# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=179&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:** 180 --- ## [10% increase...divide by 0.9 or multiply by 1.1?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-increase-divide-by-0-9-or-multiply-by-1-1/286426)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-increase-divide-by-0-9-or-multiply-by-1-1/286426 "2005-01-24T19:56:03Z")
This is probably so basic an 8th grader would know but it has me confused. I want to increase a price with a 10% markup. I was multiplying the price by 1.1 when a co-worker said no, you should divide by 0.9. My first … --- ## [A scummy child-molesting Republican. What a shock.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scummy-child-molesting-republican-what-a-shock/751738)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 227\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scummy-child-molesting-republican-what-a-shock/751738 "2016-05-02T15:09:44Z")
Yet another family values Republican. J. Dennis Hastert, a little known low-level Republican of little renown, has not been formally charged with molesting 14 year old boys - because of statutes of limitation, apparent… --- ## [Showering with Junior Highers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showering-with-junior-highers/49569)
**Author:** [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2001, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showering-with-junior-highers/49569 "2001-07-07T07:41:10Z")
In the two school systems I went to in my teens we had to take PE for grades 7-10. For this we had to wear gym clothes which we changed into before class and out of after class in a locker room. No one in any of my class… --- ## [Make Movie Titles Less Impressive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 1003\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452 "2025-10-22T22:57:10Z")
The Heroes Of Telemarketing The Seven Sandwich Guys The Puns Of Navarone Furminator Toastbusters --- ## [Those Iraqi WMDs Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-iraqi-wmds-again/361725)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 404\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-iraqi-wmds-again/361725 "2006-07-09T13:35:15Z")
I think I will post this in GD so as to make sure it doesn’t get personal. :smiley: http://www.wwmt.com/engine.pl?station=wwmt&id=27609&template=breakout\_local.html As I see it, the options are as follows: \[ul\]\[li\]“W… --- ## [Musings on Watching the Whole "Friends" Series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musings-on-watching-the-whole-friends-series/635235)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musings-on-watching-the-whole-friends-series/635235 "2012-10-02T16:55:28Z")
Just because I like to share with all my good buddies here. :slight\_smile: Season One: Let’s just get this out of the way at the start - holy crap, big pants! Everyone is wearing pants up to their armpits! Pilot - Joe… --- ## [Does meat really stay in your body for 7 days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-meat-really-stay-in-your-body-for-7-days/107603)
**Author:** [@Honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honesty)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2002, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-meat-really-stay-in-your-body-for-7-days/107603 "2002-07-06T10:24:15Z")
I’ve spoken to a few vegetarians and vegans and they often say the reason they are is because meat stays in the body forever. Seeing how the body has enzymes to break down fats and proteins, how can this be? While I am… --- ## [Define God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-god/398222)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 518\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2007, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-god/398222 "2007-04-25T12:05:20Z")
I’d like to hear and discuss definitions of God. If you wouldn’t mind a preemptive strike, I’d like to avoid drive-by potshot definitions from either extreme. Neither from one extreme — I define God as a figment of your … --- ## [Carrie Fisher has massive heart attack on plane \[UPDATE: RIP\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482)
**Author:** [@bobo\_blesinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobo_blesinger)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482 "2017-06-19T18:39:45Z")
http://www.tmz.com/2016/12/23/carrie-fisher-heart-attack-plane/ --- ## [Unemployment and the President's re-election chances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unemployment-and-the-presidents-re-election-chances/588423)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unemployment-and-the-presidents-re-election-chances/588423 "2011-09-08T16:21:46Z")
Since this topic is threatening to take over the Elections forum, let’s just consolidate all of the discussion here. Please keep this topic out of the other threads ostensibly on other topics. What is the impact of the… --- ## [Castle - Nathon Fillion vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131 "2010-05-07T23:51:09Z")
OK, who’s heard about Castle? It starts March 9. I haven’t heard ANYTHING. But I saw it on IMBD because, being a sad, pathetic Firefly fan, I regulary check to see what the cast is doing. I’m hopeful that Nathon will h… --- ## [US Idiom: "set foot" vs "step foot".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-idiom-set-foot-vs-step-foot/548837)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-idiom-set-foot-vs-step-foot/548837 "2016-04-09T01:37:22Z")
A common idiom I’ve heard and used for 40+ years to express disapproval is “I’d never set foot in \[insert place name here\].” e.g. “I’d never set foot in Denny’s; their food & service are awful.” “I’d never set foot in a… --- ## [Do you have a piece of pencil lead embedded in your skin somewhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-piece-of-pencil-lead-embedded-in-your-skin-somewhere/525921)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-piece-of-pencil-lead-embedded-in-your-skin-somewhere/525921 "2014-05-20T23:15:39Z")
