# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=172&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:** 173 --- ## [A Laborious MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laborious-mmp/667794)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laborious-mmp/667794 "2013-09-09T04:05:52Z")
Since it’s Labor Day in the US, I thought I’d give us all a chance to tell what we want/wanted to be when we grow/grew up, or what we wish we’d done. Or interesting/unique/terrifying jobs we’ve held in the past. Whatev… --- ## [WELCOME TO THE WHITE HOUSE - PUSH BUTTON. What does the button do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-white-house-push-button-what-does-the-button-do/581875)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2014, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-white-house-push-button-what-does-the-button-do/581875 "2014-09-24T07:53:03Z")
Today I visited the White House. I noticed a very tempting button on the fence behind the back lawn (the standard viewing position, exactly in the center) and decided that it was too irresistible to not push. You can fin… --- ## ["Healthy, Happy, and Hot" - Planned Parenthood Opposes Mandatory HIV Disclosure Before Sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-happy-and-hot-planned-parenthood-opposes-mandatory-hiv-disclosure-before-sex/535958)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2010, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-happy-and-hot-planned-parenthood-opposes-mandatory-hiv-disclosure-before-sex/535958 "2010-04-19T12:30:50Z")
So here’s the PDF of a pamphlet put out by International Planned Parenthood. They say that even though you’re HIV-positive, you have the right to a fulfilling sex life. I suppose I agree with that statement generally… bu… --- ## [Greece voted against the bailout. F\*\*\* Them.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greece-voted-against-the-bailout-f-them/724353)
**Author:** [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greece-voted-against-the-bailout-f-them/724353 "2015-07-22T22:15:47Z")
Stupid, whiny Greeks are elated that they will run out of money in a few days and probably go bankrupt. I hear them proclaim that this vote was about protecting their “dignity.” Watch how dignified you are when you are … --- ## [Why do British people make fun of people with red "ginger" hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-british-people-make-fun-of-people-with-red-ginger-hair/557063)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2010, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-british-people-make-fun-of-people-with-red-ginger-hair/557063 "2010-11-07T12:07:06Z")
Saw this yet again on Top Gear last night, (Rupert Grint was the star in the resaonably priced car on the episode that just aired on BBC America), and it reminded me that I’d been meaning to ask this before. What’s up w… --- ## [Slot Machines - WTF? Seriously, WTF???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slot-machines-wtf-seriously-wtf/616435)
**Author:** [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slot-machines-wtf-seriously-wtf/616435 "2012-03-31T03:52:48Z")
Last night, for our anniversary, my wife and I went to a casino for the first time in ages. I’ve never been too crazy about slot machines, I prefer the interactiveness of table games over the mindless plunk-pull, plunk-p… --- ## [Swallowing a small speck of glass, then getting sent home from the emergency. Weird or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swallowing-a-small-speck-of-glass-then-getting-sent-home-from-the-emergency-weird-or-not/568140)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swallowing-a-small-speck-of-glass-then-getting-sent-home-from-the-emergency-weird-or-not/568140 "2016-08-22T16:12:30Z")
NOT SEEKING MEDICAL ADVICE BTW One of the weirdest things just happened: I took a friend who had broken his Bodem \[french press\] to the emergency room because he was freaking out that he cracked it and because the crack… --- ## [Handicap the GOP nomination race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-the-gop-nomination-race/423463)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 458\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-the-gop-nomination-race/423463 "2008-02-10T17:58:46Z")
Forget for the nonce how evil or idiotic they all are, and what the consequences might be if the winner of the GOP Presidential nomination were to win the 2008 election: this is strictly a horse-race thread, with a disti… --- ## [Symbiosis does not develop over time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbiosis-does-not-develop-over-time/660054)
**Author:** [@reef\_shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reef_shark)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbiosis-does-not-develop-over-time/660054 "2013-06-16T17:25:55Z")
Can anyone please cite an example of a symbiotic relationship (not just mutualistic) relationship developing over time, please? Thank you, these citations were refused to me in the GQ thread. --- ## [Do sexual preferences make one a bigot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sexual-preferences-make-one-a-bigot/948544)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 345\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sexual-preferences-make-one-a-bigot/948544 "2022-04-06T17:17:36Z")
