# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1820&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:** 1821 --- ## [Are there still Puritans around?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-still-puritans-around/115476)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-still-puritans-around/115476 "2002-06-23T15:57:25Z")
I thought the movement largely died out in this country, but apparently I was wrong. I found a couple of Puritan sites, mostly this one: http://members.tripod.com/puritan55/id71.htm And now I’m confused-does the Purita… --- ## [Parenting experts are destoying my parenting experience!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parenting-experts-are-destoying-my-parenting-experience/234423)
**Author:** [@PhalPhoto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhalPhoto)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parenting-experts-are-destoying-my-parenting-experience/234423 "2004-04-05T02:38:28Z")
I’m new to the parenting biz. We had our first child 15 months ago. But the confusion started WAY before that! Bear with me here, but I find the small modicum of control with which I grip my life through data. I coll… --- ## [Why do potassium supplements contain such a small amount of potassium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-potassium-supplements-contain-such-a-small-amount-of-potassium/236913)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-potassium-supplements-contain-such-a-small-amount-of-potassium/236913 "2004-03-28T23:27:29Z")
Most only have about 90mg when the RDA is 2000mg a day, minimum. Why the discrepency? If its because potassium is dangerous, then why can you buy potassium chloride ‘diet salt’ at the grocery store which has 300-600mg po… --- ## [Unbelievably annoying academic affectations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-annoying-academic-affectations/688192)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-annoying-academic-affectations/688192 "2014-05-12T21:38:17Z")
Ironic to start this thread considering that we’re going to have commencement this week at my uni… but I was recently at a fancy pants university giving a talk. At the end of the talk there was a Q&A/discussion bit, and … --- ## [Theists: if you had to guess, what would you say your God(dess) does with atheists post-death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theists-if-you-had-to-guess-what-would-you-say-your-god-dess-does-with-atheists-post-death/577554)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2011, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theists-if-you-had-to-guess-what-would-you-say-your-god-dess-does-with-atheists-post-death/577554 "2011-04-14T04:57:24Z")
That’s pretty clear, right? Poll in a moment or three. --- ## [There's a reason for crosswalks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-for-crosswalks/636168)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-for-crosswalks/636168 "2012-10-09T03:19:24Z")
So yesterday I am coming home just as the elementary school lets out. I am the third car back as we come around a blind curve and what is in the middle of the road? Some dumb bitch sending her kids diagonally across th… --- ## [MLB Pandemic Interlude 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-pandemic-interlude-2020/850775)
**Author:** [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-pandemic-interlude-2020/850775 "2020-06-24T17:05:08Z")
Spring Training should be over, so we might as well have a new thread for the Uncertain Period. MLB salaries for the first 60 day stoppage $5000 a day sounds really sweet, but it’s such a tiny percentage of what guys l… --- ## [Stupidest Porn Spam Titles - what have you got in YOUR inbox?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-porn-spam-titles-what-have-you-got-in-your-inbox/147948)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-porn-spam-titles-what-have-you-got-in-your-inbox/147948 "2003-02-05T18:51:54Z")
I’ve been doing this in my journal for a while now… posting “Today’s stupid porn spam title” almost daily. Just the least appealing, poorest worded, or most bizarre ones I get. Today I thought… hey, the folks at the SDMB… --- ## [Is anyone planning to get completely out of the stock market before Oct 17?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-planning-to-get-completely-out-of-the-stock-market-before-oct-17/670785)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-planning-to-get-completely-out-of-the-stock-market-before-oct-17/670785 "2013-10-23T17:01:23Z")
I do all my own investing and I’ve done pretty well. Made enough profit to pay off my house and my car and I keep a close daily watch on my stocks. Not rolling in dough or anything, but I don’t want to see my modest nest… --- ## [Women's Studies Departments - What's the academic rationale?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-studies-departments-whats-the-academic-rationale/113008)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2002, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-studies-departments-whats-the-academic-rationale/113008 "2002-06-13T13:58:05Z")
