# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1691&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:** 1692 --- ## [Whats the most painful thing done to your genitals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-painful-thing-done-to-your-genitals/382914)
**Author:** [@SnipaWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnipaWolf)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-painful-thing-done-to-your-genitals/382914 "2006-12-19T18:35:42Z")
for me its gotta be that stupid ass swab on a metal stick that they use to check for STDs. damn they have your spread open your pee hole and then they ram the metal swab up inside as deep as they can get it . oh man my e… --- ## [What's wrong with my friend? (Mental condition..)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-friend-mental-condition/599259)
**Author:** [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2011, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-friend-mental-condition/599259 "2011-10-22T06:32:23Z")
What’s wrong with my friend? I am convinced my male friend has some sort of mental condition that has never been properly diagnosed. I want to help him, but I don’t know exactly how to explain what is wrong with him. It… --- ## [credit card: how much does the merchant pay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-how-much-does-the-merchant-pay/563179)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-how-much-does-the-merchant-pay/563179 "2010-12-07T12:08:56Z")
About a year or so ago, my city installed new parking meters. People who have trouble keeping a few coins on hand like them, because they can pay with a credit card. Given how many merchants set minimum purchase limit… --- ## [How does compressing a .PDF file work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-compressing-a-pdf-file-work/711792)
**Author:** [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-compressing-a-pdf-file-work/711792 "2015-02-06T16:44:09Z")
My wife was having some problems emailing some PDF documents, so I used a website to compress them. How does this compression work, exactly? If there is so much that can be compressed, why doesn’t Adobe just make the fil… --- ## [This is What Bugs Me About Books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-bugs-me-about-books/570021)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-bugs-me-about-books/570021 "2011-02-08T20:32:31Z")
I like to think of books as one of the most untainted forms of entertainment in the modern world. While other things (such as video games and movies and magazines) are buzzing with advertisements and product placement a… --- ## [The Political Class...The Monied Class...The Business Class...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-political-class-the-monied-class-the-business-class/549112)
**Author:** [@lurking\_guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurking_guest)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-political-class-the-monied-class-the-business-class/549112 "2010-08-05T23:36:10Z")
He he… In every country across the Globe…it is the simple folks… who keep striving and pushing and trying to make ‘things’ better for their children, and grand-children. Across the stupid boundaries of South America, … --- ## [My rage is infinite! (pet deaths)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rage-is-infinite-pet-deaths/396480)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rage-is-infinite-pet-deaths/396480 "2007-03-19T17:26:30Z")
Link. So, you think that Iams is the Saab or Volvo of pet foods, hmm? Nice quality and nutrition and safety? How about so high-quality, nutritious, and safe that your pooch or kitty keels over stone dead! I’ve had dogs… --- ## [John Bolton fired via Tweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-bolton-fired-via-tweet/839990)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-bolton-fired-via-tweet/839990 "2019-09-18T19:59:06Z")
Or that’s at least how this news went public. Tweet. Mr. ‘5,000 troops to Colombia’ is out. Good. Fuck that war mongering piece of garbage. --- ## [Names into nicknames](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-into-nicknames/979892)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-into-nicknames/979892 "2023-03-15T12:31:55Z")
Pre-emptive statement: I am aware that any name your parents called you, or any name you chose for yourself, is a “legitimate” name. I am also aware that many of our given names derive from other names, other cultures, … --- ## [Will you PLEASE just let the poor woman die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-please-just-let-the-poor-woman-die/270455)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-please-just-let-the-poor-woman-die/270455 "2004-10-28T14:45:55Z")
Our brain-dead daughter would not have agreed to have her feeding tube removed to allow her to die, had she read the recent writings of the Pope. That is the lamest thing I have ever heard of to be adjudicated in a cour… --- ## [Boy Snatched In 1964 Returned To Wrong Family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-snatched-in-1964-returned-to-wrong-family/665752)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-snatched-in-1964-returned-to-wrong-family/665752 "2015-07-06T17:32:53Z")
"The FBI is reinvestigating the 1964 kidnapping of a newborn baby, after DNA tests revealed the wrong boy was later returned to the elated parents. Paul Fronczak, 49, is a married father himself now, and for a long time… --- ## [Because, it has to be done: Twilight, the movie thread (Spoilers Galore!).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-it-has-to-be-done-twilight-the-movie-thread-spoilers-galore/474242)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-it-has-to-be-done-twilight-the-movie-thread-spoilers-galore/474242 "2009-04-23T20:34:30Z")
