# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1828&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:** 1829 --- ## [Okay, I have a dish-washer. Now how do I use it? (Truly basic questions inside)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-a-dish-washer-now-how-do-i-use-it-truly-basic-questions-inside/543461)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-a-dish-washer-now-how-do-i-use-it-truly-basic-questions-inside/543461 "2010-06-21T02:22:00Z")
(Not sure if this is GQ or IMHO) For the first time in my 39 years of life, I will be living in an apartment with an automated dish-washer. I have no idea how to use it. :o The dish-washer is pretty old, 80’s vintage o… --- ## [Intolerance, hypocrisy, and stoopid. Coincidence? I think not.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intolerance-hypocrisy-and-stoopid-coincidence-i-think-not/693035)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intolerance-hypocrisy-and-stoopid-coincidence-i-think-not/693035 "2016-11-05T18:06:33Z")
Intolerance, hypocrisy, and a good dose of stoopid. That’s what this\* New York Times article describes, with most of that unholy trinity radiating out from the brain of one Gail Wiesner. (\*I assume it’s full, free text … --- ## [a new commercial that sort of disturbs me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-commercial-that-sort-of-disturbs-me/550833)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-commercial-that-sort-of-disturbs-me/550833 "2010-08-23T19:53:02Z")
I’m watching a little kid being chased by three bigger kids, presumably to beat the shit out of him. He’s “saved” by diving into the back of his mom’s minivan. I’m not sure what company makes this special vehicle, but … --- ## [Why do mannequins have nipples?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-mannequins-have-nipples/213774)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-mannequins-have-nipples/213774 "2003-11-20T16:29:27Z")
Not being a prude about it or anything, but it seems rather superfluous to have them. I mean, arms, legs, head, torso, etc etc are all going to have a bearing on how clothes fit on the body, but nipples? I don’t know abo… --- ## [Mistake in Kill Bill (Small spoiler)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-in-kill-bill-small-spoiler/207903)
**Author:** [@Deadmime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadmime)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-in-kill-bill-small-spoiler/207903 "2003-11-02T03:58:42Z")
First I want to say this was a great movie, and this only a small mistake and might not even be if its corrected in the next volume. Black Mamba flys to japan from Texas (or maybe its arizona, i’m not sure.) and when she… --- ## [How many miles to circumnavigate the Earth by boat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-to-circumnavigate-the-earth-by-boat/615387)
**Author:** [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-to-circumnavigate-the-earth-by-boat/615387 "2012-03-11T06:02:21Z")
I saw a tv documentary to break the time record for circumnavigation of the globe by the purpose-built Earthrace Kevlar-clad motor-poweredtrimaran by Pete Bethune. That report indicated that the attempt failed due to me… --- ## [Would tiger Woods Benefit From Intervention By Rev. Jackson?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-tiger-woods-benefit-from-intervention-by-rev-jackson/520902)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-tiger-woods-benefit-from-intervention-by-rev-jackson/520902 "2009-12-15T23:11:19Z")
Tiger seems to be in a bit of a pickle-he has been outed by several female acquaintances-so much so that his wife must be seriously concerned. Would Jesse jackson’s intervention help the situation? Just wondering-Jack… --- ## [Will the Current Bad PR for Apple Come to Anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-current-bad-pr-for-apple-come-to-anything/612365)
**Author:** [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-current-bad-pr-for-apple-come-to-anything/612365 "2012-03-20T03:07:10Z")
The topic’s a little late, but there didn’t seem to be an earlier thread on it so… Apple’s currently facing an amount of bad PR that was triggered by a New York Times article last month on working conditions at their su… --- ## [2008 NFL Draft Review, 4 years later.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nfl-draft-review-4-years-later/615204)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nfl-draft-review-4-years-later/615204 "2012-03-15T00:03:52Z")
These are the long tedious months between NFL seasons. The draft is over 6 weeks away, free agency is still a week away, and the games have been over for awhile. So, in my football boredom, I figured I’d take a look back… --- ## [Cast iron frying pans wtf am i doing wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-iron-frying-pans-wtf-am-i-doing-wrong/786642)
