# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1717&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:** 1718 --- ## [Using your looks to your advantage.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-your-looks-to-your-advantage/302051)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-your-looks-to-your-advantage/302051 "2005-05-05T14:06:21Z")
Did you know you could? Did you know how? Have you ever done it? How did it work for you? --- ## [Obama is Right About Art History](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-right-about-art-history/681703)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-right-about-art-history/681703 "2014-02-19T23:17:19Z")
President Obama apologizes to art history professor I understand that a lot of what politicians do is focus on not offending people, so the apology may have served a political purpose. But the fact is that the comments… --- ## [can a bullet fired into the air kill someone when it comes down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-bullet-fired-into-the-air-kill-someone-when-it-comes-down/523319)
**Author:** [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-bullet-fired-into-the-air-kill-someone-when-it-comes-down/523319 "2012-01-12T15:58:49Z")
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1199/can-a-bullet-fired-into-the-air-kill-someone-when-it-comes-down I think it should clearer in this article that the calculations are for bullets fired straight up. People who… --- ## [What should I do in Durham, NC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-in-durham-nc/596278)
**Author:** [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2013, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-in-durham-nc/596278 "2013-04-10T07:36:54Z")
I’m going to be heading down to Durham on Columbus Day weekend for a visit to my sister, and I’m hoping you guys can help us find some cool stuff to do together! I’m going to fly down on the 7th and leave on the afterno… --- ## [On Facebook, can you preview how a friend of a friend sees your profile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-facebook-can-you-preview-how-a-friend-of-a-friend-sees-your-profile/555445)
**Author:** [@J\_Cubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_Cubed)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-facebook-can-you-preview-how-a-friend-of-a-friend-sees-your-profile/555445 "2012-07-18T14:19:43Z")
I can use this method to see what my profile looks like, by default, to random strangers. Or, I can type in a friend’s name (which autocompletes) to see how he or she sees my profile. If I type in the name of someone w… --- ## [Anyone watching Running Wilde? Anyone? At all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-running-wilde-anyone-at-all/557927)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-running-wilde-anyone-at-all/557927 "2010-11-06T20:21:53Z")
If there was one show this year that I desperately wanted to like, it was Running Wilde. On paper, it’s an Arrested Development fan’s dream. It has Will Arnett and David Cross, as well as being run by some of the same … --- ## ["Asians can't fly!" comments after GE235 crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asians-cant-fly-comments-after-ge235-crash/711882)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asians-cant-fly-comments-after-ge235-crash/711882 "2015-02-10T19:49:38Z")
OK, I’m just ranting here, and I know that the commenters (not members of the SDMB) whom I’m addressing are only a statistically unrepresentative sample of society, so here goes: As many know, an airplane, flight GE235,… --- ## [Would you swim with sharks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-swim-with-sharks/510481)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-swim-with-sharks/510481 "2009-09-21T16:23:47Z")
I’ve learned that there are some aquariums where you can do just this. Presumably after the sharks have been fed. And of course, there are also cages and the like in the wild. Would you do either? Both? Why or why not? … --- ## [Reverse gear higher than first- why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-gear-higher-than-first-why/617002)
**Author:** [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-gear-higher-than-first-why/617002 "2012-03-28T21:33:25Z")
I have a couple of vehicles with manual transmissions- a Yaris and a Ranger. On both of them, reverse gear is higher than first gear, high enough that slipping the clutch is usually necessary to keep the speed down when… --- ## [I am gonna buy a deserted island and set up a new society...who is with me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-gonna-buy-a-deserted-island-and-set-up-a-new-society-who-is-with-me/38186)
**Author:** [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2000, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-gonna-buy-a-deserted-island-and-set-up-a-new-society-who-is-with-me/38186 "2000-10-31T01:56:55Z")
I will be the ruler (of course). I need to fill the other executive positions, and develop policy. First off, there is no alchohol on the island that you dont make yourself. Second, a 4 day work week, monday, tuesday.… --- ## [I'm done being afraid of spiders.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-done-being-afraid-of-spiders/685912)
