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**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-people-in-the-news-after-their-fifteen-minutes-are-up/546791 "2010-07-16T20:08:18Z")
Re: Bristol Palin & Levi Johnston I clicked on this link after misreading it. (I thought it was about the medicine company Bristol-Myers.) Vice presidents are almost forgotten as soon as they’re elected. Losing vice … --- ## [Question: LatinX?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-latinx/938464)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-latinx/938464 "2021-04-08T19:10:56Z")
Who all is using the term LatinX? Anecdotally I don’t know a single person of Middle- or South-American descent who uses it. Is it literally only NPR journalists and hosts? And another thing: when I first saw this varia… --- ## [Relocating thermostat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relocating-thermostat/594396)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relocating-thermostat/594396 "2011-09-02T03:55:13Z")
The Thermostat on the wall of my place is not in the best location; too close to the middle of the wall; can it be easily moved a a foot to the right of the wall? I’m not sure how much dry wall or wires are involved. --- ## [Militarily, what happened to the French](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militarily-what-happened-to-the-french/311412)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militarily-what-happened-to-the-french/311412 "2005-09-04T01:03:03Z")
Was recently browsing through The Pit and saw the old French are “cheese eating surrender monkeys” thing and I got to thinking about it a bit, going through history in my own mind. I thought I’d start a debate on it jus… --- ## [College kids are whiny assholes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-kids-are-whiny-assholes/435729)
**Author:** [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-kids-are-whiny-assholes/435729 "2008-02-03T16:47:08Z")
This is coming from another college kid. Ugh. Seriously. I was sitting in my 8am History of Psychology course this morning. It’s a hard class, senior level. It’s not a requirement. And it’s at 8am, so you can expec… --- ## [Is/was any physical thing actually infinite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-was-any-physical-thing-actually-infinite/645973)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-was-any-physical-thing-actually-infinite/645973 "2013-01-07T13:31:07Z")
Jokes about human stupidity aside, has any physical thing had a physical property that is literally infinite? From time to time I read about properties of the big bang such as heat or density that are described as infin… --- ## [In Which State was George W. Bush Born](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800 "2010-08-23T07:01:52Z")
If you have to look it up, please don’t bother. Names won’t be published. Just give it your best honest stab at, and please, do not tell us in this thread. Lets just find out how knowledgeable we are as a group. --- ## [Why is cousin marriage prohibited in some US states?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cousin-marriage-prohibited-in-some-us-states/697205)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cousin-marriage-prohibited-in-some-us-states/697205 "2014-09-07T22:42:40Z")
Question triggered by the same-sex incest thread: why do some states in the US prohibit marriage of first cousins? And a follow-up: how many states do so? And a third: are there other countries which prohibit first co… --- ## [What's up with Beyonces crappy music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-beyonces-crappy-music/544386)
**Author:** [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-beyonces-crappy-music/544386 "2010-06-26T20:40:26Z")
Ok, I realize this is probably my “You kids get off my lawn post” but, is it just me or does Beyonce’s music not have any soul. Don’t get me wrong, I think she has a beautiful voice. She has both skill and range, but h… --- ## [WTF? Was Up With The Simpsons Tonight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2006, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114 "2006-03-15T05:59:52Z")
If that wasn’t a grab bag of ideas ep. I don’t know what is. Hate to sound like the folks who are always complaining that this or that one was the worst one ever, but tonight’s pretty much blew dinos, IMHO. --- ## [Anti-War protesters change their minds...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-protesters-change-their-minds/163555)
**Author:** [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-protesters-change-their-minds/163555 "2003-04-07T21:25:59Z")
…will anyone here follow their lead? Scroll down a few paragraphs in this story, and we find this: Let’s repeat this part, just for emphasis: Any of you “Bush is the ultimate evil” types around here want to rethink t… --- ## [Ask the National Spelling Bee Champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-national-spelling-bee-champion/667500)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Geoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Geoff)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-national-spelling-bee-champion/667500 "2014-02-11T19:11:09Z")
What seems a lifetime ago. --- ## [On Taking Marijuana From Legal State (IL) To Illegal State (MO), Don't Need Answer Fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-taking-marijuana-from-legal-state-il-to-illegal-state-mo-dont-need-answer-fast/845603)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2020, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-taking-marijuana-from-legal-state-il-to-illegal-state-mo-dont-need-answer-fast/845603 "2020-01-18T05:00:14Z")
