# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1707&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:** 1708 --- ## [Do you mind when a guest asks to use your computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-mind-when-a-guest-asks-to-use-your-computer/479085)
**Author:** [@Pazu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pazu)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-mind-when-a-guest-asks-to-use-your-computer/479085 "2009-01-03T20:33:25Z")
It seems to me that it’s becoming increasingly common for guests at our home to ask to use one of our computers to check their email and such. My wife is somewhat territorial about her computer, since she uses it extens… --- ## [what is the "Indian sign"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-indian-sign/185457)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-indian-sign/185457 "2012-10-11T18:18:12Z")
I was watching “public enemy” with jimmy cagney the other day, and i heard nails nathan say to him “He’s got the indian sign on you”. so, just what is meant by this? (even tho, in this case, it seems that he has him mark… --- ## [Handicapped parking at inaccessible businesses...Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapped-parking-at-inaccessible-businesses-huh/652150)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapped-parking-at-inaccessible-businesses-huh/652150 "2013-03-09T01:02:04Z")
So a little background: my buddy has just recently started taking his kids to a new-ish fitness center/gym for exercise classes. He knows how I like to work out so he told me about their weightroom area and told me I s… --- ## [Why do I feel all weird on airplanes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-feel-all-weird-on-airplanes/213312)
**Author:** [@mrbuddylee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrbuddylee)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-feel-all-weird-on-airplanes/213312 "2003-11-15T23:27:05Z")
Well, I went on a business trip last week, and had to fly quite a bit. Now, here’s what happened. As the plane was taking off, if I looked straight ahead, my head felt all dizzy and disoriented, if I looked out the win… --- ## [Where Did the Idea That Liberal = Communist Come From?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-idea-that-liberal-communist-come-from/222477)
**Author:** [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-idea-that-liberal-communist-come-from/222477 "2004-01-16T22:44:57Z")
I see this all of the time on the boards. For example, in this thread: \*\* I’ve seen many other examples of equating Liberalism with Communism, and it perplexes me a bit. I know quite a few Liberals, and none of them … --- ## [Racism and Bigotry in Literature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-and-bigotry-in-literature/182886)
**Author:** [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2003, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-and-bigotry-in-literature/182886 "2003-06-22T11:02:50Z")
Long ago I read, “To Kill a Mockingbird” and I’m currently reading E. M. Forster’s “Passage to India.” I’m sure Forster is portraying the typical English bigotry as some sort of literary device. As I’m only through the … --- ## [So I'm probably going to freeze to death.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705 "2013-01-31T13:48:08Z")
Right now it’s -28 and with the wind chill it’s -43!!! Apparently exposed skin will freeze in 10 minutes and I have to walk to and wait at the bus stop. I may have to change my name to FreezyGimpy. I’m gonna die. --- ## [What would "realistic" space combat be like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-realistic-space-combat-be-like/475124)
**Author:** [@Hero\_From\_Sector\_7G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hero_From_Sector_7G)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-realistic-space-combat-be-like/475124 "2008-12-06T03:11:52Z")
Obviously hypothetical, but I’m interested in what kind of strategies would be best used for space combat if the technology was kept as plausible as possible. I’m willing to concede the vehicle’s energy source as “impos… --- ## [Another "Would you abolish the Electoral College" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-would-you-abolish-the-electoral-college-thread/469670)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-would-you-abolish-the-electoral-college-thread/469670 "2008-10-29T22:27:19Z")
I’ve heard most of the arguments from both sides. The biggest arguments from the “get rid of it” side tend to be Election 2000 and the other 3 elections (1888, 1876, 1824) in which electoral majority won over popular ma… --- ## [Anyone here have any strange birthdays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-have-any-strange-birthdays/178100)
**Author:** [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-have-any-strange-birthdays/178100 "2003-06-01T16:38:46Z")
By strange I mean stuff like Friday the 13th, February 29th, etc. My birthday, September 30, has NOTHING strange about it whatsoever, besides the fact that it’s the last day of the month. Oh yes, and 9 and 30 are both d… --- ## [Anybody Here Use Windows 8 Yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-use-windows-8-yet/615878)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-use-windows-8-yet/615878 "2012-03-18T16:03:51Z")
I read online there is a developer’s beta version out. Has anyone used it yet? What’s new in the world of Win8. The online reviews aren’t too good, but I thought I’d ask here. --- ## [Why is Heaven Up and other imponderables?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-heaven-up-and-other-imponderables/539011)
**Author:** [@not\_alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_alice)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-heaven-up-and-other-imponderables/539011 "2010-05-13T23:54:13Z")
These are serious questions I want to ask my very fundie friend to see his thoughts and compare them to the collective wisdom that is the Dope. Mods - I am really interested in some good answers here, rather than a deba… --- ## [Self employment tax and quarterly payments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-employment-tax-and-quarterly-payments/536064)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-employment-tax-and-quarterly-payments/536064 "2010-04-15T14:26:33Z")
