# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1872&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:** 1873 --- ## [Best Seattle restaurants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-seattle-restaurants/517960)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-seattle-restaurants/517960 "2009-11-20T14:43:33Z")
I’ve been in Seattle for 10 years, but I haven’t really kept up with the restaurant situation. I have a friend in town, a hardcore foodie, and I need to take him someplace interesting. I have some money this week, but it… --- ## [Pitting this one fat guy at my gym](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-this-one-fat-guy-at-my-gym/296966)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-this-one-fat-guy-at-my-gym/296966 "2005-04-03T16:37:50Z")
I know what you’re thinking: “He’s pitting someone because he’s fat! What an asshole!” Well, not exactly. I’ve seen this new guy at the gym recently. He’s quite fat and horribly out of shape. But he comes in at lea… --- ## [Why ginger ale when you're sick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-ginger-ale-when-youre-sick/121152)
**Author:** [@jdl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jdl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2002, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-ginger-ale-when-youre-sick/121152 "2002-07-28T14:29:05Z")
So, it seems like mothers and grandmothers recommend that children with colds/flu drink ginger ale. I want to know why. To this day, I can’t drink the stuff when I go out because it reminds me of being sick in bed, havin… --- ## [Could Congress Muzzle the Supreme Court?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-congress-muzzle-the-supreme-court/697147)
**Author:** [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-congress-muzzle-the-supreme-court/697147 "2014-09-03T23:19:23Z")
I’ve never started a thread on SMDB before, and I’m hoping I’ve put this into the correct forum. If not, feel free to move it where it should go. I should also say at the outset that this is a question about US law, so … --- ## [Are there contingency plans for contacts with extraterrestrial aliens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-contingency-plans-for-contacts-with-extraterrestrial-aliens/636592)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-contingency-plans-for-contacts-with-extraterrestrial-aliens/636592 "2012-10-08T13:34:27Z")
Before you think: “There’s another one who didn’t take his pills today”, please hear me out. The idea that there is a chance that humans could one day could get into contact with extraterrestrial aliens (or that maybe t… --- ## [What Function do Toenails Serve?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-function-do-toenails-serve/486941)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-function-do-toenails-serve/486941 "2009-02-23T18:07:41Z")
Of all the excess baggaeg that evolution has saddled us with, we have the human toenails. They cause us problems (make life unpleasant if you don’t trim them, while wearing shoes). They also can break and split, and a ha… --- ## [Underage Drinking Question...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underage-drinking-question/741852)
**Author:** [@Last\_Glacial\_Maximum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Last_Glacial_Maximum)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underage-drinking-question/741852 "2016-02-20T19:54:33Z")
I’ll cut to the chase immediately… A young man I know {19 years old} drank beer at a party and while he was helping his very intoxicated friend walk home, a police car stopped and the Officer intervened. The 19 year old… --- ## [Death penalty opponents; how would you reform prisons and criminal justice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-penalty-opponents-how-would-you-reform-prisons-and-criminal-justice/666879)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-penalty-opponents-how-would-you-reform-prisons-and-criminal-justice/666879 "2013-09-03T00:32:42Z")
I ask death penalty opponents specifically since for us life in prison is the maximum punishment a civilised society should inflict on its criminals, so what life is like inside the prison is of supreme importance. Insp… --- ## [Why are thunder reverberations louder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-thunder-reverberations-louder/543370)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-thunder-reverberations-louder/543370 "2010-06-25T21:45:08Z")
I have often noticed that the initial thunderclap is often nowhere nearly as loud as its subsequent reverberations. How can this be? I would think that reflected sounds would not be as energetic as the original soun… --- ## [Is it more efficient to print multiple copies of a document or to print one and use a copier?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-more-efficient-to-print-multiple-copies-of-a-document-or-to-print-one-and-use-a-copier/569939)