I have one in the middle of my left palm, still visible. I’ve met enough other people who also have jabbed themselves with a pencil and still have the souvenir that I’ve come to believe it’s not a rare thing. My wife has… --- ## [Naughty Kid Rhymes and Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naughty-kid-rhymes-and-songs/259884)
**Author:** [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naughty-kid-rhymes-and-songs/259884 "2023-04-08T02:37:21Z")
I recently spent some quality time with my son, teaching him “Milk, milk lemonade, 'round the corner, fudge is made”. It got me thinking about some other stupid, “naughty” rhymes we used to say. King Kong went to Hong… --- ## [Life continues beyond physical death. Is this proof of God's existance.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-continues-beyond-physical-death-is-this-proof-of-gods-existance/124256)
**Author:** [@lekatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lekatt)\ **Replies:** 353\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2002, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-continues-beyond-physical-death-is-this-proof-of-gods-existance/124256 "2002-10-02T02:59:37Z")
Due to Near Death Experiences, life after death has been proven. http://ndeweb.com/wildcard Does this mean that God’s existence has been proven or not? :rolleyes: --- ## [The New and Improved Commercials We Hate!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-commercials-we-hate/442684)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 268\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-commercials-we-hate/442684 "2008-09-04T14:19:49Z")
It’s been a couple of months since the last Commercials We Hate thread died, so I need to start a new one just to pit this abomination I saw the other day. The ad begins with three kids playing that game Rock Band. They… --- ## [Ever get "the strap" in school.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-the-strap-in-school/601902)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-the-strap-in-school/601902 "2014-06-24T22:34:46Z")
I was seven years old, in Grade II when I first got the strap for printing an inappropriate comment on a card left over from a 5 cent kleenex package. That was 1957. It was the first strap of maybe a dozen I’ve receive… --- ## [Tweets from people who are really not happy with the election results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tweets-from-people-who-are-really-not-happy-with-the-election-results/640191)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tweets-from-people-who-are-really-not-happy-with-the-election-results/640191 "2012-11-15T13:01:41Z")
Oh. My. God. --- ## [Am I supposed to know what "bitter almonds" smell like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-supposed-to-know-what-bitter-almonds-smell-like/669670)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-supposed-to-know-what-bitter-almonds-smell-like/669670 "2015-06-24T20:31:47Z")
I just ran across about the millionth reference to cyanide smelling like bitter almonds, and once again I was struck by the fact that I have no idea what that means. I’ve had almonds plenty of times in my life, but othe… --- ## [Actors and Actresses that look(ed) better at 30 than 20](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-look-ed-better-at-30-than-20/501983)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-look-ed-better-at-30-than-20/501983 "2009-07-07T18:50:39Z")
In this culture, it’s not unusual to hear people proclaim that folks are their most attractive in their 20s, but a lot of people, including actors and actresses simply don’t look complete that young. I thought of this wh… --- ## [Ever get revenge on a bad neighbor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-revenge-on-a-bad-neighbor/712197)
**Author:** [@edwardcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwardcoast)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-revenge-on-a-bad-neighbor/712197 "2017-05-28T01:53:00Z")
I have seen postings where people talked about bad neighbors and talked about getting revenge on them. I have often heard suggestions, but I’d be interested in people saying what they did to seek revenge on a bad neighbo… --- ## [Is President Trump suddenly Getting Worse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-president-trump-suddenly-getting-worse/806444)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 275\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-president-trump-suddenly-getting-worse/806444 "2018-01-18T21:28:38Z")
I would really like a factual answer. It seems to me that the level of activity from President Trump has increased in the last couple of weeks, since that book came out. He seems to be in the news more. He seems to be d… --- ## [SDMB 2012 NFL Mock Draft!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-nfl-mock-draft/619337)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 299\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-nfl-mock-draft/619337 "2012-04-26T22:33:42Z")
It’s time to begin the SDMB NFL Mock Draft where we are going to let out inner Kiper and Mayocks out. Each Doper who volunteered in the Recruitment Thread has been assigned a few teams for which they will act as the GM i… --- ## [The 2015 NBA Playoffs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2015-nba-playoffs/717863)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2015-nba-playoffs/717863 "2015-06-17T22:23:33Z")
After 82 games, the last seeding for the playoffs were decided on the last half of the last day of play. And even though I’m terrible at it, I’m going to accurately predict the entire first round! WEST I really like t… --- ## [Why does Lolita mean child porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-lolita-mean-child-porn/199164)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-lolita-mean-child-porn/199164 "2003-09-11T00:32:17Z")
