# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1757&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:** 1758 --- ## [Conservative opinion on US health care](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-opinion-on-us-health-care/504356)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-opinion-on-us-health-care/504356 "2009-08-04T01:05:28Z")
Conservatives are against the latest health care reform effort, which seems to be sinking (or has already sunk), and seem to be against any attempt to change the status quo (especially if that change involves the governm… --- ## ["HI--I'M ON THE TRAIN. NOTHIN' WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-on-the-train-nothin-what-are-you-doing/179902)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-on-the-train-nothin-what-are-you-doing/179902 "2003-06-09T22:36:53Z")
I know I have bitched about this before, but why do some people have to scream inanities at the top of their lungs into their cell phones on the goddam train? Last night there were two of them in my car—the only reason I… --- ## [Damn, I don't want to ask a woman out over email](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-i-dont-want-to-ask-a-woman-out-over-email/279731)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-i-dont-want-to-ask-a-woman-out-over-email/279731 "2004-12-17T03:56:41Z")
There is a woman in my college class who I want to ask out, but I don’t want to do it when other people we have class with are around for fear she will get embarassed. Plus I have put it off until the end of semester in … --- ## [How long is it since you had sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-it-since-you-had-sex/165204)
**Author:** [@Honeydew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honeydew_1)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2003, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-it-since-you-had-sex/165204 "2003-04-03T06:46:30Z")
For me, its been 17 months now :eek:. My bf (the Rhino in the name lol) and I are long distance; for various reasons (finances and a major car accident last Summer), we haven’t been able to get together :frowning: (but … --- ## [I just stupidly destroyed a pan.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-stupidly-destroyed-a-pan/550389)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-stupidly-destroyed-a-pan/550389 "2010-08-23T16:37:57Z")
Yesterday, I made chili, and of course, the pan had a bunch of chili-gunk left in it when it was all dished up. The best way I’ve found to clean out a pan after something like that is to fill it with water and maybe a l… --- ## [Satan sez: microwave your baby!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satan-sez-microwave-your-baby/404923)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satan-sez-microwave-your-baby/404923 "2007-05-23T03:17:05Z")
I’m not much for the recreational outrage thing, and I’ve resisted temptation as heroically as I can, but sometimes you just have no choice but to give in: Mom blames Satan for burning baby in microwave For those who d… --- ## [Did the Cali SC Really Just Take the Teeth Out of Prop 8?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-cali-sc-really-just-take-the-teeth-out-of-prop-8/497725)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-cali-sc-really-just-take-the-teeth-out-of-prop-8/497725 "2009-05-28T23:04:31Z")
The headlinse have declared that the California Suprme Court have upheld Proposition 8, and they undeniably have. However, what they actually did was uphold it in the narrowestr sense possible: IANAL, so hoperuflly Br… --- ## [The NEW ChiDope3 thread (forget the other one exists)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-chidope3-thread-forget-the-other-one-exists/32987)
**Author:** [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2000, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-chidope3-thread-forget-the-other-one-exists/32987 "2000-10-20T18:30:04Z")
Ok. Here’s the thing. ValerieBlaise was asked to accept responsibility of planning CD3, and she accepted. If you are interested in going, email her at: VBlaseC@aol.com Make sure you specify your date preference(s). Ei… --- ## [Is SF generally better the harder it is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sf-generally-better-the-harder-it-is/745697)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sf-generally-better-the-harder-it-is/745697 "2016-02-14T04:24:43Z")
The title says it all, really, but some background - this was prompted by a post in another thread where one poster was using “hardness” almost as a recommendation in-and-of itself, that a certain series was worth checki… --- ## [The quackery of Freud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quackery-of-freud/195943)
**Author:** [@T.Mehr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Mehr)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quackery-of-freud/195943 "2003-10-03T00:18:26Z")
I’m sort of surprised, that Cecil dismisses the work of Freud as mere quackery in his recent column: Whatever became of B. F. Skinner?. No doubt his theories and also the question of the therapeutic effectiveness of psy… --- ## [Cool gadgets or tools you use that have a very specific purpose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-gadgets-or-tools-you-use-that-have-a-very-specific-purpose/793369)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-gadgets-or-tools-you-use-that-have-a-very-specific-purpose/793369 "2017-08-22T19:21:09Z")
I just received my new gadget I ordered the other day. It looks like a dorky cousin to a fidget spinner, in red anodized aluminum. My wife fiddled with it and said “it’s nice” Her response notwithstanding, any machinist… --- ## [Got bitten by a dog (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-bitten-by-a-dog-need-answer-fast/793063)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-bitten-by-a-dog-need-answer-fast/793063 "2017-08-13T19:20:25Z")
