# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1850&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:** 1851 --- ## [Olsen Twins to appear in Playboy upon turning 18 -- \*really?\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olsen-twins-to-appear-in-playboy-upon-turning-18-really/158028)
**Author:** [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olsen-twins-to-appear-in-playboy-upon-turning-18-really/158028 "2003-03-03T15:54:20Z")
My spidey sense is going off like a Gatling gun about this one. I just heard (to my dismay) the UL that the Olsen Twins are to appear in Playboy upon turning 18 (which, according to my reluctant research, happens on Jun… --- ## [What is the general feeling on Steven Seagal now a days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-general-feeling-on-steven-seagal-now-a-days/353271)
**Author:** [@fishquail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishquail)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-general-feeling-on-steven-seagal-now-a-days/353271 "2006-04-27T03:40:00Z")
So what is the general feeling about Steven Seagal in this day and age? --- ## [The "liberal case" for Kavanaugh is nonsensical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liberal-case-for-kavanaugh-is-nonsensical/819262)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liberal-case-for-kavanaugh-is-nonsensical/819262 "2018-08-11T16:28:20Z")
So Yale Law Professor Akhil Reed Amar wrote a lovely Op-Ed endorsing Kavanaugh from the liberal perspective. Here’s one example. Lisa Blatt, a “liberal feminist”, wrote a similar piece for Politico. A quite frankly embar… --- ## [Why do schools use letter grades?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-schools-use-letter-grades/586171)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-schools-use-letter-grades/586171 "2011-06-22T01:39:58Z")
I get grade reports for my children in middle school and high school. These reports always show an overall percent grade which is then mapped to a letter grade based on a grading scale. Student: Gas, Little Student’s G… --- ## [What inexplicable things does your cat do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inexplicable-things-does-your-cat-do/913608)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inexplicable-things-does-your-cat-do/913608 "2020-08-20T09:15:38Z")
Lately, mine has taken to removing the bath mat from the tub and taking it into the living room. He’s never done it before but now he does it every time. The culprit. --- ## [What are the main components of computer chip costs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-main-components-of-computer-chip-costs/741103)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-main-components-of-computer-chip-costs/741103 "2016-01-08T01:52:31Z")
The advantages of using a smaller node is require less energy, producing less heat and being able to fit more transistors on a silicon wafer, right? I’ve heard many times that going to a smaller node means lower process… --- ## [Songs That Make You Wanna Jam!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-wanna-jam/499394)
**Author:** [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-wanna-jam/499394 "2009-06-24T05:41:25Z")
You know the songs I’m talking about. The ones that raise your energy level just a bit (at least) above the norm and start making you feel like you need to jam. This thread is not to be confused with “feel good” songs,… --- ## [A major error in every single edited post! Please fix!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-major-error-in-every-single-edited-post-please-fix/684467)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-major-error-in-every-single-edited-post-please-fix/684467 "2017-09-09T17:19:23Z")
OMG! I just noticed it. I’m flabbergasted, and gobsmacked, if I can take a stab at understanding what Brits mean by that word. How long has this been going on? What does this say about SD’s COMMITMENT TO QUALITY CONTRO… --- ## [ITR Champion, shut your pie-hole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itr-champion-shut-your-pie-hole/487761)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itr-champion-shut-your-pie-hole/487761 "2009-03-05T00:46:33Z")
Am I the only one getting tired of his bi/weekly “Atheists are evil” threads where he argues disingenuously when he doesn’t flat-out lie? The Lies of Sam Harris The Lies of Richard Dawkins, Episode 6: Saint Thomas Aqui… --- ## [Barack Obama -- The man.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-the-man/713032)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-the-man/713032 "2015-02-21T17:57:01Z")
He’s not very popular as a president these days, but I can’t help but REALLY like him as a person. I can’t say the same for other presidents I grew up with. I think Clinton was an excellent politician, and I would cert… --- ## [Are Wenger swiss army knives as good as Victorinox swiss army knives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-wenger-swiss-army-knives-as-good-as-victorinox-swiss-army-knives/153135)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-wenger-swiss-army-knives-as-good-as-victorinox-swiss-army-knives/153135 "2003-02-06T21:52:12Z")
