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**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-slang-term-much-in-in-england/966295 "2022-09-17T14:17:46Z")
Currently watching the Endeavour series, set in 1960s England. In a recent episode, one character asked the other, “much in?” This appears to be an English colloquialism, and a Google search hasn’t turned up a clear an… --- ## [Avoiding IRS income tax audits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-irs-income-tax-audits/784788)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-irs-income-tax-audits/784788 "2017-04-28T16:39:42Z")
What are the best practices for ‘small fish’ (like me) to avoid an IRS audit? Or to put another way - what not to do that might increase chances of getting an audit? --- ## [Read the OP, people!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422 "2019-02-23T14:58:24Z")
I see this constantly–someone out of necessity gives a thread a breif title, then elaborates in the original post. Then follow dozens or hundreds of replies that do not fit the criteria for the OP, showing that responder… --- ## [What is imitation crabmeat and why is it in my grocery store?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-imitation-crabmeat-and-why-is-it-in-my-grocery-store/357709)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2006, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-imitation-crabmeat-and-why-is-it-in-my-grocery-store/357709 "2006-05-23T10:25:56Z")
I’ve never seen a grocery store selling “real” crabmeat (not that I’ve been in the market for it that long - I was introduced to crab for the first time recently), just this imitation stuff - which tastes fine to my inex… --- ## [Double slit experiment - quantum mechanics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-slit-experiment-quantum-mechanics/836552)
**Author:** [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-slit-experiment-quantum-mechanics/836552 "2019-08-23T16:32:17Z")
Am trying to understand a bit about wave-particle duality and I suppose a good place to start is the double slit experiment. An answer to this question will help me. Take the typical set-up of this experiment, with phot… --- ## [Why aren't people buried standing up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-people-buried-standing-up/24946)
**Author:** [@Dave\_Marini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Marini)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-people-buried-standing-up/24946 "2000-07-09T19:39:25Z")
A burial plot is an expensive thing to buy, and I believe there’s a bit of a lack of space in many urban cemetaries. Why are people always buried lying down and taking up all that room? Wouldn’t it be cheaper and more sp… --- ## [Individual Episodes of shows you like but most fans hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/individual-episodes-of-shows-you-like-but-most-fans-hate/589391)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/individual-episodes-of-shows-you-like-but-most-fans-hate/589391 "2011-07-21T13:50:16Z")
“Expose” from Lost (AKA the Nikki and Paolo episode). I LOVE this episode. It is like in my top 5 episodes of the show ever but EVERYONE else hates it with a passion. I like the change of POV; I like how it weaved its … --- ## [What purpose does the Moon serve?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-purpose-does-the-moon-serve/234620)
**Author:** [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-purpose-does-the-moon-serve/234620 "2004-03-16T20:58:40Z")
This is a question I asked a while back that for some reason completely disappeared from this forum. But for those that are interested, I FOUND THE ANSWER. According to a video taped recording of the Discovery Channel, o… --- ## [I thought my German final was on Wednesday but it was today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-my-german-final-was-on-wednesday-but-it-was-today/564022)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-my-german-final-was-on-wednesday-but-it-was-today/564022 "2010-12-17T00:50:06Z")
So I am sitting on the computer around 12:30 and I get an email from the TA “hey we already started the exam (at 12) why aren’t you here?” and I am flipping out oh no how could I get the day wrong I am so irresponsible.… --- ## [The Amazing Race season 22 premiere: 2/17](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-season-22-premiere-2-17/650608)
**Author:** [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-season-22-premiere-2-17/650608 "2013-02-18T19:49:04Z")
The 22nd season of the Amazing Race will premiere on Sunday, February 17 at 8pm ET (that’s today!), with the episode, “Business in Front; Party in the Back,” which I assume refers either to an airline flight or is some k… --- ## [Garages being used to actually park cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garages-being-used-to-actually-park-cars/840808)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garages-being-used-to-actually-park-cars/840808 "2019-10-04T20:23:18Z")
Offhand I can’t think of anyone I know with an attached garage who actually parks their car(s) there. I know in my own case I have a very convenient attached 2 car garage and I never park there. Back when we first built… --- ## [What percentage of Americans don't have passports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-americans-dont-have-passports/212402)
**Author:** [@naomi2003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naomi2003)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-americans-dont-have-passports/212402 "2003-11-15T03:34:56Z")
What percentage of Americans don’t have passports? And why not? --- ## [Chicks Who Kick Ass on TV shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-who-kick-ass-on-tv-shows/658895)