Sorry if this has been asked before, I’m sure the Dope has seen multiple threads of this: I got bitten by a dog less than 2 hours ago. It’s past midnight here. The owners claim the dog was vaccinated for rabies … --- ## [You’ve got a cute face, shapely body and a beautiful rack.Why can’t you dress better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-got-a-cute-face-shapely-body-and-a-beautiful-rack-why-can-t-you-dress-better/130483)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2002, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-got-a-cute-face-shapely-body-and-a-beautiful-rack-why-can-t-you-dress-better/130483 "2002-10-03T02:21:32Z")
I was watching Karen Corr, an attractive lady and world champion billiards player work the billiards table on ESPN2 last night and I was mesmerized by her cute face, shapely body and gently swaying cantilevered bosom hid… --- ## [Idiot lights and the idiots that look at them.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-lights-and-the-idiots-that-look-at-them/479722)
**Author:** [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2009, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-lights-and-the-idiots-that-look-at-them/479722 "2009-01-07T00:48:14Z")
Inspired by threads about auto problems scattered around the SDMB I come to ask and comment. What is with all the people, male & female that will drive on after they see the oil pressure, over temp, other warning light … --- ## [Can someone explain grounding to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-grounding-to-me/236820)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-grounding-to-me/236820 "2004-03-31T03:12:34Z")
Does it literally mean that electricty goes into the earth. If so, why is that good? Doesn’t dirt have moisture, and isn’t that bad? What happens in a physics sense if you touch something and you’re grounded? And why is … --- ## [Favorite animated Disney Villain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-animated-disney-villain/688330)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-animated-disney-villain/688330 "2014-05-23T18:15:57Z")
This thread about Maleficent got me wondering… who are your favorite Disney Villains? (I’m arbitrarily restricting this thread to hand-animated Disney movies, not Pixars, and not Frozen/Tangled/etc.) For me, I think it… --- ## [Is dental amalgam safe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dental-amalgam-safe/645816)
**Author:** [@shadowshudder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadowshudder)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dental-amalgam-safe/645816 "2013-04-24T23:54:39Z")
I have seen many things weighing for/against this. Your thoughts? By the way I have an amalgam filling. --- ## [Why do humans need to wipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-humans-need-to-wipe/288087)
**Author:** [@Augie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Augie)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-humans-need-to-wipe/288087 "2005-02-04T22:35:29Z")
Forgive me if this has been asked, but I can’t search here. While walking the dog, I was wondering why humans need to wipe after defecating while other animals just squeeze them out cleanly. I don’t think it has to do … --- ## [You have to lose a major movie studio hundreds of millions, what bad movie do you make?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733 "2024-04-30T17:00:46Z")
Long story short it’s basically a Producers scheme, you personally have to be producer for a major Hollywood film with a 150 million dollar budget. However the film needs to be a bomb and a HUGE bomb, like “Earns less th… --- ## [Breaking Bad 4/19: Negro Y Azul](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694)
**Author:** [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694 "2009-04-24T03:43:28Z")
For some reason, Breaking Bad doesn’t seem to get much play on SDMB, at least in comparison to shows like The Office or 30 Rock. It’s a shame. Breaking Bad is one of the best shows on television right now. Did anybody e… --- ## ["False" noises like the camera noise that cell phones make](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-noises-like-the-camera-noise-that-cell-phones-make/837183)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-noises-like-the-camera-noise-that-cell-phones-make/837183 "2026-07-14T09:46:13Z")
Are there any other noises made by technology that mimic a past noise that was an intrinsic part of the action, like the subject noise? --- ## [Johnny Cash Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cash-dead/201173)
**Author:** [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cash-dead/201173 "2003-09-20T07:15:16Z")
Unlike John Ritter, Johnny was fairly old, and given his health he was probably lucky to live as long as he did. Still, it’s a damn shame: Here’s a link. --- ## [Would you be upset if the cashier did not give you any pennies back with your change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-upset-if-the-cashier-did-not-give-you-any-pennies-back-with-your-change/352330)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-upset-if-the-cashier-did-not-give-you-any-pennies-back-with-your-change/352330 "2006-04-13T22:06:43Z")
I met someone who told me that he does not give way any pennies when giving out change. If your change is X amount of dollars and 67 cents, you would get back only 65 cents. If your change came out to 69 cents you would … --- ## [Did Ancient People REALLY Believe in the Ancient Gods (i.e. What We Call Mythology)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ancient-people-really-believe-in-the-ancient-gods-i-e-what-we-call-mythology/830782)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ancient-people-really-believe-in-the-ancient-gods-i-e-what-we-call-mythology/830782 "2019-03-17T18:50:34Z")
As a self professed agnostic, I often have friendly debates with my “thiest” friends where I posit that humans have an intrinsic need to answer the unknown that drives religion. Among the many specific arguments I often… --- ## [Who actually legally owns the Democratic and Republican parties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-actually-legally-owns-the-democratic-and-republican-parties/614966)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2012, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-actually-legally-owns-the-democratic-and-republican-parties/614966 "2012-03-08T11:59:18Z")