It seems that the term Lolita has some reference to underage porn or child porn. How did that come about? (I’m sure I could find the answer by searching, but I don’t want to have to wade through the hundreds of links t… --- ## [I need a snack for preschool kids that starts with "U"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-snack-for-preschool-kids-that-starts-with-u/491297)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-snack-for-preschool-kids-that-starts-with-u/491297 "2009-03-31T15:56:44Z")
Friday is “U” day at my son’s preschool. We got saddled with the task of bringing in a snack that starts with that day’s letter. Is there any fairly simple, preschool friendly snack that start with the letter ‘u’? --- ## [Why not print trillions of dollars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-print-trillions-of-dollars/683314)
**Author:** [@Jiggerj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jiggerj)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-print-trillions-of-dollars/683314 "2014-03-25T16:21:58Z")
I know that our U.S. currency stopped being backed by gold in the 1970’s. After that I thought that the government decided what our money was backed by (sheep, cattle, corn, toilet paper, SOMETHING!). Nope, come to find … --- ## [What did the Commodore Vic 20 (or contemporaries) do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-commodore-vic-20-or-contemporaries-do/577326)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-commodore-vic-20-or-contemporaries-do/577326 "2011-09-19T04:02:38Z")
I was watching a Commodore Vic 20 commercial and was curious: what could you do with one? On the commercial they play arcade “Space Invaders” like games. Did it do word processing? And if so, did it have any internal … --- ## [Does my unborn child feel hunger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-unborn-child-feel-hunger/544500)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-unborn-child-feel-hunger/544500 "2010-06-25T20:53:29Z")
My wife is in her 5th month of pregnancy and reports that if she doesn’t eat every two hours, our son-in-the-making begins kicking, elbowing and generally making an active protest until she gets some food in her. I don’… --- ## [Proposed: Move thread games back to MPSIMS where they're a better fit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-move-thread-games-back-to-mpsims-where-theyre-a-better-fit/700060)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-move-thread-games-back-to-mpsims-where-theyre-a-better-fit/700060 "2014-10-04T02:07:16Z")
As you probably all know, we had a recent discussion about the problem with thread games strangling out the discussions in the game room. Even though I, and other posters, made what seems to be to be an obvious and compe… --- ## [British, American different turns of phrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-american-different-turns-of-phrase/565070)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 264\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-american-different-turns-of-phrase/565070 "2011-01-03T15:19:44Z")
Not just words, like lorry/truck or lift/elevator, but phrases: UK: “take a decision” US: “make a decision” UK: “in hospital” US: “in the hospital” UK: “in the event” US: “in the end” Any others? --- ## [America's first Celebrity President will be elected in 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-first-celebrity-president-will-be-elected-in-2016/600693)
**Author:** [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-first-celebrity-president-will-be-elected-in-2016/600693 "2017-01-18T19:46:00Z")
I predict that in 2016 the US will elect its first Celebrity President, meaning a person who is already famous for something other than politics and has not held elected office before. Why? Attention spans are becoming … --- ## [Ask the person taking Ozempic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-taking-ozempic/981193)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 388\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-taking-ozempic/981193 "2026-10-24T21:12:09Z")
Ozempic has been in the news a lot recently. I’ve been taking it since November. Ask away, and if you’re taking it yourself, jump in with your own experience and responses. --- ## [So You Think You Can Dance -- SYTYCD -- Fall 2009](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-can-dance-sytycd-fall-2009/509165)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-can-dance-sytycd-fall-2009/509165 "2009-12-18T16:28:24Z")
Believe it or not, the new season starts this week. There’s a one-hour show this Wednesday and another next Wednesday, both with audition footage. Presumably the real stuff will start ramping up at the end of the month. --- ## [How do you feel about converting to the Metric system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-converting-to-the-metric-system/978666)
**Author:** [@Honolulu\_Lulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honolulu_Lulu)\ **Replies:** 488\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2025, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-converting-to-the-metric-system/978666 "2025-09-29T03:59:25Z")
How do you feel about the Metric System? For those of you (like older Canadians) who started their lives on pounds, miles, Fahrenheit, and gallons, how painful was the switch to Metric? I remember visiting Canada some … --- ## [Singers Wrongly Predicted To Become Huge Stars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-wrongly-predicted-to-become-huge-stars/694539)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-wrongly-predicted-to-become-huge-stars/694539 "2015-02-20T20:57:27Z")
I was looking through a list of number 1 songs in the U.S by year, and in 2008 one of the singles were “Bleeding Love” by Leona Lewis. I remembered how she was predicted to become this huge star, a second coming of Whitn… --- ## [The $20 change scam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-20-change-scam/665879)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-20-change-scam/665879 "2013-08-17T21:08:15Z")