**Author:** [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-who-kick-ass-on-tv-shows/658895 "2013-05-31T20:58:27Z")
I feel the need to preface this posting by saying that I am a 38-year old gay guy. I’m not sure if that makes this even stranger or maybe it transcends sexual orientation altogether??? I find it VERY SEXY when female T… --- ## [Do you know any sympathetic German accented characters on TV or in ads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-sympathetic-german-accented-characters-on-tv-or-in-ads/509303)
**Author:** [@TheMadHun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMadHun)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-sympathetic-german-accented-characters-on-tv-or-in-ads/509303 "2009-09-09T12:47:14Z")
My grandparents came from Germany, before WWI, so I’m sympathetic to Germans and German accents. Recently VW has run a few ads where they have a humorous grandfatherly German narrator. And I’m not sure it’s going to wo… --- ## [Origin of "red-headed stepchild"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-red-headed-stepchild/309498)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-red-headed-stepchild/309498 "2005-06-24T01:32:10Z")
What is the origin of the phrase “red-headed stepchild,” used to mean something that doesn’t really belong, or that is despised or barely tolerated? I mean, what have people got (or what did they used to have got) again… --- ## [Is there any real risk that law enforcement or the military would side with a rightwing insurrection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-real-risk-that-law-enforcement-or-the-military-would-side-with-a-rightwing-insurrection/687056)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-real-risk-that-law-enforcement-or-the-military-would-side-with-a-rightwing-insurrection/687056 "2014-05-02T14:56:44Z")
Since law enforcement and the military tend to be more conservative, is there any real risk that they wouldn’t help put down an armed insurrection? As the tea party and die hard conservatives lose more and more influence… --- ## [movie better than the book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-better-than-the-book/480915)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-better-than-the-book/480915 "2009-01-15T16:48:57Z")
It’s chic to go to or watch a film based on a book and say the requisite “Well the book was MUCH better. I mean, there were whole parts of the book left out of the movie! Well I guess they have to do that for time, o… --- ## [Father, aged 16, killed in a vehicle hit and run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-aged-16-killed-in-a-vehicle-hit-and-run/452901)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-aged-16-killed-in-a-vehicle-hit-and-run/452901 "2008-06-17T18:48:07Z")
Story here. I find it difficult to feel sorry for either party. I would not want anyone harmed but neither seem as if they have a lot to offer to society. --- ## [Oppostion to gay marriage is legally, intellectualy & logically bankrupt - Powerful article](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppostion-to-gay-marriage-is-legally-intellectualy-logically-bankrupt-powerful-article/612494)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppostion-to-gay-marriage-is-legally-intellectualy-logically-bankrupt-powerful-article/612494 "2012-02-16T21:17:54Z")
No wonder they lost. What weak arguments. Is That All You Got? How the proponents of a gay marriage ban just ran out of arguments. --- ## [Your favorite songs that start with J, K, Q, X, or Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-that-start-with-j-k-q-x-or-z/475302)
**Author:** [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-that-start-with-j-k-q-x-or-z/475302 "2008-12-09T04:54:39Z")
I’m in charge of the stereo whenever I’m in the car with my best friend, so I make 26 song mixes that use one song from each letter of the alphabet while following a theme, like musicals, angry girl music, weird boy musi… --- ## [TOS: Catspaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-catspaw/798425)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-catspaw/798425 "2017-10-16T12:10:10Z")
Bit slow…I’ve always liked the aliens and the alienness about them, Sylvias desire for sensations. One interesting note: Spock: “The cat, one of the most ruthless and terrifying of creatures.” Spock? ok…course Vulcan d… --- ## [NFL Overtime Rule - Simple Fix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-overtime-rule-simple-fix/480964)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-overtime-rule-simple-fix/480964 "2009-01-19T08:04:07Z")
Last Wednesday morning, Mike and Mike (of the ESPN 1050 New York morning radio show) were discussing the problems with the NFL’s overtime rule. For those unfamiliar with the rule: the team that scores first in the overt… --- ## [My god! Kate Winslet is not skinny! And it's so hot!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155 "2005-03-23T15:27:02Z")
Having hated Titanic with a passion the moment I saw it, I have not paid much attention to Kate Winslet’s subsequent career. Last night, my wife made me rent Iris, which I was reluctant to watch because I figured it woul… --- ## [The Office: "The Duel" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534 "2009-01-18T13:45:45Z")
I sort of enjoyed this one. I liked seeing Michael have a good day, and liked that he was the only one willing to man up and tell Andy the truth. I actually thought Jim was being kind of a dick in that regard. I’m also … --- ## [How are computer languages written?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-computer-languages-written/494072)
**Author:** [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-computer-languages-written/494072 "2009-04-23T23:56:24Z")
I know there are many computer languages (C#, java, basic, etc) How are the languages themselves created? --- ## [Do actors/actresses aged 20-21 often pull of the illusion on film of being 17?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-actors-actresses-aged-20-21-often-pull-of-the-illusion-on-film-of-being-17/436874)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-actors-actresses-aged-20-21-often-pull-of-the-illusion-on-film-of-being-17/436874 "2008-02-12T17:51:37Z")
