# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1908&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:** 1909 --- ## [Does your marriage have its own version of the "same old argument that never resolves," and if so, what is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-marriage-have-its-own-version-of-the-same-old-argument-that-never-resolves-and-if-so-what-is-it/1030032)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-marriage-have-its-own-version-of-the-same-old-argument-that-never-resolves-and-if-so-what-is-it/1030032 "2026-08-22T00:44:08Z")
I read somewhere that many if not most marriages always have some sort of core never-resolvable disagreement or “same old quarrel” in it - such as one spouse feeling unloved but the other not feeling capable of giving th… --- ## [The Much Shorter \*I Got My Elephant!!!\* Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354)
**Author:** [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2001, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354 "2001-10-22T18:22:53Z")
Five pages! Sheesh! That’s a bit too long. Even for an Elephant Thread. So, I’m dusting off my Assistant Stand-In Elephant Wrangler Gopher, Third Class pin and starting this puppy up. Elephant recipients so far include… --- ## [The Angry Chef: Potato Salad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-angry-chef-potato-salad/546072)
**Author:** [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-angry-chef-potato-salad/546072 "2010-07-10T18:37:30Z")
It’s time you worthless scumbags learned how to make a proper potato salad, so listen the hell up. I fucking \<3 The Angry Chef. --- ## [Please help diagnose my leg pain - doctors are stumped](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-diagnose-my-leg-pain-doctors-are-stumped/605230)
**Author:** [@LaurenIpsum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LaurenIpsum)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-diagnose-my-leg-pain-doctors-are-stumped/605230 "2012-06-29T20:52:50Z")
I apologize for the fact that I keep using this board for medical advice, but as I wrote in my last thread about my leg pain, I don’t know where else to turn. I’ll give a summary so you don’t have to go read that previo… --- ## [When did "wetback" become a slur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-wetback-become-a-slur/615730)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-wetback-become-a-slur/615730 "2012-03-14T18:16:35Z")
Appartently it is so bad that you can get warned for using it in the wrong place at the wrong time. A quick revirew of Wikipedia mentions an alternative use based on the sweat showing on a hard workers back. Also an o… --- ## [Intent of Kippling's "White Man's Burden"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intent-of-kipplings-white-mans-burden/215836)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intent-of-kipplings-white-mans-burden/215836 "2003-11-30T16:42:07Z")
Can any SDoper enlighten me to help me understand Kippling’s meaning in writing “The White Man’s Burden”? Was it written as a sarcastic commentary on how Imperialism was valued first and foremost over human rights, eve… --- ## [I'm a professional nit-picker, but ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-professional-nit-picker-but/671580)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-professional-nit-picker-but/671580 "2013-10-21T09:44:09Z")
… I usually say “The Talking Heads” and not just “Talking Heads.” --- ## [WKRP: Fastest to a clip show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-fastest-to-a-clip-show/774514)
**Author:** [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-fastest-to-a-clip-show/774514 "2016-12-21T22:52:59Z")
We’re watching WKRP in Cincinnati as our nightly retro sitcom and I was amazed that Season 1, Episode 9 “Mama’s Review” was a clip show! Thankfully, “Turkeys Away” was Episode 7 so they were at least able to have a clip … --- ## [In The Simplest terms, What is "Pleasure"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-simplest-terms-what-is-pleasure/717823)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2015, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-simplest-terms-what-is-pleasure/717823 "2015-04-23T10:53:59Z")
It seems to me that “pleasure” as applied to humans means one thing-a sense of good feeling and happiness. This comes about from chemical reactions in the brain. So is sexual pleasure, pleasure from drugs, satisfaction … --- ## [Give me your recommendations on planning a trip to Disney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-recommendations-on-planning-a-trip-to-disney/583881)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-recommendations-on-planning-a-trip-to-disney/583881 "2011-06-18T16:28:20Z")
