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**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-to-feel-complete/670501 "2013-10-08T14:57:10Z")
TMI: I have four kids in part because someone would not have “felt complete” without three kids. I believe she feels complete now. And then some. I hear this talk of “feeling complete” or “feeling whole” or similar verb… --- ## [It's time for some bourbon/whiskey recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-some-bourbon-whiskey-recommendations/927677)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-some-bourbon-whiskey-recommendations/927677 "2024-03-03T19:04:39Z")
My office is having a remote Christmas party. Boss is picking up and delivering drink orders, and delivering them to our doorsteps so we can have a fun happy hour next week. The limit is $60. And luckily, there’s a websi… --- ## [Can I put the washer where the dryer would normally go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-the-washer-where-the-dryer-would-normally-go/604732)
**Author:** [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-the-washer-where-the-dryer-would-normally-go/604732 "2011-12-02T04:55:30Z")
So I’m considering buying a house where the dryer vent is on the left side and the washer hookups and drain are on the right. However, most front-load washers have hinges on the left and vice versa for the dryers, so if … --- ## [Beck had a bad bad bad strange encounter in the localish pitstop. You can get gas, pizza, bait, (a tater log) a dirty magazine, or an Icee. No bathroom tho, sorry go out back they accommodatingly say when folks ask for the restroom key](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408 "2022-01-22T03:31:42Z")
So …we stopped on the way home from dialysis. The Li’l-wrekker said “hurry up, I hate this place” She’s such a kill-joy😳 You might ask what I wanted from there, no, don’t ask. As I was walking in a very small woman … --- ## [Are these comics funny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575)
**Author:** [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575 "2016-12-20T02:24:06Z")
So, these two sets of comics have both made the tippy top front page of reddit recently. Showed them to a friend, and she and I are divided - one of us thinks they’re cute and funny, one of us thinks they’re too cutesy a… --- ## [YAGunThread - Let's keep it simple](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yagunthread-lets-keep-it-simple/650725)
**Author:** [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2013, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yagunthread-lets-keep-it-simple/650725 "2013-03-03T07:09:01Z")
Sorry to start the 8 millionth gun control thread, but I heard an interesting idea on a podcast and wondered what the pro-gun contingent thought. Simple plan - screw buybacks, assault weapons bans, heavier registration,… --- ## [Conjoined Twins...Sex and other questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conjoined-twins-sex-and-other-questions/19813)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conjoined-twins-sex-and-other-questions/19813 "2000-05-19T15:53:26Z")
I never knew that there are conjoined twins. Chalk it up to I live my life with my head up my butt, but utnil I read an article in Time ( Or Life, same thing, the more photojournal one) it showed a picture of two, I gues… --- ## [The "Howie Scream" is far superior to the "Wilhelm"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-howie-scream-is-far-superior-to-the-wilhelm/509912)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-howie-scream-is-far-superior-to-the-wilhelm/509912 "2009-09-15T21:52:07Z")
I respectfully submit that the scream colloquially referred to as the “Howie Scream” (named for Howie Long’s scene in Broken Arrow) or "Youraaghh!"is far superior to the classic "Wilhelm". Although his is pretty funny. --- ## [kiddie porn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiddie-porn/52006)
**Author:** [@galen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiddie-porn/52006 "2001-01-29T23:44:53Z")
I just read a brief piece in the paper about a guy (in the US, this is) who was sentenced to prison for having child pornography on his computer. I’m wondering about how these laws have passed muster with the courts. I’m… --- ## [Now that it's cooler...how about an Arizona/Phoenix dopefest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-its-cooler-how-about-an-arizona-phoenix-dopefest/463795)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-its-cooler-how-about-an-arizona-phoenix-dopefest/463795 "2008-10-17T04:43:36Z")
I tried to get the ball rolling about four or five months ago but there didn’t seem to be much interest (I think I may have gotten one reply). How about now, now that it’s cooling off more? I already know of one (possib… --- ## [Deed Restrictions - wasn't aware of them when we bought the house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deed-restrictions-wasnt-aware-of-them-when-we-bought-the-house/713933)
