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**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-god-i-hate-this-crap-make-it-stop/552094 "2010-09-05T01:12:27Z")
The wife of a really good guy I game with includes me on some crazy chain emails. Today’s thrill a minute loon ride; Subject: Word of the Day: Dhimmitude Need something to get your blood boiling??? Has anyone heard o… --- ## [Well, now who'll take care of Katie and the triplets \[RIP Don Grady\] (edited title)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-wholl-take-care-of-katie-and-the-triplets-rip-don-grady-edited-title/626568)
**Author:** [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-wholl-take-care-of-katie-and-the-triplets-rip-don-grady-edited-title/626568 "2012-06-29T03:12:23Z")
Actor Don Grady, periennial oldest brother from My Three Sons, has died. Somehow, this saddens me more than most of the other show business deaths that are reported. I never missed an episode of My Three Sons when it w… --- ## [Just when you thought you'd left jr. high behind forever...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-youd-left-jr-high-behind-forever/454491)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2008, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-youd-left-jr-high-behind-forever/454491 "2008-06-29T10:38:24Z")
Seriously, people, I thought this was a message board for mostly adults, with a backbone of fighting ignorance. Yet here we have people regurgitating various prepackaged items in poor taste onto photos that probably did… --- ## [Can a "sumo" wrestler be a hockey goalie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-sumo-wrestler-be-a-hockey-goalie/151348)
**Author:** [@squid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squid)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-sumo-wrestler-be-a-hockey-goalie/151348 "2003-01-28T02:43:47Z")
I know it would break the spirit of sportmanship (not to mention the ice) but why couldn’t a hockey team hire a very large person to play goalie and outfit them with appropriate sized pad. Seems like they would occupy t… --- ## [What's wrong with polygamy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-polygamy/54238)
**Author:** [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2001, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-polygamy/54238 "2001-02-22T08:46:17Z")
The debate on Utah’s anti-polygamy,anti-homosexual marriage law got me thinking: What business does the government have outlawing polygamy? If a man wants to have more than one wife (or a woman wants to have more than on… --- ## [Used-bookstore? Used-book-store? Used bookstore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-bookstore-used-book-store-used-bookstore/666102)
**Author:** [@Doubting\_Robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubting_Robert)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-bookstore-used-book-store-used-bookstore/666102 "2013-08-31T00:44:58Z")
Following the rules in the dictionary and in the Chicago Manual of Style, I understand that a place that sells books is a bookstore (unlike a place which sells music, which is a music store). A sale of used books is a u… --- ## [History - When did Wars Fought in the Name of Christianity End?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-when-did-wars-fought-in-the-name-of-christianity-end/720580)
**Author:** [@Clarence01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clarence01)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-when-did-wars-fought-in-the-name-of-christianity-end/720580 "2015-05-27T02:46:07Z")
Christianity (the body of people at large not the religion per se) at some point became more tolerant of other religions (to the extent of not murdering outsiders). When did wars fought in the name of Christianity end? … --- ## [what happens to his/her clients when a lawyer dies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-his-her-clients-when-a-lawyer-dies/695190)
**Author:** [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-his-her-clients-when-a-lawyer-dies/695190 "2014-08-13T19:10:02Z")
My lawyer, bless 'im, is great. He handled my divorce and is my executor and alternate trustee (not that I have a lot to trust him with but I’ve no relatives nearby). Would other members of the \[very small\] firm divvy… --- ## [Why does "dripping the water" work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-dripping-the-water-work/957617)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2022, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-dripping-the-water-work/957617 "2022-02-19T10:00:13Z")
In places of the world where the temperature drops below freezing, but not too terribly below freezing, we’re told to let the water drip on our faucets to keep the pipes from freezing. Why does this work? And wouldn’t … --- ## [Does the U.S. have legal right to try Convicted Lockerbie bomber again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-u-s-have-legal-right-to-try-convicted-lockerbie-bomber-again/593820)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-u-s-have-legal-right-to-try-convicted-lockerbie-bomber-again/593820 "2011-08-30T11:58:30Z")