Continuing the discussion from Is there a non-bigoted reason to be anti-same-sex-marriage?: This got me thinking. Suppose I’m not sexually attracted to people of a protected class. I really am not sexually attracted to… --- ## [Can the abortion issue ever be finally resolved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-abortion-issue-ever-be-finally-resolved/254853)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-abortion-issue-ever-be-finally-resolved/254853 "2013-08-26T00:30:58Z")
I’ve seen pro-lifers with buttons that say, “Slavery and abortion are wrong.” Leaving aside the question of moral equivalence, I see an obvious difference between slavery and abortion: It was possible for American slave… --- ## [My sister has been murdered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731 "2012-02-20T01:37:11Z")
They think on Friday. Her body was discovered yesterday. I found out today. She is the one we always expected to go next, but not this way. No suspects yet. (That I know of–I’m two steps removed on the information flow… --- ## [The greatest line from any movie or TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431 "2011-10-27T14:38:47Z")
You only get one. After all, it is THE best line. For me it has to be Star Trek TOS “The Conscience of the King” McCoy is talking to Kirk about the suspected mass-murderer in hiding as Karidian. He accosts Kirk and s… --- ## [Lucifer, Season 2 (2016-2017)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucifer-season-2-2016-2017/766511)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucifer-season-2-2016-2017/766511 "2017-06-01T05:12:15Z")
I thought that I would start a thread for Season Two, which started Monday, September 19, 2016 with the episode "Everything’s Coming Up Lucifer ". Any thoughts on the episode? --- ## [YouTube ? Right time & place, and I got it all on video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-right-time-place-and-i-got-it-all-on-video/684014)
**Author:** [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-right-time-place-and-i-got-it-all-on-video/684014 "2018-05-02T02:01:01Z")
Like the title says, I was standing in the right place at the right time, when I filmed a someone doing something that could be described as awesome, but in a good way. This is verboten is my family. This person is not … --- ## [Are there some people with Down syndrome who are mentally normal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-some-people-with-down-syndrome-who-are-mentally-normal/668518)
**Author:** [@inuittagluuqqak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inuittagluuqqak)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-some-people-with-down-syndrome-who-are-mentally-normal/668518 "2013-09-15T20:09:01Z")
I’d be interested to know if there are any known cases of a person with Down syndrome who has normal mental functioning? I read that people with Down syndrome usually have a range of IQ scores between 30 and 70, with an … --- ## [Can a bisexual be entirely satisfied in a monogamous relationship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-bisexual-be-entirely-satisfied-in-a-monogamous-relationship/338121)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-bisexual-be-entirely-satisfied-in-a-monogamous-relationship/338121 "2014-06-06T20:22:26Z")
I hope nobody gets mad over this thread. No moral judgment or homophobic (or whatever) sniping intended here, I am raising this question purely out of intellectual curiosity. OTOH, it’s obviously not suitable for GQ, s… --- ## [Can you use oxycontin as a sleep aid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-use-oxycontin-as-a-sleep-aid/611946)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-use-oxycontin-as-a-sleep-aid/611946 "2012-02-15T17:59:06Z")
I seriously threw out my back a day or so ago. Ibuprofen did zero for it, and so I took two of the oxycontin I had a few left over from a dental procedure I had done a year or so ago. It helped a little with the pain, b… --- ## [Why does Kanye West continue to try and test the boundaries of assholish behavior? \[VMA Spoiler\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991)
**Author:** [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2009, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991 "2009-09-24T08:43:56Z")
So in case anybody hasn’t heard, Kanye West made a douche of himself, again, this time at the 2009 VMA Ceremony. Long story short, (spoiler) Taylor Swift wins Best Female Artist Video or whatever, she’s standing on the … --- ## [Sports Rules You Don't Think Are Necessary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-rules-you-dont-think-are-necessary/610360)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2012, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-rules-you-dont-think-are-necessary/610360 "2012-02-02T09:31:46Z")
