# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1843&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:** 1844 --- ## [Can fish survive in swimming pools?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fish-survive-in-swimming-pools/115162)
**Author:** [@knock\_knock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knock_knock)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fish-survive-in-swimming-pools/115162 "2002-06-23T05:28:32Z")
How long would a goldfish survive if it was put into an ordinary, chlorinated public swimming pool? What about other fish, including salt-water fish? Could they live in the chlorinated water, or would they die right aw… --- ## [How to keep your wallet from falling out of your pants.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-your-wallet-from-falling-out-of-your-pants/20047)
**Author:** [@SilentKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SilentKnight)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2000, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-your-wallet-from-falling-out-of-your-pants/20047 "2000-05-21T07:10:14Z")
Really. I seem to always lose my wallet while sitting down, fortunately, it usually happens at home. Is there anything I can do? Thanks --- ## [How come the CIA can't make a robotic bird or flying insect with a camera?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-the-cia-cant-make-a-robotic-bird-or-flying-insect-with-a-camera/653512)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-the-cia-cant-make-a-robotic-bird-or-flying-insect-with-a-camera/653512 "2013-03-22T00:52:03Z")
This question came to me when watching Zero Dark Thirty and seeing what kind of trouble they had when wanting to peer in OBL’s windows. I can understand why there’s nothing you can buy at the mall or even from a special… --- ## [What would happen to someone strapped to an ICBM?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-to-someone-strapped-to-an-icbm/658638)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-to-someone-strapped-to-an-icbm/658638 "2013-05-21T21:02:29Z")
Once again I resist the temptation to add, “Need answer fast!” to the title. Anyway, a scene in a comic I read as a child remains stuck in my mind. In it the hero is captured and wakes up having been tied to an ICBM whi… --- ## [Two movies released during a year with very similar themes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-movies-released-during-a-year-with-very-similar-themes/443353)
**Author:** [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2008, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-movies-released-during-a-year-with-very-similar-themes/443353 "2008-04-22T08:56:29Z")
Sorry if this has been done before but, you know what I’m talking about. Deep Impact and Armageddon. Volcano and Dante’s Peak. Antz and A Bug’s Life. Surf’s Up and Happy Feet. Not completely sure if they were all rele… --- ## [Deaf Culture and cochlear implants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaf-culture-and-cochlear-implants/37926)
**Author:** [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2001, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaf-culture-and-cochlear-implants/37926 "2001-01-08T00:01:41Z")
I saw a program on ‘Dateline NBC’ tonight about a family, many of whom are deaf, who were actually quite happy being so, and WANTED their children to be deaf too. I’m STILL mulling over that one. They were once very clo… --- ## [President Palin or President Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-palin-or-president-trump/748991)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-palin-or-president-trump/748991 "2016-03-20T00:51:14Z")
I asked a hypothetical of some friends over the weekend: if you had to choose, which would be best for the country/world: President Trump or President Palin? There are few tougher questions (Some of my friends are still… --- ## [All but two people on Earth die. Will they find each other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-but-two-people-on-earth-die-will-they-find-each-other/685231)
**Author:** [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-but-two-people-on-earth-die-will-they-find-each-other/685231 "2014-04-04T02:38:33Z")
Assume the internet as it exists right now keeps running idefinitely, and both survivors speak English. Where could they go to confirm they’re not the only living human worldwide and establish contact with each other? Y… --- ## [This has to be the most addictive web gadget I've ever encountered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-the-most-addictive-web-gadget-ive-ever-encountered/555810)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-the-most-addictive-web-gadget-ive-ever-encountered/555810 "2010-10-06T21:04:20Z")
Try it for 3-4 minutes. Then try to stop. link mmm --- ## [Have Neo-Nazis tainted the fade haircut for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-neo-nazis-tainted-the-fade-haircut-for-you/794249)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-neo-nazis-tainted-the-fade-haircut-for-you/794249 "2017-09-11T14:23:09Z")
