# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1782&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:** 1783 --- ## [What kind of hat did Granny ('Beverly Hillbillies') wear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183 "2016-03-19T10:27:13Z")
Some images. I asked this many years ago, and at the time I thought it might have been a ‘pancake hat,’ but I don’t think there was any consensus. --- ## [DUI question: would this fool the judge/police?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dui-question-would-this-fool-the-judge-police/645273)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dui-question-would-this-fool-the-judge-police/645273 "2013-01-03T15:20:19Z")
Suppose I am driving my car under the influence and lose control and kill somebody. As I am waiting for the police to arrive, I go to the corner store, grab a six-pack and start downing the beers one after the other, wh… --- ## [Duty length skirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duty-length-skirts/582996)
**Author:** [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2011, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duty-length-skirts/582996 "2011-05-26T09:17:02Z")
My kids - all girls - have never heard of the expression “duty length” as it relates to skirts. I tried to find an online cite, but I was unable come up with anything. Does anyone know where the expression came from? --- ## [I don't vote...get over it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-vote-get-over-it/267665)
**Author:** [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-vote-get-over-it/267665 "2004-10-09T01:10:29Z")
I work as a bartender at the American Legion. The topic of politics comes up fairly regularly. Politics bore the shit out of me and since I have no interest in anything a politician might have to say, I don’t vote. Mi… --- ## [My grand daughter will be named Echo Marie.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411)
**Author:** [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411 "2004-02-10T01:18:45Z")
My daughter will have her first child next month. She is going to name it Echo Marie. Echo?? Help me convince her not to hang an odd name on her. I have an odd name myself and I got tired of explaining it so I went to … --- ## [In children with one black & one nonwhite parent, are black facial features dominant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-children-with-one-black-one-nonwhite-parent-are-black-facial-features-dominant/445201)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-children-with-one-black-one-nonwhite-parent-are-black-facial-features-dominant/445201 "2008-04-16T05:13:19Z")
Just curious. In looking at Sen. Obama or Tiger Woods who are 50/50 black (white) Obama / asian-Thai (Woods), you can tell they are a bit “different”, but the facial features are (to me) considerably more strongly black … --- ## [Islamofascists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamofascists/563719)
**Author:** [@Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pierrot_Le_Fou)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2010, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamofascists/563719 "2010-12-12T07:55:21Z")
Can someone who uses this term explain your decision to use it? I see no real connection between al Quada-type groups and fascist movements. In the term’s use, “fascist” does not seem to mean anything other than bad. Bu… --- ## [Kickstarter: As an investor, what's in it for me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kickstarter-as-an-investor-whats-in-it-for-me/643714)
**Author:** [@wheresmymind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheresmymind)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kickstarter-as-an-investor-whats-in-it-for-me/643714 "2012-12-24T03:42:53Z")
I haven’t paid much attention to the whole crowdsourcing phenomena. I’m aware that it exists and basically what it is (ask lots of people for a little money, instead of a few people for a lot of money) but after reading … --- ## [Which of our cultural mores will make our descendants say "WTF?!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-our-cultural-mores-will-make-our-descendants-say-wtf/429259)
**Author:** [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-our-cultural-mores-will-make-our-descendants-say-wtf/429259 "2007-12-11T00:17:03Z")
Just so’s you know, this is something I think about often. It blows my mind that anyone ever thought slavery was sanctioned by God. Or that it was natural to give the vote to all (property-owning) men, but not women. Or… --- ## [A non-Jew making latkes: Offensive? Appropriation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-non-jew-making-latkes-offensive-appropriation/220807)
**Author:** [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-non-jew-making-latkes-offensive-appropriation/220807 "2003-12-27T16:17:28Z")
I had latkes once when a Jewish friend made some for our class as kind of a “cultural awareness” thing during our goofing-off-between-midterms-and-winter-break period in middle school. Since most of us in class were Chr… --- ## [Women, do your nipples get hard when you sneeze?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-your-nipples-get-hard-when-you-sneeze/85669)
