-pillows-for-sleeping/672412 "2013-11-29T15:09:29Z")
Why do we need pillows for sleeping? --- ## [2014 Emmys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-emmys/695734)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-emmys/695734 "2014-08-27T01:41:10Z")
The creative Emmys are going on right now–all the below-the-line awards in dozens of categories, before the big headliner ones next weekend. So far, here are the Guest Actor and Actress winners in a Drama and Comedy, re… --- ## [How to refuel a plane in the air.:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-refuel-a-plane-in-the-air/778000)
**Author:** [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-refuel-a-plane-in-the-air/778000 "2017-05-02T15:16:32Z")
B2 bombers fly to Libya and are refueled 13 times without landing. I assume there’s some sort of logistical pattern that has these refueling planes available at the right place at the right time for the mission. Do the … --- ## [I don't understand hyphens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-hyphens/684007)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-hyphens/684007 "2014-03-19T23:22:05Z")
Seriously. I was taught (in the pre-computer era) Oxford hyphen usage: you use one followed by a space when it’s punctuation, and you use one without spaces in hyphenated words. Latterly, I have come to understand that t… --- ## [Military folks: what are the most ACCURATE military movies / scenes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-folks-what-are-the-most-accurate-military-movies-scenes/656391)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-folks-what-are-the-most-accurate-military-movies-scenes/656391 "2013-04-23T08:08:32Z")
Inspired by this thread, where I was surprised to find out that Stripes wasn’t the most accurate portrayal of military life… :wink: So military / ex-military folks, can you name some movies and / or scenes that you find… --- ## [How About This To "End" Welfare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-this-to-end-welfare/808612)
**Author:** [@thatbpguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thatbpguy)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-this-to-end-welfare/808612 "2018-02-14T18:46:14Z")
This is certainly not a new idea and is being practiced in various ways around the world. The idea is to take all the money spent on every form of “welfare” and disperse it monthly to every person in the country. But th… --- ## [Bernie's Legacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernies-legacy/756749)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernies-legacy/756749 "2016-07-26T07:46:22Z")
The whole time of his campaign, it has been said that even if he didn’t win, he would bring a lot of good changes to the country. What are the changes going to be? He has already gotten a few states to give up superdel… --- ## [Help me break a stupid internet search habit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-break-a-stupid-internet-search-habit/538288)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-break-a-stupid-internet-search-habit/538288 "2010-05-10T03:37:57Z")
jsgoddess was recently here for a visit, and she observed me doing something repeatedly that I’d never been conscious of. And now that I’m aware of it, it’s driving me mad. We’d be engaged in conversation about some top… --- ## [Lots of discarded latex gloves in the streets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-discarded-latex-gloves-in-the-streets/779281)
**Author:** [@Ziofilippo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ziofilippo)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-discarded-latex-gloves-in-the-streets/779281 "2020-04-17T17:28:32Z")
I suspect that most of the world has not noticed - but in the last couple of years, I’ve started seeing an increasing proliferation of used latex gloves in the streets. I live in Chicago, but I have noticed them in other… --- ## [Women, do you wear makeup for your man or for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-wear-makeup-for-your-man-or-for-you/658343)
**Author:** [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-wear-makeup-for-your-man-or-for-you/658343 "2013-05-31T23:54:54Z")
I didn’t want to derail this thread too much. I, frankly, don’t give a damn if my husband wants me to/doesn’t want me to wear makeup. I love wearing makeup. It gives me a sense of confidence of knowing that I look good.… --- ## [Is there anything that cannot be criticized, or cannot be treated with scepticism ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-that-cannot-be-criticized-or-cannot-be-treated-with-scepticism/619964)
