# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1676&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:** 1677 --- ## [The Departed- run do not walk to see this movie.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-departed-run-do-not-walk-to-see-this-movie/375539)
**Author:** [@Beaucarnea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beaucarnea)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-departed-run-do-not-walk-to-see-this-movie/375539 "2006-12-04T02:32:47Z")
Be forewarned- I think Scorcese got me pregnant with this one. Best movie, best script, best acting, best casting. Bar none this is the best movie I have ever seen. Come back here after you have seen it. We can share s… --- ## [You're teaching your kid a nice lesson in bigotry there](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-teaching-your-kid-a-nice-lesson-in-bigotry-there/657210)
**Author:** [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-teaching-your-kid-a-nice-lesson-in-bigotry-there/657210 "2013-05-02T00:14:43Z")
AAARGHH. So, I’m a cub scout den leader. Second grade boys (“wolf scouts”). Last night was our penultimate den meeting of the year, so I’m asking the boys who is going to summer day camp because that will give them a bi… --- ## [Is it time to revive colonialism and The White Man's Burden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-revive-colonialism-and-the-white-mans-burden/509288)
**Author:** [@TheMadHun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMadHun)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-revive-colonialism-and-the-white-mans-burden/509288 "2009-10-09T14:54:03Z")
It wasn’t that long ago that a country like England or Italy would go into Sudan or Somalia or Afghanistan and run things under either colonial or “international mandate” protectorate status. The theory was that they wou… --- ## [Do atheists really not believe in the Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-atheists-really-not-believe-in-the-earth/768993)
**Author:** [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-atheists-really-not-believe-in-the-earth/768993 "2016-10-21T02:47:24Z")
Since atheists don’t believe in God and God created the Earth do atheists not believe that the Earth exists? Fucking troll here asking bullshit question just to call all Christians stupid. http://boards.straightdope.co… --- ## [Single worst Beatles song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152)
**Author:** [@Goodbeem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goodbeem)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152 "2003-04-17T16:18:13Z")
In response to this very enjoyable thread by hrhomer … I know, they are arguably the best band in history, but still, they have made some crappy things. So, again: gun to your head, pick the ONE Beatles song you would… --- ## [What effect would the repeal of the 2nd Amendment have on this country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-effect-would-the-repeal-of-the-2nd-amendment-have-on-this-country/797871)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-effect-would-the-repeal-of-the-2nd-amendment-have-on-this-country/797871 "2017-10-05T20:53:26Z")
Premise: The 2nd Amendment is repealed using proper measures. Would you accept such a repeal, or deny its legality? How do you think various factions will react? What about sort range and/or long range results of such… --- ## [Virgowitch, stop being a Bastard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgowitch-stop-being-a-bastard/149311)
**Author:** [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgowitch-stop-being-a-bastard/149311 "2003-01-27T00:34:12Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=157041 You started out with an interesting premise. Let me rephrase it for you: Is it ok to intentionaly set out to be a single parent? But we aren’t talkin… --- ## [Why Negra Modelo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-negra-modelo/167861)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-negra-modelo/167861 "2003-04-11T04:56:56Z")
There’s a fairly decent Mexican beer called Negra Modelo. The name seems to violate a couple of rules of Spanish in my high school understanding of the language. First, the gender of the two words is different. Shouldn’t… --- ## [Plot twists you were convinced were coming, but didn't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-twists-you-were-convinced-were-coming-but-didnt/718558)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-twists-you-were-convinced-were-coming-but-didnt/718558 "2015-04-28T23:49:56Z")
Interstellar- I was convinced due to the similarity in appearance between the main character’s daughter and the female astronaut meant dun dun dun that the astronaut was a time traveled future version of his daughter. No… --- ## [Kickstarter recommendations (also other crowdfunding sites)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kickstarter-recommendations-also-other-crowdfunding-sites/623654)