I have usually gotten my hair cut in a fade ever since I was about 11 or so. Lately I’m seeing on FB and other sites from my more left-wing friends that a fade is now a “Nazi haircut”. Yesterday, a man (not a Nazi) was … --- ## [A female character gets "honeytrapped"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-female-character-gets-honeytrapped/664868)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2013, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-female-character-gets-honeytrapped/664868 "2013-08-01T07:58:36Z")
So, I’ve been loving We Have Band’s song “Honeytrap” this month, and although the lyrics don’t suggest the scenario, it’s had me thinking about what a honeytrap is, too. The definition of a Honeytrap is: a scheme in wh… --- ## [Why I hate the BCS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-bcs/605217)
**Author:** [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-bcs/605217 "2011-12-07T21:01:33Z")
Trigger alert: RO ahead. I don’t know if there’s another team that’s been more thoroughly or more consistently screwed by the BCS than mine (Kansas State), which is why I loathe the BCS. 1998: finished 3rd in the BCS. … --- ## [Why should I snuff my candles, rather than blow them out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-snuff-my-candles-rather-than-blow-them-out/337899)
**Author:** [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-snuff-my-candles-rather-than-blow-them-out/337899 "2006-01-04T16:18:50Z")
The question is pretty simple. Snuffing, of course, is more elegant and refined-looking, but is there another advantage for me to use my snuffer? If it means anything, I’m a frequent candle-user, so I’m regularly extingu… --- ## [Detecting a Ponzi Scheme](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detecting-a-ponzi-scheme/563991)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2013, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detecting-a-ponzi-scheme/563991 "2013-01-05T12:13:53Z")
The Madoff thing is in the news again. Everyone says it was fairly obvious something was not kosher with Madoff. I presume this to be the case. \*\*Has anyone detected another major Ponzi scheme using statistical analysis… --- ## [How did Shakespeare know so much about Italy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-shakespeare-know-so-much-about-italy/673399)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-shakespeare-know-so-much-about-italy/673399 "2014-02-05T18:12:15Z")
How did Shakespeare know so much about Italy. For example, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Romeo and Juliet and The Merchant Of Venice. I am sure he never went there. Was there literature he had access to, or could he have met … --- ## [The Return of the Revenge of the Son of "Bush is a crook"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-revenge-of-the-son-of-bush-is-a-crook/131613)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2002, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-revenge-of-the-son-of-bush-is-a-crook/131613 "2002-11-03T18:21:48Z")
I’m not quite sure how to proceed. Some of you will recall that we went over this issue before, about Feckless Leader and his involvement with Harken Energy,etc. etc. Part of that had to do with the mystery posed by an… --- ## [Good science fiction and fantasy lit vs. the bad stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-science-fiction-and-fantasy-lit-vs-the-bad-stuff/282434)
**Author:** [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2005, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-science-fiction-and-fantasy-lit-vs-the-bad-stuff/282434 "2005-01-05T07:46:24Z")
How do I tell the difference? (Disclaimer – I do know (somewhat) there is a difference between science fiction and fantasy literatures. I’m just trying to avoid opening two threads on similar subjects \[unless I should … --- ## ["I plead guilty." Judge: "No, you don't."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plead-guilty-judge-no-you-dont/608545)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plead-guilty-judge-no-you-dont/608545 "2012-01-10T20:04:22Z")
A fellow former co-worker of mine spoke of an incident in which he got into some pretty serious legal trouble. He was young at the time, just out of high school. When he went to see the judge to enter his plea, he said,… --- ## [My official "I'm retired now" thread. A medical Retrospective](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-official-im-retired-now-thread-a-medical-retrospective/967477)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-official-im-retired-now-thread-a-medical-retrospective/967477 "2022-09-19T01:10:54Z")
I dropped the news of my finally getting out of prison (via my retirement after working as a physician there since 2002) in a few other threads, but I promised I’d not hijack those threads in case anyone wanted to ask me… --- ## [Will Black Holes eat the Universe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-black-holes-eat-the-universe/361436)