**Author:** [@GodImStupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GodImStupid)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2001, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-your-nipples-get-hard-when-you-sneeze/85669 "2001-10-06T14:28:00Z")
What happens to your nipples when you sneeze? I’m sitting at work and just sneezed and for the first time I actually noticed that my nipples got hard, I think this always happens when I sneeze but didn’t pay attention to… --- ## [Vote Now and Avoid the Rush!! It's the SDMB Short Fiction Contest's Anthology Thread for June 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-now-and-avoid-the-rush-its-the-sdmb-short-fiction-contests-anthology-thread-for-june-2011/588576)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-now-and-avoid-the-rush-its-the-sdmb-short-fiction-contests-anthology-thread-for-june-2011/588576 "2011-07-29T19:56:25Z")
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Anthology Thread of the SDMB Short Fiction Contest - June 2011 National Holidays Theme edition. The poll will appear about 24 hours from now. A quick recap of the rules - At 9 AM ED… --- ## [How hath Family Guy ripped off The Simpsons, help me count the ways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hath-family-guy-ripped-off-the-simpsons-help-me-count-the-ways/380543)
**Author:** [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2006, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hath-family-guy-ripped-off-the-simpsons-help-me-count-the-ways/380543 "2006-11-22T08:47:24Z")
I assume you’ve heard the allegations that Seth McFarland might have stolen Stewie Griffin from Chris Ware’s \*Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth \* . Maybe he thought he could get away with that, but when does som… --- ## [Are Trumpism and Clintonism the future of the Republicans and Democrats respectively?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-trumpism-and-clintonism-the-future-of-the-republicans-and-democrats-respectively/752749)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-trumpism-and-clintonism-the-future-of-the-republicans-and-democrats-respectively/752749 "2016-04-27T16:16:07Z")
Michael Lind writes in the New York Times that they are. Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were “transitional figures”: The exchange of party constituencies that began in 1968 – the conservative white working-class Democra… --- ## [Dems should look to Repubs for our strategy, platform, and leaders...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-should-look-to-repubs-for-our-strategy-platform-and-leaders/273899)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-should-look-to-repubs-for-our-strategy-platform-and-leaders/273899 "2004-11-13T18:11:01Z")
NOT! It is so fucking weird whenever we have some conversation about Democratic leaders, strategy, positions, etc, that our SDMB conservative contingent come along and tell us what a bad idea X is…we should actually try… --- ## [Trump: Will anything good come from his presidency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-will-anything-good-come-from-his-presidency/780038)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-will-anything-good-come-from-his-presidency/780038 "2017-02-23T15:35:22Z")
For the vast majority of the inhabitants of planet earth, I’m thinkin’… nope! --- ## [In what dialect of English would words like "on" be pronounced "own" or "ohn"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-dialect-of-english-would-words-like-on-be-pronounced-own-or-ohn/690582)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2021, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-dialect-of-english-would-words-like-on-be-pronounced-own-or-ohn/690582 "2021-05-23T06:53:48Z")
I found this great app called Librivox, where you can download and listen to public domain fiction read aloud by volunteers. In the case of a couple of Sherlock Holmes stories, the reader has an ordinary English languag… --- ## [Fmr. Sen. Ted Stevens killed in plane crash \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fmr-sen-ted-stevens-killed-in-plane-crash-edited-title/549818)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fmr-sen-ted-stevens-killed-in-plane-crash-edited-title/549818 "2010-08-11T16:54:13Z")
A small plane has crashed near Dillingham, AK. Former Senator Ted Stevens (R. AK) may have been on board. Stevens was convicted of lying on financial disclosure forms about expensive gifts he received from an Alaska bu… --- ## [Famous authors who only wrote one great book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-authors-who-only-wrote-one-great-book/308587)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-authors-who-only-wrote-one-great-book/308587 "2005-06-20T16:24:12Z")
I’m not talking about authors like Margaret Mitchell who only wrote one book, but authors who wrote several books. “Wind In The Willows” Kenneth Graham. His other two books are boring. “The Book Of The Dun Cow” By Kurt… --- ## [Bad Hat Harry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-hat-harry/408988)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2007, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-hat-harry/408988 "2007-06-23T11:36:14Z")