How exactly do Women’s Studies Departments justify their academic existence(s) in various colleges and universities? What is the specific academic rationale for having an entire school or department devoted to gender ce… --- ## [So, how else could I have used this block of Velveeta?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-else-could-i-have-used-this-block-of-velveeta/249930)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-else-could-i-have-used-this-block-of-velveeta/249930 "2004-06-14T15:41:17Z")
The only responses I got from co-workers was stuff like “to prop open doors.” But seriously, what are other fun applications aside from “cheeze dip” things? (I “inherited” a block from last year’s Super Bowl Party, and… --- ## [Why do the two inner planets not have moons, but all the others do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-two-inner-planets-not-have-moons-but-all-the-others-do/633379)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-two-inner-planets-not-have-moons-but-all-the-others-do/633379 "2012-09-05T07:13:05Z")
A question from the Piper Cub: why do the two planets closest to the Sun not have moons, but all the other planets (and one dwarf planet, for those who have accepted the IAU’s definitions) have moons? I’m guessing it’s… --- ## [War and Peace; worth the time to read it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-and-peace-worth-the-time-to-read-it/443659)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-and-peace-worth-the-time-to-read-it/443659 "2008-04-04T23:24:13Z")
I’m reading this grand novel, and I’m curious what you folks think/thought about it. I’ve just started reading it, and so far it’s decent. It’s pretty obvious we’re going somewhere and I understand it will take a while t… --- ## [Why was the 70s such a tacky time (for fashion, etc)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-70s-such-a-tacky-time-for-fashion-etc/793269)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-70s-such-a-tacky-time-for-fashion-etc/793269 "2017-08-13T00:48:09Z")
http://loislaneproperties.com/i/uploads/loislane/2017/05/Blog-10-1.jpg … --- ## [Reverse stereo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-stereo/532413)
**Author:** [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-stereo/532413 "2010-03-15T03:32:46Z")
I recently downloaded VLC player and was checking out the options. Under Audio and audio channels was “reverse stereo.” I know it’s self-explanatory of what it does, but why would such an option be available in the firs… --- ## [Minor rants, the February edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-rants-the-february-edition/344240)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-rants-the-february-edition/344240 "2006-02-23T02:27:48Z")
Since we haven’t had a minor pittings thread in a while I thought I’d give it a go. And please, for the love of all that is holy don’t turn this into a V-Day whinefest, or else I’ll to pit your ass. :smiley: People th… --- ## [Curious: Who do Dopers think will win the Democrat nomination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-who-do-dopers-think-will-win-the-democrat-nomination/202438)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-who-do-dopers-think-will-win-the-democrat-nomination/202438 "2003-11-25T18:18:04Z")
I am Curious: Who do Dopers think will win the Democrat nomination? I have no interest in your comparative morality between the Democrat party or canidates between themselves or Pres. Bush. I simply want to know who y… --- ## [Should an election be cancelled if the candidate is running unopposed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-an-election-be-cancelled-if-the-candidate-is-running-unopposed/695091)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-an-election-be-cancelled-if-the-candidate-is-running-unopposed/695091 "2014-08-13T23:26:56Z")
It seems like an enormous waste of taxpayer money to run an election where there is only one candidate. If no challengers join the election before the deadline, then it should simply be cancelled and the candidate wins … --- ## [The year is 22XX, the name of the place is...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-is-22xx-the-name-of-the-place-is/645175)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-is-22xx-the-name-of-the-place-is/645175 "2013-06-23T15:41:25Z")
…Babylon 5! I had never really heard much about this show or knew anything about it other than the name and that it was a sci-fi cable show, but I just finished watching the first season and wow I really like it a lot! … --- ## [Gawddamn Rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawddamn-rules/568088)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawddamn-rules/568088 "2011-01-20T02:03:58Z")
