# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1733&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:** 1734 --- ## [Petcetera can go to Hell. (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petcetera-can-go-to-hell-long/247417)
**Author:** [@Satyricon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satyricon)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petcetera-can-go-to-hell-long/247417 "2010-08-05T18:57:39Z")
Petcetera is by far the worst, the WORST store I’ve ever dealt with, pet or otherwise. This afternoon did it for me. A few weeks ago I got 2 female rats. Real sweet, nice and tame, etc. The one had a little sneeze when … --- ## [Bras. Again. I HATE them!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-again-i-hate-them/489707)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-again-i-hate-them/489707 "2009-03-23T17:53:40Z")
Why is it so hard to find a comfortable bra? Can any of you recommend one that doesn’t hurt? … After letting it all hang out under sweatshirts and such all winter, the fact must be faced - soon I am going to have to b… --- ## [Generator powered by car tire out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generator-powered-by-car-tire-out-there/308341)
**Author:** [@Fuel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuel)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generator-powered-by-car-tire-out-there/308341 "2025-12-22T20:44:39Z")
Is there something I can drive my trucks’ drive tires onto that I can generate mobil electricity with at idle? This would be a very quiet generator and maybe cheaper since it has no motor of its own and more reliable, I… --- ## [Demotivational posters - your ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demotivational-posters-your-ideas/396476)
**Author:** [@rouge568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rouge568)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demotivational-posters-your-ideas/396476 "2007-03-20T02:29:11Z")
I’m sure some of you have seen the demotivational posters Despair Inc. has shared with the world. Now, what are your de-motivational posters that will wipe that smile from your coworker’s face? I reccomend their build-a-… --- ## [Baby girl born yesterday! Need name suggestions fast please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-girl-born-yesterday-need-name-suggestions-fast-please/465905)
**Author:** [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-girl-born-yesterday-need-name-suggestions-fast-please/465905 "2008-10-03T12:52:15Z")
My baby girl was born early. Now my wife is having second thoughts about the name we chose. Are there any good names meaning ‘September’ or 'Spring ( the season ) ? I please request no attempted lame humour. I do not ha… --- ## [Please help me make mashed potatoes with kitchen appliances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-make-mashed-potatoes-with-kitchen-appliances/630917)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-make-mashed-potatoes-with-kitchen-appliances/630917 "2012-08-10T13:41:52Z")
Okay, I have two kinds of potato mashers: the sinewavey kind, and the Grid of Smash kind. But both of them produce a lumpy end result. Unfortunately, I don’t yet have one of those handheld beater things. (Although I… --- ## [What in the world is this all about (TEXAS HCR 50)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-world-is-this-all-about-texas-hcr-50/504252)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-world-is-this-all-about-texas-hcr-50/504252 "2009-07-27T23:33:14Z")
Youtube press conference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTWKp\_ucGLM Governor’s office press relaease: http://governor.state.tx.us/news/press-release/12227/ "AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry today joined state Rep. Brandon Cre… --- ## [Federal prosecutor caught in kiddie-sex sting . . . OK, this is getting boring . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-prosecutor-caught-in-kiddie-sex-sting-ok-this-is-getting-boring/420336)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2007, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-prosecutor-caught-in-kiddie-sex-sting-ok-this-is-getting-boring/420336 "2007-11-01T06:37:33Z")
Story here. And, in case you had any doubt, yes, he is a Republican. OK, it’s got kids in it, so I give the dude some credit for pushing the envelope. But not by much. Otherwise, this is getting tedious. OK, we ge… --- ## [The Blank Slate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blank-slate/351091)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blank-slate/351091 "2006-04-28T18:26:55Z")
For the past month, in between schoolwork and regular work, I’ve been working my way through Steven Pinker’s book The Blank Slate. Its thesis, broadly speaking, is laid out int he preface: (Hopefully I retyped that wi… --- ## [My Elitist, Doper Drinkers..a little help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-elitist-doper-drinkers-a-little-help/522928)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-elitist-doper-drinkers-a-little-help/522928 "2010-01-04T17:19:54Z")
What is the best, high quality, top shelf, snobby-assed rum? --- ## [Where are the discount movie theaters in Manhattan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-discount-movie-theaters-in-manhattan/712967)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-discount-movie-theaters-in-manhattan/712967 "2015-02-21T01:38:05Z")
So I got a call from my daughter this afternoon, and in the course of the conversation she told me that ALL movie theaters in Manhattan charge at least $14 for a ticket. That can’t be right, I said to myself, and immedi… --- ## [Please explain this Onion editorial cartoon.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-this-onion-editorial-cartoon/461416)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-this-onion-editorial-cartoon/461416 "2008-09-03T14:14:49Z")