**Author:** [@Nickelpen17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickelpen17)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deed-restrictions-wasnt-aware-of-them-when-we-bought-the-house/713933 "2015-03-02T17:31:26Z")
WE bought a Fannie Mae / bank-owned property two years ago. Listed as having NO HOA. Now we were informed that there are deed restrictions. And they are also trying to recactivate an HOA. How does this affect us? --- ## [What is your quintessential Your Town movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-quintessential-your-town-movie/520640)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-quintessential-your-town-movie/520640 "2009-12-11T23:23:25Z")
For me it’s The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. The original-- I’ve never seen the remake. It’s held up very well over the years. Oh sure the clothes, hair and trains are different but the people-- those are my people. … --- ## [Liberals and cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-and-cars/506451)
**Author:** [@shallora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shallora)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-and-cars/506451 "2009-08-25T16:28:54Z")
My friends and I have debated this one for years with little progress as to the answer: Are anti-automobile Liberals (those who hate cars) that way because … a) they despise the single-occupancy nature of the vehicles,… --- ## [The Man in the High Castle on Amazon is astounding. \[no spoilers please\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-in-the-high-castle-on-amazon-is-astounding-no-spoilers-please/738163)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2015, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-in-the-high-castle-on-amazon-is-astounding-no-spoilers-please/738163 "2015-11-28T04:24:43Z")
Holy shit, I watched the first 3 episodes tonight. This is easily the best drama I have seen since the Sopranos. Better then Mad Men and Breaking Bad. I would say Amazon hit a home run with this one. Anyone else watch… --- ## [The word corn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-corn/685837)
**Author:** [@Vaevictis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vaevictis)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-corn/685837 "2014-04-13T03:07:13Z")
Tell me about the word corn. It seems that in European English it means grain. How does that relate to the New World product called by Americans corn? What do people in the UK call corn on the cob? Was corn just a wo… --- ## [Good works and commandments.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-works-and-commandments/556437)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-works-and-commandments/556437 "2010-10-12T04:54:35Z")
I was raised a Catholic so we didn’t delve into the mysteries of Protestant doctrine. But I’m in the middle of a book of the Reformation and it’s got me wondering. One of the central tenets of Protestantism is that a pe… --- ## [What other message boards would you recommend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-message-boards-would-you-recommend/609748)
**Author:** [@sangfroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangfroid)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-message-boards-would-you-recommend/609748 "2012-01-23T19:03:21Z")
DEX™ approved! I asked in ATMB here whether it’d be OK to ask about other MB’s (particularly since there was a bit of a kerfluffle about the snackpit a ways back) and got the green light, from no less a dignitary than t… --- ## [Beads for Manhattan Island](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beads-for-manhattan-island/109418)
**Author:** [@DSORVIK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSORVIK)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beads-for-manhattan-island/109418 "2012-09-06T17:32:08Z")
Does anyone out there have any information on the original beads traded for Mnahattan Island? I believe there were chests of them, but how many remain (I have been told there are only around 1,000 authentic beads known … --- ## [A question about early color television](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-early-color-television/993014)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-early-color-television/993014 "2025-07-12T00:55:42Z")
Saw this old ad posted in Facebook. Now I’m wondering what it was about planes, cars, and razors that bugged people who watched early color tvs and what technology alleviated that concern. … --- ## [Can Iraqi hearts and minds still be won? Pentagon's own report says no.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-iraqi-hearts-and-minds-still-be-won-pentagons-own-report-says-no/278554)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-iraqi-hearts-and-minds-still-be-won-pentagons-own-report-says-no/278554 "2004-12-17T14:30:19Z")