Either my google-fu is very weak, or something, but I cannot find any thread discussion on THE MoViE ReLEaSE of teh YeAr!!!111!!! (This is all over the place, and I apologize profusely.) My Girlfriends took me to see T… --- ## [Every time I think the US health insurance industry can't get any worse...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-i-think-the-us-health-insurance-industry-cant-get-any-worse/807020)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-i-think-the-us-health-insurance-industry-cant-get-any-worse/807020 "2018-01-30T07:25:18Z")
I seriously thought the ACA was going to solve some of these problems. Here’s today’s story from the front lines (details altered to preserve patient privacy but the story and insurance information is true). Patient co… --- ## [Bait and Switch at the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bait-and-switch-at-the-sdmb/256946)
**Author:** [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bait-and-switch-at-the-sdmb/256946 "2004-07-28T03:09:01Z")
HA! I’m on to you! We all line up and pay our $4.95 and the bank of servers hums mightily along. Threads pop open without a moments hesitation. Error pages are a thing of the past. But then, slowly, over a matter of… --- ## [Who Was Right in the French Revolution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-right-in-the-french-revolution/585378)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-right-in-the-french-revolution/585378 "2011-06-16T16:33:19Z")
Who do you think in the long run was correct in their views during the French Revolution? Did the radicalism of the Jacobins discredit for decades (classical) liberalism and democracy throughout Europe? --- ## [Should Congress Outlaw the "Big Bang" Theory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-congress-outlaw-the-big-bang-theory/78340)
**Author:** [@Sea\_Sorbust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sea_Sorbust)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2001, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-congress-outlaw-the-big-bang-theory/78340 "2001-09-05T18:13:21Z")
Should Congress Outlaw the “Big Bang” Theory? Why? Because it is a nearly irrelevant theory about the beginnings of the Universe\*\*:\*\* Who will ever know for sure? Who, other than the theorists, will ever care? Yet we … --- ## [Pecan Pie Without The Pecans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie-without-the-pecans/731567)
**Author:** [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie-without-the-pecans/731567 "2015-09-20T03:42:08Z")
A coworker of mine has left me a slice of pie she makes and I always forget to ask her what it is. It looks like a pecan pie, except there are no pecans or any other nuts in it. The texture and the flavor is almost like… --- ## [Granddad Hef and his baby bride to be](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/granddad-hef-and-his-baby-bride-to-be/565475)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/granddad-hef-and-his-baby-bride-to-be/565475 "2010-12-30T13:05:58Z")
Hugh Hefner, 84 is marrying former Playmate Crystal Harris, 24. The picture of the happy couple looks more like a granddad and his great granddaughter than lovers. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40810232/ns/today-enterta… --- ## [Could you please stop making gay men look like screechy, hissy drama queens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-stop-making-gay-men-look-like-screechy-hissy-drama-queens/179329)
**Author:** [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-stop-making-gay-men-look-like-screechy-hissy-drama-queens/179329 "2003-06-07T05:47:28Z")
Hmm? Oh, nothing, really. It’s just that apparently Esprix figures that if some guy makes a remark that he, Esprix, finds boorish, apparently he’s entitled to figure that the boor in question is tarring all of straight m… --- ## [White people: do you have black friends? (and vice versa)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-do-you-have-black-friends-and-vice-versa/366844)
**Author:** [@vinniepaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vinniepaz)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-do-you-have-black-friends-and-vice-versa/366844 "2006-08-05T16:05:56Z")
I’ve really begun to realize how segregated cliques are in our society. Most people’s groups tend to stay within one race, and there are especially big chasms between white and black. So, those of you who are white/bla… --- ## [\_\_\_\_\_\_ never plays a villain, except in \_\_\_\_\_\_](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/______-never-plays-a-villain-except-in-______/503771)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/______-never-plays-a-villain-except-in-______/503771 "2009-07-26T03:08:13Z")
What actors/actresses rarely play villains, but have an exception? I’ll start. Harrison Ford never plays a villain, except in What Lies Beneath, where he is murderer. Tom Hanks never plays a villain, except in The Lady… --- ## [Damn you Brits!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-brits/486127)
**Author:** [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-brits/486127 "2009-02-20T23:16:20Z")
The other day at Kroger (grocery store) I noticed something unusual near the eggs in the refrigerated section – Crumpets. Yes, crumpets. Having never tried crumpets before and having a maybe-not-so-healthy love of all … --- ## [Do grades matter in graduate school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grades-matter-in-graduate-school/277487)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2004, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grades-matter-in-graduate-school/277487 "2004-12-02T06:34:47Z")
I know you need a B or higher to stay in graduate school but in high school people worry about grades because their grades can affect which college they get into. In college people worry about grades because grades affec… --- ## [what's my dog's name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-my-dogs-name/612571)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-my-dogs-name/612571 "2012-02-21T21:49:43Z")
