# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1746&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:** 1747 --- ## [Fix this piece of fucking you shit, you retarded apes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-this-piece-of-fucking-you-shit-you-retarded-apes/421409)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-this-piece-of-fucking-you-shit-you-retarded-apes/421409 "2007-10-10T14:32:46Z")
The message board is temporarily offline. The message board is temporarily offline. The message board is temporarily offline. The message board is temporarily offline. The message board is temporarily offline. The messag… --- ## [Disney is appointing group to determine official Star Wars canon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-is-appointing-group-to-determine-official-star-wars-canon/678374)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-is-appointing-group-to-determine-official-star-wars-canon/678374 "2014-01-11T04:14:12Z")
Here Most of the EU is bantha poodoo. I imagine they’ll only keep the most popular stories from books and comics. Probably the Clone Wars TV series too. --- ## [Never Ever do this!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-ever-do-this/162508)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-ever-do-this/162508 "2003-07-04T19:50:22Z")
Never. ever. I repeat ever fart one of those SBD (silent but deadly) farts just before you have one of those unavoidable yawns! I did this for the first time ever in my life today. I could taste the fart! I am amazed … --- ## [Rude New Yorkers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-new-yorkers/476717)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-new-yorkers/476717 "2008-12-16T18:41:43Z")
In this thread about why France is so despised, anytime anyone brings up the rudeness of Parisians, someone tells them “You want to see rude, go to New York City!” Now, why this absolves French rudeness is beyond me, but… --- ## [Modern Family 10/9/13](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-10-9-13/670867)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2013, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-10-9-13/670867 "2013-10-12T12:03:54Z")
“Sometimes when you read to me, I’ll pretend to fall asleep so you’ll go.” And with that single line, Lily has redeemed herself as the least funny person on the show, and jumped right to the top. Best line of the seaso… --- ## [Killing Someone in Self Defense (Don't Need Answer Fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-someone-in-self-defense-dont-need-answer-fast/550966)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-someone-in-self-defense-dont-need-answer-fast/550966 "2010-08-25T17:49:22Z")
I’ve gotten hooked on a TV show that deals with people who survived various life-threatening situations. The vast majority have been victims of crimes, such as home-invasion, kidnapping, etc. At least a couple of the su… --- ## [Walking across Niagara on a tightrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-across-niagara-on-a-tightrope/625287)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-across-niagara-on-a-tightrope/625287 "2012-06-19T11:49:00Z")
Story here I thought the space above the Falls resembled Grand Central Station these days, crowds jostling back and forth on tightropes constantly, but apparently the walk on high wire directly above the Falls has never… --- ## [Would alternative energy be the ultimate weapon against ISIS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-alternative-energy-be-the-ultimate-weapon-against-isis/738643)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-alternative-energy-be-the-ultimate-weapon-against-isis/738643 "2015-12-11T15:23:22Z")
They get most of their money from oil. Instead of yet another round of ineffective bombing, should we spend the money on alternative energy? If we stop buying oil, the price will collapse and ISIS will be broke. They se… --- ## [Why buy stocks that don't pay dividends?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-buy-stocks-that-dont-pay-dividends/406487)
**Author:** [@morgantire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/morgantire)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-buy-stocks-that-dont-pay-dividends/406487 "2007-06-07T23:21:23Z")
If a stock doesn’t pay dividends, then what connection does it have to the profits of the underlying company? Maybe that company’s profits are going up or down, but either way, your non-dividend-paying stock doesn’t let … --- ## [Piers Morgan to replace Larry King](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piers-morgan-to-replace-larry-king/543206)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piers-morgan-to-replace-larry-king/543206 "2011-01-18T20:37:52Z")
