# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1696&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:** 1697 --- ## [NFL-- can you attempt more than one field goal per possession?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-can-you-attempt-more-than-one-field-goal-per-possession/638465)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-can-you-attempt-more-than-one-field-goal-per-possession/638465 "2012-10-22T22:21:26Z")
Let’s say you try on a third down and miss. Can you try again? My husband says yes but I don’t think so because, if you could, you’d see that all the time. --- ## [The Name Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828)
**Author:** [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2003, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/145828 "2003-01-12T08:23:07Z")
Thought this game would be entertaining as 2002 winds down to a close, and we step into 2003. It’s quite simple, and fun. :slight\_smile: Here’s the rules: I will post a name, and the next poster has to post a name that … --- ## [handlebars- motorcycle vs. mountain bike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handlebars-motorcycle-vs-mountain-bike/616196)
**Author:** [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handlebars-motorcycle-vs-mountain-bike/616196 "2012-03-21T02:36:24Z")
So is it possible to use handlebars made for a mountain bike on a motorcycle? I have some beefy mountain bike handlebars that I was thinking about trying on my motorcycle (1986 Honda Shadow 500). The reason is that the … --- ## [The Costs of Cap-and-Trade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-costs-of-cap-and-trade/501203)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-costs-of-cap-and-trade/501203 "2009-07-06T03:45:36Z")
The United States House of Representatives recently passed HR 2454. The bill does a very wide range of things for which there is bipartisan support, but the controversial centerpiece of the bill is the establishment of … --- ## [is the missing dollar unanswerable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-missing-dollar-unanswerable/8347)
**Author:** [@siva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/siva)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2002, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-missing-dollar-unanswerable/8347 "2002-11-30T02:22:26Z")
here is a little riddle that i heard once and told it a thousand times. The thing is I don’t know the answer, and nobody I’ve asked does either. here it is: 3 guys arrive in NYC–they look for the cheapest place to stay… --- ## [What do we probably already know about you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577 "2006-09-27T20:50:44Z")
We’ve had some recent threads asking Dopers to tell us something surprising about themselves. I, for one, don’t know much about you guys…I can usually come up with only a small amount of information pertaining to any gi… --- ## [24: Season 5: Episode 7 (1:00pm - 2:00pm)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-7-1-00pm-2-00pm/343304)
**Author:** [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-7-1-00pm-2-00pm/343304 "2006-02-09T19:28:05Z")
Well, we’re 6 hours in, and Jack has already burst into the President’s office and started beating up cabinet members. (Well, just one, but it still counts). Walt got in a little punching bag practice (he was the bag),… --- ## [If I'm for SS Privatization..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-im-for-ss-privatization/395496)
**Author:** [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-im-for-ss-privatization/395496 "2007-03-29T20:06:48Z")
Do you have any information that would persuade me? --- ## [Hasp for interier doors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hasp-for-interier-doors/662618)
**Author:** [@matt357](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt357)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hasp-for-interier-doors/662618 "2013-07-06T19:23:59Z")
I need a hasp and padlock that will fir a interior door. Most I have seen only fit doors that are smooth like on a shed. --- ## [What Have You Done to Earn Some Extra Money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-done-to-earn-some-extra-money/417448)
**Author:** [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-done-to-earn-some-extra-money/417448 "2012-12-13T12:36:26Z")
Please tell me about part-time jobs or work-from-home opportunities that went especially well for you. Is there such as a thing as a job you can do from home for an hour in the evening and earn $50-$100 per week? --- ## [Enough with the sex/porn threads!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-sex-porn-threads/87392)
**Author:** [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2001, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-sex-porn-threads/87392 "2001-10-17T01:13:11Z")
Sickos! Is sex all you think about? There’s this thread and another one, or how about this one, or maybe even this one. This one too and that one. And those are just in MPSIMS!!! Once again, SICKOS!!! Oh, this thread i… --- ## ["If... we'd now be speaking..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wed-now-be-speaking/666120)
**Author:** [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wed-now-be-speaking/666120 "2013-08-20T16:30:49Z")
A thing often come across, which annoys me – probably silly to get annoyed over; hence putting it on MPSIMS. In discussion of relatively-recent history: people tend to say that if such-and-such had or had not been done b… --- ## [Good Model Kits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-model-kits/540828)
**Author:** [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-model-kits/540828 "2010-05-29T18:35:29Z")
My boyfriend has mentioned that he would like to get involved with model-making. Since his birthday’s coming up in July, I thought a nice model would be the perfect gift. But what do I know about models? Nothing. So I … --- ## [Fashion that is NOT flattering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-that-is-not-flattering/110852)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-that-is-not-flattering/110852 "2002-06-02T16:46:25Z")