I don’t know what this scam is officially called. But it has happened to me twice. It works like this: let’s say the price for something is $3.90, and I hand the cashier a $20 bill. He puts the bill in the cash register… --- ## [If you were arrested for a high-profile crime, what about you would the media have a field day with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050 "2012-08-26T12:39:27Z")
Okay, I realized this is probably too soon given the Aurora shootings, but it popped into my head so I figured I’d share it. Let me tone it down a bit in the interests of taste, though. Suppose you were arrested for som… --- ## [Why shouldn't people have to pay for shopping bags?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-shouldnt-people-have-to-pay-for-shopping-bags/712415)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-shouldnt-people-have-to-pay-for-shopping-bags/712415 "2015-02-21T02:42:56Z")
Here in Portland, ME a lot of people are mad about the grocery bag fee that goes into effect in the spring. I don’t understand why people act like having free bags is their right. Store owners already have to pay for t… --- ## [What the Bannon factor tells us about Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-bannon-factor-tells-us-about-trump/772056)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-bannon-factor-tells-us-about-trump/772056 "2016-11-24T00:32:13Z")
For a few moments there I actually thought I saw a silver lining in this fiasco of an election, a hopeful sign that Trump isn’t really as crazy as we’d thought. Namely the fact that Trump had backed off from appointing … --- ## [Today I saw a woman so beautiful that she made me sad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-saw-a-woman-so-beautiful-that-she-made-me-sad/520530)
**Author:** [@mookieblaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mookieblaylock)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-saw-a-woman-so-beautiful-that-she-made-me-sad/520530 "2009-12-12T01:37:55Z")
Because I knew a girl that beautiful would never want anything to do with a loser like me. --- ## [Favorite single line from television?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 312\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309 "2016-02-06T00:29:24Z")
Some coworkers and I were discussing our favorite television shows and how they were written. I’m 61, or manager is 60, one coworker is in her low 50’s, the rest are way younger. We got around to lines that were iconic… --- ## [Apple's iPad in all its glory- Would you buy one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples-ipad-in-all-its-glory-would-you-buy-one/526679)
**Author:** [@i\_am\_a\_scientist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/i_am_a_scientist)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples-ipad-in-all-its-glory-would-you-buy-one/526679 "2010-02-06T12:42:18Z")
I don’t see an existing thread, or at least not a new one, so I’ll start this. In case you haven’t seen the 9 jillion tech blog posts, Apple appears poised to announce a tablet on 1/27. Link and WSJ Link (no reg requir… --- ## [He Hate Me FF Keeper League – Year 12](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-year-12/690989)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-year-12/690989 "2014-12-08T01:28:59Z")
Link to league homepage Schedule Offseason Trade Deadline: dunno yet Keeper Declaration: Wednesday 9/13/2014 (tentative) Live Draft: 9/17/2014 at 8:00pm Eastern (tentative) Keeper Rules You can only keep a maximum… --- ## [I think my cat is pregnant...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-cat-is-pregnant/619194)
**Author:** [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-cat-is-pregnant/619194 "2012-08-15T18:00:17Z")
Okay, first off let’s dispense with all the ‘how can you be so irresponsible as to not get your cat spayed?!! You’re a moron!’ stuff…I’ll take that as a given and I have no defense. Having said that, I will now proceed… --- ## [Something came out of my nose.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746 "2014-06-28T18:13:36Z")
I have a runny nose. It is really annoying. I was taking a shower and started to blow my nose. All of a sudden… something came out of it. It was a ball of… something. Spongy/soft and quite large - almost a walnut. It was… --- ## [Super Bowl XLVII Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 303\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249 "2013-02-06T04:17:53Z")
My San Francisco 49ers are going up against the Baltimore Ravens, with the betting line at SF -3.5. Have you heard Ray Lewis is retiring!? Have you heard Colin Kaepernick will only be starting his 10th game? OMG, the two… --- ## [Rants Giving (November mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811 "2019-12-01T17:59:12Z")
You’ve heard of “suicide by cop”, of course. Well, if you see, in the next few days, that someone got chucked out an open bathroom window in Beijing but there is not a scratch from the window screen on them, you might no… --- ## [America's Got Talent Season 9](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-season-9/690073)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2014, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-season-9/690073 "2014-09-28T12:01:47Z")
I did a search, no thread yet. So here it is. We’re on week 2. I really liked the 15 year old girl singer, and the two magician dudes who did the pseudoscience. The family of 12 siblings who sing, while they were good… --- ## ["Must catch moose and squirrel!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-catch-moose-and-squirrel/546526 "2013-06-20T15:46:39Z")
My girlfriend is a native Russian speaker and as such, I take great delight in having her dial her accent up a notch or two and say, “Must catch moose and squirrel!” Never having seen The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, she … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=178&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=180&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)