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**Author:** [@Hooleehootoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooleehootoo)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-mlb-fielder-wear-gloves-on-both-hands/773398 "2016-12-02T01:45:58Z")
The MLB rules I find say “Each fielder, other than the catcher, may wear a glove…” (There are separate rules regarding the size and construction of catcher’s mitts, 1st baseman’s ,and other fielders.) Glove, not gloves. … --- ## [This really isn't an unreasonable thing to be upset with an SO about? Is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-really-isnt-an-unreasonable-thing-to-be-upset-with-an-so-about-is-it/466801)
**Author:** [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2008, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-really-isnt-an-unreasonable-thing-to-be-upset-with-an-so-about-is-it/466801 "2008-10-10T09:49:12Z")
I know a couple I will call Husband and Wife. Husband is very vocal and proud of his brief military service, which ended when he busted his knee during a training exercise in Ranger training. All told, he says, he was i… --- ## [So. That's what the race card looks like...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-thats-what-the-race-card-looks-like/237448)
**Author:** [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-thats-what-the-race-card-looks-like/237448 "2004-04-05T06:29:15Z")
Ok, me and a friend went to Subway for food because my body was about to give out after several days of inadequate food and DDR. Since our shool was far enough away that we didn’t really want ot walk the whole way back … --- ## [My Garage Is Full Of Possum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-garage-is-full-of-possum/401368)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-garage-is-full-of-possum/401368 "2007-04-29T17:42:01Z")
So. I go to the garage, to get a gallon of milk from the extra fridge. And, there is a Possum, walking in through the slitted door. Big, about the size of a Beagle, or a little fatter. Grey & White(ish). Pink nose. … --- ## [Comcast's billing department can bite me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcasts-billing-department-can-bite-me/307227)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcasts-billing-department-can-bite-me/307227 "2005-06-08T23:23:23Z")
On 5/6 I paid my cable bill online, via the Comcast website, using an electronic check. I’ve done this several times before (to the point where my checking account info is stored on their site), and have never had a prob… --- ## [Your favorite character actor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actor/591151)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actor/591151 "2011-08-13T03:43:02Z")
Let’s praise character actors, the people who never get the headlines but without whom your favorite show/movie wouldn’t be nearly as good. One of my faves was Betty Garrett, best known as Irene on “All In The Family” a… --- ## [All I want to cook is SOUP. Is there a support group (with recipes)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-i-want-to-cook-is-soup-is-there-a-support-group-with-recipes/606432)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-i-want-to-cook-is-soup-is-there-a-support-group-with-recipes/606432 "2011-12-24T05:46:11Z")
I’ve made soup at least once a week since July or early August. At first, it was because my eldercare client had surgery and I wanted to take her and her husband an easy lunch every week. I kept thinking I’d get tired of… --- ## [Why did NAZI concentration camps warehouse prisoners instead of just killing them right away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-nazi-concentration-camps-warehouse-prisoners-instead-of-just-killing-them-right-away/744451)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-nazi-concentration-camps-warehouse-prisoners-instead-of-just-killing-them-right-away/744451 "2016-01-29T07:03:13Z")
I hope this isn’t an insensitive question and also I hope that it also has a factual answer that I am just missing. That is why I am putting it in GQ first. This also isn’t a hint of Holocaust denial on my part because I… --- ## [Commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials/693516)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials/693516 "2014-07-25T04:54:26Z")
How do you prefer to handle them? (TV commercials, that is.) --- ## [Cold, spiral slice ham (honey or otherwise) is an offense to the senses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-spiral-slice-ham-honey-or-otherwise-is-an-offense-to-the-senses/708310)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-spiral-slice-ham-honey-or-otherwise-is-an-offense-to-the-senses/708310 "2015-01-01T20:47:51Z")
Every time I go to my grandmas, we have a nice, hot, juicy whole ham sliced up and served with all the fat and juice. Now grandma might make the same damn meal every time we go, whether it be May or Christmas, but that m… --- ## [Have you had the "college dream"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-the-college-dream/643868)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-the-college-dream/643868 "2012-12-26T03:36:49Z")
