# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1748&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:** 1749 --- ## [Auburn/Oregon BCS Parlay Spread and Over/Under](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auburn-oregon-bcs-parlay-spread-and-over-under/564155)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2011, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auburn-oregon-bcs-parlay-spread-and-over-under/564155 "2011-01-11T05:58:52Z")
Danny Sheridan at USAToday has established at Auburn as a 3 point favorite and the over.under is 74 points. to avoid ties, I am going to bump the spread and over/under a half point. you are given free entry to parlay t… --- ## [Are Dopers unduly critical of Southerners?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dopers-unduly-critical-of-southerners/454134)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dopers-unduly-critical-of-southerners/454134 "2008-06-27T01:41:35Z")
I’m putting this here because I don’t want it to descend into argument or ascend into debate. I’m just asking for opinions. Please state whether you’re Southern in the thread. Southern. I say yes. --- ## [How to fix garage door](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fix-garage-door/664563)
**Author:** [@john44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/john44)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fix-garage-door/664563 "2015-01-31T23:19:58Z")
I have a wood garage door from the 1970s. I have noticed gaps near each side on the bottom where light and air comes through. How do I fix this? I use my garage for a shop and keep it heated and cooled so the air it let… --- ## [I think some of you are lying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-some-of-you-are-lying/81629)
**Author:** [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-some-of-you-are-lying/81629 "2001-09-22T21:28:26Z")
I’m sorry. Flame if you will, but I can’t take it anymore. I asked yesterday if anyone was incapacitated by fear, and yes, a few souls admitted that this is a terrifying situation. But it seemed a very small number. I a… --- ## [I finally have some money saved up...and I feel bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-have-some-money-saved-up-and-i-feel-bad/649338)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-have-some-money-saved-up-and-i-feel-bad/649338 "2013-02-07T20:45:25Z")
Again…much has happened to me in the past six months. Feel free to read my previous posts. One (seemingly) positive thing event in my life right now is that I have some money saved up (about 18k). Somehow I worry that m… --- ## [Have you ever met your favorite singer/actor/athlete/whatever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-your-favorite-singer-actor-athlete-whatever/660089)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-your-favorite-singer-actor-athlete-whatever/660089 "2013-06-11T05:47:58Z")
Regular readers of the SDMB may have figured out by now that I’m a big fan of pop singer Ke$ha. She’s performing in Chicago on Sunday. Members of her fan club could win a meet & greet with her before the show on each o… --- ## [Not bowing to queen/king](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-bowing-to-queen-king/775041)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-bowing-to-queen-king/775041 "2017-03-06T13:55:39Z")
I assume there are people who refuse to bow or curtsy to a queen or king in UK and other places. How common is this? I guess it’s just considered bad taste but nothing else happens. BTW I know that non citizens … --- ## [How long does your morning bathroom routine take?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-your-morning-bathroom-routine-take/416505)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-your-morning-bathroom-routine-take/416505 "2007-08-23T20:36:46Z")
I’ve been hearing lately that I take a long time over it, but I don’t think it’s longer than average. I’m looking for a nice representative sample to get a sense of whether or not I really need to put more effort into h… --- ## [The two Obamas: Dr. Barack and Fast Eddie Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-obamas-dr-barack-and-fast-eddie-obama/453802)
**Author:** [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-obamas-dr-barack-and-fast-eddie-obama/453802 "2008-06-25T01:00:36Z")
I read a provocative opinion piece yesterday by David Brooks named “The two Obamas” and and I’d like ya’ll to give me your take on it. Here is a link to the article : \[The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah News, Sports, Religion… --- ## [how long before a "hung jury" can be declared?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-a-hung-jury-can-be-declared/623792)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-a-hung-jury-can-be-declared/623792 "2012-06-02T14:27:53Z")