I haven’t been to Disney World since I was 6 or so, and I’d like to go again. We’ll be taking two kids and meeting my sister and brother-in-law there. We have about 4 nights, 5 days to do whatever we want and, after look… --- ## [Wow, that's a BAD cover of that song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-bad-cover-of-that-song/951415)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2021, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-bad-cover-of-that-song/951415 "2021-10-23T11:01:13Z")
Nothing intentionally bad, no home brews, and no parodies, please. I will start with Olivia Pascal’s massacre of “Glad All Over”. It looks like they shut off her mic half the time, they should have shut it off the oth… --- ## [So, I'm taking the wife to the ballet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-taking-the-wife-to-the-ballet/676681)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-taking-the-wife-to-the-ballet/676681 "2013-12-26T23:24:35Z")
The Nutcracker at the Bob Carr Center in Orlando. Do I wear a suit? Do I need to bring things other than myself and my wife? Are seats near the front of the orchestra pit good? What does she wear? --- ## [Guardians Of The Galaxy, what is the background?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guardians-of-the-galaxy-what-is-the-background/709554)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2015, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guardians-of-the-galaxy-what-is-the-background/709554 "2015-01-17T08:23:18Z")
Yes I could google it but what is the fun in that? So why was the main character kidnapped? Are the non-wood, non-green people running around supposed to be human? Is there a backstory there on why there are planets fu… --- ## [When did you know it was time to euthanize a pet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-know-it-was-time-to-euthanize-a-pet/609044)
**Author:** [@skylyn12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skylyn12)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-know-it-was-time-to-euthanize-a-pet/609044 "2012-01-12T02:41:30Z")
I’v never had to deal with this before. Never had pets growing up and in a suburban environment, I never had to deal with animal death… Anyway, we (the wife and I) have two dogs, one is at least 13 years old (likely old… --- ## [Where are all the gay people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-gay-people/49659)
**Author:** [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-gay-people/49659 "2005-05-14T01:11:10Z")
Tonight I was engaged in one of my favourite geek pursuits, surfing the net for Japanese animation sites. And, strangely enough, there were some fans out there who seemed desperate to deny that Nagisa Kaoru, a character … --- ## [Do funeral directors pay attention to which end of the closed casket is the head end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-funeral-directors-pay-attention-to-which-end-of-the-closed-casket-is-the-head-end/491679)
**Author:** [@CuriousAndKind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousAndKind)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-funeral-directors-pay-attention-to-which-end-of-the-closed-casket-is-the-head-end/491679 "2017-06-30T00:44:10Z")
Ever since a relative of mine died and was buried on a hillside, I’ve wondered: Do the funeral directors who close the casket have a system for keeping track of which end of the casket is the head end? And do they take p… --- ## [What is that elevator smell? Machine oil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-elevator-smell-machine-oil/733776)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-elevator-smell-machine-oil/733776 "2015-10-12T20:44:40Z")
When I take the elevator at work, the smell takes me back 40 years to the only elevator I regularly rode as a small child, the one to the doctor’s office. And a tiny part of me starts fearing the possibility of the drea… --- ## [Seen any good bumper stickers lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-any-good-bumper-stickers-lately/10986)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2001, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-any-good-bumper-stickers-lately/10986 "2001-05-08T11:58:47Z")
Back in the 80’s I remember laffin’ my a$$ of at some, but then again I was but a tot. I saw “Hang up and Drive” the other day, which I thought was good, and also “I was at Dave and Kathy’s Wedding” which must’ve been o… --- ## [Surprising funk from non-funky bands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-funk-from-non-funky-bands/842268)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-funk-from-non-funky-bands/842268 "2019-11-08T21:23:50Z")
Let’s put together a playlist of songs that are surprisingly funky from bands that are not really known for their funk skills. I’m not looking for funky covers (Superstition by Stevie Ray Vaughn, or Love Rollercoaster f… --- ## [Why do movies cost so much more than TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-movies-cost-so-much-more-than-tv/610901)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-movies-cost-so-much-more-than-tv/610901 "2012-01-30T19:37:10Z")