The press keeps squawking and whining that the Lockerbie bomber should be brought to the U.S. For What? :confused: He was convicted already and imprisoned in Scotland. They choose to release him and return to Libya. D… --- ## [male vs. female rape victims, strange observations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-vs-female-rape-victims-strange-observations/421499)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-vs-female-rape-victims-strange-observations/421499 "2014-05-24T21:11:46Z")
I’m reading a novel that has a brutal male-on-male rape fairly early. I’m finding that I feel more unsettled by this fictional rape than by rapes where the victim is female, and I don’t have a logical reason for that. … --- ## [Representations of military in popular entertainment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representations-of-military-in-popular-entertainment/529862)
**Author:** [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representations-of-military-in-popular-entertainment/529862 "2010-02-25T17:49:03Z")
An obvious starting point is sci-fi which in the USA - not that I’ve seen too much of it recently – was always about military structures and hierarchy and the nobility of serving, of sacrifice for the greater good, etc. … --- ## [Is there a nice way to tell my husband that his sport jacket is hideous and out of date?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-nice-way-to-tell-my-husband-that-his-sport-jacket-is-hideous-and-out-of-date/675106)
**Author:** [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-nice-way-to-tell-my-husband-that-his-sport-jacket-is-hideous-and-out-of-date/675106 "2013-12-03T04:24:23Z")
Because we have a “nicer than business casual but not nice enough for a suit” dinner coming up in a couple of weeks and he is considering wearing the sport coat that he had when we started dating in 1999. I thought it w… --- ## [Trump threatens political opponents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-political-opponents/831149)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-political-opponents/831149 "2019-03-16T00:00:45Z")
He has the police and military behind him. He might call out the Bikers for Trump! I guess this is really just another day at the office for him. Trump's thuggish threat of violence against his critics | CNN --- ## [Are there any "prisoners of war" being held in other countries comparable to the ones...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-prisoners-of-war-being-held-in-other-countries-comparable-to-the-ones/674265)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-prisoners-of-war-being-held-in-other-countries-comparable-to-the-ones/674265 "2013-11-21T20:30:36Z")
…we are holding in Guantanamo? Are there any individual Americans being held in prison camps by any foreign powers? Any groups of Americans? Comparable, say, to the prisoners held by North Viet Nam. --- ## [The high incidence of AIDS in Africa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-incidence-of-aids-in-africa/523071)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-incidence-of-aids-in-africa/523071 "2010-01-02T00:28:25Z")
Sub-Saharan Africa suffers from the highest rates of AIDS infection in the world. Southern African countries are dealing with the worst of it, with infection rates of 20-30 percent. So what are the most problematic me… --- ## [Can American Eskimo Dogs Be Red?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-american-eskimo-dogs-be-red/443565)
**Author:** [@utterlyuseless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/utterlyuseless)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-american-eskimo-dogs-be-red/443565 "2008-04-03T18:25:35Z")
There is a dog that I always see walking around, (his owner takes him). Today I saw him tied up in front of a store. So I waited and asked the owner what kind of dog he was. She said she didn’t know and she got him from … --- ## [Mother fuck fucking son of a fucking mother fucker!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-fuck-fucking-son-of-a-fucking-mother-fucker/76432)
**Author:** [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2001, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-fuck-fucking-son-of-a-fucking-mother-fucker/76432 "2001-08-18T00:41:19Z")
HAYFEVER SUCKS! Snort Thang gyoo. --- ## [Tips For the Ol' Family Vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-the-ol-family-vacation/251432)
**Author:** [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2004, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-the-ol-family-vacation/251432 "2004-06-27T18:54:06Z")
The first thing you should do, really, is to dump the kids. This is best for everybody. My first choice would be to glom them off on Grandma. Preferably the kids’ actual Grandma, but sometimes you have to compromise. Now… --- ## [Was anti-gun activist Jennifer Longdon spit on at an Indianapolis airport?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-anti-gun-activist-jennifer-longdon-spit-on-at-an-indianapolis-airport/689078)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-anti-gun-activist-jennifer-longdon-spit-on-at-an-indianapolis-airport/689078 "2014-05-26T12:01:36Z")