In the US, is there any required length of time that a jury in a criminal case must deliberate before a declaration of “hung jury” is issued? --- ## [Resolved: Ilhan Omar has not expressed antisemitism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ilhan-omar-has-not-expressed-antisemitism/979323)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-ilhan-omar-has-not-expressed-antisemitism/979323 "2023-02-14T15:56:13Z")
This has been on my mind for a while, and I was long hesitant to be so absolute in my proclamation, but I think I’m correct: Ilhan Omar has not expressed anti-semitism in her public life, and there’s no basis to believe … --- ## [Demon core from Fat Man/Little Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demon-core-from-fat-man-little-boy/695548)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demon-core-from-fat-man-little-boy/695548 "2015-03-17T18:04:40Z")
In the film Fat Man and Little Boy, there is a fictionalized account of the Demon Core which was responsible for the death of two scientists in two different accidents. John Cusack’s character is conducting experiments… --- ## [SDMB usernames - what's the first thing you think of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049)
**Author:** [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2002, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049 "2002-07-22T08:19:05Z")
For example, when I see RickJay’s name, I think of the guy who was wondering about farting a hole in his underwear. When I see Francesca’s name, I think of that pasta sauce commercial from the 1980s - Francesco Renaldi.… --- ## [Any tonal instruments that map velocity to pitch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tonal-instruments-that-map-velocity-to-pitch/538839)
**Author:** [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tonal-instruments-that-map-velocity-to-pitch/538839 "2010-05-13T17:55:18Z")
With most tonal (non-percussive) instruments, one selects a pitch by establishing a particular setup of the pieces involved (fingers, mouth, buttons, pedals, etc.) and then (if required) manipulating of one or more of th… --- ## [How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) May 13](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-himym-may-13/658277)
**Author:** [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-himym-may-13/658277 "2013-05-20T21:39:05Z")
No threads on this? I just watched the latest episode and it seems as if they showed the face of the mother. \[Does some research\] It seems as though I might have just watched the series finale, or at least the season … --- ## [An Uncomfortable Proposal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-uncomfortable-proposal/552144)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-uncomfortable-proposal/552144 "2010-09-01T13:49:36Z")
Yesterday, I received an unusual email from an old friend. It didn’t seem like a huge deal at the time, and still isn’t, but the more I’ve thought about it and talked about it since then, the more odd it seems. My friend… --- ## [When did people start to use "Frankenstein" for the monster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-people-start-to-use-frankenstein-for-the-monster/736210)
**Author:** [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-people-start-to-use-frankenstein-for-the-monster/736210 "2015-11-04T18:18:33Z")
We all know, at this point, that if you’d like to be pedantic for Halloween, you can point out that Frankenstein was the doctor, and his monster didn’t actually have a name. But when exactly did people start referring t… --- ## [Public works programs - an acceptable solution for (much of) the US's current economic woes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-works-programs-an-acceptable-solution-for-much-of-the-uss-current-economic-woes/672262)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-works-programs-an-acceptable-solution-for-much-of-the-uss-current-economic-woes/672262 "2013-11-01T17:11:41Z")
I suppose this is an issue that could almost be placed in GQ given that there is accumulated empirical evidence to inform the discussion as well as a good deal of economic theory underlying it (or so I am led to believe … --- ## [Technology items you never thought you'd want/need, until you used them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-items-you-never-thought-youd-want-need-until-you-used-them/932062)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-items-you-never-thought-youd-want-need-until-you-used-them/932062 "2021-02-17T14:56:47Z")
Plenty of stuff in the consumer electronics market out there that makes you think “What would I ever use that for? No thanks.” Then you somehow come in possession of it and it becomes the most useful thing in the world. … --- ## [How can I sell my computer program / algorithm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-sell-my-computer-program-algorithm/504303)