Here’s the original, in a long PDF. Quotes/discussion by the Sunday Herald (a Scottish paper; one wouldn’t expect any such discussion in the tame US mass media) here: Wolfowitz adds in an appended note Think of \*tha… --- ## [Let's Talk About Cheesecake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-cheesecake/542755)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2010, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-cheesecake/542755 "2010-06-13T06:30:17Z")
So, I’ve been on a cheesecake kick lately. Lactose intolerance be damned! Sometimes I will get stuck on one particular thing and make it over and over until I get sick of it and right now it’s cheesecake. A good chees… --- ## [New Top Gear cast ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-top-gear-cast/719259)
**Author:** [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-top-gear-cast/719259 "2015-07-30T15:27:17Z")
I do not know if this paper is worth reading. I have loved Jodie Kidd since she made those horse sounds on her timed lap, but I’m easy like that. --- ## [Pastor my ass...tipping related](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pastor-my-ass-tipping-related/649019)
**Author:** [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pastor-my-ass-tipping-related/649019 "2013-02-05T15:08:36Z")
I have a MUCH better understanding of Og than this “pastor” and I know og is just a story! http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/20928915/waitress-fired-after-posting-pastors-no-tip-receipt-online http://www.digtriad.… --- ## [Who famously died while you were in utero?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-famously-died-while-you-were-in-utero/751158)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-famously-died-while-you-were-in-utero/751158 "2016-04-14T01:49:18Z")
I was \*in utero \*for the first nine months of 1945. During that time the following people died: Anne Frank Franklin D. Roosevelt Benito Mussolini Adolf Hitler & Eva Braun Joseph Goebbels Robert H. Goddard And a wh… --- ## [Thanksgiving Horror Stories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-horror-stories/641927)
**Author:** [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-horror-stories/641927 "2012-11-26T21:16:28Z")
So, yesterday’s Thanksgiving went beautifully, but does anyone have any fun/amusing Thanksgiving “horror” stories? I had a doozy last year. Last year was our first year in our new house and I decided to host Thanksgiving… --- ## [Has anyone met an educated Jehovah's Witness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-met-an-educated-jehovahs-witness/686991)
**Author:** [@butterfiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butterfiles)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-met-an-educated-jehovahs-witness/686991 "2014-05-08T17:28:41Z")
I mean educated in the “worldly” sense, as in a person who has had extensive education, someone who is knowledgeable about a wide range of topics. Because I’ve now met a few including four today. They might have educat… --- ## [What is the best advice you have ever gotten?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385)
**Author:** [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2004, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385 "2004-04-19T12:51:37Z")
Everyone has advice they get in their life that lasts with them. what is the best advice you have ever gotten?? :slight\_smile: --- ## [Lotteries and laundering cash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotteries-and-laundering-cash/568885)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotteries-and-laundering-cash/568885 "2011-01-26T19:19:33Z")
A lottery is one of the few plausible ways that a person could suddenly come into a large sum of money without it looking suspicious. And since lottery tickets are sold to anonymous buyers for cash, there’s very little w… --- ## [Straight-Block vs. Slant vs. "V" Engines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-block-vs-slant-vs-v-engines/235563)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2004, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-block-vs-slant-vs-v-engines/235563 "2004-03-23T12:26:58Z")
What are the advantages/disadvatages for each of these engine styles, and please mention how many cylinders you are thinking of. Also, why can’t a four cylinder engine come as a slant or V formation? Is it because the … --- ## [A question about freeway barriers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-freeway-barriers/547318)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-freeway-barriers/547318 "2023-01-19T23:51:25Z")
Along the divided highways throughout Texas, TxDOT has taken to installing barriers on the grassy median. Sometimes, these are concrete walls. Mostly, though, they are barriers constructed of three steel cables running… --- ## [Hosekeeping Stuff Your Mother Never Taught You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosekeeping-stuff-your-mother-never-taught-you/349168)
