# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1726&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:** 1727 --- ## [Should the U.S. have mandated vacation time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-u-s-have-mandated-vacation-time/581987)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-u-s-have-mandated-vacation-time/581987 "2011-05-16T20:15:20Z")
50-hour work week? I’m fine with the way it is: Work more than 40 hours a week (or more than eight hours a day) and you’re compensated for it. Exempt employees generally are compensated at an hourly rate (not time-and-… --- ## [Did you ever reject b&w tv/favor color (once you had an option)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-reject-b-w-tv-favor-color-once-you-had-an-option/1020406)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-reject-b-w-tv-favor-color-once-you-had-an-option/1020406 "2025-07-13T01:57:53Z")
Was just reading an old thread and old shows got mentioned and it made me think of my childhood and the older shows I watched. I didn’t like black & white shows or movies when I was a child. Actually, I recall an age whe… --- ## [How does your garden grow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-garden-grow/497244)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-garden-grow/497244 "2009-08-01T03:08:45Z")
Gardening is upon me in full swing. Mother Nature has finally shown up here in Michigan after a winter of Global Warming SNOW up to our pits and a very rainy, cold and soggy spring. Presently, it is raining down sunshi… --- ## [How long will a living human heart keep beating after you slice it out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-a-living-human-heart-keep-beating-after-you-slice-it-out/389522)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2007, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-a-living-human-heart-keep-beating-after-you-slice-it-out/389522 "2007-01-30T06:25:24Z")
Okay, say you need to sacrifice someone to Huitzilopochtli. As per the scriptures, you hold the victim down, rip open his chest, and cut out his heart while he’s still alive. My question is: assuming no other medical pr… --- ## [Parts you hate in songs you love.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parts-you-hate-in-songs-you-love/476571)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parts-you-hate-in-songs-you-love/476571 "2008-12-21T02:57:01Z")
Inspired by this thread in The Game Room. The obvious candidate for me is Spandau Ballet’s (shut up) True (shut up); a veritable classic of the 1980s, but why oh why did they stick a gawdawful sax solo in it? It’s so in… --- ## [Are cowbells actually used for cows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cowbells-actually-used-for-cows/346315)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cowbells-actually-used-for-cows/346315 "2006-03-02T19:37:01Z")
Aside from their ubiquitous role in rock ‘n’ roll music (favorite: Honkey Tonk Women; funniest: “more cowbell” skit), I am assuming they called “cowbells” because they are hung around cows’ necks. Have you ever seen c… --- ## [What's with the pattern on Tiger tank armor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-pattern-on-tiger-tank-armor/560392)
**Author:** [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-pattern-on-tiger-tank-armor/560392 "2010-11-16T02:40:39Z")
Some but not all Tiger I and Tiger II tanks had a strange pattern of horizontal grooves on the surface of the armor plates. Why? Was it marks from rollers at the ironworks? Was the metal shaped using pneumatic hammers… --- ## [Greatest SNL performer of all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-snl-performer-of-all/547385)
**Author:** [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-snl-performer-of-all/547385 "2010-07-25T18:16:09Z")
I resoundingly nominate the one, the only Phil Hartman. Also rans who who came thisclose: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Dana Carvey, Christopher Guest, Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrell. --- ## [If you find and return lost property, do you feel entitled to a reward?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-find-and-return-lost-property-do-you-feel-entitled-to-a-reward/409762)
**Author:** [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-find-and-return-lost-property-do-you-feel-entitled-to-a-reward/409762 "2007-06-29T00:43:37Z")
There is in interesting article in the Washington Post about the growing ethic that if you find something that belongs to someone else, you are entitled to receive some kind of compensation. For example, (from the artic… --- ## [Do ya think Anthony Wiener is attractive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-ya-think-anthony-wiener-is-attractive/584662)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-ya-think-anthony-wiener-is-attractive/584662 "2011-06-17T01:35:09Z")