**Author:** [@OM\_Waterfall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OM_Waterfall)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-sell-my-computer-program-algorithm/504303 "2009-07-27T14:45:41Z")
I have written a program to automate a task at my work. I could bring it into the office and get some kudos from the boss, but is that my only option? My thinking is that there may be demand for the program from other … --- ## [Weirdest comic strip crossover ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-comic-strip-crossover-ever/736594)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-comic-strip-crossover-ever/736594 "2015-11-09T17:29:53Z")
So I’m browsing through the comic strips for Wednesday, and I notice something very strange going on in both the 11/04 Mary Worth strip, and the 11/04 Phantom strip. Slick! --- ## [Would you start selling dope to make ends meet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-start-selling-dope-to-make-ends-meet/582589)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-start-selling-dope-to-make-ends-meet/582589 "2011-05-21T19:39:27Z")
Near where I live, there is a family. The father, in his early 50’s, passed away abruptly about 3 years ago. They live in a $400-500k home in a nice subdivision. They had two kids, daughter and son, 19 and 17, respect… --- ## ["May I kiss you?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-kiss-you/395185)
**Author:** [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2007, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-kiss-you/395185 "2007-03-13T14:06:18Z")
In regaling a friend with the account of my latest sexcapade (hee! I had a sexcapade!) she interrupted me, just as things were getting interesting, to ask if he’d asked. To kiss me, I mean. (He hadn’t.) We agreed, no… --- ## [Is Canadian Real Estate Seriously Over-valued?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-canadian-real-estate-seriously-over-valued/676320)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-canadian-real-estate-seriously-over-valued/676320 "2013-12-17T22:01:42Z")
From this article. How overvalued do you think Canadian real estate is? What do you think this means for Canadians who have bought homes or are thinking about buying homes? Is there a real estate bubble going on in Canad… --- ## [Rate of "romantic incest"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-of-romantic-incest/515766)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-of-romantic-incest/515766 "2009-11-03T23:25:19Z")
I am curious to know how much we know about how often people in the same immediate family enter into sexual relationships which they conceive of as consensual, and as meaningfully of a piece with normal romantic relation… --- ## [Why is Privatisation so popular for governments? Is it anymore efficient?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-privatisation-so-popular-for-governments-is-it-anymore-efficient/679220)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-privatisation-so-popular-for-governments-is-it-anymore-efficient/679220 "2014-01-23T15:22:32Z")
Britain has just recently sold off the post office, an institution which had been government owned for hundreds of years, it was turning a profit, and was as efficient as any privately owned organisation, so now it joins… --- ## [Spitting in supercharger intake in Mad Max Fury Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spitting-in-supercharger-intake-in-mad-max-fury-road/761616)
**Author:** [@DJ\_Motorbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJ_Motorbike)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2016, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spitting-in-supercharger-intake-in-mad-max-fury-road/761616 "2016-08-06T08:02:54Z")
A guy I work with said he hated this movie. He said there was too much CGI BS in it. I explained to him that all the stunts were practical and little CGI was used. Still said it was a “stupid” movie. Asked why. He cited … --- ## [Posting in all caps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137 "2012-12-27T23:44:14Z")
Can i post in all caps? Any attempt to do so (as I just tried with both the subject line and the first sentence) results in all of my text reverting to lower case upon either preview or posting. Is this from one of my … --- ## [Have you ever made a sex tape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-made-a-sex-tape/537095)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2010, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-made-a-sex-tape/537095 "2010-04-25T10:38:31Z")
Have you ever been in a sex tape? Pretty straight forward question. --- ## [Creative Screen Names You'd Like to See](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creative-screen-names-youd-like-to-see/12861)
**Author:** [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2000, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creative-screen-names-youd-like-to-see/12861 "2000-01-19T08:29:00Z")
If we’ve done this before, forgive me or flame me. I don’t care. Submit the screen names you’d most like to see. “Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I’m worried about the difference … --- ## [Who is the second greatest civil rights figure in US history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-second-greatest-civil-rights-figure-in-us-history/679276)
