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**Author:** [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cats-sleep-so-much/447677 "2012-05-12T20:45:59Z")
I’ve often wondered how my cat apparently has earned this luxury. He slept six straight hours with me today and then spent a couple of hours doing important cat things like eating, pooping, and removing the entire conten… --- ## [Time Travel with a Modern Laptop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-with-a-modern-laptop/760671)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-with-a-modern-laptop/760671 "2016-07-27T17:13:23Z")
Something I have wondered about. Suppose you could go back in time with a modern laptop running a standard Windows and MS Office installation. No other software installed. The range of travel would be the early years, s… --- ## [Would you date someone who refused to date persons of his/her own race/ethnicity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-someone-who-refused-to-date-persons-of-his-her-own-race-ethnicity/550881)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-someone-who-refused-to-date-persons-of-his-her-own-race-ethnicity/550881 "2010-08-23T15:58:11Z")
Let’s say that you are single and available to date. You meet a person of the proper gender for you who is highly attractive to you on a physical and emotional level, but of a different race or ethnicity than you; this p… --- ## [Laser + parallel mirrors = see light travel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laser-parallel-mirrors-see-light-travel/627225)
**Author:** [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laser-parallel-mirrors-see-light-travel/627225 "2013-02-23T16:51:50Z")
I’m thinking of doing this experiment and I’d like to know if it’d work first. YouTube doesn’t seem to have any videos of this. So if I had 2 parallel mirrors, I could angle the laser to get any path length of light I w… --- ## [Thread shut down based on a gross mischaracterization](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-shut-down-based-on-a-gross-mischaracterization/838828)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-shut-down-based-on-a-gross-mischaracterization/838828 "2019-08-21T10:51:29Z")
I started a thread yesterday about an IFL Science column on a very questionable Italian medical study linking extreme physical attractiveness to a specific type of endometriosis. The core of my question was, can extreme … --- ## [Why does God Permit....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-permit/386233)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-permit/386233 "2007-01-16T16:33:21Z")
\[QUOTE=CarnalK\] Well, when the starving babies, gang rapes and genocides are pointed out Christians just say “God works in mysterious ways”. I guess it’s hopeless. :frowning: \[/QUOTE\] Yes it is hopeless to understand … --- ## [Why do people talk about Jesus so much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-talk-about-jesus-so-much/690173)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-talk-about-jesus-so-much/690173 "2014-06-15T02:02:26Z")
This may be selection bias as a product of people-on-the-bus, but something I noticed is how much people talk about Jesus in everyday conversations. I live in an area that is extremely diverse, not known for religious fu… --- ## [Survivor December 16 2012 "The Million Dollar Question"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-december-16-2012-the-million-dollar-question/644247)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-december-16-2012-the-million-dollar-question/644247 "2012-12-21T22:03:40Z")
Delayed quite a bit. Should start around 8:57 PM Eastern, folks. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Amazon not delivering packages on time, anyone else notice this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-not-delivering-packages-on-time-anyone-else-notice-this/846929)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-not-delivering-packages-on-time-anyone-else-notice-this/846929 "2020-05-02T14:50:47Z")
A couple times this week they have delivered a day late. I have prime. Anyone else have issues? The drivers use an Amazon truck but they told me they work for a local guy, not for Amazon. We are getting a … --- ## [Is It Technically Possible To Build A "Stealth Car"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-technically-possible-to-build-a-stealth-car/270189)
**Author:** [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-technically-possible-to-build-a-stealth-car/270189 "2019-08-07T09:26:42Z")
You know, a non radar-reflective one along the lines of stealth aircraft, and would enable the driver to slip past police radar guns. Is this feasible, and what kind of technology would be needed? {Note to Mods: in the e… --- ## [How \*you\* doin', Mrs. Capp?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-you-doin-mrs-capp/506349)