**Author:** [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2006, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-black-holes-eat-the-universe/361436 "2006-06-30T09:51:09Z")
Since every galaxy seems to have a black hole won’t the black holes eventually eat every star in every galaxy? Is the universe’s expansion enough to overcome each of the galaxy filled black hole’s pull toward each other… --- ## ["Do not open emails from unknown senders" - how is this advice even remotely sane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-open-emails-from-unknown-senders-how-is-this-advice-even-remotely-sane/560676)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-open-emails-from-unknown-senders-how-is-this-advice-even-remotely-sane/560676 "2010-11-16T00:31:07Z")
For example: “Do not open emails from unknown senders.” \[PDF\] “Do not open emails from un-trusted sources or suspicious emails from trusted sources.” “5. Do not open emails from addresses you do not recognise.” “3. D… --- ## [What makes you stomach twistingly nervous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-stomach-twistingly-nervous/636668)
**Author:** [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-stomach-twistingly-nervous/636668 "2012-10-08T12:27:21Z")
I just got back from a teaching demonstration from a job I really, really want. I wasn’t nervous at the initial interview, not even a little bit. I’ve been teaching for a decade, and I know that I’m a competent teacher. … --- ## [Jesus and the needy question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-and-the-needy-question/734048)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2015, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-and-the-needy-question/734048 "2015-10-11T10:50:56Z")
This question is purely aimed at those who follow the teachings of Jesus Christ: according to His teachings, are you supposed to open up your personal house to those in need of clothes, food, and/or shelter, or are the S… --- ## [The how are the Heat doing thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-are-the-heat-doing-thread/561435)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-how-are-the-heat-doing-thread/561435 "2010-12-15T22:56:52Z")
I figured that many Dopers who are basketball fans, regular or in passing, would love to discuss the formidable Miami Heat. So, how are the doing so far? The Heat currently have a record of 8-5, for a .615 winning perc… --- ## [Bernie or a contested convention - how do you vote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-or-a-contested-convention-how-do-you-vote/847760)
**Author:** [@squidfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squidfood)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-or-a-contested-convention-how-do-you-vote/847760 "2020-02-20T10:10:53Z")
(Inspired from the “Why don’t you support Bernie” thread, and a look at today’s FiveThirtyEight projections). Ok. Super Tuesday has passed. Your state’s primary is coming up. The votes are lined up so Bernie has a pl… --- ## [Birth Order thread/poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birth-order-thread-poll/598500)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2011, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birth-order-thread-poll/598500 "2011-10-06T12:00:37Z")
I’ll try to make this as simple as I can. The only ones who should have to think about their choice will be those who grew up in a family of 4 or more children, in which case you should choose either the “older cohort” … --- ## [The End of (Analog) TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-analog-tv/499113)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-analog-tv/499113 "2009-06-16T02:00:04Z")
Well mostly anyway… On Friday June 12th analog TV will shut down. With two exceptions, low-power TV stations may choose to stay on the air in analog format for the coming future, eventually they will switch over too. A… --- ## [Boston Bomber guilty on all 30 counts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-bomber-guilty-on-all-30-counts/717164)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-bomber-guilty-on-all-30-counts/717164 "2015-04-10T22:47:21Z")
Story. I really hope that he is sentenced to life without parole. --- ## [Big Love 5:09 "Exorcism" (the penultimate episode)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-5-09-exorcism-the-penultimate-episode/574635)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-5-09-exorcism-the-penultimate-episode/574635 "2011-03-19T15:33:29Z")
Didn’t Bill learn anything from horror movies? You have to shoot the villain in the head point blank because otherwise he’s going to shoot you. Not saying Alby will do this, but why take chances? Is the Reformed Churc… --- ## [Is Shepard Smith (Fox News anchor) a comedian or performance artist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shepard-smith-fox-news-anchor-a-comedian-or-performance-artist/614822)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shepard-smith-fox-news-anchor-a-comedian-or-performance-artist/614822 "2012-08-03T17:51:54Z")