**Author:** [@Los\_Anconfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Los_Anconfused)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-second-greatest-civil-rights-figure-in-us-history/679276 "2014-01-25T04:28:32Z")
If we accept Martin Luther King, Jr. as the greatest civil rights figure in United States history (and feel free to dispute that if you disagree), then who is the second greatest civil rights figure in United States hist… --- ## [You mean-spirited, coldhearted CHICKENSHIT asshole! How DARE you !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-mean-spirited-coldhearted-chickenshit-asshole-how-dare-you/446202)
**Author:** [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2008, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-mean-spirited-coldhearted-chickenshit-asshole-how-dare-you/446202 "2008-04-23T08:02:34Z")
The neighborhood I live in is on the raggedy fringe of the Tenderloin, with everything that implies, and our main drag was historically a fleshpot street that’s been revamped in the last few years into a Nightlife Destin… --- ## [TV shows we MUST have on DVD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162)
**Author:** [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162 "2004-10-22T01:37:36Z")
Why is it I can go to Wal-Mart and find old shows like Hee Haw on DVD, but I can’t find Murphy Brown or WKRP? Maybe they’re out there and just not available in my area. Maybe my Wal-Mart or Best Buy has something your … --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread -- May 2018 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-may-2018-edition/813318)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-may-2018-edition/813318 "2018-06-08T03:23:09Z")
Winter crashed this year and Spring keeps trying to reboot, apparently we’re supposed to get snow tomorrow. Yeah, stay inside and READ!!! My attention span is grasshoppering as usual, I know I’ll finish SOMETHING SOMED… --- ## [Tell the Funniest Joke You Know...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-the-funniest-joke-you-know/835549)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-the-funniest-joke-you-know/835549 "2019-06-18T00:04:25Z")
(For me it has to be the following. I will try to tell it right.) So this guy wants to join this Irish fraternity. And the head of the fraternity says, to join us, you have to do three things. Drink a fifth of Irish whi… --- ## [How common is "stray voltage," and is it dangerous to humans who are exposed to it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-stray-voltage-and-is-it-dangerous-to-humans-who-are-exposed-to-it/657103)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-stray-voltage-and-is-it-dangerous-to-humans-who-are-exposed-to-it/657103 "2013-05-02T14:57:19Z")
This woman recently won a $4M lawsuit against her power company due to the presence of “stray voltage” on her showerhead. She claims it caused her to experience “nausea, exhaustion and numbness in her limbs .” I underst… --- ## [Suggestions on how to handle this telemarketer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-on-how-to-handle-this-telemarketer/630785)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-on-how-to-handle-this-telemarketer/630785 "2012-08-09T19:43:33Z")
I’m apparently on a list for a telemarketing company. I guess they’re trying to sell me a debt consolidation service or something. But the point is I don’t want to buy their product and I want them to stop calling me. He… --- ## [How much can car performance be increased by performance shops and how do they do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-can-car-performance-be-increased-by-performance-shops-and-how-do-they-do-it/677433)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-can-car-performance-be-increased-by-performance-shops-and-how-do-they-do-it/677433 "2014-01-02T08:19:42Z")
Many years ago (around 1978) I had a friend who bought a Chevelle with a 454 cubic inch engine and he took it to a performance shop to have them increase the performance. As a result, he was able to run the quarter mile … --- ## [Whatever happened to Wendel on the Simpsons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-wendel-on-the-simpsons/170054)
**Author:** [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-wendel-on-the-simpsons/170054 "2003-05-12T00:48:11Z")
I think I spelled his name right. You know, Wendel, the sickly scrawny pale as hell kid that throws up on every bus ride? They just came out with his toy, but I don’t recall seeing him in any of the episodes for YEARS.… --- ## [Polio and TB vaccinations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polio-and-tb-vaccinations/86711)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2001, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polio-and-tb-vaccinations/86711 "2001-10-16T10:47:38Z")