In the wake of the whole Wiener incident, there has been much moral judgment upon the man. But - in light of the pictures he has provided - do you think the guy is sexy? He clearly does. Here are “the 15 sexiest picture… --- ## [Holy Smokes! Trump Got Himself an Inauguration Pome!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smokes-trump-got-himself-an-inauguration-pome/777444)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smokes-trump-got-himself-an-inauguration-pome/777444 "2017-01-20T04:38:34Z")
…and it’s about what you’d expect! Except for the Scottish part. I didn’t think he’d go for the optional Ethnic Heritage Upgrade. --- ## [How to report people on dating sites for crimes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-report-people-on-dating-sites-for-crimes/722020)
**Author:** [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogant_B_st_rd)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-report-people-on-dating-sites-for-crimes/722020 "2015-06-11T12:16:07Z")
Good evening. I would like to introduce myself. First things first, “Arrogant Bastard” is my favorite craft beer, made by Stone Brewery. I’m not really an arrogant bastard. If my personality were a fruit, I would be a t… --- ## [Longer Commute vs. Leaving Your Family/Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longer-commute-vs-leaving-your-family-friends/538192)
**Author:** [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longer-commute-vs-leaving-your-family-friends/538192 "2010-05-07T20:38:00Z")
I’m not asking for advice - just curious how you would handle the situation if it was you. I was recently contacted by a headhunter about applying for a job that is a 30% increase on my current salary. However, the job… --- ## [Neighborhood war coming.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighborhood-war-coming/498392)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighborhood-war-coming/498392 "2009-06-05T19:27:51Z")
Some new people moved in 3 doors away. The day after garbage day, one of my cans was missing. The next week ,they had the same can. It is one of the black ones with wheels. But they did not get the lid. So I have one can… --- ## [Whose mustache was more evil, Hitler's or Stalin's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-mustache-was-more-evil-hitlers-or-stalins/673463)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-mustache-was-more-evil-hitlers-or-stalins/673463 "2013-11-12T01:54:40Z")
Drawing inspiration from thisthread and thisone, I figured what the heck! Let’s settle it once and for all. Ignoring how evil each individual man was, and ignoring how functional and aesthetically pleasing each’s mustac… --- ## [Attila the Hun vs. Genghis Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attila-the-hun-vs-genghis-khan/249664)
**Author:** [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attila-the-hun-vs-genghis-khan/249664 "2004-06-14T05:14:40Z")
In one corner: Attila, “scourge of God,” plus a band of 50,000 Huns in prime fighting shape. In the other corner: Genghis Khan, plus 5 tumen (50,000) Mongols in prime fighting shape. The battlefield, and the prize: the… --- ## [Out of sheer curiosity... (Dean Koontz)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-sheer-curiosity-dean-koontz/366023)
**Author:** [@Star\_Female](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Star_Female)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-sheer-curiosity-dean-koontz/366023 "2006-07-31T17:16:21Z")
Why do a lot of people here seem to dislike Dean Koontz? He’s a heck of a better writer then most others in his genre i.e., the ones who aren’t happy until most every scene is as gory and gruesome as possible. (At least … --- ## [Why are train tracks flat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-train-tracks-flat/755352)
**Author:** [@BeefyMeats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeefyMeats)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-train-tracks-flat/755352 "2016-05-26T04:02:59Z")
I know it sounds dumb, but they have such difficulty going up the slightest of grades. If they had teeth (like gears) than they could kick some serious ass. I know its probably not cost effective, but hey… what do you t… --- ## [What are the signs of the apocalypse and coming rapture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-signs-of-the-apocalypse-and-coming-rapture/273256)
**Author:** [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-signs-of-the-apocalypse-and-coming-rapture/273256 "2004-11-14T18:28:10Z")
Because of where this thread MIGHT go, I’m posting in GD. Recently, one of our business’s clients informed a co-worker and myself that we might come to work one day, and everyone would be gone. She went on to say that t… --- ## [Guitar-building Project: Getting Started](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-building-project-getting-started/458071)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-building-project-getting-started/458071 "2008-08-08T12:03:07Z")