Mr. Athena and I are both self-employed, and last year we lost one of our biggest clients. No big deal, they were kind of a pain in the ass, and we had plenty of lead time to plan for it. We’re in the US. This year, as … --- ## [The Conservative Bible, or I'm Square Athwart Poe's Law Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conservative-bible-or-im-square-athwart-poes-law-here/512742)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conservative-bible-or-im-square-athwart-poes-law-here/512742 "2009-10-09T04:39:15Z")
I’m seriously puzzled this time. This can’t actually be serious, can it? Apparently, there is a movement (albeit perhaps a small one) to create a Conservative Bible. \[quote\] As of 2009, there is no fully conservative … --- ## [Celebrities Who Murdered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-murdered/483730)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-murdered/483730 "2009-02-01T04:18:35Z")
Inspired bythis thread. Who are some celebrities who are believed to have committed murder (I was going to say “convicted” but that would leave out OJ). So far, I can think of: OJ Simpson Robert Blake Phil Spector … --- ## [TV - UK v US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-uk-v-us/600027)
**Author:** [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-uk-v-us/600027 "2011-10-20T22:28:45Z")
(First time thread poster so if its in the wrong place please forgive :D) Why do the US try and remake a great UK TV show for accross the pond - Look at :- \*\*Red Dwarf \*\*- the US one was totally crap - both pilots wher… --- ## [Do any creation myths make sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-creation-myths-make-sense/741308)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-creation-myths-make-sense/741308 "2015-12-28T21:37:56Z")
I was reading about yet another creation myth. This one involved a water bug swimming to the bottom of the ocean and bringing up mud to form the land masses. It gets much less plausible from there. The thing that stand… --- ## [God help you, you fucking racist shitbag.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-help-you-you-fucking-racist-shitbag/685094)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-help-you-you-fucking-racist-shitbag/685094 "2014-04-04T00:11:17Z")
If I so much as see you near any car, let alone mine, with your “Vote for the American” bumper sticker, I will end your life without a second thought and move on with my day knowing the world is better than when you were… --- ## [Non-sensical, "profound" quotes, I pit thee.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sensical-profound-quotes-i-pit-thee/245586)
**Author:** [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sensical-profound-quotes-i-pit-thee/245586 "2017-10-08T23:39:04Z")
Just because you say something that no-one understands, including you, does not necessarily make it profound. This includes all the “famous” quotes that people just go ‘hmmmm’ at but have no idea what it means, but then… --- ## [Tomato sauce eats aluminum foil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomato-sauce-eats-aluminum-foil/459112)
**Author:** [@billiscool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billiscool)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomato-sauce-eats-aluminum-foil/459112 "2008-08-08T17:50:52Z")
More than once I have noticed when aluminum foil is used to cover spaghetti or lasagna it was eaten away by the sauce. Has anyone else seen it? More importantly what is the chemical reaction? --- ## ['the hell is it with shrieking kidlets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-shrieking-kidlets/304204)
**Author:** [@infamousmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infamousmom)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-shrieking-kidlets/304204 "2005-05-18T19:58:04Z")
What is it with parents who will cheerfully ignore a child who is shrieking at the top of its lungs on a note that’s enough to etch glass and knock tiles off the ceiling? You know, that one-note wonder-screech that’s en… --- ## [What's a good metric for when to stop masking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-metric-for-when-to-stop-masking/986122)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-metric-for-when-to-stop-masking/986122 "2023-10-03T16:46:12Z")
I’m still making in public. I don’t like it, but I’ve had COVID once and that was enough. The vulnerable people in my household pulled through, but I don’t want to play roulette with their lives or long-term health again… --- ## [Could We Have A Detailed Explanation for the Long Outage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-have-a-detailed-explanation-for-the-long-outage/838195)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-have-a-detailed-explanation-for-the-long-outage/838195 "2019-08-07T21:36:09Z")
Could We Have A Detailed Explanation for the Long Outage? --- ## [KITH References are Wasted on the Young](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kith-references-are-wasted-on-the-young/708548)
**Author:** [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2015, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kith-references-are-wasted-on-the-young/708548 "2015-01-03T10:52:00Z")
In order to make ends meet, I’ve taken a job at a local retailer (think red shirts and khaki pants) as an early morning stocker. I’m in the aisle unpacking boxes of feminine napkins, and the boss comes by and jokingly a… --- ## [Cold fusion is back. Comments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-fusion-is-back-comments/579440)