**Author:** [@Otkakonmiskilic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otkakonmiskilic)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2012, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-that-cannot-be-criticized-or-cannot-be-treated-with-scepticism/619964 "2012-04-27T08:19:34Z")
Is there anything that cannot be criticized, cannot be treated with scepticism, or/and cannot be doubted by? --- ## [Seinfeld season 5episode 21 - The Hamptons (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-season-5episode-21-the-hamptons-spoilers/689233)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2014, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-season-5episode-21-the-hamptons-spoilers/689233 "2014-05-30T09:29:14Z")
In this episode the gang are visiting friends and Jerry’s girlfriend sees George naked and thinks he has a small penis and she tells George’s girlfriend and she leaves. To get revenge on her George cooks eggs with lobst… --- ## [How about them Moslems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-them-moslems/270837)
**Author:** [@Blackacre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackacre)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2004, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-them-moslems/270837 "2004-10-30T07:00:33Z")
Fresh from too many Cosmopolitans, I have to admit that I have never met a human being who was a practicing Moslem that I did not like, or was attracted to. (When I was still pursuing my undersgraduate degree, I had a h… --- ## [has a spirit ever been captured on camera?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-spirit-ever-been-captured-on-camera/233002)
**Author:** [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-spirit-ever-been-captured-on-camera/233002 "2004-03-13T19:57:08Z")
Link This… illuminating GQ thread piques my ire in a not insignificant manner. For one Hmmmm… Allow me to grapple with the cognitive dissonance I’m experiencing. … … Nope, didn’t help. If it weren’t for my horse, … --- ## [What Kind Of Market Research Do Hollywood Movie Studios Do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-market-research-do-hollywood-movie-studios-do/623441)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-market-research-do-hollywood-movie-studios-do/623441 "2012-06-07T20:12:15Z")
Reading about the two recent $200 million flops (“Battleship” and “John Carter” made me wonder-how do studio heads decide on what to gamble on? Do they do audience sampling, or do any kind of elementary research? I r… --- ## [Obama lies about Social Security- tries to scare senior citizens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-lies-about-social-security-tries-to-scare-senior-citizens/464606)
**Author:** [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-lies-about-social-security-tries-to-scare-senior-citizens/464606 "2008-09-23T20:57:48Z")
Obama’s latest lie From FacCheck.org: This is a big one. Not a gaffe, not an exaggeration. Just a stupid, malicious, premeditated lie. Intended to scare. And wasn’t he accusing someone of the politics of fear or s… --- ## [Was the GOP always this bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-gop-always-this-bad/791550)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-gop-always-this-bad/791550 "2017-07-21T03:01:40Z")
The destruction of healthcare. Weakening of education. Denial of climate change. Illegitimate wars. Gerrymandering. Voter suppression. Useless weapons programs. Reproductive repression. Constituent avoidance. Incompetent… --- ## [Could a Hobbit and a human interbreed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-hobbit-and-a-human-interbreed/485304)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-hobbit-and-a-human-interbreed/485304 "2009-02-14T21:42:54Z")
Just curious. How about a Dwarf and a human? --- ## [Poles in fire stations--dangerous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poles-in-fire-stations-dangerous/617248)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poles-in-fire-stations-dangerous/617248 "2012-03-31T18:29:14Z")
It’s probably due to space constraints that agencies such as the F.D.N.Y. design their fire stations with poles for the firefighters to slide down; the bunks, and sometimes other rooms, are upstairs. Suburban stations, o… --- ## [How to change a 401k into an IRA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-a-401k-into-an-ira/719526)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-a-401k-into-an-ira/719526 "2015-05-21T18:47:45Z")
I quit a job a few years ago and let my 401k plan remain with that now-former employer. The 401k is with Fidelity. I’ve been entirely passive with this 401k–I’ve never bought/sold/transferred, nor opened additional accou… --- ## [We're From The South, And We're Fat: Latest Report on Obesity By State](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-from-the-south-and-were-fat-latest-report-on-obesity-by-state/546820)
