# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1692&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:** 1693 --- ## [Guys and pot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-and-pot/782183)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-and-pot/782183 "2017-03-17T16:40:11Z")
Why do you think it is that guys are so much more likely to use or get hooked on weed than girls are? I’ve known lots of girls who smoked, but the major potheads were all guys. They seem to keep it up throughout their … --- ## [Dear Ed Zotti. Re: Restrictive Language.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-ed-zotti-re-restrictive-language/607685)
**Author:** [@Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dennis_Arthur_PERRETT)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-ed-zotti-re-restrictive-language/607685 "2011-12-30T20:47:00Z")
Dear Ed Zotti, Just been skimming over your restrictive language warning dated 3/3/2009. Request for a Duel Page. As a person who lives among the working classes, and am proud of that fact, sometimes I am proned merel… --- ## [Everybody must get groped...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-must-get-groped/822137)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-must-get-groped/822137 "2018-10-15T00:50:42Z")
Everybody Must Get Groped Well, they’ll grope ya when you’re trying to be so good They’ll grope ya just a-like you knew they would They’ll grope ya when you’re tryin’ to go home Then they’ll grope ya when they think … --- ## [The only apt punishment for virus and malware writers: Burn them at the stake.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-apt-punishment-for-virus-and-malware-writers-burn-them-at-the-stake/496872)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-apt-punishment-for-virus-and-malware-writers-burn-them-at-the-stake/496872 "2009-05-28T17:04:13Z")
Normally I’m a pretty relaxed guy, liberal sensibilities, oppose the death penalty. But there is one crime that must be punished more severely. I’ve had a virus on my computer for what must have been a couple of days now… --- ## [Rush Limbaugh plays "Barack the Magic Negro"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-plays-barack-the-magic-negro/401642)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-plays-barack-the-magic-negro/401642 "2008-03-05T00:24:18Z")
Story here and here. I’m not sure if he’s trying to one-up Imus, thumb his nose at the FCC, or what. But this is in poor taste even for Rush. --- ## [Bush claims that he and he alone determines constitutionality of laws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-claims-that-he-and-he-alone-determines-constitutionality-of-laws/354867)
**Author:** [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-claims-that-he-and-he-alone-determines-constitutionality-of-laws/354867 "2006-05-05T01:24:58Z")
We knew he was doing this to some extent, but here are some details: Internation Herald Tribune In summary Basically, instead of vetoing, he just has a “signing statement” written up that says in essence “I don’t hav… --- ## [Why do you care who your SO is physically intimate with](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-care-who-your-so-is-physically-intimate-with/601420)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-care-who-your-so-is-physically-intimate-with/601420 "2011-11-04T20:07:28Z")
Just curious. --- ## [Matt Damon Is Okay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542 "2009-03-27T00:22:55Z")
I saw a PBS program he narrated on global warming. Excellently produced, and ge got his point across. Opinions? Thanks Q --- ## [Objective quality in art--can it really exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objective-quality-in-art-can-it-really-exist/603313)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objective-quality-in-art-can-it-really-exist/603313 "2011-11-19T02:42:48Z")
My heart wants to believe that quality really exists in art. Reading John Ashbery, I just can’t help but say to myself “this is terrible.” But try as I might, I have not been able to think of an argument that it exists. … --- ## [SDMB College Football Top Ten Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799)
**Author:** [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799 "2011-12-05T18:36:49Z")
Here’s your chance to voice your opinion and show your college football smarts by ranking the 10 best Bowl Division (1-A) teams. Collectively the SDMB must be smarter than any other pundits out there. Or at least as dumb… --- ## [Last episode of Quantum Leap.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-episode-of-quantum-leap/79109)
**Author:** [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-episode-of-quantum-leap/79109 "2016-03-18T00:13:26Z")
The final episode to this brilliant show was a bit cryptic. I picked up the following things: It seems to me that the bartender was God(read force of good) himself. The bar was just a metaphor god provided, they were re… --- ## [Designing a Labyrinth of Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-a-labyrinth-of-doom/557669)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-a-labyrinth-of-doom/557669 "2010-11-02T14:41:16Z")
How big does a classic labyrinth need to be to reliably kill those trapped within by means of exhaustion and dehydration? The labyrinth would be fair - meaning there is an exit that one could theoretically get to. The … --- ## [Parents legally are on the hook to support kids after they turn 18. Oh my, goodness.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-legally-are-on-the-hook-to-support-kids-after-they-turn-18-oh-my-goodness/682915)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-legally-are-on-the-hook-to-support-kids-after-they-turn-18-oh-my-goodness/682915 "2014-03-07T17:23:49Z")
I can’t believe what I’m reading. I’ve always understood that once a kid was 18 they were on their own. Sure, I continue to help out my loving and courteous daughters but it’s entirely voluntary because I care about the… --- ## [How far in space can we detect our most powerful radio signals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-in-space-can-we-detect-our-most-powerful-radio-signals/726997)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-in-space-can-we-detect-our-most-powerful-radio-signals/726997 "2015-08-09T00:22:29Z")