**Author:** [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-done-being-afraid-of-spiders/685912 "2014-04-15T17:22:31Z")
This phobia is dumb and unhelpful and I’m tired of it. I live in a spider-y area, and it’s about to be spider season. But they’re so\* oogy\*. Bleh. Has anyone here gotten over their arachnophobia? Advice? --- ## [New rule in Cafe Society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-in-cafe-society/527278)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-in-cafe-society/527278 "2010-02-03T15:51:29Z")
In this thread about LOST, I contributed a post that takes a negative view of the show. Twickster comes down on me for threadshitting. This puzzles me. First of all, as I continue to participate in the thread, it’s clea… --- ## [What \*is\* the "Girl next door" type?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-girl-next-door-type/274724)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-girl-next-door-type/274724 "2004-11-17T21:22:20Z")
I hear that phrase used all the time. But I never understood what it meant. --- ## [Doesn't pissing in a bottle and dumping it make it worse to clean up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-pissing-in-a-bottle-and-dumping-it-make-it-worse-to-clean-up/723843)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-pissing-in-a-bottle-and-dumping-it-make-it-worse-to-clean-up/723843 "2015-07-02T18:42:25Z")
I see these sealed bottles of urine everywhere, side of the street, piles of them in an empty field my kid likes playing in, even piles of them on the beach back away from the sand. WHY?! Doesn’t it just make it nastie… --- ## [My niece is to be interviewed by Harvard- I don't think she should go](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-niece-is-to-be-interviewed-by-harvard-i-dont-think-she-should-go/324541)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-niece-is-to-be-interviewed-by-harvard-i-dont-think-she-should-go/324541 "2005-10-10T00:21:29Z")
My brother’s daughter is a senior in high school. She’s never had a grade less than an A. My brother majorly wants her to go to Harvard or Princeton or some other Ivy League northern school. I think he’s out of his fl… --- ## [Count the number of passes in this video and spoiler your answer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-the-number-of-passes-in-this-video-and-spoiler-your-answer/612695)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-the-number-of-passes-in-this-video-and-spoiler-your-answer/612695 "2012-02-16T18:48:59Z")
I’ve seen this posted on here before, but I don’t recall it ever having its own topic. This is a video to see how well you can pay attention and your tracking skills… Count the number of times the people in white shirts… --- ## [Does calling someone a "Dog Face Pony Soldier" have a specific meaning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-calling-someone-a-dog-face-pony-soldier-have-a-specific-meaning/847744)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-calling-someone-a-dog-face-pony-soldier-have-a-specific-meaning/847744 "2020-02-13T17:37:17Z")
Democrat President nominee contender Joe Biden called a women a “Dog Face Pony Soldier” after she questioned his elect-ability in a National Election. Does the phrase have some meaning besides Biden thinking that she bel… --- ## [Absolute Best Accent In Film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-best-accent-in-film/628444)
**Author:** [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-best-accent-in-film/628444 "2012-07-18T23:15:18Z")
Obviously inspired by this opposite thread. I think this one is going to be more difficult, because we for the most part already know how most actors sound, so any accent they do has to be 100% perfect for us not to not… --- ## [Add another Supreme Court?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-another-supreme-court/537236)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2010, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-another-supreme-court/537236 "2010-05-01T07:47:05Z")
This thread in GQ, particularly Elendil’s Heir’s comment that the justices are phenomenally busy made me think. With an ever-growing body of law and an ever-growing population count, it’s conceivable that at some point 9… --- ## [We Stop Emitting CO2, Methane, Other Greenhouse Gases Tomorrow - Now What?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-stop-emitting-co2-methane-other-greenhouse-gases-tomorrow-now-what/805530)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-stop-emitting-co2-methane-other-greenhouse-gases-tomorrow-now-what/805530 "2018-06-27T17:18:43Z")