For no better reason than that nothing better was available to watch last night, I resaw Jaws for the third or fourth time after a gap of several years. Early on, when the shark is making its presence known and Roy Schei… --- ## [Abraham Lincoln's Squeaky, High-pitched Voice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abraham-lincolns-squeaky-high-pitched-voice/95501)
**Author:** [@tsunamisurfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsunamisurfer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2001, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abraham-lincolns-squeaky-high-pitched-voice/95501 "2001-11-28T04:24:23Z")
Over the years, I’ve read/heard various individuals repeating “eyewitness” accounts that Abraham Lincoln had a squeaky, high-pitched voice. Yes, we all know this by now as “common knowledge,” but I’m left wondering if i… --- ## [Survivor Finale - 15/05/2005 - West Coast Edition (UNBOXED SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-15-05-2005-west-coast-edition-unboxed-spoilers/303945)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-15-05-2005-west-coast-edition-unboxed-spoilers/303945 "2005-05-18T18:21:18Z")
I didn’t see a Survivor thread for tonight’s episode, so I thought I’d start one. I like reading Survivor threads, but if I’m not careful or don’t realise what time it is, I may see an unboxed spoiler. We on the Left h… --- ## [Programmers! What language for a total novice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programmers-what-language-for-a-total-novice/574156)
**Author:** [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2011, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programmers-what-language-for-a-total-novice/574156 "2011-03-14T07:22:01Z")
I work for a tech firm but I have no background in programming whatsoever. As an intellectual stretch I’d like to try learning some basic programming, just to see what it’s all about. Looking around there seem to be a … --- ## [Use of "compliancy" versus "compliance"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-compliancy-versus-compliance/737708)
**Author:** [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-compliancy-versus-compliance/737708 "2017-05-31T22:07:10Z")
I’m in a training class this week where we are discussing adherence to governmental and industry standards such as HIPAA, GLBA, Sarbox, etc. yeah, I know, sounds exciting, right? Anyway, the dude presenting this mornin… --- ## [Poll: How many times a day do you pee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-times-a-day-do-you-pee/212111)
**Author:** [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-times-a-day-do-you-pee/212111 "2003-11-11T22:52:29Z")
A few days ago, I got a phone call from a research group doing a survey. Actually, it was about the fourth call in as many days, but I got tired of hanging up on them. I figured if I took their damned survey they’d sto… --- ## [Tungsten rings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tungsten-rings/386379)
**Author:** [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tungsten-rings/386379 "2007-01-08T00:09:00Z")
Does anyone have a ring, wedding or otherwise, made of tungsten? I’m looking at them and they seem to be very attractive. Tungsten carbide is about a 9 on the Mohs Hardness Scale, so these rings won’t bend or scuff, ap… --- ## [Turn in your gun and badge - does this ever happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-in-your-gun-and-badge-does-this-ever-happen/667108)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-in-your-gun-and-badge-does-this-ever-happen/667108 "2013-08-27T12:48:57Z")
Some cop television/movie cliches include : “Turn in your gun and badge”. When the Chief’s had enough of the hero’s antics, or a cop is under investigation for wrongdoing, they always have to toss their gun in it’s ho… --- ## [Another question about interpreting Verhoeven's Starship Troopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-interpreting-verhoevens-starship-troopers/328094)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-interpreting-verhoevens-starship-troopers/328094 "2005-11-04T14:03:30Z")
Note: I have a pretty specific question here, so please let’s not make this a GD about how he savaged Heinlein’s novel. Ok, I have heard yet another interpretation of what Paul Verhoeven intended when he made Starship T… --- ## [What would you do in this situation? (Stalker-related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-in-this-situation-stalker-related/554038)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-in-this-situation-stalker-related/554038 "2010-09-20T21:42:03Z")
I’m going to lay out what’s going on to someone I know in the second-person sense and you let me know what you’d do. I may add results and more info to posters replies to show you how things worked in the given situation… --- ## [A wheelchair story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wheelchair-story/621921)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wheelchair-story/621921 "2012-05-16T02:48:49Z")
