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**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2011, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standing-on-the-precipice-of-a-new-life/590845 "2011-08-03T12:06:39Z")
The job has gone. The house has sold. The girlfriend has moved back to Italy. I have got rid of 95% of my material possessions. Got a bit of money in the bank. So I’ve made a big decision. I’m heading off into the wild … --- ## [SDMB Hall of Fame Project: Second Basemen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-second-basemen/776147)
**Author:** [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-second-basemen/776147 "2017-01-17T21:05:13Z")
Welcome back to the SDMB Baseball Hall of Fame Project. In this round, we will be voting on Second Basemen. Previous Threads: Part One: The Inner Circle Part Two: Catchers Part Three: First Basemen All players who p… --- ## [What "favorite book" would cause you to walk away from someone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-book-would-cause-you-to-walk-away-from-someone/1002567)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-book-would-cause-you-to-walk-away-from-someone/1002567 "2024-06-10T12:09:15Z")
The subject of “favorite books” comes up, someone says (book title) is their favorite book, and the answer causes you to walk away from them. What one book, (no lists PLEASE) would it be? --- ## [Maybe this election is great for the GOP? Evolution.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-this-election-is-great-for-the-gop-evolution/749902)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-this-election-is-great-for-the-gop-evolution/749902 "2016-03-23T21:48:21Z")
The GOP has been boxed in, trapped, married to a brand that at the presidential level has less hope each cycle. Try to change the brand with greater outreach to Hispanics and the socially moderate and you lose some of th… --- ## [Gents: What kind of aftershave do you use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gents-what-kind-of-aftershave-do-you-use/696223)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gents-what-kind-of-aftershave-do-you-use/696223 "2014-08-29T02:50:50Z")
I use Old Spice. (Smell like grandpa!) :slight\_smile: I like the smell, and it’s subtle. My wife likes it, too, and it complements the whole “50’s Dad” thing I’ve got going on. I just picked up a bottle of Bay Rum after… --- ## [How do you express dates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-express-dates/607983)
**Author:** [@SDMBKL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SDMBKL)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-express-dates/607983 "2012-01-02T17:26:55Z")
Choose an option from the poll. --- ## [Should the US invade Iraq? Yes or no, folks...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2003, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180 "2003-02-19T12:03:48Z")
Please vote Yes or No. Based on evidence available NOW, should the US invade Iraq? If you care to provide any justification, feel free. But START with either Yes or No. I vote NO. --- ## [A poll, of a somewhat TMI nature.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779 "2008-11-10T20:02:13Z")
Yesterday my husband invited some friends over. One of them (male) used the bathroom and peed on the seat! I went a bit nuclear. All the guys thought I over reacted. Even my husband asked what I was so excited about, a… --- ## [Characters who say "I love you" without saying "I love you"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-say-i-love-you-without-saying-i-love-you/427960)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2007, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-say-i-love-you-without-saying-i-love-you/427960 "2007-12-05T10:01:18Z")
Suggested by this post. What are some especially memorable instances of fictional characters telling one another “I love you” without ever uttering the words in question? My own nomination is a second-season episode of… --- ## [WWII what if thread (German's focus on Panzer IV)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-what-if-thread-germans-focus-on-panzer-iv/697405)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2014, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-what-if-thread-germans-focus-on-panzer-iv/697405 "2014-09-14T05:15:12Z")
I was watching a show the other day on one of the history channels (sorry, can’t remember what it was called) and the narrator was talking about German tank production. He said something along the lines of this: If Ger… --- ## [Driving significantly below the limit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-significantly-below-the-limit/835512)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-significantly-below-the-limit/835512 "2019-07-27T20:18:41Z")
Anecdotally, my wife and I feel as tho we have recently encountered more drivers than usual driving significantly below the speed limit. I’m not talking about 60 instead of 65 on the expressway (although that CAN be mil… --- ## [Could an orthodox jewish Butcher sell/handle pork?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-an-orthodox-jewish-butcher-sell-handle-pork/274059)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-an-orthodox-jewish-butcher-sell-handle-pork/274059 "2004-11-11T16:10:27Z")
I know that the Jews have a prohibition against eating the flesh of pigs (porK). However, is there any prohibiytion againsts a jewish butcher preparing and selling pork to others? As log as he himself doesn’t eat the stu… --- ## [How and When Did Daily Bathing Become the Norm in the United States?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-and-when-did-daily-bathing-become-the-norm-in-the-united-states/70144)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2001, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-and-when-did-daily-bathing-become-the-norm-in-the-united-states/70144 "2001-06-29T10:19:40Z")
I was looking through my father’s Boy Scout handbook from the mid-1950’s and noticed the section on personal hygiene. It stated that ideally a boy should bathe twice a week and shampoo his hair once a week. On old TV sho… --- ## [Ultimate Fighting: Where's Jackie Chan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-fighting-wheres-jackie-chan/348242)