**Author:** [@jonpluc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonpluc)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-iron-frying-pans-wtf-am-i-doing-wrong/786642 "2017-06-03T17:31:59Z")
I make scrambled eggs in a well oiled cast iron pan and it forms an impenetrable layer of burnt egg that is as hard as concrete. Your not really supposed to let cast iron soak in water for extended periods right? taking … --- ## [Boiling water into snow in sub zero temps.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boiling-water-into-snow-in-sub-zero-temps/481264)
**Author:** [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boiling-water-into-snow-in-sub-zero-temps/481264 "2009-01-16T15:19:02Z")
The weather forcast has us with some super cold weather (-30 with wind) coming tonight, and I’ve seen a trick on YouTube where someone takes a pan of boiling water, tosses it into the frigid air and POOF, it turns to “sn… --- ## [So who first came up with idea that "There is more evidence for Jesus than Ceasar"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-first-came-up-with-idea-that-there-is-more-evidence-for-jesus-than-ceasar/468403)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-first-came-up-with-idea-that-there-is-more-evidence-for-jesus-than-ceasar/468403 "2015-04-11T11:40:55Z")
The original thread was closed, but I’m interested in this, so thought I repost it in this form. For a long time I’ve heard the statement bandied around that “there is more evidence for the existence of Jesus than Ceasa… --- ## [ABC Sued by Bratty Teen on Wife Swap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-sued-by-bratty-teen-on-wife-swap/533726)
**Author:** [@Khendrask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khendrask)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-sued-by-bratty-teen-on-wife-swap/533726 "2010-03-25T19:04:54Z")
Ya know… I really can’t stand the “Reality” shows, but this sort of epitomizes the types of “Real People” that appear on them. I’m glad I basically stopped watching TV. --- ## [Females, if you found out you were pregnant right now, what would you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/females-if-you-found-out-you-were-pregnant-right-now-what-would-you-do/310621)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/females-if-you-found-out-you-were-pregnant-right-now-what-would-you-do/310621 "2005-07-05T20:40:38Z")
Would you keep it? Give it up for adoption? Or…well, get rid of it? And it doesn’t matter if you’re too old to have kids or can’t. Let’s say, aside from all that, you find out you really are pregnant, despite what is or… --- ## [Greyhound. Need I say more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greyhound-need-i-say-more/716385)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greyhound-need-i-say-more/716385 "2015-04-05T04:30:24Z")
As a dirt-poor college student, my choices for transportation are severely limited. Since I go to school in one city and my wife goes to school in another city, we rarely see each other. Since school began we’ve had less… --- ## [Jesus Built My Hotrod](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-built-my-hotrod/135795)
**Author:** [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-built-my-hotrod/135795 "2013-04-05T18:38:51Z")
Somehow, this came up at work today. Anybody remember the Ministry song"Jesus Built My Hotrod"? Awesome song to listen to while you’re taking a whole bunch of speed and driving really, really fast. Or at least, that’s ho… --- ## [RO: Atlanta radio DJs make fun of Steve Gleason's ALS; get fired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-atlanta-radio-djs-make-fun-of-steve-gleasons-als-get-fired/661284)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-atlanta-radio-djs-make-fun-of-steve-gleasons-als-get-fired/661284 "2013-06-22T15:49:06Z")
In a well-thought-out-plan, three Atlants Sports Radio DJs made fun of former New Orleans Saints player Steve Gleason, who has ALS. This included one of them pretending to be Steve Gleason and making fun of his computer… --- ## [Why would Obama want a second term, anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-obama-want-a-second-term-anyway/588611)
**Author:** [@Recovering\_Republican](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Recovering_Republican)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-obama-want-a-second-term-anyway/588611 "2011-07-12T02:11:50Z")
Seriously. When you think about it, Presidents who win second terms rarely have as much fun the second time around. Let’s look at the recent ones. Dubya Bush had the Iraq War go south, he had Katrina, he lost Congress… --- ## [Any good, fairly cheap "night-vision" scopes, binoculars out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-fairly-cheap-night-vision-scopes-binoculars-out-there/115508)
**Author:** [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2002, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-fairly-cheap-night-vision-scopes-binoculars-out-there/115508 "2002-06-24T11:24:28Z")
My firend is interested in getting one for his birthday, but before I go out & blow $250+ on something that’s gonna suck, I figured that at least one of my fellow Dopers could give me some ideas or at least some links. T… --- ## [Anyone going to get the streaming only Netflix subscription?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-get-the-streaming-only-netflix-subscription/561627)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-get-the-streaming-only-netflix-subscription/561627 "2010-12-01T04:50:47Z")
