# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1719&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:** 1720 --- ## [Forbidden Thread for Mafia: Simpletown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-thread-for-mafia-simpletown/443094)
**Author:** [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-thread-for-mafia-simpletown/443094 "2008-05-09T07:05:23Z")
Hope you don’t mind me starting this thread, sachertorte. Living players, scram. The only way you’re allowed to read this thread is if you’re dead or by telepathy. Take note of the sachertorte-HazelNutCoffee connection … --- ## [Obama's Oath/ So help me God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-oath-so-help-me-god/482261)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-oath-so-help-me-god/482261 "2009-01-22T21:43:26Z")
When I first heard the oath, I was struck by the intonation Of Chief Justice Roberts during the final phrase. His intonation was that of a question. The second time (on CNN) I heard the administration of the oath I thou… --- ## [Share The Happy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-happy/841974)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-happy/841974 "2020-05-26T15:54:31Z")
No, not like that, that’s not the sort of happy I meant. You people are incorrigible! :wink: There is enough stress and negative energy in the world generally, and I’ve not been totally happy for a bit now, but coping.… --- ## [What to do with a Box 'o Porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429)
**Author:** [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429 "2010-05-27T00:40:04Z")
A few years ago a friend of mine gave me two fairly large boxes of VHS porn. With porn being so prevalent on the 'net, I haven’t found a need to crack open the boxes. I can’t exactly sell them at the garage sale and do… --- ## [What's a yuppie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-yuppie/408875)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-yuppie/408875 "2007-06-26T03:22:03Z")
I’ve been reading the Am I a homophobe? thread, and I don’t want to hijack it any further. Someone suggested a Volvo is a yuppie car. Or, a new Volvo is a yuppie car, with an old Volvo being a hippie car. I read that a… --- ## [Barack and the National Anthem- how do you feel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-and-the-national-anthem-how-do-you-feel/425118)
**Author:** [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-and-the-national-anthem-how-do-you-feel/425118 "2007-11-04T03:03:08Z")
If this has already been covered, please give me a link to the thread… I searched the Dope for this topic and couldn’t find any discussion. Apparently Mr. Obama failed to put his hand on his heart while the National An… --- ## [Fuck You, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-las-vegas-mayor-carolyn-goodman/852395)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-las-vegas-mayor-carolyn-goodman/852395 "2020-08-16T21:50:44Z")
Today’s CNN interview with the Vegas mayor Unbelievable! She actually makes Chump look like the voice of reason. It’s like a bad car wreck, you simply cannot look away from it. This “lady” is completely irresponsible. I… --- ## [How long does Hope Hicks have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746 "2018-03-03T02:05:15Z")
Can anyone read thisarticle and not imagine that Hope Hicks isn’t long for this administration? Relevant quotes: \[ul\] \[li\]“Mercedes \[senior adviser for strategic communications\] has been a godsend … Every time there i… --- ## [Dock Leaves: Do they really help with nettle stings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dock-leaves-do-they-really-help-with-nettle-stings/539892)
**Author:** [@Bisected8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bisected8)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dock-leaves-do-they-really-help-with-nettle-stings/539892 "2010-05-21T14:53:09Z")
Since I was little, my parents have always told me to put a dock leaf (or Rumex obtusifolius to give a specific species) on nettle stings. This afternoon while I was weeding the garden (having returned home from univers… --- ## [How come Jesus spoke Aramaic and not Hebrew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-jesus-spoke-aramaic-and-not-hebrew/365337)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-jesus-spoke-aramaic-and-not-hebrew/365337 "2006-07-21T15:12:29Z")
I keep being told that Jesus spoke something called “Aramaic”. I thought the Jews in Judea or Israel or the Holy Land or whatever you want to call it spoke Hebrew. What is Aramaic, and where did it come from? Did the peo… --- ## [The highest daily temperature EVER recorded in Ireland is 91.9 Fahrenheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419 "2009-08-26T02:32:03Z")
I had no idea the island of Ireland was so temperate. Irishmen that moved to the American west in days of yore must have been suffering! --- ## [Why Do Asian People's Eyes Look That Way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-asian-peoples-eyes-look-that-way/297849)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-asian-peoples-eyes-look-that-way/297849 "2005-04-10T05:41:28Z")
Why are the eyelids of Asian people typically slightly different in their appearance from those of non-Asian people? What was different about the environment of their ancestors that would have selected for eyelids of th… --- ## [Let's kill a Dragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-kill-a-dragon/713423)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2015, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-kill-a-dragon/713423 "2015-02-25T08:11:45Z")
Let’s kill a Dragon. No magic. No modern technology. I submit the idea of trapping the Dragon in an enclosed space and using a Ballista, a giant crossbow, to shoot it and kill it. So how to trap it? How to avoid getting … --- ## [Dealing with a little girl that just won't sleep in her bed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-little-girl-that-just-wont-sleep-in-her-bed/738531)
