# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1879&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:** 1880 --- ## [What's your deepest, most existential fear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-deepest-most-existential-fear/577120)
**Author:** [@\_mostly\_Harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_mostly_Harmless)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-deepest-most-existential-fear/577120 "2011-04-09T12:24:41Z")
As you’ve already clicked on the title of this thread, you know what it’s about. But I am going to set the stage anyway by telling you a story. My old roommate and I would always find ourselves at different social gathe… --- ## [My first sting operation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-sting-operation/557028)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-sting-operation/557028 "2010-10-17T16:01:09Z")
Spent Sunday with the wife setting up our annual Halloween decorations in the front yard. Came home Monday after work around 5:30 to find them strewn around the lawn. Too many neighbor kids to place place blame. Set t… --- ## [Day 8994 of the butt ramming of Dave Cartwright](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-8994-of-the-butt-ramming-of-dave-cartwright/76466)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-8994-of-the-butt-ramming-of-dave-cartwright/76466 "2001-10-22T00:39:47Z")
Preface: This is in no way to be construed as an attack on the US Air Force as an institution. I am happy with my decision to join, and I will be for a long time. Now, on to business. As you all well know, I am supposed… --- ## [Help - What are the threaded female nuts called that mount into wood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-what-are-the-threaded-female-nuts-called-that-mount-into-wood/623311)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2012, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-what-are-the-threaded-female-nuts-called-that-mount-into-wood/623311 "2012-05-29T10:43:27Z")
I’m having a heck of a time trying to figure out the name for these special nuts. I need to create a thread hole (machine threads 1/4-20) in a piece of wood. I want the threaded stud on this clamp to screw into it. It… --- ## [Sheep go to heaven; Goats go to hell, or Scott\_plaid's very own atheism thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheep-go-to-heaven-goats-go-to-hell-or-scott_plaids-very-own-atheism-thread/292379)
**Author:** [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheep-go-to-heaven-goats-go-to-hell-or-scott_plaids-very-own-atheism-thread/292379 "2005-03-03T03:53:24Z")
You know, I always wondered why people look for elaborate reasons why they are not religious, when they can just point to an outlook on life that produces the pope’s new book. Pope decides entire Enlightenment was a bad … --- ## [Professions where dominant hand makes a difference](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-where-dominant-hand-makes-a-difference/965764)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-where-dominant-hand-makes-a-difference/965764 "2022-07-22T23:38:18Z")
In baseball, a team will try to balance its lineup and bullpen with left-handed hitters and pitchers. And ideally you want a left-handed first baseman so they can stretch far with their gloved hand while facing the infie… --- ## [Randi/ where are the "hits"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randi-where-are-the-hits/471845)
**Author:** [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randi-where-are-the-hits/471845 "2008-11-11T20:07:48Z")
I’m specifically putting this in GQ because there should be simple, linkable, factual responses that should not require reopening old wounds. First, some background info. I have recently become interested in dowsing: t… --- ## [US mililtary personnel and illegal orders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-mililtary-personnel-and-illegal-orders/654096)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-mililtary-personnel-and-illegal-orders/654096 "2013-04-01T03:03:26Z")
A Few Good Men has been on TV a lot lately. For the one or two people out there who haven’t seen it, the plot revolves around two marines who are charged with murder after following a direct order from their commanding … --- ## [Snobbery of chronology...can't believe people used to believe that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snobbery-of-chronology-cant-believe-people-used-to-believe-that/672367)
**Author:** [@knel3030](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knel3030)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snobbery-of-chronology-cant-believe-people-used-to-believe-that/672367 "2013-10-30T11:53:02Z")
Looking back at the past from our sleek modern scientific towers, we can look at the superstitious dirty peoples of ages past and say things like…I can’t believe those dolts didn’t understand germ theory. They didn’t ev… --- ## [Were the Great Pyramids REALLY built by slaves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-great-pyramids-really-built-by-slaves/561179)