**Author:** [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kickstarter-recommendations-also-other-crowdfunding-sites/623654 "2015-05-03T23:52:50Z")
Crowdfunding is continuing to grow in popularity with several different projects making over a million dollars (Order of the Stick, Double Fine Adventure). This thread is not for them. They’re popular enough to get their… --- ## [Portable, battery-powered satellite radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portable-battery-powered-satellite-radio/546562)
**Author:** [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portable-battery-powered-satellite-radio/546562 "2010-07-16T17:48:21Z")
My in-laws spend their summers in a cabin in northwest Ontario with no electicity. They can receive very few radio stations except at night, and only if the weather is favorable. My wife and I have thought about gettin… --- ## [condoms were sold in sizes labeled 'extra large', 'large' and ....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condoms-were-sold-in-sizes-labeled-extra-large-large-and/527720)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condoms-were-sold-in-sizes-labeled-extra-large-large-and/527720 "2010-03-21T23:03:51Z")
I was at the pharmacy and noticed that condoms were sold in sizes labeled ‘extra large’, ‘large’ and no size label. There was nothing for ‘small’, ‘tiny’ or ‘micro’. What should I do if I should ever need a condom? The… --- ## [What baby names do you like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292 "2010-10-03T21:09:50Z")
Girls: Olivia Elizabeth Grace Hannah Leah Amelia Charlotte Alexandra Molly Rebecca Tessa Josephine Eleanor Alice Evangeline Eve Beatrix Louisa Boys: Nathaniel Joshua Samuel Alexander Ethan Spence… --- ## [What does the -abad suffix in southwest Asian city names mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abad-suffix-in-southwest-asian-city-names-mean/580766)
**Author:** [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abad-suffix-in-southwest-asian-city-names-mean/580766 "2011-05-05T02:14:20Z")
Off the top of my head I can think of Islamabad, Abbottabad, Jalalabad and Hyderabad. A quick perusal of the lists of large cities in Pakistan and India shows that there are at least a few others. So what language is i… --- ## ["Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-brain-what-do-you-want-to-do-tonight/593899)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-brain-what-do-you-want-to-do-tonight/593899 "2011-08-26T23:14:54Z")
“The same thing we do every night, Pinky—try to take over the world!” There have been hundreds of supervillains in television, movies and the comics tht have attempted to take over the world, but if you could choose one… --- ## [Are There IMMORTALS Among Us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-immortals-among-us/193811)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-immortals-among-us/193811 "2003-08-11T19:12:55Z")
In the 18th century, several charlatans claimed to have lived for hundreds of years…these people (like Cagliostro and the Count de St.-Germain) enetertained the nobility of the day with their tales of having been around … --- ## [Unanticipated hazards of being a costumed vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanticipated-hazards-of-being-a-costumed-vigilante/267101)
**Author:** [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanticipated-hazards-of-being-a-costumed-vigilante/267101 "2011-04-08T23:48:54Z")
OK, we all know that by putting on a cape, mask and tights and going forth to do battle with the sufferers of ASSPD that the comicverse has spawned, a person, particularly one without superpowers, runs the risk of being … --- ## [Fuck Apple](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-apple/753774)
**Author:** [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-apple/753774 "2016-05-07T02:38:14Z")
I updated my iPhone’s music app, and poof!, all my music is gone. Okay, not GONE gone, it’s just sitting somewhere quietly on iTunes. All I have to do is download it. Again. Listen, fuckers. I live in a 3rd world cou… --- ## [Bush wants to eliminate Perkins Loans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wants-to-eliminate-perkins-loans/290008)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wants-to-eliminate-perkins-loans/290008 "2005-02-17T23:01:26Z")
Apparently Bush thinks he needs to make a greater effort to buttfuck poor people in his second term. He now wants to eliminate Perkins Loans for no real reason I can fathom other than he’s an evil, elitist little fuck wi… --- ## [How should I deal with this situation with my SO's best friend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-deal-with-this-situation-with-my-sos-best-friend/292213)
**Author:** [@StarsApart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarsApart)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-deal-with-this-situation-with-my-sos-best-friend/292213 "2005-03-05T03:10:18Z")
So, I’m in kind of a sticky situation with my fiancé’s best friend, and I was wondering if anyone could help. For some background, Fiancé carpools with his best friend, I’ll call him Joe, daily to their university. I ri… --- ## [I just learned my wife is a pyromaniac.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-my-wife-is-a-pyromaniac/611403)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-my-wife-is-a-pyromaniac/611403 "2012-02-04T15:50:37Z")