I stopped watching television news sometime in the 1980s, so I’m not always up on TV news personalities. This weekend, I watched Saturday Night Live and saw Bill Hader’s impersonation of a Fox News anchor called Shepard… --- ## [Wearing your boyfriend's ring with twine on it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-your-boyfriends-ring-with-twine-on-it/227647)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-your-boyfriends-ring-with-twine-on-it/227647 "2004-02-07T02:08:47Z")
Mr. Rilch has been critiquing the first draft of my book. He made a correction that I would call “incorrectly regarded as a goof”, as the IMDB has it. A minor character, female, just graduated from high school, is in co… --- ## [A-Team movie heat seeking missile question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-team-movie-heat-seeking-missile-question/545648)
**Author:** [@Yarster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yarster)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-team-movie-heat-seeking-missile-question/545648 "2010-07-07T21:28:50Z")
I don’t think this is a spoiler since it appears in the movie preview and is only in the opening scene of the movie, completely unrelated to the main story. Basically, an enemy helicopter launches a heat seeking missile… --- ## [Trivia in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-in-the-mmp/834943)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-in-the-mmp/834943 "2019-06-10T04:11:01Z")
In case you need a conversation starter today: June 3, 2019 is … 154th day of the year. There are then 211 days left in 2019. 22nd Monday of 2019. on the 23rd week of 2019 (using US standard week number calculation). 7… --- ## [Who is your tattoo for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-tattoo-for/311398)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-tattoo-for/311398 "2005-07-09T15:14:05Z")
A long time ago, on a message board far, far away, I had a conversation with someone about tattoos: I was asked why I felt the need to broadcast information about myself to anyone who happened to see one or both of my ta… --- ## [Is Jennifer Morrison (House) also a producer for Glee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jennifer-morrison-house-also-a-producer-for-glee/520739)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jennifer-morrison-house-also-a-producer-for-glee/520739 "2010-05-19T19:06:02Z")
According to this link, yes it’s the same person. According to IMDB, they seem to be different people. And to get this out of the way, yes she looks better as a brunette. --- ## [Suggest books regarding the battle for heaven and hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-books-regarding-the-battle-for-heaven-and-hell/274655)
**Author:** [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-books-regarding-the-battle-for-heaven-and-hell/274655 "2004-11-20T00:50:19Z")
I am looking for books that deal particularly with Satan and his minions cast out of heaven. I of course, know of references in the bible and Paradise lost is a given as well. Any other book suggestions I should look i… --- ## [The passing away of Walloon, longtime valuable poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-away-of-walloon-longtime-valuable-poster/631729)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-away-of-walloon-longtime-valuable-poster/631729 "2012-08-23T23:30:04Z")
Since I inhabit General Questions mostly, I was rereading an old thread about Who is Bow-Tie Man, which was almost certainly solved by \*\* Walloon\*\*. Realizing that I hadn’t talked to him in a while, I looked at his prof… --- ## [Companies that deserve to go bankrupt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companies-that-deserve-to-go-bankrupt/191580)
**Author:** [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companies-that-deserve-to-go-bankrupt/191580 "2003-08-10T20:11:58Z")
I wasn’t sure whether to put this here or in The Pit, but my gut said IMHO, so here goes: What company do you know of that, AFAYAC, is rotten to the core and deserves to go down in a flaming wreckage that would make the… --- ## [First fallout of anti-marriage amendments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fallout-of-anti-marriage-amendments/277725)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fallout-of-anti-marriage-amendments/277725 "2004-12-06T20:59:08Z")
First I’ve heard of, there may have been others. The governor of Michigan has ordered the removal of negotiated domestic partner benefits from the contracts of state workers following the passage of that state’s anti-ma… --- ## [The meanest thing your brother/sister ever did to you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-meanest-thing-your-brother-sister-ever-did-to-you/69988)
