# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1821&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:** 1822 --- ## [Words Fail Me \[infanticide\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-fail-me-infanticide/345989)
**Author:** [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-fail-me-infanticide/345989 "2006-03-02T19:12:59Z")
Father gets life for baby murder 92 days old you fucking bastard. 22 years is not enough. --- ## [I didn't know they were married!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-know-they-were-married/397392)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-know-they-were-married/397392 "2007-04-03T17:10:50Z")
I happened to see an old comedy show with Judy Tenuta today, and since I haven’t heard much about her in a decade or so, I went to IMDb to see what she’s been up to. Imagine my surprise when I noticed in the biography s… --- ## [North Korea ramping up nukes & hostilities again - What's in it for them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-ramping-up-nukes-hostilities-again-whats-in-it-for-them/497791)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-ramping-up-nukes-hostilities-again-whats-in-it-for-them/497791 "2009-06-02T02:17:42Z")
I mean seriously, they can barely feed themselves what’s the real strategy and end game they have in mind with all this nuclear sabre rattling and spending a big chunk of their limited resources on going nuclear? --- ## [Movies that should have kept the original endings intact...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-kept-the-original-endings-intact/384439)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-kept-the-original-endings-intact/384439 "2007-01-09T22:23:29Z")
I was perusing YouTube last night and came across the Original Unhappy ending for Little Shop of Horrors the movie would have been SO much better if they had retained the original ending, but the stupid wussy “focus gro… --- ## [Please share your family favorite recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-family-favorite-recipes/781821)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-family-favorite-recipes/781821 "2017-03-16T19:12:57Z")
I come from a long line of lousy cooks and I suck at cooking myself, but I want to master a few dishes so that when my kids go off to college, they will miss my cooking. So if you have a family favorite that you are wil… --- ## [Is it "impossible to settle" whether Christians are more or less right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-impossible-to-settle-whether-christians-are-more-or-less-right/664975)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2013, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-impossible-to-settle-whether-christians-are-more-or-less-right/664975 "2013-08-06T06:26:22Z")
This is a tangent from the “atheist president” thread. I initially titled it “…whether God exists” but I didn’t want to get into issues of a deist God who sets the clockwork in motion and then withdraws. So I’m talking… --- ## [Throwing away your packrat SO's junk, behind their back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-away-your-packrat-sos-junk-behind-their-back/461021)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-away-your-packrat-sos-junk-behind-their-back/461021 "2008-08-27T18:09:33Z")
We’re moving this week and going through a lot of things. I hate to admit it, but I’ve tossed some of my SO’s stuff without permission. Why? Because I already know the answer, “Keep it.” Ugh, NO!!! We do not need elect… --- ## [selective human breeding for looks and brains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selective-human-breeding-for-looks-and-brains/599215)
**Author:** [@john93940](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/john93940)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selective-human-breeding-for-looks-and-brains/599215 "2011-10-12T17:46:22Z")
If a cohort of smart and good looking people only bred with others of the same ilk then would there be even smarter and even better looking descendents (i.e., a qualitative vs a quantitave result) after several gener… --- ## [Female oncologist in burqa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-oncologist-in-burqa/796992)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-oncologist-in-burqa/796992 "2017-09-27T18:21:42Z")
I go to a bodyworker (call her Helen) who has lots of female cancer patients as clients. She related this story told to her by one of those clients. IOW, this was told by the friend of a friend. I mean no disrespect to a… --- ## [Maybe I just shouldn't try to remove my own hair...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-i-just-shouldnt-try-to-remove-my-own-hair/216737)
**Author:** [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-i-just-shouldnt-try-to-remove-my-own-hair/216737 "2013-01-01T22:49:48Z")
The first thing you should know is that hair removal is not my friend. The particular talent of removing unwanted hair has eluded me and – dare I say – become both my identifying trademark and downfall (“Hey, you know th… --- ## [Starting off slowly: movies that paid to stick with, and those that didn't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-off-slowly-movies-that-paid-to-stick-with-and-those-that-didnt/644376)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-off-slowly-movies-that-paid-to-stick-with-and-those-that-didnt/644376 "2012-12-27T15:45:22Z")
What “slowly” is is of course subjective, but I’m curious about movies you thought started off slowly and made you glad that you kept watching, and those that you considered an all around waste of time. Specific spoilers… --- ## [Grand Unified Obama Theory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-unified-obama-theory/554419)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-unified-obama-theory/554419 "2010-09-24T04:04:47Z")