I graduated from (US) college (i.e. university) over five years ago, though I’ve been taking the occasional class here and there. I had that dream again - the one where you suddenly realize that you registered for a cla… --- ## [Should gays be allowed to have sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gays-be-allowed-to-have-sex/140036)
**Author:** [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2002, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gays-be-allowed-to-have-sex/140036 "2002-12-06T16:40:54Z")
http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/12/02/scotus.sodomy/index.html I find this pretty disturbing. Especially since they were “doing it” in their own home. What exactly would “public morals” be? They sure weren’t in public when… --- ## [Mental Floss recently asked "What Everyday Behaviors Will Seem Crazy in 50 Years?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-floss-recently-asked-what-everyday-behaviors-will-seem-crazy-in-50-years/675692)
**Author:** [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-floss-recently-asked-what-everyday-behaviors-will-seem-crazy-in-50-years/675692 "2013-12-08T07:01:05Z")
You know kind of like how you went to the local drug store to buy cocaine, smoked when you were pregnant, etc. What cha got? --- ## [Could the Space Shuttle go to the Moon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-space-shuttle-go-to-the-moon/315479)
**Author:** [@Gaius.Cornelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaius.Cornelius)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-space-shuttle-go-to-the-moon/315479 "2006-07-10T14:17:21Z")
Before the space shuttle is retired, as eventually it must be, could it be used for a manned mission to the Moon. I envisage a plan something like this: One shuttle launch carries an extra fuel tank into Earth orbit. I… --- ## [Starting at What Age Are You Inclined to Assume Hair Dye if No Grey Hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-at-what-age-are-you-inclined-to-assume-hair-dye-if-no-grey-hair/719694)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-at-what-age-are-you-inclined-to-assume-hair-dye-if-no-grey-hair/719694 "2015-05-22T21:28:24Z")
Polling with a Broad Brush, of course, so there’s no need to explain to me that not everyone goes grey at the same age. These days, people keep younger for longer- particularly people who eat well and stay fit. As such,… --- ## [How big was your high school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-was-your-high-school/592572)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2011, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-was-your-high-school/592572 "2011-08-21T11:54:26Z")
by number of total students? The largest high school in the US, according to this chart from US News, is Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois at 4,483. The largest high school in the world is appare… --- ## [What job can I get to hasten the Singularity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-job-can-i-get-to-hasten-the-singularity/670486)
**Author:** [@Came\_in\_like\_a\_Wrecking\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Came_in_like_a_Wrecking_Ball)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-job-can-i-get-to-hasten-the-singularity/670486 "2013-10-08T03:02:41Z")
The only thing I want to do in life is hasten the coming of the technological Singularity. What job can I get to do this? What degree can I get to do this? And: is there a state-by-state list of laboratories working on … --- ## [Aldebaran, If You Tried, Could You Be More Condescending?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-if-you-tried-could-you-be-more-condescending/187015)
**Author:** [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-if-you-tried-could-you-be-more-condescending/187015 "2003-07-13T16:18:44Z")
I don’t know if you’re being intentionally derisive or if it’s unitntentional. but you do seem to have a habit of assuming the worse about fellow posters and to address people in an inhospitable, condescending manner for… --- ## [What should we do with our secret room?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-do-with-our-secret-room/820781)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-do-with-our-secret-room/820781 "2018-09-14T22:41:54Z")
We are about to finish our basement, and there is a 6x8-foot cubbyhole that we are thinking about turning into a secret room, probably hidden behind a bookcase door like this. The room has concrete walls on three sides, … --- ## [Lame Duck Session ..... what's going to happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-duck-session-whats-going-to-happen/559269)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-duck-session-whats-going-to-happen/559269 "2010-11-19T18:40:18Z")