Full story at The Telegraph.Co.UK So what do you think, if it is indeed true? --- ## [Find 28 interesting facts about 28](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-28-interesting-facts-about-28/234525)
**Author:** [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-28-interesting-facts-about-28/234525 "2004-03-18T00:49:22Z")
This should be an easy one for the “Dopers”. Here’s some I’ve already found: 28 is the second perfect number being the sum of its divisors: 1; 2; 4; 7; 14 28 is the sum of the first 5 prime numbers 2; 3; 5; 7; 11 … --- ## [Fun with my vintage 1900 Sears Roebuck Catalogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-my-vintage-1900-sears-roebuck-catalogue/253227)
**Author:** [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-my-vintage-1900-sears-roebuck-catalogue/253227 "2004-07-05T00:44:30Z")
I recently aquired a genuine Sears Roebuck catalogue on EBay (I’m a rabid vintage catalogue fan) and thought I’d share the wonders within with you all. Furnish your entire house for $300! Check out the latest in home en… --- ## [Botticelli - June 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278)
**Author:** [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278 "2024-07-02T15:02:22Z")
Since it’s the penultimate day of May, I’ll start a new thread for June. I am V! --- ## [Do you participate in personal consumption boycotts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-participate-in-personal-consumption-boycotts/658346)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-participate-in-personal-consumption-boycotts/658346 "2013-05-20T17:22:06Z")
As the thread title states. Do you boycott certain manufacturers’ products, not because you don’t like the product quality or the ingredients or how the product is made, but because you don’t like the company or the own… --- ## [Being born in the ghetto = "being born into a version of genocide"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-born-in-the-ghetto-being-born-into-a-version-of-genocide/347030)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-born-in-the-ghetto-being-born-into-a-version-of-genocide/347030 "2006-03-09T22:57:15Z")
I just read Roger Ebert’s review of a new movie, “The Boys of Baraka.” The movie is about a group of young, African-American boys from inner-city Baltimore who are taken to an experimental school in Kenya where they get… --- ## [Time Travel in fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-in-fiction/1019240)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-in-fiction/1019240 "2026-07-27T14:45:24Z")
A thread on “stuff people get wrong in movies” engendered an enthusiastic discussion of time travel, which didn’t belong there, but seemed like it might want to continue. So I’m moving it here. --- ## [Hypothetical on Pitbull Presence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-on-pitbull-presence/552354)
**Author:** [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-on-pitbull-presence/552354 "2010-09-09T20:41:46Z")
Hypothetical situation: You are invited to a friend’s house for BBQ. You know that four or five other people that you aren’t acquainted with will be there. You arrive and everyone is sitting in somewhat of a circle ne… --- ## [Facebook viral statuses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233)
**Author:** [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233 "2011-07-06T14:07:58Z")
I’m curious about these. You know the type: “I have a personal reason for asking if everyone could put this as their status for 1 hour. I’m pretty sure I know the ones that will. Think of someone you know or love who has… --- ## [Is there anyone here who refuses to pay child support, and if so, how do you justify it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-here-who-refuses-to-pay-child-support-and-if-so-how-do-you-justify-it/731115)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-here-who-refuses-to-pay-child-support-and-if-so-how-do-you-justify-it/731115 "2015-09-14T13:08:22Z")
We’re having this discussion on another board. I’ve never seen a post, anywhere, from anyone who did. C’mon, people who do this have to be out there, somewhere. The question is not “Does your ex/did your non-custodial… --- ## [Petraeus report will actually be written by the White House](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petraeus-report-will-actually-be-written-by-the-white-house/415737)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petraeus-report-will-actually-be-written-by-the-white-house/415737 "2007-08-19T00:53:28Z")
This story from the LA Times focuses on expectations that General Petraeus, in his long-awaited September report on the success of the “Surge,” will recommend withdrawal of U.S. forces from some regions of Iraq; but buri… --- ## ["Fare la bella figura." Let's talk about Italy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fare-la-bella-figura-lets-talk-about-italy/589714)