**Author:** [@supergalactic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergalactic)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-great-pyramids-really-built-by-slaves/561179 "2010-11-19T18:34:03Z")
There seem to be 2 camps on this subject. On the one hand, the belief is that the Pharaohs scoured the land and forced people into building the pyramids for no wages in horrible living conditions, to put it simply. On … --- ## [What happens to you when you die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-you-when-you-die/681033)
**Author:** [@mortal\_wombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mortal_wombat)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2014, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-you-when-you-die/681033 "2014-02-17T05:33:38Z")
No, this isn’t another one of those heaven/hell debates so religious nuts back off now. What I mean is, What happens to you as a doper after you die? Not meaning to be morbid on this one, but if a doper dies in the rea… --- ## [People you've known whose names are oddly apt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434 "2015-07-15T02:53:33Z")
We like to play the “User/post synchronicity” game here a lot…and a Calvin and Hobbes strip today reminded me-his substitute teacher is named “Mr. Kneecapper”-and someone thought that would be on par with say Dewey, Chea… --- ## [Is Ghengis Khan the reason it's so hard to find blue-eyed brunettes in Eastern Europe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghengis-khan-the-reason-its-so-hard-to-find-blue-eyed-brunettes-in-eastern-europe/718693)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghengis-khan-the-reason-its-so-hard-to-find-blue-eyed-brunettes-in-eastern-europe/718693 "2015-05-01T12:56:55Z")
Ghengis Khan or other Mongol raiders … I like the combination of brown/black hair and blue eyes in women, and I also like Eastern European women. My Internet searching for photos of such women has been … mostly futile. … --- ## [17th Annual Super Bowl Early Picks Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687 "2020-02-03T16:19:13Z")
It’s that time of year again! The playoff teams are set, so it’s time for our annual contest – can you predict the Super Bowl a month before the game and join our list of champions?: Year 1: Trillionaire Year 2: Uncomm… --- ## [The "cough" that everyone got this past winter-spring.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cough-that-everyone-got-this-past-winter-spring/619794)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cough-that-everyone-got-this-past-winter-spring/619794 "2012-04-29T01:06:26Z")
Not a personal medical question and I"d prefer if people can link to medical sources rather than give their opinion of what it was and what happened. I noticed it at work in February here in Norther Ohio. We had the wa… --- ## [The NHL season ends before it even begins.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nhl-season-ends-before-it-even-begins/290384)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nhl-season-ends-before-it-even-begins/290384 "2005-02-22T20:59:21Z")
Gary Bettman has made it official: The NHL season is cancelled. This is the very first instance of a “major” (to be charitable) sports league in North America calling off an entire season. Where’s the hue and cry, the h… --- ## [Plug in converter from 2 110v outlets to 208v.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plug-in-converter-from-2-110v-outlets-to-208v/669705)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2013, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plug-in-converter-from-2-110v-outlets-to-208v/669705 "2013-09-27T06:08:01Z")
I have heard of a plugin box that marries 2 100v outlets and also includes the transformer that creates a single 208v outlet for big copiers. My buddy has been unable to find an example to buy. Does anyone know of these … --- ## [What next car currently tops your list?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-next-car-currently-tops-your-list/719801)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-next-car-currently-tops-your-list/719801 "2015-05-18T19:26:10Z")
I’m a car enthusiast that’s ridiculously picky about his cars and am perpetually ‘shopping’ for the next one. I’m currently obsessing over the VW Golf Sportwagen TDi with AWD that is said to be arriving in show rooms ne… --- ## [A basic wedding etiquette question regarding the decision to attend or not attend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-basic-wedding-etiquette-question-regarding-the-decision-to-attend-or-not-attend/455473)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-basic-wedding-etiquette-question-regarding-the-decision-to-attend-or-not-attend/455473 "2008-07-08T23:34:33Z")
I’ve read quite few threads here on wedding etiquette and I’ve got a question about what people’s expectations are (or should be) regarding attending modern weddings. Regarding locations at some considerable distance fr… --- ## [My SO and I both work remotely. What city should we move to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-so-and-i-both-work-remotely-what-city-should-we-move-to/932921)
