# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1808&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:** 1809 --- ## [Heroes 3.14 "A Clear and Present Danger"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-3-14-a-clear-and-present-danger/484193)
**Author:** [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-3-14-a-clear-and-present-danger/484193 "2009-02-09T00:35:42Z")
Last time on Heroes, a lot of buildings blew up. And our gang of mutants are still looking for a way to use their abilities without completely screwing up. Now, \*finally, \* law enforcement has developed an interest in th… --- ## [The BSA Thugs: What Powers Do They Have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bsa-thugs-what-powers-do-they-have/258326)
**Author:** [@Bongmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bongmaster)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bsa-thugs-what-powers-do-they-have/258326 "2011-08-01T23:47:53Z")
We got a letter at work recently from the BSA, the Business Software Alliance. It’s a software license watchdog that works with Microsoft, Symantec, and lots of other prominent companies to make sure you are only using … --- ## [Would you go to your Ex's Funeral?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-your-exs-funeral/174687)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-your-exs-funeral/174687 "2003-05-13T13:52:02Z")
Mrs. Phlosphr and I were having a small debate this weekend, as my in-laws are going through a bit of a problem in their marriage. My in-laws are a divorced couple. Married for the past 13 years, they have a great marr… --- ## [Do skeletons still exist in the deep , deep hulls of the Titanic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-skeletons-still-exist-in-the-deep-deep-hulls-of-the-titanic/699831)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-skeletons-still-exist-in-the-deep-deep-hulls-of-the-titanic/699831 "2014-10-02T00:06:46Z")
Like where they got sealed off in those metal doors in the movie. --- ## [How can I be sure whether a company is profitable or likely to fail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-be-sure-whether-a-company-is-profitable-or-likely-to-fail/686323)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-be-sure-whether-a-company-is-profitable-or-likely-to-fail/686323 "2014-05-02T15:35:25Z")
Hi How can I be sure whether a company is profitable or likely to fail? What do savvy investors look at on a balance sheet or elsewhere to assure them of the stability or a company? Companies can hide losses, massage nu… --- ## [What were the Auto Service Shop Bear Wheel Alignment signs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-auto-service-shop-bear-wheel-alignment-signs/678263)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-auto-service-shop-bear-wheel-alignment-signs/678263 "2014-01-09T19:50:39Z")
Back in the 60’s and 70’s it seemed like all the small auto service shops had this Bear logo on a sign. I can recall seeing it in many towns and in different states. It seems to be advertising wheel alignments. Was it t… --- ## [Should I be getting my act together?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-getting-my-act-together/542944)
**Author:** [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-getting-my-act-together/542944 "2010-06-18T20:20:23Z")
This is an advice thread of the somewhat subjective and rambling kind. If you’re fine with that, read on. I’m 32 years old and have spent my adult life studying and/or working fairly low-level jobs in various different … --- ## [Conservatives: When would it be ok to admit we lost in Iraq?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-when-would-it-be-ok-to-admit-we-lost-in-iraq/393567)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-when-would-it-be-ok-to-admit-we-lost-in-iraq/393567 "2007-03-03T01:26:55Z")
I’m not trying to be overly rude or confrontational here. I’m asking because I want to know what’s going on in the minds of those who still support President Bush’s Iraq strategy. I’m interested in simple, honest answers… --- ## [You stupid bitch.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-stupid-bitch/117507)
**Author:** [@welby1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby1)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-stupid-bitch/117507 "2002-08-16T21:34:26Z")
The white trash bitch with the “In Loving Memory of Dale Earnhardt” expensively stenciled on the back of the rusting Ford pickup who left her baby in the cab in the heat and humidity of Florida summer while you went insi… --- ## [Smoke a rope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoke-a-rope/521047)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoke-a-rope/521047 "2009-12-15T01:19:08Z")
What’s the origin (and time period) of the expression, ‘to smoke a rope’. I’m under the impression that in the early part of the last century, people (sailors?) believed one could get high from smoking (hemp) ropes. --- ## [A scene in Groundhog's Day.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scene-in-groundhogs-day/342845)