**Author:** [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-little-girl-that-just-wont-sleep-in-her-bed/738531 "2015-12-09T19:54:05Z")
We tried stickers and treats and praise for successes. We tried explaining why it’s not a good idea. We tried locking our door. It’s been years and nothing really works: every single night our daughter, now 5, wakes up a… --- ## [Ask the Elk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-elk/533062)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-elk/533062 "2010-03-27T20:03:52Z")
No, silly, not the big antlered quadruped, but a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE). I was asked over in the “Ask the Freemason” thread to do this, so here it is. I am currently the “Exalted R… --- ## [Ethical for me to lie to donate blood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-for-me-to-lie-to-donate-blood/402153)
**Author:** [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2007, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-for-me-to-lie-to-donate-blood/402153 "2007-05-07T12:46:53Z")
Okay, before anybody goes ballistic on me, let me clarify that I’m asking only about my own particular case here, and not about the ethics generally of lying to the Red Cross. So anyway, I note that there’s an office bl… --- ## [St. Louis Cardinals under FBI investigation for hacking Astros' computers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-cardinals-under-fbi-investigation-for-hacking-astros-computers/722676)
**Author:** [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-cardinals-under-fbi-investigation-for-hacking-astros-computers/722676 "2016-01-11T16:22:03Z")
From the New York Times: This is pretty crazy. Setting aside for a second the legal implications of corporate espionage, what might MLB do to the Cardinals? --- ## [Disc-Covering: Your Favorite Covers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610 "2017-10-11T22:41:21Z")
Companion to this thread. What are some of your favorite covers of songs others have made famous? One of my favorites is Jack Webb doing his unique rendition of “Try A Little Tenderness”. --- ## [Are political parties the worst mistake America ever made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-political-parties-the-worst-mistake-america-ever-made/744183)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-political-parties-the-worst-mistake-america-ever-made/744183 "2016-02-04T17:02:59Z")
George Washington didn’t believe in political parties, and I think he was right! Partisan fighting has done a lot of damage to this country for as long as we have had political parties. Some of our senators and congres… --- ## [Do any languages have a single word for "one-and-a-half"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-languages-have-a-single-word-for-one-and-a-half/568920)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-languages-have-a-single-word-for-one-and-a-half/568920 "2011-01-29T15:12:59Z")
I was reading a tour guide for Delhi the other day, and the author pointed out, as I know, that Hindi is one of the few languages (along with some of its sister South Asian languages) that has a word for one-and-a-half -… --- ## [Your Top Ten Favorite Character Actors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-ten-favorite-character-actors/649410)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-ten-favorite-character-actors/649410 "2013-02-07T19:17:19Z")
This is Step Two on the way to a poll (or more) to decide the SDMB favorites. Refer to Your Favorite Character Actors (pre-poll data gathering) for some possibilities from which to make your own Top Ten list. Your list… --- ## [Can You name Famous lead singers with a deep bass voice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-famous-lead-singers-with-a-deep-bass-voice/810939)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-famous-lead-singers-with-a-deep-bass-voice/810939 "2021-02-02T19:46:51Z")
How unusual is Trace Adkins career? He has a deep, gravelly bass voice. He is a very successful solo country artist. I can’t think of many basses with solo recording careers. Hoyt Axton had a bass voice and recorded a f… --- ## [NY GOP Congressman Christopher Lee Resigns in Sex Scandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822)
**Author:** [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gop-congressman-christopher-lee-resigns-in-sex-scandal/570822 "2011-02-27T14:31:51Z")
There is no joy in Batavia tonight. Lee represented the area of Western New York state up near Canada, it looks like his 26th District was between Buffalo and Rochester. Details are still emerging, but it seems he’s mar… --- ## [Re this ad for a Western Digitial "cloud based hard drive" what exactly is inside this "drive"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-this-ad-for-a-western-digitial-cloud-based-hard-drive-what-exactly-is-inside-this-drive/692726)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-this-ad-for-a-western-digitial-cloud-based-hard-drive-what-exactly-is-inside-this-drive/692726 "2014-07-10T22:15:52Z")
Re this ad and the attached spec sheet I’m not clear on what the guts of this thing are. What exactly is inside the box on this device? WD - My Cloud 2TB Personal Cloud Storage External Hard Drive (NAS) - White --- ## [Sopranos -- May 21 -- unboxed spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-may-21-unboxed-spoilers/357695)
**Author:** [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-may-21-unboxed-spoilers/357695 "2006-05-28T12:01:14Z")
Can’t believe there’s no Sopranos thread yet. What’s everybody think? The folks looking for more blood & gore got a treat this week. Will AJ straighten out with an actual paying job? Will there be an all-out war? A… --- ## ["Writers" who don't write](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-who-dont-write/428062)
