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**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-world-war-ii/694323 "2014-08-03T17:03:49Z")
You know the one, 1939-1945, when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor and all that. What term do you prefer to use when referring to the conflict - and by extension its prequel (when a bloke called Archie Duke shot an ostric… --- ## [Why did nobody seem to have seen Friday's meteor coming.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-nobody-seem-to-have-seen-fridays-meteor-coming/650522)
**Author:** [@TheCrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCrow)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-nobody-seem-to-have-seen-fridays-meteor-coming/650522 "2013-02-18T09:11:42Z")
As you may know, a meteor hit Russia and it was a kind of dangerous meteor. Why did nobody realize the meteor? If they had realized, why did no one do anything about it? Why didn’t they try to prevent it from being dang… --- ## [Stealing Focus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-focus/505823)
**Author:** [@SmashTheState](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmashTheState)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-focus/505823 "2009-08-14T02:44:16Z")
What the bleeding cunt is wrong with software developers? I mean, other than being fat, unwashed, poorly-socialized nerds with the moral development of a snake. For about the ten billionth time, ZoneAlarm stole focus f… --- ## [Can you tell me about Quakers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-me-about-quakers/486818)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-me-about-quakers/486818 "2009-02-25T21:18:30Z")
Modern day Quakers, that is. We heard a distant niece is engaged to a Quaker and realized we don’t know, and never hear, about Quakers. Oh, I know they were consciencious objectors in wars, are for peace and helping ou… --- ## [Speed limit based on 85th percentile: is it really the safest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-limit-based-on-85th-percentile-is-it-really-the-safest/728600)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-limit-based-on-85th-percentile-is-it-really-the-safest/728600 "2015-08-28T15:37:08Z")
I’ve read arguments by a certain organization that the safest way for a locality to set speed limits on a road is by determining the speed that 85 percent of drivers are traveling at or below. Is there any actual data t… --- ## [Everything's broken. Everything sucks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-broken-everything-sucks/306721)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-broken-everything-sucks/306721 "2005-06-08T12:33:54Z")
I seem to have the Midas touch, only in reverse. Everything I touch lately seems to turn to shit. In late December I bought a model train set. Since then I’ve bought a bunch of accessories. I’ve spent well over $1000 on… --- ## [Best (or least-bad) energy drink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-or-least-bad-energy-drink/422825)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-or-least-bad-energy-drink/422825 "2007-10-16T16:01:02Z")
Okay - we all know that energy drinks will pickle your liver, curve your spine and damn your soul to the wretched bowels of hell, where cackling demons will force gallon after gallon of warm Rock Star Juiced down your th… --- ## [My heart is broken.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heart-is-broken/625159)
**Author:** [@rwhbyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rwhbyu)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heart-is-broken/625159 "2012-06-15T09:28:47Z")
My wife died today. I never saw it coming. I still have no idea what I am doing. I have no clue how to tell my 4 y/o that her mom is not coming back. My 7 m/o probably won’t remember her mom at all. She loved the girls s… --- ## [Schick PWN3D! or WTF, Gillette???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schick-pwn3d-or-wtf-gillette/342731)
**Author:** [@usar\_jag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usar_jag)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schick-pwn3d-or-wtf-gillette/342731 "2006-02-08T15:54:51Z")
So anyway, I’m minding my own business walking through a store, when a bright orange display caught my eye. On my second pass-by, I realized that Gillette was marketing a new razor. Evidently, the technology of draggin… --- ## [My friend got hurt really bad last night.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-got-hurt-really-bad-last-night/601961)
**Author:** [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-got-hurt-really-bad-last-night/601961 "2011-11-13T04:34:45Z")
We were out drinking to celebrate the end of a few terribly stressful weeks (in grad school life.) We drank more than we should have. It was around 1 and we were just about to leave the bar. I was going to crash at my f… --- ## [jaywalking is still an offence punishable by the highway traffic act & cops are dicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaywalking-is-still-an-offence-punishable-by-the-highway-traffic-act-cops-are-dicks/405590)
**Author:** [@bob\_loblaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_loblaw)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaywalking-is-still-an-offence-punishable-by-the-highway-traffic-act-cops-are-dicks/405590 "2007-06-01T14:41:07Z")
or, “sometimes, cops have nothing better to do.” i mean, i’m not disputing the fact that it may well still be on the books & everything… but c’mon. really. has your shift been that boring? are there no other, more press… --- ## [Toothbrushes: Soft, Medium, Hard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toothbrushes-soft-medium-hard/215931)
**Author:** [@Koth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koth)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toothbrushes-soft-medium-hard/215931 "2003-12-02T01:08:05Z")
By “Soft, Medium, Hard”, I mean the bristles. I’ve heard people say that you should use a soft bristled brush so it doesn’t cut up your gums. But I’ve heard other people say that you should use a harder bristle for bet… --- ## [I Pit My Sperm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-sperm/251310)