**Author:** [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scene-in-groundhogs-day/342845 "2006-02-04T03:40:11Z")
I watched a little Gorundhog’s Day last night. For the life of me, I can never remember him dressing up like Clint Eastwood and going to a movie with a woman. A random woman. . .not Nancy, because Nancy walks by in that… --- ## [How bad is it to wear dirty clothes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-is-it-to-wear-dirty-clothes/638268)
**Author:** [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-is-it-to-wear-dirty-clothes/638268 "2012-10-20T21:55:17Z")
Here’s he situation. My husband and I live with and take care of my mother in law who is 91 and mentally slipping (I believe it’s early alzheimer’s but she’s not diagnosed). About a year ago her 40 year old Maytag wash… --- ## [The Dakotas and Manitoba/Unemployment rate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dakotas-and-manitoba-unemployment-rate/565320)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dakotas-and-manitoba-unemployment-rate/565320 "2014-03-26T01:06:59Z")
North Dakota has the lowest unemplyment rate in the US at 3.8%. Head south to South Dakota and they have the second best unemployment rate at 4.5%. Head north across the border and Manitoba has the lowest unemployment ra… --- ## [Why do people start smoking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-start-smoking/350814)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2019, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-start-smoking/350814 "2019-03-20T08:04:59Z")
Inspired by the Pit thread, I’m really curious. I’m a non-smoker who never even considered trying, but I can sort of understand people who started smoking before the health warnings became unambiguously dire, and before … --- ## [Could we stop the "take your meds" crap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-stop-the-take-your-meds-crap/207596)
**Author:** [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-stop-the-take-your-meds-crap/207596 "2003-10-16T19:12:28Z")
Lately, there have been instances where posters have disparaged another’s intellectual capacity by saying “take your meds,” as exemplified here. Now, I, too, used to mock other people and make cracks about their mental … --- ## [Turning Around on Highway Divider 'No U-Turn' Cut-Throughs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-around-on-highway-divider-no-u-turn-cut-throughs/535372)
**Author:** [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-around-on-highway-divider-no-u-turn-cut-throughs/535372 "2010-04-08T19:54:37Z")
I was driving on a stretch of Illinois double-lane highway for about 30 minutes the other day and counted about six staggered turn-around roads through the middle divider that had the “No U-Turn” sign posted. Obviously,… --- ## [SDMB All-Pro Fantasy Football 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2018/817439)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2019, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2018/817439 "2019-08-08T10:02:47Z")
Last year’s thread Going into our 12th year. We usually draft for this league on the Thursday after the third preseason game, which would put us at August 30. Probably 8 eastern/5 pacific. But that’s during the 4th pre… --- ## [Update on my desintegrating marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-my-desintegrating-marriage/632422)
**Author:** [@El\_Burro\_Buenmozo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Burro_Buenmozo)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-my-desintegrating-marriage/632422 "2012-08-30T21:11:59Z")
HeyHomie’s thread reminded me that I never updated the Dope on my desintegrating marriage described here. So in May, I told my wife I wasn’t going to renew our lease together in September. I told her I would take the ki… --- ## [Pirates are dumb.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-are-dumb/535712)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-are-dumb/535712 "2010-04-13T22:07:11Z")
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story\_id=52519 Since nobody got hurt, I feel OK saying I find this story funny as hell. I am just trying to imagine what was going through the mind of the Pirates, and then the Nav… --- ## [Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: Ghost Rider - Season 4 thread (Open Spoilers for aired episodes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-ghost-rider-season-4-thread-open-spoilers-for-aired-episodes/773309)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-ghost-rider-season-4-thread-open-spoilers-for-aired-episodes/773309 "2016-12-09T21:59:13Z")
Previous episode threads: \[ul\] \[li\]E1 “The Ghost” 9/20/16 - http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=805226\[/li\]\[li\]E2 “Meet the New Boss” 9/27/16 - http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=8059… --- ## [Why do headphones have R & L sides designated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-headphones-have-r-l-sides-designated/482207)
