# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1761&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:** 1762 --- ## [Have race relations seriously improved or degraded since Obama took office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-race-relations-seriously-improved-or-degraded-since-obama-took-office/696623)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-race-relations-seriously-improved-or-degraded-since-obama-took-office/696623 "2014-09-06T01:10:55Z")
I recently saw a news story about a Hollywood producer who was mistaken for a bank robber and was arrested and allegedly treated rather badly by the Bev Hills police. The description of the bank robber was a tall black … --- ## [Midway 2019 trailer is up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midway-2019-trailer-is-up/836246)
**Author:** [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midway-2019-trailer-is-up/836246 "2019-11-20T15:31:34Z")
The trailer for Roland Emmerich’s upcoming Midway 2019 has been released and, well, it doesn’t look good. I mean, Emmerich has been quoted as saying he has been wanting to tell the story of Midway for a while. I was ho… --- ## [Rant about about the CA child support "disbursement system" - advice needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-about-the-ca-child-support-disbursement-system-advice-needed/397231)
**Author:** [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-about-the-ca-child-support-disbursement-system-advice-needed/397231 "2007-03-30T02:04:53Z")
This is partly a rant, but not vitriolic enough for the Pit, and I am also looking for some advice or just your opinion. (Kinda long, please bear with me…) Background: My SO has been consistently paying child support fo… --- ## [How much longer can they keep calling her "Hillary"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-they-keep-calling-her-hillary/769597)
**Author:** [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-they-keep-calling-her-hillary/769597 "2016-10-29T16:15:47Z")
I saw Tim Kaine on some show yesterday, and he was talking about the campaign, of course… and it struck me as odd how he kept referring to Clinton as “Hillary.” It was “Oh yeah, I was talking to Hillary about this yester… --- ## [How do you feel about Texas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-texas/937412)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-texas/937412 "2021-03-31T23:22:09Z")
I was just curious as to how this place feels about Texas. --- ## [The Fairness Doctrine: a good idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fairness-doctrine-a-good-idea/410636)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2007, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fairness-doctrine-a-good-idea/410636 "2007-07-28T10:42:14Z")
It seems that some Democrats in the current Senate are using their newfound majority to suggest enacting the Fairness Doctrine into law. Now, I’ve read some about it, but I still don’t feel like I know enough about it. … --- ## [What the islamacists have done to South Park is worse than 9/11.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-islamacists-have-done-to-south-park-is-worse-than-9-11/540927)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-islamacists-have-done-to-south-park-is-worse-than-9-11/540927 "2010-05-30T12:46:09Z")
And I am not fucking kidding. Blowing up some buildings and killing a few thousand people is small potatoes. They have now obliterated the first amendment to our constitution, a much greater long term threat than any ph… --- ## [If only I had noticed \_\_\_\_ was disposable earlier.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-only-i-had-noticed-____-was-disposable-earlier/423143)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-only-i-had-noticed-____-was-disposable-earlier/423143 "2007-10-20T01:28:36Z")
Having grown up with parents subconsciously passing down morlals learned during the depression, I have a natural tendancy to never throw anything thing out. I just keep on using things even after my quality of life is wo… --- ## [Kerry Charged with heresy for communion.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-charged-with-heresy-for-communion/253946)
**Author:** [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-charged-with-heresy-for-communion/253946 "2004-07-14T15:20:12Z")
from here. "A Catholic lawyer has filed heresy charges against Sen. John Kerry with the Archdiocese of Boston, accusing the Democratic presidential candidate of bringing “most serious scandal to the American public” by … --- ## [Conservapedia: relativistic concept of "curvature of space" promotes broad legal right to abortion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602 "2013-09-15T17:06:13Z")
More comedy from our friends at Conservapedia: http://www.conservapedia.com/Relativity#Political\_aspects\_of\_relativity Footnote 63: --- ## [How much can you write with a quill pen on a single ink-dip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-can-you-write-with-a-quill-pen-on-a-single-ink-dip/749494)