Looking at some nicely priced Wengers on sale, but was just wondering if they are as good as the Victorinox knives? Any opinions. --- ## [The "I am afraid to have children" argument gains strength](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-am-afraid-to-have-children-argument-gains-strength/408516)
**Author:** [@Jelymag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelymag)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-am-afraid-to-have-children-argument-gains-strength/408516 "2007-06-22T03:10:19Z")
I’m so upset over this, I can’t even sort through what I want to say. I’m overwhelmingly happy that at least they were busted, but it opens the door to so much more scariness about what might be out there. I can’t comp… --- ## [Bacon Causes Cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-causes-cancer/735806)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-causes-cancer/735806 "2015-10-28T19:14:02Z")
Ham, Sausages Cause Cancer; Red Meat Probably Does, Too, WHO Group Says So who’s giving up bacon and holiday ham? --- ## [Cat claw concerns - hardwood floors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-claw-concerns-hardwood-floors/351800)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-claw-concerns-hardwood-floors/351800 "2006-04-09T03:42:30Z")
I’m considering getting a cat but I have just one concern. I live in a studio apartment with hardwood floors. I don’t have much furniture, and what I do have is either cheap or I found on the side of the road so I’m not… --- ## [What are the knots in your muscles, and what are the real benefits of massage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-knots-in-your-muscles-and-what-are-the-real-benefits-of-massage/564256)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2010, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-knots-in-your-muscles-and-what-are-the-real-benefits-of-massage/564256 "2010-12-19T06:05:07Z")
Went for a massage yesterday and as usual got a little spiel about toxins, which I happily ignored and enjoyed my massage. So, you know, whatever. Now, I know a massage helps me feel better - not as tight, not as tense… --- ## [Has overt life on Mars' surface been disproven?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-overt-life-on-mars-surface-been-disproven/687079)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-overt-life-on-mars-surface-been-disproven/687079 "2014-04-29T17:23:24Z")
Now that we can image Mars’ surface to a very high degree (enough to spot landers and rovers), has the existence of visible life on Mars’ surface been completely ruled out? No patches of ultra-hardy lichen, no tracks lef… --- ## [Indestructible sword blade with a .30 micron cutting edge…how destructive, exactly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indestructible-sword-blade-with-a-30-micron-cutting-edge-how-destructive-exactly/666623)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indestructible-sword-blade-with-a-30-micron-cutting-edge-how-destructive-exactly/666623 "2013-08-21T23:59:09Z")
Something I’ve been mulling over for awhile. Mostly from whenever Hugh Jackman’s in a movie or tv show. Anyway— You, an average sized north american adult male, have a sword, patterned after the M1917/41 cutlass\*, but w… --- ## [Kid-proof folder in XP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-proof-folder-in-xp/534686)
**Author:** [@matt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-proof-folder-in-xp/534686 "2010-04-06T15:42:10Z")
The kids are on the PC more and more, playing Mathletics and Googling Amelia Earhart. There’s certain pics and vids we don’t really want them to see (or upload to Youtube!) Simply hiding files deep in big folder trees i… --- ## [Scary paths you could see your life taking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-paths-you-could-see-your-life-taking/431389)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2007, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-paths-you-could-see-your-life-taking/431389 "2007-12-31T05:38:41Z")
There’s a thread in the Pit that touches on hoarding behavior, and every time I see hoarding mentioned I feel a little fear in the back of my head that I could become that person. I could also see myself becoming the cr… --- ## [do people in 3rd world countries have more cellphones than wristwatches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-in-3rd-world-countries-have-more-cellphones-than-wristwatches/578399)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-in-3rd-world-countries-have-more-cellphones-than-wristwatches/578399 "2011-04-15T15:29:26Z")