STANDARD DISCLAIMERS APPLY: You are not my lawyer, I am not your client. Recreational marijuana goes on sale in Illinois on January 1. A dispensary in Collinsville, Illinois is located just across the river from a metro… --- ## [Is it true that sushi restaurants in Japan make new chefs go through extreme apprenticeships?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-sushi-restaurants-in-japan-make-new-chefs-go-through-extreme-apprenticeships/777005)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-sushi-restaurants-in-japan-make-new-chefs-go-through-extreme-apprenticeships/777005 "2017-02-08T20:31:12Z")
I like sushi just fine but it is one of the more simple foods there is. However, I have heard that some of the more demanding master sushi chefs require a young apprentice to learn how to cook rice for two years or more … --- ## [My school is wacko](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253)
**Author:** [@wedgerat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgerat)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2002, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253 "2002-10-26T03:58:16Z")
I am writing this from school during my lunch period. This is technically a no-no. But I don’t give a rat’s pitoosh. I decided to dress nicely today. I even planned my outfit the day before. I would wear the heavy whit… --- ## [Why did they quarantine the returning Apollo astronauts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-quarantine-the-returning-apollo-astronauts/503619)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-quarantine-the-returning-apollo-astronauts/503619 "2009-07-21T00:11:42Z")
Considering that the moon is quite inhospitable to microbes, and in fact no evidence of life has been confirmed outside of Earth, why did they bother disinfecting the Astronauts, and even worse, quarantining them? I tho… --- ## [Meaning of phrase "two-bit character"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-phrase-two-bit-character/636579)
**Author:** [@Kiyoshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiyoshi)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-phrase-two-bit-character/636579 "2012-10-07T21:12:06Z")
A simple question, but I can’t find the answer by googling. I’m reading the Suzumiya Haruhi novels, and the narrator, Kyon, someyimes refers to his friends Taniguchi and Kunikida as “two-bit characters”. What does this … --- ## [Any interest in an Atlanta Dopefest this summer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-an-atlanta-dopefest-this-summer/361744)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-an-atlanta-dopefest-this-summer/361744 "2018-12-20T18:04:01Z")
Would anybody be interested in coming to a Dopefest somewhere in the Atlanta area this summer? I can make it on most Sundays and it’s a pretty good central point for GA/AL/assorted Dopers. --- ## [Straight Dope Member Info](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-member-info/561615)
**Author:** [@MinkyBinks735](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinkyBinks735)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-member-info/561615 "2010-11-24T02:18:37Z")
How do you become a “charter member” on here and how do you become a “moderator”? --- ## [I caught the snapping turtle.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-the-snapping-turtle/502520)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-the-snapping-turtle/502520 "2009-07-10T21:25:46Z")
I took the flashlight out to the lotus pool and there the bastard was, in the corner. I scooped him up with the pool net and into a plastic tub with holes drilled into the lid. He has an inch of water, and at 7:00 AM I w… --- ## [Do modern cars have character?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-modern-cars-have-character/469663)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-modern-cars-have-character/469663 "2008-10-29T19:15:07Z")
I’m watching The Birds on TCM, which features a 1954 Aston-Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupé Mk.I. As you all know, I’ve had a lifelong love of MGBs. Maxwell Smart drove a Tiger. Then there were the classic Jags and Alfas a… --- ## [Why is Eric Cartman so anti-Semitic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-eric-cartman-so-anti-semitic/283700)
**Author:** [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-eric-cartman-so-anti-semitic/283700 "2005-01-10T04:51:11Z")
In South Park, it becomes abundantly clear that Eric Cartman is anti-Semitic. In the recent “Critter’s Christmas,” this point is explicit when Kyle accuses Eric of picking on him because he’s Jewish. In “The Passion of… --- ## [Is it illegal to send a fraudulent billing statement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-illegal-to-send-a-fraudulent-billing-statement/544532)
**Author:** [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-illegal-to-send-a-fraudulent-billing-statement/544532 "2010-06-30T03:57:26Z")
I ask this in GD because ultimately it’s about US health care. Over the past 5 years I’d have the opportunity to visit a handful of American clinics and a couple of ERs. The one thing they all have in common is a syste… --- ## [How strong would you have to be to pickup a car like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-strong-would-you-have-to-be-to-pickup-a-car-like-this/321407)
**Author:** [@Wishbone\_Ash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wishbone_Ash)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-strong-would-you-have-to-be-to-pickup-a-car-like-this/321407 "2005-09-13T18:03:30Z")
In the movie Twins Arnold Schwarzenegger lifts the rear end of a Cadillac up by 45 deg. Did he really do this? How strong would you have to be to do something like that? --- ## [Did you know this Olive Garden cliche?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-this-olive-garden-cliche/854712)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-this-olive-garden-cliche/854712 "2020-06-07T11:38:11Z")
I just heard it for the first time today but I googled it and apparently it’s a real thing. The cliche is that Olive Garden is the place you take your boyfriend/girlfriend to in order to break up with them. Like I said… --- ## [Ask the Man in Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-in-japan/417610)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2007, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-in-japan/417610 "2007-09-04T08:50:33Z")