**Author:** [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-from-the-south-and-were-fat-latest-report-on-obesity-by-state/546820 "2010-07-17T19:05:03Z")
Hi, my name is Melody, and I’m fat. Evidently, so are a lot of other people in the south. I would attribute it to all the fried food - but I tend to be more of a salad chick myself. Well, except when my boyfriend make… --- ## [How Should I Feel About This "Traffic Stop"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-feel-about-this-traffic-stop/839928)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-feel-about-this-traffic-stop/839928 "2019-10-02T12:26:18Z")
(after submitting this, I realize it maybe better belongs in great debates, my apologies and mods, feel free to move) Let me preface this by stating that I have never been pulled over in my life for anything other than … --- ## [Conservative policies, not rhetoric, are responsible for the tragedy in Tucson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-policies-not-rhetoric-are-responsible-for-the-tragedy-in-tucson/567466)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-policies-not-rhetoric-are-responsible-for-the-tragedy-in-tucson/567466 "2011-01-17T04:35:38Z")
I posted much of this in a Pit threadabout Sarah Palin’s debated responsibility for Saturday’s shootings in Tucson. But with some prodding, have decided to start a new thread about the policies that may have been respons… --- ## [Poll: What do you think of Obama?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-think-of-obama/534546)
**Author:** [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-think-of-obama/534546 "2010-04-03T04:39:27Z")
Pretty self-explanatory title. I have decided to provide a poll here after the health care thing and let’s see what everyone on SDMB thinks. Just for fun. Not intending to start any huge debates. --- ## [SDMB Presidential Debates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-presidential-debates/37108)
**Author:** [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2000, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-presidential-debates/37108 "2000-11-11T15:30:51Z")
Today the SDMB is hosting the first round of SD presidential debates. We’d like to thank our sponsors, The Chicago Reader and The Cecil Adams Ignorance Conservancy for their fine support and use of this space. I’m UncleB… --- ## [The Office 1/21/10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-21-10/525945)
**Author:** [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-21-10/525945 "2010-01-24T03:14:50Z")
A clip show? A freaking CLIP SHOW?!?!?! WTF?!?! I am SO disappointed! --- ## [downshifting at high speed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downshifting-at-high-speed/60277)
**Author:** [@berdollos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/berdollos)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2001, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downshifting-at-high-speed/60277 "2001-04-03T23:55:09Z")
When I was in high school many years ago, I heard that a kid was driving about 60 mph and tried to downshift (in a manual shift car) to first. He supposedly went through the windshield. Is this a plausible story? What w… --- ## [LOTR: Did Tolkein invent the races?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-did-tolkein-invent-the-races/112322)
**Author:** [@funkynige](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funkynige)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-did-tolkein-invent-the-races/112322 "2002-06-08T15:53:40Z")
I’ve heard of many games and books that are said to be based in the Tolkein Universe of Dwarves, Orcs, Goblins, etc. But did Tolkein invent these races or did he combine them from other sources? Thanks in advance, --- ## [Is it wrong to deceive the dying for their peace of mind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-deceive-the-dying-for-their-peace-of-mind/696328)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-deceive-the-dying-for-their-peace-of-mind/696328 "2014-08-28T00:57:20Z")
Suppose you have a very ill relative or friend who has longed for her whole life for some great cause – perhaps peace in the Middle East, or a cure for some disease, or some other cause. If the doctor informs you they a… --- ## [Should I reconcile with my brother?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-reconcile-with-my-brother/663220)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-reconcile-with-my-brother/663220 "2013-07-12T18:06:00Z")
OK, it’s a long and complicated story, but I would value some advice so will try to keep it short and interesting :slight\_smile: Basically at the core of the story is an ongoing hot and cold war I have been having with … --- ## [Bottom Shelf Bourbon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-shelf-bourbon/579858)
**Author:** [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-shelf-bourbon/579858 "2011-04-29T00:17:55Z")
You’ve seen them. Half-gallon plastic jugs with screw tops sitting two shelves below the good stuff, with names like Old Crow, or Ten High, or Kentucky Tavern. The kind of liquor you wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole… --- ## [Why are Wells Fargo CD rates so low?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-wells-fargo-cd-rates-so-low/593697)