I ask this for the sake of Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson (and the rest) and the final film in the series. edit:And also for Dakota-Blue-richards who has got to be between 11 and 12 for the whole HDM franchise… --- ## [Would teens act more like adults if we treated them like adults?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-teens-act-more-like-adults-if-we-treated-them-like-adults/197260)
**Author:** [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-teens-act-more-like-adults-if-we-treated-them-like-adults/197260 "2003-08-30T16:17:16Z")
This is partly a personal, partly a political question. As it stands, teenagers under 18 do not have the rights or responsibilities of adults. It therefore stands to reason that as many teens are not expected to act li… --- ## [Ladies: Tell Me About Your ''Non-Oral'' Birth-Control Experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-tell-me-about-your-non-oral-birth-control-experiences/419194)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-tell-me-about-your-non-oral-birth-control-experiences/419194 "2007-11-05T04:12:36Z")
I’ve been on ortho-tri-cyclen lo for about a year, which is The Pill without the hormone impact, and it’s made me into a stark raving lunatic. In the past, I took the regular old pill, and it worked well in regulating m… --- ## [What is this Strange Classic English Dish called and how do you cook it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-classic-english-dish-called-and-how-do-you-cook-it/427498)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-classic-english-dish-called-and-how-do-you-cook-it/427498 "2007-11-26T13:33:38Z")
Watching V for Vendetta the other day I noticed the charactors cook an egg in the middle of toast? Is this really a classic English Dish or was it some sort of cool English culinary oddity? What is it called and how doe… --- ## [Whats the oldest memory you have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-memory-you-have/689352)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-memory-you-have/689352 "2014-06-02T20:30:18Z")
I remember quite a lot of things of when I was a “baby”. I lived on the netherlands for my first 4 years, and I have really vivid memories from that time. The oldest one is probably me being put on a crib with some toys … --- ## [While the media runs through another Bush-bashing frenzy, the main point is ignored.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-the-media-runs-through-another-bush-bashing-frenzy-the-main-point-is-ignored/187486)
**Author:** [@GOM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GOM)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-the-media-runs-through-another-bush-bashing-frenzy-the-main-point-is-ignored/187486 "2003-07-21T17:48:41Z")
Who faked the documents? That’s the real story. It would sure be nice if we had some of our highly paid “journalists” working on that… As always, YMMV. --- ## [Major battles-- how do you bury the dead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-battles-how-do-you-bury-the-dead/552659)
**Author:** [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-battles-how-do-you-bury-the-dead/552659 "2010-09-07T23:55:20Z")
I was just reading about the Battle of Stalingrad, which got me wondering-- how do you bury the dead from a battle that kills tens or hundreds of thousands of people? Where do the manpower and the resources come from? --- ## [How do I get rid of a hornets nest (w/o getting stung, again)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-hornets-nest-w-o-getting-stung-again/118658)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2002, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-hornets-nest-w-o-getting-stung-again/118658 "2002-07-18T10:01:49Z")
\*\* If you don’t want to read the whole story skip to the bottom\*\* The first stike happend as I went through my gate. It felt like hot fragments striking my leg in several spots. I didn’t see anything and was thinking … --- ## [Can You Suck Air Into Your Rectum / Vagina?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-suck-air-into-your-rectum-vagina/363816)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-suck-air-into-your-rectum-vagina/363816 "2006-07-12T15:33:50Z")
Are you able to suck air into your rectum or vagina without utilizing external devices? I once knew someone who was rather proficient at using the muscles of his anus to create a partial vacuum in his rectal cavity, suc… --- ## [Are cooking shows filmed in people's homes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cooking-shows-filmed-in-peoples-homes/494207)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cooking-shows-filmed-in-peoples-homes/494207 "2009-04-28T03:20:12Z")
Simple question: When we see a TV chef cooking in what looks like their home, is it actually their home or is it on a sound stage? I remember reading (The United States of Arugula, which I’m about 1/3 of the way through)… --- ## [What chain restaurant has the Worst food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-chain-restaurant-has-the-worst-food/298500)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2005, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-chain-restaurant-has-the-worst-food/298500 "2005-04-11T12:19:14Z")
Absolutely Denny’s. But that might be regional. The Denny’s in Illinois, for me, seemed just marginal. The ones in California are just awful – swill that would gag a sewer rat. --- ## [Las Pulgas Road, and other bizarre street names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090 "2006-08-31T14:23:30Z")
So I was riding my Las Pulgas Road yesterday. Who the hell names a road ‘The Fleas’? --- ## [Superman and Lois Season 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563 "2023-03-22T23:03:57Z")
