# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1700&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:** 1701 --- ## [Howard Dean is insane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howard-dean-is-insane/225312)
**Author:** [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howard-dean-is-insane/225312 "2004-01-28T15:18:11Z")
What the hell was that? He was screaming at the top of his lungs and throwing imaginary punches around. I think he lost his marbles. --- ## [No one has bothered to Pit JamesQueue? Sigh. Fine, I'll do it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-has-bothered-to-pit-jamesqueue-sigh-fine-ill-do-it/653289)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-has-bothered-to-pit-jamesqueue-sigh-fine-ill-do-it/653289 "2013-03-19T16:30:08Z")
I guess it’s my turn to take one for the team and take a few minutes to start the obligatory Pit thread about our latest little bigot who’s trying SO hard to get some attention and make some people angry. It’s kind of h… --- ## ["Black" = Unaccomplished?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-unaccomplished/419483)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2007, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-unaccomplished/419483 "2007-09-23T12:44:15Z")
I am starting to notice that the word “Black” in many people’s mind is synonamous with, “never accomplished anything.” Therefore, the moment a black person accomplishes anything, the ‘black’ label is removed from them. … --- ## [Another Annoying Commercial Thread (just venting)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-annoying-commercial-thread-just-venting/215192)
**Author:** [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-annoying-commercial-thread-just-venting/215192 "2003-12-01T13:21:36Z")
There’s this commercial that’s been bugging the heck out of me and I just need to complain. Unfortunately, there’s no song involved so I can’t put this in the “Commercial songs you hate” thread. Anyway, the ad is for F… --- ## [Where were you in the year 1999?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-the-year-1999/691378)
**Author:** [@Earth001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earth001)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-the-year-1999/691378 "2014-06-26T01:14:53Z")
What do you remember about the year 1999? What was that like for you and what do you remember most from that time? --- ## [Mythbusters on Craig Ferguson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-on-craig-ferguson/525792)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-on-craig-ferguson/525792 "2010-01-28T20:36:15Z")
I just read on Facebook that Tori, Kari, and Grant will be on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Friday, Jan 22. You HAVE to check out the picture of Kari on the Facebook fan page. Oh my. I’ll be in my bunk. --- ## [What's the chances of Congress letting us get suckered into another Middle East War?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-chances-of-congress-letting-us-get-suckered-into-another-middle-east-war/667975)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-chances-of-congress-letting-us-get-suckered-into-another-middle-east-war/667975 "2013-09-26T01:24:10Z")
I feel a bit like Alice in Wonderland going through the magic looking glass. Hanoi Jane’s pacifist buddy John Kerry is thumping the war drums? Even Nancy Pelosi the ultimate liberal is out for some Syrian blood? There’s… --- ## [Today I got fooled by an AI video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-got-fooled-by-an-ai-video/1015553)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-got-fooled-by-an-ai-video/1015553 "2025-10-25T16:47:24Z")
This morning I got this youtube short in my feed, showing barnacles being removed from a whale at sea. Finally something good happening! But I found the scenario surprising enough to google a bit into it…and of course i… --- ## [Lynn, not only are most of you fucked up...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-not-only-are-most-of-you-fucked-up/160679)
**Author:** [@Danae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danae)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-not-only-are-most-of-you-fucked-up/160679 "2003-03-14T02:20:07Z")
but, your fucking servers are so slow and limited it takes five minutes to load a fuckin page, when of course the servers can even be found. Your klugy ass shit stinks. FYI there were TWO links on that thread your wise … --- ## [Life: shouldn't have used CGI.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-shouldnt-have-used-cgi/536598)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2010, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-shouldnt-have-used-cgi/536598 "2010-04-19T06:31:26Z")
I just watched the final two episodes of the BBC/Discovery series Life. I didn’t like the narration but I could deal with it. And there was more baboon penis that I would have prefered but that’s just nature. However, … --- ## [The 1st Annual Tebow Marches to the Super Bowl Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1st-annual-tebow-marches-to-the-super-bowl-thread/608891)
**Author:** [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1st-annual-tebow-marches-to-the-super-bowl-thread/608891 "2012-01-15T17:29:23Z")
Eat it Pittsburgh. --- ## ["The Simpsons" trivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-trivia/119950)
**Author:** [@Billy-Bob\_Fina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy-Bob_Fina)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-trivia/119950 "2002-08-06T17:35:16Z")
Q: What is the name of Homer’s sister in-laws? --- ## ["Conservative" Beliefs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-beliefs/494713)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-beliefs/494713 "2009-05-03T00:13:27Z")