**Author:** [@iamnotbatman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamnotbatman)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-wells-fargo-cd-rates-so-low/593697 "2011-08-23T21:39:48Z")
This is a real head-scratcher for me. Wells Fargo’s 1-year CD rates for 100,000$ deposits are only 0.10% APY. They offer some special deals which are better, but still absurdly low, for example 11 months at 0.15% APY. So… --- ## [Famous First Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-first-words/13588)
**Author:** [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2000, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-first-words/13588 "2000-02-10T01:21:00Z")
When I was in high school English we were subjected to a film starring, IIRC, Clifton Fadiman, telling us what a wonderful novel we were going to study. He emphasized this by comparing its first sentence with the first s… --- ## [How prepared is Texas collectively and individually for this kind of blizzard scenario](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-prepared-is-texas-collectively-and-individually-for-this-kind-of-blizzard-scenario/933074)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-prepared-is-texas-collectively-and-individually-for-this-kind-of-blizzard-scenario/933074 "2025-01-06T16:43:44Z")
Yeah theres a lot of people in Texas and I understand that people are different, but viewing Tiktok videos about people surviving in Texas I’m surprised a lot of people in Texas have fireplaces. Since the average temps i… --- ## [What languages did Hungarian Jews speak?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-languages-did-hungarian-jews-speak/591358)
**Author:** [@wei\_ji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wei_ji)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-languages-did-hungarian-jews-speak/591358 "2013-11-26T02:02:52Z")
I have a Jewish great-great grandmother born in Hungary (exact location unknown–odds say Budapest). Her name was Hesseberg (not sure of spelling), so she was a “German” Jew of Hungarian nationality. According to the U.… --- ## [wearing pearls, in odd or even strands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-pearls-in-odd-or-even-strands/552947)
**Author:** [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-pearls-in-odd-or-even-strands/552947 "2010-09-08T22:01:25Z")
Miss Manners mentions her grandmother’s abhorrence on wearing a strand of pearls doubled in last week’s column. Has anyone else heard of this custom? I must confess, I’ve never heard of, or noticed the odd-strands-only-r… --- ## [CPU Nomenclature: 286, 386, 486, 586???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpu-nomenclature-286-386-486-586/39105)
**Author:** [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2000, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpu-nomenclature-286-386-486-586/39105 "2000-11-01T04:51:30Z")
sdimbert’s recent threat (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=44347) jogged my memory about something I meant to ask here a few months ago. In the Days of the Ancients, the names of IBM and what … --- ## [How much ready-on-hand cash do people like Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates have at any moment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-ready-on-hand-cash-do-people-like-jeff-bezos-and-bill-gates-have-at-any-moment/841262)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-ready-on-hand-cash-do-people-like-jeff-bezos-and-bill-gates-have-at-any-moment/841262 "2020-03-10T15:35:01Z")
Obviously, this question can’t be answered without doing an audit of their personal finances, which would be illegal or impossible. But generally, how much cash do the super-rich like Bezos or Gates have at any moment? … --- ## [Excuse me, those are my NIPPLES...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-those-are-my-nipples/160201)
**Author:** [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-those-are-my-nipples/160201 "2003-03-12T14:28:14Z")
OK, like, I understand you like to have your nipples played with. Roughly. Like hard biting, twisting, whatnot. I’m down with that. It makes you writhe and moan with delight. Fine, no problem. But baby, it just ain… --- ## [Why can't we just dispose waste out in space?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-just-dispose-waste-out-in-space/530819)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-just-dispose-waste-out-in-space/530819 "2010-03-02T20:18:18Z")
Apparently disposing waste on earth cause problems like pollution. What stops us from just sending crafts out in space loaded with trash, nuclear waste, etc? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1669&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1671&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)