Are you ready for the next season? Let’s go! S02E01 What Lies Beneath GREGORY SMITH (“EVERWOOD”) DIRECTS THE SEASON TWO PREMIERE - Season two opens with the dust still settling in Smallville following the … --- ## [Selling a motorcycle on craigslist is... interesting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-motorcycle-on-craigslist-is-interesting/592409)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-motorcycle-on-craigslist-is-interesting/592409 "2011-08-13T03:45:50Z")
I have decided to sell my very lightly used dirtbike on craigslist. I put up a very concise add with pertinent info and with the asking price right in the headline (actually craigslist puts it there in bold). My first … --- ## [California "death penalty for sodomy" proposal could appear on ballot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-death-penalty-for-sodomy-proposal-could-appear-on-ballot/715570)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-death-penalty-for-sodomy-proposal-could-appear-on-ballot/715570 "2015-03-24T04:57:53Z")
So maybe you’ve heardthat some lawyer has filed for the right to gather signatures for this ballot initiative that calls for the death penalty for anyone who \[QUOTE=Matt McLaughlin\] touches another person of the same g… --- ## [The Amazing Race 4/20 - "Donkeylicious"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-20-donkeylicious/686603)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-20-donkeylicious/686603 "2014-04-25T01:47:35Z")
I didn’t see a thread yet for this week’s Amazing Race so here we go. The monks wearing the cowboy hats were hilarious. As much as I dislike Team Brenchel, I think their decision to U turn Dave and Connor was absolutel… --- ## [Guess I'll start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-ill-start-the-mmp/825489)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-ill-start-the-mmp/825489 "2018-12-10T04:55:56Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 59 Amurrkin out and rainy with a predicted high of 68 and rainy for the day. I have an appointment with the doc at eleven this mornin’. I remembered it last night and ph… --- ## [He didn't match for internship and we are really upset.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-didnt-match-for-internship-and-we-are-really-upset/651090)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-didnt-match-for-internship-and-we-are-really-upset/651090 "2013-02-25T22:08:22Z")
Fuck! How could this happen? Last year, he didn’t get a single interview and he was devastated, and we had to put our lives on hold for another year. But each year, about 25% of people don’t get matched at all, so we fi… --- ## [Not one, but TWO new Chick tracts out today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-one-but-two-new-chick-tracts-out-today/243328)
**Author:** [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-one-but-two-new-chick-tracts-out-today/243328 "2004-05-10T19:40:51Z")
Numero Uno: http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1018/1018\_01.asp Typical story of a loser who is at life’s edge and ends up meeting some schmuck who ends up saving him in the name of Jesus. Jesus would love to have thi… --- ## [Heroes 10/2 (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-10-2-spoilers/375072)
**Author:** [@running\_piglet\_cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_piglet_cheese)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-10-2-spoilers/375072 "2006-10-09T21:23:22Z")
Many questions tonite. Who is the serial killer? Is it dear old dad? Was Hiro really in NY physically or just in his mind? Did he go forward in time and then back again? What was in the desert? I’m thinking graveyar… --- ## [Jalapeños and the Anglo palate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jalapenos-and-the-anglo-palate/624793)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jalapenos-and-the-anglo-palate/624793 "2012-06-14T12:57:14Z")
When I was a kid, we had a Mexican neighbor who suggested to my Mom that she add jalapeño to the chili she made. She did. (She didn’t tell me so until I was nearly 40.) Whenever she made chili for dinner, I was always go… --- ## [Olympic Boxing Gender Controversy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-boxing-gender-controversy/1005161)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-boxing-gender-controversy/1005161 "2024-08-12T22:15:20Z")
This person achieves something amazing and of course the usual jerks pile on. I wonder about the behavior of her opponent as well. --- ## [Why do prisoners wear jumpsuits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-prisoners-wear-jumpsuits/654767)
**Author:** [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-prisoners-wear-jumpsuits/654767 "2013-04-06T03:38:01Z")
Is there some safety/security reason for this, or does it just make the laundry easier? --- ## [I have new carpet! And i just spilled melted red popsicle on it..How to get it out??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-new-carpet-and-i-just-spilled-melted-red-popsicle-on-it-how-to-get-it-out/305420)
**Author:** [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-new-carpet-and-i-just-spilled-melted-red-popsicle-on-it-how-to-get-it-out/305420 "2005-05-27T21:10:58Z")
Only in the movies, and to me. I’ve never spilled anything in that room, then I put in new carpet and it took about 4 hours to forget about the cherry popsicle I had set near my keyboard, and melted and dripped on my new… --- ## [Harry Potter or the Discworld](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-or-the-discworld/191113)
**Author:** [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-or-the-discworld/191113 "2003-07-31T05:53:00Z")
I’ve never read any Harry Potter or see the films, but I have read all but 4 Discworld books by Terry Pratchett (there are 27 in total). Seems to me there are similarities, going on what I’ve heard about Harry Potter. T… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1778&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1780&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)