**Author:** [@jepflast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jepflast)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-can-you-write-with-a-quill-pen-on-a-single-ink-dip/749494 "2019-12-15T01:27:28Z")
A real quill pen made from a feather. No metal nib. Typical handwriting size. Load as much ink as you can. Could you get through, say, the alphabet? Twice? Would all such quills be roughly equal in this regard, or … --- ## [Do adult kids eventually grow up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-kids-eventually-grow-up/650547)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-kids-eventually-grow-up/650547 "2013-02-19T15:42:25Z")
I have a 22 year old son and 26 year old daughter. They have lived with their mother exclusively since the ages of 10 and 14 respectively. My son is addicted to video games. He barely graduated high school and flunked o… --- ## [More homophobia from Bush: gay people are "sinners."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-homophobia-from-bush-gay-people-are-sinners/191960)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-homophobia-from-bush-gay-people-are-sinners/191960 "2003-08-02T03:47:36Z")
In another attack on gay rights today. Bush expressed support for federal legislation which would prohibit same-sex marriage. He also offered this backhanded lip service to tolerance of GLBT people. Who said anything… --- ## [Which muscles do you use to puff your cheeks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muscles-do-you-use-to-puff-your-cheeks/278393)
**Author:** [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2004, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muscles-do-you-use-to-puff-your-cheeks/278393 "2004-12-07T12:55:30Z")
Kind of a mundane topic, but I noticed the other day that I can’t tell what muscle I’m using to puff out my cheeks (the ones in my face, wiseguy). Is it my tongue? It doesn’t seem like it, because I can puff my cheeks… --- ## [Studio Ghibli / Miyazaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-ghibli-miyazaki/726491)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-ghibli-miyazaki/726491 "2015-08-23T04:40:34Z")
My girlfriend has recently exposed me to amazing work of Hayao Miyazaki and his films. I am in awe of his films and have seen about 8 of them so far. If I get the chance to run the next Straight Dope mafia game, I plan… --- ## [Any Clive Cussler (Dirk Pitt) fans out here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-clive-cussler-dirk-pitt-fans-out-here/643612)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-clive-cussler-dirk-pitt-fans-out-here/643612 "2012-12-12T15:28:36Z")
I just started reading some his stories in chronological order of timeline (not the order in which they were written). I just finished Iceberg, and have to say: WTF?!?!?!?! :eek::confused::rolleyes: Wow; what a crazy s… --- ## [NYT gives MoveOn deep ad discount. Does this harm the Times' reputation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-gives-moveon-deep-ad-discount-does-this-harm-the-times-reputation/419096)
**Author:** [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-gives-moveon-deep-ad-discount-does-this-harm-the-times-reputation/419096 "2007-09-24T16:23:46Z")
Right off the bat, let’s stipulate that there are three parts of a newspaper’s content - news coverage, opinion and feature writing, and advertising. And I think we can all agree as a general rule that the content of al… --- ## [Awful things that you believe should be legal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awful-things-that-you-believe-should-be-legal/516259)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2009, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awful-things-that-you-believe-should-be-legal/516259 "2009-11-07T05:16:27Z")
What are some things that you think are awful (immoral/unethical/repugnant/just plain wrong/etc.) that you nonetheless firmly believe should be legal? --- ## [Do U.S. doctors give Medicaid patients the same care as commercially-insured ones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-u-s-doctors-give-medicaid-patients-the-same-care-as-commercially-insured-ones/335635)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-u-s-doctors-give-medicaid-patients-the-same-care-as-commercially-insured-ones/335635 "2016-06-26T19:08:28Z")
Perhaps this belongs in GQ, but it’s bound to turn into a debate at some point, and there might not be any clear factual answer anyway. A friend of mine is on Medicaid and has a raft of medical problems, possibly even i… --- ## [If you were forced into a lesbian lovathon...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-forced-into-a-lesbian-lovathon/93188)
**Author:** [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2001, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-forced-into-a-lesbian-lovathon/93188 "2001-11-24T06:41:18Z")
I got this idea from reading the thread regarding the most beautiful women. In this thread, some women posters gave names of women that the posters, as hetereosexual females, would um–get down and dirty with… I, myself,… --- ## [How can we be for sure about history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-be-for-sure-about-history/686924)
