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**Author:** [@Mambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mambo)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2002, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-euro/119093 "2002-07-30T02:21:46Z")
In my Business Conditions class I am in a debate on the European Union. My team is arguing that the European Union/Euro will not be successful. I specifically am arguing that the Euro will not succeed as a currency whi… --- ## [Which modes of fashion do you view as "inappropriate" for the public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-modes-of-fashion-do-you-view-as-inappropriate-for-the-public/635303)
**Author:** [@the\_apples\_fell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_apples_fell)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-modes-of-fashion-do-you-view-as-inappropriate-for-the-public/635303 "2012-09-24T12:29:51Z")
And why? It is multiple choice. Do you think there are some things that just should not be worn in public and are frankly inappropriate? --- ## [I'm moving to Indianapolis.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-moving-to-indianapolis/506364)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-moving-to-indianapolis/506364 "2009-09-07T04:23:32Z")
That is all. --- ## [Hey cyclists, d'ya wanna stop running red lights please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cyclists-dya-wanna-stop-running-red-lights-please/406770)
**Author:** [@aliquot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aliquot)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cyclists-dya-wanna-stop-running-red-lights-please/406770 "2007-06-08T19:29:22Z")
I drive around Seattle every single day, and every single day, I see cyclists running red lights. Some stop, look both ways, and then decide, “Eh, the traffic laws don’t apply to me,” before blowing through. Others slo… --- ## [OK, Valteron, I'll bite.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-valteron-ill-bite/529863)
**Author:** [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-valteron-ill-bite/529863 "2010-02-25T01:27:04Z")
Got it Val. Pit our Canadian athletes all you want. I think they do a great job with the hand they are given. Want more medals, more glory, more hype. Perhaps we should pay them all as do other countries. I pit the s… --- ## [The man has the final say...or else what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-has-the-final-say-or-else-what/157427)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-has-the-final-say-or-else-what/157427 "2003-03-07T21:44:55Z")
I got sidetracked into a discussion “Christian” marriages in the last couple of pages of this thread. Whenever these “man is the head of the household” discussions crop up, I always try to find out what happens if the … --- ## [Some people have a problem with being proven wrong.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-have-a-problem-with-being-proven-wrong/222647)
**Author:** [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-have-a-problem-with-being-proven-wrong/222647 "2004-01-17T05:59:24Z")
You know how sometimes you have an argument with someone, and you know that they’re wrong and you’re right, and you can actually prove to them that they’re wrong and you’re right, and they still keep up the argument, and… --- ## [Name of conga-line song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-conga-line-song/159204)
**Author:** [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-conga-line-song/159204 "2003-03-07T06:01:13Z")
What is the name of the tune often played during a conga line? It’s just six repeating notes: Dum-dah, Dum-dah DUM-DUM Dum-dah, Dum-dah DUM-DUM. Now and then the tune gets stuck in my head when I hear a six-syllable p… --- ## [What is it about America and change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-america-and-change/670767)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-america-and-change/670767 "2013-10-11T13:46:48Z")
I know this is a somewhat nebulous question, but I often wonder what is it about the United States and our citizens that make a large percentage of our nation so reluctant and resistant to change? We are one of the very… --- ## [Raising the Retirement Age.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-the-retirement-age/585994)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-the-retirement-age/585994 "2011-06-24T00:31:38Z")
I’ve been hearing talk lately in both Canada and the US that one way to solve the looming financial crisis in government pensions and entitlements for seniors is to raise the retirement age above 65. The argument in fav… --- ## [Link in archived thread links directly to goatse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-in-archived-thread-links-directly-to-goatse/697558)
**Author:** [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-in-archived-thread-links-directly-to-goatse/697558 "2014-09-12T20:38:02Z")
I was looking at a thread from July 2012 about that whole grease monkey script for avatars thing. It was in ATMB. Here is the thread. Post #11. In it the poster says “It is not a violation, because it is not a clickable… --- ## [How do European nations deal with ex-convicts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-european-nations-deal-with-ex-convicts/610679)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2012, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-european-nations-deal-with-ex-convicts/610679 "2012-02-04T09:37:11Z")
Over in this thread there is a discussion about how politics in Europe tends to be to the left of politics in the US. Granted there are over 20 distinct countries in western europe, so what applies for one isn’t going t… --- ## [List of Progun Democrats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-progun-democrats/835211)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-progun-democrats/835211 "2019-06-13T09:57:46Z")