**Author:** [@joechip236](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joechip236)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-who-dont-write/428062 "2007-12-01T16:16:32Z")
Reading the thread about NaNoWriMo got me to thinking about people I’ve known who refer to themselves as “writers” but never seem to write anything. I have a friend who calls herself a novelist but has never, as far as … --- ## [Electoral tie, Republican Congress. What happens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-tie-republican-congress-what-happens/770420)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-tie-republican-congress-what-happens/770420 "2016-11-08T12:37:59Z")
All right, We all know Trump isn’t going to win. Play along please. But theoretically there is a microscopic whisper of a quark of a hint of a possibility that given the right alignment of the fates there kind of could … --- ## [Films that look good, but that you would never watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-look-good-but-that-you-would-never-watch/567803)
**Author:** [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-look-good-but-that-you-would-never-watch/567803 "2011-01-29T04:03:42Z")
I was just going to title this “films that you will never watch,” but I didn’t want it to be “I will never watch \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ because it looks stupid/I hate \[principal actor\].” I want your responses to be films whose premise… --- ## ["Idiocracy" nitpick: What about the rest of the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiocracy-nitpick-what-about-the-rest-of-the-world/579042)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiocracy-nitpick-what-about-the-rest-of-the-world/579042 "2011-04-22T21:16:21Z")
In Idiocracy, it is posited that certain social factors cause dysgenic pressure in American society: (1) Compared to ages past, the less intelligent have fewer opportunities to remove themselves from the gene pool. (2) … --- ## [Why Was The Nazi Leadership So Mediocre?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-nazi-leadership-so-mediocre/676103)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-nazi-leadership-so-mediocre/676103 "2013-12-15T17:17:19Z")
When you read the history of WWII, you realize that Hitler had some pretty bad people working for him For example: -Head of the Airforce (Goering): had been a unit commander in WWI-never promoted to general -Head of t… --- ## [What do the following have in common? (game)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927)
**Author:** [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927 "2005-05-27T04:33:03Z")
I didn’t see any game threads on the first page, so I hope this one is acceptable. The game is “What do the following have in common?”. If you think you know, say so and then post your own question. So, I’ll start: Fro… --- ## [How long does it take to get over performance anxiety?(TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-over-performance-anxiety-tmi/269141)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2004, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-over-performance-anxiety-tmi/269141 "2004-10-14T20:07:21Z")
The first time I ever got hot and heavy with a woman, I was totally unable to get an erection. This was mortifying- for some reason I just didn’t feel aroused by it. I confided to some people about it, and they reassured… --- ## [Atheists: how do you feel about patriotism, particularly: reverence of flags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-how-do-you-feel-about-patriotism-particularly-reverence-of-flags/403230)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-how-do-you-feel-about-patriotism-particularly-reverence-of-flags/403230 "2007-05-12T22:55:22Z")
Inspired by this thread, it seems to me that reverence for patriotic objects such as flags, along with methods for their ceremonious and proper disposal, border on a sort of metaphysical appreciation of said objects. So… --- ## [Explain please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-please/786875)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-please/786875 "2017-05-20T12:10:50Z")
Post # 21: Jonathan Chance Domo Arigato Mister Moderato Moderator The Moderator Clears His Throat \*DrDeth, two things. Bringing Bricker into this is not best practices. This is a mod note to not do anything simila… --- ## [I'm at a restaurant in SLC. Guess who I am sitting not ten feet away from, facing them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948 "2015-01-20T17:08:55Z")
It’s Mitt Romney. Mundane pointless had to share. --- ## [Blood type](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-type/668167)
**Author:** [@sdturf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdturf)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-type/668167 "2013-09-15T19:13:00Z")
Regarding Cecil’s column on Eat Right for your Type, which is a book of recommendations based on your blood type: I have been looking at various diets like this for many years. I do think there is some merit in this one… --- ## [Why do pumps still specify "Unleaded" gasoline?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-pumps-still-specify-unleaded-gasoline/532816)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-pumps-still-specify-unleaded-gasoline/532816 "2010-03-19T16:52:00Z")
I’m just old enough to have actually seen and remember when gas stations still sold both leaded and unleaded gasoline. I know it was only 1996 when leaded was officially outlawed for on-road vehicles, but it’s been at l… --- ## [What is AARP good for? Are there alternatives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-aarp-good-for-are-there-alternatives/726165)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-aarp-good-for-are-there-alternatives/726165 "2015-08-05T07:49:14Z")
AARP is an organization for older people (the name once stood for “American Association of Retired Persons”). I like the idea of such organizations. I’m 58. AARP facilitates getting discounts on various things including… --- ## [How did gay marriage (or lack thereof) affect you personally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-gay-marriage-or-lack-thereof-affect-you-personally/586828)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-gay-marriage-or-lack-thereof-affect-you-personally/586828 "2011-07-03T02:03:01Z")