I recently read that a show like BSG cost something like 1.5M$ per episode. Not chump change, but considering the special effects, cast and 45 minute length, that’s much cheaper than most comparable movies. The same thi… --- ## [Pentagon planned to develop a gay sex bomb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-planned-to-develop-a-gay-sex-bomb/284681)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-planned-to-develop-a-gay-sex-bomb/284681 "2005-01-16T01:47:44Z")
Your tax dollars at work. Heh heh. “Non-lethal blow.” If this wasn’t already the premise for a gay porn movie it is now. --- ## ["Awkward best friends" that aren't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awkward-best-friends-that-arent/662691)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2013, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awkward-best-friends-that-arent/662691 "2013-07-07T11:29:29Z")
I was watching a “Gidget” marathon today. In the show Gidget was the beautiful girl all the boys wanted, while her best friend Larue was the homely, awkward girl that was a dud with the opposite sex. Definately a class… --- ## [What happens when people put the wrong things in the recycling bins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-people-put-the-wrong-things-in-the-recycling-bins/381422)
**Author:** [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-people-put-the-wrong-things-in-the-recycling-bins/381422 "2006-11-25T17:56:01Z")
The recycling rules for every city I’ve checked are picky to the extreme. They will say things like they take plastic frozen food tubs with a recycling mark, except black ones. And they will take clear plastic milk con… --- ## [Halloween =/= Satan Worship, you fucking twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-satan-worship-you-fucking-twit/328081)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-satan-worship-you-fucking-twit/328081 "2005-11-03T17:01:18Z")
I don’t hate Christians. Just stupid people. Not intellectually challenged people–it’s not someone’s fault if they’ve got a little grit slowing their clockworks, but real life, honest to goodness, unrepentantly intenti… --- ## [Fuck You, Gay World!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-gay-world/104930)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-gay-world/104930 "2002-04-25T16:59:07Z")
Y’know, I finally figured out that I don’t want to be a warm, loving person once you get to know me. I just want to be a person who gets to go home and have hot homo sex with at least one person a week. Fuck warm and l… --- ## [Flat-out stupidest thing you've ever done](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-out-stupidest-thing-youve-ever-done/278952)
**Author:** [@jgroub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jgroub)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2004, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-out-stupidest-thing-youve-ever-done/278952 "2004-12-13T17:16:32Z")
It could have been unnecessarily risky, it could have been something done at work, with friends, a spouse, alone, to someone else, for someone else. Not necessarily embarassing (although that would be fun, too), but jus… --- ## [Indoor Rock Climbing--What do I need to know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indoor-rock-climbing-what-do-i-need-to-know/536416)
**Author:** [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indoor-rock-climbing-what-do-i-need-to-know/536416 "2010-04-19T12:54:58Z")
So my girlfriend wants to take an indoor rock climbing class tomorrow, which I’ve never done before. Now, I realize it’s a class, so I’m betting (hoping?) they’ll fill me in on most of the basics. But that aside, I figu… --- ## [What's the new sushi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-new-sushi/590386)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-new-sushi/590386 "2011-07-28T17:39:52Z")
“Sushi” used to be sort of a food buzzword that could be used to tell mainstream America that someone was an adventurous eater. People would brag that their children enjoyed sushi. Now, sushi has been pretty mainstream … --- ## [The Highest Point From Which You Could Safely Jump Into Water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-point-from-which-you-could-safely-jump-into-water/116941)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-point-from-which-you-could-safely-jump-into-water/116941 "2002-07-03T18:57:56Z")
I’ve seen pictures of guys jumping off cliffs in Mexico, and I have seen high dives at the Olympics, and I remember the Harrison Ford jump in The Fugitive - but what is the absolute highest altitude one could safely jump… --- ## [Boy, that Bush tax cut really lit a fire under the economy, huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-that-bush-tax-cut-really-lit-a-fire-under-the-economy-huh/129024)