**Author:** [@Kings\_Gambit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kings_Gambit1)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-sperm/251310 "2004-06-27T04:52:11Z")
Fuck you sperm! Fuck you and your Aquaman-like swimming ability! My wife and I just found out that we are “expecting”…again! This will be our third child. We didn’t want any more children. The odds of this happening… --- ## [Nomination for worst commercial: Brawny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nomination-for-worst-commercial-brawny/295994)
**Author:** [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nomination-for-worst-commercial-brawny/295994 "2005-03-31T02:50:44Z")
Okay, I get that they’re trying to modernize Brawny from a neanderthal lumberjack into a modern metrosexual. But a good looking guy frosting a cake? Is that the best we can come up with? I like when he frosts the cake… --- ## [Census Mailer Says Look for Census in Mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/census-mailer-says-look-for-census-in-mail/532912)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/census-mailer-says-look-for-census-in-mail/532912 "2010-03-23T05:02:33Z")
Do we really need our tax dollars spent by the US Census Bureau to remind us to look for the Census coming soon in the mail? How much is that pre-mailer costing taxpayers, alone? :mad: --- ## [Where is the moral movement to stop the religious right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-moral-movement-to-stop-the-religious-right/330898)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-moral-movement-to-stop-the-religious-right/330898 "2005-11-18T13:51:47Z")
Not to pick on the religious right but I feel bothered everytime I hear them talk about morality. To me, opposing the religious right is the moral thing to do (I realize that on this board opposing the religious takes al… --- ## [I'm not kidding, Hostile Dialect. I want a retraction.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-kidding-hostile-dialect-i-want-a-retraction/442706)
**Author:** [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-kidding-hostile-dialect-i-want-a-retraction/442706 "2008-03-27T12:33:28Z")
In this pit thread, you quoted me and made the following statement: \[QUOTE=Sarahfeena\] Are we banning with unpopular opinions or controversial observations now? \[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect\] Apparently not, if the shitstor… --- ## [How does one deport a few million people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-deport-a-few-million-people/772115)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-deport-a-few-million-people/772115 "2016-11-18T04:33:57Z")
Seem to me one must have willing countries to receive the deported. I can see how one might surreptitiously dump a few dozen on a beach at night, but millions? How? --- ## [NFL 2023-2024: Conference Championships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-conference-championships/996595)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-conference-championships/996595 "2024-02-09T21:09:31Z")
Conference championships are upon us. The Divisional games last weekend featured three 1-possession games, while the fourth was tied at halftime. Hopefully we will see two close games on Sunday. The weather should be… --- ## [What's Up With Jazz?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-jazz/536238)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-jazz/536238 "2010-04-17T03:12:16Z")
I just don’t get it. Today, on NPR, there was a review of a jazz soprano sax player’s (Stanley Newsome?) new album. It is just the sax. No bass, drums or anything else. To my, evidently unsophisticated, ear it sounded li… --- ## [I Want to Keep Pet Peacocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-keep-pet-peacocks/111086)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-keep-pet-peacocks/111086 "2002-05-28T22:56:25Z")
I’ve always wanted a couple of peacocks to wander around my estate-er, back yard. I love the colors and the exquisite tailfeathers, and I’d like to majke a gift of two to my wife. naturally, I would care for the birds. M… --- ## [what does ETA mean](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-eta-mean/554311)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-eta-mean/554311 "2010-09-21T17:52:26Z")
I see this occasionally in posts, but what does it stand for? --- ## [Help name our new cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226 "2011-08-31T22:50:43Z")
Stately Mercotan Manor has been without a full-time cat for a while now, but the Mrs. changed that up this week when she adopted (with my consent) a 3-ish year old feline by the name of “Sandy”. Now, living on the beach… --- ## [The Aristocrats (No spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aristocrats-no-spoilers/314968)
**Author:** [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aristocrats-no-spoilers/314968 "2006-02-14T00:39:09Z")
So has anybody else seen this movie? I went down to the Arclight in Hollywood this afternoon and laughed my ass off. Holy shit this is one very rude, but very funny film. No nudity, but very blue language, and descrip… --- ## [How long would it be before someone discovered your corpse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-it-be-before-someone-discovered-your-corpse/601957)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-it-be-before-someone-discovered-your-corpse/601957 "2011-11-13T21:59:08Z")