**Author:** [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-be-for-sure-about-history/686924 "2014-04-28T20:16:22Z")
Hey all. I was wondering: how can we be certain of what we know from history? More of what I am asking is, how can we KNOW what we know? How can we be sure we didn’t get some of our facts wrong, or that the writers were … --- ## [We don't accept emails - not secure - please fax?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-dont-accept-emails-not-secure-please-fax/712417)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2015, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-dont-accept-emails-not-secure-please-fax/712417 "2015-02-25T23:14:03Z")
I had to complete some paperwork for an employee of ours for the Social Security Administration. I got this old bitch on the phone talking two words a minute about how this is the third time she sent paperwork and we hav… --- ## [A gecko in the house.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gecko-in-the-house/798868)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gecko-in-the-house/798868 "2017-11-05T12:35:05Z")
We have seen Mediterranean house geckos outside, but Mrs. Plant (v.3.0) found one living near the aquarium stand. We would like to capture him and take him outside before the cat gets him. Temps will remain warm in Arkan… --- ## [What's the purpose of paprika?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-purpose-of-paprika/116308)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-purpose-of-paprika/116308 "2002-06-29T00:37:57Z")
I’ve used paprika in all kinds of dishes, usually egg, potato, and chicken dishes, but for the life of me I haven’t been able to figure out what flavour it’s supposed to add. I have never been able to identify a particul… --- ## [Ladies: Do you find men in uniform sexy? (A poll)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-men-in-uniform-sexy-a-poll/334543)
**Author:** [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2005, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-men-in-uniform-sexy-a-poll/334543 "2005-12-30T06:48:55Z")
If so, list the 3 types of uniform you like best, in order from most to least. Anything constituting a “uniform” counts; hell, if you have a fetish for maintenance men or the guy working the slush machine at Dairy Queen … --- ## [Will desktop PCs ever be obsolete?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-desktop-pcs-ever-be-obsolete/848528)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-desktop-pcs-ever-be-obsolete/848528 "2020-04-21T15:30:33Z")
Someone on a thread I made listed desktop PCs as outdated, and it got me to thinking. With how rapidly technology advances, will laptops, smartphones and tablets become as powerful as desktop PCs, eventually making them … --- ## [Ingrown toenails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingrown-toenails/688477)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingrown-toenails/688477 "2014-11-02T22:11:56Z")
Can ingrown toenails be fixed so they will not reoccur? I have been doing my own for many years but finding it harder to reach it anymore. The pedicurists will not touch it. Do they have a corrective surgery for this? --- ## [I give up on Starbucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-up-on-starbucks/337940)
**Author:** [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2006, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-up-on-starbucks/337940 "2006-01-26T12:43:42Z")
Today, after their “barista” remade my drink for the third time, I walked out and tossed it straight into the bin outside. It tasted like crap. Take some old soy milk, overpull a few shots of ground beans found on the fl… --- ## [Outfoxed: Why continue to watch when they're clearly partisan and dishonest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outfoxed-why-continue-to-watch-when-theyre-clearly-partisan-and-dishonest/258559)
**Author:** [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outfoxed-why-continue-to-watch-when-theyre-clearly-partisan-and-dishonest/258559 "2004-08-13T00:33:31Z")
Now, I’m sure an aspect of this thread will center on whether people believe that the movie Outfoxed is accurate. Going on the premise that it is, how can people continue to watch? Is it that the partisan lying is comf… --- ## [TV Series where you have only seen one episode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-where-you-have-only-seen-one-episode/632716)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-where-you-have-only-seen-one-episode/632716 "2012-08-30T14:19:09Z")
The only episode of Doctor Who I ever watched was “Blink”. I heard so much about it so one day I found it on Netflix and watched it. It was indeed great. I am sure I missed much because I didn’t know the ongoing stories … --- ## [Our Ignorance is no Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-ignorance-is-no-accident/475332)