Well, I’ve ordered the neck. In about 6 weeks it should arrive and I can check it out. If I don’t like how it feels then I will return it - and I can only hold it on its own; if I put bolts into it, it’s mine anyway. … --- ## [Death Camp Crematoriums- Method Used?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-camp-crematoriums-method-used/641867)
**Author:** [@Atakapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atakapa)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-camp-crematoriums-method-used/641867 "2012-12-09T06:03:15Z")
It’s my understanding that the primary method of corpse disposal during the height of the Holocaust was burning. With thousands being killed by the day, they would have obviously needed to render the bodies into ash in a… --- ## [Talk to me about Facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-facebook/723220)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-facebook/723220 "2015-07-06T20:19:00Z")
I have never been a member of Facebook and I have no desire to be a member of Facebook. But… Other people I know have Facebook pages. And Facebook makes it as difficult as possible to see anyone’s Facebook page unless y… --- ## [Fake translations of commonplace phrases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646 "2007-02-13T15:07:35Z")
Even in this more relaxed and informal era, there are still a number of foreign (non-English, for all you polyglots out there in Notamericastan) phrases in common use in literature, the arts, and snooty restaurant menus.… --- ## [What does the first half of the Second Amendment mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-first-half-of-the-second-amendment-mean/188061)
**Author:** [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-first-half-of-the-second-amendment-mean/188061 "2003-07-17T23:54:00Z")
Looking at just the second half, I think it’s pretty clear that it means that the government may not infringe on the right to keep and bear arms. But many people say that such an analysis ignores the first half. I don’… --- ## [Who would win? Supercarrier vs Superdestroyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-win-supercarrier-vs-superdestroyer/692400)
**Author:** [@jcheung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcheung)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-win-supercarrier-vs-superdestroyer/692400 "2014-07-08T03:21:08Z")
I was having an argument with someone about this topic, and I was wondering if people could shed some light and facts on this subject for me… HMS Dauntless VS USS George H.W. Bush starting distance of 4000 KM no ship … --- ## [Who is this actor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-actor/618219)
**Author:** [@Mithril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithril)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-actor/618219 "2012-04-12T01:57:38Z")
This is killing me, and I need the name of an actor that I am picturing in my head so I can tell a friend that her internet dating match reminds me of him. The guy seems to be about average height, and average weight (f… --- ## [Could people fly on the moon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-people-fly-on-the-moon/480389)
**Author:** [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-people-fly-on-the-moon/480389 "2009-01-10T06:26:35Z")
This idea actually came from a poster that was in one of the math classrooms at my high school. You have a colony on the moon. You build a huge dome there and fill it with air. People strap wings to their arms and fly ar… --- ## [Timothy F. Geithner, Part Duex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timothy-f-geithner-part-duex/483113)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timothy-f-geithner-part-duex/483113 "2009-01-29T23:20:56Z")
President Obama has nominated Tim Geithner to be secretary of the treasury. He used to work at the World Bank. He failed to pay his portion of Social Security tax for a number of years. When he was nominated to SecTrea, … --- ## [Ghostbusters 3 is a go](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters-3-is-a-go/700815)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters-3-is-a-go/700815 "2014-10-12T22:29:32Z")
All women and a reboot not sequel. Some details here. An all women cast could work but I hated The Heat so the writer doesn’t inspire optimism in me. Also think rebooting is stupid. The world of the Ghostbusters 25 yea… --- ## [What adaptation is least like the source?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-adaptation-is-least-like-the-source/949238)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-adaptation-is-least-like-the-source/949238 "2021-08-25T00:57:04Z")
I was wondering what movies are least like the material, often a play or movie, that they are based on? But with so much innovative TV decided to make the question more general. I was thinking movies that added an upbe… --- ## [Vermont](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vermont/74020)