Inspired by this graphic which demonstrates how far our radio signals have reached Assuming our best scientific receivers, and assuming anyone out there is using the most powerful tr… --- ## [Handkerchiefs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handkerchiefs/589115)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handkerchiefs/589115 "2011-07-18T17:35:12Z")
Did your dad always carry a handkerchief? If so, white, solid, print (plaid/ bandanna\], monogrammed? I’m guessing if he did, he carried it in his back pocket? Did your mom always carry a handkerchief? Same question as t… --- ## [So long and thanks for all the fish...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196)
**Author:** [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2001, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196 "2001-06-05T19:23:02Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Obit-Adams.html --- ## [Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead/517852)
**Author:** [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead/517852 "2009-11-19T14:50:21Z")
It’s not a misleading title for the thread. This really is about that song. If any mods feel it should be in Cafe Society, please move it, but I’m looking for some factual info, and that’s why my first try is GQ. On ton… --- ## [Struck by one of those "signs you're getting older"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/struck-by-one-of-those-signs-youre-getting-older/534786)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/struck-by-one-of-those-signs-youre-getting-older/534786 "2010-04-07T01:55:14Z")
I’m a couple of months shy of my 39th birthday. I’ve always heard this is one of the signs you’re getting older, but it never happened to me until today: I just got home from a doctor’s appointment, with a doctor I’d n… --- ## [How worried about the election are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-worried-about-the-election-are-you/924514)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-worried-about-the-election-are-you/924514 "2020-11-08T06:07:55Z")
I’ve noticed a lot of people are worried about the election. So, how worried are you? I’m VERY worried. --- ## [Fry & Laurie as Wooster and Jeeves - worth watching? worth buying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623 "2007-03-06T17:45:20Z")
Fry & Laurie as Wooster and Jeeves - worth watching? worth buying? I’ve seen them advertised, but I’ve never actually seen the programmes - would appreciate any comments before I plunk down my cash. --- ## [Why are we getting dissed by the larger inter-galactic community?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-getting-dissed-by-the-larger-inter-galactic-community/284835)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2005, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-getting-dissed-by-the-larger-inter-galactic-community/284835 "2005-01-23T11:48:24Z")
They never call, they never write. Per the article below it’s highly probable that other intelligent species are out there, and at least some are aware of us. Assuming for moment that’s true and they are out there, why … --- ## [Rupaul](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rupaul/92160)
**Author:** [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rupaul/92160 "2001-11-08T17:04:13Z")
So, in his private, non drag queen, life, is RuPaul a) A happily married heterosexual with kids or b) gay I’ve always thought it was a, and the drag queen was just a job for him, but a friend of mine told me that no,… --- ## [What is the oldest (still working) piece of machinery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-still-working-piece-of-machinery/242351)
**Author:** [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2004, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-still-working-piece-of-machinery/242351 "2004-04-29T04:04:41Z")
Just curious, what the oldest man made piece of machinary still in use today would be? I’m looking for specific examples (ie the clock works in Big Ben, etc). I’m curious to know if something built toda would last as l… --- ## [Can the Nobel Prize become relevant again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-nobel-prize-become-relevant-again/565065)
**Author:** [@The\_Amazing\_Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Amazing_Hanna)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-nobel-prize-become-relevant-again/565065 "2010-12-27T18:33:54Z")
It seems that the Nobel Prize is no longer has the prestige it once did. Sure, the prizes in physics, chemistry and medicine still have meaning, I suppose. But the Peace Prize (awarded by a separate committee, in Norwa… --- ## [Have you ever saved the life of another person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-saved-the-life-of-another-person/687895)
**Author:** [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2014, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-saved-the-life-of-another-person/687895 "2014-05-14T08:59:42Z")
Share! --- ## [So I saw two guys holding hands at Costco today...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-saw-two-guys-holding-hands-at-costco-today/723607)
**Author:** [@Daffyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daffyd)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-saw-two-guys-holding-hands-at-costco-today/723607 "2015-06-29T13:42:07Z")
and it just seemed perfect considering the Equal Marriage ruling. So, I went up to them and congratulated them. They both smiled and thanked me and went off shopping. The two guys today had no idea who I was… Just som… --- ## [Does Hawaii have the most beautiful people in the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hawaii-have-the-most-beautiful-people-in-the-world/26613)