**Author:** [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-so-and-i-both-work-remotely-what-city-should-we-move-to/932921 "2021-03-19T21:28:17Z")
We’re looking to buy and these are, off the top of my head, the things we care about most: Walkability (incl. ability to do it safely) Asian supermarket within 15 minutes of travel good ethnic restaurants appreciating … --- ## [Shadowrun game setup thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shadowrun-game-setup-thread/612790)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shadowrun-game-setup-thread/612790 "2012-02-20T15:44:25Z")
The following players are confirmed: Hoopy Frood Jules Andre ArrMatey! Mahaloth Autolycus The following players are alternates: Omi no Kami SCSimmons Love Rhombus This thread is for generating characters in the… --- ## [Anyone else disenchanted with HDTV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-disenchanted-with-hdtv/474177)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-disenchanted-with-hdtv/474177 "2008-11-29T14:40:13Z")
It’s been a year now since we got a 19" hi-def TV as an after-Thanksgiving “doorbuster” special. We ran right home and hooked it up to a Dolby 5.1 stereo system and settled back to watch. And it’s true we could see indi… --- ## [Why are the Acadamy Awards and other award shows so popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-acadamy-awards-and-other-award-shows-so-popular/747490)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-acadamy-awards-and-other-award-shows-so-popular/747490 "2016-03-02T17:40:58Z")
This is a weak pitting, so please move the thread to Cafe Society if it belongs there. Why are the Acadamy Awards so popular? It’s just a bunch of actors and actresses having a party. Nothing especially interesting hap… --- ## [My anus burns when I eat jalopenos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-anus-burns-when-i-eat-jalopenos/428268)
**Author:** [@Alex\_Dubinsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_Dubinsky)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-anus-burns-when-i-eat-jalopenos/428268 "2007-12-01T16:15:50Z")
Is something wrong? --- ## [Should RNC have editorial control over Reagan movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-rnc-have-editorial-control-over-reagan-movie/210832)
**Author:** [@\_possum\_stalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_possum_stalker)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-rnc-have-editorial-control-over-reagan-movie/210832 "2003-11-11T12:21:23Z")
This is nuts. Is there any possible way fairness or democracy would be served by letting the Republicans change the Reagan bio? Is it a good trend to let partisans have direct editorial control over the (non-FOXnews) me… --- ## [How did Jesus sacrifice himself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-jesus-sacrifice-himself/310306)
**Author:** [@Extrovertive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Extrovertive)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-jesus-sacrifice-himself/310306 "2005-06-30T13:43:22Z")
In ancient religions - human/animal sacrifice was common. People used to sacrfice animal because it was believe if a person was sick, the spirit of that person has transported to an animal. Thus, you would need to kill t… --- ## [I'm a US servicemember tasked with evacuating civilians in an untenable situation. May I surrender?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-us-servicemember-tasked-with-evacuating-civilians-in-an-untenable-situation-may-i-surrender/546001)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-us-servicemember-tasked-with-evacuating-civilians-in-an-untenable-situation-may-i-surrender/546001 "2010-07-23T02:16:49Z")
I’m not sure if this should go in GD, GQ, or IMHO. I started to flip a coin but then realized that since I had three possibilities I’d be better off throwing dice, and then I said fuck it. Anyway… From Article Two of t… --- ## [Dems: Bush, McCain, Romney?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-bush-mccain-romney/638415)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-bush-mccain-romney/638415 "2012-11-06T06:36:16Z")
For liberals only (and you must be registered Democrat, or Socialist, or Communist, or a woman to vote here): which of the three boogeymen would you choose as your President if they were the only three choices available?… --- ## [YouTube and Copyrighted Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-and-copyrighted-music/711553)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-and-copyrighted-music/711553 "2015-02-06T20:47:01Z")
Why does YouTube allow people to post copyrighted music that can be easily downloaded to a computer? They don’t allow movies to be posted, do they? Is it because they aren’t CD quality? Does ASCAP and BMI not care? --- ## [What is the best song off of "The Beatles" (White Album/Disc 2)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-the-beatles-white-album-disc-2/555732)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-the-beatles-white-album-disc-2/555732 "2010-10-18T19:29:40Z")
Previous polls (still active): Please Please Me, With the Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night, Beatles For Sale, Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver, \*\*Sgt. Pepper’s\*\*, and Magical Mystery Tour/Yellow Submarine This album is divided … --- ## [Why is smoking Marijuana in Movies and TV portrayed as a condoned behavior?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-smoking-marijuana-in-movies-and-tv-portrayed-as-a-condoned-behavior/449848)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-smoking-marijuana-in-movies-and-tv-portrayed-as-a-condoned-behavior/449848 "2008-05-21T13:45:13Z")