j & I have a new dog, and really don’t like the name he came with. New start, new name. What’s the best dog name you have for a border collie? :rolleyes: Pretty please don’t say “Bandit.”:rolleyes: We seriously need a … --- ## [So I Guess We Need A MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-we-need-a-mmp/937451)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-we-need-a-mmp/937451 "2021-03-15T02:59:35Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. ‘Tis 34 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 70 and N.O.S. for the day. No real big plans for the day though I do have Vestry Meetin’ tonight at six. I get to talk abou… --- ## [Keep that white man out of my son's classroom!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-that-white-man-out-of-my-sons-classroom/191569)
**Author:** [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-that-white-man-out-of-my-sons-classroom/191569 "2003-08-02T07:20:05Z")
Yes! Exactly, Ms. Hogan! We cannot have a white person teaching black history. There is absolutely no question that s/he will be a racist fuck, telling those children that it’s the black’s fault that they were enslaved.… --- ## [Household Mysteries, beyond "Where did the sock go?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-mysteries-beyond-where-did-the-sock-go/824497)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-mysteries-beyond-where-did-the-sock-go/824497 "2018-11-19T20:43:45Z")
I’ve got two: The Neverending Pepper Can, and the Immortal Shaving Cream. I’ve got this can of ground pepper, since from about 1976 (I think I rescued it from a dead persons house I helped clean out) that always has\* ju… --- ## [Bad movies that you actually think are great](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999 "2007-08-30T01:30:59Z")
The title pretty much summarizes the whole point of this thread, but I’ll give a bit more detail anyway, since I rather enjoy babbling. There are tons of movies that are flat out panned by critics and are total box offi… --- ## [Misconceptions about YOUR country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-your-country/204807)
**Author:** [@MrAndrewV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAndrewV)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-your-country/204807 "2003-10-06T00:30:48Z")
This thread is in response to the thread about the misconceptions that people around the world have about the US. I just returned from working on a summer camp (CampUS Kids Minisink) where I furiously plugged the SDMB t… --- ## [I am so sick of having to grind my own pepper. And now my SALT?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-sick-of-having-to-grind-my-own-pepper-and-now-my-salt/727846)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-sick-of-having-to-grind-my-own-pepper-and-now-my-salt/727846 "2015-08-16T18:44:56Z")
I really don’t care for fresh ground pepper. I always get a biggish piece of pepper caught in my teeth and crunch down on it later. Besides, I have lovely hot food, and now I have to futz with the dumb grinder. Last nit… --- ## [Searing a steak with a flame-thrower](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searing-a-steak-with-a-flame-thrower/580495)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searing-a-steak-with-a-flame-thrower/580495 "2011-05-03T02:02:27Z")
At the moment, porterhouses, rib-eyes, strips, etc. get thrown into an absurdly hot cast iron for a full-face Maillard reaction. They get finished by quickly throwing them into a pot of boiling water. No, just kidding. … --- ## [Request for Vigilance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347)
**Author:** [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347 "2006-04-10T13:11:55Z")
Real Life has been, and continues to, rear its ugly head, so that my time on the SDMB is necessarily somewhat limited for the next couple of weeks. I therefore ask that y’all be extremely diligent and vigilent in hittin… --- ## [What do you think of this J Peterman Men's Inverness Overcoat? Spend or Forfend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-j-peterman-mens-inverness-overcoat-spend-or-forfend/559957)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2010, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-j-peterman-mens-inverness-overcoat-spend-or-forfend/559957 "2010-11-09T07:53:33Z")
http://www.jpeterman.com/c/images/jpeterman/2808-HERR.jpg Tweed coat that J Peterman saw in Ireland. Now for sale at a steep price. “Herringbone Caped Coat”. What do the style experts here think of it? Could men wear t… --- ## [chaise lounge for sleeping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chaise-lounge-for-sleeping/674236)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chaise-lounge-for-sleeping/674236 "2013-11-20T05:00:59Z")
Afflicted with both snoring and lower back pain, I’m interested in exploring the idea of sleeping on something like a chaise lounge, or an astronaut couch, or a modern dentist’s chair, instead of a traditional flat mattr… --- ## [What Public Figures Were Outed Against Their Will?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-public-figures-were-outed-against-their-will/328949)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-public-figures-were-outed-against-their-will/328949 "2005-11-08T05:50:57Z")
Who are/were some gay public figures who were outed against their wishes? --- ## [Sequential Threads, Deep Throat Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-deep-throat-edition/360307)
**Author:** [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2006, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-deep-throat-edition/360307 "2006-07-04T11:47:42Z")
Right now on In My Humble Opinion: Oral sex: Swallowing Ladies, do you like receiving oral sex? (TMI) Unwilling to give oral - should I dump him? --- ## [Is John Bobbit a Porn Star?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-bobbit-a-porn-star/140976)
**Author:** [@Tia3child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tia3child)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-bobbit-a-porn-star/140976 "2002-12-09T17:54:40Z")
This came up at work on night. While during down time one of the ladies mentioned that Jonh Bobbit (Lorena Bobbit’s cheating hubby) is now a porn star. She also said that inroder for him to become erect from a shoot tha… --- ## [My dad has really poor social skills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-has-really-poor-social-skills/645325)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-has-really-poor-social-skills/645325 "2012-12-30T08:20:27Z")