I pit idiots who let their wives almost burn down the neighbor’s eucalyptus grove. Once a month, my wife gets aches and pains. That’s today, so I asked her if she wanted to relax and watch a movie or something. No, she… --- ## [Here's another Reason Not To Live In Texas.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-another-reason-not-to-live-in-texas/335084)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-another-reason-not-to-live-in-texas/335084 "2005-12-15T19:22:23Z")
Click the link, & gape in horror. http://www.dallasobserver.com/Issues/2005-12-08/news/schutze.html Yes, Dallas has a law enforcement agency that is accountable to nobody, and can beat the piss out of you and your ch… --- ## [Genetically unrelated siblings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetically-unrelated-siblings/616145)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetically-unrelated-siblings/616145 "2012-03-23T02:46:44Z")
What are the odds that two opposite-sex siblings are genetically unrelated (assuming we exclude mitochondrial DNA)? As I understand genetics, it is possible in principle for a brother and sister to receive completely di… --- ## [PSA to job applicants: Follow Instructions!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-to-job-applicants-follow-instructions/517734)
**Author:** [@Obsidian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obsidian)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-to-job-applicants-follow-instructions/517734 "2009-11-19T23:32:39Z")
One of my first tasks at my new job, hilariously, is to hire someone. I’ve requested certain information (really, two words) to be put in the email subject, just so I can quickly sort through candidates. Many, many peop… --- ## [Question for the married guys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696 "2016-03-14T21:22:01Z")
What will your wife not let you do? Ex. My watches what I eat. I am not allowed to eat fried chicken. She also has gotten rid of the clothes of mine she hated. --- ## [What Musical Instrument is the easiest to learn to play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instrument-is-the-easiest-to-learn-to-play/346323)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instrument-is-the-easiest-to-learn-to-play/346323 "2006-03-01T16:39:17Z")
I’ve got a Yamaha keyboard that I can plink out a few songs on, what with my limited ability to read music, and I bought myself a guitar a couple years ago, but it’s collecting dust (school, kids, demanding job, etc). A… --- ## [Songs about other musicians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255 "2022-06-03T15:03:30Z")
A favorite topic for musicians is songs about other musicians. Herte is a place for them. Here’s a tune about Neko Case: And this one is supposedly about Lydia Lunch Your turn… --- ## [WEEDS season finale with open spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weeds-season-finale-with-open-spoilers/560840)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weeds-season-finale-with-open-spoilers/560840 "2010-11-20T04:04:26Z")
Open spoilers after OP in case somebody didn’t get the point. --- ## [What's the straight dope on diarrhea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-diarrhea/365693)
**Author:** [@Street\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Street_Deep)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-diarrhea/365693 "2006-07-28T21:47:38Z")
Does diarrhea help you to get rid of the bacteria or whatever is in your guts that shouldn’t be? Or is it just a symptom with no function? Where are the bad microorganisms: in the food in your guts, or in the tissue of … --- ## [Can you tell someone is gay by looking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-someone-is-gay-by-looking/435249)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-someone-is-gay-by-looking/435249 "2008-01-30T23:19:24Z")
In this thread, 5-4-Fighting mentions a practice of black men being on the ‘down low’. I have heard of this concept, read about it, heard that it was on Oprah, but I haven’t really seen much of it in practice. I want t… --- ## [why not two minimum wages - one for students and teens, one for working adults?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-two-minimum-wages-one-for-students-and-teens-one-for-working-adults/293836)
**Author:** [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-two-minimum-wages-one-for-students-and-teens-one-for-working-adults/293836 "2005-03-25T13:50:17Z")
I’ve always thought that this would be fair and economically feasible - two different minimum wage specifications. One would apply to people that are currently being claimed as dependents - working students and high scho… --- ## [Polynomial Regression help - Calculation of co-efficients](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polynomial-regression-help-calculation-of-co-efficients/432840)