**Author:** [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-fighting-wheres-jackie-chan/348242 "2006-03-16T22:26:09Z")
…or the Jackie Chan wannabe? I’ve seen these ultimate fighting things on TV. Spike is good for a couple of these a week, it seems. OK, fine - as a sport - it looks nastier than boxing. But where the heck are the mart… --- ## [THINK before having an affair with a married person with children. Just fucking THINK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-having-an-affair-with-a-married-person-with-children-just-fucking-think/260386)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-having-an-affair-with-a-married-person-with-children-just-fucking-think/260386 "2004-08-20T14:02:25Z")
Inspired by the thread about “Ask the person who just ended an Affair” thread in IMHO I start this thread to pit all those selfless bastards who decide to have an affair with someone who is married and has children.\* Ma… --- ## [Modern Armour, Medieval War](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-armour-medieval-war/477641)
**Author:** [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-armour-medieval-war/477641 "2008-12-20T04:51:49Z")
My question is this: assuming that a modern person had for some reason to participate in a medieval battle, where s/he could expect to be shot at with arrows, slashed with swords, or bashed with maces … and that person c… --- ## [Medical practitioners of the Dope: Do people really ask for advertised prescription drugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-practitioners-of-the-dope-do-people-really-ask-for-advertised-prescription-drugs/996995)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-practitioners-of-the-dope-do-people-really-ask-for-advertised-prescription-drugs/996995 "2024-02-23T16:29:21Z")
You’d think I, of all people, would know this one way or another, but I haven’t heard anything consistent about it. I’m guessing that, in many cases, telling them that it costs $10,000 a month and it’s for a disease tha… --- ## [Gun threads galore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553 "2013-02-01T02:49:21Z")
Have we reached the point where discussions of firearms and gun control need their own forum? --- ## [Tips for staying cool with no A/C](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-staying-cool-with-no-a-c/627538)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-staying-cool-with-no-a-c/627538 "2012-07-12T15:14:22Z")
I live in a top floor apartment, with all windows facing south - it gets very hot in here and we’re having a heat spell right now so I’m trying different things to keep my apartment cool. -Keeping curtains closed obviou… --- ## [When bigotry ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-bigotry-ends/743609)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-bigotry-ends/743609 "2016-01-26T21:06:17Z")
Disclaimer: It might be easy to read this post and think that I’m trying to imply that modern-day American prejudice against (for instance) blacks, or women, or gays, is no longer an issue. I am NOT trying to do that. Th… --- ## [Why is there no low earth orbit satellite broadband?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-low-earth-orbit-satellite-broadband/603811)
**Author:** [@Donald\_Rump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donald_Rump)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-low-earth-orbit-satellite-broadband/603811 "2014-11-12T15:48:26Z")
I know that in the 90s, a company called Teledesic was going to make a huge LEO constellation to offer satellite broadband, but now it seems that every satellite broadband offering is geostationary, with the attendant hi… --- ## [Section of office smells like poo - Need answer sortof fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/section-of-office-smells-like-poo-need-answer-sortof-fast/594742)
**Author:** [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/section-of-office-smells-like-poo-need-answer-sortof-fast/594742 "2011-09-01T23:02:55Z")
Ok, this is a new one on me. A corner of our office smells like acidic diarrhea. Presuming that no-one in my small office has actually pooped in the corner, what else could smell like that? I’ve tried sniff-testing th… --- ## [Why are some atomic nuclei unstable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-atomic-nuclei-unstable/454589)
**Author:** [@Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alive_At_Both_Ends)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2008, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-atomic-nuclei-unstable/454589 "2008-07-03T06:45:09Z")
In particular, why are all heavy elements unstable? I think bismuth is the heaviest element with a stable isotope - everything heavier is radioactive. But there’s obviously more to it than simple atomic weight - for ins… --- ## [Is "dice control" in craps shooting a real skill or BS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dice-control-in-craps-shooting-a-real-skill-or-bs/474780)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dice-control-in-craps-shooting-a-real-skill-or-bs/474780 "2008-11-28T18:00:52Z")
Per this claim can you really influence the roll of the dice? --- ## [Stupid Things We Did As Kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-we-did-as-kids/163573)
**Author:** [@Dana27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dana27)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-we-did-as-kids/163573 "2003-04-02T00:28:53Z")
Oh there’s so many to choose from, but this is a story that could have potentially cost me my life. When I was in high school a good friend of mine lived in a neighborhood that was only about 10 minutes from me. The quic… --- ## [Technical questions: '94 Mercedes C280](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-questions-94-mercedes-c280/742900)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-questions-94-mercedes-c280/742900 "2016-04-16T18:53:48Z")