Inspired by the question in my Pit Thread, I’m opening thread to allow people to ask questions about Japan. I first came to Japan in '81 as a Mormon missionary, lived here for a 16 months (as was the length of service t… --- ## [Geeky/Nerdy Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221)
**Author:** [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2009, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221 "2009-01-12T10:53:44Z")
I’m trying to put together a compilation of geeky/nerdy songs, and I need your help… Please no (not that there’s anything wrong with these, I’m just looking for the less immediately obvious suggestions): \[ul\] \[li\]Weir… --- ## [A Civilian Piloting a Submarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-civilian-piloting-a-submarine/534481)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-civilian-piloting-a-submarine/534481 "2010-04-02T01:06:00Z")
A plot device in a TV show I watch involves someone (who presumably has no experience piloting a sub) planning to use a stolen submarine to escape his confines. Is this even remotely possible? Not so much stealing the s… --- ## [Slowing down tooth decay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowing-down-tooth-decay/194433)
**Author:** [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowing-down-tooth-decay/194433 "2003-08-14T21:23:19Z")
I got a problem. Wait… no that’s not the word, …umm, “cavity”. I first noticed the pain about 3 weeks ago I think, and since then the pain has kinda come and gone, though I still feel it on occasion when eating. Obvious… --- ## [What subject would you be qualified to write a SD staff report?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-be-qualified-to-write-a-sd-staff-report/710318)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2015, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-be-qualified-to-write-a-sd-staff-report/710318 "2015-01-31T05:46:25Z")
Bricker wrote another good staff report and I am insanely jealous (Bricker, if you brag about it in my presence I will murder you with a box of oyster crackers). If I ever got a report published on the SD I’d die and go… --- ## [New Pew Poll Shows Middle Class Disappearing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pew-poll-shows-middle-class-disappearing/754645)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pew-poll-shows-middle-class-disappearing/754645 "2016-05-15T17:30:28Z")
A new poll by Pew shows thatthe middle class is declining faster and farther than previously thought (it’s kind of like global warning in that respect). A majority of Americans no longer are part of the middle class. Th… --- ## [Oz: Where does the RED brick road lead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oz-where-does-the-red-brick-road-lead/280875)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oz-where-does-the-red-brick-road-lead/280875 "2005-01-06T03:39:32Z")
Caught some of Wizard of Oz on TV last night, and I wondered: Dorothy takes the yellow brick road that spirals out of MunchkinLand … but also in that spiral is a RED brick road (making up the other half of the spiral … e… --- ## [3 Guys, 3 Hours to Shovel Off My Roof](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-guys-3-hours-to-shovel-off-my-roof/647758)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-guys-3-hours-to-shovel-off-my-roof/647758 "2013-01-23T13:43:56Z")
Now I have to move all the snow away from our foundations. At least it should solve the ice dam problem for another year … --- ## [Time to Boycott Massachusetts? Must Pierce & Garnett become "Los Celtics"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-boycott-massachusetts-must-pierce-garnett-become-los-celtics/541050)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-boycott-massachusetts-must-pierce-garnett-become-los-celtics/541050 "2010-06-03T18:30:38Z")
Just wondering… http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking\_news/2010/05/mass\_senate\_pas.html --- ## [I'm totally in love with Barack Obama. He makes me weepy with happiness.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-totally-in-love-with-barack-obama-he-makes-me-weepy-with-happiness/469423)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-totally-in-love-with-barack-obama-he-makes-me-weepy-with-happiness/469423 "2008-10-31T23:39:05Z")
Seriously. I’ve been crazy about him for two years, more, but man… lately I just get choked up with emotion at the very sight of him. He kills me. I’m googly over him like I was googly over David Cassidy when I was a ch… --- ## [Help identifying junked old car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-junked-old-car/704925)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-junked-old-car/704925 "2016-08-15T16:04:46Z")
There’s a car in woods of Alexandria NH that I’d like help identifying. It appears to be something like a 1937 Ford or Dodge sedan, with suicide doors and a split rear window. I’m hoping that some car buffs can help me n… --- ## [Canadian Teams in MLB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-teams-in-mlb/529173)
**Author:** [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-teams-in-mlb/529173 "2010-02-17T20:53:59Z")
Most MLB teams are from the US, correct? But we all remember the teams from Toronto and Montreal. My question is: Why are/were there Canadian baseball teams in Major League Baseball? If MLB is only based in the US then h… --- ## [I pit my client's awful landlady.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-clients-awful-landlady/815279)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-clients-awful-landlady/815279 "2018-06-13T03:32:14Z")
I pit my client’s awful landlady. Her husband is a lovely man whom we all loved for the many years that he managed the properties. When something was broken, he fixed it. If there was an issue, he’d just tell us, and we… --- ## [Share bizarre out-of-context personal statistics!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-bizarre-out-of-context-personal-statistics/720342)