**Author:** [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polynomial-regression-help-calculation-of-co-efficients/432840 "2011-05-31T18:34:12Z")
I suppose I should start off and state that I am 43 and this is not homework help. I need some help understanding how to calculate the co-efficients of a polynomial regression in the formula y(x) = ax^2 + bx + c I’m wr… --- ## [The Biggest Douche in the Universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biggest-douche-in-the-universe/472938)
**Author:** [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2008, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biggest-douche-in-the-universe/472938 "2008-12-11T05:52:51Z")
There was a South Park episode a while back called “The Biggest Douche in the Universe,” that criticized John Edward (the “spiritual medium” from Crossing Over). I was wondering, who do you think should get the award for… --- ## [Tire sidewall bubble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tire-sidewall-bubble/417552)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tire-sidewall-bubble/417552 "2007-09-01T02:00:11Z")
I happened to notice an asymptomatic bubble in the sidewall of one of my tires. It is small, about 1 inch in diameter, 1/2 in depth. Do I need to replace the tire? --- ## [To my fellow soilder in the "War On Chrismas", please desert to the other side.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fellow-soilder-in-the-war-on-chrismas-please-desert-to-the-other-side/336258)
**Author:** [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2005, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fellow-soilder-in-the-war-on-chrismas-please-desert-to-the-other-side/336258 "2005-12-21T09:27:07Z")
I’ve been telling people there is no war on Christmas. I’ve been saying it’s mostly certain Christians who’ve got their panties in a bunch over “Happy Holidays”. I’ve been saying while some people may be angling for more… --- ## [So I have an hour layover in Atlanta (ATL) - what should I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-an-hour-layover-in-atlanta-atl-what-should-i-do/618678)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-an-hour-layover-in-atlanta-atl-what-should-i-do/618678 "2012-04-14T14:01:30Z")
I will have a 1 hour layover at the Atlanta airport (ATL) in the early afternoon. What should/can I do that would be interesting? --- ## [Who was the most talented artist: Hitler, Stalin or Mao](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-talented-artist-hitler-stalin-or-mao/646042)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-talented-artist-hitler-stalin-or-mao/646042 "2013-01-08T06:21:14Z")
Three men Three tyrants Three killers of tens of millions Three artists. Hitler the painter,(warning, nazi link Mao the poet(warning, hard-left link) Stalin the sketchartist. Who do you think was the most talented… --- ## [South Park 11-16-05: Tom Cruise won't come out of the Closet and Scientology.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-11-16-05-tom-cruise-wont-come-out-of-the-closet-and-scientology/331437)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-11-16-05-tom-cruise-wont-come-out-of-the-closet-and-scientology/331437 "2005-11-19T01:17:53Z")
Heavy handed to the point of making me laugh hard. Good Start. “Not as good as the guy that played Napolean Dynamite.” (Extra funny I just watched it for the first time last night) Jim --- ## [Women raped by traffic cops. Captain says, "Don't get stopped."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-raped-by-traffic-cops-captain-says-dont-get-stopped/699568)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-raped-by-traffic-cops-captain-says-dont-get-stopped/699568 "2014-09-27T23:38:05Z")
Three traffic policemen in Oklahoma have been accused of pulling over women and sexually assaulting them on the promise of not issuing them tickets. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Captain George Brown’s helpful advice on how no… --- ## [Name of a solid object.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-solid-object/777329)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-solid-object/777329 "2017-01-24T00:00:30Z")
I just bought some long life milk in travel sized containers. It is packed in small ’ ‘cartons’ which are formed by pinching the two ends of a cylinder together at 90 degrees to each other, creating a container with only… --- ## [Why aren't Egg Cups common in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-egg-cups-common-in-the-us/348442)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-egg-cups-common-in-the-us/348442 "2006-03-16T23:01:44Z")
Ever since our Big Fat German Holiday a year and a half ago, I have been looking IRL for Egg cups at stores. I haven’t found a one. Via Ebay, most of them are from the UK or Europe. Occasionally there will be one from … --- ## [Bathroom Etiquette: Is this rude? Or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-etiquette-is-this-rude-or-what/142669)