**Author:** [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fare-la-bella-figura-lets-talk-about-italy/589714 "2011-07-24T21:54:17Z")
I love Italy, but the more I learn about it, the more I find that, like any country, it’s beset by problems. While the food is of course delicious, the weather incredible and the language beautiful, it’s still a mess of … --- ## [Ask the 9-1-1 Operator...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-9-1-1-operator/649983)
**Author:** [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-9-1-1-operator/649983 "2013-02-14T15:13:25Z")
I work in a 9-1-1 Emergency call center. With Halle Berry soon to star as a 9-1-1 operator in a new movie, The Call, I think now is a good time to get your answers about 9-1-1 is in reality before Hollywood takes its tu… --- ## [Simple Alcoholic Drinks to make.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-alcoholic-drinks-to-make/318427)
**Author:** [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-alcoholic-drinks-to-make/318427 "2005-09-30T02:03:57Z")
What would you reccommend, besides Rum and Coke? --- ## [Is it ever acceptable for an NFL team to throw a game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ever-acceptable-for-an-nfl-team-to-throw-a-game/774493)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ever-acceptable-for-an-nfl-team-to-throw-a-game/774493 "2016-12-17T18:25:23Z")
Here’s a fictional scenario. It’s week 17 in the NFL and Team A has a 13-2 record and has the #1 seed secure. Team A’s losses were both to Team B, a divisional rival that seems to have their number. They were both ugly l… --- ## [How much gold do people typically own? (Q re: gold buying outlets)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-gold-do-people-typically-own-q-re-gold-buying-outlets/568186)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-gold-do-people-typically-own-q-re-gold-buying-outlets/568186 "2013-03-07T20:05:24Z")
There are currently at least 3 if not 4 gold buying outlets in my hometown of about 40,000 people. 5 years ago there were none. 3 year ago there was 1 and now a relative explosion of them. I’m curious how these are viabl… --- ## [My Bladder Knows I'm Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bladder-knows-im-home/158436)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bladder-knows-im-home/158436 "2003-04-07T03:20:42Z")
Arriving home yesterday evening, as I usually do, I felt the sudden urge to pee. What luck, I thought. Andhere I am just yards away from the back door. Suddenly it occurs to me: my bladder knows I’m home! I doubly my… --- ## [Would Godzilla be an "Act of God?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-godzilla-be-an-act-of-god/162335)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2003, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-godzilla-be-an-act-of-god/162335 "2003-03-28T08:30:16Z")
I was watching an old Godzilla movie when the thought occurred to me: how would the insurance people pay for a giant monsters’ rampage, if at all? Would it be a natural disaster? What exactly is an “act of God” to them? --- ## [Can the flight engineer fly the plane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-flight-engineer-fly-the-plane/557077)
**Author:** [@Kilmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilmore)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-flight-engineer-fly-the-plane/557077 "2010-10-14T21:19:18Z")
If both the pilot and the co-pilot of an airliner fall out, are flight engineers generally trained pilots themselves? --- ## [Could an aircraft carrier reach Chicago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-an-aircraft-carrier-reach-chicago/410952)
**Author:** [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-an-aircraft-carrier-reach-chicago/410952 "2007-07-10T04:12:23Z")
Sure, I know that the Great Lakes technically flow to the Atlantic Ocean, but how navigable are those passages? Are those passages natural or a series of man-made canals and locks? What’s the deal? --- ## ["Accepting" a nuke-armed North Korea; is it that bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accepting-a-nuke-armed-north-korea-is-it-that-bad/786031)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accepting-a-nuke-armed-north-korea-is-it-that-bad/786031 "2017-06-07T00:13:48Z")
Barring military action against North Korea - which would lead to colossal cost in economic damage to South Korea’s economy, etc. - it’s well likely that Pyongyang will have a fully-fledged strike force of nuclear-tipped… --- ## [Is there such a thing as a dumb question?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-dumb-question/611022)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-dumb-question/611022 "2012-01-31T19:48:00Z")