I don’t know about other parts of the world, but here in Aus at the moment, the craze is hip-hugging jeans that expose the midriff. Now I reckon they look fine from the front…the Pretty Young Things who wear them don’t … --- ## [It's just a fucking teevee show, you schmucks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-fucking-teevee-show-you-schmucks/382903)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-fucking-teevee-show-you-schmucks/382903 "2006-12-13T14:18:49Z")
I used to enjoy the Heroes threads, but lately it’s impossible to get through them without wading through six pages of asinine bitchiness from the likes of Otto and Meeko, not to mention all the myriad doofi who constant… --- ## [The dumbest public official (possibly dumbest person) in the universe.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-public-official-possibly-dumbest-person-in-the-universe/651993)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-public-official-possibly-dumbest-person-in-the-universe/651993 "2013-03-11T21:37:32Z")
a Seattle law maker has proposed a bicycle tax on the basis that they are unhealthy and bad for the environment (because the elevated respiration of riders results in increased CO2 output). No, really. longer article h… --- ## [Irish-language Dopers: How to pronounce "Saoirse"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-language-dopers-how-to-pronounce-saoirse/578079)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2011, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-language-dopers-how-to-pronounce-saoirse/578079 "2011-04-13T07:10:30Z")
The Irish actress Saoirse Ronan is getting a bit of buzz lately for the film Hanna. How is her given name pronounced? “Sowers”? “Sorsha”? “Soyers”? Something else that I’m not even coming close to? Thanks! --- ## [Why do they play bagpipes at police funerals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-play-bagpipes-at-police-funerals/626868)
**Author:** [@EvanF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvanF)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-play-bagpipes-at-police-funerals/626868 "2012-07-09T16:20:36Z")
This is in response to Cecil’s reference to the movie Braveheart in the column about bagpipes being used at police funerals. I am not an expert in bagpipes, but I know that there are many different kinds, and as a music… --- ## [Train Engineers wearing stripes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/train-engineers-wearing-stripes/346402)
**Author:** [@xbuckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xbuckeye)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2014, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/train-engineers-wearing-stripes/346402 "2014-08-11T12:35:30Z")
So, my Girl Scouts and I were looking at clothes and what they told you about the people who were wearing them for a badge requirement. We observed that train engineers wore those blue and white striped hats and bib ove… --- ## [Sex poll: how do you do it? (warning: TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-poll-how-do-you-do-it-warning-tmi/155351)
**Author:** [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-poll-how-do-you-do-it-warning-tmi/155351 "2003-03-06T00:07:58Z")
It seems to me that each person has a preferred sexual position. I don’t particularly get the opportunity to experiment in this area, and I wondered what I may be missing out on. So, I ask you, my fellow dopers, to educ… --- ## [Uniform display of medals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniform-display-of-medals/592114)
**Author:** [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniform-display-of-medals/592114 "2011-08-12T11:47:29Z")
Based on this picture, I was wondering how those in the armed forces get their medals displayed so evenly. Are medals placed in any particular order? --- ## [What material to make my own cast metal figurines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-material-to-make-my-own-cast-metal-figurines/669912)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-material-to-make-my-own-cast-metal-figurines/669912 "2013-09-30T15:22:48Z")
I’d like to learn how make cast metal figurines. What would be a safe and cheap material for a beginner? Eventually, I’d like to do lead or silver. Reliable resources also a plus. --- ## [I had Botox injected into my testicles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-botox-injected-into-my-testicles/338394)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-botox-injected-into-my-testicles/338394 "2006-01-06T21:17:48Z")
No more wrinkles for me - now they’re nice and smooth and shiny. Puff your cheeks full of air. That’s just what they look like. Yup. --- ## [Would you support gay marriage as a 1916 presidential candidate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-support-gay-marriage-as-a-1916-presidential-candidate/739569)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-support-gay-marriage-as-a-1916-presidential-candidate/739569 "2015-12-18T23:43:58Z")
Say you were a presidential candidate in the year 1916; around a century ago. Would you support gay marriage (a popular position in 2016, but almost unfathomable in 1916,) or not? --- ## [How many rings? \[on your fingers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-rings-on-your-fingers/603650)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-rings-on-your-fingers/603650 "2011-11-23T12:28:32Z")
Inspiring thread which confounded my expectations and is about a different kind of ring. --- ## [Outdoor sidewalk ATMs - common?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outdoor-sidewalk-atms-common/553227)