Reading the coverage of NY (Hooray!), I was wondering how gay marriage has affected individuals, either positively or negatively. I think a lot of people here know what lack of access to federally-recognized marriage me… --- ## [Administrative assistants and promotion prospects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/administrative-assistants-and-promotion-prospects/588580)
**Author:** [@Paul\_Pocket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_Pocket)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/administrative-assistants-and-promotion-prospects/588580 "2011-07-13T21:46:36Z")
(i posted this in MPSIMS, but I think it may have been the wrong subthread) Long time lurker, first time poster. Please be gentle! (if this isn’t the right forum, please accept my apologies!) I am looking at a career c… --- ## [Indy singers/bands recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indy-singers-bands-recommendations/468475)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indy-singers-bands-recommendations/468475 "2008-10-28T02:35:56Z")
I’m looking for new music and would really like to support some indy bands or singers. I’m feeling a bit mellow and folky right now, so I’m especially looking for things with cultural relevance, political is fine. Some… --- ## [What is the whiniest song ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-whiniest-song-ever/59342)
**Author:** [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2001, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-whiniest-song-ever/59342 "2001-03-27T13:04:18Z")
The undisputed champeen IMO is The Violent Femmes’ Please Do Not Go. I love it, but sometimes I’m embarrassed to play it when other people are around, just because it’s so damned pathetic, and I don’t want them to know … --- ## [Complaint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaint/648636)
**Author:** [@TopTom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TopTom)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaint/648636 "2013-01-31T12:54:45Z")
Idle Thoughts, as is the case with the people who claimed I was being disingenuous, you are wrong. I did not post a message primarily intended to promote a cause, venture, organization, event, website or other entity or… --- ## [Absolute best and worst US states to commit a cold-blooded murder in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-best-and-worst-us-states-to-commit-a-cold-blooded-murder-in/651413)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-best-and-worst-us-states-to-commit-a-cold-blooded-murder-in/651413 "2013-02-28T16:44:22Z")
Did a quick search and didn’t see any other related threads, so here goes. Say you have your heart set on murdering someone. You’re going to do it but you don’t particularly care who you kill. Let’s say that you’re even… --- ## [Human Foot Washed Up on Beach: Male or Female?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-foot-washed-up-on-beach-male-or-female/458917)
**Author:** [@A\_Man\_A\_Plan\_A\_Canal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Man_A_Plan_A_Canal)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-foot-washed-up-on-beach-male-or-female/458917 "2025-03-14T23:17:24Z")
This morning a sixth human foot was found inside a shoe washed up on a beach in Washington state somewheres. Previous feet which have washed up have been identified as having belonged to a male or female. How is this e… --- ## [The "Bedding" tradition in Ice and Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bedding-tradition-in-ice-and-fire/592912)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bedding-tradition-in-ice-and-fire/592912 "2011-08-17T16:54:23Z")
I don’t consider anything here to be a spoiler–I mention what goes on in the oft-mentioned “bedding”, that is all. I’m asking a historical question about the idea. But in case others’ spoil-o-meter is tuned more sensiti… --- ## [Ladies withdrawing after dinner leaving gents to their port and cigars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-withdrawing-after-dinner-leaving-gents-to-their-port-and-cigars/839692)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-withdrawing-after-dinner-leaving-gents-to-their-port-and-cigars/839692 "2019-09-13T22:15:25Z")
When did this custom die out? Just seen it in a 1929 American movie (The Lost Zeppelin) and I’ve seen it in many early US and British movies, right up to the 40s and even 50s. So when did it finally give up the ghost? Or… --- ## [The least erotic sexual fetish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-erotic-sexual-fetish/443038)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-erotic-sexual-fetish/443038 "2008-04-01T00:21:52Z")
What would you choose? For me, it’s Chinese foot binding. Really, really, grotesque. --- ## [Should I be complaining about this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-complaining-about-this/635193)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-complaining-about-this/635193 "2012-09-20T14:11:34Z")
I’m not really sure… I was having some fun, and AFAIK I wasn’t violating any rules, but TubaDiva told me to knock it off. I was experimenting with changing my Custom User Title. I wanted to make it “BANNED” but that is… --- ## [Frazz: Caulfield's Costume Clues Commence!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frazz-caulfields-costume-clues-commence/515170)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frazz-caulfields-costume-clues-commence/515170 "2009-10-28T13:51:13Z")
It’s that time again, folks! For those who don’t read the comic strip Frazz, the character Caulfield dresses up as a literary character every year for Halloween, and clues as to who he’s going to be start popping up abou… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1718&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1720&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)