I would have thought a list of all current Congresscritters with their NRA rating would be easy to find. I would have been wrong. The lists I can find are all old. Is there any obvious way to compile a list of governors… --- ## [Blinking traffic lights at night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blinking-traffic-lights-at-night/56167)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blinking-traffic-lights-at-night/56167 "2001-02-28T21:42:02Z")
The local city and county keep the traffic lights running all night. That is, they do not change to blinking red late at night unlike many other cities. I’ve always been under the impression that blinking was more effic… --- ## [Who owns the moon ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-moon/614076)
**Author:** [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-moon/614076 "2015-09-30T16:52:48Z")
The Americans where the first to put a man on it, but I believe the Russians had an emblem on the moon before the Americans. What if another country spent billions on a space program and colonized the moon , would they … --- ## [Can You Swallow Pills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-swallow-pills/533805)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-swallow-pills/533805 "2010-10-04T04:59:10Z")
I can’t. Yes, I know it’s almost certainly a psychological thing, but I can’t. I recall trying to swallow a pill that was about two times the size of a pin head and I STILL choked on the thing. My brother used to be ab… --- ## [Upgrade to 200-amp?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-200-amp/664897)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-200-amp/664897 "2013-11-11T04:03:10Z")
We are replacing the electrical panel on our new-old house, and are debating whether we wish to upgrade to 200 amp service. Doing so would cost approximately $1k more than just replacing the panel. We will be replacing… --- ## [College Football Questions and Musings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-questions-and-musings/595133)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-questions-and-musings/595133 "2011-09-08T14:44:26Z")
So, my beloved Sooners will make a decision about leaving the Big XII in “3 days to 3 weeks” or something like that. :slight\_smile: Please someone… give me some info… What is it about the Texas TV deal that pissed ever… --- ## [Anal sex (TM friggin I)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex-tm-friggin-i/185031)
**Author:** [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex-tm-friggin-i/185031 "2003-07-03T13:43:08Z")
I’m curious. Never tried it. My current long term girlfriend and I have discussed it, and her opinion is that it is dirty and disgusting (she’s fairly conservative, btw). We have a very good sex life without anal sex, bu… --- ## [New Zealand prisoner escapes to Pacific Ocean through six-inch drain pipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-prisoner-escapes-to-pacific-ocean-through-six-inch-drain-pipe/752103)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-prisoner-escapes-to-pacific-ocean-through-six-inch-drain-pipe/752103 "2016-04-16T19:19:23Z")
Inky, an octopus, lifted himself out of his tank at the NZ National Aquarium through a gap in the lid, suckered his way across the floor, and squeezed his football-sized but highly malleable body into a six-inch drain pi… --- ## [Gorilla man get a girl frend for fucks sake.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorilla-man-get-a-girl-frend-for-fucks-sake/430130)
**Author:** [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorilla-man-get-a-girl-frend-for-fucks-sake/430130 "2007-12-16T18:46:15Z")
I really shouldnt be doing this because I’m encouraging someone who obviously craves attention from me . Gorillaman I’m not Gay,though I havent got anything against those who are I say this because you seem to have some… --- ## [Now I know why Don Corleone said---](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-know-why-don-corleone-said/722631)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-know-why-don-corleone-said/722631 "2015-06-19T14:21:39Z")
“Leave the pistol, take the cannoli.” I had my first Cannoli today. Ends dipped in chocolate, with a thick, lush cream in the middle. Heaven. The Don is very wise. --- ## [Co-worker who throws "nigger" around when drinking now has his son using it in casual conversation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-worker-who-throws-nigger-around-when-drinking-now-has-his-son-using-it-in-casual-conversation/557383)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-worker-who-throws-nigger-around-when-drinking-now-has-his-son-using-it-in-casual-conversation/557383 "2010-10-20T22:27:11Z")
A co-worker who is college educated, successful and quite respected professionally is inclined to start throwing the word “nigger” around when he’s had a few beers at company get togethers, and feels he’s in “safe” comp… --- ## [Quickest Fall from Grace - Lohan or ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quickest-fall-from-grace-lohan-or/606306)
**Author:** [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quickest-fall-from-grace-lohan-or/606306 "2011-12-17T22:04:01Z")
Pop culture eats its own quickly, but the rise and fall of Lindsay Lohan has been a very quick one. Can you guys think of other actors, singers, or other artists who have had similar really quick rises to fame (magazine… --- ## [RIP Patrick McGoohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-patrick-mcgoohan/481286)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-patrick-mcgoohan/481286 "2009-01-19T15:05:34Z")
Be seeing you, Number Six…:frowning: BBC article --- ## [Are $10 bills becoming rarer in circulation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-10-bills-becoming-rarer-in-circulation/370835)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-10-bills-becoming-rarer-in-circulation/370835 "2013-10-03T17:13:49Z")