Many people around my office have the scar and say they were vaccinated for smallpox. But doesn’t polio or TB vaccine ALSO leave a scar. I swear a lot of my relatives had a scar on their upper arms (the girls had it on… --- ## [Does a casino have to cash your chips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-casino-have-to-cash-your-chips/467141)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-casino-have-to-cash-your-chips/467141 "2008-10-10T14:21:45Z")
Let’s say you went to Vegas and had a better day than the house would prefer. You weren’t cheating, counting, or even accused of anything, but you’re still going to walk to the cashier with more in chips than you bought.… --- ## [What's the joke on this Korean Taco Bell hot sauce packet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-on-this-korean-taco-bell-hot-sauce-packet/619094)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-on-this-korean-taco-bell-hot-sauce-packet/619094 "2012-04-25T17:43:51Z")
My wife and I went to Taco Bell in Seoul, which apparently is the only Taco Bell in Asia right now. Anyway, we brought home a hot sauce pack, mostly because they were a lot bigger and we thought it’d be neat. If you are… --- ## [This is why you should wear a seat belt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-you-should-wear-a-seat-belt/736207)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-you-should-wear-a-seat-belt/736207 "2015-11-09T20:13:03Z")
VICTIM EJECTED ONTO 5 FREEWAY SIGN AFTER CRASH NEAR GLENDALE --- ## [Thinking about buying my first house. What should I know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-buying-my-first-house-what-should-i-know/589196)
**Author:** [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-buying-my-first-house-what-should-i-know/589196 "2011-07-24T18:14:11Z")
Just gave my two-month notice to my apartment complex and, much like the last two, they have demanded I sign various paperwork that basically boils down to me waiving all my legal rights on the basis of them promising no… --- ## [7 Reasons Why not to wear "Seven Jeans"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425)
**Author:** [@Mr.Roboto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Roboto)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425 "2004-07-07T03:02:01Z")
Men Don’t Want “Seven For All Humanity Jeans” Here are 7 Reasons: 1. Queer Looking 2. Not a Blue Hue 3. Fit Funny 4. Not Related to Levi's 5. The Back Fits Like the Front 6. The Stitching is Effeminate 7.… --- ## [But, if you really hold me tight. . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-if-you-really-hold-me-tight/644476 "2012-12-20T23:13:38Z")
. . . all the way home I’ll be warm. Bullshit. I call shenanigans. Even if the “holding tight” involves premature ejaculation, halfway home that’ll be frozen solid.:dubious: --- ## [1960s: what classic oldies did middle-aged folks listen to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1960s-what-classic-oldies-did-middle-aged-folks-listen-to/757344)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1960s-what-classic-oldies-did-middle-aged-folks-listen-to/757344 "2016-06-21T13:33:13Z")
I’m in my mid-40s. If I’m working in my garage, there’s a radio on, tuned to a local station that plays mostly classic rock from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Which is interesting, because a good bit of this music made its de… --- ## [Calling all skeptics, logicians, scientists, and the just plain cynical.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-skeptics-logicians-scientists-and-the-just-plain-cynical/309326)
**Author:** [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-skeptics-logicians-scientists-and-the-just-plain-cynical/309326 "2005-06-28T23:59:17Z")
Inspired by this thread. I have had cause in my life to feel the mysterious and mystical. I often have no explanation except those that come about by testing the bounds of logic to a straining point. Surely, in any give… --- ## [How sick do you have to be to stay home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-stay-home/625086)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-stay-home/625086 "2012-06-17T17:53:25Z")
Woke up at 5:00 with cramps and chills and by 6:00 e’d work that I would not be in (great thing about e-mail is you don’t have to phone in and do “the sick voice”). Probably could have gotten through the day, but wound u… --- ## [Does anyone else dislike office parties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-dislike-office-parties/43097)
**Author:** [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-dislike-office-parties/43097 "2013-12-09T16:53:25Z")
Sometimes I think I’m the only one who can’t stand 'em (besides my father, who is just a misanthrope). I’ve been at my current job for three months, and this Friday is the great-big-super-duper-happy-everyone-loves-it Ho… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1747&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1749&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)