**Author:** [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2000, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hawaii-have-the-most-beautiful-people-in-the-world/26613 "2000-07-29T06:56:23Z")
As threads tend to meander a bit, the thread “Asian Folks on the SDMB” talks about mixed-race people, as well as the population in the Hawaiian Islands (where there is no single ethnic majority, and there is a very humon… --- ## [Let’s not be too eager to abolish gerrymandering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-not-be-too-eager-to-abolish-gerrymandering/835881)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2019, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-not-be-too-eager-to-abolish-gerrymandering/835881 "2019-06-28T09:38:34Z")
While mindful of the importance of not counting our chicks before they hatch, we do need to think ahead for different contingencies. There are signs that 2020 could be a very big year for Democrats up and down the ballot… --- ## [If you had to pick only one type of meat for the rest of your life...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-only-one-type-of-meat-for-the-rest-of-your-life/525579)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-only-one-type-of-meat-for-the-rest-of-your-life/525579 "2010-01-20T23:37:53Z")
What would it be? Even though I love fried chicken and ribs and bacon and prime rib and steak… 80/20 ground beef. No question. You? --- ## [I pit all those who say Harry Potter is evil..(Warning: Whininess.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-all-those-who-say-harry-potter-is-evil-warning-whininess/276895)
**Author:** [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-all-those-who-say-harry-potter-is-evil-warning-whininess/276895 "2004-12-02T23:46:17Z")
My title says it all. It all started a month ago. I go to a Christian school and every year, my teacher gives us a stupid lecture on how “Hallowe’en is evil.” Of course, we talk about how the day used to be a Christia… --- ## [Worst Game Show Prizes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-game-show-prizes/665529)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-game-show-prizes/665529 "2013-08-09T01:51:17Z")
They no longer show the old versions of Let’s Make A Deal, but I used to love watching them now with people leaping for joy at winning orange shag carpeting, fridge and oven in lovely avocado colors, 23" color TV (withou… --- ## [Proof Trump has NPD (narcissistic personality disorder) mental illness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-trump-has-npd-narcissistic-personality-disorder-mental-illness/853996)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-trump-has-npd-narcissistic-personality-disorder-mental-illness/853996 "2020-05-27T02:09:52Z")
He has every one of the symptoms listed here: Anyone disagree? --- ## [Rasmussen: Americans favor tax that is flat and progressive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rasmussen-americans-favor-tax-that-is-flat-and-progressive/616041)
**Author:** [@New\_Deal\_Democrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Deal_Democrat)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rasmussen-americans-favor-tax-that-is-flat-and-progressive/616041 "2012-03-28T09:19:33Z")
Thursday, March 15, 2012 Most Americans continue to think the middle class pays more than its share in taxes and favor a system where everyone pays the same percentage of their income. Friday, February 17, 2012 Vote… --- ## [Meet the 2012 Olympic mascots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033)
**Author:** [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033 "2010-07-26T17:23:40Z")
Here they are… Wenlock and Mandeville. Seriously. I… I don’t even have words. I look at them and I’m just sort of disturbed and depressed at the same time. It’s as though all the hope for humanity’s future has been drai… --- ## [How to make anime curry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-anime-curry/542932)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-anime-curry/542932 "2010-06-14T23:21:16Z")
You know, that bright red stuff you always see them pouring over rice. Anybody got any recipes? Recipe: I super busty teenager 1 giant robot 1 cat girl 1 ninja 1 samurai add inappropriate sexual humor, mix thoroug… --- ## [Who is the suit wearing, gun wielding BAMF in this iconic image?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-suit-wearing-gun-wielding-bamf-in-this-iconic-image/647173)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2013, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-suit-wearing-gun-wielding-bamf-in-this-iconic-image/647173 "2013-01-15T07:06:57Z")
March 30, 1981, John Hinckley, Jr. attempts to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. One of the images I’ve seen most frequently is this one: http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Reagan\_Assassination.jpg Doe… --- ## [Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's medley: "Somewhere over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World" - why now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-kamakawiwooles-medley-somewhere-over-the-rainbow-and-what-a-wonderful-world-why-now/611379)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-kamakawiwooles-medley-somewhere-over-the-rainbow-and-what-a-wonderful-world-why-now/611379 "2012-02-04T20:56:58Z")
I’ve been hearing Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s medley of “Somewhere over the Rainbow” and “What a Wonderful World” getting a lot of airplay over the past six months, and assumed it was a new piece. However, I recently bought… --- ## [The better Mockumentary; 'Modern Family' or 'Parks and Recreation'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-better-mockumentary-modern-family-or-parks-and-recreation/656234)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-better-mockumentary-modern-family-or-parks-and-recreation/656234 "2013-04-22T14:33:40Z")
I didn’t include either versions of ‘The Office’, because I really wanted to focus on these two shows. I watch both of these shows regularly and despite the critical praise ‘Modern Family’ gets, I still think ‘Parks and… --- ## [Why was Heinlein obsessed with "hard" currency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-heinlein-obsessed-with-hard-currency/381188)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-heinlein-obsessed-with-hard-currency/381188 "2006-11-22T20:01:19Z")