I am part of The Obama Paradox. That paradox is that supposedly: And yet Obama’s poll numbers keep going down, and even former gung-ho supporters such as myself are feeling lukewarm about him. Various elaborate expla… --- ## [Is this a real Rolex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-rolex/529968)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-rolex/529968 "2010-04-04T17:40:51Z")
eBay auction here. I don’t need another watch, and in any case an Omega Speedy ‘Moon watch’ is next on the list. But I’ve always liked the blue-dial, non-arabic number, Air King. Its design is simple, clean, and class… --- ## [Should we clone Neanderthals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-clone-neanderthals/537954)
**Author:** [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-clone-neanderthals/537954 "2010-05-04T03:31:54Z")
Just finished reading this very long, but fascinating, article: http://www.archaeology.org/1003/etc/neanderthals.html Some excerpts: So, if it were possible, should we clone them? Why or why not? --- ## [Parenting Snark: When is the right age for a kid to have their own computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parenting-snark-when-is-the-right-age-for-a-kid-to-have-their-own-computer/604488)
**Author:** [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2011, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parenting-snark-when-is-the-right-age-for-a-kid-to-have-their-own-computer/604488 "2011-11-30T11:05:27Z")
So, it’s my son’s 7th birthday next week and I got him a computer on Black Friday. I posted about it - $188 cheap thing at Wal-Mart. It’s what I could afford. He is THRILLED. Originally he was going to have a Leapster fo… --- ## [Name any good recent Sci Fi movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-any-good-recent-sci-fi-movies/692501)
**Author:** [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-any-good-recent-sci-fi-movies/692501 "2014-07-10T00:43:32Z")
The other night a new acquaintance mentioned that there are no good recent sci-fi movies. Nobody came up with a good counterexample, so we talked about a few of the classics from 20-40 years ago. Well, here’s your chan… --- ## [How common was tranquilizer use in the 70's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-was-tranquilizer-use-in-the-70s/673447)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-was-tranquilizer-use-in-the-70s/673447 "2013-11-09T19:14:47Z")
This past week they showed the pilot episode of the “Brady Bunch” where Mike and Carol were getting married. There’s a scene where they talk on the phone before the wedding which went like this: Mike: I’m nervous abou… --- ## [Computer can't detect boot drive...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-cant-detect-boot-drive/684822)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2014, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-cant-detect-boot-drive/684822 "2014-04-18T08:10:43Z")
My boot drive (SSD) got disconnected, now my BIOS recognizes it but it won’t boot. Earlier today my computer just stopped working. It turns out the SATA cable connecting my SSD to the motherboard had conked out. I got a… --- ## [Visiting New Orleans right AFTER Mardi Gras](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-new-orleans-right-after-mardi-gras/274465)
**Author:** [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-new-orleans-right-after-mardi-gras/274465 "2004-11-13T03:38:37Z")
Ash Wednesday 2005 will be February 9. What would New Orleans be like if you visit in the days right AFTER then. Such as the weekend after. Do prices for hotels drop sharply? Is there one giant hangover? Can’t say I’m … --- ## [Have you turned on your heat yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-turned-on-your-heat-yet/556654)
**Author:** [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-turned-on-your-heat-yet/556654 "2010-10-18T18:40:01Z")
I’m amazed that it’s October 9th and I only JUST turned on my heat (and only for a few hours before bedtime and ONLY because I had a bit of a chill) last night. Where do you live and when do you turn on your heat? And … --- ## [Gender Guesser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-guesser/626476)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-guesser/626476 "2012-06-30T05:58:46Z")
In one of the myriad umkay threads somebody posted a link to the Gender Guesser and I thought this might be fun. I submitted a piece of writing consisting of 1154 words and got back: \*Genre: Informal Female = 1658 Mal… --- ## [Botticelli - August 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972 "2018-09-04T20:36:06Z")
And now I am G. --- ## [Has anyone actually cracked a windshield from Summer Heat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-actually-cracked-a-windshield-from-summer-heat/590810)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-actually-cracked-a-windshield-from-summer-heat/590810 "2011-07-31T20:42:52Z")
Growing up, I often heard people warn that windows should be cracked in the summer. Otherwise the windshield might crack. :eek: I stopped doing this when thieves with coat hangers were a nuisance. Figured a cracked wi… --- ## [Why does income inequality matter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-income-inequality-matter/472999)
**Author:** [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-income-inequality-matter/472999 "2008-11-20T18:20:23Z")
That’s it. That’s my question. I put it in great debates because my understanding is that views differ greatly among liberals and conservatives. --- ## [how to make rhinestone fringe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-rhinestone-fringe/534400)
**Author:** [@duck\_tape](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duck_tape)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-rhinestone-fringe/534400 "2010-04-02T15:48:15Z")
I’m creating a dance costume and want to make rhinestone fringe to put on it. While the concept of gluing rhinestones to thread seems simple; in practice, it has been troublesome. I’m using flatback Austrian crystals, … --- ## [Shooting at mosque in Quebec City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-mosque-in-quebec-city/778562)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-mosque-in-quebec-city/778562 "2017-01-31T05:06:56Z")