Assuming a Republican takeover along the lines of 55 seats, what’s going to happen in the final days of this session? --- ## [Our own Scylla is now internet famous, 11 years later.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837 "2014-11-08T23:05:55Z")
Original post: The Horror of Blimps. Please ensure you are seated while reading; Management is not responsible for injuries resulting from crippling bouts of laughter. Now this appeared on humor site tickld 4 days ago. … --- ## [I enjoy a good spanking.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-enjoy-a-good-spanking/512734)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-enjoy-a-good-spanking/512734 "2009-10-09T21:18:54Z")
So … who’s a spanko around here? In addition to the options above, feel free to include your orientation, and/or whether you prefer to spank/be spanked by the opposite sex or the same sex. Also, how old were you when y… --- ## [Rational man fires a .45 into football coach's chest.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rational-man-fires-a-45-into-football-coachs-chest/298400)
**Author:** [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2005, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rational-man-fires-a-45-into-football-coachs-chest/298400 "2005-04-12T08:53:14Z")
So, this lunatic Robertson shot his kid’s high school football coach. Oh, I’m sorry. . .did I say lunatic? I really just meant disgruntled parent upset with the school’s athletic program. Apparently, the coach deserved … --- ## [Why are all my customers who bring up politics from the same demographic group?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-customers-who-bring-up-politics-from-the-same-demographic-group/962492)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-customers-who-bring-up-politics-from-the-same-demographic-group/962492 "2022-04-14T23:57:47Z")
I work in a hardware store. A customer wanted some spray paint, and advice. In Phoenix, there’s a law that the spray paint has to be locked up, so ours is behind sliding glass doors. So I’m talking with this guy, and he … --- ## [Anyone else excited about Modernist Cuisine (book)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-excited-about-modernist-cuisine-book/572137)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-excited-about-modernist-cuisine-book/572137 "2011-07-30T03:24:43Z")
Modernist Cuisine is a new set of cookbooks coming out in a couple weeks that has all the food nerds excited. It’s been covered by a lot of press (NY Times article here) and from all reports, should be pretty darn cool. … --- ## [Do non-Jews take haircuts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-non-jews-take-haircuts/717485)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2015, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-non-jews-take-haircuts/717485 "2015-04-16T08:42:17Z")
Question #34577 in my series on Yinglish. By my anecdotal evidence, non-Jews get their haircut, or have their haircut, or go for a haircut, and Ive noticed that most (NYC) Jews I’ve met–when my awareness of ethnic backg… --- ## [Rising temperature gauge-NEED ANSWER FAST](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rising-temperature-gauge-need-answer-fast/601479)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rising-temperature-gauge-need-answer-fast/601479 "2011-11-02T20:37:12Z")
Old 1998 Chevy Blazer - temperature gauge rises, then goes back down. Driver has to take it on a 3 hour trip later today. It was just in the shop for inspection 2 months ago - check coolant levels? Would that fix prob… --- ## [Ready for more bonus fury?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-more-bonus-fury/513781)
**Author:** [@MichaelQReilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelQReilly)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-more-bonus-fury/513781 "2009-10-19T17:32:20Z")
I’m not quite sure that this is GD worthy, but today the WSJ reported that Wall Street Firms are set to pay out record salaries this year. I’m actually speachless. I don’t know what else to say other than if there was… --- ## [Clarification about mod comment in 'Akward Erections' thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-about-mod-comment-in-akward-erections-thread/663231)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-about-mod-comment-in-akward-erections-thread/663231 "2013-07-13T22:59:49Z")
Uninteresting thread, until I saw this. Is that a moderator instruction, a request by a poster, or merely an expression of wishful thinking? If it’s the first, then I’d be curious to know specifically what rule of the … --- ## [How rulings for students rights backfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-rulings-for-students-rights-backfire/579771)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-rulings-for-students-rights-backfire/579771 "2011-05-06T01:01:21Z")