Let’s say that, somehow or another, all man-made greenhouse emissions stop on a dime tomorrow. What happens then? Are we collectively too far gone w/r/t climate change to make a difference? How long would it take for th… --- ## [Is Catcher in the Rye the worst book ever written?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-catcher-in-the-rye-the-worst-book-ever-written/325461)
**Author:** [@GrahamWellington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrahamWellington)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-catcher-in-the-rye-the-worst-book-ever-written/325461 "2005-10-10T21:11:25Z")
I read it a long time ago just because I heard people I respected say it was their favorite book. But it sure seemed stupid to me, with lines something like, “I went outside in front of the hotel and fumbled with the rol… --- ## [Cormac McCarthy fans: the time to discuss THE ROAD has come again. (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cormac-mccarthy-fans-the-time-to-discuss-the-road-has-come-again-open-spoilers/603659)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cormac-mccarthy-fans-the-time-to-discuss-the-road-has-come-again-open-spoilers/603659 "2011-11-24T22:02:29Z")
So yesterday morning I read The Road again, and it occurred to me that I’ve never started a thread on it. Obviously that cannot be allowed to continue. I’ll format the OP as a series of questions, partly to give the OP s… --- ## [How did the Challenger jokes spread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-challenger-jokes-spread/316537)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-challenger-jokes-spread/316537 "2005-08-11T13:25:56Z")
I’ve always wondered about this phenomenon. Right after the Challenger disaster, all these jokes appeared. We were out of school for some reason the day of the explosion. The next day, back in school, people were telling… --- ## [Bars.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bars/616235)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bars/616235 "2012-03-24T06:28:03Z")
Okay…help me out with this one. As I understand it, bars have three advantages over drinking at home: 1) There is a wider variety of liquor available, 2) You can meet people of your preferred gender, while in an intoxi… --- ## [Bayliss speaks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-speaks/993991)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-speaks/993991 "2026-04-17T21:46:26Z")
Well, not yet. I’ve watched many videos of people teaching their dogs and cats to use buttons to say words. Some of them are quite amazing. So I ordered some. Does anyone have any experience with this? I don’t expec… --- ## [Excel 2010 macro - editing text within a cell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-2010-macro-editing-text-within-a-cell/670198)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-2010-macro-editing-text-within-a-cell/670198 "2014-09-11T03:40:09Z")
I cannot figure out how to write a macro to move the cursor around within a single cell and move/cut/paste the text within the cell. The cell contains “Doe, John”. I want to change it to “John Doe”, and then move down … --- ## [The Hobbit (Part 1) Extended Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-part-1-extended-edition/672799)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-part-1-extended-edition/672799 "2014-01-07T20:22:06Z")
Oh man, I just got this and it fulfills my every wish. TWO HOURS of additional scenes, including another entire hour of the dinner in Bag End! The chase scene in Goblintown is 13 minutes longer and there’s another 27 m… --- ## [Is this true or just an Urban Legend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-true-or-just-an-urban-legend/365547)
**Author:** [@Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alive_At_Both_Ends)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-true-or-just-an-urban-legend/365547 "2006-07-23T15:44:50Z")
I’ve heard that at one time (possibly about a hundred years ago) prospective immigrants (or maybe it was just visitors) to the USA had to fill out a form including the question: "Do you intend to overthrow the Governmen… --- ## [Why do docs want to let boils & abcesses get totally ripe instead of lancing them immediately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-docs-want-to-let-boils-abcesses-get-totally-ripe-instead-of-lancing-them-immediately/684265)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-docs-want-to-let-boils-abcesses-get-totally-ripe-instead-of-lancing-them-immediately/684265 "2014-03-23T00:29:44Z")
I seen more than one poster on the dope be told by their doctor to let a painful, infected boil get a large as possible before lancing it. They also say to put hot compresses on it to make the pus drain out. Why must pe… --- ## [DalovinDJ: You're not the arbiter of hip or cool...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalovindj-youre-not-the-arbiter-of-hip-or-cool/83894)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2001, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalovindj-youre-not-the-arbiter-of-hip-or-cool/83894 "2001-09-30T15:18:46Z")