Reports say five dead. --- ## [Activities/Games You Played In Your Elementary (Grade) School Playground/Schoolyard:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/activities-games-you-played-in-your-elementary-grade-school-playground-schoolyard/218192)
**Author:** [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/activities-games-you-played-in-your-elementary-grade-school-playground-schoolyard/218192 "2003-12-13T00:55:22Z")
I started doing a little reminiscing after reading myrnajean’s ”Ugliest Kid in Grade School” thread yesterday and realized I that there are probably 100’s, if not 1000’s of different and unique Schoolyard activities you … --- ## [Best way to ice cans in cooler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-ice-cans-in-cooler/175000)
**Author:** [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-ice-cans-in-cooler/175000 "2003-05-13T21:37:13Z")
I have soda pop cans within a cooler. How do I chill them quickly and keep them cool for the longest period of time. (The ice supply is limited.) Should I stack the ice above the resulting water and keep stacking it f… --- ## [Overheard in public](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-in-public/682918)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-in-public/682918 "2014-03-11T00:45:13Z")
On the commute home by train last night, I overheard a lovely little snippet of conversation that was almost good enough to make into a three-panel web comic. It took place between a young male (maybe 17) - a bit of a m… --- ## [Legal experts - is there a reason why contracts can't be written in more "conversational" language?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-experts-is-there-a-reason-why-contracts-cant-be-written-in-more-conversational-language/658726)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-experts-is-there-a-reason-why-contracts-cant-be-written-in-more-conversational-language/658726 "2013-05-24T01:12:41Z")
or at least in some way, that any reasonably-educated layman could still understand it? I don’t have a Legal background, but part of my job entails reviewing typical contracts that my company enters into, and summarizin… --- ## [conjoined twins Abigail and Brittany Hensel have new TLC reality show.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conjoined-twins-abigail-and-brittany-hensel-have-new-tlc-reality-show/630997)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conjoined-twins-abigail-and-brittany-hensel-have-new-tlc-reality-show/630997 "2012-09-05T08:01:20Z")
I hope this is only a short run. So many reality show stars get their lives totally screwed up. I hope this is just a quick way to make money and then move back into private life. Please don’t turn into another Snooki or… --- ## [Scott Baio is 45, Single, and in need of Career Guidance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-45-single-and-in-need-of-career-guidance/412063)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-45-single-and-in-need-of-career-guidance/412063 "2007-08-08T18:15:29Z")
I remember watching some show on child stars at one point and Scott Baio was used as a good example: he never did drugs (at least not problematically if he did), sued his parents, went broke, etc., he or his managers too… --- ## [What to order at an interview lunch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-order-at-an-interview-lunch/488284)
**Author:** [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-order-at-an-interview-lunch/488284 "2009-03-05T23:09:36Z")
I just got a call from my boyfriend, who was scheduled for a second job interview with a company he really wants to work for. When he arrived for the interview, the interviewer was tied up on a phone call and asked if th… --- ## [Knowing movie - a little religious? - Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knowing-movie-a-little-religious-spoilers/491425)
**Author:** [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knowing-movie-a-little-religious-spoilers/491425 "2009-08-24T02:24:47Z")
I saw this movie on Sunday, and walked out feeling like it was a big giant finger to all non-christians. But I wondered why I didn’t hear about what kind of movie it was. I had only heard that it was a sci-fi film and th… --- ## [Best Smithsonian Exhibits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-smithsonian-exhibits/624926)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-smithsonian-exhibits/624926 "2012-06-15T14:30:53Z")
My husband and I are taking a vacation to Washington, DC, to celebrate ten years together as well as the successful defense of his Ph.D. dissertation. This will be my first time in DC. We are all about the Smithsonian,… --- ## [Remember when Bloom County was funny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-when-bloom-county-was-funny/516661)
**Author:** [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-when-bloom-county-was-funny/516661 "2009-11-11T00:12:03Z")
And when it was more than just Opus? That’s a link to Bloom County hosted on GoComics about from two weeks ago (so you can read forward from there). Not sure how far back is allowed, so if the link fails, try a more re… --- ## [People Who Buy Pot Fund Murderers, Discuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-buy-pot-fund-murderers-discuss/292911)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-buy-pot-fund-murderers-discuss/292911 "2005-03-15T18:15:43Z")
On this thread here is a discussion of the sad news that four RCMP men were gunned down in some sort of pot raid. I would prefer not to disturb that thread with this discussion. It does not seem respectful. People who b… --- ## [Girl on bus penalized for having big 'uns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-on-bus-penalized-for-having-big-uns/412161)