There have been several high-profile cases of children being taken away from public schools by police recently. This article expresses some of the same things that I’ve always felt about these situations. The basic arg… --- ## [Do you agree with the mission in "Saving Private Ryan"? (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-agree-with-the-mission-in-saving-private-ryan-open-spoilers/690188)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-agree-with-the-mission-in-saving-private-ryan-open-spoilers/690188 "2014-06-09T23:04:59Z")
The premise of “Saving Private Ryan” is that three out of four brothers from one family are killed nearly simultaneously during WWII; a group of soldiers are sent to get the fourth brother and bring him home so as to spa… --- ## [Smells, Aromas and Odors You Miss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-aromas-and-odors-you-miss/531172)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2010, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-aromas-and-odors-you-miss/531172 "2010-03-06T11:16:53Z")
That reddish sweeping compound they used on the floors in school when I was in grammar school New blue jeans the first day of school Too much chlorine in the city pool Burning leaves in the fall Cotton candy Hair to… --- ## [Satisfactory 1.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satisfactory-1-0/1007213)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 326\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satisfactory-1-0/1007213 "2026-07-16T19:07:42Z")
Satisfactory just entered 1.0 earlier this week, so I’ve picked it back up, and thought we could use a thread to chat about it. For folks who haven’t heard of it: it’s a factory-building game in the vein of Factorio, bu… --- ## [If You Could Change Any Historcial Event, What Would You Change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-change-any-historcial-event-what-would-you-change/626748)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-change-any-historcial-event-what-would-you-change/626748 "2012-07-05T04:31:31Z")
Similar to “Which historical figure would you kill” thread. The only real rules are: -No changing religious events (ie say preventing the Crucifixion for example) -Be serious (ie no "John Doe eats Cheerie-Os instead o… --- ## [How do I buy a house -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-buy-a-house/546784)
**Author:** [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-buy-a-house/546784 "2010-11-05T05:55:28Z")
I’ve got a job offer, and maybe a down payment. The place where I’d be working is a small town without much rental property. I’ve never bought a house before, but it may be the only way to get a reasonable roof over our … --- ## [True Lint-Free Cloth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-lint-free-cloth/308458)
**Author:** [@newcomb\_being](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomb_being)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-lint-free-cloth/308458 "2005-06-17T14:12:53Z")
Cleaning my guns, whether shotgun or pistol, would be 10X faster and 100X easier if there was truly a lint free cloth to wipe them down with. I generally use old t-shirts and such, but it seems I spend most of my time wi… --- ## [U.S. Intention to Convert To Metric](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-intention-to-convert-to-metric/241954)
**Author:** [@citrus\_x\_paradisi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/citrus_x_paradisi)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-intention-to-convert-to-metric/241954 "2004-05-02T15:55:08Z")
While pondering over a box of Pocky not long ago, I came to wonder: Has there been any support for an American conversion to metric? Besides the initial cost of converting hardware, what difficulties could it concievably… --- ## [Ever been to to high school reunion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-to-to-high-school-reunion/953094)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-to-to-high-school-reunion/953094 "2021-11-07T03:55:06Z")
Just got home a few hours ago from the first one I have been to, the 40th, and I’ll never attend one again. I looked forward to it, a chance to see friends I had then and remember the good times we had way back then. … --- ## [2 year old raped and murdered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-raped-and-murdered/392219)
**Author:** [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-raped-and-murdered/392219 "2007-03-07T20:42:45Z")
The 21 year old uncle of a Leeds (UK) toddler has been charged with raping and murdering this innocent child. TWO YEARS OLD! What the fuck is the matter with the world and where is God when all this is going on. --- ## [Can I buy a British title?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-buy-a-british-title/604903)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-buy-a-british-title/604903 "2011-12-06T00:04:40Z")
History is full of a noble selling their title. For example, Juan Carlos II is the Byzantium Emperor because the title in pretence was sold to the then Spanish king. Do British peerages work the same way? For example,… --- ## [Wieners and weiners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wieners-and-weiners/523216)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wieners-and-weiners/523216 "2010-01-09T01:07:34Z")