It could just be me and the places I’m going to, but it seems increasingly to be the case that if I’m at the market and I request $20 cash back, I get four $5 bills (instead of two tens or a twenty), or if I break a twe… --- ## [What's Wrong/Right With Judge Roberts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-right-with-judge-roberts/313322)
**Author:** [@The\_Misanthrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Misanthrope)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-right-with-judge-roberts/313322 "2005-07-25T22:28:49Z")
Now that we know President Bush is nominating Judge Roberts to the Supreme Court, what is right or wrong with this judge with respect to him serving on the highest court? In short, what do we think about his judicial ph… --- ## [It was a common practice from the 1930's - 1960's to photograph entering female coeds in the nude?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-common-practice-from-the-1930s-1960s-to-photograph-entering-female-coeds-in-the-nude/498289)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-common-practice-from-the-1930s-1960s-to-photograph-entering-female-coeds-in-the-nude/498289 "2009-06-01T22:51:42Z")
A friend claims this is true, and that from the 30’s through the 60’s many women entering college were lined up in gymnasiums by the health/gyymnastic dept. of the college, and made to go through a general medical checku… --- ## [Maybe letting the house go](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-letting-the-house-go/506252)
**Author:** [@Clivas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clivas)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-letting-the-house-go/506252 "2009-08-21T21:45:11Z")
We bought a house a few years ago for 113,000. Small two bedroom with a big yard and three stall garage. House is old though. A hundred years or so…but it was close to the wife’s in laws and a pretty good deal at the … --- ## [Ask the nomadic Mormon teenager](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nomadic-mormon-teenager/143834)
**Author:** [@Stccrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stccrd)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2002, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nomadic-mormon-teenager/143834 "2002-12-22T05:12:08Z")
So, I posted a rant in the BBQ Pit, and was duly proven wrong. So I learned a thing or two. Now its your turn! Ask away! A little background: I am almost 18. I have been a Mormon since I can remember. I have live… --- ## [Dear moderators \[account removal\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-moderators-account-removal/779519)
**Author:** [@Vicsage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vicsage)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-moderators-account-removal/779519 "2017-02-17T21:14:39Z")
Please remove my account from this forum. --- ## [Asians new fad fear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asians-new-fad-fear/400535)
**Author:** [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asians-new-fad-fear/400535 "2007-04-19T15:33:35Z")
So, it turns out there are fears of racist retaliation on the campus of VA Tech for yesterday’s murders. I’ve heard the same thing going on at my school. Koreans, hell, Asians in general, talking about classmates calli… --- ## [Best and worst movies about Pearl Harbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-movies-about-pearl-harbor/643556)
**Author:** [@Penrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penrose)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2012, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-movies-about-pearl-harbor/643556 "2012-12-11T11:49:58Z")
The anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor was this week and several movies about it have been on TV. A great list of Pearl Harbor movies can be found here. Some good, some awful. I don’t think the Michael Bay film wa… --- ## [The USA: "a pacified public and malleable media"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-usa-a-pacified-public-and-malleable-media/748490)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-usa-a-pacified-public-and-malleable-media/748490 "2016-03-11T17:15:14Z")
Those are Glen Greenwald’s words at the end of an article which talks about the USA bombing and killing 150 people today it didn’t like in Somalia. Does anyone care, could you they anything about it if they did? What… --- ## [SF/Fantasy Book Recommendations: Lost Civilizations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-fantasy-book-recommendations-lost-civilizations/454434)
**Author:** [@muzzynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muzzynyc)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-fantasy-book-recommendations-lost-civilizations/454434 "2008-07-01T01:52:13Z")
I’m a sucker for stories with mysterious lost civilizations as the focus of the story, or the backdrop. Can’t get enough of 'em. I know that’s a pretty general requirement and that it’s kind of a SF/Fantasy cliché at thi… --- ## [Fascinating Guardian article" Feminism is "outmoded"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-guardian-article-feminism-is-outmoded/185717)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2003, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-guardian-article-feminism-is-outmoded/185717 "2003-07-11T09:32:04Z")
In this article in British newspaper The Guardian, a national poll found that even though many people said they experienced “discrimination,” they still were not big fans of modern feminism. In part: Granted, their sam… --- ## [Is the Russian Army bad at its job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-russian-army-bad-at-its-job/960232)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-russian-army-bad-at-its-job/960232 "2022-04-09T05:00:00Z")
This Twitter thread https://twitter.com/BA\_Friedman/status/1498097876970450946 posits that the Russian Army is not winning because it is bad at being an army. That they aren’t getting the basics right, such as logistics,… --- ## [Anyone ever actually get 'left back' in school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-actually-get-left-back-in-school/262385)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-actually-get-left-back-in-school/262385 "2004-10-20T03:02:51Z")