**Author:** [@jabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabe)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2001, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vermont/74020 "2001-10-04T00:31:15Z")
Hello there. I live in Vt, and was wondering if any other dopers do. I think SwimmingRiddles also lives in Vt. I have lived in Alburgh, Swanton, Burlington, and South Burlington. Just curious. peace, JB --- ## [New Star trek Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-trailer/473193)
**Author:** [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-trailer/473193 "2008-11-22T00:35:08Z")
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/startrek/large\_trailer2.html Looks good. I want a lot of action like it suggests, but I hope JJ doesn’t shake the camera as much as in the trailer. --- ## [Why did I have to sign my whole name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-have-to-sign-my-whole-name/650897)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2013, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-have-to-sign-my-whole-name/650897 "2013-02-23T09:07:24Z")
I just came back from a closing on a refi where I was instructed to sign my name as it appeared on the form, i.e. Sweet E. Jesus, instead of my normal chicken scratch. I was under the impression from reading these “sove… --- ## [Mildew smell in front-load washer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mildew-smell-in-front-load-washer/495958)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mildew-smell-in-front-load-washer/495958 "2011-06-23T14:32:02Z")
My sister has a front load washer. The laundry closet is in the kitchen and the doors would block the main exit/entrance to the house. So, we can’t leave the front loading washer open to air out, like we could with a top… --- ## [The Redskins SuckWagon: Get on board, 'Skins fans!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-redskins-suckwagon-get-on-board-skins-fans/84476)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2001, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-redskins-suckwagon-get-on-board-skins-fans/84476 "2001-11-26T13:25:14Z")
Now that the name issue has been resolved (although, like Aragorn in LotR, we have \[many names), I thought it was time to get our primary name - the Suckwagon\[sup\]TM\[/sup\] into the thread title - and make this the ongoin… --- ## [Why does bacon taste like bacon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bacon-taste-like-bacon/476022)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bacon-taste-like-bacon/476022 "2008-12-08T23:30:08Z")
Silly sounding question, but here’s the deal. Turkey bacon, made not of pork and fat but of turkey light and dark meat, tastes exactly like bacon. It LOOKS like bacon. They put the strips of light meat and dark meat t… --- ## [368 Economists are opposed to John Kerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/368-economists-are-opposed-to-john-kerry/269142)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/368-economists-are-opposed-to-john-kerry/269142 "2004-10-15T13:58:55Z")
There is a pretty startling letter out today, signed by 368 economists, including six nobel prize winners, criticising John Kerry’s economic policies: This is amazing in the sheer number of economists that have signed… --- ## [Refrigerator Died -- Need Advice Fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refrigerator-died-need-advice-fast/595232)
**Author:** [@FeAudrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FeAudrey)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refrigerator-died-need-advice-fast/595232 "2011-09-09T04:25:07Z")
I went to a friend’s house for a picnic, and came home find everything melting. Parked my frozen foods with a neighbor, and now need to cope. I don’t know what goes wrong with refrigerators, whether they are fixable, o… --- ## [Best Mock-Profundity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898 "2010-02-11T16:24:06Z")
I like quotes that have an air of profundity but actually do not contain any. Such lines may even be meant to mock the concept of profundity. Does anyone have any good ones to share? --- ## [Pros/Cons of % based taxation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pros-cons-of-based-taxation/528281)
**Author:** [@Kearsen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kearsen)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pros-cons-of-based-taxation/528281 "2010-02-11T18:32:36Z")
Assuming we kept “consumer taxes” and left them alone. Aka, people who have money spend more. Maybe I can’t get past my nose to look at the actual issues but I see a flat tax as being by far the most “fair” tax there co… --- ## [Does Unseen Academicals get any better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-unseen-academicals-get-any-better/628515)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-unseen-academicals-get-any-better/628515 "2012-07-21T13:25:44Z")
