# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1760&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:** 1761 --- ## [The Song "Baby, It's cold outside" - are the roles ever reversed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-baby-its-cold-outside-are-the-roles-ever-reversed/607113)
**Author:** [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-baby-its-cold-outside-are-the-roles-ever-reversed/607113 "2011-12-24T16:05:18Z")
There must be a hundred versions of the song “Baby, It’s cold outside” In every one that I’ve heard, the couple are at the man’s place. She’s coming up with reasons she must leave, he’s trying to get her to say. Eventua… --- ## [Shouldn't we all be eating more collard greens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldnt-we-all-be-eating-more-collard-greens/498542)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldnt-we-all-be-eating-more-collard-greens/498542 "2009-06-13T04:38:37Z")
Out of curiosity I bought a huge bag of collard greensfrom Walmart and cooked up some tonight. Yummy! Looked them up and they are a member of the cabbage family which explains the cabbagy smell as they were cooking. --- ## [Who was Hitler before Hitler was Hitler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hitler-before-hitler-was-hitler/698180)
**Author:** [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hitler-before-hitler-was-hitler/698180 "2014-09-12T17:28:52Z")
Ever since the 1940s, Adolf Hitler, independent (or at least as an outgrowth) of his historical significance, has become a universal symbol of evil. He’s almost a cipher, a shorthand for “as evil as a human being can pos… --- ## [Would you rather learn another language or play a musical instrument?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-learn-another-language-or-play-a-musical-instrument/520660)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-learn-another-language-or-play-a-musical-instrument/520660 "2009-12-14T17:21:11Z")
This is assuming you do neither now. Would you like to be conversational in a language other than your native tongue, or would you like to be proficient on a musical instrument? --- ## [Why do you think you're ugly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-think-youre-ugly/289890)
**Author:** [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2005, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-think-youre-ugly/289890 "2005-02-15T11:03:04Z")
Inspired by this thread, in which many lovely, beautiful, attractive, striking, handsome people erroneously claim ugliness, plainness, or unattractiveness for themselves. Some may be fishing for compliments. However, … --- ## [The Hooters. Great band from the eighties.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532 "2014-09-20T15:03:30Z")
And We Danced Love this band, lots of great memories associated with this album. --- ## [Mass Psychosis in Bush Administration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-psychosis-in-bush-administration/170558)
**Author:** [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-psychosis-in-bush-administration/170558 "2003-04-28T01:12:51Z")
Cruising the news and I found out in the last two minutes: a. The US has plans available to bomb North Korea’s nuclear facility b. Sec Powell says France will “pay the consequences” for their foreign policy vis a vis… --- ## [Today I Am (Officially) A(n Old Southern Wo)Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-officially-a-n-old-southern-wo-man/470595)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-officially-a-n-old-southern-wo-man/470595 "2008-11-13T03:20:51Z")
TMI and not for the TLDR of heart. I’ve had two major problems with doctors not believing me recently. The first was my General Practitioner- I’ve gone to this guy, more off than on, since he first hung out his shingle… --- ## [Fly the Jolly Roger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-the-jolly-roger/507022)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-the-jolly-roger/507022 "2009-08-23T03:35:53Z")
Is there any maritime law, anywhere, against flying the Skull and Crossbones from my seagoing vessel? Peace, mangeorge --- ## [Civilian owned MiG jets in the U.S.-Legal hurdles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilian-owned-mig-jets-in-the-u-s-legal-hurdles/66863)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2001, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilian-owned-mig-jets-in-the-u-s-legal-hurdles/66863 "2001-06-03T23:35:50Z")
Pardon my posting, but I have a question… Since the end of the Cold War, I know that some people in the U.S. have been able to buy MiG Fighters from cash-strapped former Soviet client states. Heck, I’ve even seen a coup… --- ## [Page 3 girls and child porn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/page-3-girls-and-child-porn/413354)
**Author:** [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/page-3-girls-and-child-porn/413354 "2007-07-29T23:54:29Z")
There have been couple of page 3 girls (Samantha Fox is one example) who had their topless pictures published when they were 16 or 17. I’m guessing that they’re not considered child porn in the UK. But what about in t… --- ## ["Cars" -- Can Pixar do it again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-can-pixar-do-it-again/359313)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-can-pixar-do-it-again/359313 "2006-06-13T17:26:23Z")
There’s no doubt that Pixar has had an extraordinary run these last few films. Heck, they’ve had an extraordinary run in all the films they’ve made, from “Toy Story” right through “The Incredibles.” Can they do it agai… --- ## [Investing in infrastucture and the automated car.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investing-in-infrastucture-and-the-automated-car/621431)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investing-in-infrastucture-and-the-automated-car/621431 "2012-05-18T19:23:26Z")