**Author:** [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outdoor-sidewalk-atms-common/553227 "2010-09-13T03:53:32Z")
I originally thought of outdoor sidewalk ATMs as a joke from the movie ‘Barbershop’ (where the crooks dump a stolen ATM on a sidewalk outside a store and people line up to use it), however I realized that I pass an outdo… --- ## [Risk (the board game) strategies/hints/tricks/tips.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-the-board-game-strategies-hints-tricks-tips/224369)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-the-board-game-strategies-hints-tricks-tips/224369 "2004-01-19T20:19:59Z")
I got saved from getting totally demolished while playing Risk tonight. The only thing that stopped someone else’s control of my Europe was the clock, otherwise, down I’d have gone. It didn’t take too long to get to that… --- ## [Seeking movie recommendations - lighthearted (but not stupid/juvenile)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-movie-recommendations-lighthearted-but-not-stupid-juvenile/850733)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-movie-recommendations-lighthearted-but-not-stupid-juvenile/850733 "2020-04-19T09:58:52Z")
In other words, quality movies with no heavy themes. Profanity ok if not gratuitous. No restriction on year released. No sci-fi, heavy drama, horror, juvenile comedies. Animated ok. Black and white ok. Not “Pandemic”, … --- ## [Foreign language songs that charted in English speaking countries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-songs-that-charted-in-english-speaking-countries/821783)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-songs-that-charted-in-english-speaking-countries/821783 "2018-10-04T21:48:21Z")
I mean charted at all, not just the hits. The one-hit wonders thread got me thinking about this. Since there probably aren’t a ton of songs that were completely in another language, let’s include songs that were only par… --- ## [Why are pretty much all mass shooters male?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-pretty-much-all-mass-shooters-male/846501)
**Author:** [@rosecoloredboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rosecoloredboy)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-pretty-much-all-mass-shooters-male/846501 "2020-01-29T02:07:32Z")
Something like 98 percent of mass shooters in the United States have been men. If I hear about a mass shooting I can be pretty confident in my assumption it was a “he” that did it. I know testosterone makes men more agg… --- ## [Pre-internet memes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-internet-memes/569540)
**Author:** [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-internet-memes/569540 "2011-02-01T00:08:32Z")
I find urban legends to be way more fascinating in a pre-internet setting than the current viral environment. When I was a kid, the most pervasive meme was pop rocks and coke, and how the fusing of the two killed a kid … --- ## [Do men produce more body heat than women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-produce-more-body-heat-than-women/247877)
**Author:** [@chestnutmare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chestnutmare)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2004, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-produce-more-body-heat-than-women/247877 "2004-06-01T11:20:55Z")
Assuming that both male and female are of the same size and weight with no distinct difference in muscle mass… --- ## [Pitting the Resolutionary Army: what you hate about the January influx of new gym members?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-resolutionary-army-what-you-hate-about-the-january-influx-of-new-gym-members/523699)
**Author:** [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-resolutionary-army-what-you-hate-about-the-january-influx-of-new-gym-members/523699 "2010-01-13T22:40:32Z")
Well, it’s that time of year again. It was touched on a bit in this thread. Dubbed the “Resolutionary Army” by Philster, the Resolutionary army mounts a total gym coup d’état the first week of January. People gain we… --- ## [What's In A Name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-name/726935)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-name/726935 "2015-08-10T12:39:22Z")
My father is a West Virginian, born and raised, and loves to tell hillbilly jokes. There was this awful joke he told once, about how the new nurse for the County Extension Health Service was making the rounds to all the… --- ## [Who /doesn't/ love Qadgop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-qadgop/207065)
**Author:** [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-qadgop/207065 "2004-01-02T18:21:39Z")
Alright, I have to make a confession. I think I love Qadgop the Mercotan. In a totally platonic he’s-the-best-poster kind of way. I’ve loved reading every one of his posts, which are always eloquent and well informed.… --- ## [cosmologists, come on in! - universe size question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmologists-come-on-in-universe-size-question/610324)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmologists-come-on-in-universe-size-question/610324 "2012-01-26T02:15:50Z")
I often think myself into a headache, which is what I’ve done the last few days. I was reading about Hubble’s picture of the deep field, and the ultra deep field (UDF), and other very old light from the early universe. … --- ## [What modern thought or practice will be considered barbaric in the future?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-modern-thought-or-practice-will-be-considered-barbaric-in-the-future/460118)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-modern-thought-or-practice-will-be-considered-barbaric-in-the-future/460118 "2008-08-20T19:19:43Z")
Inspired by the Darwin was a racist and a eugenicist thread ongoing I got thinking about what modern day practice and philosophy will our descendents find abhorrent. Maybe our general disregard for our natural environmen… --- ## [Interesting Sites for Bored People](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-sites-for-bored-people/516713)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-sites-for-bored-people/516713 "2009-11-10T03:35:49Z")