I’m watching the NFL title game and I’m endlessly confused as to why a “False start” is even a penalty. Why should the offensive lineman NOT be able to flinch or jerk backwards to pull a defensive player offside? I can… --- ## [Is There A Board Policy About Approving Donation Request Threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-board-policy-about-approving-donation-request-threads/715913)
**Author:** [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-board-policy-about-approving-donation-request-threads/715913 "2015-04-04T22:30:17Z")
I get that this request sought and received official mod sanction, but to my mind - and seemingly that of most posters in the thread - the OP asking strangers online for money to fund her daughter’s expensive European … --- ## [Any benefit to olive oil in ear for infection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-benefit-to-olive-oil-in-ear-for-infection/588085)
**Author:** [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-benefit-to-olive-oil-in-ear-for-infection/588085 "2011-07-08T16:21:58Z")
I’ve had an ear infection in each ear for a week now. It’s driving me crazy. It basically started last Wednesday while landing during a flight. My ears popped as usual, but failed to unpop. I can feel the fluid in my ear… --- ## [Shapes and functions of blunt melee weapons and shields.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shapes-and-functions-of-blunt-melee-weapons-and-shields/620265)
**Author:** [@Animastryfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Animastryfe)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shapes-and-functions-of-blunt-melee-weapons-and-shields/620265 "2012-07-27T00:23:11Z")
How do the shapes of blunt melee weapons affect their function? For example, what advantages does the flanged mace offer over the war hammer, or were those two weapons used for different situations and not very comparabl… --- ## [DirecTV vs Comcast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directv-vs-comcast/642026)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directv-vs-comcast/642026 "2013-12-26T20:41:24Z")
I’m getting tired of Comcast. They’ve been quietly raising their prices for some time now. Today I got my credit card bill, for the card that I only use for automated payments to Comcast. Over $194. :eek: I was tick… --- ## [Rants of the miniature variety](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-of-the-miniature-variety/427748)
**Author:** [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Replies:** 346\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-of-the-miniature-variety/427748 "2007-12-24T01:13:10Z")
It’s (almost) a new month, it’s time for another mini-rant thread. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it many more times: People, you don’t have to bathe in your cologne. Seriously. I don’t care what the Axe commercials te… --- ## [Why can't they make frozen pizza that tastes good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-they-make-frozen-pizza-that-tastes-good/575309)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-they-make-frozen-pizza-that-tastes-good/575309 "2011-03-25T02:12:14Z")
Tried a frozen pizza today and it tasted like wood and hatred. It looked good in the store and it was one of the more expensive kinds, but that did me no good. I’m not a big pizza guy, and only eat it once or twice a m… --- ## [Disappearing Facebook profile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-facebook-profile/518273)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-facebook-profile/518273 "2013-08-22T09:02:05Z")
I recently (like, a few hours ago) managed to find a (very obscure) author who I like on Facebook. I sent him a friend request, along with a message that I liked his book. He accepted it. I looked at his Facebook profile… --- ## [SCOTUS declines voter ID challenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-declines-voter-id-challenge/715811)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-declines-voter-id-challenge/715811 "2015-03-31T13:58:29Z")
Supreme Court Won’t Consider Challenge To Wisconsin Voter ID Law Of all the issues dear to the left, I find this one of the most ridiculous. The idea that getting a form of ID is an extreme hardship is completely absurd… --- ## [Worst live concert you ever attended.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-live-concert-you-ever-attended/660250)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-live-concert-you-ever-attended/660250 "2013-06-15T19:42:13Z")
Inspired by this thread For me, it was a concert by the Manhattan Transfer in 1972 or 73. They were way off, as though they hadn’t rehearsed, which is deadly for a group that depended on close harmonies and fancy vocal… --- ## [Preliminary dog research](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preliminary-dog-research/613780)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preliminary-dog-research/613780 "2012-03-01T19:57:44Z")