I don’t know what to make of this story. On May 15 Mother Jones published an article titled Spitting, Stalking, Rape Threats: How Gun Extremists Target Women. In it they told the story of Jennifer Longdon. This article… --- ## [How Popular Was Alan Ladd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-was-alan-ladd/482956)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-was-alan-ladd/482956 "2015-08-15T21:39:12Z")
I like old time radio and I was listening to a Jack Benny show, with guest star Alan Ladd. The women in the audience were screaming for him. I didn’t know anything about him but the name so looked for a few more old time… --- ## [Gift ideas for wife's first Mother's Day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-ideas-for-wifes-first-mothers-day/302401)
**Author:** [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-ideas-for-wifes-first-mothers-day/302401 "2005-05-09T12:17:34Z")
My beautiful daughter was born on March 1 of this year. That means I have to come up with something for Mother’s Day and OMG it’s this weekend. :eek: Any good ideas out there? If I don’t come up with something quick I’m… --- ## [Anyone given up alcohol? What happened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-given-up-alcohol-what-happened/602688)
**Author:** [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-given-up-alcohol-what-happened/602688 "2011-11-14T14:58:31Z")
I’ve decided to give up alcohol for a month and see how I look and feel and the end of it. I’ve just finished my first week. I tend to drink 5 days out of 7; usually four or five drinks. That adds up to quite a lot, b… --- ## [TV shows that became better over time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-became-better-over-time/714727)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-became-better-over-time/714727 "2015-03-12T14:45:57Z")
Most of TV shows (especially the ones that go up to five seasons and more) start going downhill after a while. I just want to know, are there any TV shows that you feel were the opposite? Became better over time? To the… --- ## [Sitcom Rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-rules/685866)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-rules/685866 "2014-04-13T13:03:32Z")
When a female character throws up she either thinks she’s sick but is pregnant or thinks she’s pregnant but is sick. Continue… --- ## [History's forgotten atrocities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historys-forgotten-atrocities/318764)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historys-forgotten-atrocities/318764 "2005-09-21T21:22:20Z")
I’m currently reading Iris Chang’s The Rape of Nanking, and after reading about the absolute horrors that went on, it made me wonder-what other instances are there in history like this, that we never learn about in schoo… --- ## [Can anyone argue \*against\* the legalization of marijuana?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-argue-against-the-legalization-of-marijuana/113743)
**Author:** [@Colinito67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colinito67)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2002, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-argue-against-the-legalization-of-marijuana/113743 "2002-07-14T20:47:43Z")
This is fresh in my mind because I just saw the documentary “Grass.” Most of it I knew already, from friends or snippets I read from “The Emperor Wears No Clothes” by Jack Herer. I thought this might be an interesting… --- ## [Need some help with a trigonometry problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-help-with-a-trigonometry-problem/965526)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-help-with-a-trigonometry-problem/965526 "2024-07-23T03:45:13Z")
A while ago, I found an old textbook at a used bookstore, Vector Mechanics for Engineers (Statics). It’s old; there’s an actual 5.25" floppy disk inside the back cover. I studied a fair bit of Physics and Math back in … --- ## [That Best Buy commercial featuring that spastic black man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-best-buy-commercial-featuring-that-spastic-black-man/156935)
**Author:** [@Kang\_and\_Kodos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kang_and_Kodos)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-best-buy-commercial-featuring-that-spastic-black-man/156935 "2003-03-01T20:12:04Z")
Congrats. You’ve set race relations back decades. I’ve never seen someone act like such a freaky idiot for no reason whatsoever. Yeah, you’re orgasmic for Spiderman, I forgot. Kudos. I hope your pay was good. You fucki… --- ## [What could you do with a third arm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-do-with-a-third-arm/34964)