**Author:** [@mrgnyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrgnyc)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-headphones-have-r-l-sides-designated/482207 "2009-01-21T01:12:52Z")
Why do headphones have right and left sides designated? Does it matter to the listener? One theory from CK Dexter Haven of the Straight Dope Staff: My guess: it depends. If you’re just listening to music, it probably d… --- ## [Yeah, I think Futurama is funnier than Family Guy, so what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-think-futurama-is-funnier-than-family-guy-so-what/380490)
**Author:** [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-think-futurama-is-funnier-than-family-guy-so-what/380490 "2006-12-09T19:05:40Z")
Futurama thread I started. (not related other than the name) I’m always getting odd looks whenever the topic of Family Guy comes up at school. From what I have found, most college students just absolutely love Family … --- ## [WTF is this stupid vampire thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-this-stupid-vampire-thing/686161)
**Author:** [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-this-stupid-vampire-thing/686161 "2014-04-17T23:36:30Z")
Every time I use SD I see this stupid vampire movie thing playing in the advertisements bar. WTF is this? Is it supposed to be an advertisement or something? And who thought some ugly chick Twilight knockoff would app… --- ## [List of films for learning an Alabama accent.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-for-learning-an-alabama-accent/443548)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-for-learning-an-alabama-accent/443548 "2008-04-02T14:54:13Z")
Dear Folks: The title says much of it. I’m doing a piece(“Regina”, based on Lillian Hellman’s “Little Foxes”. set in small town Alabama circa 1900. None of our Americans nor Canadians are from there, nor have they bee… --- ## [What is your theme song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666 "2017-04-16T18:31:19Z")
If someone was to make a television series about your life, what would you like the theme song to be? It doesn’t have to match your life exactly-it can just set the mood of the series if you wish. I would have to choos… --- ## [purpose of pubic hair ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purpose-of-pubic-hair/487861)
**Author:** [@stevep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stevep)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purpose-of-pubic-hair/487861 "2009-03-13T03:53:27Z")
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/54/whats-the-purpose-of-pubic-hair The purpose of pubic hair is to distinguish children from adults. Think about it from a Darwinistic point of view. The average caveman had a be… --- ## [How do you deal with a dog in a hot car if the police won't respond?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-a-dog-in-a-hot-car-if-the-police-wont-respond/726311)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-a-dog-in-a-hot-car-if-the-police-wont-respond/726311 "2015-07-30T23:07:24Z")
A friend of mine posted on Facebook a warning about current hot weather, and ended it with “keep an eye out for animals left in cars.” Someone responded to her and said “I saw a dog in a car the other day. The window wa… --- ## [Why Do Drugs Cost More in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-drugs-cost-more-in-the-us/521408)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-drugs-cost-more-in-the-us/521408 "2009-12-17T14:48:36Z")
And why can’t we just figure out why they’re cheaper in other countries & do the same here, rather than import them? The most common reason I’ve seen given for this phenomenon is that other countries impose price contro… --- ## [Don't the mentally ill in America have rights ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-the-mentally-ill-in-america-have-rights/655275)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-the-mentally-ill-in-america-have-rights/655275 "2013-04-21T23:03:08Z")
“Keeping guns out of the hands of convicted felons and the mentally ill” I heard that phrase today in the background checks debate on CNN By what means does the constitution of the United States abrogate the rights o… --- ## [Loony Tunes is back!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loony-tunes-is-back/575627)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loony-tunes-is-back/575627 "2011-05-04T23:53:20Z")
You would think that a network devoted entirely to cartoons would have been able to find time for some classics – and now, finally, that’s true. The Cartoon Network is running a 30 minute daily Loony Tunes show. Check … --- ## [Vision Therapy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vision-therapy/544552)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vision-therapy/544552 "2010-06-28T14:30:54Z")
We have twin sons, one is reading at grade level (they’ll be entering 2nd grade in a little over a month). The other son has always had a difficult time with reading. He’s been in additional reading classes and it’s just… --- ## [How much can your employer find out about your internet activity at work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-can-your-employer-find-out-about-your-internet-activity-at-work/282168)