**Author:** [@cardinal\_fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardinal_fang)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2009, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-you-doin-mrs-capp/506349 "2009-08-20T06:05:22Z")
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen Florrie without a kerchief, hat or rollers. Cripes, she’s hot. --- ## [Serious incident at my kids' school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-incident-at-my-kids-school/734026)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2015, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-incident-at-my-kids-school/734026 "2015-11-05T05:54:01Z")
Just got this in an email: Jesus Harold Fucking Christ, why am I just now hearing about this!?! Brave souls, that office staff. I can only hope they were armed! Walking right up to a man like that. Wow. Anything… --- ## [What would a modern day physician be able to do in a medievel society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-modern-day-physician-be-able-to-do-in-a-medievel-society/421795)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-modern-day-physician-be-able-to-do-in-a-medievel-society/421795 "2007-10-12T15:26:20Z")
If a modern day medical doctor were transported back to say, 13th Century England during the Black Plague, how much practical good would he/she be able to do with all the benefit of 21st century knowledge but without the… --- ## [Ask the Grammar Harpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-grammar-harpy/23258)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2000, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-grammar-harpy/23258 "2000-08-12T01:51:14Z")
I know all the other “Ask the” threads have been in Great Debates, but this seems to fit here. I have a pretty good knowledge and understanding (as much as anyone can) of English grammar. So ask away! Note: I undoubtedl… --- ## [alcohol delivery service. why not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-delivery-service-why-not/78658)
**Author:** [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2001, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-delivery-service-why-not/78658 "2001-08-29T22:30:42Z")
I have an idea for a new business. I live in the small state of Delaware. One day as my wife and it were eating dinner, I finished my beer and went to the fridge to get another. To my great dismay, we were out. Then, bam… --- ## [Civic solutions in US vs "homogenous" nations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civic-solutions-in-us-vs-homogenous-nations/720800)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civic-solutions-in-us-vs-homogenous-nations/720800 "2015-06-10T20:15:05Z")
(Splitting from sex ed video thread so as not to hijack) I really don’t know where to begin on a response, here. One of the average 'Murrican’s worst lazy habits is to assume that all countries are just like the US (… --- ## [YIKES! When To Renew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-when-to-renew/444868)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-when-to-renew/444868 "2008-05-02T01:41:09Z")
Isn’t about that time of year again to renew our SD memberships??? When is this dubious date? I am always so afraid of being dropped! Of course, some would applaud that… :smiley: --- ## [Housecats: too stupid to learn tricks, or simply too aloof?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housecats-too-stupid-to-learn-tricks-or-simply-too-aloof/550561)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housecats-too-stupid-to-learn-tricks-or-simply-too-aloof/550561 "2010-08-23T02:16:36Z")
This doesn’t need a long stupid setup, does it? Oh, all right. I’ll spoiler-space it, though, so no one needs to bother with it, and frankly I urge everyone to ignore it anyway. --- ## [My b/f wants me to be a nudist... help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-b-f-wants-me-to-be-a-nudist-help/160473)
**Author:** [@Tster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tster)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-b-f-wants-me-to-be-a-nudist-help/160473 "2017-11-27T01:43:31Z")
Well, that’s exaggerating. It’s more like, I want to be one but I am having huge issues with it. I want nothing more than to share his openness with him and join him for a day at the nudist camp but I just don’t think it… --- ## [Hillary Clinton supporters switching to McCain/Palin -- why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-supporters-switching-to-mccain-palin-why/464335)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-supporters-switching-to-mccain-palin-why/464335 "2008-09-21T23:46:55Z")
Followup to this thread. As reported in Newsweek: Still, that the number is greater than zero is significant. Why would someone who backed Clinton in the primaries now prefer McCain to Obama? Possible reasons: Th… --- ## [How much did you pay for your Engagement/Wedding Ring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-pay-for-your-engagement-wedding-ring/473224)