**Author:** [@Blunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blunt)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-more-efficient-to-print-multiple-copies-of-a-document-or-to-print-one-and-use-a-copier/569939 "2011-02-03T18:23:31Z")
How does the cost per page of of printing on a medium sized laser printer compare to that of a larger black and white copy machine? I’m just looking for a general rule of thumb, as we have several printers and copiers i… --- ## [Am I the only guy who's never put anything in his back pants pocket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-whos-never-put-anything-in-his-back-pants-pocket/707815)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-whos-never-put-anything-in-his-back-pants-pocket/707815 "2014-12-23T15:19:29Z")
At least by my memory? I was perusing a thread about the difference between a wallet and a billfold, and all the mentions of keeping stuff in the back pocket made me think of this. --- ## [Melania Trump sues over sex worker claims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2016, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737 "2016-09-11T07:48:10Z")
People call me up and say, it’s a tremendous issue, was she really a prostitute. And I say we have to find out, i’m for it, yep really for it, we have to understand. Look at, you know, people coming in and you see peop… --- ## [A Head Butting Dog??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-head-butting-dog/490956)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-head-butting-dog/490956 "2009-03-28T04:20:37Z")
I live on a street that is a boulevard and it has two really big grass median stips so people will let their dogs out on those strips, so they can, “do their business.” Anyway yesterday I was walking home and two dog (p… --- ## [Disconnected line tone on answering machine to discourage telemarketers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disconnected-line-tone-on-answering-machine-to-discourage-telemarketers/744233)
**Author:** [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disconnected-line-tone-on-answering-machine-to-discourage-telemarketers/744233 "2016-01-27T23:48:37Z")
As telemarketers have figured out my cell phone number and I’m getting automated calls, I was wondering if this plan would work. At the start of my answering machine message, play the three-tone sound that signifies a d… --- ## [I used to make fun of people who.... and now I am one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-make-fun-of-people-who-and-now-i-am-one/819128)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-make-fun-of-people-who-and-now-i-am-one/819128 "2018-08-10T21:29:59Z")
When I was younger, I’d drive down the street and see some old lady putting out the trash or raking leaves in an tacky housedress or baggy pants, mismatched socks, scarf on her head, and say to myself, “Geez, doesn’t she… --- ## [Songs that sound like they were made in the wrong decade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-like-they-were-made-in-the-wrong-decade/465710)
**Author:** [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-like-they-were-made-in-the-wrong-decade/465710 "2008-10-01T21:39:03Z")
I’ve recently fallen in love with Black Kids, the lead singer of which sounds like he’s totally channeling Robert Smith. A lot of their stuff sounds really '80s with (IMHO) a bit of a modern touch that you kinda have to … --- ## [Fate of mentally disabled child born in 1920s in Detroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fate-of-mentally-disabled-child-born-in-1920s-in-detroit/672194)
**Author:** [@NoriMori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoriMori)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2013, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fate-of-mentally-disabled-child-born-in-1920s-in-detroit/672194 "2013-11-08T06:52:25Z")
I’m writing the backstory of a character, born in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, who later in life finds out that her parents’ actual first child was born (probably in 1920) with a mental disability and put in an institution… --- ## [I've got an $8K Social Security check and I can't get to the money!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-an-8k-social-security-check-and-i-cant-get-to-the-money/753287)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-an-8k-social-security-check-and-i-cant-get-to-the-money/753287 "2016-04-30T17:38:44Z")
I was recently approved for Social Security disability. I’ll be receiving about $700 a month, direct-deposited onto my Walmart Money Card. Despite the fact that the Social Security Administration bloody well has my dir… --- ## [Political Compass #41: Only wrongdoers need worry about official surveillance.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-41-only-wrongdoers-need-worry-about-official-surveillance/275039)
**Author:** [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2004, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-41-only-wrongdoers-need-worry-about-official-surveillance/275039 "2004-11-17T03:07:29Z")
Many political debates here have included references to The Political Compass, which uses a set of 61 questions to assess one’s political orientation in terms of economic left/right and social libertarianism/authoritaria… --- ## [Languages That Are Mutually-Intelligible.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/languages-that-are-mutually-intelligible/817903)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/languages-that-are-mutually-intelligible/817903 "2018-07-20T00:24:51Z")