**Author:** [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-can-your-employer-find-out-about-your-internet-activity-at-work/282168 "2004-12-31T16:46:48Z")
Just curious… honestly. Want the straight dope, and depending on the answer, it may be a useful caution for any of usl. I’ve heard a wide range of stories about what your friendly neighborhood IT guy can find out about… --- ## [Relatively Obscure Bands With One or Two Instantly Recognizable Hits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relatively-obscure-bands-with-one-or-two-instantly-recognizable-hits/472021)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relatively-obscure-bands-with-one-or-two-instantly-recognizable-hits/472021 "2008-11-15T22:05:55Z")
These can be bands you like and aren’t as well known as their big hits would imply, or simply what it says in the thread title. I think you’ll get the idea… Barenaked Ladies - If I had $1,000,000 and One Week are instan… --- ## [Are Trump/Hitler comparisons valid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-trump-hitler-comparisons-valid/762753)
**Author:** [@opinionator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/opinionator)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-trump-hitler-comparisons-valid/762753 "2016-08-17T21:13:40Z")
There are some, including me, who are comparing this Donald Trump phenomenon with the rise of Adolph Hitler. Sure, this may seem like a stretch at the moment, but there are some disturbing similarities. One thing that is… --- ## [Up yours, penny piching bastards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-yours-penny-piching-bastards/565602)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-yours-penny-piching-bastards/565602 "2011-01-01T17:39:43Z")
So I got called into our Chambers accounts office today with respect to expense claims made for a trip last month. They said “well see AK84, everything else is ok, but this claim for a dry cleaning bill is not”. WTF!!! W… --- ## [Every business name spoken in the possessive case: places that do this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-business-name-spoken-in-the-possessive-case-places-that-do-this/530138)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-business-name-spoken-in-the-possessive-case-places-that-do-this/530138 "2010-03-02T18:07:51Z")
Sorry for yet another “here in Buffalo” post, but I’ve found that on top of the very nasal accent and flat As – Buffalo is literally ground zero for the Great Northern Vowel Shift – locals apply the genitive or possessiv… --- ## [Poetry will never matter as a major art form again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poetry-will-never-matter-as-a-major-art-form-again/720166)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poetry-will-never-matter-as-a-major-art-form-again/720166 "2015-05-17T04:27:15Z")
A couple of introductory comments. First, who knows, someday we may be sitting on Dune huffing spice with Thufir Hawat playing the lute and regaling us with his verse. I’m talking about the world as we know it. It would … --- ## [Post your lame pits here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-lame-pits-here/324128)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-lame-pits-here/324128 "2005-10-11T04:23:19Z")
I was bidding on wool felt lot. 39 colors of 9x12" . Usually retails for $39 plus tax. (Wool felt, for those of you not in The Know is easier to work with and lasts longer than the acrylic stuff you get at any craft sto… --- ## [Who said, "An eye for an eye"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-an-eye-for-an-eye/282243)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-an-eye-for-an-eye/282243 "2004-12-31T15:07:04Z")
I was just arguing with a Catholic friend over who said, “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” I said it was Jesus, and she claimed Moses. We looked it up, and the one place it appears in the Bible is in Matthew 5:38… --- ## [Mouthwashes - are they good or bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouthwashes-are-they-good-or-bad/572823)
**Author:** [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouthwashes-are-they-good-or-bad/572823 "2011-02-28T22:03:16Z")
I’ve been merrily using mouthwash every morning after brushing for a few years now, thinking it’s keeping my teeth cleaner and making my breath smell better. But I came across this article recently that seems to say what… --- ## [Do anti-allergy air filters hurt air conditioners?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-anti-allergy-air-filters-hurt-air-conditioners/595186)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-anti-allergy-air-filters-hurt-air-conditioners/595186 "2011-09-05T17:03:44Z")