**Author:** [@coberst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coberst)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-ignorance-is-no-accident/475332 "2008-12-08T13:47:21Z")
Our Ignorance is no Accident One technique used to maintain the slave economy in the Antebellum South was to outlaw any form of behavior that allowed the slave to become learned. It was necessary that the slave not onl… --- ## [Farewell, my old friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-my-old-friend/537398)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-my-old-friend/537398 "2010-05-03T19:48:32Z")
I noticed that you were slowing down. You just weren’t putting out the energy that made you such a loyal companion for all of these years. Your strength was waning, and I knew that the time was approaching when I would… --- ## [Aw, dammit - roller on garage door broken. Is this something we can fix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-dammit-roller-on-garage-door-broken-is-this-something-we-can-fix/563010)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-dammit-roller-on-garage-door-broken-is-this-something-we-can-fix/563010 "2010-12-07T20:23:11Z")
We went out to open our garage door this afternoon, and it wouldn’t open. It turns out that a roller on the section a foot from the bottom of the door has fallen out. Doing some research on fixing a garage door roller on… --- ## [How far to the left is MoveOn, really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-to-the-left-is-moveon-really/283265)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-to-the-left-is-moveon-really/283265 "2005-01-09T13:09:32Z")
A number of the GOPers on this board, who know the cure for all that ails the Democratic Party, have frequently pointed to MoveOn.org specifically as being too ‘far out’ for the Dems to associate with and hope to win. F… --- ## [Will a human head sink or float in water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-human-head-sink-or-float-in-water/444295)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-human-head-sink-or-float-in-water/444295 "2008-04-09T00:51:57Z")
OK, I know it is a bizarre question, but I am reading Dexter in The Dark and the question came up. The majority of the police characters believe that a head will float, while one of them maintains it will sink. So now … --- ## [Why don't lawyers have titles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-lawyers-have-titles/271253)
**Author:** [@Hadrian0117](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hadrian0117)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-lawyers-have-titles/271253 "2004-10-27T13:36:59Z")
In the US and Canada physicians & surgeons graduate with the degree ofMedicinæ Doctor, and they are addressed as Dr.. In the US lawyers graduate with the degree of Juris Doctor but they aren’t called Dr.. Neither degre… --- ## [You Motherfucking Father-Raping White Trash Fuckers In Hayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-motherfucking-father-raping-white-trash-fuckers-in-hayward/311119)
**Author:** [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-motherfucking-father-raping-white-trash-fuckers-in-hayward/311119 "2005-07-12T20:22:52Z")
Shut the fuck up! Drunken next door neighbors- I know it’s a fine tradition for you guys to get loaded on meth and beer and have domestic disputes to the point where most of the neighborhood calls the cops, but do think… --- ## [News shows like "Fox News": Does England have a counterpart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-shows-like-fox-news-does-england-have-a-counterpart/644782)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-shows-like-fox-news-does-england-have-a-counterpart/644782 "2012-12-24T20:22:39Z")
Do you Dopers in England have a comparable television news show like Fox News? If you don’t know what Fox News is, I’m sure other posters will come along with a better description, but it’s a biased news show that cater… --- ## [What are the vital statistics of Superman, Batman and other superheroes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-vital-statistics-of-superman-batman-and-other-superheroes/303627)
**Author:** [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-vital-statistics-of-superman-batman-and-other-superheroes/303627 "2005-05-14T20:35:12Z")
I’ve heard Supe’s size and power varied across time, but did any of the writers ever give actual measurements re: height, weight, chest or biceps size, etc? Was Superman definitely larger than Batman? Did anyone ever st… --- ## [Is it bad form to invite someone to an expensive restaurant and NOT share a coupon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bad-form-to-invite-someone-to-an-expensive-restaurant-and-not-share-a-coupon/919183)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bad-form-to-invite-someone-to-an-expensive-restaurant-and-not-share-a-coupon/919183 "2020-08-30T18:11:51Z")
Wife and I were occasionally invited by another couple to go to an expensive restaurant. They wanted to go because they had a coupon that essentially made their meals half price. I was a little put-off when they didn’t … --- ## [Admit it...you read AND loved The Clan Of The Cavebear aka Earth's Children series...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-read-and-loved-the-clan-of-the-cavebear-aka-earths-children-series/401425)