I think the cheapest wristwatches I have seen are around $10. That’s quite a bit, and seems to be approaching the cost of a low end cellphone. So are wristwatches much cheaper in poor countries? Or do people invest in a … --- ## [Is plastic soluble in ethanol?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-plastic-soluble-in-ethanol/643281)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-plastic-soluble-in-ethanol/643281 "2012-12-08T05:28:00Z")
To be more to the point: Will wine in a plastic cup dissolve the plastic? If I imbibe of the spirits via a plastic cup, am I also imbibing plastic too? Will I find myself plastic-coated from the inside out? Need answe… --- ## [Is William Bennett a hypocrite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-william-bennett-a-hypocrite/173049)
**Author:** [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-william-bennett-a-hypocrite/173049 "2003-05-11T02:19:02Z")
Former Education Secretary William Bennett is well known for his public stands on traditional American virtues. His best-selling Book of Virtues has focused attention on him as a moral leader, but recent revelations of a… --- ## [If a GD Religion Thread Were Not Hijacked, What Would It Be Like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478 "2007-01-28T02:15:43Z")
Consider the following hypothetical scenario: Someone starts a religion thread in GD, asking a specific question about Christian/Jewish/other beliefs, usually in the form of a hypothetical question. If Certain Members … --- ## [all about dildos!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501)
**Author:** [@They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/They_Call_Me_Sneeze)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501 "2018-02-28T14:59:26Z")
Tell me about yours! News about vibrators is also welcome! For the record, I dont have anything in the way of sex toys (up until now, I have been my own best friend), but I am soon off to market to make a purchase for … --- ## [This prosecutor should spend 19 years behind bars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-prosecutor-should-spend-19-years-behind-bars/315290)
**Author:** [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-prosecutor-should-spend-19-years-behind-bars/315290 "2005-08-09T18:51:02Z")
Link This is a carry over from GQ and this needs pitting more then anything I can pit. What the hell is wrong with the justice system when they fight DNA testing for a prisoner that could determine innocence or guilt … --- ## [Relocating a squirrel = death sentence? (for the squirrel)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relocating-a-squirrel-death-sentence-for-the-squirrel/482953)
**Author:** [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relocating-a-squirrel-death-sentence-for-the-squirrel/482953 "2009-01-27T05:53:17Z")
Would live-trapping and relocating a squirrel, right now, likely cause said squirrel to freeze or starve to death? About two days ago a squirrel became a nuisance around my home (the reason why is below, but isn’t reall… --- ## [I am buy this, they are buying that?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-buy-this-they-are-buying-that/542385)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-buy-this-they-are-buying-that/542385 "2010-06-08T22:23:07Z")
When I go shopping I get terribly bored (and insanely aggravated, but thats a different thread). So, while I stand around waiting for shit to get scanned and bagged, I often look at what other people are buying. I ofte… --- ## [Worst movie accents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-accents/510838)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2009, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-accents/510838 "2009-09-23T05:43:10Z")
This thread got me thinking about the worst attempts at foreign accents in film; I’m sure it’s been covered in a thread somewhere along the way, but if so, too bad…here it is again. The two scene-derailing performances … --- ## [Help Me Name My Legion of Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-legion-of-doom/668569)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2013, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-legion-of-doom/668569 "2013-09-14T08:03:45Z")
I have decided to go over to the dark side. (And I’ll thank those of you who are thinking that, as a conservative, i already have, to keep a civil tongue in your… well, a civil finger on your keyboard). Unfortunately, I… --- ## [What's up with Dilbert?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-dilbert/748124)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-dilbert/748124 "2016-05-26T20:42:18Z")
Don’t know if anyone else noticed, but the artwork on the daily Dilbert strip has changed a bit. Anyone know what’s up with that? --- ## [Driving term "fading" - What makes people do this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-term-fading-what-makes-people-do-this/729519)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-term-fading-what-makes-people-do-this/729519 "2015-09-03T19:14:03Z")