**Author:** [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2015, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-bizarre-out-of-context-personal-statistics/720342 "2015-05-24T03:00:54Z")
I have personally observed and recorded the birth, (not very) natural life span, and death of exactly 46,779 worms. I even cremated most of them individually. --- ## ["Against Adulthood" - Is this article whiny nonsense or brilliant insight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/against-adulthood-is-this-article-whiny-nonsense-or-brilliant-insight/608708)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/against-adulthood-is-this-article-whiny-nonsense-or-brilliant-insight/608708 "2012-01-08T22:46:53Z")
I can’t decide - Part of me agrees with some of his conclusions, on the other hand his facile dismissal of the yearning and the effort required to build relationships and families that go beyond themselves makes me think… --- ## [Les Misérables question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/les-miserables-question/579081)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/les-miserables-question/579081 "2011-04-22T19:45:30Z")
I’m going to see Les Miz for the third time at the Kennedy Center in September. I’ve loved the musical since I was nine years old. A question has always nagged me, though: Fantine is Jean Valjean’s sister, right? How… --- ## [The Magic Nose Gynecologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-magic-nose-gynecologist/52356)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2001, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-magic-nose-gynecologist/52356 "2001-09-24T00:43:48Z")
I’ve dabbled in Stage magic since I was a kid. I know an impressive array of coin and card tricks, including some lifts, false cuts, and false shuffles which have interesting utility on poker night. Some of the best tri… --- ## [Tell me about your location - is it famous for anything? Does it hold any records?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-location-is-it-famous-for-anything-does-it-hold-any-records/419934)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-location-is-it-famous-for-anything-does-it-hold-any-records/419934 "2007-09-27T14:18:17Z")
I was cheered to read this today in the Los Angeles Times: A study by the Texas Transportation Institute shows that Los Angeles and Orange counties (in California) are the worst in the USA for traffic delays. Of course… --- ## [Is Judaism monotheistic or henotheistic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-judaism-monotheistic-or-henotheistic/522029)
**Author:** [@The\_Cleveland\_Steamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Cleveland_Steamer)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-judaism-monotheistic-or-henotheistic/522029 "2010-01-08T23:57:26Z")
YHWH is referred to as elohay elohim (the god over all gods) and there are additions references to other gods (some of which just seem to jewelry). See: Deut 32 and Psalm 82 --- ## [Ethanol as Fuel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethanol-as-fuel/215723)
**Author:** [@jonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonk)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethanol-as-fuel/215723 "2004-08-22T19:40:36Z")
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/031128.html While I don’t dispute Dr. Pimentel’s arguments that more energy is consumed producing ethanol for fuel than the ethanol returns, one need not worry flouting about the seco… --- ## [Japanese movies about WWII](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-movies-about-wwii/557662)
**Author:** [@Penrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penrose)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-movies-about-wwii/557662 "2010-10-22T02:40:25Z")
You don’t often get to see Japanese films about WWII, so it is interesting to get the “loser’s” perspective - especially how they explain the cause of the war and the maner in which they portray American and British forc… --- ## [Does the (possible) new dollar coin have any hope for success?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-possible-new-dollar-coin-have-any-hope-for-success/301440)
**Author:** [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-possible-new-dollar-coin-have-any-hope-for-success/301440 "2005-05-08T16:44:41Z")
As seen here. What do ya think? Will folks want to buy a cigar with a few Clinton bucks? Some broccoli with a Bushie? --- ## [Choose a fictional or historic food for your last meal.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-or-historic-food-for-your-last-meal/580881)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-or-historic-food-for-your-last-meal/580881 "2011-05-09T17:38:19Z")
So you’re on death row for a crime you may or may not have committed, things aren’t looking good: you’ve exhausted all your appeals, the prison has a full supply of the needed drugs, and your lawyer’s gone skiing. The on… --- ## [A man's absolute worst nightmare.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mans-absolute-worst-nightmare/783896)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mans-absolute-worst-nightmare/783896 "2017-04-08T02:58:42Z")
This happens more frequently than it should. A man gets a woman or kid angry and they may make false charges against you. . The legal burdon to disprove these charges is disproportionate to the relative ease of makin… --- ## [Ever been to the capitol of your country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-to-the-capitol-of-your-country/711639)
**Author:** [@Anon01245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anon01245)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-to-the-capitol-of-your-country/711639 "2015-02-06T15:01:35Z")
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