How could someone be skeptical of a logical enough idea, and yet blindly profess to believing something nonsensical? Example: Carbon emissions into the atmosphere most likely will affect our climate. Logical enough, rig… --- ## [Actors who have appeared in the same film/show but not as relatives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-appeared-in-the-same-film-show-but-not-as-relatives/507717)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-appeared-in-the-same-film-show-but-not-as-relatives/507717 "2009-08-31T19:03:02Z")
Examples: Lots of times actor’s family members will have cameos: Jean Stapleton’s son had a walk-on as a Boy Scout in an ALL IN THE FAMILY episode, Charlton Heston’s son played the infant Moses in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS,… --- ## [Was there really a factory in Communist Poland that made only left shoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-really-a-factory-in-communist-poland-that-made-only-left-shoes/362415)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2006, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-really-a-factory-in-communist-poland-that-made-only-left-shoes/362415 "2006-07-03T10:30:48Z")
One story I recall seeing (forget where) cited as an example of the inefficiency/stupidity of state economic planning during the Soviet period: In Communist Poland, there was a factory so specialized that it made only l… --- ## [Psychologically unhealthy songs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064)
**Author:** [@Jombi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jombi)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychologically-unhealthy-songs/360064 "2006-06-16T13:34:13Z")
I’m talking about songs in which the lyrics – though usually very “romantic” – actually express a very unhealthy attitude toward another. The kind of thing that would cause your therapist to make that unhappy face. This… --- ## [Mariah fucking Carey must die immediately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mariah-fucking-carey-must-die-immediately/26335)
**Author:** [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2000, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mariah-fucking-carey-must-die-immediately/26335 "2000-09-23T01:31:28Z")
I’ve had it with the stupid little bitch. Why does she keep butchering up other peoples songs? I am, of course, talking about her cover of Phil Collins’ Against all Odds. Now, I am not a great fan of Phils solo work, but… --- ## [Opposed piston diesel engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposed-piston-diesel-engine/546424)
**Author:** [@tropes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tropes)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposed-piston-diesel-engine/546424 "2010-07-15T17:21:01Z")
I have studied many pictures of the Commer Diesel engine but I can’t figure out how the pistons can travel in the same cylinder yet the crankshaft rods are offset on the crank. I assume the rockers offset the two rods or… --- ## [So, is this girl interested in me or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-this-girl-interested-in-me-or-not/498984)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-this-girl-interested-in-me-or-not/498984 "2009-06-10T20:01:40Z")
I’ve become a regular at a certain bar for the last two months. This girl stared at me for a few moments, the first time I arrived. I don’t know why, she could’ve been checking me out or could’ve just noticed that I was… --- ## [What was the first popular band to not have "the" in their name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-popular-band-to-not-have-the-in-their-name/824622)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2018, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-popular-band-to-not-have-the-in-their-name/824622 "2018-11-29T12:14:16Z")
All the early rock bands had names following the same rubric: The (insert plural of something). The Crickets, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, etc. The Who sort of broke this mold with its pronoun. (Must have seemed crazy r… --- ## [Share your dirty little Election Day secrets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-dirty-little-election-day-secrets/640076)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-dirty-little-election-day-secrets/640076 "2012-11-08T16:50:06Z")
Putting this in MPSIMS because it really is mundane and pointless, but if it needs to get moved to Elections then so be it. Here’s mine: I voted for Nader in 2000. Living in a predominantly red state, I figured voting f… --- ## [Manchin-Toomey Background Check Deal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manchin-toomey-background-check-deal/655861)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manchin-toomey-background-check-deal/655861 "2013-04-18T19:18:13Z")
I know I’m starting with a question, but this will descend into a debate, but hopefully stay within the current bill under consideration and reasonably possible amendments that may be attached to it. I understand that t… --- ## [Netflix picture quality...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-picture-quality/584943)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-picture-quality/584943 "2011-06-17T03:46:12Z")
I have succumbed to the pressure and gotten Netflix. Honestly, I like the idea of having a library of titles available to me at any time. However, in just messing around with it briefly, I was not impressed with the pi… --- ## [Ed Zotti, please turn on the poll feature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-please-turn-on-the-poll-feature/509541)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2009, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-please-turn-on-the-poll-feature/509541 "2009-09-23T11:29:58Z")
Ed Zotti, please turn on the poll feature. --- ## [Explain this Rolling Stones lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-rolling-stones-lyrics/51653)
**Author:** [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-rolling-stones-lyrics/51653 "2001-01-29T15:07:03Z")
From Honky Tonk Woman–“She blew my nose, and then she blew my mind.” What? I get the blowing his mind part, but not the nose. Is it some kind of drug or sexual references I don’t get? Even if it is, I prefer that part i… --- ## [Cartoon ID: Ach, hello there!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-id-ach-hello-there/479152)