To clarify further, is there such a thing as a question not worth asking? I was a teacher for 2 years, and I tried my best to be open minded to questions… but sometimes they drove me crazy. The only time I considered a … --- ## [What's this about Steve Irwin, aka The Crocodile Hunter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-about-steve-irwin-aka-the-crocodile-hunter/222358)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-about-steve-irwin-aka-the-crocodile-hunter/222358 "2004-01-06T02:44:50Z")
Something about holding his one-month son in his arms while he’s feeding a crocodile? Is the video as bad as it sounds? http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story\_page/0,5478,8307894%5E662,00.html --- ## [Aren't the vast majority of us going to get infected by the Corona Virus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arent-the-vast-majority-of-us-going-to-get-infected-by-the-corona-virus/850997)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arent-the-vast-majority-of-us-going-to-get-infected-by-the-corona-virus/850997 "2020-04-15T22:23:29Z")
And all these precautions we are being asked to take are meant to slow down the infection rate so the hospitals aren’t overwhelmed all at one time. Isn’t a matter of “when”, not “if”?. And like all other viruses, the vas… --- ## [Rectum? Damn near killed him!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rectum-damn-near-killed-him/444892)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rectum-damn-near-killed-him/444892 "2008-04-15T12:46:06Z")
Yes, it is that time of the year again when the puns start cropping up. I’ll start. Did you hear about the red ship and the blue ship that collided? Both crews were marooned. --- ## [What's the maximum angle a swing can obtain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-maximum-angle-a-swing-can-obtain/619901)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-maximum-angle-a-swing-can-obtain/619901 "2012-04-26T23:50:06Z")
I spend a lot of time at the playground and watch and play on the swings a lot. It’s lead me to wonder what the maximum angle that a swing can obtain with only the swinger’s own power. From my own experience and from wa… --- ## [Do any other animals have sex for fun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-other-animals-have-sex-for-fun/203620)
**Author:** [@heimarkj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heimarkj)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-other-animals-have-sex-for-fun/203620 "2003-09-25T01:09:30Z")
Someone told me that in addition to humans, dolphins, and chickens also like to “do the deed” for recreational purposes as well…I hadn’t heard this before…anyone know anything about this? --- ## [Upper respiratory problems. Whats going around ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upper-respiratory-problems-whats-going-around/573940)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upper-respiratory-problems-whats-going-around/573940 "2011-03-15T18:43:58Z")
In the Dearborn area it is so common we wonder who is not showing symptoms. Coughing ,kicking up phlegm and mild temperatures are the symptoms. My wife went to the doctor and got antibiotics. She wants them for a hangnai… --- ## [I pit cherries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cherries/629980 "2012-08-03T05:34:18Z")
Last night I was pitting all the cherries before they went bad and began processing them to put them up. I was doing deep red Ranier cherries, very ripe ones. It was my first go at pitting cherries and I was scattering t… --- ## [Anyone else NOT feed their cat wet cat food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-feed-their-cat-wet-cat-food/589752)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-feed-their-cat-wet-cat-food/589752 "2011-07-22T16:54:22Z")
Sort of the opposite of this thread. I’ve had my cat for close to 10 years, and while I have served canned, wet cat food as a treat two or three times, mostly I’ve stuck with the dry food. She always eats it all and do… --- ## [Botticelli November 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596)
**Author:** [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Replies:** 267\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596 "2021-12-04T14:51:27Z")
Here we are! I am W That’s right, W. --- ## [Scenes From a Second Grade Cafeteria (in two colors!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-from-a-second-grade-cafeteria-in-two-colors/267444)
**Author:** [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-from-a-second-grade-cafeteria-in-two-colors/267444 "2004-10-08T19:15:34Z")
Hey Soupo! I saved you a seat! Come on over and eat lunch with me!" “OK Jack, I will! I should really eat lunch with Katie like I told her I would, but since I haven’t hit puberty yet your offer sounds better.” “That’s… --- ## [Jeff East looks dumb in Superman: The Movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-east-looks-dumb-in-superman-the-movie/633202)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-east-looks-dumb-in-superman-the-movie/633202 "2018-02-27T13:29:06Z")