Warning: Some one spiked my kool-aid today so… It’s been said that nothing gets the economy going like the next big thing. Cell phones, computers, etc. With that in mind, I’m wondering if congress passed a budget of sa… --- ## [What happens to my GM stock now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-my-gm-stock-now/498421)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-my-gm-stock-now/498421 "2009-06-02T16:50:09Z")
Now that the the United States has in effect nationalized General Motors, what happens to the GM stock I own? Does some of that umpteen zillion dollars the Government is using to buy GM get redistributed to me? Who dec… --- ## [Northern hemisphere persons: is it summer yet, or must we wait till tomorrow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-hemisphere-persons-is-it-summer-yet-or-must-we-wait-till-tomorrow/691232)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-hemisphere-persons-is-it-summer-yet-or-must-we-wait-till-tomorrow/691232 "2014-06-22T05:09:00Z")
Suggested by a conversation I just had with an idiot related to me, in which the idiot claimed that it is currently summer in Argentina.) In the northern hemispshere, 21st June is the day of the summer solstice. Many per… --- ## [Can parents use a restraining order to prevent a minor teenager from contacting their kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-parents-use-a-restraining-order-to-prevent-a-minor-teenager-from-contacting-their-kid/709090)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-parents-use-a-restraining-order-to-prevent-a-minor-teenager-from-contacting-their-kid/709090 "2015-01-07T18:38:04Z")
Eugene Volokh writes about an interesting legal question: I’m inclined to side with the parents’ right to control their minor child’s contact with both adults and with other minor children as a matter of correct legal … --- ## [Why outside mailboxes in America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-outside-mailboxes-in-america/285903)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-outside-mailboxes-in-america/285903 "2005-01-28T15:06:44Z")
This thread prompts me to ask… why do houses in America (stereotypically, at least) have a freestanding mailbox outside, rather than a letterbox in the front door? Is it simply because gardens tend to be bigger, so the m… --- ## [How do you make trains and buses run on time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-trains-and-buses-run-on-time/624597)
**Author:** [@With\_Rye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/With_Rye)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-trains-and-buses-run-on-time/624597 "2012-06-16T22:48:36Z")
I hear lots of stories about countries like Japan and Germany having impeccably on-time trains. I was in Japan recently and can confirm that the trains do indeed run on time, to the minute. Then I come back to the US and… --- ## [What Does "Deep Throat" Mean To You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2010, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257 "2010-01-26T10:32:42Z")
This is a poll for those familiar with both meanings of the term. When you saw the title, what is the first thing that came to mind: the porn movie starring Linda Lovelace or the Watergate informer? --- ## [Of course it's dangerous to eat plastic... how dangerous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-its-dangerous-to-eat-plastic-how-dangerous/92344)
**Author:** [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-its-dangerous-to-eat-plastic-how-dangerous/92344 "2001-11-13T20:08:49Z")
I’ve just made a dish that’s been in my freezer for a long time. I didn’t make the dish actually, I just heated it up in the oven like the directions said. It was/is this Trader joe’s frozen Thai chicken thing with rice … --- ## [Buying meat from the "day old" bin at the grocery-creepy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-meat-from-the-day-old-bin-at-the-grocery-creepy/675434)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-meat-from-the-day-old-bin-at-the-grocery-creepy/675434 "2013-12-10T00:09:45Z")
I was told it is. It’s not actually “day old” of course, but rather on or a day or 2 before its sell by date. I mean, it goes home and right into the freezer or is eaten that night, but my friend said she would NEVAH. O… --- ## [Maine and gay marriage - who cares?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-and-gay-marriage-who-cares/515907)
**Author:** [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-and-gay-marriage-who-cares/515907 "2009-11-05T13:22:29Z")
I was very surprised to learn that gay marriage could well be repealed by the citizens of Maine within the month. I did a Google and found very few news stories, and nearly no coverage. At the moment the polls are neck… --- ## [Tea partiers waffle over cutting defense budget](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-partiers-waffle-over-cutting-defense-budget/569198)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-partiers-waffle-over-cutting-defense-budget/569198 "2011-01-30T02:55:01Z")
HAHA, I knew it. As soon as they had to make a hard decision about cutting defense spending, these so-called fiscal conservatives backtrack. Granted, I’ll give credit to Dick Armey and another Tea Party congresscritt… --- ## [Guys: Are tattooed women easier than the non-tatted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-are-tattooed-women-easier-than-the-non-tatted/273357)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-are-tattooed-women-easier-than-the-non-tatted/273357 "2004-11-09T19:46:36Z")
Guys, in your personal experience, do you get laid more often when dating tattooed women or untattooed women? This is a poll to satisfiy my curiosity, not a judgment about tattoos or those who wear them. --- ## [Are root canals killing us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-root-canals-killing-us/700440)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-root-canals-killing-us/700440 "2014-10-07T22:55:00Z")