**Author:** [@AndrewJRichards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndrewJRichards)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-pay-for-your-engagement-wedding-ring/473224 "2008-11-19T04:59:32Z")
How much did you pay for your Engagement and Wedding Ring? Was it worth it? --- ## [Reach Out (and finger my stinking dungeye)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reach-out-and-finger-my-stinking-dungeye/325616)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reach-out-and-finger-my-stinking-dungeye/325616 "2005-10-18T23:09:01Z")
Whoever introduced this grating little phrase to the cubicle zoo, please step forward so I can dig out your eyes with a staple remover. There is nothing wrong with Reaching Out, in the proper context. It’s what one does… --- ## [Best movie monologues!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-monologues/67673)
**Author:** [@Spoonbender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoonbender)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2001, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-monologues/67673 "2001-06-13T02:39:35Z")
So, what are your favorite movie monologues? I could name about a dozen, but here are just two of them: Robert Shaw tells the story of the U.S.S. Indianapolis in Jaws. “Very first light, Chief, sharks come cruisin’…” S… --- ## [Clear liquid diet, one gallon of laxative, colonoscopy - TMI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clear-liquid-diet-one-gallon-of-laxative-colonoscopy-tmi/465945)
**Author:** [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clear-liquid-diet-one-gallon-of-laxative-colonoscopy-tmi/465945 "2008-10-19T02:47:22Z")
Tomorrow I start a 2 days bowel cleanse in preparation for a colonoscopy on Friday. I am not at all worried about the procedure, as I will have IV sedation and believe that I will neither feel or remember much of the ex… --- ## [HD vs Full HD in a digital camera???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hd-vs-full-hd-in-a-digital-camera/715957)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2015, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hd-vs-full-hd-in-a-digital-camera/715957 "2015-03-29T13:01:13Z")
Just got a new little digital (Canon S120) and it has video settings of Standard, HD, and Full HD. When I read what’s on line, I see reference to tv’s and can barely make sense of what’s being said. For home movies tha… --- ## [Why are salmon tins tapered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-salmon-tins-tapered/574248)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-salmon-tins-tapered/574248 "2011-03-11T15:41:15Z")
Tuna tins aren’t. Neither are any other tins of anything, that I can tell. And they all seem to stack together well, so it’s not that. So, why are tins of salmon tapered: thicker at the top and thinner on the bottom? … --- ## [Do you eat specialty food at a potluck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-specialty-food-at-a-potluck/554812)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-specialty-food-at-a-potluck/554812 "2010-09-26T13:58:37Z")
Gluten-free, vegetarian, what have you… If you’re at a potluck or other buffet type meal, and your diet is not limited, do you partake of the limited diet specific food (assuming it’s labeled as such)? Will you try just… --- ## [Why So Many Large Mammals In Africa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-large-mammals-in-africa/376037)
**Author:** [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-large-mammals-in-africa/376037 "2006-10-23T19:24:57Z")
This just struck me while watching a wildlife documentary this evening: why, compared with other continents, does Africa have such a diversity of large mammals? It has a huge breadth of both carnivores {lions, leopards, … --- ## [Confession: I'm a boob appreciator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-im-a-boob-appreciator/165289)
**Author:** [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-im-a-boob-appreciator/165289 "2003-04-10T14:58:31Z")
Let me start off by saying that I mean no offense to anyone of any gender or sexual preference, I’m just very giddy right now, so I’ll say it. I’m a straight woman (well, at least I play one on TV) and I like boobs. Bo… --- ## [The Republican Party will fragment shortly after November](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-will-fragment-shortly-after-november/757364)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-will-fragment-shortly-after-november/757364 "2016-07-01T13:54:37Z")
I’m feeling very prophetic these days. I’ve predicted that virtually every Republican elected to a Federal office will swallow whatever needs swallowing in order to endorse Trump. I’ve predicted that Hilary and the Dem… --- ## [Doom 2 -- Greatest FPS ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doom-2-greatest-fps-ever/719586)