I was debating where to put this, because it is more of an opinion and not a discussion about movies and TV in general, so I’ll stick it here. My wife and I were watching, There’s something about Mary the other night. I… --- ## [Should this woman be extradited? (Fatal DUI, leaves US to avoid sentence)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-woman-be-extradited-fatal-dui-leaves-us-to-avoid-sentence/428241)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-woman-be-extradited-fatal-dui-leaves-us-to-avoid-sentence/428241 "2007-12-01T21:12:42Z")
I just learned about this story in Austin. About ten years ago, a group of young women, all friends, went out for a night on the town. Presumably, they all had too much to drink, and one of them, Evelyn Mezzich, decided… --- ## [Who was in the car? ("Homeland" spoilers) \[Edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-in-the-car-homeland-spoilers-edited-title/707267)
**Author:** [@DataX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataX)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-in-the-car-homeland-spoilers-edited-title/707267 "2014-12-23T05:26:23Z")
I couldn’t really tell - but it’s the only character that looks remotely like him. crap I should have put that in spoilers in case I’m right - can someone fix it? Can’t figure out how to edit title. crap 2.0 - I figure… --- ## [Is the "C-bomb" more offensive than the "F-bomb?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-c-bomb-more-offensive-than-the-f-bomb/696807)
**Author:** [@ILikeForeignLanguages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ILikeForeignLanguages)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-c-bomb-more-offensive-than-the-f-bomb/696807 "2014-09-03T23:04:17Z")
Because people seem to be more shocked when you say “Cotton-headed ninny- muggins” than when you say “Farty pants.” Just wondering.:smiley: --- ## [Where are you going to be on July 16th 12:00a.m.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-going-to-be-on-july-16th-12-00a-m/311199)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2005, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-going-to-be-on-july-16th-12-00a-m/311199 "2005-07-19T08:23:56Z")
Me? Probably home asleep. But I know most who will be standing in line outside of their nearest bookstore all over the USA and Canada. Will you be one of them? When midnight strikes on July 16th, where will you be? --- ## [Space Elevator Question: If You're At The "Top," Are You In Zero-G?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-elevator-question-if-youre-at-the-top-are-you-in-zero-g/796254)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-elevator-question-if-youre-at-the-top-are-you-in-zero-g/796254 "2017-09-21T05:18:42Z")
Let’s say the prefect the Space Elevator. You get on it and ride it up to the top, 400km above the surface of the Earth. Will you be “weightless” in the sense that astronauts aboard the ISS are? --- ## ["dead children and monied politicians"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-children-and-monied-politicians/656071)
**Author:** [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-children-and-monied-politicians/656071 "2013-04-19T23:12:46Z")
In this (new) article, David Simon seems in despair. I wouldn’t know what to quote, because there is nothing not to quote (fwiw, it’s only a few hundreds words long). His points capture my own concerns for the US, and I… --- ## [When Trump dies, will he lie in state?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-will-he-lie-in-state/989557)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-will-he-lie-in-state/989557 "2023-09-11T17:27:49Z")
After JFK’s assassination, Congress said all presidents, on death, will be eligible to lie in state in the rotunda, unless the family formally declines. Truman’s wife said no because she disliked DC politics. Nixon’s fa… --- ## [Converting a freezer to an A/C unit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-a-freezer-to-an-a-c-unit/194706)
**Author:** [@Mort\_Furd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mort_Furd)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-a-freezer-to-an-a-c-unit/194706 "2022-03-03T06:35:25Z")
Many of you have no doubt heard that parts of Europe are having a pretty bad heat wave. What with one thing and another, it is neither practical nor economical for me to buy an A/C unit right now. For one thing, the av… --- ## [Darwin Award Winners: Fourth of July Specials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darwin-award-winners-fourth-of-july-specials/410494)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2007, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darwin-award-winners-fourth-of-july-specials/410494 "2007-07-06T11:26:13Z")