I am buying one of these–long story how I got this kind of car–and I have some questions, about how to operate some controls. I downloaded the Owner’s Manual, which doesn’t always help. (It was the only book missing from… --- ## [The truth about the $3.00 bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truth-about-the-3-00-bill/971504)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Varn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Varn)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truth-about-the-3-00-bill/971504 "2022-09-20T20:02:40Z")
As we all know, the metaphore that has been used countless times to describe something that is completely fake is refered to in comparison to a three dollar bill. So is the three dollar bill completely fake? Mabey not! … --- ## [Does the USA still fly U-2s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-usa-still-fly-u-2s/740589)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-usa-still-fly-u-2s/740589 "2016-01-21T18:28:18Z")
Here is a link saying that U-2s flew from an RAF airbase to Turkey, presumably to take pictures in Syria. I thought they were retired after Gary Powers was shot down over the USSR. --- ## [The Bourne Identity: Can someone explain the ending to me, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bourne-identity-can-someone-explain-the-ending-to-me-please/276709)
**Author:** [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bourne-identity-can-someone-explain-the-ending-to-me-please/276709 "2004-11-27T01:41:15Z")
I watched The Bourne Identity on DVD tonight after stuffing myself, and something about the ending has always bugged me. I don’t get why the final assassin shot the CIA director, or pretty much anything thereafter. Wha… --- ## [Fun with poor pronunciation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-poor-pronunciation/611004)
**Author:** [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-poor-pronunciation/611004 "2012-01-31T17:37:41Z")
He totally missed the incest on the ground and tripped, spunt around, and swolled up his ankle. Them goochy (Gucci??) gizmos on his phone coont save him from that! :stuck\_out\_tongue: That’s a sentence I have actually … --- ## [Colorization - is reproduction of the original colors even theoretically possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorization-is-reproduction-of-the-original-colors-even-theoretically-possible/585165)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorization-is-reproduction-of-the-original-colors-even-theoretically-possible/585165 "2011-06-13T16:20:18Z")
Colorization of old black and white movies (and even still photographs) got a lot of attention a few years ago and could be quite controversial. I am curious to know if it is possible, in theory, if not in practice, to d… --- ## [Does Your weight change when you fart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-weight-change-when-you-fart/527684)
**Author:** [@lenzvision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lenzvision)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-weight-change-when-you-fart/527684 "2010-02-06T06:48:49Z")
My friend and I became engaged in a debate when he made a joke about losing weight after a fart. My contention would be that if farts are composed mostly of methane, and methane is less dense than the air around us, we … --- ## [Golden Compass release thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-compass-release-thread/428793)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2008, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-compass-release-thread/428793 "2008-01-10T06:56:41Z")
Well so far it’s getting fairly hammered in the reviews (36% Fresh at Rotten Tomatoes). A reviewer whom I trust a lot said this (I assume that the below is vague enough to not warrant a spoiler tag): “Constrained by a … --- ## [Movies You Like w/ No Likable Characters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-w-no-likable-characters/848377)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-w-no-likable-characters/848377 "2020-03-04T00:06:34Z")
It’s hard to think of many, but if I had to pick one, it would be “The Incident” (1967). It’s a great movie, too, a favorite of mine. It’s a straight-forward thriller (Martin Sheen’s first role, and possibly Beau Bridges… --- ## [A Poll: How Much Does Hell Want You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-how-much-does-hell-want-you/570690)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-how-much-does-hell-want-you/570690 "2011-02-11T18:08:20Z")
Based on this photograph (that’s elsewhere on the Internet as well) I’m somewhere between an 8 and an 11- it depends on whether I have to count the “lesbian pagan sports fan until graduation” phase I went through in col… --- ## [The 2012 Presidental Election (Electoral College Only)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-presidental-election-electoral-college-only/622848)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-presidental-election-electoral-college-only/622848 "2012-06-08T17:59:42Z")
I was visiting a site And they have a USA Electoral College map you can play aroudn with. President Obama seems so far ahead, I can’t work of any way for Mitt Romney to win it. As a fun exercise I thought it would b… --- ## [Music makes most movies worse, not better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-makes-most-movies-worse-not-better/781987)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-makes-most-movies-worse-not-better/781987 "2017-03-28T11:06:43Z")
Preemptive strike!: Movie musicals, concert films, and other music-focused movies are not relevant to this discussion. I just saw a horrible 70s TV movie: Murder on Flight 502 (1975). You know what made this movie extr… --- ## [All about tatoos.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-tatoos/707804)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2014, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-tatoos/707804 "2014-12-25T07:03:42Z")
Do you have any? If your willing, tell us where they are and what they’re of. Do you find them attractive? Do you find them ugly? What’s your general opinion about them? I personally take it on a case-by-case basis.… --- ## [The Word 'Cremains' - is it OK or do you hate it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-cremains-is-it-ok-or-do-you-hate-it/596531)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-cremains-is-it-ok-or-do-you-hate-it/596531 "2011-09-23T16:04:57Z")