I know this actually happens, I guess. But as a kid even though I always got really good grades I still loved summer vacation more than school. So to me the idea of having to actually repeat an entire year was tantamoun… --- ## [How Do You Pronounce Honus Wagner's Name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-honus-wagners-name/239289)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-honus-wagners-name/239289 "2004-04-11T02:33:40Z")
There was an awful movie on TNT the other day (“The Winning Season”) in which a main character was Honus Wagner. Half the time his name was pronounced in a way that rhymed with “bonus”; the other half of the time the “H… --- ## [Why is Catcher in the Rye so beloved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-catcher-in-the-rye-so-beloved/207888)
**Author:** [@Colinmarshall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colinmarshall)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2003, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-catcher-in-the-rye-so-beloved/207888 "2003-11-03T11:05:33Z")
I’ve been trying to figure this one out for a long time: why on Earth is J.D. Salinger’s \Catcher in the Rye\ regarded as one of the most breathtakingly important works of modern literature? Through multiple readin… --- ## [English Words That Nobody Uses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-words-that-nobody-uses/291983)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-words-that-nobody-uses/291983 "2005-03-11T06:00:07Z")
“Beverage”…very nice word, but have you ever heard someone actually say, “I would like a cold beverage.”? “Shall”…another nice English word, and other than in the UK, you will never hear an American say, “I shall call y… --- ## [That is it! You are Officially a Moron!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-it-you-are-officially-a-moron/139428)
**Author:** [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-it-you-are-officially-a-moron/139428 "2002-12-05T02:54:21Z")
Temp guy at work has been here for two weeks now. He’s pretty clueless about modern office equipment not knowing his mouse from his keyboard from his telephone. But I wrote down some simple instructions for him and tho… --- ## [Dog Owners - Do you let your dog on the furniture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners-do-you-let-your-dog-on-the-furniture/567553)
**Author:** [@Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pierrot_Le_Fou)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners-do-you-let-your-dog-on-the-furniture/567553 "2011-01-20T20:59:08Z")
I do. My dog is allowed to sit where he likes. --- ## [Sign Fail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322 "2010-02-28T01:30:50Z")
If you can’t find the book you’re looking for, you’re in the… --- ## [Why does my niacin medication make my skin itch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-niacin-medication-make-my-skin-itch/345426)
**Author:** [@Tess\_of\_the\_Derbyville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess_of_the_Derbyville)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-niacin-medication-make-my-skin-itch/345426 "2006-02-22T03:26:04Z")
I couldn’t tolerate statins so my doctor put me on a time-released form of niacin to lower my cholesterol. So far so good - my count has come down and I’ve had no side effects to speak of, except for an occasional inten… --- ## [Krav Maga (Israeli Street Fighting) vs. aiki-jujitsu vs. hapkido](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krav-maga-israeli-street-fighting-vs-aiki-jujitsu-vs-hapkido/247804)
**Author:** [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krav-maga-israeli-street-fighting-vs-aiki-jujitsu-vs-hapkido/247804 "2004-06-01T22:12:16Z")
The last decade or so, I’ve heard much buzz about Krav Maga supposedly being the “BEST!” self-defense system extent. Frankly, everyone’s gone a little gaga over it, but not being a martial artist, I s’pose I can’t fairly… --- ## [Is there any hope for the Democrats in 2020?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-hope-for-the-democrats-in-2020/767415)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-hope-for-the-democrats-in-2020/767415 "2016-10-06T06:09:26Z")
Liberals are breathing a sigh of relief after Trump’s latest deranged tweets, along with revelations about his past showing him to be a white collar criminal. But they should be tearing their hair out. HRC is only thre… --- ## [Trawler Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trawler-questions/758481)
**Author:** [@mumof4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mumof4)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trawler-questions/758481 "2016-06-29T06:25:19Z")
Hi all, I’m writing a book and need some information regarding a trawler. How long would it take for a trawler to go from New York to Easter Island? How much fuel would it take? What is the biggest trawler to take 25… --- ## [Just Stupid People Things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361 "2015-12-16T01:45:33Z")
Stupid People pissing you off? Here’s your chance to share the misery. At the moment, the Stupid People of Woodland, NC, are on my list. (cite). Woodland and the neighboring areas have several existing solar panel farms… --- ## [Chipotle is the food of presidents and unicorns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipotle-is-the-food-of-presidents-and-unicorns/611565)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipotle-is-the-food-of-presidents-and-unicorns/611565 "2012-02-04T02:39:24Z")
How is it legal to make food this good? It’s like Cherubim and Seraphim hand-delivered food from heaven and sprinkled it with crack cocaine and cilantro. I just ate a bowl for lunch an hour ago and I still have an erecti… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1867&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1869&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)