I’m bored! And I’ve noticed that I end up reading the same handful of sites. I need to expand my internet horizons! So what websites do you visit when you are bored? Quick fun sites are fine, but in-depth sites where I … --- ## [Would you buy a car that drives itself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-car-that-drives-itself/663098)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-car-that-drives-itself/663098 "2013-08-28T20:47:48Z")
It looks like this technology is coming (they say within a decade). Assuming cost and safety weren’t factors (i.e. you could afford one and statistically they are no more or less dangerous than current cars), would you b… --- ## ["Conversating"? Since When Is This A Word?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversating-since-when-is-this-a-word/564932)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversating-since-when-is-this-a-word/564932 "2010-12-24T00:29:50Z")
It was about a year ago one of my students was giving a speech and said he was “conversating” with a friend. First time I had heard someone say it. I pointed out it was not a word, and he probably meant conversing, or h… --- ## [WWII plane found in a river several years ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-plane-found-in-a-river-several-years-ago/548200)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-plane-found-in-a-river-several-years-ago/548200 "2010-07-28T18:45:16Z")
Does anyone remember a story about a WWII airplane that was discovered in a river several years ago? It may have been in England. Or possibly The Netherlands or France. I have an idea it was a P-47, but it could have b… --- ## [Can someone explain the trillion dollar coin to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-trillion-dollar-coin-to-me/646104)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-trillion-dollar-coin-to-me/646104 "2013-01-08T23:33:14Z")
I’ve read a number of articles dealing with it (this one is as good as any), and most say it is more or less a sleight of hand that allows the government to go on doing the same as it would anyway if the debt ceiling wer… --- ## [Help me pack for Africa!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pack-for-africa/847392)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pack-for-africa/847392 "2020-03-16T15:07:59Z")
In 6 days I leave for 3 weeks on an African safari. My one and only life-long dream is coming true! I’m anxious, antsy, excited and a bit freaked out. I’ve been watching youtube videos about what to pack and what to wea… --- ## [Is the Monty Python "Galaxy Song" scientifically accurate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-monty-python-galaxy-song-scientifically-accurate/434380)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-monty-python-galaxy-song-scientifically-accurate/434380 "2013-01-02T18:57:16Z")
http://www.lyricsdepot.com/monty-python/galaxy-song.html It’s a great song. I just wonder if all the numbers and such are correct. --- ## [Help us find a wedding song that hasn't been done to death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-find-a-wedding-song-that-hasnt-been-done-to-death/300110)
**Author:** [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2005, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-find-a-wedding-song-that-hasnt-been-done-to-death/300110 "2005-04-28T10:00:25Z")
T-minus two months on my wedding, and we’re having second thoughts about our choice of “first dance” song. We were set on … well, before I mention the song, I will admit that it’s sappy and cheesy, but it’s a wedding s… --- ## [London 2012 - Discussion Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-2012-discussion-thread/629353)
**Author:** [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-2012-discussion-thread/629353 "2012-08-10T15:30:35Z")
So we’re off at the Olympic Games held in London 2012 - with a football match held in Cardiff (obviously). Great Britain’s Women have won 1-0 against New Zealand. Good goal - 20+ yard free kick - and a good performance … --- ## [British working class leisure in the 1800s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-working-class-leisure-in-the-1800s/635032)
**Author:** [@ac05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ac05)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2012, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-working-class-leisure-in-the-1800s/635032 "2012-09-21T07:01:13Z")
What was the most common way British working class men, women, and children spent their leisure time, in the 1800s? --- ## [Totally Subvert the ending of a work of fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-subvert-the-ending-of-a-work-of-fiction/684807)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-subvert-the-ending-of-a-work-of-fiction/684807 "2014-04-02T15:46:54Z")
For example, at the end of Dr. Strangelove, hundreds of multi-megaton nuclear devices go off in the Soviet Union- …only… it wasn’t a global doomsday. Due to a severe shortage of Cobalt Thorium-G, the builders lied abo… --- ## [Which country is the most geologically stable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-country-is-the-most-geologically-stable/443357)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2008, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-country-is-the-most-geologically-stable/443357 "2008-04-01T10:03:56Z")
The UK has the odd Richter 5 earthquake, but there are swarms of quakes that we simply don’t notice. Plus we have no volcanoes. Is there a country more geologically stable? --- ## [Toilet code? Is that what I think it is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-code-is-that-what-i-think-it-is/847315)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-code-is-that-what-i-think-it-is/847315 "2020-02-08T21:04:22Z")
I do some transcribing of secret shopper receipts, and this is exactly what was on the bottom of a British receipt. Is this the modern version of a pay toilet, most likely to keep unsavory characters and illegal activit… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1695&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1697&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)