I’m thinking of changing my Netflix subscription to streaming only. I’m paying 18.57 right now for 3 DVDs at a time. I opted out of blu ray a few months ago since every blu ray was on long wait. There are some things tha… --- ## [Weird completely unexpected things that happen to you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-completely-unexpected-things-that-happen-to-you/937519)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-completely-unexpected-things-that-happen-to-you/937519 "2021-03-24T22:10:56Z")
This thread reminded me of an incident a few years back. It was already a memorable day because it was November 1st and it had snowed a fraction of an inch overnight, what would have been a trivial amiunt except that the… --- ## [Hawaiian pizza origin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaiian-pizza-origin/315038)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaiian-pizza-origin/315038 "2013-04-21T14:21:11Z")
Does anyone know where Hawaiian pizza originated? It isn’t especially popular in Hawaii, so it probably didn’t come from there. When I was in college (early 70s) I was told that a certain national pizza chain (name forgo… --- ## [Is cannibalism morally wrong (in non-emergency situations)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cannibalism-morally-wrong-in-non-emergency-situations/649433)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cannibalism-morally-wrong-in-non-emergency-situations/649433 "2013-02-15T02:30:32Z")
I specify “non-emergency situations” because I don’t want to argue about plane crash survivors surviving on dead passengers because it’s all there is to eat. I’m talking about just talking about grilling up some human on… --- ## [Boarding an F4U Corsair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boarding-an-f4u-corsair/931639)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boarding-an-f4u-corsair/931639 "2022-05-24T20:09:39Z")
This image shows a pilot about to board an F4U Corsair. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Major\_Weissenberger\_prepares\_to\_take\_off\_in\_a\_Vought\_F4U\_Corsair%2C\_WWII\_(22415511978).jpg You can see that th… --- ## [Deadwood (new HBO show)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadwood-new-hbo-show/235686)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadwood-new-hbo-show/235686 "2004-04-06T19:29:27Z")
Did anybody watch this tonight? I watched without really knowing what to inspect and I was totally drawn into it. It’s got more violence and profanity than the Sopranos and it’s already established a solid cast of intere… --- ## [Steel Casing and Dog Urine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steel-casing-and-dog-urine/252125)
**Author:** [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2012, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steel-casing-and-dog-urine/252125 "2012-10-13T08:59:40Z")
We recently had a well drilled. My other half joked to the driller about how he would have to keep our dog from peeing on it because it stuck up out of the ground like a fire hydrant. The driller said not to let our dog … --- ## [Does anyone have a quiet toaster oven?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-quiet-toaster-oven/680672)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-quiet-toaster-oven/680672 "2014-02-07T03:20:45Z")
On work mornings, I like to make things for breakfast in our toaster oven. The problem is that my wife is a light sleeper who doesn’t have to get up when I do, and our toaster oven is freakin’ LOUD! When I set the time… --- ## [Examples of responsible gun use by citizens in modern movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-responsible-gun-use-by-citizens-in-modern-movies/500113)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-responsible-gun-use-by-citizens-in-modern-movies/500113 "2009-06-23T00:38:50Z")
In this post, Argent Towers makes the following claim: Is this correct? It may be confirmation bias, but now he’s mentioned it, I can bring to mind several such examples, a couple of border-line (on each side) examples… --- ## [Buy it. BUY it! NOW, damn you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-it-buy-it-now-damn-you/368518)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-it-buy-it-now-damn-you/368518 "2006-08-17T18:42:15Z")
My father in law, the Architect, tells a story about how he and the wife and kid took a vacation, once, at a salesman’s expense. They hung out in a luxury condo on the coast, ate steak dinners at sales presentations, an… --- ## [My hands are lethal weapons: Where would I go to register them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hands-are-lethal-weapons-where-would-i-go-to-register-them/171319)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hands-are-lethal-weapons-where-would-i-go-to-register-them/171319 "2003-04-28T00:50:04Z")