I don’t geddit. --- ## [Canadian Counties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-counties/526665)
**Author:** [@loshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loshan)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2010, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-counties/526665 "2010-01-30T07:33:51Z")
Do Canadian Provinces have anything resembling counties (or parishes) like our states? Just wondering. --- ## [Cowboys vs sailors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116)
**Author:** [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboys-vs-sailors/538116 "2010-05-06T15:35:15Z")
Who wins? --- ## [How well would Alex Trebek do if he were to play Jeopardy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-would-alex-trebek-do-if-he-were-to-play-jeopardy/625182)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-would-alex-trebek-do-if-he-were-to-play-jeopardy/625182 "2012-06-16T04:20:29Z")
Did he get the job because he was smart at all? I don’t know anything about his background. Surely after having hosted the show for so long he’s probably learned a ton of stuff. But I don’t know how often old Jeopardy c… --- ## [Socks for preventing sweaty, hot feet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-for-preventing-sweaty-hot-feet/589674)
**Author:** [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-for-preventing-sweaty-hot-feet/589674 "2011-07-20T18:48:58Z")
I just moved to New York, and it’s July. Seriously, what was I thinking? Anyways, as it happens, most of my dress socks are just about giving up, and I think it’s time to replace them. So I’ve been looking around at my o… --- ## [What are the "whitest" sports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-whitest-sports/388150)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-whitest-sports/388150 "2007-01-17T20:00:32Z")
I’m an avid curler. Yes, that funny sport from Scotland where people slide rocks down a sheet of ice, and others chase after them with brooms. The curling club I belong to is quite diverse: rich and working class, youn… --- ## [Mega-Church to get its own police force](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-church-to-get-its-own-police-force/835869)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2019, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-church-to-get-its-own-police-force/835869 "2019-07-01T03:33:13Z")
The governor of Alabama has signed a law allowing the Briarwood Presbyterian church to form its own police force. According to this article, the force would receive training through the police academy. The church claims … --- ## [Kurdistan re: Turkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurdistan-re-turkey/695316)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurdistan-re-turkey/695316 "2014-08-14T16:41:40Z")
I believe creating a Kurdish homeland would help alleviate the ethnic tension in Iraq. To achieve this, Turkey would lose territory. What’s the carrot we could extend to them to compensate? --- ## [How to change the native resolution of a screenshot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-the-native-resolution-of-a-screenshot/366522)
**Author:** [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-the-native-resolution-of-a-screenshot/366522 "2006-07-29T23:32:27Z")
When I use PrtScn to take a screenshot, and paste it into an image editor, the default resolution seems to be 72 dpi. Does anyone know how to change that to 300 dpi? I have Windows 2000 Pro. Thanks. --- ## [This is the worst fucking commercial ever.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-worst-fucking-commercial-ever/759604)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-worst-fucking-commercial-ever/759604 "2016-07-17T09:46:40Z")
So I was watching TV today when this Charter Communications commercial came on. Wow. It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen. Just…why? Someone earns a living coming up with ideas like this?? --- ## [Why a Bible belt conservative spent a year pretending to be gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-a-bible-belt-conservative-spent-a-year-pretending-to-be-gay/638002)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-a-bible-belt-conservative-spent-a-year-pretending-to-be-gay/638002 "2012-10-20T18:21:27Z")
Interesting story! --- ## [Perfect Name For a Gay Bar.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-name-for-a-gay-bar/852484)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-name-for-a-gay-bar/852484 "2020-05-01T14:35:15Z")
Actually, I was thinking and wondering. I think ‘Utopia Planitia’ would be a great name for a gay bar. Does anyone else agree with me? Perhaps I should give a little background on the name. It is a plain on Mars where t… --- ## [Is joining independent clauses with a comma EVER allowed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-joining-independent-clauses-with-a-comma-ever-allowed/720741)
**Author:** [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-joining-independent-clauses-with-a-comma-ever-allowed/720741 "2015-05-30T20:50:19Z")
My first time starting a thread! Be gentle with me. :slight\_smile: A friend of mine was recently complaining because, for some writing she is doing, she is required to use the Chicago Manual of Style. Specifically her… --- ## [Casual Naked People](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casual-naked-people/15204)
**Author:** [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2000, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casual-naked-people/15204 "2000-03-28T00:40:00Z")
Let me first start by saying any of you who know me, know I am not a prude. But in going to my sports club there are FAR too many casual naked people. In the men’s locker room, there are some chairs and tv’s (presumably… --- ## [McDonald's Menu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267)