**Author:** [@Sangria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangria)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2001, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-do-with-a-third-arm/34964 "2001-02-08T17:13:29Z")
I think I could trim my own hair with a third arm. I just need the hand mirror in exactly the right place. Can’t make it work with just a mirror-on-a-scissor-arm. I could write or shuffle papers (like wrong 5-page phone… --- ## [Should we encourage nuclear proliferation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-encourage-nuclear-proliferation/774948)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-encourage-nuclear-proliferation/774948 "2016-12-20T20:34:08Z")
No, not weapons but reactors. All those power plants spewing pollutants and CO2. Nuclear energy is cleaner and safer. We use nuclear reactors in submarines and aircraft carriers, so why not civilian vessels? --- ## [I think the GRE is BS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-gre-is-bs/477729)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-gre-is-bs/477729 "2008-12-21T22:40:25Z")
I just went to college. If you want a picture of what I do in college, it seems like looking at the record of what I did in college would be a pretty fucking perfect indicator. I’m not taking the GRE any time soon, but … --- ## [US Military, if you want more recruits how about relaxing some regs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-military-if-you-want-more-recruits-how-about-relaxing-some-regs/253805)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-military-if-you-want-more-recruits-how-about-relaxing-some-regs/253805 "2004-07-13T02:38:55Z")
Tattoos, for example. If the tattoos would normally be covered by the long-sleeved uniforms, what the fuck is the problem here? --- ## [Lifting heavy objects with 2 fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifting-heavy-objects-with-2-fingers/542852)
**Author:** [@swhirsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swhirsch)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifting-heavy-objects-with-2-fingers/542852 "2010-06-13T20:30:55Z")
I’m sure you have seen the youtube video where a group of 4 people lift a 350 pound man just using 2 fingers each. Apparently, they first try without any mental preparation and fail. Then they do some sort of meditatio… --- ## [Is leather furniture still considered tacky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-leather-furniture-still-considered-tacky/383174)
**Author:** [@Vesicatory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vesicatory)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2006, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-leather-furniture-still-considered-tacky/383174 "2006-12-09T12:09:39Z")
Not tactilely tacky, but tastefully tacky. For some reason I tend to associate leather furniture with cheesy 70s and 80s rec rooms, Playboy-compliant bachelor pads, and the like. Is that image strictly mine, or is it mor… --- ## [Lighting a campfire: matches or cigarettes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lighting-a-campfire-matches-or-cigarettes/689550)
**Author:** [@Stoned\_stoner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoned_stoner)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lighting-a-campfire-matches-or-cigarettes/689550 "2014-06-01T03:06:48Z")
I went camping this week, and I pulled out a box of Diamond brand matches. I lit a match to start a campfire and within maybe 1 second the fire on the tip of the match very nearly reached my hand that was holding the mat… --- ## [Fuck opioid addicts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-opioid-addicts/807988)
**Author:** [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2018, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-opioid-addicts/807988 "2018-02-04T07:03:24Z")
Fuck opioid addicts, meth heads, and crack whores these fucking idiots will stop at nothing to get and maintain a high. Yet another simple OTC drug is being abused and the FDA is looking at ways to limit availability a… --- ## [What is the best song off of "Let It Be"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2010, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520 "2010-10-19T08:49:02Z")
Previous polls (still active): Please Please Me, With the Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night, Beatles For Sale, Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver, \*\*Sgt. Pepper’s\*\*, Magical Mystery Tour/Yellow Submarine, The White Album (Discs One … --- ## [Is there a motive to inflating the sex offender registries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-motive-to-inflating-the-sex-offender-registries/611061)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-motive-to-inflating-the-sex-offender-registries/611061 "2012-01-31T10:45:45Z")
You always hear about how people who were arrested for urinating behind a dumpster or skinny dipping in some remote lake are now registered sex offenders. Ditto for a minor possessing nude photos of themself or their lov… --- ## [Fluoridation cancelled in west Florida](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoridation-cancelled-in-west-florida/598816)