…and even if you are, as a grown-up, I don’t really care. I have no real beef with you, but I’m getting extremely tired of your ongoing campaign to define “hipness” as where you stand (here, for one example) A) I don’t… --- ## [Can members of the British royal family run for political office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-members-of-the-british-royal-family-run-for-political-office/260993)
**Author:** [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-members-of-the-british-royal-family-run-for-political-office/260993 "2004-08-24T03:41:18Z")
I was just thinking about how it might be a little akward if (by a very long stretch of the immagination) Charles managed to become both King and Prime Minister. Has such a thing happened before? Are there any rules or… --- ## [Jurassic Park movie - how are there raptor eggs outside the raptor pen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-movie-how-are-there-raptor-eggs-outside-the-raptor-pen/594270)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-movie-how-are-there-raptor-eggs-outside-the-raptor-pen/594270 "2011-08-28T00:42:51Z")
Are there more than 3 raptors roaming around wild on the island? Grant and the kids never encounter them. Or can the 3 raptors get in and out of the pen at will? If so, why are they never a problem until the electrici… --- ## [Exactly how restrictive was plate armor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exactly-how-restrictive-was-plate-armor/383202)
**Author:** [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exactly-how-restrictive-was-plate-armor/383202 "2006-12-13T01:49:15Z")
One the one hand you hear people claiming that it was so heavy that knights had to be hoisted onto their horses with cranes, or if they fell face down in a puddle they would drown, or other blatant nonsense like that. On… --- ## [What's the most difficult job in medical field?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-difficult-job-in-medical-field/691195)
**Author:** [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-difficult-job-in-medical-field/691195 "2014-11-03T19:48:59Z")
I have always thought veterinarians have to learn so much more than human doctors. They not only have to know how to treat different species, but also different fields… Emergency, dental, surgical, dermatological, cardi… --- ## [As God Is His Witness ,Jon Stewart Thought Camels Could Walk in Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388 "2011-02-27T19:42:05Z")
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/video-daily-show-tortures-camel-madison\_552378.html --- ## [Do Commodity Traders Enjoy Abnormally HIGH Incomes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-commodity-traders-enjoy-abnormally-high-incomes/112749)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2002, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-commodity-traders-enjoy-abnormally-high-incomes/112749 "2002-06-11T15:14:26Z")
Remember ex-first lady Hillary Clinton’s success with trading in cattle futures? She reportedly turned a profit of $99,000 , on an investment of $1,000. I know that risk is associated with reward, but it seems to me that… --- ## [Why I as an American support revolt in China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-as-an-american-support-revolt-in-china/586353)
**Author:** [@humanafterall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/humanafterall)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-as-an-american-support-revolt-in-china/586353 "2011-06-23T03:12:06Z")
We have a lot of companies who have sent our manufacturing and production jobs overseas to China, because they are happy to work for pennies a day, while the Corporate execs rake in big paychecks and and expand the divid… --- ## [Wedding guests: how much do you care about the cake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-guests-how-much-do-you-care-about-the-cake/393349)
**Author:** [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-guests-how-much-do-you-care-about-the-cake/393349 "2007-02-25T19:42:59Z")
So, if you were a wedding guest, how much attention do you pay to the cake? Do you expect to see a three-tiered creation, extravagantly decorated, etc.? How far from traditional can you go without being tacky, as in, … --- ## [Famous people that died on a major new day and never got coverage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-died-on-a-major-new-day-and-never-got-coverage/629398)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-died-on-a-major-new-day-and-never-got-coverage/629398 "2012-07-28T04:05:05Z")
Any one famous die on 9/11? How about the day JFK got shot? Challenger Disaster day Or other major news days. How about sort of famous people who died the day a really famous person died (John Lennon, Princess Diana,… --- ## [Ask the Bicycle Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bicycle-mechanic/391029)