**Author:** [@pinguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinguin)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-fusion-is-back-comments/579440 "2011-04-25T02:01:42Z")
Remember Cold Fusion? The greatest scandal in science since the perpetual motion machines? Well, now some Italian scientists have said they achieved it. http://www.livescience.com/13745-newest-cold-fusion-machine-imposs… --- ## [How deep of a hole do I have to dig on Mars...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deep-of-a-hole-do-i-have-to-dig-on-mars/709820)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deep-of-a-hole-do-i-have-to-dig-on-mars/709820 "2015-01-15T19:34:25Z")
… for the air pressure to be the same as Earth sea level? I’m thinking I might pop over in my spare time and set up a little biome. --- ## [Hitler was a meth addict, and other interesting facts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitler-was-a-meth-addict-and-other-interesting-facts/519715)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitler-was-a-meth-addict-and-other-interesting-facts/519715 "2009-12-11T22:23:53Z")
I’m almost all the way through the latest Bathroom Reader. Brilliantly bizzare, as usual. Totem poles, midget luggage thieves, funeral mishaps… and Hitler’s deadly flatulence. Seems Der Furer was also Der Farter. Hitler… --- ## [Why is my floorboard so wet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-floorboard-so-wet/592630)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-floorboard-so-wet/592630 "2011-08-14T20:34:46Z")
I have a 2000 Altima. Lately (this past week, I think) I’ve been noticing the floorboard on the passenger side was damp, then progressively wetter. I looked under the mat today and it was puddled with water. When I went… --- ## [How does "Hollywood Squares" work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-hollywood-squares-work/157335)
**Author:** [@bibendum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibendum)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-hollywood-squares-work/157335 "2003-02-27T19:15:39Z")
Are all of the “squares” told whether or not to answer questions correctly, or do they use their own knowledge to answer? Thanks! ;j --- ## [What Was On The Cover Of "Time" When You Were Born?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234 "2005-06-17T14:20:58Z")
Sorta like this thread. A project at work has me checking out the search capabilities for a few hundred newspaper & magazines’ web sites. While I was checking out the site for Time, I came across an interesting feature. … --- ## [Is feminism really just equality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-feminism-really-just-equality/689400)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-feminism-really-just-equality/689400 "2014-05-29T23:10:55Z")
I’m a left wing socialist and I believe with all my heart that women and men are equal as human beings, but feminists in general irritate me for reasons that have nothing to do with equality. I dislike their tendency to … --- ## [Have Any Defunct magazines been Revived (Successfully)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-defunct-magazines-been-revived-successfully/576681)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-defunct-magazines-been-revived-successfully/576681 "2011-04-28T16:31:13Z")
I am aware of one “Liberty” magazine…it went out of business in 1950-and it was revived in 1971 (lasted for a few years). Suppose i wanted to reviove an old mag like “Collier’s”-which hasn’t been in business for a long … --- ## [Favorite / most loathed advertising campaigns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-loathed-advertising-campaigns/141197)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2002, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-most-loathed-advertising-campaigns/141197 "2002-12-16T05:24:44Z")
Favorites: AFLAC - That crazy duck cracks me up. ESPN Loathed: Mazda - Zoom Zoom. Geico - Let go of the damn gekko already. Any nominations out there? --- ## [I just deactivated my Facebook account.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-deactivated-my-facebook-account/543000)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-deactivated-my-facebook-account/543000 "2010-06-17T13:54:39Z")
This morning was the last straw. I’ve come to the stunning conclusion that I really don’t want to know my friends THAT well. The final straw was when as friend of mine posted some teabager video about how “Amurika” is … --- ## [Do people really resort to barbarism once societies controls are removed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-resort-to-barbarism-once-societies-controls-are-removed/498209)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2009, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-resort-to-barbarism-once-societies-controls-are-removed/498209 "2009-06-02T12:03:10Z")
It’s a reoccuring theme in fiction where a group of people are trapped on an island or are otherwise isolated from civilization. Inevitably, they resort to some sort of primitive, tribal state. Things start out utopian… --- ## [Great album / awful cover art!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-album-awful-cover-art/953160)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-album-awful-cover-art/953160 "2025-11-12T15:25:19Z")
Your submissions, please, for awful album covers gracing (or, rather, defacing) a great album! --- ## [Is Noam Chomsky full of shit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noam-chomsky-full-of-shit/43812)
**Author:** [@RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocknRoll_Killing_Machine)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2000, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noam-chomsky-full-of-shit/43812 "2000-12-07T04:22:31Z")
I’ve read some of his books and I found his arguments to be convincing, but I wasn’t really look to poke holes in his arguments either. I was just curious if anyone else could find holes in Chomsky’s logic. --- ## [Adaher endorsements!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adaher-endorsements/768314)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adaher-endorsements/768314 "2016-10-17T11:53:01Z")