**Author:** [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-that-bush-tax-cut-really-lit-a-fire-under-the-economy-huh/129024 "2003-02-07T01:45:29Z")
Say, wasn’t the Bush tax cut justified, at least in part, as a way to stimulate the economy? Last I checked, the Dow was still hovering around 7900, and unemployment was still rising. So what happened, supply-siders? (… --- ## [Damn, how many middle age white guys do "edutainment" videos on YouTube?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-how-many-middle-age-white-guys-do-edutainment-videos-on-youtube/920351)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-how-many-middle-age-white-guys-do-edutainment-videos-on-youtube/920351 "2020-11-05T17:39:09Z")
If there’s any evidence of institutional racism out there, that’s it. Where’s the diversity doing this stuff? There seems to be more of these than porn stars. Maybe I just get flooded because that’s what YouTube thinks… --- ## ['Bye, Scotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-scotty/313304)
**Author:** [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-scotty/313304 "2005-07-22T13:16:26Z")
James Doohan, better known as Scotty on Star Trek, has died, Sky News is reporting. --- ## [What authors handle sex well?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-authors-handle-sex-well/514618)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-authors-handle-sex-well/514618 "2009-10-25T02:26:57Z")
The John Norman thread about his Gor books made me wonder why it is that so many authors write about sex so badly. It seems most books handle sex in one of two ways, either romancing it up until it’s all stars and rainb… --- ## [Movies you love but everyone else seems to hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967 "2006-05-29T01:59:38Z")
Let’s have the flip side to this thread. I like Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. There, I said it. --- ## [Non-YEC Christians- Adam to Jesus in 6000 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-yec-christians-adam-to-jesus-in-6000-years/438888)
**Author:** [@turbopower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turbopower)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-yec-christians-adam-to-jesus-in-6000-years/438888 "2008-04-28T00:23:59Z")
The genealogy from Adam to Jesus can be traced in the Bible in a timeline of about 4,000 years. Here is a website that ties it all together using nothing but biblical passages.:http://www.hebroots.com/lul7\_8.html I thin… --- ## [How do I get old paint off brass hinges?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-paint-off-brass-hinges/435210)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-paint-off-brass-hinges/435210 "2008-01-28T17:58:59Z")
Mrs. Piper and I painting a room in our house. The hinges are brass, but have been painted over by the previous owners. Any suggestions for how to get the old paint off, without damaging the brass? Thanks. --- ## [Gruesome medical question (guys, you know what I'm talkin about)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gruesome-medical-question-guys-you-know-what-im-talkin-about/43517)
**Author:** [@ElusiveMiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElusiveMiser)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2000, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gruesome-medical-question-guys-you-know-what-im-talkin-about/43517 "2000-12-26T13:03:23Z")
I’ve heard that it only takes 5 pounds of concentrated pressure to crush a human testicle? Is this true? --- ## [Califonia dreamin' on such a... WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/califonia-dreamin-on-such-a-wtf/355927)
**Author:** [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/califonia-dreamin-on-such-a-wtf/355927 "2006-05-14T19:48:23Z")
Check out this old video of the Mamas and the Papas. Everything’s grooving along as expected, until… Gotta love the sixties. :smiley: --- ## [Wierd things you believed as a little kid.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-things-you-believed-as-a-little-kid/29707)
**Author:** [@Tzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzel)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2001, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-things-you-believed-as-a-little-kid/29707 "2001-11-04T00:42:40Z")
Yeah, little kids can be dumb sometimes, and somehow come up with some wierd ideas. Myself, I somehow got the idea that police cars were never allowed to drive more than 15 mph. I also thought that “guts” meant the muscl… --- ## [California Propositions 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-propositions-2018/822808)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-propositions-2018/822808 "2018-12-11T22:59:31Z")
Yes, it’s once again for Californian voters to slog through a slurry of propositions, issues, and statues because we’re a democracy damn-it and we’re going to make the people do the work. So I’m doing my homework. For e… --- ## [The end of Mystic River \[Unboxed Spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-mystic-river-unboxed-spoilers/280841)