From the ‘Are you planning to be buried?’ thread. I hate the word cremains for several reasons, that I thought would be obvious to everybody, notwithstanding the evidence that the funeral industry seems to be comfortabl… --- ## [Spam prevention question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-prevention-question/645670)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-prevention-question/645670 "2013-01-05T04:15:56Z")
How do you guys keep the spam level to such a dull roar? Is it that there are multitudes of you behind the scenes deleting stuff? I frequent another vBulletin board, and they are inundated by spam posts. They do their … --- ## [Minor characters in shows ruthlessly killed off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-characters-in-shows-ruthlessly-killed-off/782472)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-characters-in-shows-ruthlessly-killed-off/782472 "2017-03-22T15:24:46Z")
Just watched the latest episode of Chicago Med. Right at the start we focus on one of the minor doctors, Wheeler played by Jurgen Hooper. He really is the low man on the totem pole of the show’s regulars. No major storyl… --- ## [Is the Koran significantly more violent than the Bible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-koran-significantly-more-violent-than-the-bible/701034)
**Author:** [@IMfez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMfez)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-koran-significantly-more-violent-than-the-bible/701034 "2014-10-13T18:45:22Z")
I think we all understand that there are both messages of peace and violence in each book. My question is specifically focused on magnitude and scope of the difference. Do the teachings of the Koran advocate, glamorize,… --- ## [Tell me about something that made your day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-something-that-made-your-day/603051)
**Author:** [@Petrichord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petrichord)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2011, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-something-that-made-your-day/603051 "2011-11-20T09:08:23Z")
Yup, going for a totally feel-good thread here. Today’s been a typical brain-bleeding chicken-with-its-head-cut-off workday, with the exception of one text message I got a little while ago. My brother-in-law was at a p… --- ## [Laptop DC socket repair: piece of cake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-dc-socket-repair-piece-of-cake/548209)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-dc-socket-repair-piece-of-cake/548209 "2010-08-03T00:18:54Z")
I’m having power issues with my laptop with I believe is due to a failed DC socket (the “female” part on the laptop that the power adapter plugs into). I’m checking local repair shops to see if I can get a good price on… --- ## [What is the smallest unit of length that can be meaningfully measured?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-smallest-unit-of-length-that-can-be-meaningfully-measured/402592)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-smallest-unit-of-length-that-can-be-meaningfully-measured/402592 "2007-05-05T03:59:06Z")
Certainly it would have to be something subatomic. Would it be the diameter of an electron? Does an electron even have a measurable diameter, what with the Heisenberg principle and all? Or the diameter of a quark? Or… --- ## [Did your theater ask for ID to see Thor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-theater-ask-for-id-to-see-thor/581165)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2011, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-theater-ask-for-id-to-see-thor/581165 "2011-05-13T11:48:11Z")
I didn’t want to high jack the Thor threads, although I’m not convinced this warranted its own thread either. I went out to see Thor today. They were checking peoples IDs. I ended up not seeing it because it was due t… --- ## [Is this totally impossible, fictional scenario sexual assault?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-totally-impossible-fictional-scenario-sexual-assault/551966)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-totally-impossible-fictional-scenario-sexual-assault/551966 "2010-09-04T01:54:41Z")
This happened on a particularly bad episode of a scifi/fantasy TV show that I generally enjoy, despite it not always being of the highest caliber. A pimply teenager did a spell that switched his body with that of one of… --- ## [Your favorite movies no-one knows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movies-no-one-knows/36041)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2000, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movies-no-one-knows/36041 "2000-10-30T00:31:03Z")
My two all-time favorite movies are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, with Gary Oldman and Tim Roth, and The Court Jester, with Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone and a very young and beautiful Angela Lansbury… --- ## [Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453)
**Author:** [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453 "2015-05-20T18:58:07Z")
I thought it was a well done show however my only issue with it is throughout all 4 seasons we never saw any other superheros guest star on the show. Personally I think the best thing that should have happened is John W… --- ## [Waffles and what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waffles-and-what/549607)
**Author:** [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waffles-and-what/549607 "2010-08-23T19:22:54Z")
Alton Brown’s recent episode about waffles keeps popping into my head; guess I’m going to have to dig out the waffle maker that I haven’t used in years. Anybody have any family or local combos beyond the classic waffles … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1906&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1908&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)