Fuck shit fucking bastard shithead colon maggoted fecaphiles Damned fucking buggered fucking felching fuckity fuck fucked bastards --- ## [How do you feel about sharing food/drink with your SO or Close Relative? Grossed Out or No Problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-sharing-food-drink-with-your-so-or-close-relative-grossed-out-or-no-problem/609638)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-sharing-food-drink-with-your-so-or-close-relative-grossed-out-or-no-problem/609638 "2012-01-17T15:55:36Z")
If your So didn’t finish their steak. Would you put it on your plate and finish it off? How about a Can of Soda. Do you have any phobias about passing the can back and forth with your So? How about licking your SO’s … --- ## [A false choice between sound science and moral values (stem cells, cloning)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-false-choice-between-sound-science-and-moral-values-stem-cells-cloning/488847)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-false-choice-between-sound-science-and-moral-values-stem-cells-cloning/488847 "2009-03-11T17:06:35Z")
President Obama is going to reverse the Bush administration’s block of federal funds being used for stem cell research because the prohibition represented “…a false choice between sound science and moral values…” Howeve… --- ## [Babylon 5 Movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-movie/695116)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-movie/695116 "2014-08-11T22:30:52Z")
http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2014/08/babylon-5-movie-eyes-2016-production-start/ I like B5 - but I don’t think a reboot is the way to go - how much can you tell in a movie? Even if you toss out some of the throwaway episodes… --- ## [It's the freakin' OLYMPICS! You don't just "quit"!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-freakin-olympics-you-dont-just-quit/261484)
**Author:** [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2004, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-freakin-olympics-you-dont-just-quit/261484 "2004-08-29T09:43:49Z")
600 meters before the end of the 2000 m race, an Australian Olympic rower quit rowing. She was in an eight with seven other women pulling their asses off and she just stopped. source page It’s the freaking Olympics, … --- ## [Did you acquire the taste for root beer as an adult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-acquire-the-taste-for-root-beer-as-an-adult/977931)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-acquire-the-taste-for-root-beer-as-an-adult/977931 "2023-02-08T15:12:20Z")
As an Immigrant, I was introduced to root beer / Dr Pepper (I know they are not the same - but are similar) in my 20s but never quite liked it. Neither did many of my other Indian friends. We picked up different beers, w… --- ## [What Do 17-Year-Old Boys Like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-17-year-old-boys-like/360528)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-17-year-old-boys-like/360528 "2006-06-15T20:19:01Z")
My little half-brother will be turning 17 in a couple of weeks, and I am stumped for birthday gift ideas. Teenagers are opinionated creatures anyway, plus my little brother (actually, he’s over 6’2" these days, so he’s … --- ## [What's best for nighttime camouflage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-best-for-nighttime-camouflage/336698)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-best-for-nighttime-camouflage/336698 "2005-12-22T15:22:27Z")
What color is best for blending in at night? Is it black? Or would brown or dark green be better? What colors does the military use, for example? --- ## [county](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802)
**Author:** [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2003, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802 "2003-12-18T08:33:31Z")
Yes, folks. county Aldebaran appears as a logical and polite individual compared to you. The random axon polarizations of the two neurons that comprise your brain have apparently burned through your cardboard myelin she… --- ## [We are so f\*cking screwed (re: the war)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-so-f-cking-screwed-re-the-war/165179)
**Author:** [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2003, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-so-f-cking-screwed-re-the-war/165179 "2003-04-02T09:15:39Z")
Well, my spring break went just as planned. Starting last Friday, nothing but drinking, sleeping, eating, sportsbars, and watching basketball. I successfully managed to limit the time that I heard or saw anything about… --- ## [I fall asleep in meetings, everyday...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fall-asleep-in-meetings-everyday/165762)