**Author:** [@Jeffro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeffro)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-meanest-thing-your-brother-sister-ever-did-to-you/69988 "2001-06-27T21:50:52Z")
This happened to me when I was 3 or 4 years old, I had just gotten out of the bathtub and was drying off when my sister Nan came in. She said her and mom had just got back from shopping and they bought me a real big pres… --- ## [Was it Legal for Private Citizens to Murder Jews in Nazi Germany?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-it-legal-for-private-citizens-to-murder-jews-in-nazi-germany/555966)
**Author:** [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-it-legal-for-private-citizens-to-murder-jews-in-nazi-germany/555966 "2010-10-06T18:43:21Z")
Of course, we all know that Jews (and many others) were murdered ruthlessly by the German Army and other government agents throughout the Holocaust. What I’m asking, though, is what would have happened if, say, a civilia… --- ## [Banned posters, in jokes, and posterity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-posters-in-jokes-and-posterity/99080)
**Author:** [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-posters-in-jokes-and-posterity/99080 "2002-03-25T22:23:21Z")
In this thread, CnoteChris said, in response to my using the phrase “GOTCHA YA!” by our late unlamented Wildest Bill: So what say the Teeming Millions? Does this mean “GOTCHA YA!”, all references to foreskins, “waaaaa… --- ## [Do people still go blind due to retina detachment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-go-blind-due-to-retina-detachment/351178)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-go-blind-due-to-retina-detachment/351178 "2006-04-05T03:20:03Z")
The title says it all, I guess. I have a friend who has a family history of blindness due to retina detachments–a history taking place in the first half of the twentieth century and earlier. Two years ago he had a partia… --- ## [Cannibals in the Amazon rainforest: Myth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibals-in-the-amazon-rainforest-myth/695124)
**Author:** [@The\_Plutonium\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Plutonium_Kid)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibals-in-the-amazon-rainforest-myth/695124 "2014-08-09T17:35:53Z")
I feel like a yahoo for even asking these questions, but I have to ask. Are there currently any tribes of indigenous people in the rainforests of the Amazon who practice cannibalism on a regular basis? It doesn’t matter… --- ## [Marvel Movies or DC Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-movies-or-dc-movies/752041)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-movies-or-dc-movies/752041 "2016-04-16T22:32:25Z")
In your opinion, which company, Marvel or DC, makes better films? Why? --- ## [Offenses punishable by flogging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offenses-punishable-by-flogging/529264)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offenses-punishable-by-flogging/529264 "2010-02-20T03:49:56Z")
You know what I’m talking about. You’re reading a book and someone asks “Have you gotten to the part where the baby dies?” Or right after telling someone you taped the big game and you’re going to watch it tonight, you… --- ## [Why are bus wheels different?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bus-wheels-different/711899)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bus-wheels-different/711899 "2020-12-01T17:56:50Z")
Some seem to go outwards and some go inwards. Why are they not all the same? --- ## [What percent of American Jews keep kosher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percent-of-american-jews-keep-kosher/648946)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percent-of-american-jews-keep-kosher/648946 "2013-02-02T16:14:30Z")
Wiki cites 1/6 but their cite seems hardly authoritative. I am willing to accept any attempt at keeping dietary law at all, even only at home or only no cheese and meat as a definition. Any authoritative sources? --- ## [Groom taking brides' surname](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groom-taking-brides-surname/689670)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groom-taking-brides-surname/689670 "2014-06-07T18:52:11Z")
At work this week, someone mentioned their friend had adopted his brides’ surname when they got married. Apparently, he really hated his birth name and thought hers would be better. Do you know anyone who’s done this, … --- ## [Ask the incarcerated former lawyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-incarcerated-former-lawyer/527328)
**Author:** [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-incarcerated-former-lawyer/527328 "2010-02-04T01:57:49Z")
Not really (see: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12064637&postcount=95). Just thought I would announce my return, because I’m self-aggrandizing like that. I stopped posting and stayed away entirely … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1842&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1844&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)