I had to get a root canal this week, since I try to get informed before any medical procedure, I looked i up on the internet. Apparently, according to some websites of uncertain credibility, root canals can cause from ca… --- ## [What was the last show you watched from series premiere to finale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-show-you-watched-from-series-premiere-to-finale/671971)
**Author:** [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-show-you-watched-from-series-premiere-to-finale/671971 "2013-10-26T17:29:25Z")
Mine would be Martin(92-97). 24 would have been the answer but the final season came when I still had yet to make the DTV transition. --- ## [A Note to American Automakers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-to-american-automakers/500544)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-to-american-automakers/500544 "2009-06-26T17:32:01Z")
I want to buy a car this fall or next spring. I’d really like to buy an American car. I think you folks have improved a ton on design, reliability, features to compete with the guys in Europe. I’m especially impressed wi… --- ## [How will the world reach to the world being a simulation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-world-reach-to-the-world-being-a-simulation/668757)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2013, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-world-reach-to-the-world-being-a-simulation/668757 "2013-09-15T01:48:57Z")
What happens to society if it is proved that the world is a simulation? I should imagine that many would seriously consider what would be the point of it, if it is all merely a game in some computer. Would civilization b… --- ## [Is Airplane 2:The Sequel generally considered to be really bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-airplane-2-the-sequel-generally-considered-to-be-really-bad/641572)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2012, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-airplane-2-the-sequel-generally-considered-to-be-really-bad/641572 "2012-11-25T10:59:06Z")
Okay, like Monty Python films, my friends & I have always loved and constantly quote lines from the first Airplane! film. We went and saw the sequel in the theater and loved that one too. I know it not only didn’t have L… --- ## [Star Trek TOS: The Changeling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-the-changeling/538451)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-the-changeling/538451 "2010-05-08T00:21:37Z")
Just saw the digitally remastered version of this one. Some thoughts while watching: \[ul\] \[li\] Kirk vs. Picard. This was such a hilarious example of “firing first” Kirk that I could hardly believe it. Enterprise dis… --- ## [Did people really think it was "Excuse me while I kiss this guy"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264)
**Author:** [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264 "2013-07-14T00:21:39Z")
Inspired by this article on CNN about misquoted songs. Did anyone, back when the song was out in the early 1970s, think that the actual lyric in the Jimi Hendrix song “Purple Haze” was “Excuse me while I kiss this guy” … --- ## ["Surprised", Eddie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprised-eddie/563595)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprised-eddie/563595 "2010-12-20T03:00:34Z")
I couldn’t be more surprised if I woke up in the morning with my hair sewn to the carpet. --- ## [Who Are the Least Prolific Best Selling Authors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-prolific-best-selling-authors/746563)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-prolific-best-selling-authors/746563 "2016-02-24T08:35:12Z")
With the passing of Harper Lee, I’m struck that both she and Margaret Mitchell only wrote one popular book each. But, boy, what a book! Margaret Mitchell has a short story called Lost Laysen, but it wasn’t published un… --- ## [premature labor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-labor/653142)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-labor/653142 "2013-05-14T00:34:01Z")
So I am freaking out a little bit. I am 29 weeks pregnant and I already went to the hospital yesterday for contractions, but they sent me home after monitoring me and giving me three shots of terbutaline. Today I went to… --- ## [Authors who can do no wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-who-can-do-no-wrong/431839)
**Author:** [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-who-can-do-no-wrong/431839 "2008-01-07T15:16:49Z")
There are a lot of authors out there whose work I pretty consistantly enjoy, enough so that I am willing to try anything they write. It seems, however, that there are very few who have never disappointed me. This is pu… --- ## [Can inflation go backwards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-inflation-go-backwards/471713)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-inflation-go-backwards/471713 "2008-11-11T17:34:06Z")
I don’t want to debate if it will or anything like that. This question has nothing to do with the financial crisis; I actually thought of it a few weeks ago when I was watching The Sting - set in 1930s Chicago. A steak d… --- ## [Comey: nm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-nm/770915)
**Author:** [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-nm/770915 "2016-11-07T23:11:03Z")
Sheesh. IANAL, but seems like he violated federal law in order to interfere in an election. He had nothing, he should have kept his mouth shut and his department in line, and he failed at both. Seems likely he won’t… --- ## [Has Everything In Architecture "Been Done"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-everything-in-architecture-been-done/537222)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-everything-in-architecture-been-done/537222 "2010-04-28T16:22:37Z")