I know you can talk here and there about how various special interests “own” one or both of the parties. That’s not what I’m talking about. Who actually owns the Democratic and Republican parties in the US, in the sens… --- ## [What's the best way to kill a magnolia tree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-kill-a-magnolia-tree/79241)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2001, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-kill-a-magnolia-tree/79241 "2001-09-02T13:53:53Z")
For the sake of legality let’s assume that this is my tree I want to kill- got that? :wink: There is this evil magnolia tree that sits on a property line, and its roots have grown out so far that it’s causing a brick re… --- ## [Anybody working on this month's Games Magazine's cartoon rebuses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-working-on-this-months-games-magazines-cartoon-rebuses/490493 "2009-04-28T21:50:03Z")
I’m stuck on 4 of them, #s 6, 8, 13 & 14. As you know, they printed the same cartoon for 1 & 10, but they have the correct #10 on their website. I’ll put out four that I got, and put up the rest if anybody responds to … --- ## [Another OBL thread! Re: Pakistan's role](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obl-thread-re-pakistans-role/580690)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obl-thread-re-pakistans-role/580690 "2011-05-12T16:08:07Z")
I’m not up to snuff on my international politics. I know there’s been a lot of controversy over the years about US operations in Pakistan, and Pakistan’s two-faced approach to fighting terrorism within its borders. I’m… --- ## [What happens to a helicopter when lightning strikes it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-a-helicopter-when-lightning-strikes-it/143188)
**Author:** [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2002, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-a-helicopter-when-lightning-strikes-it/143188 "2002-12-17T05:27:35Z")
Does it crash? Are the people inside fried? What about when lightning hits an airplane? How common is being struck by lightning if you are high in the air during a storm in a large metal object? --- ## [Cargo-plane worship in the South Pacific](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cargo-plane-worship-in-the-south-pacific/138748)
**Author:** [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cargo-plane-worship-in-the-south-pacific/138748 "2015-04-27T19:53:09Z")
Does anyone know if the old story of South Pacific Islanders who worshipped cargo-planes and even built palm frond duplicates is true? I do remember seeing an old Life magazine photo of one such airplane replica but for… --- ## [\--LOVE QUESTION-- need help in the worst way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-question-need-help-in-the-worst-way/63823)
**Author:** [@Nicklz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicklz)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2001, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-question-need-help-in-the-worst-way/63823 "2001-05-10T15:23:44Z")
Okay I’ve posted on this same subject before, but I need more help with my problem. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=64438 Above link might give you more insight. The deal with this whole th… --- ## [Official \[i\]Manor House\[/i\] thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-i-manor-house-i-thread/171193)
**Author:** [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-i-manor-house-i-thread/171193 "2003-05-02T22:19:39Z")
I searched to see if anyone else had started this thread but didn’t find anything… http://www.pbs.org/manorhouse/index.html Ages ago I heard about this airing in the UK and emailed my local PBS station to see if they k… --- ## [Is the late 1940s ignored in American pop-culture history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-late-1940s-ignored-in-american-pop-culture-history/992283)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-late-1940s-ignored-in-american-pop-culture-history/992283 "2024-04-16T19:57:19Z")
I mean, we’ve all discussed how we have our idea of the 1950s, 1960s, etc. The “cultural '60s” might not begin until 1963 or later and not end until 1972 or 1973 (it all depends on what cultural or political markers we u… --- ## [Omigod, I just found a dead BAT in my bathroom (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omigod-i-just-found-a-dead-bat-in-my-bathroom-long/123967)
**Author:** [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2002, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omigod-i-just-found-a-dead-bat-in-my-bathroom-long/123967 "2002-09-11T10:01:54Z")
Jesus Christ, I’m still skeeved out. I got home from the gym tonight and as I got into the shower, caught a whiff of something-not-quite-right. I finished in the shower and as I got out of the tub, I again caught a whi… --- ## [Back to the Future II plot hole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-ii-plot-hole/559815)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-ii-plot-hole/559815 "2010-11-15T21:28:28Z")
OK, one more Back to the Future thread. This one’s about the second movie. In the alternate 1985 Doc Brown explains that since old Biff went back and gave the sports almanac to young Biff, it created a separate time li… --- ## [What about the people in other occupations who die at work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-the-people-in-other-occupations-who-die-at-work/491387)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-the-people-in-other-occupations-who-die-at-work/491387 "2009-04-10T17:30:21Z")
First, I’ll admit to a slight initial dislike of cops. The reason is familiarity, and not germain to my posting here. And I can get over it as I get to know the cop. We tend to make a big deal of it when cops and fireme… --- ## [Help! Boil cure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-boil-cure/3786)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 1999, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-boil-cure/3786 "1999-10-08T14:26:00Z")