I just know I once read an interesting entry in an almanac once. (You all do remember almanacs. That’s what we used before we had the internet;).) Anyways, they said speakers of Swedish could almost understand other Scan… --- ## [Violence works (Baltimore version)!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violence-works-baltimore-version/719016)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violence-works-baltimore-version/719016 "2015-05-02T21:57:02Z")
Does anyone seriously think that six Baltimore policemen would have been charged with murder without the riots? I believe that violence breeds violence but that the violence began with the police. This lead to the riot… --- ## [Food ingredients now essential that were unavailable before Columbian exchange](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-ingredients-now-essential-that-were-unavailable-before-columbian-exchange/838230)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-ingredients-now-essential-that-were-unavailable-before-columbian-exchange/838230 "2019-08-08T20:44:11Z")
There seem to be a lot of food ingredients that now seem essential to Old World cuisine that were unavailable before the Colombian exchange. Can we discuss what some of the most important and what they replaced? Corn (m… --- ## [Man Has Accident In Sausage Factory. It's EXACTLY What You Think It Is.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-has-accident-in-sausage-factory-its-exactly-what-you-think-it-is/295566)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-has-accident-in-sausage-factory-its-exactly-what-you-think-it-is/295566 "2005-03-25T04:18:22Z")
Yup. http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1000381.ece Crunchy-munchy! The sausage factory is unnamed in the article. I guess the Lector Meatpacking Plant didn’t want the bad publicity. I’ll have…the bacon… --- ## [Unsinkable Bismarck - The truth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsinkable-bismarck-the-truth/310339)
**Author:** [@AtomAnt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomAnt)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsinkable-bismarck-the-truth/310339 "2005-07-04T21:35:34Z")
I ve read that both “Graf Spee” and “Bismarck” were scuttled by their crews after getting hit by numerous british ships. But amazingly none of these pocket battleshpis were in a sinking stage. It was mentioned that crews… --- ## [I just got my raise (aka a slap in the face)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-raise-aka-a-slap-in-the-face/457640)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-raise-aka-a-slap-in-the-face/457640 "2008-07-26T02:34:38Z")
It’s that time of year kiddies, when management reduces your blood, sweat and tears into some basic formula that decides your “worth” to the company. This year I’ve taken over all of the duties of my supervisor (and mor… --- ## [Your kiddie show host](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-kiddie-show-host/27850)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2000, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-kiddie-show-host/27850 "2000-08-10T21:45:43Z")
In other words, the guy who introduced the cartoons on your local teevee stations when you were a kid. What was his persona? Did he wear a copstume? (Zyada mentioned her personal kiddy host on the “Stuff the Youngsters W… --- ## [Movie scenes that scared the shite out of you (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-scared-the-shite-out-of-you-spoilers/161435)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-scared-the-shite-out-of-you-spoilers/161435 "2003-03-19T22:56:23Z")
I saw The Ring last night. As I was putting on a clean pair of shorts, I started wondering which scene in a movie scared the bejeezus out of me the most. I finally decided that it was the scene in Carrie where the arm … --- ## [What's life like for immigrants in Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-life-like-for-immigrants-in-canada/526640)
**Author:** [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-life-like-for-immigrants-in-canada/526640 "2010-02-03T13:15:24Z")
We are considering emmigrating from you UK to Canada, but have heard a number of scare stories that put us off slightly. Hopefully Canadian Dopers can refute some of these stories. There is an ethnic “pecking order”… --- ## [India on pace to be worst-hit Covid nation by end of 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-on-pace-to-be-worst-hit-covid-nation-by-end-of-2021/915586)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-on-pace-to-be-worst-hit-covid-nation-by-end-of-2021/915586 "2021-05-14T12:33:46Z")
NYT article (might be behind paywall): MIT researchers project that by the end of next year, India will be the worst-hit nation in the world, surpassing the USA and Brazil. --- ## [Presidential Prosecution - Why is there such a gaping void in our constitution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-prosecution-why-is-there-such-a-gaping-void-in-our-constitution/789120)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-prosecution-why-is-there-such-a-gaping-void-in-our-constitution/789120 "2017-06-21T04:02:46Z")