I have a unit in an apartment, central air & heating, and the repair guy came over and said I should use a cheap filter (the old timey ones with minimal protection) because the dense anti-allergy filters were too demandi… --- ## [Tell me about Burning Man!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-burning-man/690204)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-burning-man/690204 "2023-09-07T17:12:58Z")
No…I don’t want to go. I’ve heard enough to know that. I’m far too attached to my creature comforts to ever contemplate camping out in a hot flat area in Nevada in the middle of summer. So instead, I plan to inflict it … --- ## [That good cop, bad cop routine...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-good-cop-bad-cop-routine/484445)
**Author:** [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2009, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-good-cop-bad-cop-routine/484445 "2009-02-07T10:31:44Z")
I don’t think it works on Satan. So my neighbors decided to throw an exorcism (and had the nerve of not inviting me). It was amusing for the first 20 minutes. They had this good cop / bad cop routine where one says “Awa… --- ## [Does it make sense to send kids to Sunday school if you aren't really religious?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-make-sense-to-send-kids-to-sunday-school-if-you-arent-really-religious/332965)
**Author:** [@VegaBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VegaBean)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2005, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-make-sense-to-send-kids-to-sunday-school-if-you-arent-really-religious/332965 "2005-11-30T05:22:39Z")
I have some friends who would never go to church themselves, and say “Whether there is a god or not, churches are just not connected to him, but agents of men.” Yet they send their kids to Sunday school for the “civiliz… --- ## [We are going to war. Mark my words.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-going-to-war-mark-my-words/786326)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-going-to-war-mark-my-words/786326 "2017-05-13T03:42:02Z")
All the signs are pointing to a war. Trump is under fire so “Wag the Dog” is an obvious strategy. I have a friend that lives close to Luke AFB in Arizona. They have a wing of F-35’s and a wing of F-16’s, I’ve been there… --- ## [Would you be willing to become the herald of the Devourer of Worlds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-become-the-herald-of-the-devourer-of-worlds/667230)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-become-the-herald-of-the-devourer-of-worlds/667230 "2013-08-28T22:30:56Z")
So I have good news and bad news. The good news is that Gene Roddenberry was right. The universe is chock-full extraterrestrial civilizations, a fraction of which have faster-than-light travel; an even smaller fraction … --- ## [Contact Sports & Wearing Glasses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sports-wearing-glasses/492410)
**Author:** [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2009, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sports-wearing-glasses/492410 "2009-04-15T13:47:40Z")
During a visit to the optician this afternoon, I happened upon a magazine article concerning the Dutch footballer Joop van Daele. The Feyenoord defender apparently wore glasses on the field of play. Apparently, during t… --- ## [What was the first novel you ever read that left you emotionally exhausted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-novel-you-ever-read-that-left-you-emotionally-exhausted/580034)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-novel-you-ever-read-that-left-you-emotionally-exhausted/580034 "2011-05-01T08:57:24Z")
And I mean that in a good way. I’m looking for written, book-length fiction which so drew you into the point of view of the protagonist(s) that once you could hardly make yourself stop reading–and once you finished, you… --- ## [My sister, a pro hoax believer, has Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-a-pro-hoax-believer-has-covid/915770)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-a-pro-hoax-believer-has-covid/915770 "2020-11-19T23:44:42Z")
The irony of this is has put an “I told you it was true” smile on many family members. She came down with the symptoms about a week after visiting some cousin’s that live in another part of the state of Washington. I am … --- ## [I have an English-Irish Dictionary from 1992 and some of the entries are not very PC.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-english-irish-dictionary-from-1992-and-some-of-the-entries-are-not-very-pc/617861)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-english-irish-dictionary-from-1992-and-some-of-the-entries-are-not-very-pc/617861 "2013-04-17T23:27:20Z")
That is it contains English language words and terms translated into Irish (Gaelic). I was looking up another term recently and came across “piccaninny”. :smack: I just had to check what other now offensive terms were i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1807&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1809&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)