I know you’ve been waiting with baited breath. These aren’t predictions, just who I would like to see win various races I’m interested in: President- Gary Johnson Senate FL- Marco Rubio Senate IL- Tammy Duckworth Sen… --- ## [Why aren't there more tunnels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-there-more-tunnels/636739)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-there-more-tunnels/636739 "2012-10-10T11:13:24Z")
I live in Western Montana and there are more than a few instances where I have to wonder, while driving, why didn’t they build a tunnel here? It seems like in many cases they displaced quite a bit of material to make a c… --- ## [What would you have done in this situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-done-in-this-situation/625815)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-done-in-this-situation/625815 "2012-06-22T09:06:31Z")
The other night I got home late, about 2AM on a weeknight. I pulled up to my townhouse and noticed a car, with lights, on parked across my driveway. There are parking spaces around the corner. Mine is a middle house o… --- ## [Any movies or TV shows you like to watch at least once for Halloween](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753 "2017-10-19T13:10:18Z")
Every year I try to watch the simpsons newest halloween episode, the original halloween (1978) and the great pumpkin charlie brown special at least once. Any shows other people try to watch during or around Halloween as… --- ## [Name my baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby/592901)
**Author:** [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby/592901 "2011-08-19T00:58:33Z")
I am currently gestating kid number two and could pop at any moment. Or at least I hope so, I really miss seeing my feet, and it would be nice to be able to bend again. Anyway, we don’t know the gender so I have listed … --- ## [Calculating a spaceship position.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculating-a-spaceship-position/714602)
**Author:** [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculating-a-spaceship-position/714602 "2015-03-21T01:55:10Z")
Is there an easy way to calculate the position of a space ship at time T, from it’s original speed, mass and the position and masses of nearby gravity sources?. I’m working on a space ship game and so far I can do it by… --- ## [lame "initiation" threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-initiation-threads/308704)
**Author:** [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-initiation-threads/308704 "2005-06-24T17:38:44Z")
Yeah, I’ll get the goat, some other fucking dickwipe will bring the vaseline. OK, it’s moderately funny, for a short time, but these threads seem to have spawned a subculture who are so obsessive as to drag them out for… --- ## [Music Ties vs dotted notes vs a half note can someone explain the difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-ties-vs-dotted-notes-vs-a-half-note-can-someone-explain-the-difference/712002)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-ties-vs-dotted-notes-vs-a-half-note-can-someone-explain-the-difference/712002 "2015-02-08T22:27:18Z")
I understand Ties can extend a note across two measures. Thats easy to grasp. Ties within a measure are giving me problems. I cued up this video to an example. That seems no different than a half note. (two quarters … --- ## ["The Golden State Isn't Worth It"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-golden-state-isnt-worth-it/516026)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2009, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-golden-state-isnt-worth-it/516026 "2009-11-03T06:59:18Z")
So says an editorial in the LA Times: That’s a pretty good statement of the divide between Democrats and Republicans. Democrats want to tax more, and in return they promise a high level of service from the government.… --- ## [Polygamy...who cares?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polygamy-who-cares/65499)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polygamy-who-cares/65499 "2001-09-10T17:09:33Z")
I don’t. I hear about this case and I’m puzzled. This guy had a religious ceremony and is married (via his religion) to 5 women. So? How in the world can the state/federal government say “You can’t have this religous c… --- ## [I have tried In-n-out burger... now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-tried-in-n-out-burger-now-what/451399)
**Author:** [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2008, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-tried-in-n-out-burger-now-what/451399 "2008-06-03T08:00:24Z")
So, since moving to CA, I’ve been told from time to time that I totally need to eat at In-N-Out Burger, how it’s the greatest fast food evar, and it’s totally worth having to take a bus out to because there isn’t actuall… --- ## [How should I get my neighbor to take down his US Flag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-get-my-neighbor-to-take-down-his-us-flag/403114)
**Author:** [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-get-my-neighbor-to-take-down-his-us-flag/403114 "2007-05-12T16:05:56Z")
Not because I’m a nonpatriot, mind you, but because it’s in awful condition. I am pretty sure the flag was flying when he bought the house, and it’s in serious disrepair now. The ends are frayed (individual stripes wav… --- ## [Civil War battle strategy question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-battle-strategy-question/733107)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-battle-strategy-question/733107 "2015-10-27T00:10:08Z")
Whenever I see or read something on something like the famed “Pickett’s Charge”, the standard infantry philosophy was to march shoulder to shoulder, and when a cannon ball, grape shot, or some other explosive blew a hole… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1706&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1708&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)