**Author:** [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-mystic-river-unboxed-spoilers/280841 "2004-12-23T21:24:45Z")
What is going on in the scene between Laura Linney and Sean Penn at the end of the movie? Why does her character become so cold and heartless all of a sudden? She knows her husband killed her cousin’s husband because of … --- ## [Why do we hear our own voice differently to how others hear it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-hear-our-own-voice-differently-to-how-others-hear-it/492579)
**Author:** [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Have_Hippos_In_My_Garden)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-hear-our-own-voice-differently-to-how-others-hear-it/492579 "2009-04-10T20:01:16Z")
I accidently left myself an answerphone message yesterday and was shocked at how my voice sounded over the phone. I don’t often hear my own voice back to myself, and it sounded so so different to how I think I sound in m… --- ## [Longest game ever played (relative to regulation)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-game-ever-played-relative-to-regulation/499494)
**Author:** [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-game-ever-played-relative-to-regulation/499494 "2009-06-15T03:20:59Z")
What is the longest game ever played relative to the baseline measure for that sport? For example, the longest baseball game played was 26 innings. Relative to the standard length of a game of 9 innings, that is nearly … --- ## [Beantown mini-Dopefest, anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beantown-mini-dopefest-anyone/361863)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beantown-mini-dopefest-anyone/361863 "2006-07-14T20:14:04Z")
I’ve missed what few Boston Dopefests there have been, mostly because they have been at inconvenient times, but I’d still like to meet you all. Any chance of a weeknight dinnerfest, say, on a Tuesday or Thursday, say, a… --- ## [In NJ, show ID or be arrested? Bob Dylan gets hauled in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-nj-show-id-or-be-arrested-bob-dylan-gets-hauled-in/663950)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-nj-show-id-or-be-arrested-bob-dylan-gets-hauled-in/663950 "2013-07-25T02:30:50Z")
See subject. Bob Dylan was walking in a “Latin quarter” in Long Branch, NJ acting “suspiciously” and looking, well Bob-Dylan-y, according to this news report. Someone called the cops, he didn’t have ID to show the cop, a… --- ## [Let's hear some stories of injuring yourself in stupid ways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-some-stories-of-injuring-yourself-in-stupid-ways/498063)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-some-stories-of-injuring-yourself-in-stupid-ways/498063 "2009-06-15T13:32:24Z")
I pulled a muscle in my back this morning while rinsing shaving cream out of my armpit in the shower. Ow. Anybody want to tell some stories of stupid or ludicrous ways you (or somebody you know) have injured yourself, … --- ## [Cash only lanes needed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cash-only-lanes-needed/639714)
**Author:** [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cash-only-lanes-needed/639714 "2012-11-08T22:54:18Z")
The holiday shopping season is coming. Retailers really need to open up a few “Cash Only (and we MEAN it)” lanes. I’m sick of waiting on incompetent card swiping, PIN entering, check writing, clueless food-stamp using … --- ## [I hate it when the wrong people try to do the right thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-the-wrong-people-try-to-do-the-right-thing/260404)
**Author:** [@Ennui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ennui)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-the-wrong-people-try-to-do-the-right-thing/260404 "2004-08-30T16:22:37Z")
Link I hate it when the wrong people try to do the right thing. At around 4:30 in the morning someone going to her car outside an apartment building sees a man peeping through the window of her five year old daughters … --- ## [The French Feud by 42fish \[game closed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-french-feud-by-42fish-game-closed/556047)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-french-feud-by-42fish-game-closed/556047 "2010-10-10T14:19:00Z")
Object of the game: Give the most popular answer for each category. Rules: No reading the thread before answering. This is on the honor system. Formatting rules must be followed (see below). Joke answers will not be … --- ## [Celebrity yearbook pictures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-yearbook-pictures/541296)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-yearbook-pictures/541296 "2010-06-01T18:11:20Z")
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