On Friday night at around 10 or 10:30, I was on my way home. I was taking the subway (Boston’s “T”, green line). I was on one of the older cars, where there are three stairs that have to be climbed to be fully on board. … --- ## ["Satanic"- Or Harmless Fun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satanic-or-harmless-fun/121702)
**Author:** [@Kloudes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kloudes)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satanic-or-harmless-fun/121702 "2002-08-07T17:19:20Z")
I’m wondering where exactly one can draw the line between “good” and “evil”… I’ll explain. My mother is an extremely devout Christian, which, as you can imagine, gave me a hell of a time growing up. She insists that se… --- ## [What does "seasoned" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-seasoned-mean/383647)
**Author:** [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-seasoned-mean/383647 "2007-03-13T21:10:56Z")
Two questions: 1) I just bought a cast iron skillet and on the box it says that it was seasoned. What does that mean and 2) does this question belong in GQ or CS? --- ## [30 Rock 12/10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-12-10/520864)
**Author:** [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-12-10/520864 "2009-12-16T19:01:02Z")
Thought this was one of their better episodes recently. New cast member: “I’m a little worried, I haven’t been on the show in the last two weeks.” :wink: And how excited he was to figure out saracm. Kenneth, showing a… --- ## [Opposition to "buyback" programs is what invalidates what the NRA has become](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposition-to-buyback-programs-is-what-invalidates-what-the-nra-has-become/649201)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposition-to-buyback-programs-is-what-invalidates-what-the-nra-has-become/649201 "2013-02-05T14:18:00Z")
It wasn’t always what it is now. There was a time when the NRA was more open-minded to gun-control. But the organization has changed over time. And now look where that has led. See this Pit thread on that. IOW, it… --- ## [Christmas alone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alone/706246)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alone/706246 "2014-12-04T20:56:41Z")
So I’m going to be by myself for Christmas for the first time in…I think ever. My Ex has our son that day, so I won’t be spending it with him. I don’t have anything lined up with friends (and post-divorce I have few fri… --- ## [Songs You Use to Cheer Yourself Up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744)
**Author:** [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744 "2005-04-08T19:48:07Z")
William Shatner’s version of “Mr. Tambourine Man” will make you laugh until you cry. If you’re down in the dumps, run right out and buy a copy of Golden Throats. There’s also a GT Beatles’ tribute disc that features Te… --- ## [Poll: Would American T.V be better off with shorter runs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-american-t-v-be-better-off-with-shorter-runs/539974)
**Author:** [@JollyGoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JollyGoon)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-american-t-v-be-better-off-with-shorter-runs/539974 "2010-05-23T23:58:21Z")
After reading this thread, I got thinking ‘does the quality in American T.V suffer from having 20+ episodes in a season?’ IMHO most of the best shows of British T.V have short seasons in comparisons to American, but then… --- ## [What the Heck Happened to my Cucumber?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-happened-to-my-cucumber/665288)
**Author:** [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-happened-to-my-cucumber/665288 "2013-08-05T16:08:46Z")
I took a cucumber out of the fridge to make Tzatziki. I peeled it and after peeling I immediately noticed it had a strange slimy feel to it. The skin itself had been unblemished (no bruises, no mushy spots) and felt nor… --- ## [Why is My Steering Wheel Shaking So Badly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-steering-wheel-shaking-so-badly/64302)
**Author:** [@Oldmaid85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oldmaid85)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2001, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-steering-wheel-shaking-so-badly/64302 "2001-05-12T17:41:55Z")
Above 60 mph, my 1988 Toyota’s steering wheel starts to shake. At 70, it’s quite bad–enough to make my hand vibrate and the headrests on my car shake some. At 75, it’s terrible and the car feels unsafe. I just had my ti… --- ## [Average Star Trek Human Life Expectancy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-star-trek-human-life-expectancy/522685)
**Author:** [@boilercake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boilercake)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-star-trek-human-life-expectancy/522685 "2009-12-28T03:05:59Z")
Just finished watching the latest (excellent) Star Trek film, and a sort-of indirect mention was made of Spock’s age, which got me wondering with all the medical advances in place in the Star Trek canon, how old could a … --- ## [Fantasy Baseball Mock Drafts (and other assorted fantasy baseball bits)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-baseball-mock-drafts-and-other-assorted-fantasy-baseball-bits/570904)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-baseball-mock-drafts-and-other-assorted-fantasy-baseball-bits/570904 "2011-03-31T18:52:29Z")