It appears our Founding Fathers took every precaution to make sure our democracy didn’t devolve into tyranny except one of the most important ones: Getting rid of a bad president. Why, especially after Nixon, are we sti… --- ## [Fuck the BCS.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-bcs/605101)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-bcs/605101 "2011-12-05T23:43:17Z")
Let’s look at this. Michigan State plays Wisconsin in the premier B1G championship game. MSU won the first match-up against Wisconsin. So it’s a rematch. Michigan State and U of Michigan end the regular season with iden… --- ## [Need ideas for revenge at the laundromat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-revenge-at-the-laundromat/47990)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-revenge-at-the-laundromat/47990 "2001-01-02T17:23:58Z")
A friend of mine had a boyfriend who did her dirt, and who owns a couple of laudromats. She’s looking for ideas of what she could put into the machines to really mess them up. We figure things like dyes and inks would ju… --- ## [Opioids not actually all that deadly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opioids-not-actually-all-that-deadly/756688)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opioids-not-actually-all-that-deadly/756688 "2016-06-19T00:40:36Z")
It’s a Reason article, and so it has a political motivation, but it also brings cites with it. Notably this one: It seems to me that we have a very real recreational opioid abuse problem, but that attacking the probl… --- ## [Is this arrangement a foursome or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-arrangement-a-foursome-or-not/613050)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-arrangement-a-foursome-or-not/613050 "2012-02-18T05:21:39Z")
Inspired by another such question, now I’m wondering about: Two couples going at it simultaneously in adjoining rooms that can hear each other. (Regardless of gender/orientation. Any two couples.) Do they constitute a f… --- ## [Where can I purchase bulk astronaut ice cream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-purchase-bulk-astronaut-ice-cream/168832)
**Author:** [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-purchase-bulk-astronaut-ice-cream/168832 "2003-04-16T17:43:56Z")
Okay, this is a bizzare request for the teeming millions: Does anyone know where I can purchase a bulk order of astronaut ice cream?? Normally its just sold individually in those little packages. I want either large ch… --- ## [Can our Third President Thomas Jefferson be credited with ending Slavery in the U.S.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-our-third-president-thomas-jefferson-be-credited-with-ending-slavery-in-the-u-s/242967)
**Author:** [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-our-third-president-thomas-jefferson-be-credited-with-ending-slavery-in-the-u-s/242967 "2004-05-13T21:58:04Z")
This is an issue that was mistakenly started in an unintended hi-jack of another thread in General Discussions asking Who can be credited with actually ending slavery. I don’t know about the rest of the world, but here… --- ## [Why do people hate leaving a message on a machine or voicemail ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-leaving-a-message-on-a-machine-or-voicemail/186199)
**Author:** [@baltotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baltotop)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-leaving-a-message-on-a-machine-or-voicemail/186199 "2003-07-10T05:13:44Z")
:confused: I can not understand why people will not leave a message. I have a machine at home and voicemail on my cell and they are there for a reason. I always screen my calls at home and will never pick up the phone.… --- ## [Giant tarantula discovered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-tarantula-discovered/654861)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2013, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-tarantula-discovered/654861 "2013-04-08T11:00:05Z")
Scientists have found an enormous, previously unknown, species of venomous spider in a remote Sri Lankan village. Guess which island has just been scrubbed off my list of holiday destinations! --- ## [Driving on Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-on-ice/568214)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-on-ice/568214 "2011-01-21T17:24:39Z")
I think there should be a factual answer to this question, but Mods if this drifts into IMHO territory feel free to move it. I grew up on the West Coast were snow and ice was not an issue. I have recently moved to Mont… --- ## [Gay Man With A Caveat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-man-with-a-caveat/139764)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-man-with-a-caveat/139764 "2002-12-05T22:56:20Z")