Well, mine personally are not lethal. That’s just hypothetical. I’ve heard at various times that boxers and martial arts experts had to register their hand as deadly weapons. What government agency handles (or handled… --- ## [Which country has the best cuisine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-country-has-the-best-cuisine/576535)
**Author:** [@NiceGuyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NiceGuyJack)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-country-has-the-best-cuisine/576535 "2011-04-03T04:27:39Z")
This thread is in response to the thread about the worst cuisine. I simply don’t think there is a worst, because someone must like it or why would they cook it? Instead, let’s make it the best. I’m leaning towards Brit… --- ## [If Bush Lied, Then What?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bush-lied-then-what/187699)
**Author:** [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bush-lied-then-what/187699 "2003-07-19T14:52:33Z")
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=3071957 It seems that the blatant forgery of the uranium documents was picked up on, it seems that Bush may have knowingly lied to the public in the State of t… --- ## [What ever happened to "Moslem?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-moslem/760354)
**Author:** [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-moslem/760354 "2016-07-23T03:19:24Z")
When I was a kid and first started learning about other religions, followers of Islam were referred to as Moslems. Now, they are Muslims. When did this word disappear? Spellcheck in this post doesn’t even recognize it. … --- ## [How stupid was Phoebe supposed to be, really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-was-phoebe-supposed-to-be-really/338630)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-was-phoebe-supposed-to-be-really/338630 "2006-01-10T19:24:36Z")
I’m far from an expert on the sitcom Friends, given that I stopped watching when Ross was supposed to marry the English woman, so I defer to the Dopers: How stupid was Phoebe supposed to be, really? She was a college f… --- ## [What Murderers Should Have Been Executed But Weren't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-murderers-should-have-been-executed-but-werent/504771)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-murderers-should-have-been-executed-but-werent/504771 "2009-08-14T00:10:55Z")
Inspired by numerous other threads, I was wondering who spent long times in prison when the world could have felt no loss for them not being alive. I would offer two: Richard Speck Charles Manson. --- ## [Pearly Dewdrop's Drops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearly-dewdrops-drops/160047)
**Author:** [@JasonG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JasonG)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearly-dewdrops-drops/160047 "2003-03-14T02:51:36Z")
Ah, March 1991. “Dances With Wolves” was winning 7 Oscars. REM’s “Out of Time” was #1 in the U.K. Duke defeated Kansas for the basketball championship. Latvia and Estonia declared independence from the USSR. I just … --- ## [Well, the "Big Dig" was good value for money.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-big-dig-was-good-value-for-money/364053)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-big-dig-was-good-value-for-money/364053 "2006-07-27T17:33:38Z")
So, after having their lives made miserable for years on end by the “Big Dig” construction project, Bostonians now have to worry that the same project will end their lives. I smell a massive lawsuit. This is possibly … --- ## [MSNBC's Savage Nation is no more!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbcs-savage-nation-is-no-more/186846)
**Author:** [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbcs-savage-nation-is-no-more/186846 "2003-07-10T22:50:15Z")
MSNBC fires Michael Savage after anti-gay comments According to MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines, Savage’s comments (below) were “extremely inappropriate”… See the video at GLAAD. It’s about fucking time. --- ## [Chat Roulette...so weird...anyone try it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-roulette-so-weird-anyone-try-it/529408)
**Author:** [@i\_am\_a\_scientist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/i_am_a_scientist)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-roulette-so-weird-anyone-try-it/529408 "2010-03-17T22:47:18Z")
Just stumbled on this article I would assume most of it is dudes jerking-off (and I haven’t even logged in yet!) but Buzzfeed has a bunch of funny screenshots here, probably NSFW. Has anyone tried it? I’m intrigued… --- ## [Could a giant cat like a lion be kept as a pet by giant humans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-giant-cat-like-a-lion-be-kept-as-a-pet-by-giant-humans/508145)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-giant-cat-like-a-lion-be-kept-as-a-pet-by-giant-humans/508145 "2009-08-31T23:56:22Z")
Say there was a man who was exactly like any other, except twice the size. His house would be twice the size of a typical house; his roof twice as high; his car twice as large; everything that he owned would be scaled up… --- ## [The most romantic lines in literature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-romantic-lines-in-literature/66292)