It took me forever to figure this out. For the the longest I thought he was just an asshole. It’s something I’ve suspected for the last few years, but some things that he did/said over the holidays confirmed my suspicion… --- ## ["Respect and civility for all."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respect-and-civility-for-all/817729)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respect-and-civility-for-all/817729 "2018-07-14T20:50:37Z")
I’ve about had it. Note the much-rumored but probably nonexistent forum for Pitting Moderators isn’t open for business at the moment (checks again…durn it), so this goes here. Ok. Fine. So the new watchwords are “res… --- ## [Yow! loud buzzing/groaning from toilet. Remedy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yow-loud-buzzing-groaning-from-toilet-remedy/547521)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yow-loud-buzzing-groaning-from-toilet-remedy/547521 "2010-07-23T15:31:24Z")
Suddenly, when the toilet is flushed, as it fills it makes a loud buzzing/groaning noise. I gotta figure something’s loose, or needs adjustment, but I don’t know where to look. What’s the likely culprit? --- ## [Mailbox issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mailbox-issue/646482)
**Author:** [@Elizabeth2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elizabeth2013)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mailbox-issue/646482 "2013-01-09T02:18:10Z")
we have a bank of locked mailboxes property of USPS in the middle of our cul de sac. They USPS will not maintain the locks, which stick, they are out in the weather and are cheap locks. I have called and left messages at… --- ## [DreadCthulhu what is your problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855)
**Author:** [@Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horrifying_Howler_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2003, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855 "2003-12-31T11:47:26Z")
In this thread here HDS asked for advice on how to humanely kill a fish. And you come up with this gem: This is of course not the first time you have come up with stuff like that: From here: Or here, in a thread wh… --- ## [Will tv ever again have military comedies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tv-ever-again-have-military-comedies/746190)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tv-ever-again-have-military-comedies/746190 "2016-02-18T20:40:00Z")
I’m thinking tv shows set in a military setting like “McHale’s Navy”, Hogan’s Heroes", or “F-Troop”. Will we ever see those types again? --- ## [Describe your geographic location badly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-geographic-location-badly/923982)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-geographic-location-badly/923982 "2021-01-19T00:45:57Z")
I live in a country which is mainly cold forests. Since there is not much to do there most people live much farther south next to another country they are always complaining about. People eat bacon, drink coffee and wa… --- ## [Gazpacho, Please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gazpacho-please/536519)
**Author:** [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gazpacho-please/536519 "2010-04-27T20:08:49Z")
I’ve never cared for vegetables in general until last summer when someone provided me with gezpacho that just exploded into my mouth with fresh flavor. It was the best thing I’ve ever had to eat! Now she won’t give me … --- ## [Help me name a game store! Bring it on!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-a-game-store-bring-it-on/834365)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-a-game-store-bring-it-on/834365 "2019-06-13T09:17:12Z")
OK, so I’m about 3/4 of the way to opening an independent comic shop. The staffing is ready with an experienced manager and assistant manager. The inventory is on order but won’t ship until I say so, the location is do… --- ## [small cast plays (theatre)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-cast-plays-theatre/232264)
**Author:** [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-cast-plays-theatre/232264 "2004-03-11T23:58:48Z")
Some friends of mine want to put on a play next semester. They aren’t having much luck finding just the right one, so I thought I’d ask all of you for your opinion. They want a short play (30 minutes to an hour) for a sm… --- ## [God Hates Sequential Threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-hates-sequential-threads/424857)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-hates-sequential-threads/424857 "2007-11-24T22:51:50Z")
In honor of Fred Phelps: \*\* What Fell Flaming from the Sky Yesterday? Westboro Baptist Church being sued \*\* Fire & brimstone? --- ## [Convince me to buy an XBox 360](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-buy-an-xbox-360/513363)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-buy-an-xbox-360/513363 "2009-10-22T15:27:36Z")
Whelp, I’ve been divorced from console gaming for about five years now. The main reason? My TV has been (up until today) a piece of jankety-ass garbage. I never wanted to buy a console because I felt my TV couldn’t do… --- ## [U.S.A.F. Chaplains promote misogyny, gay bashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-a-f-chaplains-promote-misogyny-gay-bashing/786203)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-a-f-chaplains-promote-misogyny-gay-bashing/786203 "2017-05-20T01:00:38Z")
Link here. These are from blog posts by Air Force Reserve Chaplain Captain Sonny Hernandez, who posts regularly on the “Christian Fighter Pilot” blog: This “Christian Fighter Pilot” blog is run by Air Force Lt. Col. J… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1690&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1692&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)