And the first candidate has been nominated: Woman blows head off as family watches: I’m sure there’ll be plenty of other candidates for first place this Fourth of July, but this woman sure has an impressive head star… --- ## [Saddam & The Plastic Shredder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-the-plastic-shredder/163643)
**Author:** [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-the-plastic-shredder/163643 "2013-05-12T05:00:41Z")
I’ve heard accusations on this board that Saddam has put live people through plastic shredders. Is there any concrete evidence of this? I’m not doubting that Saddam would be capable of such an atrocity, but the memory … --- ## [Naeem Noor Khan -- the other shoe drops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naeem-noor-khan-the-other-shoe-drops/312622)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2005, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naeem-noor-khan-the-other-shoe-drops/312622 "2005-07-20T05:51:03Z")
Remember a little story from last summer about an Al-Qaeda mole who was inadvertently outed by the U.S. government? The result was a hurried scramble by the British to round up the Al Qaeda members he had fingered and a… --- ## [Why do people embrace crazy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-embrace-crazy/680930)
**Author:** [@Joe\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_King)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-embrace-crazy/680930 "2014-02-12T21:48:52Z")
It seems to me that everybody I know in real life and social media likes to trumpet the fact that they are not normal. It seems to me that no one is usual but claiming insanity or madness is absurd. I know I am unique j… --- ## [List the Seven Deadly sins in the order in which you are most guilty of them.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-seven-deadly-sins-in-the-order-in-which-you-are-most-guilty-of-them/636852)
**Author:** [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-seven-deadly-sins-in-the-order-in-which-you-are-most-guilty-of-them/636852 "2012-10-10T03:21:39Z")
Sloth, Pride, Envy, Greed, Lust, Wrath, Gluttony. --- ## [people calling me by my last name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-calling-me-by-my-last-name/411120)
**Author:** [@dmatsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dmatsch)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2007, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-calling-me-by-my-last-name/411120 "2007-07-13T09:40:08Z")
…and how to stop it. I don’t particularly like my last name, but people have always seemed to use that instead of my quite pleasant first name. Worse than that, they use it in a demeaning manner. This has gone on all … --- ## [Amazon Prime Two Day Shipping...not so much](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-prime-two-day-shipping-not-so-much/778404)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-prime-two-day-shipping-not-so-much/778404 "2017-02-02T15:37:22Z")
I have had Amazon Prime for a while now. It comes with a variety of perks but the only reason I have it is for the free two day shipping (their video selection mostly sucks). The shipping guarantee is where it is at bu… --- ## [Do crows or ravens eat newborn lambs' eyes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-crows-or-ravens-eat-newborn-lambs-eyes/566439)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2011, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-crows-or-ravens-eat-newborn-lambs-eyes/566439 "2011-01-07T11:03:40Z")
ISTR a thread about that earlier, but I can’t find it anywhere. In any event, I’m listening to the audiobook of David Sedaris’s short-story collection Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, and in the story “The Crow and the Lamb,” h… --- ## [What does "Just sayin'" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-just-sayin-mean/542658)
**Author:** [@Gruntled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gruntled)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-just-sayin-mean/542658 "2010-06-10T21:21:08Z")
I see this all over the ‘net. People post something blunt, then add "Just sayin’". I know you’re saying it, you just said it. :confused: What does that mean? --- ## [Have you ever been pitted? If so . . . ? If not . . . ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-pitted-if-so-if-not/686817)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-pitted-if-so-if-not/686817 "2014-04-25T15:10:05Z")
Have you ever been pitted? If so, what for? If not, what might you be pitted for? To the best of my knowledge I have never been pitted. But if I ever am, it’ll probably be about some wise crack I made that was 90% in je… --- ## ["Not Responsible For Broken Windshield"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-responsible-for-broken-windshield/360770)
**Author:** [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-responsible-for-broken-windshield/360770 "2006-06-15T21:02:00Z")
Stuck in traffic behind one of those monster gravel trucks this morning, I had the warning decal in my face for miles. Of course I wasn’t any two hundred feet back. Who are they kidding? In this city if there’s a car-… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1878&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1880&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)