Since I have way too much free time on my hands these days, I’ll be doing a mock draft every few days or so. Yahoo has them going around the clock over here - they’re sorted by straight draft or auction draft, and range … --- ## [Relocating to Chicago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relocating-to-chicago/663083)
**Author:** [@Aizle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aizle)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relocating-to-chicago/663083 "2013-07-18T16:20:09Z")
So my wife and I are going to be relocating to Chicago. We’ve been looking heavily at the Evanston area, specifically at condo’s near the downtown part of Evanston. In general, we’re looking for somewhere that we can e… --- ## [Russian troll on the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-troll-on-the-sdmb/772883)
**Author:** [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-troll-on-the-sdmb/772883 "2016-11-29T02:10:19Z")
Last month, Samantha Bee interviewed two of the online trolls hired by Russia to meddle with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. With that in mind, we have dave23, a brand-new poster, who in this post, quoted Hurricane… --- ## ["Morty! McDonald's is bringing back szechuan sauce for one day only! ONE DAY ONLY MORTY!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morty-mcdonalds-is-bringing-back-szechuan-sauce-for-one-day-only-one-day-only-morty/797956)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morty-mcdonalds-is-bringing-back-szechuan-sauce-for-one-day-only-one-day-only-morty/797956 "2017-10-12T21:08:41Z")
Here This is such awesome nerdiness! :slight\_smile: --- ## [Co-workers yapping on personal calls on their cell phones at work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-workers-yapping-on-personal-calls-on-their-cell-phones-at-work/699534)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-workers-yapping-on-personal-calls-on-their-cell-phones-at-work/699534 "2014-10-01T18:19:03Z")
So, I’m walking into our offices this morning and there’s another employee at our company coming in a the same time. They are carrying on a personal conversation on their cell phone as they walk down the hall, talking v… --- ## [How can you describe root beer to someone who has never had it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-describe-root-beer-to-someone-who-has-never-had-it/444171)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-describe-root-beer-to-someone-who-has-never-had-it/444171 "2008-04-08T17:28:36Z")
Apparently rootbeer is not common outside the states. I was talking to a friend who is a Brit and he was asking me what it tastes like. I couldn’t tell him. He wanted to compare it to vanilla soda, but wouldn’t have s… --- ## [Games with multiple winners, one loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-with-multiple-winners-one-loser/727645)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-with-multiple-winners-one-loser/727645 "2015-08-25T20:29:33Z")
The card game Old Maid is played until there is only one person left, the person stuck with the old maid. This is different than most games in that the object is to get out, not really to win. That is, there is one los… --- ## [Boycott the Cubs!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-the-cubs/622254)
**Author:** [@blinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkie)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-the-cubs/622254 "2012-05-19T00:51:42Z")
Rickett’s owns the Cub’s! How about some Chicago Doper’s making this right wing nut job pay a little for this crap? G.O.P. ‘Super PAC’ Weighs Hard-Line Attack on Obama A campaign playbook by high-profile Republican str… --- ## [Baseball Q: Extra Inning Home Field Advantage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-q-extra-inning-home-field-advantage/600318)
**Author:** [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-q-extra-inning-home-field-advantage/600318 "2011-10-26T03:53:41Z")
Wikipedia says: "Extra innings (or, indeed, a tied final inning) constitute the situation in which the home-field advantage is most pronounced in baseball and softball. Because it bats in the second (or “bottom”) half o… --- ## [Why is Private Mortgage Insurance so bad for homeowners?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-private-mortgage-insurance-so-bad-for-homeowners/522994)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-private-mortgage-insurance-so-bad-for-homeowners/522994 "2010-01-02T06:47:05Z")
This relates to the United States. It seems that many sources that talk about mortgages talk about how consumers are required by mortgage lenders to take out PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance), and the article attempts to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1781&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1783&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)