**Author:** [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doom-2-greatest-fps-ever/719586 "2015-05-16T04:08:59Z")
I just got my hands on an emulator and dug out my old Doom 2 cd. What a great game. Simple, easy-to-play, fun, scary, and the soundtrack is a classic. And I’ll just state it outright: you aren’t playing Doom if you use… --- ## [So wait, how am I supposed to finance graduate school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wait-how-am-i-supposed-to-finance-graduate-school/535807)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wait-how-am-i-supposed-to-finance-graduate-school/535807 "2010-04-19T18:45:37Z")
This fall I dutifully sent away grad school applications, and was rewarded this spring with some very nice fat envelopes. Unfortunately, I wasn’t awarded any merit-based aid- not surprising in my field (International St… --- ## [Do Japanese/Korean Schools Give Their Lactose-Intolerant Students Cow's Milk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-japanese-korean-schools-give-their-lactose-intolerant-students-cows-milk/465495)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-japanese-korean-schools-give-their-lactose-intolerant-students-cows-milk/465495 "2008-09-30T20:44:43Z")
Is it true that schoolchildren in Japan, Korea, and parts of China are given a serving of cow’s milk each and every day? If so, why is this done? Is cow’s milk promoted as a means to promote physical development, resulti… --- ## [Why the left alienates voters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-left-alienates-voters/273073)
**Author:** [@BlueGarden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueGarden)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2004, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-left-alienates-voters/273073 "2004-11-20T04:23:38Z")
The pictures speak for themselves. SF anti-Bush Rally --- ## [How you like THEM apples?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-you-like-them-apples/646001)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-you-like-them-apples/646001 "2013-01-06T16:51:02Z")
FORCED CHOICE QUESTION, none of this “Depends whether for a pie or the lunchbox” nonsense! Be prepared to defend your choice before God. --- ## [Winning an NFL game by 9 points in overtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winning-an-nfl-game-by-9-points-in-overtime/701744)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winning-an-nfl-game-by-9-points-in-overtime/701744 "2014-10-30T21:16:25Z")
If an NFL team wins the opening coin toss in OT, it could drive downfield for a field goal. The other team would then get the ball. If the other team subsequently threw an interception that got returned for a touchdown,… --- ## [Why are some people ill ALL the time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-people-ill-all-the-time/477046)
**Author:** [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Have_Hippos_In_My_Garden)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-people-ill-all-the-time/477046 "2008-12-15T21:44:10Z")
…and other people are never really ill? I haven’t had even a cold since September 07. I don’t think I have ever had flu, an ear infection or anything else along those lines. I never get stomach cramps or feel sick. The … --- ## [Shoddy workmanship from around the world.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoddy-workmanship-from-around-the-world/671225)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2013, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoddy-workmanship-from-around-the-world/671225 "2013-10-18T07:57:14Z")
Some of these photos are just incredible. Who would install a play ground ride under a wall? :confused: Or was the ride there first and they built a wall over it? Bizarre. A lot of these are results of workers not ques… --- ## [You're a time traveler to the late 1800s. What do you do for money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-time-traveler-to-the-late-1800s-what-do-you-do-for-money/942546)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-time-traveler-to-the-late-1800s-what-do-you-do-for-money/942546 "2021-06-10T02:02:58Z")
I don’t usually do hypotheticals, but I’ve been watching a fair amount of TV westerns lately and I thought it might be an interesting topic. Sometimes when I hear the price of something on a period show I check it agains… --- ## [Chocolate or cheese?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783 "2010-07-19T17:45:25Z")
The usual eccentric billionaire offers you a cool $10,000 a year for each year you forgo either chocolate or cheese. Which do you give up? And he’s sunk millions into creating tests to check for both. You’ll be checked r… --- ## [Michigan firm won't allow smoking, even on employee's own time - Is this legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-firm-wont-allow-smoking-even-on-employees-own-time-is-this-legal/286606)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-firm-wont-allow-smoking-even-on-employees-own-time-is-this-legal/286606 "2005-02-01T23:45:55Z")