We are getting a dog. When exactly? I don’t know, but I’m being led to believe that it will be soon. Now, to be fair, it won’t be my dog, but I’ve been asked to help take care of it. There are no small children in th… --- ## [Is there a name for clogged pores that look like little hairs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-clogged-pores-that-look-like-little-hairs/663687)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-clogged-pores-that-look-like-little-hairs/663687 "2013-07-16T22:42:52Z")
At least, I assume they’re clogged pores of some sort. They look like little light colored short body hair, but when they’re pulled, there’s no pain or pulling sensation at all, they remove very easily, and they sort of … --- ## [Can we now, finally, chew the lying stripper a new one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-now-finally-chew-the-lying-stripper-a-new-one/399607)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 349\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-now-finally-chew-the-lying-stripper-a-new-one/399607 "2024-12-17T21:25:46Z")
All charges in the Duke rape case to be dropped. Those boys were ripped from end to end over this, their names dragged through the mud, castigated by the “Group of 88”, judged guilty in the court of public opinion, and … --- ## [The Boys S1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s1/835656)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s1/835656 "2020-07-31T23:38:12Z")
I am enthusiastically waiting for 26 July so I can watch E1 of The Boys on Amazon. 2 minute trailer here. DC;DW: Seems to be a darkly humorous show about a secret superhero group that acts when other superheros abuse t… --- ## [Iowa Caucuses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-caucuses/608326)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-caucuses/608326 "2012-01-07T18:20:37Z")
Interesting start. Very tight between Paul, Romney, and Santorum. Bachmann and Perry are toast. Could be a shocker for Santorum. Romney finishing third would have to be a huge disappointment for him. --- ## [Algonquin Kid's Table](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algonquin-kids-table/4753)
**Author:** [@S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/S)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 1999, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algonquin-kids-table/4753 "1999-11-16T09:04:00Z")
Some of us in the UK really like your funny ‘Friends’ TV show. In one episode, Chandler is shown talking about a subject Joey doesn’t understand at all. He says ‘It was like the algonquin (sic) kid’s table’. I’m with Joe… --- ## [I have a coworker who uses 'literally' incorrectly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-coworker-who-uses-literally-incorrectly/755834)
**Author:** [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-coworker-who-uses-literally-incorrectly/755834 "2016-06-09T04:49:59Z")
…and uses it often; you can hear at least three or four of them in one conversation. It bugs me, make no mistake, but now I get my kicks by watching people flinch/cringe and then quickly rearrange their faces back into a… --- ## ["Athiests Need to Just Shut Up"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athiests-need-to-just-shut-up/391204)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Replies:** 353\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athiests-need-to-just-shut-up/391204 "2007-02-16T22:52:02Z")
Twice recently I’ve seen this meme pop up of atheists being the only minority group it’s still okay to oppress. A lot of groups make this claim, including Christians. I hate to see atheists start nailing themselves to … --- ## [Favourite Benny Hill Jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-benny-hill-jokes/367395)
**Author:** [@YellowTail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowTail)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2019, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-benny-hill-jokes/367395 "2019-04-20T05:31:57Z")
I know a lot of people can’t stand him but I thought his show was hilarious. One joke has a mother standing over the breakfast table looking down at someone off camera and saying, “But you have to go to school.” Whiny v… --- ## [Gene Tierney, rubella, and the obsessed fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-tierney-rubella-and-the-obsessed-fan/504022)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-tierney-rubella-and-the-obsessed-fan/504022 "2009-08-03T16:45:56Z")
I just heard the story of how the actress Gene Tierney contracted German measles during her only appearance at a nightcluc called the Hollywood canteen. She was pregnant at the time, and her daughter was born prematurely… --- ## [RedFury, Xploder: shame on you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redfury-xploder-shame-on-you/317536)