**Author:** [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosekeeping-stuff-your-mother-never-taught-you/349168 "2006-03-24T15:12:41Z")
My mother is a compulsively neat person. I would challenge anyone to find a speck of dirt in her immaculately clean home. My grandmother is a little more flexible, but still has very strict standards. Somehow, the two o… --- ## [The California Raisins; The Noid; Speedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-california-raisins-the-noid-speedy/675932)
**Author:** [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-california-raisins-the-noid-speedy/675932 "2013-12-13T02:47:41Z")
All these claymation characters were popular way back when; why not anymore? BTW–I’ll toss in the Hamm’s Bear as a great why no more as well, although that was cel animation. I assume some people here would know. --- ## [What's a "single-camera series" (TV show)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-single-camera-series-tv-show/292455)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-single-camera-series-tv-show/292455 "2005-03-02T01:37:30Z")
I don’t get HBO so I’ve never seen the show. But what’s a single-camera series? Does that mean that each scene is shot with one camera? If so, it seems odd that would be the mode for the entire show. Why would anybo… --- ## [McCain says US Constitution establishes "Christian Nation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-says-us-constitution-establishes-christian-nation/421207)
**Author:** [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-says-us-constitution-establishes-christian-nation/421207 "2007-10-05T19:02:26Z")
Story here: CNN The article also notes that “55 percent of Americans believe the U.S. Constitution establishes a Christian nation” (no cite given in the article). Note that he isn’t saying that “most Americans then an… --- ## [Winter is very mild](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-very-mild/710678)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-very-mild/710678 "2015-01-27T04:40:02Z")
Last year the boss let us all out of the office to walk down the block to observe the Seahawks Super Bowl victory parade. It was like sixteen degrees out. This year, temperatures have pretty much stayed in the 40s. I’… --- ## [Hit TV Shows you didn't watch "live" but caught up with on DVD or Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-tv-shows-you-didnt-watch-live-but-caught-up-with-on-dvd-or-netflix/587035)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-tv-shows-you-didnt-watch-live-but-caught-up-with-on-dvd-or-netflix/587035 "2011-06-30T14:18:39Z")
It’s getting to be a big gamble to get all invested in a new show based on the hype and promotional excesses networks cram down our throats pre-season. Because of that we have been progressively more reluctant to get int… --- ## [What makes small crack in windshield grow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-small-crack-in-windshield-grow/307825)
**Author:** [@pace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pace)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-small-crack-in-windshield-grow/307825 "2012-10-29T18:18:27Z")
not sure if the high temps attributed to the small crack in my windshield (about 3") grow to about 10"!! My car is a toyota avalon '04. Someone told me that living in South (or where it’s gen hot), you should always ke… --- ## [Recommend me some erotica, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-erotica-please/484468)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-erotica-please/484468 "2009-02-06T05:15:53Z")
I’m in the mood to read some. Some provisos: I don’t want it ALL on one topic. I read that Sleeping Beauty series and it was nice, but damn, all they talked about was spanking. Spanking, spanking, spanking. It gets old… --- ## [Why have fast-food restaurants gone all minimalist in the 21st century?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-fast-food-restaurants-gone-all-minimalist-in-the-21st-century/995720)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-fast-food-restaurants-gone-all-minimalist-in-the-21st-century/995720 "2024-02-15T19:58:53Z")
McDonald’s used to have bright, cheerful colors, as well as Ronald McDonald and the Fry Gang. Burger King had popcorn and the BK Kids Club. Pizza Hut had arcade machines and jukeboxes, and the iconic red slanted roof. … --- ## [Strange things I have to adapt to in a new country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-i-have-to-adapt-to-in-a-new-country/329659)
**Author:** [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-i-have-to-adapt-to-in-a-new-country/329659 "2005-11-14T16:03:47Z")
I finally got around to buying a washer and dryer this weekend, and I have to say, it’s a little odd being faced with the little things that I just haven’t gotten accustomed to. Where in the States I was used to things … --- ## [$600 Haircut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/600-haircut/726445)