Apparently, 25 year old Christopher Reeve Looked way too old to play teenaged Clerk Kent in Superman: The Movie so they cast Jeff East who was 20 years old but looked like he was about 30. All of his dialog was dubbed b… --- ## [Validity of "You can be anything you want to be" as advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/validity-of-you-can-be-anything-you-want-to-be-as-advice/822420)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/validity-of-you-can-be-anything-you-want-to-be-as-advice/822420 "2018-10-13T19:02:58Z")
After reading this thread"The TV Trope of Girls Beating Boys in Sports", there was some discussion about the validity of suggesting that anyone can be what they want to be, because of fundamental limitations related to p… --- ## [Why is American currency signed by the Treasurer and the Secretary of the Treasury?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-american-currency-signed-by-the-treasurer-and-the-secretary-of-the-treasury/142085)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2002, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-american-currency-signed-by-the-treasurer-and-the-secretary-of-the-treasury/142085 "2002-12-13T17:40:47Z")
In just about every country, including ours, paper money in circulation is a liability on the books of the central bank. When you look at the top of a dollar bill and it says “Federal Reserve Note”, the word Note isn’t… --- ## [a question for french speakers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-french-speakers/411941)
**Author:** [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-french-speakers/411941 "2010-05-25T22:00:11Z")
I come from a Franco-American family, and there was a lot of French spoken in my family when I was young. I spoke it too(have it on tape, even) until my parents decided it was wiser not to encourage me to learn French, … --- ## [Do you still have to pay the mortgage if your house burns down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-to-pay-the-mortgage-if-your-house-burns-down/825018)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-to-pay-the-mortgage-if-your-house-burns-down/825018 "2018-12-06T20:48:30Z")
We’ve had two huge fires here in Northern California in the last five months, the Carr fire and now the Camp fire with 10’s of thousands of homes burned to the ground in the last one. What happens to the mortgage is you… --- ## [Homeland Security harasses pilots who have done nothing wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-security-harasses-pilots-who-have-done-nothing-wrong/659253)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-security-harasses-pilots-who-have-done-nothing-wrong/659253 "2013-09-10T01:40:53Z")
Annals of the Security State: More Airplane Stories A pilot is detained for flying west to east from California. Apparently this is suspicious, as he was detained for two hours. Authorities told him his flight ‘fit a … --- ## [First Amendment vs. Aid to Terrorists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-amendment-vs-aid-to-terrorists/530254)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-amendment-vs-aid-to-terrorists/530254 "2010-02-25T20:39:15Z")
The Supreme Court heard arguments this week that the the federal law prohibiting anyone from knowing providing “any service, training, \[or\] expert advice or assistance” to a designated foreign terrorist organization is t… --- ## [If you prefer Clinton but Sanders gets the nom, will you vote for him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-prefer-clinton-but-sanders-gets-the-nom-will-you-vote-for-him/747026)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-prefer-clinton-but-sanders-gets-the-nom-will-you-vote-for-him/747026 "2016-02-26T21:57:13Z")
Spinoff from this thread. Seems fair to turn it around. If you’re a Democrat who prefers Clinton, but Sanders gets the nomination, will you vote for Sanders in the general election? If not, why not? And if you don’t … --- ## [Is the Caribbean part of North America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-caribbean-part-of-north-america/102173)
**Author:** [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-caribbean-part-of-north-america/102173 "2002-04-07T15:22:56Z")
I always thought it was. All the evidence I’ve ever seen says that it (as well as “Central America”) is included in North America. Attached is one of many cites/sites. I thought it was a slam dunk something “everyone kno… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1745&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1747&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)