**Author:** [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-read-and-loved-the-clan-of-the-cavebear-aka-earths-children-series/401425 "2007-04-26T16:34:13Z")
I was absolutely addicted to these books when I was 10 or 11, and they stayed a cherished source of guilty-pleasure-smut-romance-adventure-trying-to-pretend-to-be-anthropologically-valid. Ayla and Jondolar taught me hel… --- ## [MLB All Star Game and Home Run Derby Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691 "2011-07-14T14:42:09Z")
Tonight is the Home Run Derby, tomorrow the All-Star Game. In honor of today’s home run derby I went to the cages today and hit 120 balls, none of which, I assure you, would have been home runs in Chase Field. Inexplic… --- ## [Things That Simply Amaze You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-simply-amaze-you/453263)
**Author:** [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-simply-amaze-you/453263 "2008-06-20T15:25:38Z")
I am probably easily amazed; I hold many things in wonder that everyone else seems to be pretty unimpressed by. But after a weird and meandering journey through Wikipedia today\*, I ended up at the entry for Voyager 1. … --- ## [My landlord's dog damn near killed my cat last night (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-landlords-dog-damn-near-killed-my-cat-last-night-long/240945)
**Author:** [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-landlords-dog-damn-near-killed-my-cat-last-night-long/240945 "2004-04-26T03:12:52Z")
Last night, my most beloved and wonderful cat Achmed escaped out my screen door and was attacked by my landlord’s dog, a large mastiff-type dog. It was 10:30pm. When I realized Achmed got out, I put the dog back in my l… --- ## [Why Wombat user names ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wombat-user-names/539766)
**Author:** [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wombat-user-names/539766 "2010-05-19T17:04:55Z")
No doubt this will be answered in quick time, but its been driving me crackers for quite some time now. I’ve noticed that many Dopers have Wombat related names. A good mate in real life TPWOMBAT couldn’t explain why he… --- ## [Its time for Obama to flex some big muscle in Syria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-obama-to-flex-some-big-muscle-in-syria/733187)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-obama-to-flex-some-big-muscle-in-syria/733187 "2015-10-03T14:37:55Z")
There can be no doubt that Putin doesn’t give a flying fuck for all the refugees fleeing Syria or the non Shiite Syrians still there facing extermination. Both Putin and Assad are gangsters and they need to be confronte… --- ## ["Oh beautiful FOR spacious skies..".......why "for"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-beautiful-for-spacious-skies-why-for/388101)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-beautiful-for-spacious-skies-why-for/388101 "2022-04-16T23:18:44Z")
for the linguists out there: what does the word “for” mean in this poem? A whole list of things which are not just beautiful, they are beautiful “for” something. For spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for pilg… --- ## [Grab a leaf rake in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-a-leaf-rake-in-the-mmp/973366)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 239\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-a-leaf-rake-in-the-mmp/973366 "2022-10-24T04:44:29Z")
First, from last time: Dos the B-W Parkway not work for you? I find it’s usually a pleasanter drive than I-95. But it depends on what part of Baltimore you’re headed to… And moving forward - it’s a new, leaf-covered w… --- ## [The Milton Friedman Communist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-milton-friedman-communist/623816)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-milton-friedman-communist/623816 "2012-06-07T21:17:25Z")
So, how would you describe your political beliefs? I’m a communist. You mean, you’re a Marxist, you subscribe to his theory of economic history. No, no, I don’t really believe in that. Not as such. You mean you’re a … --- ## [Why can we give dying patients Morphine and not Heroin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-we-give-dying-patients-morphine-and-not-heroin/283112)
**Author:** [@Roland\_Deschain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Deschain)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-we-give-dying-patients-morphine-and-not-heroin/283112 "2005-01-06T00:48:36Z")
Of course I know that Heroion is a Schedule I (or is it C) narcotic and not approved for any legal use. But my question has to do with exactly why this is the case. IF Heroin is more effective at controlling certain ty… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1760&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1762&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)