Okay, sorry to gross anyone out here, but I’m in hell. I am recently plagued by boils on my legs. (They actually sound worse than they are, which is simply large, painful pimples). Specifically my thighs, in very inconve… --- ## [Two questions for you on illegal immigration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-for-you-on-illegal-immigration/537335)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-for-you-on-illegal-immigration/537335 "2010-05-05T03:39:13Z")
Guess you don’t get the poll option in GD so we’ll have to do this the old fashioned way. I’m an American thinking about illegal immigration into America, but I’m wording this poll so that anyone from any country can an… --- ## [Characters you liked that were "Chuck Cunningham"'d](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-liked-that-were-chuck-cunningham-d/786960)
**Author:** [@Princess\_Perfume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princess_Perfume)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-liked-that-were-chuck-cunningham-d/786960 "2017-05-23T03:06:42Z")
Personally, I wish they’d kept Ruth Ann Torkelson. --- ## [Dealing with "Friends" who often are insulting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-friends-who-often-are-insulting/482352)
**Author:** [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-friends-who-often-are-insulting/482352 "2009-01-22T16:11:22Z")
So it happened again. A friend in my social circle said something that insulted me . . .again. We run in similar circles, our paths have crossed more than once, he’s friends (kinda) with a friend of mine and as a resul… --- ## [How does IMDB work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-imdb-work/321394)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-imdb-work/321394 "2005-10-14T14:35:46Z")
I sent updates to IMDB for a film I worked on. They only listed a few of the actors. I sent a list of the rest of them, including myself (I’m first in order of appearance – and I was also the Script Supervisor). I loo… --- ## [Help me rank rock drummers ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rank-rock-drummers/534460)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rank-rock-drummers/534460 "2010-07-12T18:03:55Z")
I’m participating in an academic exercise on another board in which 20 drafters select one rock-&-roll drummer. At the end, I am to order the chosen drummer 1-20 and thusly assign points. It’s obviously a totally subjec… --- ## [Does fiberglass insulation bug anyone else, or just me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fiberglass-insulation-bug-anyone-else-or-just-me/534530)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fiberglass-insulation-bug-anyone-else-or-just-me/534530 "2010-04-04T02:59:52Z")
I know plenty of people that could swim in the stuff and not have it bug them in the least, then there’s people like me. If I have to touch the stuff I put gloves on and I still get it on my hands and arms. The past fe… --- ## [What would a Romney presidency be like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-romney-presidency-be-like/632623)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-romney-presidency-be-like/632623 "2012-08-27T21:33:55Z")
My guesses? Elimination of capital gains taxes. At least one more supreme court justice to the right of Clarence Thomas. Overturning of Roe v. Wade. Social security retirement age raised to 70. Deep cuts in medicare… --- ## [So am I the only one giggling at the name Mike McQueary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-am-i-the-only-one-giggling-at-the-name-mike-mcqueary/602598)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-am-i-the-only-one-giggling-at-the-name-mike-mcqueary/602598 "2011-11-21T15:30:47Z")
One of the players in the Penn State sex scandal. That name tops Anthony Weiner! --- ## [Things to drive your cat crazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-drive-your-cat-crazy/217130)
**Author:** [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-drive-your-cat-crazy/217130 "2003-12-07T19:55:56Z")
Rubbing her fur in dry weather, then zapping her ears. --- ## [Best prank you pulled at high school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-prank-you-pulled-at-high-school/154196)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-prank-you-pulled-at-high-school/154196 "2003-02-13T16:55:34Z")
What was the best prank you pulled at high school? Mine wasme and my friends tapping into the school ‘walkie talkie’ system and giving false reports of vandalism. --- ## [A Long and Ranty Treatise on Motherhood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-and-ranty-treatise-on-motherhood/542703)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-and-ranty-treatise-on-motherhood/542703 "2010-06-15T00:27:42Z")
This thread is about having a mother and being a mother. I have been subject to the forces of intense emotion lately and I thought it might do me some good to talk about it. I made a mistake this month, one that in ret… --- ## [What's the best non-single-payer solution for health care?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-non-single-payer-solution-for-health-care/707690)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-non-single-payer-solution-for-health-care/707690 "2014-12-26T15:04:39Z")
If the American political climate demanded major health care reform - will allow any system \*except \*single payer, that is - what would be the next best alternative? Frivolous-malpractice lawsuit reform? Rationing? An… --- ## [How hard is it to get a date?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-get-a-date/642252)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-get-a-date/642252 "2012-12-10T08:33:53Z")
Apparently this is Dating Month on the 'dope judging by all the related threads, but this one is a little different. Can you measure for us how hard it is to get a date? For some it seems impossibly difficult. For other… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1756&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1758&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)