**Author:** [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-id-ach-hello-there/479152 "2011-09-27T23:33:55Z")
A friend of mine blurted out “Ach, hello there!” when I answered the phone, and now I’m going crazy trying to find out where it came from. He doesn’t know. I seem to remember the cartoon character that said that kept p… --- ## [Tongue zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tongue-zombie/661737)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tongue-zombie/661737 "2015-02-07T22:57:02Z")
Cymothoa exigua: tongue zombie Be sure to click on the photo to enlarge it! 'Hiya! :slight\_smile: ’ From Wiki: --- ## [I'm going to start forwarding my co-worker random e-mails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-start-forwarding-my-co-worker-random-e-mails/533510)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-start-forwarding-my-co-worker-random-e-mails/533510 "2010-03-25T01:04:01Z")
I work with a guy who is the king of forwarding me messages that I’ve already seen with an “FYI” note attached. He’s also quite good at sending me an e-mail that someone else just sent me. Often he and I will be sent an … --- ## [What's the largest US city that's never had a TV show/movie set there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170 "2015-05-20T01:55:59Z")
Going by the list of Largest US Cities by Population, how far down the list do you have to go before you can’t find any TV show or movie set there? --- ## [McDonalds gets Coke syrup free?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-gets-coke-syrup-free/126789)
**Author:** [@psychotropic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychotropic)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-gets-coke-syrup-free/126789 "2002-09-11T19:12:10Z")
We all know Macca’s don’t use REAL Coke, just syrup mixed with soda water (or whatever), but is it true that they receive the syrup for free from Coca-Cola as an incentive to exclusively use their product because I can’t… --- ## [Love songs that are really Lust songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-songs-that-are-really-lust-songs/416788)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2007, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-songs-that-are-really-lust-songs/416788 "2007-08-25T12:41:03Z")
I’ve nothing against casual sex (as memory serves) and even Jimmy Carter had lust in his heart (how could he not with his political heyday coming so soon after Maude was on the air?). I’m not a prude about artistic expr… --- ## [How warm is an electric blanket supposed to be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-warm-is-an-electric-blanket-supposed-to-be/675793)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-warm-is-an-electric-blanket-supposed-to-be/675793 "2013-12-19T04:35:45Z")
Even thought I don’t turn down my thermostat at night I tend to get cold, so I went and bought an electric mattress pad. It’s 180 watts for a full sized bed. I remember my mom’s electric blanked decades ago was noticeabl… --- ## [If you could have any vehicle from a movie, which would it be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-any-vehicle-from-a-movie-which-would-it-be/654771)
**Author:** [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-any-vehicle-from-a-movie-which-would-it-be/654771 "2013-04-05T03:54:23Z")
If you could have any vehicle from a movie/tv show, which would it be? I think I wouldn’t mind racing around on one of the speeder bikes from Return of the Jedi, or flying around in an X Wing or Tie Fighter. I’d hate t… --- ## [Do treatments to preserve OJ kill phytochemicals & enzymes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-treatments-to-preserve-oj-kill-phytochemicals-enzymes/303971)
**Author:** [@hauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hauss)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-treatments-to-preserve-oj-kill-phytochemicals-enzymes/303971 "2005-06-07T15:26:55Z")
I understand that the reason OJ doesn’t eminate a ton of gases is because all the microbes in there have been killed off by the treatments (pasteurized). This is great so that it lasts longer in the fridge, but what oth… --- ## [Your Ship Is Leaking!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ship-is-leaking/622291)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ship-is-leaking/622291 "2012-05-21T19:20:59Z")
Virtually anytime I see a large boat or ship, there’s water pouring out of a hole or pipe not far above the waterline. From tankers to destroyers, carriers and more - they’re all pumping out water. I’ve always assumed … --- ## [You're fifteen feet tall and eat trees -- why the camouflage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-fifteen-feet-tall-and-eat-trees-why-the-camouflage/404670)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-fifteen-feet-tall-and-eat-trees-why-the-camouflage/404670 "2007-05-21T20:21:38Z")
I was looking at a picture of a giraffe today. It’s fur is broken up in to irregular blocks of orange surrounded by cream. Normally a broken up coat like that is for camouflage purposes, but that means it is either 1) … --- ## [Re: Does ball lightning really exist? = Yes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-does-ball-lightning-really-exist-yes/576620)
**Author:** [@panzersiddhartha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panzersiddhartha)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-does-ball-lightning-really-exist-yes/576620 "2017-08-25T19:11:49Z")
This topic confused me greatly. I was glad to see the question and was expecting a swift “Does Australia really exist? We have about as many witnesses, but one can never be completely sure until we see it ourselves.” … --- ## [How to set up ceiling speakers in new construction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-set-up-ceiling-speakers-in-new-construction/710283)