“Fading” is, IIRC, the term used to describe a driving \[car, not golf\] behavior where, just prior to making a corner, the driver swerves a bit in the opposite direction. I’m not aware of ever doing this myself, and the … --- ## [UK Border Force runs "Interment Sites" for Asylum Seekers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-border-force-runs-interment-sites-for-asylum-seekers/713965)
**Author:** [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-border-force-runs-interment-sites-for-asylum-seekers/713965 "2015-03-03T20:26:20Z")
This article alleges that the UK Border Force maintains internment camps for asylum seekers, the management of which that has resulted in serious harm and deaths of detainees with no legal protection. It cites it invo… --- ## [Link to your favorite editorial cartoons about the Obama victory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-favorite-editorial-cartoons-about-the-obama-victory/471283)
**Author:** [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-favorite-editorial-cartoons-about-the-obama-victory/471283 "2008-11-08T00:51:30Z")
I think this one from David Horsey is great. --- ## [Optimimum way to staple paper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optimimum-way-to-staple-paper/227757)
**Author:** [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optimimum-way-to-staple-paper/227757 "2017-06-29T03:00:20Z")
For reasons that best belong in MPSIMS, I have recently become fascinated with the different positions that paper is tyipcally stapled in. Fascinated and obsessed with finding the “best” way to staple. I’ve had no luck … --- ## [Do Expensive Facials Really Work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-expensive-facials-really-work/547306)
**Author:** [@Harmony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmony)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-expensive-facials-really-work/547306 "2010-07-21T04:26:16Z")
I have a friend in the skin care business and she swears that the oxygen facials she offers can and will make the facial skin look ten years younger. I know that she looks at every customer as a dollar sign, so it’s dif… --- ## [Voices of Trump's supporters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voices-of-trumps-supporters/766256)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voices-of-trumps-supporters/766256 "2016-09-20T02:22:37Z")
New York Times video. If you don’t want to hear the anger, ethnic slurs, and hate-filled language, leave your sound off-- the text is displayed on the screen. “Deplorables?” “Irredeemable?” I’d say so. NOT saying ALL … --- ## [Why Don't Stars Burn All Fuel Instantly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-stars-burn-all-fuel-instantly/214653)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-stars-burn-all-fuel-instantly/214653 "2003-12-01T21:30:57Z")
I have a few questions about what is known about stellar fusion. First, I never thought of the sun as a hydrogen star. I was under the impression hydrogen stars were young, very hot, blue stars in the main sequence. P… --- ## [Don't eat at this restaurant if you want to live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288)
**Author:** [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288 "2009-01-11T20:00:58Z")
No - really. Now if you’ll excuse me I need to go throw up… --- ## [How did you lose a friend over something petty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-lose-a-friend-over-something-petty/425949)
**Author:** [@Toast\_Museum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toast_Museum)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2007, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-lose-a-friend-over-something-petty/425949 "2007-11-13T11:09:05Z")
Sometimes you lose friends by major events: relocation, death, imprisonment Other times it’s something that in retrospect was really petty. Like my friend who for years was in a club with me where we met in each other’… --- ## [Doctor Who Question -- Caution may contain spoiler-like substance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-question-caution-may-contain-spoiler-like-substance/499210)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-question-caution-may-contain-spoiler-like-substance/499210 "2009-06-14T20:08:22Z")
I just finished watching Series 4 of Doctor Who and I was just wondering (forgive me if this has been addressed in an earlier thread) There’s a lot of talk in the last 2-3 series about the Doctor causing a lot of dest… --- ## [Don't Swallow That Lemon Seed...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-swallow-that-lemon-seed/477778)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-swallow-that-lemon-seed/477778 "2008-12-19T13:38:08Z")