**Author:** [@flynnstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flynnstone)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu/46267 "2000-12-27T15:55:07Z")
I’ve read that McDonald’s keep the same basic menu from country to country. However, menus from certain countries include items popular in that culture. For example, McDonald’s in the Philippines serve McSpagetti with ch… --- ## [Stereo, AUX Cord Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereo-aux-cord-question/564821)
**Author:** [@ecseas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ecseas)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereo-aux-cord-question/564821 "2010-12-21T01:41:42Z")
I would like to hook up my ipod to my stereo with a AUX cord. The problem is I don’t have a AUX jack. I’ve been told that you’re able to plug it into a headphone jack, but I want to be sure before I buy one. Google ha… --- ## [What state should I move to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-should-i-move-to/614742)
**Author:** [@ClarenceClancy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ClarenceClancy)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-should-i-move-to/614742 "2012-03-07T01:03:02Z")
I do not like cold weather. I am thinking California or Texas. --- ## [Plot holes in Sherlock Holmes stories (wide open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-holes-in-sherlock-holmes-stories-wide-open-spoilers/843691)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-holes-in-sherlock-holmes-stories-wide-open-spoilers/843691 "2019-11-22T12:27:33Z")
I’ve been rerreading a lot of Holmes lately. Here’s a couple big plot holes. As I mentioned in the thread title, I am spoiling these 100 year old mysteries. The Red Headed League. If the league was specifically set u… --- ## [Best minor recurring character in Futurama?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044 "2012-04-18T15:21:04Z")
Nothing complicated here- Fans of the series will know there’s the main cast, then there’s a lot of regular supporting characters. (Mom, Calculon, Lrrrr, and so on), and then there’s recurring minor characters who don’t… --- ## [Novels you read, really read, and can't remember at all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novels-you-read-really-read-and-cant-remember-at-all/610996)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novels-you-read-really-read-and-cant-remember-at-all/610996 "2012-02-01T02:04:51Z")
I’m not talking about dime-a-dozen novels, such as formulaic fantasy/science fiction/romance/Westerns, or those doorstop books you can buy at airport stores. Nobody expects you to remember those more than 15 minutes afte… --- ## [Resolved: The Electoral College was created to keep the slave states in the Union](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-electoral-college-was-created-to-keep-the-slave-states-in-the-union/792646)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-electoral-college-was-created-to-keep-the-slave-states-in-the-union/792646 "2017-08-03T22:04:21Z")
Over in this thread, the claim was made that: The “valuable purpose” it \[the Electoral College\] was created to serve was to keep the slave states in the union. Rather than continue the hijack of a thread about Hillary … --- ## [Attractive authors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-authors/412965)
**Author:** [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-authors/412965 "2007-07-26T01:16:23Z")
I was thinking about this because I have started reading some of Neil Gaiman’s books due to pals I know from another forum. All the fangirls there are madly in love with him, it seems, and not just for his writing. The… --- ## [How do you tell people that you really hate the diminutive that they're calling you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-people-that-you-really-hate-the-diminutive-that-theyre-calling-you/412993)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-people-that-you-really-hate-the-diminutive-that-theyre-calling-you/412993 "2007-07-27T02:28:51Z")
I have a pretty common name for guys born when I was born - let’s pretend it’s “Joseph.” Many guys with the name don’t mind going by “Joey,” and as a result, many people automatically start calling guys with this name ei… --- ## [ouija boards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards/177539)
**Author:** [@bullets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bullets)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards/177539 "2003-05-31T16:56:02Z")
does anyone have a clue as to what makes these things work? i have seen some pretty strange things occur which pretty well rule out the user’s subconscious. --- ## [Homeschool family not educating kids expecting rapture: what should happen in court?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeschool-family-not-educating-kids-expecting-rapture-what-should-happen-in-court/736479)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeschool-family-not-educating-kids-expecting-rapture-what-should-happen-in-court/736479 "2015-11-13T21:07:00Z")
So, from my understanding of this story: there’s this family in Texas who homeschools their kids. Back in 2005, the uncle of the kids told the school district that they weren’t learning much of anything because the pare… --- ## [Help me get my life in order: This bewildered twenty-something needs advice and lots of it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-my-life-in-order-this-bewildered-twenty-something-needs-advice-and-lots-of-it/657077)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2013, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-my-life-in-order-this-bewildered-twenty-something-needs-advice-and-lots-of-it/657077 "2013-05-06T07:32:32Z")
I am just past my mid twenties, with very little energy, no marketable qualifications or work experience, contacts or significant cash reserves. I have a lot of student debt, but it’s income-linked and thus non-urgent. … --- ## [Ask the former TSA screener](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-former-tsa-screener/443204)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-former-tsa-screener/443204 "2008-03-31T23:06:45Z")