**Author:** [@mufatango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mufatango)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoridation-cancelled-in-west-florida/598816 "2011-10-09T00:41:18Z")
Tea party politics in action. Local citizens Irene Reilly and Santa Battaglia praised the decision, despite the objections of several communiss. “Our precious bodily fluids are safe again,” declared Brigadier General R… --- ## [Do physicians have an unusually high sense of financial entitlement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-physicians-have-an-unusually-high-sense-of-financial-entitlement/507631)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-physicians-have-an-unusually-high-sense-of-financial-entitlement/507631 "2009-08-31T19:56:37Z")
So I was reading this article on CNN about this doc who is “fed-up” by not reaping the benefits of the “savings” he generates for the insurance companies and Medicare. Some tidbits for you. and Now, I don’t know how… --- ## [Can we bitch about art in this thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bitch-about-art-in-this-thread/675886)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bitch-about-art-in-this-thread/675886 "2013-12-12T18:04:26Z")
http://www.academia.edu/1466498/Cage\_of\_Flesh\_Ten\_Kafesi\_by\_Taner\_Ceylan\_oil\_on\_canvas\_180x160\_cm\_2012 It is a red haired woman missing her body below the torso. That is it. Then in the novel length catalogue note we a… --- ## [NFL playoffs - besides your favorite team, who are you rooting for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-besides-your-favorite-team-who-are-you-rooting-for/608546)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-besides-your-favorite-team-who-are-you-rooting-for/608546 "2012-01-09T14:45:00Z")
This is different than Senorbeefs thread about SB picks. This is a thread to ask what team you would like to see win if your favorite team doesn’t make it. My favorite team is the Steelers, but if the Steelers don’t wi… --- ## [Stupid fucking kids!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-kids/410147)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-kids/410147 "2007-07-04T00:52:01Z")
Why are you smoking? Peace, mangeorge --- ## [Bum product, no receipt. Do I have a chance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bum-product-no-receipt-do-i-have-a-chance/509372)
**Author:** [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bum-product-no-receipt-do-i-have-a-chance/509372 "2009-09-11T08:57:06Z")
I bought this very model of bookshelf stereo system a couple of weeks ago at Big Lots for $32. The stereo system went tits up a couple of days ago. It powers on, then powers itself off after about 30 seconds. My bad, bu… --- ## [How Long has it been since you drove a Gravel or Dirt Road?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-you-drove-a-gravel-or-dirt-road/581628)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-you-drove-a-gravel-or-dirt-road/581628 "2011-05-18T18:34:54Z")
Another thread got me thinking back to the gravel road days. Rocks flying and breaking the windshield. Fishtailing the car or truck if you hit a curve a few miles too fast. Drive on a rainy day and your car/truck is co… --- ## [Okay, You Can't Stop Your Kid from Crying, But...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-cant-stop-your-kid-from-crying-but/834030)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-cant-stop-your-kid-from-crying-but/834030 "2019-05-19T17:45:02Z")
Okay, parents of small children in public places, listen up. I’m willing to cut you some slack regarding your precious offspring having a good loud crying spell in a restaurant or theater or whatever. Little kids will … --- ## [People who recommends learning Chinese and Russian instead of European languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-recommends-learning-chinese-and-russian-instead-of-european-languages/643537)
**Author:** [@taskmgr.exe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taskmgr.exe)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-recommends-learning-chinese-and-russian-instead-of-european-languages/643537 "2012-12-10T20:46:34Z")
I came across a person today. When he realized I studied German, he laughed at me in a mocking way. He said “In case today’s economic situation is in the future, keeping favoring Russia and China, knowing their language … --- ## [Bad news for Valerie Harper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-for-valerie-harper/652188)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-for-valerie-harper/652188 "2013-08-29T03:55:19Z")
Valerie Harper (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda) has terminal brain cancer. Here’s the story. --- ## [What's the worst thing you've ever heard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-thing-youve-ever-heard/399881)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-thing-youve-ever-heard/399881 "2007-04-15T13:59:25Z")
I don’t mean an irritating song. I mean things that are far more upsetting than that. For me, it was part of the audio recording of the last minutes in Jonestown, Guyana. I saw a documentary about it recently on TV, … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1912&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1914&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)