**Author:** [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Replies:** 329\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redfury-xploder-shame-on-you/317536 "2005-08-24T16:42:25Z")
Followed by . . . Those comments are petty, vicious, and utterly devoid of compassion. You should be ashamed to have exposed them in public. --- ## [Traveling to England for the first time: advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-england-for-the-first-time-advice/608959)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-england-for-the-first-time-advice/608959 "2012-04-23T19:19:17Z")
I’m going to visit a friend in the UK for a couple of weeks this spring. He’s putting me up, so I don’t need to worry about accommodations and whatnot. But in general, is there anything I should know to avoid being an an… --- ## [How many people did Scott Peterson kill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-did-scott-peterson-kill/548676)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-did-scott-peterson-kill/548676 "2024-01-21T02:15:36Z")
For those of you who need a refresher course on Scott Peterson --- ## [Game Threads in The Game Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-threads-in-the-game-room/698775)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-threads-in-the-game-room/698775 "2014-09-29T13:39:56Z")
Let me state right at the top that I understand that they are specifically permitted in the forum, they don’t break any rules (although post-padding has become the de facto result of them) and I am perfectly capable of i… --- ## [Consequences for Colin Kaepernick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consequences-for-colin-kaepernick/782422)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 264\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consequences-for-colin-kaepernick/782422 "2018-10-01T17:29:06Z")
Colin Kaepernick Sentenced to NFL Limbo for the Crime of Speaking His Mind Based on the headline, this writer (or whoever wrote the headline) seems to disagree with the NFL execs. I myself am pleased with this result, … --- ## [Ladies: How would you react if one of your friends offered to pay to see you naked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-would-you-react-if-one-of-your-friends-offered-to-pay-to-see-you-naked/435201)
**Author:** [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-would-you-react-if-one-of-your-friends-offered-to-pay-to-see-you-naked/435201 "2008-02-01T19:37:05Z")
I’ve been trying to figure out a way to write this thread without coming off as totally creepy, and I eventually realized that the tone of this subject is going to have that effect on some people no matter how it is word… --- ## [It's our lifestyle! (Man walks woman on leash in mall)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-our-lifestyle-man-walks-woman-on-leash-in-mall/720979)
**Author:** [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Replies:** 243\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-our-lifestyle-man-walks-woman-on-leash-in-mall/720979 "2015-06-16T21:27:23Z")
The title says it all, really. Some guy was seen walking his fiancee’ on a leash in the mall, and the world disapproves. So of course they came forward to tell their side of the story, and it boils down to, “It’s our li… --- ## [Stop murdering babies, you anti-vax morons!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-murdering-babies-you-anti-vax-morons/544312)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-murdering-babies-you-anti-vax-morons/544312 "2010-09-29T14:11:28Z")
Vaccinate your babies, people. Whooping cough breaks ribs ribs. Whooping cough leads to pneumonia, brain damage and death in little tiny babies. Fuck. --- ## [Re: Closure of the Big T thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301 "2010-05-28T17:11:14Z")
I totally get that OP’s can request that their thread be closed, and am not in disagreement with that. But this poster, after a contentious thread, with many participants, basically, returned, responded to 9 posters, to… --- ## [The Windows 10 free upgrade thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-windows-10-free-upgrade-thread/721329)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-windows-10-free-upgrade-thread/721329 "2015-08-20T21:53:48Z")
(I debated a while on where to put this thread… mup-simms seems right, I guess.) So today a little tray icon showed up on my system and it turns out to be the invite from Microsoft to request a Windows 10 upgrade when i… --- ## [Chicago's "Undertown"? (ANSWERED BY CECIL)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicagos-undertown-answered-by-cecil/481991)
**Author:** [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicagos-undertown-answered-by-cecil/481991 "2010-03-14T18:17:35Z")
In the “Dresden Files” series of books by Jim Butcher, he posits an entire community - and even, pretty much, an entire city underneath present-day Chicago. He calls it “Undertown”, and it’s apparently comprised of most… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=171&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=173&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)