**Author:** [@Broodha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broodha)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-etiquette-is-this-rude-or-what/142669 "2003-01-19T16:41:20Z")
Is this rude or am I a prude? Here’s the situation: I go into the bathroom of my library at school. I am there to make use of the urinal. Just as I unzip my fly, an acquaintance (we know each others’ names but do not… --- ## [Did Sargent Carter (Frank Sutton) make "Gomer Pyle" A Hit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-sargent-carter-frank-sutton-make-gomer-pyle-a-hit/463219)
**Author:** [@KRSOradio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRSOradio)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-sargent-carter-frank-sutton-make-gomer-pyle-a-hit/463219 "2008-09-14T15:41:03Z")
I have been watching old rerun of Gomer Pyle USMC and franky Gomer is just irritating. In fact I’ve come to the conclusion that Frank Sutton as Sargent Carter was WAY under-rated and without Sutton the show would not hav… --- ## [So how do planes fly (no really)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-do-planes-fly-no-really/616761)
**Author:** [@Hagen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hagen)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-do-planes-fly-no-really/616761 "2012-03-26T18:36:25Z")
I’m a pilot and I’ve always been taught the Bernoulli school of flying theory, but have also always understood that Newton’s F=MA feature prominently and simply assumed that they both play their part, be it in different … --- ## [The Work Rant Thread - Post Your Own Toilin' Trouble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-work-rant-thread-post-your-own-toilin-trouble/132406)
**Author:** [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2002, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-work-rant-thread-post-your-own-toilin-trouble/132406 "2002-10-24T13:35:00Z")
I figure everybody could use a place to bitch about their work once in a while. Here y’go. Feel free to respond to somebody else’s rant or post your own. I work at: Staples, The Office Superstore My job title is: Fro… --- ## [Women competing with men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-competing-with-men/310520)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-competing-with-men/310520 "2005-07-07T02:22:32Z")
Is there a sport that women can compete equally with men? I’ll grant that there are many sports such as basketball, where the best in the world are logically men, since there is a significant difference in mean height b… --- ## [Foods that make you think twice when you think/learn about what they are/how they're made...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-think-twice-when-you-think-learn-about-what-they-are-how-theyre-made/824645)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-think-twice-when-you-think-learn-about-what-they-are-how-theyre-made/824645 "2018-12-19T19:59:50Z")
Okay, I expect a bunch of PETA, vegetarian and vegan posts saying “See how horrible what you’re eating is!” :smack: Don’t get me wrong. I’m a full fledged omnivore who’ll eat anything that’s delicious, but sometimes I h… --- ## [What can and can't I build up a tolerance to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-and-cant-i-build-up-a-tolerance-to/313820)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-and-cant-i-build-up-a-tolerance-to/313820 "2005-07-30T15:34:23Z")
I can build up a tolerance to Jalapeño peppers such that they no longer seem very hot at all after eating quite a lot of them over a period of time. But not with Listerine. I use Listerine every night for 30 seconds but … --- ## [Sam's Club finds a worse food to promote...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sams-club-finds-a-worse-food-to-promote/659155)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sams-club-finds-a-worse-food-to-promote/659155 "2013-05-24T16:42:52Z")
I really thought that grocery retailers in general and Sam’s Club in particular had hit bottom selling… the N-stuff… as some sort of cheery good-fer-ya food. Turns out there was another bottom. SC has hucksters selling … --- ## [Are (otherwise) liberal, open-minded men biased against seemingly "gay" musicians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-otherwise-liberal-open-minded-men-biased-against-seemingly-gay-musicians/494307)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-otherwise-liberal-open-minded-men-biased-against-seemingly-gay-musicians/494307 "2009-04-28T13:23:03Z")
I’d like to begin by saying that I’m not arguing that any musical groups that I discuss here are good. I don’t know any 'n Sync songs other than “Bye Bye Bye”, and don’t know any other Backstreet Boys songs than “I Want… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1675&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1677&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)