This was done before but that was 9 years ago and I only recognize a handful of the responders in that thread, so I say let’s do it again! Inspired by this thread about the New Zealand woman who dies suddenly and her da… --- ## [Lawyers: Your least favourite subject undertaken during legal education.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-your-least-favourite-subject-undertaken-during-legal-education/537210)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2010, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-your-least-favourite-subject-undertaken-during-legal-education/537210 "2010-05-01T08:22:58Z")
Lawyers and lawyers only, babies aka law students do not enjoy rights of audience in this thread.:smiley: What was your least favourite subject? Mine was Civil Procedure. Followed closely by Trusts. --- ## [What is the purpose of corporations making employees fill out detailed expense reports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-corporations-making-employees-fill-out-detailed-expense-reports/674900)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-corporations-making-employees-fill-out-detailed-expense-reports/674900 "2013-12-08T12:44:28Z")
I mean, I get it - in some cases. It’s low-level fraud protection. But I travel for work a lot, and my travel plans are always very public and well known to my manager. In my particular case, I’m feeling like - jeez, … --- ## [If God had wanted boys to wear earrings, he'd have made them girls!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-had-wanted-boys-to-wear-earrings-hed-have-made-them-girls/77950)
**Author:** [@AndYrAStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndYrAStar)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2001, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-had-wanted-boys-to-wear-earrings-hed-have-made-them-girls/77950 "2001-08-28T01:12:05Z")
Alabama Governor Don Siegelman in reference to an 8-year old boy who was expelled for wearing an earring: I have to say, I am astounded by the sheer brilliance of this statement. You poor, poor residents of Alabama. T… --- ## [Ok I give up: Why were peasants starving in Ancien Regime France? They had farms didn't they?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-why-were-peasants-starving-in-ancien-regime-france-they-had-farms-didnt-they/573244)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-why-were-peasants-starving-in-ancien-regime-france-they-had-farms-didnt-they/573244 "2011-03-06T16:09:10Z")
In Carlyle’s History of the French Revolution, he writes Also there is constant references to hunger in Les Mis (although I think that is Bourbon Restoration France). Ok, I don’t get it. France was the most powerful c… --- ## [How to Be an Undesirable Neighbor (without breaking the law)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-an-undesirable-neighbor-without-breaking-the-law/530800)
**Author:** [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-an-undesirable-neighbor-without-breaking-the-law/530800 "2010-03-01T15:50:24Z")
A registered sex offender has moved into the house next door to ours. They’re renters, a couple of houses in our little subdivision are usually rented out and this is one of them. It’s not one of those “She told me she… --- ## [I'm gonna assume you are physically plain, "imperfect" or outright homely...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-assume-you-are-physically-plain-imperfect-or-outright-homely/826984)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-assume-you-are-physically-plain-imperfect-or-outright-homely/826984 "2019-01-13T13:48:56Z")
…why haven’t you gone ahead and had plastic surgery, breast enhancement, hair plugs, etc yet? --- ## [Timing belt question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timing-belt-question/721259)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timing-belt-question/721259 "2015-07-04T01:41:02Z")
For a 2004 Toyota Highlander V6. Is it internal to the engine? Or is it the same serpentine belt on the outside of the engine? I ask this for my 84 year old mom. She still drives, but very little. Just to the store a… --- ## [I need off color jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-off-color-jokes/510277)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-off-color-jokes/510277 "2009-09-19T01:00:00Z")
I’ll start, so you know the type of thing I’m looking for: Two old ladies are standing at a bus stop and smoking cigarettes. It starts to rain. The first old lady reaches into her purse, pulls out a condom, and cuts t… --- ## [Why is the SI unir for mass kg and not g?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-si-unir-for-mass-kg-and-not-g/168937)
**Author:** [@Tuco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuco)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-si-unir-for-mass-kg-and-not-g/168937 "2003-04-17T14:43:16Z")
Question’s in the title really, why is the SI unit for mass kilogram and not gram, when for length it’s metre and not kilometre? --- ## [Average Age of User](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age-of-user/732992)
**Author:** [@McDoogins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDoogins)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age-of-user/732992 "2015-10-02T13:32:20Z")
Well I used the search box and I couldn’t find any thread like this on the first page so here it goes. What is the average age of a SD forum user? My guess is somewhere between 20s and 40s. --- ## [What verbs are used in other languages for 'playing' music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-verbs-are-used-in-other-languages-for-playing-music/514422)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-verbs-are-used-in-other-languages-for-playing-music/514422 "2009-10-26T16:19:45Z")
In a video I saw the other day, Bob Brozman, guitarist and singer, describes how he discovered making different sounds on his instrument by fooling around. He then went on to make the statement “In any language I’ve eve… --- ## [Interested in giving away/getting free books? Get in here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565)