**Author:** [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2001, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-romantic-lines-in-literature/66292 "2001-05-27T19:15:07Z")
What romantic words from a book are aptest to make your vision blur and your heart swell? I’ll offer my choice to start off: Adam at Eve’s grave: “Wheresoever she was, there was Eden.” (Mark Twain, “Eve’s Diary”). --- ## [How many partners have you had?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192)
**Author:** [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192 "2003-02-06T17:26:23Z")
Inspired by this thread, I want to know two things about you (also to test run Xeno’s hypothesis)… Q: How many sexually intimate partners have you had in your life? Are you male or female? I’ll start the ball r… --- ## [What if Columbus had sailed for England?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-columbus-had-sailed-for-england/666246)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2013, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-columbus-had-sailed-for-england/666246 "2013-08-17T12:12:38Z")
Columbus wanted to sail across the ocean for Asia and he didn’t really care who he did it for. He visited London in 1487 and tried to convince Henry VII to back his trip. He was of course unsuccessful. But suppose Henry… --- ## [State lawforbids clergy from having sex with someone who is receiving religious advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-lawforbids-clergy-from-having-sex-with-someone-who-is-receiving-religious-advice/603004)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-lawforbids-clergy-from-having-sex-with-someone-who-is-receiving-religious-advice/603004 "2011-11-19T18:42:19Z")
Source Here we have two adults who were consenting participants to this. I think that the state law, while set up to protect those vulnerable to persuasion by religious professionals, is still wrong. As long as a perso… --- ## [Fight my ignorance about volts and amps.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-my-ignorance-about-volts-and-amps/458297)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-my-ignorance-about-volts-and-amps/458297 "2008-08-02T03:44:33Z")
I was watching an “Amazing Videos” type of show the other day. A bear had come into town, decided to climb a power pole, and got shocked pretty severely. The narrator stated that the bear experienced 50,000 volts. I d… --- ## [Book Series that fizzled as they went on.....(open spoiler alert!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-series-that-fizzled-as-they-went-on-open-spoiler-alert/331338)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2006, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-series-that-fizzled-as-they-went-on-open-spoiler-alert/331338 "2006-01-03T17:37:34Z")
Spoiler Alert…scroll down That said, I have to say just how much I have adored Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum Series But her last two (10 and 11) have left me wishing that Stephanie Plum would Get A Clue and the Gag … --- ## [How will Islamism decline?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-islamism-decline/557232)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-islamism-decline/557232 "2010-10-24T15:12:16Z")
I’ve been watching the very good documentary Power of Nightmares by Adam Curtis which documents the rise of political Islam, and it occured to me no one had predicted how its decline might look or how it will come about,… --- ## [Of Hair and Pocketwatches (it takes a while, this one)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-hair-and-pocketwatches-it-takes-a-while-this-one/278355)
**Author:** [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-hair-and-pocketwatches-it-takes-a-while-this-one/278355 "2004-12-21T16:28:19Z")
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the… --- ## [Is Gary Johnson going to split the conservative vote and throw the election to Clinton?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gary-johnson-going-to-split-the-conservative-vote-and-throw-the-election-to-clinton/757353)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gary-johnson-going-to-split-the-conservative-vote-and-throw-the-election-to-clinton/757353 "2016-06-17T21:38:28Z")
Johnson has polls of around 10% right now. This is more than the margin between Clinton and Trump. I don’t think he can win, but he could probably ruin Trump. Of course, the wildcard here is Jill Stein. She could do … --- ## [The worst case of helicopter parenting ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-case-of-helicopter-parenting-ever/672008)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-case-of-helicopter-parenting-ever/672008 "2013-10-26T00:15:25Z")
Bullying complaint filed by a dad from the losing team in a high school football game. Mods, on second thought, this may belong in the Game Room, sorry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1827&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1829&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)