This has been on my mind for some time. I’ve read many a thread in which my gay brothers and sisters have voiced being offended by certain terms (e.g., ‘lifestyle’; or the word gay used to mean ‘lame’). I’ve also often… --- ## [There I was sitting in a pool of blood (TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-was-sitting-in-a-pool-of-blood-tmi/374684)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-was-sitting-in-a-pool-of-blood-tmi/374684 "2006-10-07T03:24:27Z")
Insomnia sucks, so here’s a tale of a few days ago. I think it may even be my first TMI thread. A few days ago, in the morning, before dressing, I was at my PC - the SDMB was even one of the open sites. Gradually, I beg… --- ## [Heh. Father sues over sons "traumatized" by lesbian book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-father-sues-over-sons-traumatized-by-lesbian-book/401110)
**Author:** [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-father-sues-over-sons-traumatized-by-lesbian-book/401110 "2007-04-25T22:21:54Z")
Link. The mockery just writes itself, doesn’t it ? Sleepless nights indeed. And was their “pain and suffering” due to friction burns and repetitive strain of the wrist ? 'Cause his boys are REAL MEN, yessir. And ever… --- ## [I have no name--what do you call YOUR grandmother?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-name-what-do-you-call-your-grandmother/461581)
**Author:** [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2008, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-name-what-do-you-call-your-grandmother/461581 "2008-09-09T06:43:58Z")
I have no name, at least not to my new grandson (almost 4 months old). I hate, hate, hate “Grandmother”–for crying out loud, I’m only 41 (yes, I had Hallgirl2 VERY young) and am not any visual related to a grandmother–a… --- ## ["Intelligent Design" teaching in schools...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligent-design-teaching-in-schools/116998)
**Author:** [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2002, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligent-design-teaching-in-schools/116998 "2002-07-21T17:59:34Z")
Last night on Newsnight (BBC) there was a report on schools in Ohio: A group of Christian fundamentalists (after failing in the state of Kansas) have been trying to exclude the teaching of evolution theories in science … --- ## [What's up with black Jesus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-black-jesus/222974)
**Author:** [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-black-jesus/222974 "2004-01-14T07:25:25Z")
What’s up with the OP? Grim --- ## [TV Show "Hunted" How would you stay hidden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-hunted-how-would-you-stay-hidden/778796)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-hunted-how-would-you-stay-hidden/778796 "2017-02-06T01:05:02Z")
Here’s the rules: Fugitives must stay within a 100,000-square mile hunt zone. Fugitives will be given a one-hour head start before Hunters are alerted. Fugitives are provided limited funds. Command Center is given on… --- ## [When and How did Hitler lose his Virginity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-did-hitler-lose-his-virginity/219836)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-did-hitler-lose-his-virginity/219836 "2003-12-19T00:58:06Z")
I was just wondering how Hitler lost it when he was so weird when it came to proper relationships, at what age did he lose his virginity and to whom? There have been rumours that he was gay, so was it to a guy he lost hi… --- ## [Environment Canada: Killers of Kittens and Destroyers of Hope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/environment-canada-killers-of-kittens-and-destroyers-of-hope/487884)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/environment-canada-killers-of-kittens-and-destroyers-of-hope/487884 "2009-05-14T12:40:38Z")
It’s cold. Miserably, eternally cold. Sure, Environment Canada will forecast temperatures at or above seasonal norms at the tail end of their 5-day forecast, but it will never actually get that warm. “It will be warm in … --- ## [Amazing Race 10/7/2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-7-2012/637043)
**Author:** [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2012, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-7-2012/637043 "2012-10-12T11:49:36Z")
Really? Fucking REALLY?!? Riding as a passenger on the back of a motor scooter for 50 yards alongside some baby bulls is what is passing for an Amazing Race challenge these days? I thought the whole pointless, redunda… --- ## [America's original name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-original-name/190471)
**Author:** [@jonsdad77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonsdad77)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-original-name/190471 "2003-07-25T02:33:21Z")
Before Vespucci, before Columbus, even before the Vikings “found” the New World, what was the country now known as the United States of America called by the people living here (whether indigenous or not)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1871&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1873&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)