**Author:** [@Potestas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potestas)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/600-haircut/726445 "2015-07-31T00:52:55Z")
So I read an article (Hillary Clinton’s $600 haircut | Page Six) about a $600 haircut. My question is, what do you get for a $600 haircut? Is it just the “pride” of having a “celebrity” hair person cut your hair? I pay… --- ## [Is there a quick way for a layman to know if a gold coin is genuine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-quick-way-for-a-layman-to-know-if-a-gold-coin-is-genuine/598105)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2011, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-quick-way-for-a-layman-to-know-if-a-gold-coin-is-genuine/598105 "2011-10-02T12:22:01Z")
My neighbor has two small coins which he claims are gold, quarter ounce pieces. I don’t know the names but they have LIBERTY across the top just over the side view of person’s face with a number of stars cascading off h… --- ## [Potato found growing inside woman after being used as a contraceptive. WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2014, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524 "2014-10-08T10:01:44Z")
Well, this is different. How about it Doper Girls? --- ## [Pamela Anderson is a brainless pnumatic hypocrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pamela-anderson-is-a-brainless-pnumatic-hypocrite/513822)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pamela-anderson-is-a-brainless-pnumatic-hypocrite/513822 "2009-10-15T23:53:21Z")
DISCLAIMER: I normally don’t care about Stupid Celebrity Tricks, but this one is too flagrant to ignore. So, Ms Walking Flotation Device Joke, I guess you thought it was a brilliant plan to drag your 70% artificial good… --- ## [Gore's Florida victory lost in 9/11 smokescreen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gores-florida-victory-lost-in-9-11-smokescreen/86837)
**Author:** [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gores-florida-victory-lost-in-9-11-smokescreen/86837 "2001-10-22T18:37:45Z")
According to this site, the consortium of news media that were responsible for recounting the disputed Florida ballots from last November’s elections have discovered that Gore won by a substantial victory – and have conv… --- ## [Objectivism/Ayn Rand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objectivism-ayn-rand/41564)
**Author:** [@beergeek279](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beergeek279)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objectivism-ayn-rand/41564 "2000-12-06T21:07:56Z")
The thread on Objectivism may have been taking over the conservative/liberal GD, so I decided to start this one to see what people feel about Objectivist thought and writings of Ayn Rand. To start off, I’ll answer Marc’… --- ## [I Hate You!! Stop laughing at everything!!!!!!!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-you-stop-laughing-at-everything/397068)
**Author:** [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-you-stop-laughing-at-everything/397068 "2007-03-28T15:20:55Z")
She walks by my office, hears whatever is playing in the I-Pod: “Is that Oh Mickey (Tony Basil)? Oh my god, you’re listening to that?” Squeals of laughter, repeating this statement six times, progressively louder each… --- ## [It's Gandhi, Gandhi, Gandhi, Gandhi, GANDHI!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gandhi-gandhi-gandhi-gandhi-gandhi/387607)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gandhi-gandhi-gandhi-gandhi-gandhi/387607 "2007-01-18T00:56:47Z")
Not Ghandi. Yet somehow, people here are constantly misspelling it. In the last 2 months alone, the guilty parties are: DieselCat Dmark Ellis Dee gonzomax jimmmy Johnny L.A. Kalhoun Loopydude mlees newcrasher … --- ## [Poutine...Beginner's recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poutine-beginners-recipe/714652)
**Author:** [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poutine-beginners-recipe/714652 "2015-03-13T14:45:38Z")
My youngest daughter has discovered the existence of Poutine and wants me to make a batch. While I don’t have any problem with the concept, I’m going to have a problem with the execution. I’m not a very good cook and us… --- ## [McCain called a liar to his face on THE VIEW](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-called-a-liar-to-his-face-on-the-view/463421)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-called-a-liar-to-his-face-on-the-view/463421 "2008-09-15T21:44:14Z")
Apologies if there’s already a thread. I couldn’t find one, but my search feature is wacky at the moment. McCain goes on The View and is flat out said to be a liar (well, specifically, that he promotes lies about Obama… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1892&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1894&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)