‘Wiener’, of course, is a person from Wien (Vienna). It is also short for Wienerwurst – Vienna sausage; or in common usage, a hot dog. But many people spell it weiner; which should be pronounced ‘wine-er’. M-W says th… --- ## [No Rage-quit, But Goodbye Everyone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rage-quit-but-goodbye-everyone/649071)
**Author:** [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rage-quit-but-goodbye-everyone/649071 "2013-02-09T04:10:12Z")
Soon I shall change my password to a random string of characters, and delete the email account it links to, rendering it unrecoverable. The reason for this is simple. When I look at my 3,700-odd posts, I can’t honestly … --- ## [The state requires me to own a car under penalty of law..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-state-requires-me-to-own-a-car-under-penalty-of-law/459362)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-state-requires-me-to-own-a-car-under-penalty-of-law/459362 "2008-08-13T17:57:17Z")
Ok, bear with me. I live in South Florida and my daughter starts Kindergarten in less than two weeks. She is required to attend by state law. (I’ll include the cites if someone disputes this point). Since we live wit… --- ## [Modest Proposal to Let DACA People Stay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modest-proposal-to-let-daca-people-stay/796069)
**Author:** [@JBGUSA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBGUSA)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modest-proposal-to-let-daca-people-stay/796069 "2017-09-19T18:27:43Z")
How about the following trade; we don’t allow ANY deportations, but in exchange allow any undocumented worker a waiver of union requirements and the Davis-Bacon Act on Federal jobs? Bye bye union jobs at $75 or more p… --- ## [Rank the Star Trek movies from best to worst.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-star-trek-movies-from-best-to-worst/482551)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-star-trek-movies-from-best-to-worst/482551 "2009-01-24T11:25:37Z")
I can’t remember enough to do an accurate ranking right now, but I figured I’d watch all of them again. Star Trek: The Motion Picture was so slow moving. Star Trek: Wrath of Khan was outstanding. I’ve seen it so many t… --- ## [Do you like instant coffee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-instant-coffee/654259)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-instant-coffee/654259 "2013-04-02T15:30:16Z")
Instant coffee was mentioned several times in the electric kettle thread. Do you like instant coffee? --- ## [Concerned re: a friend's engagement. Would you be, too? Should I keep my opinion to myself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-re-a-friends-engagement-would-you-be-too-should-i-keep-my-opinion-to-myself/644431)
**Author:** [@Green\_Rosetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Rosetta)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-re-a-friends-engagement-would-you-be-too-should-i-keep-my-opinion-to-myself/644431 "2012-12-20T23:03:13Z")
I have a friend who is a 22 year old college student. She and her boyfriend have been dating since February. Things moved very quickly- after about four months she moved into the apartment across the hall from him. They … --- ## [Can we ever create a government that works well?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-ever-create-a-government-that-works-well/977280)
**Author:** [@Whickwithy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whickwithy)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-ever-create-a-government-that-works-well/977280 "2023-06-16T17:31:52Z")
I was just thinking about how all countries (or governments thereof) seem to think that their government is so fine that everyone else on the planet should use it. There’s China that continues to drool over Taiwan. The… --- ## [Need answer fast- -not a joke - hurt myself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717 "2011-07-30T13:08:28Z")
15 years ago I hit my finger w/ a hammer - big bump, had it for years. I cut that finger just now very badly - big yellow mass stiching out, fell off. I stopped the blod. I thinkk I’m OK - do I need to go to the hospi… --- ## [Idea: Junk food ads should be banned from using skinny people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-junk-food-ads-should-be-banned-from-using-skinny-people/706099)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-junk-food-ads-should-be-banned-from-using-skinny-people/706099 "2016-04-03T03:30:54Z")
Lots of junkfood ads have very thin people in their ads, despite junkfood causing obesity. Should companies be forced to use more realistic looking consumers in their ads. For example,this ad has zero fat people. and y… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1713&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1715&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)