**Author:** [@Chasing\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chasing_Dreams)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2007, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bicycle-mechanic/391029 "2007-02-16T07:01:04Z")
With spring almost here, I wish to offer the SDMB the chance to ask questions about bicycles to a former bicycle mechanic. I worked in a bike shop for 2 years building up bikes and fixing some customer ones. My knowledge… --- ## [A Poll: The Most Famous \_\_\_\_\_\_\_](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-the-most-famous-_______/396430)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-the-most-famous-_______/396430 "2007-03-25T13:06:57Z")
Please reply to the OP before looking at other responses. This is less about your own preferences and more about your perception of “What is the Most Famous such-and-such?” How you choose to establish “most famous” is y… --- ## [Harrison Ford's body in Temple of Doom--The best men's body in film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-fords-body-in-temple-of-doom-the-best-mens-body-in-film/944700)
**Author:** [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-fords-body-in-temple-of-doom-the-best-mens-body-in-film/944700 "2021-07-01T19:53:02Z")
I just saw Temple of Doom in the theater. Harrison Ford looks great in it. Unlike today’s action stars, he has a body that fits his character and is achievable by a normal (non-juiced), active man. Mel Gibson looked grea… --- ## [Do people remember you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-remember-you/11265)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 1999, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-remember-you/11265 "1999-11-20T06:49:00Z")
I can go into a store once or twice a year and sales people seem to remember me. It could be the facial ticks, but don’t think so. Do any of you seem to ellicite this response in a lot of stores, or is it just me? I’m ta… --- ## [People who complain about wind turbine plans.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-complain-about-wind-turbine-plans/191934)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-complain-about-wind-turbine-plans/191934 "2003-08-13T17:43:31Z")
This’ll be a controversial one. I think it is selfish to complain about plans to put wind turbine farms in their ‘back yards’. I say the more renewable energy sources the better! --- ## [How are you fucked up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-fucked-up/280431)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2004, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-fucked-up/280431 "2004-12-23T19:10:52Z")
Sorry for the graphic phrase in the title, but I thought that it was more defining putting it in those terms. It’s true though. We’re all fucked up in some way, be it having a disorder or ailment, having a disablitiy, h… --- ## [Climate Change Wars: Water - Egypt and Ethiopia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-wars-water-egypt-and-ethiopia/847685)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-wars-water-egypt-and-ethiopia/847685 "2023-09-14T15:20:01Z")
Egypt is concerned over a dam being built on the Nile by Ethiopia which may reduce their water supply. Negotiations are ongoing. So no matter if the dam came on line at all or not there will be water shortages and sign… --- ## [Proposal to explicitly ban sexism from the game room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-to-explicitly-ban-sexism-from-the-game-room/948338)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-to-explicitly-ban-sexism-from-the-game-room/948338 "2021-08-16T14:44:02Z")
Continuing the discussion from Chronos, this is the wrong call: Accordingly here is a poll. poll ~Max --- ## [Look, just massage my ass, don't share your political opinions!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-just-massage-my-ass-dont-share-your-political-opinions/520373)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2009, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-just-massage-my-ass-dont-share-your-political-opinions/520373 "2009-12-11T05:30:58Z")
Typing that title actually made me feel better - I’m so juvenile! So I was at physical therapy today, where yes, part of my care is soft tissue work to release spastic muscles around my SI joint, and I was complimenting… --- ## [Here's what's wrong with M. Night Shyamalan:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-whats-wrong-with-m-night-shyamalan/468894)
**Author:** [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2008, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-whats-wrong-with-m-night-shyamalan/468894 "2008-10-24T09:23:25Z")
He’s a very good director and an inventive storyteller who ruins his own movies by insisting on writing them. He could be making great movies if he wrote the basic story, hired someone else to write the script, and then … --- ## ["You won't do anything under hypnosis..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wont-do-anything-under-hypnosis/351530)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wont-do-anything-under-hypnosis/351530 "2006-04-10T12:50:11Z")
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