**Author:** [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fall-asleep-in-meetings-everyday/165762 "2003-04-01T22:53:12Z")
I really do. It’s as if I’m being drugged. I try really hard to stay awake, but I always end up with heavy eyelids. It’s embarrassing and I’m afraid my boss will see it one of these days. How can I stay awake? Does … --- ## [Needs ways to lose the belly fat!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-ways-to-lose-the-belly-fat/562724)
**Author:** [@K-MAN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K-MAN)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-ways-to-lose-the-belly-fat/562724 "2011-07-16T15:27:50Z")
Can anyone tell me ways to exercise lose strictly the belly fat, and ultimately gain abs that show. Also, any suggestions on healthy diets plans would help. Thanks to all! --- ## [Beanie-weenies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beanie-weenies/727872)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beanie-weenies/727872 "2015-08-16T04:21:36Z")
When was the last time you ate beanie-weenies? Either Beanee Weenees from a can, or homemade? I can’t remember how long it’s been since I’ve had them. More than five years, and less than twelve. --- ## [Is it worth paying for membership?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-worth-paying-for-membership/770238)
**Author:** [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-worth-paying-for-membership/770238 "2016-11-07T16:07:04Z")
I’ve always tried to be a charter member, even when I seldom visit.obviously I missed my window of opportunity. I like to reward nice places on the web. What benefits are there for joining? Does the SDMB even still need … --- ## [How can a woman rape a man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-woman-rape-a-man/381813)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-woman-rape-a-man/381813 "2006-11-27T17:16:48Z")
Or more specifically how can a woman force a man to perform vaginal intercourse on her? Woman can be convicted of raping men, but all the cases I’ve heard about involve adult women having intercourse with an underage m… --- ## [Traffic Tickets vs. Criminal Charges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-tickets-vs-criminal-charges/739756)
**Author:** [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-tickets-vs-criminal-charges/739756 "2015-12-10T21:11:59Z")
Do traffic tickets follow the same rules that state the defendant is innocent until proven guilty? Defendant has to be found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt? If yes, what is to stop someone from just saying, is there p… --- ## [\[What people had their own symbols\] \[Original title:Things Obama copied from Hitler.\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-had-their-own-symbols-original-title-things-obama-copied-from-hitler/748354)
**Author:** [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-had-their-own-symbols-original-title-things-obama-copied-from-hitler/748354 "2016-03-10T18:51:58Z")
I was just on facebook and saw a post that made the following statement: Only two people in history had their own symbols, Hitler (followed by a swastika) and Obama (followed by a red, white and blue capital O). Here’s … --- ## [Welp, My Daughter's been Diagnosed with Asperger's and Hyperlexia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-my-daughters-been-diagnosed-with-aspergers-and-hyperlexia/512369)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-my-daughters-been-diagnosed-with-aspergers-and-hyperlexia/512369 "2009-10-06T01:10:41Z")
She’s eleven years old. She’s the sweetest thing in the world, and she has always been a bit different. Never enough to really interfere with her life on the whole, but that was because she was so young. Adults just thou… --- ## [Could Modest Mouse sue Lupe Fiasco?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-modest-mouse-sue-lupe-fiasco/588190)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-modest-mouse-sue-lupe-fiasco/588190 "2011-07-09T02:55:44Z")
Lupe Fiasco has a song called “The Show Goes On” that takes its entire melody from “Float On” by Modest Mouse. To my ear, it’s a much more obvious plagiarism than that of the George Harrison case where he was successful… --- ## [I was "fired" last week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-fired-last-week/591353)
**Author:** [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-fired-last-week/591353 "2011-08-07T17:16:15Z")
So I show up for work last week. I pull into the employee’s parking garage and my card doesn’t open the turnstile. Hmmm. I ask the other cars behind me to back up so I can pull into the other turnstile. Still doesn’t wor… --- ## [Why do etymologies just go to Latin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-etymologies-just-go-to-latin/667760)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-etymologies-just-go-to-latin/667760 "2013-10-14T03:51:09Z")