At several points in Expanded Universe, Heinlein warns of the dangers of \[In his idealized future story at the end, “The Happy Days Ahead,” the sensible new president “resumes” honoring money with gold – not clear how th… --- ## [I don't like this kind of thing! \[Baby Snatch Victim Loses Kids to State Custody\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-this-kind-of-thing-baby-snatch-victim-loses-kids-to-state-custody/512533)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2009, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-this-kind-of-thing-baby-snatch-victim-loses-kids-to-state-custody/512533 "2009-10-07T06:51:23Z")
Article here. In short, a woman is attacked with a knife and her newborn baby is stolen. The baby is found a week later and the mother is allowed to see it, but authorities keep the baby and take the woman’s other thre… --- ## [Parents cleared in Jon-Benet Ramsey case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-cleared-in-jon-benet-ramsey-case/455929)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-cleared-in-jon-benet-ramsey-case/455929 "2008-07-15T11:47:59Z")
I’ve always thought these parents were getting railroaded and now new DNA evidence has conclusively cleared them Will we see apologies from people like Nancy Grace? --- ## [Which real world locales would you use in sci-fi/fantasy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-real-world-locales-would-you-use-in-sci-fi-fantasy/681501)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-real-world-locales-would-you-use-in-sci-fi-fantasy/681501 "2014-02-24T17:51:12Z")
Which real place names conjure up sci-fi vistas or fantasy settings for you? My two favourites are: Uranium City, Saskatchewan, Canada. Blackskull, Co Down, Ireland. Neither of these towns seem to be especially signi… --- ## [Was There a Lesbian Subtext to Rebecca's Mrs. Danvers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-lesbian-subtext-to-rebeccas-mrs-danvers/307146)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-lesbian-subtext-to-rebeccas-mrs-danvers/307146 "2005-06-07T19:30:13Z")
I thought this may have been explored here before, but a search was unhelpful. In Hitchocock’s classic film (which was released in 1940, so I’m not going to be boxing spoilers), Mrs. Danvers is played to chillingly evil… --- ## [Dogs Wrestling-- Does it Make Them Aggressive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-wrestling-does-it-make-them-aggressive/300723)
**Author:** [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-wrestling-does-it-make-them-aggressive/300723 "2005-04-24T15:04:37Z")
My puppy,Polaris, is almost five months old. My other dog, Bean, is nine years old. Polaris has problems with dominance/aggression which we’re working on through a training program. My husband is concerned that the pla… --- ## [Looking for a mother-of-the-bride dress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mother-of-the-bride-dress/649428)
**Author:** [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mother-of-the-bride-dress/649428 "2013-03-08T21:20:27Z")
This is not for me, but for my aunt. (Technically a step-mother-of-the-bride, but no one’s counting.) She’s asked me for her help, so I’m turning to you! Here are the parameters: \[ul\] \[li\]The wedding is on Long Isla… --- ## [You won the lottery. Describe the first 48 hours.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-won-the-lottery-describe-the-first-48-hours/742605)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-won-the-lottery-describe-the-first-48-hours/742605 "2016-02-21T16:39:56Z")
\*(This isn’t a “How would you spend the money?” thread - we have plenty of those threads.) \* First, I would sign the ticket. Hyperventilate, probably. Draft emails to my family with a photo of the winning ticket. The… --- ## [Aw, man! Christopher Hitchens has esophageal cancer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-man-christopher-hitchens-has-esophageal-cancer/545152)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2010, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-man-christopher-hitchens-has-esophageal-cancer/545152 "2010-07-06T07:14:36Z")
It seems my favorite leftie journalist, writer and intellectual, Christopher Hitchens has developed esophageal cancer and will have to undergo chemo.Link It’s probably a stretch to call Hitchens the Buckley of the left … --- ## [I Pit the Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope/801775)
**Author:** [@BeenJammin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeenJammin)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope/801775 "2017-11-21T17:57:18Z")
So apparently Pope Francis has determined more clinically prescribed death might be a good distraction from the pedophilia, salacious depravity and greed presently confounding his institution. In all reality, probably … --- ## [The Decline of Unions is your Problem too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decline-of-unions-is-your-problem-too/649319)
**Author:** [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decline-of-unions-is-your-problem-too/649319 "2013-02-06T19:27:11Z")
Great essay about why the decline of unions hurts everyone, including workers not in a union, and even the rich: --- ## [The international candy exchange](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-international-candy-exchange/314300)
**Author:** [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-international-candy-exchange/314300 "2014-11-21T22:41:14Z")
I really enjoyed participating in the Canada - US candy exchange, and was wondering if there was any interest in doing an international one. I would be willing to match people up if there’s enough people wanting to do i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1691&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1693&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)