**Author:** [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-set-up-ceiling-speakers-in-new-construction/710283 "2015-01-22T14:44:14Z")
We’re building a house, and while the walls are open, I want to install ceiling speakers in various rooms. Ideally, we could stream music from our phones to said speakers, and they would be zoned, so if the husband is pl… --- ## [K-Y Jelly Ad Slogan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-y-jelly-ad-slogan/259295)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2004, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-y-jelly-ad-slogan/259295 "2004-08-16T10:16:41Z")
I was just trying to think of what K-Y Jelly could possibly have as their ad slogan. Current thoughts are: K-Y Jelly: Bringing people together K-Y Jelly: Save the grunt work K-Y Jelly: Just do it! K-Y Jelly: Expa… --- ## [Co-op PVE online PC games?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-op-pve-online-pc-games/541475)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-op-pve-online-pc-games/541475 "2010-06-27T22:32:31Z")
Hey all, I have a friend who I met playing FFXI - we’ve both stopped playing that game, but want to find another one that we can play together. (He’s in TN, I’m in CA) FFXI was a major exception for me - I normally pl… --- ## [What would you like on your tombstone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062)
**Author:** [@mr.splitfoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.splitfoot)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-on-your-tombstone/166062 "2012-12-16T17:06:22Z")
I would like to know what everyone would request to be on their headstones when we pass on. You may still answer this even if you’re convinced that you will never die. Please have a decent sense of humor about this, as… --- ## [Ever recognised someone you know in porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-recognised-someone-you-know-in-porn/428809)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2007, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-recognised-someone-you-know-in-porn/428809 "2007-12-05T08:00:41Z")
A few months ago I went looking for an old pen pal of mine online. We’d met a few times but we’d not kept in contact in a few years. I found her on a popular alternativey porn website, with no clothes on. It was somewhat… --- ## [Guns in Canada (Trailer Park Boys)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-in-canada-trailer-park-boys/295894)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2005, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-in-canada-trailer-park-boys/295894 "2005-03-25T06:19:41Z")
So as an American I’m under the impression that Canada is a Land Without Guns. I think I even saw a Canadian poster here say recently “I’m from Canada so I’ve never even SEEN a gun!” But yet on the show “Trailer Park Bo… --- ## [Their Satanic Majesties' Request](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-satanic-majesties-request/786685)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-satanic-majesties-request/786685 "2017-08-30T02:41:55Z")
What are SD’s thoughts on this often overlooked '67 Stones foray into psychedelia? --- ## [Your travelling husband or SO goes to a "sex doll brothel" for sexual relief, are you OK with this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014 "2017-03-03T22:20:54Z")
Sex doll brothels are apparently now a thing. Let’s say you see a $ 100 mystery charge on your credit card statement and when asked your husband tells you he was super horny on the road and since you were not available h… --- ## [Biting the big one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biting-the-big-one/549903)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biting-the-big-one/549903 "2016-02-05T16:36:31Z")
To ‘bite the big one’ is to die. But… the big one what? Back in the '80s my friends and I would say so-and-so bit the big cookie. I don’t remember why biting a big cookie is deadly, but to bite the big cookie means bi… --- ## [What one thing do you have that's better than everyone else's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811)
**Author:** [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-thing-do-you-have-thats-better-than-everyone-elses/462811 "2008-09-13T18:23:45Z")
There was an old episode of That 70’s Show where Kitty Foreman was considering trading her secret to great thanksgiving stuffing for another woman’s prized peach cobbler recipe. Her husband Red had this to say: So, wha… --- ## [Yet another LOTR question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-lotr-question/645910)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-lotr-question/645910 "2013-01-09T20:43:35Z")
What happened to Rivendell after the Elves all left for the West? It had been there so long, and was so beautiful, it would depress me to think of it abandoned, dusty, leaves blowing around, with cobwebs in the corners. … --- ## [UK government to pay compensation to Bloody Sunday families](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-government-to-pay-compensation-to-bloody-sunday-families/597223)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-government-to-pay-compensation-to-bloody-sunday-families/597223 "2011-09-26T03:40:32Z")
The UK government is to pay compensation to the families of those killed on Bloody Sunday, 1972 in Derry City, Northern Ireland. That day, the Parachute Regiment opened fire on a civil rights march and killed 13 people. … --- ## [How often do you see your state bird?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-see-your-state-bird/785324)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-see-your-state-bird/785324 "2017-04-28T22:44:06Z")
Ohio’s is the Cardinal and we have some living near so I see one every few weeks. The past week I have seen several mated pairs chirping around. Dennis [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1699&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1701&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)