**Author:** [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2007, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-on-bus-penalized-for-having-big-uns/412161 "2007-07-19T07:44:36Z")
In another forum I read about this earlier today. To my surprise a lot of people think what the bus driver did was right. I don’t. Basically a bus driver in Lindau, Germany felt that since he could see this young ladies… --- ## [Are US no-go areas worse than European no-go areas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-us-no-go-areas-worse-than-european-no-go-areas/475687)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-us-no-go-areas-worse-than-european-no-go-areas/475687 "2008-12-08T15:57:36Z")
I’ve been teaching one or two American students. They commented on how safe Dublin was. I was saying that it is generally quite safe and that my general perception is that it has got safer over the last 15 years. One of … --- ## [Ask the Practical Libertarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-practical-libertarian/155894)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-practical-libertarian/155894 "2003-02-20T18:55:07Z")
Hello there. I’m thinking there’s always room for a libertarian thread in Great Debates. No one should have any trouble with that, right? But I’m a different form of libertarian from those that you’re used to. I bill… --- ## [So, I just started watching West Wing, and...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-started-watching-west-wing-and/638076)
**Author:** [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-started-watching-west-wing-and/638076 "2012-10-22T17:39:12Z")
…are you SURE this first came out in 1999? I’m still on the first season, but the topics are directly out of TODAY’S headlines, right down to PBS funding. Have we not changed a bit? BTW, I enjoy the show :slight\_smile: … --- ## [Outrageous things Trump actually might do at the debate tomorrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-things-trump-actually-might-do-at-the-debate-tomorrow/768036)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2016, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-things-trump-actually-might-do-at-the-debate-tomorrow/768036 "2016-10-10T07:34:00Z")
I was going to say “keep it in the realm of possibility,” but I know that means less when it comes to Trump. I’ll trust you to know what I mean. Mine is: subtly hints to followers that they should dox a questioner he be… --- ## [My hubby is going to Louisiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637)
**Author:** [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637 "2005-09-12T17:36:10Z")
My husband is making plans to drive to Louisiana with several members of an animal rescue organization to which we belong. He’ll be driving this bus filled with food, water, clothing, and first aid supplies, and will ret… --- ## [I pit The\_Broken\_Column](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the_broken_column/229544)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2004, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the_broken_column/229544 "2004-04-18T16:00:46Z")
If you don’t know who I’m talking about, go over to GD. He’s all over it. It isn’t his circular arguments or his irritating habit of making a claim and backing it up with, “all of recorded human history demonstrates wh… --- ## [Wake protocol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-protocol/442574)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-protocol/442574 "2008-03-26T20:54:13Z")
Went to a wake for a neighbor over the weekend, and was a tad surprised at how it was handled. Wondered if protocol had changed since the last one I attended or anything. I come from a RC family, where open casket wake… --- ## [sugget to me some sad love songs or break up songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugget-to-me-some-sad-love-songs-or-break-up-songs/97791)
**Author:** [@secretkeeper78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/secretkeeper78)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2002, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugget-to-me-some-sad-love-songs-or-break-up-songs/97791 "2002-03-29T03:43:52Z")
I had just my heart broken. please sugget to me some sad love songs or break up songs. it always just helps me to get it out whether i am angry one minute or sad the next. --- ## [Jeopardy! contestant back on after 10 years...wears same tie!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-contestant-back-on-after-10-years-wears-same-tie/513742)
**Author:** [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2009, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-contestant-back-on-after-10-years-wears-same-tie/513742 "2009-10-19T00:29:33Z")
This is shamelessly stolen from the Jeopardy! Forum (where they first discovered it) but I thought there are enough Jeopardy fanatics on this board to justify posting it here. A player from Monday’s show, Jeff Kirby, ha… --- ## [My neighbor squirts my dogs with her garden hose.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-squirts-my-dogs-with-her-garden-hose/108511)
**Author:** [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-squirts-my-dogs-with-her-garden-hose/108511 "2002-05-14T15:26:27Z")
Okay, so last year, my mean neighbor old-lady (widow with a cat, if that makes any difference) yelled at my Old-English Sheepdogs through the hedge to “SHUT UP, DOGS”. For the record, they were playing tug with an old … --- ## ["What Republicans are really up against: population density"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-republicans-are-really-up-against-population-density/643463)
**Author:** [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-republicans-are-really-up-against-population-density/643463 "2012-12-11T18:54:20Z")
That’s the title of a nice little analysis that’s been making its way around the web recently. In brief, there’s a clear trend in the 2012 Presidential Election data: counties with less than 800 people per square mile a… --- ## [Greatest Frontmen/women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-frontmen-women/652228)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-frontmen-women/652228 "2013-03-10T17:54:30Z")
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