**Author:** [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565 "2005-03-05T23:14:58Z")
Do you have any books you’re never going to read or never going to read again? Would you be willing to give them away? Are you willing to check your email for a response? Will you package, address and mail a book to a… --- ## [Movies like Monsoon Wedding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-like-monsoon-wedding/621411)
**Author:** [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-like-monsoon-wedding/621411 "2012-05-16T19:58:58Z")
In the last three days, I’ve watched Monsoon Wedding and Bend It Like Beckham. This has made me curious about other movies about Indian culture. Both movies are focused around weddings and I’m in awe of the spectacle of … --- ## [RIP Beastie Boy MCA (Adam Yauch)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-beastie-boy-mca-adam-yauch/620893)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-beastie-boy-mca-adam-yauch/620893 "2012-05-08T13:33:54Z")
Dead at 47. This sucks…they were still putting out good albums!!! --- ## [Fawlty Towers and John Cleese's (In)sanity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fawlty-towers-and-john-cleeses-in-sanity/566766)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fawlty-towers-and-john-cleeses-in-sanity/566766 "2011-01-12T02:24:24Z")
I started watching my new Fawlty Towers Christmas present last night, and forgot how absolutely wonderful this show was. John Cleese is magnificent and plays Basil right on the edge of completely losing all control. Wh… --- ## [Intervention on A&E](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intervention-on-a-e/431953)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intervention-on-a-e/431953 "2020-05-29T00:40:36Z")
I must admit, I enjoy this show, in a trainwreck sort of way. A&E was showing a marathon on New Year’s Eve (Eve?) and there were several episodes I hadn’t seen before. I was surprised to see that not everyone accepts h… --- ## [A Christmas Story plot hole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-story-plot-hole/642126)
**Author:** [@kurtisokc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurtisokc)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-story-plot-hole/642126 "2012-11-28T18:25:56Z")
I find the movie “a Christmas Story” quite entertaining, but there was always one part that kind of bothered me. After Flick gets his tongue frozen to the flag-pole, why is Ralphie worried about “getting caught?” From … --- ## [How to make a girl feel unwanted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-girl-feel-unwanted/195168)
**Author:** [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-girl-feel-unwanted/195168 "2003-08-19T14:34:19Z")
Garigirl (Walking in from work): Here - have this - it’s one of those sci-fi things so you’ll probably like it. Chucks a DVD on Garius’ lap Garius (Looking up from his Laptop): What’s thi…HOLY CRAP! Where did you get t… --- ## [sitcom cliche thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-cliche-thread/408322)
**Author:** [@friendlyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friendlyguy)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-cliche-thread/408322 "2007-07-06T02:20:58Z")
Hello, all. I was a frequenter of this message board years ago, but haven’t been here in a while. The reason I’m back is that my friend and I have been talking about how lame most sitcoms are, and how either one of us … --- ## [milroyj, can you stop being a fucking tool for five minutes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milroyj-can-you-stop-being-a-fucking-tool-for-five-minutes/251266)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milroyj-can-you-stop-being-a-fucking-tool-for-five-minutes/251266 "2004-06-23T20:14:42Z")
I’ve never pitted another Doper, because I really don’t see the need. If the behavior is truly egregious, someone with better skills will come along and do it for me. However, this thread takes the cake. Now, I’ve com… --- ## [I was given my grandmother's engagement ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-given-my-grandmothers-engagement-ring/417848)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-given-my-grandmothers-engagement-ring/417848 "2007-09-06T01:25:10Z")
My paternal grandmother died last year. Recently, we had to send Pappap into a group home, so my dad was in charge of selling the house. And we had to split up their stuff. It was hard, going through everything-especi… --- ## [My Ass and Mcdonald's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ass-and-mcdonalds/6173)
**Author:** [@Farmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2000, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ass-and-mcdonalds/6173 "2000-09-15T20:32:11Z")
Why is it everytime I eat French Fries from Mcdonald’s, I end up getting diarrhea. I eat fries from other take out places and i’m fine. I eat potato chips and other related food items and i’m fine too. Is it the oil they… --- ## [Quebec Court overturns father's grounding of 12-year-old kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebec-court-overturns-fathers-grounding-of-12-year-old-kid/453447)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebec-court-overturns-fathers-grounding-of-12-year-old-kid/453447 "2008-06-27T16:48:14Z")
Some stories just pit themselves: Fortunately the parent is appealing. --- ## [Do German and Japanese kids play WWII video games?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-german-and-japanese-kids-play-wwii-video-games/669309)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2013, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-german-and-japanese-kids-play-wwii-video-games/669309 "2013-09-23T10:48:24Z")
If so, are they the same WWII games played in the US and UK? What side do the German and Japanese kids play as? --- ## [V: 1.12 "Red Sky", SEASON FINALE, (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-1-12-red-sky-season-finale-open-spoilers/539950)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-1-12-red-sky-season-finale-open-spoilers/539950 "2010-05-29T23:58:03Z")
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