I was on the bus and a mother and a kid were sitting in front of me. It looked like the kid was eating a cake or cookie and he says “Look” and holds up something to his mother. She says “It’s a lemon seed” So like a ki… --- ## [Will we revert to an ice age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-revert-to-an-ice-age/710098)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-revert-to-an-ice-age/710098 "2015-01-20T19:55:53Z")
I often hear that we are in an interglacial period, which is like a break in an ice age. Will global warming prevent this, or will the ice age come back at some point? --- ## [Computing has become too overwhelming (updates)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computing-has-become-too-overwhelming-updates/557334)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computing-has-become-too-overwhelming-updates/557334 "2010-10-21T04:03:38Z")
Every time I turn around, there is another fucking update. Windows has updates. Fucking Flash has seemingly daily updates. Firefox has updates. iTunes has updates. Every time I turn on the god damn computer I have t… --- ## [Isn't the Lottery the best chance that most people have of becoming wealthy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-lottery-the-best-chance-that-most-people-have-of-becoming-wealthy/286040)
**Author:** [@Roland\_Deschain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Deschain)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-lottery-the-best-chance-that-most-people-have-of-becoming-wealthy/286040 "2005-02-04T22:56:19Z")
I’m speaking of the average person, and strictly from a statistical standpoint. Also, I’m referring to wealth before retirement age. Most of the people I know are pulling in about 50K to 70K per year and barely pay the… --- ## [Has this many people ever wished for one person to die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-many-people-ever-wished-for-one-person-to-die/922169)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-many-people-ever-wished-for-one-person-to-die/922169 "2020-10-08T01:44:44Z")
Trump is down with covid, and presumably many tens of millions of people around the world are hoping he dies. It would be beautiful, poetic justice. Has any person been this hated since Hitler and Stalin? Even Bin Laden … --- ## [Resetting again -- was this a mystery, and was it ever solved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resetting-again-was-this-a-mystery-and-was-it-ever-solved/719063)
**Author:** [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resetting-again-was-this-a-mystery-and-was-it-ever-solved/719063 "2015-06-01T01:10:51Z")
After being fine for a while, tonight was the second time in less than a week that the last-visited time reset while I was still here. What can I do about this? --- ## [What should I name my sheet music store?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-sheet-music-store/671438)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-sheet-music-store/671438 "2013-10-21T13:55:02Z")
I’m thinking of creating a sheet music store online. It’ll consist of a website with links to my music arrangements and compositions (mostly for clarinet, clarinet choir, and wind band/wind instruments.) I’m having trou… --- ## [Moral Dilemma: Doing business where an employee has old pro-Nazi tattoos.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilemma-doing-business-where-an-employee-has-old-pro-nazi-tattoos/476014)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilemma-doing-business-where-an-employee-has-old-pro-nazi-tattoos/476014 "2008-12-13T00:48:53Z")
I’m in a kind of moral quandary right now, debating whether or not to continue doing business with a favorite shop of mine, based on an employee’s tattoos. The Backstory: I’m down in the panhandle of Florida for school… --- ## [Those Black Trucks in Presidential Motorcades](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-black-trucks-in-presidential-motorcades/568318)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-black-trucks-in-presidential-motorcades/568318 "2011-01-23T03:19:46Z")
I have a vague recollection of seeing some sort of black SUV in modern-day presidential motorcades, but I don’t see that many and had never given much thought to what they were. Just part of the entourage. Or so I though… --- ## [This person claims to go weeks without a bowel movement - How is this even possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-person-claims-to-go-weeks-without-a-bowel-movement-how-is-this-even-possible/593420)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-person-claims-to-go-weeks-without-a-bowel-movement-how-is-this-even-possible/593420 "2011-08-25T00:26:33Z")
Per this thread this person,and at least one thread participant claims to go weeks (and one person months) without having a bowel movement. Is this nonsense or potentially true? Wouldn’t you die with all the fecal mater… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1849&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1851&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)