Company Fires All Employees Who Smoke --- ## [Testing an Electric Baseboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-an-electric-baseboard/645912)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-an-electric-baseboard/645912 "2013-01-05T18:22:07Z")
Hi everyone A while back I posted about a basement room I was adding. Going well, thanks for asking. Tonight I finally got to installing the 240v baseboard I bought back in November (I said it was going well, not going… --- ## [Could You "Slim Pickens" a Bomb In?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-slim-pickens-a-bomb-in/386973)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-slim-pickens-a-bomb-in/386973 "2016-06-09T21:26:19Z")
I got to thinking about the end of Dr. Strangelove where Slim Pickens rides the nuke out of the belly of a B-52 and down onto the ground in the USSR. While it’s an amazingly iconic image, I have to wonder if it’s actual… --- ## [Twas the Week Before Christmas and All Thru the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twas-the-week-before-christmas-and-all-thru-the-mmp/826263)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twas-the-week-before-christmas-and-all-thru-the-mmp/826263 "2018-12-24T17:26:01Z")
Happy Moonday! It’s a clear 39 degrees outside. Hopefully no more rain for a bit. Supposed to be windy with a high of 46. I woke too early, around 4:30. I couldn’t get back to sleep so here I am. I can’t believe it’s… --- ## [how should superman stop a plane from crashing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-superman-stop-a-plane-from-crashing/765951)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-superman-stop-a-plane-from-crashing/765951 "2016-09-16T01:00:12Z")
lets say a plane is crashing to the ground due to reasons. Would it be better for him to fly under it and try to pick it up or get in front of a plane and blow on the wings until there is enough lift to make the plane fl… --- ## [National flags upside down - by accident or ignorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-flags-upside-down-by-accident-or-ignorance/623486)
**Author:** [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-flags-upside-down-by-accident-or-ignorance/623486 "2012-06-01T22:12:19Z")
Here in the UK many, many people are completely ignorant of the correct way to fly the Union Flag. As a consequence often times flags are flown upside down by people who should know better. It amazes me that so many who … --- ## [A billion $$ how much is it really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-billion-how-much-is-it-really/526760)
**Author:** [@Dandmb50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandmb50)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-billion-how-much-is-it-really/526760 "2010-01-30T03:27:09Z")
Always wondered since we hear it so much lately, how much is a BILLION dollars? I know $100,000 is 1/10 of a million and you almost get to a million just after you pass 999,999 then the next dollar would be a million. B… --- ## [Lads, what kind of build do you like in a woman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lads-what-kind-of-build-do-you-like-in-a-woman/293591)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lads-what-kind-of-build-do-you-like-in-a-woman/293591 "2005-03-12T03:12:26Z")
As a complement to \[url=\]this thread Why not? I’ve seen plenty of threads with fellows talking about what they found attractive in a lady. And presumably if it was the other way around, it would be a woman polling men… --- ## [Best sport for a lazy person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sport-for-a-lazy-person/431101)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2007, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sport-for-a-lazy-person/431101 "2007-12-25T02:02:33Z")
Curling is a lot less strenuous than hockey, although one is paid less to do it. What sports endeavor gets the most pay for the least amount of time and effort? I suppose danger also factors into things, I think golf i… --- ## [Did J. Edgar Hoover have African-American Ancestry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-j-edgar-hoover-have-african-american-ancestry/603026)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-j-edgar-hoover-have-african-american-ancestry/603026 "2011-11-19T18:04:11Z")
Looking at photos of him when he was young, it struck me that he showed characteristics of being mixed – wiry, wavy hair, broad nose, shallow-set eyes/rounder as opposed to squarish eye sockets, etc. --Not that that bei… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1720&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1722&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)