I don’t heavily research etymologies but when I look one up in the dictionary it seems that once they get to the Latin root, they call it a day. Well, Latin words had to come from somewhere, right? Why do they not go pas… --- ## [Why am I getting all these (bogus?) debt-collection calls lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-all-these-bogus-debt-collection-calls-lately/478407)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-all-these-bogus-debt-collection-calls-lately/478407 "2008-12-27T18:25:59Z")
Tonite I get yet another message asking to collect a debt from yet another person who I’ve never heard of in my life. I’ve only been getting these for about the last year or so. They invariably state “If you aren’t Joe… --- ## [Janice on Friends? Not Fran Drescher, was it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janice-on-friends-not-fran-drescher-was-it/12324)
**Author:** [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 1999, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janice-on-friends-not-fran-drescher-was-it/12324 "1999-12-29T13:44:00Z")
My whole family is convinced that Fran Drescher played Janice on Friends. I know that can’t possibly be right, they don’t even look alike. So who was it? Cessandra It’s frightening how many crazies think that world is… --- ## [New favorite commercial(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-commercial-s/375175)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-commercial-s/375175 "2006-10-20T16:48:19Z")
For a long time now my favorite commercials have been the Citibank idenity theft commercials, but now I get such a giggle over the one with the GoPhone, where the mother and daughter are having what appears to be a typic… --- ## [Jeb Bush goes for a repeat of 2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-goes-for-a-repeat-of-2000/256583)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-goes-for-a-repeat-of-2000/256583 "2004-07-29T20:38:19Z")
Jebus fucking christ with a hanging chad. Has this family no goddamn shame? --- ## [To those who wish to expatriate to Canada, I pit you, cowards.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-wish-to-expatriate-to-canada-i-pit-you-cowards/273265)
**Author:** [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-wish-to-expatriate-to-canada-i-pit-you-cowards/273265 "2004-11-17T18:03:34Z")
Are you people kidding me??? Kerry didn’t win the election so you want to pack up and haul your sniveling asses to Canada? My god. Go ahead, this Country does not need you, we don’t want you. Let me know when you pl… --- ## [So long, Olympus (?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-olympus/677590)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-olympus/677590 "2014-01-02T20:02:06Z")
From here: Well, blame me (a small amount) I guess. I haven’t bought an Olympus camera in years. Had a digital Olympus pocket camera, but I dropped it. I have an OM-1N and an OM-4. The OM-4 is nice, but I prefer my… --- ## [What is the longest flight you've taken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-longest-flight-youve-taken/550826)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-longest-flight-youve-taken/550826 "2010-08-23T10:47:08Z")
This is both a GQ and a IMHO, so I’m putting it here. GQ: What is the longest currently offered non-stop flight that is regularly available? Remember, I’m looking for currently offered and regularly offered(even if it … --- ## [Why Do Many Kids Have "Peanut and Nut" Allergies If Peanuts Are Not Even Nuts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-many-kids-have-peanut-and-nut-allergies-if-peanuts-are-not-even-nuts/394209)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-many-kids-have-peanut-and-nut-allergies-if-peanuts-are-not-even-nuts/394209 "2007-03-07T03:22:07Z")
I admit that I am skeptical about the prevalence of peanut allergies. Several generations of us grew up with peanuts and peanut butter as a part of our daily lives and no one I have talked to recalls a problem before the… --- ## [Movies with perfectly descriptive titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344)
**Author:** [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344 "2012-10-13T22:07:54Z")
The thread on misleading titles made me think of movies with titles that tell you everything you need to know about the movie. That thread mentions Hot Tub Time Machine, which pretty much nails what the central premise … --- ## [What does Jupiter look like from Mars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-jupiter-look-like-from-mars/776499)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-jupiter-look-like-from-mars/776499 "2017-01-18T18:44:52Z")
Basically as the title - what does Jupiter look like in the Martian sky, especially at its closest point? Would it be visible with the naked eye (assuming you can, you know, breath)? I’ve JFGI but it turns out one image … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1819&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1821&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)