I mean, we have passed through 5000 years of different styles-Egyptian, Chinese, greek, Roman, Colonial, Modern, bauhaus…has everything been done? --- ## [Sloppy Joes- what's your recipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sloppy-joes-whats-your-recipe/570638)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sloppy-joes-whats-your-recipe/570638 "2011-02-16T12:31:22Z")
I’m looking for recipes other than those that use Manwich (I don’t care for that “Manwich tang”). My mom always made Joes with Campbell’s tomato soup and added onion and peppers. I’m thinking about throwing a little fre… --- ## [What Are Your Superficial / Snap Judgement Criteria?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-superficial-snap-judgement-criteria/291125)
**Author:** [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-superficial-snap-judgement-criteria/291125 "2005-02-27T15:26:22Z")
In the Shagnasty milk story pitting, Dopers were aghast that someone would dismiss a potential lover because she chose to drink milk at a bar. Frankly, drinking alcohol and attempting to appear sophisticated aren’t big … --- ## [Odd things that make people horny--or, contrariwise, sad.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-that-make-people-horny-or-contrariwise-sad/547834)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-that-make-people-horny-or-contrariwise-sad/547834 "2010-07-25T14:47:16Z")
I’ll open the bidding with a comment I made in Annie X-mas’s thunderstorm thread; I had a girlfriend in high school who was extremely aroused by thunderstorms. Snowstorms, oddly enough, left her very depressed. Anybody… --- ## ["Over the door" X means giving up your door. Fail.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-door-x-means-giving-up-your-door-fail/688039)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-door-x-means-giving-up-your-door-fail/688039 "2014-05-15T20:55:45Z")
Anytime any tool needs to be hung on a door in order to function, the door will no longer close, effectively breaking its essential doorness. Since doors are generally better, more useful things than things made to hang… --- ## [The Michael Vick Return Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-michael-vick-return-pool/503819)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-michael-vick-return-pool/503819 "2009-09-28T14:57:49Z")
Quite simple: The next time Michael Vick plays in an NFL regular season game will be in what week, playing for which team? --- ## [Can people with no talent learn to draw?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-people-with-no-talent-learn-to-draw/178446)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2003, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-people-with-no-talent-learn-to-draw/178446 "2003-06-01T08:17:34Z")
My school system didn’t emphasize art at all. The last year it was ‘required’ was 5th grade, and we spent our time doing gimmicks rather than drawing. Stuff like blowing drops of India ink into ‘trees’ or using chunks o… --- ## [Explain to me the hate for Terminator 3.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-to-me-the-hate-for-terminator-3/565680)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-to-me-the-hate-for-terminator-3/565680 "2011-01-05T16:54:28Z")
I didn’t like it as much as the first two, but I didn’t think it was horrible like the rest of the internet seems to. My ranking 1 \> 2 \> 3. I liked the ending in the bunker. And I liked seeing him push the button to … --- ## [Enterprise Anomaly Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-anomaly-spoilers/202074)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-anomaly-spoilers/202074 "2003-09-24T19:42:39Z")
Archer kicks serious ass; Mrs. Plant bored by talk. More solid development, Archer is a hard case with no Prime Drirective. I was reminded of Voyager by the story and V’yger by the sets. Archer as Janeway on crack, may… --- ## [Great-Grandson of the Song Game Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454)
**Author:** [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/120454 "2002-07-27T03:48:29Z")
Current standings are: Team 1: :smiley: :slight\_smile: :slight\_smile: :slight\_smile: :slight\_smile: :slight\_smile: :slight\_smile: :slight\_smile: :slight\_smile: Team 2: :smiley: :slight\_smile: :slight\_smile: … --- ## [Suicide is a human right.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicide-is-a-human-right/818780)
**Author:** [@Barack\_Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barack_Obama)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicide-is-a-human-right/818780 "2018-08-07T18:21:46Z")
With recent news stories about people in Europe that are being assisted in suicide for mental health issues, Id like a bit of input from dopers. I personally have a bit of a libertarian position on this matter. The gover… --- ## [Torsion spring or flywheel cars: what says the dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torsion-spring-or-flywheel-cars-what-says-the-dope/590563)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torsion-spring-or-flywheel-cars-what-says-the-dope/590563 "2011-07-29T20:22:04Z")
I always fancied myself an amateur inventor, in the sense that I generally welcome the idea of inventing things, but don’t have the foresight, patience, scientific or mechanical knowledge to put any of my ideas into moti… --- ## [True Blood 6/21: "Keep This Party Going" (OPEN SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-6-21-keep-this-party-going-open-spoilers/500562)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2009, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-6-21-keep-this-party-going-open-spoilers/500562 "2009-07-02T11:52:29Z")
Again, OPEN SPOILERS. So do you think Lafayette will become a vampire or that they’ll let stop feeding before they kill him? Jason- who do you see him coming onto him first in his Daylight Camp: the preacher’s wife, th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1759&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1761&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)