The fact is in the end it is a book about a sport. Sports were meant to be played, or if you must, watched. Not read about. I never liked the one Harry Potter that was all about the competition anyway. Reading about a co… --- ## [Why is Maine always portrayed on movies and TV as nothing but coast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-maine-always-portrayed-on-movies-and-tv-as-nothing-but-coast/727240)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-maine-always-portrayed-on-movies-and-tv-as-nothing-but-coast/727240 "2015-08-12T17:36:50Z")
When I was growing up, my family had a cabin there, but it was on Moosehead Lake, 100 miles from the ocean. We spent the whole summer there for many years, plus some Christmas vacations (my parents were college professo… --- ## [Lets talk about the best Acoustic guitars ever made.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-best-acoustic-guitars-ever-made/704998)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-best-acoustic-guitars-ever-made/704998 "2014-11-19T23:29:07Z")
Top of my list is the Gibson Hummingbird. I’ve had one in my hands a few times and they are incredible. Best acoustic tone I’ve ever heard. Emmylou Harris plays a Hummingbird. I’m here if anyone wants to donate one. … --- ## [Who puts on the condom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-puts-on-the-condom/366445)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2006, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-puts-on-the-condom/366445 "2006-08-01T10:02:32Z")
So, a female friend of mine has had only one lover and since she was on another form of birth control (and I guess she felt he was clean; I didn’t ask about tests), he never used a condom. So she felt that she needs to … --- ## [It may be a Novelty Song, but it’s also a \*good\* song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-may-be-a-novelty-song-but-it-s-also-a-good-song/919737)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-may-be-a-novelty-song-but-it-s-also-a-good-song/919737 "2020-10-01T15:02:33Z")
The hallmark of most novelty songs (think “The Streak” or “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah”) is that you only need to hear them a time or two before they get old. The novelty wears off quickly, you might say. But there are e… --- ## [How many colors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-colors/704293)
**Author:** [@glennwith2ns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glennwith2ns)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-colors/704293 "2014-12-04T17:29:20Z")
Is there a way to quantify how many different colors there are? Is it a matter of perspective? I suppose I could go into a paint store and starting with a gallon of white paint have them mix in any number or combinatio… --- ## [Why aren't film noir movies more popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-film-noir-movies-more-popular/564287)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-film-noir-movies-more-popular/564287 "2011-05-29T22:50:53Z")
A few months ago I watched Payback via Netflix. Based on Richard Stark’s Parker novels (which are currently being adapted into graphic novel form by Darwyn Cooke, and are fantastic), it’s not so much a detective movie as… --- ## [Famous/historical examples of very good or very bad management (esp management of change/transition)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-historical-examples-of-very-good-or-very-bad-management-esp-management-of-change-transition/542715)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-historical-examples-of-very-good-or-very-bad-management-esp-management-of-change-transition/542715 "2010-06-12T02:46:17Z")
Background: I’ve got a job interview next week (internal promotion opportunity), part of which requires me to give a short presentation on change management. I pretty much know what I want to say about it, except that … --- ## [Why do many lefties wear their watches on their right wrist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-many-lefties-wear-their-watches-on-their-right-wrist/235812)
**Author:** [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-many-lefties-wear-their-watches-on-their-right-wrist/235812 "2012-06-23T03:09:20Z")
I’m nominally a leftie, (I’m bi-dextrous), and I wear my watch on my left wrist , like righties do. Are many lefties as seriously mono-dextrous as righties? I’m trying to think back on other lefties I know, and usually y… --- ## [What kind of interesting constitutional protections do other countries have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-interesting-constitutional-protections-do-other-countries-have/644233)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-interesting-constitutional-protections-do-other-countries-have/644233 "2012-12-22T18:41:23Z")
Inspired by this and this thread, I got to thinking. The US is somewhat notorious for enshrining the right to possess weapons in its most fundamental law, the Constitution. What interesting constitutional protections do… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1725&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1727&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)