(If this is the wrong board, my apologies. Searching “ask the” yields nothing.) I was never a TSA, but my wife was a TSA for three years. (In another thread I said it was just a year and a half, but I was wrong.) So thi… --- ## [How do you deal with bratty kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-bratty-kids/558440)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-bratty-kids/558440 "2010-10-29T12:07:07Z")
I really have no idea. A family member’s children have become really bratty and I have no idea how to deal with it. They can act self centered, aggressive, manipulative, rude, never listening, etc. and both do so a reaso… --- ## [Aaron Ate Apples...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaron-ate-apples/526496)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2010, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaron-ate-apples/526496 "2010-02-10T07:25:39Z")
at an Australian arena. --- ## [Name some books a believer considering atheism or agnosticism might consult.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-books-a-believer-considering-atheism-or-agnosticism-might-consult/529911)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-books-a-believer-considering-atheism-or-agnosticism-might-consult/529911 "2010-03-01T13:41:26Z")
Thoughts, anyone? --- ## [Male Names That Might Become Female Soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-names-that-might-become-female-soon/512491)
**Author:** [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-names-that-might-become-female-soon/512491 "2009-10-07T17:15:30Z")
Inspired by this thread: Names I got to thinking about this last night when I couldn’t sleep. Here are some traditionally male names that I think may become female in the next few years. This is complete speculation an… --- ## [Stupid things you've done, 3rd edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-youve-done-3rd-edition/643070)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-youve-done-3rd-edition/643070 "2012-12-10T02:17:36Z")
As I sit here with bandaids on two fingers, wincing every time my left index finger hits an ‘f’ (ouch) or a ‘g’ (ouch), I’m reminded of just how dumb (ouch) I can b(ouch)e. You may think that you’re an idiot, but I’m a … --- ## [BPC and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad work trip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bpc-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-work-trip/819800)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bpc-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-work-trip/819800 "2018-09-20T23:21:01Z")
This is a long one, so buckle up. Monday morning. 4AM. Trains to the airport aren’t running, so I have to wake up at 4AM, catch a bus, and catch a plane at 7AM so I can be at a seminar in Cologne by 10PM. I’m traveling … --- ## [Chicago Reader vs. OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-reader-vs-opalcat/3051)
**Author:** [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-reader-vs-opalcat/3051 "2001-06-16T20:29:45Z")
Although my gut reaction is to flame the Reader’s legal dept into vapor, would any of the powers that be care to give those of us who make this endeavor possible by our patronage any sort of explanation of the reason why… --- ## [What's the longest you've ever spent on a train?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-spent-on-a-train/653557)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2013, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-spent-on-a-train/653557 "2013-03-27T10:26:05Z")
Inspired by this thread, naturally. Last year, I rode the train from Los Angeles to Chicago, a trip that took roughly 45 hours. Prior to that, I’d once taken the train from St. Louis to Los Angeles. I don’t remember exa… --- ## ["Silly Faerie". Not anymore, apparently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-faerie-not-anymore-apparently/362497)
**Author:** [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-faerie-not-anymore-apparently/362497 "2006-07-01T02:02:58Z")
There is a Dodge commercial that features a (smokin’ hot!) faerie flying around the city (Chicago?) turning stuff cute with her wand. She turns a subway train into a christmas train, for example. Spotting the new Dodge, … --- ## [U.S. passport not acceptable ID for voting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-passport-not-acceptable-id-for-voting/733718)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-passport-not-acceptable-id-for-voting/733718 "2015-10-25T18:44:48Z")
Just got my Board of Elections reminder postcard for Ohio’s Nov. 3 election. Acceptable ID: Ohio driver’s license, state ID, military ID, “or a current (within the past six months) utility bill, bank statement, governme… --- ## [Gracepoint/Broadchurch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gracepoint-broadchurch/700174)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gracepoint-broadchurch/700174 "2014-11-24T16:47:28Z")
…both with David Tennant? This sounds like a total remake. I liked Broadchurch, but wasn’t that just last year? I mean, I still remember who did it. Shouldn’t a story be allowed to cool off a bit before the remake? Is … --- ## [Are humans inherently "better" than other animals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-humans-inherently-better-than-other-animals/507206)
**Author:** [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-humans-inherently-better-than-other-animals/507206 "2009-09-12T05:59:05Z")
This is based on a tangent going on in another thread, but thought it would be better to ask here: One of the implicit assumptions that it seems most people have is that a human life is worth more than that of, say, a f… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1732&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1734&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)